Malegaon, Oct 24 (ANI): Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested three persons in connection with the blasts in the powerloom town of Malegaon on September 29.

Earlier, four persons were detained by police from Indore and Dewas and later taken to Mumbai for questioning.

Maharashtra Police suspect the involvement of Hindu Jagran Manch (HJM) in the Malegaon-Modasa blasts, a charge denied by the right-wing outfit.

The HJM said that it has no direct or indirect connection with the blasts.

The blast took place near a hotel in Bhikku Chowk, in which four people were killed and 70 others were injured.

The bomb was placed in a silver coloured Hero Honda Passion motorcycle.

The injured included seven policemen and eleven homeguards, who were hurt in stone-pelting by a mob after the blast. The sub-divisional-magistrate's jeep was also damaged. (ANI)

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New Delhi, Sept 29 (ANI/Business Wire India): 9.9 Media group announced the appointment of R Giridhar as group editor for its two business publications - Industry 2.0 and Logistics 2.0.

Giridhar has more than 18 years of experience in both business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) media products, and has spearheaded the design and development of a number of print and electronic editorial products - from concept through design, execution, delivery and feedback management.

These include print magazines, websites, newsletters, supplements, DVDs and CD-ROMs.

Earlier in his career, Giridhar has been Editorial Director at IDG India, Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Engineering Times Asia, and founding Editor of Information Communications World. Giridhar is qualified as an engineer, and has a post-graduate degree in management. He is also a recipient of the CASE Media Fellowship to Syracuse University, USA.

"As seasoned editor who has worked both overseas and in India, Giridhar brings with him unique experiences and skills that we are looking to leverage into our business publications," said Dr. Pramath Sinha, Managing Director, 9.9 Media Group. (ANI)

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London, Oct 15 (ANI): Manager of the England football team Fabio Capello has banned the players' WAGs, and told them to pack their bags.

The strict new regime has, according to vice-captain Rio Ferdinand, already had a positive impact on the team, with players making a good start at the World Cup qualifying campaign.

"We became a bit of a circus in terms of the WAG situation. It seems like there was a big show around the whole England squad," the Sun quoted Ferdinand as saying.

"It was like watching a theatre show unfolding. Football almost became a secondary element to the main event.

"People were worrying more about what people were wearing and where they were going, rather than the England football team.

"You don't get many tournaments in your career. To give yourself the best chance, you have to be focused.

"It was just a bit too close. The football wasn't really separated from the personal life," he stated.

The change has convinced Ferdinand that the old days under Sven Goran Eriksson will not be repeated again, with England so far having three Group Six wins out of three.

"It feels as if we're going in the right direction. You can see we're at the start of something. Hopefully, there'll be bigger rewards than in the past," Ferdinand added. (ANI)

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Washington, Oct 23 (ANI): Biologists have discovered a gene that has a critical role in the 'double fertilization' process in plants. Scientists already knew that flowering plants, unlike animals require not one, but two sperm cells for successful fertilisation.

The mystery of this 'double fertilization' process was how each single pollen grain could produce 'twin' sperm cells.

One to join with the egg cell to produce the embryo, and the other to join with a second cell in the ovary to produce the endosperm, a nutrient-rich tissue, inside the seed.

Double fertilisation is essential for fertility and seed production in flowering plants so increased understanding of the process is important.

Now, Professor David Twell, of the Department of Biology at the University of Leicester and Professor Hong Gil Nam of POSTECH, South Korea, report the discovery of a gene that has a critical role in allowing precursor reproductive cells to divide to form twin sperm cells.

"This collaborative project has produced results that unlock a key element in a botanical puzzle," Professor Twell said.

The key discovery is that this gene, known as FBL17, is required to trigger the destruction of another protein that inhibits cell division.

The FBL17 gene therefore acts as a switch within the young pollen grain to trigger precursor cells to divide into twin sperm cells.

Plants with a mutated version of this gene produce pollen grains with a single sperm cell instead of the pair of sperm that are required for successful double fertilization.

"Interestingly, the process employed by plants to control sperm cell reproduction was found to make use of an ancient mechanism found in yeast and in animals involving the selective destruction of inhibitor proteins that otherwise block the path to cell division," said Twell.

"Removal of these blocks promotes the production of a twin sperm cell cargo in each pollen grain and thus ensures successful reproduction in flowering plants," he added.

According to Twell, "This discovery is a significant step forward in uncovering the mysteries of flowering plant reproduction. This new knowledge will be useful in understanding the evolutionary origins of flowering plant reproduction and may be used by plant breeders to control crossing behaviour in crop plants."

"In the future, such information may become increasingly important as we strive to breed superior crops that maintain yield in a changing climate," he added. (ANI)

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