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Will make Delhi a global city: Kejriwal

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 11:04 PM PST

The party promises all-round development of the city

Michelle Obama praises ‘American Sniper’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 10:37 PM PST

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama has praised Oscar-nominated film 'American Sniper.'Ms. Michelle attended a panel at Got Your 6 event which helps expand understanding regarding military veter...

Highlights of AAP's manifesto

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 11:04 PM PST

The party promises to make Delhi a hub for education, tourism, trade and service sector ensuring employment generation.

Canada announces new anti-terror law

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 10:18 PM PST

The new law will allow anyone suspected of being involved in a terror plot to be detained without charge for up to seven days.

Court denies bid for new trial in Michael Jackson’s AEG case

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 10:12 PM PST

California's Court of Appeals ruled that Michael Jackson's family did not have standing for a new trial in a negligence case against AEG Live. The family lost their attempt to reverse a jur...

Keep vigil on children performing in circus: SC

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 10:08 PM PST

The Supreme Court on Saturday directed the government to ensure strict compliance of its directive to keep away children from performing in circuses and said any violation would be dealt with firm...

Over 5000 liquor bottles seized ahead of Delhi polls

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 10:00 PM PST

The godown belonged to Aam Aadmi Party's Uttam Nagar candidate Naresh Balyan.

Sri Lankan President appoints Tamil as Chief Justice

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:36 PM PST

Sri Lanka on Friday appointed Justice K Sripavan, an ethnic-Tamil, its new Chief Justice, days after his predecessor Mohan Peiris was asked to resign following an uproar in the parliament over alle...

AirAsia captain left seat before jet lost control: sources

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:10 PM PST

The captain of the AirAsia jet that crashed into the sea in December was out of his seat conducting an unorthodox procedure when his co-pilot apparently lost control, and by the time he returned i...

Cities will have to earn funds for Smart Cities: Venkaiah Naidu

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:07 PM PST

The Centre has cracked the whip on States to get started on developing 'Smart Cities' with a caveat-they will have to "earn" the funds being allocated by the Urban Development Ministry for the sc...

NHRC asks 27 states to file report on flurosis

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:57 PM PST

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to 27 States, calling for a detailed report on the steps being taken by them to address the problem of excessive fluoride in drinking...

10 workers killed as effluent tank collapses in Vellore

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:34 PM PST

Ten labourers, including nine hailing from West Bengal, were killed when an effluent tank at a tannery collapsed near here on Saturday The labourers were sleeping under the tank when it col...

Step up efforts to combat terror, Ban tells Pak

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:10 PM PST

The U.N. Chief condemned the deadly bombing of a Shia mosque in Pakistan on Friday

Agni-V's maiden canister trial a roaring success

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:37 PM PST

The missile is expected to be inducted into service in a year after a few more canister trials.   

114 contestants have criminal cases

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:40 PM PST

At 25 per cent, the BJP has fielded the most candidates with serious charges

Breakfast like a king

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:32 PM PST

Skipping the meal could make you put on weight. The first meal should provide one-third of the daily calorie requirement.

Majority of candidates for Delhi Assembly elections are under 50 years

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:26 PM PST

Most of the candidates in the fray for the Delhi Assembly elections are under 50 years of age, as per a report released by the Association of Democratic Reform on Friday.Sixty-nine per cent...

More ‘criminals’, crorepatis in fray for Delhi elections

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:10 PM PST

SAD candidate from Rajouri Garden, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, is the richest with over Rs. 239 cr. in assets

A letter that set off a political storm

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:54 PM PST

Congress says she was removed because of 'serious charges'

Show proof of ‘Jayanthi tax’, says ex-Minister

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:01 PM PST

Former Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, who resigned from the Congress on Friday, said she challenged anyone to provide proof of wrongdoing during her tenure. 'Let them probe'...

When age was no bar to heroism

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:36 PM PST

When M.Santhanalakshmi, an eighth standard student, saw two of her friends drowning in a river, her first reaction was to jump in to save them. "There was no one else around when they cr...

Cold hearts by night

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:24 PM PST

By not providing transport to women employees who work till late night, many IT firms in the city show scant regard for their safety and labour laws

Venezuela confirms shooting down plane near Aruba

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:24 PM PST

Venezuela said on Friday it shot down a civilian plane after it ignored communications off its Caribbean coast near the island of Aruba, but denied any violation of international airspace.Au...

A low-key ‘homecoming’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:03 PM PST

"The reconversions will continue"

New officers on special duty appointed by govt.

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:24 PM PST

The Central government approved a series of key appointments, including that of officers on special duty to Union Ministers, late on Friday evening. Upendra Joshi, a private person, has...

The boy the Obamas wanted to meet again

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:14 PM PST

When K.K. Muhammed received a phone call from the U.S. embassy in New Delhi on January 19, six days before the U.S. President, Barack Obama, and his wife, Michelle, arrived in New Delhi, he was un...

Migrant voters deciders in 25 seats in UK election: Study

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:05 PM PST

Voters who were born in India but settled in the United Kingdom form the largest grouping in a voter block represented by just under four million foreign-born migrants to the United Kingdom. Pakis...

Agni-V to be test-fired from canister on Saturday

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:56 PM PST

Agni-V, India's most powerful strategic missile, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will lift off on Saturday morning from a canister mounted on a TATRA truck st...

Campa Cola: Maharahtra govt. to consider regularisation

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:50 PM PST

'Fresh applications will be looked into under FSI rules'

‘Muslims, Dalits better off in developed districts’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:20 PM PST

Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai dominate the top of the list

AFSPA, a hurdle in BJP-PDP alliance

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:19 PM PST

The two parties will form government in February, says BJP leader

FDI inflows beat global trends, surge 26%

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:12 PM PST

U.S. fell to the third slot, with inflows plummeting to almost a third of the 2013 level

Godse glorification upsets Gandhians

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:11 PM PST

Mahatma Gandhi's followers have come out strongly against the ongoing attempts to glorify Nathruam Godse and the "BJP government's encouragement" to them.Patrons of Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal,...

US Embassy bought air purifiers ahead of Obama visit

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:33 PM PST

Delhi's poor air quality forced the US Embassy in the city to purchase air purifiers ahead of the US President Barack Obama's visit earlier this week. The air purifiers were installed in the Embass...

Human rights group slams India’s record

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 12:39 PM PST

A top global human rights group has criticised the Indian government for its treatment of minorities, lack of protection for women's and children's rights, restrictions on free speech and insuffic...

Kejriwal opposes same party rule in State, Centre

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:13 PM PST

'Price rise and corruption are main poll issues'

Jayanthi waged an ‘everyday battle over policy’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:28 PM PST

She said 'no' to many projects even to then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The old unravels in Congress, but the new is yet to emerge

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 12:31 PM PST

Senior leaders, one after another, are showing signs of restiveness

Panel to probe Unnao skeletons case

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 12:09 PM PST

The skeletal remains and viscera found on Thursday in a store room in the Reserve Police Lines in Unnao in Uttar Pradesh date back to 1979 and are from the post mortem house that was once located...

Rajasthan village yields artefacts of yore

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 12:08 PM PST

Excavation is under way at Pachamta, which belongs to the Ahar-Banas culture under the Mewar Plains Archaeological Assessment

Surya namaskar and yoga for Rajasthan schools

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 12:06 PM PST

The Rajasthan government is contemplating the introduction of yoga, surya namaskar and meditation in all government schools.This follows the recommendation of a committee set up by the Educa...

After a lull, Raj Thackeray reaches out to party workers

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 12:02 PM PST

Breaking silence three months after his party was routed in the Maharashtra assembly elections, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Friday addressed the select party functionar...

TNCC chief’s remarks upset Sonia Gandhi

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 11:48 AM PST

Elangovan virtually asks Chidambaram and his son Karti to quit the party

IS silent as deadline passes with no swap

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 11:28 AM PST

Families of a Japanese journalist and Jordanian military pilot remained in limbo on Friday, a day after the latest purported deadline for a possible prisoner swap passed with no further word from...

Kurdish general killed in battle with IS

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 11:26 AM PST

Clashes with Islamic State militants killed a senior Kurdish military commander and eight of his fighters just outside the disputed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Friday, officials said. <...

State facilities for Bangladesh war rape victims

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 11:23 AM PST

Pakistani military personnel and their cohorts had raped between 2,00,000 and 4,00,000 women

Nepali leaders slam ‘foreign interference’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 11:21 AM PST

Senior leaders from the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML on Friday criticised "foreign interference" in Nepal's Constitution-drafting process, while praising China for its "neutrality"."At pr...

No room for security systems

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Malabar temples slow in CCTV installation

Brinda slams police ‘inaction’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Brinda Karat, Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), on Friday charged the Tamil Nadu police with not taking action against those involved in the gang-rape of a tribal girl...

‘Send back refugees only if they are willing’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Sri Lankan refugees should be sent back only if they are willing. The Central Government must not force them to return, Communist Party of India State secretary D. Pandian said here on Friday.<...

Delhi Peace Party merges with AAP

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

The Delhi State unit of the Peace Party of India announced its merger with the AAP on Friday.Pledging their support for AAP candidates in East and North-East Delhi, nearly 300 workers joined...

TS to finalise industrial policy guidelines soon

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

The government, which has enacted an industry policy focussed on making business easier, is set to finalise associated guidelines soon."In 3-4 days, we will be finalising the guidelines," In...

Fire at Mulavukad again

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:09 PM PST

: A mini lorry and a shop caught fire near Mulavukad church on Thursday night, at almost the same spot where a car was found burnt earlier this month.The fire was reported around 11.30 p.m....

AYUSH Department studies benefits of teaching yoga

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:45 PM PST

The Department of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy) is now conducting a study to see whether teaching yoga to primary school students has helped their learning.Speaking to...

Virtual IT Cadre to be set up in State service

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

Better management of e-governance projects

Rs. 80 lakh sanctioned for govt. law college

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has sanctioned Rs. 80 lakh for construction of additional infrastructure to the Government Law College here, according to J. Vincent Comraj, principal of the...

Organic food outlet opened

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Jio Fresh, an organic food products outlet set up by Kusalava Agri Products Limited (KAPL), was inaugurated by Kusalava Motors MD Chukkapalli Venkateswara Rao and former ZP chairman Kadiyala Raghav...

BARC outreach programme on February 4

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

As part of the nationwide diamond jubilee celebration of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, will be organising an outreach programme at GITAM Universit...

Kakatiya University to re-open hostels

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

The authorities of Kakatiya University have decided to open hostels and start classes soon.The decision was taken after in-charge Registrar Prof. M.V. Ranga Rao held talks with leaders of st...

TS puts brakes on FAST

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

: The Telangana government has decided not to go ahead with the proposed Financial Assistance to Students of Telangana (FAST) scheme of reimbursement of tuition fee for students of professional cou...

Bandipur night travel ban stays

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Forests belong to animals and tribes, says Supreme Court

Two-day meet on applied mathematics begins

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

Y.N. Reddy, mathematician and Professor, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, inaugurated a two-day conference on applied mathematics at KLE Society's Gudleppa Hallikeri College in Haveri on...

Warm reception to Walk of Hope at Parumala

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

: The Walk of Hope led by spiritual leader Sri M of Manav Ekta Mission entered Pathanamthitta on Friday.The walk that began from the Zero Point of the National Highway-47 at Kanyakumari on t...

Tension between Congress leaders resurfaces in Uttarakhand

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:23 PM PST

Bahuguna threatens to hold rally against his own party

Water table depletion hits azolla cultivation

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Depletion of groundwater has been affecting cultivation of azolla in various parts of the district.A farmer of Melur village near Annavasal in the district, V. Anbazhagan has been toiling ha...

e-ticketing facility launched

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Minister inaugurates portal for booking of golden rath procession

Tribal health camp today

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

For the residents of Naickeneri near Vellore

Jayanthi Natarajan’s allegations serious: CPI

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

It is an inner party affair, says DMK

Leprosy prevalence rate plummets

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

On Anti-Leprosy Day, the Health Department can claim to have made significant strides in tackling this chronic infection. The Martyrdom Day (January 30) is annually observed as Anti-Leprosy Day to...

