UP police to study Bihar's success in crime control

Impressed with the success of 'speedy trial' of criminals to control crime in Bihar, neighbouring Uttar Pradesh police is set to study it to adopt the concept soon, officials said on Thursday."A......

Oceans get warmer as climate change WORSENS

It is believed that global warming is quite a recent phenomenon, but a new study has suggested that the world's oceans began warming more than 100 years ago, much earlier than previously believed.......

Knighthood for Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, India-born US citizen whose pioneering work in molecular biology won him the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has been honoured with a knighthood by the royal establishment......

A modern scientist, an ancient question

Vivek Sharma heads one of the teams searching for the Higgs boson. George Joseph reports. The 'Song of Creation' in the Rig Veda says the world was void and formless in the beginning and it was......

Anurag Kashyap's thriller with Kalki

Anurag Kashyap, who brings his Gulaal to the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIACC) film festival in New York, is arguably the most envied filmmaker in India and an inspiration for aspiring......

Honorary degree for Meryl Streep

Internationally acclaimed film actor Meryl Streep was among five distinguished Americans who were awarded honorary degrees by Princeton University during recent commencement exercises for their......

Ex-coach, players charged with fixing games

Ten people, including two former basketball players and a former assistant coach at the University of San Diego, have been indicted in connection with a scheme to fix games since 2008, US federal......

Argentina's keepers show dislike for technology

Argentina's goalkeepers weighed in against different forms of technology on Monday with one saying aids would rob soccer of its essence while another reckoned the World Cup ball may be causing......

Day out with Dad to cure tournament goal nerves

A spot of fatherly advice could be just the thing to help Gonzalo Higuain overcome the jitters which marked his World Cup debut.The striker missed two chances he would have put away with his eyes......

Messi not sole recipe for success: Heinze

A brilliant World Cup for Lionel Messi would be good for Argentina's chances of victory although it is preferable to rely on the team and not one man however great, according to defender Gabriel......

Maradona not bothered by dearth of practice games

Argentina's first contact with media on Tuesday did little to dispel the uncertainty surrounding the team since they bunkered up at their World Cup base after arriving in South Africa on......