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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

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VHP to organise ‘Ram Mahotsava’ for building temple in Ayodhya

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 10:17 PM PST

"Hindus have already been asked to take a pledge for construction of the temple."

Four injured in Delhi building collapse

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 09:51 PM PST

Four labourers were injured when an under construction building collapsed in south Delhi, police said Thursday.All the four labourers were rushed to a hospital, where the condition of one o...

Simulated Mars mission in Utah desert gutted

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 09:17 PM PST

Electric heater in 'GreehHab', where astronauts simulate conditions of camping on Mars, caused the fire

Govt.’s priorities are my priorities: Jaishankar

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 09:33 PM PST

The 1977-batch IFS officer describes his new position as an "honour and a big responsibility".

Six trains announced last year yet to be flagged off

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 08:50 PM PST

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to launch four trains in Bengaluru today

10-year-old run over near Hampankatta Junction

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 08:50 PM PST

As the week-long road safety programme came to an end on Wednesday, a 10-year-old boy was crushed to death under a city bus near the Hampankatta Junction the same day.According...

Kejriwal to challenge EC order in HC

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 09:06 PM PST

Arvind Kejriwal will move the High Court against the Election Commission (EC) order directing him to desist from commenting on the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress allegedly distributing money...

Tapping the offshore wind

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 08:16 PM PST

The main benefit of going offshore is that wind conditions are known to be steadier and less seasonal and provide power close to load centres compared to onshore

Woman dies of swine flu in Punjab

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:56 PM PST

One more dies in Rajasthan, Raje orders free testing facility

Sushma’s marathon show exposes bad management

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:51 PM PST

Union Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday addressed public meetings at three Assembly constituencies to garner support for the BJP candidates. The BJP leader moved from one gathering to another in...

Maken releases draft of right to housing Bill

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:50 PM PST

A day after it was added to the party's checklist of promises to the people of poll-bound Delhi, the Congress on Wednesday meticulously detailed its ambition to provide a 'roof over every head' at...

Non-utilised land pool to figure in AAP manifesto

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:49 PM PST

Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashish Khetan has said that an investigation by his party has revealed that the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) has found that over 200 acres of land in Delhi i...

Kolkata Taxi drivers go on strike

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:36 PM PST

Taxi drivers in Kolkata observed a 24-hour taxi strike here on Wednesday. Led by the Leftist trade union All India Trade Union Congress and the Indian National Trade Union Congress, the...

Maharashtra Digital Identity project launched with Microsoft

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:28 PM PST

Maharashtra government will launch the country's first 'Digital Identity' project for individual benefit schemes like Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG, in collaboration with Microsoft India. <...

Delhi not even ‘Asia-class’ in cleanliness: HC

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:27 PM PST

Castigating municipal bodies here for not clearing garbage, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday observed that the Capital was "not even an Asia-class city" in terms of cleanliness."How will we...

25-year-old gets life term for sodomy

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:28 PM PST

A Delhi court has sentenced a 25-year-old man to life imprisonment, holding him guilty of committing sodomy on a six-year-old boy in Vijay Vihar in Rohini in North-West Delhi.The court held...

AAP fields most number of graduates

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:09 PM PST

Over 65 per cent of the Aam Aadmi Party's candidates for the Delhi Assembly elections are graduates, the highest number among the top three parties contesting the polls. However, when it com...

AAP gives me hope: Vishal Dadlani

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:02 PM PST

Music composer Vishal Dadlani is campaigning for the Aam Aadmi Party for the past one month. His association with Arvind Kejriwal and his team dates back to their India Against Corruption days. ...

Rival trying to plant fake reports: Kejriwal

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:03 PM PST

'But Delhiites won't believe it. They know this is the last desperate attempt of our opponents. We are making a complaint to EC'

U.S. must return Guantanamo: Raul Castro

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 09:20 PM PST

"..if these problems aren't resolved, this diplomatic rapprochement wouldn't make any sense."

Congress anoints its favourites

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:53 PM PST

Sharmistha Mukherjee to get the backing of senior leaders

Kiran Bedi's boisterous show

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:46 PM PST

Men and boys lined the first floor that connects Hotel All Iz Well and Hotel Hari Piorko in Paharganj to shower marigold petals in short intervals on a mini-truck on Wednesday afternoon. Every few...

Quitting for a cause

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:43 PM PST

Volunteering is becoming attractive, with many from the corporate sectortaking it up fulltime

Pink cabs may blaze a new trail

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:39 PM PST

Users of the mobile app of the popular taxi aggregator service Ola in Chennai were given a preview of its upcoming Ola Pink service, which will allow woman passengers to avail of taxis driven by w...

Safety at fingertips

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:39 PM PST

Even as the State transport department is planning a feasibility study on installing panic buttons in call-taxis, some cab operators have already begun fixing them in their vehicles to ensure the...

Anna Hazare to launch fresh stir on Lokpal

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:37 PM PST

The social activist slams the Narendra Modi government for its "failure" to bring back black money stashed away abroad

Affordable swine flu vaccine that never made it

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:18 PM PST

The death of over 30 persons in two months and a spate of swine flu cases have forced the public in Hyderabad to go for vaccine shots by spending anywhere between Rs. 450 and Rs. 1,000...

IS releases new audio message by Japanese hostage

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:56 PM PST

The Islamic State group released a message late Wednesday purportedly by Japanese hostage Kenji Goto, extending the deadline for Jordan's release of an Iraqi would-be hotel bomber linked to al-Qaid...

McDonald's CEO steps down as sales decline

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:06 PM PST

McDonald's CEO Don Thompson is stepping down as the world's biggest hamburger chain fights to hold onto customers and transform its image. The company said Thompson, who has been CEO for...

Two Kuki militants gunned down in Manipur

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:43 PM PST

Personnel of 8 Assam Rifles gunned down two insurgents of Kuki National Front (KNF) and seriously wounded three others in an encounter on Wednesday night at a bridge at Kadangband in Imp...

Pakistani IS commander received funds via US: reports

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 01:38 PM PST

Funds sourced in the U.S. have apparently made their way into the coffers of a Pakistan-based commander of Islamic State, the militant jihadist outfit that has overrun parts of Iraq and Syria sinc...

Fadnavis misses Obama dinner

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 01:28 PM PST

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis missed a dinner engagement with U.S. President Barack Obama because the Maharashtra Sadan in Delhi did not send the invitation in time. The State government has or...

Sewage plants along Ganga planned

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 01:26 PM PST

The proposal, mooted at a review meeting on Namami Ganga, will take six States on board before installation.

India, China natural partners in many areas: Sushma

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 01:03 PM PST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who heads for Beijing in pursuit of what is being dubbed as New Delhi's "multi-vectored" diplomacy, is expected to discuss broad themes, not necessarily on...

Sushma’s China visit to smooth ruffled feathers

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 02:05 PM PST

May face tough questions from Xi on Indo-U.S. joint statement

Debates show why Preamble’s original text left out the two words

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 12:57 PM PST

Even as the omission of the words 'secular' and 'socialist' from the Preamble text in a government advertisement has stoked a controversy, the Constituent Assembly debates clearly show why the wor...

PDP, BJP leaders meet Governor

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 12:54 PM PST

As the PDP-BJP government formation in Jammu and Kashmir seems to be round the corner, leaders of both parties on Wednesday met Governor N.N. Vohra separately on the issue. From the BJP...

PDP, BJP aim at common minimum programme

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 12:52 PM PST

Article 370, Armed Forces Special Powers Act among key issues

Kiran Bedi: I am contesting on a development plank

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 12:50 PM PST

Reaching out to Muslims, BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi on Tuesday said she was against "divisive politics" and that she was contesting the polls on development plank. "My r...

Congo fever: Thar Express passengers screened

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 12:28 PM PST

The Rajasthan government has started screening all passengers travelling from Pakistan to India on Thar Link Express following two deaths due to Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). Pas...

Solar City keeping its promise

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 12:27 PM PST

Declared a Model Solar City in 2013, Chandigarh on Wednesday moved a step closer towards accomplishing the goal of using solar energy for powering its growth when a 210-kWp grid-tied rooftop solar...

NGT cracks the whip on quarries near Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 12:09 PM PST

Over three dozen illegal quarries on the fringes of the Sathyamagalam Tiger Reserve (STR), which for years have been the source of polluting stone dust and constant din, will have to now close dow...

Now, German help for smart cities

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 12:03 PM PST

Visiting German Minister offers assistance

Let nation debate Preamble: Ravi Shankar

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 09:00 PM PST

The Narendra Modi government on Wednesday jumped into the controversy created by the remarks of the Shiv Sena earlier in the day that the words "socialist and secular" should be dropped from the P...

Vigilance inquiry a farce, says Thamarakshan

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik) leader A.V. Thamarakshan has said that only an inquiry by a central agency can bring out the truth in the bar bribery case involving Finance Minister K.M....

At 80, this historian shows no signs of slowing down

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

'We should ask ourselves what we have done to attract youngsters to history'

Udhayam Theatre receives threat

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Questions were raised over the release of actor Ajith Kumar's Yennai Arindhal at Udhayam Theatre on Tuesday after its office received a letter stating that there would be an ex...

‘Identify mosquito breeding spots and win prizes’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

District Collector Archana Patnaik tells schoolchildren

Bedi’s Delhi blueprint

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Around the same time BJP's CM candidate Kiran Bedi was appealing for votes from a mini-truck at a road show in Pharaganj, her official Twitter handle sent out a tweet that starting Wednesday she wi...

Uber, Ola return plans hit roadblock

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Delhi Govt. finds loopholes in new applications

Justice, a totally alien concept for these Dalits

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

A sense of closure eludes Ravuri Tirupathamma who had been devastated by her daughter's gang-rape and murder almost five years ago in 2010.The pre-adolescent daughter of a Dalit watchman, th...

Corpn. service centres for 13 divisions

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

Basic services from the Kochi Corporation can soon be accessed through regional stations to be set up in select divisions of the local body.Christened Seva Gram, the units will come up in 13...

Chain snatched; youth held

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

A youth who snatched 22 sovereigns of gold chain from a young woman was arrested by the Chekkanoorani police, on Tuesday evening.The police said that a two-wheeler-borne youth had yanked the...

Yakshagana artiste felicitated

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Yakshagana comedy artiste Kumta Moorooru Ramesh Bhandary of the Saligrama Mela was presented the Kundeshwara Samman recently at the Kundeshwara Temple in Hirgana, Karkala.The award, institut...

Ammu to roost at Games village nest

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Hornbill Information Centre to spread conservation message

Putthanatham keeps pace with changing sartorial taste

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Faced with a stiff competition, the readymade garment manufacturing units at Putthanatham village in the district have been coming up with new designs and marketing techniques to stay relevant in t...

Naidu should clarify on Central funds: CPI(M)

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has alleged that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu led State government has decided to burden the common man with additional taxes to cover up its failure t...

Children showcase their works of art

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Sir, please come this way, these paintings have been done by a student of Class VI, this by a student of Class VII, and that is by a student of Class VIII, say students, standing at a collection of...

Govt. seeks details on land for Air Force Station

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The State government has asked for a sociological impact study on the issue of lands belonging to SC and ST farmers in the four villages near Adilabad where the proposed Air Force Station (AFS), is...

Relocate pigs from Karimnagar: TDP

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

TDP State BC cell organising secretary Putta Narender has demanded that the municipal authorities should relocate the pigs from Karimnagar to check the spread of dreaded swine flu disease in the to...

Yoga training for Ministers, officials

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Taking a break from the day-to-day administrative grind, Andhra Pradesh Ministers, IAS, IPS, IFS and other officials will undergo 3-day crash course on "Inner Engineering – for joyful living" being...

‘Organised crime won’t be tolerated’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Sunil Agrawal, Inspector-General of Police North Eastern Range, Kalaburagi, has said that police officers have been instructed to initiate strict action against organised crime in the district, to...

Guru Nivas inaugurated

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Wednesday that secular ideals in their true sense were being reflected at the St. Lawrence Shrine here.He was speaking after inaugurating the Guru Nivas o...

Homestead farming in focus

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The significance of promoting homestead farming in the State to attain self sufficiency in vegetable production has been stressed at a seminar on 'New trends in vegetable cultivation' that conclude...

Seminar on IT and good governance

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Department of Political Science at Pandalam NSS College will be organising a two-day seminar on 'Information Technology and good governance' at the college auditorium from Thursday.Accor...

Rs. 30 lakh to fallen Army officer’s kin

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:56 PM PST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday paid glowing tributes to Colonel M. N. Rai, who died fighting militants in Jammu and Kashmir and sanctioned Rs. 30 lakh of financial aid to...

Dry condition in MTR

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Dry condition has become a source of concern in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) near here, according to Deputy Director of the reserve D.Chandran. He told The Hindu here on W...

Reaping rich with horticulture seedlings

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Farmers of the district are now keen on selling horticulture seedlings as it's turning out to be a profitable venture.Subsidy for erecting shade nets, provided under the National Horticultur...

Banks asked to install burglar alarm

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

All the bank branches in the city have been asked to install burglar alarms, closed circuit television cameras (cctvs) and employ round-the-clock security personnel to prevent burglaries.At...

TANUVAS eyes Forest Dept. land

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

The Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) has reportedly narrowed down on a 50-acre land site owned by the Forest Department for establishing Bargur Cattle Research Station...

Signature campaign for of conducting bull race

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Owners of bulls and enthusiasts of bull race (eruthu vidum vizha) have launched a signature campaign in support of conducting bull races in the district. They plan to collect more than one lakh sig...

