Everything you need to know about Madurantakam East: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Madurantakam East: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Moscow, May 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Four inmates jailed for murder and burglary have escaped from a prison in Russia by digging a 20-metre-long tunnel, investigators said.
Washington, May 1(ANI): Scientists from the John Innes Centre and University of East Anglia, UK, have revealed that the shape of petals is controlled by a hidden map located within the plant's growing buds.
Moscow, March 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Constantinople patriarch will attend Pope Francis's inaugural mass for the first time since the Great Schism between the Western and Eastern churches, Vatican Radio said.
London, Mar.14 (ANI): Family mealtimes are associated with fewer eating problems in girls and less depression in boys, according to a study by Loughborough academics.
Washington, March 8 (IANS/EFE) Analysis of a canine fossil discovered in Siberia's Altai Mountains reveals an animal more like a modern dog than a wolf, according to an article in the science journal PLOS ONE.
Washington, March 7 (ANI): Analysis of DNA extracted from a fossil tooth found in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia in 1975 has confirmed that the tooth belonged to one of the oldest known ancestors of the modern domesticated dog, researchers say.
Manama (Bahrain), Feb 19 (IANS) Bahrain is preparing to host the region's biggest sporting event, the 2013 Formula One Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, slated for April 19-21 at the Sakhir circuit.
Sydney, Feb. 11 (ANI): Facebook pages showing outer Melbourne suburbs as 'dangerous and classless' have come under fire for posting racist and sexist memes.
Moscow, Feb 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is losing arms markets in Asia and the Middle East, two of its traditional strongholds, but gaining new ones in Latin America and Africa, a Russian arms official said ahead of an aviation expo in India.
London, Jan. 23 (ANI): A nasty gas leak from a factory in France has invaded Britain, with horrified residents in the South East flooding police with calls as the obnoxious odour left them gagging.
London, Dec. 4 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has warned Syria not to make the 'tragic mistake' of using chemical weapons amid reports that the embattled Bashar al-Assad regime was preparing supplies of deadly nerve gas.
Washington, Dec. 3 (ANI): President Barack Obama has a whole lot of love for Led Zeppelin and four other performers he honored at the White House for their contribution to American culture on Sunday.
Moscow, Nov. 2 (Xinhua-ANI): Western attempts to press new Syrian leaders from outside contradicted the Geneva agreement agreed by all world powers, a senior Russian diplomat said Friday.
Washington, Oct. 31 (ANI): Former FEMA director Michael Brown has been infamously praised by ex-president George W. Bush for doing a "heckuva job" in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, but was critical of President Barack Obama's response to superstorm Sandy that has hit the US.
Washington, October 30 (ANI): As Hurricane Sandy barrels over half the East Coast, Lindsay Lohan has taken to twitter to ask people why they are panicking so much.
Washington, Oct. 9 (ANI): President Barack Obama's campaign has accused Republican rival Mitt Romney of wanting to pursue the same kind of foreign policy as former president George Bush that led the US into wars.
Washington, September 29 (ANI): Cognitive therapy over the phone is just as effective as meeting face-to-face, a new study has revealed.
London, Sep 3 (IANS) British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has said the government, in a bid to boost the country's sluggish economy, would underwrite altogether 50 billion pounds ($79.3 billion) of infrastructure and house building projects.
Tehran, Aug 30 (IANS) The 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit opened in Tehran Thursday, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saying that Iran is "not after nuclear weapons".
Moscow, July 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Almost half of Russians -- 46 percent -- believe that the Syrian conflict is the result of interference by hostile foreign powers seeking to increase their influence in the Middle East or to weaken Syria.
Moscow, July 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A flotilla of Russian warships off the coast of Syria will not dock at a port leased by Moscow in the violence-stricken Middle East country, Russia's navy chief has said.
Kuala Lumpur, June 10 (ANI): President Barack Obama's sister will be campaigning for her brother to win his re-election bid, as she did in 2008.
Moscow, June 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) US State Department officials Friday met Russian foreign ministry officials in Moscow to try to take a common position on the escalating crisis in Syria.
Copenhagen, June 1 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned Russia that its refusal to sanction UN action against Syria could see the outbreak of a civil war in the Middle East country, RIA Novosti reported.
Washington, May 12 (ANI): Some eating joints in places like California and New York are changing their menus to electronic ones that will let customers order food without waiters, play games, and even "like" items on Facebook.
