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Ghaziabad, April 3 - AAP leader and candidate Shazia Ilmi, pitted again former Indian Army chief Gen V. K. Singh in the Lok Sabha polls, has accused the BJP of waging a "psychological campaign" against her party.

A former journalist, Ilmi said this was the reason why Gen Singh, Ghaziabad's Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, called the Aam Aadmi Party "anti-national".

This is also why BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi dubbed AAP founder leader Arvind Kejriwal a Pakistani agent, Ilmi told IANS in an interview here.

New York, April 3 : Remember some of the dinosaur chase scenes from the "Jurassic Park" series?

Scientists have now reconstructed in 3D a real dinosaur chase that happened more than 100 million years ago.

About 112 million years ago, a long-necked sauropod dinosaur traversed a trackway in an area what is now Glen Rose, Texas.

A meat-eating theropod followed him, overlaying some of the sauropod's footprints with its own.

Now, researchers have reconstructed the entire 148-feel-long trackway using old photography and new technology.

Washington, Apr 03  : Yahoo has reportedly revealed that it has taken additional security measures in order to protect the data it handles and is also planning to encrypt additional services like Yahoo Messenger.

Yahoo, one of the many technology companies demanding reforms on US surveillance laws, reportedly revealed that it has been encrypting traffic from its data centers since the beginning of this week.

Los Angeles, April 3 : Actor Zac Efron will replace Shia LaBeouf in a big-screen adaptation

Stock in IDFC gained as much as 8.6 per cent in morning session trade on Thursday after the Mumbai-based company became one of the two entities to get a banking licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

The central bank granted a banking licence to IDFC for an initial period of 18 months, during which the company will have to meet all requirements laid down by the apex bank.

Kolkata-based microfinance company Bandhan Financial is another of the two entities to win a licence to create a network of bank branches across the country.

Mumbai, April 3 - A benchmark index of Indian equities markets touched a record high of 22,620.65 points for the ninth consecutive day Thursday, surpassing the high of 22,592.10 points it touched Wednesday.

Selling pressure was seen in banking, capital goods and oil and gas sectors, while marginal good buying was observed in metal sector.