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TDP wins by 1,16,524 votes, Cong. loses deposit

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 11:14 PM PST

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has registered an emphatic win in the by-election conducted to Tirupati Assembly Constituency, by defeating nearest Congress rivals by a whopping margin of 1,16,524 votes.

Walk-in interview for Technician at Padmavathi Mahila Univ.

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 11:01 PM PST

Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam (SPMVV) has announced to conduct walk-in interview on February 24 for the post of 'Technician', to work in DST Curie Central Instrumentation Laboratory.

Egypt launches strikes against IS in Libya

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:57 PM PST

Egypt has launched airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Libya after the extremist group released a grisly video showing the beheading of several Coptic Christians it had held hostage for wee...

Infant dies as labour contractor prevents mother from feeding it

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:45 PM PST

In a heart rending incident, an 20-day-old infant died after its mother was prevented by a labour contractor from leaving the work place to feed it. According to delayed reports reaching the distr...

Eco-tourism trekking starts

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 09:57 PM PST

As part of community-based eco-tourism (CBE) initiative of forest department, a group of city residents were taken by officials, field staff and trained eco-guides for a trek in Kiluvamalai Reserv...

Maharashtra Communist leader, wife attacked

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:46 PM PST

Govind Pansare was associated with various social movements in the state and was leading anti-toll movement in Kolhapur.

CPI (M) State conference begins in Chennai

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 09:25 PM PST

The 21st State conference of the CPI (M) got underway here on Monday with veteran Communist and freedom fighter N. Sankaraiah hoisting the party flag.  As many as 600 delegates across the state pa...

BJP wins Panaji assembly seat for sixth time

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 09:11 PM PST

Panaji seat was vacant after former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar resigned following his elevation as Defence Minister in the Narendra Modi led cabinet.

TMC wins Krishanganj, takes massive lead in Bongaon LS seat

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 11:00 PM PST

In both Bongaon (SC) Lok Sabha seat and Krishnaganj assembly seat the CPI (M) has been pushed to the third position by the BJP.

LIVE: TDP wins by 1,16,524 votes, Cong. loses deposit

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 11:05 PM PST

12:06 p.m.: NOTA doubles from 1,031 in 2014 general elections to 2,152 now. Congress got 9,628 votes against TDP's 1,26,152, while Lok Satta got 3,818. 12:00 noon: TDP cand...

Sena slams BJP for backing Manjhi

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 08:40 PM PST

The Sena's latest attack on BJP comes two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and NCP chief Sharad Pawar met at the latter's home turf Baramati.

Rupee rises 7 paise in early trade

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 08:29 PM PST

The rupee strengthened by seven paise to 62.12 against the US dollar in early trade today at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on selling of the American currency by exporters. Forex dea...

Do you know how to utilise e-serve centres?

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 08:07 PM PST

Despite advances in technology, people still have to make multiple visits to government offices to get crucial documents ranging from income and community certificates to documents for financial a...

Kukis threaten economic blockade

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 07:39 PM PST

The Kuki National Front is protesting against the reported "encounter" by the Assam Rifles on January 28.

LIVE: AIADMK leads by over 40,000 votes

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 11:14 PM PST

At the end of round 9, here's the tally: AIADMK 60,134; DMK 20,062; BJP 2,035; and CPI (M) 672

Former Iran vice president jailed over corruption charges

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 06:01 PM PST

The former vice president of Iran, Mohammad Reza Rahimi, who was sentenced to a little over five years in prison for corruption, was transferred to a jail Sunday, Iran's official IRNA news agency r...

Top LeJ militant killed in shootout

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 05:48 PM PST

A senior commander of the banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi was among the two militants killed in an encounter by the security forces in the troubled Baluchistan province here, police has said.

Jewish cemetery vandalised in eastern France

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:59 PM PST

Hundreds of graves have been vandalised at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, in what the president called an "odious and barbaric" anti-Semitic act against French values. The vandalis...

Copenhagen double attack perpetrator identified

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:56 PM PST

The alleged perpetrator of the double terrorist attack in the Danish capital Copenhagen was identified as a 22-year-old man, born in Denmark, who had a known criminal past.Police said in a...

Video purports to show IS militants beheading hostages in Libya

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:48 PM PST

A video released by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State group purports to show the mass beheading of Coptic Christian hostages. The video, released late Sunday night, s...

Crane carrying boat collapses; three hurt

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:45 PM PST

The newly built boat, weighing about 20 tonnes, is badly damaged

e-treasury system in PWD offices

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:43 PM PST

People can make payments through e-challan facility

Naidu, KCR to focus on bifurcation-linked issues

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 11:15 PM PST

Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Chief Ministers N. Chandrababu Naidu and K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday attended the wedding reception of BJP president Amit Shah's son at New Delhi, adding political...

Naidu meets Modi, asks him to keep promises

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:49 PM PST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Sunday and impressed upon him the need to implement all provisions of the A.P. Reorganisation Act...

300 police personnel to guard CBD

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:32 PM PST

Popular hangouts for many Bengalureans — M.G. Road, Brigade Road, and Church Street, among others, in the central business district (CBD) — will shortly have round-the-clock surveillance with arme...

‘Murdered’ woman found alive

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:29 PM PST

Husband was arrested for killing her

BJP-PDP deal now in PM’s court

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:15 PM PST

He has to take final call on J&K's status and AFSPA

AIR re-tweets Pakistan bashing

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:03 PM PST

Minister orders inquiry after major controversy erupts

RSS to open shakhas in every village

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:44 PM PST

Bhagwat urges volunteers to work towards uniting the Hindu society

Modi’s man may get crucial RSS post

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 08:15 PM PST

At its session in Nagpur next month, the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's highest body for policy formulation and decision-making, is likely to replace Sangh gen...

RSS outfits, Opposition may unite against land ordinance

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 11:58 AM PST

Opposition parties, including the newly resurgent Aam Aadmi Party, a slew of people's movements and even RSS affiliates, have decided to join hands to challenge the Centre on the controversial Lan...

AAP to have a shot at Mumbai civic polls

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 11:57 AM PST

Riding high on its stupendous victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party is set to spread its wings, eyeing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections in 2017....

Israel Defence Minister to visit India this week

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 11:56 AM PST

In a landmark diplomatic engagement, Israel Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon will visit India this week to participate in "Aero India 2015" in Bengaluru, which is starting on February 18, and also c...

Pakistan releases 172 Indian fishermen

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 11:55 AM PST

Pakistan on Sunday released 172 Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture, two days after the Prime Ministers of the two countries decided to resume high-level contacts. "We got the release...

JD(U) allies train guns on Governor

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 11:54 AM PST

Tripathi calls on Modi and Manjhi meets Home Minister

Nitish must blame himself for crisis: Venkaiah

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 11:52 AM PST

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu has said the Narendra Modi government has no role in the political crisis in Bihar.  At a press conference here on Sunday, he said the...

Promise of a new beginning as Sirisena lands

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 08:15 PM PST

With a promise for a "new beginning" in India-Sri Lanka ties, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena arrived in New Delhi on Sunday evening, ahead of a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Sureshbhai’s condition improving: attorney

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:41 PM PST

The health condition of Sureshbhai Patel, who was assaulted in the U.S. State of Alabama by a police officer that left him partially paralysed, showed improvement, his attorney has said. ...

Seven more genes tied to brain disability affecting men

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 11:21 AM PST

Defective genes on the X chromosome cause the disability, which is passed on in a recessive manner

Indian sets record for marathon yoga

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 11:19 AM PST

A 29-year-old Indian yoga teacher in Hong Kong set a Guinness World Record on Sunday for performing yoga for 40 hours non-stop; he demonstrated more than 1,500 'asanas'. Yogaraj C.P., a y...

Dredging of Ganga to begin near Varanasi

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:38 PM PST

Using the river for commercial activities will degrade it, say environmentalists

We care for nature more: Javadekar

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:23 PM PST

'One lakh industries will soon be monitored for pollution'

Compliance is mainstay of ministry: Prakash Javadekar

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 11:06 AM PST

Union Minister of State for Environment Prakash Javadekar has come in for a lot of flak since he took over last year but in an interview to The Hindu on Sunday he says the ministry is making co...

Glass ceilings in State Cabinets

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:23 PM PST

Just 39 of the 568 Ministers in State govts are women

Unspent Central funds with civic bodies may go to Metro projects

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:58 AM PST

As large sums from the allocations to the States to build houses for the urban poor and take up urban development initiatives remain unspent, the Union government is considering diverting them to...

Why this surge in H1N1 cases, States asked

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:57 AM PST

Centre wants epidemiological study to identify the causes

Two-day Shantala Sangeeta Nrutyotsava concludes at Halebid

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Hundreds of people from various villages in Halebid hobli of Belur taluk enjoyed the music and dance programmes presented by popular artistes during the two-day Shantala Sangeeta Nrutyotsava, which...

10 new cases of monkey fever in Wayanad

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Ten new cases of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), also known as monkey fever, were reported in various parts of Wayanad district on Sunday."The suspected KFD cases have been reported from vari...

Heavy rush at Sabarimala

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Sabarimala continued to witness heavy rush on Sunday. The police and Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) guards deployed on special duty had a tough time in streamlining the flow of pilgrims.Sah...

Two NIT students drown

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 09:22 PM PST

: Two students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, drowned while they were taking a bath in a waterfall in Mahupali area of this district, police said on Sunday.Nishant...