No escape from groping

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:58 PM PST

Police presence notwithstanding, the school arts fete saw at least 15 cases of women and girls being harassed.

Power to BBMP office cut due to non-payment

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

Bescom officials cut power supply to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) head office on Wednesday morning as the civic body had allegedly failed to pay power bills amounting to Rs. 10 lak...

Dispute over entry of MP’s wife at airport

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Commotion ensued at the Chennai airport as Rajya Sabha member and CPI national secretary D. Raja's wife was allegedly denied entry into the domestic terminal by a CISF staff member.Around 4....

Can a govt. servant indulge in ‘preaching activities’?

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

A notice issued by Chief Secretary K. Gnanadesikan to IAS officer C. Umashankar, asking him to stop his religious 'preaching activities' and cancel his meetings in three communally sensitive southe...

International hot air balloon fest commences at Pollachi

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

The first edition of four-day Tamil Nadu International Balloon Festival began in front of a crowd of 1,500 college students and dignitaries at Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology in Po...

Chhatarpur awaits better infrastructure

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:50 PM PST

Close to the Chhatarpur Metro Station, a big hoarding promises CCTVs and free Wi-Fi in Delhi.These promises do not seem to mean much to the residents of Chhatarpur Assembly constituency, whi...

A.P. tightens the purse strings

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Idea is to keep sufficient funds for payment of salaries, pensions

Govt. decision to shift Chest Hospital stirs up opposition

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:29 PM PST

It's illogical to shift a teaching hospital attached to Osmania Medical College, says Congress leader

168 families face eviction as legal fight for restoring river intensifies

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

Encroachments on the banks of Konthuruthy river

HC raps authorities over tender process

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Says Transparency in Tender Rules were not followed

Will Kulai fisheries harbour be on the fast track?

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 08:53 PM PST

Project yet to get nod from Karnataka State Environment Impact Assessment Authority

Chennithala opens renovated stadium

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala inaugurated the renovated Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium here on Wednesday.At the event, which also saw the switching on of the newly installed floodlights at...

AAI accords in-principle nod for Chennai-Tiruchi radar data transfer

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Air traffic surveillance mechanism of Tiruchi airport will be enhanced

‘TS sportive, time for Naidu to make move’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Telangana Home Minister Nayini Narsimha Reddy said both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh should resolve all issues pertaining to water, power and higher education amicably through dialogue and strive f...

It was fun unlimited at ‘dream camp’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

In their endeavour to provide academic development of children at shelter homes, the young team of 'Make a Difference' (MAD), Vizag Chapter, organised a 'dream camp' on January 26 and 27 at Haigree...

Murder: 4 get double life-term

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The District Additional Sessions Court here on Wednesday sentenced four persons to double life-term for murder of P.K. Rajeev, a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) leader at Vadanappilly on Decemb...

Municipal staff protest against Deputy Mayor

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The municipal workers under the banner of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) here on Wednesday took out rally from Rajiv Gandhi auditorium and formed hu...

Release water to TN, CS tells officials

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary I.Y.R. Krishna Rao has instructed officials to take action as early as possible to release water to Tamil Nadu.Mr. Rao gave the instructions on Wednesday after...

Bengaluru Today

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

Religion Panchadashi : Discourse by Dr. Hemalatha, Adhyatma Prakasha Karyalaya, 2{+n}{+d}Block, Thyagarajanagar, 9.30 a.m. Brahmasutra Bhashyam...

Dharwad turns into a ‘city of dust’ as work on water supply project begins

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

The proposed 24x7 drinking water supply scheme for the twin cities is expected to solve the water woes of the citizens in the future. But, as of now, the project-related works have only added to th...

Seminar from today

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

The Department of Geopolitics and International Relations of Manipal University, in collaboration with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, will organise a two-day national...

Achuthanandan’s visit to Kasaragod deferred

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

Leader of the Opposition and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader V.S. Achuthanandan's scheduled to the district on Friday was deferred citing his indisposition.Mr. Achuthanandan was to...

Bar licence bribery: BJYM activists march to Collectorate

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the bar licence bribery charge against Finance Minister K.M. Mani, activists of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) marched to the d...

Obama has let down minorities: Dal Khalsa

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:56 PM PST

The Dal Khalsa, a radical Sikh organisation, is happy with U.S. President Barack Obama's call to India to uphold religious freedom, but is worried by the "sea change" in the U.S. policy towards Ind...

Campus Trends Why they run and rally

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

College students take part in SOCIAL AWARENESS events

12 ‘IND’ number plate suppliers arrested

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

In a crackdown on fake ``IND'' number plate suppliers, 12 sticker shop owners were arrested and later released on bail on Tuesday, police sources said.As per orders of the Madurai Bench...

Officials inspect herbal garden

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Senior district level officials of the Health Department inspected the herbal garden developed and maintained by the Sidha wing at the Government Hospital, Mettur, recently.Hill stations<...

Guidelines for compensation awaited

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Bank put up a notice listing mortgage accounts in other safe

Two arrested for murder

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Two persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 45-year-old in Gudiyatham on Wednesday.According to police, Silambarasan (27) of Mariamman Koil Street, Netteri Colony, Gudi...

EPF adalat next month

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

A Bhavishya Nidhi Adalat will be held at the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's sub-regional office at Eranhipalam at 10.30 a.m. on February 10 to redress the grievances of EPF members who ha...

Oral health not in draft National Health Policy

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

The much-talked about National Health Policy has robbed dentists of their smiles. The policy, which is being drafted, has no component on oral health.Concerned over the omission, the State g...

Towards breaking the circle of bus route violence

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Route ' Thalaivars' – these are not members of any political outfit, but college student gangs whose writ runs over various bus routes in the city. They are the root cause of t...

Low retail price: petrol dealers to stop purchase on Jan. 31

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Over 4,590 petroleum dealers in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will not purchase fuel from oil companies on January 31 to register their protest against frequent price reductions that they claim have ca...

Cycling set to speed away to bigger glory in Coimbatore

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

The second edition of the premier cycling event, the MVS Coimbatore Criterium, will be held at the Kari Motor Speedway (KMS) at Chettipalayam here on February 8.The inaugural edition brought...

Ready for dialogue with KCR: Naidu

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu called on Governor ESL Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday and was closeted with him for more than an hour.According to official sources,...

Gubba Group launches Germplasm Bank

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

First such bank in the private sectorto help preserve seeds

No ground for CBI probe, says HC

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:47 PM PST

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Wednesday rejected a plea for a CBI probe into the bribery charges levelled by bar owners against Kerala Congress (M) leader and Finance Minister K.M. M...

Infopark turns its focus on Thrissur IT Park

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Work on new block to be completed by May

Handwriting Wizard contest tomorrow

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

In these days of electronic gadgets and computers, handwriting has taken a back seat and students confine it to their school activity.In an effort to promote the importance of good handwriti...

Languages need translation to sustain themselves: expert

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

A two-day seminar on 'Knowledge Text Translation in Kannada' began at Mangalore University on Wednesday with an expert expressing fears that if a language did not open up itself for translation, it...

Chandy inaugurates shooting range in capital

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:56 PM PST

The 1.25 lakh sq.ft. range was built at a cost of Rs. 30 crore

Hundreds flock ‘Garuda Sevai’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

A large number of devotees offered worship to Namperumal on the occasion of 'Garuda Sevai' on Wednesday. The event forms part of the Thai car festival at the temple. Namperumal was taken by the Gar...

Insurance scheme for one crore workers on the cards

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Govt. to earmark Rs. 200 cr. for the purpose

Workshop on obesity

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

The Department of Biochemistry of Dr. V.S. Krishna Government Degree and P.G. College (Autonomous) will be organising a two-day national-level workshop on obesity related disorders.The works...

Weaving magic with nimble fingers

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

Sitting by the side of a pavement he takes a bunch of sticks and with a long a rope he weaves them together and in a jiffy a cane stool is made which you feel like possessing it. Om Prakash his son...

Srinivasa Mangapuram Brahmotsavam

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

The annual Brahmotsavam at the TTD's Sri Kalyana Venkateswara Brahmotsavam will begin at Srinivasa Mangapuram temple, Tirupati, from February 10, while 'Ankurarpanam', considered the initiating rit...

Little progress on unique ID for autos

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

Of the estimated 1.5 lakh autorickshaws, less than have are believed to have genuine ownership documents

Licences of seven private laboratories suspended

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Licences of seven privately-run clinical laboratories have been temporarily suspended under the provisions of Section 15 of the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments Act, 2007, with effect from...

Work on Kasaragod MCH yet to commence

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

First phase work was proposed to begin this month

Engagements for Thursday

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

GENERAL Kerala Tourism Development Corporation: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to inaugurate Bolgatty Event Centre, Tourism Minister A.P. Anilkumar to preside, Excise Mini...

Chandigarh invites private players in solar power sector

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:56 PM PST

Declared a Model Solar City in 2013, Chandigarh on Wednesday moved a step closer towards accomplishing the goal of using solar energy for powering its growth when a 210 kWp Grid-tied Rooftop Solar...

Budding cueist honoured at Coonoor

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

The recently formed Nilgiris District Billiards and Snooker Association organised a function at Coonoor on Wednesday to felicitate Mariam Agnes, a budding woman cueist.Daughter of A.J.S. Kum...

Vaiko observes fast seeking repair of irrigation channel

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

"If it is done, farming will be revived on over 12,000 acres"

Accused swallows bike key

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Tension prevailed on the District Court premises here late on Tuesday evening after a commotion between police and a group of lawyers while P. Pulavendra Raja (31), a lawyer charged with attempt to...

Rs. 20 lakh stolen from ATM

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:08 PM PST

An Automated Teller Machine on the outskirts of the city was misused and a sum of Rs. 20 lakh stolen in the early hours on Wednesday.The incident occurred in the ATM attached to the Canara B...

Focus is now on addressing ‘disgruntlement’ within

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

The resignation of Excise Minister Satish L. Jarkiholi, though yet to be accepted by the Chief Minister, brings back to focus the demand for a Cabinet reshuffle and induction of new Ministers by se...

More Krishna water to help city tide over crisis

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Andhra Pradesh (A.P.) government has assured Tamil Nadu (T.N.) of release of three thousand million cubic feet (tmcft) of Krishna water to Chennai, by March end.The assurance was given a...

No more din in this tiger’s lair

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:48 PM PST

NGT cracks the whip on quarries near STR

Free house handed over

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Nehru Educational Trust handed over a house, free of cost, to a beneficiary under the 'Nehru Dream Home' scheme recently.A press release said that Nehru Group Managing Trustee P. Krishna...

‘I am against divisive politics’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Reaching out to Muslims, BJP's CM candidate Kiran Bedi said she was against "divisive politics" and that she was contesting the polls on development plank."My religion is that of humanity. I...

KCR guided by vaastu?

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

The main reason for Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao deciding to shift the Secretariat from its present location seems to be vaastu .A stickler for vaast...

TS wants Tata firms to train youth

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Telangana government is keen on Tata Group imparting skills to both employed and unemployed youth, particularly near facilities of its companies.Industries Minister Jupally Krishna Rao c...

Pattoor: proceedings against Collector stayed

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Alleged corruption, nepotism

Nurses association takes up the cause of suspended nurses in medical college

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

Re-inquiry sought

The unit of Trained Nurses Association of India at the Government Medical College, Ernakulam, has given a letter to Principal Praveenlal K. seeking a re-in...

City police to secure ‘walkers’ zones’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

The city police have introduced police security at 58 select places, where residents gather in large numbers for morning and evening walks to prevent crimes like chain-snatching.The new move...

Process for social and education survey begins

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

The process for a social and education survey began in the district with the review of preparations for the activity, which will commence on April 11.District in-charge Minister B. Ramanath...

E.K. Bharat Bhushan to retire as Chief Secretary on January 31

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Cabinet on Wednesday expressed its satisfaction and appreciation of the services of E.K. Bharat Bhushan, who is retiring as Chief Secretary on January 31. Jiji Thomson, who is now Additional Ch...

Back with a bang

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Three temple elephants return from rejuvenation camp

Experts give tips to keep swine flu at bay

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

While there was no need for people to get panicky about swine flu, there was every need for them to be cautious, experts said.Chairman of a corporate hospital Y. Ramesh Babu said that those...

Learn how to make satellites

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

GITAM University is conducting a two-day special workshop on 'How to make satellites and operate', from February 10 on its campus under the guidance of technical experts.The workshop is bein...

Ayurvedic hospital offers panchakarma therapy

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

Patients suffering from cervical spondylitis, sinusitis, paralysis and several other ailments particularly related to neurological and muscular disorders, can now avail panchakarma therapy at the G...

Pursue career in NDT, engg. students told

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Dr. Baldev Raj, Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru, has called for a paradigm shift in thinking and a multidisciplinary approach with a global perspective for India...

Zinda Tilismath scores even during swine flu season

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

As the swine flu scare spreads, the fastest moving product on the shelves is Zinda Tilismath. People are flocking to buy the time-tested drug which is effective in curing common ailments.As...

He was a custodian of speeches

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

Veteran writer S.M. Vrushabhendra Swamy, who passed away on Wednesday, was known for his unique hobbies and down-to-earth attitude in literary and academic circles here.One of his hobbies wa...

Officials told to utilise funds systematically

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Expressing dissatisfaction over the non-utilisation of funds meant for the welfare of backward communities under the social welfare scheme, district in-charge Secretary N. Manjunath Prasad has said...

