Families of Kargil martyrs came from all across India to salute the place where their loved ones have sacrificed their lives.

Ex-CJI J S Verma has disagreed with the apex court's view declining to intervene into the UP cabinet decision on installing statues of Mayawati statues in UP.

Delhi Metro began the trial runs on the Yamuna Bank-Noida corridor with the train running up to New Ashok Nagar station.

PM Manmohan Singh's claim that his government had all the relevant answers to questions raised on the Indo-Pak joint statement has been rubbished by the BJP.

Home Minister P Chidambaram has said India has nothing to do with Balochistan and wondered why it will do anything there when there are enough problems on its border with Pakistan.

A 13-year-old domestic maid was allegedly gang-raped by four persons suspected to be MNS activists in suburban Andheri, police said.

Pramod Muthalik was arrested in Belgaum for allegedly making an inflammatory speech in Mysore last month.

PM Manmohan Singh said that the government has all the 'relevant answers' to the questions raised over the Indo-Pak joint statement.

A FATHER has said he has been given a new lease of life after surgeons pulled his heart out of his body.

THE Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has dropped its five-year opposition to the principle of assisted suicide after a consultation with its members.

HOW are you feeling today, gentle reader? Bit of a sore throat and a sniffle?

SAINSBURY'S is to opt out of distributing Tamiflu, because of fears it might encourage people with the virus into its supermarkets.

A YOUNG mother expecting her second child was described as "gravely ill" last night and continues to receive specialist treatment in Sweden for swine flu.

This week, Surfin' explores the possibilities of getting electricity from your own resources.

The ARRL Board of Directors held its Second Meeting of 2009 July 17-18 in Windsor, Connecticut, under the chairmanship of President Joel Harrison, W5ZN. On Friday, the Board considered and acted on a number of recommendations from committees as well

No new sunspots yet, but a big surprise this week with aurora and a geomagnetic storm: Sunspot activity peaked around 0300-0900 UTC on Wednesday July 22, with K index as high as 6. The planetary A index for the day

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America desperately needed heroes in the late 1950s. Our country was still trying to recover from the nonvictory in Korea. Our space program was literally blowing up on the launch pads down at Cape Canaveral. Then the Russians launched Sputnik.

SAG's filing deadline for fall elections came and went Thursday, and it remains unclear who will face each other for the presidency.

Videogames are the "missing piece in the equation" at media conglomerates, News Corp. chief digital officer Jon Miller said Thursday.