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Bail plea of Kathiravan, Sundaresa posted for Jan 27

     Chennai: A local court in Chennai today adjourned to January 27 the hearing on the bail plea of Kathiravan and Sundaresa Iyer, the key accused in the 2002 Radhakrishan assault case. The hearing plea was posted for January 7 by the first Additional Sessions Judge, P Devdas on the request of the counsel for the applicant, S Ramachandran. Ramachandran sought the adjournment on the ground that advocate Chandrasekar, who is to argue the bail petition, was engaged in another case at a Chengalpattu court. He informed that Chandrasekar wanted to argue the case on merit. On the other hand, the city Public Prosecutor, T V Ganesan objected to grant of bail to the accused stating that they were not entitled to it, as they are booked under the Goondas Act.

Alternative medicines replacing conventional drugs in UK (Go To Top)

     London: More and more people in Britain are resorting to complementary therapies, such as Chinese medicine and naturopathy, according to a new research. According to the DailyMail, a poll found that 68 percent of Britons thought complementary disciplines, which also include areas such as naturopathy and nutrition, could be as valid as conventional medicine. The Prince of Wales's Foundation for Integrated Health is overseeing the system of regulation. The Diagnostic Clinic, which combines orthodox and proven complementary therapies, said the growth in acceptance of alternative medicine was perhaps influenced by public frustration with the limitations of Western medicine. The survey found that 35 per cent around 17 million people would not consult a doctor with problems such as tiredness, headaches, skin rashes and mild allergies.

Another student kidnapped in Bihar (Go To Top)

     Patna: Even as Bihar's capital city Patna was witnessing relay hunger-strikes and protests against the kidnapping of a 14-year old student Kishalay, another schoolboy was kidnapped in Nalanda district of Bihar on Monday. Unidentified men abducted a ninth standard DAV School student, Ravikant, son of a farmer, yesterday near the bus stop, from where he used to take the bus. Kidnapping was feared when the boy did not return home till late evening. The police is clueless about the whereabouts of the boy. Police is still traceless about Kishalay's whereabouts also. It was on last Wednesday, that Kishalay Gupta, a 14-year old student of Patna branch of Delhi Public School, was kidnapped near his house while he was going to school. On Monday, private schools across the state capital remained closed and students held relay fast in protest against Kishalay's kidnapping.