Patna , Oct. 22 (ANI): Many residents in Patna enjoy addressing a cobbler as ‘Doctor’, for he is quite popular for his expertise in mending all types of footwear.
Many of his customers say that he handles shoes like a surgeon handles a human body.
Doman Das, in his mid-fifties, is adept at handling all kinds of footwear related problems. His shop attracts attention due to its unusual name ‘Shoe Clinic’.
Apart from mending footwear, ‘Dr.’ Doman Das is also known for making best quality shoes. He has been into this profession for last 40 years. He prepares shoes as per client’s desire and requirement.
New Delhi, Oct 22 : The Union government has said that it has asked Colombo to ensure that the rights of Tamils in Sri Lanka do not get enmeshed in the hostilities and that their safety is not compromised after serious concern were raised over deteriorating humanitarian situation in the island nation.
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in Lok Sabha today that Colombo has assured New Delhi that the safety and well being of the Tamil community there would be taken care of.
Mumbai, Oct 22 : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has been granted bail till October 24 after a Kalyan court sent him to 14-day judicial custody till November 5 in connection with a case of attack against North Indians.
Meanwhile, the Railway Police is also seeking custody of Raj Thackeray in a case related to destruction of property and have reached the Kalyan court with a warrant in Raj’s name.
Tokyo , Oct 22 : Japan today appeared non-committal on civil nuclear cooperation with India even as the two countries agreed that atomic power could play an important role as a sustainable and non-polluting source of energy in meeting the growing global demands.
Washington, Oct 22 : A research team, involving an Indian origin scientist, has developed a new self-assembling hydrogel drug delivery system that can ill not only deliver clinically approved drugs in high concentrations, but also do away with any toxic residue in the process.
Developed by scientists from Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology (HST) at Brigham and Women''s Hospital, the system is biocompatible, efficient at drug release, and is also easy to tailor.
The structures will do way with carriers for the drug or generating toxic components—a problem encountered with hydrogel systems until now.
New Delhi, Oct 22 : Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel today said that India''s airline companies are to repay upto 28 billion rupees outstanding aviation fuel dues to state-run refineries by March 2009 in six monthly installments.
Talking to reporters after meeting with Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora, Patel said that oil firms have agreed to raise the credit period for local carriers to 90 days from 60 days, and refineries would revise jet fuel prices every 15 days instead of 30 days.
New Delhi, Oct 22 : The Union government has said that it has asked Colombo to ensure that the rights of Tamils in Sri Lanka do not get enmeshed in the hostilities and that their safety is not compromised after serious concern were raised over deteriorating humanitarian situation in the island nation.
Mumbai, Oct 22 : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has been granted bail till October 24 after a Kalyan court sent him to 14-day judicial custody till November 5 in connection with a case of attack against North Indians.
Tokyo , Oct 22 : Japan today appeared non-committal on civil nuclear cooperation with India even as the two countries agreed that atomic power could play an important role as a sustainable and non-polluting source of energy in meeting the growing global demands.
