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- LIVE: AAP demands SIT probe into funding
- Arson attack on bus kills 7 in Bangladesh
- Asdad, other MIM leaders attend court
- Kiran's blueprint for Delhi's economy
- LIVE: BJP releases vision document
- Two decades of callousness
- Bar Association moves Tribunal
- Centre plans NCLT Bench in every State
- AAP candidate’s car attacked
- AAP demands SIT to probe funding of major parties
- EVMs being tampered with to help BJP: Kejriwal
- Now, cash on delivery of train tickets
- AAP funding questioned
- Climbing heights, burning calories
- Bhyrappa slammed for his views on women
- Khushboo woos South Indian voters
- A tough stretch greets pedestrians here
- Punjab taking all power lines underground
- BJP ‘writes’ to 1.30 cr. voters
- Lone warrior Maken slugs it out for Congress
- Transgenders look to end identity crisis
- South Delhi church had no CCTV cameras
- Uber driver’s background screening made more stringent
- Singapore blocks gambling websites
- IT industry opposes Obama’s move to tax overseas earning
- No US charges in UK phone-hacking scandal
- Rural job scheme facing funds crunch
- ‘India toughens stand with increasing trade’
- Harness social media: Jaitley
- Ebola victim still not free of virus
- After Gehlot, Home Minister tests positive
- Adani co. donated to Australian parties
- India sees RIC meeting as gateway to Eurasia
- Mukul Roy meets Mamata
- PMO’s consultations show Modi’s direct involvement
- BCCI elections: Jaitley likely to play a key role
- Places of worship told to install cameras
- BJP at odds over Obama speech, ghar vapsi
- AIB Knockout under Maharashtra scanner
- Modi to visit Jaffna during Sri Lanka trip
- Man found dead in custody
- Punjab taking all power lines underground
- Pro-IS Twitter account targets Modi
- Kudankulam power cheaper than U.S. proposals: Russia
- Chennai start-up wins Rs.10-lakh funding
- If AAP wins, Delhi will be ‘turning point’
- AAP denies ‘money-laundering’ charge
- Perumal Murugan protests use of novel’s title for film
- AAP sourced hawala money: BJP
- Delhi church attack: Home Ministry seeks detailed report from police
- PMO seeks inputs from economists
- Russia, China back India’s inclusion in expanded APEC
- One more arrested for advocate’s murder
- Obama budget could hit investment abroad
- Obama sends $4 trillion budget proposal
- Case against Khaleda, 3 others over blockade deaths
- Uma-Manjhi bonhomie sparks fresh speculation in Patna
- BJP upset at Sadhvi Prachi’s remarks
- Nadapuram murder: three more held
- TG Halli reservoir: HC seeks study report
- Power Shutdown
- Kejriwal demands apology for “gotra” ad
- Former Faridabad MP joins BJP
- SBI Hyderabad turns 50, honours employees
- Singareni to recruit 5,500 people
- Unmetered water supply to Kochi schools detected
- Traffic diversions for float festival
- Graft alleged in opening ceremony
- Keeping Village garbage-free
- Devotees flock Samayapuram for float festival
- Beach erosion: panel formed
- Lions Club gesture to girl students
- National award for Chittoor Çollector
- Varsity’s role important in government schemes: BJP
- Inter-State thieves arrested in Kolar
- 14 injured in group clash
- Cinema
- Solve drinking water crisis, State told
- Odisha budget session likely to be stromy
- Uma-Manjhi bonhomie sparks fresh speculation in Patna
- Suggestion from VIT for safe disposal
- Scattered water bird population
- ERODE
- Two killed in road accident
- Marriage plans of two girls studying in class 10 aborted
- Traders to explore e-options
- Tie-up with French for research
- HC dismisses anticipatory bail plea of head constables
- ‘Streamline technology in schools’
- Bedi’s poll office vandalised
- When R.K. Laxman visited Salar Jung Museum
- ‘It's a step in the wrong direction’
- Varsity not ‘fine’ with late results
- LIC women’s forum to help victims of sexual offences
- Mohanlal to return payment for Lalisom show
- Graffiti spark police action
- Conservation fortnight
- Address environmental issues urgently: House panel
- Foreign trade office in Vijayawada from April 1
- Army recruitment from tomorrow
- Corporal punishment: student’s mother faces ire of police
- Srungavarapupadu boatmen excel in race
- Govt. to set up State-wide GIS to monitor schemes: Governor
- Woman commits suicide in Mandya
- VS warns against tilt towards caste
- Metropolitan opens Kallooppara Orthodox Christian meet
- Mentally ill woman goes missing from medical college psychiatry ward
- Man found dead in custody
- Study on to divert sludge to cement industries
- Sculpture depicting bull-taming draws visitors at museum
- Turmeric worth more than Rs. 60 lakh auctioned
- Man kills wife, hides body for two days
- TV channels without licence warned
- Police inaction at Thooneri criticised
- ‘Bombay’ muted in Mumbai Blues
- Alert guard foils ATM robbery bid
- Act faster on facilities at schools, HC tells civic body
- Water, infrastructure needs top Okhla agenda
- All is not well with India Art Fair
- Dragonfly to set up facilities in city, Vizag
- Goof-up at MGU continues
- Visually challenged block road
- Liver transplant surgery done at Pariyaram MCH
- March to Mani’s house turns violent
- Four militia members arrested
- 2nd global Indian Ocean expedition in December
- Meeting stresses the importance of nuclear energy
- Morampudi: officials suggest corrective steps
- Ambiguity over power supply from Krishnapatnam
- Retired judge honoured
- Moily supports Siddalingaiah’s view
- Drinking water schemes in Kannur to be revived
- Underpass will worsen traffic congestion: forum
- Armed police called in to check rioting students in varsity
- Punjab taking all power lines underground
- TS decision to shift Secretariat in the name of ‘vaasthu’ draws flak
- Two health supervisors suspended
- ‘Ensure right to collect forest produce’
- Ramanathapuram villagers lose five-kg pledged jewels
- Water released from Sathanur Reservoir
- Cooperative bank staff to stage sit-in tomorrow
- Two die of suspected food poisoning
- Science olympiad held
- Three more H1N1 cases reported
- Kejriwal drew salary from NGO, govt., says lawyers body
- Your passport verified in three days!
