An artificial sun experiment developed by Hefei Institute of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Science, has successfully realised UHT long pulse plasma discharge at a temperature of more than 50 million degrees....
The US Federal Reserve kept its benchmark short-term interest rates unchanged as widely expected, noting that "global economic and financial developments continue to pose risks" to the US economy....
State-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC) on Wednesday announced a big hike in transport fuel rates, increasing petrol by Rs.3.07 a litre and diesel by Rs.1.90 -- both at Delhi, with corresponding increase in other states. ...
The high-level inquiry committee set by JNU to probe the controversial event of February 9 has not recommended rustication of five students including students union chief Kanhaiya Kumar, for their alleged involvement in the event in which anti-national slogans allegedly raised. However, it has rapped the organisers. ...
MIM legislator Waris Pathan was suspended from the Maharashtra assembly on Wednesday when he refused to say "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" in the house. ...
Delhi Police on Wednesday told a court here that JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya organised the February 9 event on the campus while JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar was not its organiser. ...
Proceeds from the sale of lottery tickets in Kerala soared from Rs.557 crore to a staggering Rs.5,696 crore during the five-year tenure of the present Oommen Chandy government....
Parliamentary approval was on Wednesday accorded to the Aadhaar bill with the Lok Sabha again passing the bill without any of the amendments suggested by the Rajya Sabha which had returned the bill after a heated discussion ...
A powerful bomb, detonated by a timing mechanism, ripped through a bus carrying government employees in Pakistan's Peshawar on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people and causing injuries to another two dozen commuters ...
A high-level committee of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, inquiring into the February 9 event, has said that the dean of students was "not vigilant enough" in preventing it and that varsity students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya were among those who did not submit the booking form to the appropriate authorities. ...
