ALAPPUZHA: Noted scientist and founder of the Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, P.M. Bhargava, has called for a moratorium of at least eight years on genetically modified (GM) food products in India. Inaugurating a national seminar on Bt. Brinjal and Alternatives in Agriculture at the Mararikulam Brinjal Festival here on Saturday, Dr. Bhargava said the moratorium period should be used to set up an independent laboratory in the...

Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Thursday said he would lead an all-party delegation to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on January 13 to exert pressure for the clearance of the Kalasa-Banduri drinking water project, envisaged to meet the drinking water needs of Hubli-Dharwad and surrounding areas. Speaking to presspersons here, the Chief Minister said he had discussed the decision of the Union Government to set up a tribunal...

Notwithstanding controversies, it passed several important judgments The year 2009 was eventful and memorable for the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan. The Court faced several controversies, the notable being the collegium’s decision to elevate karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran as one of its judges. This controversy was preceded by a clean chit to Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge Nirmal Yadav in the Rs....

A large number of farmers, who had lost their crops, houses and other property in the recent floods in north karnataka, took out protest rally here on Tuesday to draw the State Government’s attention towards alleged irregularities in disbursing compensation to them and implementing relief works in the affected villages. The farmers, who were planning to storm the Vidhana Soudha, wanted an assurance from the Government on providing adequate compensation to...

* A Rs 350 crore scam has surfaced in the Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme * Three organisations are being investigated by the vigilance department of the women WCD ministry for mismanagement and for running creches only on paper * The scheme was for children of women in the unorganised sector * The organisations maintained fake audits and balancesheets signed by CAs Nothing, it would seem, is sacred for scamsters....