- TRS to focus on broad-basing party network
- Running truck catches fire
- HC refuses to entertain PIL in support of Perumal Murugan
- Cultural leaders seek release of social activists
- Migrant worker held on burglary charge
- CM promises best sports facilities, golf course
- Kumram Bheem’s grandson still waiting for KCR’s “help”
- Badges stitched by mistake, not intentional, says official
- Naidu concerned over unsafe roads
- Work on sewage plant begins
- Prahlad Modi makes a stopover in Mysuru
- LDF plans agitation against ‘negligence’ of Wayanad
- CPI district meet from February 11
- Odisha seeks more CRPF battalions
- BJP upset at Sadhvi Prachi’s remarks
- 20 fishermen arrested by Seychelles Coast Guard
- Celebration of victory over evil
- Workshop conducted
- Car festival
- Power supply to be regulated
- Mukul Roy meets Mamata
- Hoardings: ‘BBMP can earn Rs. 800 cr. without spoiling city’
- New CMD for BHAVINI
- Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight observed
- AAP denies ‘money-laundering’ charge
- Home for elderly opened at Nagaram
- Lok Satta leader dead
- Cocaine seizure: police may interrogate businessman
- Focus on higher education: UN official
- Goon’s murder: 4 in custody
- Students shine at Manifest-2K15
- Centre’s decision on RPO in Visakhapatnam draws ire
- TRS govt. ignoring people’s problems: BJP
- Hike in sand, cement prices hits govt. works
- Good demand for Bengaluru flights
- State Commissioner’s visit: officials left red-faced
- Find crafts from the northeast in your backyard
- Farm research project for Wayanad
- Preparations on for Patriarch’s visit
- Two more illegal temples pulled down in Cuttack
- ‘Bombay’ muted in Mumbai Blues
- CBI must probe beach sand mining, says Stalin
- Flag Day collection leaders honoured
- Blood collected from donors should not be used for commercial purpose: Collector
- Man murdered
- Stunt driving leading to rise in accidents
- Amartya Sen, Sudha Murthy at Kolkata Litfest
- Tonsuring of boys: 1 arrested
- In praise of the unsung heroes
- Forest College students’ protest continues
- Mother, daughter fatally run over
- ‘Regularisation of house sites will be subject to writ orders’
- Youth nabbed for drug peddling
- Karuna estate case being scuttled: Balan
- Archbishop’s consecration jubilee
- ‘No substitute for hard work’
- This app is worth the deal!
- Congress to launch protests to highlight students’ issues
- CID probe sought into ‘wax impression’ taken at Srikurmam
- Fest to focus on satellite designing
- ‘Price commission a toothless body’
- Book release
- 3 migrants held with fake notes
- Third phase of sub station to be launched today
- 2 killed in blast in Rourkela
- AAP leaders from Gujarat to add poll punch
- Cultural programmes at Sittannavasal on Sundays
- Tangedco grievances meetings
- VOC’s statue unveiled in college
- Jayanthi Natarajan’s charges unjust: Narayanasamy
- Presidency University students debate on their political leanings
- Kambalapalli case: Supreme Court admits Special Leave Petition
- ‘Give schedule for installation of CCTVs’
- Traffic diversions for temple festival
- Man tries to save pigeon, gets electrocuted
- Power tariff hike imminent in Andhra Pradesh
- Trains delayed
- Backwaters generate buzz at Madrid
- Car festival concludes
- A tough stretch greets pedestrians here
- Healthy initiative by students
- Telangana plans ‘Godavari Pushkaralu’ on the lines of Kumbh Mela
- ‘Stop spending public money for religious purposes’
- Homoeo dealers told to distribute tablets
- Deve Gowda to visit all Assembly constituencies
- Initiative to protect senior citizens living alone completes one year
- State mulls lifting of income limit for issue of title deeds
- Graft charges: protests at varsity
- Ravenshaw students block University gates
- 91 escape from Meerut juvenile centre
- Elangovan meets Wasnik in Delhi
- Set up monitoring panel: differently abled people
- Road blockade
- ‘Karisal Thirai Vizha’ under way
- New lease of life for Alankuppam tourism project
- Electronics industry aims to enhance manufacturing, cut down on imports
- Their craftsmanship finds takers abroad
- Need more signboards on traffic diversion
- “Bedi is the epitome of women empowerment”
- SCR to run Jansadharan special train from Kakinada
- Mock drill
- Tiger skin seized, 3 arrested
- Shallot price to remain stable
- Transport staff meet on Feb. 22
- ‘No need to panic on swine flu’
- Girl rescued from borewell
- Probe Minister’s role in illegal sand mining: BJP
- Proper rail connectivity still a far cry in Rayalaseema
- ‘Legal action against those who abandon newborn girls’
- Call the station to be included
- Fight against graft will continue: VS
- Cinema
- Uma Bharti-Manjhi bonhomie sparks fresh speculation
- Punjab taking all power lines underground
- ‘Focus should be more on recycling plastics waste’
- New office inaugurated in Salem
- Two persons arrested
- Residents seek better infrastructure
- New calendar of events planned
- State seeks more forces
- Karunanidhi for proportional representation
- Nallampalayam Road to be improved
- Delhi polls force BJP chief to cancel Lucknow trip
- ‘Modi has highlighted India at the world stage’
- RTI earns govt. bigger bucks than estimated
- Kitco to launch entrepreneurship plan for start-ups
- Krishna Iyer’s fame lies in his fair judgments: Minister
- A solution to keep wild boars at bay
- KUHS registrar suspended
- Supply of LPG refills may be delayed
- Roadside parking of private buses a nuisance
- MobMe confident of replicating success story
- No talks scheduled between A.P., TS, to resolve water row
- Telangana Dhoom Dham artistes praise KCR
- Outsourced workers hold protest atop water tank
- Shivkumar Sharma honoured with Gangubai Hangal award
- Anganwadi workers firm on demands
- Engineering students design Formula-3 car
- Haryana to do away with unmanned railway crossings
- Haryana to do away with unmanned railway crossings
- Move to convert Sulligudu into a model village
- Cycle expedition demanding total prohibition
- Elephant found dead
- “Withdraw notice served on Umashankar”
- Stitch in time can add sheen to Aayi Mandapam
- High Court stays IAS officer’s appointment
- HC rejects plea for police custody in telephone exchange case
- Street lights to be installed
- Former Faridabad MP joins BJP
- Hearing on AAP chief’s bribe remark today
- Sexual harassment: UGC for expeditious action
- Merit to be basis for Principal post
- TMC on a firm wicket: Vasan
- Three texts of higher education to be available in Konkani
- Lok Ayukta seeks details of inquiry
- Gate ‘Mitras’ to be deployed at unmanned crossings
- CM launches Iris scan facility
- Massive plantation in two years
- KU limping back to normalcy
- 5 arrested, red sanders worth Rs. 5 cr. seized
- Privatisation of ICDS: anganwadi workers launch indefinite dharna
- BJP worker stabbed
- We have games everyday
- World Wetlands Day observed in Ooty
- Bhavishya Nidhi Adalat
- Entrepreneurs to submit report on financial stress faced by textile units
- Dengue awareness stepped up
- Valid food licences mandatory: commissioner
- Terrace gardening is the latest fad among youth
- District buses diverted to other bus stands to ease city traffic
- Mayawati slams parties for accepting money from punjipatis
- High Court issues notice to Kejriwal
- Tech-savvy Hyderabadis on a downloading spree
- HC stays Bar Council proceedings against AG
- Granite scam: complainants depose before Sagayam panel
- MIT student dies after fall
- Online application
- Elderly woman murdered, gold jewellery stolen
- Special status: Cong. asks TDP Union Ministers to quit
- Congress sets much store by core values
- Three killed in accident
- Climbing heights, burning calories
- Red sanders smuggling continues unabated
- Job fair in Bantakal from Thursday
- Jayarajan surrenders, to serve 17-day jail term
- George for CBI probe against Games organisers
- Man found dead in custody in U.P.