Tour packages for sahitya sammelan

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Hassan division of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has announced two tour packages for those visiting Shravanabelagola during the Kannada Sahitya Sammelan, to be held from Februa...

Stir hits fisheries sector in Kannur

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

The fisheries sector in the district and nearby areas has been hit by the ongoing agitation by local fishermen demanding restriction on fishing operation by crafts from other parts.The local...

Konni Hindu meet from January 30

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

The 10th annual Konni Hindu religious meet, organised by the Konni Haindava Seva Samiti, will be held at Swami Vivekananda Nagar near the Madhathilkavu Devi Temple at Konni from Friday to Sunday.

coimbatore today

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

RELIGION Arulmigu Subramani Swamy Thirukovil: Thaipoosa Thiruther Vizha, Maruthamalai,10 a.m. GENERAL Poompuhar: Brass exhibiti...

‘Thai Poosam’ festival on

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

With hoisting of flag at Perianayakai Amman Sri Somaskandhar Temple, popularly known as Oorkoil, the 10-day 'Thai Poosam' festival began here on Wednesday.Special pujas were performed to Lor...

Two paddy procurement centres opened

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Farmers of Ekkatampalayam, Pasuvapatti and Ellaigramam are overjoyed as two Direct Procurement Centres for paddy have been started within 2km.One was commissioned at Veppili Pirivu along the...

Seminar held

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST

A national seminar on "Supply chain management prospects and challenges" was organised at Adhiparasakthi Agricultural College, Kalavai, on Wednesday.Speakers insisted on the need for organis...

Notes, puppets, talks… the best of 2 cultures

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:07 PM PST

The French zest for the eclectic cultural experience is bringing to the city a month-long extravaganza of fusion music, puppet shows, literary debate and film screenings.The curtain went up...

If you missed Tansen, listen to his descendant

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan (107), based in Kolkata, was the oldest living legend to be bestowed Padma Bhushan

RVCE students shine at vehicle designing championship

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

An All-Terrain Vehicle designed by a group of 32 students of RV College of Engineering (RVCE) stole the limelight at the 'Baja Student India' competition.The annual event was held in Nationa...

Spencer Plaza shops sealed for tax dues

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

In a bid to collect long-pending water tax arrears, Chennai Metrowater has started issuing notices and sealing buildings of defaulters.On Wednesday, a team of officials sealed three shops in...

The strength of Netaji Subash’s resolve

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

On the 23{+r}{+d}of January, the radical patriot Subhas Chandra Bose would have turned 118

11 Rose-ringed parakeets rescued

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Eleven Rose-ringed parakeets, kept illegally in a temple, were rescued in the district on Tuesday.Following a tip-off, a team of Environment Conservation Group members led by its president R...

‘One-third of Delhi voters untraceable’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

'The findings raise serious questions about accuracy of information in voter lists and official voter turnout numbers'

Shaking off Ranji lows, Hyderabad cricketers eye IPL riches

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

It is time to shrug off a disappointing Ranji Trophy season and look ahead to the more lucrative and high-profile Indian Premier League (IPL). This seems to be thinking of the current Hyderabad Ran...

Nagam demands white paper on KCR’s promises

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy on Wednesday demanded that Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao release a white paper by March 31, clearly outlining the funds sa...

Asia-Pacific coconut community meet from Feb. 2

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Union Minister for Agriculture, Radha Mohan Singh, will inaugurate the 51st Asia Pacific Coconut Community (APCC) session at Hotel Crowne Plaza here on February 2. The meeting will review the globa...

A model for others to emulate

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

The success of Madurai district in containing maternal mortality is being taken up as a model for the State.The process of issuing a G.O. to this effect and telling other districts to follow...

Two persons arrested on theft charge

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

The Central Crime Branch police have arrested two persons on the charge of stealing Rs. 1.01 lakh from a shop keeper on January 25. The police gave the names of the accused as Junaid (22) and Moham...

Condolences pour in

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, Leader of the Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan, Speaker G. Karthikeyan, Ministers, and leaders of various political parties have condoled actor Mala Aravindan's death.

Malaysian national admitted with swine flu symptoms in Tiruchi

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The blood sample of a Malaysian citizen, who has been admitted to a private hospital here with the symptoms of H1N1 virus, has been sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, for tests.<...

State offers bonanza to athletes

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Minister announces cash rewards for those winning medals

IIM team inspects AU facility

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

A nine-member team from IIM, led by IIM-Bangalore Director Sushil Vachani, visited Andhra Bank School of Business on Andhra University campus on Wednesday and finalised it for operating IIM-Visakha...

EEC remains under-explored

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

The wealth of knowledge on a wide array of topics pertaining to environment, wildlife and other related subjects enshrined in the exhibits at the Environmental Education Centre (EEC) at Kinnerasani...

Students throng temple for ‘lucky’ pens

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Authorities conduct 'pen puja' ritual at Ainavilli

Kodela unveils ‘Wash’ for rural development

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Assembly Speaker Kodela Siva Prasada Rao on Wednesday unveiled Water Sanitation and Hygiene (Wash), a novel scheme under which every village in the district will be provided with basic facilities s...

S.M. Vrushabhendra Swamy dead

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

Writer and academician S.M. Vrushabhendra Swamy (88) died of a heart attack at a private hospital here on Wednesday. He is survived by his son. The final rites will be held here on Thursday....

ATM cards for school students to be launched today

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank, headquartered here and having jurisdiction over 11 districts, will launch Junior ATM Rupay Debit Cards for school students aged above 10. It would help inculcate savin...

Special package sought for Mandya

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

CM inaugurates three-day sports meet for government employees

Youth stabbed to death

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

A youth was stabbed to death by a neighbour allegedly during a squabble over drawing water from a well at Therthally in Alakkode here late night on Tuesday.The deceased has been identified a...

MP to open religious meet

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

A congregation of believers will be held as part of the Nilackal Day celebrations at the St Thomas Ecumenical Church at Angamoozhy on Saturday.According to Antony Nirappel, the programme wil...

Congo fever: Thar Express passengers screened

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:56 PM PST

The Rajasthan government has started screening all passengers travelling from Pakistan to India on Thar Link Express following two deaths due to Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF).Passe...

Revenue officials seize illegally felled trees

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

A few trees which had allegedly been illegally felled near Cherambadi in Pandhalur taluk were seized by revenue officials on Tuesday.According to official sources, revenue officials in Gudal...

Self-defence programme for rural women launched

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Seeking to empower rural women in personal safety and train them to escape from violence and crime unleashed against them, Pudhu Vazhvu Project (PVP) has launched self-defence programme for its mem...

Life term for two

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Second Additional District Judge A. Naseema Banu sentenced two persons to undergo life imprisonment for abducting a man and attempting to extort money from his family members.According t...

Community cadres to be roped in for Swachh Bharat Mission

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST

In keeping with the recently released guidelines of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin), the Puducherry government will be enlisting the support of 'community cadres' to ensure a successful implemen...

Mukul Roy to appear before the CBI tomorrow

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:59 PM PST

Trinamool Congress general secretary Mukul Roy will appear before the CBI in connection with the Saradha scam, the party leader said here on Wednesday. "I have repeatedly said tha...

448 athletes for National Games

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

Ahead of the 35th National Games 2015 scheduled to begin this week, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday announced cash prizes for players who bag medals at the championship.Speaking at...

Applications invited

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

Applications have been invited for admission to class 8 at the Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun, for 2016. The entrance exam will be held on June 1 and 2 in Bengaluru for students from K...

Realty sales revival may take some time

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Reduction of 25% in new project launches in 2014, compared to previous year

Conduct entrance test for NRI students: MCI

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

The Medical Council of India has issued circular advising medical colleges to admit students under the Non-resident Indian (NRI) quota based on merits through a common entrance test.The circ...

‘Retailer sold expired malted drinks’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

A major corporate wholesale dealer in the district has been found to have sold expired malted milk hot drinks. The dealer had also offered discounts on these products. A raid was conducted on the o...

Cops feel a strong govt can make departments free of corruption

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Policemen patrolling the streets of Delhi feel that it needs a strong government that can provide better infrastructure and facilities to the marginalised section of society."We cannot do co...

Cyberspace too is not safe for women

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:51 PM PST

Offices and public places are not the only places that witness harassment of women. It happens online too, and the rise is alarming, at least within the Cyberabad Commissionerate limits. ...

Panel on pay revision to meet employee associations

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The high power committee constituted by the Telangana government to look into the recommendations of 10{+t}{+h}Pay Revision Commissioner will hold consultations with employees associations from Fri...

VACB task termed more onerous

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Wednesday observed that the duty of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) was more onerous when they were investigating allegations against a...

‘High-risk’ tracking brings down maternal deaths

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

A comprehensive pregnancy surveillance mechanism being implemented through the Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project (TNHSP) has brought down maternal mortality in Madurai district this year.Arm...

No action against Pillai, George

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Adverse remarks by them in bar bribery case

Hand book on Down Syndrome released

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The book would be distributed free of cost to parents of children with Down Syndrome

Instil self-belief in vulnerable children: Buddha Prasad

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Deputy Speaker Mandali Buddha Prasad on Wednesday emphasised the need to infuse a sense of confidence in orphan, destitute and other vulnerable children to enable them to face the odds in a bold ma...

No radiation threat from cell towers: COAI

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) conducted Electro Magnetic Emission (EME) tests at various places in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday to clear the apprehensions of the people on possib...

Focus on Wyra reservoir

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Wyra reservoir, a medium irrigation project in Wyra mandal, is likely to emerge as a major drinking water source under the Telangana government's ambitious "Water Grid" scheme.Lifelin...

Help youngsters develop skills: HRD Secretary

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Union Human Resources Development Secretary S.N. Mohanty on Wednesday asked Dr. Ambedkar University authorities to concentrate on skill development of youngsters and teaching abilities of lecturers...

9 nominations rejected

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

As many as nine nominations filed for the Tirupati bypoll were rejected on various grounds on Wednesday, leaving 23 candidates in the fray.After completing the scrutiny here on Wednesday, wi...

Silence of fear at labour colonies

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

The depth of silence at the Yermarus Thermal Power Station construction site was palpable on Wednesday. Hydraulic cranes, heavy trucks, earthmovers, light vehicles and huge machines lay unused. Onl...

Cellphone jammers installed at Ballari Central Jail

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Cellphone jammers have been installed at the Ballari Central Jail as part of beefing up security arrangements. They started functioning on Republic Day.No one on the jail premises and also i...

CEC seeks details of illegal resorts in forests

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 08:26 PM PST

'Resorts are being run in Cauvery Wildlife Division'

Case registered against MLA, CPI(M) leaders

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Attack on police station during protest

Respect all religions: Metropolitan

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Indian concept of secularism refers to giving due respect and honour to all religions and it even gives the freedom not to believe in any particular religion, according to Geevarghese Mar Coori...

U.P. hosting convention of Speakers

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:55 PM PST

Speakers and Deputy Speakers from 30 States and Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of six Legislative Councils are expected for the 77th annual convention of presiding officers and secretaries of legislati...

Air Marshal Garud visits Thanjavur

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Air Command, Air Marshal Arun Purushottam Garud reviewed the operational preparedness of the Thanjavur Air Force Station here on Wednesday.The A...

AIR ENGAGEMENTS

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

SIVAKASI The Standard Fireworks Rajaratnam College for Women: Central Institute of Classical Tamil organises seminar on 'Modern theories in ancient literature,' Conferen...

Pure gingelly oil for Rs. 290 a litre

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

A farm women group in Sivagiri producing pure gingelly oil with support from the Agriculture Department has started attracting health-conscious customers.The Amma Farm Women Group in Kodumud...

Ingenuity of NLC engineers hailed

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST

The skills of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation engineers in adapting the foreign technology to suit the local conditions came in for praise at the workshop on "Success experience of specialized mini...

Lakshmi back home from camp

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST

Lakshmi (29), elephant of Sri Manakula Vinayakar temple, arrived here on Wednesday to a warm welcome after a 48-day rejuvenation camp in Thekkampatti of Coimbatore district.Priests from the...

‘I am targeted for pro-poor policies’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:59 PM PST

: In a restrained but politically loaded speech, Chief Minister of Bengal Mamata Banerjee said that her policy to "stand by the poor" is making her unpopular among a section of people.Even t...

Three killed in two accidents

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

Three men were killed in two accidents on Wednesday.Two men were killed and one man was injured when their motorcycle collided head-on with a BMTC bus on Bannerghatta Road on Wednesday after...

Knifepoint robber involved in more than 80 cases

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Murugan alias Neeravi Murugan, apprehended by the city police in connection with the knifepoint robbery of a teacher in Thoraipakkam last December, has at least 87 cases registered against him, inc...

Mathorupagan, now available in multiple formats

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Its controversial nature has made it the 'must read at all costs' book for several readers.Even though writer Perumal Murugan has requested that all his publishers pull Mathorup...

School teachers seek scrapping of pension scheme

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Tamil Nadu High and Higher Secondary School Graduate Teachers' Association has demanded the scrapping of contributory pension scheme and reinstatement of the earlier scheme.Association membe...

Tata Motors opens bookings for Bolt

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Tata Motors on Tuesday opened bookings for its new hatchback Bolt, across Telangana and AP.Addressing reporters at the car's unveiling here on Wednesday, Tata Motors national sales head (Sou...

TGDA’s move irks hospital staff

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The staff members of Chest Hospital at Erragadda including senior nurses, paramedics and doctors have slammed the members of Telangana Government Doctors' Association (TGDA) for extending cooperati...

