Eighty-six-year-old freedom fighter Thiruvengidammal is not alien to physical torture. But what inflicts more pain for her, she says, is the rampant corruption and political mileage that various peopl

Mightier than sword

It was a whole different world then. The country was nothing like we know it today. The cry for swadesh was in the air and freedom fighters left no stone unturned to take on th

Tension prevailed near MGR Janaki Women’s College, Adyar on Tuesday after a team of Corporation officials inspected the premises for violations in construction norms.

According to sources, on Tuesday

The severe drought which has gripped 142 taluks in the state, has not deterred MLAs and MLCs from going on foreign jaunts utilising public funds. Come September, the legislators who are part of three

The Bengaluru railway station was put on high alert on Tuesday following a tip-off from the Intelligence Bureau regarding bomb threats on the eve of Independence Day. The Railway Protection Force (RPF

With a week left for the government’s single window counselling for engineering colleges in the state end, about 1.12 lakh students (academic, vocational, sports category and physically challenged quo

In a veiled attack against veteran Congress leader and Lingayat strongman Shamanur Shivashankarappa, vice president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, B. L. Shankar, on Tuesday asked party worke

Roads minister Dharmana Prasada Rao submitted his resignation “on moral grounds” on Tuesday after the CBI named him as an accused in the fourth chargesheet in the Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy illegal inve

Not wanting to be left out in the hi-tech race, DMK patriarch M. Karunanidhi has joined the social media bandwagon to voice his views to the world.

Though he may be a trite delayed at the age of 89,

Criticising the Congress government’s failure to implement the fee-reimbursement scheme properly, the YSR Congress has threatened to intensify its stir until the government makes its stand clear on wh