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Seven new illegal granite quarrying cases in Madurai; five held

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 11:18 PM PST

Madurai rural district police registered seven fresh illegal granite quarrying cases and arrested five persons on Saturday night. Among the arrested are P.L. Padikasu of Sivaganga, K.N. S...

Govt to double funds for Krishi Bhagya Scheme: Byregowda

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 11:05 PM PST

Minister for Agriculture, Krishna Byregowda said that the government would double the funds for Krishi Bhagya scheme from next year. Addressing the gathering after inspecting the storage...

SIT likely to reinvestigate 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:37 PM PST

The Justice G.P. Mathur panel has recommended fresh probe into the anti-Sikh riots cases through a Special Investigation Team, sources said.

City is set to become cleaner

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:54 PM PST

Advanced solid waste management system from today

Chief Minister promises to modernise Monda market

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:50 PM PST

KCR offers plush building and air-conditioned rooms to vendors

Pocket roads turn waste-dumping yards

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:18 PM PST

Scattered food waste attracts stray dogs, commuters in danger

Jagan vows to stand by farmers

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:12 PM PST

YSRC chief begins two-day 'Rythu Deeksha' on farm loan waiver issue

Another person succumbs to swine flu in Prakasam

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:11 PM PST

Health Minister says 32 cases reported across State, puts death toll at two

CPM not to pursue national-level ties with regional parties

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:39 PM PST

The CPI(M) is likely to give up its earlier stance of forging alliances with regional parties at the national level and accord primacy to strengthening Left unity across the country. Howe...

Biometric attendance: Defence Ministry officials top defaulter list

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:06 PM PST

Data on employees of 169 Central government offices marking and not-marking their attendances has been issued.

How the sludge turns fatal

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:56 PM PST

"I heard a big explosion around 1 a.m. When I came out, I was shocked to find the sludge gushing forth like a tsunami, breaking the tannery wall and drowning the 10 workers who were sleeping," say...

Ranipet tannery tragedy: Safety trapped in negligence

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:55 PM PST

Environmentalists say the disaster in the tannery unit which killed 10 workers could have been averted, had there been regular monitoring of the CETP by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNP...

Tube Watch: Food shows are all the rage

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:38 PM PST

Surf television channels, at any point of the day, and somewhere, someone or the other will be wielding the ladle and churning out mouth-watering dishes. From the early days of satellite...

Turkey to stop foreign jihadis crossing into Syria

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:31 PM PST

Turkey said that it has beefed up security to prevent foreign fighters from using its soil as a transit route to Syria, media reported on Saturday. "In this context, we are pursuing a con...

From a time of greatness, 47 years ago

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:26 PM PST

Forty-seven years ago, in January 1968, Madras hosted the second World Tamil Conference. The principles of liberalism and openness in the Tamil linguistic tradition were exalted as reasons...

US condemns Islamic State beheading of Japanese hostage

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:24 PM PST

President Barack Obama has condemned the murder of a Japanese hostage by the Islamic State and said his administration with its allies will continue taking decisive action to degrade and destroy t...

Battle for the capital

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:23 PM PST

After eleven months of President's rule, Delhi is approaching an exciting electoral contest, but given the key choices of a previous 'runaway' Chief Minister, an ambitious policewoman-turned-politician and a Nehru-Gandhi loyalist, who will voters pick?

Carl Djerassi, father of birth control pill passes away

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 05:58 PM PST

Carl Djerassi, 91, the chemist widely considered the father of the birth control pill, died on Saturday. Djerrasi died of complications of cancer in his San Francisco home, Stanford Unive...

Japan 'indignant' over Kenji Goto beheading video

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:54 PM PST

Japan's government on Sunday strongly condemned Islamic State after the militants released a video purporting to show Islamic State captive Kenji Goto beheaded."I cannot help feeling strong...

Doctor didn’t follow protocol, alleges Salman

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:19 PM PST

The doctor at Sir J J Hospital who had collected actor Salman Khan's blood samples over 10 hours after the 2002 hit-and-run case did not follow the protocol to seal the blood sample in order to get...

Preamble row: academics, political scientists disconcerted

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:17 PM PST

'Societies have to be consciously secular and need laws that support secularism'

Poor response to biometric attendance

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:15 PM PST

Latest DoPT reminder has listed 16 agencies where no employee logged into portal

Hush money offered to Bihar Dalit rape victim

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:14 PM PST

A village panchayat in Bihar has asked a mahadalit woman, allegedly raped by a ward member of the panchayat, to take some money from the accused and forget the incident. Police officers sai...

Groundwater overuse sinks riverbed in Anantapur

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:13 PM PST

Overexploitation of groundwater, coupled with virtually no recharge of the water table in the absence of good rains for the last six years, appears to have triggered the geological event known as...

10 start-ups to pitch for on-spot funding at IIT-Bombay

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:10 PM PST

Ten shortlisted start-up teams will get to present their entrepreneurship ideas in 10 minutes each to a panel of over 12 angel investors and get an opportunity to win on-the-spot funding up to Rs...

'Agni-V success a dream come true for me'

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:06 PM PST

It was the maiden canister-based trial of the country's ICBM, Agni-V, but the last momentous event in the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for its Director-General and Scientif...

Smart City scheme: It will be a competition for funds

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:02 PM PST

Cities that have a vision and development strategy, have made progress under the Swachh Bharat Mission, make timely salary payment to municipal staff and have a mechanism to redress grievances and...

Kunming becomes first destination of Sushma’s China visit

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:27 PM PST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in Beijing on Saturday to insulate and advance a growing economic relationship with China, from the headwinds of competing geopolitical interests in...

CPI(M) to keep guns trained on BJP

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:39 PM PST

With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in power at the Centre, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) will keep its guns trained on the ruling party. However, it has ruled out an "electoral underst...

Jayalalithaa case: Anbazhagan challenges verdict on SPP

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 12:56 PM PST

DMK leader K. Anbazhagan on Saturday moved the Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court questioning the Tamil Nadu government's jurisdiction to appoint Special Public Prosecutor for representing...

Sujatha was asked to delete Modi reference

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 11:25 PM PST

Her offer to take early retirement was rejected as the Prime Minister's Office wanted to delete a reference that she was doing so on the instructions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Foreig...

Govt. effects major reshuffle of Secretaries

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:25 PM PST

The Narendra Modi government effected a major reshuffle of Secretaries of Union Ministries on Saturday days after the tenure of Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh was curtailed. Shankar Agar...

Cash transfers can plug PDS leakages: study

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 12:52 PM PST

A new study has estimated that 46.7 per cent or 25.9 million metric tonnes (MMTs) of the grains (rice and wheat), released through the PDS, did not reach the intended beneficiaries in 2011-12.

IS link being probed as Turkey sends back Indians

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 11:10 PM PST

Nine persons travelling from Bengaluru were detained at the Turkish border while trying to cross over to Syria and were deported back to India. On their arrival in the city on Friday night, the po...

‘Govt. must show persistence to get Indian hostages freed’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:02 PM PST

The ICRC oversees conditions at many of the camps near the frontlines in Iraq, and while it is unable to operate in areas held by the Islamic State (IS), it has been monitoring the situation there...

CBI may seek clarifications from Jayanthi

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:38 PM PST

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday said it has no immediate plans to question the former Union Environment Minister, Jayanthi Natarajan, in the ongoing probe into the alleged di...

Islamic State beheads Japanese hostage Kenji Goto

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 11:09 PM PST

Japan Prime Minister defiant, says Tokyo will step up aid to IS opponents; no word on Jordanian pilot also held by Islamic State; Goto's mother remembers son's kindness and courage

India must press for release of hostages, says ICRC

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 12:26 PM PST

Government must make it clear it holds them 'very valuable'

Congress goes quiet after Jayanthi storm

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:25 PM PST

CBI has no immediate plans to quiz former minister

Kashmiri youths on mission to highlight ground reality

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 12:16 PM PST

Joginder Singh has seen death and horror from close quarters. In 1999, when he was barely four, he witnessed the murder of 15 of his relatives, including his parents, when militants attacked his...

Suspension for entering Well mooted

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 12:05 PM PST

With disruptions often hampering discussion on important issues in the House, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has mooted the idea of automatic suspension of members who entered the Well. Ms. Mah...

Syrian town Kobane taken from Islamic State

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:27 PM PST

Kurdish ground forces, helped by U.S. and allied air support, have retaken the Syrian town of Kobane from Islamic State militants, U.S. Lieutenant-General James Terry said on Saturday. S...

Whitney Houston's daughter breathing in hospital after being found unresponsive

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 11:12 AM PST

Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of late pop star Whitney Houston and of singer Bobby Brown, was found unresponsive in a bathtub at her home near Atlanta on Saturday and was taken to hospital where s...

Advocate murdered outside Egmore court

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:59 PM PST

An advocate was murdered outside the Egmore Metropolitan Magistrate Court complex early on Saturday after victory celebrations following the Bar Council election turned violent. A clash between su...

Fire at Bangladesh factory kills at least 13

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:57 AM PST

At least 13 people are dead after a fire swept through a plastic packaging factory in Dhaka, a fire official said. Fire department control official Mohammed Farhaduzzaman said the fire brok...

Soon, you can have darshan of Kashi Vishwanath online

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:50 AM PST

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to commence online "darshan" of Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi. For this, a dedicated website of the famous Lord Shiva temple is being prepare...

‘Decision on HC Bench in western UP after Delhi polls’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:50 AM PST

The Centre will think about establishing a High Court Bench in western Uttar Pradesh after Delhi elections, said a delegation of lawyers leading the campaign after meeting the Union Finance Minist...

Maoist bandh disrupts train services in Bihar

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:49 AM PST

A 12-hour bandh called by Maoists on Friday halted trains for several hours in Bihar, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. The Maoists called the protest in Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhatt...

‘Queer Azadi March’ protests against forced reconversions

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:11 PM PST

As hundreds walked the streets of Mumbai on Saturday in the annual 'Queer Azadi March' demanding equality, the daring political sloganeering against the 'forced ghar vapsi' did make thousands of he...

Romney bows out of presidential race

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 11:27 AM PST

Former U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney announced this week that he would not enter the race again in 2016 for the third time, and political strategists believe that his exit will...

Odisha credit potential projected at Rs. 47,756 cr.

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:58 PM PST

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on Friday projected overall credit potential of Odisha at Rs.47,756.43 crore for priority sectors during the year 2015-16.Accordi...

IS link being probed as Indians are sent back

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Turkish authorities sent them back to Bengaluru

Elephant found dead

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

A 20-year-old female elephant was found dead along the Western Ghats near here on Saturday. Following information from farmers in the Kansapuram pocket, near Athikoil, the Forest department officia...

Boy injured while playing on water pipes

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Anees suffers internal injuries

‘Karisal Thirai Vizhaa’ from tomorrow

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Department of Communication of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University will organise the 10th edition of its 'Karisal Thirai Vizhaa 2015' for three days from February 2.Speaking to reporters here...

Call it colour of liquid or liquid state of colour

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

'Water Colour'—no other title will suit the exhibition of water colour paintings by Madhav Shanker that is going on at the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Art Gallery in Kozhikode.The veteran art...

