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12 Top Bureaucrats Transferred; Punjab Gets New Chief Secretary
Within hours of assuming office, the Congress government in Punjab on Thursday ordered transfers and postings of 12 top bureaucrats, appointing 1984-batch IAS officer Karan Avtar Singh as the new Chief Secretary.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
BJP's UP Chief Keshav Maurya Hospitalised
BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit chief Keshav Prasad Maurya was on Thursday admitted to the city based Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, following complaints of physical exertion, hospital authorities said.....
Nitish To Challenge Modi In 2019?
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar must take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2019 general election, leaders of his Janata Dal-United (JD-U) said on Thursday.....
Reliance Infrastructure To Raise Rs 2,000 Crore Funds
Reliance Infrastructure Limited on Thursday said its board has approved raising of Rs 2,000 crore funds by issue of securities through qualified institutions placement for capitalising opportunities in defence business, reducing debt and corporate purposes.....
Fatwa Against Nahid Afrin Unfair, Says Papon
Assamese singer Angaraag Mahanta, popularly known as Papon, has come out in support of young singer Nahid Afrin, against whom some Islamic clerics have issued a 'fatwa'. ....
Karan Johar 'deeply Saddened' Over Torching Of 'Padmavati' Set
Filmmaker Karan Johar on Thursday said he is extremely upset over the vandalism and arson attack on the Kolhapur set of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmavati".....
