Chinese hackers 'compromise' US weapons systems designs
Black Hawk helicopters were cited as one of the weapons systems compromised by hackers Chinese hackers have accessed designs for more than two dozen US weapons systems, a US newspaper has...
View ArticleJournalist recalls the battle to break Everest story
By Emily BuchananBBC world affairs correspondentPeter Jackson needed 11 porters to carry his equipment and supplies As Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to scale Mount Everest...
View ArticleCenturies-old frozen plants revived
Glacier retreat has markedly accelerated in the period since 2004 - and many new species lie beneath Plants that were frozen during the "Little Ice Age" centuries ago have been observed sprouting new...
View ArticleBurma Muslim-Buddhist clashes erupt in Shan state
Sectarian clashes between Muslims and Buddhists have been reported in Lashio, the capital of Burma's north-eastern Shan state.The clashes began after a rumour spread that a Muslim man had doused a...
View ArticleSri Lanka inquiry into Buddhist monk's self-immolation
Dozens of people protested after the authorities rejected a state funeral for the monk Sri Lanka is to investigate the role of the media in the death of a Buddhist monk on Saturday, the day after he...
View ArticlePakistan teenager rescued after kidnap by fake Facebook friend
Kidnapping is a common tactic in Karachi, one of Pakistan's most violent cities A 13-year-old boy who was kidnapped in the Pakistani city of Karachi after being lured into a meeting via Facebook has...
View ArticleIndia's ancient university returns to life
By Yojana Sharma Nalanda is emerging from the ruins as an image of India's rising powerIt was an eminent centre of learning...
View ArticleIPL cricketer S Sreesanth is remanded in custody
Fast bowler S Sreesanth has represented India in many international matchesIndian fast bowler S Sreesanth, arrested earlier this month over allegations of spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League, has...
View Article2G case: CBI opposes pleas of Sunil Mittal, Ravi Ruia BT
The CBI on Wednesday pleaded with the Supreme Court not to quash the trial court's order making Bharti Cellular Ltd CMD Sunil Mittal and Essar group promoter Ravi Ruia as accused in the additional 2G...
View ArticleEmpowering Google+ BT
About Nandagopal RajanNandagopal Rajan has, for over a decade now, made technology and the Internet the butter on his Everyone has a Google+ account, thanks to our affinity to Gmail. But not all of us...
View ArticleWhat new gas discovery means for Reliance Industries Ajay Modi
It is the first announcement of a discovery by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) after BP came on board in February 2011, and it has promptly triggered a rally in the company's stock price. In the two...
View ArticleQuit BCCI till spot-fixing probe is over, Sharad Pawar advises Srinivasan PTI
Sharad Pawar and N. Srinivasan.Former BCCI president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday demanded a Home Ministry inquiry into all the 75 matches of the scandal-hit IPL 6, saying not doing so will give an...
View ArticleAfter spot-fixing, Sreesanth turns to god Bhavna Vij-Aurora New Delhi
Tainted cricketer S. Sreesanth found the eastern corner of his cell in Tihar's Jail number one and set a small idol of Lord Ganesha there. That was the first thing he did on reaching his cell in ward...
View ArticleAashiqui 2 joins the Rs.100 crore club IANS
Director Mohit Suri's musical saga Aashiqui 2 has become the latest to join the Rs.100 crore club and the producers are elated.See pics: Shraddha Kapoor, Aditya Kapur showcase sizzling chemistry at the...
View ArticleRoyal baby to spend first 6 weeks with Middletons Bang Showbiz
Britain's Prince William and Duchess Catherine's baby will spend its first six weeks with the Middleton family, according to the duchess' uncle Gary Goldsmith.Catherine's uncle Gary Goldsmith revealed...
View ArticleArrested for cheating, starlet Leena Maria now faces theft charge Headlines...
Chennai-based actress Leena Maria Paul. The case of starlet Leena Maria Paul has taken a new twist with the Delhi Police now working on the theft angle.The actress was on Tuesday arrested for...
View Article‘Sri Lanka’ poetry: Rajapaksa man edits, India publishes, SL-Canada mission...
[TamilNet, Wednesday, 29 May 2013, 03:15 GMT]National Book Trust of India (NBT), a publications outfit of the New Delhi Establishment had entrusted the editorship of an anthology of ‘Sri Lanka’ poetry...
View ArticleTNA MPs, EPC councilors hold protest against erection of Buddha statue in...
[TamilNet, Wednesday, 29 May 2013, 10:11 GMT]Batticaloa district parliamentarians of the Tamil National Alliance and the councilors of the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC) and members of the public...
View ArticleColombo plans Sinhala military settlement in Valikaamam North
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 28 May 2013, 23:51 GMT]While the uprooted Eezham Tamils of Valikaamam North confront the occupying Sri Lankan State against the seizure of their lands in the former ‘High Security...
View ArticleSri Lanka's economic development initiatives linked to reconciliation,...
Wed, May 29, 2013, 05:33 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. May 29, Beijing: Sri Lanka is working towards achieving economic equality to ensure equal economic opportunities for all the...
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