LIC agents protest in support of their demands

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) agents on Saturday staged a protest in front of the LIC head office at Kamarajar Salai here in support of their charter of demands.The protesters ur...

Bands battle it out at fest

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

The third day of SRM University's cultural fest, Milan'15, saw a variety of competitions and events. The day started with an inter-college 'Battle of Bands' with bands from around the country compe...

Armed gang flees with 7.25 kg gold

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

A four-member gang attacked a man working in a gold smithy in the city in the early hours of Saturday and fled with about 7.25 kg gold ingots.Seven special teams were formed by the city poli...

GK candidates share stage to answer tough questions from residents

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:03 PM PST

"I have personally had the electricity metre in my house checked quite a few times. I'm going to ensure that certain actions are taken to remedy these issues"

Suspected criminal shot dead

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

An 18-year-old suspected criminal was shot dead and his accomplice was injured in a shootout with the Delhi Police on Saturday evening. The police said that two policemen have also been injured.

‘Plenty of opportunities in store for cost accountants’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Union Ministers Bandaru Dattatreya and Y.S. Chowdary highlighted the opportunities that awaited cost and management accountants (CMA) as the country was all set to take the high growth trajectory.<...

GCDA faces more graft charges

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:55 PM PST

As per the complaint, the agency has spent about Rs.25 lakh over the last four years towards the maintenance of a garden.

Leak in pipeline to Games Village

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:22 PM PST

Officials warn games organisers of water contamination

Rajani celebrates grand birthday

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

It was a perfect weekend for the family members, friends and near and dear ones of eminent composer and scholar Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao who celebrated his 100th birthday on a glittering note her...

‘Sri Saraswathi yagam’ today

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

Sri Sarada Vidyaniketan, in association with the TTD, will be conducting 'Sri Saraswathi Sahita Panchayatana Yaga Mahotsavam' at TTD Kalyanamandapam on Sunday.Sri Vemulakonda Saikanth Sarma,...

Changes in Telangana varsity exam schedule

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Telangana University has made small changes in degree statistics and practical examinations.First and third year degree statistics examination would be held on February 19, degree second yea...

Youth murdered

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

A 25-year-old youth, Vijayan, was found murdered on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. According to police, he might have been stoned to death, going by the state of the body. Stab injuries wer...

Follow your passion, students told

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Curtains came down on the two-day colourful carnival, Vignan Mahotsav-2015, on Saturday evening. Students drawn from across the State tested their multifaceted skills and revelled in bonhomie on th...

A peek into the Kannada film world

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Abhinetri (Kannada) Director: Satish Pradhan Cast: Pooja Gandhi, Atul K...

Man sentenced to seven years RI

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Basavaraj Sappannavar, District and Session Judge, Koppal, has awarded seven years rigorous imprisonment to Sharnappa after convicting him of raping a minor girl and imposed a fine on him.Sh...

All set for 81st Kannada Sahitya Sammelan at Shravanabelagola

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Hundreds of people from across State have already arrived at the venue

Platform to promote agro industry

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

Institute-industry interface organised to mark 'ICAR Technology Day'

Mani backs demand for medical college

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Finance Minister K.M. Mani has said that the government will support the demand made by the Cherama Sambava Development Society (CSDS) for a medical college in the private sector for Dalit people....

Anticipatory bail for Virbhadra’s son

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:52 PM PST

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's son Vikramaditya Singh, who is among those accused of rioting and trespassing, obtained anticipatory bail from a court here Saturday, the police sa...

Dengue: people visiting other States screened

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

99 per cent of the cases are curable, says official

madurai today

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

RELIGION Koodal Alagar Perumal Temple: '108' kalasabishekam for Sundararaja Perumal, 10.30 a.m. Selva Vinayagar Temple: Pradosha puja 4.30 p....

Greentech award for NLC

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

The Neyveli Lignite Corporation, a Navratna company, has bagged the "Greentech CSR Award—2014" instituted by the Greentech Foundation, New Delhi.The award has been given to the NLC in recogn...

Wanton dumping of waste on pocket roads continues

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

Even as the city is witnessing a number of collective attempts to scientifically treat domestic waste, a section of private party organisers and catering service providers use the city's pocket roa...

Puducherry Speaker hospitalised

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Legislative Assembly Speaker V. Sabapathy has been admitted to the Puducherry Government General Hospital on Saturday following complaints of uneasiness.Hospital sources said that Mr. Sabapa...

A dash of winged splendour

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:40 PM PST

CHENNAI: The Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur is all set to get a butterfly park this summer. Zoo authorities said the caterpillar-shaped park is being built on 2.7 he...

Impressive show by Team Orion Racing

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Team Orion Racing of KJ Somaiya College of Engineering (Mumbai) went home on a merry note clinching the first edition of the JK Tyre Formula Design Challenge (FDC) at the Kari Motor Speedway in Che...

No shawl, bouquet for Harsh Vardhan

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:07 PM PST

Forty-five minutes before Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived to address an election rally in East Delhi, several candidates and Delhi BJP leaders addressed the crowd. Among them was Union Ministe...

Over 400 swine flu cases recorded in a month

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

46 test positive on Saturday; situation under control: Health Director

Won’t tolerate even a day’s delay in approvals: Jupally

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:33 PM PST

Industries Minister Jupally Krishna Rao has warned the politicians and officials that the State government would initiate action if approvals for industrial projects were delayed even for a day.

Panels to check exploitation of women at workplaces mooted

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

In view of the rising number of cases against the exploitation of women at workplaces, the State Women's Commission is contemplating the formation of internal committees for every establishment in...

Exciting days ahead as State ushers in the Games

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:08 PM PST

Union Minister for Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday underlined the need for working together as a team to take India forward.Delivering the inaugural address of the 35th Natio...

Lepakshi crafts expo gets under way

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

As part of its endeavour to promote artistic handicrafts and textiles, Andhra Pradesh Handcrafts Development Corporation Limited launched Lepakshi crafts exhibition-cum-sale from Saturday at PWD Gr...

Call for awareness on oil and gas conservation

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

The various activities undertaken HPCL Visakha New White Oil Terminal in connection with Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight concluded on Saturday.ActivitiesDistrict Fire Office...

Fear of rice pilferage haunts headmasters

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The safety and security of the superfine rice stocks in various government schools for the implementation of the midday meal scheme had become a cause of concern for the headmasters in Karimnagar d...

Constable suspended as rifle goes off

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

Tension prevailed at the police parade grounds in Eluru on Saturday when a self loaded riffle (SLR) in possession of a constable misifred. According to Superintendent of Police K. Raghuram Reddy, t...

Visakhapatnam Today

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

ISKCON: Celebration of Sri Nityananda Trayodashi, free pasad distribution, Sagarnagar premises, 6 p.m. onwards. Laughter Fun Club: Attempt at creat...

Bengaluru Today for Feb 1.

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

RELIGION Sri Sankashtahara Bhaktha Balamuri Vinayaka and Sri Venkateshwara Swamy Maha Kumbhabhisheka: Vimana Kalasa Abhisheka, Deepa Aradhan, 8 a.m.; Sri Vishvakshena Ar...

HDMC cancels streetlight maintenance tenders

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

In the wake complaints about irregularities in floating and finalising tenders related to the maintenance of streetlights in the twin cities, the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation on Saturday...

Many special invitees upset with poor facilities

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Many delegates and special invitees faced problems in getting food and shelter at the venue of the 81st Kannada Sahitya Sammelan on Saturday. Despite having received letters as special invitees, se...

RSS meet: security tightened

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

The police have tightened security in the communally-sensitive areas of the district as part of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) maiden revenue district conclave to be held here on Sunday.

Appeal to journalists and religious, political leaders

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Justice (Rtd.) K.T. Thomas has stressed the importance of having a clear understanding about the limits of the area of functioning by religious and political leaders and media persons.He was...

Suspension for entering the Well mooted

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:59 PM PST

No rule which allows MPs, MLAs to enter the Well, says Lok Sabha Speaker

PMK for Tamil as compulsory medium

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:01 PM PST

Ramadoss urges State government to enact a law or amend the existing one

‘Take life forward through hard work’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Take your life forward by developing soft skills and putting in hard work, Justice M. Jaichandren, Judge, Madras High Court, told graduating students of Bannari Amman Institute of Technology on Sat...

Repair damaged roads: CPI (M)

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Over fifty members of Communist Party of India (Marxist) staged an agitation in Ramanpudhur junction in Nagercoil demanding restoration of damaged roads in the town here on Saturday.Presidin...

PMK to be alliance leader: Ramadoss

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

The Pattali Makkal Katchi will head a political alliance in the next Assembly elections. Those political parties who want to align with the PMK can do so, but the latter would be choosy in acceptin...

Sand passes only for residential buildings

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Revenue Department has tightened the screening process of applicants as part of streamlining online pass allotment to collect sand from the permitted sand-mining points. As per the updated rule...

Man arrested for cheating woman

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Kilpauk All Women's Police arrested a 33-year-old man from Karnataka on Saturday.The man, Jay Richard Geils, had allegedly cheated a young woman in the city to the tune of Rs. 18 lakh af...

Legal awareness programme for transgenders

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:40 PM PST

The camp aims at understanding legal concerns faced by members of the transgender community.

12 IPS, 7 PPS officers transferred in Punjab

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

In a major administrative reshuffle in Punjab, the government on Saturday transferred 12 IPS and seven PPS, including three ADGP rank, officers.A file to this effect was cleared by Chief Min...

‘Ram Rajya’ for aam aadmi

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:02 PM PST

From women's security and free water to subsidised power bills, AAP's extensive manifesto envisages setting up an ideal capital. However, unlike the past, the party has steered clear of setting deadlines

Maoist bandh hits train services in Bihar

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:49 PM PST

The bandh was condemn police action against them

Crucial meeting tomorrow

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Engineers-in-Chief of the Irrigation Departments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana would meet here on February 2 to discuss the contentious issues between the two States over sharing of Krishna w...

‘Laxity of bureaucracy will encourage subversive forces’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:09 PM PST

The laxity of the bureaucracy in taking the benefits of effective governance and rapid development to the people will encourage subversive forces in society, it was observed at a meeting of the Ern...

Better facilities for ration cards sought

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:50 PM PST

BJP's Backward Classes Morcha stages dharna in front of taluk office

Crowds just loved the trendy show

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

The atmosphere was just electric. And what's more, the packed crowd just loved it all through the way. The opening ceremony of the 35th National Games undoubtedly was also a amazing story of people...

CPI activists turn up heat on land encroachment on Krishna riverbed

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

The Communist Party of India (CPI) activists staged a dharna in front of the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) office here on Saturday, demanding that the State government remove encroach...

Team to leave today for swab test training

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

: An Assistant Professor of Microbiology C. Siva Kalyani and five technicians will leave for Hyderabad on Sunday to study how the tests for swine flu are conducted, Principal of AMC S.V. Kumar told...

Four Ministers to tour Adilabad today

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Four Ministers in the State Cabinet will visit Adilabad district on Sunday to take part in the inspection of a couple of intake wells to be used in the Drinking Water Grid besides attending a publi...

