New Delhi, Feb. 27 : Pinki Sonkar, the child protagonist of Oscar winning documentary ''Smile Pinky'', has a dream to grow up and be a medical practitioner.

"After the operation, she (Pinki) becomes a normal girl, her fate has changed. Now she wants to be a doctor and wants to perform lip-cleft surgery on other patients suffering from cleft lip problem," Pinki's father Rajender Sonkar said, while talking to media.

Kolkata, Feb. 27 : Bollywood actor and former beauty queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan said on Thursday that she has always been a fan of double-Oscar winner A. R. Rahman, and feels fortunate that maximum of her films featured maestro's music.

New Delhi, Feb 27 : Union Minister for Women and Child Development Renuka Chowdhury would organize a Conference of State Ministers in charge of women and child development on Saturday to discuss women and child related issues.

The representatives of the National Commission for Women (NCW), National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), National Institute for Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD), Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB) and Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA) and Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) would also attend the conference.

New Delhi, Feb 27 : Union Minister for Science and Technology Kapil Sibal on Friday said the government was making all efforts to encourage development and commercialization of inventions and innovations in the field of scientific research.

"Inventions and innovations are essential for the country's economic development. The Central Government is making all efforts to encourage commercialization in the field of scientific research," Sibal told media persons here.

Mumbai, Feb 27 : Former mafia don and Maharashtra legislator Arun Gawli's party -- Akhil Bharatiya Sena (ABS) on Friday joined hands with the Bahujan Samaj Party
(BSP).

Gawli will contest the Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha seat on a BSP ticket.

"The ABS chief has already given a letter of consent to merge the two parties," BSP state president Vilas Garud said.

Congress's Eknath Gaekwad is presently representing the constituency.

Bhopal, Feb 27 : Nepal''s last king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah, who is on a private visit to India, today said that he will continue to live in Nepal till the people of Nepal want him to be there.

Talking to reporters here, Gyanendra said he doesn''t wish to relocate to any other country.

"I will continue to stay in Nepal as long as the people of Nepal want me there. I don''t want go anywhere," he added.