An appeal to honourable CM Stalin

DMK MP and former Minister A Raja has given us an impression that diseases like HIV and leprosy carry social stigma while he made a remark about Sanatana Dharma. Hope CM Stalin would undo the damage caused by his remarks, writes TR Jawahar

Death toll in Bharatpur road accident rises to 12

The death toll in the accident in which a trailer rammed into a stationary bus on the Jaipur-Agra National Highway in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district in the early hours today has gone up to 12, police said Wednesday.

NIV teams to arrive in Kerala following Nipah confirmation

Teams from National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune would arrive in Kerala during the day to set up a mobile lab at Kozhikode Medical College to test for Nipah and carry out survey of bats, the state government said in the assembly today.

Cauvery row: K’taka CM chairs all-party meet

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah convened an all-party meeting on Wednesday to discuss the next course of action after the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee directed the state government to release 5,000 cusecs of water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu over the next 15 days.