Everything you need to know about Rongpur North: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Rongpur North: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Beijing, May 20 (Xinhua-ANI): The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired another short-range missile between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. local time after launching a missile on Monday morning, Yonhap News Agency reported.
Washington, May 9 (ANI): Chewing gum company Wrigley has paused production and sales of its caffeinated gum, as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating the safety of added caffeine.
Washington, April 26 (ANI): Your drink would warm more than twice as much in humid weather compared to in dry heat, according to University of Washington climate scientists.
Sochi, April 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Sochi 2014 organisers have issued unequivocal security assurances in the wake of the deadly Boston Marathon bombings, with the chief organiser promising the safest Games in history.
Moscow, April 16 (IANS) Russian police have searched the offices of the company supervising the development of North Caucasian tourism cluster, including several Olympic venues in Sochi, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday.
Islamabad, April 4 (Xinhua-ANI): At least three people were injured when a 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit parts of northern Pakistan on Thursday morning, said local media.
Washington, Apr 2 (ANI): A little-known 1948 contract between the estate of Orville Wright and the Smithsonian has the museum legally bound to call the Wright brothers first in flight.
Four men were recently jailed for providing matchmaking services for ghosts. They supplied 10 female spirits for 10 lonely male spirits. The female ghosts have been returned to their original graveyards.
Washington, Mar 13 (ANI): After meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, former American basketball player Dennis Rodman is now en route to Rome with the goal of meeting the Catholic Church's next pope.
Moscow, Feb 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) French actor Gerard Depardieu plans to make a movie about Chechnya, the regional government said.
London, Feb 5 (ANI): A tiny "genetic patch" can be used to prevent a form of deafness that runs in families, a new research has shown.
London, Jan. 18 (ANI): Scientists from US, have used materials that have properties purposefully designed rather than determined by their chemistry called metamaterials, to build an imaging system, which samples infra-red and microwave light.
Moscow, Jan 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will hold large-scale naval drills in the Mediterranean and Black Sea in late January, the defence ministry said Wednesday.
Moscow, Dec 27 (IANS) A 34-year-old Muslim cleric was found shot dead inside his car in southwestern Russia's North Ossetia republic, RIA Novosti reported Thursday.
Moscow, Dec 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian police have uncovered the country's largest counterfeit currency network responsible for monthly producing over 40 million rubles ($1.3 million) of fake banknotes, including euros, the interior ministry said Tuesday.
London, December 12 (ANI): British Labour Party politician, Ed Miliband has revealed how he fell for his wife Justine on the campaign trail - and revealed that their idea of a romantic night in is to talk politics.
Washington, Dec. 12 (ANI): Lost presidential candidate Mitt Romney is finally a winner - for speaking a load of gibberish.
Washington, December 11 (ANI): Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have been able to discover how North American porcupine quills easily penetrate tissues and why, once lodged in flesh, they are often difficult to remove.
London, Dec. 3 (ANI): Turkey has requested NATO to deploy Patriot missile defences on its territory.
Washington, November 28 (ANI): Giant carnivores like Tyrannosaurus rex dominated the Cretaceous period, but huge plant-eating theropods - close relatives of both T. rex and today's birds - also lived and thrived alongside their meat-eating cousins.
London, Nov 27 (IANS) A leading member of the UK Independence Party has likened allowing gay people to adopt to "child abuse", the Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
Islamabad, Nov 18 (IANS) At least two security personnel were killed and seven others injured in a bomb explosion targeting a security convoy in North Waziristan region of Pakistan.
London, Nov. 7 (ANI): Footballer Ched Evans has lost his right to appeal against his conviction of raping a teenager in a hotel room in the UK.
Washington, Nov 3 (ANI): People living in Pakistan's tribal belt have no access to police stations, courts, or any other form of legal help to report being wrongly targeted by drones, a Pakistani lawyer has said.
Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) US President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney Wednesday fought over economic topics including job creation and the government deficit during their first presidential debate held in Denver, Colorado.
Washington, September 28 (ANI): A North Carolina State University researcher has described a new species of freshwater fish that has several interesting - and perhaps cringe-inducing - characteristics, including a series of four hooks on the male genitalia.
