CRISP seeks separate ministry for children
The Child Rights Initiative for Shared Parenting (CRISP) has urged for a separate Union Ministry for Children and to delink it from the present Women and Child Development Ministry, alleging thei
Pascal seeks DNA reports
Pascal Mazurier, Chief of Joint Chancellery, Consulate of France, accused of raping his four-year-old daughter, has sought copies of the reports on DNA tests conducted on his blood and semen samples.
Two die as wall collapses in city
Two construction labourers were killed when a portion of a wall of a 10-year-old building in R.K. Nagar collapsed on Saturday.
According to the police, one Jamal Mohammed, 56, a resident of Netaji Na
Anna gets new team, V.K. Singh special invitee
Social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday announced his new team — a 15-member coordination group, and called for a 'jan andolan' (mass movement) to root out corruption. Former Army chief V.K. Singh cou
Festive rush too much for trains
Southern Railways has failed to meet the passenger demand this Diwali despite operating additional special trains.
The waiting lists in some late night trains connecting Chennai to other major towns
Centre on hunt to nail tax-evaders
The Centre on Saturday stated that investigations are in progress with the tax authorities of other countries against those who have stashed black money abroad to obtain more information regarding the
Students take new path
A large number of Indian students join engineering and management programmes in US universities and colleges, but varsity administrators say that students from the country have started to look at
All-party meeting on T soon: Shinde:
In a significant development, Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Saturday said that an all-party meeting on Telangana could be convened before or after the Winter Session of Parliament.
Shinde
LDF, BJP bay for mayor’s blood
With the LDF and BJP demanding the resignation of mayor Tony Chammany and town planning committee chairman K.J. Sohan following a vigilance probe against them, a section of Congress leaders have also
Drunkard burns daughter alive
An inebriated man burnt alive his eight-year-old physically challenged daughter in front of their residence after a quarrel with wife on Saturday evening. The incident was reported at Banduru village