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- Online voting not possible in near future: Quraishi
- Obamas reach Delhi
- US fighters scrambled after Twitter bomb threats
- Mumbai’s ear cleaners
- Rockets kill 30 in Ukrainian city as rebels launch offensive
- Explosion shakes Afghan capital, police expect casualties
- LIVE: Modi receives the Obamas in Delhi
- U.N. team to visit Pakistan to assess JuD funds freeze
- Abe 'speechless' after video claims IS hostage dead
- Maran ready for debate if Gurumurthy proves charges
- Thousands of Yemenis stage biggest anti-Houthi protest in Sanaa
- A simple device to curb female foeticide
- Much-awaited moment for Haryana students
- Obamas to observe dietary restraint
- Consensus then, roadblock now
- Obama-Modi talks: Bid to go beyond defence sales
- Death penalty won’t solve terror: Ayesha Jalal
- Maletha’s women spearhead campaign against stone crushers
- JuD remains proscribed since 2008: Pakistan Foreign Office
- Sunday Anchor: Believing and seeing
- Arundhathi Subramaniam wins poetry prize
- British lawyer on track to complete mission to help Indian widows
- Mutinies are also social movements, says Naipaul
- Take failures in your stride: Kalam
- NGT order may leave Goa wine festival high and dry
- Not everyone in Pakistan a terrorist, says Rajnath
- Ramdev, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar decline Padma award
- Maharashtra ATS nabs hacker in Kolhapur
- Badrinath portals to open on April 26
- ‘Bihar polls will be fought on Modi charisma’
- ‘Women can seek more maintenance under DV Act’
- Amarinder vows to expose BJP’s double-talk on drugs issue
- Optimism ahead of second Modi-Obama summit
- Goyal says coal auctions to fetch States $100 billion
- ‘Saffronising’ the censors?
- When a ‘pop-godman’ played himself
- Why banning 'MSG' could be wrong
- Nine platoons to take part in R-Day parade
- ‘Develop parking plan when sanctioning building’
- Icons of Coimbatore awards presented
- Brother-in-law acquitted of rape charge
- Fringe elements orchestrating ghar vapsi reined in: Bedi
- Hyderabad today
- Airtel services disrupted for six hours
- Metro girders pile up due to delay in widening roads
- Free skill training for youth
- Tight security in city
- ‘A much-awaited campaign’
- ‘Child labour rampant in urban areas too’
- Cycle rally marks Road Safety Week
- No takers for paddy driers
- Bankruptcy in BJP leadership: Digvijaya
- Utsav turns out to be a damp squib
- ‘College of Excellence’ status for St. Philomena’s
- New plastic voter card
- Badrinath portals to open on April 26
- Security guards seek insurance cover
- Cleaning of Teppakulam to begin soon
- Siddha university dream still remains a mirage
- Stop making weapons and aiding goondas, DYFI tells IUML
- ‘My statement has been misinterpreted’
- Small contractors will not be able to bid for tender: association
- Meet CMRL’s only women drivers
- Home Guards plant 100 saplings
- AAP leads in poll code violations
- AAP promises free education till Class XII
- ‘Carnival of words’ begins on a grand note
- Consultations on pay panel recommendations soon
- Kochi today
- ormer Gujarat DGP to appear before court
- Encroachments, lack of city bus services irk E.B. Road residents
- Traffic restrictions for Republic Day celebrations
- Welcome Obama, says school
- Microcredit no panacea for poverty: study
- Cheyutha for kin of two constables
- Session on dispute resolution
- ‘Machilipatnam coast suitable for marine police headquarters’
- Farmers get e-Kisaan tablets
- Panaji bypoll: BJP candidate files papers
- Trains to have additional coaches
- Two Russian youths detained in Odisha
- Maharashtra ATS nabs hacker in Kolhapur
- Guides distributed to students
- Sivagiri farmer bags award
- Panel sought to renovate Tiruvannamalai temple
- Ex-Mayors against Corporation’s division
- NCW chief records Birbhum torture victim’s statement
- Poor response to health app
- Veteran actor V.S. Raghavan dies
- ‘Incubation and innovation centres in colleges soon’
- Speech, jokes, cheers and laughter
- Not invited for R-Day: Kejriwal
- ‘I insist on a decent script’
- KCR back in Secretariat
- Factions offer prayers at Thrikkunnathu church
- Awards announced
- “Cultivate healthy habits for stress management”
- ‘Plans afoot to improve water management system’
- Visakhapatnam Today
- Two Italians acquitted of compatriot’s murder
- Organic farming catches ryots’ fancy
- RTC depot restores link to Agency
- Bible Mission annual convention to begin on Jan. 27
- Biodiversity Board to make sure benefits reach villages
- Political leaders blamed for sorry state of affairs in KIMS
- P.C. George takes on Mani’s son
- 100 Krishi Bhavans to procure farm produce
- CBI arrests Seashore chief’s brother
- ‘Women can seek more maintenance under DV Act’
- Teacher Educators stage demonstration
- ERODE
- Cable TV operators suspend operations for fee hike
- State has overcome challenges in IT: CM
- TMC MLA goes against party line
- Saving Ganga a mere slogan now: water expert
- Is there a criminal case against Siddaramaiah, asks Digvijaya
- Slum children battle it out with corporate bigwigs
- The Hindu launches ‘Jewels of The Noyyal’
- BJP attempts to woo Jat community
- Cold conditions prevail
- HLF: poetry recital session a big draw
- Girls have proved they are second to none, says Minister
- UDF wins Ernakulam Milma unit polls
- CM to open Games Village
- Sharpen communication skills, update knowledge, law college students told
- Hospitality sector in growth mode
- Assert your rights, girls told
- A hero caught in red tape
- Man kills friend for insurance benefits
- Uncertainty over power tariff hike
- This strikes a chord
- KSSIDC to set up more industrial estates
- ‘Kiran Bedi aired pro-BJP views in IAC days’
- CPI to lead struggle
- Panel takes over management of Odisha Olympic body’s properties
- Ramdev, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar decline Padma award
- Midnight heist in Krishnagiri bank
- Left protests Obama’s visit
- Organs harvested
- Wheels of misfortune
- Left parties hold rallies against Obama’s visit
- Over next 2 years, Sony to release 200 hrs. of classical music
- ‘School of surgeons’ in State taking final shape
- Philanthropist’s birth centenary celebrated
- Coimbatore Today
- ‘I will not let you down’
- Obama visit: pollution level ‘hazardous’ in Delhi
- A milestone for ‘Jeevandan’
- Low crude price comes as a boon to KSRTC
- Man held on murder charge
- Kadakampally Surendran is CPI(M) district secretary
- Banana price drops due to huge arrival
- ‘Adopting Araku for looting bauxite’
- Urs-e-shareef concludes
- National Voters’ Day today
- Life shouldn’t be spoilt by a virus, says survivor
- SFI plans protest
- Drawing event on Monday
- Apolitical groups seize the initiative
- A.C. Moideen Thrissur secretary
- Two bomb blasts in Imphal
- Not everyone in Pak. a terrorist, says Rajnath
- Marriage of minor girl stoppped in village
- Killed in accident
- PDS records open for social audit
- For better knowledge of cancer
- Judges honoured
- IIMB team develops software to interpret risks during pregnancy
- For better treatment of kidney disease
- 25 injured as buses collide
- Communal divide sets campaign tone
- ‘When Marco Polo saw elephants there was a mesh of cultures’
- Passion, interest should guide decisions in higher education, say experts
- Move to relocate statue draws protests
- ‘Black money has shifted to other destinations’
- The first batch of JNNURM buses for 12 districts arrives
- Tiruchi today
- Another suspected case of swine flu
- School opened in Koyyuru mandal
- ‘Reward police officials who strived for Telangana statehood’
- Officials gear up to prevent forest fire
- ‘Masula Yuva Mahotsav’ from January 28
- A(H1N1): Health Dept. kicks off awareness drive
- Centenary event from Jan. 29
- Smartest feminist heroine, stupidest thief
- National seminar on history
- Maoists’ bid to blow up rail track
- NGT order may leave Goa wine festival high and dry
- Don’t neglect viral fever: Collector
- ICAI readies draft syllabus
- Human chain to create voting awareness
- Plaque for Art. 51A: engineers salute 11 values in statute
- Gowda gets tough on dissidents
- 1 killed, 4 injured in fire
- Accused confesses of raping lecturer
- CEO for “fair opportunities” on Delhi Metro
- IMA wants ESIC to continue medical education
- Varsities fail ‘Shodhganga’
- Cusat syndicate nod to setting up of cameras
- ‘Police cannot arrest every other accused’
- Wheelchair path at Raj Bhavan
- RTC nets additional Rs. 30 crore
- Sea water breaches beach road again
- TS gets into top gear to tackle swine flu
- Pat for police
- Guilt drives woman to return stolen baby
- Four tigers shifted to rescue centre
- Left parties oppose Obama’s visit
- Musician plans album for women’s cause
- Role of mediation in conflict resolution stressed
- Hooda hails ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign
- Microcredit no panacea for poverty: study
- Alagappa University Convocation on January 29
- Dharmapuri GH to commission LOP to attain self-sufficiency
- DRDO develops indigenous technology for army tanks
- Three persons acquitted
- Have crackdowns made a difference?
- Waiting game continues for BJP-backed lawyers
- Leaks found in Metro trains
- Teacher trainers protest against sudden transfer
- Engagements for Sunday, Jan. 24
- Court records statements of two cops in Uber case
- Husain Mir on translations
- New rules at airport to curb smuggling
- Protest against Land Acquisition Act
- Coir expo from February 1
- Other States’ nod necessary for special status, says Venkaiah
- Suspected Maoists ‘blow up’ rail tracks
- TS to upgrade SWAN bandwidth
- Police on the ‘write’ track!
- BJP membership drive evokes good response in Kadapa
- A real feast for the eyes
- ‘Hospitals can do without doctors, not nurses’
- Expectations a tad too high
- Tidal waves wreak havoc in Alappuzha, Thrissur districts
- Law and order better in U.P. than other States: Akhilesh
- Students on a ‘green and clean’ mission
- Special classes for school students a cause for worry
- Learn fundamentals of science, students told
- Four held for planning to make country-made bombs
- Around the city
- Report on rejuvenating Congress by Feb. 15
- 21-year-old killed as SETC bus overturns
- Case registered against wardens
- No rift within party: AAP
- On a spiritual note…
- Let’s do our bit to fight cancer: Kamal
- Archbishop deplores Ghar Vapsi
- ‘Silent’ mobile phone that helps to catch robber
- Accused arrested
- Fresh row over Nagarjunasagar waters: Uma rebuts Harish Rao’s charges
- SAMEER project in trouble again
- Villagers fell 700 trees in Forest Minister’s district
- Issue of passes: donors seek a fair deal at Arasavalli temple
- Ryots protest banks’ move to auction gold
- Google cannot replace teachers, says UGC Vice-Chairman
- Vegetable cutter, palm climbers main attractions
- Uduma panchayat office, bus attacked
- R-Day celebrations at Punalur
- Street children spell out ways for juvenile justice system
- Midnight heist at bank in Krishnagiri
- Six child labourers rescued
- Cable operators black out transmission
- Sunbeam student wins State-level boxing contest
- The coast is clear and join us, youths told
- R-Day celebrations: 3,740 cops deployed
- Six IAS officials transferred
- HC strikes down appointment of TNPCB member-secretary
- Elaborate security arrangements for R-Day
- Comments read out of context, says Kejriwal
- Inside an architectural marvel
- R-Day: 48 vehicles seized, 11 apprehended
- Make use of creamy layer benefits, says panel chief
- Left opposes Obama’s visit
- Stroke patients: meet lays stress on nurses’ role
- BJP wants more districts to be created
- ‘New ports only after capacity utilisation of existing ones’
- 28 KU students booked
- Time to follow traditions: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind
- Teacher booked under Nirbhaya Act
- Doctorate conferred
- Divergent views on Western Ghats report
- Mini civil station inaugurated at Chittur
- Kollam gets an indoor shooting range
- Arundhathi Subramaniam wins poetry prize
- Dubbed Hindi soaps find huge following in State
- CPI, CPI(M) cadres protest Obama visit to India
- Block Resource Teachers’ transfer triggers protest
- Scotland medical university to collaborate with Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth
- Assistant Public Prosecutor in Lokayukta net
- Reject Shanta Kumar panel recommendations: Karunanidhi
- Left parties against Obama’s visit
- ‘Law and order better in U.P. than other States’
- A satire on happy homes
- Assess building damage, rid yourself of boredom, fly a drone
- Old-age homes for all districts
- Blackout as cable TV operators strike work
- Campaign for art cinema flagged off
- ‘Vijayawada-Masula four-laning may be delayed’
- Coastal security is grossly inadequate, says analyst
- Overwhelming response to The Hindu quiz
- ‘Be proud of being born as a girl’
- Woman held on charge of attempt to steal baby
- Hazare slams ordinance route for land acquisition Act
- 884 Banjara tandas to soon become revenue villages
- Saseendran’s kin seek probe in graft cases
- Office-bearers
- Take failures in your stride: Kalam
- Barge runs aground
- Security tightened
- Death toll in accident rises to five
- Another cycle of heritage drive
- ‘Militant was involved in killing of Adivasis’
- To continue or not in NDA, PMK will decide on Feb. 15
- Amarinder vows to expose BJP’s double-talk
- HRD Ministry questions DU’s preparations for credit transfer scheme
- Kids were monitored, thrashed for ‘poor performance’
- Students to play key role in plastic waste disposal
- Madurai today
- FRIENDS counters in disarray, yet again
- Left parties protest Obama’s visit
- Colourful fanfare in Vizag
- ‘Old dues of ISL yet to be cleared’
- ‘Aksharabhyasam’ performed at temples on Vasanta Panchami
- Award for Prakasam district Collector
- Officials told to pay pending wages to pourakarmikas
- ACF facing problems
- CPI(M) Kannur district meet to begin on Thursday
- Proper parenting vital to ensure discipline: judge
- British lawyer on track to complete mission to help Indian widows
- Cane farmer’s kin protest
- Voters’ Day today
- Magistrate prohibits vehicle movement through burial ground
- Selling cakes for the cause of stray dogs
- Jayalalithaa’s gesture to Bengal gymnast
- ‘Beti Bachao’ campaign hailed
- TS approves report on agri marketing reforms
- Kochi must increase green cover, go for CNG vehicles: Minister
- Unusual by-election will end proxy rule, says Stalin
- Floats lined up for Republic Day parade
- Robbery accused nabbed
- All set for Brahmotsavams at Cheruvugattu
- Stage set for Ratha Saptami tomorrow
- TDP appeals for unanimous election
- Left parties stage protest opposing Obama’s visit
- Pathan brothers steal the show
- Aryadan to take the salute at R-Day parade
- CPI(M) district meet concludes
- Bihar polls will be fought on Modi charisma, says Amit Shah
- Dravidian parties trying ‘Thirumangalam formula’
- Exercise your right to vote, says Vice-Chancellor
- Four students arrested
- A painter’s take on Aadu Jeevitham
- Public grievances meeting
- Swamy hopes Ram temple will be built at Ayodhya
- 24-hour fever helpline created
- Now, Ola follows Uber’s lead
- TPCC to protest against land acquisition ordinance
- Govt. mulling dry-dock at Naval Ship Repair Yard
- ‘Centre wants PCPIR in Mangaluru’
- CPI, CPI(M) cadre held
- ALC’s commerce wing hogs limelight on sports day
- Young change-makers to present their ideas
- Insurance employees to stage protests
- Gain command over subjects, students told
- Paritala Ravi’s services recalled
- ‘Lead Prayana’ kicks off
- A long-pending demand
- Rabid dog attacks 11 persons
- Mutinies are also social movements, says Naipaul
- Honour killing suspected in woman’s death
- Call to emulate values of Vallalar and Gandhiji
- Left party functionaries stage protest against US President’s visit
- Fighting to give Azhikode his due
- Traffic arrangements for Republic Day
- ‘Start using public transport’
- “Govt. should consult High Court before appointing law officers”
- Deadline for EWS admissions extended
- Discoms seek time till month-end for filing ARRs
- Biennale fascinates Qatari art students
- Netas stay away from Kisan Samsath
- BJP candidate, five others file nomination papers
- SIDS adds more feathers to its cap
- Transit homes for slum-dwellers await funding
- BCs put TS govt. on notice over fee reimbursement
- Exhibition on ancient Sanskrit books begins
- ‘Single Desk’ for speedy clearance to industries
- Poor rainfall attributed to climate change
- Industrialists irked by CM’s ‘disregard’
- Medical college at General Hospital sought
- Cinema
- Maharashtra to buy London house where Ambedkar lived
- Three tonnes of flowers sent from Salem to adorn Tirupathi Temple
- ‘Increase sales of khadi, village industries products’
- Torch rally, human chain mark missionary’s entry into India
- All-party meet exhorts parties to eschew violence
- This is a positive step, says DULT Commissioner
- 19 fresh swine flu cases in Delhi
- Fake currency notes seized, two held
- ‘Tremors in city a one-off event’
- Panel to fight for students’ cause
- GCDA chairman refutes allegations of corruption
- Teaching traffic lessons through cartoons and orientation
- Farmers advised to sell maize soon after harvest
- VMC mulls property tax revision
- Do your bit for sanitation, says Commissioner
- KTR slams Ponnala for his remarks against KCR
- A ‘Yatra’ to highlight Yoga, its benefits
- Paddy regains pride of place in W. G.