Veeramani joins issue with Umashankar

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Dravidar Kazhagam leader K. Veeramani said that it was wrong on the part of Indian Administrative Service officer Umashankar to have participated in prayer meetings.Addressing reporters in C...

Awareness campaign on metro, buses

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

In order to encourage people to vote during the February 7 polls here, the Election Commission will carry out an awareness campaign targeting commuters at Delhi Metro stations and Delhi Transport C...

A.P. to conduct separate EAMCET

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

With the recent attempts of Andhra Pradesh government to convince TS government for holding a joint Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) not bearing fruit, the former...

Our policies will not be unilateral, says KTR

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:11 PM PST

Telangana Minister for Information Technology K.T. Rama Rao on Friday categorically said that all policies formulated in the new State will not be unilateral, but will be done so keeping in mind th...

Relief for Assam Rifles ex-personnel

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Kerala High Court on Friday held that retired Assam Rifle personnel were entitled to benefits of the Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme.Justice A.V. Ramakrishnan Pillai, while allo...

‘Companies skip yoga’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Corporate companies having a business interest in the health sector did not like to promote yoga, according to K. Krishna Sharma, chairman, Department of Human Consciousness and Yogic Sciences, Man...

Row over Collector’s report on govt. land

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:09 PM PST

CBI probe sought into Aranmula land scam

Teething troubles for cadaver programme

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

After obtaining clearance for 'Jeevandan' (cadaver transplant programme) the NTR University of Health Sciences (NTRUHS) is striving to mobilise funds on its own, as the government is yet to release...

NAPM flays government move to restrict Thullur farmers

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

The State government's decision to restrict farmers from raising the second crop in the proposed capital zone in Thullur mandal has evoked strong reactions from various quarters.Close on the...

Two more test positive for swine flu

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Two patients-- a 35-year-old woman from Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district and a 65-year-old man from Abid Nagar in the city-- tested positive for swine flu on Friday. They are undergoing treatmen...

NIT to host seminar on nuclear tech.

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

As a part of diamond jubilee celebrations of the Department of Atomic Energy, the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, is organising a seminar on 'Nuclear technology: the technology having...

Couple kills daughter to ‘save’ family honour

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

In a shocking incident, a teenage girl was murdered by her parents to protect their family honour, as she had fallen in love with a youth from another community at Veerapalli village in Chittoor di...

Yakshagana artiste Arate Manjunatha passes away

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Veteran Yakshagana artiste Arate Manjunatha died at his house in Gavali village after a prolonged illness near Kundapur on Friday. He was 73. He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters.

Jayarajan guilty of contempt: SC

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:48 PM PST

Noting that 'shumbhan' (Malayalam word for idiot) conveys a "strong abuse," the Supreme Court on Friday held Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State committee member M.V. Jayarajan guilty...

Birth centenary of former Catholicos Mathews-II

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:09 PM PST

: The former Catholicos Baselius Mar Thoma Mathews-II was a highly elevated personality who had shown the world that one could easily humble anyone with love, said Malankara Metropolitan and Cathol...

Yoga, meditation for Rajasthan govt schools

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:23 PM PST

The Rajasthan government is contemplating the introduction of yoga, surya namaskar and meditation in all government schools.This follows the recommendation of a committee set up by the Educa...

19,166 students given free laptops in Ariyalur

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Free laptop computers have been distributed so far among 19,166 students in Ariyalur district ever since 2011-12. Free textbooks have been distributed to 4,49,590 students, notebooks to 22 lakh stu...

Theni medical college gets advanced anesthesia work station

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Modern anaesthesia workstation

A modern anaesthesia workstation has been installed at Government Theni Medical College on Friday. It has ventilator to facilitate use for a p...

TNPCB computerises receipt of applications

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has computerised the receipt of applications for consent orders of the Board for industries, and for the grant of orders. The online receipt of applic...

Region-based architecture stressed

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

The menace of homogenisation and the increasingly diminishing importance for contextual aesthetics and diversity of architecture were part of deep discussion during the international architecture c...

Railways chugs down memory lane

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

110 photographs on display at city railway station

DMK offers posts to disgruntled senior leaders

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:41 PM PST

On the birthday of former Union Minister M.K. Alagiri, the DMK released a new list of office-bearers, rehabilitating most senior leaders said to be unhappy with the party leadership in...

Students continue protest

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

For the fourth day on Friday the students of Forest College and Research Institute, Mettupalayam, abstained from classes to protest against the reduction in quota of reservation in appointment to t...

Anonymous call on Maoists keep police on tenterhooks

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

An anonymous call received by the police about movement of Maoists from the North-East to Kerala, kept the Railway Police and their counterparts in western region of the State on their toes on Frid...

entre sanctions funds for housing scheme for poor

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:26 PM PST

The Union Government has allocated funds towards the housing scheme for poor families in four municipal towns of Tripura. The sanction has been made under Rajiv Awas Yojana to construct small house...

SAHMAT remembers Gandhiji

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

The 67{+t}{+h}anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination was commemorated with a "secular cultural festival" on Friday. The Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT) organised a series of events to...

Water sharing row deepens

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:43 PM PST

A.P. says only a tribunal, not board, is empowered to allocate water

MSMEs to get online assistance soon

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has tied up with the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) to set up a Virtual Centre for Development of Micro, Small an...

Lord Bahubali’s statue anointed with 1,008 kalashas

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

The 42-feet statue of Lord Bahubali was anointed with milk, sugarcane juice, sandalwood paste, paste made out of medicinal herbs and holy water in 1008 kalashas at Karkala in Udupi district on Frid...

More funds needed to modernise fire services, says Chief Minister

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that more funds need to be allocated in the State budget for modernisation of the Fire and Rescue Services Department.He was addressing the State confer...

State silent on encroachments on riverbed, says Raghavulu

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has demanded that the State government clarify its stand on encroachments on the Krishna riverbed upstream of Prakasam barrage in violation of rules. CPI (M)...

Walkathon to promote fuel conservation

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

As part of Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight-2015 celebrations, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and New White Oil Terminal organised a walkathon on the Port Connectivity Road on Friday. Fl...

Call to conserve fossil fuels

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Sporting the messages of oil and gas conservation, ONGC Rajahmundry employees led by its Executive Director and Asset Manager Debashis Sanyal undertook 'Energy Walk' from ONGC Dispensary to ONGC Ba...

Crackdown on illegal layouts in capital region

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Municipal Administration Minister P. Narayana on Friday said 177 illegal layouts had sprung up in the last few months in the capital region in and around Thullur, Amaravathi and Mangalagiri....

National Integration Camp in Vijayapura from Feb. 5

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

The city will host a five-day National Integration Camp-2015 from February 5.As many as 250 participants from 11 States would participate in the camp, Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep told pre...

Strong winds, high waves likely along Kerala coast

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:56 PM PST

INCOIS issues warning for Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Lakshadweep

Cardinal Cleemis inaugurates school jubilee

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:09 PM PST

: The year-long diamond jubilee celebrations of St. Mary's Higher Secondary School at Kizhakekara, near Kottarakara, was inaugurated by Cardinal Mar Baselios Cleemis on Friday.In his address...

Punjab provides “relief” to business sector

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:11 PM PST

The Punjab Government on Friday announced the abolition of disclosures of trade transactions under the e-Trip system as well as exempted VAT assessment for 1.86 lakh dealers who had annual turnover...

Sugarcane growers threaten to take the extreme step

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

"We have no option but to commit suicide if arrears are not paid"

Air engagement jan 31

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

KARAIKUDI Dr. Umayal Ramanathan College for Women: Seminar on entrepreneurial advancement and traits, technical session, 10 a.m.; valedictory function, M. Selvam, Chairp...

Rigorous imprisonment

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

The Mahila Court judge Thirumagal on Thursday awarded jail term, and imposed a fine of Rs. 60,000 on M. Boopathy (34), a garment trader of Onnakarai village, for causing suicide of wife Rathika in...

Applications invited for road inspector posts

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

The Rural Development Department in Tiruvannamalai district is to recruit people for eight posts of road inspector-grade II.The candidates will be selected and posted in its engineering divi...

Gender-sensitive economics needed: Muneer

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

An inclusive way of looking at economics, which acknowledges and factors in contributions and hard works of women including that of homemakers, is the need of the hour, Minister for Panchayat and S...

60 SFI members detained

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Police resorted to lathi-charge and detained more than 60 members of the Students' Federation on India (SFI) on Friday when they were taking out a rally to the Vidhana Soudha.The protesters were de...

Brinda Karat questions debate on Constitution

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

 CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat on Friday said it was a matter of deep concern that the Narendra Modi-led government, with 31 per cent vote share, wanted to debate principles of the Consti...

Hot air balloons glow to the music at KCT

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

A 'Musical Balloon Glow' where inflated hot air balloons glow to music was organised at Kumaraguru College of Technology in Saravanampatty here on Friday.Visual treatThe two-ho...

wine flu scare in Lucknow

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:23 PM PST

Health authorities here have swung into action after 17 cases of swine flu have been reported so far. At least two big hospitals – Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI)...

Manoj Tiwari seeks votes for ‘RTI activist’ Vivek Garg

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:55 PM PST

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday tried to cut into the Poorvanchal vote base in Delhi as MP Manoj Tiwari campaigned for Model Town candidate Vivek Garg, whose "clean image" is what the party is...

‘Rs. 27,000 crore unclaimed money in EPFO’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:07 PM PST

Union Minister of State for Labour Bandaru Dattatreya said here on Friday that an unclaimed amount of Rs. 27,000 crore was lying with the Employees Provident Fund Organisation as the identity of th...

A contest of handwriting wizards of the south

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:59 PM PST

As many as 484 students from schools across the southern districts put their pens to paper and gave their best shot at the regional round of The Hindu in School Cello Handwriti...

Door-to-door delivery of LPG refills, still a pain for some

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:46 PM PST

Agencies do not deliver at doorsteps, say consumers

Foundation laid for State’s second solar fish drying unit

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

Foundation stone laid

Minister for Fisheries, Ports and Excise K. Babu on Friday laid the foundation for the State's second solar-powered fish drying unit at Puthan Kadappur...

Man from Tenali to counsel A.P., TS, Gujarat on security

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Three prominent States, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, will be counselled on homeland security and counter terrorism by K. Ramesh Babu from Tenali.The government of Gujarat has invit...

Naidu to attend conference on agribusiness

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

As a prelude to take up agricultural education, research, extension and initiate an exercise to improve the infrastructure and logistics for trade in agriculture with Visakhapatnam as hub, SynTech...

A.P. has no case, says Telangana

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

TS says AP has no case; reduces release to Sagar right canal

Thousands witness Antarvedi chariot festival

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Fervour marks 'Kalyanotsavam' and 'Mudrikalankarana'

Educated class told to take part in nation building

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

Their continued indifference will ruin efforts to make country strong: Governor

Tamil Nadu Congress chief’s remarks upset Sonia

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Chidambaram, son, told to quit the party

From waste to energy

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Bio-waste from tender coconut is being turned into combustible briquettes forfactories and foundries under a public-private partnershiparrangement in Bengaluru, writes M.A. Siraj

Project to end stray dog menace

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:09 PM PST

: A sustained project to end stray dog menace in the district was launched by the district unit of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) on Friday. The programme was formally inau...

Kurukshetra Civil Surgeon to be suspended after spat with Minister

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:10 PM PST

The Haryana Health Minister has recommended action against the Civil Surgeon of Kurukshetra who took on a Minister for using offensive language against her and later complained to the authorities w...

Veterinary camp

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Special veterinary camps will be held in the district on Saturday for the benefit of those who got free milch animals and goats under the government scheme.People can bring their animals and...

