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Automatic info exchange with India latest by 2018: Swiss Govt

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 10:40 PM PST

In its fight against black money menace, India will have to wait till 2018 for Switzerland to provide bank account details of Indians under the 'automatic information exchange' framework.Un...

12 killed as under-construction house collapses in UP

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 10:06 PM PST

Twelve people were killed and two others injured when a house on which construction work was going on collapsed in Dulhipur locality in Mughalsarai area on Sunday. Police and NDRF team we...

Uber case: court to hear final arguments from Monday

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 09:25 PM PST

The trial in the Uber cab rape case which has witnessed several twists and turns would enter its final stage, with a Delhi court slated to commence hearing final arguments from Monday. T...

Copenhagen shootings: top developments

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 10:10 PM PST

The first attack happened on Saturday at a cafe in northern Copenhagen which was hosting an event titled, "Art, blasphemy and the freedom of expression".

US condemns Denmark shooting, calls it ‘deplorable'

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 09:05 PM PST

The White House on Saturday denounced the deadly shooting in the Danish capital of Copenhagen as "deplorable", pledging help needed for the investigation into the double attack which claimed at le...

‘Directives on autos still on paper’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 07:54 PM PST

HC's instructions have not been complied with, says petitioner

One dead, two wounded at second Copenhagen shooting

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 09:05 PM PST

Shots were fired on a synagogue in central Copenhagen.

Need special courses to draft laws: PM

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 01:28 PM PST

'A strong judiciary will strengthen India's credibility in the global market'

Be humble: Pope tells newly elevated Cardinals

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 01:28 PM PST

Nine of the 15 cardinals are from the developing world

Iranian filmmaker Panahi wins Berlin’s Golden Bear prize

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 01:21 PM PST

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi's Taxi has won the top Golden Bear prize at the Berlin International Film Festival.Panahi has been unable to leave Iran after his conviction on charges...

Suspect in Halifax mall plot confessed

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 01:18 PM PST

Canadian police have foiled a plot by three suspects who were planning to go to a mall in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and kill as many people as they could before committing suicide on Valentine's Day,...

Islamic militants seize radio, TV stations in central Libya

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 01:18 PM PST

Gunmen from an al-Qaeda inspired militia have taken over radio and television stations in the central Libyan city of Sirte, a security official said. The group, considered a terrorist organ...

Pak. violates ceasefire, fires mortar shells

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 12:42 PM PST

India and Pakistan on Saturday traded charges of violating ceasefire along the border area. Pakistani Rangers fired two to three mortar shells in Nowapind border outpost area along the In...

Will AAP limit itself to Delhi?

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 01:01 PM PST

Moments after being sworn in, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sent out a message that the Aam Aadmi Party was not spreading its wings, at least not yet. Speaking from a decorated podiu...

We failed to connect with the new voters, admits BJP

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 12:37 PM PST

The one thing that has emerged in BJP's exercise of introspection of the poll debacle in Delhi is that the party failed to 'connect' with the people as the Aam Aadmi Party did and "miscalculated''...

Twitter abuzz with mention of Crocin

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 12:36 PM PST

Fever-relieving drug Crocin was on Saturday trending on Twitter after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal mentioned it in his speech during the swearing-in ceremony. Mr. Kejriwal had bee...

Mufti hails Modi’s offer to Pak.

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 06:57 PM PST

"It was the only Muslim-majority State that acceded to India – it has to be a shining example for the country."

Identity of J&K must be maintained, says Mufti

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 07:01 PM PST

With talks between the BJP and PDP over government formation entering a crucial phase, Prime Minister Narendra Modi won praise from PDP Chief Mufti Mohammad Sayeed for his initiative to call Pakist...

West Bengal rape suspect arrested

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 12:07 PM PST

The girl has been admitted to a hospital and is undergoing treatment

Assam to make seat belts mandatory in vehicles

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 12:06 PM PST

The team's request for bus with seat belts turns eye-opener

Man held with bombs outside U.P. Raj Bhavan

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 12:05 PM PST

A man was arrested here after he tried to enter the Raj Bhavan in a car allegedly with three crude bombs on Saturday. Ranjit Sharma was arrested on finding the bombs, the police said. He wa...

SAD, BJP for better coordination

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 12:04 PM PST

Coordination committee meet held to resolve differences

Karat calls for struggle to overthrow Modi govt.

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 12:02 PM PST

"Need of the hour is a Left and democratic alliance"

ZSI plans digitisation of specimens

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 12:00 PM PST

Launching its centenary celebrations, the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), India's premier taxonomic research institute, is aspiring for an ambitious project of digitisation of its millions of s...

India-China boundary talks likely by month-end

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 11:54 AM PST

Indian and Chinese Special Representatives on the boundary issue are expected to meet in India by month-end, amid a flurry of high-level exchanges leading up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit...

For six days, police sat on plea of gang-rape victim

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 01:31 PM PST

Krishnagiri rape victim faces insult over injury

India’s forest cover up by 5,871 sq km

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 11:51 AM PST

Of the 5,871 sq km increase in the forest cover of India, West Bengal accounts for nearly 64 per cent of this rise, reveals the latest report of Forest Survey of India.A study conducted by t...

Shun violence, Rajnath tells insurgent groups

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 11:49 AM PST

The Union government will develop the Northeast in 10 years if insurgency comes to an end, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Saturday. He said insurgency remained a hurdle t...

AMU suspends classes after suspected swine flu death

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 11:46 AM PST

Victim was part of team which went to south India for a trip

Activists oppose health insurance scheme

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 11:45 AM PST

'It will undermine the free medicines and diagnostics schemes in Rajasthan'

Bihar Speaker calls all-party meet

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 11:43 AM PST

Trust vote against Manjhi government is on February 20

One killed in Denmark cultural centre attack

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 07:17 PM PST

French Ambassador; Swedish artist who drew Prophet cartoons, were at the site

Boeing hints at price escalation in copter deal

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 11:22 AM PST

Aerospace major Boeing, which is participating in a big way in the 'Aero India 2015' starting on February 18 and which has pledged support for the 'Make in India' initiative of Prime Minister Nare...

Love in the time of Hindutva

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 07:33 PM PST

Protesters against Hindu Mahasabha threats detained for hours

Akhilesh bats for ‘Taj’ day

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 11:40 AM PST

Asks youth to work for monument of love

Optimism after countries agree on draft in Geneva

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 11:07 AM PST

On the last day of the Geneva Climate Change talks on Friday, countries agreed on a negotiating text for the 2015 agreement.Responding to the new draft text, Julie Ann Richards of the Clim...

‘Appoint administrator to varsity’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Criticising the "misgovernance" at Gulbarga University, Hyderabad-Karnataka Horata Samithi (HKHS) has demanded the government to appoint an efficient administrator to bring back the "derailed unive...

Mandya to host national sports meet

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Mandya will be hosting a national sports meet by the end of this year, C.S. Puttaraju, Mandya MP, said here on Saturday.Mr. Puttaraju was addressing a gathering after inaugurating a district...

Injured BJP activist dies in hospital

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activist K.K. Rajan, 52, who had suffered serious injuries in stone-throwing by alleged Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI-M] activists at Chapparappadavu on Decem...

Activists oppose health insurance scheme

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:24 PM PST

Opposing the proposed insurance-based model of health care for those covered under the National Food Security Act, civil society groups have asked Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje to recons...

Movie reinstated on YouTube

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Prabhuvinte Makkal , a rationalist movie blocked on YouTube, was reinstated on Saturday."After a review of your account, we have confirmed that your YouTube account is...

381 cases settled in Lok Adalat

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

As many as 381 cases were settled at national mega Lok Adalat held across Tuticorin district on Saturday as per the directive of National and State legal Services Authority. Principal District Judg...

List of 15 fake dentists ready

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Admitting that quackery has become a menace in dental treatment sector too, the Indian Dental Association (Tamil Nadu chapter) secretary R. Arun told The Hindu that the associa...

Murder victim relatives stage road roko

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

He was attacked when he was asleep

People have rejected BJP’s sectarian politics: D. Raja

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Communist Party of India (CPI) National Secretary D. Raja on Saturday said the victory of the Aam Aadmi Party showed that people had rejected sectarian politics and anti-people policies of the BJP....

BJP made a tactical mistake in Delhi: Naidu

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:25 PM PST

Union Minister of Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu said here on Saturday that the BJP had made a 'tactical mistake' in the recently-held Delhi Assembly polls."We have no hesitation in acc...

Two-day seminar on Narasimhaswamy

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Sahitya Akademi, in association with Jain University, is holding a two-day seminar to mark the birth centenary of poet K.S. Narasimhaswamy from Sunday at Jain College, 1st Cross, Jayachamaraja Road...

Cancel nod for Coca Cola plant: CPI(M)

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

CPI(M) State secretary G. Ramakrishnan on Saturday urged the State government to withdraw the permission granted to Coca Cola to start a unit at the SIPCOT complex at Perundurai in Erode district.<...

Coimbatore accounted for more than half of the State’s organ donation this month

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Coimbatore accounted for more than half of the organ donations performed in Tamil Nadu during February. Of the 11 cadaver transplantations in the State this month, six were from Coimbatore, accordi...

Trees in shock! How a transplant can kill them

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Just like a person undergoes culture shock on experiencing a new way of life, mature trees also suffer shock when transplanted to a new topography in absence of proper preparation and intensive car...

Home-cooked lunch

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:07 PM PST

The newly-elected Ministers were on Saturday treated to home-cooked lunch by the Chief Minister himself at his office at the Delhi Secretariat."After taking oath at the Ramlila Ground, all s...

We stand to suffer more losses if they die

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

About 300 trees on the Raidurgam stretch will soon be felled due to road-widening, and one man is on a mission to try and save them. Uday Krishna Pedirerri from the Vata Foundation has called for h...

Naidu may meet Modi today

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Sunday evening.Mr. Naidu who is leaving for Delhi on Sunday afternoon by spe...

