Scientists analysing hair samples from mummies in a Chilean town have found that for hundreds of years, people of all social classes in the region consumed nicotine.

Planet of the apes! German researchers have developed a new monkey robot that could some day be sent to the moon to explore the lunar landscape.

Young men are 55 per cent more likely to die of skin cancer than women, regardless of the severity of the tumour, a new study has found.

In a triple bonanza for India, it will host the World Twenty 20 Championship competition in 2016 and World Test Championship 2021, both for the first time, and the 50-over World Cup for the fourth tim

India’s Anaka Alankamony and Veer Chotrani put up a brave fight but failed to win crucial points, losing their respective singles event finals at the 20th Asian squash championship in Amman, Jordan.

The DMRC took over the operations of the 22.7 km long Airport Express link from Sunday midnight.

A businessman and his wife were shot at outside their house by four unidentified assailants when the couple resisted a robbery attempt in Kavinagar area here, the police said on Sunday.

India and China on Saturday decided to seek a fair and rational solution to their border dispute as they focused on the proposed Border Defence Cooperation Agreement to avert incursions like the one witnessed in Leh region in May.

The BJP on Saturday expressed concern over the government’s move to allow 100 per cent FDI in private security agencies, saying this would have serious implications as such bodies are now involved in securing key institutions like DRDO, CSIR, ports, refineries and airports.

The Election Commission on Saturday slapped a notice on BJP leader Gopinath Munde seeking explanation for his statement that he had spent `8 crore in the 2009 Lok Sabha election campaign, which is way above the prescribed limit of `40 lakh.