16 fishermen arrive from Bangladesh

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

They were arrested in Indian waters, says one of them

Strange are the complaints people make

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Strange are the complaints the police receive. And it is not uncommon for the District Police Office (DPO) to receive SoS messages during nights and in the weekends.They pester the DPO staff...

TNCC chief’s remarks upset Sonia

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:48 PM PST

Elangovan virtually asks Chidambaram and his son Karti to quit the party

Death of mentally challenged man to be probed

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

An inquiry has been ordered into the death of a mentally challenged man who allegedly succumbed to injuries caused by torture inflicted on him by police, who had released him after detaining him fo...

Scion of an illustrious political family

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Born into a family of eminent freedom fighters and politicians, Jayanthi Natarajan's maternal grandfather was the former Chief Minister, M. Bhaktavatsalam.When 'kingmaker' Kamaraj quit the C...

Pending passport applications: Haj pilgrims told to contact officer

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

Haj pilgrims, who have submitted passport applications and whose applications are pending, are asked to contact the Nodal Officer (Haj Pilgrims) at the Regional Passport Office (RPO), Corporation C...

Matiala villages hold the key to city’s largest constituency

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:59 PM PST

The key to the largest Assembly constituency in Delhi — Matiala — lies in the hands of its rural voters. With over 30 villages having a sizeable vote share, the winner in the West Delhi seat will h...

KCR cites vaastu for shifting Secretariat

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has justified his government's decision to shift the Secretariat to TB Hospital land at Erragadda saying that the present premises has serious 'vaastu dosham'.

Engineering student killed in accident

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

An engineering college student, S. Dinesh Mani (19) of Subramaniapuram, was killed in a road accident on the Ring Road near Perungudi on Friday morning.Police said the youth, who was studyin...

Eight accused of assault

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

A 22-year-old was the victim of an alleged assault near Juice Junction in Balmatta on Friday.A day earlier, a person had allegedly ridiculed Muzammil, a resident of Yellurpadavu, in a city b...

Birth centenary fete of Benedict Mar Gregorios

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

Setting up of a care home for cancer patients, taking up fallow-land cultivation, and inter-faith dialogues will mark the birth centenary celebrations of the late archbishop Benedict Mar Gregorios.

Air India services from tomorrow

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

It will take off from RGIA at 7.45 a.m. to reach Gannavaram at 8.55 a.m.

Hospital staff to be trained

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Government doctors and officials held a coordination meeting here on Friday.All technicians in KGH and Andhra Medical College would be trained in collecting nasopharyngeal swab from suspecte...

‘Ensure transparency in allotment of cottages’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

The TTD is contemplating bringing in more transparency in allotment of cottages at Tirumala.Speaking at a high-level meeting with officials of IT and reception wing TTD Executive Officer D....

Engg. students shine at STEPCONE-2k15

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

GMR Vara Lakshmi Foundation Director (Education) B.S. Nagendra Parashar on Friday said that innovative thinking and sharing of knowledge would make students reach top position in their chosen field...

India is a repository of knowledge: Vala

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

Governor Vajubhai Vala has said that India is a repository of knowledge and has been recognised the world over as a knowledge destination even in ancient times. "Nalanda and Takshashila Universitie...

Siddalingaiah for Kannada as medium of instruction in schools

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

Siddalingaiah, poet and president of the 81st Kannada Sahitya Sammelan, has stressed the need for a movement, involving a large section of public, to ensure Kannada as a medium of instruction at pr...

Offensive message to BJP leader: police file case

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Offensive message to BJP leader: case filed

The police have registered a case in connection with messages of threat to the life of BJP State general secretary K. Surendran....

Water hyacinth menace hits boat movement in Vembanad Lake

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:09 PM PST

Crop management affected in Kuttanad

Several posts vacant in Panchayati Raj institutions due to education criteria

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:07 PM PST

The impact of the amended Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, to include minimum educational qualification as eligibility criteria for contesting the Panchayat elections, is now becoming visible wi...

Indian Bank to open six new branches

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Indian Bank is planning to open six new branches in the Thanjavur Zone soon, Deputy General Manager B. Veeraraghavan told customers at a meet on credit facilities the bank was offering to custo...

Invite sent for isle fete

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Katchatheevu island would open up briefly for Indian pilgrims and fishermen for the annual St. Antony's Church festival to be held for two days on February 28 and March 1, but the restrictions...

Bird census on for two days

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

All Tamil Nadu bird census for this fiscal commenced on Friday and would be conducted on Saturday also (January 30 and 31).In a statement, J.S. Ambrose, District Forest Officer, Tirunelveli,...

Heritage cars set to roll down memory lane

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Wheel back the years as a cavalcade of vintage automobiles arrives in the city on Saturday as part of The Hindu Chennai-Pondy Heritage Car Rally.Presented by Golden Homes in association with...

Boy injured after he comes under water pipes he was playing on

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Anees suffers internal injuries that may have long-term impact

Court sanctions Rs. 20,000 to sexual assault victim

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Madras High Court has directed the Krishnagiri Collector to pay Rs. 20,000 as an ad hoc sum to the father of a differently-abled girl who was sexually assaulted by four persons in the district...

Residents block road seeking speedy construction of railway overbridge

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

Work stopped about a year ago, they say

BJP yet to submit expenditure details

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

The Bharatiya Janata Party is yet to submit its election expenditure statement for the last Assembly elections to the Election Commission of India, the Association for Democratic Reform said in a r...

‘BJP has ended dynasty politics’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Arun Jaitley says now is the time for merit-based politics

Land regularisation rates revised

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The government on Friday revised the rates and schedule for regularisation of unobjectionable government and surplus land on payment basis in various categories following representations from publi...

A grand birthday

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:58 PM PST

Former Union Minister M.K. Alagiri celebrated his 64th birthday here on Friday. He cut a cake at his residence and proceeded to Raja Muthiah Mandram in a procession. Amid bursting of crackers and...

Sexual assault: 53-year-old man held

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

A 10-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by her 53-year-old neighbour on Thursday.According to the Vitla police, the girl frequently visited the Rajab's house to watch television....

Handwriting contest today

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

The stage is set for The Hindu in School- Cello handwriting contest which will be held at the Christ Nagar ICSE school. The regional finals of the contest will begin at 11 a.m....

Fog hits flight, train services

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Flight services were disrupted at the Gannavaram airport on Friday morning due to foggy conditions. Air Costa flight (LB666) was scheduled to take off from Gannavaram airport at 7.15 a.m. and reach...

Tenants have to pay more in old city

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Mushrooming of educational institutions, improvement of civic infrastructure and transport facilities have pushed up the rentals in southern parts of Hyderabad

Tirupati Book Festival to begin today

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The ninth annual edition of 'Tirupati Book Festival', organised by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, is all set to begin at the sprawling SV High School Grounds here on Saturday.The book festival star...

HKCCI criticises diversion of route of Yeshwantpur-Katra Express

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Hyderabad Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HKCCI) has taken exception to what it called "a deliberate diversion and deviation of Yeshwantpur-Katra Superfast Weekly Express" to deny t...

DPI mulls having smart classes in all hobli-level government schools

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

System has brought about a lot of improvement in students' performance: teacher

Relief for endosulfan victims

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

They will get up to Rs.50,000 to settle their bank loans

Engagement

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

National Cultural Centre for Humanity : Presentation of various social excellence awards, Alakapuri auditorium, 4.30 p.m. Kerala Lalithakala Akademi:...

Haryana to grant quota in promotion to SC

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:06 PM PST

In a landmark decision, the Haryana Cabinet on Thursday decided to grant reservation in promotion to the Scheduled Castes. It also accepted the report submitted by the Committee constituted to asse...

Special postal cover on Eknath Ranade

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

A special postal cover brought out by the Department of Posts to mark the centenary celebrations of Ekanath Ranade, founder of Vivekananda Rock Memorial and Vivekananda Kendra, was released here on...

Beedi workers take out rally

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Members of Beedi, Cigar and Chewing Tobacco Workers Sammelan affiliated to All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) took out a rally on Friday demanding immediate steps for arriving at new wage struc...

Officials check sanitary conditions in Tuticorin

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Suspected dengue case identified in suburb

New tourist hangout for chilling out

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Chinna Veerampattinam, a small hamlet, set for big status

Coop. society president disappears with funds

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Over 500 depositors of Lord Venkateshwara Credit Cooperative Society in Malleswaram have been left in the lurch after the president disappeared with crores of rupees. Besides, Not only that, deposi...

When age was no bar to heroism

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

When M. Santhanalakshmi, a class VIII student, saw two of her friends struggling to stay afloat in a river, she instinctively jumped in to save them."They were crying for help and there was...

BPL consumers also eligible for 12 LPG cylinders

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation has clarified that BPL (below poverty line) consumers who had received free gas connections can also be treated on a par with regular LPG consumers....

Hackathon in Coimbatore on Jan. 31 and February 1

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

TiE Coimbatore and Kovai TechStart will organise a hackathon here on January 31 and February 1 and over 500 students, designers, programmers, business developers and ideators are expected to partic...

Plays promote ethical voting

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

Residents of Trilokpuri, which saw communal riots in October 2014, were treated to plays and puppet shows by the local election office on Friday.District Election Officer Kunal said the acti...

Talk about real issues, says medical fraternity

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Worried about how no political parties fighting to form the government here is talking about what the city's health-plan will look like, a delegation of doctors from the Delhi Medical Association (...

Police remain mute spectators as accused fly to safe zones

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

When history-sheeter Ayub Khan of Old City managed to fly abroad a few months ago even as he was facing several criminal cases here, the city police ignored it.Taking cue from Khan and appar...

2 held on charge of spreading Maoist thought

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:56 PM PST

Police raid houses of several people including those of human rights activists

Police rapped for adopting “ugly mechanism” in murder case

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:59 PM PST

In a 'not-so-common' kind of judgement, the Madras High Court Bench here on Friday lamented that the departed soul of a young woman could not get justice due to the "inefficiency and ugly mechanism...

Criminal hacked to death

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

Midnight attack by unidentified gang

Next Gen managers want to dream big

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Next generation managers do not fear in dreaming about big things and achieving them. Most are prepared to take up challenges and prove a point and this was evident at the Andhra Loyola College's t...

Almanac author passes away

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Author of Pidaparthi vaari Panchangam, one of the popular Telugu almanacs and former HoD of Chemical Engineering of Andhra University College of Engineering Pidaparthi Dakshina Murthy passed away a...

garage sale

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Household items

Three piece sofa set with centre table and cushions (Rs.4,000), rose wood single cot with bed roll (Rs.1,000), dinning table with four chairs (Rs.2,000), sho...

‘Gandhi’s principles still relevant ’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Speakers at a seminar organised by the Students Federation of India (SFI) in Rajamahendri Institute of Engineering and Technology (RIET) underscored the relevance of the principles of Mahatma Gandh...

‘Basaveshwara’s ideals relevant for all times’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

Basaveshwara's ideals are relevant for all times, Aravind Jatti, president, Basava Samiti, said here on Friday. He was speaking at a seminar at BVB college.Mr. Jatti said that Basaveshwara's...

‘Farmer claiming ownership of land donated by Ramaswamy Iyengar to school’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

We have submitted Revenue records to court: headmaster

SC verdict on Jayarajan casts shadow over CPI(M) meet

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Supreme Court's verdict on Friday upholding the High Court's conviction of Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] leader M.V. Jayarajan in a contempt of court case for his derogatory speec...

Spell out compensation for sterilisation deaths: SC

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Terming the deaths of over 10 women, who underwent sterilisation procedures in government camps in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh, a "tragedy," the Supreme Court on Friday directed the State gov...

Thanjavur civic body council meet whitewashed by sparring parties

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Sparks flew as the AIADMK and the DMK members indulged in verbal duel at the Corporation Council meet here on Friday.The Corporation Council met with Mayor Savitri Gopal in the chair in the...