Poet, writer to be honoured

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

Yanam-based Datla Devadanam Raju Literary Organisation is going to felicitate noted poet N. Gopi and short story writer A.S. Jagannadha Sarma with literary awards for the year 2015.The award...

Satire

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

Bengaluru: If you want to catch a collection of witty and satirical cartoons, head over to the Indian Institute of Cartoonists this week.As many as 65 engaging cartoons by noted cartoonist S...

Demolition drive in twin cities from Feb. 13

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:44 PM PST

600 buildings identified in the city limits, says official

Sports meet to be held from February 7

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The district administration is organising two sports meets to mark the platinum jubilee of the formation of Mandya district in February, Department of Information and Public Relations has said in a...

CPI is the largest Left party: Ismail

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

Communist Party of India (CPI) national executive member and former Minister K.E. Ismail has said that his party continues to remain the largest Leftist organisation in the country despite the deba...

Permanent venue for exhibition of coir products planned

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Minister for Revenue and Coir Adoor Prakash has said that the government is considering setting up a permanent space for exhibitions of coir products and handicrafts in the district. The project wi...

‘Decision on HC Bench in western UP after Delhi polls’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:51 PM PST

The Centre will think about establishing a High Court Bench in western Uttar Pradesh after Delhi elections, said a delegation of lawyers leading the campaign after meeting the Union Finance Ministe...

Karunanidhi opposes plea for deletion of ‘secular’ from Preamble

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:57 PM PST

"Whenever a retrograde idea is mooted, it is the duty of the Prime Minister to intervene and clarify"

Pre-Independence era sub-jail buildings get a makeover

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Indoor play materials given to inmates

Fund crunch delays completion of building for employment office

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Even after several months of construction of a new building at an estimated cost of Rs 1.5 crore for the district employment office at Konam in Nagercoil, peripheral facilities such as electrificat...

Police high-handedness towards Dalits deplored

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

A clutch of human rights organisations have voiced concern over the attempts of certain forces to isolate the Dalit community from the mainstream.They allege that these destabilising forces...

SDPI flays IUML, CPI(M)

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has alleged that the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] are trying to escape from their responsibility...

Refugees given higher cash dole

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

The Tamil Nadu government has been providing higher cash dole to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in the State than what has been allowed by the Union government.This was conveyed by a team...

Forest College students’ protest enters Day 5

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:39 PM PST

Their parents too join the protest

Panel submits report on Unnao skeletons

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

A committee tasked with probing the discovery of 100 skeletons in a room in the Police Lines here submitted its reports to the Uttar Pradesh government hours after it was set up yesterday."T...

Will Kirari break the record again?

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:07 PM PST

Kirari Assembly constituency in North-West Delhi entered the record books in the 2013 Assembly elections as BJP candidate Anil Jha emerged victorious with the biggest margin across the 70 Assembly...

VHR lashes out at Ponnala Lakshmaiah

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Rajya Sabha member V. Hanumantha Rao on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Ponnala Lakshmaiah for participating in an agitational programme organi...

Coastal Police headquarters to come up in Fort Kochi

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:54 PM PST

Building estimated to cost Rs. 3.3 crore

Groups stage dharna, seek communal peace

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:53 PM PST

Members of the district unit of the Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike and other like-minded progressive organisations staged a dharna in front of the Clock Tower here recently seeking communal harmony...

A boost for Kerala Tourism

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Over 12,000 hotel rooms booked across State

Make poor part of ‘Smart’ capital, CHATRI urges government

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Members of Campaign for Housing and Tenurial Rights (CHATRI), a Hyderabad-based NGO, on Saturday urged the CRDA Commissioner to include 'housing for urban poor' in the capital master plan.In...

‘Educate people, but don’t make them panic’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

Intensive awareness campaign on preventing and controlling swine flu must be planned and conducted while at the same time care should be taken not to make people get panic, Collector in-charge J. N...

Jagan vows to stand by ryots

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

YSR Congress president Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Saturday began his two-day hunger strike (Rythu Deeksha) on the issue of farm loan waiver in this delta town of West Godavari district.He vow...

Burglars strike at two flats

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Burglars struck at two locked flats in separate apartment complexes under Polepalli gram panchayat in Khammam rural mandal and decamped with valuables, including 60 tolas gold and one and a half kg...

‘ONGC will support skill development programmes’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Executive Director and Asset Manager of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Arvind Morbale assured that the ONGC would extend financial support to the skill development programmes being conducted b...

District Judge suspended hours before retirement

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

The High Court of Karnataka placed under suspension Additional District and Sessions Judge M.C. Biradar, facing serious corruption charges, hours before his retirement from service on Saturday....

Indefinite fast enters third day

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

The indefinite hunger strike launched by Devanand Jagapur, general secretary of the autorickshaw drivers and beedi workers associations, seeking allotment of Ashraya houses to autorickshaw drivers...

Create awareness on the diverse culture of our land: George

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

'Social amity, harmony essential for the country to progress'

47-member CPI(M) district committee formed

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

Kannur district meet concludes

Discussion held

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Justice (retd.) K.T. Thomas has stressed the importance of having a clear understanding about the limits of the area of functioning by religious and political leaders and media persons. He was spea...

New police chief for Uttar Pradesh

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:51 PM PST

Ending days of speculation over the name of the new police chief, the Samajwadi Party Government on Saturday appointed Arvind Kumar Jain as the new Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh. An I...

A crore collected as fine

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:18 PM PST

Checks conducted in buses, railway stations and shops.

Exhibition inaugurated

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

The Zee Hosur International Expo 2015 of Litera Valley Zee School was inaugurated by State general secretary of Tamil Nadu Nursery, Primary and Matriculation Schools Nandakumar here on Friday.<...

Plea for stipend

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Members of Samadrishti Kshamata Vikas Evam Anusandhan Mandal (SHAKSHAM), an association for the differently abled with the backing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), staged a protest in fron...

Goondas Act invoked against two rape accused

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Two accused arrested in school student rape incident a month ago are held under the Goondas Act.A class X student returning home from her evening tuition was abducted on Tirukkoilur Road her...

Testing time for Fire and Rescue Services, literally

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

Department gets 20 to 30 bogus calls a month

RTE: school logins fail

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

Though the Department of Public Instruction has asked schools to fill online application for RTE quota seats, parents are being made to run from pillar to post as the schools logins are not opening...

Advocate murdered near court

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

: An advocate was murdered right outside the Egmore Metropolitan Magistrate Court complex early on Saturday after victory celebrations following the Bar Council election turned violent. A clash bet...

Mega cloud-enabled data centre planned

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:14 PM PST

The proposed Centre will provide them a platform for testing software or mobile applications.

Cleanliness drive, heritage walk held as part of Coimbatore Vizha

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:39 PM PST

More than 1,800 persons including corporates, employees of various firms, representatives of various voluntary organisations, school and college students participated in a cleanliness drive 'Garbag...

Modi hops on a chopper, East Delhi heaves a sigh of relief

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:09 PM PST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to fly to the venue of his rally at a congested East Delhi locality was a "major relief" to both the local police and residents. Both, howe...

Threat to MP: 3 held

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Three persons who allegedly tried to extort Rs. 25 crore from Chevella MP K. Vishweshwar Reddy after sending him a threatening email were arrested by the police on Saturday. The trio, through the e...

Police continue probe against suspected Maoists

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

The city police have prepared a list of names of persons suspected to be active members of Maoist movements.The move comes soon after the arrest of two people on charge of being Maoist sympa...

Cong. criticised over auto issue

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Dakshina Kannada unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has alleged that no elected representative from the State government has shown any interest in resolving the autorickshaw strike issue in the...

Child welfare council funding to be hit

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

The colourful children's day stamps of the State Council for Child Welfare Council, selected from thousands of drawings by young budding artists, serve a loftier purpose than being just an eye cand...

Fast-track court sought in city

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Amid controversy surrounding Section 498A of Indian Penal Code, which seeks to protect women from harassment by husbands and their families and carries a punishment of up to three years, NGO Va...

‘FDI model, a failure in Western countries, will hit PSUs here’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

'Short term gains will largely affect the LIC and GIC model of business'

Even wild boars run away from castor oil

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Castor-oil-based solution emits an odour that keeps off animals from crops

CPI ridicules KCR’s plan to shift Secretariat

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The CPI State secretary Chada Venkat Reddy has ridiculed the proposal of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to shift the existing Secretariat to the TB hospital land at Erragadda under the pretext...

Ambedkar University keen to set up engineering college

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Several public representatives and authorities of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University stepped up pressure on the government for sanctioning of government engineering college for the district since the inf...

Bleating beauties need succour

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

There is an urgent need to conserve Bandur sheep

Team to fell ‘dangerous’ trees

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

The Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation will now have its own team from the horticulture section to prune or fell trees that pose a threat to human lives.After the delay in felling old an...

Land survey for Rs. 40-crore Maize Park near Thyavarekoppa begins

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

It will be completed by second week of February: tahsildar

Yuva Morcha protest turns violent

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

A march taken out on Saturday by activists of the Yuva Morcha to the Collectorate, demanding the resignation of Finance Minister K.M.Mani over the bar scam, turned violent.The police deploye...

Stage set for National Games events

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Women's football matches to be held at Corporation Stadium

Haryana, Railways for speedy implementation of projects

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:51 PM PST

Haryana Government has decided to enter into a partnership with Indian Railways for speedy implementation of at least eight rail projects which had failed to take off.For the purpose, the tw...

Fillers

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

Contests for schoolchildren

The Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History is organising competitions on nature conservation for school students at the GD Matricul...

Cotton auctioned

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Cotton worth Rs. 2 crore was auctioned at the weekly auction held at the Konganapuram branch of the Tiruchengode Agricultural Producers Cooperative Society on Friday.While PT variety fetched...

Passport mela evokes good response

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

The two-day passport mela, which began here on Saturday, has evoked good response from the public, according to Regional Passport Officers, K. Balamurugan (Chennai) and S. Manishwar Raja (Madur...

Food technologists have great scope, says Union Minister

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

About Rs. 44,000 crore worth crops and foodgrains are lost annually for want of proper processing and safe storage facilities. Crop processing technology offers enormous scope for preventing that l...

Award for doctor

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

P.K. Sasidharan, Professor of Medicine and Head, Department of Medicine and Haematology, Kozhikode Government Medical College, has been awarded the prestigious Netaji Oration Award of the Associati...

‘Queer Azadi March’ protests forced reconversions

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

As hundreds walked the streets of Mumbai on Saturday in the annual 'Queer Azadi March' demanding equality, the daring political sloganeering against the 'forced ghar vapsi' did make thousands of he...

Poor lighting tops list of complaints

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:11 PM PST

'Women definitely feel unsafe in localities without streetlights'

Vintage wheels bring back the smiles

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:10 PM PST

The seventh edition of The Hindu Chennai–Pondy Heritage Car Rally was kickstarted with much fanfare

Pan traders’ seek quashing of ban order

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

The Madras High Court has ordered notice on a writ petition by a traders' association seeking to quash a notification of May 2013 and restrain the authorities' from interfering with the sale of pan...

‘Freedom fighters deserve better treatment’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:38 PM PST

It is a regular event on every Republic Day or Independence Day for the district administration to honour freedom fighters or their spouses/kin with shawls/mementoes.But many of the family m...

