London, Feb. 14: Egyptian archaeologists claim to have finally solved the mystery of the lineage of boy King Tutankhamun more than 30 centuries after the pharaoh was sealed in a gold coffin.

Shiva Keshavan (luge event) leads the Indian delegation into the stadium for the opening ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics on Friday. : Reuters

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the Royal Welsh gear up for an early morning boarding as the helicopters warm their engines for the first wave of Operation Moshtarak at Camp Bastion, in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, on Saturday. A combined force of 15,000 troops is launching major assaults on Taliban strongholds. PHOTO: AFP

Pune/Mumbai/New Delhi, Feb. 13: A powerful blast ripped through Pune’s famous German Bakery — a stone’s throw away from the Osho Commune on the city’s North Main Road — killing nine people and injuring more than 43. The police said that among the

Hyderabad/Chennai/Mumbai, Feb. 13: The blast in Pune on Saturday night may have reminded BCCI and its offspring IPL not to play politics in sport. There are signs already that the BCCI would like to distance itself from Mr Lalit Modi’s decision to move the

New Delhi, Feb. 13: Lack of performance would be a major criteria for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to axe a section of ministers seen as non-performing assets (NPAs) in his Cabinet.

New Delhi, Feb. 13: Rare medicinal plants on the verge of extinction and protected under the Wildlife Act continue to be exported with impunity.

Washington, Feb. 13: An Indian-American professor was among three people killed when a woman teacher allegedly opened fire during a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in the southern city of Huntsville.

London, Feb. 13: The famous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud may have had a painting by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler hanging on the wall of his office, it has been revealed. The painting, measuring eight inches by four inches, has an inscription on the back that

Srinagar, Feb. 13: The BSF has placed a senior officer under suspension and launched an internal inquiry into his conduct by an officer of the rank of inspector-general after his junior told the Srinagar police that it was on his orders that the fatal shooting of a