Flower show draws the crowds

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Vegetable and fruit carvings and a model of Mars Orbiter Mission – made from thousands of roses – were a huge draw at the flower and horticultural exhibition that began on Saturday at Kadri Park.

Lack of lights stings Manthoppe residents

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Snakes make it risky for people to walk at night

In love with cleanliness

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Bohra community adopts a colony in Yendada and pledges to keep it clean and green

Contests for college students on Feb. 20

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The SRR Government Arts and Science College in Karimnagar will be conducting essay writing, science quiz, elocution and painting competitions for the students of degree and PG students on February...

Former CM remembered

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Former Chief Minister Damodaram Sanjivaiah was remembered in connection with his 94th birth anniversary here on Saturday. Chairman of AP Legislative Council A. Chakrapani Yadav, a long-time associa...

SPAP takes up Masula Master Plan study

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

As the State government was planning to develop Machilipatnam into a 'Smart Town', the School of Planning and Architecture (SPAP), Vijayawada, students have taken up a study on Masula Master Plan.

Toppers receive Kannada Madhyama Prashasti awards

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

More than 350 students who excelled in the annual SSLC and PUC examinations-2014, with Kannada as the medium of instruction, received the annual Kannada Madhyama Prashasti awards, instituted by Kan...

AAP supporters hail Kejriwal

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Supporters of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday celebrated the swearing in of the party chief Arvind Kejriwal as Chief Minister of New Delhi.Some supporters gathered near the Dase Gowda...

Woman killed in tiger attack in Wayanad

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Mahalakshmi, 40, an estate worker at Pattavayal, under the Gudalur Forest division in Tamil Nadu, nearly 2 km from Noolpuzha, was killed reportedly in a tiger attack on Saturday.A farmer was...

Akalis, BJP for better coordination in civic polls

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:24 PM PST

"All issues resolved with mutual understanding"

Organic farming in novel way

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Though born into an agrarian family, K.P. Subramanian (68) of Athimarathottam hamlet, a postgraduate in Economics, till recently was better known in the social circles in Tirupur knitwear cluster a...

Ramnad job mela, a big success

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The maiden job mela organised by the Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihood Mission (TNSRLM) at the district headquarters here on Saturday turned out a huge success with more than 600 job seekers securi...

BoB heist: police put up notice seeking clues

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The police have put up a notice seeking leads from the public on the midnight heist at the Bank of Baroda branch of Kudarapalli near here.The notice for public information has come as there...

Accolades for Narayani Hospital

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Sri Narayani Hospital & Research Centre, a 250-bed hospital run by Sri Narayani Peedam in Thirumalaikkodi, in Vellore, has been conferred the Best Hest Hospital Award. The honour has been bestowed...

Orienting surgeons to treat sleep apnoea

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Surgery as a solution to some cases of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA), a snoring pattern that can lead to cardiovascular issues, has been seen as a remote possibility among ENT surgeons in the city...

Bengal records highest increase in forest cover, says survey

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:25 PM PST

Of the 5,871 sq km increase in the forest cover of India West Bengal accounts for nearly 64 per cent of this rise, reveals the latest report of the Forest Survey of India.A study conducted b...

Youth held for duping IT job aspirants

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Central Crime Branch sleuths have nabbed a 28-year-old from Noida in U.P. on the charge of duping unemployed youth by promising them jobs in IT companies. The accused, Vineet Kumar, operated online...

Thirumazhisai township to be revived

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 07:32 PM PST

9,700 flats to be contructed in phases due to land acquisition problems

GIM curtain raiser a low key affair

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Tamil Nadu's most ambitious venture and the curtain raiser event for its first-ever Global Investors Meet turned out to be a low key affair on Saturday, with just a handful of industry captains att...

Training for civil engineering students

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

As many as 120 civil engineering students, including 22 women candidates, participated in a four-day residential training programme on Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya Campus here, from Wednesday.

Interfaith unions: a mixed blessing

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

This organisation provides interfaith couples legal, social and financial aid

‘Date’ with Kejriwal

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Ramlila Maidan on Saturday wore a distinct whiff of love as a large number of Delhi's young couples who chose to spend Valentine's Day by keeping a "date with Arvind Kejriwal".While for...

From weather girl to health expert…

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

In a 16-year career, Renu Sree has earned popularity from a host of shows, but none so much as from Sukhibhava

Vaiko, VS to jointly oppose Neutrino Observatory

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Veteran CPI (M) leader and Leader of Opposition in Kerala Assembly V.S. Achuthanandan has pledged his support to the campaign against the proposed India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) at Theni le...

‘Any one can make a film’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Director of Kannada film Lucia, Pawan Kumar, said on Saturday that anyone could make a good film using social media to one's advantage.Delivering a talk on making films in low budget and car...

801 cases disposed in Kurnool district

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Kurnool district stood first in the State by disposing of 801 cases at National Lokadalat held at 10 courts in the district on Saturday. District Judge Jyotirmayi and secretary of District Legal Se...

Youngsters, couples sway with the day

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

The spirit of love prevailed across the city on Saturday with couples and youngsters celebrating Valentine's Day in different ways.The beaches were the favourite places of the young couples....

Students enthral audience

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Students of Vivekananda Residential School (VRS) have captivated the audience with their scintillating performance during the school annual day celebrations 'Anandotsav' organised in Karimnagar on...

Lay-off at steel firm points to deeper crisis

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

'Damage was done because of various unsavoury incidents'

SBI conducts traders meet

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

State Bank of India (SBI) conducted a traders' meet here on Friday to explain the schemes and types of loans offered by it the business community.Addressing the gathering, SBI Deputy General...

‘SC order detrimental to regional languages’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Kannada Development Authority president L. Hanumanthaiah on Saturday reiterated the view that the Supreme Court order on the mother tongue as the medium of instruction was detrimental to all region...

BJP leaders oppose notification on gram panchayat delimitation

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Party members urge State government to withdraw the proposal

Constitution Protection Day

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Lawyers across the State, under the banner of the All India Lawyers Union (AILU), will observe February 18 as Constitution Protection Day by wearing special badges while appearing in court, pledgin...

Activists oppose health insurance scheme

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Opposing the proposed insurance-based model of health care for those covered under the National Food Security Act, civil society groups have asked Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje to recons...

LIC agents make gruel, pressing for a charter of demands

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Members of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) Agents Association staged "gruel making" demonstration in front of the LIC branch office here, pressing a charter of demands, including removal of 3.

Donation to Cheshire Homes

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Spanish organisations offer 6 lakh

City of Dawn to descend on Chennai

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Auroville Festival set to unravel its idea of sustainable existence

Three new govt. engineering colleges on the anvil

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Institutes proposed at Challakere, Nargund, Talkal

An evening for ideas on fostering unity

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Four intellectuals, each of them speaking about how to forge religious, social, political and economic unity, came together for an event on 'New Ideas for New India' on Saturday evening.An i...

UPA govt. blamed for Nokia plant closure

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The Tamil Nadu Government has blamed the the previous Congress-led UPA government for the problems at the Nokia plant at Sriperambudur. State Industries Minister P Thangamani said that they are try...

Divine destinations a click away

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Here is some good news for the spiritually inclined. Now, all places of worship in Delhi and other parts of the country would be available online. The Indiaonline.in has launched a website called D...

Crocin trends

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Fever-relieving drug Crocin was on Saturday trending on Twitter after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal mentioned it in his speech during the swearing-in ceremony.Mr. Kejriwal had been su...

When Sania faced a five-year-old ‘Djokovic’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

On Saturday, two-time Grand Slam winner Sania Mirza faced a 'Nadal' and a 'Djokovic' at her own academy on the outskirts of the city.Up against India's best-ever women's tennis player was fi...

Rubber’s loss is dairy’s gain

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Poor yield from rubber prompts growers to switch to dairy

Funds sought for virtual learning system in colleges

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Process to give students access to video lectures, ebooks and course resources

“Congress will win back people’s trust”

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

All India Congress Committee general secretary Digvijaya Singh said the Congress would win the people's confidence back in the State by 2019.During the two-day brainstorming session, the par...

‘Kala puraskaram’ for theatre personality today

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Veteran theatre personality Ravi Venkata Chalam, 98, will receive the 'Vinoda Vallari – Jaladi Kala Puraskaram' at the monthly cultural programme of VUDA and Creative Comedy Club at Gurajada Kalaks...

Bright future for BJP in Telangana: Dattatreya

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Envisioning a bright future for the BJP in the Telangana State in the coming days, Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya exuded confidence that the party will emerge...

Donate eyes, people told

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Each person can give vision to two persons and see the world through the recipients even after death, ophthalmologist Dr. M.V. Ramana Reddy said on Saturday."It is high time people join the...

Verify age of bride, groom before printing invitations: dist. admn.

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Davangere officials launch campaign against child marriage

Farmers end stir following government’s assurance to fulfil their demands

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

'Five farmers who had taken ill on Friday recovering in hospital'

MSM calls for stern action to check ragging

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Vehemently flaying the recurring instances of ragging on campuses in the State, the Muslim Students Movement (MSM) has urged the authorities to sternly deal the tendency as a serious crime.T...

Karat calls for struggle to overthrow Modi govt.

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

"Need of the hour is a Left and democratic alliance"

Minister performs bhoomi puja for hockey stadium

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The facility, with synthetic turf, to cost Rs. 7 crore

Encourage independent albums, says Ricky Kej

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

'Music from the heart grows on you. Catchy music wanes'

HOPE creates awareness of workplace harassment of women

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

An NGO has put up a public notice board on workplace harassment of women in Kanagachettikulam, Puducherry.The notice board was installed by HOPE (Holistic approach for People's Empowerment) ...

BBMP clears waste

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The High Court of Karnataka recently directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to ensure "no untoward incident" occurred during the air show.A majority of the steps taken so far...

