Rathore wins double trap gold in shooting nationals

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 00:29

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won the double trap gold medal but there was disappointment for world record holder Ronjan Sodhi on the first day of the National Shooting Championships.

Shiney Ahuja, L Subramaniam - caught in a celebrity trap?

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 17:06

Celebrities or victims? The debate over whether celebrities are soft targets for those looking for two-minutes in the spotlight has arisen with the domestic help who accused actor Shiney Ahuja of rape retracting her complaint and violinist L. Subramanian facing a similar charge.

420 workers trapped in floods in China

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 4, 2010, 20:11

Over 400 workers remained trapped in the mountains of China`s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Wednesday, a week after floods cut transport links to the area.

Volcano leaves 200 Bangladeshis trapped in Brussels airport

Last Updated: Friday, April 16, 2010, 21:58

Some 200 travellers from Bangladesh were spending a second day inside Brussels airport on Friday, without a visa to leave the building and with an ash cloud grounding all flights out, an airport spokesmen said.

CRPF men walked into Maoist trap: Chidambaram

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 13:06

Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday that the scores of Central Reserve Police Force (CPRF) personnel massacred in Chhattisgarh earlier in the day seemed to have walked into a Maoist trap.

12 dead, 32 trapped in latest China mine disaster

Last Updated: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 22:18

A gas explosion at a mine in central China killed 12 workers and trapped 32 underground, state media said on Thursday, the second major mine disaster in the country this week.

Soren promises rescue operation for youth trapped in mine

Last Updated: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 00:09

Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren on friday assured that he would ask the authorities to relaunch a rescue operation for a youth who fell in an abandoned underground mine in Dhanbad on March 2.

Red Cross condemns Taliban use of booby trap bombs

Last Updated: Saturday, March 6, 2010, 16:04

The Red Cross on Saturday condemned the use of booby trap bombs by the Taliban in an area of southern Afghanistan that has been so heavily mined people are afraid to leave their homes.

"Mozzquit": An eco-friendly mosquito trap

Last Updated: Monday, February 1, 2010, 18:47

An innovative mosquito apparatus that mimics the human body, attracts mosquitoes and kills them without use of any harmful chemicals is set to hit the markets soon.

CBI Mumbai registers record number of trap cases in 2009

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 19:26

Mumbai Anti-Corruption Bureau of CBI has registered a record number of trap cases in the year 2009, far ahead of all other zones in the country, CBI officials on Tuesday said.