Anti-plastics campaign conducted

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR), the Masinagudy Eco Camp and Arulagam Vulture Project joined hands to conduct an anti-plastics campaign at Mavanhallah and Masinagudy near the MTR recently....

Their steadfast love shattered barriers of caste and religion

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Couples who opted for love marriages felicitated

Crane carrying boat collapses; three hurt

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The newly built boat, weighing about 20 tonnes, is badly damaged

Cadaver organ donation needs to pick up, say doctors

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

There is need for better awareness on cadaver organ donation, which could help thousands of kidney patients, nephrologists say.The number of kidney patients is increasing in south India, the...

Retd. DRDO staff murder: suspects traced to Nepal

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

The Bengaluru Police, investigating the murder of the 70-year-old retired Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Administrative Officer, Rajappan Pillai, has tracked three of the susp...

Wizards, by the swish of a pen

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

The grand finale of The Hindu In School Cello Handwriting Wizard Contest will be held on Monday at the Taj Club House.60 finalists (30 from the junior category and 30 fr...

DJB starts water supply to Dwarka a day early

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Residents of Dwarka started receiving water from the Dwarka treatment plant on Sunday, a day earlier than what the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) had announced.The DJB had said in a statement on Satu...

Vijayamma confident of YSRC coming to power in TS

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Telangana State committee office of the YSRC was inaugurated here on Sunday by honorary president of the party Y.S. Vijayamma. It is located on the second floor of the building in which the par...

140 law graduates enrol as advocates

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

"The basic quality that an advocate needs for success is good listening. Unless you listen to your client without any preconceived notions, you will not be able to represent them well," said Justic...

Structural changes in health system mooted

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The expert committee on health, constituted by the State Planning Board, has said the State should focus on improving and strengthening its primary health-care services to reduce escalating health-...

Laterite mining: State urged to cancel public hearing

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Even as the people of Asanagiri and other Girijan villages are strongly opposing mining of laterite in their area since it will deny them their livelihood and wipe out the caves in the Gangalamma K...

Adilabad losing green cover at fast pace

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Laxity in saving forests, faulty policies result in 50 per cent of deforestation in the district

Tourist guest houses at all pilgrim centres

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The government will augment facilities such as guesthouses for tourists in all the pilgrim centres in Kadapa district, government Whip Meda Mallikarjuna Reddy said on Sunday.He inaugurated t...

A connoisseur of Badami history

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

A chance meeting with a research scholar from London, on a visit to Badami in Bagalkot district in early 1970s, changed the course of Sheelakant Pattar's life, a science teacher in a high school in...

‘Jatha’ against sexual abuse of women proceeds to Nittur

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The jatha for spreading awareness on the need to initiate strong measures to curb sexual assault on women arrived at Hassan on Saturday evening. The jatha is being taken out by the Karnataka Janash...

35 ‘reconverted’ in Kottayam district

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A group of 35 people on Sunday "reconverted" to Hinduism, as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) continues with its ghar vapsi programme despite criticism from various quarters.

NSS legal aid centre opened

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Many people in the country are unable to enjoy their legal rights owing to lack of proper legal advice and legal aid, High Court judge P.B. Suresh Kumar has said.Justice Suresh Kumar was ina...

19 girl students return to hostel

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 09:22 PM PST

Girl students, who had left hostel of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya at Gudiali village in Ganjam district of Odisha, have started to return.Eighty-seven girls of this hostel studying in c...

coimbatore today

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

RELIGION Pradosham: Rathina Vinayagar Thirukoil, D.B. Road, R.S. Puram, 4.30 p.m. Discourse, 'Sri Vedavyasara Linga Purana': Shri Palimar Mut...

Pending cases settled at Lok Adalat

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

A total of 371 pending cases were settled at the national level Lok Adalat that was organised in the district court premises, here on Saturday.According to sources here, total amount to the...

Farmers trained in eco-friendly management of pests, diseases

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A team of experts from Agricultural College and Research Institute, Killikulam, trained farmers of the district in eco-friendly management of pests and diseases in horticultural crops on Sunday.

Greens against State’s decision to dilute mining norms

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Environmental organisations and green movements in the district have come out against the State government's recent decision to "dilute the existing norms" in the mining and quarry sector in the St...

World Cup cricket may not hit release of new films

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

It appears that the ongoing World Cup cricket has not affected new releases, unlike the previous tournaments, as the Kannada film producers have decided to release films on schedule.Sandalwo...

Sunday was the hottest day of the month

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

Pleasant mornings and chill evenings in the city are over and the only season associated with Chennai – summer — is back.The mercury touched 33.1 degree Celsius on Sunday. According to the M...

College market for SHG products

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Fabrics, jute bags, health supplements, organic food products and a few other items that were manufactured or produced by self-help groups from across the State found a good market at the Sri Krish...

Spike in number of swine flu cases but health officials allay fears

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Number of swine flu cases has touched 1,500 and six deaths have been reported in the city in the past 44 days. "The sudden spurt has the health department searching for an explanation and panic has...

Naidu promises investors speedy clearances

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday promised investors in green energy of speedy clearances and exemptions for quick execution of projects.Addressing the inaugural session of the R...

Over 15 lakh expected at Aluva Manalppuram

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

TDB has set up 200 'balitharas' for Sivarathri

Relief offered on education loans

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

: The government has issued orders sanctioning interest subvention on education loans taken between April 1, 2004 and March 31, 2009.The relief would be available to students whose families...

‘Clear doubts on land pooling’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Rights activist to mount pressure on State to prevent large-scale destruction of farm activity

INTUC wins VSP union polls

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

In the elections held for recognised union of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, the largest industrial union in Andhra Pradesh, INTUC-led front has won by 1,037 votes.In the elections held under th...

77 per cent aspirants attend SET

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A total of 16,453 candidates appeared for the State Level Eligibility Test (SET) held at 36 centres in the district on Sunday.Regional coordinator Prof. S.S.V.S. Sharma said 77.12 per cent o...

Foot-boarder attacked

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A foot-board passenger on the Benguluru-Chennai Lalbagh Express was attacked by an unidentified man near Kuppam railway station on Sunday morning. The attack took place when the victim, Mohammad Ba...

ESIC medical colleges: plea to Centre

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Minister of State for Medical Education Sharanprakash Patil has said that the Union government should end the uncertainty surrounding the future of the medical colleges run by the ESIC in the inter...

Police seize 17,650 kg. rice meant for Anna Bhagya scheme

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The grain recovered during a raid on brick manufacturing unit near Pandavapura

SC verdict puts question mark on future of Capex

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Return of 10 cashew factories to original owners

Communists misguided State: RSS State chief

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Says they labelled Hindu society as retrograde

Naidu panel visits Kandhamal

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 09:22 PM PST

: Justice A.S. Naidu Commission, which is investigating the communal riots of 2008 in Kandhamal district of Odisha, visited Chakapada ashram and riot-affected areas on Sunday.

It may be n...

837 students get degree certificates

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

As many as 837 graduates received their degrees at the graduation day function held in National College, Tiruchi, on Saturday.S. Balasubramanian, Chairman, City Union Bank Ltd, who was the c...

Become entrepreneurs, graduating students told

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Learn new technologies, says Vice-Chancellor

New football ground

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A football ground grafted with grass at a cost of Rs. 10 lakh was inaugurated at District Sports Complex here on Sunday.Minister for Tourism S.P. Shanmuganathan inaugurated the facility in t...

Police to intercept speeding buses

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

After a few months' lull, the City police have resumed their spot-penalising actions against private bus drivers who are engaged in reckless road race to meet the daily collection commitments.<...

Flavour of Japan in Bengaluru

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:37 PM PST

The audience were enraptured while the famous Kannada song Anisuthide yaako indu from the film Mungaru Male was being performed. What was unusual about thi...

A kitty party for dogs and their families

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 07:36 PM PST

For Roger, the one-and-a-half year old Doberman, it was an out-of-the-world Sunday afternoon outing. After getting to play to his hearts content with a few dogs half his size, he also got to be the...

Cancer survivors get together

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

From a 14-year-old boy, who is in his seventh standard, to an 80-year-old man who recently celebrated his birthday, a total of 85 persons who had suffered from cancer, treated and have won the batt...

3-member strong BJP says it would be a ‘forceful opposition’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Though the Bharatiya Janata Party has just three legislators in the new Assembly, the party says that they would a "forceful opposition."A year ago the party had enough legislators to bring...

All you need to run your start-up

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Life just got easier for start-ups in the city. An exhaustive directory of all the important resources in the start-up system was launched in the city on Sunday. Brought out by Hyderabad4Innovation...

Cluster programme helping small enterprises think big

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

A platform for entrepreneurs to join hands

Another attempt to quell discontent among transport officers

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A year after undertaking a small rejig exercise and upgrading four posts of Joint Commissioners of Transport (JCT) to Additional Commissioners of Transport, the government last month made another a...

Ayush centre to be made hospital

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Ayush Holistic Centre at Poonthura will be upgraded to a 10-bed hospital, Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar has said. Naturopathy, Panchakarma, and Yoga clinics too will be launched at the centre...

A.P. advocates to press for bifurcation of HC

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

To meet in Vizag on Feb. 21 to chalk out action plan

Inculcating the spirit of charity

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Boys and girls of GVP MLBT School in East Point Colony had a different experience when they visited Missionaries of Charity and Prema Samajam during the last few days. It was the first time they ha...

