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Verdict in Azad encounter case put off to March 13

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 11:04 PM PST

Pronouncement of order on the protest petition in the alleged fake encounter of top Maoist Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad was adjourned to March 13 by Adilabad Judicial First Class Magistrate Mary...

First notification for engineers’ recruitment in TS soon

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:59 PM PST

The first employment notification in Telangana State for the recruitment of engineers in the Panchayat Raj Department would be issued within two weeks, said Ganta Chakrapani, chairman of the Telan...

TS keen on resolving forest land ownership dispute

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:58 PM PST

The Telangana government will give priority to the joint survey and inspection by the Forest and Revenue Departments to fix boundaries of forest land in the State. In line with th...

Nitish made a blunder by making me CM: Manjhi

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:52 PM PST

Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday made a blistering attack on his mentor-turned-rival Nitish Kumar saying he made a blunder, if not error, by making him Chief Minister. "Ni...

Activists support Teesta Setalvad, Javed Anand

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:48 PM PST

As the threat of arrest looms large over the activist couple Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand, who were in the forefront of fight for justice to the Gujarat riot victims, activists have extended su...

Sena continues tirade against Modi

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:47 PM PST

"Every hero of politics should tread with caution...The people of this country are supreme", says the Saamna editorial

BJP terms Raj Thackeray an ‘attention seeker’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:26 PM PST

The party was responding to the scathing cartoon drawn by the MNS chife mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah

Airport expansion plan gathers steam

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:10 PM PST

The expansion plans of Gannavaram airport gathered steam with District Collector Ahmed Babu holding consultations with National Building Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) Executive Director...

Varsity campus to go Wi-Fi this month

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:01 PM PST

The entire Mangalagangotri premises of Mangalore University will become a Wi-Fi-enabled campus before this month-end. Stating this at the inaugural session of an awareness program...

Concern over pending rail projects

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:46 PM PST

Work between Shencottah and Punalur remains in limbo for 17 years for want of funds

As flyover comes up, city wrestles with changes

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:43 PM PST

It is almost two weeks since traffic diversions came into place in the city as works on Gandhipuram flyover project have gained pace. Buses have been diverted, traffic has been c...

Congestion eases at GP Junction

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:41 PM PST

As the signal turns green at the 100 feet road – Siddhapudur Road junction, goods carriers, cars, buses and lorries from 100 Feet Road vie with one another to race ahead and travel the maximum.

Student dies as school bus overturns in Guntur

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:37 PM PST

A 10-year girl, Lahari, was killed and several others injured when the school bus in which they were travelling overturned after ramming against a tree on Nuttaki-Kothapalem road near Mangalagiri...

Two killed in Assam blast

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:11 PM PST

Two persons were killed in a grenade blast at Sepon in Sibsagar district of Assam on Friday. Unknown persons travelling in a cycle hurled a grenade at the house of prominent businessman B...

Bake sale for a cause

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:10 PM PST

 Wondering what cupcakes, brownies, tarts, cookies and other delectable baked products have to do with the rescue, treatment and rehabilitation of stray dogs? The Voice of Stray Dogs has organised...

Many heading out for a quick getaway

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:10 PM PST

What do couples who believe in celebrating Valentine's Day usually do? Exchange gifts, resolve to spend time together, or at best, head out for a romantic meal or a movie date. But this year, it i...

Love in the time of social divides

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:09 PM PST

What did K. Shivarama Karanth, U.R. Ananthamurthy and Poornachandra Tejaswi, among the tallest Kannada literary figures, have in common? They all broke barriers of caste or religion to find their...

Sensex rises 110 points in early trade on global cues

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:17 PM PST

Buying rose on a global firming trend after Europe-Russia plan to end Ukraine's 10-month war, but poor IIP and retail inflation data limited the gains.

Rupee trims early gains, still up by 14 paise vs. USD

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:17 PM PST

Forex dealers said that besides selling of the greenback by exporters and banks, there was a higher opening in the domestic stock market.

New York Times media columnist David Carr dies at 58

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 08:41 PM PST

Carr's column focused on issues of media in relation to business, culture and government.

Kejriwal condemns attack on Delhi Christian school

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:25 PM PST

Delhi Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal on Friday condemned the attack on a Christian school in south Delhi's Vasant Vihar area. Holy Child Auxilium School was allegedly vandalised...

China’s first female astronaut gives birth

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 08:03 PM PST

China's first female astronaut has begun training for her next mission after giving birth to her first child. The China Daily newspaper on Friday quoted Liu Yang as confirming the bi...

WikiLeaks case: Hormone treatment approved for Chelsea Manning

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 07:55 PM PST

Defence Department officials said on Thursday that hormone treatment for gender reassignment has been approved for Chelsea Manning, the former intelligence analyst convicted of espionage for sendi...

Snowden calls ‘Citizenfour’ an incredible film

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 07:47 PM PST

Edward Snowden, Citizenfour director Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald have had a kind of reunion, their first time publicly together since clandestinely meeting in a Hong Kong h...

5 dead as Bengaluru-Ernakulam train derails

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 11:02 PM PST

Nearly 100 passengers are feared injured after the Ernakulam-bound train from Bengaluru toppled near Belagondapalli village, near Hosur on Friday.

Most Peshawar school attackers killed or arrested: Pakistan

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 07:39 PM PST

Most of the terrorists, who were involved in the brutal attack on an army school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar in December last year have either been killed or arrested, the Pakistani army sai...

Jackie Chan's son Jaycee released from jail

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:05 PM PST

Jaycee Chan, the son of actor Jackie Chan, was released from jail in China on Friday after serving a six-month sentence on drugs charges, state media said.The official Xinhua news ag...

End use of child soldiers in conflicts: UN

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:51 PM PST

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Thursday called for urgent action to end grave violations of the rights of children, including their recruitment and use by armed groups.In a stat...

Modi lauds conduct of Games

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:41 PM PST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated the State for the successful conduct of the 35th National Games.A press note issued by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's office said here on Thur...

U.S. cop who attacked Indian man arrested

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:18 PM PST

Video from police officer's "dash-cam" shows Patel being swiped off his feet from behind

Obama calls Sharif, discusses India trip

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:14 PM PST

United States President Barack Obama on Friday called Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and discussed bilateral and regional issues, including his recent trip to India, the White House said....

India improves press freedom rank

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:14 PM PST

India was ranked 136 out of 180 nations worldwide in terms of press freedom in 2015, which marks an improvement from its rank of 140 in 2014

Geelani ‘roughed up’ in JNU

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:56 PM PST

SAR Geelani, who was acquitted in the 2001 Parliament attack case, was roughed up allegedly by ABVP members on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus on Wednesday night. Mr. Geelani had arrived th...

LIVE: Polling begins for Srirangam by-election

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:07 PM PST

The by-election was necessitated by the conviction of former Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, in a corruption case in September.

Three-member SIT to probe 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:25 PM PST

The SIT will be headed by Pramod Asthana, an IPS officer of 1986 batch.

Swine flu toll mounts across country

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:15 PM PST

Twenty-seven people, including a Swiss woman, on Thursday died of swine flu in five States while several fresh cases of the contagious disease, which has claimed nearly 450 lives this year, were r...

H1N1 virus has not mutated: Centre

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:15 PM PST

Even as there has been no let-up in the cases of swine flu being reported from across the country, Union Health Ministry officials on Thursday confirmed that the H1N1 virus that causes the flu has...

H1N1 cases to come under 3 categories

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:16 PM PST

The Centre has come up with exhaustive guidelines for the States to follow for combating the H1N1 outbreak. Taking cognisance of the panic that has spread owing to the surge in the number of cases...

Christian community to host Modi

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:03 PM PST

This will be the first interface after the recent church attacks

Mediation can cut backlog: judge

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:38 PM PST

"Litigation is not the way to good governance"

Police will try to convince Kejriwal on security

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 02:50 PM PST

On several occasions, he has been attacked in the past, says a police official

China ‘respects’ India’s U.N. seat bid

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 02:44 PM PST

China for "broadest consensus through diplomatic means" on UNSC reform

AAP owes it to the young and poor

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:37 PM PST

In every age group, AAP's vote share was significantly higher than that of BJP

PDP, BJP come closer on CMP

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 02:27 PM PST

Move to form government before budget session of Parliament

Sirisena to discuss Indian investment with Modi

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:58 PM PST

Economic partnership agreement that New Delhi wants may not figure in talks

All set for by-elections

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:57 PM PST

The by-elections to one Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal and six Assembly seats in various States will be held on Friday. The by-election to the Bangaon Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal was neces...

Perumal Murugan, wife transferred to Chennai

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:53 PM PST

They had sought transfer from the Government Arts and Science College, Namakkal in the wake of the controversy over his novel "Madhorubhagan".

The war against memes, DMDK style

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:39 PM PST

Sometimes, a joke becomes just too much for some people. And often, it is not even the subjects of the joke, but others — loyalists, followers and fans — whose hackles are raised by the humour.

Ads removed from 500 illegal bus shelters in Chennai

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:36 PM PST

Civic body will also strengthen weak ones among the structures, temporarily

A yen for Sanskritised Hindi

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:07 PM PST

'Ishan Vikas', 'Ishan Uday', 'SWAYAM', 'SAMVAY', 'Saksham', 'GIAN' and 'Udaan' are the new words in the HRD Ministry's lexicon where several schemes have been tweaked and repackaged with new names.

Berlinale: It’s ‘Franco-philia’ at Berlinale

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 12:46 PM PST

When does James Franco sleep? That question isn't likely to be answered soon given the number of films he has here

India protests US police atrocity

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 12:38 PM PST

The government has expressed "serious concern" over the manhandling of a 57-year-old Indian, Suresh Patel, who was paralysed after being pushed to the ground by the police at Madison in Alabama, U.

Sri Lanka: Army-controlled land in the North to be released

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:43 PM PST

The Sri Lankan government will release 1000 acres of land in its Tamil-majority North Province that were until now under the Army's control, senior Ministers said following a Cabinet decision on T...

Nepal CA endorses questionnaire

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 12:30 PM PST

Amidst boycott by Opposition parties, Constituent Assembly on Thursday endorsed the report of the Proposal Drafting Committee which also contains a questionnaire on disputed issues.This pav...

Two held on charge of transporting cannabis

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

The Thirunelly police arrested two youths on the charge of possessing 86 kg of cannabis at Kattikulam on Thursday. The arrested were Sumesh, 24, of Chalapurath at Wadakkancherry in Thrissur and San...

Bid to privatise KSDP: Sreemathy

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Former Health Minister P.K. Sreemathy, MP, has accused the State government of attempting to privatise the public sector Kerala State Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (KSDP).Inaugurating a seminar...

It’s a tough ride on Mettupalayam Road

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

THE vehicular traffic along Mettupalayam Road-Shastry Road-Patel Road in the city has gone up significantly in the past couple of weeks following the recent traffic diversions, according to traffic...

Workshop on valuation at PMU

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

The importance of valuation as a study and application is bound to grow as it impacts various disciplines of engineering, Executive Vice-President, World Association of Valuation Organisations, P.K...

It is a rich feast for the eyes at Poompuhar crafts mela

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Stalls featuring Rajasthani kurtis to open by weekend

Beedi workers take out rally in support of demands

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Thousands of beedi workers belonging to various trade unions including the CITU (Centre for Indian Trade Unions), AITUC (All India Trade Union Congress), LPF (Labour Progressive Front), ATP (Anna T...

Competitions for National Science Day

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:28 PM PST

The Pondicherry Science Forum in association with the Department of Science, Technology and Environment, has organised a series of competitions for students and the public. The National Science Da...

Actor Pooja Gandhi’s car rams scooter; woman hurt

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Jayanagar traffic police are looking for Kannada film actor Pooja Gandhi after the car by which she was travelling was involved in an accident near Yediyur Lake in Jayanagar. A 55-year-old woma...

BJP’s option to ease cane growers’ woes accepted

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

'Adjust co-generation fees against mills' dues'

Awareness in TN after AAP win: Vasan

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Tamil Maanila Congress leader G.K. Vasan on Thursday said the outcome of the Delhi Assembly elections had created awareness among the people of Tamil Nadu and it would lead to the formation of a go...

Thematic exhibition on police today

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Western Ghats International School has organised a 'Police Exhibition' on the school premises at Ettimadai on Palakkad Road on February 13 and 14. The exhibition is aimed at helping students un...