They wrote their way to success using excellent handwriting skills

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

The Hindu In School Cello Handwriting Wizard Contest Salem regional level finals held on Friday

MoU signed

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Sterlite Copper on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tuticorin Medical College Hospital for the construction of the first floor of Sterlite Paediatric Block at a cost of Rs. 70...

Remembering Gandhi

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Chief Minister N. Rangasamy on Friday paid floral tributes to statue of Mahatma Gandhi on his 67th death anniversary. Legislative Assembly Speaker V. Sabapathy and Ministers P. Rajavelu and...

Court fiat to State on small encroachers

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

The High Court of Karnataka on Friday directed the State Revenue authorities not to evict people who are residing in small parcels of land belonging to the State if such persons have applied for re...

Mohan Foundation to help train transplant coordinators

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

For many U.K.-based Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis in need of an organ transplantation, the wait can be gruelling.With very few Asians coming forward to donate organs because of a lack...

Traditional banana varieties to get a boost

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The National Agro Foundation (NAF) and the Tamilnadu Banana Producers Company Limited (TBCL), along with Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, signed an agreement on Friday to utilise the lab facilit...

BuildMat exhibition from February 5 to 8

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

For building materials and construction equipment

‘Check alcohol, money menace’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:06 PM PST

Chief Election Commissioner H.S. Brahma on Friday ordered the District Election Officers (DEOs) to ensure that all measures for ethical voting are taken and that the menace of liquor, money and mus...

Book for Class XII CBSE students

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Formula One , a book brought out by The Hindu , a space marketing initiative with SRM University, was on Friday unveiled by Professo...

Industry-oriented pharma course

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Hitech Institute of Advanced Pharmaceutical Sciences, in association with NATCO Pharma, will offer a nine-week short-term industry-oriented course for pharmacy graduates from February 5 at NATCO Ho...

High Court dismisses VS plea

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed a writ petition filed by Leader of the Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan challenging a 2013 government order regarding withdrawal of the pa...

Meat seized in city

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:58 PM PST

Corporation inspection teams seized 335 kilograms of meat in the city on Friday since sale was banned on the occasion of the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. C.Kathiravan, corporation commissi...

Woman held on charge of job fraud

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

The Medical College police have arrested Sheela Peter, 33, of Thumba on charges of fleecing several youngsters of cash after promising them foreign jobs.Sheen Tharayil, Circle Inspector, Med...

Poompuhar expo off to a colourful start

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Craft Mela, a 10-day exhibition of Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Development Corporation (Poompuhar), began at Mogal Exhibition Hall here on Friday. It was inaugurated by Regional Fire Officer S.V. Chowda...

Secularism cannot be removed from Preamble, says Gandhiji’s secretary

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

: Gandhiji stressed on secularism and the word secularism cannot be removed from the preamble of the Constitution as being suggested by some, former Personal Secretary to Mahatma Gandhi V. Kalyanam...

Rental incomes in decline mode

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Lull in market even after bifurcation and the IT sector's current slowdown are seeingfewer takers for apartments and showroom spaces

Two former DCCB managers among 8 held in fake loan scam

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Two former managers of District Cooperative Central Bank (DCCB) at Rajampet and two former presidents of Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) were among the eight arrested by the CID o...

Retired judge chosen for award

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

Shivaraj Patil, retired judge of the Supreme Court, has been chosen for the Guru Basava award instituted by the Basava Seva Pratishtana here.He has been selected for his duty as a judge and...

81 folk art troupes to be taken in procession at Shravanabelagola tomorrow

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

The Kannada Sahitya Parishat is planning to organise a procession comprising 81 folk art troupes to mark the 81st Kannada Sahitya Sammelan through the main roads in Shravanabelagola on Saturday. Po...

Founder’s Day celebrated

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala celebrated its Founder's Day on Friday.Delivering the P.S. Varier Commemorative Lecture, Swami Chidanandapuri from Advaitasramam, Kolathur, Kozhikode, said that th...

Thrissur all set for National Games

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

Shooting range at Police Academy inaugurated

Surya namaskar and yoga for Rajasthan schools

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Rajasthan government is contemplating the introduction of yoga, surya namaskar and meditation in all government schools.This follows the recommendation of a committee set up by the Educa...

Explosives substance seized, four held

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Two tonnes of ammonium nitrate was seized and four persons were arrested for possessing the explosives substance at Naaripuram in Bagalur here on Friday.The arrest came after the HUDCO polic...

Awareness rally

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

A large number of school and college students participated in a rally to create awareness on leprosy in Omalur town near here on Friday.The rally was organised by the District Health Service...

Rally against female infanticide

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

A rally to create awareness among the public of female infanticide and against sex selective abortion was held here on Friday.Collector M. Ravikumar flagged off the rally at Rajaji Park, in...

Notice to government on levying of lifetime tax on out-of-State vehicles

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

The High Court of Karnataka on Friday ordered issue of notice to the State government on a petition which has challenged the law of levying lifetime tax on vehicles from other States if they remain...

Helping the visually impaired read Tamil

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Worth Digitisation project uses an advanced OCR software for Braille

HC directs police, Corporation to take joint survey of parking needs

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Madras High Court has directed the Chennai Corporation and the city police to jointly conduct a survey, as a test case, in the areas concerned in order to find out the traffic flow and the requ...

Liquid oxygen plant commissioned at CMCH

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

A 10,000-litre liquid oxygen plant has been installed at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital at a total cost of Rs. 27 lakh. It was commissioned on Thursday.A centralised system that has...

Equal rights for all: Adityanath

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

Criticising the "politics of appeasement", BJP MP Yogi Adityanath on Friday said his vision for inclusive growth means equal rights for the majority Hindu community as well as for the minorities.

Clarification

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

With reference to a report published in The Hindu on January 20, "Now parents seeking nursery admission face fee trouble", the Nirmal Bhartia School, Dwarka, has clarified that...

3-year-old boy crushed under RTC bus

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

A three-year-old boy, Sai Charan, was crushed to death under the wheels of an APSRTC bus at Ibrahimpatnam on the city's outskirts on Friday.The bus of Ibrahimpatnam depot was going from IS S...

Banned and sidelined, he never lost his smile

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:41 PM PST

AMMA, which heaped praise on Mala Aravindan afterhis death, had banned him from films for a year

DPC: warning issued against irregularities

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Collector L. Subramanian warned of severe action if irregularities were found in the functioning of direct procurement centres (DPCs).At the farmers' grievance meeting here on Friday, he sai...

Three State girls make it to team India

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Junior badminton players want to hone their skills

Naval team returns from cycle expedition

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

A Naval team comprising 40 trainee officers and men of INS Satavahana returned from a cycling expedition to East Godavari district on Friday.The expedition, organised by the Submarine Traini...

MLA ventures into naxal areas

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

Manthani legislator Putta Madhukar is undertaking his padayatra in the naxalite-affected villages of Mahadevpur mandal in Karimnagar district, bordering Chhattisgarh, as part of his 'Mana vooru- Ma...

Residents oppose mining lease to India Cements

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Resident of Valasapalli, Thummalapalli and Nidujivvi villages in Yerraguntla mandal have urged Joint Collector M. Rama Rao and in-charge Kadapa RDO Lavanna not to renew the Nidujivvi limestone mini...

Withdraw notification on caste certificate: Mathe Mahadevi

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

A protest held under the aegis of the Basava Dharma Peetha headed by Mathe Mahadevi has urged the State government to withdraw the notification that directs tahsildars to mention Lingayats as 'Veer...

8,000 students familiarise themselves with World Wide Web

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

Over 8,000 students from various government high schools in rural areas across the district familiarised themselves with the World Wide Web on Friday.In order to create awareness on informat...

‘Revenue adalat a huge success’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

: Minister for Revenue Adoor Prakash said here on Friday that the Revenue Department had set a record in resolving complaints and grievances of the people relating to the department through the dis...

Business centre inaugurated

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:27 PM PST

: Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra on Friday called for revamping village and cottage industries in the North-eastern region.Speaking at the inaugural ses...

After a lull, Raj Thackeray reaches out to party workers

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Breaking his silence three months after his party was routed in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Friday addressed party functionaries here with...

‘Show empathy to different views’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Students should be open and show empathy to different views to develop their competence and thus succeed in their chosen domain, said Oba Noboru, Vice-President, Renault Nissan Technology Business...

Rally against infanticide

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Hundreds of nursing students took out a rally along with medical officials and employees to accelerate awareness about female infanticide and the ban in place on sex determination tests in the dist...

Jarkiholi withdraws resignation

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Excise Minister Satish L. Jarkiholi on Friday night withdrew his resignation after a marathon meeting with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. He will continue to hold the Excise portfolio.Mr. Jark...

Accolades for Tamil Nadu

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Tamil Nadu is among the States leading in organ donation, but much more needs to be done throughout the country to popularise the concept, said experts.At a campaign organised by the Nationa...

TN farm system gets gold award

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

A system, being implemented in Tamil Nadu with the aim of increasing productivity and income of the individual farm, has got the attention of policy-makers at the national level.Called the A...

DMDK councillors protest

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

The two Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam councillors in the Mettupalayam Municipality on Friday began an indefinite protest over the auctioning of shops in the bus stand there. Councillor 'Malli' P...

Delhi BJP Chief asks party workers to ‘stand united’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:30 PM PST

He asked workers to set aside differences and support cm candidate kiran bedi

‘You can put up CCTVs for VIPs, why not Delhiites?’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

The High Court on Friday came down heavily on the government and the Delhi Police asking why they had not installed CCTVs to beef up security of women in the Capital, but had done so only for a vis...

Meet to throw light on dark energy, inter alia

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

The relatively unknown concept of 'dark energy' will be one of the central topics in the upcoming Physics and Astronomy Meet-2015, which will be held in the city.Renowned Indian physicist an...

Law reform meet in Kochi tomorrow

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

: Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala will inaugurate the law reform meet and a workshop for Sessions court prosecutors on February 1 at Bolgatty Palace.The meet and workshop are being organise...

Driver held for woman’s murder

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

A 43-year-old woman, K. Farida Banu, was found dead in a house of a TNSTC driver, S. Karthikeyan at Sadasiva Nagar, late on Thursday evening. The Anna Nagar police have arrested the driver. The pol...

Srirangam by-election: 29 in fray

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:53 PM PST

Twenty-nine candidates are in the fray for the Srirangam by-election, scheduled to be held on February 13.It will a multi-cornered contest with S. Valarmathi of the AIADMK, N. Anand of the D...

Star shuttler Sindhu honoured

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

World championship bronze medallist in badminton P.V. Sindhu was felicitated at Funtimes Club here on Friday.Speaking on the occasion, city East MLA Gadde Rammohan said it was a significant...

DCI bags two contracts worth Rs. 176 crore

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

City-headquartered Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) has signed separate MoU with Union Territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Daman and Diu to undertake dredging contracts worth Rs.176.1...

An able administrator with a passion for poetry

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

An able administrator, poet and writer and a good public speaker all rolled into one person that is Dr. P. Seshadri, Additional Joint Collector, who has many awards and rewards to his credit for pu...

CPI demands all-party meet on capital

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Strongly opposing the State Capital Region Development Authority's call to farmers not to go for a second crop this year, Communist Party of India (CPI) State secretary K. Ramakrishna on Friday urg...

KLEU’s entrance tests for PG courses

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

KLE University will conduct entrance tests for admission to postgraduate courses in medical and dental streams in Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and KLE VK Institute of Dental Sciences, Belagavi,...

Rich tributes paid to Mahatma Gandhi

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

Government officials, religious leaders and students paid rich tributes to Mahatma Gandhi here on Friday to mark his death anniversary, which is observed as Martyrs' Day.Additional Deputy Co...

Acid attack: 76-year-old gets 12-year term

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

In a significant ruling, the Principal Sessions Court here sentenced a 76-year-old man to 12 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) for injuring four persons, including a one-and-a-half-year-old girl chi...

Member of district council shot at

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:27 PM PST

: Thangamang Kipgen, a member of the Autonomous District Council (ADC) of Sadar Hills, was on Friday shot and wounded by a suspected militant at his residence at Langol near Imphal. He sustained bu...

