Extra hours at Dubai malls for shopping festival

Major Dubai malls have extended their shopping hours to accommodate the huge influx of Saudi and other tourists expected in the city over the mid-term school holidays. The extended hours will be in effect from Jan 16 until the end of the Dubai Shopping Festival Feb 2, according to the Riyadh branch of the Dubai […]

Suchitra Sen not out of danger yet, on oxygen therapy

Described as “critically ill”, legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, who is suffering from serious respiratory problems, remains on oxygen therapy, a medical bulletin said Tuesday. Her oxygen saturation level is satisfactory and cardiac status remains stable. “She is conscious and slowly communicating. Her feeding continues through feeding tube. Although still critically ill, her condition has […]

New molecule shows promise as anti-cancer drug

There is a ray of hope for cancer patients. Scientists have stumbled upon the anti-cancer qualities of a previously known but little studied chemical compound. Scientists at Johns Hopkins University found the compound, called BMH-21, targets and shuts down a common cancer process. Their work focused on the ability of the chemical to sabotage the […]

BJP demands Somnath Bharti’s resignation

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded the resignation of Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharati over his indictment by a CBI court for allegedly influencing a witness in a bank fraud case. Speaking to reporters here, BJP state-unit president Vijay Goel said though Aam Aadmi Party talks about honesty their own minister is trying to […]

Indian scientist wins top international honour

A researcher at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science here has become the first Indian to win the “Young Investigator Award” from a renowned international scientific organisation. Inorganic chemistry researcher Abhishek Dey has been selected for this year’s honour by the Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines. The society was formed in 2000 to […]

No deal with US on bringing back Dawood: R.K. Singh

The US has offered no help to India as far as bringing most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim back from Pakistan is concerned, former home secretary R.K. Singh, who has now joined the BJP, said Monday. In an interview to CNN-IBN channel, R.K. Singh said: “Firstly, if a third country’s intelligence agency is agreeing to help […]

Nursery admissions in Delhi not to begin Jan 15

The admission process for nursery classes in the city’s private schools which was to start Jan 15, was Monday deferred by two days after some schools moved the Delhi High Court saying the new guidelines were “arbitrary”. Unaided private schools appealed the single judge order which refused to stay the government notification on the criteria […]

AAP to impact Congress most in Lok Sabha polls: Survey

The AAP, which made a stunning debut in the Delhi assembly polls, is likely to impact the Congress’s fortunes the most in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, a survey by ABP News-Nielsen in Delhi and Mumbai said Monday. According to the snap poll, in Mumbai and Thane the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party combine is likely to […]

Auction channels to repay Saradha depositors, orders panel

The Shyamal Sen Commission, set by West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee government to probe the Saradha group chit fund scam and recommend ways of returning money to the depositors, Monday ordered auction of the group’s three television channels so as to repay the investors. “Three channels of the Saradha group — Tara Muzik, Tara News and […]

Two shot at movie theatre in US

Two people were shot at a movie theatre in the US state of Florida Monday afternoon, and a suspect is in custody, media reported. The shooting took place inside a movie theatre in Wesley Chapel, Pasco County, Xinhua reported citing local WTSP-TV. The Pasco county sheriff’s office said that both victims were airlifted to a […]