Essential Educational news http://www.mediasyndicate.in/ copyrights reserved A day after India voiced concerns to China over its reference to the disputed Gilgit-Baltistan region as “a northern part of Pakistan,” the Chinese government withdrew its statement from its official Xinhua news agency as well as from the Foreign Ministry’s website. http://mediasyndicate.in/medsyn/1283739617 Patna: Seven days into the Bihar hostage crisis, Naxals have agreed to release the three policemen they are holding captive in the Lakhisarai forests, even as they spurned the Nitish Kumar government's offer of face-to-face talks with them. http://mediasyndicate.in/medsyn/1283739560 “I'm looking forward to the freedom to do the things I've always wanted to do. I don't want to leave the company in a wheelchair, or in a box,” said Ratan Tata, Chairman of the $71-billion Tata Group. http://mediasyndicate.in/medsyn/1283739533 India on Friday conveyed its concerns to China over what officials described as “a pattern of what China was doing” in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, also raising questions over reports that 11,000 Chinese troops were present in the disputed region. http://mediasyndicate.in/medsyn/1283739492 http://mediasyndicate.in/medsyn/1283739460 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered prayers at the Lord Venkateswara temple here on Wednesday. Dr. Singh, on his maiden visit to the hill shrine as Prime Minister, was received with the traditional honours of ‘Isti kapal' by temple priests and officials of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) at the main entrance. Then he was ushered into the sanctum sanctorum, amid the chanting of Vedic hymns and traditional temple music. http://mediasyndicate.in/medsyn/1283739417 BrahMos cruise missile was successfully test-fired on Sunday and the highlight of the mission was the missile performing a steep dive at a supersonic speed. http://mediasyndicate.in/medsyn/1283739357 CEO of Commonwealth Games Federation Mike Hooper says that although concerns over Delhi's preparedness for the CWG remain, he is pragmatic and hopes that at the end, all pending work will be completed. http://mediasyndicate.in/medsyn/1283739328 http://mediasyndicate.in/medsyn/1283739298 Three blasts targeted Shia processions in this eastern Pakistani city on Wednesday, killing at least six persons and injuring nearly 70 others in the latest wave of deadly terrorist attacks across the country. http://mediasyndicate.in/medsyn/1283739274