NEW DELHI: Eleven scientists, including mathematician Mahan MJ and physicist Shiraz Minwalla, were today conferred with the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for 2011 by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.Mahan MJ of the Ramkrishna Mission University and Palash Sarkar of Indian Statistical Institute bagged the prize for their contribution to mathematical sciences.Minwalla of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and K...
WASHINGTON: Top officials from India and the US are holding a series of meetings here to strengthen collaboration in the energy sector with special focus on mobilizing clean and affordable sources for their requirements.The series of meetings that kicked off Tuesday would with culminate in US-India Energy Dialogue on September 28, to be co-chaired by B K Chaturvedi, Member,...
WASHINGTON: Ahead of its Vibrant Gujarat investment summit in January next year, a high-powered delegation is holding a series of road show in US, to woo American investors into West Indian Gujarat state.Led by Ravi Saxena, Gujarat's Additional Secretary for Science and Technology, the delegation comprising of officials and businessmen, held its first road show in Palo Alto, California...
MALE: Ways to combat terrorism, piracy and trafficking in narcotics today came up for discussion among Interior and Home Ministers of the eight-member SAARC grouping in their crucial meeting at a Maldivian resort.Cyber crimes, trafficking in women and children in South Asia and mutual assistance in criminal matters were other issues discussed at the fifth meeting of the SAARC...
BANDOS ISLAND, Maldives: India has asked Pakistan to handover voice samples of the handlers of the Mumbai attackers, speed up the trial against 26/11 terror accused, including LeT Commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, and to stop cross-border terrorism.During his first meeting with Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik on the sidelines of the SAARC Home/Interior Ministers conference, Home Minister Sushi Kumar Shinde...
NEW DELHI: The CBI has alleged that some companies which were allotted coal blocks between 2006 and 2009 had "misrepresented" facts and made "fraudulent" claims to "embellish" their applications to get the allotments.The agency also accused officials of Coal Ministry of entering into conspiracy and "wilfully" not scrutinizing the documents to allow "undue advantage" for the companies in getting...
UNITED NATIONS: India has said unauthorized intervention in the internal affairs of any nation during conflict situations should be avoided, stressing that peaceful settlement of disputes is key in maintaining global security and promoting rule of law."We strongly believe in the peaceful handling of any conflict situation in accordance with the applicable legal principles by avoiding any unauthorized intervention...
BANGALORE: A local court today remanded to four days police custody, the woman who was arrested for trespassing into ISRO premises, police said.
Buela N Sam was produced before the 10th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court and remanded to police custody."We sought police custody to interrogate her", they said.The 41-year-old woman from Ahmedabad created a scare after she breached security to...
NEW YORK: The improving trade ties between Pakistan and India, terrorism and violent anti-US protests were among a host of issues that President Asif Ali Zardari discussed with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when they met here on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session.Zardari brought up the issue of the anti-Islam movie with Clinton and the two...
NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today held parleys with some union ministers and senior party leaders amid indications of a Cabinet reshuffle.Those who met Gandhi at her official residence at 10 Janpath included Road and Transport Minister C P Joshi, who has been given additional charge of Railways after resignation of Trinamool Congress ministers including Mukul Roy from...