February 26, 2014
FARRUKHABAD: Union minister Salman Khurshid described Narendra Modi as "impotent", a remark that invited a sharp condemnation from the BJP.
February 25, 2014
Apex court says courts should interfere only when someone's rights are violated by Muslim clerics' decision
The Supreme Court said fatwa issued by clerics or predictions made by pandits do not violate any law and so courts should restrain them from doing so.
February 25, 2014
DUBAI: India number one Somdev Devvarman today recorded the biggest win of his career by beating world number five Juan Martin Del Potro but the victory came when the Argentine retired mid-way into the first round match of the Dubai Duty Free Championships, here.
February 25, 2014
NEW DELHI: India has decided to block investigations by the United States into its trade policies and patent laws, and prepare for a battle at the World Trade Organization (WTO), a move that could escalate already-strained tension between the two countries.
February 25, 2014
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a cheap, simple, paper test that can detect cancer, circumventing expensive approaches such as mammograms and colonoscopy.
February 25, 2014
CHICAGO: A spelling bee competition in the US has been tied between a 13-year-old Indian-origin boy and a 11-year-old girl after they dueled for 66 rounds until finally the judges ran out of words.
February 25, 2014
The shape of the Milky Way galaxy, our solar system's home, may look a bit like a snail, but spiral galaxies haven't always had this structure, scientists say.
The original Milky Way image captured on Earth Day, 2013, by Mike Taylor before he multiplied the scene into the above artwork.
February 24, 2014
BEIRUT: Tarif Khalidi is a big, bearded bear of a man, the kind you would always choose to play Father Christmas, or perhaps a Cossack leader sweeping across the Russian steppe, reins in one hand, sword in the other.
Virgin Mary church in Egypt's Cairo that witnessed a killing of a police officer on January 28, 2014.
February 24, 2014
The BJP Prime Minister candidate had earlier sent a strong warning to China to leave Arunachal Pradesh alone
February 24, 2014
LONDON: In what could be the biggest blow in recent years to the global fight against polio, fears have now emerged that the crippling disease has returned to America after 35 years.
Polio is a highly contagious disease and has been wiped out from the developed world decades ago. India recorded its last case three years back.