KTR, Harish Rao visit Pulkal mandal

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Minister for Panchayat Raj and IT K. Taraka Rama Rao, Minister for Irrigation T. Harish Rao and Deputy Speaker M Padma Devender Reddy visited Peddareddypet and Busareddypally in Pulkal mandal on Su...

Student develops app for ‘Godavari Pushkaralu’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A student of Sri Prakash Engineering College, G. Krishna Chaitanya, developed an android-based App for the benefit of pilgrims turning up for the ensuring 'Godavari Pushkaralu.' The App is free for...

After inspection, MCI team throws light on deficiencies : Minister

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Process of completion of works hastened

Move to declare Bhagavad Gita a national book opposed

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Banjagere Jayaprakash, writer and chairman of the Karnataka Book Authority (KBA), has come down heavily on Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government (NDA) at the Centre for trying t...

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Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

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It is disheartening to note that Team Kerala could get only one bronze medal in 24 events during the 35th National Games in wrestli...

Alappuzha MCH to get 24-hour lab

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

: Round-the-clock laboratory services will soon be available at the Government T.D. Medical College Hospital at Vandanam, near here. A decision to this effect was taken by the hospital development...

Majithia for greater use of renewable energy

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 09:24 PM PST

: The long strides taken by Punjab in the field of new and renewable energy were highlighted by Minister Bikram Singh Majithia during an interaction with global investors in Delhi.Mr Majithi...

Homecoming for ICAR official

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Farmers, faculty confident of Tiruchi getting more focus

Tribal people allege harassment

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Members of a tribal community residing in Sholagar Colony on Bargur hills have petitioned the district administration, seeking its intervention for extricating them from 'bonded labour'. According...

‘Don’t give amnesty to murder accused’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Red Star members have urged the government not to give general amnesty to those accused in murder cases on the birth anniversaries of political l...

It’s raining music at Pondy Partages

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Eight bands enthrall audience in ongoing Indo-French cultural extravaganza

Two minors arrested on charge of murder

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

The murder of a 16-year-old boy whose body was found in a garbage pit on February 11 at Devarajeevanahalli (DJ Halli) has been cracked with the arrest of two minor boys. Police investigation has re...

Helpline staff to the rescue of students

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

As exams loom, 104 helpline has come out with tips for stressed children, parents

‘Indians age gracefully’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Government and the police should do more to protect the elderly and prevent crimes against them, more so when their percentage of population is on the increase, said D.R. Kaarthikeyan, presiden...

3-member strong BJP says it would be a ‘forceful opposition’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Though the Bharatiya Janata Party has just three legislators in the new Assembly, the party says that they would a "forceful opposition."A year ago the party had enough legislators to bring...

Rare migratory bird sighted

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 07:36 PM PST

Staff at the Nehru Zoological Park here spotted a Black-Naped Oriole pair last week in a rare sighting.The bird is a resident of South-East Asia and Andaman and Nicobar Islands and migrates...

Advertisement awards

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Advertising Club of Cochin and Pepper Creative Awards Trust have called for entries for the ninth edition of Pepper Creative Awards from all agencies in South India.The last date for rec...

Volunteers tidy up railway station

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Ramakrishna Mission's 40-week cleanliness drive continues

Accident deaths: rights panel seeks probe

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The State Human Rights Commission has asked the government to conduct a probe into, and take appropriate steps, in connection with the death of 20 people over the last two years in accidents on the...

Is APSRTC heading for split?

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The long-awaited bifurcation of the AP State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) seems to be imminent, if the developments at the Pandit Nehru Bus Station (PNBS) in Vijayawada are any indication. V...

Art with all their heart

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Students put their heart into each work of art at the one-day exhibition of their art for charity show organised by the Oakridge International School here on Sunday. The exhibition – Every Child is...

“KCR is pro-farmer be it Telangana or Andhra”

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Telangana Rastra Samithi (TRS) State secretary Chada Kishan Reddy said Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has agreed to release water to Krishna delta on humanitarian grounds, though the Andhr...

Prakasam gears up to tackle cyber crime

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Workshop for police personnel held in the district

‘Infatuation with safe jobs is why country lacks entrepreneurs’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Vice President of the Hyderabad-based Icon HRD G.V.N. Raju stressed on the importance unleashing the hidden potential of the human resources coming out ofuniversities.Delivering a lecture on...

Children asked to look beyond textbooks to improve their knowledge

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Dinesh Amin Mattu, media adviser to the Chief Minister, has called upon the children to look beyond textbooks to enhance the horizon of their knowledge.Mr. Mattu was speaking after releasing...

Cinema

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

KASARAGOD Mehboob: Thousand (Mal., 2 shows), Ennai Arinthan (Tamil 2 shows). Samrat (230873): Anekan (Tamil, 4 shows)....

Man held in connection wife’s suicide

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

: A 42-year old man was arrested in Haripad on Sunday in connection with his wife's death. The accused has been identified as Devarajan from Kumarapuram.According to the police, Devarajan's...

Teak wood smuggling: AIADMK men held

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Two AIADMK functionaries and a president of a village forest committee were held on Saturday evening for allegedly cutting and smuggling teak wood trees from the Veerapuli Reserve Forest in the upp...

Agri expo attracts good crowds

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The two-day 'Agri Expo – Kumari 2015' attracted good crowds from different walks of life in Nagercoil.The exhibition, the brainchild of Collector Sajjansingh R. Chavan, had 35 stalls put up...

Narayanasamy hits out at power tariff hike

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The All India Congress Committee General Secretary and former Union Minister for State V. Narayanasamy said the Congress would hold an agitation against the proposed electricity tariff hike and ant...

JD(S) vacates Racecourse Road office

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

After a prolonged legal battle, the Janata Dal (Secular) vacated its State head office on Racecourse Road in Bengaluru on Sunday as per a Supreme Court direction.The furniture and documents...

Woman stabbed at home

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

A 40-year-old driver from Ennore was arrested on Sunday afternoon on charges of murdering a 58-year-old woman at Chinnamathur in Madhavaram Milk Colony.The victim, Dhanalakshmi, would occasi...

Tribal youth show enthusiasm to volunteer as Home Guards

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

There seems to be good enthusiasm from tribal youth to volunteer as Home Guards.Members of the Naxal Special Division (NSD), formed earlier this month, have created awareness among the triba...

All set for Ganga dredging

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

As part of the plan to promote the Ganga as a waterway for commercial activities, the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is set to start dredging, on a pilot basis, the 10-km stretch betwee...

AAP to spread wings: Yogendra Yadav

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Buoyed by its spectacular victory in Delhi Assembly polls, the Aam Aadmi Party is now planning to make itself a significant political force in at least four major States in the next five years with...

IT body flays govt. stance on lay-offs

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A city-based organisation working for the welfare of IT employees has condemned the Telangana government's stand on retrenchments in the sector. The Forum of IT Professionals (ForIT) has expressed...

Minister’s intervention sought

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The Matsyathozhilali Aikya Vedi in an appeal to Fisheries Minister K. Babu has reiterated its demand that the recent B. Meenakumari Committee report on deep sea fishing be discarded.They als...

In less than a week, transport helpline gets 35 complaints

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:30 PM PST

Call toll free 1077 or send SMS to 9481802019

Youth drowns in Kallar river

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

His friend rescued by local people

Violence against women cause for child marriages

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The increasing atrocities against women and young girls are forcing parents to marry off their daughters even before they complete schooling.The situation is grim in Krishna district where n...

Reach out to the poor, Congress workers told

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

All Congress party workers must actively get involved in social work and help the poor get their grievances redressed by officials to strengthen the party, APCC general secretary Dronamraju Sriniva...

Lord rides ‘Hanumanta Vahanam’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Lord Kapileswara Swamy taken out on 'Puli Vahanam'

CPI (M) door-to-door campaign from February19

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Over 500 CPI (M) activists will fan out to all corners of the district headquarters town as part of their door-to-door campaign beginning February 19 and get to know the problems if any from them.<...

Fall in teaching standards worries academicians

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Academicians and public representatives on Sunday expressed concern over the deteriorating standards of teaching in government schools and suggested an effective training mechanism for B.Ed. studen...

Ahead of budget, Dinesh Gundu Rao to tour industrial areas in Hubballi

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

District in-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said he would pay a pre-budget visit to the industrial areas here to receive first-hand information about the issues hampering industrial growth here.

Sagar boy drowns in Tunga river

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A youth drowned in Tunga river near Sibbalagudde, a village in Tirthahalli taluk of Shivamogga district, on Saturday, according to the Tirthahalli police.The police gave the name of the vict...

Tribal development faces roadblock at Attappady

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Full-time project officer yet to be appointed

Will address problems faced by the party: AICC secretary

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

'Social issues must be taken up by workers'

Nilavembu decoction distributed

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Sensitisation programme to prevent dengue

Construction sector in a fix as cement price continues to be high

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The continuation of high cost of cement has put construction industries in an unenviable spot.Since last month, when the cost of cement hit a high of Rs. 390 per bag, coinciding with the Sta...

Reader’s mail

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

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biogas plant

The Government of Puducherry has proposed to install an incinerator at Kurumbapet. The project will solve the problem of solid waste a...