- Foundation stone for study centre
- ‘Clean your offices for R-Day’
- Agri-tourism will benefit Wayanad: VC
- Maletha’s women spearhead campaign against stone crushers
- Controlled eco-tourism mooted in 21 islands in Gulf of Mannar
- Applications invited
- Held under Goondas Act
- Microcredit no panacea for poverty: study
- Hundreds join peaceful ‘Je suis Muslim’ rally in Sydney
- Consensus on implementing 13th amendment: Ranil
- Brazil: 3,00,000 left without water
- Japan holds emergency meeting over new IS hostages video
- World leaders pay tribute to Saudi king Abdullah
- SC faults police, acquits two Italian tourists of murder
- Dolphin dies after rescue efforts prove futile
- UP govt. officials disappointed at cancellation of Obama visit
- Cameron: U.K.-India ties now stronger, deeper
- TN sets up swine flu call centre
- Queen Elizabeth II is now world’s oldest monarch
- Bengaluru Today
- Six arrested for transporting cattle to slaughter houses illegally
- Progressive farmers get eKisaan tablets
- Fire at vegetable market
- Bodo militant caught in Bengaluru
- Passion and interests should guide decisions in higher education
- Spanish police arrest 4 suspected militants
- Commuters demand FOB at Tirusulam railway station
- Maharashtra to buy Ambedkar’s London house
- Battle for Karpoori Thakur's legacy on in Bihar
- Victory for Kalaburagi pourakarmikas
- Centre keen on setting up urea plant in State: Ananth Kumar
- ‘Centre keen on PCPIR in Mangaluru’
- Hawala racket busted
- The design of success
- 28 KU students booked for campus violence
- A stretch paved with problems
- Obama leaves for India
- Twin Baghdad bombings kill 7
- SFI to protest on January 28
- Egypt court overturns 37 death sentences
- CM honours judges who delivered judgements in Kannada
- Track two dialogue with BJP on, says PDP
- Telugu film industry bids tearful farewell to MS Narayana
- Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia’s son dies
- City Union Bank net profit up 15% in Q3
- College girl killed, 14 injured in bus accident near Chennai
- Kejriwal not invited for R-Day parade, wants to attend
- Tight security for R-Day celebrations
- At least 34 dead in Bangladesh violence
- Left parties protest Obama’s India visit
- NIA clears ‘Hizbul militant’ Liaquat Shah of terror charges
- 15 killed in eastern Ukraine shelling
- Attempt to lift fuselage of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 fails
- Health Dept kicks off H1N1 awareness drive in Raichur
- BEML’s flowery gift to KGF
- Bus crew urged to be aware, responsible
- Businessman robbed in Bengaluru
- Juvenile kite brings Metro to a brief halt
- Pakistan curbs on JuD ‘significant’, says Army
- Sea ingress damages road in Visakhapatnam
- Odisha company director held in chit fund scam
- Girls got to be more ‘appropriate’?
- Between safety and taboo
- ‘Parents should be first persons a child should turn to for help’
- ‘There are no shortcuts to building relationships’
- SCs to lay down their lives demanding internal reservation
- Files at Mandya TP office gutted in fire
- Shivanna is the new VC of UAS-B
- Speak about Bhopal disaster when in India, Amnesty urges Obama
- 12-kg gold stolen in Krishnagiri bank heist
- Jayalalithaa grants Rs 5 lakh for Bengal gymnast fighting for life
- Congress manifesto for the Delhi Assembly election
| Online voting not possible in near future: Quraishi Posted: 24 Jan 2015 10:39 PM PST Former Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi on Sunday said internet voting may not be possible in the country, at least in the near future, for security reasons-of the internet as well as the... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 10:32 PM PST U.S. President Obama and his wife Michelle Obama touched down in New Delhi on Sunday morning, for a visit that is historic and full of symbolism, and to a big hug from Prime Minister Narendra Modi,... |
| US fighters scrambled after Twitter bomb threats Posted: 24 Jan 2015 09:09 PM PST U.S. officials scrambled two F-16 fighter jets to shadow a pair of commercial airliners after bomb threats were made on Friday against the flights on the social network Twitter. The planes... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 08:57 PM PST Mumbai, the largest city in India, is known to accommodate all kinds of major and minor professions — even those that have little relevance today, like traditional ear cleaning. |
| Rockets kill 30 in Ukrainian city as rebels launch offensive Posted: 24 Jan 2015 08:31 PM PST Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, schools, homes and shops on Saturday in Ukraine's southeastern city of Mariupol, killing at least 30 people, authorities said. The Ukrainian presi... |
| Explosion shakes Afghan capital, police expect casualties Posted: 24 Jan 2015 08:06 PM PST Afghan police say a truck has exploded on the outskirts of the capital, possibly causing casualties in the first attack in Kabul for almost three weeks. The head of the criminal investigati... |
| LIVE: Modi receives the Obamas in Delhi Posted: 24 Jan 2015 10:48 PM PST He will head for Rashtrapati Bhavan where the Cabinet Ministers and Delhi Lieutenant-Governor will welcome him. |
| U.N. team to visit Pakistan to assess JuD funds freeze Posted: 24 Jan 2015 07:13 PM PST These visits are routine and not on-site inspections, says spokesperson in Islamabad |
| Abe 'speechless' after video claims IS hostage dead Posted: 24 Jan 2015 08:42 PM PST IS had threatened to behead the Japanese men within 72 hours unless it received a $200 million in ransom. |
| Maran ready for debate if Gurumurthy proves charges Posted: 24 Jan 2015 02:04 PM PST Former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran said here on Saturday that he was ready for an open debate with auditor S. Gurumurthy on the BSNL telephone exchange case if the latter proved his allegations... |
| Thousands of Yemenis stage biggest anti-Houthi protest in Sanaa Posted: 24 Jan 2015 02:02 PM PST Thousands rally in support of Hadi, denouncing Houthis; President quit on Thursday over Houthi control of Sanaa; Some provincial authorities say not taking orders from Sanaa |
| A simple device to curb female foeticide Posted: 24 Jan 2015 02:02 PM PST A simple set top box is helping to prevent sex determination and female foeticide. Taking its cue from Jhajjar, which had the worst sex ratio among the districts of Haryana before staging a... |
| Much-awaited moment for Haryana students Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:54 PM PST The U.S. embassy has invited them to share their research on space debris with Obama |
| Obamas to observe dietary restraint Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:50 PM PST Ingredients, edibles for meals were flown to the capital in several batches from the U.S. |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:54 PM PST Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress routinely claim in private a broad political consensus in India regarding the country's relations with the United States, but the devil... |
| Obama-Modi talks: Bid to go beyond defence sales Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:58 PM PST Defence cooperation is likely to be the key outcome of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to India. An announcement may be made for the local production of mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) a... |
| Death penalty won’t solve terror: Ayesha Jalal Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:32 PM PST The lifting of moratorium on death penalty in Pakistan had been demanded by the military high command for a long time, said Pakistani academic Ayesha Jalal at a seminar here on Saturday.The... |
| Maletha’s women spearhead campaign against stone crushers Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:32 PM PST Sita Devi is on a fast-unto-death to demand cancellation of licences |
| JuD remains proscribed since 2008: Pakistan Foreign Office Posted: 24 Jan 2015 07:39 PM PST Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam speaks to The Hindu's diplomatic editor Suhasini Haidar on the controversy surrounding restrictions imposed on the Jamaat-ud-Dawa: |
| Sunday Anchor: Believing and seeing Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:16 PM PST With new censor Board members being appointed by the BJP government, the film industry is divided on whether certain ideologies and beliefs might begin to dictate censorship. Never mind this is no... |
| Arundhathi Subramaniam wins poetry prize Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:17 PM PST Poet Arundhathi Subramaniam on Saturday won the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry for her work When God is a Traveller.The winner was announced at a prize ceremony... |
| British lawyer on track to complete mission to help Indian widows Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:15 PM PST British lawyer Chris Parsons, who is on a mission to walk 1,260 km from Mumbai to Bengaluru to raise funds for poor Indian widows and their children, has covered over 500 km, and is reported to be... |
| Mutinies are also social movements, says Naipaul Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:13 PM PST 'Think of it in smaller ways' |
| Take failures in your stride: Kalam Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:12 PM PST Mr. Kalam's simple mantra for the young brigade was to keep away from 'negative' people. |
| NGT order may leave Goa wine festival high and dry Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:10 PM PST A four-day annual wine and lifestyle festival organised by the Goa government could turn out to be a wine festival minus the wine on Monday, the fourth and final day, after the National Green Trib... |
| Not everyone in Pakistan a terrorist, says Rajnath Posted: 24 Jan 2015 12:55 PM PST Voices against terrorism do rise from time to time in Pakistan but successive governments in that country have failed to curb the scourge, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. "... |
| Ramdev, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar decline Padma award Posted: 24 Jan 2015 12:55 PM PST Yoga guru Ramdev and spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar have declined any Padma award for them reportedly being considered by the government on the occasion of the 66th Republic Day. I... |
| Maharashtra ATS nabs hacker in Kolhapur Posted: 24 Jan 2015 12:53 PM PST Acting on a tip-off from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the Kolhapur unit of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) nabbed a hacker from Kolhapur district on Saturday who reported... |
| Badrinath portals to open on April 26 Posted: 24 Jan 2015 12:52 PM PST Portals of the Himalayan shrine of Badrinath, which is dedicated to the worship of Lord Vishnu, will open on April 26, this year.Ganesh Godiyal, president of the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple C... |
| ‘Bihar polls will be fought on Modi charisma’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 12:52 PM PST Defends projection of Kiran Bedi as party's CM face in Delhi |
| ‘Women can seek more maintenance under DV Act’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 12:50 PM PST Even if an aggrieved woman has been given maintenance under any law, she can seek further maintenance under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act of 2005, the Aurangabad Bench of the B... |
| Amarinder vows to expose BJP’s double-talk on drugs issue Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:21 PM PST With the party rank and file as well as people from the "holy city" responding to his call for a show of strength, Congress's Deputy Leader in Parliament Amarinder Singh on Saturday vowed to "compl... |
| Optimism ahead of second Modi-Obama summit Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:39 PM PST Modi will not accompany U.S. President to Rajghat |
| Goyal says coal auctions to fetch States $100 billion Posted: 24 Jan 2015 11:22 AM PST Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal has asserted that investors need have no concern over the ordinance route taken by the Centre for the auction of coal blocks and the entire process will genera... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:46 PM PST File tatkal nahi mil rahi hain (File is not readily traceable). These words can be found scribbled across a white board which greets visitors to the office of the Central Boar... |
| When a ‘pop-godman’ played himself Posted: 24 Jan 2015 10:44 AM PST Cinema in India has been about hero worship and the hero of The Messenger of God, Gurmeet Ram Rahim, is not new to being worshipped… |
| Why banning 'MSG' could be wrong Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:47 PM PST 'Going to a movie, especially in India, requires some suspension of disbelief' |
| Nine platoons to take part in R-Day parade Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST Minister for Social Justice and Panchayats M.K. Muneer will receive the Republic Day salute at the Captain Vikram Maidan at West Hill here at 8.30 a.m. on Monday.Nine platoons will take part... |
| ‘Develop parking plan when sanctioning building’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST While welcoming the move to charge for parking and even suggesting that the cost per hour be up to Rs. 50 for cars, urban expert V. Ravichander believes the BBMP should develop a comprehensive park... |
| Icons of Coimbatore awards presented Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST Icons of Coimbatore award ceremony 2015 was organised by Rathinam College of Arts and Science, Eachanari, on Thursday. The ceremony was organised to recognise the persons who were instrumental in r... |
| Brother-in-law acquitted of rape charge Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:18 PM PST A Delhi court has acquitted a man of sexually assaulting his sister-in-law at his home as the victim as well as her sister and wife of the accused, who had called the police, backed out on their st... |
| Fringe elements orchestrating ghar vapsi reined in: Bedi Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi has said that fringe elements in the Sangh Parivar orchestrating the campaign for 'ghar vapsi' (homecoming) by reconverting Christians and Muslims, have... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST RELIGION Sri Ramana Kendram Talk on the life and teachings of Sri Ramana Maharishi, Ramana Kendram, Batakammakunta, near Tilaknagar crossroads, Shivam Road, 9 a.m. |
| Airtel services disrupted for six hours Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:51 PM PST Cell phones of mobile telephony major, Airtel, fell silent in Hyderabad since 6 a.m. on Saturday morning with what was termed a systemic failure of its network. Till around noon, the situation was... |
| Metro girders pile up due to delay in widening roads Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST Casting of girders at DMRC yard slows down |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST The Seshasayee Institute of Technology here is providing skill training to youth under its community college scheme.Selected by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to provi... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Police have made elaborate security arrangements for the smooth conduct of Republic Day (RD) celebrations being conducted for the first time in Andhra Pradesh at the new-look Indira Gandhi Municipa... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' should start from within |
| ‘Child labour rampant in urban areas too’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Encouraging child labour would only be inviting a bad future, observed Prof. D. Balakrishna of NALSAR University.Addressing the students at KITS College here on Saturday, he said there were... |
| Cycle rally marks Road Safety Week Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST The Chittoor police on Saturday launched an impressive cycle rally to mark the ongoing Road Safety Week, with the participation of District Collector Siddarth Jain, Superintendent of Police Ghattam... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 07:15 PM PST The government's decision to purchase paddy driers on a war-footing will only drain the exchequer further and hardly help farmers, as most of them in the Krishna Western Delta have completed harves... |
| Bankruptcy in BJP leadership: Digvijaya Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:02 PM PST The Congress is 'surprised' at the selection of Kiran Bedi as its Chief Ministerial candidate for Delhi, and it only spoke of the 'bankruptcy' in BJP leadership, said Digvijaya Singh, AICC general... |
| Utsav turns out to be a damp squib Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST The organisers were less enthusiastic on the second day of Durgotsava – 2015 on Saturday following the cancellation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's visit.Fancy dress and cooking competition... |
| ‘College of Excellence’ status for St. Philomena’s Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST St. Philomena's College has been conferred with the status of 'College of Excellence' (CE) by the University Grants Commission (UGC) following the 'College with Potential for Excellence' (CPE) stat... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST : A function to mark the inauguration of issue of new plastic (PVC) Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) to replace the current laminated paper card will be held here on January 25.The event... |
| Badrinath portals to open on April 26 Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST Portals of the Himalayan shrine of Badrinath, which is dedicated to the worship of Lord Vishnu, will open on April 26, this year.Ganesh Godiyal, president of the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple C... |
| Security guards seek insurance cover Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST A zonal meeting of private security guards, affiliated to Tamil Nadu Security Thozhilalar Sangham, called upon the government and the bank managements to give adequate insurance cover to those secu... |
| Cleaning of Teppakulam to begin soon Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST Thanks to appreciable scale of public contribution, Gobichettipalayam Municipality has initiated measures to clean up the 'Teppakulam' along the Hanumantharaya Street.Pollution... |
