Thiruvananthapuram : In a bid to resolve the rift between Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and KPCC Chief Ramesh Chennithala in the Kerala unit of Congress, CWC member and Defence Minister A K Antony held talks with supporters of Chandy and Chennithala...

New Delhi : N Srinivasan's days as BCCI President seem to be numbered as a faction within the Board is planning to initiate suspension proceedings against him if he refuses to step down in the aftermath of the IPL spot-fixing scandal that has thrown Indian...

London: British Airways said today a plane travelling from London to Oslo was forced to make an emergency landing after a fault in one of the engines. Video footage on Sky News showed the plane at London's Heathrow's airport with smoke bellowing out...

Kolkata: Mumbai Indians overcame middle over hiccups to carve out a thrilling four-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals off the penultimate ball to move into the Indian Premier League final here Friday. Mumbai, who reached 169/6 in reply to 165/6 posted...

Mumbai: Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) Friday announced a large natural gas discovery in the consortium's KG-D6 block offshore in Andhra Pradesh. 'Formation evaluation indicates a gross gas and condensate column in the well of about 155 metres in the...

Thiruvananthapuram : Cultural and political leaders in Kerala today hailed the Centre's decision to confer classical status to the Malayalam language, for which the state had been campaigning for a long time. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said according...

Kochi: The HC upheld the decision of the state govt to exclude students who have undergone CBSE school-based examination for admission to Plus-one for year 2013-14. Earlier, the HC had stayed the govt directive. The stay came after a PIL was filed...

London : Time spent by asthma patients soaking up the sun may help in the treatment of the illness, a research has said. A team of scientists at King's College London said vitamin D, which is made by the body in sunlight, calms an 'over-active' part...

Washington : Describing him as a 'trailblazer' who personifies the best of America, the US President Barack Obama has said that Indian-American Srikanth Srinivasan will serve as a judge of America's second highest court 'with distinction'. Chandigarh-born...

Washington : Researchers in the US have captured rare images of the creation of a massive galaxy about 10 times the size of the Milky Way that was formed when two young galaxies collided 11 billion years ago, a study said. 'Capturing the creation of...

London : Nick Robinson, the BBC's political editor, Friday apologised for directly quoting a Whitehall source who described the Woolwich killers as being 'of Muslim appearance'. Robinson said he was sorry for using the phrase, which 'was both liable...