‘Congress lost opposition status’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Deputy Leader of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Legislature Party A. Anbalagan on Sunday claimed that the Congress had lost the status of main Opposition Party in the Leg...

Gallery blended in heritage structure

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:37 PM PST

National Gallery of Modern Art celebrates its 6th anniversary on February 18

Techie arrested for attempt to murder

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

The police have arrested a 26-year-old software professional for allegedly trying to murder his mother.According to the police, the accused, S. Madhan Raj, was upset with his mother, S. Laks...

Safety measures sought on road being laid on tank bund

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The over-a-km road under construction on the eastern bund of Big Tank has raised questions concerning safety.According to sources, the road being laid between Big Tank water and the Ukkadam...

A wanderer from the ‘Land of Nod’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Israeli artist Achia Anzi tries to portray an immigrant's emotions

AAP leaders hold roadshows, thank voters

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Fresh from the resounding victory in the Delhi Assembly polls, Aam Aadmi Party leaders on Sunday held roadshows and meetings in their respective constituencies thanking and interacting with the res...

SET held smoothly

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The State Eligibility Test (SET) for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh was conducted smoothly across 218 examination centres in both the States.SET Member Secretary B. Rajeswara Reddy said the to...

Police yet to trace men who raped labourer

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The city police are yet to identify the four men who raped a 37-year-old Tamil daily wage labourer on the HMT campus at Kalamassery in broad daylight on Saturday.The police said the culprits...

‘Samajotsava to confine to framework of law’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:29 PM PST

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday released the invitation for the Hindu Samajotsava scheduled in Mangaluru on March 1 . Dharmadhikari of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala D...

Bar Association to boycott courts today

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Trivandrum Bar Association has decided to boycott all courts in the district on Monday to press its demand for a permanent Bench of the High Court in the capital.Lawyers and court clerks...

Spiralling cement prices leave builders in city high and dry

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The steep increase will hit construction, they say

School gets a new look

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

With 10 classrooms at Dwaraka block for primary wing and nine at Mathura block for high school section, Sri Krishna Vidya Mandir, Dwarakanagar, now houses a new building with six adequately-ventila...

Short-lived comfort for Hyderabad policemen

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

It is back to square one for the police stations of Hyderabad. The police were an elated lot when the State government provided them with Innova cars, purchased at a cost around Rs. 300 crore, for...

Fake notes racket busted, six arrested

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Godavarikhani sub-divisional police have busted a fake currency note racket with the arrest of six persons and recovery of Rs. 3.6 lakh fake currency of Rs. 1,000, Rs. 500 and Rs. 100 denominat...

5,000 candidates may clear Army fitness test

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

More than 5,000 candidates are expected to qualify the physical fitness test in the ongoing Army recruitment drive in Srikakulam. Around 60,000 candidates from north Andhra and Godavari districts a...

Establish Kittur taluk, govt. urged

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Mahantesh S. Koujalgi, MLC, has urged the State government to establish Kittur taluk which will be carved out of Bailhongal taluk of Belagavi district.The delay in establishing the new taluk...

Government urged to save Kaanu forest in Hosanagar taluk

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

'A man has sought court permission for cutting trees there'

Police have become people-friendly: Chennithala

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has said that the State government is committed to bridging the gap between the police and the public.Inaugurating the "Athuramithram" scheme, a charity init...

‘Constituents should consider leaving UDF’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

: CPI State secretary Pannian Ravindran has said that it is high time that some of the constituents of the UDF should think of leaving the front.He was addressing a public meeting held on Su...

Good response to both races

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Responding overwhelmingly, a large number of persons including women and children from various parts of Tamil Nadu took part in two marathon races held here on Sunday in an attempt to create awaren...

Training in ‘accelerated learning’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Career Counselling and Placement Cell, Periyar University in association with UTL Technologies, Bangalore and International Coaching Academy (ICA), Liverpool, UK will organise free pilot traini...

Police crackdown on fake number plates

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

At Reddichavadi near the Puducherry border

Four held for murder

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

The police have arrested four people in connection with the murder of history-sheeter, Ruban (26).On Saturday evening, Ruban was in Erukkanchery when four persons arrived in an autorickshaw....

German team visit

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Coimbatore Corporation will host Mayor of German city Esslingen am Neckar and his team at a special meeting to be held on Monday. The Council subject proposed for approval in this regard says that...

Week-long National Tribal Festival begins

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs is organising a week-long National Tribal Festival, 'Vanaj 2015', which has a host of activities lined up to showcase the culture of tribal people from across t...

CBI misconstrues RTI Act on exemption clause

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

In an apparent misinterpretation of the RTI Act, CBI has claimed before the Delhi High Court that it can only share information pertaining to allegations of corruption against its own officials and...

Land regularisation: not all BPL families will get pattas

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

44,000 applications among 68,000 received by the administration are categorised 'objectionable'

Man dies of burns

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

A 48-year-old man, who allegedly set himself afire, succumbed to his burns at a hospital here on Sunday. Joshy, 48, of Kakkattil Veedu, Madhavapuram, Aluva, doused himself with petrol and set himse...

Awards for rural journalism

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:34 PM PST

The Dakshina Kannada Working Journalists' Union has invited applications for the Pa.Go. Memorial Rural Journalism Award from young Kannada reporters in the districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Ut...

K.G.R. Nair dead

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

K.G.R. Nair, founder of Chaithanya Eye Hospital and Research Institute, is no more.He was 72. Dr. Nair, considered a pioneer in phaco-emulsification in south Kerala and with over 40 years of...

Mahamandapam, Rajagopuram inauguration in a month

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The much awaited Mallikarjuna Mahamandapam and Rajagopuram will be thrown open for public in a month or two. Sri Durga Malleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam authorities consulted Sringeri Seer Bharati...

Gesture to Hudhud victims

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

In an effort to reach out to Huhud cyclone victims, members of Telugu Velugu Germany e.v. organised 'Helping hands', an initiative to provide support to the needy, near NMCH School, P&T Colony, on...

More online free content in Telugu Wikipedia soon

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Wikimedians gather at Tirupati for a strategy meet

Kuravi temple gears up for jatara

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

People suffering from chronic disease, childless couples and those aspiring to get married make a beeline to the historic Sri Veerabhadra Swamy temple, in the sleepy Kuravi mandal of the district f...

‘Young writers should accept criticism’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Eminent author Dwana Sastry asked young writers to invite criticism to enhance their writing skills and enthral readers by producing thought provoking books. He attended as chief guest for the 17th...

District bursts into celebration after India’s win

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Cricket fans in the city and other parts of the district celebrated the India's victory against Pakistan in the World Cup match on Sunday.Revellers, ready with crackers, were impatiently wai...

Advisory for Mahashivarathri

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The city police have cautioned unruly elements of action if they are found disturbing the peace on Mahashivarathri, scheduled to be celebrated on Tuesday.A statement from the office of the M...

CM unveils Gandhi statue

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy unveiled a Gandhi statue at the traffic circle, here, on Sunday.After unveiling the statue and naming the circle as Gandhi Circle, Mr. Chandy said that all the c...

Film fete

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

: The Vibgyor Short and Documentary Film Festival will be held here from February 16 to 21. Bolivian Ambassdor to the UN Pablo Solon Romero will deliver the Saratchandran Memorial Lecture on Monday...

“Minerals need to be conserved”

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Strict implementation of the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 1988 by the Indian Bureau of Mines has ensured systematic mining by mineral sector in the country, said S.Tiu, Controller of...

Power shutdown

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

There will be no power supply in the following areas from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on February 19 due to maintenance work on the Kichipalayam power sub-station:Salem Thathubai Kuttai, Bazaar Street,...

Farmers seek direct procurement of cotton

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:11 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...

Chennaiites cheer as India wins first World Cup match

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

The city had reason to celebrate the spectacular victor of India over arch rivals Pakistan in its first World Cup match at Adelaide on Sunday. With five players from the 11 representing Chennai Sup...

Jallikattu bulls, calves reach Coimbatore

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Jallikattu bulls and calves, getting trained for the sport at villages around Madurai but could not be seen in action due to the ban imposed on the sport by the Supreme Court, started reaching the...

DUTA to protest against whistleblower’s dismissal

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Stating that "whistleblowers" are being victimised, the Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) has said it will be oppose the dismissal of an Assistant Registrar at the Vallabhbhai Patel Che...

Governor’s report points to a weak regime in U.P.: Mayawati

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati fired a salvo at the Samajwadi Party Government when she said that the U.P. Raj Bhavan's "interference" (in the affairs of the State) was the outcome of a "we...

Keesara jatara: 800-strong police force to oversee security

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

An eight hundred-strong police force has been deployed to oversee the security for Keesara jatara scheduled to begin on Monday. Around five lakh devotees from the city and neighbouring districts ar...

Lottery ticket sale on in southern districts

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

For all official purpose, lotteries are banned in Tamil Nadu. But sale of lottery tickets is a thriving business as agents continue to sell them 'secretly' to buyers, police said.A senior po...

KSRTC city services suffer as permits deny operations from State Bank bus stop

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:30 PM PST

KSRTC still not allowed to operate city bus services from State Bank

Major fire disrupts rail, road traffic at Varkala

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Fireman suffers serious injuries on hands

Andhra Bank employees take out rally on NPAs

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Taking forward their novel protest to recover loans and non-performing assets (NPAs), Andhra Bank employees took out a rally from Tummalapalli Kshetrayya Kalakshetram to Lenin Centre here.Th...

