The white ghost of the Himalayas: A vision in the snow
Some days ago, on a wind-swept, desolate mountainside in Jammu and Kashmir's Kargil district, infra-red cameras captured a shape moving about in the cold winter night. To the naked, untrained eye, it
When it's about drinking water, Maoists help government
Maoists might not welcome roads – fearing these would provide access to their hideouts – but extend full ‘cooperation’ to the government machinery when it comes to drinking water, say officials workin
Media, entertainment industry grew 12 per cent in 2011 to Rs. 729 billion
Strong growth in tier 2 cities, the continued march of regional media and the rapidly expanding new media business helped the media and entertainment industry log a 12 per cent increase in revenues to
Barcelona aim to unite Neymar and Messi
Barcelona confirmed that Santos striker Neymar remains a target for the Spanish club and they want to have him and Lionel Messi playing side-by-side in 2013.
Barcelona promised to return to its endea
Kerala nurses stranded in Saudi Arabia
Three nurses from Kerala have been left stranded in Saudi Arabia for more than two years - with no source of income and no documents to come back to the country.
"We have been unemployed for more tha
Man shoots son dead over serving mutton
A man shot dead his son after an argument on serving him mutton before other members of the family in a village in Bihar, police said on Sunday.
Radhakrishna Thakur, a retired soldier, killed his 20-
Russian woman found living with husband's body
An elderly woman in Russia's Far East city of Khabarovsk has been found to be living in a flat alongside the body of her deceased husband, investigators said on Sunday.
On March 5, doctors arrived at
Shed 'Gandhigiri' approach with Pakistan, Afghan scholars urge India
Thank you, India for helping Afghanistan, but it is time to be aggressive in dealing with Pakistan and assert the 'natural role' a leader in the South Asian region, particularly over the Afghan issue,
New Punjab assembly a 'crorepati' club
When the newly-elected Punjab assembly meets for the first time later this month, it will look more like a millionaires club than a legislature. The 117-member house has no less than 101 crorepatis, d
BJP leader held for attacking mining inspector
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was arrested in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday for attacking a mining inspector and looting two tractors loaded with illegally mined stones in January, police said.
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