‘Public must help counter terrorism’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

"Indian police stations are not equipped to gather intelligence and handle terrorism," said R.K. Raghavan, former director of Central Bureau of Investigation.He was delivering the Kalki Sada...

HC directive on fishing

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The Madras High Court has directed the Advocate-General and the amicus curiae in a suo motu case to sit together and work out a method to ensure that no tr...

I endorse Modi but love Kejriwal: Hemant Pandey

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

"I endorse Narender Modi but cannot leave Arvind Kejriwal. I love him. He is a true man. Delhi needs a person like him," said actor Hemant Pandey in an interview to The Hindu o...

Now, AAP Cola

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Seeking to cash in on the popularity of the Aam Aadmi Party, a city-based beverages manufacturer on Saturday launched "AAP Cola", which the promoters say is a cold drink for the " aam...

Bajrang Dal activists held for burning effigies

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Over 100 workers of the Bajrang Dal were taken into preventive custody at different places in Hyderabad and Cyberabad Police Commissionerates as they burnt effigies, protesting Valentine's Day cele...

Magic competition winner

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Special camp

The city unit of Make A Difference will hold a 'Dream Camp' for children staying in Ashraya Home on February 21 and 22. The camp will have group activities allo...

Netizens mock at aid to A.P.

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

While the TDP government prefers to exercise patience with its alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on special status and suitable package to Andhra Pradesh, the assistance of Rs. 350 cror...

Tamil drama to be staged

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Tamil Kalai Mandram in association with Shriram Properties is organising a Tamil drama 'Paritchaikku Neramachu' at two different venues, starting February 21.The drama, presented by popular...

Repairs to retaining wall delayed

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Irrigation officials waiting for funds to be released

MRPS gears up for final showdown with Naidu

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Gearing up for a 'do-or-die battle' ahead of the Budget session of the Assembly, Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti (MRPS) founder president Manda Krishna Madiga on Saturday announced that the activi...

Govt. to extend help for building memorial hall

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has assured that the State government would extend the necessary financial assistance for the construction of the B. Krishnappa memorial cultural hall at Hanagawadi vill...

Bikers spread awareness on social issues

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The reverberating beat of the legendary Bullet resounded here on Saturday as scores of enthusiasts took out a bike rally to create public awareness on social issues.The rally commenced from...

When monkey fever poses livelihood issues

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Many tribespeople lose jobs as they have to attend to kin

SAD, BJP for better coordination

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Coordination committee meet held to resolve differences

Tiger kills woman, injures man near Gudalur

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Tea estate worker Mahalakshmi was killed by a tiger at Ododuvayal near Gudalur on the Nilgiris-Kerala border. Another person was attacked by it is undergoing treatment.As news spread, hundre...

Fall in prices: farmers seek direct procurement of cotton

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Cotton farmers are concerned over the declining price of cotton and looking forward to a better price. Though cotton production witnessed an increasing trend following good rainfall, the market...

Collector’s call to halt illegal adoption of children

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

A special consultative meeting on child protection and anti-trafficking with the stakeholders was conducted here at the Collectorate on Friday.The consultations with the stakeholders focusse...

Unauthorised digital banners removed

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Unauthorised hoardings and digital banners that had cropped up in several parts of the city have been removed in the last two nights by the municipal authorities.Municipality Commissioner R....

Hub of resettlement

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

The soon-to-be-developed satellite township of Thirumazhisai will cover 311.05 acres in the nearby villages of Chembarambakkam, Kuthambakkam, Parvatharajapuram, Narasingapuram and Vellavedu....

Filmmakers get cautious

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Pre-emptively remove problematic dialogues or cut scenes

Engagements for Sunday

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

GENERAL Alcoholics Anonymous: Meetings -Aakarshan Group: Paschim Vihar, Delhi Government dispensary, G A2,Block opposite Radha Krishna Temple. 7-8.30 p.m. ; Programme of...

No portfolio for Kejriwal

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 07:59 PM PST

Delhi's new Chief Minister will play a supervisory role and act as a bridge between his Cabinet and the people of the Capital instead of leading one, or more, important portfolios.Arvind Kej...

Software for speedy passport verification

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Muktesh L. Pardeshi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, along with the Regional Passport Officer (RPO), Ashwini Sattatu, on Saturday visited Cyberabad Commissioner...

Quarry strike may throw metro work off track

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Repair of roads and construction of flyovers may also be hit

Dance spectacle brings curtain down on Games

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

President congratulates State

City emerges as medical tourism destination

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Hekamtulla, a citizen of Afghanistan, was treated for multiple trauma in New Delhi some three years ago.Surgery did not produce the best results. He returned to India for revision surgery bu...

‘JICA has not confirmed its participation’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has not made any official statement of its support to the Andhra University in offering a Japanese Language course and not as suggested in a report...

Payment of pending bills of mid-day meal sought

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Government Schools Protection Committee and Members of Mid-day Meal Workers Association in support with other organisations have staged a dharna at Collectorate demanding immediate release of pendi...

‘Centre should take over NSP’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Andhra Pradesh Students and Youth Joint Action Committee on Saturday urged the National Water Resources Council to take over the Nagarjunasagar project to ensure judicious use of the scarce water r...

Bhovi community urged to prioritise education

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Speakers at the guruvandana programme, organised by the Karnataka State Bhovi (Vaddara) Yuva Vedike here on Saturday, stressed the need to accord priority to education, organisation and struggle to...

Industries pin hopes on tax concessions

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Stakeholders from industries in Mysuru and surrounding regions are pinning their hopes on tax concessions from both the Centre and the State to foster growth.In addition to this, they are ke...

High demand for solar grid connectivity: KSEB

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

There is a big flow of applications for solar grid connectivity following the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission's notification regarding regulations on solar plant connectivity with th...

AMU suspends classes after suspected swine flu death

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Victim was part of team which went to south India for a trip

Coimbatore Today

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

RELIGION Discourse by Dugaram Ganapathy: Pravasana Mandapam, Kothandaramaswamy Devasthanam, Ram Nagar, 6.30 p.m. Yaksha...

Sharp increase in maize price

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

The price of maize (Makkacholam) has gone up considerably in the recent past in Thammampatti and surrounding areas.The price of 100 kg bag of maize which remained at Rs. 950 till three month...

Eleven persons, including eight students, arrested

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Eleven persons, including eight students of Government Higher Secondary School, Ayikudi, were arrested on Friday night, following a scuffle.According to police, the scuffle broke out among t...

Maintain law and order: CPI

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

A conference of the Communist Party of India (CPI), Puducherry unit, on Saturday passed resolutions urging the Union Territory government to ensure security to all citizens to lead peaceful lives.<...

H1N1: two more deaths in Karnataka

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Two more H1N1 deaths were reported in the State, taking the toll to 18. Srinivas from Tumakuru district who had been admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru died on Saturday.While Tumaku...

Man behind city’s book fair no more

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

K.V. Mathew, who died on Friday, leaves behind a vast library at his house and generations of book lovers.The man who nurtured the Madras Book Fair from its initial days breathed his last at...

Dwarka plant to supply water from Monday, says DJB

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Residents of Dwarka and its adjoining areas will be supplied water from the Dwarka water treatment plant starting Monday, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) said on Saturday.In a statement, the DJB s...

‘Each promise important’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Aam Aadmi Party Government, during its second stint at the helm of the Capital, chose to move beyond a single-point agenda like last year, even as it claimed that "each of the 70 points" its ac...

KCR seeks dry port for Telangana

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has asked the Central government to establish a dry port for Telangana as all States that did not have sea shore needed them to facilitate customs clearance for...

Power regulation

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Power supply will be regulated on Sunday between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. in several places owing to the transportation of heavy machinery parts to BPCL Kochi Refinery, Ambalamugal, by road. Supply will b...

Pinarayi seeks bus fare cut

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

CPI(M) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan has called upon the government to lower bus fares now that petroleum product prices have fallen sharply.In a statement here on Thursday, Mr. Vijayan s...

Excitement mounts before Indo-Pak cricket match

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Denizens happy that match is being organised on Sunday

A platform to measure sea data

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

A platform for carrying instrument for measuring waves, currents and sediments in real time is being deployed in the nearshore waters in the sea opposite Kursura Submarine Museum on Monday.T...

Nayudamma award for two women scientists

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Two women scientists, who have made a mark in defence research development and space research have been chosen as joint recipients of Dr.Y. Nayudamma Memorial Award 2014. Director, Advanced Systems...

Ponnam lashes out at CMs of Telangana, A.P.

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Former Karimnagar MP Ponnam Prabhakar has alleged that the Chief Ministers of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh States were playing 'dramas' over sharing waters from the Nagarjunasagar project....

Old-age, disabled pensioners face misery

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

They blame it on the govt. policy of linking biometric system with Aadhaar

Concern over neglect of maths in India

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

According importance to astrology rather than mathematics, India could not achieve much progress in the field of science, said S.S. Bhoosnurmath, Honorary Professor, Department of Mathematics, Karn...

Pre-budget meeting at MIA

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Mysore Industries Association (MIA) has invited proposals and suggestions from industrial organisations, which will be submitted to the State and Union governments for incorporation in their budget...

kochi today

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

GENERAL Government Sanskrit College, Tripunithura: Centenary celebrations, felicitation meeting, 10 a.m., staging of drama 'Madhyamavyayogam', presented by SNDP HSS, Uda...

Man held with bombs outside U.P. Raj Bhavan

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

A man was arrested here after he tried to enter the Raj Bhavan in a car allegedly with three crude bombs on Saturday.Ranjit Sharma was arrested on finding the bombs, the police said. He was...

Two detained under Goondas Act

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

A. Mohammed Nizam (28) and M. Hussain (33) of Kurichi in Coimbatore were detained under Goondas Act for smuggling rice kept for distribution under the public distribution system to Kerala.Fo...

