6 hours ago
Curfew for second day in Punjab town
Batala, Feb 21 - An indefinite curfew continued in this Punjab town for the second day, following incidents of violence after the publication of a poster depicting Jesus Christ in an objectionable manner, police said Sunday.However, senior police officials said the situation was under control. 'We have not lifted the curfew so far because we do not want to take any chances. Overall situation is un ... read more

New Delhi | 6 hours ago
IGNOU setting up new institute of education in Nagaland
New Delhi, Feb 21 - The Indira Gandhi National Open University - is setting up a new institute called the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education and Development - in Nagaland, where it will offer an on-campus master's degree course on social work beginning July this year.The MGIDE is being set up in collaboration with Nagaland Gandhi Ashram - in Chuchuyimlang, Nagaland. The campus is coming up on 2 ... read more

New Delhi | 9 hours ago
New age, tweet-up diplomacy
New Delhi, Feb 21 - This is instant diplomacy in the twitter age. When Bahrain's Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa met Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor last week, a ministerial tweet-up followed. This was perhaps the first time there was real time reporting on a bilateral diplomatic meeting in India - by the participants themselves!The two ... read more

New Delhi | 11 hours ago
Mukherjee has room to budget for lower fiscal deficit
New Delhi, Feb 21 - Having opened the purse strings to weather the ills of global slowdown the past two years, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee appears set to re-start the process of fiscal consolidation in the national budget for 2010-11 to be presented Friday with the twin objective of pushing inclusive growth and containing prices.With fiscal deficit estimated at 6.8 percent of gross domestic ... read more

Gandhinagar | 11 hours ago
Termites feasting on Gandhi books in his ashram
Gandhinagar, Feb 21 - Books on Mahatma Gandhi are an endangered lot in his own hermitage, the Sabarmati ashram in Ahmedabad. Over a hundred books on the Mahatma and some of his photographs were consigned to a fire last week after termites feasted on them.'What else do you expect if books are dumped in damp godowns and not brought out for airing or sunshine regularly,' an ashram insider told IANS. ... read more

Mumbai | 12 hours ago
Reliance Life launches new unit linked insurance product
Mumbai, Feb 21 - Reliance Life Insurance, a part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, Sunday launched a new unit-linked insurance plan that 'guarantees high returns' and targets policy holders from 30-day infants to 65-year senior citizens.'The new plan has been developed with the objective to maximise returns for policyholders and guarantees benefit at the highest asset value ever achieve ... read more

Mumbai | 16 hours ago
When Vatsal Seth sang 'Ruk ruk' for Tabu
Mumbai, Feb 21 - Vatsal Seth, who shared screen space with Tabu in 'Toh Baat Pakki', says he had fun on the sets when he sang 'Ruk Ruk Ruk..', the famous dance number from the leading lady's 1994 film.Tabu, who played an older sister's role, took Vatsal and Sharman Joshi under her wings and looked after them on location. She regularly gave tips to Vatsal on how to handle his scenes. Vatsal one da ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
Parents criticise Sibal's private school fees remarks
New Delhi, Feb 20 - Parents' associations here Saturday condemned Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal's comments a day earlier that private schools would have a free hand in fixing their fees and sought the prime minister's intervention in the matter.'The RTE - Act does not contain any provision authorising the government to regulate fees and other charges in private schools. It is ver ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
World hockey is looking up to India: FIH
New Delhi, Feb 20 - International Hockey Federation - chief Leandro Negre sees India as the commercial hub of the sport and the upcoming World Cup as the launching pad for the revival of Indian hockey.For India to become a major hockey power, Negre wants two things to happen in conjunction. One, the successful conduct of the World Cup and soon after, the Hockey India - elections. Negre confessed ... read more

Washington | 1 day ago
Scientist uncovers secret of nerve cell reGeneration
WashinGton, Feb 20 - Brain researcher Hiroshi Kawabe has uncovered the secret of nerve - cell reGeneration.It is the workinG of a process that permits nerve cells to Grow and form complex networks---somethinG had been completely overlooked until now. The study shows that an enzyme controls the structure of the cytoskeleton - and ensures that nerve cells can form the tree-like extensions that are n ... read more