NGO moves HC, seeks HR courts
A Visakhapatnam-based NGO has approached the High Court seeking establishment of special courts at the district level to exclusively deal with human rights violation cases and also to appoint special
Jagan case: Babu in dock
Senior bureaucrat D. Lakshmi Parthasarathy appears to be the fresh addition to list of IAS officials landing in trouble for doling out favours to the companies that invested in Kadapa MP Y.S. Jagan Mo
Bypolls: Free for all in Congress
The Congress tradition of not talking against the Chief Minister or the PCC chief, which in normal circumstances is upheld by every leader in the party, was on Saturday completely disregarded. Leader
Kiran unhappy with lending
The state government has expressed discontent over poor lending to various sectors by banks, especially to the agriculture and allied sectors in 2011-12, even as the current financial year is drawing
Centre stage for Renuka, Chiru
Newly-elected Rajya Sabha members of the Congress from the state K. Chiranjeevi and Renuka Chowdary may find places in the Union Cabinet in the next reshuffle, which party insiders say might take plac
Medical bills rising due to defensive treatment
The rising cost of tertiary health care was the subject of animated discussion by senior doctors from the Andhra Pradesh Super-specialty Hospital Association (ASHA), who were speaking to media. Their
‘Desi’ cow milk healthier
While milk from indigenous or pure Indian-breed cow has proven to be healthier, 22 varieties of indigenous cows have become extinct in India over the years due to a lack of encouragement in breeding,
Heritage site under threat from complex
A heritage monument and a Muslim graveyard have been damaged in the process of a commercial complex being built at Lakdikapul, Hyderabad. In his representation CM N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Mr Amjadullah
Students lose faith in IIITs, opt out
The IIITs at Basar, Nuzvid and Idupulapaya, launched with much fanfare in 2008 by the late chief minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, as an answer to the country’s IITs, are losing their sheen. Hundreds
Stem cell technology to repair damaged hearts
In what is a great boon for medical science, stem cell technology now makes it possible to repair heart tissue damaged by myocardial infarction, commonly known as heart attack, according to a top rese