In yet another controversy over the Indian caste system, the National Commission for Scheduled Caste has sent a notice to IIT Madras regarding their ban on a students' group that consist of mainly Dalit members.

In a severe blow to the Indian education structure, transplant surgeons in Chennai recently received a mail from a woman who wishes to sell her kidney for her son's education.

Honorary Flight Lieutenant S T Mariappan died last month at the age of 82. When he returned alive from the 1971 Indo-Pak war, he swore to serve his nation even in his death, by donating his body for medical research

M Karunanidhi, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief, has decided not to contest the by-elections that are to be held for the RK Nagar constituency on June 27 where chief minister J Jayalalithaa will be contesting.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the Haryana government's recent notification reserving 20 per cent seats for Scheduled Caste employees in departmental promotions.

Under its campaign to make Haryana free of child-begging, police have so far rescued 256 children from 10 different towns

Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has constituted a high- level committee to ensure timely resolution of pending matters related to Sikh prisoners