Fukushima radiation tracked 600km away

Scientists have found radioactive material from the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactor in tiny sea creatures and ocean water some 600 km off the coast of Japan, revealing the extent of the release......

UK parliament committee attacks British aid to India

Seeking an "early exit strategy" from the India development aid programme, a committee of the British House of Lords on Thursday alleged that the assistance may provide a "perverse incentive" to......

Sand mining: MP govt removes police officer for complicity

Two days after the sand mining mafia attacked a police team in Panna district, Madhya Pradesh government on Monday removed a police station incharge for allegedly abetting the illegal activity.......

MP: BJP leader among 2 held for illegal sand mining

Cracking the whip on mining mafia, the police on Sunday arrested a person for firing at the police probing illegal sand mining, even as a Morena Bharatiya Janata Party leader was held for allegedly......

Film critic dies of breast cancer

Noted film critic Nikhat Kazmi passed away this morning after losing her battle with cancer, sources said. She was 53. Kazmi had reviewed films for The Times of India since 1987. She had also......

Shakira as goddess Kali?

Colombian singer Shakira has been approached by UK based film producer Karan Arora to star in a 3D VFX movie Kali-the warrior Goddess. Arora told PTI that the singer of Hips don't lie and Waka Waka......

Inception: A sure blockbuster

In director Christopher Nolan's Inception, each of the dream-spelunking characters carries a totem, a personalised object used to differentiate reality from the world of dreams. A loaded six-sided......

Have six-packs taken over good acting?

The thing about definition is that it's never too constant. It revises with changing time, society and views. Like the perception of the male physique in our cinema. While wrestler turned actor......

Security breach embarrasses London Games organisers

A newspaper embarrassed the organisers of the 2012 Olympic Games on Sunday by disclosing it had smuggled a fake bomb past two security checkpoints into the London complex housing the sporting......

England in command after Pietersen hundred

Kevin Pietersen hit a swashbuckling and eventful 151 to brighten England's prospects of a series-levelling victory in the second and final Test against hosts Sri Lanka on Thursday. The 31-year-old......

Unpaid Sri Lankan stars continue to work hard

Sri Lankan cricketers, who have punched much above their weight by reaching the finals of the ongoing ODI tri-series by ousting India, will not get a single penny for these matches even after the......

Sandeep will be threat for all teams: Canada coach

Fully aware of penalty corners' importance in modern day hockey, Canada coach Robin D'Abreo said that star drag-flicker Sandeep Singh will be a potential threat for the opponents of India in the......

Gagan Ajit to return for World Series Hockey

Former India player Gagan Ajit Singh will return to competitive hockey after being picked in the second players' draft for the US $2 million World Series Hockey, which commences on February 29. The......