- Farmers stress on compensation for crop loss by peacocks
- Woman trampled to death
- Halt passenger train as in the past: commuters
- Release white paper on financial position, says Narayanasamy
- Kimmane: decision on illegal schools, medium of instruction by March
- Fake number plates: action sought against sellers
- “Bedi is epitome of women empowerment”
- TRS stands behind KCR
- Call to take advantage of ‘Make in India’
- Number of fever cases down
- Political interference in fare revision draws flak
- Sand boa seized, seven arrested from Parassala
- Interview for jobs in Saudi Arabia
- Row over temple curbs on wedding bands
- Penalty provision spurs property tax collection
- Dummugudem lift irrigation project hits a roadblock
- Mixed response to soil health cards
- Construction of core capital region soon: CM
- Cricket tournament from Friday
- Kerala CPI(M) leader gets 17-day jail term
- Onus is on State: Gowda
- 91 escape from Meerut juvenile centre
- ‘Re-open post office’
- CDs released to help differently abled persons
- Writer protests use of his novel title for film
- Detained under Goondas Act
- Woman strangles her two children to death before hanging herself
- Man found dead atop tree
- High Court notice to Kejriwal
- Migrants from purvanchal have got a raw deal: Paswan
- Parties threaten to launch stir
- ‘Removing secularism from statute will be treason’
- “Ligament injuries on the rise”
- Briefly
- KC(M): VS threat a challenge to Constitution
- Lookalikes add colour to campaign
- SPAV unveils plans on capital
- Events in Visakhapatnam today
- Techie’s kin heave a sigh of relief
- PCC chief defends decision to contest Tirupati bypoll
- New Tulu serial on air from Feb. 9
- Apex court raps VS in palmolein case
- Violence at Bovikkanam, Kumbla
- BJP upset over Sadhvi Prachi’s remarks
- Utilise savings prudently
- Street plays to create awareness on provisions of RTE Act
- Ease traffic congestion
- Veerashaiva leaders’ meet
- A narrow escape for a rescuer
- Salary not paid; North Indian workers seek action
- Backward class will suffer if BJP wins polls: Mayawati
- Noida told to show amount of water supplied to builders
- TS readies Life Sciences policy
- HC rejects plea of Adanis on categorisation of land
- INTACH to document intangible forms
- New traffic signal system gets trial run
- Row over PSC Secretary appointment continues
- Corporation intensifies dredging work in temple tank
- CPI(M): compensation yet to reach Hudhud victims
- Aspire for excellence: former CBI director
- Sports enhance spirit of service, says TTD EO
- A.P. inks pact with Austrian firm
- CITU members oppose move to privatise ICDS
- A contemporary twist to Kalidasa’s epic drama
- Dalit families facing discrimination: AGM
- Punjab Congress MLAs seek change in leadership
- Where innovators start young
- Drive on to tackle dengue
- Toilet facilities for students in Government schools
- Applications invited for environment awards
- Authority for wetlands sought
- ‘Ragging’ pushes student to attempt suicide
- 2-year-old from Russia gets a heart
- Dengue: cleaning drive intensified
- Tandon quits over Bedi’s attitude, then backtracks
- NGT directs DPCC to act against Wazirpur steel units
- New schemes for minority youth planned
- Bid on to include Kochi in smart cities plan
- Dalit IAS and IPS officers neglected: Puthiya Tamilagam
- Samajotsava on March 1
- AISATS assists VIPs arriving for Games
- BJP accuses AIADMK of violations of model code of conduct
- A week-long NSS camp
- Free training in hospitality management
- AISF calls for educational bandh
- 10 arrested under NDPS Act in Chittoor
- Promoting kids’ right to entertainment
- Police pick up Adivasi youth
- ‘Adequate funds to be given for wetlands’
- Power engineers up in arms in U.P.
- Schoolgirl kills classmate for ear ring
- Prepaid toll pass by February end
- Earthenware makers seek enough supply of clay
- Interview for doctors
- Earth Science Olympiad
- Residents complain of ammonia leak
- Gandhipuram flyover work: buses to Coimbatore central bus stand diverted
- NHRC panel reviews health policy draft
- OU may lose SET privilege
- TS committed to boosting pharma sector: Minister
- Setting up of global market centre for coconut in Kochi mooted
- Tiffin centre sealed
- National Games player from Satara drowns
- Vellayani lake to get a heritage walkway
- Child labour instructors begin indefinite strike
- Rajesh Tripathi takes over as CMD of DCI
- Now, learning English is fun
- Swine flu ward in hospital puts TB patients at risk
- Workshop on hydrology
- ‘Centre acting against interests of farmers’
- Mega dance enters Guinness records
- kochi today
- Scribes arrested for protest against attack on woman journalist
- Supreme Court stands up for man’s oldest friend
- Action sought against CETP owner under Factories Act too
- Families of those who offered land seek employment in KKNPP
- 25 direct procurement centres inadequate for Erode district, say farmers
- Woman, friend sentenced to life for murder of husband
- Liquor shops to remain closed today
- “Bronze sculptures may be Michelangelo’s”
- Myanmar Suu Kyi’s front gate to be auctioned
- Need for resolute action against terror: PM on killing of Japanese
- Iran launches new satellite into space
- ‘Accountant of Auschwitz’ to go on trial in Germany in April
- Chennai looks to charge and deliver
- Lighter technology to pull up slow market?
