July 7, 2015
I spent much of this spring obsessed with a question: Could the United States and Russia stumble into war, perhaps even nuclear war?
Results of survey on risks of war. (Jay Ulfelder)
July 7, 2015
NEW DELHI – An open war broke out in the BJP on Monday as Union Water Resources Minister and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti fired a barrage of accusations at Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over discrepancies in the Vyapam scam . She feared for her own life, she said. Over 40 deaths have been linked to the scam so far.
July 6, 2015
LONDON – The Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis stormed into the women's doubles quarter-finals at the Wimbledon Championships on Friday by beating the 16th-seeded Spanish team of Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-4, 6-3 in just 66 minutes.
July 6, 2015
Astronomers proposed a novel explanation Monday for the strange appearance of the comet carrying Europe's robot probe Philae through outer space: alien microscopic life.
An image taken by Rosetta's Philae on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko shows part of the lander, in a photo released by the European Space Agency (ESA) on November 13, 2014
July 6, 2015
NEW DELHI: With an eye on boosting strategic, economic and energy ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel from July 6 to 13 to five Central Asian countries as well as Russia where he will attend the summits of BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
July 6, 2015
ATHENS — Greek voters on Sunday gave their government a desperately needed victory in its showdown with European creditors as the country decisively rejected a bailout proposal that officials here had scorned as “blackmail.”
July 5, 2015
MADHYA PRADESH – There is something really sinister and rotten in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Nearly 50 persons connected to an ongoing probe into a mammoth scam have died, half of them under suspicious circumstances.
July 5, 2015
NEW DELHI – “I still haven’t checked the rank myself. Hope my friends and you guys saw it properly and confirmed it’s in fact me,” Ira Singhal, the UPSC topper laughs.
Ira Singhal is the topper of UPSC civil services exam 2014. (HT Photo)
July 5, 2015
People all over the world who have struggled with addiction, suicidal thoughts, and depression are tattooing themselves with semicolons as part of an online movement.
July 5, 2015
MUMBAI – Budget airline Air India Express air-hostess has filed a complaint against a senior pilot, accusing him of insulting her at the work place.
The Air India air-hostess, who hails from Mumbai, is on leave and has not returned to work so far. (PTI: Representative image)
