Date:04/01/2006 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/01/04/stories/2006010403560100.htm

Back `IISc incident shows Indian science's success'

Our Bureau

Hyderabad, Jan. 3

THE Prime Minister recalled the incident where Prof M.C. Puri was shot dead by a terrorist at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and described him "as a soldier of knowledge who lived a life of peace, dedicated to science and education."

Paying homage to Dr Puri, Dr Singh said, "It is a symbol of the success of Indian science and technology, of our emergence as a knowledge power that the symbols and temples of our knowledge society, are today being targeted by terrorists."