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Monday, February 16, 2015

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Pansare critical but stable; 5 detained

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 11:13 PM PST

Govind Pansare was associated with various social movements in the state and was leading anti-toll movement in Kolhapur.

Merkel, Putin, Poroshenko agree steps on Ukraine ceasefire

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:55 PM PST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on concrete steps with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to allow the OSCE to observe the situation in eastern Ukraine given the fragility of the agreed ceas...

Sivaratri celebrated with religious fervour

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:42 PM PST

Mahashivaratri celebrations are being held on a grand religious note at Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Devasthanam at Vemulawada village in Karimnagar District from the wee hours of Tuesday. T...

Centre to tie up with U.K.-based body to launch course in actuaries

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:39 PM PST

Institute and Faculty of Actuaries introduced a specialised actuary course Certified Actuarial Analysts (CAA) in August last year. The total fee for undergoing a CAA course will be £380.

I'm hale and hearty: Manorama

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:40 PM PST

"Don't believe in rumours about my health. I've recovered well and have also signed three new films. I'll soon start shooting for them," says the Veteran Tamil actor

Swine flu toll rises to 150 in Gujarat

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:35 PM PST

Swine flu claimed six more lives in Gujarat, taking the total number of deaths since January to 150, an official release said on Monday. "The swine flu death toll has reached 150 in the S...

Modi congratulates yoga teacher for Guinness record

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:19 PM PST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Hong Kong-based Indian yoga instructor Yogaraj C.P., who created a Guinness World Record by performing yoga continuously for 40 hours non-stop...

A look at the Islamic State's reach into North Africa

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:13 PM PST

The mass beheadings of Egyptian Christians by militants in Libya linked to the Islamic State (IS) group have thrown a spotlight on the threat the extremists pose beyond their heartland in Syria an...

Judge stalls Obama's orders on immigration

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:08 PM PST

U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen's decision puts on hold President Barack Obama's orders that could spare as many as five million people who are in the U.S. illegally from deportation. The f...

One killed, 3 injured as BSF jawan opens fire

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:35 PM PST

A Border Security Force jawan on Tuesday allegedly opened fire from his service weapon, killing a colleague and injuring three others in West Bengal's Malda district

UN gives Sri Lanka six-month extension on war crimes report

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:14 PM PST

Given the changing political context in the island nation, there are chances of new revelations emerging from its internal probe.

Srirangam MLA Valarmathi takes oath

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:08 PM PST

AIADMK legislator S. Valarmathi, who won from Srirangam assembly constituency in the February 13 bypoll, took oath of office on Tuesday on the first day of the Tamil Nadu Assembly session for the...

Sena condemns Pansare shooting

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:07 PM PST

"Pansare was shot when Sun's rays were illuminating Kolhapur. All this is happening in our own Maharashtra, despite change in government," an editorial in Sena mouthpiece Saamana said

How the Pradeep Jain murder case was cracked

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:25 PM PST

The conviction of Abu Salem has brought a sense of closure to Inspector Sunil Mane who recounts how the police cracked the case.

Nine killed as bus plunges into valley in MP

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:55 PM PST

The bus was on its way to Galiakot in Rajasthan from Indore when the mishap occurred on Monday night

Modi, Kejriwal greet nation on Maha Shivratri

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:06 PM PST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday extended his greetings to the nation on the occasion of Maha Shivratri. "Greetings to all on the auspicious occasion of Maha Shivratri," Modi said in...

Hindu temple vandalised in U.S.

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:20 PM PST

A Hindu temple has been vandalised with hate speech in the US state of Washington, sending shock waves through the community in the area

Blast hits Kabul

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:12 PM PST

A bomb attached to a vehicle wounded one person in Kabul early on Tuesday, police said, breaking a recent lull in attacks in the Afghan capital. A suspected magnet...

In Rohingya camp, tensions mount over Myanmar plan to revoke ID cards

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:49 PM PST

Last week, the government of the Buddhist-majority nation announced that the temporary identification, known as white cards, would be revoked on May 31.

On the move: road transport to get more child friendly soon

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:43 PM PST

Proposed bill on road safety has specific rules and stringent penalties to ensure the well-being of young travellers

Multi-level parking far from reality

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:45 PM PST

In a city with a burgeoning vehicular population, the civic body has not shown a sense of urgency when it comes to planning parking management

Manipur govt takes serious note of UNLF death threat

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:41 PM PST

The Home Minister Gaikhangam Gangmei is reported to have taken a serious view of the way one proscribed underground outfit has served death notice to the directors of the Imphal Urban Cooperative...

Tsunami advisory lifted after quake off northeast Japan

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:53 PM PST

A magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck off the north-eastern coast of Japan early on Tuesday, triggering minor tsunami but no reports of major damage or injuries. The Japan Meteorolog...

Eurozone gives Greece ultimatum over bailout talks

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:08 PM PST

The eurozone promised that if Greece accepts an extension to buy time and stave off financial uncertainty, it would offer an immediate renegotiation of the bailout's term

Separate tariff for HT consumers?

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:02 PM PST

Stung by a loss of Rs. 184 crore due to consumers leaving the grid, Bangalore Electricity Supply Company is planning to request Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) to allow a separa...

KCR seeks fair deal for Telangana in Budget

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:58 PM PST

Explains the problems being faced by the State and the government's flagship programmes

Protests erupt in Maharashtra

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:52 PM PST

Arrest the culprits at the earliest: Pansare's daughter

HCL to set shop in Madurai ELCOT

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:59 PM PST

Shiv Nadar owned HCL will soon be setting shop at the Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) IT Park in Vadapalanji, Madurai. The allotment was made long back and HCL has just given...

1971 wartime Dakota handed over to Bangladesh

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:28 PM PST

A four-decade-old aircraft, Dakota-3, used during the Bangladesh Liberation War was handed over to Bangladesh on Monday. The first aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force took part in the cruc...

U.N. report on Sri Lanka rights record deferred

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:22 PM PST

To be presented in September; deferral to allow space for the new government to show its willingness to cooperate with on rights issues

Talks with BJP on course: PDP

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:23 PM PST

Mutually agreeable formulations on the question of Jammu and Kashmir's special constitutional status and the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) remained elusive for the Bharatiya...

‘Murder sent a wave of fear psychosis’

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:19 PM PST

The gruesome murder of builder Pradeep Jain will go down in time as one that announced gangster Abu Salem's arrival on the Mumbai underworld scene.Journalist-turned-author Hussain S. Zaidi...

Language of AIB vulgar, not obscene: HC

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:55 PM PST

Granting interim relief to AIB, the Bombay High Court on Monday restrained the police from arresting any of the four stand-up comedians regarding the FIR registered against them in Pune. AIB has f...

Lawyers, activists see vendetta behind action against Teesta

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:17 PM PST

Noam Chomsky and Sheldon Pollack join scores of people in expressing solidarity with activist

Procedure was followed in Priya Pillai issue: MHA

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:15 PM PST

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in its affidavit in the Delhi high court filed on February 13 has laid bare the government's "national security" concerns of Greenpeace India's anti-coal campaig...

‘U.S. trying to rope in India to contain China’

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:14 PM PST

Wary of growing resistance to its imperialist offensive, U.S. is now focussing on Asia: Karat

Why rural children in India die of diarrhoea and pneumonia

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:14 PM PST

The reason why a large number of children under the age of five years die of diarrhoea and pneumonia, generally in rural India and especially in Bihar, has become clear.Diarrhoea and pneumo...

‘Smart cities must be eco-friendly’

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:13 PM PST

As the smart cities initiative gets under way in India, U.N. Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change Michael Bloomberg has cautioned that global financial institutions are increasingly coming...

Centre to seek consensus on having tri-services chief

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:12 PM PST

Three service chiefs have already agreed to the idea, says Minister

SC grants bail to Masood

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:11 PM PST

Former Union Minister and Congress leader Rasheed Masood, who was disqualified as a Rajya Sabha member after his conviction in a corruption case, was granted bail by the Supreme Court on Monday. <...

ED sends Letters Rogatory to Mauritius, Malaysia

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:11 PM PST

In a departure from the normal practice of only seeking information, the Enforcement Directorate has issued Letters Rogatory requesting Mauritius and Malaysia to investigate money laundering charg...

Nitish demand to be made LoP stumps BJP, corners Manjhi

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:10 PM PST

The Janata Dal (United) Legislature Party leader Nitish Kumar has asked to be named Leader of the Opposition ahead of Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's trust vote slated for February 20, add...

Mamata brushes aside talk of rift in party

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:08 PM PST

Mamata jubilant after Bongaon by-poll win

BJP edges out CPI(M) as main rival to Trinamool

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:28 PM PST

The party comes second in the Krishnaganj Assembly by-election

AIR expresses regrets over anti-Pak re-tweets

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:06 PM PST

All India Radio has launched an inquiry into the re-tweeting by its official Twitter handle of anti-Pakistan comments after India defeated Pakistan in a World Cup cricket match on Sunday. ...

Our strength proved: Jayalalithaa

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:04 PM PST

Shortly after the Srirangam Assembly by-election result was declared on Monday, AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa said the verdict had proved that her party had the strength to defeat all "con...

Pre-empting China, India inks nuclear pact with Sri Lanka

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:26 PM PST

Three agreements on agricultural cooperation, a memorandum of understanding on Nalanda University and an agreement on cultural cooperation were also signed.

Ruling parties sweep by-elections

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 11:57 AM PST

Ruling parties won the by-elections to one Lok Sabha and six Assembly seats in various States, the results for which were declared on Monday. The AIADMK and the Trinamool Congress retained their s...

With pens as wands, they spin some magic

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 11:16 AM PST

 While some of the writing looked uniformly windswept with all letters slanted to the right, some others with their precision looked almost sculpted. But it was two students from Thiruvananthapuram...

AMU closed after swine flu death

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 11:10 AM PST

Aligarh Muslim University has suspended classes till February 25 as an undergraduate student died of swine flu on Friday. At least seven students with symptoms of H1N1 infection are under medical...

Institute signs MoU

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (Jipmer) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration to provide treatment f...

Special tariff for captive HT consumers?

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Bescom says they use its power only as backup

To shoot at sight or cage for life?

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Even as the Forest Department begins its pursuit of the tiger that has killed two people and injured one in the Nilgiri-Wayanad border over the past week, some wildlife experts have called for the...

Project expo conducted

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Pratheeba Publishers along with the Ranganathan Engineering College recently conducted a State-level project expo for students of polytechnic colleges.A release said that as part of the Pear...

Kuki activists announce economic blockade

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

: Kuki activists have announced an economic blockade for five days with effect from Wednesday in protest against the failure of the Manipur government to disclose the report of the magisterial inqu...

NGT cracks the whip on 11 hospitals

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:58 PM PST

Failure to harvest rain water despite repeated warnings and opportunities forced the National Green Tribunal on Monday to impose fines between Rs. 2 lakh and Rs.5 lakh on 11 hospitals and directin...

Dy CM walks out on media on his first day

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Manish Sisodia refuses to answer queries by mediapersons

“Submit status report on boy’s killing”

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The Division Bench of Hyderabad High Court comprising Chief Justice Kalyanjyothi Sengupta and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar of Hyderabad High Court on Monday directed the TS government to submit status r...

Lok Adalat series planned in State

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:09 PM PST

Adalat for MGNREGS on March 14

HC website bereft of details

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

The homepage of the Madras High Court website www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in claims to have been updated last on Wednesday. But surprisingly, it misses out the name of Justice R.K. Agrawal from the list of...

City roads to get much-needed facelift

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:59 PM PST

St. Agnes-Mallikatta Road, Kadri-Nanthoor Road among those to be upgraded

Coastal areas in darkness

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:21 PM PST

Even as city residents complain about dark spots without street lights at various places, in the coastal areas the situation is quite the opposite, with darkness being the norm. L...

Cracker blast toll mounts to 3

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Two more persons succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at King George Hospital (KGH) here on Monday, taking the total toll to three in the cracker unit blast that occurred in Maruvada of...

Girijans demand suspension of official

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Girijans, SCs and downtrodden sections of some villages in Narsipatnam Revenue Division staged a dharna in front of the Collectorate here on Monday demanding suspension of RDO of Narsipatnam allegi...

Gravity and the star

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

If you're from the fashion and movie industry, you don't have to try too hard for attention. It's a given that they will attract crowds wherever they go. Recently, two top personalities from the in...

Govts adopting anti-people policies: CPI

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

The CPI senior leader and former MLA Gunda Mallesh has accused the governments at Centre and in the State of adopting policies benefitting the corporate majors and neglecting their poll promises.

