Chennai, Dec 8 (IANS) US-headquartered IT company Cognizant, with major operations in Chennai, on Tuesday, announced Rs.260-crore ($40 million) aid for flood relief measures here and assistance as loans, grants to its employees and business…
London, Dec 8 (IANS) Learning, memory, and brain repair depend on the ability of our neurons to change with experience says a new study. Researchers in Italy concluded following a study that exercise may enhance…
Bengaluru, Dec 8 (IANS) Bowing to public and political pressure, Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Y. Bhaskar Rao resigned five months after the watchdog’s police charged his son Y. Ashwin Rao with seeking a bribe from state…
Chennai, Dec 8 (IANS) Actor Siddharth, who extended help to the people of rain-hit Cuddalore district, says the conditions there are being exaggerated. And all that people need to do is be concerned, rather than…
New York, Dec 8 (IANS) The Neanderthals, who appeared about 200,000 years ago, are quite distinct from modern humans in the manner in which their faces grow, finds a new study. The results add to…
Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) The Pakistani-origin couple who killed 14 people last week in San Bernardino, California, had long been “radicalised” and had practiced at a target range days before last week’s massacre, according to…
Chennai: Actor Radhakrishnan Parthiban involved in flood relief activities in Chennai. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 8 (IANS) Life in flood-hit Chennai was slowly limping back to normalcy, with rains stopping on Tuesday morning in Tamil…
Pretoria, Dec 8 (IANS) A South African court on Tuesday granted Paralympian Oscar Pistorius bail as he awaits sentencing after being convicted of murder for killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Judges of the high…
Palwal (Haryana), Dec 8 (IANS) Nearly 100 people were injured when two trains collided in Haryana’s Palwal district on Tuesday morning due to foggy conditions, police officials said. Unconfirmed reports said that two people, including…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday asked Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul Gandhi and others to appear on December 19 in connection with a complaint filed by BJP leader…
Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) The team of Bollywood film “Dilwale”, led by superstar Shah Rukh Khan, has contributed Rs.1 crore to aid flood-affected Tamil Nadu. Lakhs of people were hit due to floods caused by…
Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) US Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced on Monday that the US Justice Department opened a probe into the Chicago Police Department’s practices following the release of a video showing a white…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Most arterial roads in the capital faced massive traffic jams as around 25,000 couples tied the knot in traditional Indian weddings on Monday. Wedding organisers, farmhouse owners, banquet hall owners…
Chennai: Navy personnel rescue people from submerged houses in Chennai on Dec.3, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 7 (IANS) Several localities in flood-hit Chennai, Cuddalore, Thiruvallur and Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu were still marooned on…
Shajapur (Madhya Pradesh), Dec 7 (IANS) A 34-year-old man hanged himself in a police lock-up in Shajapur district of Madhya Pradesh, less than two days after being arrested on the charge of having killed his…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Be it new or pre-owned luxury cars, watches and merchandise, you can own them with just a few clicks. Shopping website Luxepolis has launched offers for a new and pre-owned…
New York, Dec 7 (IANS) In a first, a team involved in Parkinson’s disease research at the University at Buffalo (UB) has developed a way to ramp up the conversion of skin cells into dopamine…
Chennai, Dec 7 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday announced a flood relief of Rs.10,000, 10 kg of rice, a sari and dhoti to those who lost their huts in the floods….
Chennai: People move out from water logged areas after fresh rain lashes Chennai on Dec 2, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 7 (IANS) After five days and six nights of darkness, power returned to Manash…
Toronto, Dec 7 (IANS) An Indian-origin wrestler, who won in Canadian wrestling team trials, was among six wrestlers nominated to represent Canada through the qualification process for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Arjun Gill,…