Washington, May 17 (IANS) With NASA rovers Curiosity and Opportunity relaying loads of information about the Red Planet, NASA is inching closer to a manned mission to Mars. With each landing on Mars over the past three decades, the understanding of how to get safely to the surface has improved. The Curiosity’s rover main goal is […]
Ankara, May 17 (IANS) The toll in Turkey’s coal mine disaster rose to 299 after 15 more bodies were recovered from the mine in the western town of Soma, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said Saturday. Rescue teams entered parts of the mine that were previously inaccessible due to a fire after the blaze was largely […]
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) With Bharatiya Janata Party’s Narendra Modi poised to become India’s next prime minister, monks of Ramakrishna Mission feel the ardent devotee of Swami Vivekananda could bring his teachings of religious harmony to the masses and harness youth power to power growth. According to sources at the Belur Math, the global headquarters of […]
Al Fujairah (UAE), May 17 (IANS) The Indian challenge in the IBSF World Under-21 snooker championship ended here Saturday when Keerath Bhandal lost 1-3 to Amornrat Uamduang of Thailand in the women’s quarter-final. The 17-year-old Bhandal began well when she took the first frame 65-31, but the Thai player hit back to take the second 83-6 […]
Lucknow, May 17 (IANS) BSP supremo Mayawati Saturday blamed the Congress for her party’s rout in Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha polls. She said supporting the Congress-led UPA was suicidal and her party paid the price for it. The Bahujan Samaj Party’s state tally was reduced to zero in the just-concluded general elections. She blamed […]
After the perceived corrupt practices in the run-up the 2010 Commonwealth Games, both the government and the sports administrators will think twice before bidding for another sporting extravaganza. Yet, the reconstututed Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has the gumption to ask the new government, likely to be installed next week, to consider bidding for the 2019 […]
Cannes, May 17 (IANS) The importance of co-productions in the business of filmmaking turned out to be a vital point of discussion at the India Pavilion during the ongoing 67th Cannes International Film Festival here. On Friday, the second day of activities at the India Pavilion – organized by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, in […]
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Narendra Modi is man of the moment. If his agenda and vision led to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s triumph at the hustings, his influence is looming large over the nation’s fashion scene too and yielding rich dividends for designers. In the highly volatile fashion world, where style statements change with changing […]
Mumbai, May 17 (IANS) On Saturday, actor Arshad Warsi started the “action” for Subhash Kapoor’s “Guddu Rangeela”, and he is geared up to face the heat and dust during the 10-day schedule. “Goodmorning. Action for ‘Guddu Rangeela’ starts today…10 days of heat, dust, dirt, pain,” tweeted the actor, who shares the frame with others like Amit […]
London, May 17 (IANS) You may have some images of the dreaded Dracula’s castle in your mind – the 13th-century fortress in Transylvania called Bran Castle. It is another thing the castle did not actually belong to Dracula but to the Habsburg royal family. The Romanian government has now placed an $80 million (Rs.470 crore) bid […]