Saving Ridleys becomes tough in Krishna

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Lack of patronage among the fisheries department officials to conserve the Olive Ridley Turtles has posed a major threat for its survival along the coastline of Krishna district. The International...

TDP registers emphatic win in Tirupati

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) registered an emphatic win in the by-election to the Tirupati Assembly constituency by registering a victory margin of 1,16,524 votes over its nearest Congress rival.

Foundation stone laid for water supply project

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The long-pending demand for providing round-the-clock drinking water to Raichur gained momentum with Minister For Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake laying the foundation stone for the project he...

Air India urged to revise flight schedule to Kuwait

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Gulf NRI Forum, Kuwait has urged the Air India Express, the low cost carrier of the Air India, to revert back to the old timings of its Mangaluru-Bahrain-Kuwait flight service.Addressing pre...

MUDA chief taken to task

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

S.R. Mahesh, Tanvir Sait, Venkatesh, MLAs, and G. Madhusudan, MLC, and others took Commissioner of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Palaiah to task for allegedly allowing land-grabbers to...

Preparations apace for CPI(M) State meet

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Preparations are under way for the State conference of the Communist Party of India Marxist [CPI(M)] being held here from February 20 to 23.Organising committee general secretary G. Sudhakar...

Building owners on a warpath

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Commercial building owners under the banner of the Kerala Building Owners Welfare Association are on a warpath against the civic bodies in connection with the recent revision of building tax norms.

Basic facilities sought

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Families staying in 54 houses constructed under a private housing project at Kaniyampoondi near here petitioned District Collector G. Govindaraj on Monday stating that the plot lacked basic infrast...

Forest Department initiates steps to check forest fire

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

People's cooperation sought to protect forest wealth

Child marriage stopped in Vazhapadi

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The marriage of a 16-year-old girl with a 21-year-old man was stopped by the timely intervention of the revenue officials in Vazhapadi here on Sunday.Based on information, Vazhapadi Tahsilda...

Fast by construction workers

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Members of the Construction Workers' Association affiliated to the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) observed a fast in front of the Collectorate here on Monday protesting agains...

Theatre fete begins with 'The Long March'

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:02 PM PST

Minister for Cultural Affairs K.C. Joseph inaugurated the 14th National Theatre Festival at Tagore Centenary Hall here on Monday.Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Joseph said that the proposed c...

Man kills daughter, ends life

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

A man murdered his nine-year-old daughter and committed suicide at his house in Rajanukunte on Sunday, allegedly over a marital dispute. Prasanna Kumar (33), a graphic designer by profession, stran...

HC order today on plea for rally

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The Madras High Court will pass orders on Tuesday on a petition filed by an organisation seeking police permission to take out a rally here and in Dindigul as part of its founder's day celebrations...

Best teacher awards presented

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Nehru Group of Institutions recently gave away 'Best Teacher and Lifetime Awards 2015' to 44 school teachers from Tamil Nadu and 21 from Kerala.A release said the awards were given in memory...

AYUSH doctor arrested for torturing pregnant tribal

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

: Ambika Mohapatra, an AYUSH doctor, was arrested in Kandhamal district on charges of confining and torturing a pregnant tribal girl.

The arrested doctor was posted at the AYUSH health ce...

Cuisine born out of what the forest offers

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Sometimes, taking the most basic ingredients and using the simplest of cooking techniques can produce food that is not just tasty but does justice to the key ingredient in the recipe that is not ov...

Govt. sets ball rolling on power, water promises

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Monday, set the ball rolling on two significant poll promises made by the Aam Aadmi Party to stake claim to the Delhi Government.Paving the way for halving...

Winners of cricket tournament

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

The finals of the eighth Eenadu cricket tournament of Telangana State was held on Monday at Gymkhana Cricket Grounds.Bhavans Vivekananda Degree College, Sainikpuri, emer...

Patriarch leaves for Chennai

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church Ignatius Aphrem II left for Chennai on Monday after a 10-day visit to the State.The Patriarch, who is scheduled to dedicate a church in Chennai on Tue...

Lawyers appear for granite quarry operators

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Lawyers representing two granite quarry owners appeared before the High Court-appointed Sagayam panel in connection with the enquiry into the illegal granite quarrying scam here on Monday.In...

Five laboratories planned, says Minister

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Minister for Health and Family Welfare U.T. Khader on Monday said the department would set up at least five laboratories to test communicable diseases across the State this year. The decision comes...

Highest margin since 2011

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Valarmathi has more than doubled the victory margin recorded by party general secretary Jayalalithaa

System that interacts with humans naturally

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:27 PM PST

Imagine being able to converse with a Japanese business partner without using the services of a linguist. IBM's TJ Watson Laboratory was able to do this some couple of decades ago using statistica...

Water to Raiwada ayacut sought

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Farmers under the Sri Mallikharjuna Varada Narayanamurthy Raiwada Ayacut wanted the Government to supply water for 6,000 acres of additional ayacut.The Raiwada project is meant to stabilise...

Hyderabad today

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

GENERAL Kalakriti Art Gallery: Exhibition of paintings and sculptures 'Goa is not a small place', Upper Lobby, Trident, 1 p.m. Ailamma Art Gallery:

KCR using public money to further his agenda: Ponnala

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

The only superstitious Chief Minister in the country is Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who is using public money to fulfil his own goals, said TPCC president Ponnala Lakshmaiah....

Contract, outsourcing staff stage dharna

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Andhra Pradesh State Contract and Outsourcing Employees Federation, affiliated to CITU, organised a dharna at the Collector's office here on Monday demanding the State government to regularise thei...

Unprepared officers annoy Ministers

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Minister for Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake and Minister of State for Medical Education Sharan Prakash Patil were exasperated by the many unprepared officers at a meeting held for reviewing t...

Man dies in accident

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A person died on the spot after a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus hit him at Koppalangadi village under Kaup police station limits on Monday.According to the police, t...

Police arrest main accused in Apple Tree chit fund case

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:07 PM PST

The Aranmula police on Sunday arrested Sankar G. Das, 33, of Vazhakkulathu House, Thottackad, in Kottayam district, the key accused in the Apple Tree Chit Fund fraud case.The accused, abscon...

Any takers for virtual ribbon-cutting?

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

The virtual presence of VIPs at functions helps avoid traffic diversions near the venue.

Rail users’ wish list for the railway budget

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

The Kanyakumari District Rail Users' Association (KDRUA) has sought anadditional train between Kanyakumari and Chennai with suitable timings for tourists to witness sunrise and sunset in a s...

Tractor driver arrested

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The police arrested a tractor driver on the charge of attempting to murder a Village Administrative Officer who tried to prevent illegal red sand mining in Kambainallur in Harur here.Based o...

Desilt channel: CPI (M)

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has urged the Water Resources Organisation of the Public Works Department to desilt the Athikkadai-Sambakulam channel to ensure livelihood of people living in...

Banana food fete tickles campus palates

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:03 PM PST

The students union of Government College, Malappuram, conducted a banana food festival on Monday, evoking curiosity not only in the students and teachers but among the local public as well. It beca...

Government-owned jungle resorts yet to get ‘legal’ stamp

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

'They continue to operate while awaiting permission'

There’s more to their lives than the sea and fishing

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Amudha Murugan, a fisherwoman from Chinnandikuppam, will be learning a new skill over the next two days — making solar lanterns."It is something new, but I thought, why not. It is only anoth...

An evening of ideas on fostering unity

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Four intellectuals, each of them speaking about how to forge religious, social, political and economic unity, came together for an event on 'New Ideas for New India' here recently.An initiat...

German city team visits Coimbatore

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Representatives of Germany city Esslingen am Neckar led by Mayor Jurgen Zieger visited the Coimbatore Corporation on Monday to explore areas of cooperation between the two city governments.A...

U.P. to give extra compensation to anti-Sikh riot victims

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Uttar Pradesh government has announced an additional Rs.5 lakh each for the 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims. The additional rehabilitation package is as per the recommendations of the Nanavati Comm...

Brain dead woman saves three lives

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:58 PM PST

A 26-year-old brain dead woman, whose organs were harvested this past weekend at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences , has saved three lives. She was sleeping with her on...

Refund money to investors in 30 days: SC tells Supertech

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Noting that investors cannot be taken for a ride by developers, the Supreme Court on Monday directed real estate giant Supertech to refund money to flat owners within 30 days.A bench led by...

Hyderabad civic body to go active on social media

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:19 PM PST

Seeking to establish a direct rapport with netizens of the city, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has now decided to become active on the social media. The civic...

State decision on fee structure valid: High Court

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:10 PM PST

The State government's decision to collect fee from the students of the Ernakulam Medical College in accordance with the fee structure during their admission process is valid, said the High Court...

Free medical camp conducted

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A free multi-speciality medical camp was conducted jointly by Rotary Club of Madurai West and Vadamalayan Hospitals here on Sunday.Over 500 persons were screened by doctors and consultation-...

‘Doctor recruitment will take place every year’

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Pay disparity between medical and teaching postgraduate doctors being reduced

Celebrations go on in full swing

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The AIADMK cadre in Srirangam burst crackers and danced after the party's victory in the by-election on Monday.The celebration that began around 8.45am soon after AIADMK candidate S. Valarma...

‘Smart Grid’ to make Vijayawada energy efficient

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:24 PM PST

Power transmission and distribution in the capital region are poised for a higher degree of efficiency due to a slew of measures taken by the government.On top of its agenda is the expected...

‘Arama’ models for Sivaratri

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Model temples of the five 'aramas' and Maha Rudrabhishekam by Chinmaya Mission will mark Maha Sivaratri at Sardar Nest on the Old Kanitihi Road at Gajuwaka from Tuesday morning.The five 'ara...

Ex-Union Minister’s wife felicitated

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Dr. Laxmi Bai, wife of P. Shiv Shanker, former Union Minister, was felicitated for bagging a double Delit degree along with two gold medals from Bharampur University, Orissa.At a function or...

‘Dakshin Kashi’ decked up for Sivaratri

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Ancient and historic Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Devasthanam in Vemulawada about 35 km from Karimnagar district headquarters which is also popularly called as 'Dakshin Kashi' is decked up for the ann...

CPI district secretary elected

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Tatipaka Madhu has been elected secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) East Godavari district unit. The election was held during the party's district level conference held at Malkipuram. M...

Hubballi, Dharwad spruced up for Shivaratri

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The twin cities are gearing up for Shivaratri celebrations to be held on Tuesday. It is a major religious event here as the region has large population of followers of Lingayat and other Shaivite s...

16 new entries in Kaiga bird census

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

As many as 16 new birds have been spotted during the Kaiga Bird Marathon 2015 organised by the Kaiga Atomic Power Centre, according to a report reaching here on Monday. Till last year, the bird cen...

Ruling parties sweep byelections

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Ruling parties won the by-elections to one Lok Sabha and six Assembly seats in various States, the results for which were declared on Monday. The AIADMK and the Trinamool Congress retained their se...

Murder charge slapped on Nisham

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

The police charged businessman Mohammed Nisham with murder after Chandrabose, the security guard whom he reportedly assaulted, succumbed to injuries on Monday.The murder charge had been adde...

First anniversary of Nanjanad tragedy observed

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The first anniversary of the death of two persons in a violent clash between two groups (both comprising members of the Badaga community) at Nanjanad about 15 km. from here was observed on Monday.<...

Reader’s mail – Dindigul

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

Clear encroachments

Ramanathapuram town is a fast developing place as it is surrounded by several important pilgrim centres like Devipattinam, Sethukarai, Tiru Uthirakosaman...

Provision store gutted

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

A wholesale provision store owned by S. Dhakshinamoorthy in Kottar Market was gutted in a fire that broke out early in the morning.According to police, the smoke billowing from the shop was...

Special team to probe Thooneri theft

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:04 PM PST

A 60-member special investigation team comprising senior police officers from various rural police stations has been constituted to probe in detail the theft cases reported from Thooneri and surrou...

Talavadi schools: border area authority may move apex court

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

One more round of legal battle between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu appears to be on the cards with the State-controlled Karnataka Border Area Development Authority (KBADA) on Monday indicating that it...

Apollo launches new hi-tech hub on OMR

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Keeping tabs on a loved one who is in hospital is often difficult, especially for people who live abroad.Now, to allay fears of patients' relatives, and also to share joyful moments like the...

Now, filmmakers get cautious with editing

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Pre-emptively remove problematic dialogues or cut down films after release

Plea to revise retirement benefits

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

The Retired Officers Association staged a demonstration here on Monday urging the State Government to revise retirement benefits.The minimum pension should be Rs. 3,500 irrespective of the r...