Tharoor questioned again

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor was on Thursday questioned for the second time by the Delhi Police in connection with his wife Sunanda Pushkar's murder case.Meanwhile, in a related deve...

HC dismisses contempt case against State

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

A Bench comprising Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and M. Satyanarayana Murthy of the Hyderabad High Court dismissed a contempt case filed against the State by Reserve Sub Inspectors (RSI). It dates bac...

Over 2,000 flower plants on show

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Excise Minister K. Babu inaugurated the 33rd Cochin Flower Show 2015 on Thursday.The flower show organised by Ernakulam District Agri-Horticulture Society, at Ernakulathappan Ground, will ha...

CAMPCO to manufacture arecanut palm climbing device

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:05 PM PST

The Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd. (CAMPCO) will manufacture a device to climb arecanut palms on mass scale and provide training in scaling the palms using it,...

Drinking water supply scheme runs dry

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:19 PM PST

The residents of Adimalathura, a coastal hamlet near Vizhinjam, are forced to spend huge sums on sinking borewells as the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has not been able to supply drinking water to...

Congress eyeing fresh blood to revive cadre

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Pradesh Congress Committee's (PCC) brainstorming session, the first of its kind after the general elections and bifurcation, is likely to focus on political strategy of the party with special e...

Labour Dept. to organise contests in sports and games

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:21 PM PST

Sports, games, and cultural competitions for those employed in shops and establishments, factories, and transport agencies located in the three districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, and Visakhapat...

Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs is heir of Mysuru royal family

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Mysuru royal family has a new heir in Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs to continue the Dasara traditions of the Wadiyar dynasty and carry forward the protracted legal battle with the State government ove...

SCCL contract workers take out protest rally seeking wages

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Contract workers of the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) took out a rally under the aegis of the IFTU in Yellendu on Thursday pressing for their long pending demands including payment of...

Geo Tag proposed for Pushkaram pilgrims

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Municipal Corporation of Rajahmundry (MCR), police department and a private consultancy from Hyderabad are jointly designing an App and Geo Tag for the convenience of Godavari Pushkaram pilgrim...

Finally, an end to speculations

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The passing away of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar in December 2013 had given rise to wide speculations on his successor.With the naming of Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs as the royal heir , al...

Seminar on business management

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Hindu in association with the Institute of Computer and Business Management (ICBM) School of Business Excellence in Hyderabad will be organising a free seminar on 'Right P...

‘Banks achieve target of account creation’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Banks have crossed the target of creating bank accounts under the Jan Dhan Yojana, officials said in Bidar recently. "We have reached 112 per cent of the target,'' K. Dayalan lead bank manager, sai...

Police advisory for Valentine’s Day

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The city police have issued an advisory to the public to maintain law and order and ensure peace during Valentine's Day celebrations on Saturday.While people have been cautioned against indu...

Two get life term for murder

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Additional District and Sessions Court at Manjeri on Thursday sentenced B.K. Biju Nair and his friend Kunnasseri Shamsuddin alias Baputty to rigorous imprisonment for life for the murder of Chi...

Ayyappa temple opens for monthly rituals

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

TDB Commissioner inspects sewage treatment plant site

As flyover comes up, city wrestles with changes

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

IT is almost two weeks since traffic diversions came into place in the city as works on Gandhipuram flyover project have gained pace.Buses have been diverted, traffic has been closed on some...

Two students drown

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Two students of a private university near here met a watery grave in a lake at Thirumalaisamudiram on Thursday.Srinivasan Aravind (19) of Mumbai and his friend Akhilesh (20) of Hosur were re...

Three killed as van rams parked lorry in Bargur

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Lorry driver had got down to have tea and escaped unhurt

DRO inspects land for court complex in Polur

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

District Revenue Officer (DRO) S. Palani has inspected a land near Polur that is being considered for construction of combined court buildings, on Thursday.Polur Magistrate court is function...

Bringing the glorious past of Puducherry to bear on present

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:32 PM PST

From Bharathiar's and Bharathidasan's poetry and a dance drama on Aayi, to a talk on Ananda Ranga Pillai, and performances by Indianostrum and Adishakti theatre groups, the Pondicherry Heritage F...

70-year-old woman slips off first floor, dies

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

A 70-year-old woman fell to her death from the first floor of a commercial complex on Mission Road on Wednesday night.Sampangiramnagar police identified the dead woman as Mariamma, a residen...

Of set dosa annd kaalu soup

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

What began as a discussion on the woes of Bengaluru's civic body, ended up bringing out the foodie side of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, with the discussion wandering into the food streets of his ho...

81 TN fishing boats likely to be released today

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

: After obtaining nod from the Centre, the Tamil Nadu government will send rescue teams comprising 150 fishermen to Sri Lanka to repair and bring back the 81 fishing boats, expected to be released...

Dirt bike race marks inaugural of Yugam

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:45 PM PST

The three-day national level techno-cultural fest, Yugam, began at Kumaraguru College of Technology here on Thursday.The highlight of the first day of the event was 'Mini Dirt Bike 2015', or...

Balyan quizzed in liquor case

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Uttam Nagar Naresh Balyan finally appeared for questioning in the liquor seizure case on Thursday and denied any link to the consignment seized by the Delhi Police."...

Job-seekers in Malaysia cautioned

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The High Commission of India based in Kuala Lumpur has cautioned Indians intending to travel to Malaysia for jobs not to be misled by agents and become victims of immigration violations .In...

TS keen on resolving forest land ownership dispute

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Forest and Revenue Departments to take up a joint survey to fix boundaries

Kochi today

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:55 PM PST

General Ernakulam District Agri-Horticulture Society: Cochin Flower Show 2015, Ernakulathappan ground, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. British Council: Education UM exhibition...

21 permanent Aadhaar enrolment centres for Dakshina Kannada

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Dakshina Kannada district, which stands in the ninth position as far as Aadhaar enrolment is concerned, would get 21 permanent Aadhaar enrolment centres to speed up the process.They would be...

Making it a waste-free event

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The National Games Secretariat (NGS) has sought the cooperation of the public in making the closing ceremony of the ongoing 35th National Games, on February 14, a zero-waste event.The NGS ha...

Iraqi students flock to ANU to pursue higher studies

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Twenty-year-old Ahmed Names Ahmed from war-torn Iraq is a happy man these days.He has been pursuing engineering course away from his hometown at Salah Al-Din in Iraq. "I want to stay here an...

CII session today

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A session on presentation by Mayor of Menlo Park (USA) Catherine Carlton on exploring twin city relationship between Visakhapatnam and Menlo Park will mark the annual day celebration of Confederati...

Can they pull it off again?

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Manchu brothers are at it again. The younger Manoj will again star in an action-comedy to be produced by the elder Vishnu. It will be produced by their 24 Frames Factory, and directed by G. Nag...

Clean water every six hours in Jarasangam gundam on Sivaratri

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The officials are making all arrangements for the smooth conduct of Sivaratri celebrations at Ketaki Sangameswara temple, another pilgrim destination during festivals.About three lakh devote...

BKS warns government on Pattiseema LI scheme

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) has objected to the government's decision to give administrative sanction for diversion of 80 tmc of flood waters of river Godavari to Krishna for domestic and indus...

Devadasis demand increase in pension

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

'Government must end the system once and for all'

Power regulatory body urged to reject tariff hike

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Karnataka Chamber of Commerce, Hubballi and Gadag Chamber of Commerce have urged the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission to reject the proposed power tariff hike by 80 paise per unit by...

Two held, three two-wheelers recovered

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The city police have arrested two persons and recovered three two-wheelers, totally valued at Rs. 1 lakh.Police said Karthik (19), a resident of Hinkal, and Mahesh (19), a resident of Vijayn...

Panel to probe charges

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

A three-member committee will probe into the charges of corruption made against the Registrar of the Kerala University of Health Sciences, V. Ipe Varghese.The committee, led by P.R. Sudhakar...

Report calls for upgrading hospital at Attappady

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:32 PM PST

C. Unbaidulla, chairman of the Mannarkkad Taluk Legal Service Committee and Munsiff-Magistrate, has suggested to the Kerala High Court that the present 54-bed facility at the Government Tribal Spec...

Rotary Club’s fund raising criticised

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Door-to-door collection of donations 'using students' as part of 'polio fund raising campaign' by Rotary Clubs is inviting the wrath of people and activists."It looks obtrusive when students...

Arguments mar public hearing on limestone mining

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A section of participants stage dharna

Surveillance stepped up to prevent sand smuggling across State border

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Four special teams have been constituted, each under a Deputy Collector, to increase surveillance against sand smuggling across the Tamil Nadu border, into Karnataka.Further, an additional e...

Special wards for H1N1 set up

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

In all 11 government hospitals get the facility as a precautionary measure

Japanese notes waiting for ears

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:29 PM PST

Get ready for some Japanese music as this month's edition of SecSat Pondy brings the band GLEAM for DREAM (GfD) from the Kyoto-Osaka region in Japan. GfD will perform original songs in English an...

Anganwadi workers’ protest rally inconveniences commuters

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:13 PM PST

People who wanted to take trains to their destinations from the Bengaluru City Railway Station on Thursday morning faced difficulties in entering the station as members of the Karnataka Rajya Angan...

When words just aren’t enough

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

When words aren't just enough, love seems to take on a materialistic form. This is more than apparent this Valentine's Day.Several gifting chains are feeding into the materialistic nature th...

Confident EC will ensure peaceful polling: HC

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Madras High Court on Thursday said it was confident that the Election Commission was fully geared to ensure a free and fair by-election in Srirangam.In a petition, DMK candidate N. Anand...

BJP-led civic bodies hope for help from AAP govt.

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Cash-starved BJP-led municipal corporations are hoping that the incoming Aam Aadmi Party Government would solve their financial problems.A constant complaint heard in the civic bodies was th...

DPRs for Vizag, Vijayawada Metro Rail being readied

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) have been formed for Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam Metro Rail projects and the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) were under preparation, according Delhi Metro Rail Corp...

Iron ore bearing areas to be reassessed

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Mines and Geology Department and GSI to take up a joint survey

Cargo service to Middle East

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:15 PM PST

Connectivity for export cargo from Kochi to the Middle East has improved with the inauguration of a new service by SSL Gujarat here on Thursday. The service is being operated b...

Marialena Fernandes to play tunes for the city

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:04 PM PST

Vienna-based renowned pianist of Mangaluru-origin Marialena Fernandes will perform with the Austria-German band Hotel Palindrone during a three-day tour of the port city beginning Friday.Ms....

Kerala to build flats for the homeless

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:20 PM PST

The State government will construct apartment blocks at a cost of Rs.49 crore in two places in Thiruvananthapuram district to accommodate homeless people in coastal areas, Fisheries Minister K. Ba...

TDP should sever ties with BJP: APSMFC chief

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

'BJP is working against the secular interests of the nation'

Fight sexual abuse firmly: Brinda Karat

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:18 PM PST

The present political scenario defines a woman's role in a stereotypical manner -- a woman is confined within the four walls of the house, gives birth to children and takes care of her family. If a...

Perilous roads in A.S. Rao Nagar

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Road conditions in A.S. Rao Nagar are in a bad state for the last many weeks. Deep pits, dust pollution and uneven road levels are proving a nightmare for the motorists.There is always a ris...

15 arrested for forcibly taking away seized tractor

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Police arrested 15 persons for forcibly taking away a tractor seized by the Forest Department officials in the Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve here on Thursday.Divisional Forest Offic...

Congress now woos students for its revival

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Congress, which faced the worst ever defeat in 2014 elections has decided to enlist the support of youngsters, with focus on upper primary and intermediate students who are set to become voters...

High Court Bench quashes amendment to bylaws of HKES

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

In a landmark judgement, the Kalaburagi Bench of the High Court of Karnataka quashed the amendment to the bylaws of the Hyderabad Karnataka Education Society, running a chain of educational institu...

‘Accidents delay work at Yermarus power station’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Recent accidents, loss of lives, workers' revolt and resultant suspension of work have adversely affected the construction work at Yermarus Thermal Power Station (YTPS), said M. Maheshwar Rao, Mana...

Soon, Mysuru city to get LED screens for better traffic management

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The screens will alert motorists on traffic jams, instil discipline

Nisham sent to Viyyur jail

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Controversial businessman Mohammed Nisham, who tried to kill a security guard at Sobha City, was produced before a Chavakkad court on Thursday. He was sent to Viyyur Central jail. He was under poli...