AAP woos Purvanchali voters

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:17 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...

Kejriwal rebuts BJP charges

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Rebutting charges made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an East Delhi rally, Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal questioned the performance of the BJP government at the Centre in the past ei...

SCCL approves DPR for power plant in Adilabad

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The detailed project report (DPR) for a 600 MW power plant (stage-II expansion) of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd at Jaipur, Adilabad district was approved by the company's board of directors on...

Fiji keen to forge pact with Coconut Board

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:09 PM PST

Fiji is keenly awaiting the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India in order to be able to pursue technology transfer between both countries, especially in market development acti...

Airline service asked to refund half of fare

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Dakshina Kannada District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed an airline service to refund half of the fare of a passenger.In a recent order, the forum said that K. Suresh of...

Handwriting contest gets good response

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

444 students from 131 schools compete for top honours in the event

APREDA Property Show from Feb. 28

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

The Andhra Pradesh Real Estate Developers' Association (APREDA) is organising its 5th Property Show at 'A' Convention Centre here from February 28. It brings together builders and developers, banks...

Man held, 180 kg. of ganja seized

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

Kothakota police arrested one person and seized 180 kg. of dry ganja at Ajayapuram near Kalyanapulova village in Ravikamatam mandal in Visakhapatnam district on Saturday.While the police cou...

Ryots’ protest spurs CCI officials into action

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:40 PM PST

Tension prevailed at the Enumamula agriculture market here on Saturday with scores of farmers staging protest over stalling of procurement by the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI).After day-...

TDP seeks probe into illegal sand mining

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The TDP district president and MLC Arkala Narsa Reddy has demanded the Chief Minister and the Ministers to own responsibility for the alleged illegal sand mining in the district and launch a probe...

Prakasam gets pat from EC

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Prakasam district added a feather to its cap, with the Election Commission conferring the Best Electoral Practices Award on Collector G.S.R.K.R. Vijaykumar for the smooth conduct of the general ele...

Shanthinagar residents take out silent march

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Enraged by "unresponsive" civic agencies, Shanthinagar residents took to the streets to throw light on the problems they face. Drinking water contamination, bad roads and irregular garbage collecti...

No uncertainty in govt.’s stand on medium of instruction: Minister

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

'All departments asked to use Kannada in communication'

Drive against erring private buses on outskirts of Mysuru

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

In a crackdown on private buses plying in violation of permit rules, officials of the Transport Department, Traffic Police and the KSRTC carried out a coordinated checking drive on the seven roads...

Surgeons save calf impaled on pole

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

A group of veterinarians at the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU), Pookode, Wayanad, rescued a four-month-old female calf impaled on a bamboo pole, on Friday.The anima...

Development works in Amethi reviewed

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:51 PM PST

Faizabad Divisional Commissioner and nodal officer for development works in Amethi district Vishal Chauhan on Saturday reviewed the development works in the district.Accompanied by DM Jagat...

Two minor girls sexually assaulted

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

Two minor girls, aged nine and five, were alleged to have been sexually assaulted in separate incidents here on Saturday. Both the incidents took place at Neruparichal.Inspector R. Hema of A...

Nothing ornamental about this lake

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

The poor condition of the 'Alankara Yeri' (Ornamental lake) near Gandhi Park in the hill station, is proving to be an eye sore.DrainageOwing to its improper maintenance, the Al...

Seminar held

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

A seminar on 'Freedom of Expression' organised by the Socio Cultural Literary movement 'ANAKKAM' was held at Women's Christian College in Nagercoil recently.A release issued by J.R.V. Edward...

New wasp in Western Ghats

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

A team of researchers headed by Lambert Kishore, Associate professor, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, has spotted a new species of Paper wasp in the Sulthan Bathery region of the Western Ghat...

‘Queer Azadi March’ protests against forced reconversions

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:49 PM PST

As hundreds walked the streets of Mumbai on Saturday in the annual 'Queer Azadi March' demanding equality, the daring political sloganeering against the 'forced ghar vapsi' did make thousands of he...

‘Final Solution’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

Over a decade after he first completed the filming of Final Solution chronicling the Gujarat violence of 2002, documentary filmmaker Rakesh Sharma is now working on a film on M...

Gautham Menon hires script consultants

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

In the past, filmmakers have been reluctant to work with screenwriters

NCTE not to insist on undertaking from institutions for the present

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has submitted before the Madras High Court that its condition that teacher education institutions should undertake within 21 days that they would f...

LIC agents stage protest

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:41 PM PST

Agents attached to the Life Insurance Corporation of India prepared gruel at the LIC's Avinashi Road branch on Saturday as part of their series of protests urging the government to drop its proposa...

‘Don't repeat the mistake of voting backstabbers’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:11 PM PST

On the day when his party's principal political opponent, the Aam Aadmi Party, released its poll document, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday tried to woo the poor and lower strata of society...

KCR criticised on move to shift Secretariat

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Opposition parties went on the offensive, hitting out at Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao's announcement that he was planning to shift the Secretariat to TB and Chest Hospital as the '...

HC dismisses plea against land acquisition for TNPL

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

The Madras High Court Bench here has dismissed a batch of writ petitions filed against acquisition of land for establishment of a paper board factory through Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited...

State hopeful of relaxation of coastal regulatory zone rules

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:49 PM PST

Minister for Higher Education R.V. Deshpande saysno compromise on coastal environment and ecology

Vector-borne diseases under control, says Minister

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:29 PM PST

Officials asked to rush to the spot in case spike in number of fever cases

First oceanography lab on east coast off the ground

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

The research lab building of the National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR) being set up here, for which stone was laid on Saturday on the beach road, will have an underground pipeline to draw fresh...

Soaps are the real battleground

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

For general entertainment channels, a good soap stirred with the right ingredients and talented cast rarely fails in striking the right chord with viewers.Big game-shows and talent hunts hel...

Farewell to Additional Joint Collector

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Collector D. Ronald Ross has said that Additional Joint Collector P. Seshadri rendered unmatched services to the people of the district and they will be remembering him not only as an administr...

Emu farming fails to take wings in WG

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

Increasing feed cost, less demand in market take toll on the units

‘People’s barrage’ going strong at 25

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:42 PM PST

The success story of a farmer-driven initiative

Children suffer for art

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Nuggehalli unit of the Kannada Sahitya Parishat had prepared a tableau showcasing Hoysala temples. Students of Vivekananda Convent in Nuggehalli were made to stand as 'shilabalikas' of Belur te...

RIE students call off hunger strike

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Students of the Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Mysuru, have called off their hunger strike after being assured by senior officials of the National Council of Educational Research and Traini...

Coir Kerala 2015 begins today in Alappuzha

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate Coir Kerala 2015, the fifth edition of the annual event, at the EMS Stadium here on Sunday. Coir Minister Adoor Prakash will preside over the inaugural...

MiG-21 crashes in Jamnagar

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:59 PM PST

A MiG-21 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed during a sortie near Bed village in the Jamnagar district on Saturday while the pilot managed to eject safely, the second such incident this wee...

Pollution Control Board to phase out printed forms, opt for online applications soon

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Trial run of online consent management software being conducted

Salt production yet to take off in Tuticorin

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Industry lacks skilled workforce, say producers

TIRUCHI TODAY

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

RELIGION Arulmigu Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam: Thai car festival, Namperumal purapaddu in pallakku from kannadi arai, 7 a.m.; reaching Renga Vilasa Mandapam, 8.30...

Support child rights, youth told

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

A seminar organised by Childline with the support of the Kerala State Youth Board here on Friday stressed the need to improve the participation of the State's youth in the protection of child right...

Mamamta tries to placate Trinamool party leaders

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:55 PM PST

Asks them to counter Opposition's campaign

Lokayukta raid on five officials

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Lokayukta police raided 14 premises of five government officials in different parts of Karnataka simultaneously on Friday, and seized illegal assets worth Rs. 4.6 crore.The raid was cond...

‘VHS gives hope to the hopeless’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

"The Voluntary Health Services (VHS) is one of the finest institutions that gives hope to the hopeless, be it a child or an adult," said eminent agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan.He wa...

HC vacancies to be filled only after panel is set up

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:30 PM PST

Vacancies in High Courts in the country will be filled, once the constitution of the National Judicial Appointments Commission is completed, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee, E...

Cases registered against nine persons

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

The District Anti-Land Grabbing Cell Police have booked cases against nine persons on Friday for allegedly trying to cheat two women in separate incidents.A case was registered against seven...

Same party rule in State, Centre dangerous

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

Arivnd Kejriwal tells The Hindu that the Aam Aadmi Party will halt BJP's victory march

Now students to push their parents to vote

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Schoolchildren are the newest 'recruits' of the Office of the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer.Students across the Capital have been given the responsibility to encourage and send their parents...

Krishnapatnam: commercial operations in 3 days

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

Date of commercial operations (CoD) may be just round the corner for the first unit of the Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station, popularly known as Krishnapatnam project, in Nellore district...

Actor among five held with cocaine

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Five persons, including a film actor, were arrested from a flat, near Kadavanthra, by the city police in a raid conducted in the middle of the night on Saturday on charges of possessing cocaine.

TNAU move pays dividend

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

A group of 25 farmers get 600 kg an acre of "TRY 3" rice

‘Make in India’ not a wise idea at present, says expert

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

The Narendra Modi government's call to come and make in India does not suit the present day world scenario, felt economic analyst and JNU Professor C.P. Chandrasekhar.India is inviting inves...

Free spectacles for Hudhud victims

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

Australian Consulate General in Chennai will provide replacement glasses for members of socio-economically disadvantaged communities who lost their glasses during cyclone Hudhud that hit the Visakh...

Can homeo medicine stave off swine flu?

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

The preventive drug may improve immunity, but doctors say evidence-based studies don't back the claim of effectiveness

Milk packing machinery inaugurated

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Minister for Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Pocharam Srinivas Reddy on Saturday inaugurated the milk packing machinery installed with an amount of Rs. 1 crore and distributed at the rate of two m...

Uneasy calm in Chittoor village

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

An uneasy calm prevailed at Nallurupalle in Punganur mandal, the native place of the 17-year-old victim of 'honour killing', during the visit of senior officials to the village on Saturday. The Int...

Colourful start to Kannada Sahitya Sammelan

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The 81st Kannada Sahitya Sammelan got off to a colourful start here on Saturday. Poet Siddalingaiah, president of the sammelan, was taken in a procession in a decorated bullock cart from Yatri Niva...

A flight to nowhere in particular

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Film: Hawaizaada Director: Vibhu Puri Cast: Mithun Chakraborty, Ayushmann Khurrana, Pallavi Sharda, Naman Jain

Opposition to amendment to Land Acquisition Act gathers momentum

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The amendment to the Land Acquisition Act 2013 through ordinance passed by the Centre has drawn flak from veteran Gandhian and freedom fighter Surendra Koulaji.He called upon like-minded peo...

Hindu meet at Cherukolpuzha begins today

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Ceremonial procession to venue of meeting sets off

Maoist bandh disrupts train services in Bihar

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

A 12-hour bandh called by Maoists on Friday halted trains for several hours in Bihar, leaving thousands of passengers stranded.The Maoists called the protest in Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattis...