Govt. to renew bar licences

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The State government on Wednesday assured the Kerala High Court that bar licences of nine three-star hotels and a four-star hotel would soon be renewed in compliance with a High Court directive. Th...

PIL plea for Lokayukta

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST

A public interest litigation (PIL) petition was filed in the Madras High Court Bench here seeking a direction to the State to establish a Lokayukta to deal with complaints related to corruption aga...

City forum seeks CM’s help for airport expansion

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Trivandrum City Connect Foundation (TCCF), a platform 'working towards a better Thiruvananthapuram,' on Wednesday requested Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to accelerate land acquisition for the e...

NAAC team visits Bishop Heber College

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

A peer team of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) Peer visited Bishop Heber College recently for the third cycle of its reaccreditation.The team visit was meant to vali...

Rely on hard work for success, students told

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Thousands of students turned up for the Masula Yuva Mahotsav which began on the Hindu College Grounds here on Wednesday.Amid colourful kites flying at the venue, students took part in drawin...

City regaining its green glory

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Survival rate of plants after Hudhud damage is85 per cent

IIT Hyderabad students’ distinction

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

Students from Department of Biomedical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IITH) were shortlisted in BioAsia 2015 Healthcare Devthon which was held on January 25.Sho...

‘Students should focus on acquiring applied knowledge’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Prof. D. Raj Reddy, founder director of Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University (USA), advised the students at Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) - Sri City to strive for ac...

Geethanandan lashes out at CPI(M)

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Adivasi Gothra Mahasabha (AGM) leader M. Geethanandan has alleged the local Communist Party of India (Marxist) leadership is inciting communal passions against Adivasis of Aralam.Speaking at...

Cases booked

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

Raichur rural police have, on Wednesday, booked three separate FIRs. One was against Chakravarthy, an employee of Power Mech Projects Ltd. who was the site in-charge. He was charged with Section 30...

‘Consider authenticated data while finalising CDP’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Elected representatives, including Aravind Bellad, MLA, and other stakeholders have felt the need for taking into consideration authenticated data and other local factors before finalising the city...

For vertical growth, higher floor area ratio is a must

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

FAR in Master Plan 2031 has to be revised for MUDA's vertical growth plans to materialise

First batch of sportspersons reaches Alappuzha

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The first batch of sportspersons which arrived in the district to participate in the 35th National Games was accorded a warm reception here on Wednesday.A festive mood prevailed at the Alapp...

Collector to seek opinion from AG

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

District Collector S. Harikishore has decided to seek legal opinion from the Advocate General with regard to the Kerala High Court order relating to restoration of a natural stream, Karimaramthodu,...

NRI special summit in Agra

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:55 PM PST

After signing agreements for investments estimated at Rs. 5,000 crore in the information and communication technology sector on Tuesday, Uttar Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will host a special summ...

5,400 women to get training in self-defence

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

A total of 5,400 women of the Village Poverty Reduction Committee and Panchayat Level Federation will undergo training on self-defence with a view to protecting themselves from any critical situati...

Giving light after life: villagers show the way

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Since 2010, eyes of 46 persons donated

Soft targets no more

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Women to be trained in self-defence

Petroleum dealers to launch ‘No purchase’ stir on Jan. 31

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST

Agitation will not affect consumers, says association chief

Special teams formed to nab absconding policemen

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Police have spread their dragnet to apprehend eight police personnel who are absconding after they were identified by the child sexual assault victims.Identification paradeA to...

‘Relative of victim snatched chain’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

Two men were arrested in connection with a chain-snatching incident. Police said that a relative of the woman, whose chain was snatched, was involved in the crime. According to police, Prathima had...

Fishermen, activists oppose Marina Loop Road project

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Opposition to the Chennai Corporation's Marina Loop Road upgradation project is gaining momentum with fishermen unions and environmental activists alleging violations in the manner in which clearan...

The rhythm of voices raised for their rights

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST

The percussion beats of a thappu broke the silence in villages on the city's southern fringes with a group of women singing folk tunes to create awareness of a government notif...

Taxi drivers protest following argument with officials

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:51 PM PST

Alleging that an officer had abused a driver, taxi drivers affiliated to the Coimbatore District Tourist Taxi Drivers' and Owners' Association and a few other associations protested on Wednesday at...

Amar Singh questioned in Sunanda case

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh told the Delhi Police on Wednesday that Sunanda Pushkar had spoken to him about taking the blame from her husband Shashi Tharoor for the IPL controversy ove...

‘Children today struggle with decision-making’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Children today struggle with issues they encounter, and are, more often than not, unaware of the choices they have before they make a decision, said Edward Rogers, chief knowledge officer of US spa...

Job scheme implementation tardy, says KTR

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Panchayat Raj Minister K.T. Rama Rao on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme in Telangana as the guaranteed 100 days of wage emp...

Honour for five Naval officers

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:45 PM PST

While sailor Vishnu P. Unni was posthumously awarded the Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry) on the occasion of the Republic Day for saving a woman who attempted suicide by jumping off the Vikrant-Venduruth...

BJP candidate gets bail

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

The Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to BJP candidate for the Srirangam by-election, M. Subramaniam in a cheating case under investigation by the Tiruchi city cri...

Lucky charms, unlucky victims

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:53 PM PST

Frauds, some extending to lakhs of rupees, lurk behind the antiques business

Officials intensify campaign against mosquitoes

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Sanitary workers engaged in door-to-door campaign in many municipal limits

Sub-Collector bats for conservation of fossil fuel

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Sub-Collector S. Nagalakshmi exhorted the peopleto contribute their mite in conserving dwindling resources of fossil fuels and this would also help check the carbon footprint.She observed th...

Steps initiated to make city plastic-free

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Gearing up to implement ban on plastic carry bags below 40 microns thickness, Municipal Commissioner Pravin Kumar has constituted a task-force for enforcing the ban in the city.At a meeting...

Jeeps bring smiles to SIs’ faces

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

New vehicles flagged off at different police stations

Arrangements reviewed for Mahasivaratri

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Mahasivaratri festivities will be performed with pomp and grandeur at the ancient Sri Kamakshi Treteswara Swamy temple at Attirala near Rajampet from February 13 to 21, Government Whip M. Mallikarj...

BEL displays night vision defence devices

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

The Defence Ministry's Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Machilipatnam unit, is showcasing its state-of-the-art night vision devices including those used in Kargil war.This is the first publ...

CM hopes Jarkiholi will reconsider

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 08:24 PM PST

But problems not restricted to portfolio alone, say sources

Twin cities will require Rs. 6,244 crore investment by 2041, says CRISIL

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

City development plan being prepared for Hubballi- Dharwad

Farmers oppose amendment to land acquisition Act

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

A section of farmers from Mysuru district have opposed the amendment to the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 on the grounds that it is "anti-farmer".In a letter add...

Govt. jobs for National Games gold medallists

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Recognition for role of sportspersons: Minister

Chandy to inaugurate hockey stadium today

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

The hockey stadium constructed at Asramam in the city for the National Games will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in the morning on January 29. The synthetic turf of the stadium will...

Power line realigned for safe flight of vultures

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:55 PM PST

A high-tension power line being drawn through the Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh has been rerouted to save vultures from electrocution.A vulture breeding site was recently...

‘All pregnant women should undergo HIV test’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Awareness should be created among pregnant women to undergo HIV test, said S. Palanisamy, District Collector, here on Wednesday.Speaking at a day training for Block Development Officers on c...

‘Centre uses its majority to snatch rights of people’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

'Development has made the rich richer and the poor poorer'

Communication equipment for fishermen

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Equipment for fishermen

As part of improving the coastal security and establishing a full-fledged communication network it has been proposed to equip the trawler and motoriz...

Seminar to focus on economics of gender

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

How and why men and women are different in economic activities? Why do women earn less than men? Do changes in female labour force participation lead to changes in the home, political, and social e...

Public grievances camp

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Puducherry Electricity Department will hold a public grievances camp on January 29 from 10.30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the office of the Junior Engineer, Sedharapet Operation and Maintenance.O...

Resolution moved seeking extension of councillors’ term

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) council passed a resolution urging the government to extend the term of incumbent councillors in case elections to the local body are postponed....

Mystic gone with the wind, his music stays

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

The story of his life reads like a blockbuster.He was a man of many accomplishments: a university rank-holder, ICS aspirant, film actor, music teacher, performer and composer. However, the m...

Man convicted for abetting wife’s suicide

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Coimbatore Mahila Court on Wednesday convicted Vignesh, 28, of subjecting to cruelty his wife Kaveri and abetting her suicide. It sentenced him to seven years imprisonment and slapped Rs. 15,00...

Ask Delhi on doubling parking fee, MoEF to SC

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

MoEF suggests ban on diesel vehicles, plying of private cars on alternate days and allowing only BS-III and BS-IV vehicles

Of Darwin’s line, the professor has a poser on development

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Are social movements anti-development? Or do they exemplify the real essence of the term?

Phone-in with Transport Minister

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Telangana Transport Minister P. Mahender Reddy will participate in a live phone-in programme on transport problems and other issues, if any, faced by people with the Road Transport Authority.

Milma plans to market organic milk globally

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (Milma) is keen on taking up a project for production and marketing of organic milk.The project intended to venture into the internationa...

Float festival in water-filled Teppakulam in Madurai this year

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST

The float will go around the central mandapam twice in the morning and once in the evening

March against quarrying

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Mookkunnimala Samrakshana Samithi, which on Monday celebrated one year of its agitation to get the quarries in the Mookkunnimala region closed, took out a march to the Pallichal village office...

Official inspects counting centre

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The General Observer for the by-election to the Srirangam Assembly constituency, Balkar Singh, inspected the counting centre at the Saranathan Engineering College at Panchapur on the outskirts of t...

‘Over-dependence on sops behind poor growth’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

State Planning Board Deputy Chairman C. Kutumba Rao has attributed the poor industrial growth to growing dependence on sops offered by governments.Entrepreneurs in the State have pinned thei...

Mystery shrouds woman’s death

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

A 25-year-old woman died under suspicious circumstances at Pineapple Colony under the Gopalpatnam Police Station limits here on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Sitamahalakshmi, wife...

‘Green Chemistry key to sustainable future’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

Telangana University in-charge Vice-Chancellor C. Partha Sarathi said on Wednesday that Green Chemistry could be the key to the very survival of humankind and sustainable future.Inaugurating...

CPI to take up illegal sand mining issue with Governor

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

The Communist Party of India (CPI) will lodge a complaint with Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan over the rampant excavation of sand illegally in the district and its transportation to neighbouring States...

V. Prahlada conferred with Padma Shri

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Vadlamudi Prahlada, adviser to the Vignan University, has been conferred with Padma Shri by the Government of India in the Science and Engineering category. Dr. Prahlada took over charges as the ad...

Panel to ensure safety of workers

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:46 PM PST

A day after a worker was killed in an accident at Yermarus Thermal Power Station (YTPS) construction site, about 11 km from here, Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd. (KPCL) has decided to constitute a...

RTC employees firm on national strike in March

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Demanding a rollback of the controversial Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2014, employees of State Road Transport Corporations from across the country are planning to hold a national strike in the...

KSPCB elicits stakeholders’ views on climate change

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

Suggestions to be added to Karnataka State Action Plan on Climate Change

Viswam objects to ‘War Cry’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Communist Party of India leader Binoy Viswam has decried the naming of a cultural event led by actor Mohanlal as 'War Cry.'In a statement here on Wednesday, Mr. Viswam said it was inappropri...

Experts seek measures to conserve Vembanad backwaters

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

: Concerned by the large-scale exploitation that the Vembanad lake was being subjected to, experts from various fields have sought effective measures to preserve the Ramsar site by evolving a suppo...

Deposit money as promised in Jan Dhan accounts: Lalu

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:55 PM PST

RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Wednesday said he would lead a peaceful march to State BJP headquarters here on March 15 to demand that Rs. 15,000 be deposited in every bank account as promised in the "Ja...

Collector advises students to visit book exhibition

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Books will help students to enrich their knowledge and become good citizens, said Darez Ahamed, District Collector, at Chathiramanai panchayat in Perambalur taluk on Wednesday.Speaking at th...

Reduce discharge from dam: farmers

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

A large number of farmers of Cumbum valley, including ayacutdars of 17 channels, took out a rally and blocked Theni-Kumuli highway in front of the PWD office here on Wednesday.They condemned...

‘Can’t fix deadline to shift transformers’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

'Footpaths shrunk when roads were widened'

Indian team to take part in Dubai kite flying fete

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Kite flying festival to be held from January 29 to 31

Bangalore sans hoardings may become reality soon

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 08:42 PM PST

BBMP council to send resolution to ban advertisement hoardings to government for its nod

Cauvery brings together parties

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

A number of political parties on Wednesday put up a united face in extending support to farmers of the Cauvery Delta region, who organised a protest against proposed construction of two dams across...

Residents protest against stagnant sewage

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Residents of housing colonies in Kalapatty on Wednesday staged a protest to highlight the problem of sewage stagnating in the area.According to sources, the residents of PSG Layout, Naren Ga...

Instructor held for sexual attack of minor

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

A six-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by the physical instructor of the school where she was studying in southeast Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin area.The 32-year-old accused, iden...

Phone snatcher gives the game away

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

A youngster left his mobile phone number outside a reputed college building in Punjagutta after snatching one of its student's Apple iPhone 6 but the police finally caught him.The 21-year-ol...

Telangana may lose 11 medical seats

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:32 PM PST

The Telangana State may lose close to 11 postgraduate medical seats in pulmonology and undergraduate MBBS seats under Osmania Medical College (OMC) if it shifts the Chest Hospital from Erragadda to...