‘Communication barrier biggest handicap to Tamils’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

'Learning additional languages at young age helps'

Team inspects Siddha Medical College

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A two-member team from Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) inspected infrastructure-starved Government Siddha Medical College here on Thursday amidst complaints from undergraduate and postgra...

10 ancient temples in Vellore district getting facelift

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Ten ancient and famous temples in Vellore district are currently undergoing renovation without any alteration of the features depicting their ancientness at a cost of Rs. 3.70 crore.Accordin...

Database of senior citizens planned

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:33 PM PST

The police will create a database of senior citizens in the city to prevent crimes against them and to accord priority to their complaints, Superintendent of Police (North) N. Ravikumar said here...

A slice of Mars from HAL

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

A Martian surprise awaits visitors at the Aero India pavilion of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.The defence public sector's Aerospace Division, which supplied the ISRO spacecraft that travelled t...

Battle for love brewing in Bengaluru

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:14 PM PST

Cubbon Park may be the battleground between those in saffron and red on Valentine's Day. While one on hand, the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha has threatened to marry off couples "found" in parks in...

Downswing in Pichavaram bird population: study

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Pichavaram mangroves and its associated wetlands are facing an alarming decline in bird population.According to a study, Pichavaram — the second largest mangrove wetland eco-system in th...

Garment factory staff go on the rampage in Gurgaon

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

2 dozen vehicles damaged in a garment factory

Bajrang Dal warns lovebirds

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Activists of the right-wing Bajrang Dal warned youngsters against celebrating Valentine's Day and threatened to marry them off if they were caught at parkas and recreational spots. A group of Bajra...

BJP flays govt. on SC/ST sub-plan

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Bharatiya Janata Party floor leader K. Laxman on Thursday, assailed the Telangana government for spending only a fraction of budget allocations on SC, ST development, and not setting up the require...

Petition seeks directive to VACB

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

A petition was filed in the High Court on Thursday seeking a directive to the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) to file an FIR in the Pattoor public land grab case.In his petition,...

Flower model of Mars Mission to adorn Kadri Park

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:03 PM PST

A flowery tribute to the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is set to steal your hearts at the four-day horticulture and floriculture show that will begin at Kadri Park from Saturday.Addressing pres...

Security breach at SAC baffles police

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:21 PM PST

Missing copper cables found in man's possession

Survey on to identify monuments at risk

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Department of Archaeology and Museums takes up the task

IGNOU entrance test on Feb. 15

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Test for admission into all managements programmes (OPENMAT XXXVII) of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will be held on February 15 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.The entrance test is b...

Engagements for Friday,

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

GENERAL GITAM University: 'Pramana 2K15' – Two day Techno – Management Fest, university campus, Rudraram, near Patancheru, 10.30 a.m. Telangana Tahsi...

Banners, flexis destroyed at Naidu’s meeting venue

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:51 PM PST

Miscreants burnt down the sprawling tent put up for the TDP district party meeting to be addressed by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and party president N. Chandrababu Naidu here.A portion of...

EPOS to ensure better service at fair price shops

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

7 lakh cardholders to benefit in Srikakulam

Construction workers to stage dharna from Monday

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Construction Worker Federation of India (CWFI) and Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) would stage a week-long dharna from February 16 to February 22 in front of the Deputy Commissioners' offic...

‘Utilise youth power for welfare of society’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Vineeta Rai, NSS Coordinator of Mangalore University, said on Thursday that the youth power should be utilised for the welfare of the society.She was speaking after inaugurating the district...

Complaints against LPG agencies pour in at meeting

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Allegations show the shortcomings of agencies: official

Gold merchants’ protest

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Gold merchants under the banner of All Kerala Gold and Silver Merchants Association will close down shops till 2 p.m. on February 13 to register their protest against the alleged harassment by a se...

Cameras installed at hospital

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

A closed circuit television system was installed at the Government Sait Memorial Maternity Hospital here on Thursday. The hospital was in the eye of a storm last month following the death of five w...

Ruckus over rumour

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Local people staged a road roko and shops and schools were closed after rumours spread that schoolchildren fainted following leakage of poisonous gas from the Tamil Nadu Chemical Products Limited a...

Girl found dead in well

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A 6-year-old girl, who went missing on Tuesday, was found dead in a well at Varthagareddipatti on Thursday evening.Police said R. Muthulakshmi of Varthagareddipatti under Thattapaarai police...

Crackdown on erring cable TV operators begins

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:29 PM PST

The municipal authorities on Thursday began a crackdown on erring cable television operators for defaulting huge arrears of entertainment tax for years together.The officials of Oulgaret Mun...

Tempers run high in Assembly on BBMP’s functioning

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Tempers ran high in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday as Congress and Opposition members accused each other for the poor state of affairs in the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, and Speaker K...

Writer transferred to Chennai

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

: Tamil writer Perumal Murugan and his wife Ezhilarasi will soon be teaching in Chennai. "The transfer order will be issued on Friday," said an official of the Higher Education Department.Th...

Big win for BJP in Assam urban body polls

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

: The BJP rode to power in more than half of the municipal bodies and town committees in Assam and got a majority in 38 out of 72 urban bodies. The ruling Congress managed to get majority in only 1...

AAP ready with core team of bureaucrats

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

The Aam Aadmi Party-led government is learnt to have almost readied a core team of bureaucrats slated to occupy significant posts and head important projects. The most prominent among these, accord...

Piping hot food in an instant

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:52 PM PST

Giving an entirely new meaning to large-scale preparation of food, 'Akshaya Patra', the free meal programme of Hare Krishna Movement (HKM), Hyderabad, is set to introduce the largest fully automate...

Move to put all Ph.D. theses in one portal

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre, an autonomous inter-university centre of the University Grants Commission (UGC) at Ahmedabad, has plans to make research theses of all institutes...

Illegally stored firecrackers seized

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:24 PM PST

The Palode police have seized firecrackers that were stored illegally in two houses in Nanniyode and registered two cases.P. Velayudhan, Circle Inspector, Palode, said the seizures were from...

Non-official visitors inspect district jail

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A four-member Non-official visitors' team on Thursday visited the District Jail and inquired about the facilities provided to prisoners.The Prisons Department had recently appointed Juvenile...

IPL back in Vizag

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:20 PM PST

IPL cricket is back in the city and also Andhra Pradesh. IPL 2015 is the eighth edition of the annual cricket league that gained a lot of popularity with the best players in the world, except from...

APGenco draws water from Sagar right canal

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

APGENCO officials have started drawing water from power generation unit on the right canal since late Wednesday night.According to sources, the power generation units were never operated wit...

Tirupati gears up for brisk polling

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Brisk polling is expected to take place in the Tirupati Assembly constituency, which will go for by-election on Friday.Notwithstanding the overall hype witnessed ahead of the 2014 general el...

Suresh Kotimani is president of CMC

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Suresh Giriyappa Kotimani, BJP member from ward no. 5, has been elected as the new president of Yadgir City Municipal Council for the second term of the CMC's 30-month period on Thursday. Mr. Kotim...

‘Compassion shines in Vaidehi’s works’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

H.S. Venkatesha Murthy, writer, said on Thursday that writer Vaidehi's works were mature, straight, simple, and above all, compassionate.He was speaking after releasing the first audio book...

Briefly

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Two-day seminar

The JSS College for Women has organised a UGC-sponsored two-day seminar on 'IFRS Convergence in India-Issues and Challenges' on February 13 and 14 on its pre...

Train services delayed

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Gravel found between switching points on track near Kannur

Seeman appears in court

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Naam Tamizhar Katchi founder-leader Seeman, facing sedition charges for making inflammatory speech at a meeting organised by the Tamil film industry in support of Sri Lankan Tamils, appeared before...

Pre-KG student run over by van on school campus

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

In a tragic incident, a two-and-a-half-year-old child, studying pre-KG, was run over by the school van on the school campus here on Thursday.The incident occurred when the driver reversed th...

Eight undertrials attempt suicide

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:30 PM PST

Eight undertrial prisoners attempted suicide inside the Central Prison, Kalapet.They were arrested in connection with murder of AINRC functionary Velaudham and double murder in Sedharapet in...

Testing for H1N1 at NIMHANS for free

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

With the cost of testing for influenza (H1N1) being out of the reach of most people, Minister for Health and Family Welfare U.T. Khader directed officials at the National Institute of Mental Health...

Udangudi thermal power project not for now

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Board of Directors of TNEB Limited on Wednesday deferred the decision to award contract for 1,320-MW Udangudi thermal power project in Tuticorin district.With the present tender mired in...

Crucial Bengal by-poll today

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

: Forty-eight hours after the Aam Aadmi Party's landslide victory in Delhi, the BJP will be facing a crucial Lok Sabha by-election in Bongaon in the North 24 Paraganas district, neighbouring Kolkat...

Rs. 2,000-cr. projects wait for new Transport Minister

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:01 PM PST

Close to a dozen projects aimed at bettering the Capital's transport sector and worth a combined cost of over Rs. 2,000 crore will require the attention of the new Aam Aadmi Party government at th...

IT employees want KTR to step in

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

A group of techies on Thursday met IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao and explained to him the issue of ongoing retrenchments in IT companies here, while also asking him to intervene in the matter.In...

Briefly

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:05 PM PST


Protest against land ordinance

Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha will stage a demonstration in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner here on February 13 to protest against...

Missing students rescued

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The police initiated a frantic search operation on Thursday after two school students went missing from a tuition centre at Sreekaryam on Thursday. They were traced and dropped back home later in t...

HSNP delay irks Transport Dept.

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Seeks cancellation of contract awarded to private firm

One-day session on IoT tomorrow

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Eminent persons are set to discuss how Internet of Things would impact the lives of people in different sectors at a conference here on Saturday.Super Computing Consortium of India (SCCI) is...

Drop the plan of selling govt. property, BJP urges TRS

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Party State president Kishan Reddy warns of agitation if the government goes ahead with its decision

1,120 municipal schools will be upgraded :Narayana

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

As many as 1,120 municipal schools in the State will be upgraded on par with the corporate schools, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister P. Narayana said on Thursday.Mr. N...

The debut of an ‘angry young man’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Public hearings are as much about angry consumers venting it out as about the events being used as forums to air grievances. And when it comes to paying more for a basic commodity like power, it be...

State urged to utilise temple donations

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Veerashaiva Linagayat Jagrati Vedike has urged the State government that the donations received by temples be utilised for development and maintenance of the temples.District president o...

Health screening camp in Kundapur tomorrow

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The Kasturba Hospital will be participating in the super speciality camp organised under the Vajpayee Arogyashree scheme at Vyasaraja Kalyana Mantapa on LIC Road in Kundapur on February 14.A...

Pannyan sees bid to torpedo bar case

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Finance Minister K.M. Mani will not be able to influence the Communist party to torpedo the bar bribery case, CPI State secretary Pannyan Raveendran has said. "It is the first time that the State i...

HUDA inspects entry and exit points on NH-8

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:07 PM PST

Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) Administrator Anita Yadav on Wednesday inspected several entry and exit points on National Highway-8 from Rajeev Chowk to Delhi border to ascertain the pr...

Decades-old dream of villagers becomes a reality

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Bridge likely to be inaugurated by June or July

Beedi rollers condemn Centre’s anti-tobacco policies, take out rally

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Condemning the Central government's policies affecting the industries manufacturing tobacco products, the beedi rollers took out a rally here on Thursday.The protestors, who took out the pro...

Open toilets for public use on beach promenade, says NGO

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A social organisation made fervent appeal to the Puducherry Tourism Department to open the toilets located on Promenade Beach for public use.The Puducherry Municipality and Tourism Departmen...

Adding to his worries?

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

In the midst of the embarrassment for Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the Arkavathi Layout remodification issue, Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa only seems to be adding to the former's worries. In respon...

Tangedco told to pay dues to power firm

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) has been directed to pay Rs. 220 crore to PTC India Ltd (Power Trading Corporation), in an arbitration proceeding.The State util...

Couple held for embezzlement

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

: A couple, allegedly involved in the misappropriation of money meant for provision of new boats and nets to marine fishermen of Ganjam district in Odisha, was arrested.M.Sarita, the owner o...

Signature Bridge over Yamuna hits NGT hurdle

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:00 PM PST

Clearing the confusion about whether bridges, like roads and highways, need environmental clearance, the National Green Tribunal on Thursday ruled that construction of a bridge with an area of over...