Detained under Goondas Act

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Six persons were arrested and detained under Goondas Act in Hosur, in two different cases of waylaying of a truck and the murder of a truck driver recently. Three of the accused are Suresh (26) of...

Differently-abled get swift aid

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Collector M. Ravikumar extended a series of benefits to differently-abled persons at a special camp organised here on Saturday. In a span of 10 minutes, a series of welfare measures were provided t...

Collector reviews dengue prevention measures

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Collector A. Gnanasekaran has reviewed dengue prevention measures being taken up in the district, here on Saturday.He consulted in this regard with officials of health, rural development and...

Road action committee to stage hunger strike

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

Preludial meet on Tuesday; hunger strike on February 11

Sex workers’ cooperative wins award

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:58 PM PST

With low interest rate, they have been able to educate their children and manage their finances better

Ex-Army man held on cheating charge

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

The South East Division police in coordination with Army officials, arrested a 42-year-old retired Army personnel on cheating charge.Based on a tip-off from Army officials, a team of police...

Tube Watch: Eyeball-grabbing Bigg Boss wraps up latest season

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:38 PM PST

The reality show, a spin-off of the original Dutch Big Brother , has proven to be hugely successful with Indian audiences

BPL consumers also eligible to 12 cylinders

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 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....

Case registered against students

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

Kovilpalayam Police have registered a case against 26 students of a private engineering college for allegedly kidnapping a fellow student and beating him, before deserting him in a remote place nea...

Lawyers continue agitation against Kiran Bedi

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

A little before Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public rally at CBD ground in East Delhi, not very far from there, hundreds of lawyers at the Karkardooma court complex burnt the effigy of...

‘AP has no claim to Sagar water’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

"It has already drawn 220 tmcft of water in violation of the allocations during kharif"

Dileep, Manju Warrier granted divorce

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Actors Manju Warrier and Dileep were granted divorce by the Ernakulam family court here on Saturday.Joint petitionThe court passed the order in a joint petition for divorce fil...

BJP opposed to forcible religious conversions: Muralidhar Rao

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:58 PM PST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has declared that it is opposed to forcible religious conversions anywhere in the country and if some groups are indulging in such activities they are going against...

New gymnasium inaugurated

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

A new gymnasium — for girls in Mangalore University — was inaugurated by Minister for Higher Education R.V. Deshpande on Saturday on the premises of the university, which has over 600 women hostels...

Central bus stand in a big mess

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Traffic diversion has reduced the space available for vehicles

Training for members of Gram Sabhas in Agency

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

As part of capacity building of members and office-bearers of the Gram Sabhas, formed under the Panchayti Raj Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act in Visakha Agency, a training programme is bein...

Engagements for Sunday, Feb 1

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

RELIGION Sampradaya: Sri Narayanatheertha Yatheendra Aradhana Celebrations-2015, Vijaya Vinayaka Devalayam, Vaninagar, Malkajgiri, 7 a.m. onwards. Sr...

TRS govt. aimless: Ponnam

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The TRS government has become aimless and directionless, said Congress leader and former MP Ponnam Prabhakar."The rule of KCR reminds me of a Tuqhlaq rule with new statements day in and day...

Ganta lashes out at Congress

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

Human Resource Development Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao has termed the decision to field a candidate by the Congress party in the by-elections for Tirupati Assembly constituency as unethical.

‘Clean Kalaburagi Mission’ to be launched today

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Door-to-door collection of waste and its segregation are the main features

Illegal building, water issues dominate council meeting

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

Action to be taken against illegal building

Mysore Rail Museum expansion under way

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

A sound-and-light show showcasing history of Railways is being planned

P. Jayarajan re-elected Kannur CPI(M) secretary

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] leader P. Jayarajan was re-elected district secretary of the party at the party district conference that concluded here on Saturday.Briefing the p...

Online darshan of Kashi Vishwanath soon

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:50 PM PST

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to commence online "darshan" of Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi. For this, a dedicated website of the famous Lord Shiva temple is being prepared that wo...

Farmers have to tackle men, birds first

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Farmers in the district who have been expecting a better harvest after a drought-hit season last fiscal, are confronted with problems of labour shortage, and widespread damages caused to the crops...

Relay protest by insurance agents in Krishnagiri

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

They oppose increase in foreign direct investment cap in insurance

LIC agents cook gruel in protest

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Life Insurance Agents Federation of India (LIAFI) has staged a novel protest here on Saturday as part of nationwide movement against the insurance amendment bill.The agents participating in...

Suvarna Raju takes additional charge as HAL chief

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

T. Suvarna Raju, Director (Design & Development) of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., on Saturday took additional charge as Chairman of the company, according to an official statement.The baton ha...

From a time of greatness, 47 years ago

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Forty-seven years ago, in January 1968, Madras hosted the second World Tamil Conference.The principles of liberalism and openness in the Tamil linguistic tradition were exalted as reasons fo...

Transplant coordinators to receive training

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 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...

SSI faints after consuming poison

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

A Special Sub-Inspector (SSI) of the Coimbatore City Police consumed poison before reaching the parade ground on Saturday morning. Police sources said that Jaishankar (47) was serving in the Rathin...

Delhi: Over 400 swine flu cases in January

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

Trend not showing any signs of slowing down

Congress should have opted for fresh mandate: Sharmistha

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Congress should have opted for fresh elections in the face of corruption scandals, party leader Sharmistha Mukherjee said on Saturday.Ms. Mukherjee, who is President Pranab Mukherjee's d...

A gimmick, say Ministers

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

Two Ministers — Agriculture Minister, P. Pulla Rao and Mines and Geology Minister P. Sujatha -- hit out at YSRC chief Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy and accused him of misleading farmers and enacting a dra...

Panchayats vying for ISO certification

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

e-governance for quick service delivery

High Court directive to police

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

The Madras High Court Bench here has given liberty to Achanpudur police in Tirunelveli district to arrest devotees of Uthami Amman Temple if they either dance or sing songs during the annual 'Pal K...

Thuvakudi residents drop stir plan, hold meeting

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

They want the land acquisition process to begin in a month

Engineering student drowns

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

A 21-year-old, third-year engineering student of VITS Engineering College, Sontyam, reportedly had gone missing after he had gone for a swim in the Meghadrigedda reservoir here on Saturday morning.

Tree felling: 3 TRS leaders booked

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

A MPTC member and two Sarpanches belonging to the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi figure in the list of 33 persons who stand accused in cases related to large-scale destruction of forest in the Pe...

Officials told to complete survey of the poor in slums

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The district officials were directed to complete the survey of poor in slums, obtain their consent for ground plus one structures,secure administrative sanctions and start work within 15 day...

Bypoll: campaign picks up in Tirupati

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

Though there are 13 candidates in the fray for the Tirupati Assembly segment by-election scheduled to be held on Feb. 13, all eyes are on TDP's M. Suguna and R.Sreedevi of the Congress.The T...

Lokayukta police unearth unaccounted for wealth

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

The Lokayukta police raided the residences of the Kalaburagi district manager of the Minorities Development Corporation and the Bidar district president of the State Government Employees Associatio...

Artistes should share thoughts, ideas: Mudgal

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

Classical singer Shubha Mudgal inaugurated the two-day Kala Coast Music Festival at Karje village near Brahmavar in Udupi district on Saturday.The festival focuses on classical music – both...

A one-stop centre

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The rail museum in Mysuru was established after the National Rail Museum, New Delhi.Inaugurated in 1978, it is a one-stop destination for history and information on the development of the Ra...

Be alert to cancer alarms

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

People often do not recognise warning signs of cancer as potential symptoms and risk their lives by ignoring it

Speck of interstellar dust adds twist to Big Bang Theory

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Last year, astronomers had announced they had evidence of cosmic inflation

Less number of birds at sanctuaries this season

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:48 PM PST

Findings of two-day synchronised census disappointing

SALEM

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

Arulmigu Azhagirinatha Swami Temple, Fort: Sri Andal Tirukalyana mahorchavam, panja karuda Sevai, tirumanjanam, neerattam, kattiyam sevithal, 6 p.m.; N. Kulasekara Ramanujadas...

Quitting for a cause

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

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

Nearly 50,000 benefit from job camps: Minister

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Special employment camp inaugurated in Jolarpet

Equestrian challenge begins at Aurovile tomorrow

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

Auroville is set to get a feel of the Wild West as horseback riders from all over the country kick up dust and flaunt their skills at an equestrian event commencing on Monday.About 65 makesh...

BU out of race for Rs. 60 cr. funding

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

A delay in applying for the third cycle of accreditation to the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has proved costly for Bangalore University (BU). The varsity, one of the largest...

54 govt. services to go digital

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Chennai Corporation will lead the project to offer digitised government services to the people of the city. It is proposed to offer as many as 54 civic services in digital mode.The Corpo...

Detained under Goondas Act for fifth time

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

I. Abi alias Habeeb Rahman (36) of Anna Nagar Bye-Pass, South Ukkadam, was detained under the Goondas Act for allegedly indulging in repeated incidents of smuggling ration rice. Civil Supplies CID...

Uma Bharti accuses Kejriwal of using Anna Hazare

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:14 PM PST

Amid reports of a rift within the Bharatiya Janata Party over choosing Kiran Bedi as the chief ministerial candidate, Union Minister Uma Bharti on Saturday came out in support of the former IPS of...

At 60, they ran 7 half-marathons, across 7 continents, in 7 days!

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Hyderabadi couple Chigurupati Krishna Prasad and Uma are the world's first to have successfully completed the World Marathon Challenge 2015

Redeploying faculty may affect PG seats, patient care

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

: Redeploying the teaching faculty from existing medical colleges to new medical colleges would affect the number of postgraduation seats. Moving one professor would mean loss of two postgraduate s...

“Adopt compounding method of tax levy for bricks”

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

Brick kiln owners' appeal to government

EVM selected by Random selection

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Electronic voting machines to be used for the Srirangam by-election were selected through a computerised randomisation exercise conducted in the presence of Balkar Singh, General Observer, K.S.Pala...

Centre will give best package to A.P.: Sujana

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:27 PM PST

"Issue is likely to figure in Chief Ministers' meeting on Feb. 7 and 8"

Girl found dead; murder suspected

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

A four-month-old baby girl, Niharika, was found dead in the water tank of her house under suspicious circumstances in Kallur town on Saturday morning.The police suspect that the baby was smo...

Parking woes haunt Karimnagar residents

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Traders convert road adjacent to head post office area as their own parking lot

Tirupati Book Festival off to a grand start

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

The temple city of Tirupati has witnessed several pageants in the past like the procession of deities, motorcade of political parties during road shows or demonstrations by working classes, but thi...

IIT in Raichur: samiti seeks all-party delegation to Delhi

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

The IIT Horata Samiti has urged the State government to send an all-party delegation to New Delhi to push for the long-pending demand for an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) for Raichur distric...

‘Respect for religions creates harmony’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

K.J. George, Home Minister, said on Saturday that people should respect all religions and their religious texts. He was speaking at the valedictory of centenary celebrations of Our Lady of Health C...

