If a rogue asteroid careens towards earth, as Hollywood thrillers Armageddon and Deep Impact have speculated, will humankind be able to destroy it before it causes awesome devastation? Student Nitin Mishra has some answers and he will espouse them before top space scientists when they meet at Bucharest in Romania next week to exchange notes on the “near-earth” flyby of asteroid 2005 YU 55.

Put to bat by the Kolkata Knight Riders, Kochi Tuskers Kerala have lost explosive opener Brendon McCullum early into the match.

McCullum, who looked out of touch on the strip, went behind a short and

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to field against Kochi Tuskers Kerala in their Indian Premier League match here on Thursday.

India is launching a major experiment to unravel meteorological mysteries that cause violent cyclones in the Bay of Bengal.

The Forecast Demonstration Experiment aims to study factors that contribute

The Central government is considering a Rs 30-crore recovery project plan spread over five years for Nilgiri tahr, the endangered mountain goats along the Western Ghats in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

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Who is he?” asked Virender Sehwag. And the same question was asked by almost everyone who was watching the Monday night IPL encounter between Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Delhi Daredevils.

Prasanth Param

Talent is must but, luck is essential for anybody to prove anything. When Kerala goes to the 65th Santosh Trophy Football Championship that begins in Assam on May 7, we are reminded of the luck factor

The KPCC president, Mr Ramesh Chennithala, announced that once the UDF comes to power, its first priority would be the implementation of a special package for endosulfan victims.

Talking to mediapers

Take no offence ‘man’-kind, girls are much serious about the sports they play. Want proof? Ask Fauziya Mampatta, the senior-most football coach of the Kerala state sports council, who is heading a sum

The Travancore Devaswom Board is considering drastic changes in the conduct of `neyyabhishekam', offering of ghee, at Sabarimala.

As part of its efforts to introduce a better crowd management system