City set to become startup hub

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Visakhapatnam will be developed on the model of Goa plus Bangalore to make it a leading startup hub.During talks with Menlo Park (California) Mayor Catherine Carton, Chief Minister N. Chandr...

Wellness food products park to come up at CFTRI

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

To support the growing demand for wellness food supplements among the diet-conscious public in the State and the country, a food park that promotes manufacturing of food products with health benefi...

Wildlife deaths raise safety concerns

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

A palm civet dies after being hitby a vehicle in NSTR

One killed, six injured in cracker blast

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

One person was killed and six others were seriously injured in a cracker blast at a house at Maruvada village of Vangara mandal in Srikakulam District on Sunday.The deceased was identified a...

Abandoning cost-sharing mechanism may hit railway projects in State

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

'If Railways was to bear full cost, then it will go purely by economics'

Tele-education to be introduced in six districts

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The State government will introduce tele-education in all the six districts of the Hyderabad-Karnataka region from 2015-16 to impart quality and affordable education using advanced information and...

mysore engagements

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Mysuru

Karnataka Yakshagana Bayalata Academy: Inauguration of Yakshagana Bayalata Ranga Sambrama, Kalamandira, 6 p.m. Sri Ganapathy...

Probe officers to be protected

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has said that the government was duty bound to ensure safety of police officers involved in investigation of cases. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a func...

ReaderMail3

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Against urinating in public places

Is there any law against urinating in public places? Well, even if there is one, it is surely flouted with impunity. The health inspectors...

AAP marks Delhi victory with rally

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:08 PM PST

Taking Sunday evening visitors to the Elliots Beach in Besant Nagar by surprise, the Aam Aadmi Party staged a rally here to celebrate the party's phenomenal victory in the Delhi Assembly polls....

Man attacked by brothers

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Solai Subramanian alias Balasubramanian (33), town vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, was injured after his brothers attacked him with a sickle at his residence at Velipalayam near here...

CII office-bearers nominated

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

K. M. S. Rajesh Kumar, managing partner, Sri Jayashree Food Products, was nominated Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry, Salem district council for 2015-16 at the district annual session h...

‘Nano particles can reach drugs to cells easily’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Nano particles can be exploited for drug, DNA, and vaccine delivery in cells, diagnosis, and tissue engineering, Subbu S. Venkatraman of the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, said at the...

Not floating party, says Mukul Roy

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:44 PM PST

Refuting speculations that he would float a separate political party, Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary Mukul Roy said here on Sunday that he would continue to work for the party."I...

Too few facilities for men in khaki

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

Some police stations lack basic amenities; getting land is a problem

Power shutdown

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

February 16 (9 a.m. to 2 p.m.)O.K. Mandapam and Madukkarai sub-stations: part of Malumichampatti, Elur Pirivu, part of Arisipalayam,O.K. Mandapam, Okkilip...

Vyarawalla’s world in black and white

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Images of the years gone by always strike a chord with viewers, be it in a family album or on a wall.But when the photographs are taken by Homai Vyarawalla, they evoke a different feeling al...

8 held for betting on cricket

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Rein Bazaar police on Sunday raided a hotel at Yakutpura and arrested eight persons for their alleged involvement in cricket betting. A television, cell phones and Rs. 8,230 cash were seized fr...

Panel summons quarry operators

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Legal Commissioner U. Sagayam has summoned over 15 quarry operators for questioning in the multi-crore granite quarry scam reported in Madurai district.It is the first time that Mr. Sagayam,...

KSBB seeks share from auction of sandalwood

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) has staked claim to a share of the proceeds from the auction of sandalwood and red sanders, under plans to raise more funds for conservation activities in...

Woman killed in accident

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Lekha, 40, a temporary staff of the Kerala University office at Palayam, died after a mini-lorry rammed her two-wheeler from behind near Kesavadasapuram at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Lekha was thrown off h...

Statement on Fine Arts University by Ugadi: Mandali

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The government will make an announcement on the proposed University of Fine Arts in the State by Ugadi this year, said Deputy Speaker Mandali Buddha Prasad on Sunday.Speaking after inaugurat...

Contribute to development of your school, village: Ayyanna

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

People who have been successful in life should contribute to the betterment of their alma mater or native village, Panchayat Raj Minister Ch. Ayyanna Patrudu has said.Addressing a meeting on...

Joint efforts to capture tiger

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Kerala, Tamil Nadu forest officials hold meet

All set for Maha Sivaratri jatara

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

TSRTC to operate 350 more buses to Vemulawada; 1,500 police personnel deployed for security

Land pooling dead line extended

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Land pooling

deadline extended

For the second time in a month, the State government has extended the dead line for pooling of land in the capital...

Expediting land acquisition is key

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Shoring up rail infrastructure in Karnataka hinges on speedy land acquisition. Sources said the Railways does not directly get into the business of land acquisition and it is done through the Reven...

Minister Deshpande exhorts students to make full use of government schemes

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

He inaugurates new building of Government First Grade College

Mysore briefly

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

EPFO recovery month

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation is observing recovery month to recover arrears and current dues. The drive will go on till February 28 and an...

Chandy to inaugurate avian sciences college

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate the newly constructed academic block for the Avian Sciences and Management college of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) at Thiruv...

Anbumani alone will be the best CM, says PMK

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Pattali Makkal Katchi formally announced the party's youth wing leader and Dharmapuri MP Anbumani Ramadoss as the chief ministerial candidate of the PMK- led front in the 2016 Assembly election...

on campus

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

'Gender and literature'

A seminar on 'Gender and literature' was organised by the Department of English of Scott Christian College in Nagercoil recently. Sanjeev Uprety of T...

Central Cooperative Bank to open four branches

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

'Effective steps should be taken for recovery of entire loan dues'

Pallavaram residents hoist black flags

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

Residents of Pallavaram hoisted black flags in their houses on Sunday, protesting the delay in sorting out the issue relating to Archaeological Survey of India's notification around protected sites...

Footpaths on ROB need repairs

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 09:45 PM PST

About half-a-km long road over bridge (ROB) near the railway station here has been the most important crossover from the northern side of the city towards the southern direction not only for the ve...

Discoms’ plea against CAG to be heard on Thursday

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Delhi High Court will hear on February 19 a bunch of petitions, including appeals moved by three private power distribution companies challenging the single Bench order refusing to stay the Del...

Motorists to get real-time info on traffic soon

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

HMDA renews its initiative to equip the city with Intelligent Transport System

Way cleared for bill system in local bodies

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

It may impact fiscal and functional autonomy of local bodies

KWA sitting pretty for summer

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Rural areas concern water utility as Karamana level drops

Members of KGBICA seek fair deal

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Members of the KG Basin Isolated Wells Consumers' Association (KGBICA), an association of gas-based industries located in interior rural areas of Andhra Pradesh, have expressed grave concern over w...

A Kannada rap to get you cheering for the Men in Blue

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The biggest cricketing event — the world cup 2015 — has begun and excitement is at fever pitch. After all, the Men in Blue are the defending champions and hopes are high that they retain the trophy...

Thousand Pillar temple gears up for festival

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The historic Thousand Pillar temple has been beautifully decorated for the 'Maha Sivaratri' festival here at Hanamkonda.Programmes are scheduled from February 16 to 20 and thousands of devot...

‘New airport terminal at Tirupati by July’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Minister for Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapati Raju said the ongoing works relating to the new terminal at Tirupati airport will be completed by July.Talking to media persons after offering his...

Leopard, cub trapped

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A leopard and its cub were found trapped in a cage near Arachanahalli of Tiptur taluk in the district on Sunday.The village residents had complained to the Forest Department that the leopard...

MLA’s gesture lauded

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Anand Singh, Vijayanagar MLA, and his family members, were lauded for their philanthropic gesture towards the cause of promoting education.Mr. Anand Singh contributed 30 percent of the total...

Children with special needs sparkle at programme

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Hundreds of special-needs children from the city and surrounding regions participated in a cultural evening organised by Rotary Mysore here on Sunday.The daylong event, 'Taare Zameen Par', s...

Delink SBT from SBI, demands union

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

: The 28th national conference of the State Bank of Travancore Employees' Union will conclude on Monday. AITUC State president Kanam Rajendran will address the delegate session. S. Adikesavan, chie...

Cinema

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Sree Kumar (233 1222): Enne Arinthal (Tamil, 10.45 a.m., 2.15, 5, 9.15 p.m.) Sree Visakh - 2K 3D (233 1222): Aadu Oru Bheekara Jeevi Aanu (Mal., 11...

People queue up to see Abdul Kalam

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:27 PM PST

When he visited his friend in Madurai, people waited patiently to cheer him and lined up on the road when he left

Thousands take part in mini marathon

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Dharangadhara Chemical Works organised a mini marathon at Sahupuram here on Sunday to commemorate its 57th foundation day.The event received an overwhelming response from the public as 1,150...

Tiger scare: schools in Ododuvayal to remain closed today

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Five schools in Ododuvayal and its surroundings have been asked to remain closed on account of the operation to capture a tiger which killed a woman in a tea garden there on Saturday.Stating...

Tiruchi Today

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 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...

