Junior doctors call off strike
The junior doctors called off their state-wide strike on Thursday after the government agreed to post doctors in rural areas systematically, and through counselling in a transparent manner. The govern
AP loses 73k students in Eamcet this year
The long delay in beginning engineering admissions this year due to the logjam over fee hike and fee reimbursement issue seems to have taken a heavy toll on engineering colleges in the state. Around t
No consensus yet on T, asserts PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday told a delegation of the Communist Party of India that there was no consensus yet among political parties regarding granting statehood to Telangana. Dr Singh
Deadly uranium traces found in Chittoor water
In what is being seen as a disturbing trend, studies have revealed that the drinking and groundwater in Chittoor district is polluted with high concentrations of uranium, 135 times more than the safe
Naidu gets Seema Andhra rider on T
The proposed Telangana declaration by Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu has run into trouble in the Seema Andhra region. TD leaders from the region have reportedly cautioned Mr Naidu against
YSR Congress does not rule out possibility of merger with Congress
YSR Congress, which had virtually decimated the Congress party in a large number of by-elections, does not rule out the possibility of its eventual merger or alliance with the parent party.
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Kids jumped from roof, says witness
A day after the shocking incident in which one kid died and her brother was seriously injured when they fell from a three storey building at SR Nagar, police suspect that the kids had attempted suicid
Garbage vans leave stink trail
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s garbage vans operate in a manner that is as dirty as the garbage they collect. You can smell them from a distance and you can follow the route they have
Change in cloud movement blamed
A major shift in the movement pattern of clouds during the monsoon season is causing erratic rainfall, according to experts. Heavy downpours separated by several days of continued dry spell are now be
Mars Mission to be fully indigenous: Isro
The Indian Mars Mission, Mangalyaan, which is scheduled to take off next year, will be completely indigenous. “There won’t be any foreign involvement in Mangalyaan. The `450-crore project will carry 2