
Retired army officer K Ramaraj was sentenced to life imprisonment by a fast-track court on Friday for killing a 13-year-old boy who had entered his residential premises to collect fruit. HT reports.
Locked in a row with Karnataka over sharing of Cauvery waters, Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday requested the Centre to immediately appoint a new Chairman of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal.
British-born controversial Jewish writer Susan Nathan, who has been residing in Kerala since 2009, has been deported to Israel on court orders, official sources said on Thursday.

DMK chief M Karunanidhi said that a separate Tamil Eelam rings in the ears of Tamils living all over the world as a liberation song and it will come into existence some day
.Applications seeking perusal of documents pertaining to the wealth case against Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa were today filed in the special court by counsel for her and her aide, co-accused Sasikala Natarajan.
Karnataka on Tuesday said it is not in a position to release water to Andhra Pradesh from Narayanpur dam in view of the drought situation in the state.
Dalit students’ assertion of the right to eat beef — a tradition in Andhra Pradesh — triggered a riot with the right wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad activists at Osmania University here on Sunday.
A day after witnessing a clash between rival groups of students over organising a 'beef festival' in the campus, the Osmania University remained calm today even as police continued to keep strict vigil.
A Lokayukta court on Monday ordered probe on a complaint against former Karnataka chief minister N Dharam Singh, JDS leader HD Revanna and others in connection with alleged irregularities in denotification of land.
Left-wing extremism (LSE) is steadily increasing in five districts of Karnataka, chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda today said, demanding support from the Centre in training and provision of infrastructure to tackle it.
Police used teargas shells and batons to disperse clashing groups on Monday. Five students injured in clashes.
A clash took place between two groups of students in Osmania University in Hyderabad over an event tonight, police said.
The Centre on Sunday said power production from the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project would commence in two months as 99% of its works were over.
DMK, a key UPA constituent, will not be a part of the Parliamentary delegation scheduled to visit Sri Lanka from April 16-22 to assess the resettlement and political process there, party chief M Karunanidhi said today.
MDMK today described as 'mere waste' the scheduled visit of an all-party MPs' delegation to Sri Lanka from April 16-22 to assess the resettlement and political process.