Goa Univ to have chair on Indian diaspora studies

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 15:40

The Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has decided to set up a chair on Indian diaspora studies at the Goa University, Goa`s commissioner for Non-Resident Indian (NRI) affairs Eduardo Faleiro said Tuesday.

Kiwi artist’s ‘erotic’ sex chair set to ‘confuse’ visitors at museum exhibition

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 17:36

Artist Jason Beca claims Alice in Wonderful Land – a solid timber chair is a work of art that had been constructed to create confusion.

Qatar set to chair UN General Assembly

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 11:09

Qatar`s permanent representative to the United Nations, Nasr Abdulaziz al-Nasser, is set to head the 66th session of the General Assembly after being endorsed by the group of Asian member countries.

Empty chair for Liu at Nobel ceremony: Activist

Last Updated: Saturday, November 27, 2010, 09:31

An empty chair will represent jailed Chinese dissident Liu at Nobel ceremony.

Empty chair protest at Nobel peace prize ceremony

Last Updated: Sunday, November 21, 2010, 15:41

China has been outraged that dissident Liu Xiaobo was chosen for the Nobel.

Sinitta goes nude for sexy shoot on back of chair

Last Updated: Monday, September 27, 2010, 16:52

Sinitta has stripped off to pose nude in a recreation of Christine Keeler’s famous 1963 portrait.

Now, ‘happy chair’ to beat winter blues

Last Updated: Friday, August 20, 2010, 15:49

'Happy chair' helps people suffering from the winter blues.

Panjab varsity offers Manmohan Singh Chair to Amartya Sen

Last Updated: Thursday, July 1, 2010, 22:21

Panjab University has decided to offer the prestigious Manmohan Singh Chair to Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen and the Mulk Raj Anand Chair to political commentator Aijaz Ahmed.

Keith Vaz re-elected chair of Common committee

Last Updated: Thursday, June 10, 2010, 18:10

Indian-origin Labour MP Keith Vaz has been re-elected to the influential position of chair of the Home Affairs Committee of the House of Commons.

PC to chair meet of CMs of Naxal states; Maoists upset

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 00:13

In a bid to help states to coordinate their campaign against Naxals, the Centre has convened a crucial meeting of four Maoist-affected states -- West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar and Jharkhand -- in Kolkata tomorrow.

A Robotic bed that converts into a wheelchair

Last Updated: Monday, October 19, 2009, 16:22

In what could make easy the task of moving patients between beds and wheelchairs, a leading Japanese electronics firm has developed a new `Robotic Bed` that can convert into a wheelchair with a simple voice command.

Austerity measures: Rahul Gandhi to travel by Shatabdi chair car

Last Updated: Monday, September 14, 2009, 20:17

Following the example of austerity set by his mother Sonia Gandhi, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will travel in the chair car of Shatabdi Express on Tuesday to reach Ludhiana from Delhi