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Delhi cyclothon results in chaos on roads

Adding to the woes of Delhiites, an international cycling event on Sunday threw traffic out of gear in the heart of the capital as major roads were closed for the public from Sunday morning till after

7-yr-old Briton advises government on finances

A seven-year-old maths prodigy, who became the youngest Briton to gain the top grade in GCSE maths, now advises the government on the country's finances, a media report said on Sunday.

Oscar Selby, w

Macho men emit body odour that arouses women

Macho men emit a unique body odour that most women find arousing.

The phenomenon helps women sniff out alpha males, who are believed to provide them with healthy offsprings. The scented signal seems

Ministers' assets: RTI activist says PMO withholding details

A right to information (RTI) activist has urged the Chief Information Commissioner, Mr Wajahat Habibullah, to question the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) for not giving details of union ministers' weal

190 kg Mumbai man out of home after five years

A man weighing 190 kg could finally move out of his third floor tenement in south Mumbai on Sunday after five years of staying indoors when the main door and a wall was broken and a dozen fire brigade

Five security men killed in Chhattisgarh gunfight

Five security personnel were killed in a gunfight with Maoists in a forested area of Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region early on Sunday, police said.

"Maoists ambushed a police patrolling party dra

Spain is world leader in organ transplants

Spain conducted over 4,000 transplants in 2009, making it the world leader in the field of organ transplants.

This has been declared in the 2010 edition of the EU's newsletter Transplant, which will

Canadian parliament was target of terror plot

The Canadian parliament was reportedly on the hit-list of the Al Qaeda-linked terror plot unearthed in the capital Ottawa on Wednesday with the arrest of two suspects.

Another suspect was held on Thu

Falling coconut kills Colombian man

A man died after a falling coconut hit him on the head while he was relaxing in the shade of a coconut palm in the Colombian town of Melgar.

Jose Abelino Ramirez, 69, was resting in a rocking chair o

China asks airline to change name after plane crash

China's Henan province has asked the commercial carrier whose plane crashed during landing, killing 42 people on Tuesday, not to use the word "Henan" in its name in a bid to protect the province's ima

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