Stringent action against quacks to continue

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Even as anti-dengue operations across the district have gained momentum, the Department of Public Health has started cracking whip against the quacks, whose 'medical assistance' led to the death of...

ERODE

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

Shemford Futuristic School: Mega Showcase 2015 Razzmatazz — Annual Day celebration, felicitations by Amol Arora, managing director, Shemrock and S...

Cooperative societies come under e-governance

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

District Collector S.Suresh Kumar inaugurated the e-governance system in 17 cooperative societies in the district on Friday.The Collector said that all the 168 Primary Agricultural Cooperati...

Now, waste disposal project for villages

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

Waking up to the problem that waste disposal issue, the bane of Bengaluru, could turn a menace in villages too if there is no early intervention, the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Depa...

Improving the odds of a successful IVF pregnancy

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:54 PM PST

The embryoscope allows IVF specialists to monitor every moment of the embryo's development before it is implanted

CBI challenges Special Court’s order in BSNL exchange case

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Madras High Court on Friday ordered notice in the BSNL exchange case on a petition by the CBI that challenged an order of the Special Judge for CBI cases rejecting police custody for the three...

Organs retrieved from brain-dead woman

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

Organs of a 68-year-old brain-dead woman were retrieved and taken to three hospitals in the city. According to hospital sources, Rajamani, a retired teacher, hailing from Sathyamangalam, in Erode,...

No backdoor entry to AAP: Irani

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

In an attack on the AAP, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday asked the people of Delhi not to let the party, which has "now itself become a problem" make a "backdoor entry" in the elections.

‘Bahubali’ leak - more to it than meets the eye?

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Ever since it was launched and production began on S.S. Rajamouli's 'Bahubali', about a year and a half ago, it has managed to attract media spotlight despite the fact that almost everything about...

KWA revenue adalat in March

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:09 PM PST

: Kerala Water Authority will hold the Water Revenue Adalat for the district in March. Consumers from Kochi Corporation, Cheranalloor, Mulavukad, Kadamakkudy, Chellanam and Kumbalangi panchayats ca...

She treasures memories of her brave soldier-son

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

"I saw R-Day parade with a heavy heart; I miss him"

VS alleges graft in appointments

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Leader of the Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan has alleged huge corruption in recruitments to the new government medical colleges. In a statement on Friday, Mr. Achuthanandan asked the State to clarif...

Special postal covers on Rajan Bungalow, Gandhi Market released

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Release of special covers on Rajan Bungalow and Gandhi Market, and quiz competition on philately formed part of the two-day district-level philatelic exhibition "Rockpex 2015' inaugurated at Bishop...

Cong. executive panel meet today

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

The executive committee of the Congress will meet here on January 31 for the first time after bifurcation to discuss key issues like strengthening the party from the grass roots level, course of ac...

MobMe confident of replicating success story

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

MobMe Wireless Solutions Ltd, modelled on technology incubators of Silicon Valley at Kochi, will create 500 to 1,000 start-up ventures by 2020 after getting enthusiastic response from youngsters wi...

Trainee constables told to strive for excellence

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

As many as 102 Armed Reserve and Civil trainee police constables passed out of the District Police Training Centre here on Friday.Warangal Range DIG B. Malla Reddy took salute at the passing...

BJP to form panel to review pending projects

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

BJP State president and MP (Visakhapatnam) K. Haribabu on Friday said the party would form a State-level panel, headed by senior leader S.V. Seshagiri Rao, to review pending projects.The MP...

Feasibility study begins for dry port

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Union Ministry of Shipping has proposed a dry port here and has begun a feasibility study. A release from the Press Information Bureau said there were proposals for similar facilities at Wardha...

Need to expand area under cocoa cultivation highlighted

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

'Access to quality planting material essential to ensure success'

BJYM stir against Mani turns violent

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

An agitation taken out by activists of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) at Pala against Finance Minister K.M. Mani for his alleged role in the bar licence bribery case turned violent forcing...

Odisha Congress backs Rahul Gandhi

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:27 PM PST

: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee on Friday staunchly backed Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi saying he did no wrong by advocating for protection of tribal interest in Niyamgiri hills. This c...

‘Compensate TTD for cutting down trees’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:46 PM PST

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Southern Bench on Friday directed the Andhra Pradesh Cricket Association (APCA) to pay Rs. 96.40 lakh as compensation to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) f...

Meet excise officials without appointment

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Central Excise and Service Tax Commissionerate here has made arrangements to enable taxpayers to meet heads of all departments without prior appointment between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Wednesdays...

Forex derivative losses: knitwear exporters seek IT rules amendments

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Knitwear exporters, who reportedly suffered Rs. 300 crore loss after being persuaded by banks to purchase 'exotic forex derivative products' to hedge against rupee-dollar fluctuations, are now look...

Dissenting voice over temple kumbabishekam upsets ‘podhu dikshithars’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Even while the euphoria over the reversal of the government takeover of the famed Nataraja temple here is still lingering in the air, a dissenting voice is heard from a 'podhu dikshithar' about the...

Cabinet’s decision linked to sammelan?

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

The State Cabinet's decision to further impose Kannada as a medium of instruction for primary education (Class 1 to Class 5) by amending the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act,...

Power Shutdown

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Power supply will be suspended in the following areas on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Padi: Balaji Nagar, Palla St, TVS Nagar, Annai Nagar, Agraharam, North, East & Ce...

TPDK members burn pictures of Nathuram Godse

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

Members of the Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (TPDK) burnt portraits of Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi on January 30, 1948.The protest was organised in protest against t...

'Constitute appellate authorities'

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

A Division Bench of Hyderabad High Court comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar on Friday directed the Governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to constitut...

Discussion

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:09 PM PST

Union Minister for Law and Justice D.V. Sadananda Gowda will inaugurate a discussion on 'Challenges facing the justice delivery system' here on Monday. The discussion being organised by the Indian...

Medical college teachers suspend stir

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The coordination committee of the Government Medical College Teachers' Associations has decided to put on hold its on-going agitation following an assurance by Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar.

Station masters take out silent procession

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

A group of station masters of Tiruchi railway division took out a silent procession here on Friday in support of their demands.The procession was organised by the All India Station Masters'...

Steps being taken to renovate jails: DIG

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Prisons Department DIG (Coastal Area) A. Narasimha has said that steps have been initiated to improve security and renovate jails in the State.He was responding to the problems relating to v...

A. P. may have crop-saving irrigation

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Andhra Pradesh may soon have crop-saving irrigation as intervention at critical stage of growth. The irrigation equipment, mounted on a tractor with a hose pipe, will carry water and sprinkle it on...

Cattle face green fodder shortage in TS

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

Each animal needs 30 kg every day, but only 15 kg could be supplied

Engg. student ends life over poor health

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Lakshmi Bharathi, a second year engineering student at Visvodaya Institute of Technology and Science, Kavali, and native of Venkatareddypalli in Varikuntapadu mandal, committed suicide by consuming...

Silk Mark expo in Belagavi from today

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Silk Mark Organisation of India, an initiative of the Central Silk Board, will organise a six-day 'Silk Mark Expo' at Maratha Mandir complex on Khanapur Road from Saturday. The exhibition and s...

Police to teach anti-sabotage skills to private security guards

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

To strengthen anti-sabotage checks and enhance security systems in hotels, malls and other commercial establishments, the Mysuru City Police will train private security guards employed at these pla...

Nawas murder case: life term for 10

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The court on Friday sentenced 10 persons to life imprisonment in the Perinjanam Nawas murder case.Irinjalakuda Additional Sessions Judge P. Ragini sentenced the 10 convicts to life term and...

Fourteen child labourers rescued

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:27 PM PST

Fourteen child labourers, including six from the Bonda tribal community, were rescued in Malkangiri district of Odisha on Friday. Some of the children were from Bangladeshi refugee and dalit famili...

Talks begin on repatriation

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

India and Sri Lanka began on Friday to discuss the repatriation of more than one lakh refugees living in Tamil Nadu. The delegations of the two countries, comprising foreign Ministry officials, spo...

Compensation for consumer

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The District Consumer Redressal Forum has directed Sony's authorised service centre here to pay a compensation of Rs. 2,000 to a mobile phone buyer for demanding Rs. 500 for setting right walkman c...

“We will go back, only if assured of safety’’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Sri Lankan refugees want promise from the United Nations Commission

Residents block road traffic

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

The residents of the Keezhamoongiladi village blocked road traffic on the Chidambaram bypass road, voicing their protest against the abrupt stoppage of the works on the construction of a community...

Shops vandalised in South 24 Parganas

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:28 PM PST

: In a reported clash between two communities in Usthi area in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, a local market was nearly destroyed on Thursday.After an alleged scuffle between two...

Siddaramaiah meets Digvijaya

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:55 PM PST

In an effort to reiterate his position with the Congress high command, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah met Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh, who is in charge of Karnataka, on Friday and expla...

Corporation looks to get loans for students

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Chennai Corporation hopes to provide an assistance scheme for its students to avail educational loans once they complete plus two. The civic body is in talks with public sector banks to enable...

Traffic diversions from today to decongest Gandhipuram

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

The stretch from Gandhipuram signal to G.P. signal made one-way

Aam AAP candidates get richer

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

The average Aam Aadmi Party candidate's assets have doubled since the 2013 elections, while the Congress candidate has become poorer since then.According to the Association for Democratic Re...

ED officials attach property worth over Rs. 3.31 crore

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

Properties worth over Rs. 3.31 crore belonging to an industrialist, Grandhi Eswara Rao, and his family, were attached by the Enforcement Directorate officials in Hyderabad, on Friday, in a bank fra...

Call to take steps to curb female foeticide

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

Legal and regulatory measures should be pursued vigorously to contain the heinous crime of female foeticide in the country till sociological changes result in its eradication, said Jignesh Thakker,...

SSLC candidate list correction

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The software for making corrections in the candidate list of the SSLC exam being held in March has been put up in the website of Pareeksha Bhavan. Schools from Kasaragod to Thrissur will have the o...

The Hindu In School Cello Handwriting Wizard contest tomorrow

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The city round of The Hindu In School Cello Handwriting Wizard Contest will be held at the Cauvery College for Women at Annamalai Nagar in the city on Sunday.The contest is an endeavour to e...

Gang of thieves busted, valuables worth Rs. 14 lakh recovered

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

A 12-member gang allegedly involved in several theft and pick pocket cases was busted by the police in Vijayawada on Friday, with the recovery of valuables worth around Rs. 14 lakh from their posse...

Unforgettable association with Gandhiji

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

City nonagenarian goes down memory lane

Kavitha promises to develop TU

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

Member of Parliament Kalvakuntla Kavitha has assured the Telangana University authorities that she would make all out efforts to develop the varsity as the number one among all the varsities in the...

‘Socialist’, ‘secular’ should remain: CPI

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Communist Party of India State secretary K. Ramakrishna on Friday condemned Union Telecommunication Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's backing of the Shiv Sena's demand for removing the words 'Socialis...

Breakfast like a king

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Skipping the meal could make you put on weight

Hurdle cleared for Ballari water supply project

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

A micro tunnel has been dug through a solid rock in Allipur

First KSISF women’s batch ready for deployment

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

The 163 personnel will be deployed to guard crucial installations like reservoirs and power plants in State

It has been a team effort

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

He has worn many caps through his nearly 50 years in public life. Initially as a student and youth leader, a key party functionary thereafter, before becoming a representative of the people and fin...

Migrant labourers may be excluded from PDS

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:27 PM PST

: While the Odisha government has embarked upon a massive administrative exercise for the identification of beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act 2013, thousands of migrant labourer fa...

Visit of official fuels speculation of HPF being wound up soon

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

Ambuj Sharma Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, visited the ailing Hindustan Photo Films (HPF), near here, on Thursday.Coming at a time when pro...

