Indian-American Venkatraman Ramakrishnan received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Concert Hall in Stockholm on Thursday. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf presented the highest honour in the......
At least 45 people were killed and 273 injured when a massive blast shook the Civil Lines area of Lahore city on Wednesday. The blast occurred in 15 Building adjacent to the Capital......
Amid speculation over Rahul Gandhi taking a bigger role in Congress, senior party leader Karan Singh feels that there is "no probable reason" why he should stay away from the responsibility. "I......
'My wife has done everything... She has had to give up a lot,' HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar tells Sahil Makkar.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The story of the rise of Union Minister for......
The hundred acres of land, on the road from Delhi to Jaipur, were marked in government records as banjar (barren) and beehad (inhospitable). Yet, the uneven patch has been fenced and parts of it......
The job placement rate for students trained by NIIT in China is over 90 per cent.A revealing excerpt from Saibal Dasgupta's Running With The Dragon: How India Should Do Business With China. ......
Analysts caution against volatility and recommend buying stocks of companies that are on strong fundamental footing that have been beaten down badly in the recent carnage. IMAGE: The Bombay Stock......
IT training academy NIIT on Monday forged an alliance with UK's largest university, the Open University, to offer a degree programme in IT education to students across India, Bangladesh, Botswana,......
With the objective of increasing its presence in China, Indian software training company NIIT has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese real estate developer Shui On to set up training......
Jayam Ravi, one of the most successful and promising young actors in Tamil got married to Aarthi on June 4 at Hotel Park Sheraton in Chennai. The actor burst into the Tamil scene with Jayam......
Irfan Pathan's form may have deserted him, but his charm radiates. The handsome Baroda pacer barely avoided embarrassment on Monday when a female fan in Kolkata tried to kiss him in......
World chess champion Viswanathan Anand does not want to become part of the chaos and controversy surrounding the Commonwealth Games and only wants to focus on the number of medals India can win in......
A calm and composed Viswanathan Anand did not let his first game loss affect him as he fought back and scored a wonderful victoryin the second and levelled matters at the end of the opening day of......
After ruling the chess world for nearly 20 years now, Viswanathan Anand is rightly regarded as one of the greats of the 64-squares game.In the last few years, he has captured almost every title......