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New Delhi, Nov 13: An eight-year old Indian-origin child prodigy is among experts who will address a cyber security conference starting Thursday, where Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh is also listed as a keynote speaker. In his address at the summit on November 14, the US-based whizkid Reuben Paul will highlight and demonstrate the need for developing the current generation with

New Delhi, Nov 13: The surgeon under scanner for botched-up sterilisation surgeries in Chhattisgarh, R K Gupta, violated a Supreme Court order which allows a maximum of 30 operations in a day with two separate laparoscopes only in government facilities. Also, a doctor cannot perform more than 10 sterilisations per day. Despite this, Gupta performed about three times the permissible number of

Mumbai, Nov 12: The 13-day-old BJP government in Maharashtra today won the trust vote in the Assembly but the passage of the confidence motion triggered a huge controversy with Shiv Sena and Congress contesting the procedure and claiming it had failed to prove majority. Calling the development a "black day" in the history of the state, the two opposition parties announced that they would register

Mumbai, Nov 12: Hours before Devendra Fadnavis government faces trust vote, the Shiv Sena today said it will vote against it in the Maharashtra Assembly. "Shiv Sena has decided to sit in opposition. We will vote against the trust vote," senior Sena leader Ramdas Kadam told reporters at Vidhan Bhawan here. "We have lost faith in them (BJP)," Kadam said. After Sena president Uddhav Thackeray

Mumbai, Nov 12: The mood in BJP seemed upbeat as party strategists fine-tuned their strategy to win the trust vote in the Maharashtra assembly on Wednesday. BJP expects to sail through on NCP's support. "NCP legislators will either remain absent during the trust vote or support BJP," said a BJP strategist. "Either which way the NCP decides, BJP will win the confidence motion," he added. An NCP

New Delhi, Nov 11: Asserting that ASEAN is at the core of India's 'Act East' policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today headed to Myanmar to attend the Summit with the ten-nation grouping and the East Asia Summit. Modi left by a special Air India plane for Nay Pyi Taw on the first leg of his 10-day, three-nation tour that will also take him to Australia, where he will attend the G-20 meet, and

New Delhi, Nov 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to play the role of chief spokesperson of the government by giving him additional charge of the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry. Jaitley was on Sunday freed of the defence portfolio so that he could concentrate on the next budget and economic reforms. Jaitley was also told by Modi that his

New Delhi, Nov 10: In an apparent U-turn, CBI, which had filed a closure report in a coal blocks case involving industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, former coal secretary P C Parakh and others, today told a special court there was enough evidence against the accused to take cognisance of offences. The Supreme court appointed-special public prosecutor (SPP) R S Cheema submitted before Special CBI

Mumbai, Nov 10: Amid continuing stand-off with the BJP over the proposal to appoint a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Mumbai, the Shiv Sena today warned its former ally to consult it before taking any such decision for the megapolis. "The current CM has big plans for the state. He wants to do good work for Maharashtra. But it will be better for them (the BJP) if they consult the Shiv Sena and

Jammu, Nov 9: The chairman of Anjuman Minhaj-e- Rasool, an Islamic organisation working for peace and communal harmony, today said that if given a chance the residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) would love to join the Union of India. "If a plebiscite is held in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, more than 99 per cent people there would vote to become a part of the Union of India," Anjuman