NOBEL LAUREATE Professor Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who was on a two-day visit to Chandigarh, interacted with the faculty, resident doctors and PhD students at PGIMER on Tuesday. He spoke about ways to facilitate research and solve problems with the mechanism of research application. Excerpts from the interaction In India, the number of research applications have gone […]
Two days after Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad made a surprise inspection at a hospital, provoking the opposition BJP to question his locus standi for such a move, Bihar Health Minister and Mr. Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap on Tuesday came out to justify his father’s action. “He is my father and he went
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In a proposal that may mark the beginning of a new chapter in the system to appoint judges to the higher judiciary, the government has readied a draft Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), proposing to put the names of candidates in the fray in public domain right from the initiation of the selection process. This, the
The trouble-torn Kaliachak police station area wore a deserted look even 48 hours after large-scale violence. On Tuesday, most residents of the locality, located about 23 km south-west of Malda town, chose to stay indoors and business establishments also remained shut. The situation continued to be tense with Section 144 imposed in the area since
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The seemingly impregnable Pathankot air base’s security is riddled with gaping holes, it has emerged now, which may have given the group of terrorists a relatively easy entry into one of the biggest defence installations in the country. Addressing a press conference at the air force base on Tuesday, union defence minister Manohar Parrikar admitted
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Madhya Pradesh Congress on Tuesday alleged that several BJP leaders, including Union minister Sushma Swaraj, have shown disrespect to the martyrs of the Pathankot terror attack by taking part in the celebrations after a state leader was re-elected to the party’s key post. “BJP leaders, including Sushma have brought disrespect to martyrs (Indian security personnel),
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Same old cliche. There are no permanent enemies or friends in Bollywood. Equations depend on day-to-day transactions. If the deal strikes gold (read: film is a hit at the box office) then the bonhomie blossoms; if it fails, then even besties bitch. Heard that a superstar is not very happy with a well-known filmmaker he
‘Dilwale’ and ‘Bajirao Mastani’ were the most talked about movies recently. The clash of the two most awaited movies surely came with a bang. The box office collections of both the movies were tricky and surprising. Shah Rukh Khan starrer film ‘Dilwale’ raked in maximum collections initially, but due to lack of content Deepika Padukone’s
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One member of the U.S. armed forces was killed and two others were wounded on Tuesday in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, the site of fierce fighting between Taliban insurgents and American-backed Afghan government forces, the U.S. military said. The U.S. troops came under fire in the town of Marjah while accompanying Afghan special operations forces,
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Rising tensions in the Middle East typically trigger a knee-jerk increase in the price of oil. But these are not typical times for the oil market. With several factors already weighing on the price of oil, increasing frictions in this historically tumultuous region are poised to counter-intuitively exacerbate the negative outlook for oil. Analysts have
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Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain today condemned the terror attack on the IAF base in Pathankot, saying the country is against all forms of terrorism. “Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations including the incident at Pathankot,” he was quoted as saying in an official statement. Hussain was talking to a delegation from Pakistan-
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The role of the Punjab Police officer, who claimed he was abducted by the terrorists who attacked the Pathankot air base, was put under the scanner on Tuesday, as a team of NIA officials questioned him at his residence here. Sources said Superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh, his cook Madan Gopal and businessman friend Rajesh
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Union finance minister Arun Jaitley’s defamation suit lists out hundreds of tweets, press statements and TV clips with transcripts in as many as 217 pages, as he appeared in the chief metropolitan magistrate court in Patiala House, New Delhi on Tuesday. He claimed that Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his five AAP associates coordinated
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North Korea announced on Wednesday that it had successfully carried out its first hydrogen bomb test, a development that, if confirmed, would marking a stunning step forward in its nuclear development. “The republic’s first hydrogen bomb test has been successfully performed at 10:00am on January 6, 2016, based on the strategic determination of the Workers’
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A fire on a bus in northern China on Tuesday killed 14 people and injured more than 30, and police were hunting for a suspect, authorities said. The incident happened in Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia region, at about 7 a.m., said a press officer at the Ningxia fire department, who gave only her surname,
