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Washington: Is Big Bang a myth? The universe was created from the debris ejected when a star collapsed into a black hole - a theory that can explain why the cosmos seems to be so uniform in all directions, scientists say.

Mukherjee said rural India needed tools that were "simple, repairable by local technicians and usable without electricity".

BJP leaders and workers in Bihar on Tuesday organised 'yagna' and cut cakes to celebrate the party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's 64th birthday.

Mark Wahlberg, 42, has revealed that he finished his high schooling and finally got his diploma only this summer.

There should be no pre-conditions for peace talks between the government and the Taliban, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan said on Monday.

The actress, who is a known name in South industry, debuted in Bollywood with 'Barfi'.

A 39-year-old Indian doctor was found guilty by Australian Supreme Court on Tuesday of raping two women during consultations, even as he pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The teams of National Investigation Agency visited Goa along with IM co-founder Yasin Bhatkal to probe his links in the coastal state where he had earlier visited, police sources said.

President Sharad Yadav on Monday said he was taken into preventive custody by Uttar Pradesh Police at Ghaziabad when he was on his way to Allahabad to participate in a meeting on reservation issue.

Galatasaray have made a mediocre start to the season but Drogba believes they can repeat April's victory over Real in Tuesday's Champions League Group B opener.

Bill Gates was followed by Warren Buffett, who despite giving away about $1 billion in 2012, was the biggest gainer.

Anup Singh's Punjabi film 'Qissa' won the NETPAC Award at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival.

Uttar Pradesh Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mohammed Azam Khan on Monday told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to also visit other places in the state that have seen communal clashes.

A suspected arms supplier was arrested on Monday with a haul of weapons from Hario village in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, police said.

CBI has filed a charge sheet in a special court in Bangalore slapping charges against a mining company, its top executives and two retired IAS officers in Rs 1232.39 crore mining scam in Karnataka.

SilentSense was able to identify the phone's owner with 99 per cent accuracy after no more than 10 taps.