Poverty coupled with helplessness has forced an elderly woman in Andhra Pradesh to file a petition in a court seeking euthanasia for her 36-year-old son, who became invalid after an accident 15 years ago.
The Andhra Pradesh government has started an exercise to review its Excise Policy after the liquor syndicate-politicians-officials nexus left the entire system shaken.
Congress on Thursday demanded resignation of Karnataka chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda on moral grounds in the wake of two out of three ministers in his government found watching a porn clip on a cellphone in the state legislative assembly.
Facing the heat on porn scandal, Karnataka chief minister DV Sadanada Gowda today accused Congress of engaging in petty politics, even as the opposition stepped up its attack demanding the resignation of the BJP government over the issue.
Stung by the virulent attack on him at the ongoing CPI-M state meet, party stalwart and former chief minister VS Achuthanandan has conveyed his displeasure over it to the party's central leadership.
Caught watching a pornographic film inside the assembly, three Karnataka ministers resigned on Wednesday. According to party sources, the ministers were not willing to resign, but their hand was forced.
Enhanced monetary relief in the case of atrocities against SCs and STs has come into effect with the Centre notifying amended rules under the relevant act.
Opposition Congress in Karnataka on Wednesday demanded the resignation of chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda-led BJP government on moral grounds in the wake of three of its ministers being caught watching porn video clippings in the state assembly.
Following a public spat, AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa dealt a heavy blow to her estranged ally DMDK chief Vijayakanth on Tuesday by weaning away his close associate Ibrahim Rowther, a filmmaker, and hundreds of functionaries of his party.
Peeved at “malicious allegations” levelled against him, former Kerala high court chief justice SR Bannurtmath on Tuesday asked the Karnataka government not to consider him for the office of lokayukta.
The Kerala CPM’s latest foray into the world of art has ruffled the feathers of political commentators and art critics alike. And Christians are particularly upset — with good reason.
HT reports.
A day after a high-level panel report found "serious" administrative and procedural lapses on the part of former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three others in the Antrix-Devas deal, ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan today said there was nothing personal in it.
Defence minister AK Antony today refused to comment either on the Supreme Court ruling on Army chief Gen VK Singh's age row or his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue.
The spectrum scam issue has grabbed the national spotlight again, but the DMK is bogged down by a turf war within the Karunanidhi family.
A senior Air India pilot was caught drunk minutes before he was to operate a flight out of Chennai to Madurai on Friday. HT reports.