Villagers block highway over arrest of tribal

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Thousands of villagers from Sukma district of South Chhattisgarh on Monday surrounded the Tongpal town police station, demanding the release of a tribal arrested on murder charges.The protes...

22-year-old dies as truck hits motorcycle

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

A young woman was killed while two other members of her family, including a minor, suffered injuries when a truck allegedly hit the motorcycle they were riding in Sarita Vihar on Sunday.The...

DDA presents budget estimate of Rs. 9,000 cr

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

With a target of adding one lakh houses in Delhi by the end of 2016, the Delhi Development Authority on Monday presented its budget for 2015, estimated at Rs. 9,000 crore.The budget was pres...

Rights forum petitioned on shifting of chest hospital

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:20 PM PST

The State Human Rights Commission on Monday issued notices to Principal Secretary, Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department, Suresh Chanda, asking him to respond to a complaint about the order...

Boat operators seek split in trawl ban

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:10 PM PST

In pre- and post-monsoon seasons

Stainless steel polishers submit petition

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Demanding better working conditions and more benefits, members of Vaigai Vadakarai (Stainless Steel) Vessel Polishing Workers' Sangam submitted a petition at the Collectorate here on Monday....

Protest stalls survey for airports

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Government forecloses KSIDC feasibility studies in Idukki, Wayanad

Where the constituency lags behind

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:40 PM PST

Srirangam may have created a record of highest margin of victory for any party in recent by-elections, but it lags behind some other constituencies in one respect. The percentage of votes polled by...

Last date extended for PGMET-2015

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The NTR University of Health Sciences (NTRUHS) has extended the last date for submitting the applications for Post-Graduate Medical Entrance Test (PGMET)-2015 throughhttp://www.drntruhs.orgby two d...

Stars to descend for big fete

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The annual 'Mahakumbhabhishekam,' 'Mahayagam,' staging of a play and devotional songs will form part of Maha Sivaratri by T. Subbirami Reddy Lalita Kala Parishad on the Beach Road on Tuesday.

SCCL determined to give a tough fight to rivals

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Week-long programme launched to promote team spirit

All set for the festival

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

The Siva temples in Medak district are getting ready for Sivaratri celebrations that will be held from February 17. The devotees are expected arrive from February 16 onwards and the flow was expect...

Cyber stalker held

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The city police have arrested an alleged cyber stalker on the charge of harassing a 20-year-old woman through lewd conversations and also by sending offensive messages from mobile phones.Pol...

From now, Navaraspur Utsav to be held every year in February

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

With just about ten days left for the Navaraspur Utsav , the district administration released the logo of the cultural fest here on Monday. The logo contains pictures of historical monuments such a...

People on ‘padayatra’ to Dharmasthala pass through Hassan

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

They want to participate in Shivaratri celebrations there

Security guard succumbs to injuries

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:08 PM PST

He was reportedly assaulted by businessman Mohammed Nisham on January 29

Efforts continue to capture tiger

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

The Forest Departments of Kerala and Tamil Nadu State have been continuing separate operations in the border forest areas of both the States to capture or kill the tiger which reportedly killed two...

“Law must be precise, simple”

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The legal system must be sensitively approached keeping in mind the diverse cultural heritage and the vibrancy of our traditions, K.T. Shankaran of the Kerala High Court told students of SASTRA Uni...

Autorickshaw driver held on charge of cheating girl

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

To the tune of Rs. 25 lakh on the promise of marrying her

‘Improve infrastructure’

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) MLA, S. R. Parthiban, urged the Mettur Municipality to take steps to improve the infrastructure in Mettur town and its surroundings.Mr. Parthiban met...

House burgled

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Burglars have stolen gold ornaments and household articles from the house of a teacher. Police said S. Samraj (51), a teacher from Valli Nagar in Tuckerammalpuram under Perumalpuram police station...

‘Right of Return’ from jails abroad

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

New forum will facilitate release of Indian citizens languishing in foreign jails

State Budget to be presented on March 13

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will present the State Budget on March 13.Announcing this on Monday after felicitating Bengaluru-based composer Ricky Kej for winning the Grammy for 'Best New Age...

CBSE schools demand fee hike

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Soon, parents may have to pay higher fees for their children studying in CBSE schools as several institutions in the city have applied to the Fee Determination Committee to revise their fees.

Action sought against 25 ‘therapists’

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Association hands over a list that has details of more than 15 women

AMU closed after student’s death

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Aligarh Muslim University has suspended classes till February 25 as an undergraduate student died of swine flu on Friday. At least seven students with symptoms of H1N1 infection are under medical c...

Excise officials helping liquor vend owners evade tax: ACB

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

The Delhi government's Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Monday said that certain officials of the State Excise Department had connived with owners of liquor vends to evade taxes and store alcohol il...

Telangana Congress dubs KCR ‘U-turn CM’

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Telangana Congress leaders have come down heavily on Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for frequently changing his words.Taking a dig at the Chief Minister at a press conference here on Mo...

Caught in the middle

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Many small and medium-sized healthcare institutions in the city and suburbs are finding the going tough.It is the medium-sized hospitals that have been hit hard because of the recent changes...

Woman alleges harassment of family by police, submits petition

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A woman submitted a petition at the Collectorate on Monday alleging harassment of her husband and family by the police.Accompanied by her one-year-old baby and other family members, P. Prema...

Extension of trains to Aluva

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

The 56605 Coimbatore- Thrissur passenger reaching Thrissur at 8.45 p.m. on February 17 will run up to Aluva with stops at all railway stations to clear the rush of passengers in connection with the...

One more child tested positive for H1N1 virus

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

One more child from Tiruchi has tested positive for H1N1, taking the number of swine flu cases reported in the district to five since January.The female child, who was still being breastfed,...

Land pooling: only 50 p.c. farmers give consent

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

'Last date extended following demand from ryots'

Integrating the green concept into curriculum

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:28 PM PST

With an intention to light up the lives of young minds and add value to education system, Yo Yo Youngistann (YYY), an association of students, has come up with a newly-designed school programme 'Gr...

Infant’s death: notices issued to Collector, SP

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

SCPCR directs them to ensure that such incidents do not recur

Cave temple draws thousands

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

The Sivaratri festivities in Adilabad district are unique, and in tune with its reputation as a district of forests and Adivasis, as devotees offer prayers at the ancient cave temple of Lord Somesh...

High hopes on new maritime policy

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Investors seek world-class ecosystem to improvethe logistics to offer freight advantage

Collect auto fare as per norms: MLA

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

G.H. Tippareddy, MLA, has urged autorickshaw drivers to behave properly with passengers, especially women and senior citizens, and collect the fares as per the norms prescribed by the district admi...

Gauri Lankesh’s remarks unwarranted: association

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Hassan District Brahmins' Association has decided to take out a protest rally here on February 19 against the alleged criticism of Brahminism by Gauri Lankesh, journalist, during her speech at the...

New courses in autonomous colleges likely to be in self-financing mode

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:07 PM PST

New courses to be offered by autonomous colleges in Kochi in the new academic year are likely to come under the self-financing mode.The move comes after the government made it clear that it...

Settler farmers in sanctuary take out protest march

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

A group of settler farmers of the Chettyalathur hamlet inside the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) took out a protest march on Monday to the office of the warden of the sanctuary at Sulthan Bathery...

Kochi fisheries school team meets Nagapattinam fishermen

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

A team from the School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology, conducted a two-day study on climate change after tsunami which hit the coastal areas of the district.

Woman waiting for nearly a year to get husband’s body

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

He was fatally knocked down by a car while on duty in Saudi Arabia

Four arrested for attacking sanitary inspectors on duty

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Shopkeepers assaulted them when they went to raid meat shops

Sirisena thanked for fishermen release

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Union Minister of State for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Pon. Radhakrishnan thanked Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena for releasing Indian fishermen and their boats, while receivin...

SC dismisses VS’s petition

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:10 PM PST

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader V.S. Achuthanandan to make Chief Minister Oommen Chandy an accused in the 25-year-old palmolein i...

Councillor moves High Court in harassment case

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:05 PM PST

A councillor of the city Corporation has moved the Kerala High Court against the proceedings in a Magistrate court here in a case pertaining to sexual harassment charges raised by her against five...

Does JLR serve eco-tourism purpose?

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

With prices for stay and eco-tourism activities in Jungle Resorts and Lodges being out of reach of most pockets in the State, the question to be asked is: does JLR serve its purpose as an conservat...

Glitches in devices hit property tax collection

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Door-to-door collection of property tax has slowed down owing to glitches in the new handheld devices.Many such problems were reported by residents and traders over the past few weeks. Tax c...

Doctor found hanging

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

R. Venkatesh Krishnan Koushi (32) of Guntur in Andhra Pradesh was found hanging in a house at Ramlakshman Nagar in Peelamedu on Sunday. The police said that he was found dead with a sari around his...

Maharashtra toll 58

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

With the alarming spread of swine flu, Maharashtra reported 13 deaths from the infection in the second week of February, taking the death toll in the current outbreak in the State to 58. Eleven vic...

Uber accused seeks recall of witnesses

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

The prosecution on Monday began the final argument in the Uber rape case. However, Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastava could not continue it as counsel for accused Shiv Kumar Yadav filed an applicati...

Wakf Board bifurcation on the cards

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The much awaited bifurcation of the A.P. State Wakf Board is finally on the cards. Three senior officials of the Government of India are arriving here on Tuesday evening to thrash out the issue. Ar...

M.A. College celebrates jubilee

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:10 PM PST

Patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church Ignatius Aphrem II inaugurated the diamond jubilee celebrations of Mar Athanasius College at Kothamangalam on Monday. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy...

Residents reel under water crisis

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

"While pumping has to be done for 12 feet in tank, 3 feet of water is pumped"

DYFI alleges cover-up bid

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) State secretariat has alleged attempts by the authorities to cover up the actions of Mohammed Nisham.In a statement here on Monday, the DYFI l...

Budding designers make a fashion statement

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Contemporary and stylish outfits displayed by JMC students

Kotappakonda gears up for festival

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The hill shrine of Kotappakonda, the temporal abode of Trikoteswara Swamy, located 13 km away from Narasaraopet is all decked up for Mahasivaratri festivities beginning on Tuesday .Lakhs of...

Fun all the way at farewell party

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The day was packed with fun and frolic as juniors bid adieu to seniors at Samatha Degree College on Monday. As the day progressed, farewell party celebrations reached a crescendo where students tre...

Tearful adieu to Bhupathi Krishnamurthy

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:36 PM PST

Veteran freedom fighter and Telangna Praja Samithi president Bhupathi Krishnamurthy died here late last night. He was 89 and is survived by a son and daughter. A procession was taken out by his sup...

Kaleshwaram famous for pushkarams

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Sri Kaleshwara Muktheeshwara Swamy Devasthanam in Kaleshwaram of Mahadevpur mandal tucked away along the borders of Karimnagar district adjoining Chhattisgarh State on the shores of picturesque riv...

A.P. to commission study on global demand of red sanders

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

: After the export of red sanders logs fetched Rs.855 crore to the State exchequer in recent months, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to commission a study on its annual global demand as a...

Export promotion cell to be set up

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

To encourage exports, the Ballari District Chamber of Commerce and Industry will set up an export promotion cell at its office and it would be functional on April 1.This was announced by D.L...

Ornaments missing case: action sought against temple priests

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

M.B. Srinivas, leader of the Karnataka Dalit Sangharsh Samiti (DSS), has urged the district administration to file criminal cases against some priests at Sri Cheluvanarayana Swamy temple in Melkote...

Private hospitals emerge major players in district healthcare sector

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

ith Ernakulam having roughly three hospital beds in the private sector for every bed in the public sector, private hospitals, especially corporates, have emerged as major players in healthcare deli...

Check by food safety officials

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Checks were carried out in tea stalls, grocery shops, meat and poultry stalls at Thirumarugal and surrounding areas for the second day on Monday by food safety officials. The checks were based on i...

Victory celebration despite ban

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

AIADMK cadres block road, remove barricades

Two persons surrender in court

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Two persons, who were involved in the murder of a Corporation worker in Salem recently, surrendered at a court in Tiruchengode here on Monday.MurderVijayakumar (42) of Kitchipa...

VACB to submit report on graft case this month

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) will submit the final report on the alleged irregularities at the office of the Deputy Director of Education (DDE) here to the State government this...