Accident death toll rises to four

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Death toll in the accident involving the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation bus and a lorry at Maaraanthai near here rose to four after a woman teacher succumbed to her injuries on Thursday nig...

44 houses occupied, 42 nearing completion in first phase

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST

Out of the 96 concrete group houses sanctioned in the first phase for the Sri Lankan Tamil refugee families living in the Refugees Rehabilitation Camp — functioning since 1990 — in Melmonavoor...

Mamata dares Centre to amend Constitution

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:27 PM PST

Speaks out against religious conversion

Rahul’s exclusive 300-club

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

"Aado, maga, aado! (keep batting, son, keep batting)," screamed a spectator after K.L. Rahul missed a few balls while on 270. The 150-odd fans gathered at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium knew that they...

Pipeline leak at Ganesapuram subway causes traffic pileup

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:44 PM PST

Traffic on Ambedkar College Road in Vyasarpadi was affected on Friday evening after sewage leaked from a damaged pipeline and flooded the Ganesapuram subway. Motorists using the busy but...

LPG cylinders seized

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

The Civil Supplies Department officials on Friday seized 51 LPG domestic cylinders, misused for commercial purpose, from different parts of Namakkal town.On receipt of complaints that domest...

Left parties to support each other in 14 seats

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

The Left parties announced on Friday that the CPI, CPI (M), CPI ML (Liberation), SUCI (C), Forward Bloc, RSP and Socialist Party (India) have come to a seat-sharing arrangement, and will be extendi...

Gang of four caught with fake currency

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

A gang of four persons, including three women working in a tailor shop, were caught with counterfeit currency notes by the Tappachabutra police of west zone on Friday.A Ford Figo car, fake c...

SFI wins majority of college unions in city

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:09 PM PST

: Students Federation of India (SFI) has claimed victory in 36 colleges in Ernakulam in the elections held in colleges affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University.Kerala Students Union (KSU)...

IT Department questions Biju Ramesh

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Income Tax (IT) Department on Friday recorded the statement of Kerala Bar Hotels Association (KBHA) working president Biju Ramesh.The procedure, which lasted for over four hours, is thou...

Passport: students exempt from producing original certificates

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Ministry of External Affairs has waived the requirement for producing original certificates by student applicants while applying for passports, according to the Regional Passport Office....

‘PM must clear air on Preamble row’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Taking strong exception to some BJP leaders' call to drop the words 'Secular' and 'Socialist' from the Preamble of the Constitution, experts in various fields demanded that Prime Minister Narendra...

Getting ready to tickle you

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Ee scene cut chesthe to release in March

MRPS accuses KCR of letting down Dalits

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

MRPS leader Manda Krishna Madiga said the much expected socially-equitable Telangana was watered down by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who has been denying the poor and marginalised their du...

E-auction of human hair

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

TTD Executive Officer D. Mr. Sambasiva Rao has instructed the concerned authorities to hold e-auction of human hair every month to ensure a speedy disposal and create competition in tenders. Speaki...

Kolar turning into desert: water activist

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

Magsaysay Award winner and water activist Rajendra Singh has said that unbridled encroachment of water bodies, large-scale pollution and over extraction of groundwater are the bane of Kolar distric...

24 x 7 drinking water supply for Ballari city

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

Ballari will soon join the list of cities which are getting 24 x 7 drinking water supply.The Ballari City Corporation will enter into an agreement with New Delhi-based SPML Infra Ltd. for th...

‘Urban flooding problems could exacerbate in city’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

Climate projections for Mysuru region suggest that the city may experience high-intensity, short-duration rainfall events, cautioned International Council for Local Environmental Issues (ICLEI), So...

A satisfying experience

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

For someone who has had a demanding schedule all through the past three years or so after being appointed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Games Secretariat in 2012, the striking f...

Move to regularise leases comes under HC scanner

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:27 PM PST

The Orissa High Court on Friday issued notices to the State government over a petition challenging a circular issued by the State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) to regular...

coimbatore today

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

RELIGION Arulmigu Subramani Swamy Thirukovil: Thaipoosa Thiruther Vizha, Maruthamalai, 10 a.m. Sadhana Sadhan: Vishnu Sahasranamam, Ha...

‘Sexual harassment of minor girl confirmed’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes Assistant Director, P. Ramasamy, said that severe punishment should be given to the accused in the sexual harassment of a minor girl in Natham block her...

Banks told to have security systems

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

They should revamp security alarms, surveillance cameras

New Aavin parlours and delicacies planned in Vellore

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Aavin's 'kulfi' and varieties of "khoa" are popular among consumers in Vellore. Now, the Vellore-Tiruvannamalai Districts' Cooperative Milk Producers' Union (Vellore Aavin) is planning to come up w...

People abandon homes in fear

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

Revenue officials begin damage assessment

Subhash Ghising’s body brought to Darjeeling

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:27 PM PST

The body of the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) founder Subhash Ghising, who passed way in Delhi on Thursday, was brought to Darjeeling on Friday.GNLF general secretary Mahendra Chet...

Bonded labourers rescued in Tiruvallur

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Eight persons, including two teenagers and a girl child, who worked as bonded labourers at a rice mill at Tiruttani in Tiruvallur district were rescued on Friday by Revenue officials and members of...

Chidambaram supporters block Elangovan’s car

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Supporters of former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram on Friday evening blocked Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president E.V.K.S. Elangovan's car here on Friday.

AAP woos Purvanchal voters

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal feels that by fielding 11 candidates belonging to Purvanchal for the Assembly polls, his Aam Aadmi Party has tried to give a proportionate political repr...

Real estate stagnant in Hyderabad: report

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Sale of houses fell by 18 per cent and there was also a fall of 30 per cent in new launches in Hyderabad last year (2014) when compared to the previous year (2013), reflecting the stagnation of the...

Corporation extends support to taluk hospital in Fort Kochi

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:09 PM PST

Hospital to get Rs. 70 lakh for dialysis unit

Rs. 9.1 lakh distributed to beggars after St. Lawrence Shrine feast

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

A donation of Rs. 9.1 lakh, collected from devotees, was distributed to over 1,000 beggars at the St. Lawrence shrine at Attur village near Karkala on Friday.The amount was collected from tw...

Games village buzzing in run-up to kick-off

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The village, with 400 air-conditioned dwelling units, will host 5,000 athletes and officials

BIM students given offer letters

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Take risks and make a difference, aspiring managers told

Trade unions to decide on strike on Feb. 3

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Railway, Postal, Income Tax and other Central trade unions will meet at the Railway Institute here on February 3 to discuss their future course of action vis-à-vis the proposal to go on an indefini...

Rich tributes paid to Mahatma Gandhi

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Rich tributes were paid to the Father of the Nation on the occasion of Martyrs' Day by various organisations in the city on Friday.Director (Finance) of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant T.V.S. Kris...

Mahatma’s death anniversary observed

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

Officials paid homage to the Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi in connection with his 65th death anniversary across the district on Friday.Registrar R. Limbadri led the teaching and non-teachi...

Encroachments in Pedana to be identified

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

MLA Kagita Venkata Rao has said the Revenue authorities will come out with a report on encroachment of government land in Pedana town .Speaking to reporters here on Friday, Mr. Rao said the...

New year, new Governor to address session

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

There's unlikely to be a discussion on legislative matters, or even introduction of Bills

Autonomy: UGC team visits govt. college in Ballari

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

A team from the University Grants Commission (UGC), headed by C.S. Dubey, Director, New Dehli University's north Campus, visited Smt. Saraladevi Agarwal Government First Grade College on Thursday a...

Rs. 9 crore sanctioned for Devaraja Market restoration

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

Blueprint consists of conservation of façade of structure, remodelling and rebuilding of the internal portion

Combing continues in Shendurney sanctuary

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Man from Odisha was found in its core area recently

Mahasabha fails to install Godse statue

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:23 PM PST

The Hindutva group now plans to put more of them on temple premises

Check-in kiosk could help reduce queues

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

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Three killed, six injured in accident

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Three persons were killed and six others injured when a school bus collided head on with a van going to Sivaganga from Uthamapalayam at Ottupatti village near Batlagundu here Friday.The dece...

Tusker electrocuted on electric fence

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

An adult tusker was killed at Dhoddamanehaada near Sholur on Thursday, after it came into contact with an illegally electrified fence inside a garlic field.An autopsy was conducted by Forest...

Stress on consumer rights and duties

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

At a programme held to mark the National Consumers Day, the need for consumers to be aware of their duties and rights was stressed. With the National Consumers Day falling on December 24, prizes we...

Vandalism deprives households of water

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

Wells of 60 families polluted by miscreants in random attack

Worker killed as lorry crashes into Metro site

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Heavy vehicle ran into posts supporting scaffolding on which the youth was standing

Road widening works to be over by year end

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Works on Chengapalli-Coimbatore-Walayar road to be expedited

BJP ad targeting AAP backfires

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:41 PM PST

Garlanded portrait of Anna Hazare angers many

Possibility of legal hurdles prompt TS to drop FAST

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Telangana Government's complete 'U' turn on the Financial Assistance to Students of Telangana (FAST) scheme was largely prompted by its fear of facing setback in the judiciary where the case is bei...

Efforts to have uniform DRDO hardware

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:09 PM PST

: Discussions have begun among defence research and development establishments on adopting a uniform line of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware, to be called DRDO off-the-shelf (DOTS) hardwar...

Govt. urged to allow Konkani from Class 1

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

While welcoming the decision of the State Government to make instructions in Kannada compulsory for Classes 1 to 5, the Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy has demanded that Konkani should be allowed...

Gold seized at Karipur airport

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Intelligence wing of the Air Customs at the Karipur airport seized 2.5 kg of smuggled gold from two passengers who arrived from Dubai on Indigo flights on Thursday and Friday.Both of the...

CPI(M), BJP hit campaign trail

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

"Both the AIADMK and the DMK are "mired in corruption""

SCR to run specials to Secunderabad, Kakinada

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

South Central Railway will run eight special trains between Vijayawada-Secunderabad-Kakinada-Secunderabad-Vijayawada via Guntur and Nalgonda to clear the extra rush of passengers during the festiva...

Get set for a double treat

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

After presenting as many as 654 jokes in an hour to find a place on the Guinness Book of World Records in 2013, Korukonda Ranga Rao, an employee of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, is embarking on a new...

‘Treat leprosy patients with care’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

A. Vishal, head of neuro psychiatry department at the Government Medical College here, said leprosy patients are driven to commit suicide with depression and lack of confidence as they are being se...

Naidu, colleagues take to meditation

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

On the second day of yoga and meditation sessions on Friday, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, his Cabinet colleagues and top bureaucrats were taught a series of asanas, kriyas and mudras and ho...

TNCC chief’s remarks upset Sonia Gandhi

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Even before the dust could settle over the resignation of the former Union Minister, Jayanthi Natarajan, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president E.V.K.S. Elangovan raked up a new row, virtually ask...

Proposal for crop insurance

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Karnataka Agriculture Prices Commission is batting for State-assisted insurance for all crops."The commission is devising a long-term strategy to help farmers get remunerative prices. Fa...

Fruit merchants to be relocated

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

Constructed about 120 years ago, Devaraja Market in the heart of Mysuru presents an authentic flavour of the city complete with its sights, sounds and colour. Devaraja Market is spread over 15,764...

kochi today

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:09 PM PST

GENERAL The Hindu In School Cello Handwriting Wizards contest: Regional city round, T.P.M. Ibrahim Khan, President of the Kerala CBSE Schools Management Association, to...

Panel to probe Unnao skeletons case

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:23 PM PST

The skeletal remains and viscera found in a store room in the Reserve Police Lines in Unnao in Uttar Pradesh date back to 1979 and are from the post mortem house that was once located there....

‘Food technologists have great scope’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti says Rs. 44,000 crore worth grain lost

Arrangements made for ‘Thai Poosam’ festival

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

With 'Thai Poosam' car festival scheduled for February 3, elaborate arrangements have been made on the hill temple here for the convenience of pilgrims, mostly padayatris. A total of 3,600 police p...

