State-owned cooperative stores will sell crackers worth Rs 5 crore this year. Over 300 varieties of crackers and 15 different gift boxes will be available in 14 outlets in the city.

Happy over last

Forty years after its ban, experts in food poisoning are collecting vital scientific data to find out if Kesar dal is dangerous to human health, and if so, how to reduce its toxicity. The res-earch is

The Kerala high court has ruled that forms of protests, like publishing material or preaching against the state, or even questioning the very form of the government, are not punishable acts.

For, “Th

In a battle of equals, Tamil Nadu host Karnataka in a Group ‘B’ Ranji Trophy match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Friday. Tamil Nadu, who had to grudgingly settle for a solitary point when thei

Amidst the continuing confusion over who should undertake the main work of Kochi Metro, the preparatory works of the project including the North railway overbridge are getting completed. Indications a

Justice Mohammed Sardar Ali Khan, former acting Chief Justice of the AP High Court, passed away on Thursday in a private hospital here after a brief illness. He was 82.

He is survived by his wife, a

Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh’s fitness will be the focus when Team India assembles here at Brabourne stadium on Friday. The 15-member Test squad will participate in the three-day conditioning camp her

The district administration has proposed to install so­lar electric panels at a cost of Rs 1.7 crore at the civil station. The solar panels wo­uld cover an area of 30,000 sq feet and will be installed

A meeting that Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy had on Thursday with Governor E.S.L.
Narasimhan gains significance for the manner in which issues awaiting a decision were brought up.
Usually, the

More than 4,000 nursing seats out of a total 12,500 have fallen vacant in the state this year, registering the largest ever dip in demand for the course.

Of 6,400-odd seats for General Nursing and M