Full security for SRK film: Maha
Feb. 4: Union home minister R.R. Patil on Thursday assured complete security for Shah Rukh Khan’s forthcoming film My Name Is Khan. He also accused the Shiv Sena of creating a controversy over a non-issue only to divert public attention from real issues with an eye on the municipal polls.
Scientists: Darwin of Cro-Magnon descent
Sydney, Feb. 4: The father of the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin, was a direct descendant of the Cro-Magnon people, whose entry into Europe 30,000 years ago heralded the demise of Neanderthals, scientists revealed in Australia on Thursday.
‘Land port’ at Wagah by 2011
Feb. 4: India will go ahead with the construction of the much-delayed integrated checkpost on the India-Pakistan border at Attari despite the continuing chill in relations.
India to set up climate monitor
Feb. 4: Almost cocking a snook at the IPCC, India has decided to set up its own Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment (INCCA) to monitor climate change in the country.
Fervour at Kumbh
A sadhu raises slogans during a procession of the Mahanirvani Akhara at the Kumbh Mela in Hardwar on Wednesday. PHOTO: PTI
The Yogic Road
Odisha Yoga and Naturopathy Foundation employees perform yoga on the road during a protest to demand regulation of the education and practice of yoga in the government health and family welfare department in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. PHOTO: PTI
Panel: Free fuel prices
New Delhi, Feb. 3: An committee of experts headed by former Planning Commission member Kirit Parikh on Wednesday recommended deregulation of petrol and diesel prices. It also recommended that the domestic price of LPG be hiked by Rs 100 and kerosene by Rs 6 per litre.
Srikrishna heads T-panel of 5
New Delhi, Feb. 3: The Centre on Wednesday constituted a five-member expert committee to hold consultations on the "situation in Andhra Pradesh" arising out the demand for the creation of a separate Telangana state.
Iran puts mouse and worms into space
Tehran, Feb. 3: Iran announced on Wednesday it has successfully launched a research rocket carrying a mouse, two turtles and worms into space — a feat President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said showed Iran could defeat the West in the battle of technology.
HC pulls up CBI for delay in trial
NEW DELHI, Feb. 3: An anguished Delhi high court on Wednesday pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for not appointing a special public prosecutor to expedite the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases.