Move to double food grain production

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

The State Agriculture Department has proposed to double the food grain production in the State during the current year under the Food Grain Mission 2014-15. The proposal was aimed at augmenting the...

BSNL offers 50 per cent extra data for boosters

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited's Tamil Nadu Circle has announced the 50 per cent extra data offer for all data boosters for the prepaid mobile customers.An official statement said the offe...

Jipmer signs MoU

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (Jipmer) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration to provide treatment f...

Train accident: doctors save Polish woman’s leg

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Polish couple who were on a Valentine's Day trip to India and were injured in Friday's train mishap near Anekal were all smiles on Saturday.Doctors at Sparsh Hospital, where Kamil K. Kle...

Celebrating 40 years of Japanese School

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

The Japanese School Educational Trust (JSET) in Chennai organised a ceremony recently to commemorate their 40{+t}{+h}anniversary.Looking backJSET, which was called The Japanese...

Court acquits doctor in rape case of nurse

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

A Delhi court has acquitted a doctor of the charge of raping a nurse on the pretext of marrying her. The doctor was also charged of causing an abortion as the victim said during the trial.Wh...

No woman in Delhi Cabinet

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

For the first time since 1998, the Delhi Government will be without a woman Minister.None of the six Ministers in the Kejriwal-led government, who were sworn in on Saturday, is a woman. Amon...

Huge allocations for PR, RD sought in budget

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The Panchayat Raj, Rural Development, Rural Water Supply and Information Technology Departments have sought adequate allocations in the next budget estimates for various schemes being implemented b...

Police officer files complaint with cyber cell

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Former Kochi city Deputy Commissioner of Police R. Nishanthini filed a complaint with the cyber cell here against a Facebook page "R. Nishanthini IPS (Support R. Nishanthini) that she said was crea...

Honour for Mallappally

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Mallappally in Pathanamthitta district has been selected the best block panchayat for the year 2013-14.Sulthan Bathery in Wayanad was selected the second best.The selection was based...

City goes digital on Valentine’s Day

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Flowers, chocolates and Valentine's Day cards, the traditional way of greeting a Valentine, made way for modern tech-driven greetings on this special day in the city on Saturday.The air was...

Aids distributed at Anakapalle

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Around 1,200 differently-abled persons from the seven Assembly segments of Anakapalle constituency were given away different aids and equipment worth Rs. 94 lakh at a programme organised by Anakapa...

Maoists call bandh in five States

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Maoists stepped up poster campaign ahead of the bandh called by the CPI (Maoist) in five States on February 20. The outfit called for bandh in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Ma...

Officials encouraging sponsored ads for personal events flayed

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The Lok Satta Udyama Samstha, Karimnagar district unit has found fault with district officials for the issuance of advertisements during their birthdays, taking charge of office, marriage anniversa...

Whose line to toe anyway?

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Officers of the district administration in Dharmavaram constituency are in a dilemma not knowing whose line to toe - the legally right one or the politically right one. The summary removal and repl...

Play staged in the Shalmala

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Share Marketinalli Gange, a Kannada play by K.R. Prakash, was staged in the Shalmala river at Bheemanapada near Swarnawalli in Sirsi taluk on Friday night.Film director K.S.L. Swami, who ina...

End of Manjanikkara pilgrimage week

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The annual Manjanikkara Perunaal and 83rd feast of the Syrian Patriarch, St Elias-III, came to a close with the holy Tri-mass followed by holy raasa held at Manjanikkara near here on Saturday. Cath...

Compensation soon to farmers hit by elephant raids

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

The Forest Department has undertaken preparing the list of farmers who lose their crops in elephant raids in Chittoor district and they will soon get their compensation. The list covers Kuppam, Ram...

Teen who raped 5-year-old held

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 16-year-old boy inside a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office at Behala in south-west Kolkata on Friday. The accused, a resident of the same local...

20 French students visit Karaikal agriculture college

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

A team of 20 French agriculture students and faculty from a French agriculture college visited Karaikal on Friday.The group has intended to study Indian farming practices and share the lates...

Rare species recorded during bird count in Salem

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

About 50 species recorded in Shevaroyan Hills in Yercaud

Two-day agri exhibition

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

A two-day 'Agri Expo 2015-Kumari' was inaugurated by Collector Sajjansingh R. Chavan here on Friday.In his address, Mr. Chavan called upon farmers to take active part in such expos and clari...

Inquiry into communal web posts

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Cyber cell trying to ascertain identity of miscreants

Support services for JIPMER patients

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

Retired employees will help patients and their families

Infosys fined again for delay in delivering services

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

IT major denies receiving any such notice from Bescom

‘Instill value of pluralism in students’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Educators need to help children understand the importance of the pluralistic nature of the country, said N. Ram, chairman, Kasturi and Sons Limited."Education cannot be insulated from societ...

Bouquets a hit more with couples than lovebirds

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

"This bouquet is for your father. Let it be a surprise" a woman told her eight-year-old son. The occasion was Valentine's Day. Florists in the city said that demand for bouquets from couples is on...

25-year-old gang-raped in South Delhi

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

She was allegedly given a sedative-laced drink; one arrested

War against VIP culture gets another life

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:01 PM PST

Continuing his war on VIP culture, the Delhi Chief Minister repeated his resolve to end it in the Capital in his post-oath speech on Saturday.Marking the beginning of his second tenure, Arvi...

Shabbir sees threat to Wakf properties

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Deputy Leader of Congress Legislature Party in the Telangana Legislative Council, Mohammed Ali Shabbir has expressed concern over the security of Wakf properties in the State, keeping in view the o...

Two killed in accident

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Two youths who were returning from a holiday at Munnar were killed in an accident near Kothamangalam around midnight on Friday night.Ajayan, 20, of Kunnath House, Kodakara, Thrissur, and Rej...

For the love of freedom, choice

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

: When the Hindu Mahasabha announced a few weeks back that its activists would forcibly marry off any couple who dared to come out on Valentine's Day or expressed their love on Facebook, they unwit...

Three teams selected for national level CSI-Funquiz

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Three teams from Andhra Pradesh have been selected for the national level CSI-Funquiz – 2015, to be held on February 21. Each team comprises of two members.Students – Firdous Fatima and Y. C...

AU gets new Registrar

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Professor Velagapudi Uma Maheswara Rao will be taking over as the 17th Registrar of Andhra University on Sunday. He was appointed by the Executive Council of the university and the letter of his ap...

Sabarimala witnesses heavy rush

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Two pilgrims die of heart attack

Bank employees take out rally

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Andhra Bank employees in connection with the Bank Protection Day observed across the nation on Saturday took out a motorcycle rally in the town appealing to borrowers and defaulters to repay the lo...

Tributes paid to martyrs

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The students of Sri Kandukuri Veeresalingam Theistic (SKVT) College on Saturday paid rich tributes to martyrs Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukh Dev who were sentenced on this day. A meeting was arrang...

SyndicateBank gives loans to 8,000 vehicles in 40 days

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

SyndicateBank has given automobile loans to an estimated 8,000 vehicles in the first 40 days of 2015. "In January and February so far, we have given about 8,000 loans. During the whole of last year...

DC office complex to come up on German Press premises

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The district administration has planned to build the Deputy Commissioner's office complex on the German Press premises.The officials have written to the press authorities to return 16 acres...

Maramon discusses fall in spiritual urge

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Call to overcome negativism through spirituality

People have rejected BJP’s sectarian politics: D. Raja

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Communist Party of India (CPI) National Secretary D. Raja on Saturday said the victory of the Aam Aadmi Party showed that people had rejected sectarian politics and anti-people policies of the BJP....

ZSI plans digitisation of specimens

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Launching its centenary celebrations, the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), India's premier taxonomic research institute, is aspiring for an ambitious project of digitisation of its millions of spe...

‘Government committed to farmers’ welfare’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The government is keen on ensuring the welfare of farmers in the State and has allocated Rs. 1.90 crore for the construction of Tamil State Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (regulated market...

Town panchayat seeks special grade status

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

The Sankagiri Town Panchayat has demanded its upgradation from the present 'selection grade' status to 'special grade' town panchayat status.RevenueA resolution adopted to this...

Market driven horticulture is the need of the hour, says expert

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Stress on increasing productivity of horticulture crops

Volleyball makes a big impact in Kozhikode

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The National Games came to an end on Friday, but volleyball fans here are cherishing those five days of high quality action at the V.K. Krishna Menon Indoor Stadium.Fans who could manage sea...

A nine-hour experience of Malnad in ‘concrete jungle’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Third edition of theatrical adaptation of Kuvempu's Malegalalli Madumagalu to be unveiled on Monday

Lingaa distributors plan begging protest

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Film distributors and cinema halls owners, who claimed to have suffered huge losses following Rajinikanth-starrer Lingaa 's poor run, have announced a mass begging protest thro...

Tourists celebrate Valentine’s Day in Ooty

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

It was a crowded Valentine's Day in this vacation destination on Saturday. Being a weekend, the inflow of tourists was higher than usual.The tourists including foreigners flocked to scenic s...

High Court upholds 10-year sentence for rape of minor girl

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Describing the rape of a five-year-old girl as a gruesome and an abhorring act, which had left a permanent scar on her personality, the Delhi High Court has upheld the sentence of 10 years' rigorou...

Seven fraudsters caught for trying to sell Buddha idol

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The Punjagutta police on Saturday caught a gang of seven trying to sell a Buddha idol for Rs. 50 lakh, falsely claiming that it was an antique piece. The prime accused Shaik Mohammed Irfan Basha, a...

Inclusion of ‘socialist, secular’ in Preamble unnecessary: SC judge

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Supreme Court judge Rohinton Fali Nariman on Saturday said that it was "wholly unnecessary" on the part of the former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, to have included the words 'socialist and secula...

‘Explore role of genetic factors in oral cancer’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

: Researchers and cancer epidemiologists should look beyond tobacco as the major causative factor of Head and Neck cancers and explore the play of genetic factors that could be resulting in the inc...

