News
Use DDT insecticide indoors, says WHO
The WHO has strongly recommended indoor use of DDT insecticide for killing mosquitoes that spread malaria.
Iran, Venezuela press for anti-US front
NAM is trying to redefine its role in a world where the US is increasingly dominant and unpopular.
Can India put Aussies on backfoot?
Race, art and Tendulkar are all fine but does team India have the wherewithal in bowling to win the DLF Cup?
WTA rankings do not bother Sania
Sania Mirza has failed to get past the second round of any of the Grand Slam tournament this year.
Kiran Desai's novel shortlisted for Booker
Kiran Desai's novel The Inheritance of Loss makes its way into the shorlist for this year's Man Booker prize.
Larger assemblies for stability: Nitish
Nitish says assemblies should mandatorily have a strength in excess of 100 in the interest of political stability.
Why BJP gave up on Jharkhand?
BJP directed Arjun Munda to step down ahead of the floor test in order to save the party from embarrassment.
At 82, Dev Anand turns news editor
For Dev Anand, who was first interviewed by BBC in the 1950s, this is a challenge that he would love to undertake.
Sex strike hits Colombia gangsters
Wives of gang members in Colombia have called a ban on sex to persuade their menfolk to give up the gun.
Explosives seized in Nashik, 4 held
Police on Wednesday seized 18 detonators, five gelatin sticks, a country-made pistol and two cartridges in Nashik.
Rahul Gandhi suffers leg sprain
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday suffered a leg sprain after slipping at a guest house in Munshiganj and returned to New Delhi.
Tom Hanks is not a 'nice guy'?
Tom Hanks’ image as one of H'wood’s genuine "nice guys" gets a beating after his divorce papers are uncovered.
Australia put seven past New Zealand
Australia won 7-1 over New Zealand to end their hopes of a semi-final berth at the hockey World Cup.
Quota row: final report on Sep 27
The Oversight Committee will meet on September 27 to finalise its report that is to be submitted to the Govt by Sept end.
Terrorism top priority at NAM summit
The 14th Summit of the world's more than 100 developing countries got underway in Havana with a focus on terrorism.
A walking ghost on a killing spree
According to the panic-stricken villagers of the Manglojodi hamlet, a killer ghost that lives on a tree stalks them.