The sorry state of Nehru Cup 2012
New Delhi: Unrelenting rain gods and lack of star attraction has persuaded the football fans of the city to give the Nehru Cup a…
Now travel to Jaipur in double-decker train
Jaipur: Now travelling to Jaipur will be easier, with the Indian Railways Friday starting its second double-decker air conditioned train from Delhi to the…
13 killed in Odisha train accident
Odisha: At least 13 people, mostly women, were killed and four critically injured when an express train rammed into their auto-rickshaw in Odisha’s Sambalpur district…
National Paragliding Championship 2012 from 25th October to 1st November at Bir-Billing
The Paragliding International Championship and Himalayan National Paragliding Championship, 2012 is being organized at one of the world’s best Paragliding take-off site Billing in…
Dipendra Manocha: Helping the blind read and write
New Delhi: Over two decades back, visually impaired student Dipendra Manocha stood outside Delhi University’s Hindu College waiting to get an application written. After the…
We cannot rule out more tunnels along border with Pakistan: Home secretary
Jammu: The presence of more tunnels along the International Border (IB) with Pakistan cannot be ruled out, Home Secretary R.K. Singh said Friday after arriving…
Armstrong gives up fight against doping charges, to lose titles
Washington: Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has decided not to contest the US Anti-Doping Agency’s charge that he used performance-enhancing drugs, a decision…
Four tombs unearthed in Tibet, bear secrets of 2000 year old Kingdom
Lhasa: Four tombs unearthed in Tibet are believed to contain relics from an ancient Tibetan kingdom that thrived more than 2,000 years ago. The…
Indian Vulture under fresh threat from cattle medicine
Mumbai: The critically endangered Indian vulture, nature’s scavenger, faces another potential danger from the mass-produced veterinary painkiller aceclofenac administered to cattle, a new research…
Brikesh Singh: Living atop a tree to save environment
Mumbai: Brikesh Singh is getting ready to climb another tree, this time inside a tiger reserve, and stay there for a month – not for…