8 March 2010, 8:09 pm
The number of tigers in three major landscapes - Terrai, Central India and the Western Ghats - home to 80 percent of India's tigers, will be known by December, but a countrywide total would be available only by March next year, an official involved in the ongoing census of big cats said.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 7:54 pm
After successfully treating hundreds of cancer patients in India, a Noida-based institute has now accepted an offer from Malaysia to provide targeted 'dendritic cell' therapy to patients there.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 6:54 pm
Designer duo Narresh and Shrivan, who specialise in 'customised' beachwear, feel that Indian women are at a loss when it comes to lingerie or swimwear shopping as there is no sizing chart available to suit their body type.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 6:39 pm
Southern star Siddharth, who plans to turn producer next year, says he is the 'Shah Rukh Khan' of the Telugu film industry and that romance will always be his forte even though he is popular for his intense roles in Hindi movies like 'Rang De Basanti'.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 5:55 pm
The US government will spend $40 million to design its Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP), Xinhua reported.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 5:55 pm
An American-born al-Qaeda spokesman, Adam Gadahn, who was supposedly captured in Pakistan over the weekend, has escaped an intelligence dragnet after all.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 11:52 am
Chris Cusiter - laid low with virus. Scotland captain Chris Cusiter and flanker John Barclay are expected to resume training on Tuesday after sitting out Monday night's session ahead of Saturday's Calcutta Cup clash with England.... Read More »
7 March 2010, 10:22 pm
Kolkata, March 8 A two-day national seminar on Development Communication-Role of Media began here on Monday at Vivekananda College under Calcutta University.... Read More »
7 March 2010, 9:09 pm
A young Indian man spends a night in a flophouse in Calcutta and wakes up to find a child’s corpse in his room. This is the mystery that the narrator of this crime novel—Theroux’s tentative foray into the genre—is called upon to . . .... Read More »
7 March 2010, 1:55 am
(AP:NEW DELHI) A top Maoist guerrilla leader threatened to attack Indian cities such as Calcutta if the government does not immediately agree to hold peace talks, a news report said Sunday.... Read More »