Reddy is adviser to Parrikar

New Delhi

The Centre has appointed GS Reddy as scientific adviser to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar for two years. Reddy has been associated with the development of various missiles, including Prithvi and Dhanush. TNS

Bengaluru
New DRDO chief takes over

S Christopher, distinguished scientist, on Friday assumed charge as Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development, and Director General, DRDO. The post was lying vacant since Avinash Chander was removed unceremoniously four months ago. tns

Mumbai 
Aruna's assailant in UP?

Though the police remain clueless about Aruna Shanbaug's assailant, Sohanlal Bhartha Walmiki, a local newspaper claimed to have traced him to a UP village where he was working as a labourer and said "he could not recall what happened on that fateful day". PTI