News Corp to sell its Sky New Zealand stake

Last Updated: Monday, March 4, 2013, 09:23

Meanwhile, The Australian newspaper, which is part of News Limited, said that shares will be price at NZ$4.80 each, making the stake worth NZ$815 million.

Newly discovered comet to give brightest `sky` show ever next winter

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 19:04

The newly discovered comet ISON could give sky watchers one of the brightest shows ever in the night sky during its close-up with the Sun beginning November 2013, according to researchers.

Stellar patrons of Milky Way bar identified

Last Updated: Thursday, December 20, 2012, 19:21

Astronomers now have the clearest understanding yet of the bar at the centre of the Milky Way.

Malayalam movie shortlisted for Oscar

Last Updated: Saturday, December 15, 2012, 17:25

In a first for the Malayalam film industry, one of its movies has been nominated for the most prestigious cinematic awards in the world – the Oscars.

10-storey building in 48 hours!

Last Updated: Saturday, December 1, 2012, 14:02

A 10-storey building which is being planned to be erected within a record time of 48 hours will be ready by this evening, a company official claimed.

Expansion of Universe decelerated 11bn years ago

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 11:15

Astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III) have made the first measurement of the cosmic expansion rate just three billion years after the Big Bang.

Sky lovers to miss solar eclipse on Diwali night

Last Updated: Sunday, November 11, 2012, 09:51

Astro enthusiasts will miss a chance to catch the year`s last solar eclipse, which will occur on the intervening night of Diwali and the next day, as it will not be visible from the country.

Sky marshals to be armed with special `dum dum` bullets

Last Updated: Sunday, October 21, 2012, 12:24

Sky marshals, deployed on civilian aircraft to counter hijack or hostage situations, have been armed with modern `dum dum` bullets that burst inside the body of an attacker.

No role in the controversy: Corporation Bank CMD

Last Updated: Saturday, October 20, 2012, 19:25

Corporation Bank on Saturday said it had not extended overdraft facility of Rs 7.94 crore to a company owned by Robert Vadra.

Corporation Bank denies giving overdraft to Vadra firm

Last Updated: Thursday, October 18, 2012, 17:46

Corporation Bank on Thursday denied having given any overdraft facility to Sky Light Hospitality, a company owned by Robert Vadra.

LMFAO split up

Last Updated: Sunday, September 23, 2012, 09:37

American electropop duo LMFAO have split up after Redfoo and Sky Blu drifted apart.

UK regulator raps James Murdoch, but Sky is fine?

Last Updated: Thursday, September 20, 2012, 15:38

Media baron Rupert Murdoch's television company in the UK on Thursday got a clean chit from regulator Ofcom following an investigation sparked by the phone-hacking controversy, but it criticised former Sky chairman, James Murdoch for his role in the scandal.