The Indian Express -- General

Saturday, July 12 1997

Fossil DNA proves Neanderthals were not ancestors of humans

The theory that modern humans descended from Neanderthals has been proved wrong by scientists who have worked on Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid (DNA) extracted from a 30,000 year old, fossilised bones of a Neanderthal man.

Much ado about a missile

Pakistan's new Hatf 3 surface-to-surface missile (SSM) has a reported maximum range of 800 km -- bringing much of north-western India within its reach -- and is at present invulnerable to Indian air defences. However, the most remarkable thing about the Hatf 3 might just be how little difference it makes to the strategic balance in the subcontinent.

Buses stop, CR trains halt and traffic jams...

Angry rioters blocked traffic and damaged vehicles on the Eastern Express Highway on Friday leading to jams all over the 14-km stretch from Ghatkopar depot junction to Thane check-post. While the trouble on the highway began early in the morning, Republican Party of India activists blocked trains on the harbour line in the afternoon adding to the chaos.

Smell of death and sense of grief at the hospital

Telegraph tariff hike opposed

Police chaap on postmaster

TN orders probe into 'waste' paper racket

Limit quota in education to 50%, HC tells govt

2 hurt in blast in Head Constable's house

Ramanathapuram coast, a major smuggling base

Hippocratical `indifference' to doc's suicide

2 killed by dacoits

Govt rejects `bogus' claim for pension

More police stations for TN

Karnataka seeks French help for training units