• 

  London's Oxford Circus tube station reopens after police find 'no evidence of gunfire'

  World | November 24, 2017 23:51 IST

  London transit authorities say Oxford Circus station has reopened after a large-scale security alert saw it evacuated amid reports of gunfire.

• 

  Oxford launches first-ever Hindi word of the year

  India | November 16, 2017 15:20 IST

  The Hindi word of the year will be a word or expression that has attracted a great deal of interest this year.

• 

  Good news for all the Jugaadu people! Indian word ‘Jugaad’ is now included in Oxford English Dictionary

  Lifestyle | October 28, 2017 13:23 IST

  Fukrey team rejoices the latest addition to Oxford English Dictionary.

• 

  Oxford college removes painting of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi

  World | September 30, 2017 16:09 IST

  The governing body of St Hugh's college, one of the University of Oxford's constituent colleges, decided to remove the painting of the Nobel laureate from its main entrance.

• 

  Oxford Dictionaries picks emoticon as word of the year

  World | November 17, 2015 20:32 IST

  London: For the first time, Oxford Dictionaries' has chosen an emoji pictograph, commonly referred to as an emoticon, as its 2015 Word of the Year after it made history due to its popularity on social

• 

  Exercise can help in preventing breast cancer, shows study

  Lifestyle | November 04, 2014 17:15 IST

  London: Everybody is aware of the fact that exercise is good for your health, but very few know that it can help in preventing breast cancer too, says an expert.Middle aged women, who regularly partake

• 

  Cambridge trumps Oxford to be named best UK varsity

  May 12, 2014 18:03 IST

  London: Britain's prestigious Cambridge University today pipped arch-rival Oxford for the fourth year in a row to be named the best varsity in the country by an education guide.Cambridge is again the country's leading university,

• 

  Oxford creates more rich graduates than Cambridge: Study

  May 02, 2013 16:34 IST

  London, May 2: The rivalry between Oxford and Cambridge, two of Britain's best-known universities, is legendary and now it seems Oxford has pipped its competitor by producing the wealthiest graduates.According to research by global analysts

• 

  Oxford didn't take me away from India: Suu Kyi

  India | November 14, 2012 21:10 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 14: Oxford-educated Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi Wednesday said her education in the British university in the mid-1960s soon after her graduation in India did not take her away from

• 

  Oxford honours star democracy icon Suu Kyi

  World | June 20, 2012 17:54 IST

  London, Jun 20: Paying fulsome tributes, the University of Oxford today honoured Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi by presenting her with an honorary doctorate in Civil Law in a traditional ceremony telecast live. 

• 

  Girl Watched Helplessly On Skype As Man Slit Throat, Bled To Death In Delhi

  World | April 17, 2012 23:44 IST

  London, Apr 17: On November 27 last year, Julie Zalinski sat in Oxford, UK and saw in horror on Skype her male partner Adrian Rowland slitting his throat  and wrists in a flat 7,000 miles

Advertisement
• 

  Not A Single Indian University Among World's Top 200

  India | October 06, 2011 19:26 IST

  London, Oct 6: Not a single Indian university – not even the celebrated IITs and IIMs – figure in the latest ranking of the world's top 200 universities, with American varsities dominating the list.US institutions