Surface-to-air missile Akash test-fired

India's surface-to-air missile Akash was test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur on Wednesday, defence sources said. The missile was test fired at around 1:40 pm. Aimed at a moving......

WTF News: It's Weird, True and Funny

A weekly digest of all the news that will surely shock and make you laugh at the same time!   1) Ouch! Man undergoes over 4500 piercings in eight hours   A tattoo-addict has smashed the......

'BJD open to joining UPA, Third Front'

Secretary general of the Biju Janata DalDamodar Routtalks toDilipSatapathy on why his party snapped the decade-old tieswith the Bharatiya Janata Party and the politicial options before the BJD. Why......

ISRO is ready to give the Americans a run for their money

'What we are trying for is to make space travel easier like air travel.''We have already established ourselves... the fact that other countries are coming to seek our help shows our technology is......

Govt to focus on LPG cost in next leg of Ujjwala scheme

With the price of a cylinder touching Rs 800, it’s becoming increasingly unaffordable to an already price-sensitive population, threatening to risk one of the most-celebrated campaigns of the......

Some retailers put restrictions on purchase quantity

Future Group and V-Mart have put in place systems to prevent panic buying at their neighbourhood grocery stores. Retailers on Wednesday said there is enough stock of essential items and groceries......

How Maharashtra plans to counter inflation

The Maharashtra government on Friday announced a series of measures to combat inflation. These include making available essential commodities like pulses, edible oil and grains at concessional......

Now, 5-kg cylinders available at subsidised rates

In a move that will give cooking gas consumers more choice, state oil marketing companies have started selling mini 5-kg LPG cylinders at subsidised rates. Till now, cooking gas (LPG) was available......

Gukesh is WORLD CHESS CHAMPION!

IMAGE: Defying all odds, he has toppled the reigning World Chess Champion, Ding Liren of China. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Chin An/FIDE Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh on Thursday became the......

Mirabai Chanu disappoints: No medal in Paris Olympics

IMAGE: India’s Mirabai Chanu Saikhom falls after failing to lift cleanly in the Olympics women's 49kg weightlifting competition in Paris on Wednesday. Photograph: Amanda Perobelli/Reuters......

Kunjarani finishes fifth

Veteran lifter Kunjarani Devi lifted a total of 190 kilos but finished outside the medals bracket in the 48 kg category at the Olympics weightlifting competition in Athens on Saturday.Kunjarani,......

Harikrishna draws with Timman

Former World Junior champion P Harikrishna started his campaign with a draw against Jan Timman of Holland in the first round of the Ciudad de Pamplona International chess tournament in Pamplona,......

Chess Masters: Vallejo Pons holds Anand in opener

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......