Seventy six students of a government school in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district on Tuesday fell ill after consuming their midday meal in which a dead lizard was found.

Embarrassing the BJP, actor-turned politician Shatrughan Sinha on Tuesday described Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar as “prime ministerial material” and asked his party to stop attacking the JD(U) leader.

A compound found in soybeans can be used in new treatments to inhibit the deadly HIV infection, scientists claim.

A selection of costumes from Julie Andrews’ classic movie The Sound Of Music have sold at an auction in California for $1.3 million.

Stem cells obtained from urine could one day allow humans to regrow lost teeth, scientists claim.
Chinese scientists used stem cells from urine to create tiny “tooth buds” that when transplanted into mice grew into tooth-like structures.

Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) growth concerns, month-end dollar demand from importers and outward remittance from corporates dragged down the rupee by a whopping 106 paise to three-week low of 60.47, wiping out all the gains notched up on central bank’s recent liquidity tightening steps.

The creation of a separate state of Telangana Tuesday received the stamp of approval of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) which unanimously endorsed the move.

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark sensex Tuesday plunged by 245 points, extending losses for the fifth straight session, on heavy selling in oil and gas, power, PSU and auto stocks after RBI lowered its GDP forecast and kept interest rates unchanged, amid rupee again falling below the 60-mark.

A Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporter tried to immolate himself at Dambarchowk in the heart of Kalimpong town demanding a separate Gorkhaland Tuesday on the second day of the 72-hour bandh in the Darjeeling hills by the party.

In the midst of mounting pressure from both pro and anti-Telangana leaders, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of the crucial United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and Congress Working Committee (CWC) meetings to take a final decision on the separate statehood issue.