Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 rattles New York, New Jersey

A meeting of the UN Security Council was briefly interrupted as a rare 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit the New York area Friday morning. The UN diplomats were in the Security Council chamber for a......

UP man modifies car into 'helicopter'; fined

Police in Uttar Pradesh put paid the plans of a local in Ambedkar Nagar in the state who had resorted to the quintessential Indian 'jugaad' to modify a car to look like a helicopter! Photograph:......

Will Ideology Trump Personalities And Issues in TN Again?

According to DMK, the voters are already consolidated on ideological lines, hence the impact of anti-incumbency, whether against the BJP Centre or the DMK state may not be too much, notes N Sathiya......

ED arrests Lalu Prasad's close aide Subhash Yadav in sand mining case

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Subhash Yadav, a close aide of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, in connection with its ongoing money laundering probe in the alleged illegal......

Uber riders can now share live location updates with cops

Uber has come up with a technology integration feature called “emergency assistance” that aims to provide public safety authorities with real-time actionable data in case of an......

Fans see double standards in FIFA political sympathies

IMAGE: Fans hold a Palestine flag outside the stadium. Photograph: Charlotte Bruneau/Reuters When is it and is it not acceptable to display a political banner at the World Cup in Qatar? The......