Officials foresee better power situation this year

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

City to be spared of power cuts

VSP coop staff convicted

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Four office-bearers of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant Employees Cooperative Stores were found guilty of illegally storing explosive Deepavali crackers and were convicted to undergo one year rigorous...

Police foil naxals’ plot to kill personnel

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Four members of banned outfit arrested; explosives seized

Beedi workers stage protest

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Beedi workers demanding the removal of the sign of skull and cross bones on the beedi bundle packs staged protest demonstration in Beerkur and Armoor mandal headquarters on Saturday.Subm...

Collector vents ire over ‘slow’ Pushkaram works

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

West Godavari district Collector Katamaneni Bhaskar on Saturday expressed displeasure over the 'slackness' of officials in carrying out works related to Godavari Pushkarams which begin in July....

Another garden for butterflies

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Multicoloured butterflies will soon welcome tourists at the Karanji Lake Nature Park (KLNP), one of the popular tourist attractions in Mysuru. For, another butterfly garden will come up at KLNP, wh...

When film-makers make a political statement

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Following cocaine case, an actor-director couple has been at the receiving end of mud-slinging.

Kollam, the best district panchayat

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The Kollam district panchayat has bagged the Swaraj Trophy, State government's best district panchayat award, for the year 2013-2014.The award comes as a recognition for the unique projects...

40 industries listed for stepping up CSR

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

With the government giving focus on partnerships in development, the district administration has come out with a list of nearly 40 major industries in Nellore district for stepping up their activit...

Japanese group slams ‘love capitalists’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

As Japan celebrated Valentine's Day on Saturday, a group of killjoys marched through Tokyo protesting what it called the "passion-based capitalism" of the annual celebration of romance.Membe...

Nano particles can transmit drugs to cells easily, says professor

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

36 nanoproducts approved worldwide: Singapore professor

Eight DPCs opened

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

As many as eight Director Procurement Centres (DPCs) for procuring paddy from the farmers in the district were set up.Paddy procurementThe DPCs opened were Thittuvilai – Primar...

Seminar on narcotics concludes

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

A two-day national seminar on "Narcotics, Narco-terrorism and New Psychoactive Substances," jointly organised by the National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN) and University of Cali...

Traffic diversion for aero show

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Parking for visitors has been arranged inside the Yelahanka Air Force Base. Visitors coming from the city should take a U-turn at Hunasamaranahalli and proceed to Gate No. 5 where parking arrangeme...

‘Nervous system disorders not diagnosed properly’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

The first Indian to deliver the T.S. Srinivasan Endowment Oration on Saturday, Christopher J. Mathias, focused on the challenges of autonomic dysfunction, and traced the formation, development and...

Spoken Sanskrit class

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Samskrita Bharati will conduct 10-day spoken Sanskrit class from February 19 to 28 at 10 locations in the city, says a release. The classes will be held in three batches – between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m....

HC pulls up govt. for failing to act on mortuaries order

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

The Delhi High Court has pulled up the Delhi Government and civic authorities for not informing it if the hospitals under their control were complying with the Centre's advisory on management of mo...

AP Information Commission issues notice to TS CMO officials

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The Andhra Pradesh Information Commission has issued show cause notice to the Assistant Secretary and Principal Secretary (Political) of the Telangana Chief Minister for not submitting the informat...

It is a crime to dream small, says Kalam

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Asks students to dream big and aim higher

Moot court contest winners

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

: The team from the National Law University — Shrutanjaya, Saral and Himanshu — and that from the National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi — Sonal Soni, Kirtikar Sukul and Gouransh...

NTRUHS likely to hold exams for both States next academic year also

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

NTR University of Health Sciences (NTRUHS) is likely to remain the apex institution as far as the conduct of examinations is concerned in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana next year also. It is because...

Minor raped; two held

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Kancharapalem police arrested a man and his wife — the man on the charge of conspiring with his wife and repeatedly raping a minor girl and the woman for her alleged assistance to her husband i...

Whither hands that care?

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Reducing pain for the terminally-ill through palliative care doesn't seem to be among the priorities of AP and Telangana

New arrivals at mini zoo

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Six more new animals were brought to the mini zoo 'Vana Vignana Kendra' here which no doubt provide a delightful experience to the visitors of seeing one of the endangered species.The Forest...

Finally, water released into NSP right canal

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

AP may require 40 tmc to meet its requirements

Taken for a ride?

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Oil company representatives have been getting calls from LPG consumers expressing fear that they would lose their connections if they do not provide Aadhaar details immediately. A company represent...

The common man in the driver’s seat

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Film: Saaradhi Director: Gopalan Manoj Cast: Sunny Wayn, Srinivasan, Nedumudi Venu, Vinutha Lal, Vishnu Raghav, Baiju...

CPI(M) meet: VS to open history exhibition

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Leader of the Opposition and veteran CPI(M) leader V.S. Achuthanandan will launch a history exhibition that is being organised as part of the party State conference at Town Square on February 17.

Protest against land ordinance to be intensified

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:26 PM PST

Activists representing different people movements here on Saturday announced to build up massive mobilisation against Narendra Modi government's Ordinance that repealed several causes in Land Acqui...

100 whales stranded in New Zealand die

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

More than 100 pilot whales that stranded on a New Zealand beach have died, conservation officials said on Saturday, voicing grave fears for more than 90 others from the pod.The whales beache...

Exhibition highlights nuclear technology applications

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Atomic energy and nuclear technology could be applied to enhance productivity and in preservation of agricultural produce besides helping improve access to clean potable water.The Bhabha Ato...

Provide quality care at reasonable cost, orthopaedic surgeons told

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Hands-on workshops held for special surgical procedures

715 owners of vehicles with ‘IND’ number plates booked

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The Kanyakumari district police have launched an intensive drive against use of `IND' number plates in light motor vehicles as per the recent direction of the Madras High Court.During the dr...

Training in domestic water management

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

A two-day training programme on 'Domestic water management and organic spice cultivation' will be held at the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) in Kozhikode on March 9 a...

Air show at Yelahanka from Wednesday

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Five-day air show begins at Air Force Station Yelahanka on Wednesday

Athipattu ROB nears completion

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Work to construct a road overbridge (ROB) near Athipattu Railway Station in Tiruvallur is expected to be completed in two months. Sources in the Tamil Nadu Road Development Company (TNRDC) said tha...

Valentine’s Day celebrations sans moral policing

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Celebrations organised by a few organisations in support of lovers beyond caste and religious barriers marked Valentine's Day celebrations in the city on Saturday. The celebrations went off peacefu...

Names of parks, roads, hospitals come for a price in North Delhi

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The name of a new municipal park, school or even a hospital in North Delhi will be up for grabs by the highest bidder, with the local civic body deciding to charge for it.In its budget for 2...

Centre’s nod needed for delimitation of Assembly segments: CEC

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Chief Election Commissioner H.S. Brahma said that the process of delimitation of Assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana will begin only after the Centre takes a decision on it. The...

‘More foodgrain lost due to pests, diseases’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Though the country had become self-reliant in production of foodgrains and cereals, 22 to 25 per cent of losses were caused by pests and diseases, said P.K. Chakrabarty, Assistant Director General,...

Work on modern abattoir likely to begin in March

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Five private firms have submitted proposal

CPI(M) slams VMC’s door-to-door survey

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Communist Party of India - Marxist has taken strong exception to the survey undertaken by the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) purportedly to streamline the tax collection system.P...

Naidu blesses newly-wed

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and a large number of VIPs, and friends, relatives and supporters of Panchayati Raj Minister Ch. Ayyanna Patrudu attended the marriage of his elder son Vijay at...

Water being stolen

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Pilferage of water supply in our neighbourhood, the Jeevan Kalyan Colony on Mehdipatnam-Gudi Malkapur Road, has left us in deep hardship.Unauthorised users are employing mini-pumpsets to col...

TRS women’s wing slams TDP

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Women in TRS have sufficient political representation and some time in near future they may get Cabinet berth, said party's womenwing president Tula Uma.Nominated postsC...

Centre’s intervention sought

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Andhra Pradesh Revenue Services Association State president Bopparaju Venkateswarlu on Saturday urged the Union government to intervene to resolve ticklish issues between Telangana and Andhra Prade...

Man dies of suspected monkey fever

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Health Department yet to confirm cause of death, preventive steps intensified

Recipe for a box office winner

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Film: Anegan Director: K. V. Anand Cast: Dhanush, Amyra Dastur, Karthik, Jagan Who could have believed that th...

‘Great expectations of peace initiative’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Ignatius Aphrem II accorded warm reception at Kattachira

Concern over pollution in Odisha rivers

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:25 PM PST

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has expressed deep concerns over widespread river pollution in Odisha saying almost all rivers are fed with huge waste from industries as well as urban...

BMC demolishes ramp outside actor’s bungalow

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation demolished an illegal ramp outside actor Shah Rukh Khan's sea-facing Mannat bungalow in suburban Bandra on Saturday, after he failed to respond to a demolitio...

Private security guards undergo training

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Private security guards employed at sensitive places such as Automated Teller Machine or factories should exhibit a sense of discipline particularly while handling explosives, said speakers at a fu...

Ring roads in Namakkal, Tiruchengode sought

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

Communist Party of India has demanded that ring roads be established in Namakkal and Tiruchengode to prevent traffic congestion.At the district-level meeting held in Tiruchengode, speakers i...

Valentine’s Day: Hindu Mahasabha members removed from near park

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Office-bearers of Hindu Mahasabha, who were waiting with silk sari, dhoti and thali with the intention of performing compulsory marriage for couples visiting the municipal park at Veppamudu junctio...

Fading zebra lines pose a threat to pedestrians’ lives

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Even as the Road Safety Authority and other government departments try to bring down the accident rate in the city, vanishing zebra lines for pedestrian crossings are a major cause of concern among...