HBCS site applicants getting jittery

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

The reason is proposed amendments to KCS Act

Small bridges to bring relief to north Chennai residents

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

The long wait at railway level crossings and confusing detours may soon be a thing of the past for residents of Korukkupet and Ennore. After more than a year's delay, the localities will soon have...

Events in Coimbatore today

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:12 PM PST

RELIGION Mahashivarathri celebrations: Rathinavinayakar Temple,D.B. Road,9pm.;Yoga Swamyji Sivaguru Gnanapeedam,K.K. Pudur, 9am.Yaksha...

Fresh snowfall in hills

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Fresh snowfall in the higher reaches of Garhwal Himalayas, including the famed Himalayan shrines, and light showers coupled with icy winds in the lower areas revived freezing cold conditions in Cha...

Christian body moves NHRC over attacks

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:00 PM PST

The issue of the recent spate of attacks on churches and Christian schools in the Capital and the police action against nuns, priests, women and children during their peaceful protests have reached...

CPI(M) seeks amendments in regularisation rules

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The CPI (M) city committee has demanded that the houses built by the poor on government lands be regularised and registered irrespective of the promised housing scheme by the Telangana government.<...

Rs. 65-crore project for Thrikkakara

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:11 PM PST

The Thrikkakara municipality, a key satellite town of Kochi, is in for a makeover. Taking into consideration its future development prospects, the civic body will soon implement a compreh...

KSEB pins hopes on power regulatory panel verdict

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Corridor to cart 400 MW from Chhattisgarh

Machine for cleaning tamarind developed

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University – Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute has developed a new equipment for cleaning raw tamarind of seed as part of value-addition in marketi...

Med spa inaugurated

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Telugu film actress Regina Cassandra inaugurated the Razzle Med Spa in the Livlife – boutique hospital in Suryaraopet here on Monday.Speaking on the occasion Ms Cassandra said med spas were...

‘Keep the balance, avoid Hudhud’

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:28 PM PST

P. Suneel Kumar Reddy's latest venture 'Miss Leelavathi' is scheduled to hit the silver screen across the State in the first week of March. This would be his 14th feature film and Suneel - who is t...

Huge feast marks Minister’s birthday

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Nirmal town wore a festive look on Monday as it celebrated the 66th birthday of Housing and Endowment Minister A. Indrakaran Reddy in a grand way. An estimated 5,000 to 6,000 people participated in...

The famous destination for Siva devotees

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Kakatiya kings imbibed great sense of devotion among their subjects eight centuries ago and built scores of temples, tanks and towns' one depending on another.Famous among their temples is t...

Lankan President to visit Tirumala

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, who is currently on a four-day maiden visit to India, is likely to visit Lord Venkateswara temple on Tuesday.Elaborate arrangements are made for hi...

Exporters urged to eschew ‘chalta hai’ attitude to succeed in their venture

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Entrepreneurs take part in day-long workshop on export awareness in Ballari

Farmers criticise forest officials for arresting KPRS activists

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Janata Dal (S) leader H.D. Revanna offers to support the protest

CUK symposium on endosulfan from Feb 19

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Central University of Kerala (CUK) is hosting a two-day symposium on the hazards of endosulfan from February 19 on its Vidyanagar campus here.The inter-disciplinary, bilingual symposium...

Wasnik’s pat for State Congress leadership

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

'Its functioning is a model at national level'

AIADMK cadre celebrate victory

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Workers and local leaders of the AIADMK burst fire crackers and distributed sweets after the announcement of the triumphant victory registered by the party candidate in the Srirangam Assembly by-el...

Diesel shortage hits bus services

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation-Dindigul Division IV did not operate 19 buses on Monday owing to shortage of fuel in depot-1 that serves 42 buses.With no proper instructions, the...

Warned

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The Erode district administration has warned of stringent action against traders selling plastic carry-bags below 40 micron thickness.Those selling carry-bags above 40 micron thickness must...

Woman kills children, attempts suicide

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

A woman killed her two children including a mentally challenged son and attempted suicide at Chinnanerkunam near Mailam in the district on Sunday evening.Currently the woman is undergoing tr...

Panic in Morikkara after youth’s murder

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:04 PM PST

Panic gripped Morikkara, near Karuvisseri, on Monday following the murder of a youth late on Sunday night. A hartal was observed in the area on Monday . The police said the rivalr...

Tata Power SED to invest Rs. 500 crore

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Tata Power's defence engineering unit, Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division (SED), is investing around Rs. 500 crore in Vemagal, Kolar district.It is planning to set up a manufacturing...

Vehicles torched in Arumbakkam

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

A sedan, a sports utility vehicle and a mini cargo lorry that were parked in Arumbakkam went up in flames on Monday. Police suspect that miscreants caused the fire.The fire is reported to ha...

Consortium mooted

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

An expert group on medicinal chemistry, drug discovery and development has recommended the formation of a consortium of industries from the United States of America and India along with Sri Ramacha...

Woman found dead

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Revathi (24), who was found dead in her house on Sundya night, could have been murdered by her husband, the police said. The police said that she was married to Murugesan (29) six years ago, and th...

Accused shot dead by youth in courtroom

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

In a sensational attack, an accused in a 2011 murder case was on Monday shot dead by an absconding youth inside a courtroom here while hearing in the case was going on.The deceased, identifi...

Cab service for women, by women mooted in Gurgaon

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

In order to curb incidents of eve-teasing and crime against women, the Gurgaon district administration is mooting a project to run cabs driven by women in the city. The administration will help int...

Cabinet nod for allotment of 423 acres to various projects

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The State Cabinet has approved allotment of about 423 acres of land on lease to various projects including the Railway projects.The Cabinet under the chairmanship of Chief Minister N.Chandra...

Passport officials to get tablets

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The police are set to provide tablets to its special branch personnel for conducting passport verifications. A proposal to provide 200 tablets to field officers (enquiry officers) is on the cards.<...

Accused in cocaine case interrogated

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

The Special Investigation Team probing the cocaine case on Monday interrogated Reshma Rangaswamy and Blessy Sylvester, the first two accused and received vital information on more persons involved...

Government dithers as KSCSTE remains headless

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Reconstitution of key research institutions affected

Army recruitment rally from Feb. 23

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

The Territorial Army, 117 Infantry Battalion (TA) The Guards would conduct a recruitment rally at the Army training area at Mannarpuram in the city from February 23 to 28.The recruitment wou...

Temples decked up for Mahasivaratri

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:22 PM PST

All the Siva temples in Krishna district have been decked up for Mahasivaratri to be celebrated on Tuesday. Arrangements are being made on a grand scale at all the temples for the festival.S...

Metro DPRs: household data being compiled

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:30 PM PST

Data is being collected in surveys to prepare the detailed project reports (DPRs) on three corridors of the Metro Rail project for a total length of 39 km.The longest of them runs 24 km alon...

Devotees throng temples in large numbers

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

In view of Sivaratri celebrations on Tuesday, a large number of devotees arrived at both Vana Durga Bhavani temple located at Yedupayala and Ketaki Sangameswara temple situated at Jarasangam.

Naidu hails Suguna’s victory

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday congratulated M. Suguna on her victory in the by-elections for Tirupati seat with a margin of 1,16,524 votes.Following the sudden demise of TDP...

Mealy bug makes a feast of fruit trees

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Scientists of Kerala Agriculture University (KAU) have confirmed mealy bug infestation in the fruit plants of Idukki district. The disease can easily spread to a wide area and the infestation, carr...

Body building competition

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Raja Bakshi from Hosapete lifted the Shri Vijayanagar title at the body building competition organised by Mallasajjana Vyayamashala here on Sunday.B. Marutesh from Hagari Bommanahalli was ad...

Officials discriminating against poor farmers?

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

The Forest Department has only issued notices to a retired IAS officer for his alleged encroachment of forest area. In the case of poor farmers of Adavi Bantenahalli, the officials have resorted to...

KSSP workshops on Kannur eco issues

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP) will conduct eight workshops in the next one month as part of its initiative to study environmental issues in the district.The KSSP office bearers,...

Campus Notes

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

University of Kerala Senate members: The Chancellor of the university has nominated R.T. Renjini, S. Saranya Sakthidharan, Chinu Nair, and Sruthi...

Marudayar bridge nearing completion

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

With the bridge across the Marudayar between Sillakudi in the district and Ariyalur is nearing completion, people can now travel easily to Ariyalur.They had to take a circuitous way of 10 km...

Ward members resign en masse

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

Seven of the 12 ward members and vice-chairman Kannan of Thevarappanpatti panchayat submitted their resignation en masse here on Monday condemning autocratic behaviour of panchayat president Savudu...

H1N1 claims one in Mysuru

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

District administration to launch massive awareness campaign

Country made guns seized

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Five country made guns were seized and three persons who allegedly possessed them were arrested in Jawadu Hills in a couple of days.Police personnel led by Polur Deputy Superintenden...

CPI decides to forge new political alliance

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:01 PM PST

The Communist Party of India, Puducherry unit's State conference has decided to forge a new political alliance against the ruling All India NR Congress(AINRC) in the Union Territory.The part...

Saradha scam: Former Bengal DGP gets conditional bail

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:15 PM PST

The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted bail to Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former Director General of Police (DGP) Rajat Majumdar who was arrested for his alleged complicity in the mult...

Training girl students to be street-smart

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

City colleges take steps to empower women with self-defence techniques

Strengthen ideological base of Congress: Meira Kumar

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

In what could be construed as a repartee to demands for projecting Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the leader by a section in the Congress, former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said here on Monday that th...

Burglar strikes during India-Pak match

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

While a family was lost in the high voltage India–Pakistan match in the cricket world cup on Sunday, a burglar sneaked in and stole gold jewellery from their home in Ashok Nagar.Srivatsan, a...

“Expelled” Congress men term action illegal

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Six members of the Coimbatore District Pradesh Congress Committee, who were "expelled" from the party for acting against the party, have termed the move as illegal, here on Sunday. The District Pra...

Minor abducted, raped in moving van in U.P.

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by three persons in a moving van here, the police said on Monday.According to a complaint registered by the victim's family members, the t...

New industrial policy in the offing for Haryana

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

The Haryana Government is soon going to come out with a new industrial policy for the State. The managing director of the Haryana State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) Vi...

CBI seeks 14-day custody of DCHL promoters

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The Central Bureau of Investigation, probing the Rs. 357-crore bank fraud case against two promoters of the Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd (DCHL), filed a petition before the 14{+t}{+h}Additional Ch...

Land grab, financial fraud to attract PD Act

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

After invoking the Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act against chain-snatchers, bootleggers, immoral traffickers and goonda s, the police have decided to also detain land gr...

Over 15 lakh to reach Aluva for Sivarathri

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

With nearly 15 lakh people expected to reach Aluva from all over the State for the Sivarathri festival, the police have made elaborate arrangements to ensure smooth flow of traffic.Traffic r...

Contractors reject govt. offer on bills

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Payment of one-fourth of cheque discount

BJP puts up a poor show

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

For all its tall claims of being an alternative to the two main Dravidian parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) show in the Srirangam Assembly by-poll turned out be dismal.The party, w...

55 bulls rescued while on transit, two arrested

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

In a joint operation, the police and Go Samrakshana Samithi members on Monday rescued 55 bulls and arrested two persons for their involvement in the illegal transportation of the animals.On...

Ocean-gravity platforms deployed

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:30 PM PST

A team of students led by two senior professors boarded a catamaran made from two local fishing boats in the Fishing Harbour here on Monday on their mission to deploy three ocean-gravity platforms...

All temples decked up

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Historical temples in Nalgonda district were decked up for Mahasivaratri festival on Tuesday. Chaya Someshwara Swamy and Patchala Someshwara Swamy temples located in Pangal were decorated with ligh...

Rare solar wonder at Siva temple in Chittoor

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The ancient temple of Lord Siva on the banks of the Neeva river in Chittoor town is all set to experience the annual solar wonder on Tuesday, the Mahasivaratri day, when the sun rays will touch the...

Appu, accused in Sankararaman case, dies

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:11 PM PST

Kamsani Gopalaswamy alias Appu (55), the main accused in the Sankararaman murder case and several red sanders smuggling cases, died while undergoing treatment for bone cancer at the Government Gene...

Adimaly murder: CCTV gives clues

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

The police, on Monday, said they had received clues which would lead them to the murderers of three members of a family at Adimaly.K. Padmakumar, ADGP, on Monday visited the spot where Kunju...

Students honoured

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Meritorious students were honoured and cultural events held during the pratibha puraskar, organised by Nalanda PU college at Dr. Joladarashi Doddanagouda Rangamandir, here on Monday.M.H. Sha...

