A state in northwest India. Neighboring regions are Tibet to the east, Jammu & Kashmir to the north and northwest Punjab to the southwest, Hariyana and Uttar Pradesh to the south and Uttranchal to the southeast. It was established as the 18th...

He is just 14, too young to have any facial hair but old enough to kill. His name is Shakirullah and he’s one of the youngest Taliban prisoners being held by Afghan intelligence. We are given rare access to him by Afghan intelligence, the National...

Currys said that people relocating or furnishing second homes may find out that the technology they rely on at home does not work in other countries. Engineers for the company found that differences such as varying radio frequencies,...

WHETHER an experiment or a lifestyle, girls canoodling with girls has always been hot - especially in rock. Just ask Katy Perry, music’s latest It girl with her hit “I Kissed a Girl.” The stats are already impressive for this tune,...

Verizon , Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block Internet bulletin boards and Web sites nationwide that disseminate child pornography, The New York Times reported on Monday. The move is part of an agreement with New York attorney...

The government will shortly introduce biometric permanent account numbers (PAN) for income tax payers, though initially only new applicants would be brought under its net, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Monday. “There is progress on...

It is always easy to start any addiction but difficult to quit. A smoker may not have any particular reason to have begun smoking, but there is a very significant rationale to quit. It is the health, the very life of the smoker which is at stake. The...

kids as young as 2 years old may be prejudiced by their parents’ tobacco habits, many years before they even consider using cigarettes themselves, a novel study has shown. Young children’s attitudes to smoking and alcohol have been difficult to...

A third giant red storm has flared up on Jupiter, joining the Great Red Spot and the recently developed Red Spot Junior. The spot, along with new measurements of record-high wind speeds on Red Spot Junior, come at a time when the solar...

The match between Mohali and Mumbai was full of turns & twists. Fortune swung like a pendulum with sometimes Mohali in the box seat and the next moment Mumbai calling the shots. In the end, the climax perhaps offered a bit more than many could...