| Siddha university dream still remains a mirage Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:36 PM PST As their dream of having a sprawling campus and upgrading their college into a university still remains a mirage, the students of Government Siddha Medical College here have displayed their 'dream... |
| Stop making weapons and aiding goondas, DYFI tells IUML Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST Peace will return to Nadapuram and its adjoining areas only if Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) shuts down its weapons manufacturing units and stops encouraging goondas in the rural areas of the d... |
| ‘My statement has been misinterpreted’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST After triggering a controversy in the party circles with his reported comments on Friday, Trinamool Congress MP Debabrata Bandyopadhyay on Saturday said he had never said that the leadership was sl... |
| Small contractors will not be able to bid for tender: association Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST Fifty-six roads have been shortlisted for the new pay-and-park scheme under a single package, which is unscientific, Karnataka Pay and Park Contractors Association said on Saturday. Working preside... |
| Meet CMRL’s only women drivers Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:41 PM PST 20-something Preethi and Jayashree can't wait to get started |
| Home Guards plant 100 saplings Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST The Coimbatore City Home Guards have set a target to plant 5,000 saplings in schools, colleges, government establishments, industries and public places in 2015.Towards achieving the target,... |
| AAP leads in poll code violations Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST Over 120 FIRs have been registered against political parties for violating the model code of conduct that is in place ahead of the Delhi polls. Out of which, 55 are against the Aam Aadmi Party, 24... |
| AAP promises free education till Class XII Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said he would ensure free education in all government schools till Class XII and open 500 new schools if AAP was voted to power in the upcoming Assembly pol... |
| ‘Carnival of words’ begins on a grand note Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST Hyderabad's very own 'carnival of words' began on a grand note as the young and the old with a literary bent of mind thronged the Hyderabad Public School in Begumpet. On the first day of the Hy... |
| Consultations on pay panel recommendations soon Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST A high power committee constituted by the Telangana government will set in motion the process of consulting 60 to 70 service associations on the recommendations of the 10th Pay Revision Commission... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:43 PM PST GENERAL BPCL Kochi Refinery: All Kerala painting competition for schoolchildren in connection with the 'Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight' celebrations; Sacred Heart Co... |
| ormer Gujarat DGP to appear before court Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:13 PM PST Criminal case relating to defamation petition |
| Encroachments, lack of city bus services irk E.B. Road residents Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST A long-pending demand of residents of the city for an assured city bus link with East Boulevard Road is yet to be fulfilled. Although some step or other is taken from time to time for the operation... |
| Traffic restrictions for Republic Day celebrations Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST The City Police has imposed traffic restrictions from 6 a.m. to 12 noon on Monday, in view of the Republic Day celebrations in which Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Welcoming the three-day trip of US President Barack Obama to India, students and teachers of M.P.U.P. School, Yendada designed a unique rangoli representing the flags of both the countries on the s... |
| Microcredit no panacea for poverty: study Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:19 PM PST Six studies in four continents also reveal that small loans had no impact on women's empowerment |
| Cheyutha for kin of two constables Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Superintendent of Police AK Jha gave away a cheque of Rs 1.5 lakh each to families of two constables who died on duty. Constable working in Armed Reserve wing N Ramaswamy and civil constable G Ling... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST A two-day session on 'Alternative Dispute Resolution' began here under the aegis of the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) on Saturday. Inaugurating the session at the Collectorate, noted law... |
| ‘Machilipatnam coast suitable for marine police headquarters’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:46 PM PST It is official. The State Home Ministry has realised that the Machilipatnam coast is a suitable location to set up headquarters of the State marine police wing."The marine police headquarter... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:07 PM PST It provides data on IT-enabled agriculture, health |
| Panaji bypoll: BJP candidate files papers Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST Siddarth Kuncoliekar, former Joint Secretary to the former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, on Saturday filed his nomination papers as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for the byelection to the... |
| Trains to have additional coaches Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Railways will continue temporary augmentation of coaches on the following express trains. The 16649/16650 Mangaluru- Nagercoil- Mangaluru Parasuram Express will be augmented with an AC chair car an... |
| Two Russian youths detained in Odisha Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:17 PM PST Two Russians were handed over to the police by people at Niali in Cuttack after they were found travelling in an open truck. The Puri police on Saturday began their process of verification.T... |
| Maharashtra ATS nabs hacker in Kolhapur Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST Acting on a tip-off from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the Kolhapur unit of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS)nabbed a hacker from Kolhapur district on Saturday who reportedly... |
| Guides distributed to students Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:14 PM PST There has been a growing awareness among the school students about their career prospects and it is being reflected in the increase in the pass percentage and quality performance in the public exam... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST A septuagenarian farmer K.P. Duraisamy of Thatharakadu village, near Sivagiri in Kodumudi block of Erode district, has emerged first in the State-level Crop Yield Competition for 2013-14 by achievi... |
| Panel sought to renovate Tiruvannamalai temple Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST The Hindu Munnani District President T.S.Shankar demanded that the government constitute a renovation committee giving a facelift to Sri Arunachaleswarar Temple after a gap of more than 12 years. |
| Ex-Mayors against Corporation’s division Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST Say more regions must be added to the civic body |
| NCW chief records Birbhum torture victim’s statement Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST Whatever be the nature of politics, a woman cannot be harassed in such a manner, National Commission for Woman (NCW) chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam, who met the woman allegedly tortured by the... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST Initiative hit by lack of coordination between govt. bodies |
| Veteran actor V.S. Raghavan dies Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Veteran film and theatre actor, V.S. Raghavan, 90, died on Saturday after battling pancreatic cancer. He is survived by two sons.Mr. Raghavan had the distinction of acting in more than 1,000... |
| ‘Incubation and innovation centres in colleges soon’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST 89th Founders' Day of PSG and Sons' Charities celebrated |
| Speech, jokes, cheers and laughter Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST Although the speech was almost identical to other speeches he made this past week and though the jokes were the same — boys, old men, middle-aged men and women could be seen laughing at every pun a... |
| Not invited for R-Day: Kejriwal Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST Expressing surprise, former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday claimed that the Centre had not extended him an invite to attend the Republic Day celebration.The Aam Aadmi Party... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST She graduated in computer maintenance and was trained both in hardware and software. Jobs from leading IT companies came her way. Yet she found her true calling elsewhere.Mrudula Iyengar exc... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who was indisposed in the last two days due to fever, cold and sour throat, returned to his duties at the Secretariat on Saturday evening.As soon as he a... |
| Factions offer prayers at Thrikkunnathu church Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST Prayers were offered by members of both the factions of the Malankara Church at the Thirkkunnathu seminary church on Saturday as part of remembrance day for the fathers of the Church.The pra... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST : Poet Neelamperoor Madhusudanan Nair and journalist T.N. Gopakumar have been selected for the Pandalam Kerala Varma poetry and media awards for 2015 respectively.The awards have been instit... |
| “Cultivate healthy habits for stress management” Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST About 180 students of Nehru Memorial College, Puthanampatti, were given an orientation on stress management by Are Holen, professor and former vice dean of the medical faculty, Norwegian University... |
| ‘Plans afoot to improve water management system’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Irrigation Minister Devineni Umamaheswara Rao on Saturday said that plans had been chalked out for improve water management system by completing the pending projects in the region, adding that the... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 07:54 PM PST Ivatury Charitable Trust: Felicitation to Vedic scholar Garikipati Narasimha Rao, Kalabharati, 5.30 p.m.... |
| Two Italians acquitted of compatriot’s murder Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST SC blames police for not recording CCTV footage |
| Organic farming catches ryots’ fancy Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST An NGO helping farmers to switch over to traditional methods |
| RTC depot restores link to Agency Posted: 24 Jan 2015 07:10 PM PST 26 services to be operated from the depot reopened recently |
| Bible Mission annual convention to begin on Jan. 27 Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST A massive canopy of blue tents greets commuters as they travel on the Guntur-Vijayawada express highway.The open stretch of land opposite Acharya Nagarjuna University is where the annual Bib... |
| Biodiversity Board to make sure benefits reach villages Posted: 24 Jan 2015 07:11 PM PST For every ayurvedic medicine bought, a small portion of the receipt will go back to the village where the medicinal plant had been grown.In all, Rs. 10 crore is expected to be ploughed back... |
| Political leaders blamed for sorry state of affairs in KIMS Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST Human rights panel member visits hospital |
| P.C. George takes on Mani’s son Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:07 PM PST Rules out support for succession |
| 100 Krishi Bhavans to procure farm produce Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Agricultural Minister K.P. Mohanan has said that facilities for procuring agricultural produces will be arranged in 100 Krishi Bhavans in the State.Inaugurating a development seminar of the... |
| CBI arrests Seashore chief’s brother Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:17 PM PST The Central Bureau of Investigation probing into the multi-crore chit fund scam on Saturday arrested Pravat Dash, brother of Prasant Dash, chairman and managing director of the tainted ponzi firm S... |
| ‘Women can seek more maintenance under DV Act’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST Even if an aggrieved woman has been given maintenance under any law, she can seek further maintenance under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act of 2005, the Aurangabad Bench of the B... |
| Teacher Educators stage demonstration Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST Members of the district wing of the Tamil Nadu Block Resource Teacher Educators Association staged a demonstration in front of the office of the Additional Chief Educational Officer here on Saturda... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST SVN Matric Higher Secondary School: 13th Annual Day celebrations, 5pm. M.P. Nachimuthu M. Jaganathan Engineering College Training and Placement Cell: Job... |
| Cable TV operators suspend operations for fee hike Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Nearly more than 2000 cable television operators in Vellore district suspended their operations from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday as part of a State-wide agitation demanding among other things hike... |
| State has overcome challenges in IT: CM Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST Kerala has successfully overcome long years of slumber in the Information Technology (IT) sector, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said.The slow progress of the sector was the result of the... |
| TMC MLA goes against party line Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST Going against the official party stand that the CBI was being used as a political tool to corner the Trinamool Congress, party MLA Sabyasachi Dutta on Saturday said there must be a reason behind th... |
| Saving Ganga a mere slogan now: water expert Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:01 PM PST "Even eight months after the change of government, 'Saving Ganga' remains merely a slogan without any action plan or new thought," said Rajendra Singh, member of the expert committee on National Ga... |
| Is there a criminal case against Siddaramaiah, asks Digvijaya Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST In an apparent move to express solidarity with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is being "hounded" by the Opposition BJP over the Arkavathi land denotification issue, AICC general secretary and Kar... |
| Slum children battle it out with corporate bigwigs Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST The Soccer for Children Rights tournament, organised by Child Rights and You (CRY) on Saturday, seemed at first glance a match between unequal teams — youth from Vyasarpadi slums against big corpor... |
| The Hindu launches ‘Jewels of The Noyyal’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST The Chairman of GEM Hospital C. Palanivelu received the first copy of The Hindu's feature 'Jewels of The Noyyal' from the Managing Director of Sri Krishna Sweets M. Krishnan he... |
| BJP attempts to woo Jat community Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST The BJP on Saturday inducted former MP Anuradha Chaudhary into its fold in the presence of Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay and Union Minister Harsh Vardhan. The Jat leader's entry is expected to wo... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST Chilly winter conditions prevailed across north India on Saturday with hilly areas shivering under biting cold, even as fog affected movement of traffic and rail operations in some areas.Del... |
| HLF: poetry recital session a big draw Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Javed Akhtar recites poems, which in turn, are translated by Ali Husain Mir |
| Girls have proved they are second to none, says Minister Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST Union Minister for Labour Bandaru Dattatreya said that girls have surpassed all the hurdles created by culture, family and men and proved to the world that they were second to none if they got oppo... |
| UDF wins Ernakulam Milma unit polls Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST
The polls to elect members of the director board of the Ernakulam Regional Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Limited, one of the thr... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate the shooting range at Vattiyurkavu, National Games Village at Menamkulam, and the renovated Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium on Wednesday.The shootin... |
| Sharpen communication skills, update knowledge, law college students told Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST There has been a paradigm shift in approach towards labour laws from 1991 when globalisation, liberalisation and privatisation policies were introduced by the Central Government, said P.Vanangamudi... |
| Hospitality sector in growth mode Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Global brands eager to make their presence felt in capital region |
| Assert your rights, girls told Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST In order to bring a collective change in society, girls should demand their rights rather than wait for a revolution to happen. If girls are determined to realise their dreams, nothing can stop the... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:28 PM PST The recipient of Mention-in-Dispatches, a gallantry award of the Defence Ministry, retired Lance Naik Nallapati Rosaiah has not received his annuity of Rs.150 since 2004 |
| Man kills friend for insurance benefits Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:19 PM PST A 31-year-old man, along with four of his associates, allegedly killed his friend with an intention to claim an insurance of Rs. 30 lakh in Giddalur and made it appear like an accident.Produ... |
| Uncertainty over power tariff hike Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:26 PM PST Deadline set by APERC for submitting proposals passes |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:50 PM PST Considering the track record of quality films made by the Rajkumar family, audience expectations will naturally be high when there is a release from their banner. Their expectation will move up a... |
