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New Delhi: The judicial custody of sacked CWG Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, arrested for alleged irregularities in awarding a contract to a Swiss firm, was extended on Wednesday by a Delhi court. While remanding the suspended Congress MP to judicial custody till June 1, Special CBI Judge Talwant Singh also extended for the same […]

Melbourne: Australian researchers are claiming to have managed to "trick" human kidney cells into reverting to generalised cells, able to develop into virtually any type of tissue in the body. According to ABC report, this achievement, done without the use of embryos, offers scientists a powerful new set of tools for studying the molecular mechanisms […]

Guwahati: Congress leader Tarun Gogoi was on Wednesday sworn in as the Chief Minister of Assam for the third successive term by Governor J B Patnaik at the Raj Bhawan here. The Governor administered the oath of office and secrecy to 75-year-old Gogoi in Assamese at the Durbar Hall of the Raj Bhawan. Union DoNER […]

London: Having good relationship with colleagues not only improves your performance at work, it may also help you live longer, a new study has claimed. Researchers at the University of Tel Aviv in Israel found that people with good peer-to-peer relationships had a lower risk of mortality than those who did not chime with their […]

London: A designer in the US has created what he claims is a computer which allows one to use a typewriter instead of a keyboard. The USB Typewriter conversion kit plugs into the USB port on a laptop, monitor or iPad via a sensor board, says its inventor Jack Zylkin. "It`s new and ground-breaking innovation […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy was on Wednesday sworn in as the 21st Chief Minister of Kerala at the Raj Bhavan here. Along with Chandy, six floor leaders of the UDF coalition were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor R S Gavai at the lawns of the Raj Bhavan. The UDF […]

New Delhi: With his comments on burnt bodies and rape of women in Greater Noida villages triggering a major controversy, Congress on Wednesday initiated a damage- control exercise saying Rahul Gandhi did not say that 74 persons have been killed there. Party General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi maintained that Gandhi merely repeated to the media what […]

New Delhi: Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday told a Delhi court that his private complaint in the 2G spectrum case, touching the issue of national security, should be heard separately as the CBI is not willing to club his complaint with its FIR in the scam. Swamy told Special CBI Judge O P […]

Mumbai: Bollywood actress Minissha Lamba, who walked the red carpet at Cannes last week, was on Wednesday detained by the Customs at the international airport here for not declaring diamond jewellery worth over Rs 50 lakh, a senior official said. 26-year-old Lamba, who landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here from Cannes, was crossing […]

New Delhi: Taxmen have seized black money to the tune of a whopping Rs 30,000 crore in the country in the past two years, said the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) which is set to get investigative powers to boost its drive against wrong-doers. The CBDT is in the process of creating a Directorate […]

Oxford: The name `Amitabh Bachchan` does more for India abroad than other known symbols of India`s soft power such as the Taj Mahal, curry or the Kama Sutra, according to Rachel Dwyer, an expert on Indian cinema and culture. Delivering the Annual Distinguished Ford Lecture 2011, Dwyer, a professor based at the London-based School of […]

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee would resign as Railway Minister on Thursday, a day ahead of being sworn in as West Bengal Chief Minister. After her talks with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Monday, Banerjee had made it clear that the Railway Ministry would be retained by […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed an NGO to assist the Rajya Sabha-appointed panel in its ongoing probe into the charges of corruption and judicial misconduct against Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran. A vacation bench headed by Justice G S Singhvi allowed civil society Forum for Judicial Accountability`s plea after […]

As many as 50 fans of Tamil superstar Rajnikanth on Wednesday ate rice spread out on a bare floor at a temple in the industrial town of Hosur, praying for the actor`s speedy recovery. The `Mann Soru` ritual was held in the Kalikamba temple on Chandra Chudeswara hill temple premises.

Mumbai: A local court on Wednesday remanded two men, allegedly involved in the bid on life of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim`s brother Iqbal Kaskar, to police custody till May 26. The accused, identified as Syyed Ali (29) – a resident of Mumbra, and Indra Khatri (27) – possibly from Nepal, were yesterday caught by […]