- Swine flu deaths are preventable
- Aadhaar encroaches right to protect self-information, says PIL
- Ebola vaccines trial starts in Liberia
- Haute in hide
- A moving picture
- A place called home
- Haryana to eliminate all unmanned railway crossings
- Taliban attacks on checkpoints kill 9 Afghanistan police officers
- Two policemen killed in Chhattisgarh ambush
- Kiran Bedi's office vandalised
- All by myself
- The plus-size fashion
- Personal chemistry with Xi on show ahead of Modi’s visit
- A fest to remember
- LIVE Chat: Is Chennai safe?
- And the nominees are
- Making it a habit
- Sena ‘fulfills’ manifesto promise
- District officer commits suicide in Anantapur
- Tinder Loving Care
- Egypt court confirms death sentences of 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters
- ‘A chef, if not an actor’
- Walk for a cause
- Bengaluru Today: February 3
- Stone slab falls off Puri Jagannath Temple
- Supreme Court stands up for man’s oldest friend
- Two killed in blast at Rourkela
- Warden’s brother booked under Juvenile Justice Act
- Plea for probe against DIG Prisons for Sanjay Dutt furlough
- Privatisation of ICDS opposed in Mandya
- SC stays proceedings on fresh complaints against Ramdev
- ‘Rationalism stifled in society’
- 2-year-old child receives new heart in Chennai
- Seven security personnel killed in Iraq
- Two killed in road accident
- Lokayukta to hear cases in Raichur on Saturday
- Outrage over Censor Board muting 'Bombay' in song
- Pakistan tests self developed cruise missile
- Two-day workshop on documenting traditional knowledge in Udupi
- Youth Congress protest against Modi’s ordinance
- Silicon trip for the best five
- Anganawadi workers protest against ‘ICDS mission’
- Good ‘start’ for city students
- Youth assaulted by eve teasers dies in Bengal
- Former Sri Lankan Health Minister held for forgery
- New penalty provision spurs tax drive for GVMC
- People told to fight against female foeticide
- Ranipet tanneries tragedy: lack of pollution control in Tamil Nadu
- Sino-Indian ties have entered new phase: Xi Jinping
- Agriculture Price Commission is deceptive: KRRS
- Illegal sand mining: DC recommends inclusion of Raichur in CID probe
- Airport expansion: Affected people stage protest
- TNCC chief meets Wasnik amid controversy over his remarks
- Woman stabbed by husband
- Woman mowed down by BMTC bus
- Masked man ransacks house
- Governor calls ruling, opposition to work together
- New Rushdie novel to be out in September
- 7-day-old baby stolen
- Two die in wall collapse
- Court to hear plea against Kejriwal’s bribe remark tomorrow
- Pune police deny permission for meet on Muslim reservation
- OU may lose SET accreditation if it is put off again
- Prepaid autorickshaw counter soon at Kankanady Railway Junction
- Modi condemns beheading of Japanese hostages
- Pawar to attend BCCI meet
- Maharashtra netball player dies of cardiac arrest
- All districts in Karanataka set to receive free Wi-Fi services
- Army helicopter crashes in Nagaland
- Man killed in train accident
- 91 juvenile detainees run away from "overloaded" reform centre
- Public incensed over political interference in autorickshaw fare revision
- Yaksha Manjusha team to perform Yakshagana in London
- 3 youth killed in accident
- Reference to religious divide "Unfortunate", but I endorse Obama's statement: Rajnath Singh
- HC notice to Kejriwal on plea challenging his candidature
| LIVE: AAP demands SIT probe into funding Posted: 02 Feb 2015 11:46 PM PST Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday said it will ask the leadership of BJP and Congress to agree for a probe by a Supreme Court-monitored Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the funding o... |
| Arson attack on bus kills 7 in Bangladesh Posted: 02 Feb 2015 11:43 PM PST Crude fire bombs were hurled at a packed bus on early Tuesday morning leaving at least seven people dead and 16 injured amid a nationwide strike called by the Opposition.The attack, the... |
| Asdad, other MIM leaders attend court Posted: 02 Feb 2015 11:44 PM PST All India Majlis e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President and Hyderabad MP Asadudduin Owaisi, MIM floor leader in Telangana Assembly Akbaruddin Owaisi and others attended the court of Judicial Firs... |
| Kiran's blueprint for Delhi's economy Posted: 02 Feb 2015 11:17 PM PST As Delhi BJP released its vision document for the National Capital region on Tuesday, its chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi listed out ten point plan to make "Delhi's economy more vibran... |
| LIVE: BJP releases vision document Posted: 02 Feb 2015 11:44 PM PST 12.34 pm: BJP has 270 points, also includes in-situ resettlement of slum dwellers. 12.30 pm: Vision document promises 'complete utilisation' of ministries for skill develop... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 10:13 PM PST Chromium-bearing waste lying on open land within Tamil Nadu Chromates and Chemicals Limited at SIPCOT Industrial Complex, polluting groundwater in a 30-km radius |
| Bar Association moves Tribunal Posted: 02 Feb 2015 10:13 PM PST The National Green Tribunal (southern Bench) Bar Association has moved the Tribunal seeking a CBCID probe into what it termed "false inspections" of the Common Effluent Treatment Plants in Vellore... |
| Centre plans NCLT Bench in every State Posted: 02 Feb 2015 09:49 PM PST The Union government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it planned to set up a Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in every High Court jurisdiction across the country."... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 11:08 PM PST Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Rohtas Nagar, Sarita Singh, alleged that her vehicle was attacked by a group of men on Monday night. This reportedly happened hours after the attack on BJP... |
| AAP demands SIT to probe funding of major parties Posted: 02 Feb 2015 11:46 PM PST AAP to ask the leadership of BJP and Congress to agree for a probe on the campaign finance for the Delhi polls. |
| EVMs being tampered with to help BJP: Kejriwal Posted: 02 Feb 2015 10:11 PM PST AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday alleged that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were being tampered with to favour the Bharatiya Janata Party in the February 7 Assembly election. ... |
| Now, cash on delivery of train tickets Posted: 02 Feb 2015 08:24 PM PST You can now book a rail ticket online and get it delivered at home where the payment can be made. Initiating this "cash on delivery" (CoD) system rail ticketing, IRCTC is targeting those... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:51 PM PST The AAP Volunteer Action Manch (AVAM), a splinter group of the Aam Aadmi Party, has alleged that the party received Rs.2 crore in four equal instalments from companies registered in Delhi slums and... |
| Climbing heights, burning calories Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:45 PM PST People participating in the sammelan can not only enjoy a sumptuous meal, but can also burn unwanted calories. Many delegates and participants were found heading to the two hillocks of Shravanabel... |
| Bhyrappa slammed for his views on women Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:45 PM PST Prominent women writers and activists, taking part in the Kannada Sahitya Sammelan here on Monday, came down heavily on novelist S.L. Bhyrappa for his depiction of women, particularly "educated an... |
| Khushboo woos South Indian voters Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:31 PM PST Attacks Modi on his expensive attire and black money promise |
| A tough stretch greets pedestrians here Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:29 PM PST Call for deploying more traffic police personnel on Railway station-Tarapeta road |
| Punjab taking all power lines underground Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:27 PM PST Punjab is working its way to becoming the first State to have all its power lines underground in two years, paving the way to having wire-free roads and uninterrupted power supply.An officia... |
| BJP ‘writes’ to 1.30 cr. voters Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:24 PM PST By Thursday this week, a personal letter appealing for votes for the BJP and addressed to the head of the family will be hand-delivered by the panna pramukhs (page in-charge) c... |
| Lone warrior Maken slugs it out for Congress Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:23 PM PST After being made the face of the Congress campaign for the upcoming Assembly polls, Ajay Maken seems to be the lone warrior slugging it out for the party from the bottom-up.At a time when th... |