Speeding buses turn road stretch into dangerous alley

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:49 PM PST

The drivers put the lives of other motorists in dangerby stopping the bus abruptly to allow commutersto board the vehicle from wherever they like

Activist’s petition admitted

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

The Judicial Magistrate Court VI here has admitted a petition filed by transgender activist Bharathi Kannamma, objecting to the portrayal of transgenders in the recently released Tamil movie 'I.' T...

Kerala opposes PPP mode for Light Metro

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:54 PM PST

Kerala has opposed the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode mooted by the Centre, with Viability Gap Funding (VGF), for the Rs.6,728-crore Light Metro project for Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode....

Philatelic exhibition

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Department of Posts will host a philatelic exhibition, Rocpex 2015, at the Bishop Heber Higher Secondary School at Teppakulam in the city on January 30 and 31.The exhibition will feature...

Youth Cong. opposes land acquisition ordinance

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Farmers staged a dharna in front of the Sub-Collector's office here on Wednesday to register their protest against the ordinance brought in by the Centre, amending the Land Acquisition Act, allegin...

VRO in ACB net

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Village Revenue Officer (VRO) of Aganampudi K.V.S.V. Prasad Rao was arrested by officials of Anti Corruption of Bureau while he was accepting bribe of Rs. 2,500 from a complainant in the Revenue Of...

Adds prestige to the job, say police officials

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

"Authority doesn't work without prestige....." The Telangana government seems to have realised now what the French General and Statesmen Charles de Gaulle did about three quarters of a century back...

‘Ready plans to improve milk production’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Collector Siddharth Jain has instructed the Animal Husbandry Department officials to ensure that there is no shortage of fodder, water and feed for cattle in the district in the coming summer.<...

Bring sand reaches under CCTV surveillance: Collector

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Krishna Collector Ahmed Babu on Wednesday directed to the police to bring the sand reaches on the Krishna river bed under the CCTV camera surveillance to prevent the alleged involvement of sand maf...

Bank heist: value of gold stolen estimated at Rs. 10 cr.

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

The total value of gold ornaments stolen from Kaveri Grameena Bank's branch at Hirisave is said to be over Rs. 10 crore. Bank officials are expected to file a revised complaint by Thursday after ca...

Conference on applied maths in Haveri

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

As many as 10 sessions on the advances in the field of applied mathematics will be held during a two-day conference in Haveri from Friday.Mathematicians from across the country would partici...

‘Global warming needs a radical approach’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

Maj. Gen. Sudhir G. Vombatkere (retd.), a social activist, felt that a radical problem like global warming needs a radical approach as the core of the problem is not being given a serious thought.<...

KVASU to postpone shifting of projects

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

Final decision to be taken in February

31st Kottayam book fair to start on Jan. 30

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

: The 31st Kottayam international book fair will commence here on Friday, January 30. The 10-day exhibition will be inaugurated by Malayalam litterateur T. Padmanabhan, said Thomas Puthussery, dire...

Haryana okays new road safety scheme

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:55 PM PST

With Haryana figuring high on the list of States reporting the most fatal accidents and casualties, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday approved a new 'Haryana Road Safety Fund Scheme'...

Temporary hospital established at Kosur village

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

A 10-beded temporary hospital has been set up at Kosur village near here where a few children died of viral fever in the last few days. T.Udayachandran, Finance Secretary (Expenditure), who is also...

Delhi-Colombo talks must to end fishing row: panel

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Concern over detention of 87 boats in Sri Lanka

Two men detained under Goondas Act

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

J. Mohanraj (31) of Muthukrishnapuram and K. Chenthooran alias Chendur Pandi (50) of Thathaneri in Soorangudi were detained under the Goondas Act here on Wednesday.Superintendent of Police M...

EB staffer electrocuted

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

A field assistant of Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO), Walajapet was electrocuted to death when he climbed up a transformer to carry out work near Walajapet on Wednesda...

IUML shielding murder accused: CPI(M)

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has accused the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) of shielding the prime accused in the murder of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) activis...

“Focus on preventive policing’’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Puducherry government is focussing its attention on preventive policing to ensure that culprits are caught in the nascent stage and brought to book, Lieutenant Governor A.K. Singh has said....

Social media adds to woes of missing boy’s parents

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

This is a story of how social media added to the agony of the father of a 17-year-old boy who had gone missing on Wednesday morning.The news of a boy on a stretcher went viral on social netw...

BSNL exchange case: bail plea of 3 dismissed

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

A special court on Wednesday dismissed the bail petitions of three persons, including former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran's aide, arrested by the Special Task Force, CBI, in connection with the B...

Drive against sale of unauthorised number plates

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Coimbatore Rural Police have slapped 25 cases against as many traders for selling unauthorised number plates that looked like high-security number plates.The Periyanaickenpalayam, Karama...

Children rescued from child care home

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST

: Thirty four children including ten girls were rescued from an illegally run child care home in Kandhamal district of Odisha.This unregistered child care home was running from a rented hous...

HC Notice to Centre, IB on Greenpeace activist’s plea

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response of the Centre on the plea of Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai against her "offloading" from a flight to London at the Delhi airport.Justice...

Surveillance cameras to keep a watch on Mahankali roads

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Part of the pilot project of Community Policing

‘Identify housing beneficiaries based on household survey’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said the Intensive Household Survey, along with other information available with the government, should be taken as basis to identify beneficiaries.A meet...

Entrepreneurship programme for differently-abled students

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

The Ernakulam District Panchayat, in an attempt to reach out to the large number of IED (Inclusive Education for the Disabled) students in its limits, will soon launch an entrepreneurship programme...

Notice ordered to Rajinikanth, K.S. Ravikumar

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Case posted to March 16

Adalat clears water bills, recovers Rs.56 lakh

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Hundreds of pending bills were settled at the revenue adalat of the Kerala Water Authority here on Wednesday, resulting in recovery of around Rs.56 lakh.The adalat settled overdue bills of d...

Choir to present solo numbers in German and Italian on January 31

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

A group of 55 singers will be regaling lovers of Western music with classic and contemporary secular English and Tamil songs on Saturday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their formation....

Gaps between road dividers keep motorists on the edge

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Two-wheeler riders cross roads through these narrow spaces hindering smooth flow of vehicular traffic

‘Journalist’ charged with extortion bid

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

The Gajuwaka police booked a case against one Kanaka Raju, who claimed to be a journalist working for a Telugu daily -- Chaitanya Varadhi -- for allegedly trying to extort money from some persons.<...

Government hospital cries for attention

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Though the State is in grip of swine flu, unhygienic conditions prevail on the premises

APRS opposes land acquisition ordinance

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Members of the CPI (M)-affiliated Andhra Pradesh Rythu Sangham (APRS) on Wednesday staged a demonstration against the Centre's ordinance amending the Land Acquisition Act, at the Collectorate here.

Chemical godown gutted

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

A chemical godown was gutted in a fire mishap on Wednesday evening at Autonagar. At least two persons sustained minor burns in the fire which broke out when a mixture of chemical acids used in thin...

Student kills self after being barred from exam

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

A II PU student at Malur in Kolar district allegedly committed suicide after he was not allowed to write the preparatory examinations.. The victim, identified as S.N. Harsha (17), who was in the co...

Funds sought for Yettinahole

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

M. Veerappa Moily, MP from Chickballapur, has appealed to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to allocate Rs. 2,000 crore in the 2015–16 budget to expedite the Yettinahole integrated drinking water project...

Samastha Nair Samajom against Mani, NSS

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Guruvayur-based Samastha Nair Samajom (SNS) has come down heavily on Finance Minister K.M. Mani who, according to it, should be ousted from the Cabinet for incurring heavy losses to the exchequ...

‘Need prevention programmes against chronic diseases’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

: The state needs adequate preventive programmes to check increasing number of chronic diseases, Babu M. Pallissery, MLA, has said.He was addressing the workshop on comprehensive development...

Quitting for a cause

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

It's not often that you hear of young, high-earning professionals quitting their jobs to volunteer or work fulltime in the social sector.But, of late, several in the city seem to be opting f...

950 bottles of spurious liquor seized, three arrested

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

The police unearthed 950 bottles of spurious liquor from a house near here and arrested three persons in connection with the incident.Following a tip-off that a large quantum of spurious liq...

Signature campaign to implement RTE Act

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

To ensure effective implementation of the Right to Education Act, 2009, a signature campaign was launched by the Right to Education Forum here on Monday.R. Niraimathi, president, People's Fo...

Country, petrol bombs seized; man held

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Police seized country-made bombs and petrol bombs stashed in a house in Ramanthurai, a coastal hamlet under Pudukkadai police limits, on Tuesday.Police sources said that on the basis of...

Lok Adalat on January 31

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Vellore is conducting a Lok Adalat in coordination with the Taluk Legal Services Committee, Chengam to realise the telephone dues from defaulters of Chengam and...

CMP dharna at rail station today

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

The Malabar regional committee of the Communist Marxist Party (CMP) will stage a dharna in front of the Palakkad railway station from 10 a.m. on Thursday in protest against the "continued negative...

Residents block traffic to protest delay in shifting accident victim to hospital

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST

Residents of Moolakulam on Wednesday blocked traffic at Pathukuttai on the Villupuram Road here on Wednesday to protest against the delay in shifting a motorcyclist who was knocked down by a govern...

Not the first hoax message

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

Social messengers and social networking sites may be a boon to many. But Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) authorities will disagree. For several "wrong" messages are being circulated...

CM asks PM to defer meet on refugees

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Terming premature an inter-ministerial meeting to be held on Friday in New Delhi to discuss the issue of voluntary repatriation of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister O. Panneer...

Court directive in huts damaged case

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Madras High Court has directed the government to file a counter-affidavit in two weeks stating the relief and rehabilitation measures taken for Dalit families in Kolliruppu village in Cuddalore...

Trees axed despite forest officer’s order

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:55 PM PST

At a time when activists and courts are acting tough against illegal axing and choking of trees in the city and elsewhere, two full grown rubber trees were cut down in North West Delhi and many are...

Shaurya Chakra for ITBP Inspector

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Inspector Manjeet Singh of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has been conferred Shaurya Chakra on Republic Day this year for exceptional show of bravery in countering a fidayeen attack at the C...

Explosive material seized

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Special Operations Team (West) of Cyberabad police on Wednesday raided a house at Rajendranagar and seized a huge quantity of explosive substances. Six persons were held, while Yelliah, the man...

State may ask Centre to monitor Srisailam, NSP

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Andhra Pradesh government is likely to seek the Centre's intervention to closely monitor the dams of Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) along with all its regulators both for power gen...

Metro girder launch delayed in 2nd corridor

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is busy with girder launch in the Aluva-Palarivattom stretch of the Kochi metro, though it is yet to pick pace in the corridor up to Maharaja's College groun...

Chamber’s plea for removing ‘irritants’ in Food Safety Act

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

The Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and remove "irritants" in the Food Safety and Standards Act "which are not in harmony with his re...

Narendra Nayak wins human rights award

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

City-based rationalist Narendra Nayak, who has travelled across India and the world exposing 'miracles' and spreading the message of scientific temper, has won the Lawrence Pinto Human Rights Award...

Film ticket fare set to go up

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

For film buffs in the city, a trip to the movie halls will get dearer in the coming days. A meeting of the city Corporation council on Wednesday cleared an application submitted by two theatre grou...

Solution to frequent bus fires a far cry?

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

The Hyderabad-bound private bus catching fire at Chagallu in Prakasam district is not an isolated incident.In a similar incident a fortnight ago, a private bus heading to Hyderabad from Mumb...

Erosion: process begins to measure seawater depth

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

National Institute of Ocean Technology-Chennai has initiated the tender process for bathymetric (procedure to measure water depth) on the Visakhapatnam-Bhimili beach road.Scientist-F from NI...

Clear the air on Rajaiah’s exit: CPI

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Communist Party of India (CPI) State general secretary Chada Venkata Reddy has demanded that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao should come clean on the episode of former deputy chief minister T....

Declare 36 Kurnool mandals drought-hit: CPI (M)

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

CPI (M) district unit demanded that 36 mandals in the district be declared drought-hit.Party district secretary K. Prabhakar Reddy on Wednesday said only 12 mandals were declared as drought-...

State to do away with obsolete revenue rules

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

CIPS engaged to suggest reforms in revenue department

Book an MBBS seat even before you write the II PU exam

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 08:22 PM PST

Agents are going all out to get prospective clients 'direct, confirmed admissions' under management quota

Student commits suicide after being barred from writing exam

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

A II PU student at Malur in Kolar district allegedly committed suicide after he was not allowed to write the preparatory examinations.. The victim, identified as S.N. Harsha (17), who was in the co...

KSRTC’s ‘save-fuel campaign’ from Jan. 16

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Mysuru division of KSRTC is observing "save-fuel campaign" from January 16 to February 15. During the period, officials will educate drivers on ways to conserve diesel and good driving habits....

Acting defined by a unique sense of rhythm

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The true measure of a comedian is how he elicits guffaws even before he utters a line. His very appearance should tickle your funny bone. Mala Aravindan was among the few comedians in Malayalam cin...

Former judge passes away

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:59 PM PST

: Former judge of Orissa High Court and retired Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court Justice Radha Krushna Patra passed away on Wednesday morning while undergoing treatment for pneumonia here at SCB...

