newsPresident, PM congratulate Australia for World Cup win
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated the Australia cricket team on winning the 2015 World Cup in Melbourne."Congratulations
Australia crush New Zealand, claim historic fifth Cup
Melbourne, March 29 (IANS) Australia became the first team to clinch five cricket World Cup titles crushing traditional rivals New Zealand by seven wickets in the final of the 11th quadrennial
Video mapping steals the show at IIT-Roorkee fest
Roorkee (Uttarakhand), March 29 (IANS) A visual illusion display by a Portuguese video mapping duo, in collaboration with world famous disc jockey David Guetta, stole the show at the onging
RoomsTonite mobile app offers 24x7 assistance
Bengaluru, March 29 (IANS) Last-minute hotel booking mobile application RoomsTonite has unveiled a 24x7 assistance service to help travellers with enquiries and meet their needs at pre-stay, during
No flood threat to Kashmir Valley: Met
Srinagar, March 29 (IANS) The Kashmir Valley faces no flood threat, authorities said on Sunday, as many residents of Srinagar began shifting to safer areas as the water level in the Jhelum rose
Centre calls for studies on cell phones health hazards
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) In the backdrop of the recently concluded spectrum auctions, the science and technology ministry has commissioned research studies on health aspects of mobile phone
Australia bowl out New Zealand for 183
Melbourne, March 29 (IANS) Australian bowlers put up an impressive performance to give themselves a strong chance of winning the fifth cricket World Cup as New Zealand were bowled out for a paltry
Cloudy Sunday in Delhi
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy morning on Sunday in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 20.3 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season's
New Zealand opt to bat against Australia in final
Melbourne, March 29 (IANS) New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum won the toss and opted to bat against Australia in the cricket World Cup final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here on
80 Indians flying out of Yemen capital: MEA
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Eighty Indian nationals are being evacuated from unrest-hit Yemen by air to Djibouti, the government said on Saturday.External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed
Bihar to skill up one crore youth by 2020: Nitish
Patna, March 28 (IANS) The Bihar government is planning to skill up one crore youth in the state in a time span of five years to make them compete globally for industries requiring skilled
ISIS 'death threat' to AoL founder Ravi Shankar
Bengaluru, March 28 (IANS) Art of Living (AoL) Foundation on Saturday claimed that its founder Sri Ravi Shankar received death threat from international terror organisation ISIS during his present
Victoria Memorial, Museum blackout in Kolkata for Earth Hour
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) As millions of people across the globe pledged to switch off non-essential lights for an hour to observe the Earth Hour, the city's iconic Victoria Memorial and the Indian
President, PM congratulate ISRO for successful satellite launch
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Indian scientists on the successful launch of the country's fourth navigation
SAARC satellite's configuration to be finalised soon: ISRO
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), March 28 (IANS) The configuration of SAARC satellite will be finalised soon and it launched within 18 month, said the Indian space agency chief on Saturday."The
B.K. Birla's wife Sarala passes away
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) Sarala Birla, wife of prominent industrialist B.K. Birla, passed away on Saturday in Delhi, family sources said here. She was 90.Married to B.K. Birla since 1942, she is
Indian industry should donate to academia: IIT-R director
Roorkee (Uttarakhand), March 28 (IANS) IIT-Roorkee Director Pradipta Banerji said on Saturday that Indian industry should emulate the Western model and donate to academia in India while addressing
Exhibition raises concerns over gender inequality
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) A girl in class 10 writes “it feels really sad to know you all feel that women are inferior and not capable of doing anything". Another girl writes “... but
'PSLV-C27 launch shows India's increasing space capabilities'
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday congratulated Indian space agency ISRO for the successful launch of PSLV-C27 and said that it showed India's increasing space
India launches fourth navigation satellite
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), March 28 (IANS) India successfully put into orbit its fourth navigation satellite with its own rocket on Saturday evening in copybook style.Exactly at 5.19 p.m., the
