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Historian Drew Gilpin Faust, who takes over from Lawrence Summers, is Harvard University's first female president.

Amarinder Singh's chopper landed right in the middle of opposition Shiromani Akali Dal rally on a wet Sunday.

Not allowing the rain Gods to play spoilsport, umbrellas were distributed to those who had gathered for the rally.

An al-Qaeda-backed group release video of what it said was the shooting down of a US helicopter in Iraq.

The prospect of initial steps towards ending North Korea's nuclear arms programme brightened a little on Friday.

The BM Birla Heart Research Centre won a new government accreditation in recognition of its high quality patient ca

West Indies captain Brian Lara has backed his young player but his cricket board says it will launch a probe.

Irantested the 'Raad' missile on Thursday. Iran claims the missile has the capacity to sink big warships in Gulf.

Various RWAs on Friday approached the Supreme Court challenging the government notification.

US President George W Bush caught on camera in some of his most candid poses.

NCP Gen-Secy Tariq Anwar says the Sachar report should hopefully be tabled during the Budget session of Parliament.

The US is supporting proposals for a UN-supervised International Nuclear Fuel bank.

The Sensex fell over 100 points during the day but ended over eight points higher on support from domestic funds.

Rahul Dravid has landed in a controversy for taking part in a RSS-organised function in Nagpur.

Indian workers are expected to enjoy highest pay hikes in the world in 2007, thanks to robust economic growth.

Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy will convene an all-party meet to later in the day.