Man arrested for circulating fake notes

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Sudharshan (31) of Little Kancheepuram was arrested by the Baluchettychatram police on Wednesday night for allegedly exchanging fake currency notes at a weekly market held there.According to...

Panchayat adopted by MP to be made a model village

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Ottankadu adopted under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana

e-Yantra Robotics Lab inaugurated

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

e-Yantra Robotics Lab was inaugurated at the Sona Colleg of Technology in the city recently.e-Yantra is a project initiated by IIT-Mumbai and sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Departme...

Children’s film festival begins

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

A four-day Children's Film Festival, organised with a view to stimulating creativity, compassion and critical thinking among children, began here on Wednesday.Films will be screened in 10 th...

Quality assurance committees in GHs

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

To be formed at Arakkonam, Walajapet, Ambur, Vaniyambadi, Tirupattur, Gudiyatham

EPF adalat

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

A Bhavishya Nidhi Adalat will be held at the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's sub-regional office at Eranhipalam at 10.30 a.m. on February 10 to redress the grievances of EPF members who ha...

BBMP, BMTC to join hands to put up bus shelters

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will join hands to construct people-friendly bus shelters.There are 736 bus shelters in the...

Court directive on TV sets in cars

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

The Madras High Court has ordered that transport and police authorities are liable to act as per the official memos against the installation of television sets and DVDs on the dashboard of cars whi...

18,443 booked ahead of polls

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:54 PM PST

A total of 18,443 people have been booked under various Sections of the Criminal Procedure Code and the Delhi Police Act as preventive measures, election officials said on Wednesday in a statement.

Woman lodges complaint against husband

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

A woman on Wednesday approached the Cyber Crime police alleging that her husband posted her mobile phone number on an online classifieds portal with an intention to malign her image.The woma...

Court stays order on stopping telecast of NTV’s programmes

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Justice S.V. Bhat of the Hyderabad High Court on Wednesday granted a stay on the orders of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, directing NTV, the Telugu news channel to sto...

Global experts to attend radiologists’ meet

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

International and national experts in radiology and imaging that has changed modern medical practice drastically over the past decade, will begin a three-day annual meet here on Thursday.Add...

Supporters planning a bash for Alagiri on his special day

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Still for some of the cadre and functionaries of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in southern districts, January 30 appears to be a day for celebration and joy.Ahead of his birthday, supporters...

English literary festival at Ujire

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

The Department of Postgraduate Studies in English, Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara College, Ujire, will organise a two-day inter-collegiate English literary festival from Friday.Varadesh Hi...

Objections to nomination of BJP candidate rejected

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

The nominations of 34 candidates, including that of BJP nominee M. Subramaniam, for the Srirangam by-election were accepted after scrutiny on Wednesday.Returning Officer (RO) V. Manohara...

Swine flu case in Vizag

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

After a gap of one year, a swine flu case was reported in the city when a four-year-old boy being treated at King George Hospital's isolation ward tested positive.The boy was admitted in KGH...

Old coins found atop Simhachalam

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Several silver and copper coins and small pieces of gold were found underneath the old Dhwaja Stambham of Sri Varaha Lakshmi Nrusimha Swamy temple atop Simhachalam when it was removed on Wednesday,...

Two persons arrested on murder charge

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Medak police in coordination of the policemen in Ranga Reddy district solved the murder mystery within five days by arresting two persons involved in it.According to Sangareddy DSP M. Tirupa...

Tirupati Railway Station to get facelift

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

The Tirupati railway station is all set to get a facelift, if the ongoing efforts to acquire land by the railway authorities are any indication.Even though the authorities have focussed thei...

Naidu takes up inter-linking of rivers with party men

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday interacted with MLAs, Ministers and party leaders at Lake View Guest House and held a detailed discussion on irrigation projects and inter-linking o...

Former MLA Manhalli dead

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Narayanrao Manhalli, former MLA and BJP leader, died in Bidar on Wednesday. The 72-year-old leader leaves behind his wife, three sons and three daughters. He served as the president and vice-presid...

‘Why spend Rs. 7 cr. for sammelan?’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

The 81st Kannada Sahitya Sammelan is going to be historic in terms of money being pumped into organising it. The total expenditure for the event is expected to cross Rs. 7 crore, the highest spend...

Minister warns hostel wardens

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

Revenue Minister and district in-charge V. Srinivas Prasad has warned hostel wardens of action if students were not looked after properly.He said that students in government-run hostels shou...

Mala Aravindan passes away

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Actor Mala Aravindan, who fostered a new style of comedy in Malayalam cinema, died at a private hospital in Coimbatore on Wednesday. He was 76.The actor was admitted to the hospital after he...

Odisha Tribals protest land ordinance

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:59 PM PST

: United under the banner of 'Koraputia Jana Suakshya Sangh (KJSS)', tribals held a demonstration at Semiliguda in Koraput district on Wednesday to protest against alleged infringement of their lan...

Congress downplays Karti’s refusal to explain

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

TNCC had issued a show-cause notice to him

Farmers’ body demands better irrigation facility

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Members of the district wing of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangam took out a procession in support of their eight-point charter of demands. They marched from the Chinnappa Poonga and to the Collectorate r...

‘Cultivate reading habit’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

The students should positively cultivate reading habit for building a bright future, said P. Anbalagan, Librarian, District Central Library.He was speaking at library awareness programme at...

Training in natural edible dye

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

As part of the National Agriculture Development Programme, a funded-project on "Popularisation of Annatto (Bixa orellana) in Tamil Nadu for Natural Edible Dye", training programme was organised at...

Differently- abled protest

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Protest by the differently-abled

District level sports meet organised here for differently abled ended up in chaos on Tuesday as those with arm disability and leg disability...

City ready for the games

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Only finishing touches remain at venues: Collector

2nd innings for HAL airport?

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

Will the city's old HAL airport, closed for commercial airlines since May 2008, have a second innings next year?R.K. Tyagi, who superannuates on Saturday as Chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics...

A long and winding road – to school

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Every morning, T. Latha from Alapakkam wakes up at five so that she can get her six-year-old son, Abhinav, ready to leave for school by 7.30. Since Abhinav's school is around 15 km away, they need...

Official told to verify credentials of Siddha doctors

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Health Secretary to instruct the appropriate authority to verify the credentials of five Siddha doctors within two weeks.On receipt of the com...

‘Kiran Bedi has two voter I-cards’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:35 PM PST

One from New Delhi area and the other from South Delhi

Two crushed under coal at IP power station

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Two women were buried to death under a heap of coal at IP Power Station here when they sneaked inside allegedly to steal coal on Wednesday afternoon.According to the police, they had been re...

Saudi Consulate office to be set up in the city

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

An office of the Saudi Consulate will be set up in Hyderabad in the coming days. The Saudi Arabia authorities have agreed to this, said Deputy Chief Minister, Mohammed Mahmood Ali.He was spe...

Cabinet panel on ARR

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

: The government on Wednesday, issued orders forming a cabinet sub-committee to deliberate on the annual Aggregate Revenue Requirement (ARR) proposals submitted by the discoms.The committee...

Man kills daughter, wife; survives suicide bid

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

A 71-year-old man killed his disabled daughter and wife and later attempted suicide near Kizhakambalam on Wednesday.According to the police, Varghese, a resident of Mailattumugal near here,...

Sangeetha Samajam to honour Bombay Jayashree

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Music and arts festival to begin from February 1

Auto strike to continue for another day

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 08:54 PM PST

Deputy Commissioner asks operators to reduce fares or face legal action

Ration cards: ranking to be done at taluk level

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Decision on the basis of subcommittee suggestions

Customs Air Intelligence Unit has a ‘golden run’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

There has been a quantum jump in the seizure of gold brought illegally at Tiruchi international airport this fiscal. A five-fold increase has been recorded this financial year in respect of the sei...

Konathala still in dilemma

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

One of the senior politicians of North Andhra Konathala Ramakrishna and his followers appear to be in a dilemma over choosing between Telugu Desam and BJP. Mr. Ramakrishna was a close associate of...

Row over CRDA Commissioner’s comments

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) Commissioner N. Srikanth on Wednesday said that farmers in notified villages would not be allowed to cultivate their lands after signing the development...

Declare Adilabad drought-hit, say farmers

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Farmers in Adilabad are demanding declaration of drought in the district in view of the failure of last kharif season. Declaration of drought would help farmers get input subsidy as the Union gover...

Mystery shrouds death of Inspector’s wife

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

The wife of a police inspector was found dead under mysterious circumstances near the Aravandla Palli tanda of the Nallamada mandal on Wednesday.According to the police, Arjuna Naik, the pol...

Beware of autorickshaw gang!

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Its modus operandi is to deploy women to steal cash and snatch gold chains from women commuters

There is a pattern in farmer suicides: Kammaradi

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

T.N. Prakash Kammaradi, chairman, Karnataka Agriculture Prices Commission, visited families of farmers who were driven to suicide, in some villages near Bidar on Thursday.He met members of t...

MUDA plans to build 2,000 flats

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

The Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) plans to build 2,000 flats in Mysuru for citizens who do not own a house or site.A proposal has been submitted to the State government and the c...

Competitions aplenty for Coir Kerala 2015

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

: A series of competitions will be organised on the sidelines of Coir Kerala 2015 from February 1 to 5.According to a press release issued here, essay writing competitions in English and Mal...

Balagopal elected CPI(M) Kollam district secretary

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Rajya Sabha member K.N. Balagopal was elected Kollam district secretary of the CPI(M) by the party district conference that concluded here on Wednesday.The party version is that Mr. Balagopa...

Assam Congress promises smart towns ahead of municipal polls

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:59 PM PST

: The ruling Congress in Assam promised to develop the towns in the State as "smart towns" equipped with modern amenities.The party also promised to double the financial assistance by the St...

Bright students stuck in caste net

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Fifteen-year-old Chandini, who belongs to the 'Haran Shikari' tribal community was the teacher's pet. Sharp and confident, her ambition was to design clothes for actors. But, today, she sells artef...

Stringent laws needed against honour crimes: Brinda Karat

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

"Efforts were made to even amend the Special Marriage Act"

Cello Handwriting Wizard Contest

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Hindu in School Cello Handwriting Wizard Contest is an endeavour to encourage and recognise good handwriting skills. It would be held at 3 levels – school level, Salem regional level and...

House burgled

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The police are on the lookout for burglars who stole Rs.10,000 in cash from the house of a retired government employee.Police said Rajaprakasam (69) of Park Town in Valliyoor and his wife An...

Interest on bio surfactants on the rise: scientist

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Environmental hazards of synthetic surfactants (Chemical agents that reduce surface tension that are used in detergents, cosmetics etc) cause increased interest on bio surfactants, said Ashok Pande...

‘Peace only if IUML wills’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] district unit secretary P. Mohanan said here on Wednesday that peace could be restored at Nadapuram and its adjoining regions only if the Indian Union Mu...

Act against PU colleges lacking infrastructure: HC

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

PIL against 22 colleges disposed

City university’s cultural fest kicks off

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Students from across the country will showcase their skills at 'Milan', the national-level cultural competition organised by SRM University, over the next few days.Inaugurated on Wednesday,...

It is up to government to regulate TV programmes: High Court

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

The Madras High Court has made it clear that it is for the government to take a decision on regulation of "indecent, vulgar, obscene programmes" on television channels.The First Bench compri...

Wages for hosiery workers likely to be revised

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

The State government is considering the recommendations submitted by the committee formed to revise the minimum wages for hosiery sector units.It is also studying the proposals submitted by...

Congress deploys its heavyweights

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:54 PM PST

Relegated to the third position in Delhi, the Congress on Wednesday pressed into service an array of its heavyweights, who include current and former Chief Ministers and Union Ministers, to oversee...

DNA samples match in Uber rape case: expert

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

A forensic expert on Tuesday told a Delhi court that the DNA of the samples lifted from the Uber cab in which a woman was raped last December matched with the DNA of the victim as well as the accus...

Four more die of swine flu in Hyderabad

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:25 PM PST

Over 35 patients are undergoing treatment at Gandhi Hospital

Haj pilgrims: quick clearance of passports promised

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Regional Passport Officer, Hyderabad, has agreed to immediately issue passports to Haj pilgrims whose police enquiry report has been received.The RPO would also replace the existing hand...

Aged woman falls on escalator

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

An 80-year-old woman sustained injuries after she tripped and fell down from the escalator at the Ernakulam South Railway Station on Wednesday. The incident took place around 2.30 p.m. when Subbamm...

Training to vendors ahead of formation of zones

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

They will be given identity cards soon: official

Railway Minister urged to create Mangaluru Division

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

On the eve of Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu's programme in Bengaluru on Thursday, FKCCI Managing Committee Member Prakash Mangoth has urged the Minister to fulfil the long-pending demand of Karnat...

Biju Ramesh comes out with new revelations

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Says 'authentic audio evidence' can implicate 4 Ministers

‘Singspirations’ choir on January 31

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

A group of 55 singers will be regaling lovers of Western music with classic and contemporary secular English and Tamil songs on Saturday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their formation....

This messenger of peace was earlier a commando trainer

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

After the release of the iconic movie 'Enter the Dragon', starring legendary martial arts exponent Bruce Lee, in the 1970s, the City of Destiny suddenly took a liking for various forms of martial a...

Lucky escape for 38 passengers

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Hyderabad-bound bus catches fire

Lift curbs on sand transportation: Jeevan Reddy

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Flaying the State government for its inefficient governance during the last eight months, Jagtial Congress legislator T. Jeevan Reddy has alleged that the sand, the raw material used in the constru...