Moscow, Sep 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least four militants have been killed in a special police operation in Russia's troubled southwestern Chechnya region, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said.
New York, Sept 19 (ANI): In North Caroline children were exposed to six minutes of pornography as they watched an animated movie in Disney channel.
Washington, Sept. 11 (ANI): Days after the Obama administration designated the Pakistan based Haqqani network as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, the U.S. has hinted that it is still undecided about placing the Taliban on its list of foreign terrorist groups.
Washington, Sept. 6 (ANI): Actresses Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson and Kerry Washington have been lined up to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday.
Washington, August 31(ANI): An international research team made use of a dying star's fury to probe a distant galaxy some 9.5 billion light-years distant.
Los Angeles, Aug 30 (IANS) Actress Jennifer Aniston and her fiance Justin Theroux stepped out for a dinner with actress Courteney Cox at the Sunset Tower Hotel's Tower Bar here.
Moscow, Aug 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Armed men in masks kidnapped a police officer in Russia's troubled southwestern region of Ingushetia, officials said Friday.
Washington, Aug 23 (IANS) About half of the aerosols affecting air quality as well as causing climate change over North America seem to be originating from other continents, including Asia, Africa and Europe, says a study.
Washington, Aug 23 (ANI): Pakistan's former ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani has said both countries should abandon their stormy partnership to forge a "post-alliance future" based on ground realities, expectations and each country's self-interest.
Pyongyang, Aug. 3 (Xinhua-ANI): Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has called on all the officials, party members and working people to uphold Kim Jong Il's patriotism to build a prosperous country, the official Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported Friday.
Sydney/Shanghai/New Delhi, June 28 (ANI): Over four in ten corporate travel buyers expect number of trips to increase in latter half of 2012, even as companies are sending their employees on the road again, tempered by a growing emphasis on cost control and efficiency for corporate travel, a study undertaken by Egencia, the fifth largest travel management company in the world, has revealed.
London, June 26 (ANI): A new breed of WAGs will be supporting their athletic other halves in the Wimbledon Championships, adding a spot of glamour to the sideline.
Guwahati, June 14 (IANS) The Forum of Industries and Commerce Ministers of North Eastern States (FICMNES) Thursday asked the central government to shift the thrust from big industries to micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector to develop the region.
Islamabad, June 5 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and seven others injured Tuesday when a truck fell into a deep ravine in Pakistan's northwest tribal region.
Washington, May 24 (ANI): Researchers at the North Carolina State University have developed a computer model of "tumbleweed" Mars rover that would be capable of moving across rocky Martian terrain.
London, May 1 (ANI): British law enforcement officials have said that the seven terror suspects arrested on Tuesday, were allegedly involved in a plot to finance an Al Qaeda group using drug money.
Los Angeles, May 2 (IANS) Spanish Singer Julio Iglesias's eldest daughter Chabeli gave birth to her second child, Sofia, but he knew nothing about the new addition in the family.
Islamabad, Apr 28 (ANI): The latest talks on ending a diplomatic deadlock between the United States and Pakistan ended in failure on Friday over Pakistan's demands for an unconditional apology from the United States for the deadly airstrike by NATO craft in its territory.
Washington, Mar 22(ANI): American lawmakers have rejected Pakistan's demand to end drone strikes in that country.
Washington, Mar 22(ANI): American lawmakers have rejected Pakistan's demand to end drone strikes in that country.
Washington, March 15 (ANI): Many teenage students regularly carry rucksacks for school which top 10 to 15 per cent of their body weight and risk back pain and other related disorders, a new study has revealed.
London, Jan 30 (ANI): Preston North End manager Graham Westley left his players bewildered after he sent a late-night text asking them to be prepared for a 9/11-style terror attack.
London, Jan 30 (ANI): Preston North End manager Graham Westley left his players bewildered after he sent a late-night text asking them to be prepared for a 9/11-style terror attack.
Pyongyang, Jan 18 (ANI): Former North Korean leader Kim Jong il's eldest son has predicted that the new regime will not last long, with or without reforms, under the rule of his half brother Kim Jong Un.
Islamabad, Jan 11 (ANI): Two US missiles have reportedly destroyed a militant compound in Pakistan's tribal area near the Afghan border, killing four militants late on Tuesday, security officials have said.
