At least 20 people, including women and children, have been killed by lightning across Bihar since on Saturday, an official said.

"In the last 24 hours, at least 20 people, including three children a

IIT-Kanpur will soon form a committee to probe the death of one of its students following an uproar among his batch mates. Rakesh Kumar Thakur, who hailed from Bihar's Darbhanga district, died on July

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MP, Ms Brinda Karat, has written to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, urging a separate law to deal with honour killings instead of referring the issu

Brussels, July 9: The European Union on Friday allocated $2.52 million in aid for the people affected by the present situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

“Fatalities still occur in the region, and armed g

The Congress President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, on Saturday asked the minister of state for coal, statistics and programme implementation, Mr Sriprakash Jaiswal, to make inquiries into the death of an 8-yea

Washington, July 9: It is amazing but true. Even as tonnes of oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, experts have discovered two new fish species in the now polluted waters.

A research describes the new sp

Doctors discovered more than 20 needles in the body of a Brazilian woman, the media reported on Saturday.

The 35-year-old woman in the state of Para complained of aches in her ear, and the needles we

Abu Dhabi, July 9: The vuvuzela, the plastic trumpet made famous by the football World Cup in South Africa, is in trouble in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the authorities here have issued a fatwa

Sydney, July 10: Harry, a 700-kg crocodile living in a Darwin crocodile park Saturday backed Paul the octopus in picking Spain to win the World Cup.

The crocodile took less than a minute to decide an

Curfew will continue to be relaxed throughout the Kashmir Valley except the Sopore and Kakpora towns, Jammu and Kashmir authorities said here on Saturday.

"Curfew relaxation will continue in the vall