4 EPDCL staff among 7 held for transporting goods illegally

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

An Assistant Engineer of EPDCL's District Electrical Store Point was among seven arrested by I- Town Police for their alleged involvement in the illegal transportation of electrical goods worth Rs.

VISAKHAPATNAM TODAY

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Sri Lalitha Peetham: Peetham brahmotsavams, Peethadhipati Sri Siddheswarananda Bharati Mahaswami's discourses on the Vedas and Upanishads, release of book "Sriramakadha kavita...

Panel in favour of tweaking MNREGA

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

'Farmers should be paid for working on their own field'

Urban health mission launch next month

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

The National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), on the lines of the National Rural Health Mission, a flagship programme of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, is all set for launch in the city in...

8 lakh flowers woo people to Malampuzha

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Special flower show marks 60th anniversary of garden, dam

VS dares Mani to present budget

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Leader of the Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan on Wednesday said the Left Democratic Front would not allow Finance Minister K.M. Mani, who is facing bribery allegations, to present the State Budget in...

Statue of Rani Gaidinliu to be installed

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:59 PM PST

: Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh announced on Wednesday that the government will install a life-sized statue of Rani Gaidinliu, the first freedom fighter of Kabui (Zeliangrong) tribe.He ma...

Natural sand dunes face threat

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST

Naturally formed sand dunes, considered as physical barriers protecting the hinterland from tidal waves of the ocean for about one km abutting Pannaiyur and Ortrathenvilai hamlets are facing a thre...

Free eggs distributed

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

To mark the 19{+t}{+h}death anniversary of founder of the National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) B.V. Rao on January 26, free boiled eggs were distributed to 5,000 school students here on Monda...

Hands-on training for rural women

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Self-defence training launched by Pudhu Vaazhvu Project

Power supply regulation in district today

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Power supply will be regulated at various places in the district on Thursday, a press release from the Kerala State Electricity Board here on Wednesday said.The areas and the timings are as...

Two works translated into Kannada to be released

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

Two seminal works by S. Settar — Inviting Death and Pursuing Death — which have now been translated into Kannada, will be released by the publication...

Chennai police keep a low profile on social network

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:41 PM PST

The city police's presence on Twitter, especially, is limited, with its account remaining protected and unverified

Why they feel disappointed over job trend

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

About two lakh engineering graduates have registered with the State Employment Exchange. Surprisingly two lakh more engineers, all post-graduates and looking for jobs, have also enrolled with the e...

Hotels see growth and face challenges as well

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Quite a few star and business hotels opened facilities in Coimbatore last year

Poll watchdog starts monitoring press meets

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:53 PM PST

With the Delhi Assembly poll campaign generating much heat, the Election Commission has begun keeping a close watch on activities of political parties and even their press conferences are under dir...

Traffic to be diverted today for Beating Retreat

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Traffic arrangements and diversions will be in place for the Beating Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk here and for the illumination of Rashtrapati Bhavan and other government buildings located in th...

Medical camp at Press Club

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Press Club of Hyderabad in association with Homeocare International, organised a free medical camp to distribute preventive homeopathic medicine for swine flu at the Press Club in Somajiguda.

Burglary attempt at ATM in Kochi

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

A group of unidentified men on Tuesday midnight made a failed bid to loot cash from an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) of State Bank of India at Irumbanam Junction along the Seaport-Airport road. Ac...

Two Class X students consume ‘anti-lice’ solution

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Two Class X girls consumed an "anti-lice" solution after their teacher asked them to bring their record notebooks which they claimed they had left at home, at Mooduvarpatti on Wednesday.The...

Traffic direction boards will be erected soon: Mayor

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 08:52 PM PST

Mayor Mahabala Marla on Wednesday said that the Mangaluru City Corporation would soon erect direction boards and other traffic guidance equipment in the city for the convenience of motorists.

CAG: auditing private accounts a challenge

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Lecture organised by Planning Board

LIC Agents oppose move to scrap renewal commission

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Life Insurance Agents' Federation of India (LIAFI) has appealed to the Centre not to withdraw the renewal commission and hereditary commission given to the Life Insurance Corporation agents under s...

Singapore team to visit from Feb. 2 to 4

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

State intensifies steps to speed up land pooling

Little drops of water make the mighty ocean

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

D. Sitaram, a former employee of Naval Dockyard, has shown the way to others by contributing Rs.1 lakh from his retirement benefits towards relief for poor victims of the Hudhud cyclone. He handed...

Production at Adriyala to increase

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) got an assurance from equipment suppliers regarding substantial increase in production at the Adriyala Long Wall underground project in Godavarikhani, Ka...

SCCL moots continuous miner technology at Padmavathi Khani

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

It carves out a niche for itself in embracing modern technologies

Infra projects give big push to realty sector

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Several initiatives proposed by the State government for improving infrastructure for industries and special economic zones has come as a major fillip for the realty sector in the past few months.<...

‘Self-employment programmes for Lambani community on the cards’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Admitting that migration in search of better livelihood is prevalent among the Lambani community, Jalaja Naik, Chairperson, Karnataka Tanda Development Corporation (KTDC), has said that the corpora...

‘Follow ideals of Lord Bahubali’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Siddaramaiah attends mahamastakabhisheka

PSV Natya Sangham jubilee fete today

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

The P.S.V. Natya Sangham of Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala will celebrate its platinum jubilee on Thursday.Malayalam University Vice Chancellor K. Jayakumar will inaugurate the celebrations in t...

A freedom fighter’s dream left unfulfilled

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:39 PM PST

Neduvilapat Raghava Poduval, a close confidante of Gandhiji, wanted his house to be a centre to propagate Gandhian ideals

Two-day blockade in Manipur

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:59 PM PST

: No vehicle plied along the Imphal-Tiddim road passing through three districts in Manipur on Wednesday as a result of the 48-hour road blockade called by the villagers of Oinam in Bishnupur distri...

Rasipuram remembers R.K. Laxman

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 08:52 PM PST

Shock over the demise of legendary cartoonist Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, a son of the soil, has sunk into local residents. People representing various walks of life, including politi...

Three killed in a road accident

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Three persons were killed in a road accident near Mannargudi in Tiruvarur district on Wednesday.Police said that electrician K. Gnanaprakasam (36), his friends P. Marudaiyan (55), and P. Sub...

MP adopts village in Kolli Hills

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Thinnanur Nadu village in Kolli Hills in the district has been adopted by P.R. Sundaram, MP, under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) of the Ministry of Rural Development of the Government of Ind...

Permanent ban on liquor shop sought

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST

Praying for permanent ban on liquor shop in their area, a group of people from Suththamalli submitted a petition in the Collectorate here on Wednesday.The petitioners said the Indian-Made Fo...

Stress on reforms in education sector

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Experts have stressed the need for bringing about reforms in the educational system.InaugurationAt the inauguration of a learning and development centre, Sunil Chandy, director...

Jaishankar replaces Sujatha Singh as Foreign Secretary

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 09:57 PM PST

PM Narendra Modi was reportedly impressed by Jaishankar's handling of his U.S. visit and thus keen to retain him even as he is due to retire on January 31 this year

Tsipras halts privatisation plans, to reinstate public sector employees

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 09:53 AM PST

Greek govt. to block sale of stake in Public Power Corporation

Libya attack: IS affiliate claims responsibility

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 09:54 AM PST

Says it launched the attack to avenge the death of militant Abu Anas al-Libi

Bangladesh govt. to act tough against Khaleda

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 09:44 AM PST

Sheikh Hasina asks the police to take stern measures to control violence 'at any cost'

Blizzard slams Boston, spares New York

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 09:38 AM PST

A powerful blizzard struck Boston and surrounding New England on Tuesday, leaving some 4.5 million people grappling with as much as three feet of snow and coastal flooding, but sparing New York Ci...

US unable to find any Indians fighting for IS

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 09:17 AM PST

The U.S. Department of Defence reportedly does not have any records or intelligence available on the presence of Indian nationals among the ranks of Islamic State, the militant jihadist outfit tha...

Don't promote pre-natal sex selection, SC tells search engines

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 11:01 AM PST

Observing that "India is suffering so much because of its sex ratio", the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Internet search engines, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to neither advertise nor...

Two Congress MLAs suspended for anti-party activities

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:03 AM PST

The Chhattisgarh Congress Committee on Wednesday suspended two party MLAs and "reprimanded" two other leaders for making "anti-party" statements. The party had earlier issued noti...

Alstom corruption case trial to start in May 2016

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:57 AM PST

The trial of a division of French engineering firm Alstom accused by Britain's Serious Fraud Office of making corrupt payments in a contract for the New Delhi Metro is set to begin in May 2016,...

The history of everything

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:54 AM PST

Apart from a journey through Sanskrit and India from the emergency to the tumultuous 90's, Aathish Taseer's book is the take of a family living in those times

Turn heads on tarmac

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:38 PM PST

The Mercedes CLA, with it's striking looks and good performance, makes a compelling case for itself even in non-AMG guise

Different strokes

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:51 AM PST

Her passion for art led Bindu P.V. to quit the IT industry and start an art gallery on her terrace

Royal icing on the cake

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:50 AM PST

Kelvin Chua, a cake decoration artist from Malaysia travels the world teaching people how to perfect this classic technique

Narayan Rane aide joins Shiv Sena

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:44 AM PST

The Congress bastion in Pune, severely dented in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, received another jolt on Wednesday with city strongman and former MLA from Shivajinagar, Vinayak Nimhan, defect...

The numbers say it all

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:43 AM PST

The Hindu Chennai-Pondy Heritage Car Rally enters its seventh edition with a bigger fleet of cars than ever before

A weekend to LOL

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:01 AM PST

This weekend, prepare to chuckle till you buckle as Phoenix market city presents 'Laugh Ok Please', a three-day comedy festival featuring 12 comedians from around the country.

Ensuring safe flight for the endangered vultures

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:55 AM PST

Electrocution by high tension transmission lines remains one of the reasons behind bird deaths across the country.

Run, car, run!

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:34 AM PST

The Hindu Chennai-Pondy Heritage Car Rally, presented by Golden Homes, in association with Madras Heritage Motoring Club and Puducherry Tourism, is scheduled for January 31 and Fe...

History on display

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:31 AM PST

Here's what you can expect to see at The Hindu  Chennai-Pondy Heritage Car Rally

Letter of Intent to buy Ambedkar’s London house issued

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:23 AM PST

The Maharashtra Government has dispatched a letter of intent to the Indian High Commission in UK, formally setting in motion the process to purchase the London house where Dr. Baba...

It begins with a dot

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:16 AM PST

Seasoned artist P. Manickavachagam displays some of his work including ones that are a part of a series, he calls, 'God's Particle'

A matter of intent

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:12 AM PST

Writer-poet-ad guru, Prasoon Joshi dons many hats with aplomb. As he is conferred with Padma Shri, Joshi talks about the right to offend and the meaning of entertainment

In the world of children

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:06 AM PST

Subhadra Sen Gupta, winner of the Sahitya Akademi's Bal Sahitya Puraskar this year, talks about her latest books

A ride for communal harmony

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:04 AM PST

Youth leaders have now embarked on a mission to travel across NCR and other parts of the country to create communal harmony

Fadnavis clinches business deals, investments in Davos

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:04 AM PST

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis successfully clinched many key investment and corporate deals with multinationals in Davos, which are expected to generate more than 20,000 jobs in the...

Rediscovering self

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 05:59 AM PST

"Hello Pratibha" on Zee TV brings to fore the state and status of married women in India

Petpals: Nurture your dog

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 05:55 AM PST

It is important to keep your pet healthy and cheerful

Wellness: Cosmic energy for inner cleansing

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 05:53 AM PST

This column is about the condition of a 55-year-old man suffering from insomnia, depression and negative thoughts leading to low esteem. It is important to remember that Sun is our wellness....

Trinamool alleges conversion of tribals in West Bengal

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:05 AM PST

A TMC MLA alleged that over 100 tribals were lured to Hinduism in an event organised by the VHP in Birbhum district.

Rebuked school girls consume ‘anti-lice’ solution in Madurai

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 05:45 AM PST

Two tenth standard girls consumed 'anti-lice' solution after their teacher asked them to collect their record notebooks, which they claimed they had left at home, in Mooduvarapatti under P...

Day after the Day…

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 05:41 AM PST

It is always a cherished moment for the Republic Day tableaux artistes and the NCC cadets when they pay a customary visit to the Rashtrapati Bhawan the next day

Looking back at the times

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 05:41 AM PST

A recent seminar at the Aligarh Muslim University highlighted the contribution of its alumni, including that of Raja Mahendra Pratap, in India's freedom struggle.

Centre not to appeal Bombay High Court order in Vodafone tax case

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:01 PM PST

The decision, taken at the highest level following advice by Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi, comes after a meeting of the Union Cabinet.

Beyond the Taj

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 05:33 AM PST

An initiative to revive tourism in Uttar Pradesh

A true storyteller

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 05:28 AM PST

Ashwin Sanghi about how his books came into being and what he cooks

Fashionably yours

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 05:22 AM PST

Desi Roots in Saket serves regional dishes with a twist

Bengaluru Today: January 29

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 05:08 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

State transport employees’ national strike in March

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:56 AM PST

Demanding the roll back of the controversial Road Transport and Safety Bill-2014, employees of state road transport corporations from across the country are planning to hold a one-day national str...

One-third of Delhi voters untraceable: survey

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 09:23 PM PST

'The findings raise serious questions about accuracy of information in voter lists and official voter turnout numbers'

State Anaganawadis to remain closed from Feb 2

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:47 AM PST

State President of Karnataka Rajya Anganawadi Naukarara Sanga, S. Varalakshmi said that they will stage indefinite strike by closing the Anganavadi centres from February 2 opposing privatisation o...

