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  • Assam: 3 candidates including PM Manmohan Singh in the fray for 2 Rajya Sabha seats for which polls will be held May 30
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  • Chennai: 24 Karaikal fishermen freed by Sri Lankan court handed over to Indian Coast Guard; likely to reach Rameswaram today
  • Delhi: Centre tells Delhi HC departmental probe initiated against 7 policemen manning PCR van when Dec 16 gang rape happened
  • Gujarat: Online registration for admission in Bachelor of Engineering course to start from May 24; last date to apply June 5
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  • Himachal Pradesh: Resignation of transport minister GS Bali is a pressure tactic to get his portfolio changed, says CM Virbhadra Singh
  • Jammu and Kashmir: JK govt launches Prayas service for registration of public complaints in Kathua district, says an official spokesman
  • Karnataka: State govt appoints senior counsel Ravivarma Kumar as the new advocate general of Karnataka
  • Kerala: Four persons killed when their car plunged into a canal at Vattapara in Thiruvananthapuram today, say police
  • Kolkata: Govt to acquire 2 closed Saradha TV channels, to give ex-gratia payment of Rs16,000 each to the 168 employees for May
  • Madhya Pradesh: Five children drown while bathing in Chambal river at Dimni in Morena district today; search on for bodies
  • Maharashtra: Crime branch officials arrest three bookies from a hotel in Kalyan, seize a laptop and several mobile phones from them
  • Mumbai: Crime branch officials arrest three bookies from a hotel in Kalyan, seize a laptop and several mobile phones from them
  • Northeast: Dy CM Gaikhangam says Manipur will soon have visa-on-arrival facility at Moreh and regional passport office in Imphal
  • Punjab: A person identified as Amrik Singh dies of heat stroke near Shakri village in Tarn Taran today, say officials
  • Rajasthan: Govt to soon open 1,500 health sub-centers across the state, asks panchayat samitis to provide land, say officials
  • Tamil Nadu: 24 Karaikal fishermen freed by Sri Lankan court handed over to Indian Coast Guard; likely to reach Rameswaram today
  • UP East: BSP national general secretary SC Mishra appeals to Brahmins to vote for the party at a rally in Jhansi today
  • UP West: BSP national general secretary SC Mishra appeals to Brahmins to vote for the party at a rally in Jhansi today
  • West Bengal: Govt to acquire 2 closed Saradha TV channels, to give ex-gratia payment of Rs16,000 each to the 168 employees for May
Iran to create Islamic 'Nobel Prize'

IANS

Moscow, Oct 13: Iran, which only has one Nobel Prize laureate, announced the inception of a rival award intended solely for outstanding scientists of the Islamic world, the country's news agency Fars said Saturday.

The Great Prophet World Prize will be bestowed biennially on "the Muslim world scientists in three technological fields in which Iran has also make outstanding progress," said Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Nasrin Soltankhah.

She did not identify the fields covered by the Great Prophet World Prize, but said it would help prepare Muslim scientists for tighter competition over global awards such as the Nobel Prize, identified in the report as "the Noble prize."

The Nobel Prize, established in 1901, currently has six categories. The only Iranian to win it so far has been human rights activist Shirin Ebadi, now living in London, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003.

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