Agriculture’s transformation top policy priority: PM
byKolkata: The transformation of agriculture must be top priority of public policies, including those on science and technology, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Thursday….
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‘Women can use knives, pepper spray in self-defence’
byPune (IANS) Pune Commissioner of Police Gulabrao Pol has asked women to carry knives, chilli powder and pepper spray and be prepared to use them…
Book MIM leader for hate speech: Court
byHyderabad (IANS) A city court today directed the police to book a case against Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi for his alleged hate speech….
Cold wave hits Kashmir Valley, Ladakh
bySrinagar: (IANS) The free fall of mercury continued today as the night temperatures dipped further below the freezing point throughout the Valley and the Ladakh…
Another Bihar panchayat bans cell phones for girls
byPatna (IANS) A panchayat in Bihar has banned the use of mobile phones by girls and ordered them not to wear short, tight and “provocative”…
Take science to people, win another Nobel: Pranab to scientists
byKolkata: President Pranab Mukherjee today asked scientists to help spread the scientific culture among people and urged them to win another Nobel for India soon….
Himachal varsity faces action for violating green laws
byShimla: A private professional university setting up its campus in Himachal Pradesh has been accused of violating environmental laws and now faces action, an official…
Virbhadra government under pressure from loyalists
byShimla: Not a comfortable victory in the Himachal assembly elections has put the newly installed Virbhadra Singh led congress government under pressure from loyalists,…
USA, Australian universities hold sway over Indian students
byIndian students continue to throng universities United States and Australia each and many more would be joining the thousands of Indians studying abroad soon….
A laser documentary to repay a debt
byChicago: Indian American Manick Sorcar, who has devised a laser show to pay tribute to two eminent Indians, Swami Vivekananda and magician P.C. Sorcar, says…