India will soon have 'Navratna' Universities on the lines of the famous Ivy league varsities, which will be "free them from the shackles of government control," science and technology minister Kapil Sibal said on Monday.

In his keynote address at the 98th Indian Science Congress at SRM University near here, Mr Sibal said that this would be achieved by measures including generous financial support and access to external funding.

The 2G spectrum scam and other issues like the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils will work against the ruling DMK in the Tamil Nadu assembly polls due in May, MDMK chief Vaiko said on Saturday.

While 2010 was the year of scams with the 2G spectrum allocation scam at the top, 2011 would be a year of changes in the political arena, he told reporters here.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not inaugurate Tamil Nadu government's ambitious Adyar Eco Park as scheduled during his visit here on Monday, as the union environment ministry has not given its clearance for the project.

"Since the union environment ministry has not given its clearance to the proposal sent by the Tamil Nadu coastal zone management authority, the Prime Minister will not inaugurate it as scheduled on January 3," the state government said in an official release here on Wednesday.

The danger of lead poisoning in toys is not a risk limited to products made in China.

Two prominent space scientists of the country ascribed the failure of Saturday’s Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle mission to the carelessness of the Isro staff.
“To me, it looks like a ground-level mechanical failure which is very basic in nature,” said former head of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre of the Isro, D. Sasi Kumar

India is set to have the world’s first climate army, an exclusive force of nearly half a million “soldiers” trained to fight global warming. A unique strategy to set up this climate army is being launched from Vedaranyam in Tamil Nadu on Sunday.

The count down has started for the launch of India's latest communication satellite GSAT-5P on board GSLV-F06 launch vehicle from Sriharikota on Friday.

ISRO spokesperson S Satish told PTI that the 30-hour count down started at 10.04 hours this morning and was progressing well.

The 2G spectrum scam that cost A Raja his chair took the steam out of DMK's preparations for the 2011 Tamil Nadu polls during the year that saw AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa taking up cudgels against the

In the second setback to the country’s space programme in 2010, the planned Monday launch of India’s latest communications satellite, GSAT-5P, from the spaceport of Sriharikota, was deferred on Sunday

In the second setback to the country’s space programme in 2010, the launch of India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-5P on Monday from the spaceport of Sriharikota, was deferred on Sunday after a