The Hindu Civil Services workshop tomorrow

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

In association with BYJU's Classes, The Hindu will organise a workshop for aspirants of the UPSC Civil Services Exam 2015 on Saturday. A team of experts from BYJU's Classes wil...

UK offers scholarships for Indian students

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

The United Kingdom is offering over 600 scholarships to Indian students this year. About 400 will be part of the Great Britain Scholarships - India 2015 initiative.Mei-kwei Barker, Director,...

Tamil as court language: lawyers to go on fast on Feb. 20

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

: A section of lawyers practising in the Madras High Court Bench here have decided go on a one-day fast on February 20 demanding declaration of Tamil as the official language of the High Court....

Two deaths, three test positive for A(H1N1)

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Emphasis on vaccinating those patients

Government aiding drug mafia: BJP

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

BJP State president V. Muraleedharan alleged here on Thursday that the government was aiding criminals and drug traffickers.There were attempts to undermine investigation into the cocaine ca...

Stage set for Srirangam by-election

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Control units, EVMs, electoral roll, indelible ink sent to polling stations

Police harassing public, alleges petitioner

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Civil Society activist and Right to Information (RTI) Act campaigner, V.V. Subrahmanyam approached the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) to initiate action against a police Sub-Inspector who att...

Student tech fest begins today

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A two-day students technological festival is being organised by the Department of Biotechnology of GITAM University from Friday. The festival is an opportunity for engineering, pharmacy, and scienc...

Beedi workers worried over losing jobs

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Centre's decision to make printing of danger symbol (skull and crossed bones) on beedi packets mandatory has racked up controversy again.Earlier, the warning pictures on the packets occu...

‘Perform Rama Navami at Valmikipuram temple’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Post bifurcation of the State, people of Valmikipuram town in Chittoor district observe that the temple of Lord Pattabhirama Swamy is the right venue to perform Sri Rama Navami festival as a State...

Consent letters not binding on ryots: ex-MP

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Former MP Vundavalli Arun Kumar said on Thursday that landowners who have given consent letters (form 9.3) for land pooling for construction of capital region can withdraw their consent by a signed...

Awareness campaign

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The project 'Face it', a public interest initiative of the Association of Maxillofacial Surgeons of India (AOMSI), to create awareness among vehicle users on road safety, will be launched simultane...

Vedike seeks protection and justice for Dalvi

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The district unit of Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike (KKSV) has urged the Maharashtra government to provide protection and ensure justice to Shirin Dalvi, the former editor of the Urdu daily 'Avadhn...

Eliminating the cut-paste syndrome

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Cusat steps up efforts to curb plagiarism

Three held for possessing unlicenced guns

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Three persons who were in possession of two unlicenced handguns and one carbonite gun with 28 rounds of ammunition were arrested by the police in the forest area in Valambur Nadu in Kolli Hills her...

Jewellery shop burgled

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Burglars have stolen Rs. 4 lakh-worth gold and silver ornaments from a jewellery showroom at Ooththumalai.Police said the burglars, who entered the jewellery of Hanumanth Ram (50) near Ootht...

Seminar dwells on pitfalls of drug abuse

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:51 PM PST

There is an urgent need to ensure coordination between various enforcement agencies to tackle drug-related crimes in the country, G. Sreekumar Menon, Director General, National Academy of Customs,...

AINRC organisational polls in April

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:31 PM PST

The ruling All India NR Congress has demanded that the Centre grant statehood to the Union Territory to overcome the hurdles the government was facing in implementing welfare schemes. ...

Will put on hold approval of plans based on amended zonal regulations, BDA tells HC

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) on Thursday said it would not approve any plan till February 18 for construction and developments on residential properties across the city based on the 'Zonin...

Akali veteran on fast-unto-death

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

An 83-year-old veteran of various agitations launched by the Akali Dal, Bapu Surat Singh has been on a fast-unto-death protest in Ludhiana demanding "political prisoners" status for all the Sikhs d...

Five murder accused acquitted

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

A Delhi court has acquitted five persons accused in a murder case, holding that the evidence of three of the prosecution witnesses, two of them eyewitnesses, are riddled with contradictions and thu...

‘Crack down on unqualified dentists’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Trade body claims 45 p.c. of active dentists in city are unqualified

Perumal Murugan’s gesture not encouraging: Manimekalai

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:12 PM PST

Author Perumal Murugan's gesture of recalling his books and giving up writing when faced with fascist ire was unfortunate, said poet and filmmaker Leena Manimekalai. "He could have stood his ground...

HC confirms conviction in schoolboy murder case

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Madras High Court Bench here has confirmed the conviction as well as life sentence imposed by a trial court on an individual accused of murdering a schoolboy after subjecting him to sodomy thou...

AAP activist caught on the wrong foot

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

An activist from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), who convened a press meet on Thursday to expose a water meter tampering scandal, found himself at the receiving end with scribes highlighting the inadequacie...

New train from tomorrow

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

A superfast express between Thiruvananthapuram Central and Hazarat Nizamuddin via Kottayam, announced in the railway budget , will be introduced from February 14.The 22653 Thiruvananthapuram...

Srirangam presiding officers get tablets

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:58 PM PST

Presiding officers of all the 322 polling booths in Srirangam would be equipped with tablet computers to transmit real-time data on polling on Friday.

APUWJ condemns top cop’s remarks on media

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Members of the Andhra Pradesh Union of Working Journalists (APUWJ), Krishna Urban Unit, and Vijayawada Press Club condemned City Police Commissioner A.B. Venkateswara Rao's comments on the media.

IBM award for Phoenix IT Solutions

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Phoenix IT Solutions based in the city has won the prestigious IBM Beacon Finalist Award 2015 in social business category – outstanding smarter cities solution.The award was received for the...

Naidu praises cadre for good work

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Says TDP will work for their welfare

Student designs affordable device to ward off wild boars

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A student of the Prakasam Engineering College (PEC), Kandukur, has designed a device to ward off wild boars from farms.The EEE final year student, K. Chandrasekhar won the appreciation of ac...

SC to hear petition on Feb. 26

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Former MP Vundavalli Arun Kumar said the petition seeking quashing of AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, would come up before the bench of Registrar of Supreme Court on February 26. "The bifurcation cann...

Dental conference

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Indian Dental Association will hold its annual three-day dental conference from Friday at Manpho Convention Centre, Hebbal, on the theme 'Connect today to transform tomorrow'. The 68th conference w...

JD(S) councillors upset over meeting

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

'Congress, BJP councillors and CMC ganging up against us'

cinema

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Mangaluru TULU Madime: Prabhath 10 a.m.,1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. Chaali Polilu: Jyothi 10 a.m.,1 p.m...

Zeroing in on killer tiger a tough task

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:26 PM PST

Identification of the tiger that preyed on an elderly man at Wayanad has posed unprecedented challenges for wildlife managers in the State. Bhaskaran, a farmer, was reportedly killed and eaten by a...

Protest against closure of godowns

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Protesting against the closure of 10 Consumerfed godowns in the district, the district unit of the Youth Congress laid siege to the district-level Neethi Distribution Centre (NDC) of the Consumerfe...

258 bonded labourers rescued

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:47 PM PST

As many as 258 persons from Odisha, working as bonded labourers in a brick kiln in Pudukuppam in the district, were rescued on Wednesday.According to Tiruvallur Sub-Collector A.R.Rahul Nadh,...

15 artistes chosen for Kalai awards

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

A total of 15 artistes have been chosen, five each for the past three years, for Kalai awards being given away by the State government through the District Kalai Mandram.The selection team t...

Bird count to be conducted from February 13 to 16 in Salem

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Nature lovers and bird enthusiasts can participate in annual bird counting event, the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) that will take place across the globe from February 13 to 16.People can...

Doctors booked for negligence

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Tuticorin South police have registered a case against a few doctors and nurses of Tuticorin Medical College Hospital for allegedly causing death of a pregnant woman due to negligence.The pol...

Their team was a smashing hit

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:50 PM PST

As Raj Vinod makes his way to the V.K. Krishna Menon Indoor Stadium on Thursday afternoon, the women's semifinal of the volleyball competition was under way. All eyes were on the players of Karnata...

Why not Kannada as a language in all schools in State?

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

'Kannada medium students face difficulties if they shift to other States'

The war against memes, DMDK style

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Sometimes, a joke becomes just too much for some people. And often, it is not even the subjects of the joke, but others — loyalists, followers and fans — whose hackles are raised by the humour....

Continue MSP regime in agriculture, says Badal

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Punjab CM urges Centre to release Rs. 5,187 cr. for improving urban infrastructure

Neurobiology lab at AIIMS

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

An advanced Epilepsy Neurobiology lab was inaugurated at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Thursday. Named after well-known Emeritus Professor of Neurosurgery, Prof. P.N. Tandon, the l...

Two-day global palliative care meet from today

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC) will organise its 22{+n}{+d}international conference IAPCON 2015 at HICC, Madhapur between February 13 and 15, a statement said. The conference aims...

Patriarch calls for mutual cooperation

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Patriarch of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church Ignatius Aphrem II, on a visit to India since February 7, said here on Thursday that both the groups of the Malankara Church must recognise that th...

Double life term imposed on two offenders confirmed

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Mahila Court in Pudukottai had rightly sentenced the appellants to life imprisonment: HC

Please stop protests, say MRPL employees union

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The Employee Union of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) and the ONGC Karmachari Sangh has asked the Nagarika Hitarakshana Vedike of Jokatte not to perform protests involving symboli...

Three sand boas seized

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Forest officials arrested four persons on the charge of trying to sell three Indian sand boas from Ayiroormukku, near Pangode, under the Palode forest range, on Thursday.Three motorcycles us...

Cotton farmers register better yield

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Timely onset of monsoon, disease-free season, and effective crop management have favoured cotton cultivation in the district this season as compared to last year when scanty rainfall posed a seriou...

Transport Department to set up driving tracks in districts

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Transport Department, in a bid to facilitate issuing of driving licence to applicants, has instructed officials in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Prakasam, Kadapa and East Godavari districts to scou...

Senior journalist Nanduri Krishna passes away

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Nanduri Krishna, former staff reporter and manager of PTI, passed away at a private hospital here in the early hours of Thursday. He was 81 and is survived by a son and a daughter. His wife passed...

KCR vows to clean Telangana

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:55 PM PST

Taking a leaf out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet programme, the Telangana government has decided to replicate 'Swachh Bharat' throughout the State by organising it on the first and third Sa...

‘Tackle vision problems in children through outreach’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

US-based Indian ophthalmologist Dr. V.K. Raju felt that most vision-related problems in children could be solved through outreach programmes and interventions before the age of five. He said initia...

Fair deal eludes timber growers in Prakasam

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

They accuse paper mills of violating the tripartite agreement by the district administration to ensure fair prices to them

Sea erosion impacts nesting grounds of Olive Ridleys on Vizag coast

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Extensive loss of beach area due to severe erosion and disturbances along the coastline pose a threat for the endangered Olive Ridley turtles and its eggs. As yet another nesting season of the enda...

Woman dies of H1N1 in Hubballi

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

A 24-year-old woman from Nekar Nagar in Hubballi died of H1N1 at a private hospital here on Thursday.Deputy Commissioner P. Rajendra Cholan told presspersons here that her death was confirme...

Green pepper does a star turn for tribal farmers

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:27 PM PST

The tribal farmers of Vancvhivayal, a settlement inside the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR), are a happy lot.For, they get the highest price for green pepper in the State as the entire lot is ex...

‘Promote traditional industries’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Cine star Jayaram inaugurated a 10-day Coir Fair at Konni on Wednesday.Mr. Jayaram called upon the people to promote traditional industries of the State.Presiding over the function, R...

Chennai today

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

RELIGION Ramayanam: Kidambi Narayanan, Narada Gana Sabha, T.T.K. Rd., Alwarpet, 6.30 p.m.; B. Sundar Kumar, Vasudeva Sathsang, 35-A, Vasudeva-puram St., West Mambalam, 7...

Special meetings for PDS consumers

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Special meetings to redress grievances of consumers regarding the public distribution system (PDS) will be held at fair price shops in the following villages on February 14: Karuppudaiyanpattui in...

Family awaits compensation for the past one year

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

They continue to struggle for their survival, yet lead a happy life until tragedy struck their family a year ago.On February 14, 2014, the 10-year-old girl, who was sleeping with her parents...

