HRD Ministry's renewed efforts last month to reserve faculty positions in IITs at the assistant professor level had the IIT teaching community up in arms but a rapprochement may be in the works.

Uma Bharati met Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, urging his support to push ahead the Women's Reservation Bill.

The CPM defended its new-found association with Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party saying it was in the interest of the party.

Sania Mirza once again fell at second round stage when she lost in straight sets at $600,000 East West Bank Classic.

Girls and young women who devote much time to the Internet, get too little sleep or regularly drink alcohol are more likely than their peers to put on excess weight, a new study suggests.

British parents are to be punished if their children are found to download music and films illegally under government reforms to combat Internet piracy.

Khompela, MP from the ruling party, said that SA's Olympic body was "full of whites and Indians" who lack vision.

Phelps will come under the type of scrutiny only a very few athletes, such as Tiger Woods or Schumacher, have experienced.

End of Federer's long reign as world No 1 moved closer when he suffered a shock second-round defeat at Toronto Masters.

Taking head-on cigarette giants that are aggressively targeting the developing countries, billionaires Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg have jointly pledged USD 500 million for a massive anti-smoking campaign with special focus on India and China.

Democrat Barack Obama has a 6-point lead over Republican John McCain in US presidential race as a growing percentage of Americans believe country is headed in wrong direction.

Pak coach Geoff Lawson has warned Australia, England and NZ that they could be marginalised in world cricket.

Swimmer Jessica Hardy's trip to the Beijing Olympics could be in jeopardy after testing positive for a banned substance.

Striking back at PM Manmohan Singh, the CPM said it was strange that after four years of Left support, he has alleged that they wanted him to behave like a 'bonded slave'.

In the light of attack on a BJP MP's house, saffron party said such MPs should seek shelter in the house of PM or Sonia Gandhi.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar asserted that the Govt would not have survived the trust vote had it not used 'unfair means'.

The authorities in Britain have advised parents to watch popular steamy TV soaps as an ice-breaker to conversations with their children about sex and relationships.

BJP declared Kuldeep Verma, who committed suicide in Jammu for Amarnath shrine, as a 'martyr'.

South Africa's only Indian-origin provincial premier has been forced to step down by the ruling ANC.