BBMP clears waste

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

The High Court of Karnataka recently directed the BBMP to ensure "no untoward incident" occurred during the air show. A majority of the steps taken so far involves removal of waste from the area an...

Robber posing as woman held

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

The city police arrested a pickpocket whose modus operandi was to disguise himself as a woman and trick unsuspecting victims. The habitual offender's luck ran out on Friday when his target raised a...

Overflowing sewage troubles residents

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

For the past week or so, a few residents of State Bank Colony in Ward 63 (the area opposite the Uzhavar Sandhai on Trichy Road) have been buying drinking water. They are unable to tap the water the...

High Court upholds 10-year sentence for rape of minor girl

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

Describing the rape of a five-year-old girl as a gruesome and abhorring act which had left a permanent scar on her personality, the Delhi High Court has upheld the sentence of 10 years' rigorous im...

Health insurance scheme opposed

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Opposing the proposed insurance-based model of health care for those covered under the National Food Security Act, civil society groups have asked Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje to recons...

Condition of cities, towns bad, says Chief Minister

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Asks officials to provide basic amenities in cities and prepare plans to develop them

Rail signals damaged in Madurai

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Movement of trains at Madurai railway junction came to a halt for nearly 30 minutes on Saturday late evening after some miscreants broke a railway signal box.Railway sources said that signal...

DMK, CPI(M) lodge complaints

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 09:33 PM PST

Say lists of 'absent, shifted and dead' voters, multiple entries not provided

Sensory Park for differently abled, Braille press to come up

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

A Sensory Park at Kurnool, Braille printing press at Guntur and Regional Centre for Rehabilitation of Physically Challenged in Nellore district are among the facilities the Union Ministry of Social...

Youth booked for raping minor

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The VM Banjara police registered a case against a 21-year-old youth of Vemsur mandal on the charge of abducting and raping a 14-year-old girl of a tribal hamlet in Penuballi mandal.According...

AIBEA to release list of bank loan defaulters

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

The All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) will release during the budget session of Parliament the full list of bank loan defaulters.C.H. Venkatachalam, general secretary of the AIBE...

International airport will come up at Bhogapuram: Naidu

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

CM announces sops for Srikakulam district

Mysuru farmers get ready to reap benefits of ‘superfood’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Gluten-less food crops fetch them higher returns

5,800 sites in S.M. Krishna Layout likely to be allotted by October

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Tender for preliminary work to be floated by this month-end

Forward Bloc calls for a stronger Left

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Party wants to be included in the LDF

Takes charge

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

R. Nishanthini took charge as Thrissur City Police Commissioner on Saturday. She was the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Kochi city.

Worker injured

A worker was injured...

Northeast to develop in 10 years if insurgency wanes, says Rajnath

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:25 PM PST

The Union Government would develop the Northeastern region in 10 years if insurgency comes to an end, said Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Agartala on Saturday. He said insurgency remains a hurdle i...

TS, AP water row resolved

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The water dispute between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments, which led to ugly incidents at the Nagarjunasagar dam site on Friday evening, was resolved amicably on Saturday at a meeting of t...

2,391 cases settled at Lok Adalat

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

A total of 2,391 cases were settled at the Lok Adalat held at five courts in the district on Saturday.The adalat, organised by the District Legal Services Authority was held at Pudukottai, A...

Floriculture catching up with saltpan workers

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

September to January is a lean income period

Low-floor AC buses for Malappuram, Kozhikode

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will introduce low-floor air-conditioned and non air-conditioned buses in the city and its suburbs shortly.As many as 100 buses will be al...

BMC demolishes ramp outside SRK’s bungalow

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:24 PM PST

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation demolished an illegal ramp outside actor Shah Rukh Khan's sea-facing Mannat bungalow in suburban Bandra on Saturday, after he failed to respond to a demolitio...

Woman bids goodbye to son from hospital bed

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

In a heartrending incident, the body of nine-year-old Aman, killed in the train accident on Friday, was taken to Sparsh Hospital to enable his mother, Sharmila, who is being treated for injuries, t...

PSBB students ace elocution

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

A class X student from PSBB Nungambakkam, Arjun Rau, won the elocution contest conducted by PSBB Schools. Launched in the PSBB schools as a Golden Jubilee initiative, the Debating Society has been...

Bomb blasts anniversary passes off peacefully

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

Treat everyone as fellow human beings: Minister

Courts acquits doctor in rape case

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

A Delhi court has acquitted a doctor of the charge of allegedly befriending a nurse, raping her on the pretext of marrying her and causing an abortion as the victim said during trial that she had l...

“Little Kejriwal”

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:07 PM PST

Arvind Kejriwal's swearing-in ceremony had a special guesy — a "little Arvind Kejriwal". Dressed in a maroon sweater and a black muffler, and sporting a false mustache, four-year-old Fairy Tomar lo...

YSRC accuses AP, TS CMs of provoking regional passions

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

YSR Congress Party (YSRC) has accused the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, N. Chandrababu Naidu and K. Chandrasekhar Rao, of whipping up regional passions through their attitude on...

Women police roughed up by students in Madurai park

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

They refused to buy tickets and quarrelled with park staff

Yemen national undergoes liver transplantation in Tiruchi

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

A Tiruchi-based hospital has performed a liver transplant surgery on a Yemen patient.The complex surgery was claimed to be done successfully a few days ago. Mansoor Hasan Mohammed (40), who...

Sainik schools entrance exam on Feb. 22

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

The All India Sainik Schools entrance examination for admission to classes VI and IX for the academic year 2015-16 will be held on February 22.The following are the venues of the entrance te...

AP officials, SPF personnel argue over trivial issue

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Mild tension at Nagarjunsagar dam site as AP irrigation officials, who arrived there to release water to right canal, were made to wait by SPF personnel

21 Christian couples enter into wedlock

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Twenty-one Christian minority couples entered into wedlock in the government's mass marriage programme organised in Arogya Mary Matha Church here on Saturday.Joint Collector M. Rama Rao, who...

‘Political parties also come under ambit of RTI Act’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Central Information Commissioner Madabhushi Sridhar says people should use the Act extensively for public purpose

Seminar in Kalaburagi today

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Hindu in association with the Appa Institute of Engineering and Technology will be organising a seminar on 'How To Become An Entrepreneur' at the Doddappa Appa Sabha Manta...

Grain diversion: role of Hassan rice mill being probed

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The investigation into the seizure of rice meant for distribution under Anna Bhagya scheme at Arkalgud has brought to light the alleged involvement of a Hassan-based rice mill in the illegal transp...

Airport site: residents’ woes to be addressed

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Two panels to be formedto look into grievances

Manjhi includes Paswan in Mahadalit category

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:25 PM PST

Going ahead with his efforts to shower largesse, the Bihar Cabinet on Saturday approved a politically-sensitive proposal of including the Paswan caste in the 'Mahadalit' category.The decisio...

At Maletha, villagers continue protest against stone crushers

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:10 PM PST

The protest against stone crushers mining the fertile Maletha village entered the 54th day on Saturday.Though the Uttarakhand government ordered the cancellation of the licences of four oper...

Local holiday

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

A local holiday has been declared for all establishments in Tiruvarur district on March 2 in view of the sandanakoodu festival at the Muthupettai Dargah near Tiruthuraipoondi in Tiruvarur district.

Gold loan scam: two held

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Officials of Cooperative Crime Investigation Wing arrested two employees of Primary Agricultural Cooperative Credit Society (PAACS) at Chengapalli on Saturday for alleged irregularities occurred in...

TIRUCHI TODAY

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

RELIGION Sri Sharadambal Temple, Thennur: Sri Sharadambal koti archanai, 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Sri Srinivasa Perumal Tem...

Low-floor bus via court complex

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

One of the low-floor buses will ply via the court complex. This was decided following a meeting between the KSRTC officials and judicial officers in presence of District Judge V. Bhaskaran last wee...

Power supply hit in parts of city

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

It was a dark evening for many as power supply to several areas in the northern and eastern parts of the city were affected for at least three hours on Saturday evening due to a flashover in the tr...

PMK to name Anbumani as Chief Ministerial candidate

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

 The Pattali Makkal Katchi's conference in Salem on Sunday, described by the party as one that would be a "turning point" in its history, will project former Union Minister, Anbumani Ramadoss, as t...

‘Sirisena visit will be a new chapter in bilateral ties’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The impending visit of the Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will be a turning point in the Indo-Sri Lankan relations, Union Minister of State of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Po...

High Court pulls up government for non-compliance of order on mortuaries

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:15 PM PST

The Delhi High Court has pulled up the Delhi Government and civic authorities for not informing it if the hospitals under their control were complying with the Centre's advisory on management of mo...

Pay taxes without fear, Kejriwal tells traders

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 07:58 PM PST

Kejriwal promises to spend it on public welfare

Junior artiste’s grisly death comes to light

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

A junior artiste who used to act in TV serials committed suicide in her house at Fatehnagar of Sanathnagar and shot her pictures with an iPad while doing so, the police said on Saturday."We...

CPI’s first State conference to dwell on Left unity

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The first Telengana State conference of Communist Party of India (CPI) beginning on March 7 at Khammam will deliberate on rejuvenating the party from the grassroots and reconnecting with the people...

They’re a cut above the rest

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Ranjani Krishnan, a third-year Tamil student at Lady Doak College did not think twice on Saturday before cutting nearly seven inches of her long hair. Like her, many other students and faculty memb...

One arrested for circulating counterfeit currency

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Officials of CB-CID (Counterfeit Currency wing) on Friday arrested C. Sakthivel of Vedasanthur in Dindigul district on charge of circulating counterfeit currency notes.Acting on a tip off, a...

Essar to build 3 berths for iron ore at Vizag port

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

A year after it signed concession agreement Visakhapatnam Port Trust will hand over Ore Handling Complex and other facilities to Essar Vizag Terminals Ltd (EVTL) –a wholly-owned subsidiary company...