Woman Police Inspector suspended

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A woman Inspector of Police has been placed under suspension for furnishing false information to the court. Police sources said Shenbagavalli of Indra Nagar in Kovilpatti had filed a complaint agai...

Pension sought for circus artistes

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

The Society for Promotion of Art and Circus has submitted a memorandum to the Member of Parliament from Kozhikode, M.K. Raghavan, seeking pension for circus artistes all over the country.Add...

‘Encroachment’: HC initiates suo motu PIL

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday ordered issue of notice to the State government on the alleged instances of encroachment of some portion of forestland and construction of a resort near Bhadra...

Ads removed from 500 illegal bus shelters

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Civic body will also strengthen weak ones among the structures, temporarily

Swiss tourist dies of swine flu

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

A 70-year-old foreign tourist has died of swine flu in Jodhpur even as the toll in Rajasthan has gone up to more than 120. The Swiss tourist, Anne Marie, was taken ill while she was visiting Jaisal...

Govt. response sought on undertrials

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

The Delhi High Court has sought the response of the Union government and the Delhi government on the condition of undertrial prisoners, including women and the mentally challenged, in jails in the...

Sporadic, unscheduled power cuts in the city

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Power supply to parts of the city has been marked by sporadic outages over the past few days.While residents of the old city, Dilsukhnagar, L.B. Nagar and Mansurabad areas complained of powe...

HC asks State to decide on yard for seized vehicles

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the State government to take a decision on the recommendation for a vehicle yard in every police circle headquarters for parking seize...

Students get stomach ache after eating tablets

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

A few students of an aided school in Bantwal were admitted to the Community Health Centre in Bantwal after they complained of discomfort after consuming deworming tablet on Wednesday.Around...

Award for Priyanandanan

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Filmmaker Priyanandanan has won this year's John Abraham Award instituted by the Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI-Kerala) for his film Njaan Ninnod Koodeyund . Feder...

MNREGS helps check tank encroachment

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has, apart from providing assured job to the rural agricultural labourers, has enabled a village panchayat to protect a sprawling tank...

PGMET: NTRUHS bets big on tech for foolproof conduct

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

With a little over two weeks remaining for the Post-Graduate Medical Entrance Test (PGMET)-2015, officials of the NTR University of Health Sciences (NTRUHS) are taking all the necessary measures to...

Ex-convict held in burglary cases

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

An ex-convict was arrested and 115 gm gold jewellery, valued around Rs.2.5 lakh, and a motorcycle were recovered from him by the police of Central Crime Station (CCS) on Thursday.The accused...

Labourers escape from owners’ clutches

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Seven migrant labourers including three minor boys, who were allegedly forced to work in a construction site in Bangalore, arrived in Kothagudem by train on Thursday after managing to escape from t...

Sivaratri Brahmotsavams begin

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Srikalahasti is also known as 'Rahu Ketu Keshtram' and 'Dakshin Kasi'

Union Home Secretary to resolve pending issues soon

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

With the change in the dispensation of Union Home Ministry, the State government is hopeful that the pending issues related to Schedule IX and X institutions and implementation of Section 8 of the...

Tiger killing: activist files private complaint in Khanapur court

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Circle police inspector asked to submit report on February 28

One killed, two injured in building collapse

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

One person was killed and two others injured when a nearly 40-year-old commercial complex of the Belagavi City Corporation on Shivaji Road collapsed in the early hours of Thursday.The deceas...

Drive to collect pending water bills in Mandya

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The general body meeting of the Mandya City Municipal Council (CMC) recently decided to launch a drive to collect pending water bills.Hundreds of citizens and commercial establishments in al...

Rationalist Malayalam movie blocked on YouTube

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:30 PM PST

Prabhuvinte Makkal , a Malayalam film on the misdeeds allegedly perpetrated by organised religion, has been blocked on YouTube.Sajeevan Anthikad, director of the movie,...

IT fete at Macfast

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

A two-day national-level IT fete, Technitrous-2015, organised by the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology at Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies (Macfast), began at the...

VSP official killed in freak accident

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

A senior official of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant was killed in a freak accident while at work on Thursday.Assistant General Manager Arvind Malaviya (50) fell into a rotating drum in the si...

Leopard trapped in Kodanad

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

: A leopard was trapped inside the Kodanadu estate near Kotagiri. Following the reported sighting of a carnivore with its cub in the estate, which is used by the former Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa...

Amma canteen at Salem GH awaits inauguration

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

'Hard-earned money spent on travel, treatment'

Train robber from Kerala arrested

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Railway Police arrested G. Melvin of Trichur in Kerala on charges of stealing baggage from passengers on trains here on Thursday. Three sovereigns of gold and a mobile phone were seized from him.

Three plays to compete on Day I of theatre fete

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

The district theatre festival, being organised in connection with the national theatre festival, will get under way here on Friday. Minister for Panchayats M.K. Muneer will open the three-day event...

Bengaluru police book one more case against VHP leader Gopal Bhat

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

This is the fourth case against Bhat and his associates

Speeding up approval will help housing sector: experts

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Speeding up the process of issuing plan sanction approvals, creating a single window counter and greater thrust in improving basic infrastructure will not only spur growth in the city's housing sec...

Student attacks constable; held

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

The police on Wednesday arrested S. Arun Kumar (22), a final year engineering student of a college in the city on the charge of preventing Yogalakshmi (30), a woman traffic constable from dischargi...

Angry farmers loot fertilizer in Bihar

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Faced with an acute shortage of fertilizer in Bihar, angry and worried farmers looted two trucks loaded with urea bags in Madhepura district, police said on Thursday.Hundreds of angry farmer...

Apologise to N-E assault victims, HC asks lawyers

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked two lawyers, facing contempt proceedings for allegedly manhandling some people from the North-East in Tis Hazari courts here last year, to tender an apology t...

GHMC’s “stinker” to defaulters

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:55 PM PST

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to raise a stink, literally, against those defaulting in property tax payments. In a novel way of pressuring those w...

Great Backyard Bird Count from today

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:11 PM PST

Birders of Kerala will join enthusiasts across the world for a four-day Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) starting Friday.It is estimated that around one lakh bird enthusiasts will look for b...

Mayor takes stock of development works

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Mayor V.V. Rajan Chellappa and Corporation Commissioner C. Kathiravan on Thursday reviewed projects being implemented in the city.Addressing the corporation staff of various departments, the...

Protest after bus hits girl

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Students went on a snap protest after a private bus hit a 18-year-old B.Com student at the private bus stand in Vitla on Thursday.The Vitla police said the private bus bound to Mangaluru hit...

LSGIs polls may be deferred

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Laxity in expediting delimitation process

TNAU comes up with a pulse seeder to reduce wastage

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Device to help farmers in speedy sowing, better cost management

e-Biz services from February 20

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Industrialists can look forward to issuance of clearances for new projects within specified timelines beginning with the tentative launch of the State's e-Biz portal on February 20.Its sched...

‘Time for north Andhra to demand its rightful share’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:18 PM PST

The people of north Andhra are being taken for a ride by the successive governments due to their docile nature and it is high time they stood up for their rights, opined the speakers at a meeting...

Students being trained to assemble quadrotor

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Many of us may have enjoyed seeing the quadrotor also known as quadcaptor, in motion, which was shown in the film 'Three Idiots'. The quadcaptor was also used during the Uttaranchal floods, in whic...

Cricket World Cup has already started in Ongole

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Cricket fever gripped youngsters as the World Cup matches among cricketing titans are all set to get under way in Australia and New Zealand from Saturday.It's as if the Cup has already begun...

TRS reluctant to resolve issues amicably: Naidu

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

In his maiden visit to Telangana after bifurcation , Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu accused the TRS government of not responding to his suggestion for amicably resolving disputes .Addres...

Bengaluru Today for Feb 13

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

RELIGION Sriman Narayaneeyam: Discourse by Melapathur Narayana Bhattathiri, Sri Krishna Bhagavan temple, Yadava Sangham, near Ulsoor Lake, 5.30 p.m. ...

Stamp designing competition on ‘women empowerment’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Department of Posts is holding 'Independence Day 2015 – Stamp Design Competition' on the theme "women empowerment".According to a release issued here on Thursday, prize winning entries w...

Funds to be set aside for modern solid waste management in Shivamogga

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Garbage to be recycled and re-used by using eco-friendly technologies

NCDC team begins tour of monkey fever-hit areas

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:30 PM PST

An expert team of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) began its tour of areas affected by money fever (Kyasanur Forest Disease or KFD) in Wayanad district on Thursday.The team com...

A gift for animal lover

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

For more than 20 years Kollam city's noted animal lover Baputty had been riding his bicycle for about 20 km each night whenever he is in the city to collect leftovers from a couple of eateries and...

Congestion eases at GP Junction, increases on other nearby roads

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

AS the signal turns green at the 100 feet road – Siddhapudur Road junction, goods carriers, cars, buses and lorries from 100 Feet Road vie with one another to race ahead and travel the maximum....

Ryots’ protest will go on: Vaiko

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Cauvery Protection Movement will not rest until the Central government understands the determination of the delta farmers to fight the injustice against the State in Cauvery related issues, MDM...

Free TANCET training

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Erode Sengunthar Engineering College has announced free coaching classes for engineering graduates appearing for TANCET 2015.Classes will be conducted on February 14, 15, 21 and 28, and Marc...

Man held for killing wife, child

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A man allegedly killed his wife and child after having heated arguments over her fidelity near Cheyyar in Tiruvannamalai district.According to police, Vadivel (34) and Gomathi (24) of Thumbu...

Power supply regulation

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Power supply will be regulated at various places in the district on Friday.The areas and time are as follows:Palakkulam, Silk Bazaar, Mangamangalam, Vellarakkad, Marakkulam and Mudadi...

Swine flu claims two lives in Bengal

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

: Swine flu claimed the lives of two women here, a health official said."One was a resident of Chandannagore [Hooghly district] and the other was visiting Kolkata from Mumbai. Five more samp...

Why not Kannada as a language in all schools in State?

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Why not have Kannada as a compulsory language in all types of school in the State?The Karnataka High Court posed this question to the Government during a brief argument on the issue of Educa...

Charity run for education

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Proceeds generated from a long-distance run, held as a pre-event to Techofes, the cultural festival of Anna University, was donated to Project Leap, an initiative aimed at transforming primary educ...

Doctor’s prescription necessary

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Health Department has directed all private microbiological laboratories in Tamil Nadu not to carry out tests for swine flu (H1N1) without a doctor's prescription. Private medical practitioners...

Flavours from Old Delhi at Australian High Commission

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Spread out in the winter sun was the best of Old Delhi's street food, giving those present a glimpse into the city's history and food culture.So late Thursday afternoon, the Australian High...

Delhi University asked to act on credit system

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has asked Delhi University to initiate action to implement the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) for the new academic session.In a communicat...

Cash, gold seized from ex-CCI official

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:50 PM PST

Investigation by CBI officials into alleged irregularities in Central Government's scheme of Minimum Support Price for cotton resulted in seizure of Rs. 30 lakh, three kilos of gold and 30 kilos o...

Indirect grading system puts students on a sticky wicket

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:15 PM PST

A large number of undergraduate students in affiliated colleges of Mahatma Gandhi University appeared for the first semester improvement examinations held in January owing to serious evaluation and...

Three die in road accidents

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Three persons were killed in different road accidents since Wednesday night.Police said a Kuppusamy (75) of Oddanchatram in Dindigul district, who was standing near the public toilet opposit...

A couple’s golden glory

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:23 PM PST

Renjith Maheswari as he won the triple jump gold medal on Thursday was lustily cheered by the home crowd at the University Stadium here. And prominent among them was none other than his wife, V.S....

Farmers want NCCF to procure paddy

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Farmers have urged the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India to initiate steps to procure paddy from farmers in non-delta districts, to ensure that farmers of such districts too get a...

Employees told to activate UAN soon

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has advised the employers to apprise their staff for immediate activation of their Universal Account Numbers (UAN) through websitewww.epfindia.gov....

‘TDP should fulfil its election promises’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu should learn from the defeat of the BJP in New Delhi and take all steps to fulfil his election promises, Congress MLC C. Ramachandraiah said.The BJP suffe...

