Long overdue
Central status to Panjab University (PU) is long overdue. While all other universities are either Central or state universities, the PU has a unique character of being an inter-state corporate, given the circumstances under which it had been set up.
Given its unique character, the university faces a resource crunch, with the current Budget deficit pegged at over Rs 100 crore. This has been seriously affecting even its routine functioning. With the Punjab government also defaulting on its stipulated share of Rs 40 crore and paying only Rs 12 crore …

By Mandeep Puri : Moser Baer Entertainment Ltd. and Idiot Box presents forthcoming film Hide and Seek starring actors Purab Kohli, Mrinalini Sharma, Samir Kochhar, Ayaz Khan, Arjan Bajwa and Amruta Patki. The film “Hide and Seek” is a suspense film produced by Apoorva Lakhia and Laxmi Singh and directed by Shawn Arranha and is set to release on 19th Feb 2010. The music of the film is given by Gourav Dasgupta and Chirantan Bhatt together.

“Hide and Seek” is a suspense flick and is based on the story of 6 …

Chandigarh, February 9th  :“Kashmir :Outpouring Emotions” a painting exhibition by Kamal Nain Bhan was inaugurated by Shri Ram Niwas , Home secretary UT at Museum of Fine Arts, Punjab University, Chandigarh today. Chandigarh  Kashmir’s painter depicts pain and trauma of militancy on canvas: Trauma and agony felt by the people after militancy struck scenic Kashmir Valley has been depicted by a deaf and mute painter in the form of some very emotive and eye catching paintings.
Kamal Nain Bhan might not be able to hear the sounds around him but he …

New Delhi, February 9, 2010: Terming the decision of Mr Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Environment & Forests of placing a moratorium on the release of Bt Brinjal as an extremely positive development for India, Kheti Virasat Mission thanked the Minister for taking a precautionary approach on this controversial matter. “This is a path-breaking precedent set by the Hon’ble Minister and the fact that he emphasized that there should be under no circumstances any hurry or rush with this moratorium (and on all the independent scientific studies to be undertaken to …

9 Feb : Professor parents of the 29-year-old youth arrested for attacking former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore on Tueday said their son was under treatment for depression for the last six months and he was dead against any kind of injustice.
“But no one is allowed to take law in his hands,” the assailant’s father Sushil Kumar Sharma, a professor of Mechanical Engineering in IT-Banaras Hindu University (BHU), told.
Sharma said, “I would try my best so that my son gets relief on health grounds… with all his medical reports, I will …