BSNL working on connecting people well during Pushakarams

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

To install around 25 to 30 cellular towers in the temple towns

Focus on research, Startup Village founder tells students

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Startup Village chief executive officer Sanjay Vijay Kumar on Saturday suggested youngsters to concentrate on research and innovative projects instead of settling down as employees of reputed compa...

‘Hatha Yoga is a stress buster’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Lifestyles are changing in fast developing tier-3 towns.But amid the madness, there is a growing number of working professional yearning for a perfect start to the day with Yoga. Srividya Th...

MCI must increase intake of students: Sharanprakash Patil

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

'This will help in overcoming the shortage of specialists'

Four arrested for staging protest against clearance of forestland encroachment

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Arrested include three leaders of Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha

Chief Minister to unveil Gandhi statue today

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will unveil a Gandhi statue at the Caltex Junction circle here and rename the spot as Gandhi Circle on February 15, amid protests by the Communist Party of India (Marxi...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM TODAY

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Communist Marxist Party : Shashi Tharoor, MP, inaugurates a letter campaign urging the Prime Minister to stop the move to construct a memorial for Godse, Secretariat, 4. 30 p....

Moral policing mars Valentine's Day

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:24 PM PST

Activists of the right-wing Hindu organisations like the Bajrang Dal and the Shiv Sena on Saturday tried to disrupt Valentine's Daycelebrations at several cities, particularly the State capi...

AMU suspends classes after suspected swine flu death

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:08 PM PST

The Aligarh Muslim University has suspended classes in its women's college for five days after the death of a female student of suspected swine flu.The students of the university panicked af...

ASI evicts traders near Big Temple

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Initially, some shopkeepers resisted the drive

Five-day animal census at KMTR from February 17

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) is gearing up to conduct a five-day census from February 17. During the schedule, the KMTR would conduct the annual tiger co-predators and wild ungulates...

Awareness campaign

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

A meeting to create awareness on combating desertification, land degradation and drought was held in Koothalavadi village near here.C.P.R. Iyer Environment Foundation and SINAM, an NGO joint...

Perambra continues to bag awards

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Kozhikode district has a rich history of proper implementation of the local self-governance system. This year's awards for the best panchayats in the State are a reflection of that fact.Whil...

CBI quizzes Srinjoy Bose again

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:26 PM PST

Days after he quit the Rajya Sabha and the Trinamool Congress on getting bail in the Saradha chit fund scam case, former MP Srinjoy Bose was quizzed by the CBI on Saturday in connection with the sc...

U.S. to help modernise Indian veterinary disease forecasting system

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

In a bid to prevent thousands of crores of losses being suffered due to veterinary diseases, the country is set to strengthen and modernise its veterinary disease surveillance and forecasting syste...

Freedom fighter’s family gets back 7.83 acre land in Kancheepuram district

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Don't disturb their assets: HC

Installed energy generation capacity up in State

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The installed energy generation capacity in the State has increased by nearly 3,000 MW in the last three years, according to Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise Natham R. Viswanathan.<...

They came with garlands, flowers

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

'Struggling couples' who wanted to get married were stopped on their way

CM, Sisodia caution media

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 07:59 PM PST

Soon after being sworn-in as the Capital's eighth Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, issued a word of caution to the media in relation to questions pertaining to deadlines about promises made by him...

More safety measures after fire at K.B.R. Park

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

A recent fire accident in the walkway of K.B.R. National Park in Banjara Hills set off alarm bells with officials taking measures to prevent any forest fire in the future. Last Sunday, a heap of dr...

TS to have first-ever photonics valley

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

MoU inked with LA-based firm

‘Doctrine of basic structure of Constitution evolved from TN’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Former member of Madras Bar put forward the principle, says SC judge

1,496 cases settled at Lok Adalat

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

A majority of the cases pertained to NPA of banks

City player in Ranji team

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

A young all-rounder from the city, K.V. Sasikanth was selected to the Andhra Ranji team playing its knockout quarterfinal match at Lahil in Haryana from February 16.The pacer-batsman Sasikan...

Advocates boycott Lok Adalat

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Advocates boycotted the Lok Adalat held in Warangal town on Saturday demanding separate High Court for Telangana. They abstained from attending courts and staged a demonstration. Alleging that ther...

‘Highlight injustice meted out to people’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Several authors and poets suggested young writers to highlight the injustice meted out to people in various regions through their books so that society would get benefited. They hoped that the publ...

Officials book cases against five FP dealers

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Vigilance and Enforcement (V&E) officials conducted raids on fair price (FP) shops in the district on Friday and initiated action against five shops for resorting to irregularities.On a tip-...

Dohara Kakkayya Jayanti on Tuesday

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Hyderabad Karnataka Dohara Kakkayya Samaj would organise the Dohara Kakkayya Jayanti here in Kalaburagi on February 17.District president of the samaj Saibanna Holkar, addressing to pres...

Srirama Sene activists taken into custody

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The Hassan City police on Saturday took Janekere Hemanth, president of the district unit of Srirama Sene, into preventive custody, following his campaign against the Valentine's Day celebrations.

Government told to take over ESI MCH

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

A resolution passed by the district conference of the Communist Party of India (CPI) called upon the State government to take over the ESI Medical College Hospital (MCH) at Paripally, near here, an...

AMU student dies of swine flu

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:24 PM PST

Aligarh Muslim University has suspended the classes in its women's college for five days after a student died of suspected swine flu.Rushda Pervez, a final year graduation student, died on h...

Coconut price showing increasing trend

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

An increased price trend is expected for copra and its value-added products in the coming months as coconuts available are mainly sold as raw nut for domestic purposes and industries apart from exp...

CPI(M) leader Seerangan passes away

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Veteran CPI(M) leader and former MLA M. Seerangan passed away at Karumalaikoodal village near Mettur on Friday evening. He was 89.Born in a poor agricultural family in the village, Mr. Seera...

New interceptor boat for ICG station

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:16 PM PST

It has radars, sensors, night vision binoculars and other modern equipment

Enmity during temple fest ends in murder

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Quarrel erupted between two youngsters during a temple festival about a month ago.The incident sowed seeds of enmity between them and ultimately resulted in a murder.Syed Noor (19) of...

Youth held on molestation charge

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The Auroville police on Saturday detained a 16-year-old on the charge of molesting an American teenager at the international township.Police sources said the victim had come to India on a st...

Five-year-old raped in Kolkata

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:25 PM PST

A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office at Behala in south-west Kolkata on Friday.  The accused, who is also a minor and resident of same...

After a day, train services resume

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Train services on the line between Anekal Road and Hosur stations, near Bengaluru, which had been affected due to the derailment of Bengaluru City-Ernakulam Intercity Express on Friday, resumed on...

When Srirangam overtook Yercaud

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Record in terms of number of votes polled in recent by-polls

Attend Global Investors Meet, Minister tells domestic entrepreneurs

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Minister for electricity, prohibition and excise Natham R. Viswanathan urged entrepreneurs here to participate at the Global Investors Meet to be held in Chennai on May 23 and 24 and said that the...

To eat or not to eat

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

With restaurants mushrooming across the city, we are often spoilt for choices. So, reviews of eateries by strangers have become an important yardstick to choose a restaurant

“PK” at swearing-in

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Arvind Kejriwal's swearing-in ceremony on Saturday had some unusual supporters as well, including "PK".Amid the sea of trademark AAP white caps, a man wearing a yellow helmet, with "5...

Officials not happy with Cyberabad model

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

The IT cluster in Cyberabad might be a model area for many citizens, but not for the officials. In fact, Telangana State does not want another Cyberabad and is working on creating industrial cluste...

BJP alleges harassment of its leaders by TRS

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Telangana State BJP president G. Kishan Reddy has alleged harassment of sarpanches and elected representatives of local bodies belonging to BJP by the ruling TRS leaders and said that they were als...

Police talk to group waiting to ‘advise’ couples

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 PM PST

Police ended up advising a group of 10 who had assembled at Kadri Park in the city to "advise" couples against celebrating Valentine's Day on Saturday.Deputy Commissioner of Police K. Santos...

UGC giving priority for skill courses

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

The Union government was giving thrust to skill based courses, said H. Devaraj, Vice-Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC), here on Saturday.Delivering the graduation day address at H...

Industries have to integrate technologies, says expert

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Industrial enterprises use high technology at every level of operations but they are not interconnected. There is no networking among the linked industries. For achieving higher efficiencies these...

Idukki works overtime, power crisis looms

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Summer could see shortfall, low supply from other sources

Lord takes ‘Mohini Avataram’

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 PM PST

Deity receives two precious jewels

Old couple murdered by unidentified persons

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 PM PST

Unidentified persons barged into a house and killed Chalasani Veerabhadra Rao (75) and his wife Ch. Ratnakumari (70) at Batla Penumarru village of Movva mandal in the wee hours on Saturday.T...

Woman dies of suspected H1N1

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

District Health and Family Welfare Officer Dr. Narayanappa confirmed that Umadevi (54), resident of Kottapete in Raichur, has died of suspected H1N1 on Friday.According to the officer, the p...

From trouble to truth: a long journey

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 09:39 AM PST

New York Times columnist who was a fierce defender of good journalism, old or new

U.K. Labour’s ‘pink bus’ reaches out to women voters

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 09:32 AM PST

Women Labour MPs canvas for women votes using a minibus

Berlinale: A fairy-tale ending, with colour and saccharine

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 09:20 AM PST

Just like dessert after meal, Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella was saved for the end of the festival

Brinda Karat writes to DGP

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:24 AM PST

Brinda Karat, Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), wrote to Director-General of Police, Tamil Nadu, Ashok Kumar on Saturday expressing shock at the culpability of the pol...

Musharraf wishes Dhoni's men luck

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 06:48 AM PST

The former Pakistan President said cricket diplomacy should be used for the betterment of bilateral relations with India.

