Electronic, smokeless cigarettes that are widely available in the country are as bad as smoking regular cigarettes, and are never really the solution to quitting, say city medical experts. The US Food

The simple karela or bitter gourd could soon emerge as a natural antidote for alcoholism and drug abuse, and the medicine of the future to treat HIV and AIDS, say city Unani doctors. Nearly 10,000 al

One more person was arrested in connection with money circulation schemes involving several organisations across the state. CID officers on Thursday raided the flat of the accused at Vijayawada and ar

Sleuths from the commissioner’s task force, East Zone team, on Wednesday arrested a doctor (a registered medical practitioner) and a businessman for betting on cricket. The cops seized cash worth Rs 1

The residents of Maharajgunj have lodged a police complaint against GHMC commissioner M.T. Krishna Babu and South Zone commissioner Ravi Kiran for indiscriminate dumping of garbage near Imlibun P

Indira Park, in the heart of the city, has become home to a few stray dogs. A part of the boundary wall of the 70 acre park caved in three months ago and the authorities have failed to reconstruct it

Andhra Pradesh recorded more than 9,600 cases of domestic violence, the highest in the country, during 2007-2010, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. Experts attribute this high number of r

Contradictory statements by ministers and officials of secondary and higher education departments over giving weightage for “improvement marks” in Eamcet have spelled trouble for over one lakh second

The state government has no plan to take action against YSR Congress chief and Kadapa MP Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy for flouting Tirumala temple rules. However, the state government and the Election Comm

Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy is likely to axe sulking medical and health minister D.L. Ravindra Reddy for his outspoken criticism of him. Dr Ravindra Reddy had on Wednesday said that the Chief