Khammam emerges as a hotspot for film shootings

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Film-makers looking to capitalise on the district's picturesque scenery

13 more sand quarries approved in Kadapa district

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The government approved thirteen more sand quarries in different parts of Kadapa district, DRDA Project Director B. Anil Kumar Reddy and Rajampet RDO Prabhakar Pillai said on Wednesday. They inaugu...

Survey of India eyes smart city work

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:50 PM PST

The Survey of India looks forward to playing a crucial role in the Centre's ambitious smart city project. "The first work has to be done by the Survey of India," Surveyor General...

Refresher courses for teachers

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The University Grants Commission-Academic Staff College will organise refresher courses in Life Sciences (Botany, Zoology, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Genetics, Biological Sciences, Environmental...

Workshop on Bhaskaracharya II tomorrow

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

ASM College for Women has organised a day-long workshop titled 'Bhaskaracharya II and his works' to commemorate his 900th birth anniversary on Saturday at 9.30 am.K. Vijayakumar, registrar,...

Restoration of ‘Manmatha honda’ at Hampi in full swing

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:04 PM PST

The work of restoring the ancient Manmatha honda (pushkarni), of the Vijayanagar period, adjacent to the Virupaksha temple at Hampi is going on in full swing. The honda is being used for conducting...

Inter-caste marriages ideal for social harmony: Agnivesh

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

Arya Samaj president and activist Swami Agnivesh has said that inter-caste marriages are the best route to ensure communal and social harmony in the country as divisions on the basis of caste and r...

31 libraries for fisherfolk in State

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Minister for Fisheries K. Babu has said that the Kerala State Coastal Area Development Corporation (KSCADC) will implement a project to construct 31 libraries at a cost of Rs.9.60 crore for the fis...

Buses vie for space on this stretch

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

IT is about 9.30 a.m. on Thursday and the stretch from Bharathiyar Road-Balasundaram Road junction to Siddhapudur junction has a large number of city buses plying on it. The same is the case on Sid...

Badaga dance in campaign upsets community

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Badaga Mahajana Sangha (BMS) has taken exception to the use of Badaga dance by the AIADMK to garner votes in the Srirangam by-election.In a letter to AIADMK general secretary Jayalalitha...

‘Introduce crop rotation across the country’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Call to encourage bio-farming

Farmers waiting for revival of lifeline

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Project report by National Water Development Agency likely by June or July

Rubber returns from rural markets dip

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:50 PM PST

Even as the Union and the State governments claim to have taken a series of steps to protect rubber farmers, the huge disparity in the declared market price of natural rubber and the price offered...

Mamata withdraws fine on taxi drivers

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Urges them to cooperate with passengers

Bengaluru police book one more case against VHP leader Gopal Bhat

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The is the fourth case against Bhat and his associates

Panel discussion on citizen enlightenment tomorrow

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

'New Ideas for a New India', a panel discussion jointly organised by The Hindu and Sastra University, on the topic 'VOICE (Voice of Intellectuals for Citizen Enlightenment) FOR...

More seats: CMCH gets time to fulfil conditions

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Medical Council of India (MCI) has granted the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) time till February 28 to rectify the deficiencies in order to qualify for additional seats.An MC...

Riot of colours at Dastkar Basant fest

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:57 PM PST

With the city getting warmer and heavy woollens finding their way back into the bed box, the time has come for fashionistas in the city to head out and shop for a band new spring-summer wardrobe.

Four Delhi government officials transferred

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

In a minor bureaucratic reshuffle, four senior officials of the Delhi government were transferred on Thursday .S C Vashistha, who is Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service (DANICS)...

Major dies in chopper crash, body brought to city

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:51 PM PST

Eight months ago, wedding bells had rung in the house of Major Taher Hussain Khan here at Suraram village in Qutubullapur. But his family wouldn't have thought that it was the last time they wo...

‘Kochi will get pride of place among smart cities’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:12 PM PST

Kochi will occupy the pride of place among the 100 smart cities that the Centre has declared across India, Minister for Urban Affairs Manjalamkuzhi Ali has said. Speaking after laying the foundatio...

‘One Billion Rising’ campaign tomorrow

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

The city will rise to raise its voice against violence against women and girls through a special campaign here on February 14.Sufferings meted out to women at home and public places, denial...

Preeja bids farewell to the track

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Preeja Sreedharan, Guangzhou Asian Games gold medallist and the first Indian long-distance runner to participate in the Olympic Games, bid farewell to the track on a tearful note here on Thursday.<...

AAP eyes social media to connect with people

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Buoyed by the landslide victory in Delhi elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is all set to expand horizons and bring more like-minded people into the party fold.To achieve the goal, the par...

Andhra University to offer Japanese language course

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:19 PM PST

With the growing interest in foreign collaborations, especially Japan, Andhra University is planning to offer a certificate and diploma course in Japanese language from the academic year 2015-16, A...

‘Strive to prevent child marriages and combat social evils’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Collector D. Ronald Ross has asked girls of different colleges to act as district brand ambassadors to prevent child marriages and combat other social evils.Addressing an awareness camp cond...

Farmers can apply till February 14 for loan waiver

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Farmers who could not avail the loan waiver scheme in the first phase can apply for it till February 14, according to Labour Minister K. Atchannaidu.Initially, the last date was extended to...

Guntur techie at the helm of Unisys

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:48 PM PST

Unisys Corporation on Thursday announced that Venkatapathi Puvvada, a native of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh, has been named president of Unisys Federal Systems based in Reston, Virginia.<...

‘Meet more on census’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The State Backward Classes Awareness Forum has demanded that Panchayat Raj institutions, Social Welfare and Minorities Departments take an active role in creating awareness among the people about t...

Proposal to create 16 gram panchayats mooted

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department has issued a draft notification proposing to create 16 new gram panchayats and delimiting some gram panchayats in Ballari district, according to S...

HIMS seeks sanction for 95 more posts of teaching staff

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

MCI nod awaited for offering 10 more postgraduate courses

Avians at home in Wayanad’s backwaters

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

Survey identifies 40 species, including a good number of endangered ones

Government accused of neglecting paddy farmers

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Funds sought for Supplyco to procure paddy

Change in termini for buses leaves passengers, crew high and dry

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

TIRUPUR buses have been shifted out of the Singanallur Bus Stand. But where ? - the question remains. This is the plight of passengers waiting to board private and Government buses (from both Palla...

Centre for resolving fishermen issues: Minister

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Centre is committed to making use of the prevailing conducive situation after the 'change of guard' in Sri Lanka to find an early solution to fishermen issues, said Pon.Radhakrishan, Union Mini...

Snag in opening railway gate level crossing hits vehicle movement

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

A snag in opening the railway gate at a level crossing at Anangoor in Tiruchengode led to disruption of movement of vehicles for over six hours here on Thursday.Lorries with heavy loads and...

Child-friendly schools to be given awards

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:52 PM PST

The Kerala regional wing of the National Child Development Council (NCDC) has instituted awards for the best child-friendly schools in the district and State levels. The awards will be given based...

‘Encroachment’: HC initiates suo motu PIL

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday ordered issue of notice to the State government on the alleged instances of encroachment of some portion of forestland and construction of a resort near Bhadra...

2 students die in accident

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Two college students died and three others were injured when the car in which they were travelling hit the median on Vandalur–Kelambakkam Road near the Vandalur Zoo on Thursday morning.S. Ba...

Coimbatore boys enter World Robotics Championship finals

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:44 PM PST

Six students from The Indian Public School (TIPS) herehave emerged the national winner in First Tech Challenge — a competition for school students in varying branches of robotics, conducted interna...

Selfie-stick for a perfect click

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

What photographers called a monopod a few months back has now been re-christened as selfie-stick and gone from obscurity to becoming one of the hottest selling smartphone accessory.The selfi...

HC raps police in murder case

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The Kerala High Court on Thursday criticised the Cheranelloor police for not filing a final report in the case relating to the murder of Imthias Khan, a close associate of gang leader Bhai Nazeer.<...

55 years in service, growing in stature

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Thoppur hospital waits for status tojoin likes of Tambaram Sanatorium

Elected MRSI president

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Suresh Das, Director, CSIR - National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, has been elected president of the Materials Research Society of India...

“Efforts will be made to address teachers’ issues”

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

All efforts will be made to address issues like distribution of health cards to teachers, basic amenities in government schools and recruitments and promotions in aided schools and colleges, A. S....

CPI(M) will reach out to the middle class: Brinda Karat

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The CPI(M) would explore the ways to reach out to the middle class section of the population, party's Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat said here on Thursday."We were traditionally expecting...

Sports meet gets under way

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The three-day annual district police sports meet-2015 involving around 400 police personnel, including the ministerial staff from seven police sub-divisions in the district, began in the town on Th...

Chittoor civic body on tax collection drive

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Chittoor Municipal Corporation (CMC) has embarked on a mission to collect property tax and water charges from the public and business establishments which are estimated to be around Rs. 8 Crore...

JC launches tirade against Centre

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Union government came under fire from unexpected quarters on Thursday when Anantapur TDP MP J.C. Diwakar Reddy criticised the NDA government for not having the will to listen or consider any su...

Publicity campaign on govt. schemes launched

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Yadgir Zilla Panchayat Vice-President Mallamma Komar has launched a special publicity campaign, which will conduct awareness programmes across the district to explain the benefits of the State gove...

Creating awareness on disaster management

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Students, members of the National Cadet Corps and the Scouts and Guides were among others to witness a drill on disaster management presented by the Fire and Emergency Services personnel here on Th...

Stree Shakti groups to be roped in to reach food to anganwadi children

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Hassan district administration has decided to serve food for anganwadi children from Friday with the help of volunteers from Stree Shakti self-help groups and midday meal workers. Arrangements are...

Varsity budget presented

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

The University of Kannur's budget for 2015-16 presented on Wednesday envisages the introduction of a single-window system for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses, launch of e-govern...

‘Church should stand up for justice’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

"Hope is nothing but the compassion of divine benediction. Christian Churches should stand for justice and reach out to the sufferers, realising the glory of sacrament," Dushantho Rodrigo, renowned...

‘Reduce fares for buses to Mettupalayam’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

ABOUT two weeks after buses from Mettupalayam were diverted from Gandhipuram bus stand to the bus stand on Mettupalayam Road, consumer bodies have asked the district administration and transport of...

Mass cleaning drive in all villages

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

The district administration has intensified dengue surveillance and steps to eradicate mosquito breeding sources to prevent the outbreak of contagious diseases across the district, Collector S. Pal...

Woman robbed of jewellery

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

A 70-year-old woman was robbed of her gold chain weighing four sovereign by three persons in broad daylight in Tiruchengode here on Thursday.The police said that Chinnammal was living with h...

Man held on charge of threatening with gun

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:52 PM PST

The Nadakkavu police on Thursday arrested a man who allegedly threatened a security man at the Kozhikode Cooperative Hospital with an air pistol.K. Raveendran, 46, of Bilathikulam was charge...

Independent albums must be encouraged: Ricky

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:12 PM PST

"I've enjoyed my stint as an independent musician with 14 albums, but I would get choosy when it comes to film music. If noted Kannada filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli wants me to score music for his...

No slot for Ambedkar?

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The conspicuous absence of a portrait of B.R. Ambedkar, the principal architect of the Constitution, in Karnataka's Legislative Council hall, led to a lengthy discussion on Thursday, with members u...

Go back to class, HC to law students

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Madras High Court on Thursday asked the students of Dr. Ambedkar Law College, who are against the shifting of the institution, to go back to their classes, and adjourned the case for further he...

Talent search examination

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Department of Finance and Computer Applications, S.N.R. Sons College will conduct an objective-type examination, Talent Search in Finance, on February 18. A release says that the aim of conduct...

Love is Delhi’s response to V-Day marriage threat

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:57 PM PST

The Hindu Mahasabha's call to its volunteers to marry off lovers found celebrating Valentine's Day in the city's parks, restaurants and movie halls has sparked off reactions across the city....

3 held in transgender’s murder case

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The KPHB police claimed to have solved the mystery behind the murder of a transgender reported at Kukatpally with the arrest of three persons on Thursday.The victim, Kummari Suresh alias Pra...

Congress to seek public opinion before selecting candidates

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Congress will seek public opinion before selecting candidates for all forthcoming elections, AICC general secretary Mukul Wasnik has said.Opinions of people from different strata of society...

Teenager succumbs to burns

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

A 14-year-old girl from Kachani, near Nettayam, on Wednesday succumbed to burns she sustained on Tuesday. The police said the girl, a Class IX student of a government school in the city, reportedly...