BJP unhappy with PMK decision

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Tamil Nadu BJP on Sunday termed the "unilateral decision" of the PMK to announce Anbumani Ramadoss as its Chief Ministerial candidate "unfortunate" which was against "coalition dharma.""...

Woman abandons newborn

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

A newborn girl was abandoned by a woman and a man in front of an orphanage near Sulur Boat House at the outskirts of the city in the wee hours of Sunday.According to the police, the watchman...

Man held 3 years after murdering girlfriend

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

A 31-year-old man who has been on the run for the past three years after murdering his married girlfriend was arrested by the Delhi Police Crime Branch.The victim wanted to get settled with...

KCR assures help to junior doctors

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao responded positively to the request of junior doctors to provide them with an opportunity to get eligibility for appearing the examination for admission into med...

Tribal youths turn eco-guides

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Undertake maiden trek0 leading eco-tourists in Kiluvamalai

Social media smears on the rise

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

It has almost become an occupational hazard for women. All too frequently they become the victims of smears on social media. Of late, a television news show host was shocked to learn that photos of...

Counting of votes today

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Counting of votes polled in the by-poll to the Srirangam Assembly constituency will take place at Saranathan College of Engineering here on Monday.The exercise will begin at 8 a.m. under the...

Take postal schemes to people, CPG tells staff

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Chief Postmaster General of Andhra Circle B.V. Sudhakar on Sunday urged the postal staff to educate people on the series of robust schemes launched by the Department of Posts.Addressing the...

Death has no caste here

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Bettagere in Chikkamagaluru has a common area for cremation

SET conducted peacefully

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The State-level Eligibility Test (SLET) for lecturers, conducted jointly by Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments in both the states, passed off peacefully, on Sunday. The test was conducted at...

Keep promises, Naidu tells Modi

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Amdhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Sunday and impressed upon him the need to implement all provisions of the AP Reorganisation Act.<...

Thank you, Delhi

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Sir, — The Delhi poll verdict displays a ray of hope for the world's largest democracy. The thrashing of the BJP was predicted, but the intensity at which the Lotus stands wilted must have surprise...

Parks, burial ground inspected

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner C.G. Betsurmath on Saturday inspected various parks and the Vishweshwar Nagar burial ground here. It is proposed that they be developed under the Stat...

CM promises support to Janasree

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that the State government will extend support to the Janasree Sustainable Development Mission (JSDM) for its activities aimed at empowering women.Inaugu...

Parking woes

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

It is seen that many institutions and office buildings in the city are of late prohibiting the entry of visitors' and customers' vehicles into their compound, putting pressure on the city roads for...

Mob goes on the rampage at Paatavayal

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Vehicles of Forest Department set on fire, forest offices stoned

TNSTC buses run on spare parts of impounded buses

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Cash-strapped Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation administration has started using spare parts of 153 buses impounded by various courts for failure to pay a total relief of Rs. 10.77 crore to ac...

Mettur water released

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Water was released from the Stanley Reservoir in Mettur on Sunday to meet the drinking water requirements.Government orderPublic Works Department officials said 2,000 cusecs of water...

One killed, eight injured in accident

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A 27-year-old man was killed and eight pedestrians' sustained injuries after a car hit and ran over them near Tirupattur on Saturday.According to police, the car coming from Tirupattur ran i...

VS’ views on Neutrino project personal: CPI(M)

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The State unit of the CPI(M) on Sunday sought to distance itself from the views expressed by former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthananthan against the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) at T...

Pregnant accident victim’s baby saved

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Timely surgery performed by the doctors at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) on Sunday saved the baby of a pregnant accident victim.K. Aathilakshmi (21) of Kumarananthapuram in...

Protest outside Kejriwal’s residence

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

A group of residents from hutments in East Delhi's Shahadra staged a demonstration outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's house at Kaushambi in Ghaziabad.On Saturday, eight jhuggis w...

Dalit entrepreneurs recount their success stories

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

His was the lowest position in the company - just a helper. Slowly he worked his way to the plumber's post, then electrician and five years later ended up being a partner in the same company. Sound...

Deans felicitated

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Newly appointed Deans of three government hospitals in southern districts were felicitated at a function here on Sunday.Revwathi Kailairajan of Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) in Madurai, B...

Prem Nazir award for Suraj Venjaramoodu

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Actor Suraj Venjaramoodu will be presented with this year's Prem Nazir award, instituted by the people of Chirayinkeezhu, the late actor's hometown, during a function at Sarkara at Chirayinkeezhu h...

New paddy variety fetches good returns

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

About 10 acres of land brought under the variety, suitable for 'idly' flour

‘I bought a guitar for Rs.150 and that changed my life’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

It all began long ago with a second-hand guitar he bought for Rs.150. Music has stayed with him ever since and today, when he conjures up melody after melody in Tollywood, Anup Rubens is a sensatio...

‘Violation of rules’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Notification on public hearing on mining of laterite in an 86 acre site near Asanagiri for which lease was sanctioned to one Singam Bhavani was ambiguous first and when it was corrected the rule wa...

No stereotyping women, please

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

While the debate on political reservation for women does not appear to be getting anywhere, there seems to be no check on party leaders making sexist comments

MoU with social media mooted

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Thiruvananthapuram: The State police have proposed to the government to strike a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for legal assistance with major social media playe...

ASHA workers have gone for over a year without performance-based incentive

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Most of them have been forced to avail themselves of hand loans to manage

Mata to visit Sabarimala temple

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

: Spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi will offer worship at the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala this year, Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) member Subhash Vasu has said.Talking to...

e-treasury system in PWD offices

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

People can make payments through e-challan facility

Research in planting of banana stressed

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Research should be intensified in high-density planting of banana and to ensure high-quality saplings for better yield, according to Agricultural Production Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni.Addre...

Meet all voters, says Ramadoss

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Pattali Makkal Katchi founder S. Ramadoss has called upon his party men to meet all the voters in the State and explain to them the need for a change in the government after the 2016 Assembly elect...

SDAT to hold competitions

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT), Vellore, is conducting track events for students under the World Beaters Talent Spotting Scheme 2014-2015.According to a press release,...

All set for a week-long treat of vibrant theatrics

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Kozhikode leg of 14th national theatre fete

Directive to State over teachers’ pay

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Madras High Court has directed the State Finance Department to consider a representation of the Secondary Grade Seniority Teachers Association for pay parity for its members with their counterp...

Retired defence official, family thrashed over parking argument

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Victims admitted in AIIMS; no FIR registered

Tulabharam on Ponnala’s 72 {+n} {+d} birthday

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Congress party workers from Telangana organised Tulabharam for Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Ponnala Lakhsmaiah on his 72{+n}{+d}birthday on Sunday.Rang...

A confluence of confusions and risks

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Ambedkar Statue junction on Alagarkoil Road is a dangerous spot where road users have to be extra vigilant

A chance to enjoy the best of Laxman

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Anyone needing proof of the continued relevance of R.K. Laxman's cartoons need not look further than the one on illegal funds in Swiss banks in the late 1980s.This cartoon, depicting a multi...

New machine to produce polished synthetic stones

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

It can produce 1200 stones as against 50 to 60 by conventional method

Carry relevant documents as proof of name change

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

I applied for the renewal of my H1B visa in December 2014 and have an approved I-140 petition. I was informed that my visa will be approved as soon as some necessary administrative processing is...

Cricket fan makes miniature replica of World Cup

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A resident of Nellore city has made a miniature silver replica of the Cricket World Cup as a token of his wish favouring the Indian team to win the cup.Sk. Musavir, a miniature artist and a...

Four check-posts to curb red sanders smuggling

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

In a bid to strengthen the existing security measures in border areas of Chittoor district, Red Sanders Anti Smuggling Task Force (RSASTF) has identified four main spots for establishing 'Integrate...

PU lecturers may boycott evaluation

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Karnataka State Pre-University College Lecturers' Association has decided to boycott evaluation of II PU answer sheets in April, if the government failed to fulfil their demands.Associat...

VC: mechanisation key to improving agriculture

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

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

What about the cellphones?

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Health Minister U.T. Khader had announced a couple of times in the last 10 months that mobile handsets would be given to all ASHA workers in the State and money would be given to them to recharge t...

One project, many suitors

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

A number of players are in the race for implementing the Light Metro projects for Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode.

Popularising SRI through competition

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Agriculture Department has been organising a special State-level competition to popularise the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) techniques among paddy cultivators. A group of five farmers h...

Rousing welcome to Jallikattu bulls

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Bulls are on their way to Velliangiri goshala

Plea for more branches in engg. college

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

It has only three departments for over two decades

KAHSTA

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

KAHSTA's advice to school managers

The State committee of Kerala Aided Higher Secondary Teachers' Association (KAHSTA) has demanded that the school managers should not inter...

Downswing in Pichavaram bird population: study

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

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

Body of minor girl found

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The body of a four-year-old girl, who died under mysterious circumstances, was found on the banks of the Yamuna near South-East Delhi's Jamia Nagar on Sunday afternoon.The girl had gone miss...

Naidu calls for making A.P. corruption-free

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has called for making Andhra Pradesh corruption-free.At a review meeting at his residence on seven missions launched up by the State government on Sunday,...

I have met 19.5 million youths in 10 years: Kalam

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who is popular among youths, shared a piece of interesting information with school and college students here on Saturday. "I have met 19.5 million youths in the...