Washington, May 10 (ANI): A new study has suggested that different facial expressions may vary with the shift of cultures.
Washington, May 9 (ANI): As the diabetes epidemic spreads worldwide, there is a growing concern for Asian American populations, who are almost twice as likely to develop diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes.
Manama, May 5 (Xinhua-ANI): At least four policemen were injured on Saturday in a bomb attack in a Bahraini Shiite neighborhood, the country's Interior Ministry said.
Washington, April 25(ANI): Those who have a positive family history of liver cancer are more likely to develop hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC), a new study has suggested.
Sydney, April 22 (IANS) Are you prone to fractures or trip often? If yes, then blame it on some unidentified genetic regions associated with osteoporosis and bone fracture, says a study.
Abu Dhabi, April 15 (IANS/WAM) Officials from the UAE and India met here Sunday to hammer out the agenda of the 10th joint ministerial committee meeting of the two countries.
Dhaka, Mar.26 (ANI): Bangladesh on Monday observed its 42nd Independence Day, paying homage to its martyrs with several cultural programmes organised to commemorate the special day.
Damascus, Mar 8(ANI): Syria President Bashar al-Assad can survive for some time as the West does not have a "clear mechanism" for toppling his regime, senior Western diplomats have said.
Damascus, Mar 8(ANI): Syria President Bashar al-Assad can survive for some time as the West does not have a "clear mechanism" for toppling his regime, senior Western diplomats have said.
New York, Jan 23 (ANI): Kate Beckinsale's 'Underworld: Awakenings' triumphed in a surprisingly close fight at this weekend's domestic box office against the World War II aerial epic 'Red Tails'.
Washington, Jan 4 (ANI): Scientists have uncovered the 'lost world' of previously unknown species of yeti crab, starfish, barnacles, sea anemones, and potentially an octopus thriving on the seafloor near Antarctica.
London, Nov 23(ANI): A batch of e-mails and documents from the University of East Anglia's (UEA) Climatic Research Unit has been released on the Internet just days before the United Nations climate summit in Durban, South Africa.
London, Nov 3 (ANI): A study on genetic diversity of Indian populations has helped scientists confirm that early humans first left Africa around 60-70,000 years ago by crossing into Arabia.
Canberra, Oct 21 (ANI): Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith has warned that the nation will face the risk of international terrorism for a long period of time.
London, Oct 17 (ANI): Rock legend Sting, who has campaigned to save the rainforest and fought for the rights of jungle tribesmen, has now joined forces with the 'British Lung Foundation' and anti-tobacco group, 'Fresh', to get his fellow Geordies to quit smoking.
Washington, Sept 23 (ANI): A study has pieced together the human genome from an Aboriginal Australian to find that early humans colonised Asia in two waves.
London, Sept 21 (ANI): The number of Western men signing up on the internet to find brides from the East has more than quadrupled since 2005, a leading marriage agency has revealed.
Washington, Sept 2 (ANI): A new study has suggested that different facial expressions may vary with the shift of cultures.
Tripoli, Aug 2 (ANI): Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has asked his loyalists to 'engulf Libya in flames', insisting that they are 'not women' and will not give up fighting easily.
London, Sept 2 (ANI): British Prime Minister David Cameron has vowed to do his best to stop Libya from becoming another Iraq, after Colonel Muammar Gaddafi ordered his leftover loyalists to turn the country into 'hell'.
Jakarta,Aug 19(ANI): Indonesia will regulate salt intake by next year to address rising mortality rate due to non-communicable disease (NCD).
Washington, July 21 (ANI): Seaweeds, mostly found in Hawaiian and Japanese cuisine, are a rich new source of heart-healthy food ingredients, which could rival milk products as sources of these so-called 'bioactive peptides', according to a new study.
London, June 24 (ANI): A major study has warned that drug cocktails or mixing medication can put elderly patients who rely on it at risk of early death.
Washington, May 24 (ANI): Scientists at the University of East Anglia are one step closer to using bacteria to generate energy.
Washington, May 21 (ANI): The fiasco that ensued following his claims of being a Nazi sympathizer having not even died down, Danish director Lars von Trier made film actress Kirsten Dunst squirm by declaring that he is now looking forward to making a 'hard core porno' with her.