Boy’s death triggers protest in Tirupur

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

The death of S. Suresh (7), a resident of R.V.G. Nagar under Corporation ward 21 limits, after being hospitalised with high fever, had triggered protests with the residents of the area resorting to...

Millet magic in water-starved areas

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

For a water-starved district like Vellore, cultivation of millets is suitable, say experts. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Vrinjipuram, is encouraging farmers to take up millet cultivation....

Full text of interview with Arvind Kejriwal

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:30 PM PST

For both the BJP and the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party is Enemy No. 1 in Delhi; keeping its leader Arvind Kejriwal engaged in a frenetic campaign. Taking time off from his hectic electioneering to speak to The Hindu, he said AAP will halt BJP's victory march in Delhi.

The same old joy

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:59 AM PST

Food, to a large extent, is all about nostalgia. You mention the khichri that dadi cooked (mine, sadly, cooked nothing, but chose to maintain discipline in the fields with the help of a thick stick...

Framing romance

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:42 AM PST

Fashion photographer Karthik Srinivasan's annual calendar Moonstruck 2015 celebrates love, on and off screen

Courting death

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:51 AM PST

Though the nation boasts of its military capabilities on Republic Day, it is imperative that the members of civil society do some soul searching regarding the families of our real-life heroes.

Land regularisation issue: Bahuguna threatens to hold rally

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:27 AM PST

  In a letter that highlights the persistent tension between former Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna and Chief Minister Harish Rawat, Bahuguna has warned Rawat that he would hol...

Kashmiri motifs, Benarasi saris

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:22 AM PST

Kolkata-based designers Swati Agarwal and Sunaina Jalan's new collection of hand woven saris celebrates the beauty of Kashmir.

Oneness for all

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:20 AM PST

The parents of late Captain Davinder Singh Jass continue to give in the spirit of their son, but is society as cognisant of his sacrifice?

R.K. Mathur to hold additional charge of Defence Research

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:19 AM PST

Defence Secretary R.K. Mathur was given additional charge of Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development Organisation for a period of three months.   He will t...

As they see it

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:09 AM PST

Mention the word Pakistan and many images whiz past your mind. If your idea of Pakistan stems from our jingoistic Hindi commercial cinema or rabble-rousing politicians, the image would not be exac...

Hindu Mahasabha activists stopped from installing Godse bust

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 10:47 AM PST

The much publicised controversial proposal of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha of installing the statue of Nathuram Godse in Meerut, failed to materialise because of the imposition of prohibito...

Quite a welcome addition

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:57 AM PST

Restaurateur Bhanu Nehra's Schengen is a brand new eatery on Malcha Marg

Visual connect

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:55 AM PST

How to connect the indoor and the outdoor in your house, and link rooms built at various levels.

Movie review of Birdman: On wings of fire

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:54 AM PST

Here is a black comedy that teases the popular taste by dressing up very much like the purveyor of larger than life cinema. It makes fun of one at the cost of the other and in the process shows th...

Check, plan, build

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:54 AM PST

Since housing loan has a long tenure and is the highest contributor to your EMI outflow, prepare a budget before committing yourself to it.

Woman power

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:53 AM PST

In the housing segment, women make fine financial investors and partners.

It’s good ‘office times’ for Bengaluru

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:51 AM PST

The buoyant office market of Bangalore quite makes up for the lukewarm residential segment, according to findings.

The north vs. south market

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:50 AM PST

How property sales happened in NCR and Bangalore

Fish and lime

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:49 AM PST

Himalayan trout with a special marinate to add the right flavours.

Green panel will strictly follow laws: Ashwani Kumar 

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:21 AM PST

Even as the BJP-led central government is bringing a flurry of changes in the environmental policies, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology and Environment & Fore...

Sindhuratna tragedy: Guilty naval officers sentenced

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:37 AM PST

Six officers have been awarded "letter of severe displeasure", while the Commanding Officer has been recommended for court martial.

Nepal leaders take dig at ‘meddling’ India, praise China’s ‘neutrality’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:10 AM PST

Senior leaders from the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML on Friday criticised "foreign interference" in Nepal's Constitution-drafting process, while praising China for her "neutrality".<...

From waste to energy

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:09 AM PST

Bio-waste from tender coconut is being turned into combustible briquettes for factories and foundries under a public-private partnership arrangement in Bengaluru.

A patriotic tune

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:08 AM PST

Saregama relaunched its album, Jaya Hey, this Republic Day

Movie review of Rahasya: Dissecting motives

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:49 AM PST

The way Arushi murder case was dissected by the national media, it was only time when a filmmaker got inspired. Manish Gupta picks the skeleton of the real life case and then fleshes it wi...

In TN, weak Congress smarts under another blow

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 11:27 AM PST

The Congress high command has reason to fear that her revolt and resignation may set off a trend.

Movie review of Khamoshiyan: A quiet date

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:49 AM PST

Melancholy resulting from infidelity has been the bottomline of Bhatt productions and here again you can feel the influence of Mahesh and Vikram Bhatt on the gloomy tale of relationship between a...

Several shades of life

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:54 AM PST

Rahul Khanna talks about his role in The Americans, his love for theatre, and the golden age of television

Sterilisation deaths: SC notice to Chhattisgarh

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:00 AM PST

Terming the deaths of over 10 women who underwent sterilisation procedure at government camps in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh as a "tragedy", the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Stat...

Best foot forward

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:47 AM PST

Priyadarshini Paitandy steps into the growing shoes of Chennai's footwear industry

Snapping up the subterranean

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:46 AM PST

Meet photographers obsessed with shooting unusual landscapes and gape at the beauty of the subterranean caves of Meghalaya

Gogoi moots special Rhino Protection Force to tackle poaching

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:50 AM PST

The Assam Chief Minister asked the Kaziranga Park to seek NIA help to deal with Rhino poachers

‘I am fascinated with all animals’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:43 AM PST

Niall McCann, explorer and biologist, in his show Biggest and Baddest, encounters charismatic species and gives out important messages on conservation.

Of wanting to be PM, loving family, fearing oneself

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:35 AM PST

Aparajita Kayal Content Writer What is your most prized possession? I have...

Making sense of nonsense

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:35 AM PST

I could rename this column 'Stupid Things People Say' and I'd be overrun with pieces every week; but then who wants to read a daily column now?First is VHP leader Sakshi Maharaj, who happen...

Will review those files: Javadekar

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:22 AM PST

Jayanthi Natarajan's letter to Sonia Gandhi on specific requests on green clearances was "a serious issue", he says.

R.K. Laxman should be face of RTI stamps, say activists 

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:32 AM PST

In view of a recent Central Government circular seeking people's views on inclusion of postal stamps for paying RTI fees, activists have demanded that such stamps should bear the face of...

The life of Kovai Subri

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:26 AM PST

Subri was closely associated with the freedom movement and along with his wife Kamala courted arrest several times

A matter of balance

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:25 AM PST

Most of us spend a significant amount of time commuting to work on two-wheelers. We may seem to be just seated through the course of the journey, but the body needs to put in a whole load of work t...

Theatre in times of war

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:23 AM PST

Parshathy J. Nath watches a Lebanese troupe perform at an International Theatre Festival of Kerala and comes away moved

Life on my terms

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:22 AM PST

I was 19 when I got married. It was arranged. I had met the guy once, when he came to see me, along with his family. I was dressed in a red chiffon sari. My mother handed me a tray with tea and sw...

What’s in a name in Chennai?

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:20 AM PST

Of late, I keep getting this message on WhatsApp, Facebook and email that claims to give information on how various localities in the city got their names. People forward it to me asking me if I ca...

Travels with Arundhathi

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:20 AM PST

The poems in Arundhathi Subramaniam's When God is a Traveller, are evocative, soulful and steadfast in their exploration of love, belonging, family and faith. The book demands compulsive re...

A case for the verse

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:18 AM PST

There's a tiny revolution brewing in the Indian literary world, and you wouldn't know it if you didn't pause in your tracks, press your ear to the ground and listen for that soft thump of a new hea...

Let there be light

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:14 AM PST

When I shifted house recently, I had to give away some of my books because of a lack of space. They mostly included books that were bought on impulse, or whose writers I once admired but not anymor...

Concentrating on the Holocaust

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:11 AM PST

To mark 70 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Venkateswaran Ganesan looks at iconic films that captured the horror of genocide

A visit to Boss’s house

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:43 AM PST

Saturday is the finale of 'Bigg Boss 8' and Prabalika M. Borah gets to check on the inmates.

Frame that face

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:10 AM PST

Wondering what kind of sunnies to go for? Elizabeth Mathew has the details on trends in eyewear this season

Ladies and Gentlemen: Socially disconnected

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:40 AM PST

Facebook reportedly has more than 1.4 billion users. Somewhere in this large crowd, there are many random users — those nameless, faceless identities that hide behind a photograph of some popular...

Jayanthi didn't meet Amit Shah: BJP

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:53 AM PST

Nor did she meet any other BJP leader, says party's national secretary Shrikant Sharma.

The Quadrennial

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:00 AM PST

When 25 invitees from around the globe, accompanied by 9 staff members of the R&A and the USGA, met at St. Andrews from January 21 to 23, 2015, it was to dwell on the words of Victor Hugo, who...

Help your Android perform optimally

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:48 AM PST

Most studies suggest that a majority of smartphone owners in India prefer Android. With apologies to the iOS user, today's column caters to the masses.While Android users have their own reas...

Beyond the looking glass

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:43 AM PST

Bangalore-based theatre person Anish Victor examines the struggles of being a performing artiste in his play Koogu

We propose, they oppose, Parliament disposes, says Venkaiah

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:42 AM PST

Referring to the President's remark on Ordinances, the Union Minister said the Opposition made it difficult for Parliament to function, forcing the govt. to take the Ordinance route.

Just a rupee a day

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:31 AM PST

The ongoing altruistic ishare programme, in several schools in Kerala, is not only reaching out to the underprivileged but also sensitising our children towards their issues

Bandipur night ban to stay; forests belong to animals, says SC

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:11 AM PST

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to lift the night ban on vehicles plying through Bandipur Tiger Reserve, linking parts of Kerala. A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of...

Namaste, Trinidad and Tobago

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:06 AM PST

The tiny Caribbean islands may be thousands of kilometres from India, but the desi connect remains just as strong, finds Raul Dias.

Match point for the stadium

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:27 AM PST

The state-of-the-art venue for the 2015 National Games, the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, has become a hub of sporting activity

Ratatouille with Rawa Khichdi

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:24 AM PST

For Rawa Khichdi Ingredients Rava/Sooji/Semolina – 1 cup Onion – three-fourth cup finely chopped Ginger – 1 tsp finely chopped Green chil...

Small and spunky

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:19 AM PST

In the publishing market presided over by big brands, small publishers survive by digging out new voices and finding new concerns

Words sans frontiers

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:13 AM PST

"The Written" intends to take the story of Reyhaneh Jabbari beyond geographical borders

Making a molehill out of a mountaineer

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:15 AM PST

Rahul Yelange conquered Mt. Everest, but faces humiliation at his village Bhogaon Budruk in Maharashtra. His attempts at instructing youngsters on mountain climbing were rudely thwarted.

I am... Swapna Joseph

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:08 AM PST

Occupation: She-taxi driver "I come from Peruvannamuzhi about 50 kms from Kozhikode city. I am someone who has always lived in the countryside, so I do not know how to eloquently...

Experimenting with wheat

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:18 AM PST

A time-tested combination of ingredients to whip up a wheat-based bisi bele bhath

New China-Myanmar oil pipeline bypasses Malacca trap

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:07 AM PST

China has taken a firm step to beef up its energy security by inaugurating a pipeline that will bring crude oil from a deepwater port in Myanmar, along a transit route that will bypass the strateg...

