Who CRY’s for the girl child?
Going by the country’s commitment made at the World Education Forum in Dakar, Senegal, in 2000, it should eliminate all gender disparity in education by 2015. Although only a couple of years remain fo
State faces second worst drought since 1971
Karnataka is in the throes of the second worst drought since 1971 with 157 taluks out of the 175 having been declared drought hit. With an average deficit of 26 per cent in rainfall in the entire stat
Chastened Customs target strong comeback
Three matches, three defeats. The ongoing Vollys Club state level volleyball tournament has been disastrous for Chennai Customs.
It was at the Vollys Club event three years ago — before the Coimbato
Many ministers are below average: BSY
Rebel BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa continued his attacks on his party colleagues especially deputy chief minister K.S. Eshwarappa, who he said was enjoying power only because he took several risks to
DJ complains traffic cops thrashed him
Just days after an advertising executive and her friend were harassed by the traffic police, there are reports of a disc jockey being brutally beaten up by the traffic police in the city. The higher-u
BJP looting central funds: Muniyappa
Union minister of state for railways, K H Muniyappa on Wednesday accused the state government of "looting" the funds released by the Centre for developmental projects and depriving people of facilitie
Slumgirl nightmare: Marriage, no school
Bengaluru may have a place on the world map as a progressive city, but scratch beneath the surface and every single age-old stereotypical type of gender discrimination against young females is intact
Celebrity league puts GCDA in fix
The Celebrity Cricket League authority’s decision to advance its matches to early February has landed the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) in a quandary.
The new CCL schedule clashes with
T-talks on track, Congress invited me to Delhi: KCR
Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K. Chandrasekhar Rao said on Wednesday that he was confident that a favourable decision on Telangana would be announced soon.
“I came to Delhi at the invitation of
Rs 50K fine for bid to derail flyover plan
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday heavily criticised the misuse of Public Interest Litigation procedure after finding that a resident of Thiruvananthapuram had wasted the court’s time by filing vario