Day: January 14, 2020

Kathak evening to highlight ‘Ganga-Jamuni’ tehzeeb

7:44 pm January 14, 2020

New Delhi: An evening of Kathak dance performances here will aim to highlight the syncretic Hindu-Muslim culture, historically known as “Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb”. The event, “Rang-e-Sukhan (colour of poetry), will be organised by Aamad Kathak Dance Centre at the Shri Ram Centre auditorium here on Wednesday. With dance sequences choreographed to the verses of great Persian […]

TMC leader hacked to death in Shantipur

7:40 pm January 14, 2020

Shantipur(WB): A local TMC leader was hacked to death on Tuesday afternoon by unidentified miscreants at Shantipur area of West Bengal’s Nadia district, police said. Shantanu Mahato was attacked by masked miscreants near his home and hacked to death. The miscreants shot several rounds in the air and burst crude bombs while leaving the area, […]

Maharashtra: 22-year-old man hangs self from tree

No tree felling for Munde memorial: AMC to CIDCO

7:38 pm January 14, 2020

Aurangabad (Maha): The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has written to the state-run CIDCO to prepare a fresh plan for late BJP leader Gopinath Munde’s memorial, ensuring that no trees would be required to be cut. Earlier, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had assured that no trees would be cut for the proposed memorial of Shiv […]

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IIT Hyderabad researchers, others develop cancer therapy

7:24 pm January 14, 2020

Hyderabad: A team of researchers from IIT- Hyderabad along with others have developed an efficient combination therapy for the treatment of cancer. The researchers in collaboration with those from the University of Hyderabad, IIT-Bombay and Bose Institute in Kolkata have developed a synergetic combination of Photothermal therapy and chemotherapy using a naturally derived anticancer agent […]

Delhi Police questions two suspects in JNU violence case

7:18 pm January 14, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi Police’s Crime Branch on Tuesday questioned two more suspects in connection with the January 5 violence on campus, officials said. Sucheta Talukdar and Priya Ranjan were questioned in connection with the attack by a masked mob on January 5, they said. Talukdar said, “I gave one-and-a-half page statement to the police. […]