Islamabad, Jan 9(ANI): The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is likely to resume drone strikes that were apparently halted following the deadly November 26, 2011 NATO airstrike on Pakistan's border posts.
Tokyo, Jan 8 (ANI): Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of Kim Jong Il, has given his own frank account of late North Korean leader in his upcoming book, including his reluctance to let any of his sons take power, it has emerged.
Washington, Jan 8 (ANI): A scientist has come up with a revolutionary new technology that protects confidentiality and authenticity, seamlessly and simultaneously.
Washington, Dec.20 (ANI): Korean-Americans believe that the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il raises the hope that the event could ultimately lead to the reunification of North and South Korea after nearly six decades.
Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): Some Smartphones models that have been specifically designed to support Google's Android mobile platform have incorporated additional features that can be used by hackers to bypass the operating system's security features, making them more vulnerable to attack, a study has revealed.
Washington, Nov 17 (ANI): Katy Perry has raised more than 8,000 dollars for a charity by selling off a stage outfit from her 2011 'California Dreams' world tour.
Gurgaon, Nov.2 (ANI): Unveiling its 2012 Corporate Travel Forecast and Hotel Negotiability Index, leading travel management company Egencia has predicted that airline average ticket prices (ATPs) and hotel average daily rates (ADRs) for top corporate travel destinations will be slightly up overall in North America and Europe.
Islamabad, Oct 25(ANI): Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has categorically denied that he had ever struck a deal over allowing the United States to conduct drones strikes inside Pakistan or unilateral military action against Osama bin Laden.
London, Sept 19 (ANI): Researchers have unearthed a pair of fossilized teeth on the Bureau of Land Management property in northeast Oregon, which they believe are the earliest record of living beavers in North America.
Kandy, Sep 11(ANI): Former Australian batsman Geoff Marsh insists that it was 'nerve-racking' to see his son, Shaun, survive the nasty nineties and make a historic century on debut in the second Test against Sri Lanka.
Washington, Sept 11 (ANI): A new study has found that men are consistently happier than women with their work-life balance.
Tripoli, Sept 8 (ANI): Human Rights Watch has reportedly discovered many sites in Libya where surface-to-air missiles are missing, raising concerns that the weapons could arm an Iraq-style insurgency if it falls into wrong hands.
Washington, Sept 2 (ANI): Scientists have uncovered the skull of a previously unknown species of ancient rhino, a woolly animal that came equipped with a snow shovel on its head.
London, August 25 (ANI): A bacteria, which is commonly found in fruit flies, can prevent the Aedes aegypti mosquito from transmitting the virus that causes dengue fever, researchers have found.
Washington, Aug.9 (ANI): News Corp. is facing a probe into the use of drones by its US-based digital publication, The Daily.
London, July 27 (ANI): 'Goodnight my angel, sleep tight, mummy and daddy love you ever so much' - these were the words from Mitch Winehouse when he paid a final tribute to his daughter Amy at her funeral at Golders Green, North London.
London, July 5 (ANI): Architects of a house built in an alleyway in Poland have claimed that it is the world's narrowest as it is just 60 inches wide.
Waterloo (Iowa, US), June 28 (ANI): It seems that female candidates nursing presidential ambitions and a desire to occupy the White House some time during their lives, have a penchant to goof up during critical moments in their campaigns. If it was former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin during the 2008 presidential campaign, now, it is the turn of Minnesotan Republican candidate Michele Bachmann.
Washington, June 16 (ANI): The Central Investigation Agency (CIA) is reported to be mulling the use of unmanned drones to target high value Al Qaeda extremists living in Yemen.
Charlotte (North Carolina, US), June 15 (ANI): Kids found lip-syncing their favourite songs from YouTube could soon find this activity declared as illegal, if a new bill on this is passed.
Islamabad/Mardan, June 13(ANI): The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) and the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) have separately warned against the proposed military operation in Pakistan's militant-infested North Waziristan region.
Lahore, June 2(ANI): The Pakistan Government is 'not taking dictation from anyone' on launching a military operation in North Waziristan, but will instead work out a strategy on the subject on the basis of its assessment of the on-ground situation, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has said.
