New York [US], February 4 (ANI): For decades, a small group of medical researchers have been studying a biochemical, DNA tagging system, which switches genes on or off. Many have studied it in bacteria and now some have seen signs of it in, plants, flies, and even human brain tumours. According to a new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine, there may be a hitch: much of the evidence of presence of the DNA tagging system, in higher organisms may be due to bacterial contamination, which was difficult to spot using current experimental methods.

Hyderabad Jan 25 PTI A fake job racket was busted here and three people of a gang including a couple who allegedly cheated job aspirants of over Rs 15 crore by promising them employment in Indian Railways and Metro Rail were arrested on Tuesday police said On credible information a police team took the absconding accused K Surendra his wife Nagalakshmi and one Suresh into custody for cheating as many as 20 students from whom they collected Rs 5 to Rs 10 lakh each on the pretext of providing Railway jobs and Metro Rail jobs through backdoor entry process they said Police seized fake ID proofs three four-wheelers fake government job offer letters and mobile phones from their possession Rachakonda Commissioner of Police Mahesh M Bhagwat said Surendra took the students to Rail Nilayam here and introduced them to two other members of their gang as Railway officers and the job aspirants noticing the two members wearing Railway Identity cards believed them and paid them Rs 5 to Rs 10 lakhs each and also gave all their educational certificates police said The accused then issued fake appointment orders and on suspicion the students approached Rail Nilayam and came to know that it was fake and later Surendra along with his wife and other accused escaped police said Subsequently the students approached Medipally police in October last year and a case was registered against Surendra his wife and others During the course of investigation three accused including the couple were arrested when Surendra came to his flat for shifting the articles on Tuesday police said adding investigation was in progress for apprehension of other absconding accused PTI VVK VVK SS SS

New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI): Delhi Police crime branch has busted an inter-state infant adoption racket involved in kidnapping, trafficking of newborn babies and also purchasing infants from biological parents or poor parents in exchange for money and selling newborns to childless couples for adoption for a hefty sum of money. The police have arrested six women of the gang while the kingpin is still at large, said the Delhi Police.

Godda (Jharkhand) [India], December 9 (ANI): The District and Sessions Court on Wednesday convicted three youths accused of gang rape and sentenced two to 30 years imprisonment and another to seven years of imprisonment.