| KSSIDC to set up more industrial estates Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:57 PM PST The Karnataka State Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (KSSIDC) plans to develop industrial estates across the State to generate jobs for about 10 lakh people in the next two years.... |
| ‘Kiran Bedi aired pro-BJP views in IAC days’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:08 PM PST Senior Supreme Court lawyer and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Prashant Bhushan has said that Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Chief Ministerial candidate in Delhi Kiran Bedi showed signs of her pro-BJ... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST CPI State secretary Pannian Ravindran has said that the party will lead the agitations to prevent corruption-tainted Finance Minister K.M. Mani from presenting the annual budget.He was speak... |
| Panel takes over management of Odisha Olympic body’s properties Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:17 PM PST As per the direction of the Supreme Court of India, a three-member committee headed by the Cuttack district collector on Saturday took over the management of the properties that stand on the contro... |
| Ramdev, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar decline Padma award Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:20 PM PST Yoga guru Ramdev and spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar have declined any Padma award for them reportedly being considered by the government on the occasion of the 66th Republic Day. I... |
| Midnight heist in Krishnagiri bank Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:30 PM PST In a major midnight heist, burglars struck at the Bank of Baroda branch at Kundarapalli here in the early hours of Saturday and decamped with 6,000 sovereigns of jewellery.The robbery came... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST 59 cadre taken into preventive custody by the police |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Sujatha (37), w/o Ilangovan of Melpatti in Gudiyatham taluk who sustained a head injury in a road accident in Pachakuppam near Ambur on January 22, and was declared brain dead by doctors at the Chr... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST Prabhavathi Sabaridas, a Kudumbasree worker from Athanikkal, wakes up at 5 a.m. everyday.After the early morning household chores, she starts her visits to 30 houses to collect waste. The ef... |
| Left parties hold rallies against Obama’s visit Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST "Narendra Modi's govt. has adopted an extreme right wing policy….will compromise country's sovereignty" |
| Over next 2 years, Sony to release 200 hrs. of classical music Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST "Music of the legends are always material for posterity and the CD with 16 songs of M.S. Subbulakshmi and Radha Vishwanathan that Sony Music in association with National Centre of Performing Arts (... |
| ‘School of surgeons’ in State taking final shape Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST Doctors of government hospitals, who don't have a postgraduate degree, now have an alternative.The Karnataka government's plan to introduce the 'school of surgeons' model, similar to the one... |
| Philanthropist’s birth centenary celebrated Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST The birth centenary celebration of Kamalnayan Bajaj, industrialist and philanthropist, was organised by Sankara Nethralaya on Friday.Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former governor of West Bengal, said... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:30 PM PST Prayers to Sri Annai: Sasibalika Vidya Mandir, Azad Road, 10 a.m. and Sri Annai meditation Centre, W7C, Kovaipudur, 4 p.m. Samvatsarabisheka Peruvizha: Varasidhi... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST Arvind kejriwal claims some unhappy bjp members are in touch with him over kiran bedi's chief ministerial candidature. they say they will not allow her to 'win at any cost' in the polls |
| Obama visit: pollution level ‘hazardous’ in Delhi Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST A study conducted at six places, U.S. President Barack Obama is slated to visit, has found that air pollution levels are three times more than Indian safety standards and nine times than the WHO li... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST The State-run organ donation programme 'Jeevandan' achieved a milestone with its 100{+t}{+h}donor, a 60-year-old woman, Mukunda Prasadi, who was declared brain dead and her relatives consented to d... |
| Low crude price comes as a boon to KSRTC Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST It saves Rs.7.5 crore a month on fuel costs |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST The city police on Saturday arrested a seventh person on charge of stabbing a man to death at Ponekkara here.Suresh, 39, of Edappally, was arrested here following an interrogation. Police ha... |
| Kadakampally Surendran is CPI(M) district secretary Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST : Kadakampally Surendran was elected Thiruvananthapuram district secretary of the CPI(M) for the third time running by the party district conference that concluded here on Saturday.The confe... |
| Banana price drops due to huge arrival Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Huge arrival of banana has led to drop in the price of banana.Bunches of banana reach Anaikatti Mettu Street near the Gandhi Market area here everyday from a number of villages like Pinnavas... |
| ‘Adopting Araku for looting bauxite’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is adopting Araku not for developing the tourist place but to loot the bauxite reserves in the Visakha Agency, president of the district and city YSR Congress pa... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST On the final day of annual Urs-E-Shareef, a large number of devotees thronged Janapahad dargah in Nereducherla mandal of Nalgonda district on Saturday.The final day ritual was performed foll... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST The district administration will observed the National Voters' Day on Sunday to create awareness among the citizens on the importance of the voting system in democracyCollector P. Lakshmi Na... |
| Life shouldn’t be spoilt by a virus, says survivor Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Anandi Yuvaraj was diagnosed HIV+15 years ago, but, instead of wallowing, she decided to move on |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:51 PM PST Students' and parents' associations from across the State will join the Students Federation of India (SFI) to stage a protest against a range of issues affecting the education system in the State,... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST The Manipal chapter of Science of Spirituality will organise a drawing competition for children up to Class 12 from 4 p.m. to 5.30 pm at Asare Cultural Centre here on Monday. The topic for the even... |
| Apolitical groups seize the initiative Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:11 PM PST They press for the resignation of Finance Minister K.M. Mani |
| A.C. Moideen Thrissur secretary Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST A.C. Moideen has been re-elected district secretary of the CPI(M) for the third time.He was unanimously elected at the district conference held at Irinjalakuda.Mr. Moideen was first m... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:17 PM PST Two powerful bomb blasts on Saturday rocked Imphal ahead of the Republic Day celebration.One bomb was detonated at 7:30 a.m. by a remote-controlled device at the bridge at Meino Leirak. One... |
| Not everyone in Pak. a terrorist, says Rajnath Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:20 PM PST Voices against terrorism do rise from time to time in Pakistan but successive governments in that country have failed to curb the scourge, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. "I... |
| Marriage of minor girl stoppped in village Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST A marriage arranged between a minor girl and a young man, in Saavalpoondi village near here on Friday was stopped in the last minute.Based on information received Collector A. Gnanasekaran a... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST A construction worker was killed, and another suffered injuries when the concrete slab under construction fell on them in the city on Saturday.A new building for the Salem Corporation is und... |
| PDS records open for social audit Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Public Distribution System (PDS) records become open for social auditing during Gram Sabha meeting scheduled for January 26.Various registersIn order to make operations of rati... |
| For better knowledge of cancer Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST Pratheeksha, an organisation for cancer patients in association with the Regional Science Centre, is organising a one-week-long awareness exhibition at the Science Centre as part of the Cancer awar... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 07:12 PM PST Kannada Development Authority (KDA) chairman L. Hanumanthaiah on Saturday urged the State government to come out with a new education policy that will enable the implementation of Kannada as a comp... |
| IIMB team develops software to interpret risks during pregnancy Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST A software tool that interprets risks involved in pregnancy and its severity has been made available by a team from the Indian Institute of Management Bengaluru, that studied risks among expectant... |
| For better treatment of kidney disease Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST Most people who are on regular haemodialysis for chronic kidney disease have the option of switching to a more convenient form of dialysis — Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD).... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST Twenty-five persons, including three children, suffered minor injuries when two buses collided head-on at Othakalmandapam on Saturday. Chettipalayam Police said that a fully loaded Tamil Nadu State... |
| Communal divide sets campaign tone Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST The cracks are still there in Trilokpuri, three months after communal violence spread through the narrow streets of the East Delhi resettlement colony.However, the division now lies in the c... |
| ‘When Marco Polo saw elephants there was a mesh of cultures’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST Four artists Jason Wallengren, Ebenezer Singh, Kathryn Myers and Rosebud Ebenezer connected to different geographies and culture have come together to curate a show of their artworks titled "When M... |
| Passion, interest should guide decisions in higher education, say experts Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST Interest, strength, passion and ambition should be the basis for choosing a branch of study while the selection of a good institution should be based on its faculty, infrastructure, placements and... |
| Move to relocate statue draws protests Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Early on Saturday morning, workers from the Ernakulam district administration descended at the Gandhi Bhavan at Kacherippady junction and attempted to relocate the statue of Mahatma Gandhi placed t... |
| ‘Black money has shifted to other destinations’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST During the last three years, increased focus on black money stashed in Swiss banks and other tax havens like Virginia Islands, Mauritius and Indonesia has resulted in shifting of black money, taint... |
| The first batch of JNNURM buses for 12 districts arrives Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST 45 air-conditioned buses of total 400 low-floor ones |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:37 PM PST RELIGION Arulmigu Prasanna Venkatachalapathy Temple, Gunaseelam: Maha yagnam, maha Sudarsana homam, Dhanvanthri homam, 8.30 a.m. Srimad Ubhaya Vedant... |
| Another suspected case of swine flu Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST A four-year old boy from Isukathota area in the city was admitted to the King George Hospital's isolation ward on Saturday with symptoms of swine flu. He was in a stable condition and a swab collec... |
| School opened in Koyyuru mandal Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Improving the lot of Girijans, who are backward in all areas, is the main aim of the Government, Minister for SC and ST Welfare R. Kishore Babu said at a meeting held after inaugurating hostels for... |
| ‘Reward police officials who strived for Telangana statehood’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Alleging that Seemandhra government had targeted him by denying suitable posting during the statehood movement for raisingvoice of concern for Telangana state, Inspector of police (CID) Kari... |
| Officials gear up to prevent forest fire Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Forest Department officials have initiated measures to prevent fires this summer in Seshachalam forests by laying fire lines and recruiting fire watchers.Interacting with the officials durin... |
| ‘Masula Yuva Mahotsav’ from January 28 Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Several people from different walks of life, acquainted with Machilipatnam, will conduct a two-day 'Masula Yuva Mahotsav' on the Hindu College Grounds from January 28.Excise and B.C. Welfare... |
| A(H1N1): Health Dept. kicks off awareness drive Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST Alerted by increasing deaths caused by the A(H1N1) virus in neighbouring Telangana, the Department of Health and Family Welfare in Raichur has embarked upon an awareness drive across the district.<... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST The centenary of Our Lady of Health Church would be held at Shirva in Udupi district from January 29 to 31.Addressing presspersons in Shirva on Saturday, Rev. Fr. Stany Tauro, parish priest,... |
| Smartest feminist heroine, stupidest thief Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:39 PM PST Film: Dolly Ki Doli Director: Abhishek Dogra Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Pulkit Samrat, Rajkummar Rao Sonam Kapoor... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST The Department of History at Chengannur Christian College will organise a national seminar on 'Caste structure in Kerala and its changing trends' at the college auditorium on January 29 and 30. P.J... |
| Maoists’ bid to blow up rail track Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:17 PM PST Suspected Maoists triggered two explosions on the railway track between Doikallu and Muniguda railway stations in Rayagada-Titlagarh rail section under Sambalpur Division of East Coast Railway on F... |
| NGT order may leave Goa wine festival high and dry Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST A four-day annual wine and lifestyle festival organised by the Goa government could turn out to be a wine festival minus the wine on Monday, the fourth and final day, after the National Green Tribu... |
| Don’t neglect viral fever: Collector Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST People who were affected with viral fever and returned home from hospitals after treatment should visit doctors once in two days without being careless, Collector V. Rajaraman said.In a stat... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is all set to revamp the curricula and the training to produce 'global chartered accountants' who are equally comfortable with Indian accounting s... |
| Human chain to create voting awareness Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST A human chain was arranged around the maada streets that run around Sri Arunachaleswarar Temple of Tiruvannamalai on Saturday to create awareness on voting.The human chain was arranged in vi... |
| Plaque for Art. 51A: engineers salute 11 values in statute Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:35 PM PST Two days ahead of the 65th year of the Indian republic, a unique event involving engineers and constitutional law experts sought to urge all citizens to practice and uphold the 11 noble Indian val... |
| Gowda gets tough on dissidents Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST Sending a strong message to dissidents within the party, Janata Dal (Secular) national president H.D. Deve Gowda on Saturday warned that he would not keep the leaders who do not engage themselves i... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST A 55-year-old woman was killed and her family members injured in a fire caused by an LPG leak in Kolathur on Saturday.According to the Rajamangalam police, the accident took place at the res... |
| Accused confesses of raping lecturer Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST Superintendent of Police (SP) of Coimbatore District M. Sudhakar on Saturday confirmed that K. Mahesh (28) of Tirunelveli District, who was picked up for questioning in a couple of cases on the out... |
| CEO for “fair opportunities” on Delhi Metro Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST Posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal on the Delhi Metro seem to have caught the attention of Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Chandra Bhushan Kumar, who... |
| IMA wants ESIC to continue medical education Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST Writes to PM, President |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST Though the A.P. and TS governments have been emphasising on the quality of research, universities aren't living up to expectations. So much so, that only a single State university finds a place in... |
| Cusat syndicate nod to setting up of cameras Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST A Syndicate meeting of the Cochin University of Science and Technology here on Saturday decided to allow setting up of cameras in the Vice Chancellor's room and the venue of the Syndicate meetings. |
