
A team of Michigan State University computer scientists led by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur alum Anil Jain have built the first three-dimensional model of a human fingerprint.

The BSR Congress led by former minister B Sriramulu is all set to be merged with the BJP. This was announced by Sriramulu, who had launched the party following a split with the BJP about a year ago, while addressing reporters after a meeting with party workers in Bellary on Wednesday.

With reports of his possible entry into politics making news, actor Pawan Kalyan has reportedly been approached by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Lok Satta Party (LSP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to contest in the coming polls.

Politics and films are two sides of the same coin. And both of them belong to families where its members have made their mark in films and politics.

The Congress party had no intention to grant statehood to Telangana, but the political situation had compelled it to announce Telangana state.

Hyderabad saw 4 per cent drop in housing sales in 2013 to 16,500 units but volumes are expected to pick up from year-end on hopes that uncertainties will fade away with the decision to form Telangana, said property consultant Knight Frank.

Despite knowing that writing on the wall is clear about their debacle in the forthcoming elections, the Congress leaders are trying to put up a brave front on their victory prospects.

Responding to a question by media, senior TRS leader Harish Rao said that TRS will be contesting in all seats during the municipal elections.

Was it murder or suicide? That was the question before a Texas court as the murder trial began for an Indian-American woman accused of killing her husband by putting him on fire in a bathtub.

The Congress leadership is crying foul over defection of several leaders into other parties apparently realizing the Congress has no scope of returning to power either in State or in the Centre.

With the Election Commission announcing the schedule for general elections for Lok Sabha and the State Assembly, there is little scope for new political parties to enter the poll fray at this stage.

Andhra Pradesh is set to be split into two states in June and simultaneous elections to the state assembly and the Lok Sabha are scheduled to be held in the state April 30 and May 7.

The Congress, which retained power in Andhra Pradesh in 2009, faces a tough challenge in both the successor states that will see assembly and Lok Sabha elections in April-May.

One development triggers and impacts various other happenings. While Pawan Kalyan is likely to join politics or at least extend his support to some political party other than the Congress, his brothers are caught up in a dilemma.