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A teaspoon of honey to your kids before they go to bed can ease their cough symptoms and help them sleep more soundly, a new study has claimed. In a ...

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) today told the Delhi High Court that its board would consider reaching an out-of-court settlement of ...

The Power Ministry today proposed to carry out an independent audit of transmission grids within three months, a move that comes amid massive failures ...

Google’s 11th doodle for the London Olympics 2012 on Monday features the sport of Javelin. The doodle, displayed on the search engine's homepage, has ...

Setting sights on the 2014 general elections, veteran social activist, Anna Hazare, disbanded Team Anna’s core committee, paving the way for a new ...

Thirteen people were killed and 14 others injured when an explosion rocked a family-owned workshop in eastern China. The explosion took place in a ...

The Goa Government is planning to cancel 40 mining leases in the State that were granted during the erstwhile Congress-led regime. Chief Minister ...

Andhra Pradesh, which consumes wheat worth Rs 1,000 crore annually, is starving for this grain in the last two months. Millers fear flooding of ...

Hiroshima marked the 67th anniversary of the US atomic bombing today, renewing its call for the elimination of nuclear weapons and more help for aging ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed shock and sadness over the shooting incident at a gurudwara in the US and hoped authorities there will ...

NASA’s ‘Curiosity’ rover successfully landed today on Mars in a daring ‘skycrane manoeuvre’, beginning a two-year mission to probe if the Earth’s ...

Rebel BJP leader Keshubhai Patel, who announced the formation of a new party to take on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the upcoming assembly ...

On the first day of the rest of his life, Michael Phelps found old habits are hard to break. He popped out of bed around 6 in the morning Sunday, as ...

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to former Karnataka Chief Minister, B S Yeddyurappa, in a corruption case ...

While Olympics being the flavour of the season, bookstores are filled with a range of books focusing on the big sporting extravaganza. Harper Collins ...

Destinee Hooker scored 19 points and the undefeated US women’s volleyball team wrapped up preliminary pool play at the London Olympics with a ...

Turkey’s seismology center says a 5.3 magnitude earthquake has rattled the country’s southeast, but authorities have reported no damage or injuries.

After nine days of lunge, parry and riposte with epee, foil and saber, Italy fought its way back to the top of the fencing medal table in the London ...

So much for all those dire predictions of it taking many years, even decades, to break the swimming records set in high-tech bodysuits. Nine world ...

Breathless, stunned and trying to make sense of it all, spectators who watched Usain Bolt win the Olympic men’s 100m final said seeing it live was a ...

In what is being described as an “act of domestic terrorism’’, a gunman opened fire inside a Gurudwara in Wisconsin as the congregation was making ...

With increased stress at the work place and sedentary lifestyles taking a toll on their health, more and more young IT professionals are taking to ...

Tyson Gay was so choked up, he couldn’t speak. Justin Gatlin was so happy he struggled to find the right words. Once again, Gay walked away ...

Beat Usain Bolt at your peril. He is bound to get you back, when it matters most. Any questions that Yohan Blake raised by beating the defending ...