TRIGP to improve economic conditions of poor

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

WB to extend technical, financial assistance

TDS circle for I-T Eluru range

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Income Tax Department has established a separate circle exclusively to monitor tax deduction at source (TDS) in West Godavari district with its head office in the city. The department organised...

Srikrishna Devaraya Mahotsav gets under way

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Deputy Speaker Mandali Buddha Prasad said that the State government was chalking out plans to give a fillip to Srikakulam village in Krishna district on historical front.He was present at th...

We have taken steps to prevent H1N1: ZP chief

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Claiming that the Health Department has taken necessary steps to prevent and contain the spreading of H1N1 influenza in the district, Umesh Kolkur, zilla panchayat president, has urged people not t...

ConMat-2015 to exhibit construction material

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Association of Consulting Civil Engineers, Hubballi, will hold an exhibition of construction materials 'ConMat-2015' from April 2 to create awareness on technological advances related to building c...

Two men arrested, 450 bags of rice meant for Anna Bhagya scheme seized

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Arkalgud police, on Thursday, seized 450 bags of rice allegedly meant for Annabhagya scheme being carried to Kerala illegally and arrested two persons. The arrested are Arun and Rahim, natives of S...

Form panels to check sexual harassment: SWC member

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

The Kerala State Women's Commission (SWC) has directed officials of the Labour Department to ensure that Internal Complaints Committees are constituted at all workplaces in the district to check se...

Homoeo pharmaceutical PSU to be expanded

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Cabinet decision to sanction land to the Kerala State Homoeopathic Cooperative Pharmacy Ltd (HOMCO) has provided an impetus to the planned expansion of the government-owned homeopathic medicine...

Confusions galore on Mill Road

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

TRAFFIC diversions brought to effect on Mill Road and Gandhipuram areas have decongested Avanashi Road Flyover. But, it has resulted in congestion and confusions on the smaller roads and residentia...

Murder case: four surrender

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Four persons surrendered before the Sirkazhi Magistrate Court on Thursday in connection with the murder of an AIADMK cadre in Thanjavur. The police said Nanji P.Sekar, husband of Geetha Sekar, pres...

Urea stock arrives

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The arrival of 2,626 metric tonnes of urea on Thursday has ensured more than adequate availability for farmers undertaking second cycle of cultivation in the ayacut areas of Thadapalli-Arakankottai...

A Ph.D student’ s suggestion

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:28 PM PST

A Ph.D student of Pondicherry University has proposed to the Union government a rural internship programme and an innovative suggestion to involve Ph.D students in rural education. Md. Si...

Cross-pollination of music

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

As many as 120 musicians worked for two years on Winds of Samsara to get a cross-pollination of music into it.Amongst the 14 tracks that his award-winning album offers,...

Bills tabled

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage (Amendment) Bill, 2015, was tabled in the Assembly for appointment of Chairman and MD, and define powers and functioning of the BWSSB.The Karnataka Tr...

Elangovan, Karti Chidambaram resume war of words

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

After a brief lull, the war of words between Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) leader E.V.K.S. Elangovan and AICC member Karti P. Chidambaram resumed and this time it is over the latter's tweet...

More scholarships in store for Indian students in UK

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:45 PM PST

Scholarships to the tune of 1.51 Million British Pounds has been earmarked for students as part of the Great Britain Scholarships – India 2015. Head of the Education Promotion (India), British Coun...

Traffic thrown out of gear

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Several parts of North West Delhi witnessed massive traffic jams after a portion of an under-construction flyover collapsed. Due to this the arterial stretch between the busy Madhuban Chowk interse...

HC faults seizure of Metro rail boom lift machines

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Division Bench of Hyderabad High Court comprising Chief Justice Kalyanjyothi Sengupta and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar of Hyderabad expressed dismay at the action of the officers of the Transport De...

UK offers scholarships

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The United Kingdom is offering over 600 scholarships to Indian students this year. About 400 will be part of the Great Britain Scholarships - India 2015 initiative.Mei-kwei Barker, Director,...

Providing medical support for the Games

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:23 PM PST

Athletes and spectators at the ongoing 35th National Games need not worry about medical emergencies, going by the preparations made by the Indian Medical Association (IMA).The IMA has made e...

Govt. doles out incentives for solar power projects

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Producers can sell power to A.P. or third party

Tap connection mela in Karimnagar

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Taking cue from Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao's ambitious programme of Telangana water grid scheme to provide tap connections to all households in the State, Karimnagar municipal corporation...

Mystery behind murder of woman resolved

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The mystery behind the disappearance of a 35-year-old woman in Chimakurthy in October 2013 was resolved with the arrest of her friend and the latter's accomplice by the Prakasam police on Thursday.

Krishna police beef up patrolling on NH-65

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Krishna district police has deployed a special team, comprising retired personnel of the paramilitary and defence forces, to avert road mishaps and ensure round-the-clock monitoring of the 80-k...

Kalaburagi one step away from getting private varsity

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Sharanabasaveshwar Vidya Vardak Sangh has cleared most of the major hurdles for setting up the first private university outside Bengaluru city in the outskirts of Kalaburagi city.Last hur...

Play to be performed in a river today

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Share Marketinalli Gange, a Kannada play by K.R. Prakash, will be staged in the Shalmala river at Bheemanapada in Sirsi taluk on Friday at 5 p.m. under the auspices of Medini Ranga Adhyayana Kendra...

Identify land to construct warehouses, officials told

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Rohini Sindhuri, Chief Executive Officer of Mandya Zilla Panchayat, on Wednesday instructed the officials concerned to identify suitable land for the construction of warehouses at gram panchayat le...

CU campus comes to standstill as DYFI activists lay siege

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

KSU seeks Chancellor's intervention

Six die of swine flu in Hyderabad

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:29 AM PST

Six persons died on a single day due to swine flu in Hyderabad on Thursday taking the overall death toll to 59 this year. While the number of swine flu positive cases reported in Telangana and Cit...

How bizarre!

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:20 AM PST

From being stuck with a skinflint to going on a second first date, city folks recount their weirdest V-Day ever

Vizag Steel Plant official dies in industrial mishap

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:19 AM PST

A senior official of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant was found dead while on work on Thursday. Assistant General Manager Arvind Malaviya, 50, fell down in a chute (a rotating drum) in the sinter plant a...

Treasure chest of goodies

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:16 AM PST

This tiny food joint, hidden in the bylanes of Kothanur, offers great Chinese and Thai cuisine

Marathon talks produce Ukraine peace deal

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:45 AM PST

Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters that the agreement envisages a cease-fire beginning Sunday

She paved the way

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:14 AM PST

Saraswati Bai, the phenomenally talented first woman Harikatha artiste of south India, came from poor circumstances. With a fine guru, and great patrons, she rose to the top against all odds and was called Lady Bhagavathar

Selfie gets a clean image

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:11 AM PST

Often denounced as a narcissistic pursuit, it has now gained a social focus

Standing up for comedy

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:05 AM PST

At one point, almost prophetically, the members of All India Bakchod say that they will definitely get into trouble for their work

Techofes unplugged

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:59 AM PST

At the College of Engineering's cultural festival, expect music, quizzing, and a workshop on how to DJ

Oru egg dosai please!

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:54 AM PST

Try out some street-side egg preparations at Radhakrishnan's Thattukadai in Adyar

As World Cup begins, PM wishes Team India

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 09:40 PM PST

Motivating skipper M.S. Dhoni, Mr .Modi tweeted, "My best wishes to captain cool. Play hard, lead well and make India proud. Knowing you, I am sure you will."

Sonia steps in to stop spat between leaders

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:47 PM PST

As faction fighting in the Delhi unit of the Congress broke out in the open on Thursday – two days after the electoral decimation – party president Sonia Gandhi stepped in to put a stop to the squ...

A window to World Cinema

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 07:09 AM PST

Anand's books in Tamil about masters Werner Herzog and Masaki Kobayashi takes World Cinema closer to film buffs

JD(S) councillors allege flouting of rules by Congress, BJP

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:38 AM PST

A day after the general body meeting of Raichur City Municipal Council (CMC) was disrupted by the chaos caused by allegations, counter-allegations and dharnas, all nine Janata Dal (Secula...

Shaping Concepts

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:38 AM PST

It is all about artistic expressions and exchanges at the Indo-Korean ceramic residency, says Lalithaa Krishnan.

More than just cupids and cute cards

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:36 AM PST

On Valentine's Day, lay your table with some romance, writes SHANTHINI RAJKUMAR

A drive for food

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:35 AM PST

Kausalya and Usha hope that foodies across the city will sit up and take note of their innovative Food Truck

The literature-cinema connect

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:34 AM PST

Apart from the glamour that they lend, how relevant are film stars at literature festivals, asks Ranjan Das Gupta.

The Gita in a creative garb

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:32 AM PST

Padma Subrahmanyam will share the scripture's message through dance on Sunday.

BJP poised to sweep Assam municipal polls

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:31 AM PST

The saffron party won 340 wards and got majority in 30 municipal boards and town committees

Thank you for the radio

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 07:23 AM PST

World Radio Day is on February 13; radio lovers say they miss the old times

Confident approach

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:29 AM PST

Young Ananya Ashok has migrated from the United States to pursue a career in Carnatic music. She gave a spirited performance, in spite of her voice, affected by the weather, played truant now and...

A tasteful new start

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:29 AM PST

Saffron Mantra is Secunderbad's turn to makes the rest of the city go green

Dakshina Kannada to have 21 permanent Aadhaar enrolment centres

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:29 AM PST

Dakshina Kannada district, which stands ninth as far as Aadhaar enrollment is concerned, will have 21 permanent Aadhaar enrolment centres to speed up the process.Addressing a workshop on Aad...

Old man with chopped off tongue handed over to police in Tumakuru

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:30 AM PST

A 60-year-old man was found roaming naked at Soraikayipente village in Gubbi taluk of Tumakuru on Thursday with his tongue chopped off, The police said that the person has been id...

Like a game of chess

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:28 AM PST

A Chitravina artist on the national, local and International circuit, scholar, composer, speaker, author and teacher . . . all these descriptions fit Ravikiran. His depth of knowledge and yearning...

Dramatic, for the most part

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:26 AM PST

Watching powerhouse performer Vaibhav Arekar, it looked as if the vast space of the Music Academy stage was tailor-made for him and his like. With amazing big stage presence and confidence, he se...

Of keyboards and keynotes

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:24 AM PST

ADP employees share the experiences of their workplace in a music album

Diamond in the rough

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:24 AM PST

If blue blood means anything, then the young and bright Bharatanatyam dancer Kumari Sruthi has it all. She is the great granddaughter of Bharatha vidwan T.P. Kuppiah Pillai on the one side and Bha...

60-year-old man gets 7 years in jail for raping minor

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:23 AM PST

The POCSO special court in Tumakuru on Thursday sentenced a 60-year-old man to seven years' imprisonment for raping a minor girl. The judge, Hadagali Ramu, pronounced Narayanappa guilty o...

Magnifying imagination

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:17 AM PST

A montage of uneven blocks showcase the urban setting in V. Rama Krishna's paintings

Santha says: Flick or steal? What’s the difference?

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:15 AM PST

Somehow 'flick' sounds so much better and more moral. We all flick Reynolds pens; in fact they are almost meant to be flicked. One has heard that about 50 pens are lost per person per year in an o...

Mainstream appeal, Malayali roots

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:12 AM PST

Author Yudhi Raman's debut work 'The Tantalus Redemption' brings a global thriller to the shores of Kerala

A divine initiative

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:11 AM PST

Odhuvarmoorthy Rajarethinam's mission is to spread the beauty of the Thevaram hymns.

Colourful cuddles

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:06 AM PST

Manish Arora's version of the teddy bear, a limited edition designed for the season, is all things kitsch

Visual history of Yoga

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:05 AM PST

The year-long exhibition mounted at the Sackler Gallery, Washington, offered a peek at the discipline's multi-faceted cultural dimensions, writes S. Rangarajan.

Tracing Sanskrit-Science link

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:02 AM PST

Prof. Ramasubramanian is part of the Cell for Indian Science and Technology which aims to bring the science-related materials in Sanskrit to the fore.

