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Resignation Has Nothing To Do With ICC-BCCI Functioning, Says Manohar
A day after stepping down as independent chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Shashank Manohar on Thursday said his resignation had nothing to do with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as speculated in various sections of media.....
15 MP Police Officials Suspended Over Holi Revelry
The Madhya Pradesh Police has suspended 15 officials for inappropriate behaviour after their drunken Holi revelry inside a police station here went viral on the social media.....
IBM, MIT Pune Introduce Watson-powered Robot 'Chintu'
IBM in collaboration with Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT), Pune, on Thursday introduced 'Chintu' -- a cognitive assistant powered by IBM Watson that will assist senior citizens in conducting everyday tasks.....
HC Dismisses JNU Students' Plea On UGC Notification
The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea against the procedure followed by the JNU to implement a UGC notification that a professor cannot guide more than three M.Phil and eight Ph.D research scholars at any given time.....
No Evidence To Show EVMs Can Be Tampered With: EC
The Election Commission on Thursday reiterated that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were tamper proof and termed the allegations by some political parties as "baseless, speculative and wild".....
Yechury Calls For A Narrative Counter To RSS-BJP
Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said an alternate narrative should evolve in the country to counter the narrative being propagated by the Hindutva forces.....
For those unaware of the story's origin, "Beauty and the Beast" was first written as 'Belle et la Bete' by French novelist Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont in 1756. There have been many variants of the original in literature, television, stage and films, ever since. The last to hit the theatre was director Christopher Gan's version which was released in 2014.....
Indian-American Teenager Wins Top Science Prize
Indian-American teenager, Indrani Das, won the top, $250,000 prize in the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search competition for her research on treating brain injuries and diseases.....
Delhi's IHC To Host International Film Festival
The India Habitat Centre has announced the premiere edition of Habitat International Film Festival (HIFF), to begin here from March 24 with the screening of Asghar Farhadi's Oscar winning film "The Salesman".....
Rs 15 Lakh Looted From Maruti Showroom
Seven to eight robbers looted cash worth over Rs 15 lakh and a van from a Maruti showroom owned by a relative of former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, police said.....