Washington, May 5 (ANI): A new study has found that a rarely prescribed asthma drug is just as effective as inhalers and easier to use.
Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that US President Barack Obama let him down on the Israeli settlement issue.
Washington, Apr.15 (ANI): Three Western journalists who were covering the Middle East crisis, and had been reported missing, have been spotted by western sources at a government detention camp in Tripoli.
Washington, Feb 26 (ANI): Former US President George W. Bush had cancelled his scheduled speech on Friday after he came to know that the group that invited him, the Young Presidents Organization, had also asked the controversial Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to take the conference stage.
Washington, Feb 26 (ANI): Researchers have estimated that the world's largest mud volcano, which left 13,000 families homeless, is likely to continue erupting for another 26 years.
Tripoli, Feb 25 (ANI): Colonel Gaddafi's son has urged former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to utilise his "diplomatic skills" in helping his father's regime in 'crushing their enemies'.
London, Dec 23 (ANI): Members of an alleged terrorist cell planning Mumbai type suicide attacks on Christmas shoppers in London received their training in Pakistan, according to sources.
London, Dec 23 (ANI): Nearly a third of Britons believe they have a guardian angel watching over them, according to a new survey.
Washington, Dec 2 (ANI): Scientists in the UK have estimated that sea-level rose by an average of about 1 metre per century at the end of the last Ice Age, interrupted by rapid 'jumps' during which it rose by up to 2.5 metres per century.
London, Oct 31 (ANI): A new UK research has revealed that children as young as 11 are getting caught up in the binge-drinking culture.
London, Oct 30 (ANI): Brit scientists have made a major breakthrough in the fight against cancer - by unveiling a supercharged broccoli.
Washington, Sep 15 (ANI): India has been identified as the most important country for tigers with 18 source sites dedicated solely to their conservation, according to a recent study.
London, Sept 4 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned that radical Islam is the greatest threat that the world is facing today.
London, July 30 (ANI): A research on hydrothermal formation of Clay-Carbonate rocks in the Nili Fossae region of Mars could provide a link to evidence of living organisms on Mars, roughly 4 billion years ago in the Noachian period.
Washington, June 23 (ANI): With the summer sun baking up the earth and cities growing in number, hot cities will grow even hotter, says a new study.
London, Apr.24 (ANI): Roman altar stones dating back almost 2000 years have been found at a cricket pavilion in Musselburgh, East Lothian.
London, April 24 (ANI): A charity has earned itself the ire of a mother after it offered condoms to her daughter and eight-year-old nephew, as part of a safe sex campaign.
London, Dec. 28 (ANI): At least 25 British-born Muslims are plotting to bomb Western airliners, police here have claimed.
London, October 5 (ANI): People behind the wheels of Ford are most likely to throw litter from their vehicles in the UK, suggests a survey.
London, Sep 3 (ANI): England's star footballer Jermain Defoe has relived the horrifying moment when he learned that his half-brother was dying after a brutal street attack.
London, Aug 13 (ANI): A huge new UFO mystery has started after a string of sightings of bright orange lights in the night skies over East Anglia were spotted.
Melbourne, August 4 (ANI): Scientists have found that some mutation has made the H1N1 flu virus resistant to the Australian-developed antiviral drug Relenza.
Islamabad, July 27 (ANI): President Asif Ali Zardari's spokesman Farhatullah Babar has rejected former President Pervez Musharraf's claim that Benazir Bhutto wanted him to continue as the head of the state if she had been elected Prime Minister. Babar described the retired general's statement as "wishful thinking of a disgraced dictator."
Jerusalem, July 2 (ANI): Congressman Robert Wexler, a close political ally of US President Barack Obama and a big Israel supporter, has said that Israel would lose nothing, and potentially gain everything, by agreeing to a temporary moratorium on construction in the settlements for a short period of time.
London, June 21 (ANI): The Kray Twins schemed to take over as The Beatles' managers, it has emerged.
London, Apr 5 (ANI): The Liverpool Football Club is soon expected to sign a whopping 450 million pounds Middle East take-over deal, which would give Kop boss Rafa Benitez more transfer funds.
Berlin, Mar 28 (ANI): The famous painting on the Berlin Wall, which depicted the kiss between East German leader Erich Honecker and his Soviet counterpart Leonid Brezhnev, has been erased as a part of a clean-up of the surviving sections of the wall.
