New dino species discovered
Scientists have discovered a new species of horned dinosaur, a seven-metre-long rhino-like creature that gobbled plants near the southern Mexican region nearly 80 million years ago.
Qaeda faces shortage of bombers
Al Qaeda is facing an acute shortage of suicide bombers in Iraq.
‘Fonteyn helped Castro plot coup’
Previously secret papers declassified on Friday revealed that British ballerina Margot Fonteyn was heavily involved in plotting a coup to overthrow Panama’s government, detailing how her clandestine p
Trott grinds out double ton
Tamim Iqbal’s typically dashing 42 not out led a Bangladesh counterattack on the second day of the first Test against England at Lord’s here on Friday.
At tea, Bangladesh were 67/0 but still 438 runs behind an England first innings 505 that featured Jonathan Trott’s Test best 226 and the Tigers needed a further 239 to avoid the follow-on in the first of a two-match series.
Trott ton puts England on top
Jonathan Trott’s second Test century left England in a strong position on the first day of their series opener against Bangladesh at Lord’s here on Thursday. England were 231/3 at tea with Trott 107 not out as he made his second successive Test century in England to go with the 119 he scored in the second innings of his debut against Australia at the Oval last year.
Borough of Lambeth gets NRI mayor
Neeraj Patil, a leading NRI doctor, has been elected mayor of the Borough of Lambeth here.
UK to scrap ID card plan within 100 days
Britain’s multi-billion pound scheme to bring in national identity cards will be scrapped within 100 days, the government announced on Thursday.
‘Britain won’t interfere in Kashmir dispute’
Newly-appointed British foreign secretary William Hague, who met foreign journalists in his first press conference on Thursday, made it clear that the new coalition government will not interfere in th
Mobile no. that rings death knell?
A jinxed Bulgarian mobile phone number — +359 888 888 888 — has been suspended after three users died in the last 10 years, the last owner being gunned down outside an Indian eatery in Sofia, a media
PIOs in £37.5m tax fraud jail
Indian-origin Britons were part of 21-member crime gang involved in a £37.5 million tax fraud in the UK.