PTI File photo of Indian student from Hyderabad, Praveen Reddy, who was stabbed on Friday in the London borough of Newham.

3 Indians charged in U.K. for stabbing compatriot

The victim’s father Sudhakar Reddy and an uncle have got the visa in Chennai to go to London and they would leave for the U.K on Sunday night. »

The new Maldivian President Mohammed Waheed Hassan speaks during a media briefing with foreign reporters at his office in Male on Saturday.

Maldives President inducts seven Ministers

Drawn from different political parties, the new Cabinet includes Azima Shakoor, the Attorney-General of Maldives, the lone woman Minister, and Mohamed Husain Sharif Mundu, spokesperson of former dictator Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s party. »

Union Law Minister Salman Kurshid addresses an election rally in Uttar Pradesh on February 9, 2012. (Bottom) A file photo of the Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi. Photo: PTI, Rajeev Bhatt

EC-Khurshid row: Stay within the law, Congress tells leaders

This is the first official reaction of the Congress party on the controversy. »

Madhavan Nair (in picture) and three other ex-ISRO scientists were blacklisted based on two official reports on the Antrix-Devas deal. File Photo: Bhagya Prakash K.

Antrix-Devas deal: Nair hopes PM will revoke work ban

Mr. Nair wrote to the Prime Minister more than two weeks ago, appealing for quashing the order which he claimed was issued without enquiry and one aimed at tarnishing the image of the scientists. »

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Music

Whitney Houston dies at 48

At her peak, Ms. Houston was the golden girl of the music industry. From the middle 1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world’s best-selling artists. »

International

Amartya Sen won his Nobel Prize for economics in 1998 for his studies of the roots of poverty. File Photo

U.S. names Amartya Sen for Humanities Medal

The White House said the award is being given to Mr. Sen for his insights into the causes of poverty, famine, and injustice. »

Opinion

The Russians are leaving … Russia

Highly qualified middle-class professionals, feeling ignored by the country's economy and political system, are emigrating in search of greener pastures. »

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Putting down the burden of borders

Addressing unresolved bilateral issues would silence the Bangladeshi Opposition from questioning the value of improving ties with India. »

Editorial

Murder in the classroom

Editorial

A past that will not pass

Arts

Scharada Dubey. Photo: Special Arrangement

Footloose in temple town

ZIYA US SALAM talks to Scharada Dubey about piecing together “Portraits from Ayodha” »

The scent in the wind!

Whitney Houston dies at 48

It sounds and feels good

Madras Miscellany - When the postman knocked…

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Life & Style

LANGUAGE BARRIER?: Most children today understand only when spoken to in English. Photo: P.V. Sivakumar

The new language landscape

More and more children now speak only in English, and are losing sense of their mother tongues completely. RESHMA KRISHNAMURTHY SHARMA tries to figure out where the problem lies »

Caveat Emptor — A service to remember

The scent in the wind!

The Rope ladder

Ask Shahnaz

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Sci-Tech

Panda ‘Er Shun’ eats bamboo at the Panda House at the Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China on Saturday.

China loans two pandas to Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper witnessed Saturday’s signing ceremony. "They will be the first pair of pandas to visit Canada since the 1980s," Mr. Harper said. »

Interceptor scores a direct hit on target missile

“I believe in grow now, protect now”

Scientists say NASA cutting missions to Mars

Role of Y chromosome in inherited coronary artery disease

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Sport

M.S. Dhoni in action against Australia during their ODI in Adelaide, Australia on Sunday.

Gambhir, Dhoni take India to thrilling win

Indian bowlers pulled it back well after Australia’s middle-order had laid the foundation for a huge score, restricting the hosts to 269 for 8 in the fourth one-dayer of the ongoing cricket tri-series »

When a rickety camera captured cricket history

Caravan moves to Adelaide; crucial double-header for India

Dinda vs. Bist duel to light up Duleep Trophy final

U.S. sweeps Federer's Switzerland out of Davis Cup

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Business

The file photo shows workers inside the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

Facebook can un-friend CEO Zuckerberg ‘at will’

Facebook can terminate services of its chief Mark Zuckerberg at any time for any reason, or even without a reason, but the social networking giant’s founder and CEO also enjoys similar exit rights. »

Jayalalithaa woos Japanese investors

CII suggests measures to achieve exports target

ITC rejigs non-notebook stationery business model

Numeric sells UPS business to Legrand in over Rs.800-cr deal

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Health

Indian and Pakistani doctors address a press conference in Lahore after jointly performing a complicated liver transplant procedure for the first time in Pakistan.

Doctors without frontiers

Four doctors from New Delhi's Apollo Hospital assisted their counterparts from Lahore's Shaikh Zaid Hospital in transplanting livers from live donors to two persons suffering from complete liver failure, in a complicated procedure that puts at risk both the donor and the recipient. »

To bring diseases to their knees

TANKER Foundation to launch mobile ambulance

“Cardiovascular diseases a major threat”

It's curable

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Chennai

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa inaugurating Toshiba JSW Supercritical Steam Turbine and Generation Manufacturing Plant at Manali on Sunday. Norio Sasaki ,president Toshiba Corporation, Japan, Sajjan Jindal, CMD, JSW Energy Limited, Mumbai, Masanori Nakano, Consul General, Consulate General of Japan, Chennai and Susumu Atsuki, Director General, Ministry of Economic, Trade and Industry, Japan are in the picture. Photo: R. Ragu

Jayalalithaa woos Japanese investors

Seeking to tap more Japanese FDI in manufacturing and infrastructure sectors, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday said her government would soon sign agreements with some major Japanese companies, which are considering substantial investments in the state »

Gleaming vintage cars on a roll

Aesthetic, simple yet functional

TANKER Foundation to launch mobile ambulance

Solving crosswords, building friendships

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Hyderabad

A visibly disturbed mother of Praveen Reddy, who was injured in a brawl with friends at a party in London.

Family was awaiting his arrival for brother's marriage

Businessman J. Sudhakar Reddy was eagerly awaiting the arrival of his youngest son, J. Praveen Reddy, from London to join the family for the marriage arrangements of the latter's brother. »

Grandson is accused in elderly woman's murder

Student in critical care after surgery

Hospitals deny deaths due to lack of medicare

Kukatpally under scanner for chaotic traffic

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Bangalore

Why should we pay toll for a rotten road, taxi drivers ask

Ever since the start of toll collection on NH 7 (Bangalore-Bellary Road) from Friday midnight, airport taxi drivers have been up in arms, questioning the need for toll on a road that is reeling under the chaos of the elevated expressway construction. »