Doctors can determine whether a teenager is at the risk of developing a mental illness or committing suicide just by asking him or her what type of music they prefer, according to a new study. Published in Australasian Psychiatry journal, the study...

Euphoric crowds chanting “Go Olympics, Go Beijing” cheered the Olympic flame through Tiananmen Square on Wednesday at the end of its troubled global relay. Two days before the Games start, one of China’s best-known sportsmen, 7ft 6 in...

Nature has always surprised us with its unusual phenomenon. Eclipse is one such happening which manages to attract the same attention every time. From taking holy dips to doing special religious ceremonies - eclipse becomes a national event. As people...

CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat may have sidestepped the issue of projecting BSP supremo Mayawati as the prime ministerial candidate, but his CPI counterpart A B Bardhan has no such inhibitions - the Left leader said on Tuesday that the UP Chief...

One hears the name of the Lord when one steps into any place of religious worship. It is however not everyday that one hears of a temple where the name of Lord Ram is being chanted, continuously, for the last 44 years. Jamnagar’s Shri Bala...

A specially-designated tribunal on Tuesday (Aug ) lifted the ban imposed by the Centre on the activities of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). Justice Geeta Mittal of the Delhi High Court, who headed the tribunal, held that there was no new...

Anorexia, an eating disorder characterized by unrealistic fear of weight gain, self-starvation, and conspicuous distortion of body image, has so far been associated with teenage girls, but a new survey conducted in Britain suggests that Anorexia is no...

The drubbing in the second Test at Galle has forced the Sri Lankan cricket selectors to explore changes in the fast bowling department with old war horse Chaminda Vaas and Nuwan Kulasekara in the scanner for their average performance in the match. It...

At the centre of the Jammu and Kashmir divide is a little known group called the Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti. It is a group of about 28 social and political outfits like the Shiv Sena, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Transport Union and even the Jammu...

Hitachi is unquestionably the leader in tube technology and is all set to strengthen its position in launching a new LCD TV, the UT47-XP770, to its Wooo UT series. Due for its debut on 26th of September this year, this TV boasts off a 35 mm thickness,...