Rain kills 9 in N Karnataka Incessant rains lashing northern Karnataka claimed nine lives on Sunday even as extensive damage to standing crops in vast swathes of fields has been reported in the region.
Techie kills wife, ends life in City A newly married software engineer allegedly smothered his wife to death with a pillow and hanged himself at his III Main, Koramangala VIII Block residence in the wee hours of Sunday...
'Olympics should go on' Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Sunday dismissed the Chinese accusations that he was trying to "sabotage" Beijing Olympic Games.
BU zeroes in on dubious record No marks for guessing this. Practically no marks at all. Bangalore University has deemed it fit to award "zero" marks in practicals to about 50 V Semester degree students of Maharani's Science College here...
Getting set... Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar stretches as he takes part in a training session along with pace bowlers Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, R P Singh and Sreesanth at the MAC stadium in Chennai on Sunday. AFP
Does Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen’s decision to leave India indicate a setback to the country’s liberal image? Deccan Herald had invited its readers to opine on the issue. Many of our readers said India’s liberal image will not be tarnished by Taslima’s decision to leave and even termed her comments as ungrateful. Some others opined that the country has lost its credibility as a democracy because it bowed down to fundamentalists and Leftists of West Bengal.
