Sea salt no healthier than table salt
byLondon : Sea salt, which can be 19 times as expensive as its humbler cousin table salt, is no healthier because both kinds are…
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TV viewing more risky for heart than using computers
byToronto : High levels of TV viewing by kids can elevate their chances of developing heart disease later in life, but significantly high use…
Credit card number falls as banks get cautious
byNew Delhi : The number of active credit cards in India has dropped by almost 35 percent in the last three years as banks…
Katju stands firm, publishers protest
byNew Delhi : Four senior publishers Thursday walked out of a meeting with Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markandey Katju when he refused…
Cash-for-votes: Kulkarni, two BJP former MPs walk out of Tihar
byNew Delhi : Sudheendra Kulkarni, ex-advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and two BJP former MPs, who were accused in the 2008…
Opposition to move adjournment motion on price rise
byNew Delhi : The opposition Thursday announced it will move an adjournment motion on the issue of inflation on the opening day of the…
Farooq backs ‘boss’ Omar on AFSPA
byNew Delhi : Union minister and National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah Thursday said his son, Omar Abdullah as the chief minister is the “boss”…
Women Kabaddi team’s bus catches fire, two die
byBathinda (Punjab) : Two drivers were killed and half a dozen players were seriously injured when a bus carrying the Indian women Kabaddi team…
24 percent cap on FDI by international airlines proposed
byNew Delhi : India’s civil aviation ministry has proposed a cap of 24 percent on foreign direct investment (FDI) by international airlines in domestic…
Soni backs Katju on media’s self-regulation
byNew Delhi : Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Thursday defended Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju for initiating a debate on…