Washington, Mar 20 (ANI): Researchers at Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University and the University of East Anglia have suggested that the Internet could be used as an early warning system for potential ecological disasters.
Chennai, March 19 (IANS) City-based IT firm ChennaiNet Thursday launched a new solution that will help individuals and companies spot the holes in their networking software and fix them at once.
Thailand is expanding its role in forging alliances in all South-East Asia (SEA) countries to fight against tobacco.
London, Mar 18 (ANI): A celebrity tattoo artist has admitted to being HIV-positive, but insists that he has every right to keep quiet about it.
Washington, Feb 16 (ANI): A US intelligence community has warned that the primary threat to Western interests comes from Europe-based extremists affiliated with al Qaeda who return from training in Pakistan to conduct attacks in Europe or the United States.
London, February 16 (ANI): Schoolboy Alfie Patten, 13, who is believed to have fathered a child at this tender age with his girlfriend Chantelle Steadman, 15, have found the support of a priest who says that it would be wrong to "point the finger at anyone".
Brussels, Jan 21 (DPA) The European Commission, executive body of the European Union (EU), President Jose Manuel Barroso has urged US President Barack Obama and European leaders to deepen their transatlantic ties at a time of 'great challenges'.
London, Jan 18 (ANI): Fallen pop idol Boy George revealed his jail fears to a fellow prisoner in a court holding cell before he was sent to tough Pentonville Prison in North London.
Melbourne, January 11 (ANI): The 'infamous' shoes, which the Iraqi journalist Muntazar al-Zaidi threw at George Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, have been topping the popularity charts under the new brand name Bye-Bye Bush.
London, Jan 9 (ANI): Sources close to US President-elect Barrack Obama's transition team have said that he is likely to establish a channel for communicating with the Islamist organization Hamas in Palestine.
Washington, Jan 9 (ANI): Experts have said that US President-elect Barrack Obama is likely to follow President George W. Bush's foreign policy.
Washington, Jan 6 (IANS) Scientists taking a leaf out of the social sciences are trying to read signs from nature to know whether they presage potential collapse of ecosystems.
London, Jan 6 (ANI): A 300-year-old journal of a British explorer who defeated pirates of the Caribbean and rescued real-life Robinson Crusoe has been unearthed and is expected to fetch 3,000 pounds at an auction.
London, Jan 6 (ANI): A 300-year-old journal of a British explorer who defeated pirates of the Caribbean and rescued real-life Robinson Crusoe has been unearthed and is expected to fetch 3,000 pounds at an auction.
Washington, Jan 2 (DPA) US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Friday charged that Hamas is holding the people of Gaza hostage and warned that a ceasefire, to be acceptable, must be 'durable'.
New York, December 29 (ANI): Writer Chaunce Hayden and his childhood buddy Tony Lombardi have based their screenplay on self-witnessed celebrity inside stories in a strip club.
London, Dec 25 (IANS) Protests from Jewish groups and human rights groups have greeted a decision by a leading British television channel to broadcast an alternative Christmas Day broadcast Thursday - to be delivered by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran.
Washington, Dec 14 (ANI): A new study has established that a bizarre reversal of how feeding occurs was achieved in 210-million-year old amphibians known as plagiosaurs.
Barasat, Dec 13 (IANS) Rank outsiders New Delhi Heroes stunned formidable Sporting Clube de Goa while former champions East Bengal moved closer to a semi-final berth, pipping JCT Mills in Federation Cup group C league matches here Saturday.
Washington, Nov.15 (ANI): The deepening global financial crisis could weaken fragile governments in the world's most dangerous areas and undermine the ability of the United States and its allies to respond to a new wave of security threats, warn experts.
London, Sep 30 (IANS) How to lighten a school kid's burden? No heavy book loads, no stressful teaching, no caning, no lunch boxes thanks to free meals. And now, no homework.
London, Sep 30 (IANS) How to lighten a school kid's burden? No heavy book loads, no stressful teaching, no caning, no lunch boxes thanks to free meals. And now, no homework.
Peshawar, Sept 10 (ANI): After miserably failing to catch international fugitive and Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden for nearly seven years, after 9/11 2001, both American and Pakistani officials have reportedly started reviewing their policy and are now shifting their tactics to intensify the use of the unmanned but lethal Predator drone spy planes in the mountains of western Pakistan.
