Darjeeling/Siliguri/Kolkata : Left with hardly any other option, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has renewed its indefinite strike call in the Hills from Monday evening, thus sparing Siliguri and the Dooars in its bid to avoid a direct confrontation with CPM... details>>
Congress plans to corner Modi
New Delhi: Congress is set to hit the agitational pitch in Gujarat on “power cuts”, in a bid to ready the party for Lok Sabha battle after a debilitating defeat at the hands of saffron strongman Narendra Modi... details>>
The ulema strike back
On May 31, a harsh sandstorm hit Delhi. Several trees crashed to the ground, and evening traffic, caught off guard, remained clogged for hours. At the city’s Ram Lila ground, near Turkman Gate, braving the heat and dust was a crowd of over 300,000... details>>
Space probe Ulysses reaches end of odyssey
Paris: European and US scientists will bid a fond farewell on July 1 to the space probe Ulysses, which has circled the Sun gathering data for 17 years, almost four times its expected lifetime... details>>
In 2050, your lover may be a... robot
Maastricht (Netherlands): Romantic humanrobot relationships are no longer the stuff of science fiction — researchers expect them to become reality within four decades. And they do not mean simply, mechanical sex... details>>
Bachchans in Hyderabad tomorrow
The ace director Ram Gopal Varma hailing from the city of Hyderabad comes as a boon for the film lovers of the metropolitan city... details>>
Buffon wants Italy to ignore the math
Baden (Austria): Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has left his calculator at home and is relying on others to explain the complicated permutations in Euro 2008 Group C... details>>