Disqualify Ramesh Babu as councillor: BJP

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday demanded that Ramesh Babu be disqualified as a member of the Hassan City Municipal Council for ignoring the party's whip during the no-confidence mot...

Rs.17 crore given for 2 bypass roads in Kannur

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Public Works Minister V.K. Ebrahim Kunju has said Rs.17.60 crore has been sanctioned for developing two roads to bypass Kannur town.The Minister made this announcement at a road inauguration...

Experts praise Eraviperoor grama panchayat for administrative system

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

A day-long visit to the grama panchayat of Eraviperoor was a new experience for the 16-member team of experts from the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi.The team, l...

Wallajah Road prays for a good show by Team India

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

When the Indian Premier League (IPL) was introduced seven years ago, a number of shops selling sports equipment (especially of cricket) sprung up on Wallajah Road.They competed with those th...

Model UN Assembly for students

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

To create awareness among the people, particularly students, about the functioning of United Nations and its commitment to world peace along with health, education, and living standard of people, t...

University results announced - karaikudi

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

Alagappa University results published

The Alagappa University has posted the results of distance education examinations held in December for various undergraduate, postgradu...

Four-wheel drive ambulance dedicated for Hasanur area

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

A four-wheel drive ambulance, the fourth of its kind in the district, was added to the fleet of vehicles operated by 108 EmergencyServices on Monday to serve the medically ill people in remo...

Experts visit accident site at CETP

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Experts including the legal fraternity have inspected the accident site at the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at Ranipet SIDCO Industrial Estate in the last two days.On Sunday, membe...

Rangasamy takes stock ahead of budget

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:02 PM PST

Ahead of the annual Budget session, Chief Minister N.Rangasamy on Monday chaired a high-level meeting to review the performance of spending of funds allocated for 2014-2015.Chief Secretary,...

Trinamool is strong and intact: Mamata

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Describes the party's success in by-elections a miracle

Temples lit up for Mahashivaratri

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Shiva temples across the city have been decorated to celebrate Mahashivaratri on Tuesday.The former Minister, Krishnaiah Setty, has brought 40,000 litres of Gangajal from Haridwar through mu...

Kodava cricketer goes for Rs. 2.4 crore

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:55 PM PST

I'm feeling over the moon, says Cariappaas KKR picks him at IPL auction

MTC unions warn of strike if talks aren't announced

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:49 PM PST

'Announce date for wage discussions in 14 days'

Food Safety Officers deployed in Coimbatore

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Tamil Nadu Food Safety Commissioner Kumar Jayant has deployed Food Safety Department personnel from three Western and two Central districts in Coimbatore to undertake H1N1 and dengue prevention mea...

Minister Vij takes a jibe at Khattar

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Makes his displeasure known at not being heard by the CM

Homeless children seek CM’s help with charter of demands

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:01 PM PST

"We want to be counted": this is the simple demand that homeless children have put forward to the new Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal.The children, who are part of Childhood Enhancement thro...

ACT Fibernet to offer faster internet speeds

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Internet service provider Beam Fiber has said it will soon offer speeds of up to 250 Mbps.The company, which was recently rechristened ACT Fibernet, will provide 100 Mbps for retail use and...

One held in online fraud

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

A man, who allegedly duped people after obtaining their financial details through a consumer grievances portal, was arrested by the Cyber Crime Police of Hyderabad Central Crime Station on Monday.<...

Chellanam included in CRZ 2 category

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The District Level Committee on Coastal Regulation Zone, which met here on Monday, decided to re-categorise Chellanam panchayat to CRZ 2 from CRZ 3. The committee, headed by District Collector M.G....

Monkey fever, a new challenge for Kerala

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:18 PM PST

The emergence of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD or monkey fever), a viral infection which had been confined for long to certain provinces in the interior forests of Karnataka, in Wayanad and Malappur...

AIADMK led right from the word go

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

Counting of votes commenced at around 8 a.m. at the Saranathan College of Engineering here under the supervision of the counting observer N.K. Poyam. The exercise with 23 rounds started with the op...

Land sharks eye 19th century cemetery

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 11:15 PM PST

Major Lionel Langley (39) worked as an engineer with the Irrigation Department in 1890. He was a soldier of the British Raj like his father General Sir C.C. Langley. Lionel suffered wounds in a tig...

RPF inspector in CBI net

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials arrested, K. Jogi, Inspector of Railway Protection Force (RPF), Eluru, West Godavari, for demanding and accepting a bribe amount of Rs. 6,000 from a...

Grand start to Mahasivaratri Jatara

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Thousands of devotees visit the historic Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Devasthanam

Srisailam temple decked up for Mahasivaratri

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Srisailam is decked up for Mahasivaratri on Tuesday. Thousands of devotees reached the temple town a day advance to have 'darshan' of the Lord on the auspicious Sivaratri Amavasya. The officials ex...

Cadaver kidney transplant gives woman a new lease of life

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

A 60-year old man who had been declared brain-dead, has breathed a new life into a woman suffering from kidney ailment, after a cadaver kidney transplant was done by doctors from Guntur City Hospit...

Free training programmes

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Canara Bank Institute of Information Technology will conduct a 90-day full-time training in network administration and another 90-day training programme in office administration and desktop publish...

Woman reunited with two-year-old son

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

It was an emotional reunion for 28-year-old Mariamma with her two-year-old son Rajesh at the Gulbarga Bench of the High Court of Karnataka after nearly four months."I do not have words to ex...

Farmers stage protest against loan recovery notice

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

A group of farmers from Hadanur, a village in K.R. Pet taluk of Mndya districtt, staged a demonstration in front of the Thendekere branch of the Kaveri Grameen Bank (KGB) on Monday for reportedly i...

Child rights commission’s sitting

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights will hold its sitting here on March 2.A press release issued by the Commission said the sitting would be held at the Collectorate c...

Probe sought into underpass project

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Opposition UDF councillors in the Kollam City Corporation Council called for a Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) probe into the Chinnakada underpass project.At a press conference h...

Road transport to get more child friendly soon

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Proposed bill on road safety has specific rules and stringent penalties to ensure the well-being of young travellers

Accident triggers protest

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Road traffic was disrupted for an hour after the people of Thanikottakam near Vedarnayam staged a road roko urging the authorities to put up a speed breaker in the same area on Monday night after a...

Sports enthusiasts in Anthiyur decry move to reduce playground space

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Sports enthusiasts in Anthiyur area staged a dharna on the Collectorate premises on Monday, decrying the move by authorities to cut down the size of the playground of Anthiyur Boys' Higher Secondar...

KMDK office sealed

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

In the wake of Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi (KMDK) spearheading public campaign against presence of beverage bottling plant in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate, the party office at Perundurai was sea...

‘Fake foreign currency’ seized

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Two people carrying fake foreign currency notes with fictitious denominations were arrested near here.The duo alighted from a Chennai-Tiruvannamalai Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation bu...

Framework of master plan for Puducherry

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:01 PM PST

The Puducherry Planning Authority (PPA) announced on Monday the formulation of a Rs 2.17 crore Master Plan which is expected to be finalised by the year end. K.S.P.Ramesh, Chairma...

Some cheer: BJP vote share up

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The results of the West Bengal by-polls on Monday may not have come as a surprise, but a significant rise in the vote share of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is seemingly charting out the course...

February a teaser for warm months ahead

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Brace yourselves, summer is coming. The sweaters and woollens can get back into the cupboards, as mercury levels have started to rise dramatically in the city.On Monday, the peak temperature...

Firefighting bikes remain under-utilised

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

The rescue bikes and mini-vans launched in the city a few years ago by the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services (TNFRS) seem to have served little purpose.At the time of its launch, the vehic...

Coimbatore, Esslingen to become twin cities

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Five years ago, a delegation from German city Esslingen was in Coimbatore to strengthen the relationship between the two cities and Esslingen Coimbatore Association (Esscom) was formed.On Mo...

STF trying to shield Chouhan: Cong.

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The 'vyapam' recruitment scam relating to the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board took a dramatic turn on Monday with senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh filing an "explosive" affidavi...

131 swine flu cases in a day; asthmatics among worst hit

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:02 PM PST

The number of swine flu cases seems to be showing no signs of slowing down in the Capital with 131 new cases being reported on Monday. "The total number of cases in the city has risen to 1,608 this...

Can El-Fateh claim victory for the city?

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:18 PM PST

The All Terrain Vehicle, engineered by 25 students of Muffakkam Jah College of Engineering and Technology, will now compete on an international platform

All about the Urdu media and more

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Which is the first Urdu newspaper? And when did it hit the stands?Well, it was Jam Jahannuma , and was first published in 1822 from Calcutta.However, there are ot...

Two nabbed in bus torching case

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:11 PM PST

The Cheranallore police on Monday arrested two 17-year-olds in connection with the torching of a private bus involved in an accident near Chittoor last week. According to police, the arre...

To our dear school, with love

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

For many years, the Government Higher Primary School in Mannagudda found it hard to get the required number of students for first standard. The number hardly crossed 10.Then the Old Students...

SPIC MACAY meet concludes in capital

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Spic Macay's Kerala State Convention – Layam 2015, held in the city earlier last week, has been successful in imparting appreciation and respect for Indian art and culture among the youngsters who...

Work on service road commences at Lalgudi

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Delay in land acquisition hampers work

‘Digvijaya is not a devil’

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Congress leaders have taken serious objection to Telugu Desam leader Galli Muddukrishnama Naidu referring to AICC leader Digvijaya Singh as a "devil".Addressing a press conference here on Mo...

‘Will have more teachers under Faculty Recharge Programme’

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Andhra University signs MoU with UGC

Infant dies as mother was prevented from feeding it

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:12 PM PST

In a heartrending incident, a six-month-old infant died after his mother was prevented by a labour contractor from leaving the workplace to feed him. The incident took place on February 7 and came...

Innovative idea that took flight

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

A degree student's innovative idea has become a part-time business generating income not only for his personal expenses, but also to his family. Three months ago, Ghanapuram Siva Dheeraj had the th...

Siva temples gear up for the festival

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Siva temples across Prakasam district were spruced up for Mahasivaratri on Tuesday.Tens of thousands of devotees are expected to throng Bhairavakona, the abode of the Trimukadurga sameta Bha...

LED revolution unfolds in Guntur

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Eighty per cent domestic consumers switch over to LED lights

Bison rescued from open well

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A bison, which had fallen in an open well at Belman village in Karkala taluk of Udupi district, was rescued by the personnel of the Forest Department on Monday.The bison had likely slipped a...

National seminar on ‘advances in soft matter’

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Forty-five technical papers will be presented during a national-level seminar on 'advances in soft matter and low dimension materials' being organised here on February 20 and 21.Principal of...

Issue of wild animals entering human habitats raised

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

The issue of wild animals, particularly elephants and leopards, entering human habitations in search of food and causing panic among people figured prominently at the Karnataka Development Programm...

Demand for counselling centres

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A seminar on 'women's perspective on youth' organised by the Kerala State Youth Commission here on Monday demanded that the State government begin counselling centres in all panchayats for pre-mari...

Nine held in bus driver’s death case

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Nine persons were arrested on Monday in connection with the death of a bus driver, who succumbed to injuries after being assaulted at Cherthala two days ago.Renjith (25), Manu (24), Vineesh...

Poor amenities

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Alangudi is a major town in Pudukottai district surrounded by clusters of villages which is why a weekly shandy is organised here on Thursdays. Many merchants market their products at this market....

‘Give priority to safety aspects’

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

No manual cleaning in effluent treatment plants, dyeing unit owners told

AIADMK scripts emphatic win in Srirangam

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:06 PM PST

In a major boost to the ruling AIADMK, which has been going through a difficult phase after the conviction of its general secretary Jayalalithaa last year, its candidate scored a massive victory wi...

Farmer’s murder: two surrender in Polur court

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Two persons allegedly involved in a farmer's murder surrendered in Polur court on Monday.Subramani (58) of Puduvaniyan Kula Street here, who declined to sell his two acres of land to a busin...

Notice issued to firm

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

While noting that a case is pending at the Madras High Court about permissions for installation of cell phone towers, K.S.P.Ramesh, Chairman, Puducherry Planning Authority said that a show cause no...

Chintalapalli academy’s music festival on Sunday

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Chintalapalli Krishnamurthy Music Academy, an organisation formed in memory of the late musician to promote music, is holding its 2nd music festival on February 22 at Bhoomika Auditorium in Mallesw...

Act on demand for removal of encroachments: HC

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Madras High Court has directed the Alandur Tahsildar to dispose of a representation by a residents' welfare association seeking the immediate removal of encroachments from Potheri lake in Zamin...

