Technology will change the face of education: BITS vice chancellor
Pilani (IANS) While faculty and infrastructure deficits are major hurdles in increasing the reach of education in India, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)…
‘Paan Singh Tomar’, ‘Barfi’ rock Screen Awards
Mumbai (IANS) Offbeat cinema turned out to be the toast of the season with “Paan Singh Tomar” and “Barfi!” sharing the best film title, and…
A Mumbaikar’s secret family treasure
Mumbai (IANS) Few know about Indira Niwas, a ramshackle two-storeyed chawl almost a century old, precariously standing on a busy main road in the Kurla…
Man dies after being hit by cop’s baton in Hyderabad
Hyderabad (IANS) A 77-year-old retired government official died Saturday after he was accidentally hit by a lathi (baton) thrown by police officer at a…
Six arrested for gang-raping married woman in Punjab
Gurdaspur (IANS) Six men have been arrested by Punjab Police yesterday for allegedly gang-raping a 29-year-old married woman in this frontier district, police said. The…
Punjab CM rubbishes demands for change of guard
Chandigarh: Till the other day, the opposition Congress in Punjab was gunning for cabinet minister Bikram Singh Majithia, whose only claim to fame is that…
Muslim scholars demand action against Pakistan
Aligarh (IANS) Muslim intellectuals today came down heavily on Pakistan over the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers near the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir,…
Families of captive Indian sailors pin hopes on Pakistani activist
New Delhi (IANS) Families of 17 Indian sailors held hostage on board MV Royal Grace, a chemical tanker captured by Somali pirates in March last…
I’ll be back this year: Sushmita Sen
Mumbai (IANS) Actress Sushmita Sen will make a comeback on the big screen this year and promises the film will feature her in her trademark…
Amid border tensions, Indian doctors aid Pakistani patients
New Delhi (IANS) When Pakistani raiders were beheading Indian soldiers, a group of Indian doctors were helping their Pakistani counterparts to do complex liver transplants…