New Delhi: Two Delhi students have made history by discovering a new asteroid as part of a unique astronomy project connected to US space agency NASA. The duo will also get an opportunity to name the asteroid. Vaibhav Sapra and Sharanjeet Singh, Class 12 students of Bal Bharati Public School in Pitampura, discovered a main belt asteroid (2011 QM14) this month as part of the All India Asteroid Search Campaign...
05:28 PM, Aug 31, 2011
New Delhi: The shortlists for the Vodafone Crossword Books Award was announced across five categories in New Delhi on Wednesday. The categories are: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Translations, Children's Books and Popular Choice. The last of these has been revamped, with the top 5 fiction and top 5 non-fiction bestsellers at Crossword stores across the country being shortlisted. While four separate juries will pick the winners in the first four categories, the...
01:40 AM, Jul 28, 2011
New Delhi: A newly-discovered asteroid at least the size of a bus and orbiting around the sun, will pass in close proximity to the Earth on Monday. The asteroid 2011 MD will pass only 12,000 kilometres above Earth's surface at around 6.56 pm on Monday, Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators Director C B Devgun said. At closest approach, 2011 MD will pass in the day over the southern...
01:29 PM, Jun 26, 2011
New Delhi: Pakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI has reportedly claimed to have helped French authorities bust a major terror network. Mohammad Niaz who was arrested in Paris last week is believed to be the Indian link to the Al Qaeda - someone agencies believe is also recruiting members for the Popular Front's French arm. Indian national Mohammed Niaz Abdul Rashid was arrested in Paris for his alleged al Qaeda connection....
07:25 AM, May 30, 2011
Pattaya, Thailand: The days of R&R on Thailand's famous Pattaya beach could be numbered. The eastern city, a magnet for foreign tourists seeking sun, sea, watersports and racy nightlife, is under siege by both man and the forces of nature. One of Asia's most popular beaches is being eaten away at a rate of nearly two metres (yards) a year. Thai scientists say sea currents and impacts of the city's...
12:22 PM, Feb 02, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: The University Appellate Tribunal here on Wednesday posted for October 29 hearing on the petition filed by lecturer T J Joseph challenging his dismissal from service by the Catholic church-run Newman College for setting a question paper, which hurt the sentiments of Muslims. Joseph, whose hand was chopped off by suspected activists of radical outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), has sought a stay on the management's action maintaining...
03:35 PM, Oct 13, 2010
Tanjavur (TN): Popular Tamil cinema comedian and AIADMK Deputy Propaganda Secretary S S Chandran died at Mannargudi near here last night following heart attack. Chandran (69) is survived by wife, daughter and two sons, one of whom, Rohit, is also an actor. He had gone to Mannargudi to meet party cadre and after returning to the hotel, he had complained of uneasiness and difficulty in breathing, party sources said. He...
02:48 PM, Oct 09, 2010
Professor TJ Joseph says he will contest his dismissal by Newman College for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of Muslims. ...
02:02 PM, Sep 12, 2010
Kochi: A pastoral letter condemning the "irresponsible action" of Professor TJ Joseph, whose hand was hacked allegedly by activists of radical outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), was on Sunday read out during the Sunday mass in 120 parish churches under the Kothamangalam Dioceses in Ernakulam district. Coming out against the lecturer, whose is still recovering from the double blow of losing his hand and job, Kothamanagalm dioceses bishop George...
12:05 PM, Sep 12, 2010
Kerala: Sacked Professor Josef’s sibling Sister Stella has come out and said that her brother, whose right hand was chopped off by Islamic radicals for his objectionable comments on the Prophet, is willing to apologise. Josef was also recently sacked by his college administration for his comments. Two days after a college sacked Professor Josef for his blasphemous comments against the Prophet, the civil society in the state is wondering...
08:29 AM, Sep 07, 2010
Kochi: Sacked college lecturer Prof T J Joseph, is contemplating legal action against the management of the private Newman college, Thodupuzha, which had sacked him from service. 'He still believes that the college authorities will withdraw the termination order. However, if that does not happen, we will be forced to go to court', Stella, Prof Joseph sister told PTI. On Saturday, he was under shock after the college authorities informed...
05:35 PM, Sep 05, 2010
Washington: The job approval rating of US President Barack Obama, who is currently on a 10-day vacation in Martha's Vineyard, has dropped to a new low of 43 per cent, Gallup Poll has said. "The erosion reflects particularly low ratings at the beginning of last week, including 41 per cent for August 15-17 and August 16-18, the lowest three-day averages of his administration," it said, adding that by the end...
05:45 PM, Aug 24, 2010
VS Achutanandan claims that youngsters in Kerala are being given money and are being lured to convert to Islam. ...
11:59 PM, Jul 26, 2010
PFI, which faces ban for chopping the hands of a professor, has accused Kerala's Left Front government of witch-hunt. ...
10:19 AM, Jul 22, 2010
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Two more activists of a Muslim radical outfit have been arrested in connection with the attack. ...
12:38 PM, Jul 14, 2010
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