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DRDO is now attracting B.Techs from IITs in good number even as the attrition rate among scientists has plummeted to almost zero.

Amid an alert about possible terror strikes in southern cities,top Tamil Nadu police officers,including DGP K P Jain,called on P Chidambaram in Chennai.

A function to mark the 25th anniversary of Operation Bluestar to flush out militants from the Golden Temple was held at Akal Takht.

Trinamool Congress said it won't attend the all-party meeting convened by West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has called an all-party meeting in Kolkata to exchange views on restoration work after 'Aila'.

The J&K coalition government will present annual budget for the current fiscal year in the Assembly session being convened in Srinagar.

Three Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in a remote village in Doda district.

At least 35 people were injured in fresh violence that broke out in strike-hit Kashmir Valley on Thursday.

CPI(ML) sought an explanation from the state government on the communal violence in Kandhamal which claimed 42 lives.

A group of human rights organisations have decided to launch a mass movement to demand withdrawal of the charges against Binayak Sen.

Patna HC allowed a newly-elected undertrial JMM MP to go to New Delhi with police escorts to attend the special session of Lok Sabha for taking oath.

A 46-year-old passenger,on board an Emirates flight,was arrested upon his arrival at Mumbai airport for allegedly molesting an air hostess.

CIC has declared Jawaharlal Memorial Fund as a public authority liable to provide information under the RTI Act.

More than Rs 4 lakh offered to Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi on his 86th birthday has been deposited in the Chief Minister's relief fund.

The Government on Thursday vowed to provide "all possible succour" to the people affected by the cyclone 'Aila' that left a trail of death and devastation along the coast of South Bengal.

Dera Sachkhand leader Sant Ramanand,whose death in a shooting incident in Vienna triggered large-scale violence in Punjab,will be cremated with full state honours.

HRD minister Kapil Sibal has taken the first step towards initiating reform in the Higher Education.

MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan urged Union Surface Transport Minister Kamal Nath to develop National Highways in the state as four-laned corridors.

At least 100 people were injured as violent protests over the death of two women under mysterious circumstances paralysed Kashmir Valley for the third day.

Swine flu continued to spread in the country with one more person testing positive for the dreaded disease.

In a clear sign of changing power equations in the ruling DMK,Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's heir apparent M K Stalin stole the show as his father celebrated his 86th birthday.

A former Hizbul Mujahideen militant,in jail since in 1997,was sentenced to seven-year rigorous imprisonment under Arms Act.

I was thrilled,that was how Telugu mega star and Praja Rajyam Party founder Chiranjeevi described his experience on his first day as MLA.