Panama abandons plan to pull up sunken cocaine loaded submarine
byPanama City: A cocaine-laden semi-submersible vessel that sank early this month in Panama’s Caribbean waters will not be refloated due to the cost and possible…
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US authorities seek man photographed riding whale
byMiami: US authorities are looking for a man who was photographed off the Florida coast riding on the back of a female sperm whale, an…
India has 10-15 million epilepsy patients
byNew Delhi: India has 10-15 million epilepsy patients but the good news is that the problem can be controlled in 80 percent cases, experts said…
India lost $123 billion in black money in a decade
byWashington: The Indian economy suffered $1.6 billion in illicit financial outflows in 2010, capping-off a decade in which it experienced black money losses of $123…
England deserved to win: Dhoni
byNagpur: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said England deserved the series win after the fourth and final cricket Test ended in a drab draw…
UGC checks 53 private varsities, finds only five ‘in order’
byNew Delhi: Only five of 53 private universities inspected by the University Grants Commission (UGC) had been found to be in order, Human Resource Development…
Husband HIV-positive, wife, three kids ostracised in Rajasthan
byJaipur: A family of five has been socially ostracised in a Rajasthan village after the identity of an HIV-infected member was disclosed in a letter…
Bihar to bring speech recognition technology to jails
byPatna: The Bihar government plans to record voices of all prisoners through an advanced speech recognition technology besides holding prisoner ‘darbars’ to redress their grievances,…
I hope kids don’t watch my films: Emraan Hashmi
byMumbai: Actor Emraan Hashmi, who has done several ‘A’ certificate films, finds it surprising that he has a huge fan following among kids and hopes…
Tea-drinking poor women were dubbed irresponsible in Ireland
byLondon: Tea-drinking poor women were dubbed as irresponsible in early 19th century Ireland, suggests a new finding by Durham University. Critics at the time declared…