» Your DNA details may soon be with Govt

The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in Gandhinagar has been entrusted with the task of preparing a DNA database that will serve as model for other labs across the country.

» Air India pilots, crew slug it out at 30,000 ft

The Maharaja witnessed his first in-flight Mughal-e-Azam at 30,000 feet above sea level on Saturday, as two members of the cabin crew—one male and one female—slugged it out with the pilot and co-pilot.

» Media, actors at war in Tamil Nadu

The arrest of a news editor of a leading Tamil daily has sparked off a full-fledged war between the journalists in the state and movie actors.

» Tamil Nadu: Film stars vs journalists

Journalists in Chennai want an editor arrested on Wednesday to be released immediately. The Tamil daily, Dinamalar, had published photographs of actresses, insinuating that they are involved in prostitution.

» Time to be truly Republic | Deccan Chronicle

The sense of community and regionalism among people has always been stronger than patriotism towards the country.

» Prices set to soar as crucial crops are lost in floods

There seems to be no end to the Indian farmers’ misery. Crucial paddy, onion, sugarcane and horticulture crops have been lost in the floods in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.