Sri Lanka Prez saddened by Bodh Gaya blasts: Officials

Last Updated: Sunday, July 7, 2013, 10:28

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was today shocked and dismayed by the news of serial explosions in internationally renowned Mahabodhi temple in India, a place of religious significance for the Buddhists.

NASA`s Chandra explores hidden population of exotic neutron stars

Last Updated: Friday, May 24, 2013, 11:26

A major campaign using NASA`s Chandra X-ray Observatory and several other satellites has suggested that exotic neutron stars, magnetars may be more diverse-and common-than previously thought.

Manipur bomb explosions: One jawan killed, 17 injured

Last Updated: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 17:44

A Manipur Rifles jawan was killed and 17 others, including a superintending engineer and nine security personnel, were injured in separate explosions in Chandel and Imphal West districts of Manipur on Sunday.

Iraq officials say explosions kill four in Baghdad

Last Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013, 19:37

Iraqi officials say two separate explosions in Baghdad have killed four people and wounded 14.

Death toll in Nigeria`s suicide blast rises to 70

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 11:52

At least 44 people have been killed in a series of car bomb explosions targeting a bus station in northern Nigeria.

Cassini spacecraft sheds light on how cosmic rays are accelerated

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 14:18

The international Cassini spacecraft has detected particles being accelerated to ultra-high energies, similar to the acceleration that takes place around supernova explosions .

12,005 explosions by militants in 23 yrs in J&K, 1

Last Updated: Monday, December 31, 2012, 17:25

Militants have triggered over 12,000 explosions and killed 1,770 people while injuring 15,725 persons during 23 years of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, according to a new report compiled by state home ministry.

Taliban storm NATO base in Afghanistan, 14 dead

Last Updated: Sunday, December 2, 2012, 08:52

At least 14 people, including nine Taliban men, were killed Sunday when militants wearing suicide vests stormed a major NATO base in Afghanistan.

Two gas explosions in China, 32 dead

Last Updated: Saturday, November 24, 2012, 17:58

At least 32 people have been killed and 47 others injured in two separate gas explosions in China, including a blast inside a restaurant which caught diners unawares.