Celebrating World Wetlands Day

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Hasiru Hejje, a green school initiative of Mysore Amateur Naturalists will conduct a film festival to celebrate World Wetlands Day 2015, according to a release.The film fest will be held in...

Residence, offices of businessman raided

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:09 PM PST

The police on Saturday raided the residence and offices of Mohammed Nisham, a businessman who allegedly tried to kill a security guard at Sobha City at Puzhakkal, near here, a few days ago.C...

2 cops suspended for attacking woman journalist

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:55 PM PST

: Two city police officials — the Officer in-charge of Latasil police station Chidananda Bora and Sub-inspector of Paltan Bazar police station Samsuddin Ahmed were removed from their duties and a c...

Kashmiri youths on mission to highlight ground reality

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Joginder Singh has seen death and horror from close quarters. In 1999, when he was barely four, he witnessed the murder of 15 of his relatives, including his parents, when militants attacked his La...

Buddha statue found near Thanjavur

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

A team of researchers discovered a headless statue of Buddha at Manalur village in Thanjavur district recently. The granite statue is said to belong to Chola period of 10th or 11th Century.B...

Step up security, cooperative banks told

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

Discussions held with presidents, secretaries and directors of banks

JRC camp held

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

A demonstration of fire and rescue activities by the personnel of the Fire and Rescue Services, yoga training by S.N. Muthusamy, Director of the Adisesha Yoga Research Centre, first aid training by...

A rally of rapturous old memories in top gear

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

As many as 71 cars line up for 6th edition of The Hindu Chennai-Pondy Heritage Car Rally

MLAs complain to Digvijaya on CM’s ‘coterie’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:35 PM PST

MLAs are said to have expressed apprehensions that the Congress might not win the panchayat polls if the situation did not improve

Fisherman missing at sea

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Fisherman R. Sagayaraj's three teenaged children and his wife Aarayi haven't eaten or slept since Monday.The Kasimedu resident has been missing at sea from the night of January 25{+t}{+h}.

Two child workers rescued

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

A team of officials from the police, National Child Labour Project (NCLP), and Industrial Safety and Health rescued two child workers from a foundry, and a grinder unit in the city on Saturday. 

The ‘non-issue’ of Obama’s visit

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:07 PM PST

Responding to the Opposition's criticism over BJP leaders speaking about U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Delhi in poll campaigns, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that if his government had...

497 illicit liquor bottles seized from godown

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:16 PM PST

497 boxes of illicit IMFL recovered; party refutes the charges

VOA! the foreigners are trooping in

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

The Government of India's extension of Visa on Arrival (VOA) facility to 43 nations seems to be benefiting the city – the number of foreign visitor arrivals has seen an upward trend, auguring well...

Hand transplant recipient recovering

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:09 PM PST

It all worked according to God's plan, said 30-year-old Manu, said to be the first hand transplant recipient in India. For, this Good Samaritan, hailing from Thodupuzha, had risked his life and fou...

Campaign against banks

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

For "violating" education loan interest payment rules

Phantom copra shipments fuel graft at check-post

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

VACB unravels major inter-State operation

Bhavan starts an academy to encourage young talent

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

The Tiruchi Kendra of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan will introduce endowment programmes for promotion of music, dance, and other arts, said H.N. Suresh, Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore, he...

Abhayam, I-CLIK to pick up pace

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

It has been about one week after the launch of two prestigious projects by the Police Department in the State- Abhayam and I-CLIK (Instant-Complaint Login Internet Kiosk), and the senior officers s...

Manda Krishna serves ultimatum on KCR

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

MRPS leader Manda Krishna Madiga on Saturday demanded that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao drop five Ministers belonging to upper castes and induct persons belonging to the Mala and Madiga comm...

Mystery shrouds death of headmaster

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Thota Krishna Kishore (54), who was working as Zilla Parishad High School headmaster at Edurumondu village in Nagayalanka mandal, died mysteriously and his body was found hanging at Avanigadda....

Vinay will be choosy, says Raghavendra Rajkumar

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Vinay Rajkumar, who recently made his debut with Kannada film 'Siddhartha', will be choosy in the selection of his next film, his father and actor-turned-producer Raghavendra Rajkumar has said....

For reporter’s diary

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

Missing pigeons

If city politics has delayed the renovation of Town Hall , the pigeons that find it a safe haven till now, must be overjoyed.For, once the renovation...

Rape of daughter: man gets life term

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:10 PM PST

State asked to pay Rs.5 lakh to victim

Lawyers demand report on new HC Bench to be made public

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:56 PM PST

: Lawyers of Ganjam Bar Association (GBA) demanded that the Odisha government present the report of Justice C.R. Pal Commission in the next assembly session in February so as to make it public....

Panel submits report on Unnao skeletons

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:49 PM PST

A committee tasked with probing the discovery of 100 skeletons in a room in the Police Lines here submitted its reports to the Uttar Pradesh Government hours after it was set up on Friday."T...

DMK councillors walk out of Kumbakonam council meet

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

They were protesting 'laxity' of officials in executing work

Violations detected following surprise check on power connections

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Violations detected

Special teams of the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) conducted surprise check on the power connections in Vazhappadi area a...

St. Patricks wins quiz

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

Students from various schools in Puducherry enthusiastically participated in a quiz programme organised by the Indian Coast Guard at the Jipmer auditorium here on Saturday as part of the 39th Coast...

Kagodu, Shankaramurthy create platform to discuss issue

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Programme will be held on Feb. 2 after session proceedings

Petroleum dealers protest

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Petroleum dealers across the State on Saturday staged dharnas outside oil refineries ensuring that no fuel loads left the premises to be supplied to petroleum outlets.The Tamil Nadu Petroleu...

Accolades for TN

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:17 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...

BU accused of delaying issue of faculty qualification approval

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Candidates who were appointed lecturers in aided colleges and those appointed heads of institutions are awaiting the Bharathiar University's qualification approval.According to sources, coll...

Manifesto an entertaining read, says BJP

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:03 PM PST

Hours after it was released, Union Ministers Ananth Kumar and Nirmala Sitharaman picked holes in the AAP's manifesto for the upcoming Assembly elections at the BJP State headquarters here on Saturd...

AAP gets Rs. 1.25 crore as donation from single event

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Over 150 donors attend the party's highest fund-raising single event

Maj. Gen. Pithawalla retires

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Major-General C.A. Pithawalla, General Officer Commanding (Andhra Sub Area), Secunderabad, retired on superannuation on Saturday. Major-General Pithawalla was commissioned into the Indian Army in S...

Hundreds of students participate in handwriting contest

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:53 PM PST

Choosing the winners from the best can be a tough task.It was the dilemma that a two-member judging panel faced as they came across "uniformly good scripts" at the regional city round of...

Cases against Alagiri’s supporters

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

For bursting crackers in public on his birthday

Handwriting contest draws good participation

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

: The Hindu In School Cello Handwriting Wizard Contest Thiruvananthapuram regional level finals, held at Christ Nagar ICSE School on Saturday, drew enthusiastic response with 444 students from 131...

Congress blames BJP for not granting special status

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president N. Raghuveera Reddy said BJP-led NDA was looking for excuses for not granting special category status for Andhra Pradesh despite the A.P. Reorganisation...

Tejaswaramma of city in A. P. National Games basketball team

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

K. Tejaswaramma of Visakhapatnam was selected to the Andhra Pradesh women's basketball team that will be participating in the National Games being held in Kerala. On Friday, president of Visakhapat...

Tea vendors make a killing of swine flu scare

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

With the swine flu scare continuing to haunt people, a few tea vendors in the town have come up with new marketing strategies to make a quick buck by publicising green tea as a natural drink to sti...

Maoist activity under check in Karnataka: Minister

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Karnataka Home Minister K.J. George said here on Saturday that there was not much Maoist activity in the State.He told presspersons that Maoists appeared to have gone underground. The State...

Nearly 300 people fall ill after lunch at wedding

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Nearly 300 people belonging to Kolavennu village of Kankipadu mandal were taken ill, reportedly after having food that was served at a wedding reception. The villagers who had lunch reported variou...

The applause was but natural

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Versatile vocalist Pandit Venkatesh Kumar set the tone for the three-day Hubballi Dharwad Sangeet Mahotsava that began on the premises of Government Polytechnic for Women here on Friday. The festiv...

Bags, pamphlets found in core area of Shendurney

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:58 PM PST

Maoists seek return of usurped land

A ‘marathon’ to deliver letters

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

An 'Anchalottakaran' sheds light on the postal system in Anchunadu valley

‘Intensified counter-insurgency operation led to arrest of NDFB (Songbijit) leaders’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:56 PM PST

: General Officer Commanding of the Red Horns Division of the Army, Major General C.P. Mohanty on Saturday said that the ongoing intensified and synergised counter-insurgency operations by the Army...

Two cops suspended for attacking woman journalist

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:48 PM PST

: Two city police officials — the Officer in-charge of Latasil police station Chidananda Bora and Sub-inspector of Paltan Bazar police station Samsuddin Ahmed — were removed from their duties and a...

Three children drown near Mayiladuthurai

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

Three children drowned in a private fish pond at Panayakudi village near Mayiladuthurai on Saturday.The incident happened when the children went to the pond after returning from school to ha...

Police constable injured

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

A police constable was injured when a speeding car rammed a police check post at Thoppur in Salem district border on Saturday. The car was proceeding to Bengaluru when the driver was said to have l...

Paintings, poetry mark Nilambur Balan remembrance

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Six-day programme includes discussions and movie screening

JAL’s support to leprosy patients continues

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

For the 15th year in a row, JAL, an NGO based in Barcelona, Spain, gave away financial assistance worth around Rs. 4 lakh to children of leprosy patients for their education, through the CERTH-Indi...

COMEDK entrance exam today

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Postgraduate Entrance Test (PGET) conducted by the Consortium of Medical Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) for admission to 12 medical and 19 dental colleges in the State wi...

‘Streamline technology in schools’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Many schools in the city have begun adopting technologically-advanced features such as smart classes, but experts in the field say that even though a lot of money is spent on these tools, they are...

New poll fad: selfies with candidates

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:07 PM PST

The election campaign may have got its own version of the indelible ink mark on voting day – the selfie with a candidate.At a public event in Greater Kailash-II, residents wasted no time in...

EC approached over discrepancies in EVMs

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:14 PM PST

Aam Aadmi Party leaders on Saturday approached the Election Commission citing apprehension about discrepancies in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).Party leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Ashutosh...

Land regularisation turns cash cow

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Shaikpet mandal earns Rs. 4.8 crore from just 51 applicants

The writing on the wall for society

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Shed caste and religious differences, remain united, and development will follow, was the message that Sona Mary Philip, 10th Standard student of St. Jude's English Medium High School, Ambalamedu,...

Gang kidnaps man, burns him to death

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

Four persons surrender before police

Jiji Thomson takes charge

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Jiji Thomson took charge as the new Chief Secretary of the State here on Saturday.He is the 39th Chief Secretary of Kerala. Outgoing Chief Secretary E.K. Bharat Bhushan handed over charge to...

Capital: transfer blues haunt State employees

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

While the State government is in the process of setting up a temporary capital near Vijayawada, the first batch of government employees, who have been transferred to the city, are worried about the...

