New Delhi, Sept 18 : The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today gave its approval for initiation of the new Programme “Scholarship for higher Education (SHE)” a component of “Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)” at a total cost of Rs. 820 crores including Rs. 20 crores as implementation cost during the 11th Plan period.

It will strengthen the innovation infrastructure of the country by promoting human resource development.

New Delhi - A speeding bus killed 16 people in India's eastern state of Bihar as it ploughed into a group of people watching a movie by the roadside, police and news reports said Thursday.

The accident occurred Wednesday night near a highway in Sitamarhi district, 160 kilometres north of state capital Patna, the IANS news agency reported.

Vijay Kumar, a district administrative official, said 12 people were crushed to death on the scene and four succumbed to injuries at a hospital.

New Delhi, Sept 18: Ahmedabad blasts mastermind Mufti Abu Bashir has been brought to Delhi for questioning in connection with the serial blasts in the national Capital.

The interrogation report of Bashir, a cleric from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, had revealed that he stayed in Delhi between July 24 and 27 at two different places.

His brother Abu Zar was working as a parking attendant in Old Delhi while two of his other contacts Danish and Aftab were staying in South Delhi.

New Delhi, Sept 17 : Former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on Wednesday favoured an active teaching role for retired scientists in schools and colleges. 

He was delivering the inaugural address to an international workshop here today on “Emerging frameworks and issues for Science and Technology (S&T) recruitments”. He suggested scientific organisations to utilize their services. 

New Delhi, Sept 17 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today said that the recent terror strikes in various cities show vast gaps in intelligence network in the country. 

Speaking ahead of a crucial cabinet meeting on countering terrorism in New Delhi, Dr. Singh suggested better coordination and integration among the existing agencies for devising effective counter-terrorism strategy.

However, the Prime Minister rejected a proposal for a new central agency for countering terrorism.

New Delhi, Sept 17 : Former president APJ Abdul Kalam has called for setting up a unified intelligence agency in India to fight terrorism in the wake of rising terror attacks in the country, the latest being last week''s Delhi blasts that left more than 20 people dead.

Speaking to reporters on the occasion of the golden jubilee celebrations of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in New Delhi on Wednesday, Kalam said that there is a need for making the citizens of the country a part of the fight against terrorism instead of merely being ''watched''.