| Transgenders look to end identity crisis Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:22 PM PST Want new government to relax norms for procuring voter ID cards |
| South Delhi church had no CCTV cameras Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:16 PM PST It didn't follow instructions from archdiocese |
| Uber driver’s background screening made more stringent Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:16 PM PST Under fire over the safety of its passengers in India, U.S.-based taxi booking firm Uber on Monday said it has tightened the process for screening of its drivers, including their criminal anteceden... |
| Singapore blocks gambling websites Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:11 PM PST Singapore has started blocking hundreds of gambling websites to curb unlicensed online gambling, said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The blocked sites included bet365, Ladbrokes and 88... |
| IT industry opposes Obama’s move to tax overseas earning Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:45 PM PST IT industry and the Republican leadership has opposed U.S. President Barack Obama's move to tax overseas earnings, saying that this is bad for global competition of U.S. companies."The prop... |
| No US charges in UK phone-hacking scandal Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:42 PM PST Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and Twenty-First Century Fox say the U.S. Justice Department has closed a lengthy investigation into a phone-hacking scandal in Britain without filing any... |
| Rural job scheme facing funds crunch Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:28 PM PST Activists say there is a 45 per cent reduction in outlay |
| ‘India toughens stand with increasing trade’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:28 PM PST Granting MFN status to India not on the cards, says Abdul Basit |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:28 PM PST In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proactive communication-centric approach, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley asked officials on Monday to harness the power of soc... |
| Ebola victim still not free of virus Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:27 PM PST A 26-year-old man, who tested positive for the Ebola virus in November, continues to remain in isolation as he is still carrying the deadly virus. According to Health Ministry officials, th... |
| After Gehlot, Home Minister tests positive Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:26 PM PST After former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot tested positive for swine flu, Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria was also detected with the influenza on Monday. With the influenza showi... |
| Adani co. donated to Australian parties Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:06 PM PST The Adani mining company donated about 50,000 Australian dollars to Australia's ruling Liberal Party last year, new disclosures under that nation's electoral laws show. The opposition Labour Party... |
| India sees RIC meeting as gateway to Eurasia Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:37 PM PST India, China and Russia have recommended India's membership to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) as part of a joint communiqué that seemed to reconcile China and Russia's growing disench... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 08:51 PM PST Trinamool Congress general secretary Mukul Roy met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday, amid speculation of a rift between the two. The meeting took place at the new State Secreta... |
| PMO’s consultations show Modi’s direct involvement Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:22 PM PST Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra has written to more than a dozen economists seeking specific suggestions on some of the key issues of the upcoming Budget.... |
| BCCI elections: Jaitley likely to play a key role Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:21 PM PST The majority view within Indian sport's most powerful administrative body seems to be that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley would play a key role in the BCCI elections, though he will not be amo... |
| Places of worship told to install cameras Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:20 PM PST The church in South Delhi's Vasant Kunj area that was vandalised in the early hours of Monday did not have a CCTV camera installed, but the police said they had been able to locate a camera "insta... |
| BJP at odds over Obama speech, ghar vapsi Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:19 PM PST Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the Union government had taken steps to maintain good relations with all countries, and this would definitely play a crucial role in tackling compl... |
| AIB Knockout under Maharashtra scanner Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:17 PM PST AIB Knockout, a comic roast of actors Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh hosted by filmmaker Karan Johar and organised by the comedy collective All India Bakchod (AIB) that went viral with over four mi... |
| Modi to visit Jaffna during Sri Lanka trip Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:16 PM PST Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Sri Lanka in March, the first bilateral visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the island nation in over 25 years. During the visit, Mr. Modi is likely to... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:14 PM PST A 35-year-old man accused of motorcycle theft was found dead in custody at the Jarwal Road police station in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday. The police said he had hanged himself in... |
| Punjab taking all power lines underground Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:13 PM PST Punjab is working its way to becoming the first State to have all its power lines underground in two years, paving the way to having wire-free roads and uninterrupted power supply.An offici... |
| Pro-IS Twitter account targets Modi Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:13 PM PST The account, suspected to be operated by one of the four alleged recruits from Mumbai, shows the location of its owner in Turkey |
| Kudankulam power cheaper than U.S. proposals: Russia Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:05 PM PST A week after U.S. President Barack Obama's visit cleared major hurdles in the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal, Russian officials say the power generated under the agreements will be much more expensive tha... |
| Chennai start-up wins Rs.10-lakh funding Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:57 PM PST Chennai-based start-up Chloroplast Foods was one of the six start-ups to bag on-the-spot funding of up to Rs.10 lakh at IIT Bombay's Entrepreneurship Summit 2015.Founded seven months ago by... |
| If AAP wins, Delhi will be ‘turning point’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 09:26 PM PST It will establish that Modi is not the last word in politics: JD(U) |
| AAP denies ‘money-laundering’ charge Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:45 PM PST The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress on Tuesday found themselves on the same side of the fence while charging the Aam Aadmi Party with receiving donations from "bogus companies and indulg... |
| Perumal Murugan protests use of novel’s title for film Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:37 PM PST A newspaper advertisement about a forthcoming film titled Madhorubhagan, published in a Tamil daily, evoked a protest on Monday from Tamil writer Perumal Murugan, who has disowned his novel... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 11:04 PM PST As the election campaign in Delhi reaches fever pitch, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Admi Party (AAP) traded charges over a BJP advertisement in newspapers, purportedly targeting AA... |
| Delhi church attack: Home Ministry seeks detailed report from police Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:31 PM PST Coming under sharp criticism from different quarters for the repeated attacks on churches in the national capital and with Delhi elections scheduled later this week, the Union Home Affairs Ministr... |
| PMO seeks inputs from economists Posted: 02 Feb 2015 10:02 PM PST In an unusual move, in December-end, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra wrote to more than a dozen economists seeking specific suggestions on some of the key issues... |