Delhi CM Kejriwal not to hold any portfolio

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 06:36 AM PST

Arvind Kejriwal who was sworn-in as eighth Chief Minister of Delhi will have six Cabinet Ministers including Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia

Kitchen ceiling comes crashing down, panic grips NVN Nagar

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:55 AM PST

Cracks develop in houses at TNSCB quarters due to the impact of demolition work at Tirumangalam flyover site, reports D. MADHAVAN

“We expect cent per cent results in Board exams”

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:52 AM PST

In 2007, it had just three students. Today, it has 800. LIFFY THOMAS on the revival of a 112-year-old school on Thayar Sahib Street

DCHL chairman, vice-chairman remanded in custody

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 07:17 PM PST

Mr. Venkattaram Reddy was arrested by the CBI in the Canara Bank fraud case.

Hong Kong ferry captain found guilty of manslaughter

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 06:04 AM PST

The captain of Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry's Seasmooth passenger ferry, Lai Sai-ming, was on Saturday found guilty of 39 counts of manslaughter over the 2012 Lamma island ferry disaster.He...

Exclusive library for women functions at Bells Road school

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:38 AM PST

Pengal Noolagam has a collection of 30,000 books. It offers periodicals too.

Indomitable spirit, successful life

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:37 AM PST

Rajam, who shuttles between Alwarpet and Colaba, knows what it means to beat the odds and win

Escalators to replace steep FOB

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:31 AM PST

The new facility will save pedestrians the trouble of having to cross an extremely congested section of PH Road, says D. MADHAVAN

BJP slams Nitish for casting aspersions on Governor

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:24 AM PST

"In a hurry to get the Chief Minister chair, Kumar is making humiliating comments on Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi", says Sushil Kumar Modi

Mukul sidelined in Trinamool reshuffle

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 09:55 AM PST

One more general secretary appointed; Roy's responsibilities given to other leaders

Classroom lessons from cops

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:22 AM PST

GRP personnel conduct sensitisation programme for transgender community at Perambur police station. D. MADHAVAN reports

Issue of rising stray dog population dominates residents’ meeting

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:19 AM PST

Members of Chitlapakkam Muthulakshmi Nagar Welfare Association discuss ways to deal with the problem of aggressive canines, reports T.S. ATUL SWAMINATHAN

Boko Haram attacks northeast Nigeria city of Gombe

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:33 AM PST

Heavily armed Boko Haram militants attacked the northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe on Saturday, fleeing residents and a security source said.Explosions and gunfire could be heard after the...

Pallavaram residents’ group stages stir

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:18 AM PST

Issues such as high UGD charges and Radha Nagar subway were taken up

“Give us more bus services”

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:16 AM PST

What do residents of Pammal, Pozhichalur and Anakaputhur have in common? They want better bus connectivity, says T.S. ATUL SWAMINATHAN

Taxing task

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:14 AM PST

Residents of Ekkaduthangal are ready to pay water tax, but there is none to accept the payment at the Metro Water office, says T.S. Atul Swaminathan

Robot joins Clean India mission

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:12 AM PST

An institution in K.K. Nagar helps school students across the city create Swachh Bot, which picks up garbage on the beach. Vipasha Sinha meets the young inventors

New terminus, old problem

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:11 AM PST

West Saidapet terminus is under renovation. The MTC staff tell K. Sarumathi that the effort does not address a major issue

Organic march

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:09 AM PST

Jaycee Greens is on a roll after the success of their first outlet in T.Nagar. It has opened three more outlets

Proud about Kejriwal becoming CM, says Hazare

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:19 AM PST

"I am proud that one of our volunteers has formed the government in Delhi."

Fierce fighting threatens ceasefire

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 09:10 AM PST

Rebels fighting for more territory ahead of Ukraine ceasefire: Kiev military

SyndicateBank gives loans to 8,000 vehicles in 40 days

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:21 AM PST

SyndicateBank has given automobile loans to an estimated 8,000 vehicles in the first 40 days of 2015, against the 10,000 during the whole of 2014. "In January and February so far, we have...

V-Day: 10 trying to disrupt celebrations let off after warning

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:20 AM PST

The police let off 10 persons after a warning for allegedly attempting to prevent couples from celebrating Valentine's Day at Kadri Park in Mangaluru. Deputy Commissioner of Police K. Sa...

Mechanisation is key to ills in agriuclture, says Vasudevappa

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:19 AM PST

C. Vasudevappa, Vice-Chancellor of University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, said on Saturday that mechanisation was the answer to most of the ills affecting agriculture...

Funds sought for online undergraduate courses

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 AM PST

The Department of Collegiate Education is seeking funds to set up a virtual learning mechanism across all 411 government colleges in the State, said Director of Collegiate Education Shankarappa. <...

Man dies of H1N1 in Tumakuru

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:18 AM PST

Srinivas (35), a resident of Naragondanahalli in Sira taluk of the district, died of H1N1 on Saturday morning at Columbia Asia Hospital in Bengaluru. According to District Health Officer...

Woman dies of suspected H1N1 in Raichur

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:17 AM PST

District Health and Family Welfare Officer Narayanappa confirmed that Umadevei (54), resident of Kottapete in Raichur city, died of suspected H1N1 on Friday. According to the officer, t...

Brinda writes to TN DGP on Krishnagiri rape case

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:59 AM PST

'Krishnagiri police was sabotaging the processes of justice in the case relating to the gangrape of a 16-year-old hearing and speech impaired girl'

AP, Telangana resolve water row

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:21 AM PST

The Chief Minister of the two States met in the presence of Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan to resolve the river water dispute.

EC drive to link electoral rolls with Aadhaar from March 1

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 11:11 AM PST

'It will be voluntary and has nothing do with right to vote'

Meet Arvind Kejriwal's new Cabinet

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 04:04 AM PST

CM Arvind Kejriwal has not kept any portfolios for himself and will concentrate on improving public participation and governance

Telangana BJP chief accuses TRS govt of harassing partymen

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 03:37 AM PST

Mr. Kishan Reddy during a press conference in Hyderabad on Saturday said that a detailed report of harassment and discrimination of BJP cadres will be submitted to the Governor and PM

RSS meet to discuss BJP’s Delhi debacle

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 03:16 AM PST

The Bharatiya Janata Party's recent debacle in the Delhi polls and the future organisational strategy of the RSS are likely to be discussed in the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh's four-day meet 'Manth...

Modi shares dais with Pawar

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 11:28 AM PST

'There are many things to be learnt from a person of his experience'

All 70 acquitted in 2002 post-Godhra riots case

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:31 AM PST

A local court in Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Friday acquitted all the 70 accused in the 2002 post-Godhra riots that took place in Seshan Nava village for lack of evidence. A total o...

Three held on charge of duping job aspirants

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:30 AM PST

Officials of the Central Crime Branch arrested a woman, along with two of her associates, for allegedly duping job aspirants for the post of police sub-inspectors. The police said that M...

SSLC, PU toppers receive Kannada Madhyama awards

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:41 AM PST

More than 350 students, who excelled in the annual SSLC and PU examinations-2014 with Kannada as their medium of instruction, received the annual Kannada Madhyama Prashasti instituted by the Kanna...

Kejriwal promises to make Delhi graft-free in 5 years

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 12:46 PM PST

Advises party men to guard against arrogance, VIP culture and misuse of power

Vachanas help attain higher level of consciousness: scholar

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:26 AM PST

Journalist and scholar of Sharana literature of 12th century Basavarajswamy expressed displeasure over the increasing trend of merely advocating the guiding thoughts of Vachana literature and not...

Tea estate worker killed in tiger attack

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:17 AM PST

: A woman was reportedly killed by a tiger at Ododuvayal near Gudalur along the Nilgiris-Kerala border on Saturday. According to the Deputy Director, Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) D.Chandran, the...

BMC demolishes ramp outside Shah Rukh’s Bandra bungalow

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 11:52 AM PST

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation had earlier served a 7-day demolition notice to the actor following complaints from the local residents.

Landmines recovered near Telangana-Chhattigarh border

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:08 AM PST

The Venkatapuram circle police have reportedly recovered landmines allegedly planted by Maoists in the Karkodupadu forest area in Charla mandal near the inter-State border with Chhattisgarh State...

Five-year-old raped in Kolkata

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 10:02 AM PST

A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office at Behala in south-west Kolkata on Friday.   The accused who is also a minor and...

Valentine's Day: 50 Bajrang Dal activists arrested in Hyderabad

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:38 AM PST

The Hyderabad police have taken into custody about 50 Bajrang Dal activists from different parts of the twin cities since Saturday morning for burning effigies on the occasion of Valentine...

Yemen clashes kill 26 as embassy closures continue

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 02:32 AM PST

Clashes between Shia Houthi militiamen and Sunni tribesmen fighting alongside al-Qaeda militants killed 26 people in Yemen, local officials said, as the United Arab Emirates joined Saudi Arabia an...

Kejriwal, team keep their attire simple

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 03:54 AM PST

The new Chief Minister even sang a Manna Dey song that stressed on universal brotherhood and harmony.

India concerned about worsening situation in Yemen

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 01:37 AM PST

India said on Saturday it is "deeply concerned about the worsening political and security situation in Yemen" and hoped the U.N.'s mediation would help in finding a consensus-based solution to the...

Steep hike in NET fees

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 11:43 PM PST

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and the University Grants Commission (UGC) have increased the fees for the National Eligibility Test (NET) for lectureship and junior r...

Teesta Setalvad calls for independent probe under SC supervision

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 11:43 PM PST

Even as the Supreme Court has put a stay on her arrest till February 19, social activist Teesta Setalvad on Saturday demanded that an independent investigation be conducted by any agency outside Gu...

Modi assures global investors reforms push will continue

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 09:04 AM PST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday, assured global investors that the government's reforms push would continue and there would be predictability in policies. He was speaking after...

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