13-year-old-mother receives death threats
The 13-year-old girl, who delivered a baby boy in April this year after she was raped, and the baby himself, are facing threats. “The family has been receiving death threats. Now, the accused are thr
Sakshi fined for modified pleas on frozen a/cs
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday penalised Sakshi media house owned by Kadapa MP Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy by imposing Rs 1 lakh costs on each miscellaneous petitions filed in connection with t
Garbage penalty receipts lack details
The authenticity of penalty receipts issued by Chennai corporation against those who dump debris and garbage on the city roads has come under the scanner.
A receipt copy available with this newspape
Mother caught throwing baby out of train
Passengers of a train caught a 38-year-old woman on Tuesday trying to throw out her newborn girl wrapped in a plastic bag.
Summer forces people to harvest rainwater
The reluctance of the public to abide by the Rainwater Harvesting Act, despite many revised deadlines, has changed. A waterless summer and rainless July did what the BWSSB could not achieve with its c
Common fee to hit students
With the state government starting the process of fixing “common fees” for MBBS and BDS seats along the lines of engineering, MBA and MCA courses, the cost of medical education for merit quota stude
Rs 750cr allotted for urban development
The state government has allocated Rs 750 crore for taking up various developmental works in Tamil Nadu under the Integrated Urban Development Mission this year, chief minister J. Jayalalithaa informe
Yuvraj Singh likely to figure in World T20 squad
Seasoned top-order batsman Yuvraj Singh is likely to be named in the 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup to be held in Sri Lanka in September.
BWSSB to get 38 jetting machines
The BWSSB is procuring 38 new jetting machines in August and September to keep the underground drainage clean. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board has sprung into action after the Karnataka
T-MPs told not to protest in House
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday publicly snubbed Telangana Congress MPs in the Lok Sabha for the first time. She told the MPs, who had tried to stall House proceedings, to protest outside