Odisha minister succumbs hrs after being shot by police officer

Odisha's Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das died hours after after being shot by a policeman, battling a bullet which pierced his heart and lung, Apollo Hospital officials said.......

India ready to back any effort for better environment, global wellness: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the 'Lifestyle for the environment movement', a global initiative, and asserted that its vision is to live a lifestyle that is in tune with our......

Activists, Opposition leaders hail SC order on Aarey

Activists and leaders of the opposition -- Congress and Nationalist Congress Party on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's order restraining authorities from cutting anymore trees in Aarey Colony in......

Why was Saibaba denied bail?

'Rejection of bail means they want him to die.'Jyoti Punwani reports. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay high court on Monday rejected the bail application of......

The desi genetic engineer and his fine crop of mustard

GM is already in our food chain for years. The approval for indigenous GM mustard should put fake fear-mongering to rest, says Shekhar Gupta.   If you want to see how some of the issues most......

Dark days will soon be over for a remote tribal village in Bengal

The UK-India research project is funded by Research Councils UK and India's Department of Science and Technology. Experts from the University of Leeds, University of Exeter, and University of......

IIT researchers give up cushy jobs to join green revolution

A group of researchers at IIT Kharagpur have turned farmlands near the campus into a 'laboratory' to experiment with new agricultural technologies and help farmers whose land they have......

Fix age and wage issues before raising H-1B cap, argues visa's critic

Norman Matloff, professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis, believes that the US has enough highly skilled engineers and raising the cap on H-1B would hamper the wages of......

Many awards named after Dhyanchand, defends Shukla

BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla was busy defending the government's decision to confer Bharat Ratna to Sachin Tendulkar ahead of Major Dhyanchand. -Kailash Kher's Sachin anthem -Deepika Padukone......