Chennai, July 10: A week after a 13-year-old boy was killed in a military residential campus here, a 50-year-old retired Army officer was arrested on Sunday for the crime after he confessed that he was irritated by the boy’s trespassing, police said. Lt. Col. K. Ramaraj (Retd.) had shot K. Dilshan from

The post-Malkangiri collector hostage crisis period has seen a sudden spurt in violence in the Maoist-hit districts of Orissa. At least 22 persons, including nine tribals and nine security personnel, have been killed by the rebels while 45 civilians have allegedly died in anti-Naxal operations.

Scrapping yet another initiative of the erstwhile DMK regime, Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa on Monday announced an improved medical insurance cover under which a family can derive a maximum benefit of 4 lakhs for four years.

Against the backdrop of rising protests from farmers over acquisition of their land, the Centre has decided to bring in a new legislation governing the exercise with a focus on farmers’ welfare, law m

In the backdrop of Dayanidhi Maran’s exit from the Union Cabinet over the 2G scam issue, senior Congress leader and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday discussed the current political situation with DMK chief M. Karunanidhi and asserted that the alliance between the two parties would be strengthened.

Indian space scientists are designing a new genre of rockets and their variants, including a re-usable one, to hoist heavy satellites into space.

Students are used to following routines and those at the Osmania University are no exceptions. The campus, which has become the nerve centre for the Telangana movement, however, follows a timetable of its own in times of agitation.

It seems that the Congress Central leadership was ready to roll out special financial packages for Telangana at the time of the Assembly Budget Session itself but chief minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy had stalled the process, asking for more time.

The unique aroma and taste of Irani chai and Madras coffee is an instant mood lifter, but they come loaded with undesirable calories and

caffeine.
If you must have your daily cuppa or cuppas, the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) advises switching to a healthier version of tea and coffee,

In a sensational twist to Sunday’s shooting death of a 13-year-old boy, sources claimed an inebriated Army officer had shot the youngster dead in cold blood.