Entries invited for campus film fete

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Entries are invited from students to participate in a campus film festival organised by Filca in association with C-DIT on February 28 and March 1. The best fiction and non-fiction films will carry...

Technology-oriented policing in Perambalur

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

22 surveillance cameras, including 14 advanced internet protocol cameras, installed across town

Laxity in executing works will not be tolerated: Ministers

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Minister for Panchayat Raj K. Taraka Rama Rao and Minister for Irrigation T. Harish Rao on Sunday said that laxity in execution of works or poor quality would not be tolerated and asserted that emp...

Fervour marks ‘Kalasabhishekam’ at Raghunayaka temple

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Devotional fervour marked 'Kalasabhishekam' at the historic temple of Lord Raghunayaka and Sitadevi at Chadalavada in Prakasam district on Sunday.Braving scorching heat, as many as 3,000 dev...

‘Please do not treat the Congress in this manner’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh is frequently visiting Vijayawada to revive the battered party in Andhra Pradesh. He is crying hoarse on the punishment meted out to Congress by the electorate...

Lok Adalat awards relief to accident victim

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Chairman of the Karnataka Legal Services Authority and Senior Judge of High Court of Karnataka L. Narayanaswamy today ordered the National Insurance Company to pay Rs. 10 lakh as compensation to a...

‘Text is more important than language’

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

An interaction programme on the topic 'Before writing' with the historian and author S. Settar was organised by the Rashtrakavi Govinda Pai Research Centre and Rathabeedi Geleyaru at the Nutana Rav...

Student, accomplice held with ganja

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

: An engineering student and his accomplice were arrested at S.N. College Junction here late Saturday after they were found to be in possession of 3 kg of cannabis (ganja).The police identif...

Excommunication still in practice here

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

For Ganesh, speaking to his first cousin is a costly affair — one that would attract a fine of Rs.2,000. So, the two young men, living just 10 metres apart, sneak up after dark to meet their uncles...

Parties protest ban on public meetings, rallies

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

The decision by the police to ban rallies, processions and public meetings in Dindigul for the next three months evoked wide-spread protests by political parties here on Sunday.Superintenden...

Get set to witness thrilling aerial feats

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Five-day air show begins on Wednesday

Electrocuted

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

D. Mahi alias Mahendran (40), a farmer of Ongappadi village in Veppankuppam police station limits, who climbed a lamp post in the village to attend to a defect in power supply to a house, was elect...

Chamber concern over runway works

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

The Malabar Chamber of Commerce (MCC) has expressed its concern over the Airport Authority of India's decision to cut short passenger and cargo services from the Karipur International Airport start...

Water adalat to be held today

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), South 3 subdivision, will hold water adalat on Monday between 9.30 a.m. and 11 a.m. in the office of the Assistant Executive Engineer, BTM Layout....

Court to hear final arguments in Uber rape case from today

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

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

Lokesh checked for drunken driving

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Nara Lokesh, son of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, was checked for drunken driving at Jubilee Hills on Saturday night.He was going from Madhapur to his residence in Jubilee Hills when...

A thousand postcards for Malayalam

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

On February 21, International Mother Language Day, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will get a thousand postcards from students, parents, and teachers of Malayalam Pallikkoodam.On Sunday, film-m...

Bathing ghat badly needs a thorough clean-up

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

2,000 pilgrims visit Amma Mandapam every day; no mechanism to clear abandoned clothes

Union Minister unveils bust

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Vijay Sampla, unveiled the bust of Deendayal Upadhyaya on the premises of a visually-challenged school being run by the Development & Wel...

Of celebrities and projects

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Any project associated with a celebrity will bring recognition but, at the same time, it will lead to unforeseen situations if proper homework is not done. With regard to the adoption of Puttamraju...

Readers mail

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Rent spiral

Visakhapatnam being an important port city, many persons from outside are posted here and for them this is the season of house-hunting. Getting any kind of accom...

Demand to revive Karez system in Bidar

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

M. Labaff Khaneiki, a groundwater expert from UNESCO's International Centre for Qanats and Historical Hydraulic Structures, visited Bidar to study the ground water situation in the city on Saturday...

Sanitation scheme beneficiaries yet to get benefits: officer

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The issue of beneficiaries not being paid for the toilets constructed in their houses was highlighted in the District Vigilance and Monitoring Committee meeting chaired by Shobha Karandlaje, MP, he...

Adopt temperance in life: Metropolitan

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

120th annual Maramon Convention draws to a close

Protect rights of migrant workers: MP

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

P. Rajeeve, MP and district secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], who visited the camps of migrant labourers near Ambalamugal on Sunday, has called for protection of their r...

Farm inputs distributed to 473 persons

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Farm inputs worth Rs. 35.26 lakh were distributed to 473 persons at a function organised under the aegis of the Department of Horticulture and Plantation Crops here on Saturday.Participating...

Fiat on Aadhar card

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Aadhar card is essential to avail benefits and facilities, including war widow pension, offered by the Central government, according to Collector T.N. Hariharan.In a press release issued her...

Booklet released

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A booklet containing merits of The Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 and "demerits" of the Centre's move to corporatise major ports was released by R. Russell, CITU State secretary, at the district offic...

Some relief for Thooneri victims

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST

Special adalat helps 25 families get copies of lost certificates

Kidnapped child rescued; 4 arrested

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:35 PM PST

Boy was sold for Rs. 80,000 in Belagavi

An oasis of books for senior citizens

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

They say old age is a good time to take things slow and spend time with the grandchildren. What a group of senior citizens in the city feels is it is also the right time to curl up with a book....

Growing up pangs of new government

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Sorting out a miscommunication and extending an olive branch soon after,the new administration saw it all

Honour promises made to A.P., Jagan tells Centre

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Explains plight of farmers in CRDA area

Tiger spotted in Tamil Nadu

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Alert sounded against possible attack on humans

Film societies bent on Malayalam subtitles

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Join hands to standardise subtitling of foreign movies

“Take steps to get due share of water”

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Cauvery Pasana Vivasayigal Nala Padukappu Sangam has urged the State government to take immediate action to get the due share of water in the Cauvery for Tamil Nadu. In a memorandum submitted t...

Cricket betting racket busted

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Four held; mobile phones, laptop, TV, and cash seized

Former Maoist bastion charts welfare agenda

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Once a strong bastion of Maoists and Janashakti, this interior village in Yellareddypet mandal abutting the dense forests is now on the path of development.Thanks to the adoption of the vill...

40 industries listed for stepping up CSR activities

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:14 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...

Committee demands early start to survey

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The South Western Railway Zonal Railway Passengers Welfare Committee has appealed to the South Western Railway General Manager Pradeep Saxena to take up a preliminary survey of the Harapanhalli – G...

Raichur district to come under CID probe into illegal sand extraction

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

'A study committee has been formed; action will be taken based on its report'

‘DREAM City’ in diamond capital

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:12 AM PST

To add glitter to the business of precious stones

U.P. villagers reject communal politics

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:09 AM PST

A loudspeaker was installed in a small temple at Kanth in Moradabad last Friday. Muslim and Hindu villagers sat together with the local authorities and agreed to install it for a few days on the o...

Malnourishment high among children of migrants: study

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 09:56 AM PST

'When the mother is under-nourished, children are 1.8 times more likely to be severely malnourished'

Beijing, Seoul confront U.S. giant Qualcomm

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 09:29 AM PST

China has made it plain that the company must end its practice of 'reverse patent licences'

Gallery blended in heritage structure

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 07:47 AM PST

National Gallery of Modern Art celebrates its 6th anniversary on February 18

Jordan jails senior Brotherhood official for criticising UAE

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 06:29 AM PST

Zaki Bani Rushaid jailed for 18 months; Most high-profile opposition figure held since 1995; Lawyer criticises verdict as attack on free speech

Heavenly song in tune with the times

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 06:26 AM PST

Professor M.L. Samaga on the continuing relevance of Yakshagana, a rural theatre of South India

Fresh look

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 06:26 AM PST

"Neeli Chhatri Waale" undergoes a makevoer

Destined to cook

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 06:23 AM PST

Chef Akira Back narrates how he moved on to win people's hearts through their stomach

As others saw us

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 06:22 AM PST

India always fascinated foreigners who were smitten by its monuments, beauty, culture and much more

Autopsy shows New York Times writer David Carr died of lung cancer

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 06:22 AM PST

Autopsy results show New York Times media columnist David Carr died of complications from metastatic lung cancer.Julie Bolcer, a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner's o...

Schooling baseball

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 06:21 AM PST

Raunak Sahni and Jackson Golden talk about New Delhi Little League, the duo's attempt at spreading the sport of baseball

China opens ‘largest’ embassy in Pakistan

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 06:14 AM PST

China has opened a new embassy in Pakistan, its "largest overseas" diplomatic mission, which Foreign Minister Wang Yi described as a symbol of friendship between the "all weather" allies."As...

United in peace

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 06:12 AM PST

Pakistani and Indian children who visited each other's country share their views on the need for peace

Glory on two wheels

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 06:10 AM PST

The limited edition Hayabusa Z has motorbike enthusiasts applauding

Hindalco bags Kathautia coal mine

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 06:08 AM PST

On the second day of coal auction, Hindalco Industries on Sunday walked away with a coal mine in Jharkhand. Coal Secretary Anil Swarup confirmed the development saying that "Kathautia mine goes to...