Street play has immense social impact: Satyanand

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

Socially relevant plays have immense social impact, and it is precisely for this reason that street theatre exponent Safdar Hashmi was killed by capitalists who felt threatened, says playwright and...

‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’ set to change the face of Uttarapalli

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

A new concept - Unnat Bharat Abhiyan - initiated by the Union Government aimed at transformational change in the rural development process may bring a phenomenal change in Uttarapalli, located near...

Jayarajan to surrender before HC tomorrow

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader M.V. Jayarajan will surrender before the High Court Registrar on February 2 as per an order of the Supreme Court, which upheld his conviction in a contempt...

Institute asked to take up study on Haran Shikari tribe

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

The Mandya district administration has requested the Karnataka State Tribal Research Institute (KSTRI) in Mysuru to conduct a comprehensive study on the Haran Shikari tribe.This follows a re...

Man held on the charge of rape

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

The Yamkanmardi police on Saturday arrested a 28-year-old man on the charge of raping a minor in Hidkal Dam village.According to Superintendent of Police Ravikanthe Gowda, the accused, Fayaz...

‘Budget will see augmented allocation for irrigation projects’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

Admitting that the cost of irrigation projects has significantly increased with the implementation of the new land acquisition policy of the Union government, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announ...

A plot out of control

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Film: Isai Director: S. J. Suryah Cast: S. J. Suryah, Sulagna Panigrahi, Sathyaraj S.J. Suryah's ...

A mission for unity of mankind

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Reception accorded to Walk of Hope at Aranmula

MCI asks Manipur to not give recognition to RIMS

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:58 PM PST

: The Medical Council of India (MCI) has asked Manipur University not to extend recognition to Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal. Set up in 1972, RIMS is meant for students from...

Anticipatory bail for Virbhadra’s son

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:48 PM PST

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's son Vikramaditya Singh, who is among those accused of rioting and trespassing, obtained anticipatory bail from a court here Saturday, the police sa...

Help children do well, teachers told

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

Government school teachers should strive to make tenth and plus two students of their schools to get maximum marks in public examinations, said A. Saravanavelraj, District Collector, at Manakkal pa...

Photo exhibition

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

110 photographs on display at city railway station

One killed, four hurt in accident

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

A man was killed and four others were injured in an accident near a motel on the Madurai Bypass Road under Masarpatti police limits on Saturday.According to police, a car, in which five pers...

Beauty contest in native style

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

: The Kozhikode chapter of Federation of Kerala Beauticians will conduct a beauty contest. The competitions held for the Miss Malabar and Mrs Malabar titles are for unmarried women in the 18 to 26...

More women to march into police dept.

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Recruitment drive to be conducted on February 15

Now, a course in disaster management

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

Does your child know what to do in case of a medical emergency, or if there is a road accident? Now, the school education department plans to equip all children with a basic knowledge on how to dea...

‘BJP stand exposed by nuclear deal’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:58 PM PST

"PMANE will not have any association with political parties''

Bedi files complaint against Vishwas for ‘sexist’ remark

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:03 PM PST

BJP CM candidate Kiran Bedi on Saturday filed a police complaint against Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas for allegedly making a 'sexist' remark against her at a rally three days ago.Con...

A former cop like Bedi is what Delhi needs, says Rajnath

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:12 PM PST

Asks people to say no to Kejriwal's dharna govt.

Tank restoration works yet to gain momentum

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:32 PM PST

Shortage of personnel impacting administrative, technical processes, say officials

Police watch for ‘smoke’ signals

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:52 PM PST

The arrest of five people from an apartment in Kochi on charge of possessing 7 gm of cocaine has blown the lid off drug use among young people at small, private parties. 'Smoke party' is what the p...

Chamber hails move to keep e-tail under scanner

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs' decision to bring e-tail under the regulations of nine Ministries and the Reserve Bank of India would bring relief to brick-and-mortar retailers, who are und...

SFC to take serious view of fiscal crisis

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

State may slash allocations to local bodies

MoEA to consider it if State proposes Regional Passport Office at Vijayawada

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

"Setting up of the office in Visakhapatnam is government's decision"

City’s artscape getting brighter

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

An imposing canvas of the Buddha set in a blue backdrop with intricate Kalamkari patterns catches the eye at the Eastern Art Museum. It is one of the works of artist P. Bramha, who specialises in a...

‘English is as Indian as Carnatic music and Bharatanatyam'

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Native speakers too are using Indian words

Marathon chanting of ‘Hanuman Chalisa’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

A new Guinness World Record was created for the largest gathering ever to attend the chanting of 'Hanuman Chalisa' held on Tenali-Burripalem, Road here on Saturday morning. The marathon chanting wa...

India just woke up on defence front: ex-Army deputy chief

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

N.S. Malik says armed forces are still dependent onobsolete equipment and facing shortage of staff

E-auctioning of ‘C’ category mines: Govt. to follow SC directions

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that the government will act according to the directions of the apex court on e-auctioning of 'C' category mines in Ballari, Tumakuru and Chitradurga districts.

Martyrs’ Day observed

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Martyrs' Day was observed by the activists of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) here on Friday by staging a demonstration against the alleged efforts of Hindu Mahasabha and other Hindutva...

Bird survey bares issues of concern

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Annual waterfowl census held in six wetlands in Kollam district

Health unit to address chronic kidney disease

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:58 PM PST

: Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) on Saturday laid the foundation stone for the establishment of Model Rural Health Research Unit (MRHRU) at Tigiria which would go a long way in addressing...

12 IPS, 7 PPS officers transferred in Punjab

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:48 PM PST

In a major administrative reshuffle in Punjab, the government on Saturday transferred 12 IPS and seven PPS, including three ADGP rank, officers.A file to this effect was cleared by Chief Min...

Off-site emergency preparedness drill held near Kudankulam plant

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Nellai Collector coordinated the five-hour-long exercise

Probe into death of mentally challenged man

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:07 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...

Workers to go on strike against corporatisation of major ports

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

The Centre's move to corporatise all major sea ports in India was against the interest of workers, said all-India general secretary of Water Transport Workers' Federation of India Narendra Rao here...

Youth Spring film fete

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Entries are invited for the third Youth Spring film festival organised by the Solidarity Youth Movement.The festival, to be held from May 2 to 4 at Nalanda Auditorium here, will feature docu...

Registration on in digital scheme for defence pensioners

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:09 PM PST

The registration of Defence pensioners in the city under the Jeevan Pramaan, an Aadhaar-based digital life certificate scheme was inaugurated at the Sainik Welfare Office at Pakkamudaiyanpet here o...

Work on to channel surplus canal water at Koyambedu

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST

After a delay of over five months, the work to channel surplus water from the Virugambakkam-Arumbakkam canal to the Cooum resumed at Koyambedu this week.A sign has been put up on the crowded...

Transporters’ strike fuels uncertainties, corporations pin hopes on talks

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:04 PM PST

"After a breakthrough in talks on Monday, there will not be any prolonged scarcity''

‘Bedi will be a puppet CM’

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

While releasing his party's agenda for governance if it secures a majority, Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal seized the opportunity to take pot shots at his main rival Kiran Bedi.Wit...

Prosecution evidence concludes in Uber rape case

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Prosecution evidence in the Uber rape case concluded on Saturday. Wrapping up the evidence within a fortnight, Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja fixed February 3 as the date for recording of...

Operation Smile: 1,397 children rescued in TS

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST

Telangana police have rescued 1,397 children, 354 girls and 1,043 boys, in January under the 'Operation Smile' programme.These children were found at railway stations, bus-stands and on road...

Filmdom disavows link

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:52 PM PST

'Crafts like filmmaking do not breed perversions like drug abuse but certain friend circles and companionships do.'

Meet on critical care nursing

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

The third national conference of Critical Care Nurses' Society, 'Critical Care Nursing: A Commitment to Excellence' will be held at the Government Medical College from February 5 to 7.The ev...

MPEDA keen on producing ‘Make in India’ shrimp seed

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) is keen on producing shrimp seed indigenously and supplying it to farmers. In fact, MPEDA is awaiting the Union government's nod for the pro...

A message in colour

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

In all, 300 students from 25 schools unleashed their creativity at the painting competition organised by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) at Gayatri Vidya Parishad MLBT School on Satu...

‘Addala Mandapam’ opened at Yadagirigutta

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

Minister for Endowments Allola Indrakaran Reddy inaugurated Addala Mandapam (Mirror Hall) on the hill shrine of Sri Lakshminarasimha Swamy Temple, in Yadagirigutta, on Saturday.The uniquenes...

Children shine at ‘Kriya’ festival

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

The sprawling campus of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, turned into a children's world on Saturday with children accompanied by their parents and teachers left no opportuni...

Farmers submit pleas against land pooling

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Farmers of the riverfront villages of Rayapudi, Undavalli and Penumaka have started submitting their pleas over the land pooling policy adopted by the government for the construction of the capital...

Global tenders called for using Tungabhadra waters going waste into river course

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

Global tenders have been invited for Expression of Interest to suggest steps for recouping the legitimate share of the State in the Tungabhadra reservoir at Hosapete going waste into the river cour...

‘Encroachment’ of Gorur school land irks many

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:19 PM PST

The alleged encroachment of a farmland donated by renowned Kannada writer late Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar to a government school at Gorur has upset writers and Kannada-lovers here. They have demanded...

A step towards humane handling of elephants 

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

Centre asks State to form special task force

Fresh printouts of nature

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Two school students displayed their skill in water painting through 35 paintings during a three-day show that concluded on Saturday at the Sopanam Art Gallery here.Roshan T., a class 10 stud...

Man arrested in spy case brought to Cuttack for interrogation

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:58 PM PST

: Iswar Chandra Behera, the arrested contractual photographer of Chandipur Integrated Test Range (ITR), was brought here on Saturday by Odisha crime branch police for custodial interrogation.

The 'disruptive' power of an old dream

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:19 AM PST

Saji Vaidhyanathan talks to about her journey from the cabin to the showroom

Speeding motorists cause a scare

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:17 AM PST

Only speed breakers can slow them down, say pedestrians at this junction in Thiruvanmiyur.

The old serve the young

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:16 AM PST

In a role reversal, a few seniors in Besant Nagar are caring for youngsters.

“A signal is the only solution”

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:15 AM PST

Commuters and pedestrians tell crossing the road that skirts Thiruvanmiyur bus terminus takes all day

Stories fetch rice for the needy

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:13 AM PST

A teacher narrates folk tales to children to help voluntary organisations meet their food bills

Refurbished terminus for East Mogappair commuters soon

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:12 AM PST

Ninety per cent of the work has been completed, and the facility is expected to be inaugurated in a month's time.

New LED lights wait for Mayor

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:09 AM PST

Residents complain that a year after they were installed, the lights are yet to be put to use.

Queens of Mandaveli and Alwarpet

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:06 AM PST

Charanya Kannan and Deepika Murali win the Mrs Chennai and Miss Madras contests

Sister act

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:04 AM PST

In 1989, three sisters Indira, Prema and Radha started a small outlet in Abiramapuram and called it Champa, in memory of their mother. They started in a small way by buying and selling saris. ...

