Melbourne: A 21-year-old Australian man was sentenced to 45 years in jail with a minimum non-parole period of 30 years for the “planned and premeditated” rape and murder of Indian student Tosha Thakkar, who he strangled to death, stuffed into a suitcase and dumped in a canal. Daniel Stani-Reginald raped and strangled 24-year-old Thakkar to [...]
Washington: Testosterone levels increase when men defeat rivals in competitions, but not after they compete against friends, a new study claims. A University of Missouri study has found that testosterone levels during group competition are modulated depending on the relationships among the competitors. “One interesting thing about humans is that we are the only animal [...]
Washington: Fish oil could minimise the damaging effects that junk food can have on the brain, according to new research. Scientists at the University of Liverpool analysed several research papers to substantially confirm the aiding of weight loss by omega-3s Previous research has indicated that high-fat diets could disrupt neurogenesis, a process that generates new [...]
London: Most women want their friendship with male friends to stay platonic, says a research. The research carried by dating site Canoodle.com reveals that only 27 per cent of women would say yes to something more than friendship with their closest male friend, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Most women are completely happy for their friendship with a [...]
Washington: What could be a World War II era recipe for Coca-Cola’s secret formula found a buyer Wednesday on eBay — a 15-year-old who now has three days to come up with $15 million to pay for it. Georgia antiques dealer Cliff Kluge listed the yellowing typewritten document with an opening bid of $5 million [...]
MOSCOW: The tomb of Russia’s revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin reopened Wednesday after major repairs for water damage to its foundation, media reports said. The project underscored that authorities are in no hurry to respond to calls for the communist icon’s remains to be buried, a debate that began with the fall of communism in 1991. [...]
BEIJING: A wealthy Chinese Maserati owner hired four sledgehammer-wielding men to smash up his $420,000 supercar in protest at poor customer service, reports said Wednesday. The car owner, identified only by his surname Wang, had the group attack the Maserati Quattroporte at the opening of an auto show in the eastern city of Qingdao, in [...]
London: The US Army is investigating one of its sergeants for sexual assault — one who is in charge of a sexual assault prevention program, the Pentagon admitted Tuesday. The sergeant, whose name was not released, is based at Fort Hood, Texas, and has been suspended from all duties, the Defense Department said in a [...]
He was discovered with a large stash of cash and was trying to recruit a Russian as a spy. Moscow: Russia on Tuesday ordered the expulsion of an alleged American CIA agent working undercover at the US embassy who was discovered with a large stash of money trying to recruit a Russian agent. Russia’s Federal [...]
San Francisco: Google CEO Larry Page has disclosed a problem with his vocal cords that makes it difficult for him to speak and breathe occasionally, but he says he remains fit enough to keep running the Internet’s most influential company, the star reports. The explanation that Page posted Tuesday on his Google Plus profile cleared [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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A footage is doing the rounds on TV channels where apparently two constables in UP are sorting matters out between them the hard way, raining each other with blows, not verbal, but with their lathis. One look at the video will tell you there seems to be something seriously wrong with the discipline among the [...]
So the thief is in the ship after all. The Mumbai police revelation that Gurunath Melyappan, son-in-law of BCCI Chief Srinivasan, was in constant touch with Vindoo Dhara Singh, now in police custody over betting, leaves no scope for imagination. Little wonder such brazen betting prospered over IPL. It now raises the question: was the [...]
Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
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