| ‘Police cannot arrest every other accused’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Judge says Magistrates too should not remand the accused in a mechanical manner |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST The Governor P. Sathasivam on Saturday threw open a pathway — intended for those who are wheelchair-bound — leading to the Raj Bhavan's reception area.A press note issued here said Anila Ran... |
| RTC nets additional Rs. 30 crore Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Fall in fuel prices, increased occupancy and a series of holidays seem to have helped the APSRTC generate additional revenue this season.Post-bifurcation, there were apprehensions about the... |
| Sea water breaches beach road again Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST A fresh damage occurred to the retaining wall of the beach road here on Saturday. This time an 18-metre stretch of the wall, adjacent to the new year breach, was washed away in the day due to the r... |
| TS gets into top gear to tackle swine flu Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:07 PM PST The Telangana government has decided to maintain high alert in supervision of swine flu without being complacent that there were no more casualties after the death of a woman at a private hospital... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Telangana State Home secretary B Venkatesham was all praise for the Karimnagar district police for its people friendlypolicing and welfare programmes for the police personnel. The State Home... |
| Guilt drives woman to return stolen baby Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST A newborn, who was recently abducted from the Tirupati's Government Maternity Hospital on January 20 (Tuesday), was found on the premises of the government hospital in Piler on Saturday.Acco... |
| Four tigers shifted to rescue centre Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:53 PM PST Reason is space constraint at the zoo |
| Left parties oppose Obama’s visit Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST The district units of the Communist Party of India, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Dalit Sangharsh Samiti staged a dharna in front of the Clock Tower here on Saturday to protest aga... |
| Musician plans album for women’s cause Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:42 PM PST The album whose songs are sung by up-and-coming singers is expected to be released by mid-2015. |
| Role of mediation in conflict resolution stressed Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST District and Sessions Judge Mary Joseph has stressed on the relevance of mediation by pointing out that the method enabled all concerned parties to achieve satisfaction and also instilled confidenc... |
| Hooda hails ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:17 PM PST Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday shared dais with his long-time adversary Union Minister Birender Singh and appreciated NDA government's 'Beti Bachao Beti Padha... |
| Microcredit no panacea for poverty: study Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST Six studies in four continents also reveal that small loans had no impact on women's empowerment |
| Alagappa University Convocation on January 29 Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST As many as 33,491 students, including 19,931 girls, would be conferred with degrees at the 27th convocation of Alagappa University to be held here on January 29.Tamil Nadu Governor and Unive... |
| Dharmapuri GH to commission LOP to attain self-sufficiency Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST The Government Medical College Hospital in Dharmapuri is all set to commission a Rs. 75 lakh Liquid Oxygen Plant (LOP) to tide over the problem of shortage as well as overpriced outsourced liquid o... |
| DRDO develops indigenous technology for army tanks Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Working on unmanned ground vehicle |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST A Sessions Court here has acquitted three persons who were cited as accused in connection with causing a minor explosion at Chalakkara in Mahe.On May,13, 2009, three persons detonated countr... |
| Have crackdowns made a difference? Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:51 PM PST Police say they have in certain areas, but commuters disagree |
| Waiting game continues for BJP-backed lawyers Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST The waiting game continued for the two Bharatiya Janata Party-backed lawyers for the second day as Governor Vajubhai R. Vala did not give them an appointment on Saturday to file a petition before h... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST Even before they are up and running, some of the state-of the-art Chennai Metro trains have developed leaks in their roofs, say officials.After Mumbai Metro Rail trains were flooded during t... |
| Teacher trainers protest against sudden transfer Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST About 30 teacher trainers employed under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) gheraoed the office of the Chief Education Officer (CEO) on Saturday protesting against the sudden transfer to Cuddalore Dis... |
| Engagements for Sunday, Jan. 24 Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST GENERAL Alcoholics Anonymous: meetings — Aakarshan Group: Paschim Vihar, Delhi Government dispensary, G A2,Block opposite Radha Krishna Temple. 7-8.30 p.m. ; Programme o... |
| Court records statements of two cops in Uber case Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST A Delhi court on Saturday recorded testimonies of two police personnel as prosecution witnesses in the Uber cab rape case in which a 25-year-old woman was sexually assaulted aboard a cab by the dri... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST While the spotlight was undoubtedly on Javed Akhtar throughout the opening ceremony of the HLF 2015, the man sitting beside him is perhaps equally important, at least for those fans of the lyricist... |
| New rules at airport to curb smuggling Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST With reports that officials working in the Immigration wing of the Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery may be involved in gold smuggling, new rules have been put in place to curb smuggling... |
| Protest against Land Acquisition Act Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:53 PM PST Over 100 members of the Tamil Nadu Farmers' Association were arrested near the Collectorate premises for protesting against the Land Acquisition Act."We demanded that the Land Acquisition Ac... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST The fifth edition of the annual trade event on coir and natural fibres, Coir Kerala 2015, will be held in Alappuzha from February 1 to 5, Minister for Coir Adoor Prakash has said.Scientists,... |
| Other States’ nod necessary for special status, says Venkaiah Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Says Congress should have sorted out the issue before bifurcation |
| Suspected Maoists ‘blow up’ rail tracks Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Following blasting of railway track by suspected Maoist activists between Doikallu and Muniguda railway stations in Rayagada-Titlagarh section in the early hours of Saturday some trains have been r... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST The Telangana government has constituted a committee to upgrade the bandwidth of the Telangana SWAN (State Wide Area Network) for improving the quality and speed of digital communication. According... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:29 PM PST The district police, who have won accolades for their people-friendly policing to curtail Left-wing extremism and ensured that the district was free of naxalites, had now set a milestone by achievi... |
| BJP membership drive evokes good response in Kadapa Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST The mood in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) camp is upbeat after the recent public meetings addressed by Viswa Hindu Parishad president Praveen Togadia and Union Minister for Urban Development M. |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:04 PM PST Those who cannot visit the Republic Day flower show at Lalbagh in Bengaluru this year have an opportunity to enjoy a variety of flowers and vegetables in Kolar.The show, organised by the Kol... |
| ‘Hospitals can do without doctors, not nurses’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST "Hospitals can do without doctors, but not without nurses," said U.T. Khader, Health and Family Welfare Minister, here on Saturday.He was inaugurating a two-day international conference on "... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Film: Mili Cast: Amala Paul, Nivin Pauly Director: Rajesh Pillai 'You can win,' 'Seven habits of highly ef... |
| Tidal waves wreak havoc in Alappuzha, Thrissur districts Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:45 PM PST Worst sea erosion at Chavakkad after tsunami; residents shift to safer locations |
| Law and order better in U.P. than other States: Akhilesh Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:17 PM PST As the Opposition parties sharpened their attack on the Samajwadi Party Government over the poor law and order situation, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav has claimed that the law a... |
| Students on a ‘green and clean’ mission Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:31 PM PST Coinciding with the 'Swachh Bharat' mission launched by the Modi government at the Centre, DHAN Foundation, a non-governmental organisation organised a walkathon, focussing on 'Green and Clean' the... |
| Special classes for school students a cause for worry Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST The School Education Department's order that special classes for tenth and Plus Two students should be conducted both at 8.a.m. in the morning and till 6 p.m. in the evening have left many in lurch... |
| Learn fundamentals of science, students told Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST "Mere scoring of high marks by mugging up the lessons is no good. You should learn and be thorough in the fundamentals of science subjects in order to understand the concepts well when you go for h... |
| Four held for planning to make country-made bombs Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Over 2 kg of chemicals seized |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:51 PM PST
Pankaj Jain took charge as General Manager, Rail Wheel Factory, Yelahanka, Bengaluru, on Friday. Mr. Jain has held several key posts, including... |
| Report on rejuvenating Congress by Feb. 15 Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G. Parameshwara said here on Saturday that the party unit would submit a comprehensive report on rejuvenating the Congress in the State to party natio... |
| 21-year-old killed as SETC bus overturns Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST 14 were injured in the accident on Maduravoyal-Perungulathur Bypass Road |
| Case registered against wardens Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST Race Course police have registered cases against seven persons, including three prison wardens and four remand prisoners, on charges of allegedly attacking another remand prisoner in a clash betwee... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday denied reports of rift between its chief Arvind Kejriwal and senior leader Prashant Bhushan over ticket distribution, saying the party's internal lokpal had filtered... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST Always surrounded by material needs concerning housing and developing smart cities, DDA vice-chairman Balvinder Kumar chose to assess the abstract. Known to be an able administrator, Mr. Kumar has... |
| Let’s do our bit to fight cancer: Kamal Posted: 24 Jan 2015 07:52 PM PST As a hero, I acted in 200 movies. But I am still not one. By conquering cancer, Gautami has become a real hero in life: Kamal |
| Archbishop deplores Ghar Vapsi Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST The programme of Ghar Vapsi contradicts the openness and uniqueness of Indian culture, Archbishop Francis Kallarakkal has said.He was speaking at a workshop on 'Freedom of religion and indep... |
| ‘Silent’ mobile phone that helps to catch robber Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:35 PM PST "How did you trace me," was the first question the shocked robber asked the police, writes S. Sundar |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST
Prasad, 34, a resident of Cheruvakkal at Aakkulam, was arrested on Saturday in connection with an attempt to murder case. Circle Inspector of Police, Me... |
| Fresh row over Nagarjunasagar waters: Uma rebuts Harish Rao’s charges Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Irrigation Minister Devineni Umamaheswara Rao has asserted that the State government was taking necessary steps to protect the standing crops in Krishna delta.The Minister expressed concern... |
| SAMEER project in trouble again Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Fresh trouble is brewing for the prestigious R&D project of Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER) with farmers of Gambheeram preventing it from taking possessi... |
| Villagers fell 700 trees in Forest Minister’s district Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:26 PM PST Hand of Multani smugglers suspected in the audacious act |
| Issue of passes: donors seek a fair deal at Arasavalli temple Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Many donors of Arasavalli Sri Suryanarayana Swamy temple sought a fair deal in issuing passes for them since they faced many difficulties to have darshan of the presiding deity on the auspicious oc... |
| Ryots protest banks’ move to auction gold Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Farmers on Saturday staged a dharna on the national highway in front of the State Bank of India branch at G.K. Rachapalle in Tsundupalle mandal protesting notices on auctioning of gold ornaments. |
| Google cannot replace teachers, says UGC Vice-Chairman Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST Vice-Chairman of University Grants Commission H. Devaraj has underlined the need for imparting quality education to students.He was delivering the convocation address at the 8th annual convo... |
| Vegetable cutter, palm climbers main attractions Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST Three-day Krishi Yantra Mela begins in Puttur |
| Uduma panchayat office, bus attacked Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST The Uduma grama panchayat office and a private bus parked near the building suffered damage in an attack by unidentified persons in the early hours of Saturday.Grill wondows of the panchayat... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST : Republic Day celebrations will be held at the Government Boys HSS grounds in Punalur on Monday. S. Nousharudin, general convener of the programme, said the national flag will be hoisted by K. Raj... |
| Street children spell out ways for juvenile justice system Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:17 PM PST Ready to give inputs for World Congress in Geneva |
| Midnight heist at bank in Krishnagiri Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:16 PM PST In a major midnight heist, burglars struck at the Bank of Baroda branch at Kundarapalli here in the early hours of Saturday and decamped with 6,000 sovereigns of jewellery.The robbery came... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST In a joint operation, Anti-Human Trafficking Wing of the district police and District Child Protection Office (DCPO) have rescued six boys, including a boy from Uttar Pradesh, who were employed as... |
| Cable operators black out transmission Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST The Tamil Nadu Cable TV Operators Association of Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri on Saturday blacked out transmission demanding increase in monthly tariff .The cable operations have fallen from b... |
| Sunbeam student wins State-level boxing contest Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:38 PM PST M. Vignesh of Sunbeam Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Mettukulam, Vellore secured the third place in the 63-66 kg category in the State Level Boxing Tournament for Boys conducted by the Scho... |
| The coast is clear and join us, youths told Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Events marking the run-up to 39th Raising Day of Coast Guard |
| R-Day celebrations: 3,740 cops deployed Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST Watchtowers and 36 CCTV cameras installed at venue |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST The State government transferred the following IAS officials on Saturday: Bharat Lal Meena, Principal Secretary, Education Department (Higher Education); Rajneesh Goel, Principal Secretary, Women a... |
| HC strikes down appointment of TNPCB member-secretary Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST The Madras High Court has struck down the appointment of K. Karthikeyan as member-secretary of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB.)Justice V. Ramasubramanian allowed a quo warrant... |
| Elaborate security arrangements for R-Day Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST The police have made elaborate security arrangements for the Republic Day celebrations in the city and district.Security has also been stepped up at the Coimbatore Junction and at the airpor... |
| Comments read out of context, says Kejriwal Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday told the Election Commission that his comments asking voters to take bribe from other parties and vote for him were being "read out of context". |
| Inside an architectural marvel Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST A photograph of a memorial made from human skulls and bones to remember those Cambodians who perished in the killing fields during Pol Pot's regime was juxtaposed with the beauty, mystery and grand... |
| R-Day: 48 vehicles seized, 11 apprehended Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST City police intensified security in view of the Republic Day on Monday. Massive vehicle-search, frisking and anti-sabotage checks were carried out on Saturday. The central zone police organised a c... |
