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Brazil's Internacional chase Villarreal striker Nilmar

Rio De Janeiro, May 16 Brazilian club Internacional has expressed its interest in signing Villarreal forward Nilmar.

Harmful for country to give up n-power option: PM (Lead)

New Delhi, May 16 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday asserted that it would be harmful for the country to give up the option of nuclear power as an additional source of energy and said the government was committed to foolproof security of nuclear power plants.

'Link cyber terrorism to India's overall counter-terror capabilities'

New Delhi, May 16 Efforts at countering cyber-terrorism should be linked to India's overall capabilities to fight terror, a report released Wednesday by a defence ministry-funded think tank said, suggesting that the effort should be coordinated by the home ministry.

Government all for Internet freedom: NSA

New Delhi, May 16 The government is all for Internet freedom but society has to decide where to draw the line on content, National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon said Wednesday as a furious debate rages in India on a senior minister's demand that popular search engines and social networking sites regulate online content.

Dinosaur-like sea reptile suffered from arthritis too

Brussels, May 16 Scientists found signs of a degenerative condition similar to human arthritis in the jaw of a pliosaur, a dinosaur-like ancient sea reptile that lived 150 million years ago.

Court notice over baba's magic remedy ads

New Delhi, May 16 The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments on a plea seeking action against a self-styled baba who advertises offering "magic treatment" to patients.

After beheading two, seven Assam tribesmen surrender

Guwahati, May 16 Carrying two severed heads of men, seven people from a tea-tribe community Wednesday surrendered at a police station in Jorhat district, saying they had hacked two brothers to death and beheaded them, said police.

Gurgaon BMW hit-and-run: Order on police plea reserved

Gurgaon, May 16 A court here Wednesday reserved its decision on a police plea demanding test identification parade (TIP) of Suraj Sehrawat, the main accused in the BMW hit-and-run case in which two people, including a pregnant woman, were killed May 5.

Sri Lanka plans tea hub, imports from India, China

Colombo, May 16 Sri Lanka's tea exporters are lobbying for liberalized imports to expand the industry and make it into a tea hub by blending high quality tea from China, India and Kenya, an official said here Wednesday.

'People see bold pictures of women as objects'

Brussels, May 16 Perfume ads, beer billboards, movie posters: everywhere you look, women's sexualised bodies are on display, which men and women see as objects, says a new study.