| Russia, China back India’s inclusion in expanded APEC Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:33 PM PST Russia and China have endorsed India's efforts to formalise an iron-clad rejection of international terrorism, amid a call by the three countries to end the era of a unipolar world and rid the glo... |
| One more arrested for advocate’s murder Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:19 PM PST Police on Monday arrested one more person in connection with the murder of an advocate outside the Egmore Metropolitan Magistrate Court complex on Saturday morning. "On Monday, we arrested N... |
| Obama budget could hit investment abroad Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:07 PM PST U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday sent to Republican-controlled Congress a $3.99-trillion budget proposal, which is likely to face opposition there especially regarding the policies to levy a... |
| Obama sends $4 trillion budget proposal Posted: 02 Feb 2015 11:47 AM PST U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday sent to Republican-controlled Congress a $3.99 trillion budget proposal, which is likely to face opposition there especially regarding the White House's polici... |
| Case against Khaleda, 3 others over blockade deaths Posted: 02 Feb 2015 11:44 AM PST A Dhaka court on Monday ordered police to investigate a case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and three other top party leaders for allegedly killing 42 people during the nearly four week-long v... |
| Uma-Manjhi bonhomie sparks fresh speculation in Patna Posted: 02 Feb 2015 11:01 AM PST Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, who is under attack from the Opposition and his own party, the JD(U), received a word of praise from Union Minister Uma Bharti who called him the "messiah of... |
| BJP upset at Sadhvi Prachi’s remarks Posted: 02 Feb 2015 11:50 AM PST The latest remarks of BJP leader Sadhvi Prachi on "love jihad" and asking Hindu women to have at least four children have ruffled many feathers in the Uttar Pradesh party unit. So much so that Sta... |
| Nadapuram murder: three more held Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Prime accused, two others held from hideout in Gudalur |
| TG Halli reservoir: HC seeks study report Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:00 PM PST The HC on Monday directed the Environmental Management and Policy Research Institute (EMPRI) to submit a comprehensive study report on Tippagondanahalli (TG Halli) reservoir catchment area.M... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST Power supply will be suspended in the following areas on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kodambakkam: Periyar Pathai, Vellala St, Anna Nedum Pathai, Arcot Road, Trustpur... |
| Kejriwal demands apology for “gotra” ad Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:23 PM PST "A case of Manufactured sensitivity," retorts BJP |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:17 PM PST Less than six months after he quit the Congress to join the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), veteran Gujjar leader and former Faridabad MP Avtar Singh Bhadana joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Mo... |
| SBI Hyderabad turns 50, honours employees Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST The State Bank of India's Hyderabad circle ushered in its 51{+s}{+t}year of existence by honouring those who were employees at the time of its inauguration in 1965.The bank's golden jubilee... |
| Singareni to recruit 5,500 people Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has announced plans to recruit about 5,500 persons in the external/internal mode at various levels in unskilled, technical and executive cadres.It... |
| Unmetered water supply to Kochi schools detected Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:23 PM PST A number of schools in the city corporation, nearby municipalities and panchayats have been found to use water without any meters. The anti-theft squad of the Non-Revenue Water Management (NRWM) of... |
| Traffic diversions for float festival Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST The city police will make vehicular traffic diversions around Teppakulam on Tuesday (February 3) evening on account of the float festival (Teppam Tiruvizha) organised by Sri Meenakshi Sundareswar T... |
| Graft alleged in opening ceremony Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST V. Sivankutty, MLA, has demanded that actor Mohanlal break his silence on the flak drawn for the conduct of the band Lalisom, India Singing at the inaugural of the 35th National Games. He accused t... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST The Suchitwa Mission has evolved a plan of action to minimise waste and use of plastic at the Games Village and 13 venues where the events are held.More than 200 volunteers have been deploye... |
| Devotees flock Samayapuram for float festival Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST 'Thaipoosam tiruvizha' was celebrated in a befitting manner with the well-illuminated float carrying the deity of Samayapuram Mariamman on Monday night.The processional idol was taken out fr... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST The State Government has constituted a committee to analyse the reasons for beach erosion and to take up and short-term and long-term measures. The constitution of the committee is consequent to a... |
| Lions Club gesture to girl students Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST It was a dream come true for the poor girl students of Government Girl's High School at Mankammathota in Karimnagar town as they were being served with the nutritional evening snacks during their s... |
| National award for Chittoor Çollector Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST Chittoor Collector Siddarth Jain on Monday received the National Award for the successful implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), registering 99.88... |
| Varsity’s role important in government schemes: BJP Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST MP Haribabu lauds opening of highest number of Jan-Dhan accounts |
| Inter-State thieves arrested in Kolar Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST Bangarpet police in Kolar district, on Saturday, arrested three inter-State thieves, who were said to be involved in many crimes in Bangarpet taluk. With this, the number of arrested in these cases... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST At least 14 persons were injured in a clash that broke out at Gamanahalli, a village near Srirangapatna in Mandya district on Sunday night, following the alleged elopement of a boy and a girl belon... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST KASARAGOD Mughal: Picket 43 (Mal., 4 shows) Mehboob: I (Tamil, 4 shows) Samrat (230873): N... |
| Solve drinking water crisis, State told Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST MLAs seek sinking of more wells, construction of more check-dams |
| Odisha budget session likely to be stromy Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:41 PM PST The Budget session of the Odisha Assembly, scheduled to begin on February 6, is likely to be stormy with the Opposition parties expected to corner the BJD Government on a host of issues.Both... |
| Uma-Manjhi bonhomie sparks fresh speculation in Patna Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST The Chief Minister is the messiah of the poor, says Union Minister |
| Suggestion from VIT for safe disposal Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST R. Natarajan, director of Carbon Dioxide Research and Green Technologies Centre, VIT University says:"The Secure Landfill Facility should have been constructed below the ground level and not... |
| Scattered water bird population Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST A total of 42 tanks surveyed and about 33,000 birds sighted |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST EBET Group of Institutions: On-campus drive by M/s Srinivasa Enterprises, Trichy, 9 am
Sri Skanthasramam Trust, Udaiyampatti:... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST Two persons were killed and 15 others sustained injuries in an accident involving a lorry, two-wheeler and a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) bus at Karukkampatti near Vedasandur on M... |
