The Madras High Court extended time till 8 October for an anti-graft body to file further status report in connection with a complaint alleging that state minister K T Rajendra Balaji had amassed wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Author: PTI
Chennai: The Madras High Court pulled up the CBSE for not issuing a circular to all affiliated schools to implement the court’s recent order banning homework for students of classes I and II.
Chennai: The Madras High Court said it is high time the Ministry for Women and Child Development is bifurcated to create another ministry in view of increasing incidents of child abuse.
Bengaluru: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama apologised for his statement that India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was “self-centred.”
Bengaluru: The Kannada Development Authority said it will host a conference of Dravidian languages in November this year, aimed at fostering cultural unity.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi would address women Self-Help Groups, students and youth, entrepreneurs and others in separate events during his visit to the city on 13 and 14 August, a senior Congress leader said.
Hyderabad: A man who allegedly impregnated a minor girl, a farm worker, after a false promise of marrying her was let off with a Rs 2.5 lakh ‘compensation’ and externed by a group of elders in a village in Telangana, police said.
Citing security concerns, Osmania University declined permission for Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s proposed meeting with students on its campus during his visit to the state on 13 and 14 August.
Kochi is experiencing a shortage of drinking water as gushing flood waters due to rains have affected pumping operations from the Periyar river, officials said.