July 10, 2013
NEW DELHI: Using ALMA, the most powerful radio telescope in the world, scientists have for the first time observed details of how a massive star is born within a dark cloud core about 10,000 light years from Earth.
July 10, 2013
ISLAMABAD: US Navy SEALs were able to sneak into Pakistan covertly to kill Osama bin Laden because of advanced American stealth technology and the Pakistani military's obsession with India.
Obama is a murderer, says Former ISI chief Hamid Gul
July 10, 2013
HYDERABAD: Sky watchers would be privy to a visual treat on Wednesday night as the moon and Venus will 'appear' closest to each other at 11.48pm. Termed 'moon in conjunction with Venus', the celestial event will show Venus on the right hand side of the crescent-shaped moon.
July 10, 2013
WASHINGTON: America's real estate business tycoon and celebrity Donald Trump has announced his company's first Indian project, a 22-storied residential twin towers in Pune having 44 luxurious single-floor condominiums.
Business tycoon and celebrity Donald Trump.
July 10, 2013
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down as ultra vires a provision of the Representation of the People Act which protects convicted lawmakers against disqualification on the ground of pendency of appeal against their conviction in the higher courts.
July 9, 2013
Brief Scorecard: India 119 for 3 (Rohit 48*) beat Sri Lanka 96 (Bhuvneshwar 4-8) by 81 runs (D/L method)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar broke Sri Lanka's top order with 4 for 8 as India won by 81 runs to secure a spot in the final in Port-of-Spain
July 9, 2013
LEH: In another incursion, Chinese troops intruded into the Chumar sector in Ladakh — the same area which had sparked off tensions in April — and smashed some bunkers besides cutting wires of cameras installed at the border post.
July 9, 2013
MUMBAI: The rupee fell to a new low of 61.21 on Monday, raising the spectre of high inflation and threatening to throw government finances into disarray. A jiittery Reserve Bank of India (RBI) sold dollars and cracked down on speculation to bring back the rupee to 60.62 at close—up from 60.26 on Friday.
July 9, 2013
ISLAMABAD: Osama bin Laden lived in plain sight for almost a decade and was once even pulled over for speeding but not apprehended, thanks to the incompetence of Pakistan's intelligence and security services, an official report into his killing said on Monday.
Osama was pulled up for speeding 8 years before death: Report
July 8, 2013
NEW DELHI: Teen sensation Shiva Thapa (56kg) reaffirmed his status as the rising star of Indian boxing as he became the youngest pugilist from the country to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Championships in Amman, Jordan on Monday.
