Jharkhand coal mine collapse: Death toll climbs to 17

The death toll climbed to 17 in the coal mine collapse at Lalmatia open cast coal mine of Eastern Coalfields Ltd even as rescue operations were on Sunday underway at the site. R R Mishra,......

10 dead in Jharkhand mine cave-in, many still missing

Ten miners were killed and an unspecified number feared trapped when a massive mound of earth came crashing down on them at Lalmatia open cast coal mine of Eastern Coalfields Ltd on Thursday, the......

When YOUR superheroes showed up in New York!

The New York Comic Con is billed as one of the biggest comic book and pop culture gatherings in the United States. The 'giant nerd event', which drew thousands of costumed fans, panels of pop......

Bharat Ratna C N R Rao: I expect great things to happen under Modi

'No PM has said no to anything we have proposed. I am not a politician and I cannot give speeches about things, but a lot of good things have been done in science by previous governments.' 'Under......

PIX: Sir Ian McKellen, Sonam Kapoor inaugurate 7th Kashish Film Festival

It's been a whirlwind trip in India for Sir Ian McKellen, who celebrated his 77th birthday on May 25. The Lord Of The Rings (Gandalf) and X-Men (Magneto) actor is on the first leg of his......

Pix: When Magneto met Aamir

If you are not a Hollywood buff, the name Sir Ian McKellen might not ring a bell. But Magneto of X-Men fame? Or Gandalf of The Lord Of The Rings? Aah! Now, that's a different story, isn't it? But......

Review: X-Men Apocalypse is a silly '80s spectacular

In a world now over-stuffed with comic-book movies, X-Men: Apocalypse is far from being the finest movie yet may well rank among the most comic-booky, feels Raja Sen. The first comic......

Iron Khan, Black Widow Chopra and other Bollywood Avengers

What if we made The Avengers here in India? I know, the honest answer is it'd pay a lot more attention to backstory -- about parents dying and destroyed worlds and exiles from home -- and when not......