Jammers installed in Ballari Central jail

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:37 AM PST

As part of beefing up security arrangements, mobile phone jammers have been installed at the Ballari Central Jail. The jammers began functioning on Republic Day. With the installation of...

I am targeted because I speak for the poor: Mamata

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:47 AM PST

"Good governance has to be inclusive," the West Bengal Chief Minister said.

Gramin Bank introduces Rupay cards for minors

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:39 AM PST

Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank, headquartered in Ballari, with jurisdiction over 11 districts, will be the first Regional Rural Bank (RRB) and one among a few commercial banks in the country to laun...

National meet on applied Maths to be held in Haveri

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:31 AM PST

As many as 10 sessions on advances in the field of Applied Mathematics would be held during the UGC sponsored two-day National Conference on Applied Mathematics being held in Haveri on Friday and...

Karnataka Agriculture Price Commission chairman meets families of dead farmers

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:50 AM PST

T. N Prakash Kammaradi, Chairman, Karnataka Agriculture Price Commission visited families of farmers driven to suicides in some villages near Bidar on Thursday. He met members of the Lakh...

Red shirt leader jailed for insulting former Thai PM

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:06 AM PST

A Thai court on Wednesday handed a two-year jail term to a leader of the "red shirt" opposition movement for defaming former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.Thailand's Criminal Court found...

General Manager of State Thanda Development Corporatin killed in accident

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:26 AM PST

General Manager of Karnataka State Thanda Development Corporation, Kashinath Pawar (45) was killed on-the-spot and the driver, Nagaraj (35) of Bengaluru was seriously injured when the four-wheeler...

Towards real relationships

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:25 AM PST

Writer Manjunath makes his directorial debut with 'Ladies and Gentlemen'

First of its kind

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:23 AM PST

A sports meet was organised for foreign students in Hyderabad

Amar Singh questioned in Sunanda case

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 11:04 AM PST

Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh told the Delhi Police on Wednesday that Sunanda Pushkar had spoken to him about taking the blame for the IPL controversy over the Kochi franchise. ...

Fish with the Can-Do women

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 AM PST

A group of women, inspired by a movie, has launched a venture of supplying chemical-free fish directly to homes

Commander of group that claimed killing Swedish journalist arrested

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 AM PST

Afghanistan's main intelligence agency said on Wednesday it had arrested a commander of a militant group known as the "Suicide Front", that claimed responsibility in 2014 for the execution-style k...

BEL displays state-of-the-art night vision defence devices

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:15 AM PST

The Defence Ministry's Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Machilipatnam unit, is showcasing its state-of-the-art night vision devices including those used in Kargil war. This is the first public ex...

I believe I can fly

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:11 AM PST

Ayushmann Khurrana spreads his wings wide to play a scientist credited with making India's first unmanned aircraft in Hawaizaada. Here's hoping it'll be as unusual as his role as a sperm donor in his debut Vicky Donor

Love, Actually

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 AM PST

When he was just 16, R. Krishnan put his own life on a pause to tend to his mentally challenged brother. It is important to share his story because after 33 years as caregiver sibling, he continues to connect with him beautifully and love him ever more

Committee for ensuring safety at YTPS construction site

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:03 AM PST

A day after a worker was killed in an accident at Yermarus Thermal Power Station (YTPS) construction site, about 11 kms from here, Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) has decided to constit...

Pakistan Rangers fire on border outposts in Jammu sector

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:59 AM PST

Pakistan Rangers violated the ceasefire and resorted to small arms firing on border outposts (BoPs) along the international border in Jammu district, prompting BSF to retaliate. Pakistan...

Connecting with History

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:58 AM PST

INTACH's rock art workshop at Kidaripatti was an interesting slice of history revisited for the youngsters

State government to wind up loss-making PSUs

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:57 AM PST

Union Ministry of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, G. M. Siddeshwara has said that the government is in the process of winding up at least seven loss-making public sector compani...

Jarkiholi to meet CM on Thursday on resignation issue

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:57 AM PST

Sticks to the decision of non-withdrawal of resignation

Seminar on knowledge text translation in Kannada begins

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:47 AM PST

A two-day seminar on 'knowledge text translation in Kannada' began today at Mangalore University with an expert expressing fears that if a language did not open up itself for translation it may fa...

Naidu ready to discuss inter-state rows with KCR

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:42 AM PST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu called on Governor ESL Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan here on Wednesday and was closeted with him for more than an hour. According to official...

Step up for womanhood

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:38 AM PST

Danseuse Gopika Varma makes a case for women power with the collaborative dance-drama 'Antaram'

Congress terms preamble omission sacrilegious

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 05:35 AM PST

It was done with a clear agenda, says the party

Nagam demands white paper on KCR’s promises

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:45 AM PST

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy on Wednesday asked Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to release a white paper by March 31, clearly outlining the funds sancti...

Iran says Washington Post journalist will be tried soon

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:09 AM PST

Iran's official news agency quoted a senior judiciary official as saying a detained Washington Post journalist "will be tried soon." The report on Wednesday by IRNA quoted Gho...

Ministers, officials to attend three-day Inner Engineering course from today

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:08 AM PST

Taking a break from the day-to-day administrative grind, Andhra Pradesh ministers, IAS, IPS, IFS and other officials will undergo 3-day crash course on "Inner Engineering – for joyful living" bein...

Sri Lanka restores sacked Chief Justice Shirani

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:03 AM PST

President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday reinstated Shirani Bandaranayake, Sri Lanka's first woman Chief Justice, days after restoration of all ranks of a former Army chief, reversing the contr...

Singapore team to visit from Feb 2 to 4: CRDA commissioner

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:13 AM PST

The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) has intensified its efforts to pool land for the construction of the new capital even as a team of officials from Singapore is likely...

Jarkiholi mum on reason for resignation

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:00 AM PST

Satish Jarkiholi in meeting with retired police official

Surinder Koli’s death sentence commuted to life

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:47 PM PST

The Allahabad High Court gave its judgment on a PIL filed by the People's Union for Democratic Rights.

‘Jarkiholi will continue as minister’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 02:56 AM PST

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has expressed confidence of Satish Jarkiholi "changing his decision of quitting the State cabinet" in the next few hours. Addressing the media persons at Sir...

Odisha school girl delivers baby in hostel, HM dismissed

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 02:52 AM PST

The Class X student of a residential school in Kandhamal district had delivered the baby in the hostel on Friday night.

Telugu Talli creator’s works on display

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:44 AM PST

Kondapalli Sheshagiri Rao is a renowned Indian artist and his paintings adorn many prominent places in different countries. Years ago, he was commissioned by the united Andhra Pradesh Government to create "Telugu Talli". An exhibition of his works was inaugurated at ICCR Art Gallery (Kala Bhavan) in Hyderabad. The Hindu photographer K. Ramesh Babu captures proceedings.

Kolkata police not to allow private drones

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:54 AM PST

Days after the Chennai police said that it was considering regulation of private use of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), Kolkata Police banned any private use of UAVs or drones in...

Fusion fare for foodies

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 02:41 AM PST

Check out authentic Chinese and its popular version at Hotel Hycinth's Indo-China food festival

I am… K. Krishnapillai

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 02:37 AM PST

Occupation: Taxi driver

Kenji’s mom begs Abe to save son held by Islamic State

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 AM PST

The mother of a Japanese hostage held by Islamic State extremists appealed publicly on Wednesday to Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to save her son after his captors purportedly issued what they s...

Bridal glitter

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 02:32 AM PST

Ornaments to suit your pockets at Chungath Jewellery

Sena wants ‘secular’, ‘socialist’ deleted from preamble to Constitution

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:08 AM PST

A war of words broke out between parties when an ad issued by the I&B Ministry carried a picture of the preamble without the words "secular"and "socialist".

In wild abandon

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 02:27 AM PST

'Biorhythms,' Sreeja Pallam's paintings that were on display at Museum Auditorium, threw light on the human condition with unrepressed emotion and colour

Minister dissatisfied with MGNREGA implementation

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 02:18 AM PST

Panchayat Raj Minister K.T. Rama Rao on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction at the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Telangana as the guarant...

Chat - as it happened: Obama's India visit

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 08:18 PM PST

It is time to understand what President Obama's visit means for India, for the U.S., and importantly for the people of both countries. Join The Hindu's correspondents to discuss the Obama visit.

Poor achievement on transforming villages as ‘open defecation free’

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 02:07 AM PST

Belagavi with 20 ODF villages tops state

2 Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah attack

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 06:45 AM PST

The Israeli military said two soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah strike on an Army convoy near the Lebanese border. The military said another seven soldiers were wounde...

National seminar on India’s foreign policy orientation to be held in Manipal from Thursday

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 01:47 AM PST

The Department of Geopolitics and International Relations of Manipal University, in collaboration with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, will organise a two-day national...

Rationalist Narendra Nayak wins human rights award

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:11 AM PST

Mangaluru-based rationalist Narendra Nayak, who travels across the country and abroad exposing 'miracles' and bringing awareness of the need to develop a scientific temper, has won the Lawrence Pi...

Meet on Tamils repatriation ‘premature’: Panneerselvam

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 02:48 AM PST

Conditions in the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka still not conducive, the Chief Minister says

DGCA yet to formulate regulatory mechanism for private drones

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 02:42 AM PST

Even as the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has banned use of drones for commercial purposes, it is yet to formulate a mechanism to regulate their operations in keeping with the assoc...

Fibre reinforced plastics usage set to grow

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 05:38 AM PST

Renewable energy, wind mill parts in particular, besides aerospace and defence are segments that will drive use of fibre reinforced plastics (FRP) in the years ahead. An exhibition of the products...

Nawaz Sharif: Want ties with India based on mutual respect

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 02:16 AM PST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that he wanted relations with India based on equality and mutual respect, values which are vital for peace in the region, a media report said...

NIA arrests four in Bardhaman blast case

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:38 AM PST

The arrested Jamaat­ul­Mujahideen Bangladesh men have been identified as Dalim Sheikh, Motiur Rehman, Habibur Rehman Sheikh and Gyasuddin.

Conserve petroleum products, Sub-Collector calls upon the people

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 01:36 AM PST

Sub-Collector S. Nagalakshmi exhorted school children to contribute their mite in conserving dwindling resources of fossil fuels and this will also help checking the carbon footprint. Sh...

Liaquat case: NIA submits report on role of Special Cell officers

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 01:30 AM PST

The National Investigation Agency, which exonerated a Jammu and Kashmir resident whom the Delhi Police Special Cell had arrested about two years ago for allegedly being a Hizb-ul Mujahidee...

Cab driver tortured, burnt for defaulting on loan

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 12:31 AM PST

In a gruesome incident, a 26 year-old cab driver was tortured with electric shocks and then set on fire in a bid to retrieve a paltry loan on which he was allegedly defaulting. According...

Process for social and education survey begins

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 02:13 AM PST

The process for social and education survey began in the district with the review of preparation for the activity, which will begin from April 11. District Incharge Minister, B. Ramanath...

Autorickshaw strike total in Mangaluru

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 12:28 AM PST

The 24-hour autorickshaw strike from Tuesday midnight in Mangaluru was called to protest the fare reduction by the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) was total with all three-wheelers remaining of...

Five killed in car-truck collision between Ajmer, Jaipur

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 12:26 AM PST

The truck driver was under the influence of alcohol when he lost control and jumped a divider on NH 8, said police

Mala Aravindan no more

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 02:59 AM PST

He is one of Malayalam cinema's all-time best comedians who was also noted for his character roles

Farmer attempts suicide in Nashik court premises, held

Posted: 27 Jan 2015 11:56 PM PST

Frustrated over judgement in a land case not going in his favour, a 70-year-old farmer allegedly tried to commit suicide in a local court, police said on Wednesday. However, his bid to comm...

PU student ends life for not being allowed to write exams

Posted: 27 Jan 2015 11:54 PM PST

A student of second year pre university course at Malur in Kolar district allegedly committed suicide for not being allowed to write examinations by the college authorities where he was studying.

Bomb threat to Chennai theatre over 'Yennai Arindhaal' release

Posted: 27 Jan 2015 11:54 PM PST

Udhayam Cinemas on Tuesday received a bomb threat against the release of Ajith Kumar-starrer 'Yennai Arindhaal', which is slated for release on February 5."We received an anonymous lette...

When Agriculture Minister lectured on farming!

Posted: 27 Jan 2015 11:53 PM PST

Minister of State for Agriculture C. Krishna Byregowda literally turned out to be teacher, of course sans black board and chalk piece, at a programme of his department by rendering a lectur...

Tension again in YTPS

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 12:00 AM PST

Chaos and violence marred the construction site at the Yermarus Thermal Power Station (YTPS) near here on Tuesday as two large groups of workers clashed with each other following the death of Mahe...

Government to stop Lambani migration from Vijayapura through handicraft training

Posted: 27 Jan 2015 11:50 PM PST

Admitting that there was a high incidence of migration for better livelihoods in the Lambani community, Jalaja Naik, Chairperson, Karnataka Tanda Development Corporation (KTDC), has said that the...

Veteran Kannada writer S.M. Vrushabhendra Swamy passes away

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 05:17 AM PST

Veteran writer S. M. Vrushabhendra Swamy (88), who passed away on Wednesday was a unique person known for his hobbies and down-to-earth attitude in the literary and academic circles here. ...

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