Mumbai, April 11: The visit of two foreign journalists to the high-security Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc) here has raised the hackles of the security establishment.

New Delhi, April 11: Indian scientists have mapped the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) genome, a first step towards providing a cost-effective drug for TB, a disease that kills 1,000 Indians every day.

Raipur, April 11: Even five days after the massacre of 76 security personnel in south Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, the police and paramilitary forces on Sunday continued to draw a blank, appearing far from any position of advantage vis-à-vis their ongoing inter-state joint operation to track down the Naxalites involved in the ambush.

Chennai Super Kings skipper M.S. Dhoni looks on as the Deccan Chargers’ T. Suman plays a shot during their IPL-3 match in Nagpur on Saturday. Suman scored 55 runs off 44 balls. The Chargers won by six wickets. PHOTO: K.V.S. Giri

Frankfurt, April 10: The government on Saturday said that proposed sanctions against Iran was not the answer to the problem. Signals were sent that if sanctions are imposed against Iran, India could oppose them.

SMOLENSK, Russia, April 10: Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski, its central bank head and the country’s military chief were among 97 people killed when their plane crashed in thick fog on its approach to a Russian airport on Saturday.

Hyderabad, April 10: Congress president Sonia Gandhi is yet to decide whether or not to field more “outsiders” in the Rajya Sabha elections from Andhra Pradesh. Six seats from the state are going to be vacated by June this year. The biennial poll schedule will be announced next month. Of

Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), April 10: Police and paramilitary forces in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh are in hot pursuit of the Naxalites, who are on the run after ambushing and killing 76 Central Reserve Police Force personnel in Chintalnar forest, south Bastar, on Tuesday.

Los Angeles, April 10: Hollywood screen legend Dame Elizabeth Taylor is reportedly all set to tie the knot for the ninth time. The US showbiz websites are abuzz that the 78-year-old actress has got engaged to her 49-year-old talent agent Jason Winters.

Kabul, April 10: Militants launched a pre-dawn attack on an Indian road construction camp in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, burning vehicles and equipment and sending the crew fleeing, the authorities said.