Governor refuses to comment on Azam Khan’s letter

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik has reportedly refused to comment on the allegations levelled against him by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mohammad Azam Khan. The allegations came on the eve of th...

AAP govt. puts demolitions in Delhi on hold

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

In a significant decision taken at the first meeting of the new Cabinet, the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi Government stayed all demolitions in the Capital barring those being pursued as per court orde...

Vestiges of his past lie here

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Nicholas Graves, a Scott with family ties with Hyderabad, met South Central Railway (SCR) General Manger P.K. Srivastava on Monday to learn more about his ancestral roots.Mr. Graves's great-...

Four held in rape case

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The police on Monday took into custody four persons in connection with the Kalamassery rape case.According to the police, those detained were an autorickshaw driver, a native of Thevakkal, a...

Police force to get fortified in district

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Home Department is in the process of increasing the police strength in Dakshina Kannada district, where at present only 57 policemen are available to one lakh residents, according to Minister f...

Beer parlours recall good old days

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:18 PM PST

Sales are slack at the reopened bars

AIADMK sympathiser murdered

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

An AIADMK sympathiser died of injuries he sustained in an attack at Vayalur in the outskirts of the city on Monday night. The attack happened a few hours after the announcement of the Srirangam by-...

Lagadapati’s birthday creates flutter

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:23 PM PST

The 52nd birthday of former Member of Parliament Lagadapati Rajagopal is the talk of the town. Reason. It has created abundant curiosity among the political circles. A good number of flex...

Molestation bid on minor

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The Payakaraopeta police on Monday registered a case against a fruit vendor, K. Krishna, for allegedly trying to molest a 13-year-old girl at her house near Sriramapuram village under Payakaraopeta...

KCR thanks Kerala for allotting land

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:12 PM PST

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has expressed his gratitude to the Kerala government for allotting five acres at Sabarimala for constructing a Telangana Bhavan there.Mr. Rao co...

Certificate programme for students held

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Department of Commerce of Government Degree College, Armoor and Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), Hyderabad jointly conducted a three-day certificate programme for students at the coll...

75-year-old man dies after taking pension

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

A septuagenarian collapsed and died minutes after taking old age pension in the post office at Mydukur on Monday.Araveti Obanna, 75, and his wife Lakshmamma had been visiting the post office...

Girl alleges sexual abuse by teacher

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

A teacher is alleged to have sexually abused a Standard V student of Mandal Praja Parishad (MPP) Primary School in the town. The issue came to light a couple of days ago. The girl and her mother ha...

Lingayat groups to hold rally on Feb. 28

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Various Lingayat organisations will organise a rally in Bengaluru on February 28, seeking the status of an independent religion for the Lingayat faith, distinct fromHinduism. Sri Channabasav...

Yadgir Urban Development Authority inaugurated

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Minister for Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake has inaugurated the newly-declared Yadgir Urban Development Authority here on Monday. The Town Planning Authority, working since 1996, will now be...

Police looking to enlist more traffic wardens

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

The city police have sought to enlist more citizens as traffic wardens to assist the traffic police in streamlining traffic.Police Commissioner M.A. Saleem, in a statement here on Monday, ap...

State gives Wayanad Rs.25 lakh to curb KFD

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Announcement made by Health Minister after a review in district

Infrastructure project for schools launched

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Infrastructural development projects of the Kerala State Coastal Area Development Corporation (KSCADC) were launched in three coastal areas of the district on Monday. The projects, being undertaken...

Stir will be stepped up, says APCC chief

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The stir for Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh will be stepped up within and outside Parliament coinciding with the Budget session of Parliament, Pradesh Congress Committee president N. Rag...

Pasupathi Pandian’s wife murder case: 9 acquitted

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

"Prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt"

Campus recruitment drive at Periyar University

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The Career Counselling and Placement Cell of Periyar University here will organise a campus recruitment drive for Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) on the university premises on February 21.El...

Regulate traffic

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

The Viswanathapuram junction on NH7 bypass, near Kanyakumari, is very important as the ECR commences at this point. Many people prefer this route for travel to Tiruchendur, Tuticorin, Rameswaram, K...

Prices of fruits, vegetables come down

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

It is time for consumers to stop worrying about prices of fruits and vegetables. They can enjoy the seasonal fruits as the rates of most of them have been quite low for sometime now, say the trader...

JERC to conduct public hearing

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:02 PM PST

The Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) is conducting a public hearing on multi-year tariffs for the 2015-18 period on Tuesday.The JERC for the State of Goa and Union Territories...

Quenching the thirst of visitors

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Continuing its services of supplying water to air shows in the past, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is all set to quench the thirst of visitors at Aero India starting Wednesd...

Rout may worsen faction feud in BJP

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The drubbing that the BJP has received in the Srirangam by-election is likely to escalate the infighting in the party, with several factions getting ready to target State unit president Tamilisai S...

VC’s mobile phone bill sets alarm bells ringing

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Bharathiar University Vice-Chancellor G. James Pitchai's mobile phone bill amounting to Rs. 3.14 lakh has raised eyebrows in academic circles.The university cleared his January 2015 bill to...

Akhilesh orders free treatment for swine flu patients

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Akhilesh orders free treatment for all infected persons

Elderly woman seeking help turned away from Secretariat

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

An 82-year-old woman, who wanted to call on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal 'to seek his intervention in the interests of her son's safety', was among hundreds of bewildered visitors denied entry to...

KCR promises swanky club for IAS officers

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:17 PM PST

The Telangana government has promised a brand new club with ultra modern facilities to the IAS officers association in place of the current SIB building adjacent to the CM's camp office in Soma...

Kerala lad K.K. Jiyas turns Daredevil

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:06 PM PST

Ten days and a phone call ago, K.K. Jiyas was just another young lad from the village of Narikkuni in Kozhikode with a passion for cricket. Now, the 24-year-old will be part of the Indian...

Details of Vyttila flyover to be finalised in a week

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:50 PM PST

A pedestrian subway linking all four sides of the Vyttila Junction will come up simultaneous with a six-lane flyover

Evening diploma college likely in Mangaluru: MLC

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Extend midday meal scheme to ITI students too, MLC urges government

Assault: man hospitalised

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

The Medical College police have registered a case of assault after a senior citizen at Paruthippara was allegedly attacked by a ration shop dealer whom the former had accused of malpractice....

Events in Tiruchi today

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:09 PM PST

RELIGION Sri Sharadambal Temple, Thennur: Sri Sharadambal koti archanai, 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Arsha Vidya Vilasam:...

Nalanda, Teja Talent make podium finish at The Hindu sports quiz

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Clearly their knowledge in cricket extended beyond textbooks. The students vied with one another to answer questions fired by quiz master at inter-school quiz on the ICC World Cup Cricket conducted...

Minor girl commits suicide

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

A 15-year-old minor girl committed suicide by consuming pesticide at JV Palem area under S Rayavaram police station limits in the district on Monday.According to the police, the girl had rep...

Man beaten to death, moral policing suspected

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

A 55-year-old man was beaten to death at Kulukkallur near Edavathra here on Sunday night. The police suspect it to be a case of moral policing. The deceased has been identified as M. Prabhakaran, a...

India’s diversity celebrated at edu fair

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Students put up exhibits highlighting the specialities of each State

Swine flu case in Chittoor

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

A fresh case of swine flu has been registered at Gangadhara Nellore (GD) on Monday. District Coordinator for Health Services (DCHS) Dr. Saralamma said a 55-year-old woman, who runs a hotel at GD Ne...

Jagan seeks funds for pending railway projects

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

YSR Congress president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Monday requested Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to make proper allocations to the pending railway projects in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Stat...

State has set a target to achieve 35 p.c. GER by 2020: Deshpande

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Minister of Higher Education R.V. Deshpande has said that the State government has set itself a target to achieve a 35 per cent Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) by 2020.Speaking after inauguratin...

The rich tribal and folk culture for all to see

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Members of seven tribes showcase their cultural diversity

Demands for better connectivity

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

A few other demands for the long-term growth of Mysuru pertain to enhancing 0connectivity. The government has been urged to expedite land acquisition etc. to develop Belagola as the second railway...

Chief of Southern Naval Command at Ezhimala

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Vice Admiral S.P.S. Cheema, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command, concluded his two-day visit to the Indian Naval Academy (INA) at Ezhimala here on Monday.He was here to...

Law and order in State in tatters, says CPI leader

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

The alleged threat against the DIG who investigated the Pattoor case should be taken seriously, CPI National Executive Member K.E. Ismail has said.When a high-level police officer has to see...

Walmart plans wholesale stores in all A.P. districts

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Walmart India plans to open 15 cash-and-carry stores in Andhra Pradesh in the next five years, according to President and CEO of Walmart India, Krishna Iyer.Mr. Iyer, who met Andhra Pradesh...

Mechanised boat workers strike work

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Demand adequate relief to them in case of accidents

TNPCB invites suggestions on online monitoring software

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has proposed to implement the online consent management and monitoring system to process applications submitted for consent to establish and operate industrie...

Depositors seek action against chit fund owner

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Depositors stage a dharna

Agriculturists grievances day meet

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The monthly district level agriculturists' grievances redressal day meeting would be held under the presidentship of the District Collector at the Collectorate here at 10.30 a.m. on February 20.

CPI (ML) activists stage demonstration

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Activists of the Communist Party of India (ML) staged a demonstration in front of the Department of Civil Supplies on Monday demanding the government to withdraw its decision to provide Rs.300 in c...

Lokayukta files FIR against CEO of KIADB

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Case pertains to alleged irregularities in land allotment

Karat terms AIADMK, DMK opportunistic

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:05 PM PST

CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Monday said his party would present a new political alternative in Tamil Nadu as both the AIADMK and the DMK were riddled with corruption and pursued neo-l...

Trust rescues snakes in Coimbatore

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Members of Wildlife and Nature Conservation Trust have rescued several snakes from Coimbatore in the past few days.According to a press release, the members rescued seven snakes, including a...

Delhi Assembly budget session to begin on Feb. 23

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The first session of the newly sworn-in Delhi Government will begin along with the budget session of the Parliament on February 23.On Monday, the Cabinet decided to recommend the first sessi...

College professor among 27 held by ‘She’ teams

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:19 PM PST

A 40-year-old college professor, a college student, a few labourers were among the 27 persons caught by Cyberabad 'She' teams in a special drive launched in newly identified spots against those ha...

Start-up challenge on February 20

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:08 PM PST

The kick-off event of the latest edition of 'Hello Tomorrow Challenge' aimed at promoting entrepreneurship and start-up initiatives will be held at Department of Polymer Science in Cochin Univers...

Industrial machinery expo in Kalamassery

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:12 PM PST

A four-day exhibition of industrial machinery will be inaugurated at the Kalamassery Municipal Town Hall on Tuesday. The exhibition is slated to begin at 11 a.m., said a press release from the Dis...

Beedi workers launch signature campaign against Bill

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Beedi workers, estimated to number around 4 lakh in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, have launched a signature campaign against the proposed Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition...

20 years later, law catches up with him

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

It took 10 years for the police to arrest Abdul Wahid, alias Karuthali, and his two accomplices for a heinous murder they allegedly committed in 1995.After that, apart from the four or five...

Traffic diversions for Mahasivaratri

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

City police has put in place traffic restrictions and diversions in the city in view of Mahasivaratri festivities on Tuesday.Vehicular traffic coming from Avanigadda to Vijayawada on Ramalin...

TDP, BJP misleading on special category status, says Lok Satta

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Only 300 farmers benefited by loan waiver so far, says Katari Srinivasa Rao

H1N1 claims one in Mysuru

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

District administration to launch massive awareness campaign

Burglars strike at four houses in Khammam

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Burglars struck at four locked houses at the TSGENCO Colony in Palvancha and made away with valuable gold ornaments worth Rs 10.5 lakh around Sunday midnight. The miscreants also made a vain bid to...

Petty vendors resent sand policy

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:09 PM PST

The new system has deprived of them of their business, they say

TDP registers emphatic win in Tirupati bypoll

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Party nominee gets over 1.16 lakh votes majority

‘Banjara community must give priority to education’

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Minister for Higher Education R.V. Deshpande has called upon the Banjara community to give priority to education in order to improve its socio-economic condition.Inaugurating the Santh Seval...

Manipal gets train ticket booking centre

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Passengers can now buy railway tickets to travel by the Konkan Railway trains here.A release here on Monday said the Konkan Railway has appointed a Jan Sadharan Ticket Booking Sevak (JTBS) i...

