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Chandigarh, November 11: A racket in leaking question papers and assisting students during the MD/MS examinations of Chandigarh's prestigious Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research was busted by the CBIon Saturday. The scam has not only rocked the premier institute but left the fate of about 10,000 aspirants uncertain. It has also raised questions over the invigilation process

New Delhi, November 10: Locking horns with Union Minister Salman Khurshid over his reported remarks, Arvind Kejriwal today said he is a "dengue mosquito" whose sting can put both Congress and BJP in trouble. "I am a dengue (causing) mosquito. I will bite BJP and Congress and they will be in trouble," he said in response to the reported comments of Khurshid that Kejriwal's attack on him was just a

Karachi, November 10: Making his first visit to Pakistan, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said he was captivated by the warmth of brotherhood and goodwill here as he shared his experiences in realising his quest for ensuring an all-round development in his state. “Pakistan and India have common history and heritage. Our bilateral relations are witnessing an all-round progress. We

New Delhi, November 10: BJP President Nitin Gadkari today faced a fresh attack with party national executive member Jagadish Shettigar demanding that he should step down from the top post in the wake of charges of dubious funding of his Purti Group. "Gadkari is also a swayamsewak (RSS worker) whose dharma (principle) is to protect the interest of the country first and then protect the interest of

London, November 10: Hence proved! A US scientist has finally proven the mathematical relation - discussed by great Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan with his mentor G H Hardy in one of his last letters. Ramanujan, the young genius who died at the age of 32, often managed to leap from insight to insight without formally proving the logical steps in between. Now proof has been found for a

New Delhi, November 10: BJP's Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalanicame under attack from his party leaders as well as from the Congress after his controversial statement that Lord Ram was a "bad husband". Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh took the lead in attacking the veteran lawyer, asking what Jethmalani thought about his party colleague and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. In

Barabanki/ Lucknow, November 9: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav kicked up a row with his remark that rural women will not benefit from the Women Reservation Bill because they are not as attractive as those from the affluent class. Mulayam, whose party is in power in Uttar Pradesh and is an outside supporter of UPA government, made the comment while articulating his opposition to the

Bangalore, November 9: Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal revealed names of a few Swiss bank account holders from India on Friday. In a press note he alleged that in July 2011, Indian Government received a list of 700 people having bank accounts in HSBC, Geneva. The list contained the bank balances these people held in 2006. India Against Corruption members managed to access a few – not all

New Delhi, November 9: In an apparent move to send out a message of austerity, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi today took a bus ride along with other leaders to Surajkund in Haryana where the party is having a brain storming meeting. However, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not go to Surajkund by bus due to security reasons. Union ministers and top Congress leaders will attend

Mumbai, November 9: Diageo Plc was close to a deal for a stake in liquor baron Vijay Mallya's United Spirits Ltd after months of talks, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, with a deal likely to be announced as soon as Friday. Diageo and United Spirits, which has a market value of $3.2 billion, were expected to sign a deal term sheet soon, the sources said, declining to be named