| Marriage plans of two girls studying in class 10 aborted Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST Two wedding events scheduled for Monday at different places, in which minor girls were about to be married off to adult grooms, were aborted after officials intervened.When District Collecto... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST The Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi has decided to join hands with online shopping portal kabooliwala.com to enhance the business prospects of its members, samithi president T. Nasirudeen... |
| Tie-up with French for research Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:00 PM PST Biologists in India will join physicists in France to decode the workings of cells, the basic functional units of all living organisms.National Centre for Biological Research (NCBS) becomes... |
| HC dismisses anticipatory bail plea of head constables Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST Describing as 'predators' two head constables of the Mambalam police who committed "the most despicable act" against five boys in their custody, the Madras High Court has dismissed their anticipato... |
| ‘Streamline technology in schools’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST Many schools in the city have begun adopting technologically-advanced features such as smart classes, but experts in the field say that even though a lot of money is spent on these tools, they are... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:23 PM PST Three persons were injured after a group of protesters vandalised the Krishna Nagar election office of BJP chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi on Monday evening.While the attackers were d... |
| When R.K. Laxman visited Salar Jung Museum Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST Every visit to the Salar Jung Museum will leave you surprised. But when the late R.K. Laxman dropped in years ago, it was he who sprang a pleasant surprise on the museum authorities with his wit an... |
| ‘It's a step in the wrong direction’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST KCR's proposal to shift Secretariat criticised; rationalists see a ploy to kill public institutions |
| Varsity not ‘fine’ with late results Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:21 PM PST To impose penalty on colleges that fail to submit mark lists on time |
| LIC women’s forum to help victims of sexual offences Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST The LIC South Zone Working Women's Coordinating Committee has resolved to extend all possible support to victims of sexual offences.A resolution to this effect was adopted at its sixth State... |
| Mohanlal to return payment for Lalisom show Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:10 PM PST Says he is pained by controversies over show at National Games |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:03 PM PST Patrolling on Kowdiar stretch intensified |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Observance of Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight organised under the auspices of the Tiruchi division of the Indian Oil Corporation concluded here recently. P. Deepu Mathew, Senior Divisional Retai... |
| Address environmental issues urgently: House panel Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST Environmental challenges are many and real and must be addressed urgently, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology and Environment and Forests Ashwani Kumar said... |
| Foreign trade office in Vijayawada from April 1 Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST Post bifurcation, a few exporters moved base from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh, but still the export potential of the region is grossly untapped, said Joint Director of Directorate General of Foreig... |
| Army recruitment from tomorrow Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST The district youth welfare officer has informed that the Indian Army is recruiting people for the posts of general and technical soldiers. Candidates with skills in carpentry, cooking, barber and o... |
| Corporal punishment: student’s mother faces ire of police Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST A woman is facing police ire in a case pertaining to corporal punishment meted out to her son at a school here. Jasti Sivakumari from Chodimella on the city outskirts is now one of the five persons... |
| Srungavarapupadu boatmen excel in race Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST Three winners of the first toddy-trunk boat race in the Kolleru Lake have brought laurels to the village of Srungavarapupadu in Krishna district.B. Peddiraju, winner of the race, completed r... |
| Govt. to set up State-wide GIS to monitor schemes: Governor Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:43 PM PST Address was drab, directionless, lacking content: Opposition |
| Woman commits suicide in Mandya Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST A woman, identified as S. Sujatha (28) from Agasana Hundi in H.D. Kote taluk of Mysuru district, committed suicide by consuming poison owing to alleged dowry harassment by her husband and in-laws a... |
| VS warns against tilt towards caste Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST Visits district after a long gap |
| Metropolitan opens Kallooppara Orthodox Christian meet Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST The malady of value erosion among the members of the new generation exists because the teachings of Jesus Christ have been sidelined, Zacharias Mar Aprem, Metropolitan of the Adoor-Kadambanad dioce... |
| Mentally ill woman goes missing from medical college psychiatry ward Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:41 PM PST A mentally ill woman, A. Gangamma Patra (55), has been missing from indoor ward of psychiatry department of MKCG medical college and hospital in Berhampur of Odisha since January 29.The poli... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST A 35-year-old man accused of motorcycle theft was found dead in custody at the Jarwal Road police station in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday. The police said he had hanged himself in t... |
| Study on to divert sludge to cement industries Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) is looking into the possibility of co-processing the sludge for cement industries, which is being removed from the site where a wall of a Secure Landf... |
| Sculpture depicting bull-taming draws visitors at museum Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST A 400-year-old sculpture depicting bull-taming sport, which was unearthed from Pethanaickenpalayam in Attur in 1976 and placed in Government Museum here, draws visitors in the recent weeks.T... |
| Turmeric worth more than Rs. 60 lakh auctioned Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST Turmeric worth more than Rs. 60 lakh was auctioned at the Tiruchengode Agricultural Producers Cooperative Marketing Society here on Saturday. While 'Virali' turmeric variety fetched a price between... |
| Man kills wife, hides body for two days Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST In a shocking incident, a 30-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and in a bid to evade arrest, he had kept the body hidden in a gunny bag for the last two days in his house.Police said th... |
| TV channels without licence warned Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST Vellore Collector R. Nanthagopal has warned of stringent legal action against persons who were operating private local television channels (PLCs) without the licence issued by the Tamil Nadu Arasu... |
| Police inaction at Thooneri criticised Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST The Samastha Kerala Jam'eyathul Ulama has demanded that the State government take appropriate action in containing the violence at Thooneri and its adjoining areas in the aftermath of the killing o... |
| ‘Bombay’ muted in Mumbai Blues Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:28 PM PST The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has sparked outrage after it beeped out the word 'Bombay' — the former name of Mumbai — from an English song before clearing it for release on televis... |
| Alert guard foils ATM robbery bid Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:00 PM PST An alert security guard and public averted a robbery bid at an ATM kiosk on CMH Road, Indiranagar, on Monday.The miscreants, identified as Ram Pukar Gupta and Matthew, hailing from Bihar and... |
| Act faster on facilities at schools, HC tells civic body Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST The Madras High Court has said all endeavours should be made to complete the task of providing facilities in Chennai Corporation Schools, as recommended by a committee, within four months. When the... |