| Make use of creamy layer benefits, says panel chief Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST : Students and their parents should ensure that they make use of the creamy layer benefits accorded to them under the socially and educationally backward category during entrance tests, State Backw... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST At a time when the US was keen on making countries like India dance to its tunes, the Union government should not have invited US President Barack Obama as chief guest for the Republic Day function... |
| Stroke patients: meet lays stress on nurses’ role Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST A two-day national conference on 'Comprehensive nursing management in stroke: one step ahead,' began here on Saturday.The conference, organised by the Nursing Division and the Comprehensive... |
| BJP wants more districts to be created Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Bharatiya Janata Party State president Kambhampati Haribabu on Saturday asked the State government to take necessary steps to create 25 revenue districts against the present 13 districts in the Sta... |
| ‘New ports only after capacity utilisation of existing ones’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Instead of building new ports, the authorities should focus on optimum utilisation of capacity of existing ports by improving connectivity and nourishing the beaches to prevent coastal erosion, acc... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Police have booked cases against 28 students who went on the rampage on the Kakatiya University campus on Friday.Cases under various sections of IPC were registered. They were all bound over... |
| Time to follow traditions: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Muslims should imbibe spirituality, follow traditions and the preachings of Prophet Mohammed and forge ahead, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind has said.Its State vice-president Hazrath Maulana Mufti Syed Ma... |
| Teacher booked under Nirbhaya Act Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST A Grade I Urdu teacher Mohammed Azeez (50) was thrashed by parents on charge of sexually abusing girl students in Zilla Parishad Urdu high school in Rajampet on Saturday. Irate parents beat him up... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST The Vijayanagar Sri Krishnadevaraya University conferred honorary doctorate on social activist Anna Hazare here on Saturday.Mr. Hazare, accompanied by freedom fighter H.S. Doreswamy, was bro... |
| Divergent views on Western Ghats report Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST The elected representatives and environmentalists here are divided on the implementation of the Dr. K. Kasturirangan's report on Western Ghats.While a few are in favour of the recommendation... |
| Mini civil station inaugurated at Chittur Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST 62,660-sq-ft building cost Rs.6.7 crore |
| Kollam gets an indoor shooting range Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST Initiative by Kollam District Rifle Association |
| Arundhathi Subramaniam wins poetry prize Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Poet Arundhathi Subramaniam on Saturday won the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry for her work When God is a Traveller .The winner was announced at a p... |
| Dubbed Hindi soaps find huge following in State Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:12 PM PST It is easier to dub a show than make one, say programmers; however, Tamil shows continue to dominate prime time |
| CPI, CPI(M) cadres protest Obama visit to India Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST Police have arrested about 150 volunteers of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) and CPI when they attempted to stage picketing agitations in Sivaganga and Karaikudi, protesting against t... |
| Block Resource Teachers’ transfer triggers protest Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST A total of 50 Block Resource Teachers (BRTs) of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), who were transferred to Madurai en masse on Saturday without any prior intimation and proper order, laid siege to th... |
| Scotland medical university to collaborate with Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST The College of Medicine and Medical Education, University of Dundee, Scotland, is exploring a "long-term" mutually beneficial relationship with the Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (deemed-to-be university) i... |
| Assistant Public Prosecutor in Lokayukta net Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST Lokayukta sleuths on Saturday caught an Assistant Public Prosecutor while he was allegedly taking a bribe of Rs. 10,000.According to the police, V. Subramani, the complainant in this case, h... |
| Reject Shanta Kumar panel recommendations: Karunanidhi Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:16 PM PST DMK leader M. Karunanidhi on Saturday urged the Centre to reject the recommendations of Shanta Kumar panel as it would pave way for closure of public distribution system in a State like Tamil Nadu.... |
| Left parties against Obama’s visit Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST Members of the Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India – Marxist, Communist Party of India – Marxist Leninist Liberation and Republican Socialist Party led by former Coimbatore MP P.R. N... |
| ‘Law and order better in U.P. than other States’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST As the Opposition parties sharpened their attack on the Samajwadi Party Government over the poor law and order situation, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav has claimed that the law a... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST Advertisements by real estate firms promoting their luxurious projects nestled in the lap of nature are all over television, print, radio and hoardings across the city. Amused by the words and phra... |
| Assess building damage, rid yourself of boredom, fly a drone Posted: 24 Jan 2015 07:53 PM PST The annual 'R&D Showcase' at IIIT-Hyderabad has a fascinating line-up of useful innovations |
| Old-age homes for all districts Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST The Social Justice Department will spend Rs.10 crore for setting up old-age homes in all the districts of the State in association with non-government organisations, a senior official of the depart... |
| Blackout as cable TV operators strike work Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST Demand charges paid to them be increased to Rs 150 from Rs 100 per month |
| Campaign for art cinema flagged off Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST The Kazhcha Film Forum, a film society formed by a group of youngsters, after making attempts to produce serious non-commercial movies, has now shouldered the responsibility of taking such movies t... |
| ‘Vijayawada-Masula four-laning may be delayed’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST The decade-old Vijayawada-Machilipatnam four-lane project is unlikely to be a reality this year too. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is yet to complete documentation, inviting tende... |
| Coastal security is grossly inadequate, says analyst Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST 'Government should immediately think of constituting a maritime board' |
| Overwhelming response to The Hindu quiz Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST What is the expansion of BrahMos?, came a poser from the quiz master Lt. Col. Dr. Y Ashok at a quiz contest organised by The Hindu in association with Harvest Public School her... |
| ‘Be proud of being born as a girl’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST The District Medical and Health department and Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) jointly organised the National Girl Child Day at Krishnaveni Girls Junior College here on Saturday. |
| Woman held on charge of attempt to steal baby Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Three Town Police took into custody a woman on suspicion that she was trying to steal a baby from the maternity ward of the General Hospital here on Saturday.According to police, the woman i... |
| Hazare slams ordinance route for land acquisition Act Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:11 PM PST It puts the farmers in danger, he says |
| 884 Banjara tandas to soon become revenue villages Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST Cell formed to monitor the process: Jalaja Naik |
| Saseendran’s kin seek probe in graft cases Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Family and friends of Malabar Cements whistleblower V. Saseendran, who along with his two sons were found dead under mysterious circumstances four years ago, organised a memorial meeting at Kollang... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST Pramod Prasannan and U. Vishnudev, the newly elected president and secretary respectively of the Kollam Royal chapter of the Junior Chamber International (JCI) were formally installed along with th... |
| Take failures in your stride: Kalam Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Asking children to aim big, the former President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, on Saturday said failures were part of life.Citing his own example as Project Director of SLV-3 at Indian Space Research... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST A barge sailing from Cuddalore to Gujarat, 'Sri Krishna,' ran aground near Nagapattinam on Friday evening.It left the Cuddalore port on Thursday and was being anchored at the Nagapattina... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST Surveillance intensified at Arichalmunai, other coastal areas |
| Death toll in accident rises to five Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Death toll in the road accident near Kulathur in the district rose to five on Friday night as one more victim died in the hospital.A saltpan worker, Chandrasekaran (34) of Anna Nagar Colony... |
| Another cycle of heritage drive Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST Cycling enthusiasts came together on Saturday for a heritage ride to commemorate the 66{+t}{+h}Republic Day celebrations.Most of the cyclists were well-experienced and hailed from different... |
| ‘Militant was involved in killing of Adivasis’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST In a joint operation with the Assam police, the West Division police on Friday nabbed a 24-year-old militant belonging to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) from a lodge in Majestic.<... |
| To continue or not in NDA, PMK will decide on Feb. 15 Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST The PMK will announce its stand on the question of its continuation in the BJP-led NDA on February 15, party founder S. Ramadoss said on Saturday. The party has convened a conference and executiv... |
| Amarinder vows to expose BJP’s double-talk Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST With the party rank and file as well as people from the "holy city" responding to his call for a show of strength, Congress's Deputy Leader in Parliament Amarinder Singh on Saturday vowed to "compl... |
| HRD Ministry questions DU’s preparations for credit transfer scheme Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST The Ministry of Human Resource Development has put a spoke in Delhi University's plans to introduce the choice-based credit transfer scheme session by raising questions about the preparations made... |
| Kids were monitored, thrashed for ‘poor performance’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST A 300-strong contingent of police led by DCP (South) V. Satyanarayana, who rescued 200-odd children from different houses after conducting a cordon and search operation, were appalled to see the co... |
| Students to play key role in plastic waste disposal Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST School students will soon be the focal point of plastic waste management plans of as many as five grama panchayats in and around North Paravur.Aimed at become a zero-waste generating loc... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:35 PM PST Selva Vinayagar Temple: Kalabhairavar puja, Railway Colony, 5 p.m. Ramakrishna Math: Discourse on 'Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishnarin Vazhvum Vaakkum' by Swami Shamagithanandar... |
| FRIENDS counters in disarray, yet again Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Staff strength has fallen to 14 from 60 |
| Left parties protest Obama’s visit Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST US President Barack Obama scheduled visit to India has evoked widespread resentment in the State. Carrying black flags, the Left parties - CPI, CPI (M), Forward Bloc, CPI(ML) Liberation, MCPI(U) -... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:32 PM PST A confluence of folk and classical dances, brightly lit-up venues, stalls dotting the sands of R.K. Beach and thousands of visitors milling around the Beach Road – this was the scene on the second... |
| ‘Old dues of ISL yet to be cleared’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST The public representatives from across the district complained to the officials that many of the beneficiaries who got their individual sanitary latrines (ISL) constructed in the past more than thr... |
| ‘Aksharabhyasam’ performed at temples on Vasanta Panchami Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Several temples in Srikakulam wore a festive look with 'Aksharabhyasam' on the auspicious 'Vasanta Panchami' which is considered to be the best day to begin studies for children. Several parents ca... |
| Award for Prakasam district Collector Posted: 24 Jan 2015 07:13 PM PST Prakasam Collector and District Election Officer G.S.R.K.R. Vijaykumar has been selected for the 'Best Electoral Practices' award. The award will be presented to him by Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan a... |
| Officials told to pay pending wages to pourakarmikas Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:56 PM PST Minister seeks note on demand to regularise services |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST The Assistant Conservator of Forests, who unearthed the alleged encroachment of forest areas by an honorary wildlife warden in the Muthodi range in Chikkamgaluru, is stated to be facing the ire of... |
| CPI(M) Kannur district meet to begin on Thursday Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST The district conference of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] will begin at Koothuparamba here on January 29.Announcing this at a press conference here on Saturday, CPI(M) distr... |
| Proper parenting vital to ensure discipline: judge Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:45 PM PST Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, Kerala High Court judge, said here on Saturday that if parenting was not proper, there should be some social or societal interference by way of regulations. "This is... |
| British lawyer on track to complete mission to help Indian widows Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST British lawyer Chris Parsons, who is on a mission to walk 1,260 km from Mumbai to Bengaluru to raise funds for poor Indian widows and their children, has covered over 500 km, and is reported to be... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Relatives of M. Sambandam (52) of Andakudi near Papanasam, who consumed poison on Thursday and died on Friday, blocked traffic on Kutcheri Road opposite the Government Headquarters Hospital here on... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST The sixth National Voters' Day will be observed in all the taluks and district headquarters on Sunday. A rally to create awareness of voting, voter's enrolment will begin from Collectorate on Sunda... |
| Magistrate prohibits vehicle movement through burial ground Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST The Sub-Divisional Magistrate (South) has issued an order prohibiting the movement of bullock cart or any other vehicle through a burial ground and a government land at Thirukanji village for two m... |
| Selling cakes for the cause of stray dogs Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST Anyone who sees an injured or ill stray dog in the city can call up members of 'Voice of Stray Dogs', an organisation that rescues, treats and rehabilitates stray canines and abandoned pets.... |
| Jayalalithaa’s gesture to Bengal gymnast Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:22 PM PST Moved by the plight of Soumita Dey, a former gymnast from West Bengal, fighting for life at a Kolkata hospital, AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Saturday announced Rs. 5 lakh from party fun... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday shared dais with his long-time adversary Union Minister Birender Singh and appreciated NDA government's 'Beti Bachao Bet... |
| TS approves report on agri marketing reforms Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST The Government of Telangana on Saturday approved the report of the State-level Agricultural Marketing Reforms Committee.The committee was constituted to recommend the reforms in agricultural... |
| Kochi must increase green cover, go for CNG vehicles: Minister Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST Commercial growth alone does not augur well for Kochi. The city must increase its green cover and must simultaneously opt for CNG-run vehicles as in New Delhi to check pollution, Minister for Excis... |
| Unusual by-election will end proxy rule, says Stalin Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Dismissing the respective claims of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) that they were the alternative to the Dravidian parties in the Srirangam by-election, Dravi... |
| Floats lined up for Republic Day parade Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST A huge replica of the Tirumala temple, tableaux on rural development, government's agriculture policy and housing have been lined up for the Republic Day parade to be held at the Indira Gandhi Muni... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST 330 gms of gold and Rs. 4.9 lakh recovered |