HSBC publishes apology in British papers over tax evasion claims

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 06:05 AM PST

HSBC published a full-page letter in British newspapers on Sunday to offer its "sincerest apologies" for past practices at its Swiss private bank, which has been accused of helping clients to evad...

Petrol, diesel to cost more

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:27 AM PST

Petrol price was on Sunday hiked by 82 paise per litre and diesel by 61 paise, reversing the declining trend of last six months. Petrol and diesel price hike, which is effective from mid...

Events in Dakshina Kannada

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 05:27 AM PST

Dental education: The Department of Orthodontics, Yenepoya Dental College, and Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya University, organised a continued dental education programme on 'Pers...

Events in Udupi

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 05:24 AM PST

Seminar: A seminar on the "Performance of Indian business giants" was held at the Justice K.S. Hegde Institute of Management at Nitte in Udupi district recently. Among the top 100 com...

Swine flu to cost tourism in Rajasthan, Maharashtra: ASSOCHAM

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 06:23 AM PST

The outbreak of swine flu in Rajasthan and Maharashtra is expected to result in a loss of Rs. 5,500 crore to the tourism and aviation industries, according to an ASSOCHAM assessment. The wo...

Modi takes a jibe at AAP over free power promise

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:26 AM PST

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) that came to power in the national Capital promising subsidised electricity among other things was at the receiving end of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's sarcastic refere...

Dawood gang member Shyam Kishor held in Goa

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 05:19 AM PST

Goa Police have arrested a Dawood Ibrahim gang member who was convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case and involved in 18 other major crimes, including the JJ hospital shootout.Shyam...

Supreme Court to hear Maruti workers’ bail plea

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 05:10 AM PST

On Monday, 147 jailed workers of Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) will wait patiently for the decision of the Supreme Court on a bail application of the two of the workers, Sunil Kumar and Kanwa...

Swine flu: Govt. ‘closely monitoring’ situation across India

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 05:45 AM PST

The government on Sunday said that it was "closely" monitoring the spurt in swine flu cases in the country even as 11 more deaths due to the disease were reported in Rajasthan, one of the worst-af...

PM Modi congratulates Indian cricket team for win against Pakistan

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 05:44 AM PST

"Congrats Team India. Well played. We are all very proud of you," Mr. Modi said in his message.

Leopard, cub found trapped in cage

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:23 AM PST

A leopard and its cub were found trapped in a cage near Arachanahalli of Tiptur taluk in the district on Sunday.The villagers had earlier complained to the forest department about a leopard...

Tiger attack: Tension escalates at Pattavayal

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:20 AM PST

With mobs going on the rampage, tension escalated at Pattavayal near Gudalur along the Nilgiris-Kerala border on Sunday. The area which is tense since Satuday noon, following the killing...

Bengaluru Today: February 16

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:15 AM PST

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

Four arrested for kidnap, sale of child

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:10 AM PST

The Tilak Nagar police have arrested a group of four persons, including a woman, who allegedly kidnapped a one-and-half-year-old boy and sold him to a Belagavi resident for Rs. 80,000. T...

Ukraine truce broken in Debaltseve; peace prevails elsewhere

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 09:25 AM PST

Poroshenko says there is still alarm about encircled town; U.S. urges Russia to implement ceasefire; fighting had escalated in run-up to ceasefire

415 cases of drunken driving booked

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 03:31 AM PST

In a special weekend drive against drunk motorists, the city traffic police have booked 415 cases on Saturday night. The Saturday night drive which took place between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. ac...

Whats New

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 03:30 AM PST

Conference on Statistics

The statistics department of Presidency College, Chennai, plans to conduct a two-day event to commemorate the 60th year of its inception and the 175th ye...

Woman commits suicide in Adilabad

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 03:29 AM PST

A 21-year-old businesswoman L. Rupa, from Adilabad town committed suicide by hanging herself at her house in Dokwal Complex late on Saturday. According to the police, the woman, who left a suicide...

Girijans oppose proposed laterite mining

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 03:23 AM PST

People of Asanagiri and other girijan villages are strongly opposing mining of laterite in their area since it will deny them their livelihood and wipe out the caves in the Gangalamma Konda. The c...

Touching the soul of the forest

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 03:14 AM PST

Noted wildlife photographer Naseer N.A. is as passionate about his writing and martial arts as his life in the jungles

Ashwin seeks ancient allure

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 03:12 AM PST

The bestselling author, who was in the city recently, talks about breaking away from his comfort zone

Cosmic concert

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 03:02 AM PST

Sajan and Rajan Mishra sang in praise of the gods at Yaksha, Isha's celebration of music

Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy rides the Hanumantha Vahanam

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 03:16 AM PST

Religious fervour marked the sixth day of annual brahmotsavams as the processional deity of Lord Sri Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy was taken in a procession around the four mada streets, while riding...

Naidu for making A.P. corruption-free

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 03:25 AM PST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has called for making Andhra Pradesh corruption-free. At a review meeting at his residence on seven missions launched up by the State Government...

A life versed in song

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 02:41 AM PST

Hafsa Fathima talks to independent singer Maalavika Manoj whose influences and experiences have made her the musician she is today

The stones of time

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 02:39 AM PST

There is an apocryphal story that claims that the Art of Memory originated in ancient Greece. The poet Simonides of Ceos was commissioned by a nobleman, Scopas, to compose and recite a poem praisin...

A heavenly harmony

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 02:37 AM PST

"I'm not a prodigy; I'm a miracle," says Hannah Elliot. As she stepped under the arc lights at Museum Theatre, tall, confident, bobbed hair swishing to the music, and belted out the driving, openi...

What Yoga teaches us about love

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 02:35 AM PST

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali talk about friendliness, compassion, goodwill and equanimity which are much needed in our relationships

'I make what I like wearing'

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 02:34 AM PST

Malini Ramani on why she won't dress brides, why her hemlines have gone down to the ankles, and on growing up

Mosque, community hall at Bajpe stoned

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 02:30 AM PST

A community hall attached to a mosque and another mosque at Bajpe, on the outskirts of the city, were stoned by some unidentified persons in the early hours on Sunday.V. Mohammed, presid...

Beleagured building

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 06:32 PM PST

Have the Law students who have been protesting against moving out of their heritage building been doing so because they would be moving out of a building that is reasonably accessible or b...

Jagan meets Rajnath Singh, seeks justice for farmers

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 02:35 AM PST

YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jaganmohan Redddy has requested the Centre to honor all the assurances given to the people of residuary State of Andhra Pradesh at the time of division of the com...

Running Shoes - Traditional Vs Minimalist

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 02:19 AM PST

In our last article, we discussed 'Choosing the right running gear', in which we looked at various options available for T-Shirts, shorts, socks and the likes. In this article we will discuss shoes...

Foreign Minister’s U.S. visit successful: Sri Lanka

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 02:52 AM PST

The Sri Lankan government on Sunday said its Foreign Minister's just-concluded visit to the U.S. was successful.Minister Mangala Samaraweera briefed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U...

Bidar police seize lorry carrying Ganja

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 01:44 AM PST

Bidar police seized seven quintals of ganja valued at around Rs. 20 lakh, from a lorry carrying the cargo from Telangana to Maharashtra, in Bidar on Saturday. It was concealed under gunny...

Mahadalit family assaulted, case lodged

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 01:30 AM PST

Accusing a Mahadalit woman of practising witchcraft, some people mercilessly beat her up and her family members in Sarpanch tola of Baharkhal panchayat in Bihar's Katihar district. The mo...

Three crore students benefit by NMEICT

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 01:17 AM PST

The National Mission in Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) is an ambitious project aimed at providing digital education available for many. The effort is to erase...

8 injured while making fire crackers in Srikakulam

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:49 AM PST

Eight persons received serious injuries due to blast while manufacturing crackers in a house located in Maruvada village of Vangara mandal of Srikakulam District on Sunday. The condition of five p...

AAP to expand in 4 states in next 5 yrs: Yogendra Yadav

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:33 AM PST

The Aam Aadmi Party is now planning to make itself a significant political force in at least four major states in the next five years without entering into any "arrangements of convenience" with a...

Tele-education in HK districts

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:26 AM PST

The State government will introduce Tele-Education in the six backward districts of Hyderabad-Karnataka region from the next academic year (2015-16), in its endeavour to impart quality and afforda...

Karnataka Lecturer’s Association demand implementation of basic salary norm

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:03 AM PST

The Karnataka State Pre-University College Lecturer's Association has decided to boycott the PUC - II evaluation in April. The association president, Timmaiah Purale told the presspersons...

INTUC union wins recognised union polls of VSP

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:06 AM PST

In the elections held for recognised union of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, the INTUC-led front has won by 1,037 votes. In the elections held under the supervision of Central Labour Department, the r...

Police kill man believed behind two shootings in Copenhagen

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 03:51 AM PST

Danish police shot and killed a man early on Sunday who likely carried out shooting attacks at a free speech event and a synagogue in Copenhagen that left two people dead. Investigator Jo...

Amendments to AP Bifurcation Bill possible: Venkaiah Naidu

Posted: 14 Feb 2015 11:55 PM PST

Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu has said it is possible that amendments to the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act would be introduced in the ensuing budget session of Parliament....

Make renewable energy affordable, says Modi

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:29 AM PST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for innovation and research to develop renewable energy to provide affordable electricity to every household. Inaugurating the first Renewab...

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