Stories on stones

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:04 AM PST

The tallest hero stone in Tamil Nadu providing insight into the social history of people has been sighted in Ambathurai

Bengaluru Today: January 31

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 04:01 AM PST

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

‘Corporate companies not promoting yoga’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:57 AM PST

Corporate companies seeking business in health sector do not encourage promotion of yoga, according to K. Krishna Sharma, chairman, Department of Human Consciousness and Yogic Sciences, Mangalore...

Educated must take active part in nation building activities: Governor

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:56 AM PST

The Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala has called upon the educated to 'shun'aloofness and take active part in the nation building activities. Indifferent attitude of the educated class woul...

Mamata dares Centre to amend Constitution 

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:31 AM PST

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Friday dared the Centre to amend the Constitution and delete the word 'secular' from the Preamble.  ...

Engineering change through education

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:55 AM PST

Many village artisans sought education and transformed themselves into government employees

Jayanthi playing BJP’s game: Congress

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:49 AM PST

Congress closed ranks within hours after former minister for environment Jayanthi Natarajan quit the party, making allegations against party vice president Rahul Gandhi.  Several party leader...

On a musical beat

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:52 AM PST

Ghatam exponent Sukkanya Ramgopal and her all-women instrumental ensemble, Sthree Thaal Tharang, performs in the city on January 31

No shortcut to success

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:54 AM PST

What did you have for dinner last night?Yesterday I spent my day off alone at home, absolutely not in the mood to cook by myself. So I ordered for a triple chicken cheese burst pizza...

Of art, travel, dreams and family

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:49 AM PST

NAQUASH V Lecturer in Sculpture, 32 What is your most prized possession? <...

8,000 students attain knowledge of web world

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:47 AM PST

Over 8,000 students from various government high schools in rural areas across the district gained knowledge on the World Wide Web on Friday. In order to create awareness on information a...

Chittoor couple kill daughter to 'save' family honour

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:47 AM PST

They were allegedly upset with the teenager, who belonged to a Scheduled Tribe, falling in love with a Dalit boy in their village.

Yakshagana artiste Arate Manjunatha passes away

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:43 AM PST

Veteran Yakshagana artiste Arate Manjunatha passed away at his house in Gavali village after prolonged illness near Kundapur on Friday. He was 73. He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughte...

In tune with the music of the land

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:03 AM PST

For Professor T. Kanagasabai, mining the rich seam of folk music has been a lifelong passion

Theatre grows up

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:36 AM PST

Forget amateur productions in sweaty school auditoriums. With stunning sets, authentic costumes, and fairly seamless acting, children's theatre in the city has finally found its niche, writes Preeti Zachariah.

No time for terminally ill

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:34 AM PST

Health Minister Laxma Reddy along with other top health officials walk nonchalantly past a terminally ill person lying unattended near Osmania General Hospital on Thursday. Ironically, th...

National Integration Camp to be held in Vijyapura

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:34 AM PST

The city would be hosting the "National Integration Camp­2015" for five days from February 5, in which, some 250 participants of 11 States of the country would be participating.Informing at...

CPI (M) leader gets 4 weeks for 'sumbhan' remark

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:08 AM PST

M.V. Jayarajan had made derogatory remarks about Kerala High Court judges and ridiculed the State judiciary

Sri Lanka imposes hefty tax on Rajapaksa family-run sports channel

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:08 AM PST

Cricket broadcast rights had been the monopoly of state TV Rupavahini until the advent of Carlton Sports Network, owned by Mahinda Rajapaksa's son Yoshitha.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe becomes African Union chairman

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:07 AM PST

Ninety-year-old Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, one of Africa's most divisive figures, ascended to the rotating chairmanship of the African Union on Friday.Mr. Mugabe, the only leader Zimb...

Help your Android perform optimally

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:47 AM PST

Most studies suggest that a majority of smartphone owners in India prefer Android. With apologies to the iOS user, today's column caters to the masses. While Android users have their own...

Rahul, Cong high-command have to respond to Jayanthi’s charges: CPI

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:54 AM PST

Describing the former Union Minister Jayanthi Natarajan's allegations against AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi were serious, CPI national secretary D. Raja urged the Congress high-command and Mr....

Britain marks 50 years since Churchill's funeral

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:30 AM PST

Britain on Friday marked 50 years since the state funeral of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, with the boat which carried his coffin in 1965 retracing its journey down London's River Tham...

Kejriwal seeks BJP apology for 'killing' Anna Hazare in its ad

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:45 AM PST

A newspaper advertisement put up by the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday targeting the Aam Aadmi Party and its convener Arvind Kejriwal seems to have backfired.  AAP chi...

Two habitual offenders booked under Goonda Act

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:25 AM PST

The North Division police have booked two habitual offenders under the Gonda Act for setting seven vehicles on fire in Mahalakshmi Layout and Basaveshwara Nagar, which were parked outside the resp...

Lathicharge on protesting SFI students

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:25 AM PST

The west Division police resorted to mild lathicharge and detained over 60 members of Student's Federation on India (SFI) on Friday, when they attempted to seize Vidhana Soudha to draw the attenti...

Police arrest gang of five kidnappers

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:25 AM PST

The Kengeri police have arrested a group of five persons for kidnapping a 32-year-old priest and demanding ransom of Rs. 5 lakh from his family on Wednesday. Based on the complaint, a tea...

KLE to conduct PG All India Entrance Test

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:24 AM PST

The KLE University will be conducting Post-Graduate All India Entrance Test (KLE-PGAIET-2015) at nine centres across the country such as Belagavi, Bengaluru [two centres], Pune, New Delhi, Hyderab...

Coalgate: Ex-MoS Santosh Bagrodia ‘prima facie committed criminal misconduct’

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:52 AM PST

Ex-coal secretary H.C. Gupta and an official of the Coal Ministry too have prima facie committed criminal misconduct, says special court

Jayanthi Natarajan’s accusations are baseless: Digvijaya Singh

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:24 AM PST

Digvijaya Singh, AICC general secretary and in-charge of Karnataka, on Friday rubbished former Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan's allegations about Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's in...

Right up your Rue

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:18 AM PST

Your weekend guide to Pondy by Olympia Shilpa Gerald

Chinese relatives demand Malaysia retract MH370 statement

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:11 AM PST

Many Chinese families of passengers on the missing Malaysian airliner demanded on Friday that Malaysian officials retract their statement that all aboard died, saying that without hard evidence th...

At least 49 killed in Pakistan mosque blast

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:03 AM PST

The roof of a central Shia Muslim Imambargah came down after an explosion in Lakhi Dar area of Shikarpur.

'Secularism' cannot be removed from Preamble, says Mahatma’s secretary

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:39 AM PST

He aslo said Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, cannot be honoured in any form.

Tales of weird human frailties

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:05 AM PST

'Tea With Everything' – a composition of six short plays – exposes the ridiculous, outlandish and innocence of people

Oasis of enchanting beauty

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:59 AM PST

Papikondalu (Papi Hills) takes travellers through a canopy of greens covered by tropical and deciduous rain forests

Jayanthi letter rocks capital; Congress evasive, BJP on the offensive

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:51 PM PST

Decisions in the previous UPA governments were taken at the whims of the Gandhis, says BJP

South Africa grants parole to death squad leader De Kock

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:12 AM PST

Apartheid death-squad leader Eugene de Kock, dubbed 'Prime Evil' for his role in the torture and murder of scores of black South African activists in the 1980s and early 1990s, was granted parole...

Nailing it your way

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:31 AM PST

The allure of prettily painted nails in different designs and colours is irresistible

Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgaria’s first democratically elected President, dies

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:23 AM PST

Zhelyu Zhelev, a philosopher and communist-era dissident, who became Bulgaria's first democratically elected President in 1990, died on Friday, his family said. He was 79. Zhelev was the fo...

‘Father of Nation’ remembered on death anniversary

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:21 AM PST

Government officials, religious leaders and students paid tribute to the 'Father of the Nation' Mahatma Gandhi here on Friday on his death anniversary observed as 'Martyrs' Day'. Addition...

Northward bound

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:18 AM PST

Realty developers are aggressively launching projects in north Chennai despite the area's sluggish growth.

Calculating maintenance charges

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:12 AM PST

Your property-related legal queries answered by S.C. RAGHURAM, Partner, RANK Associates, a Chennai-based law firm

Twin bombing kills 8 in Baghdad

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:10 AM PST

A twin bombing at a crowded market in Baghdad has killed eight people, Iraqi officials said.Police officials said the Friday morning attack started with a bomb exploding near carts selling...

First women’s batch of KISF completes training

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:08 AM PST

The first women's batch of Karnataka Industrial Security Force (KISF have completed their year-long training at the District Armed Reserve (DAR) here. A passing out parade was held on Fri...

For a nautical touch

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:08 AM PST

Show off your love for the sea with these home décor tips

Garden variety recycling

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:02 AM PST

Indukanth Ragade gives you the know-how for this simple, time-tested way of recycling greywater

CM to meet Jarkiholi today evening

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:29 AM PST

Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah, has said that Satish Jarkiholi, who had submitted his resignation, had sought only change in the portfolio, which he would consider at the time of next reshuf...

Need to convert natural feeder canals into concrete storm water drains: Mayor

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:19 AM PST

Mayor R. Lingappa has emphasised the need to convert the natural feeder canals supplying water to lakes and other water bodies into concrete storm water drains. Speaking after inauguratin...

Jayanthi Natarajan quits Congress, ready to face probe

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 06:43 PM PST

Mounting a scathing attack on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi she said she was "vilified, humiliated and sidelined" by the central leadership.

Jayanthi Natarajan, the fall guy?

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:42 AM PST

Former Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Friday quit from the primary membership of the Congress citing "humiliating treatment" in the manner in which she was shunted out of the Ministry in 2013 and the refusal of the high command for over a year to hear her defence. Mounting a scathing attack on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi she said she was "vilified, humiliated and sidelined" by the central leadership.

Gas distributor asked to pay fine of Rs. 1.56 lakh

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 12:35 AM PST

Bharath Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) has imposed a penalty of Rs. 1.56 lakh on an LPG distributor in Mangaluru for deficiencies in service to consumers.Revealing this at an LPG cons...

52-year-old woman commits suicide

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 12:01 AM PST

A 52-year-old woman committed suicide by setting herself on fire in Adugodi on Thursday evening. The deceased, identified as Shivakumari, was a resident of Rajendra Nagar. Shivakumari had t...

Six motorcycles gutted by fire after short-circuit in parking lot

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 12:01 AM PST

Six two-wheelers parked in the basement of Ganga Metal Box Industry, a small scale industry, was gutted due to an accidental fire. The incident took place in Siddapura late on Thursday night.<...

Collect reduced fares or face legal action: RTA tells autorickshaw operators

Posted: 29 Jan 2015 11:44 PM PST

Existing fare- Minimum (1.5 km) – Rs. 25 and Rs. 14 per km thereafter Revised fare- Minimum (1.5 km) – Rs. 20 and Rs. 13 per km thereafter The Dakshina Kannada Regi...

Fake job-experience certificate racket busted

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:26 AM PST

A fake job certificate racket was busted by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths, late on Thursday.The officials raided two IT firms in Marathahalli and HAL which were issuing fake job ex...

Will review files mentioned by Jayanthi: Javadekar

Posted: 29 Jan 2015 11:33 PM PST

Terming Jayanthi Natarajan's charge of specific requests on green clearances as a "serious issue", Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday said he would review the files where allegations...

Temple looted

Posted: 29 Jan 2015 11:22 PM PST

The Chamundeshwari Temple in Srirampura was burgled and silver valuables and cash worth around Rs. two lakh was looted.The incident came to light on Friday morning when the priest came to t...

Congress should debate if Nehru was secular or not: Ravi Shankar

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:39 AM PST

"India's first Prime Minister was a leading member of the Constituent Assembly along with Dr. Ambedkar and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad that had made the original preamble"

‘Abhinetri’ to finally hit screens today

Posted: 29 Jan 2015 11:13 PM PST

Curious movie-goers will finally get answers to all their questions

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