Rs. 1,000-cr. grant, heritage tag for Mysuru top budget wish list

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:07 PM PST

Stakeholders prepare 30-point list to be submitted to Chief Minister

CPI(M) veterans, martyrs’ family members felicitated

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Leader of Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan has lamented that the social progress that was achieved through several years of selfless struggle in the State was gradually being squandered for the vested...

Focus now on capturing the tiger

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

A man-eater on the prowl spreads a sort of primeval fear among the locals in the vicinity of its movement.On Monday, five special teams, including forest and police personnel, were formed af...

Kalam inaugurates stroke centre in Ramanathapuram

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

/Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam inaugurated an Acute Stroke Care Centre at Rajan's Hospital established at a cost of about Rs. 1.25 crore.The eight-bedded centre with intensive c...

Need for increasing forest cover stressed

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Mass sapling planting campaign, competitions, distribution of seedlings to farmers marked the environment protection awareness programme held at the Government School, Kamalapuram near here on Satu...

Farmers seek officials’ guidance

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

To deal with lemon pest attack and construction of Vaazhamalaiyaar dam

Hotels told to install disposal plants

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Puducherry Pollution Control Committee (PPCC) has directed all hotels and restaurants in the Union Territory to install proper waste disposal plants within six months.

In a release, M...

Church Street blast: police focusing on two sleeper cells

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

City police, who were groping in the dark for nearly two months in the Church Street blast case, have narrowed down the suspects to two sleeper cells in a neighbouring State.Police commissio...

Rs. 1 lakh for literary work

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Former Union Finance Minister and founder of Ezhuthu, P. Chidambaram, has announced that Rs. 1 lakh would be given to the best literary work selected in the first round....

Debate contest held for school students

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

A debate contest for school students was organised in the city on Monday to encourage public speaking among students.The event was organised at Chinmaya Vidhyalaya CBSE School, in associatio...

Naveen seeks PM’s help for release of funds

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

: The Odisha government has sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for release of assistance pledged under the World Bank-supported National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP)...

Extend full support to AAP Govt, Delhi police told

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday asked the Delhi Police to extend full support to Aam Aadmi Party government. "A new government under a new party has been formed in Delhi. I expect you (...

Nod for green, transport chapters of Master Plan ’21

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Delhi Development Authority on Monday saw approval of chapters on environment and transport in Master Plan 2021 in its board meeting chaired by the Lieutenant-Governor. This is in keeping with...

Can’t intervene in policy decisions: High Court

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The Division Bench of Hyderabad High Court comprising Chief Justice Kalyanjyothi Sengupta and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar of Hyderabad High Court on Monday adjourned by one week a case filed challeng...

CIAL’s plans on airport development take off

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:08 PM PST

The plans by Cochin International Airport Limited to offer services on airport planning and development have taken off to a formal start, thanks to a proposal by the Airport Authority of India to d...

Health quiz contest

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Arogyatharakam, a school-level quiz competition started by the National Health Mission in association with the Education department, will begin the Central Kerala competitions on February 18 at the...

Kadri temple road may get underground power cables

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The road between Mallikatta Junction and Kadri Manjunatha temple is likely to become the city's first road without overhead electricity power supply lines.According to Mahabala Marla, Mayor...

KWA cracks the whip on encroachments

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:20 PM PST

The encroachment on dry spots in the Aruvikkara reservoir for agriculture has put the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) in a tizzy.The water utility fears that possible use of pesticides by farme...

‘Shift NFDB head office to Vizag’

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

AP Deep Sea Fishing Technocrats' Association has sought the relocation of the head office of National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) from Hyderabad to Visakhapatnam.As Visakhapatnam is r...

Top cop promotes fitness through cycle yatra

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:35 PM PST

To promote fitness among the police personnel , particularly TSSP (Telangana State Special Police), Additional Director General of Police (TSSP), Rajiv Trivedi pedalled his way to reach 12th Battal...

Four more special police battalions: ADGP

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Additional Director General of Police (TSSP), Rajiv Trivedi has said they would raise four more special police battalions within two years in addition to existing nine special police battalions in...

‘Enhance skills with add-on courses’

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Engineering students should focus on enhancing their skills with add-on courses available in the market, so that they get better employment opportunities in the present competitive environment, acc...

Third international flight takes wing

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Malindo Air commences its operations from the city to Kuala Lumpur

Three cases of H1N1 in Kalaburagi

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Three cases of H1N1 have been reported in Kalaburagi.All the three cases have been detected by the doctors at the Basaveshwar Teaching and General Hospital attached to the Mahadevappa Rampur...

Publicity jatha on prevention of atrocities against women

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A publicity jatha on prevention of atrocities against women was held at Dr. G. Shankar Government Women's First Grade College here on Monday.More than 1,500 women students watched a play foc...

Pollution control board to take suo motu action against MCC

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Corporation workers burn garbage on roadside in violation of rules

Sudheeran slams groupism in Cong.

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Says it has stalled revamp of panels in Pathanamthitta

Injured owl rescued

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

A juvenile 'spotted owlet', which sustained minor injuries after it got entangled in a kite flown by children, was rescued by volunteers of Nature Society of Tirupur on Monday.K. Ravindran,...

Varsity gets going on infra development activities

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Regular posts of teaching and non-teaching staff to all six constituent colleges sanctioned

Residents seek basic amenities

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Residents of hamlets spread over Nadadevempalayam panchayat in Gobichettipalayam block approached the district administration on Monday seeking basic amenities including fair price shops, roads, an...

Retired staff stage demo

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Demanding minimum monthly pension and medical allowance, members of the Retired Government Employees Association staged a demonstration in front of the Tirunelveli Railway Junction on Monday.

Support services for JIPMER patients

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:04 PM PST

The Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (Jipmer) has launched an Auxiliary service by roping in retired employees and volunteers to provide complementary and support...

Authorities have failed to reduce noise and air pollution: HC

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Observing that authorities have failed to show concern needed to address the problems of high noise and air pollution in the city from past two years, the Karnataka High Court on Monday directed th...

HC reprimands official

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The Madras High Court on Monday chastised the official concerned for failing to pay the court-ordered compensation to four sexual assault victims, stating that before it initiated contempt proceedi...

IRCTC launches tour packages

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited has launched two tour packages, both to be conducted in March this year. A release says that the first tour – Pancha Dwaraka pilgrimage – is...

Harsh Vardhan visits Manipur

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

: Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr Harsh Vardhan is the fifth minister to visit Manipur in quick succession to oversee the developmental projects in the State.All ministers have b...

Refund money within 30 days, Supreme Court tells Supertech

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

"Developers can't take investors for a ride"

I failed the test of electoral politics: Bedi

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

In her first detailed response after the BJP's humiliating defeat in the Delhi Assembly polls, Kiran Bedi on Monday said that she "failed" the test of electoral politics despite giving it all her e...

Court seeks GHMC poll schedule from government

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The Division Bench of Hyderabad High Court comprising Chief Justice Kalyanjyothi Sengupta and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar of Hyderabad High Court on Monday directed the Telangana Government to inform...

Painting the city green

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:09 PM PST

Defying the intensely humid weather in the city on Saturday afternoon, 30-year-old Keisha and 28-year-old Peter were busy painting a wall on Durbar Hall Road green using a roller brush. "We are w...

Centre urged to expedite Sethusamudram project

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A delegation from Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry met Union Minister of State for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Pon. Radhakrishnan in New Delhi recently and made a plea for expe...

What's happening in Mangaluru?

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:01 PM PST

Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur will observe cashew day on February 20 at 11 a.m. C. Vasudevappa, Vice-Chancellor, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, will sp...

Lawyers renew agitation for High Court Bench

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:20 PM PST

The Trivandrum Bar Association has renewed its agitation for a permanent Bench of the High Court in the capital after a gap of a few months. On Monday, lawyers and clerks attached to the courts at...

Malindo Air spreads wings to Vizag

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

It launches direct flight fromport city to Kuala Lumpur

AU tops in State meet

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Andhra University won the overall championship in the State-level Youth Festival of NSS conducted by JNTU-Anantapur on February 12 and 13.It won prizes in elocution, debate, poetry, classica...

Garbage lies unattended at Amberpet

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Heaps of garbage lies around unattended at Quadribagh lane, near Shereton Tiffin Centre, at Amberpet. It's as if GHMC's sanitation wing has simply forgotten about this lane, where the residents hav...

Govt. depts owe Rs. 7.69 cr. property tax to KMC

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Corporation launches drive to collect taxes

Passport ‘mela’ held in Srikakulam

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

As many as 300 persons applied for passports in an exclusive mela conducted in Aditya Institute of Technology and Management-Tekkali in the last few days. The senior officials of the passport depar...

Visakhapatnam today

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

TSR Lalita Kala Parishat: Sivaratri celebration begins with Mahakumbhabhishekam, Ramakrisnha Beach, 7.30 a.m. Sardar Nest: Sivaratri celebrations,...

Zero tolerance to land encroachments: Sorake

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Raichur CMC Commissioner asked to update the Minister

‘Tribals have valuable traditional knowledge’

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Gangadhar Daivadnya, Professor, Department of Tribal Studies, Kannada University, Hampi, said on Monday that it was necessary to respect the immense value of the traditional knowledge possessed by...

What happened to MCC’s project?

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Is the Mysore City Corporation's project to produce manure from dried leaves collected in parks still active?"If the project is on, why are dry leaves on the road being burnt," asked sources...

‘Distinguish between good and evil’

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Member of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions and former Vice Chancellor of MG University Cyriac Thomas said that true wisdom is the prudence to distinguish between good a...

Solar cases: court seeks status report

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:13 PM PST

The High Court has directed the State government to submit a status report on the cases registered in relation with the solar scam within 14 days.The directive was issued by a Division Bench...

Why entry fee?

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Recently, the Bharathiar University refused to permit outsiders from using the playground on their campus for jogging and walking.They are reportedly insisting joggers and early morning walk...

At last, these tribal hamlets get electricity

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

After 68 years of Independence, power supply was made available to 350 tribal families of three remote hamlets in the district on Sunday.Under the Tribal Area Development Fund, Pelapadi, Val...

House burgled

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Miscreants entered the house of Muthu in Valayamadevi village in Attur and decamped with 8.5 sovereigns of gold jewellery and Rs. 1.5 lakh in cash here on Monday.The police said that the bur...

Collector’s help sought to appoint scribe for Plus One student

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Differently-abled plus one student wants to write annual exam

China’s ‘Silk Road fund’ becomes operational

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:25 AM PST

To finance infrastructure projects connecting South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Europe along an integrated land corridor

Copenhagen gunman not part of wider network: Danish PM

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:23 AM PST

A Danish court on Monday jailed two suspected accomplices of the slain gunman behind the deadly attacks in Copenhagen while Denmark's Prime Minister said there were no signs of links to a wider te...

Pope’s latest initiative: free shower and shave for the homeless

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:22 AM PST

The project is needed since homeless people are often shunned for their appearance and smell, says Pope's chief alms-giver

Airbus to step up sourcing from India

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:35 AM PST

A single source Tier-I supplier pact was signed with Dynamatic Tech

Government-owned jungle resorts yet to get ‘legal’ stamp

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:34 AM PST

'They continue to operate while awaiting permission'

Workers of ‘sold’ tea gardens want to retain government jobs

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:31 AM PST

Retaining the plantation workers and getting physical possession of the gardens are critical to the revival.

Training girl students to be street smart

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:59 AM PST

City colleges take steps to empower women with self-defence techniques

Getting her punches right

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:14 AM PST

Unlike her achievements which stand tall, Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom is rather petite. It's tough to believe this five-ft-two-inch boxer has knocked the victory out of many others in the boxing r...

35 IS militants killed in Syria

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:25 AM PST

At least 35 Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in clashes with Syria's main Kurdish armed group in the town of Kobane, a monitoring group said on Monday.The clashes on Sunday...

When mom is sick

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:13 AM PST

Tempers fray, tears are shed, and chaos reigns…

CBI to reinvestigate RTI activist Satish Shetty murder

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:29 AM PST

The CBI on Monday decided to reinvestigate the murder of Pune-based RTI activist Satish Shetty in view of new evidence recovered during the searches at the offices and residence of a prominent bui...

Pakistan hands over 173 prisoners to India

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:11 AM PST

Pakistan on Monday handed over to Indian authorities at the Wagah border 172 Indian fishermen and another prisoner released from two jails in Karachi in a goodwill gesture.The fishermen who...

