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For eight days, without any pomp, Kannan Gopinathan toiled at relief camps in Kerala, carrying packages on his head, and offloading relief material. Of course, no one knew he was an IAS officer. Gopinathan is yet another among the thousands of people who have selflessly rushed to Kerala's aid.

The Odd-Even Rule is back, and I can't help but let a big sigh of relief. The rule will cut the traffic on Delhi's busy roads into half, and thousands of people will be back to travelling with the...

Bringing relief to the convicted offenders with death penalty, the Apex court has commuted death sentence into life term imprisonment on the basis of delay in considering over the mercy pleas asked by the convicted prisoners. The panel of a bench was headed by 40th Chief Justice of our country, P. Sathasivam.

The Supreme Court today stopped the Tamil Nadu government from releasing four of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassins who are serving life terms.

Since August 15, nine people have been killed by leptospirosis or rat fever in the flood-ravaged state of Kerala. Among them, five were relief workers. Notably, 196 cases of leptospirosis have been reported so far, and a further 37 suspected leptospirosis deaths are awaiting laboratory confirmation.

The states on the Western coast, namely Gujarat, readied themselves to face Cyclone Vayu, which had turned into 'very severe cyclonic storm' earlier this week. However, the cyclone changed its path on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday and didn't make landfall. Just when authorities breathed a sigh of relief, a top official said Cyclone Vayu might recurve and hit Kutch. Here's more.