31 Jan : Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh was on Sunday gheraoed in Hyderabad by people opposing to the introduction of Bt Brinjal in the country.
The protesters from Left-affiliated farmers’ outfits and Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM) raised slogans like “Bt Go Back” and mobbed the minister on the dais at an event organised at the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA).
The event was organised as part of efforts by Ramesh to hold a series of public meetings across the country over the commercial cultivation …

31 Jan : Leander Paes equalled the record for most Grand Slam title triumphs by an Indian as the veteran and his Zimbabwean partner Cara Black clinched the Australian Open mixed doubles Championship with a straight-set win at Melbourne on Sunday.
Top seeds and favourites, the 36-year-old Paes and the 30-year-old Black beat 10th seeds Ekaterina Makarova of Russia and Jaroslav Levinsky of Czechoslovakia 7-5 6-3 in just about one and a half hour.
The triumph gave the Indian his 11th overall and fifth mixed doubles title.With this, Paes has equalled one-time …

Chandigarh, January 30 : On the occasion of Martyrs’ Day today, His Excellency, Shivraj Patil, Governor of Punjab and Administrator of UT Chandigarh and Lt Gen Shankar Ranjan Ghosh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Western Command paid tributes at the Chandigarh War Memorial, Bougainvillea Garden to the valiant soldiers of the country who laid down their lives fighting for the cause of the nation. War decorated veteran soldiers,  civil dignitaries and Senior Officers from Wstern Command were also present during the occasion .Veteran officers also laid wreath on this occasion.
The well …

29 Jan : The Maharashtra government is planning to set up a high-level committee comprising the Governor and Chief Minister to tackle ragging cases in the state, taking serious cognisance of the suicide of a law student in Pune recently.
“We have proposed a high level committee comprising the Governor, the Chief Minister, the Deputy Chief Minister and the Ministers related to education field to monitor the issue,” Higher and Technical Education Minister Rajesh Tope said.
The Government is very serious over ragging complaints and wants the cases to be stopped, Tope …

29 jan :India is hopeful that “something will come out” from the investigations into attacks on Indians in Australia, Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur said as the body of Ranjodh Singh, killed in that country late last month, was brought back in New Delhi on Friday.
The body of the 25-year-old, which came in a Thai Airways flight from Bangkok, was received at the IGI Airport by Ranjodh’s younger brother Satnam Singh and other family members, with the Minister accompanying them.
“We are hopeful that something will come out …