India
Teenage motherhood is 'contagious'
The sister of a teenage mother is twice as likely to follow in her footsteps.
Moneylender found murdered in Nellore
NELLORE: A money lender, Y Koteswara Rao (35) of Housing Board area in the city was found murdered near Amancharla village in Nell..
Literary fest from Wednesday
KOCHI: Thevara Sacred Heart College will organise a literary fest Sargapatham on Wednesday and Thursday. The 15th literary penta..
Toll collection disrupted at Kumbalam
KOCHI: The toll collection on the national highway 47 in Kumbalam was disrupted following continuous protest of the National Highw..
CPI hits out at DMK for abstaining from house
CHENNAI: The CPI on Tuesday accused the DMK of criticising the State budget from outside the House despite the party having an opp..
RTC Union splits on regional lines
HYDERABAD: Telangana employees of State Road Transport Corporation, who are members of the APSRTC National Mazdoor Union, formed N..
Interpretation of deities
HYDERABAD: D Nagaiah has worked most of his life on the Andhra Pradesh (AP) force, only to take voluntary retirement in 2001 to tu..
Rash driving by contractor kills youth
HYDERABAD: The mangled remains of an autorickshaw and a twisted electricity pole bear testimony to the rash driving by 70-year-old..
Unite and fight for rights, Nayak tells Adivasis
BANGALORE: Justice S R Nayak, Chairperson, Karnataka State Human Rights Commisison (KSHRC), on Tuesday called upon the adivasis to..
KSPCB prepares to check lead pollution
With Ganesh Chaturthi around the corner, the pollution control board gets serious about checking lead contamination...
Seeking that sweet spot
CHENNAI: People abroad have tried everything possible in the art of tattooing, from hiding the entire body behind colour sketches ..
Banking your newborns cord blood cells
BANGALORE: Stem cells from the umbilical cord are known as neo natal stem cells. Stem cells are human bodys master cells that h..
Bibliophiles paradise in Bangalore
BANGALORE: It claims to be the largest international book festival in the country with millions of books to choose from, and books..
Muddy water upsets residents
CHENNAI: The drinking water supplied in several areas of Meenambakkam by the local Town Panchayat is discoloured and muddy. T..
Citizens catch errant cops, make them pay!
People post photos as proof of government and police vehicles flouting traffic rules on traffic police's Facebook page...
Violent protests for education reform in Chile
Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter says the violence shows student leaders can't control their demonstrators.