Islamabad, May 25(ANI): The principal objective of the United States' 'drone war' on the North Waziristan Agency is to push Afghan militants into the Pakistani territory, in order to force the local tribesmen to turn against Pakistani security agencies, according to a newspaper report.
Washington, April 21(ANI): The United States will not stop its drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, President Barack Obama's top military officer has said, according to a report.
Washington, Apr 17 (ANI): A study has found that a combination of forest by-products and crustacean shells may be the key to removing radioactive materials from drinking water.
Washington, Apr 14 (ANI): A study has found that a combination of forest by-products and crustacean shells may be the key to removing radioactive materials from drinking water.
Dimapur, Mar 26 (ANI): The five-day long North East Spring Festival, recently organized in Dimapur city of Nagaland was a grand affair that showcased some of the best folk art forms of the culturally rich north eastern region of India.
Islamabad, Mar 25(ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has called for overcoming all difficulties that are souring the country's bilateral ties with the United States.
London, Mar 17 (ANI): A man, who raped a virgin on a town centre pavement in Britain, as motorists drove by without stopping, has been jailed.ary Gunstone stalked the woman through the streets of Bideford, North Devon, just after midnight as she walked to her parents' home after visiting her boyfriend.
Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): How did the leopard get its spots? How did the zebra get its stripes?
Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): The remains of a three-yr-old child in a newly excavated archaeological site in Alaska may provide rare insights into the burial practices of Ice Age peoples.
Washington, Feb 04 (ANI): A new study has shown that the process of adjusting to a new culture is easier for children, but quickly becomes more difficult after about the age of 15.
Islamabad, Jan 23(ANI): Former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) official, Colonel Imam, was killed by his Taliban abductors in North Waziristan.
Islamabad, Jan 13(ANI): Pakistan has made it clear to the United States that it will not become part of any "new great game" in relation to the US' troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, which is set to begin from July this year.
Islamabad, Dec 31 (ANI): No foreign troops will be allowed to launch any ground offensive in Pakistan's tribal areas, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Athar Abbas has said.
Islamabad, Dec 31 (ANI): No foreign troops will be allowed to launch any ground offensive in Pakistan's tribal areas, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Athar Abbas has said.
Beijing, Dec 24 (ANI): The campaign against corruption in the coal-mining sector has reportedly led to the punishing of a total of 906 government officials in North China's Shanxi province in the past 11 months.
Washington, Dec 21 (ANI): Pakistan's military officials are mulling over carrying out a deadly offensive against the hiding militants and fleeing insurgents in the North Waziristan Agency (NWA), an American TV channel has claimed.
Peshawar, Dec 17 (ANI): At least fifteen people were killed in two US drone attacks in northwest Pakistan's Khyber tribal region.
Islamabad, Dec 15(ANI): US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, Admiral Mike Mullen, has urged Pakistan to launch an operation to crack down on Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in North Waziristan.
Baghdad, Dec 14 (ANI): Admiral Mike Mullen, the top US military officer, has warned that the danger of war or hostilities is rising in the Korean peninsula.
Washington, Dec 8 (ANI): Most of us have experienced goose bumps or a chill going down our spine when we listened to music of some kind - now a new study explains why.
Adelaide, Dec.7 (ANI): Angry and desperate Australians took to Twitter to vent their feelings following their national team's humiliating Ashes innings and 71 run defeat to England at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.
Sydney, Nov 25 (ANI): Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin's political skills have once again come under the scanner after she referred to North Korea as being "America's ally".
New York, Nov 22 (ANI): 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1', made a grand opening with 330 million dollars in global ticket sales over the weekend.
Islamabad, Nov 22 (ANI): At least six militants have reportedly been killed in the latest US drone attack in North Waziristan.
Melbourne, Nov 12 (ANI): A serial burglar in Australia has claimed that he was in a "drug-induced stupor" when he sent photos of his penis to contacts on mobile phones he had stolen.
Sydney, Nov.6 (ANI): The Australian cricket teams, despite its lucrative guaranteed contracts, are victims of expectations massively inflated by a generation of great success, and also of their own cricketing bureaucracy, which has blundered with selection and now the Ashes preparation, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Sydney, Nov.2 (ANI): Australian opener Shane Watson has said that he does not want to be used as a fix for Australia's middle-order malaise.
