Two Indian Army officers of a mountaineering team were killed when a snow avalanche hit their camp during an expedition in Uttarakhand, an official said on Tuesday.

The officers, Lt. Col. Poornachand

Beijing, Sept. 20: Chess pieces dating back 2,500 years have been found in a tomb in China’s Hebei province.

Ten chess pieces were found next to a skeleton in a Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-24 A.D.)

With an over 4-5 percent agriculture growth likely to pep up overall GDP growth a little higher than the projected 8.5 percent and pulling down food inflation to below 6 percent, Planning Commission D

New York, Sept. 20: The pastor of a Florida church who threatened to burn the Quran on the 9/11 anniversary to protest the 2001 terror attacks in the US, has been hit with a whopping $180,000 bill as

Washington, Sept. 20: A Republican leader who is contesting the US Senate election scheduled in November this year, has admitted that she once dabbled in witchcraft.

Ms Christine O’Donnell, the Repub

London, Sept. 20: Egyptian queen Nefertiti, hailed as the perfect example of beauty, might have been quite ordinary looking after all.

The 3,300-year-old carved bust of the queen with her aqualine no

London, Sept. 20: Recent research suggests that not only does water help the skin, but the extent to which it makes a difference may vary depending on the type one drinks.

Doctors and nutritionists a

Nine members of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed when their helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday.

India is listed as the third most powerful country in the world after the US and China and the fourth most powerful bloc after the US, China and the European Union in a new official US report.

A man accused in a murder case was stabbed to death in a court premises in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.