Death toll in Vietnam storms touches 112
Hanoi: At least 46 people were killed in the latest heavy rains to hit central Vietnam, taking the October death toll to 112, authorities said on Wednesday.
Most of the victims from Tuesday's rains
May take up to a year to book Games guilty
New Delhi: A day after search operations on some 30 premises of firms and individuals who won contracts for the Commonwealth Games to probe possible tax evasion, revenue officials on Wednesday said ca
NIMHANS joy at 'proud' new status
Bengaluru: "We are proud of it." These few words summed up the celebratory mood at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences here on becoming an institute of national importance on We
Emaar-MGF's Rs 183-cr bank guarantee confiscated
New Delhi: The central government on Wednesday confiscated Rs 183-crore bank guarantee from Emaar-MGF, a day after the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) came out with findings of irregularities by the
Pills can trigger female jealousy
London, Oct. 20: Sex hormones in the contraceptive pill makes a woman more possessive and more likely to fret about her husband or boyfriend’s fidelity.
Those taking brands with the highest levels of
PM invited me, says Kalmadi
New Delhi, Oct. 19: His absence at the felicitation of the medal winning athletes raised lot of eyebrows, but Mr Suresh Kalmadi, chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising
Committee, said on Tues
Hackers can force jet crash
London, Oct. 19: A new breed of cyber terrorists has the capability of breaking into a plane’s sophisticated on-board computer systems and forcing it to crash, a security document released on Monday w
Campbell praises Sarko for ‘wife love’
Supermodel Naomi Campbell has praised French President Nicolas Sarkozy because he treats her friend and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy like a princess.
Fire in firecrackers warehouse, three injured
At least three people were injured on Wednesday when a major fire broke out in a warehouse storing firecrackers in a densely populated area of Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi district, the police said.
High court disposes of petition on CWG corruption
The Delhi high court on Wednesday disposed of a petition seeking an inquiry into alleged corruption in the funding of the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG), and noted a government panel was already lookin