STF trying to shield Chouhan: Congress

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:45 AM PST

Allegation baseless, says Madhya Pradesh government

Swept off my feet

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:55 AM PST

I knew a room-cleaning robot would make my life easier, but I had no idea how much easier

Totto - Chan -The little girl at the window

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:53 AM PST

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's book recalls the childhood in a wonderful school run by an unusual headmaster

AAI employees to strike work on March 11

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:21 AM PST

Employees union of state-run airports on Monday called an all-India strike on March 11 to protest against the government's move to hand over airports, in which it has already invested Rs 5,000 cror...

Books on life

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:52 AM PST

Two books and both with a Coimbatore connection! Now how often does that happen? A couple of months ago, a book by Disha called Because Life is a Gift reached office and, more recently, another book by Upendra called The Turnouts also found its way here

And the drama continues

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:48 AM PST

The young founders of city-based Crea-Shakthi tell us why theatre needs to leap off the stage and be a part of our learning process

Mall, music and Maloya

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:46 AM PST

The third edition of the Global Isai Festival at Phoenix Marketcity drew voices and instruments from far and near

Five to the fore

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:45 AM PST

A.R. Rahman's presence at Gurusarana marked the Shakti Foundation's silver jubilee celebrations

Going all out

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:36 AM PST

Richa Kar, founder of a lingerie portal, talks about making innerwear shopping exciting for women

AAP govt. puts demolitions in Delhi on hold

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:02 AM PST

In a significant decision taken at the first meeting of the new Cabinet, the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi Government stayed all demolitions in the Capital barring those being pursued as per court ord...

Last date for applications for PGMET-2015 extended

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:19 AM PST

The Dr.NTR University of Health Sciences (NTRUHS) has extended the last date for submitting applications for Post-Graduate Medical Entrance Test (PGMET)-2015 through http://www.drntruhs.org by two...

Doctors’ recruitment to take place every year, Khader

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:14 AM PST

Pay disparity between medical and teaching postgraduate doctors being reduced

Two killed in road accident

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:12 AM PST

Two unidentified persons were killed when the tractor in which they were travelling overturned near Atmakur mandal headquarters town in Nellore district on Monday. The sources said that t...

Modi condoles R.R. Patil’s death

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:11 AM PST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condoled the death of NCP leader R.R. Patil saying his death left a void in Maharashtra's politics. "My thoughts are with Shri R.R. Patil's family. (I)...

Illegal transport of 55 bulls: two men arrested, animals rescued

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:09 AM PST

In a joint operation, the police and Go Samrakshana Samithi members on Monday rescued 55 bulls and arrested two persons for their involvement in the illegal transportation of the animals. ...

Bengaluru Today: February 17

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:05 AM PST

You want to know what's going on in Namma Bengaluru? Click here to view the list of Religious, Cultural and General events happening across the City RELIGION ...

I’m not a silken voice

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:05 AM PST

Kunal Ganjawala feels so much at home in Karnataka singing Kannada songs that he's now planning a Kannada music album with friends he has worked with

Five more disease testing laboratories planned in state, Khader

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:02 AM PST

H1N1 is under control, department was not indifferent, Minister claims

Studying sea currents in Vizag

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:54 AM PST

A team of researchers is undertaking a comprehensive study of the sea currents and wave motion off the Visakhapatnam beach. The study is aimed at taking long-term measures to curb beach erosion. The team is deploying three instruments on submerged platforms at different depths to record the data. The Hindu lensman C.V. Subrahmanyam records the activity.

Foundation stone for 24x7 drinking water supply project laid down in Raichur

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:47 AM PST

The long pending demand for providing round-the-clock drinking water to Raichur city gained momentum with Minister For Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake laying down foundation stone for the pro...

Case against KIADB CEO

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:59 AM PST

Lokayukta police has booked a case against Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) Chakravarthy Mohan for alleged irregularities in land allotment in P...

Pakistani court adjourns hearing against bail to Lakhvi

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:29 AM PST

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Monday adjourned for a month the hearing on the government's appeal against the bail granted to 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi by the trial...

Srirangam stays AIADMK bastion

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:27 PM PST

AIADMK candidate S. Valarmathi's victory margin is more than double than that of the 41,848 vote-margin by which Ms. Jayalalithaa had emerged triumphant in 2011 Assembly polls in the same constituency.

Experts begin study to find causes for sea beach erosion in Vizag

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:02 AM PST

As part of finding a long term solution to the erosion of Visakhapatnam beach in the recent past, a team of researchers deployed underwater sensors to study different parameters of the sea on Mond...

China expels senior Communist party leader for corruption

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:21 AM PST

China expelled a former vice chairman of the top political advisory body from ruling Communist Party of China for graft on Monday, abuse of power and ordered trial against him, as the anti-graft c...

State budget to be presented on March 13

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:18 AM PST

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will present the State budget on March 13. Announcing this on Monday after felicitating Bengaluru-based composer Ricky Kej for winning the Grammy award, Mr. Si...

Maharashtra continues to face swine flu’s onslaught, toll rises to 58

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:04 AM PST

35 people died in the first two weeks of February

Man kills daughter, self over marital dispute

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:16 AM PST

A man allegedly killed his nine-year-old daughter and hanged himself to death at his house in Rajanukunte on Sunday, allegedly over a marital dispute. Prasanna Kumar (33), a graphic desig...

Airbus India to expand sourcing base in India

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:12 AM PST

Leading aircraft manufacturer Airbus is planning to increase its sourcing base from India for the manufacture of its planes. Presently, the company have around 38 supply chain partners in the coun...

Daredevils pick up Yuvraj for Rs.16 crore

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:26 AM PST

Mike Hussey back at Super Kings

Bangladesh ruling party supporters demonstrate against blockade

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 03:50 AM PST

Thousands of supporters of Bangladesh's ruling party marched on Monday towards ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia's office, demanding an end to her opposition alliance's countrywide transport blockade.

Two swine flu deaths in Uttarakhand: official

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 03:40 AM PST

Two persons have died due to swine flu in Uttarakhand this year and 10 persons afflicted with the disease are undergoing treatment at different hospitals in the state, a senior official has said.<...

NCP leader R.R. Patil passes away

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:54 PM PST

He was one of very few NCP leaders who was never accused of a scam

Conservation of Olive Ridley Turtles neglected in Krishna

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 03:26 AM PST

Lack of patronage among the fisheries department officials to conserve the Olive Ridley Turtles has posed a major threat for its survival along the coastline of Krishna district. The International...

LED revolution sweeps across Guntur district

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 03:31 AM PST

In the land famous for famed varieties of Red Chilli, a silent energy revolution is taking place in homes, offices and factories in urban and rural hinterlands. People who for years have been usin...

Zero tolerance on govt land encroachments: Sorake

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:42 AM PST

Responding to allegations of a large-scale encroachment of the trench around the historic Raichur fort in the city, Minister For Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake said that the State government...

Man killed in road accident

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 03:08 AM PST

Thirty five-year-old Malleswara Rao of Gudavalli village was crushed to death in a road accident on the city outskirts on Sunday night. The mishap occurred when two lorries collided on the highway...

Apex court dismisses VS’s petition in palmolein case

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:01 AM PST

Declines to act on his plea to make Oommen Chandy an accused in palmolein case

Pak army’s Zarb-e-azab op to conclude in Fata by year-end

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 03:01 AM PST

Pakistan has said that military operation 'Zarb-e-azab' against Taliban will be concluded in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) by the end of this year after flushing out terrorists from t...

Centre building consensus on women’s quota: Naidu

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:59 AM PST

The Centre is trying to build consensus with State governments on implementing 50 per cent reservation for women in urban local bodies by amending the Constitution. Encouraging women's pa...

Salman did not have a driving licence till 2004, says RTO officer

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:47 AM PST

Actor Salman Khan obtained a driving licence only in 2004, and did not have one at the time of the 2002 hit-and-run case, an RTO officer told the court here on Monday. "After the 2002 hit...

Strong ties between India and Sri Lanka: Maithripala Sirisena

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 02:44 AM PST

There is a very strong relationship between Sri Lanka and India, said visiting Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday.Addressing the media after holding talks with Prime Minist...

Extend full support to AAP Govt., Rajnath tells Delhi Police

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:57 AM PST

Reciprocating to the Aam Aadmi Party government's 'efforts' to maintain cordial relations with the Centre, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday asked Delhi Police to extend full support to...

Saradha scam: Former Bengal DGP Rajat Majumdar gets conditional bail

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:05 AM PST

The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted bail to Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former Director General of Police (DGP) Rajat Majumdar who was arrested for his alleged complicity in the mult...

Logo for ‘Navaraspur Utsav’ released

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:42 AM PST

The district administration released the logo of Navaraspur Utsav here on Monday, nearly 10 days before the start of the three-day cultural fest. The logo primarily contains the pictures...

One succumbs to H1N1 in Mysuru

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:39 AM PST

Mysuru has recorded its first H1N1 death this year. A woman, who was undergoing treatment for the flu, succumbed on Sunday.Disclosing the details to reporters on Monday, Mysuru Deputy Commi...

Notice to BCCI on FEMA violations

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:56 AM PST

The Enforcement Directorate has served show-cause notices on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Indian Premier League, their officials and others to explain the alleged foreign...

UN Security Council adopts resolution against Yemen rebels

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:24 AM PST

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding that Shiite rebels immediately relinquish control of Yemen's government in a crisis that has pushed the Arab worl...

Focus is on ‘strengthening ideological base of Congress’: Meira Kumar

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:19 AM PST

In what could be construed as a repartee to demands for projecting Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the leader by a section in the Congress party, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar, observed here o...

Abu Salem convicted in Pradeep Jain murder case

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:48 AM PST

Two others have also been declared guilty in the 20-year-old case

TRS Govt. out to destroy Hyderabad’s heritage?

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:12 AM PST

Not long ago when then Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) was conducting the auction of prime lands in Jubilee Hills, then rising TRS youth leader and now Minister T. Harish Rao, led a d...

Shiite massacre mastermind killed in a raid in Pakistan

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:09 AM PST

A senior commander of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi outfit and the mastermind of a suicide bombing at a mosque which killed over 60 Shiite Muslims was among the two militants killed in an encounter...

Modi, Sirisena hold joint press conference

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:05 AM PST

With a promise for a "new beginning" in India-Sri Lanka ties, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena arrived in New Delhi on Sunday evening

TDP, BJP misleading people on special category status: Lok Satta

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:52 AM PST

Lok Satta Party national council member Katari Srinivasa Rao said on Monday both the BJP and the TDP were trying to mislead the public on the special category status promised to Andhra Pradesh.

New concrete road between Ambedkar Circle-Bunts Hostel Junction to be opened for traffic

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:25 AM PST

Mayor Mahabala Marla said here on Monday that the new concrete road between Ambedkar Circle and Bunts Hostel Junction will be thrown open to traffic by Tuesday. Speaking to presspersons o...

St. Agnes Circle-Mallikatta Junction Road to be concreted in two months: MLA

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:25 AM PST

Tar road between St. Agnes Circle and Mallikatta Junction and from Kadri Junction to Kamadhenu Gas Agency on the Nanthoor Road will be upgraded as a four-lane concrete road shortly.J.R. Lob...

C-DAC to host meet on parallel computing

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:25 AM PST

A national conference on parallel computing technologies being held next week in the city will take stock of new computing trends and technology gaps that need to be filled for the future, accordi...

Attack on CPI leader a worrisome trend: Pawar

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:58 AM PST

The NCP chief hinted at extreme rightwing forces as being behind the attack on Govind Pansare and said that it constituted a worrisome trend in Maharashtra.

Congress retains Liromba Assembly seat in Arunachal bypolls

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:49 AM PST

Congress on Monday retained the Liromoba Assembly seat with its candidate Nyamar Karbak defeating his BJP rival by a slender margin of 119 votes.While Mr. Karbak polled 3,808 votes, BJP...

Experts bat for cashew in drought-prone Kolar, Chickballapur

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:20 AM PST

It could be alternative of mango: Experts

Mango may come at a princely price

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 11:35 PM PST

Mango, the king of fruits, could be dearer this year as a survey of two districts by scientists has warned of a decline in the crop output by one lakh tonne. The average annual production of the f...

Best defence tech ensures peace: Minister

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 11:34 PM PST

Minister of State for Defence, Rao lnderjit Singh, on Monday morning, launched the three-day Aero India seminar focussing on a military technology vision for 2050. He said indigenous defe...

BJP wins Mukhed by-poll

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:49 AM PST

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Tushar Rathod, son of Govind Rathod, whose death last October led to the by-election, has won the Mukhed Assembly seat by defeating his nearest Congress rival Hanu...