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Edappadi K. Palanisami

Tamil Nadu: Opposition parties not satisfied with CM's drought relief

MDMK general secretary Vaiko wanted drought relief for all the affected farmers instead of those with land below five...

23 Feb 2017 6:19 AM IST

Madras High Court. (Photo: File)

Madras HC petitioned against Jayalalithaa's pic, name

The SC in its order dated February 14, had indicted Jayalalithaa for corruption.

23 Feb 2017 6:16 AM IST

(Representational image) By the end of the year, Bengaluru RPO expects to issue seven lakh passports.

Now, passport seva at post offices in Karnataka

Union External Affairs Ministry aims to provide one such kendra for all the 30 districts in Karnataka.

23 Feb 2017 6:03 AM IST

Earlier on Wednesday, the agitated staff dumped heaps of garbage at the office of Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel and in other locations. (Photo: Representational Image)

Waste to compost: Agriculture Department fixes Bengaluru's garbage...

The department has offered to convert the garbage collected in the city into compost and distribute it to farmers at Rs...

23 Feb 2017 5:17 AM IST

Ballari Road in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Amid steel flyover debate, Ballari Road to be widened

The project was cleared way back in 2008, but had not taken off.

23 Feb 2017 4:36 AM IST

Cancer tissues from patients are needed for research, These are obtained by the doctors at the hospital. But they are not giving the tissues, which has led to acrimony between the doctors and the researchers.

171 Andhra Pradesh doctors alloted to Telangana

These AP-origin doctors are in the teaching hospitals in Hyderabad and Warangal.

23 Feb 2017 3:17 AM IST

Sudan civil war victim's body to arrive in Kurnool on Friday

Quadri, a 25 year old from Gangavati in Koppal district was killed in a terrorist attack in South Sudan on February 17.

23 Feb 2017 3:02 AM IST

The bullock cart races are held in parts of North Karnataka and Shivamogga and Kambala in the coastal districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada.

After Karnataka Assembly nod, Kambala bill sent to President for...

The bill was tabled after the clamour for Kambala grew, spurred by the success of pro-jallikattu (taming of bull) stir...

23 Feb 2017 3:00 AM IST

With Bengaluru drawing most of the 1.5 TMC ft of water it needs every month from the Cauvery reservoirs, it is looking at a bleak summer as the poor monsoon has left the KRS and Kabini reservoirs with only 7.9 TMC ft of water of which 4.2 TMC ft is dead storage.

Bengaluru: Dams at dead storage, dry days ahead

Pumping water will cost the government Rs 40 crore, an expensive and inefficient solution.

23 Feb 2017 2:59 AM IST

APSRTC will operate buses to Pushkar Ghats every two minutes from Guntur.

APSRTC being taken for a ride by private firms, say staff

APSRTC employees have vehemently opposed the decision, saying that it encourages privatisation.

23 Feb 2017 2:53 AM IST

There is no restriction on the weight of school bags. However, CBSE has advised its schools that students up to Class II should not bring bags.

Andhra Pradesh: Leaks mar purpose of new evaluation system

DEO said â€œWe have brought the issue to the notice of higher authorities. We will put an end to menace by systemising...

23 Feb 2017 2:50 AM IST

Men who were given injections of the hormones testosterone and norethisterone enanthate every eight weeks had a reduced sperm count within six months that was sufficient to prevent pregnancy 96 per cent of the time.

Spurious drugs flood Andhra Pradesh, patients suffer

Sub-standard drugs make disease-bearing organisms more virulent, difficult to treat, say doctors.

23 Feb 2017 2:48 AM IST