Federal agents searched the home of a former employee-turned-outspoken critic of the College Board, the standardized testing giant, as part of an investigation into the breach of hundreds of questions from the SAT college entrance exam. The Federal Bureau of Investigation seized computers and other material on Friday from Manuel Alfaro, who left his job as executive director of assessment Read More

Now cold and dry Red Planet had a warm and wet climate about four billion years ago, said researchers after analysing fossilised riverbeds discovered on an ancient region of the Martian surface. The team from the University College London identified over 17,000 km of former river channels on a northern plain called Arabia Terra, providing further evidence of water once Read More

A Flying Jatt movie cast: Tiger Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez, Gaurav Pandey, Amrita Singh, Kay Kay Menon, Nathan Jones A Flying Jatt movie director: Remo D’Souza A Jatt superhero who bumbles and fumbles? Who behaves like a little boy around his formidable ‘bebe’, and is all shy and tongue-tied around a hot babe? Who has, haha, a fear of heights? Sounds Read More

The genesis of the conflict lies in a campaign launched by the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), which works for empowerment of Muslim women, in the implementation of the Sachar Committee report. Before starting the campaign, activists of the group decided in June 2012 to offer prayers at the Haji Ali Dargah, a 585-year old shrine of Sayyed Peer Haji Read More

Amid an outcry over a tribal man forced to walk 10 km with his wife’s body in Odisha’s Kalahandi, district health authorities on Thursday claimed there was no negligence and an ambulance was arranged to take the corpse to their village when the incident came to light. Even as a probe was ordered into the incident that took place Wednesday, Read More

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced today that Sakshi Malik, India’s bronze medalist at the Rio Olympics, will be the brand ambassador of the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign in the state. The programme aims to empower the girl child and reduce rates of female foeticide in districts with low child sex ratio. Haryana particularly is a state that Read More

Head of Dwarkashardapeeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati on Tuesday said cow is the mother of not only Hindus but also of Muslims as its milk is as much beneficial for believers of one faith as for those of another. In a statement here, Swami Swaroopanand said a Hindu gets as much protein out of cow’s milk as a Muslim. So Read More

Samsung’s Tizen-powered Z2 smartphone is now officially out for India. The device was rumoured to launch alongside Galaxy Note 7 in the first week of August. Samsung Z2 follows the previous Tizen-powered Z3 and Z1 smartphones. Samsung Z2 features specifications similar to Z1, and is an affordable 4G smartphone. The smartphone runs the updated Tizen OS v2.4, and features a Read More

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday inaugurated the newly constructed composite building of the National Security Guard in New Delhi. The Union Home Minister said the NSG has created a special place in people’s hearts ever since its establishment, and has instilled a sense of faith among people. “The question is from where do NSG jawans get the courage to face Read More

Days after Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar equated Pakistan with “hell”, his Cabinet colleague Hansraj Ahir on Monday said both Pakistan and China are averse to initiate peace with India as their “intentions are not good”. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has managed to establish good relations with all our neighbours. But it is still strained with Pakistan and China. This is Read More