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Opening batsman Pranav Dhanawade of Smt KC Gandhi School, Kalyan scored an unbeaten 652 off 199 balls, a knock which comprised 78 fours and 30 sixes against Arya Gurukul School in the HT Bhandari Cup inter-school tournament organised by the Mumbai Cricket Association. Dhanawade’s team amassed 956 runs in the two-day school league, with No.3
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The US expects Pakistan will take action against the perpetrators of the terror attack on Indian Air Force base in Pathankot on Saturday, a top American official said, hours after Islamabad said it is working on the “leads” provided by India. “The government of Pakistan has spoken very powerfully to this and it’s certainly our
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The four terrorists who waylaid a vehicle in the early hours of January 1, and went on to raid the Indian Air Force (IAF) base at Pathankot, spoke in Urdu and Hindi. One of them was addressed as “Major” by the other three, and seemed to be the team leader. They spoke on the phone
WHILE THE recent attack by terrorists at Pathankot air base has put the region on alert, various security agencies, including the local police, have beefed up security in the Tricity which houses some key defence establishments, where the security arrangements have also been reviewed. At least five terrorists had infiltrated the border and attacked the
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As security forces continue the sanitisation operations inside the Pathankot air base, the big question is should India continue with peace process with Pakistan? Islamabad’s role in Pathankot terror strike has been laid bare. India has handed over ample evidence to the Nawaz Sharif government regarding his country’s involvement in the brazen terror attack. But
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At the heart of decoding the many lapses that allowed a huge attack on the Pathankot air force base is a senior police officer who was abducted by the terrorists that are believed to have come from Pakistan. On the night of December 31, Police Superintendent Salwinder Singh was travelling with two other men following
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West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle defended his suggestive comments to a female reporter during an interview broadcast live on Australian television on Tuesday by saying it was a “simple joke.” After scoring 41 from 15 deliveries in the Melbourne Renegades win over the Hobart Hurricanes in Australia’s domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League on Monday, the
Yesterday we brought to you a few surprising revelations made by Bigg Boss 9′s recently evicted contestant, Suyyash Rai. Where the actor elaborated on how Salman Khan is a fair host and makes sure he corrects people whenever they go wrong. Suyyash even commented on how Salman has no hand in deciding the elminination or
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Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani, known for blockbusters such as ‘PK’ and ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’, is looking forward to work with Tamil actor Suriya. “I hope I get to work with Suriya someday. He’s a fabulous actor and I’ve seen some of his impressive work,” said Rajkumar Hirani. Rajkumar Hirani spoke at the audio launch of
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Actress Tabu feels that her ‘Fitoor’ co-actor Katrina Kaif is the most hardworking actress she has ever worked with and admits to being amazed by Katrina’s involvement in her work. “I must say that Katrina is the most hardworking actress I’ve ever met, I’ve ever seen and worked with. We had only three days of
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Israeli forces have struck the small Lebanese town of Wazzani, north of the Israel-Lebanon border, local media reported, adding that there are fears of damage and injuries. The IDF has confirmed the attack, saying it was retaliatory fire. Earlier, an explosion targeted an Israeli patrol near the frontier, Hezbollah’s Al Manar television reported. Lebanon’s LBCI
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At least 30 people, including women and children, were injured on Monday evening when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-filled car in capital Kabul, an official said, the second attack hours apart. Ministry of Public Health official Mohammad Ismael Kawosi said 30 injured people including three women and nine children had so far been delivered
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At least eight people were killed and over 100 injured when an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale rocked Manipur and other North Eastern states before dawn on Monday. The quake, with epicentre in Noney sub-division under Manipur’s Tamenglong district, took place at around 4.30 a.m. It was also felt in Nagaland, Assam, Arunachal
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France this week commemorates the victims of 2015’s Islamist militant attacks on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket with eulogies, memorial plaques and another cartoon lampooning religion. Heavy security is planned for the ceremonies honouring the 17 victims of the January 7-9 gunfire sprees in Paris, which proved to be a grim forerunner
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Allies of Saudi Arabia followed the kingdom’s lead Monday and scaled back diplomatic ties to Iran after the ransacking of Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic Republic, violence sparked by the Saudi execution of a prominent Shiite cleric. Sudan and the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain said they would sever ties with Iran, as Saudi
