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While many women blame doctors at private hospitals for preferring Caesarean or C-section deliveries to vaginal births, doctors in the city say that the reasons for these range from health issues, social factors and also C-section on demand by pregnant women.

No risk to health': SC denies permission to woman to terminate 27-week...

SC said that as per the opinion of the doctors the baby may be -"born alive-" if the mother is allowed to abort at this...

27 March 2017 12:29 PM IST

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants (Photo: AFP/File)

2 policemen injured in militant attack on J&K minister Farooq...

The militants also took away four service weapons from the guard room at Abdrabi's Residence at Dooru in Anantnag.

27 March 2017 12:26 PM IST

BJP MP Subramanian Swamy at Parliament House in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI/File)

A mosque can be demolished, but not temple: Subramanian Swamy

According to Swamy, a mosque is only a convenient place for the Muslims to offer prayers.

27 March 2017 10:39 AM IST

The operation by BSF was carried out to locate and secure cross-border tunnels used by terrorists to enter the Indian territory and defuse improvised explosive devices. (Photo: Representational Image)

Pakistani intruder shot dead along Pak border in Punjab

The area has been cordoned off and a search has been launched to retrieve the body and look for other possible suspects...

27 March 2017 10:35 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu

TDP MP, MLA apologise for abusing IPS officer after Chandrababu...

TDP MP Kesineni Srinivas and MLA Bonda Umamaheswara Rao had abused an IPS officer and manhandled his securityman.

27 March 2017 10:30 AM IST

An illegal slaughterhouse in Choka Ghat area of Varanasi which was sealed by the authorities. (Photo: PTI)

UP turns veg? Meat sellers go on strike against action on...

Fish vendors were also claimed to have resolved to join the stir which has seen non-vegetarian delicacies go off the...

27 March 2017 10:11 AM IST

Rajya Sabha member V. Vijay Sai Reddy and YSRC district president Gudivada Amarnath join the YSRC activists during a walk for a separate Railway Zone as part of the Aatma Gourava Yatra by YSRC, on the Beach Road in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.

Separate railway zone is right of Vizag: Vijay Sai

YSRC district president Gudivada Amarnath explained the schedule of the Padayatra.

27 March 2017 6:56 AM IST

Children lying in a ward in Gandhi Hospital after suffering from chills and fever. (Photo: DC)

Hyderabad: 12 kids suffer chills after antibiotic jab at Gandhi...

The children, suffering from different complaints, developed fever and chills after being given the injection at 7.30 pm...

27 March 2017 6:51 AM IST

Garbage lies scattered by the roadside near the Golconda Fort giving off a terrible stink affecting visitors to the historic site. (Photo: DC)

Vijayawada: Poor sanitation, eroded roads in Currencynagar

Vacant lands filled with water hyacinth (a weed) and other aquatic plants, are creating worries for the colony...

27 March 2017 6:47 AM IST

While most of them were waiting for power supply to be restored by Tuesday night, some of the inmates of independent buildings and apartments have hired generators spending from their pockets. (Representational image)

Uninterrupted power supply during summer by AP government

Mr Vijayanand said that in order to meet the generation targets, abundant coal supply would be required.

27 March 2017 6:43 AM IST

LTIPP needs to be reworked to integrate it with Niti Aayogs vision document. (Representational image)

House panel seeks details of defence policy

Presently, the acquisition of weapon systems and equipment for armed forces flows from LTIPP which spells out the...

27 March 2017 6:34 AM IST

The five-day Ugadi Mahotsavams kicked off at the Srisailam Temple of Kurnool district on Sunday with temple priests performing pooja. (Photo: DC)

Ugadi celebrations kicked off in Srisailam

Temple has made elaborate arrangements for devotees coming from AP, K'taka.

27 March 2017 6:31 AM IST