| All set for Brahmotsavams at Cheruvugattu Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Marking the beginning of eight-day annual Brahmotsavams of Sri Parvathi Jedala Ramalingeshwara Swamy temple, Cheruvugattu, the presiding deity was taken on procession on Nalgonda streets as part of... |
| Stage set for Ratha Saptami tomorrow Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST The Lord will be taken out on seven 'vahanams' on a single day |
| TDP appeals for unanimous election Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST State Minister for Environment and Forests Bojjala Gopalakrishna Reddy accompanied by party senior leader Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu and Telugu Desam Party nominee for Tirupati Assembly segment by-e... |
| Left parties stage protest opposing Obama’s visit Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST A day ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to New Delhi, the Left parties staged demonstrations across the north Karnataka region on Saturday.Activists of the Communist Party of Indi... |
| Pathan brothers steal the show Posted: 24 Jan 2015 07:02 PM PST It may have been Karnataka's home match, but it was two opposition players who stole the show at the Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Ground here.During the four-day Ranji Trophy cricket... |
| Aryadan to take the salute at R-Day parade Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST Arrangements are in place for the district-level celebrations of the Republic Day to be held at M.S.P. Grounds here on Monday. Minister for Electricity Aryadan Mohammed will take the salute at the... |
| CPI(M) district meet concludes Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST 42-member district committee has four new faces |
| Bihar polls will be fought on Modi charisma, says Amit Shah Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Defends projection of Kiran Bedi as party's CM face in Delhi |
| Dravidian parties trying ‘Thirumangalam formula’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Union Minister of State for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Pon. Radhakrishnan alleged that the Dravidian parties were trying to adopt the 'Thirumangalam formula' to win the by-election to t... |
| Exercise your right to vote, says Vice-Chancellor Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST National Voters' Day was observed at the Periyar University here on Saturday.C. Swaminathan, Vice-Chancellor, presided and administered a pledge to the staff and students.Speaking on... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Valliyoor police have arrested four polytechnic college students, all in their teens, as they allegedly attacked a few of their classmates belonging to a different caste.The police said two... |
| A painter’s take on Aadu Jeevitham Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST The novel Aadu Jeevitham by Benyamin has been an eye opener to many. For dentist P.K. Bindiya, it has been the inspiration for her latest series of paintings.An exhibiti... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST The Puducherry Electricity Department is holding a public grievances meetings at various offices from 10.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the following days: January 27: For consume... |
| Swamy hopes Ram temple will be built at Ayodhya Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:38 PM PST Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy on Saturday hoped that the Ram temple will be built at Ayodhya and work will start early next year.At the three-day World Ramayana Conference,... |
| 24-hour fever helpline created Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST The State government has set up a 24-hour helpline where public can get information on swine flu and other fevers.The helpline was announced following a meeting chaired by C. Vijayabaskar, H... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST Applies for registration through a frontal company |
| TPCC to protest against land acquisition ordinance Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has decided to take up an agitation against the ordinance promulgated by the Centre on land acquisition for public purposes harming the interests of farm... |
| Govt. mulling dry-dock at Naval Ship Repair Yard Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Facility will augment capacity for repair, maintenance of warships |
| ‘Centre wants PCPIR in Mangaluru’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:56 PM PST Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar has said that the Union government is keen on setting up a Petroleum, Chemicals, and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) in Mangaluru. |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Hundred and twelve members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India (CPI) here were taken into custody after they attempted to stage a demonstration here on Saturday i... |
| ALC’s commerce wing hogs limelight on sports day Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST The 61{+s}{+t}annual sports day of Andhra Loyola College was held on Saturday in which the Commerce Department went on to win the overall championship, according to J. V. Nagendra Prasad, college p... |
| Young change-makers to present their ideas Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Embarking on a new project called 'Happy India', IndiaFirst Life Insurance selected top 25 teams from various schools to encourage them to become young change-makers.Out of the selected team... |
| Insurance employees to stage protests Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Flaying the Union Government for its dual standards on the Insurance (Laws)) amendment bill, All India Insurance Employees Association national vice president K Venugopal has warned that the people... |
| Gain command over subjects, students told Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Educational activities such as seminars, workshops and symposiums would enrich the skills of students and equip them with necessary aptitude for the present-day competitive world, said K. Sudarshan... |
| Paritala Ravi’s services recalled Posted: 24 Jan 2015 07:14 PM PST Speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao on Saturday hailed slain TDP leader Paritala Ravindra as a leader who crossed regional boundaries in becoming dear to one and all. "He is a leader who has blurred the... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST H. Maheshappa, Vice-Chancellor of Visvesvaraya Technological University has advised students to develop a vision to identify their goals and empower themselves to achieve them.Speaking at th... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST Of the many demands by local entrepreneurs, the notification for establishing the Industrial Township Authority in Mysuru is perhaps the most important. It has been pending since the 1990s.T... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Eleven people suffered injuries in an attack by a rabid dog at Kodungallur on Saturday. Of the injured, six men and three women were admitted to a private hospital at Kalamassery and two children w... |
| Mutinies are also social movements, says Naipaul Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST 'Think of it in smaller ways' |
| Honour killing suspected in woman’s death Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:13 PM PST A 23-year-old postgraduate, B. Subashree, allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at Uchipuli, near here triggering speculation that it might be a case of 'honour killing'.The woman... |
| Call to emulate values of Vallalar and Gandhiji Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST Speakers recall services rendered to the whole of humanity by selfless leaders |
| Left party functionaries stage protest against US President’s visit Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Police arrested 47 Left party functionaries, including a woman, here on Saturday when they tried to stage a protest against the visit of US President Barack Obama to India to participate in the Rep... |
| Fighting to give Azhikode his due Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST It has been three years since noted writer-orator Sukumar Azhikode passed away. Considering his contributions to the cultural scenario of Kozhikode, one would expect at least a commemoration meetin... |
| Traffic arrangements for Republic Day Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST The Traffic police have issued a set of guidelines to ensure smooth flow of traffic during the Republic Day celebrations in the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex here on Saturday.According to... |
| ‘Start using public transport’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST BBMP Commissioner does not mince his words |
| “Govt. should consult High Court before appointing law officers” Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST No yardstick prescribing minimum period of practice: HC |
| Deadline for EWS admissions extended Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST A day after The Hindu reported about nursery admissions under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category getting paralysed due to the upcoming elections, the Directorate of... |
| Discoms seek time till month-end for filing ARRs Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST The power distribution companies in Telangana – Southern (TSSPDCL) and Northern (TSNPDCL) – have sought time from the Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) till the month-end fo... |
| Biennale fascinates Qatari art students Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST A group of 25 students pursuing various courses in art and related disciplines at Qatar's Virginia Commonwealth University visited the Kochi-Muziris Biennale and felt that the ongoing contemporary... |
| Netas stay away from Kisan Samsath Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:59 PM PST Many MPs stayed away from the Kisan Samsath, at the Krishi Yantra Mela, organised by CAMPCO at Puttur on Saturday. Nalin Kumar Kateel, Ananth Kumar Hegde (Uttara Kannada), Karunakaran P. (Kasarago... |
| BJP candidate, five others file nomination papers Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Six persons, including the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, filed their nominations for the Srirangam by-election, here on Saturday.M. Subramaniam, the BJP candidate fielded on behalf of th... |
| SIDS adds more feathers to its cap Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST City-based Samana Institute for Design Studies (SIDS) has added yet another arm to the institute by launching Samana Architects & Interior Designers.CEO and managing director of SIDS Samana... |
| Transit homes for slum-dwellers await funding Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Providing transit accommodation for residents of Suryatejanagar to pave the way for development of the slum in situ under Rajiv Awas Yojna has been hanging fire for several months now.The pr... |
| BCs put TS govt. on notice over fee reimbursement Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST To hold all-party meeting inviting elected representatives to chalk out action plan |
| Exhibition on ancient Sanskrit books begins Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST The weeklong exhibition of ancient Sanskrit books ( Praachina Prachhya Grandha Vignana Sastra Pradarsana) (an exhibition of ancient Sanskrit books) that is opened at Maharajah'... |
| ‘Single Desk’ for speedy clearance to industries Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST Andhra Pradesh government will soon be bringing out 'Single Desk' policy for coordination of all relevant departments in giving speedy clearances to proposed industries within the fixed timelines.<... |
| Poor rainfall attributed to climate change Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST Deputy Commissioner N. Jayaram has attributed ecological imbalances and poor rainfall to global warming and climate change.Inaugurating a workshop on 'Hamara jal hamara jeevan', an initiativ... |
| Industrialists irked by CM’s ‘disregard’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 07:02 PM PST Many measures remain on paper though included in industrial policies |
| Medical college at General Hospital sought Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST All-party meet says 2012 budget had announced setting up of medical college |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST Film City (4060002): I (Tamil, 4 shows), Mili (Mal., 7 shows), Picket -43 (Mal., 6 shows), Mariyam Mukku (Mal., 5 shows), Rasam (Mal., 3 shows), PK (Hindi, 1 show), Baby (Hind... |
| Maharashtra to buy London house where Ambedkar lived Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST The Maharashtra government will buy the three-storey bungalow in London where B.R. Ambedkar lived while pursuing higher studies in the London School of Economics during 1921-22. The 2,050-square fo... |
| Three tonnes of flowers sent from Salem to adorn Tirupathi Temple Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST Sri Bakthi Sarar Baktha Saba is entrusted with the task |
| ‘Increase sales of khadi, village industries products’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST K. Dhanavel, former secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu and advisor of Gandhi Ashram, Tiruchengode, on Saturday visited the Gandhi Ashram Rajaji Khadi Bhavan in the city.He suggested steps f... |
| Torch rally, human chain mark missionary’s entry into India Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST A torch rally was organised here on Saturday to commemorate the 125th year of the mission entry of Brothers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus founder Rev. Fr. Adrian Caussanel SJ into India.The t... |
| All-party meet exhorts parties to eschew violence Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST An all party meeting held at Vadakara on Saturday called for steps to prevent violence in the riot-hit rural belts in the district.The meeting, chaired by District Collector C.A. Latha, was... |
| This is a positive step, says DULT Commissioner Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST In the 2008 draft of its 'parking policy', the Department of Urban Land Transport (DULT) had not only suggested reintroduction of the 'pay and park' scheme, but also to ensure the pricing reflects... |
| 19 fresh swine flu cases in Delhi Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:18 PM PST Delhi reported 19 more cases of swine flu on Saturday taking the total number of cases this year to 226. While doctors continue to say that there is no need to panic and that all precautions/measur... |
| Fake currency notes seized, two held Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:03 PM PST Delhi Police have seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of the face value of Rs. 11 lakh from a gang that used to smuggle the notes from Bangkok by concealing them in cosmetics and crockery cont... |
| ‘Tremors in city a one-off event’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST Measuring 1.8 on the Richter scale, data from Friday'slow-magnitude earthquake will be added to existing knowledge of seismic activity |
| Panel to fight for students’ cause Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has constituted a committee for coordinating with all opposition parties to formulate common programmes to agitate on behalf of the student community for... |
| GCDA chairman refutes allegations of corruption Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) chairman N. Venugopal on Saturday refuted allegations of corruption and violation of rules as suggested by a Local Fund Audit Committee report and termed... |
| Teaching traffic lessons through cartoons and orientation Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:08 PM PST Driving motorcycles without a helmet and after consuming alcohol is equal to 'HELL-MET' said one cartoon. Another cartoon had a tortoise—1,000 years' life, carrying the message "wear helmet," and y... |
| Farmers advised to sell maize soon after harvest Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST The Agro Market Intelligence and Business Promotion Centre (AMI and BPC) of the Department of Agricultural Marketing and Agri Business has advised farmers to sell maize upon harvest immediately as... |
| VMC mulls property tax revision Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) is planning to revise property tax (PT), aiming at augmenting its revenues by Rs. 100 crore. The authorities, who are seriously considering the proposal,... |
| Do your bit for sanitation, says Commissioner Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST 'A problem is use of non-biodegradable plastic |
| KTR slams Ponnala for his remarks against KCR Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Information Technology services Minister K Tarakarama Rao has strongly objected to the remarks made by TPCC chief PonnalaLakshmaiah against the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.Inst... |
| A ‘Yatra’ to highlight Yoga, its benefits Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST With a view to creating awareness about health among rural people, RSR Foundation will hold Patanjali Yoga Vignana Yatra from February 8.Rankireddy Subba Raju and R. Gopalakrishna, chairman... |
| Paddy regains pride of place in W. G. Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST The crop had lost its ground to others owing to prolonged glut in the market |
| Foundation stone for study centre Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST Minister for Higher Education and Tourism R.V. Deshpande will lay the foundation stone for a Science, Social Science and Commerce Study Centre on Sunday at 11 a.m. on the Davangere University campu... |
| ‘Clean your offices for R-Day’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST Deputy Commissioner C. Shikha, who is also chairperson of National Festivals Celebration Committee, has asked district-level officers in Mysuru district to clean their offices on Sunday in view of... |
| Agri-tourism will benefit Wayanad: VC Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:14 PM PST Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) Vice Chancellor P. Rajendran has said that the State should focus on developing agri-tourism projects to exploit the changing trends in the tourism sector.<... |