From carriages to cars

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:00 AM PST

A self taught artist, artisan and aesthete with a keen eye for history, L.G. Stanley grew up in Mysore with its magnificent buildings and the occasionalBentley or antique Morris keeping pace with c...

Madurai gets rare winged visitors

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:00 AM PST

The Madurai Nature Forum has identified over 10 bird species as rare winter migrants to the tanks and fields around the city

The curious votary of free press

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:51 AM PST

Narayan Dutt, H.Y. Sharada Prasad's younger brother, one of India's finest Hindi journalists, passed away in June 2014. In his memory, Mumbai University begins a lecture series from February 17

Togadia not allowed to address VHP meet in Guwahati

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:55 AM PST

Senior Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia was barred by the city police from attending and addressing a convention of the VHP in Guwahati on Thursday after Dr. Togadia allegedly mad...

Not in the pursuit of fame

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:48 AM PST

Chandrakanth Kusanoor has produced a huge body of work and in all literary forms

Tactical gearing

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:44 AM PST

Sivagangai becomes the first district in Tamil Nadu to provide protective gears to the Striking Force cops

Subliminal music

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:43 AM PST

Sandhya Phadke Apte's sitar recital flowed from a spring of purity

Rhythmic notes of her life

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:41 AM PST

Darshana Jhaveri speaks to Shilpa Sebastian R. about how dance has helped her keep her heart, mind and soul young

Rose is a rose is a rose

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:40 AM PST

Roses are the pick of the lot on Valentine's Day

If the flute sings, it must be Ramani

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:38 AM PST

Carnatic instrumental music is complete only when the spiritual content of the lyrics is felt by the audience, says flute maestro N. Ramani. He will be conferred the Vishesha Acharya award on February 15.

A love poem

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:35 AM PST

Charu Hariharan releases her first composition, a Tamil number, on Valentine's Day

When love is in the air…

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:32 AM PST

Musings on Valentine's Day from the Government Engineering College, Barton Hill

Delhi debacle: Raj Thackeray mocks Modi with scathing cartoon

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:34 AM PST

However, the MNS general secretary says the cartoon should only be "taken in the spirit of the current political situation."

There are numerous strings

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:09 AM PST

The seminar on Sitar and its Gharanas was a fascinating exposure to the interrelatedness of history and culture

Tight security in Haryana ahead of MSG release

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:07 AM PST

Though security has been strengthened around cinema complexes where the controversial film, MSG: The Messenger, is due to be released on Friday, the release of the movie is largely being kept a hu...

JC Diwakar blames Centre for lack of development

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:06 AM PST

The Union Government came under fire from Anantapur TDP M.P. J.C. Diwakar Reddy when he accused the Union Government of not listening to or considering any of the suggestions given to it for the d...

The author meets his characters

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:06 AM PST

Music, local lingo and celebration of love were the driving points of Sanchaya's Tempest

Black money: offenders may be prosecuted

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:20 PM PST

Income Tax dept. shifts focus from civil to criminal proceedings

Spirited and enthralling

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST

Sarada Cultural Trust, which celebrated its silver jubilee, hosted performances by stalwarts.

FIRs against Deepika, 13 others for AIB Roast row

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:20 PM PST

A Girgaon court has directed the Tardeo police station in Mumbai to register a first information report (FIR) against 14 people and others involved in the controversial AIB Roast show held on Janu...

Abhinaya-ridden show

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:55 AM PST

Kaumudi Academy provided a perfect platform to its students to showcase their skill.

Innovative concept

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:53 AM PST

Subhashini Giridhar chose the art form to present the Management theories.

Anna Hazare takes on Modi over Land Acquisition Bill

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 04:14 AM PST

The social activist plans to address farmer rally along with Medha Patkar in New Delhi

Valuable lec-dem

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:49 AM PST

Modumudi Sudhakar's session was aimed at learners.

Dance with precision

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:47 AM PST

Chandra Kamala put forth a vibrant portrayal of Sathyabhama through Andhra Natyam.

A cultural melange

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:43 AM PST

GVR Music college in Vijayawada hosted a fine cultural fete.

Melodies on the strings

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:41 AM PST

Ayyagari Satya Prasad's concert showed his remarkable grasp of ragas.

A focussed rendition

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:40 AM PST

Pratha Krishnamurthy did justice to Shyama Sastry's tough compositions.

Prison probe indicts Sanjay Dutt for rules violation

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:45 AM PST

In a fresh trouble for the actor who is presently lodged in Pune jail, a probe by Maharashtra prison authorities has concluded that the actor flouted rules by overstaying his last furlough by two day

Now, Azam Khan wants to build temple for Mulayam

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:35 AM PST

On the heels of a proposed temple to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan today offered to build a temple dedicated to Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Ya...

Mystery behind woman's murder resolved in Ongole

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:28 AM PST

The mystery behind the disappearance of a 35-year-old woman in Chimakurthy in October 2013 was resolved with the arrest of her friend and the latter's accomplice by the Prakasam District police on...

Nilambur Cong office murder case: 2 get life term

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:26 AM PST

Additional District Sessions Court at Manjeri on Thursday afternoon sentenced two persons to life term imprisonment for murdering a woman inside the Congress block committee office at Nilambur in...

Manjhi announces free power to small farmers

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:15 AM PST

The Bihar CM, who is locked in a power struggle with Nitish Kumar announced this after inaugurating 'Agro Bihar 2015' in Patna on Thursday

TDP unhappy over TRS approach on security for Naidu

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:13 AM PST

Telangana Telugu Desam Party has accused the TRS Government of adopting callous approach in ensuring that the right of TDP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to tour...

End to speculations on Mysuru Royal family heir

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:15 AM PST

The passing away of Srikantadutta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, the last scion of Mysore in December 2013, had given rise to wide sepculations on his successor. With the naming o...

Ukraine gets new bailout deal from IMF

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:04 AM PST

Facing bankruptcy, Ukraine last month asked the IMF to replace its programme with a new one to restore confidence in its finances.

New MTC bus route numbers

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:02 AM PST

The Metropolitan Transport Corporation has recently announced changes to route numbers which were effected from February 10, 2015.

PGMET-2015: NTRUHS bets big on tech for foolproof conduct

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 02:21 AM PST

With a little over two weeks remaining for the Post-Graduate Medical Entrance Test (PGMET)-2015, officials of the Dr.NTR University of Health Sciences (NTRUHS) are taking all the necessary measure...

Between him and her

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 02:15 AM PST

Anuj Kumar speaks to Tillotama Shome on playing a girl brought up like a boy in Anup Singh's "Qissa".

Delhi verdict will not stall reforms: Jaitley

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:35 PM PST

Says they are key to expanding anti-poverty programmes

Pursuing peace

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 02:13 AM PST

"Mount Of Excellence" zeroes in on Palpung Sherabling Monastic seat and its leader Tai Situpa

War in words

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 02:10 AM PST

Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi, an exponent of Khongjom Parba, talks to Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty about the popular ballad genre of Manipur which depicts the valour of the local war heroes in the 1891 battle against the British.

Swirls and steps

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 02:09 AM PST

Kathak exponent Prashant Shah on his journey.

Short and sweet

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 02:07 AM PST

Uma B. Money gave Delhiites some scintillating moments of Carnatic music.

Woman, uncut!

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:58 AM PST

Poignant, ironic and hilarious, Naseeruddin Shah's depiction of Ismat Chughtai's imagination of different shades of woman managed to strike a chord with the audience, says Diwan Singh Bajeli

A dark emperor

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:56 AM PST

Caligula, directed by Biplab Bandyopadhya and performed by Prachyo Theatre group, brings to life one of literature's most fascinating figures.

To be or not to be

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:54 AM PST

Recent statements of two notable Indo-Americans have provoked a debate over hyphenated identities

Art for the basics

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:52 AM PST

In her first solo, Shweta Bhattad combines the power of aesthetics with her concerns for rural India.

Yehi Hai Zindagi (1977)

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:50 AM PST

Bollywood has a long and uninterrupted trail of films based on a genre inspired by religion. While some films are outright 'religious', like the super hit "Jai Santoshi Ma", there is an alternative...

Madison police may pin blame on Patel: lawyer

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:37 PM PST

Sureshbhai Patel, visiting his son Chirag in the U.S., to look after his newborn grandchild, brutally treated by police while on a walk.

Congress wooing students for its revival

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:49 AM PST

The Congress Party which faced the worst-ever defeat in 2014 elections has decided to enlist the support of youngsters, with focus on upper primary and intermediate students who are set to become...

Construction workers seek better facilities

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:48 AM PST

The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) State unit secretary, K. Mahantesh, has said the authorities concerned are neglecting providing of facilities through Unorganised Workers' Social Security...

Of life, death and in between

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:47 AM PST

Mutsuki Mockett through her book discusses about how best to cope with the eternal sorrow of missing our loved ones, writes Sudhamahi Regunathan

Swiss woman among 8 who die of swine flu in Rajasthan

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 03:06 PM PST

The Swiss national, Animarie (70)), who was also suffering from lung cancer, died on Thursday, raising the toll in the State so far to 117.

The good old bahu is back

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:44 AM PST

"Kabhi Aise Geet Gaya Karo" the new show focuses on making your family your friend. It claims to present the best of both worlds, the traditional and the modern all in a comic manner.The sh...

New capital will be an island of prosperity: Ramachandraiah

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:44 AM PST

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu with his grandiose plans for the new capital of the State is creating an island of prosperity in an ocean of poverty, Congress MLC C. Ramachandraiah said. ...

Rooting for cinema with ‘soul’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:35 AM PST

Sunny Wayne talks about his role in Gopalan Manoj's Sarathi.

Lovable rogue

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:30 AM PST

Mammootty plays a hard-nosed businessman with a soft heart in Bhaskar the Rascal.

Anganwadi workers' rally disrupts traffic around Majestic

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 05:14 AM PST

Commuters were hit hard by a protest rally organised by the Karnataka State Anganwadi Workers' Association here on Thursday.Massive traffic jams were reported from around Majestic, Okalipura...

‘Learning has never stopped for me’

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:28 AM PST

Maestro T.N. Krishnan tells that he owes his artistry and erudition to god's grace and constant practice.

Lasya in the ‘deshi’ idiom

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:25 AM PST

Mohiniyattam dancer Jayaprabha Menon imbued each piece with her ingenuity without deviating from the indigenous roots of the dance form.

Of familial bonds

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:24 AM PST

Kathakali artistes of PSV Natyasangham stepped out of their comfort zones to enact the drama 'Nallathangal Charitham'.

125 toll plazas will be scraped by month-end: Gadkari

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:24 AM PST

The move is to spare general public from levy at highways, says the Road Transport Minister

Charged with emotion

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:22 AM PST

'Surpanakhankam' was explored in depth at Nepathya's annual Koodiyattam fete.

Imaginative and accurate

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:11 AM PST

Sriranjani Santhanagopalan's concert in Kochi showcased her remarkable skills in rendering chaste kritis with bhava and precision.

Ashutosh gets touching letter from dad following poll win

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 02:05 AM PST

Thursday started off on an emotional note for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ashutosh, who tweeted a congratulatory letter sent to him by his father. The journalist-turned-politician share...

The golden past of Mysuru’s Royal Family

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:08 AM PST

The adoption of Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs as the heir to the Wadiyar dynasty was necessitated following the death of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar in December 2013 as the latter had no issues.<...

Kerala Cong office murder case: verdict this afternoon

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:27 AM PST

Additional District Sessions Court at Manjeri will deliver the verdict this afternoon in the murder of a woman that took place at the Congress block committee office at Nilambur in February last y...

Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs is new heir of Mysuru Royal Family

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 07:52 AM PST

The Mysuru royal family has a new heir in Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs to continue the Dasara traditions of the Wadiyar dynasty and carry forward the protracted legal battle over the acquisition of pala...

TRS not showing interest to resolve AP-TS disputes, says Naidu

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 12:20 AM PST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday regretted that despite the AP Government expressing its willingness to resolve disputes amicably between the two St...

TRS MLA hits back at TDP for accusing TRS

Posted: 11 Feb 2015 11:54 PM PST

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLA Aruri Ramesh has condemned the accusation of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders that the TRS was behind the Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti (MRPS) that damaged t...

SC stays arrest of Setalvad

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:42 PM PST

In a 24-hour reprieve for activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed their arrest in a case of alleged misappropriation of funds for a memorial at G...

Nitish blames Modi, BJP

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:22 PM PST

Scene shifts to Patna
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