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Gene discovery offers hope for arthritis

For people with severe arthritis, even hope can hurt. But, for optimists, here's some good news -- scientists have discovered two genes, which could predict a disabling form of spondylitis in later......

Scotland Yard investigates Indian triple deaths

Scotland Yard, which is probing the circumstances around the ‘unexplained’ death of an Indian-origin lab technician and her two daughters in London, fear the use of a "poisonous gas......

Anti-Sikh riots: SC upholds life sentence of four

The Supreme Court has upheld the life sentence awarded to four persons for burning two men to death during 1984 anti-Sikh riots. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and M Y Eqbal turned down the plea......

LeT to reorient, invest broadly in Kashmir: US report

As the country prepares to pull out of Afghanistan next year, a United States military report in New York has warned that some of the Pakistan-based militant groups like the Lashkar-e-Tayiba,......

India's Mars mission on track

India's Mars mission is on track and space scientists are testing the payloads before they are integrated with the satellite. "We are on track for a October launch this year. The payloads are......

'We are geared if EcoSport demand goes through the roof'

It has been more than 20 months since Ford launched a new model in India with the last model launch being Fiesta in 2011.There was a 17 per cent decline in Ford India sales last year at little more......

Oil Min proposes gas price hike to $6.7

Oil Ministry has moved a Cabinet note to raise the price of natural gas produced by state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and OIL as well as private firms like Reliance Industries to $6.7,......

RIL signals start of growth era

Production from its KG-D6 gas field is set to increase and the government is likely to revise gas prices. When Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) says that it will invest $5 billion in its domestic......

Growth will be back on track by elections: Chidambaram

'India will succeed. I know this past year has caused a lot of concern, but this year is over and by elections we will achieve our ambitious economic agenda.' Aziz Haniffa on P Chidambaram's......

RIL says will give up 56% of KG-D6 block

Reliance Industries has said it will give up about 56 per cent of "low prospectivity area" in its eastern offshore KG-D6 block to retain only the portion where oil and gas discoveries have been......

Review: The Croods is exciting

There is never a single dull moment in The Croods, writes Sukanya Verma.Whether it’s a prehistoric time or modern, the parent-child equation hardly alters.At least that’s what......

Iddarammayilatho gets a hot new item number

Dev Anand's discovery Devshi Khanduri -- who starred in his last film Charge Sheet -- has been roped in by Buddha Hoga Tera Baap director Jagannath Puri in his next Telugu......

Review: Rangrezz is a powerful social drama

Rangrezz works despite being saddled with a rather cliched plot, writes Ankur Pathak.Rangrezz (remake of Tamil hit Naadodigal), which in Hindi means the person who dyes clothes (the symbolic......

PIX: The Worst Dressed Bollywood Gals Of 2012

'Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.' Just like her classic style Coco Chanel could sum up the essence of fashion in such few words. How we......

Review: Go watch Neer Paravai!

Neer Paravai is a beautiful record of the lives of a community, their hopes and dreams, and the harsh reality of their lives, writesPavithra SrinivasanAfter his National Award-winning Thenmerku......

Tracking 'destroyer' Dhawan's cricketing journey

Tracing the rise of Indian cricket's newest sensation. Indian Premier League chief Rajiv Shukla, on Saturday, congratulated left-hand opener Shikhar Dhawan for his outstanding knock in his......

Pistorius faces new charge over unlicensed ammunition

Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius is set to face a fresh charge of possessing unlicensed ammunition after firearm was recovered from his home by the police during the investigation into the death of......

Federer calls for biological passports to detect doping

World No. 2 Roger Federer has called for the introduction of biological passports in tennis similar to those used in cycling to detect possible doping. "A blood passport will be necessary as some......

Oprah's Armstrong interview viewed by 28 million

Some 28 million viewers worldwide watched Oprah Winfrey's two-part interview last week in which cyclist Lance Armstrong finally admitted he had been taking performance-enhancing substances for......

Oprah's network milking money with ads over Armstrong interview

Oprah Winfrey's cable network OWN is close to selling out advertising time at premium prices for the highly anticipated televised doping confession by former cycling champion Lance Armstrong, a......

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