Ancient DNA from forgotten colonial graveyard just linked 1.3 million living Americans to Maryland's earliest settlersResearchers have used ancient DNA to connect over 1.3 million living Americans to forgotten 17th-century English and Irish settlers of St. ...
02 Jun, 2026, 03.16 PM IST
In 2014, a 5-year-old’s innocent fossil hunt led to the discovery of a rare armored dinosaur in TexasA young boy found unusual bones near a Texas shopping centre. Initially thought to be turtle remains, further analysis revealed them to be ...
26 May, 2026, 05.41 PM IST
Eight dead in fire at two warehouses in Bengal's South 24 Parganas; flames still rage, rescue ops underwayA devastating fire engulfed two warehouses in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district. The blaze claimed at least eight lives, with more f...
27 Jan, 2026, 10.28 AM IST
California Shocker: Man who vanished in 1965, reported missing 18 years later, finally identified; suspect namedRemains of Ronald Joseph Cole, missing since 1965, were identified in 2026 after a 1966 cold case in Illinois was revisited. Cole was repor...
17 Jan, 2026, 08.38 AM IST
Dharmasthala case: SIT files charge sheet, six accused namedA Special Investigation Team has submitted a comprehensive charge sheet in the Dharmasthala case. The report details allegations of multipl...
21 Nov, 2025, 11.03 AM IST
Dharmasthala case: Govt has given clearance, it is for SIT to submit charge sheet, says ministerIn a significant development, the Karnataka government has authorized the Special Investigation Team to draft a charge sheet concerning the...
20 Nov, 2025, 02.20 PM IST
Dharmasthala case: Six persons appear before SITA Special Investigation Team (SIT) questioned six individuals, including three Kerala-based YouTubers, regarding alleged rapes, murders, an...
09 Sep, 2025, 03.26 PM IST
Karnataka CM says SIT probing Dharmasthala case, downplays demand for NIA probeKarnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah addressed demands for a National Investigation Agency probe into the Dharmasthala case. He stated tha...
05 Sep, 2025, 05.32 PM IST
Dharmasthala: SIT arrests complainant who alleged murders, rapes, burialsC N Chinnaiah, who alleged multiple murders, rapes, and burials in Dharmasthala, has been arrested by the SIT investigating the charges. Th...
23 Aug, 2025, 02.40 PM IST
Delhi: How a lost motorcycle search led to a chilling discovery of human skeleton and murder caseIn Alipur, three teenagers were apprehended for riding a stolen motorcycle, leading to the discovery of a murder. Upon interrogation, they ...
18 Jul, 2025, 03.42 PM IST
- Ancient tooth reveals Mesolithic man ate fish, plants
London, June 3 (IANS) In a first, scientists have discovered evidence that humans from the Mesolithic period consumed fish and plants and a...
03 Jun, 2018, 01.52 PM IST
- New Orangutan species 'among most threatened great apes'
London, Nov 3 (IANS) Scientists have identified an isolated population of orangutans living in Sumatra in Indonesia, which according to the...
03 Nov, 2017, 08.07 PM IST
- Human DNA discovered in caves without skeletal remains
Washington, April 28 (IANS) An international team of researchers has successfully retrieved human DNA in cave sediments where no skeletal r...
28 Apr, 2017, 08.35 AM IST
Sheena Bora murder case: All skeleton, no flesh when body first spottedAround noon, having dug just a couple of feet into the ground, the team sighted a portion of the skeleton sticking out.
30 Aug, 2015, 02.50 PM IST
Sheena Bora murder case: Focus on forensic evidences, grilling still onFor the first time, Raigad police virtually confessed to the casual way in which their personnel treated the case when a burnt body was loc...
29 Aug, 2015, 07.22 PM IST
Sheena Bora murder: Villager helps locate spot where body was buriedSheena's mother, Indrani Mukherjee is believed to have killed her, allegedly by strangulating, with help from driver S P Rai.
29 Aug, 2015, 03.36 PM IST
- Koli gets death sentence in fourth Nithari case
Holding that death row convict Surinder Koli is a "disgrace to society deserving no sympathy", a special CBI court here today awarded him c...
22 Dec, 2010, 03.44 PM IST