Rs 3 lakh recompense each to kin of those killed in Andhra Pradesh

Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday announced a solatium of Rs three lakh each to the next of kin of those from the state gunned down on Wednesday over charges of red sander smuggling in......

20 'smugglers' shot dead in Andhra forests, Tamil Nadu seeks probe

Twenty people were gunned down in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district in a police operation said to be against red sanders smugglers that came under severe attack from the government and political......

'Unpardonable sin to build a city on the banks of a river!'

'They are acquiring agricultural land almost free of cost promising an illusory rise which is worse than a chit fund scheme.' 'When I went there on a fact-finding mission, we found that one third......

Rights groups slam government's 'Big Brother' plan

The decision of the United Progressive Alliance government to increase surveillance of phones and the Internet has come under flak from human rights groups, reports Vicky Nanjappa. In April 2013,......