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Rajya Sabha Chairman  C.P. Radhakrishnan administers oath/affirmation to newly elected/re-elected Members of Rajya Sabha

New Delhi, April 7 -- Vice President of India and Chairman Rajya Sabha, C. P. Radhakrishnan administered oath/affirmation today in Rajya Sabha Chamber to nineteen newly elected/re-elected Members name... Read More


How we came to be: Scientists get first look at the evolution of early complex animals

New Delhi, April 7 -- Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex creat... Read More


Democrats hope to increase liberal control of battleground Wisconsin's Supreme Court

New Delhi, April 7 -- Democrats hoped to increase liberal control of the state Supreme Court in Wisconsin on Tuesday in an election that has focused largely on abortion rights as cases affecting congr... Read More


Asian shares are mixed ahead of Trump's deadline for Iran to reopen oil route

New Delhi, April 7 -- Asian shares were mixed in cautious trading Tuesday, as oil prices continued to surge ahead of a deadline that U.S. President Donald Trump set for Iran to reopen the Strait of Ho... Read More


English choirs seek to protect a musical tradition little changed since Queen Elizabeth I

New Delhi, April 7 -- On a gray afternoon in the days before Easter, a dozen or so schoolchildren straggled into a side building at Rochester Cathedral and began their transformation. Off went the ja... Read More


Car shell suspended on rock face above British Columbia highway in apparent prank

New Delhi, April 7 -- Authorities in British Columbia urged people to stay away from a rock face above a highway in the Canadian province where a red Volkswagen Beetle shell was suspended in an appare... Read More


'Wow!' The eye surgery marathon that restored sight for some South Africans

New Delhi, April 6 -- Gladys Khoza had missed being able to see her family. Not because they couldn't visit, but because the 84-year-old had vision problems. Now that has changed. Khoza is one of 133... Read More


Orcas never seen before in Seattle delight whale watchers with a visit

New Delhi, April 6 -- When tourists travel to Seattle, it's common to take in the Space Needle and the downtown skyline from Puget Sound. It's an itinerary that a newly arrived pod of killer whales a... Read More


China's Communist Party investigates ex-Xinjiang leader Ma Xingrui

New Delhi, April 6 -- The disciplinary body for China 's Communist Party said Friday it has placed the former Xinjiang party chief under investigation over suspected violations of discipline and law. ... Read More


3 killed as high winds topple a tree on an Easter egg hunt in Germany

New Delhi, April 6 -- Three people, including a 10-month-old girl, were killed Sunday when high winds toppled a tree in northern Germany during an Easter egg hunt, police said. Around 50 people from ... Read More