Tourists throng for adventure sports at Rohtang Pass
Rohtang (Himachal Pradesh), June 14 (ANI): A large number of tourists and enthusiasts of adventure sports are heading towards Rohtang, the skiing hill resort in Himachal Pradesh to enjoy their summer holidays..

Chand-Fiza soap opera: Chand Muhammad back with Fiza
Chandigarh, June 14 (ANI): Former Haryana deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan alias Chand Mohammed on Sunday added another chapter in his soap opera love story with Fiza or Anuradha Bali, when he returned to her after secretly marrying and subsequently divorcing her over telephone..

One killed, 25 injured as minibus falls in Bhaderwah ditch
Jammu June 14(ANI): One person was killed and 25 others were injured in a road accident at Thanhalla village of Bhaderwah in Doda district on Sunday morning..

New Mumbai police chief says tackling terrorism will be a priority
Mumbai, June 14 (ANI): New Mumbai Police Commissioner D.Sivanandan on Sunday said that tackling terrorism, protecting citizens' rights and reaching out to the youth in the city would be his top priorities..

Yashwant Sinha will not to quit BJP
Hazaribagh, June 14 (ANI): A day after resigning from all party posts held by him and writing a letter of resentment to Party President Rajnath Singh asking him to ensure responsibility for party's electoral debacle, Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Sunday said he would remain in the party..


Special joint committee meets to review swine flu situation in India
New Delhi, June 14(ANI): A meeting of the Joint Monitoring Committee constituted by Union Health Ministry was held in national capital on Sunday to chart the potential course of swine flu..

Three test positive for swine flu; total reaches 20
Bangalore/Jalandhar, June 14 (ANI): A 29-year-old woman and her three-year-old child from Bangalore and a teenager from Jalandhar tested positive for H1N1 virus on Sunday, taking the overall swine flu cases in the country to 20..

Saffron-laced Indian cuisine can help fight eyesight loss
London, June 14 (ANI): Saffron, the spice which is commonly used in Indian, Spanish and Italian cuisine, could hold the secret to preventing eye sight loss in old age, says a new study..

Why fat is an essential part of human diet
Washington, June 14 (ANI): Before you pledge to give up fatty food to shed those extra pounds, here's an important piece of advice - fat is actually an important part of the human diet..

Chicken may harbour osteoarthritis cure
Washington, June 14 (ANI): A new study led by Indian-origin scientist has shown that a natural chicken derivative can offer an effective cure for osteoarthritis (OA)..


Crisis marring Indian hockey will end soon: Gill
Amritsar, June 14 (ANI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports M.S. Gill, on Sunday said the government is keeping a watch on Indian hockey and would intervene to help where necessary..

Barca's Samuel Eto'o asks for 12 million euros a year
Barcelona, June 14 (ANI): Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o demanded an astounding 12 million euros a year from Manchester City..

Amir Khan plans gala boxing event to raise fund for a firefighter
Lancashire, June 14 (ANI): Olympic Boxing silver medallist Amir Khan is planning a gala boxing event among the firefighting crew of '999' in order to raise funds for fellow firefighter Steve Morris, who was severely burned while trying to save a family in an arson attack..

Bangladesh cricket team's 6,000 pounds curry love
London, June 14 (ANI): Bangladeshi cricketers want their food to taste like it does back home, no matter where in the world they are and how much it would costs..

Vidic has no desire to leave Man U
London, June 14 (ANI): Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic, whom Barcelona and Real Madrid has been eyeing for long, has said that he has no desire to leave the Red Devils in the near future..


Obama's game plan faces setback as Ahmadinejad sweeps Iranian polls
Washington, June 14 (ANI): With Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory in Iran's Presidential poll, US President Barack Obama's hopes of blocking Iran's nuclear programme faced a serious blow..

China worse than Gitmo, say detainees freed in Bermuda
Washington, June 14 (ANI): The four Chinese Guantanamo detainees, released in Bermuda, have claimed that life in China, where they face persecution, is worse than life at Gitmo..

Scheme to deradicalise Muslim Scots to be launched
Edinburgh (Scotland), June 14 (ANI): Scotland's anti-terror chiefs have announced plans to launch a scheme to deradicalise Scots who have fallen prey to Islamic extremists..

UK building firm blurts out MI-5 secrets
London, June 14 (ANI): A construction company that built the headquarters of one of Britain's most sensitive spy bases - MI-5, has inadvertently revealed some of its well kept secrets on the Internet..

UK mulling over permission to bribe and buy Taliban commanders
London, June 14 (ANI): The British Government is mulling over a proposal to give formal permission to its officials to pay bribes for recruiting informants and to buy off Taliban commanders..


New technology to improve ways to predict storms and hurricanes
Washington, June 14 (ANI): A group of scientists in the US and Europe are using increased modeling capabilities to offer to the public and government officials new and improved ways to predict storms and hurricanes..

New flexible solar cell technology to power lighting for night-time bus users
Washington, June 14 (ANI): A group of engineering researchers at McMaster University in Canada has installed a new flexible solar cell technology to power lighting for night-time transit users..

NASA images reveal changes in Earth's plant growth over past 11 yrs
Washington, June 14 (ANI): A new series of NASA images has illustrated how Earth's plant growth has changed over the past 11 years..

Scientist proposes way to make hybrid cars more efficient
Washington, June 14 (ANI): A scientist has proposed a way to make hybrid cars more efficient, by solving a problem in the vehicles that leads to a waste of energy and very high fuel consumption..

Machu Picchu was pilgrimage center, not true city, say researchers
Washington, June 14 (ANI): An Italian study has concluded that Machu Picchu, the "lost city of the Incas," was not a true city, but rather a pilgrimage center symbolically connected to the Andean vision of the cosmos..