| Maletha’s women spearhead campaign against stone crushers Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST A month into protests against stone crushers mining in the agriculturally-rich Maletha gram sabha, the women of the village have decided to spearhead the campaign. They have taken the lead to deman... |
| Controlled eco-tourism mooted in 21 islands in Gulf of Mannar Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST 'Access must be designed to educate public on the rich diversity' |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST The Office of the District Differently Abled Welfare Officer has invited applications for free residential training programmes with stipend support in Multimedia and Digital Photography from orthop... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:15 PM PST A history-sheeter facing several criminal cases has been detained under Goondas Act. A statement from the Tirunelveli City police said K. Soundar (28) alias Elava from Paaraiyadi in Tirunelveli Tow... |
| Microcredit no panacea for poverty: study Posted: 24 Jan 2015 10:18 AM PST Six studies in four continents also reveal that small loans had no impact on women's empowerment |
| Hundreds join peaceful ‘Je suis Muslim’ rally in Sydney Posted: 24 Jan 2015 10:03 AM PST Hundreds of Muslims rallied in Sydney on Friday night to protest negative media coverage of Islam and the French magazine Charlie Hebdo's depictions of the Prophet Mohammed. Polic... |
| Consensus on implementing 13th amendment: Ranil Posted: 24 Jan 2015 10:02 AM PST Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe on Saturday said political parties have agreed to implement the thirteenth amendment as a solution to end the country's over three-decade-old ethnic... |
| Brazil: 3,00,000 left without water Posted: 24 Jan 2015 09:29 AM PST More than 300,000 people in Brazil's biggest city were without water on Friday, more than 24 hours after thunderstorms knocked out electricity to two pumping stations, the Sao Paulo state water ut... |
| Japan holds emergency meeting over new IS hostages video Posted: 24 Jan 2015 09:27 AM PST Japanese officials said on Saturday they were investigating a new online message purporting to be from the extremist Islamic State (IS) group about the two Japanese hostages it holds. Th... |
| World leaders pay tribute to Saudi king Abdullah Posted: 24 Jan 2015 09:23 AM PST Global leaders will fly to Saudi Arabia on Saturday and Sunday to offer condolences on the death of King Abdullah, who died early on Friday, testimony to Riyadh's important role in energy markets... |
| SC faults police, acquits two Italian tourists of murder Posted: 24 Jan 2015 07:16 AM PST The suspicious death of Francesco Montis, an Italian tourist, in room no: 409 of Hotel Buddha at Varanasi will remain a mystery thanks to the police failure to collect CCTV footage from the hotel... |
| Dolphin dies after rescue efforts prove futile Posted: 24 Jan 2015 07:13 AM PST Fishermen at Puducherry sighted the struggling creature at around 5 p.m. as it lay wedged in the rocks close to the coastline. |
| UP govt. officials disappointed at cancellation of Obama visit Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:58 AM PST Hours after news broke about the cancellation of US President Barack Obama's Agra visit, there was a sense of surprise and disappointment among the UP government officials. Interestingly, there wa... |
| Cameron: U.K.-India ties now stronger, deeper Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:55 AM PST In his special message to India on the occasion of its 65th Republic Day, Prime Minister David Cameron hailed the U.K.-India relationship as a "partnership between two equals with a mutual res... |
| TN sets up swine flu call centre Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:32 AM PST Call 044-24350496, 044-24334811, 9444340496, 9361482899 and 104 for information related to swine flu and fever, diagnostic centres and treatment from government hospitals |
| Queen Elizabeth II is now world’s oldest monarch Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:10 AM PST Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah (90), who passed away on Friday, was two years older than the Queen, who will be 89 in April. |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:39 PM PST ReligionShatprashnopanishat: Discourse by Bannanje Govindacharya, Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs, Bull Temple Road, Narasimharaja Colony, 6.30 p.m.Aparokshanubhooti: Disco... |
| Six arrested for transporting cattle to slaughter houses illegally Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:51 AM PST The Yeshwanthpur police have seized two trucks and arrested six persons who were carrying cattle to slaughter houses.Based on a tip-off, a team of police confronted two trucks and found 41... |
| Progressive farmers get eKisaan tablets Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:51 AM PST To educate, engage and empower the farming community, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday distributed eKisaan tablets loaded with information on agriculture, education and health. The... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:51 AM PST Fire broke out at a vegetable market here on Tannery Road in the early hours of Saturday . No casualty was reported in the incident.Though the exact cause of the fire is yet to be traced, t... |
| Bodo militant caught in Bengaluru Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:51 AM PST In a joint operation, the West Division police, on Friday, nabbed a 24-year-old militant belonging to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) from a lodge where he was hiding.Accor... |
| Passion and interests should guide decisions in higher education Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:38 AM PST Interests, strengths, passion and ambitions should be the combination of thinking among the students while choosing an engineering branch and the selection of a good institution based on its facul... |
| Spanish police arrest 4 suspected militants Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:37 AM PST Police in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta arrested four men on Saturday suspected of belonging to a militant network that may have been planning an attack in Spain, the Interior Ministry sa... |
| Commuters demand FOB at Tirusulam railway station Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:37 AM PST Those returning home late take a detour through GST Road, due to the fear of anti-social elements found in the forest region.T.S. ATUL SWAMINATHAN reports |
| Maharashtra to buy Ambedkar’s London house Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:17 AM PST The Maharashtra government has decided to purchase the 2,050 sq feet, three-story bungalow in London where Dr. B.R. Ambedkar lived. The house situated on 10, King Henry Road, NW3 where th... |
| Battle for Karpoori Thakur's legacy on in Bihar Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:27 PM PST As the JD-U celebrated the former CM's birth anniversary on Friday, BJP president Amit Shah held a rival function in memory of the socialist leader. |
| Victory for Kalaburagi pourakarmikas Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:09 AM PST Pourakarmikas working on daily wages in Kalaburagi City Corporation scored a major victory in their long-drawn struggle for regularisation of their services. Urban Development Minister Vinaykumar... |
| Centre keen on setting up urea plant in State: Ananth Kumar Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:08 AM PST Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers H.N. Ananth Kumar said here on Saturday that the Union government is keen on setting up a 1.3 million tonnes capacity urea manufacturing factory in Kar... |
| ‘Centre keen on PCPIR in Mangaluru’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:08 AM PST Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers H.N. Ananth Kumar said here on Saturday that the Union government is keen on setting up a PCPIR (petroleum, chemicals, and petrochemicals investment re... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:07 AM PST The Central Crime Branch sleuths busted a hawala racket and arrested a businessman along with unaccounted cash Rs. 15 lakh from him.The accused Rakesh (44), a resident of Nelamangala, was n... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:24 AM PST Guild of Service's Nutrition on Wheels programme has proved once again that a little support is all it takes for underprivileged women to make it big, reports Liffy Thomas |
| 28 KU students booked for campus violence Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:54 AM PST The police have booked cases against 28 students who went on a rampage on the Kakatiya University campus on Friday. Cases under sections IPC 148, 342, 352, 353, 448 and 427 read with 149... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:52 AM PST Residents of Rajeshwari Street in Metha Nagar complain of overflowing garbage, open defecation and illegal activities. L. KANTHIMATHI reports. |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 11:31 AM PST U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday embarked on his highly anticipated three-day landmark trip to India during which the two countries will strive to make progress on climate change, defence a... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:26 AM PST Authorities in Iraq said two bombings have killed seven people in Baghdad. Police officials said one bomb exploded on Saturday near a small restaurant in Baghdad's Zafaraniyah district, kil... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:22 AM PST Students' and parents' associations from across the State will join the Students' Federation of India (SFI) to stage a protest against a range of issues plaguing the education system in the State... |
| Egypt court overturns 37 death sentences Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:19 AM PST Judicial officials in Egypt said an appeals court has ordered a retrial in an internationally criticized mass trial, overturning 37 death sentences. Initially, more than 500 suspected backe... |
| CM honours judges who delivered judgements in Kannada Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:10 AM PST Kannada Development Authority (KDA) chairman L. Hanumanthaiah on Saturday urged the State government to come out with a new education policy that will enable the implementation of Kannada as a com... |
| Track two dialogue with BJP on, says PDP Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:19 PM PST Party re-elects Mehbooba Mufti as president for a fifth term |
| Telugu film industry bids tearful farewell to MS Narayana Posted: 24 Jan 2015 03:49 AM PST Actors, directors and producers attend the last rites of the comedian at Erragadda in Hyderabad. |
| Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia’s son dies Posted: 24 Jan 2015 03:27 AM PST Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's younger son Arafat Rahman Koko died of heart failure on Saturday, the party confirmed.Ms. Khaleda's pr... |
| City Union Bank net profit up 15% in Q3 Posted: 24 Jan 2015 08:41 AM PST The operating profit rose by 25 per cent to Rs. 168.29 crore from Rs. 134.66 crore in the same period in the previous year. |
| College girl killed, 14 injured in bus accident near Chennai Posted: 24 Jan 2015 10:46 AM PST A 21-year-old college student was killed and 14 persons were injured when the bus they were travelling in veered off Maduravoyal-Perungulathur Bypass Road and overturned on Saturday morning. ... |
| Kejriwal not invited for R-Day parade, wants to attend Posted: 24 Jan 2015 04:01 AM PST As per protocol former CMs are not invited, however, special invitation can be extended "on demand", says BJP |
| Tight security for R-Day celebrations Posted: 24 Jan 2015 03:07 AM PST As many as 3,740 police personnel have been deployed to maintain law and order, with nine DCPs being instructed to supervise security operations for the 66th Republic Day Parade to be held on the... |
| At least 34 dead in Bangladesh violence Posted: 24 Jan 2015 02:27 AM PST At least 34 people have died in Bangladesh and scores have been injured, most of them in firebomb attacks, amid rising political unrest fuelled by a stand-off between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina... |
| Left parties protest Obama’s India visit Posted: 24 Jan 2015 02:43 AM PST Communist Party of India (CPI) activists staged a demonstration near the U. S. Consulate in Hyderabad protesting the visit of US President Barack Obama. CPI senior leader... |
| NIA clears ‘Hizbul militant’ Liaquat Shah of terror charges Posted: 24 Jan 2015 11:35 AM PST The agency files charge sheet against a "missing" police informer. |
| 15 killed in eastern Ukraine shelling Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:19 AM PST Fifteen people were killed in shelling in the east Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Saturday, Ukraine's Interior Ministry said. Government-held Mariupol,... |
| Attempt to lift fuselage of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 fails Posted: 24 Jan 2015 02:42 AM PST Indonesian rescuers lifted the fuselage of the crashed AirAsia jetliner nearly to the water's surface before it sank to the ocean floor again when the lifting balloons deflated on Saturday. ... |
| Health Dept kicks off H1N1 awareness drive in Raichur Posted: 24 Jan 2015 02:34 AM PST Alerted by the increased deaths caused by confirmed swine flu (H1N1) in neighbouring Telangana, the Department of Health and Family Welfare in Raichur has embarked upon an awareness drive across t... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:57 AM PST Those who cannot visit the Republic Day flower show at Lalbagh in Bengaluru this year have an opportunity to enjoy a variety of flowers and vegetables in Kolar. The flower and vegetable show organ... |
| Bus crew urged to be aware, responsible Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:55 AM PST Not realising the onerous responsibility on the person behind the wheels is one among the major causes for road mishaps, said Bhujanga Shetty, who has been driving heavy vehicles for nearly three... |
| Businessman robbed in Bengaluru Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:55 AM PST A 45-year-old businessman was robbed of his bag containing Rs. 50,000 cash, a mobile phone and important documents by an unidentified person in front of his house in RPC layout in Vijaya Nagar on F... |
| Juvenile kite brings Metro to a brief halt Posted: 24 Jan 2015 03:09 AM PST Power supply to the Namma Metro train in Malleswaram was stopped for five minutes on Saturday to save a juvenile kite found on the tracks.The fledgling was rescued, is safe and will... |
| Pakistan curbs on JuD ‘significant’, says Army Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:52 AM PST But the effect of the "good moves" need to be gauged on ground, says Lt. General Subrata Saha, General Officer Commanding of Army's Srinagar-based 15 Corps. |
| Sea ingress damages road in Visakhapatnam Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:05 AM PST The erosion has damaged an 18-metre section right next to a freshly filled breach on Beach Road. |
| Odisha company director held in chit fund scam Posted: 24 Jan 2015 01:12 AM PST Pravat Kumar Dash, director of 15 Seashore Group of companies, was arrested by the CBI. |
| Girls got to be more ‘appropriate’? Posted: 24 Jan 2015 12:49 AM PST When schools around Bengaluru started enforcing safety norms following a spate of sexual abuse cases, one feature that was nowhere in the government-stipulated guidelines figured in the pep talks... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 12:49 AM PST Do schools and parents know how to handle adolescent sexuality? There appears to be a yawning gap between the perceptions of adults and young adults on the question, which can sometimes lead to tragic consequences. The suicide of a 15-year-old girl, allegedly after being reprimanded for being "intimate" with a boy, is a case in point. |
| ‘Parents should be first persons a child should turn to for help’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 12:48 AM PST Gayathri Ananth, founder of Vigilant Citizen, a parents' collective, fields questions on how parents should deal with issues pertaining to sexuality. Children and teenagers have access to... |
| ‘There are no shortcuts to building relationships’ Posted: 24 Jan 2015 12:48 AM PST Satish Inamdar, director of Krishnamurthy Foundation, on the right approach to adolescent care.Is the age of adolescence now more complicated?Life is now more complicated in ge... |
| SCs to lay down their lives demanding internal reservation Posted: 24 Jan 2015 12:46 AM PST Madiga Dandora, which is spearheading a movement seeking internal reservation among Scheduled Castes, has given a call to its activists to lay down their lives on Republic Day to protest against t... |
| Files at Mandya TP office gutted in fire Posted: 24 Jan 2015 02:02 AM PST Some files were gutted in a fire accident at the Executive Officer's office of Mandya Taluk Panchayat here on Saturday morning. According to the police, locals alerted the police after ob... |
| Shivanna is the new VC of UAS-B Posted: 24 Jan 2015 12:41 AM PST Plant breeder and geneticist H. Shivanna was on Friday appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Agricultural Sciences-Bengaluru. He is the first Dalit vice-chancellor of any agricultural univ... |
| Speak about Bhopal disaster when in India, Amnesty urges Obama Posted: 24 Jan 2015 12:49 AM PST If Obama fails to address impact of UCC's negligence, U.S. firms will be emboldened to ignore accountability for rights abuses, warns Human Rights group |
| 12-kg gold stolen in Krishnagiri bank heist Posted: 24 Jan 2015 12:32 AM PST In a major midnight heist, the Bank of Baroda in Gundarapalli, Krishnagiri huge quantity of jewellery, presumably close to 12 kg was burgled on the intervening night of Saturday. Pr... |
| Jayalalithaa grants Rs 5 lakh for Bengal gymnast fighting for life Posted: 24 Jan 2015 12:19 AM PST The 27-year old former gymnast from West Bengal is down with neurosarcoidosis since 2012 with the lower half of her body paralysed. |
| Congress manifesto for the Delhi Assembly election Posted: 24 Jan 2015 12:08 AM PST The party manifesto, the first part of which was released on Friday, promised to bring down power bills by almost 50 per cent while waiving the "inflated water bills" generated after the Congress was thrown out of power. |
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