Nobel laureates to attend science conclave in Allahabad

October 5th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak of the US have won this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine, it was announced in Stockholm Monday. The three scientists solved a fundamental problem in biology on "how chromosomes can be copied in a complete way and how they are protected against degradation", the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute said.

October 2nd, 2009 Facts about next week's Nobel Prize announcementsThe winners of the 2009 Nobel Prizes will be announced in the next two weeks, starting with the medicine prize on Monday. Here are some brief explanations of how the award winners are picked and announced.

September 25th, 2009 BANGALORE - Prominent scientists from around the world have called for "urgent action" by the Indian government to prevent any further delay in the construction of the proposed underground physics laboratory in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. The mega science project has been stalled for the past three years as the scientists have not received the mandatory clearance from the state forest department to go ahead with the construction.

September 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Police had to face stiff opposition from students in Allahabad University Thursday when they tried to arrest the 12 students who Wednesday carried out violent protests on the campus while demanding restoration of students' union polls. Owing to the strong opposition of the varsity students, police managed to arrest only two of the 12 students who have been booked for Wednesday's vandalism on the campus.

September 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Demanding restoration of the students' union polls in the Allahabad University, some students went on a rampage, attacking public transport and clashing with police, officials said. Police assaulted students with batons as they tried to enter the vice-chancellor's office on the varsity campus.

September 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Three aides of underworld don Chhota Rajan were arrested from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, police said Saturday. Prateek Singh, Rahul Singh and Chandradhari, all in their early 20s, used to operate as shooters for the underworld don, the police alleged.

August 22nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two aides of underworld don Chhota Rajan were arrested after a brief gunfight with security personnel in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district, police said Saturday. Mohammed Masil and Abdul Gufran, both in their early 20s, were arrested Friday evening following a joint operation of the police and Special Operation Group (SOG).

August 21st, 2009 LUCKNOW - Trying to pacify two young men involved in a street brawl proved dangerous for a police constable as he was shot point blank in Allahabad, officials said Friday. The constable, Mohanlal, with a grievous bullet injury in his chest, is fighting for his life in a hospital.

June 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal has been inducted into the honorary senate of the prestigious Lindau Foundation, that holds annual Nobel laureates' meet, a ministry statement said Monday. Twenty-three Nobel Prize winners and 580 young researchers from 67 countries have gathered at Lindau, Germany, for the 59th meeting of Nobel laureates.

May 21st, 2009 LUCKNOW - A 25-year-old man was arrested early Thursday in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district for alleged possession of nearly 2,000 detonators and other explosives, police said. 'The suspect was nabbed early Thursday in Allahabad district, from the Shankergarh area that borders Madhya Pradesh,' police inspector Arvind Jaiswal told IANS on phone.

April 24th, 2009 NZ climate scientist fired for unapproved commentsWELLINGTON, New Zealand — A top New Zealand climate scientist whose work contributed to a Nobel Peace prize was fired from his job at a state-funded agency Friday for speaking to the media without approval. Jim Salinger was let go for breaching a new policy at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research requiring scientists to have prior approval before speaking to media.

March 31st, 2009 LUCKNOW - Umesh Shukla, a leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), has been shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district by two unidentified assailants, police said Tuesday. 'Umesh Shukla, who was a village head in Allahabad district, was shot dead by two men in Naini locality of Allahabad,' police inspector Indrajeet Chaturvedi told IANS over telephone.

January 7th, 2009 SHILLONG - Class 5 student from Dehradun Jewellery Mitra and Japanese scientist Taisei Nomura are amongst the many for whom the five-day 96th Indian Science Congress has been a great learning exercise with the conclave igniting new thoughts and scientific ideas. Mitra, the youngest child scientist, drew thunderous applause as she confidently walked up to the rostrum late Wednesday at the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) in Meghalaya's capital Shillong to receive the prestigious Infosys Science Award, while Nomura watched the bubbly little girl accepting the citation with sheer pride.

January 6th, 2009 ALLAHABAD - A meritorious B.Tech student, hailing from Sikkim, allegedly committed suicide in his hostel room here Wednesday, officials said. Sovit Agarwal, of the Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) in Allahabad, ended his life by hanging himself from the ceiling fan of his hostel room, according to the police.

January 1st, 2009 SHILLONG - The stage is set for the inauguration of the Indian Science Congress Saturday in Meghalaya capital Shillong by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Rich biodiversity, clean energy generation and the social and technological response to climate change with reference to the northeast would be the key issues of the Congress, being held for the first time in the region.