Ramadoss in a fresh controversy Trapped in the AIIMS quagmire, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss found himself in a fresh controversy on Friday over the Puducherry-based Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER).
Panel raps Railways over funds A Parliamentary committee has taken exception to the method evolved by the Indian Railways (IR) for allocation of funds and prioritisation of projects.
ISRO readies micro-satellites The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is in the process of launching the first of its new generation micro-satellites weighing less than 100 kg.
Implement Lyngdoh report: SC In order to curb violence and hooliganism in the universities, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Union government to implement the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations approved by the Supreme Court on the model code of conduct for the students union elections in the country.
Basu scoffs at Mamatas move to dump NDA CPM patriarch Jyoti Basu on Friday scoffed at Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee for her declaration to dump the BJP-led NDA and go it alone in West Bengal and charged her with practising politics of opportunity.
Flying high... A US fighter plane prepares to touch down on the US super-carrier Kitty Hawk in the Bay of Bengal, during the Malabar exercise, on Friday. Twenty-seven ships and submarines from the United States, Australia, Japan and Singapore have joined seven from host India off the Andamans archipelago in the Bay of Bengal for six-day manoeuvres in the international exercises, codenamed Malabar, which started on the September 4. AFP
The power game in Karnataka is headed for a climax. In October, the credibility of JD(S) will be put to test when it has to hand over power to BJP. Will the JD(S) do so? If yes, will B S Yediyurappa become the chief minister?
Deccan Herald invited readers to send in their predictions. Many argued that JD(S) would hand over the baton to BJP, but it would still be advantageous to JD(S) in the new dispensation.
Others were sure that BJP won’t gain power but will win public sympathy.
