World Champion Viswanathan Anand scored an emphatic victory over world number two Levon Aronian of Armenia to jump to joint lead with two others after the fourth round of the Tata Steel chess tournament, at Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands, on Wednesday.

At least 23 people lost their lives due to cold wave in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand even as temperature in parts of North India soared, a trend that weatherman said will persist.

Airports across United Kingdom including Europe's busiest, Heathrow, have been forced to cancel dozens of flights as ice and thick fog descended on the country overnight.

World champion Viswanathan Anand defeated Grandmaster Gawain Jones of England in the fifth round to register his first victory in London Chess Classic. Under much pressure, Anand outclassed Jones and finally registered a win after 17 Classical Chess games.

World Champion Viswanathan Anand failed to capitalise on chances that came his way and played out a draw with tail-ender Levon Aronian of Armenia in the third round of the London Chess Classic on Monday.

World champion Viswanathan Anand could not fetch a win till the very end as he settled for a draw with Russia's Sergey Karjakin in the 10th and final round of fifth Final Chess Masters to finish a lowly fifth, in Bilbao, Spain.

World champion Viswanathan Anand got tangled in a complicated position and was held to a draw by little-known Spaniard Francisco Vallejo Pons in the first round of the fifth Chess Masters final in Sao Paulo.

Victory continues to elude defending champion Viswanathan Anand. The Indian Grandmaster failed to break the deadlock yet again and had to settle for a draw against challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in the sixth game of the World Chess Championship in Moscow.

Defending champion Viswanathan Anand showcased fresh preparation as black and got an easy draw against rival Boris Gelfand in the second game of the World Chess Championship now in progress in Moscow.

Handset major Nokia, along with digital content provider Hungama.com, is readying a mobile application (app) that will bring music concerts to users' mobile devices.

Pointers for gullible consumers to protect themselves against fraudulent practices that may lead to loss of vital information and money.

The Godhra case is related to burning of Sabramati Express's compartment C-6 at Godhra on February 27, 2002 in which 59 people were burnt alive.

After a wait of nine years, the judgement in the Godhra case is likely to be delivered on February 19.

The trial of one of the most controversial legal cases of independent India went on for more than 18 months. Many non-government organisations and accused had objected to the conduct of the trial in Gujarat. Almost, every legal point of the case had been challenged in court.

US-India Business Council denies charge of routing poll help to Republicans.

World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria to remain in joint-second after end of the eighth round in the Pearl Spring Chess tournament in Nanjing, China, on Thursday.

World champion Viswanathan Anand salvaged a draw from a losing position against Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the seventh round to occupy joint-second spot in the Pearl Spring Chess tournament in Nanjing, China.

Taking the fight to rivals manufacturing high-end mobile devices, the world's largest handset-maker, Nokia, on Tuesday unveiled three new smartphones in an attempt to increase its market share.

Sometimes hope is all you have; yet, in the end, hope is all you'll ever need! Hope -- or God's grace -- is what lifted Arlene D'Souza from the depths of despair to a life spiritually fulfilled and emotionally self-actualised.

Indian American politicians have denounced a television advertisement by a conservative group called Americans for Job Security that hits at a governor who had earlier favoured outsourcing jobs to India.

Defending champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Veselin Topalov played out a draw on the 58th move in the seventh game of the World Chess Championship in Sofia on Monday.

Powerful cars like the Camaro and Corvette might be sold via special boutiques in small numbers.

Liberalization and telecom reforms are known to be necessary to hasten growth in tele-density.

World champion Viswanathan Anand kept his three-point lead intact as he held off Vladimir Kramnik in the ninth game of the World Chess Championship final. The draw brought Anand closer to the world title, which he gets to keep on reaching 6.5 points.

Indian ace Viswanathan Anand beat Vladimir Kramnik with black pieces to score the first victory in the 12-game World Chess Championship final in Bonn on Friday. Anand, who had played Kramnik in the Slav Exchange in the first game of the 12-game match, found himself in the same opening once again. This time, unlike the first draw, the Russian was outwitted by the Indian in 41 moves.

Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the ninth and penultimate round of the Bilbao Grand Slam chess tournament to stay joint fifth. With his seventh draw in nine games Anand, playing with white, took his points tally to seven points in the soccer-like scoring system with just one round to come in the super-category tournament.

World champion Viswanathan Anand played out his third draw on the trot, signing peace with Levon Aronian of Armenia in the third round of Bilbao Grand Slam final on Thursday. Anand slipped to joint third in the standings with a tally of three points in the soccer-like scoring system that gives 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw.

OBC parliamentary forum says the 'creamy layer' barrier will hit a large number of OBC students; to meet soon. The definition, many fear, may deny a large number of students the benefit of the OBC quotas in central educational institutions that were given the go-ahead by the Supreme Court last week.

World champion Viswanathan Anand played out two draws with Loek Van Wely of the Netherlands to finish overall tied sixth after the 11th and final round in Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament in Nice. Levon Aronian of Armenia won the tournament after two easy draws with Hungarian Peter Leko. He ended up with an impressive 14.5 points from 22 games played in this unique event that featured one blindfold and one rapid game in each round.

World champion Viswanathan Anand's form in rapid chess was found wanting again as he squandered a lead against Boris Gelfand of Israel and settled for a 1-1 draw in the 10th and penultimate round of the Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament in Nice, France. The Indian is joint-sixth in overall standings with just one round to go and has no chance of winning either of the titles in the tournament.

World champion Viswanathan Anand suffered 0.5-1.5 defeat at the hands of leader Levon Aronian of Armenia in the eighth round of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament in Nice, France. Anand drew his rapid game but ended up conceding a point in the blindfold, which cost the Indian dear as he slipped to joint fourth spot in the overall standings.

World champion Viswanathan Anand won the blindfold but lost the rapid game against Magnus Carlsen of Norway to remain in sole second after the end of the seventh round of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess tournament in France.

World champion Viswanathan Anand thumped Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine in the blindfold and won his sixth round game 1.5-0.5 in the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess tournament in Nice. With five rounds still to go, Levon Aronian of Armenia is at the top of the combined points table on 7.5 while Anand is now close behind with seven points in his kitty.

World champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Peter Leko of Hungary in the rapid game in the fourth round of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament in Nice, France. The defeat proved quite costly for the Indian ace, as he lost his lead in the rapid section and combined standings.

The world champion took the sole lead after playing a couple of draws with Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the third round of the Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament. Anand took his combined tally to four points and is now half a point ahead of nearest rivals Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine, Levon Aronian of Armenia, Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Topalov who all have 3.5 points apiece.

World champion Viswanathan Anand thumped Shakhriayar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan to register his second straight rapid game victory in the second round of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess tournament in Nice. With nine rounds still to go, Anand is now sitting pretty at the top in rapid along with Levon Aronian of Armenia on two points each after two wins with black pieces.

World champion Viswanathan Anand beat Norwegian Magnus Carlsen in the third round to occupy sole second place in the Morelia-Linares chess tournament.

In other words, more and more Indian adults are staying away from their parents. In many cases, that's limiting their concern to those that they live with.

World champion Viswanathan Anand played his third draw on the trot while P Harikrishna and Parimarjan Negi scored victories in the fourth round of the Corus International Chess tournament.

Rude defeats for World champion Viswanthan Anand and fellow Grandmaster Koneru Humpy summed up a pathetic day for the Indians in the first round of Corus Chess tournament.