Green effort on WhatsApp

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:02 AM PST

The group formed by a few residents of Ranga Road has 50 members

What’s sprouting in these gardens?

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:59 AM PST

Horticulturists say this is a perfect time to plant saplings. Garden enthusiasts tell us what they are growing this year

Thieves target phones of train commuters

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:49 AM PST

A new police outpost at Vysarpadi railway station will be opened today to check the criminal activity.

A son’s gift to his father

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:47 AM PST

Class XI student's design makes welder's job easier. It wins prize at the innovation category in SYMA Child Fest.

Amidst fading memories, they live life to the fullest

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:43 AM PST

Games keep inmates of Dignity Foundation's Dementia Day Care Centre active.

Limp gives way to leaps of joy

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:41 AM PST

Seven-month-old Botsy waits for a home

Little regard shown to signal at Elephant Gate Road junction

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:40 AM PST

Residents have asked for a traffic policeman to be stationed at the busy intersection.

Mini buses to ply in Ayanavaram soon

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:38 AM PST

Residents represent a host of problems to MLA at grievance meeting

Lack of illumination raises risk of accidents

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:32 AM PST

The stretch from the Airport flyover to the Office of the Commissioner of Customs is paved with this danger.

This road waits for greatness

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:28 AM PST

Encroachment, unauthorised parking and hawking have robbed Ashok Nagar 11th Avenue of its charm.

New space for old dance form

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:24 AM PST

Twenty-two-year-old Shritha Baskar has started a studio to popularise Kathak

Saradha scam: CBI arrests former minister Matang Sinh

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:26 AM PST

   The CBI on Saturday arrested former Union Minister Matang Sinh for his alleged complicity in the multi-crore Saradha scam. He was charged with criminal conspiracy, ch...

HDMC cancels streetlight maintenance tenders in Hubballi

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:03 AM PST

In the wake complaints about irregularities in floating and finalising tenders related to maintenance of streetlights in the twin cities, the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation on Saturday dec...

Bengaluru Today for February 1, 2015

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 05:58 AM PST

RELIGION Sri Sankashtahara Bhaktha Balamuri Vinayaka and Sri Venkateshwara Swamy Maha Kumbhabhisheka: Vimana Kalasa Abhisheka, Deepa Aradhan, 8 a.m.; Sri Vishvakshena Aradhana; Vocal and...

Lokayukta officials book five officials after State-wide raids

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 05:54 AM PST

Lokayukta officials conducted simultaneous raids across the State and booked five government officials for possessing disproportionate assets worth Rs. 4.6 crore in total. Based on inform...

66.17 acres of encroached land recovered in Bengaluru

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 05:53 AM PST

Officials of the Bangalore District Administration conducted evictions at four taluks across the city and recovered 66.17 acres of encroached government land.The total value of recovered lan...

Global tenders invited for getting State’s share of Tungabhadra waters

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 05:32 AM PST

Global tenders had been invited for expression of interest to suggest measures for regaining the legitimate share of the State in the Tungabhadra reservoir at Hosapate which was flowing unused int...

Need to disseminate awareness to uproot anti-women tradition: Manjula Manasa

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 05:31 AM PST

Manjula Manasa, chairperson of Karnataka State Commission for Women, stressed upon the need for awareness among people to uproot violence against women. She was addressing a workshop on legal awar...

Sadananda Gowda defends Centre's Land Acquisition Ordinance

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 05:19 AM PST

Union Minister for Law and Justice D.V. Sadananda Gowda defended the Centre's Land Acquisition Ordinance, saying that it was not harmful to the interests of farmers. Speaking to reporters here...

Congress should have opted for fresh mandate, says its candidate Sharmistha Mukherjee

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 05:14 AM PST

The Congress should have opted for fresh elections in the face of corruption scandals, party leader Sharmistha Mukherjee said on Saturday. Ms. Mukherjee, who is President Pranab Mukherjee...

T. Suvarna Raju takes charge as HAL chief

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 05:17 AM PST

T. Suvarna Raju, Director (Design & Development) of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., on Saturday took additional charge as Chairman of the company, according to an official statement. The...

Hyderabad girl was on the brink of joining IS: Police

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:27 PM PST

The 19-year-old NRI travelled up to Turkey and returned to Hyderabad after having a change of heart.

Naxalite activity in check in Karnataka: George

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:51 AM PST

Home Minister K.J. George said on Saturday that there was not much of 'Naxalite activity' in the State. Speaking to presspersons here, Mr. George said that the Naxalites appeared to have go...

Satvahana site to be re-excavated

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:41 AM PST

In a bid to establish the missing cultural sequences after and during the Satvahana dynasty, which ruled the large part of Central India in second century B.C., the Directorate of Archaeology and...

Cloth godown gutted on Commercial Street in Bengaluru

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:36 AM PST

The godown of a cloth shop situated on the busy Commercial Street was gutted in a fire that broke out on Saturday.Passers-by who noticed smoke billowing out from the basement alerted the sh...

Modi promises clean and stable govt. in Delhi

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 12:00 PM PST

"Last year, those whom you voted (for), back-stabbed you and shattered your dreams... Delhi won't vote for betrayers"

Tea-stall owner electrocuted by mobile adapter

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:06 AM PST

A 23-year-old tea stall owner was killed due to electrocution at his house in Munenakolalu in HAL on Friday. According to the police, Pradeep, who had kept his phone for charging, went to...

MiG-21 crashes in Gujarat, pilot safe

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:57 AM PST

The pilot, who sustained injuries, was later rescued by an IAF chopper.

Illegal construction, drinking water dominate Udupi CMC meet

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:46 PM PST

The issues of construction of illegal buildings and measures to preserve water in Baje Dam dominated the general body meeting of the Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) here on Saturday. M.R...

Will achieve target plans for current year: Siddaramaiah

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:28 AM PST

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who also holds the Finance portfolio, expressed confidence of achieving plan targets for the current year."All efforts are being made to achieve the targets fix...

Siddaramaiah criticises Jayanti Natarajan

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:35 AM PST

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah came down heavily on former Union Minister Jayanti Natarajan for what he termed as "false accusations" against All-India Congress Committee (AICC) vice-presid...

Kolhapur mayor, booked by ACB for graft, checks into hospital

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:31 AM PST

The Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has booked the mayor of Kolhapur district in Western Maharashtra for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 16,000. But the mayor, Trupti Av...

Push for IIT in Raichur, samiti urges State government

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:07 AM PST

The IIT Horata Samiti urged the State government to send an all-party delegation to the Union government to push for an Indian Institute of Technology in Raichur district. Addressing a medi...

Efforts to free Islamic State hostage deadlocked, says Japan

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 02:51 AM PST

The fate of Japanese war reporter Kenji Goto has been linked to that of another hostage, Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath Kaseasbeh, whom the extremists also have threatened to kill.

President greets Coast Guard on 38th raising day

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 02:23 AM PST

The President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday conveyed his greetings and felicitations to all the personnel of Indian Coast Guard on its 38th raising day Feb 1. "The President of India Pranab M...

Bedi files complaint against Kumar Vishwas

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:57 AM PST

She accused him of making sexist comments against her, even as her party, BJP, approached the Election Commission on the issue.

BJP members demand CBI inquiry into alleged BBMP scam

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 05:00 AM PST

Around 900 members of the Bharatiya Janata Party led by former Home Minister R. Ashok staged a protest demanding CBI inquiry into an alleged scam involving R.R. Nagar constituency MLA Muniratna Na...

Breaking down the poll list: criminal charges

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:12 AM PST

The number of candidates with criminal cases against them rose from 16 per cent in 2013 to 17 per cent this year. Those with serious charges against them, however, have gone down from 12...

Power supply to Khaleda’s office snapped

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:35 AM PST

The Electric Supply authority has stopped power supply to BNP leader Khaleda Zia's office in Dhaka, from where she is directing the violent agitation which has already claimed 41 lives crippling c...

Retired army man arrested for promising medical certificates to youngsters aspiring to join army

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:19 AM PST

The South East Division police, with the help of army officials, arrested a 42-year-old retired army man who was luring unemployed youth by telling them he would get them medical certificates to h...

Asaram case: father of deceased witness demands CBI probe

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:25 AM PST

The father of the slain witness in the sexual assault case against self—styled godman Asaram has demanded a CBI inquiry into his son's murder. Naresh Gupta has sought an inquiry into the...

Consumer forum asks airlines to refund half of ticket fare to passenger

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:00 AM PST

The Dakshina Kannada District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed an airliner to refund half of the airfare collected from a passenger who could not undertake the journey.In a re...

Mahadeva and I are one on issues, says Siddalingaiah

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 12:59 AM PST

The president-designate of the 81 Kannada Sahitya Sammelan, Siddalingaiah, is a poet of repute and an important voice of the early Dalit movement in Karnataka. His fiery poetry of the 70s and 80s...

Straining every nerve to make the event a success

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 12:57 AM PST

Shravanabelagola, the place of the mighty 57-ft. Gomateshwara statue and an important Jain pilgrimage centre, is preparing to host the 81st Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelan. The Kann...

Momentous literary meet

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 12:57 AM PST

The three-day 81st Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelan, to be held at Shravanabelagola from February 1, will be significant in the history of Karnataka

Riders snatch gold chain from woman in Rajarajeshwari Nagar

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:04 AM PST

Two men on motorcycles stole a gold chain from a woman in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on Friday.Sujatha (53) was on her way to a relative's house on BEML Road near Best Club when the duo approache...

Traffic on Hebbal flyover disrupted as SUV overturns

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:58 AM PST

Traffic on the busy Hebbal flyover leading to the airport was disrupted for 45 minutes on Saturday morning when a speeding SUV lost control and overturned on the flyover, causing a huge traffic ja...

Malayalam actor Chacko among 5 held on drug charge in Kochi

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:06 AM PST

A Malayalam actor and four women were arrested in Kochi for allegedly possessing narcotics, police said on Saturday. On a tip off, the police raided the flat in Kadavanthara on Friday ni...

'Plenty of growth opportunities await Cost and Management Accountants'

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 12:17 AM PST

Union Ministers Bandaru Dattatreya and Y.S.Chowdary on Saturday highlighted the opportunities that await cost and management accountants as the country gets set to take the high growth trajectory...

Cotton farmers stage demo at Enumamula

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 12:15 AM PST

Tension prevailed at Enumamula agriculture market with hundreds of cotton farmers staging demonstration demanding procurement that was stalled on Friday. BJP leader A. Ashok reddy was arr...

She’s got the moves

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 11:56 PM PST

Life has been a series of unexpected twists and turns for homemaker-turned-happening choreographer Sajna Najam

Aam Aadmi Party manifesto

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 12:32 AM PST

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday released the poll manifesto for the Delhi Assembly elections. The party promised to ensure all round development of Delhi to make it a global city. H...

Australia to fund free spectacles for Hudhud victims

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 11:43 PM PST

Australian Consulate General in Chennai will provide replacement glasses for members of socio-economically disadvantaged communities who lost their glasses when Cyclone Hudhud hit the Visakhapatna...

Elderly woman dies of swine flu in Ongole

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 11:31 PM PST

Death toll goes up to three in Prakasam

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