| Water, infrastructure needs top Okhla agenda Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:12 PM PST Basic infrastructure issues, including lack of good roads and water supply, continue to top the agenda for Okhla, as it gets ready to vote in the Delhi Assembly elections this Saturday.The S... |
| All is not well with India Art Fair Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:16 PM PST The four-day high profile calendar event on the art horizon of the Capital, the India Art Fair, concluded on Sunday night. Boasting of 3,500 works, 90 booths, 85 exhibitors and 67 countries, the se... |
| Dragonfly to set up facilities in city, Vizag Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST Dragonfly Data Factory on Monday announced that it is setting cloud-enabled data factory, a facility to enable clients mine, manage and monetise large volumes of data from any number of sources. |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:19 PM PST The undergraduate students studying Business Administration in colleges affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University, had to rewrite an examination on Monday because the varsity authorities distrib... |
| Visually challenged block road Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST Police diverted traffic as flow was choked in and around Anna bus stand |
| Liver transplant surgery done at Pariyaram MCH Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST First hospital outside private sector to accomplish the feat |
| March to Mani’s house turns violent Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:02 PM PST The march taken out by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) to Finance Minister K.M. Mani's official residence here turned violent on Monday forcing the police to fire grenades and tearg... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST The Visakhapatnam rural police arrested four militia members belonging to the banned CPI (Maoist) on Sunday evening, at G. Madugula area.Based on reliable information, a special team compris... |
| 2nd global Indian Ocean expedition in December Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST The second International Indian Ocean Expedition 2 is being organised from December 4 from Goa to mark the golden jubilee of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), based at Goa and the first... |
| Meeting stresses the importance of nuclear energy Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST NIT Warangal hosts seminar in association with the Department of Atomic Energy |
| Morampudi: officials suggest corrective steps Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST Urban SP calls meeting of NH, police and transport authorities |
| Ambiguity over power supply from Krishnapatnam Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:02 PM PST Clarity eludes many aspects pertaining to power supply from the Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station in Nellore, the first unit of which is up for commercial operations from Tuesday evening. |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST Shivaraj Patil, retired Supreme Court judge, was presented with the Guru Basava award at the Vachana Vijayotsava celebrations in Bidar on Monday. The award has been instituted by the Basava Seva Pr... |
| Moily supports Siddalingaiah’s view Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST M. Veerappa Moily, MP, has said that he will support Siddalingaiah, president of the ongoing Kannada Sahitya Sammelan here, on introducing Kannada as medium of instruction in primary schools. Speak... |
| Drinking water schemes in Kannur to be revived Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST The district panchayat has decided to take urgent steps to revive and expedite stalled drinking water projects.Steps will be taken to complete the stalled drinking water schemes, district pa... |
| Underpass will worsen traffic congestion: forum Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST Manner in which work is being done flayed |
| Armed police called in to check rioting students in varsity Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:34 PM PST The Manipur University authority had to call in armed police in riot gear to control the rampaging students who had vandalised office properties on Monday. However at the request of Vice-Chancellor... |
| Punjab taking all power lines underground Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST Aim is to have wire-free roads, uninterrupted power supply |
| TS decision to shift Secretariat in the name of ‘vaasthu’ draws flak Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao's decision to shift the Secretariat, the seat of administration, from the banks of picturesque Hussainsagar lake to the TB and Chest Diseases Hospital... |
| Two health supervisors suspended Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST The Block Health Supervisors, Thirunavukarasu (Thogamalai), and Chandran (Panjappatty) have been placed under suspension for dereliction of duty, according to Collector S. Jayandhi.Similarly... |
| ‘Ensure right to collect forest produce’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST 'Conduct camps to issue community certificates' |
| Ramanathapuram villagers lose five-kg pledged jewels Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST They were lured by the bait of interest-free loan offered by local youth |
| Water released from Sathanur Reservoir Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST Only system tanks will get water for 10 days |
| Cooperative bank staff to stage sit-in tomorrow Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST The Kozhikode District Cooperative Bank Employees Union, an affiliate of the All Kerala District Cooperative Bank Employees Congress, will stage a mass sit-in in front of the district cooperative b... |
| Two die of suspected food poisoning Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:00 PM PST A woman and her daughter died in a private hospital on Monday after they were hospitalised complaining of vomiting and diarrhoea.Padmavathi (50), a homemaker, and Deepa (22), a BA student, a... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST The finale of Fomra Science Olympiad 2014-15, organised by Fomra Charitable Trust and SMK Fomra Institute of Technology, was conducted on Sunday at D.G. Vaishnav College.The event that was l... |
| Three more H1N1 cases reported Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST Three more persons were hospitalised in the district on Monday after testing positive for H1N1, taking the total cases in Coimbatore to seven. They are relatives of a 73-year-old man from Saibaba C... |
| Kejriwal drew salary from NGO, govt., says lawyers body Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:23 PM PST Lawyers' Voice, an association of lawyers in the Capital, has alleged that former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal was running a non-government organisation and dra... |
| Your passport verified in three days! Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST A pilot project being implemented by the Cyberabad police will use tablets and an online procedure to cut verification time |
| TRS to focus on broad-basing party network Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has set its sights on strengthening party organisation from the grassroots level for the first time after coming to power in June last by organising its e... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:20 PM PST Panic prevailed for a while in Piravom Town when a running truck caught fire on Monday. Around 9.30 am, smoke began billowing out the vehicle, transporting beds from Tamil Nadu to a local... |
| HC refuses to entertain PIL in support of Perumal Murugan Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST 'An association unconnected to the issue could not challenge legality of agreement' |
| Cultural leaders seek release of social activists Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Accused of having links with Maoists |
| Migrant worker held on burglary charge Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST The Parassala police on Monday arrested a migrant labourer, Ganesh, 35, of West Bengal, on charges of burglary.N. Jayakumar, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Neyyattinkara, said Ganesh was w... |
| CM promises best sports facilities, golf course Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:04 PM PST Inaugurates Senior National Badminton tourney |
| Kumram Bheem’s grandson still waiting for KCR’s “help” Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST It is more than three months since Chief Minister promised Rs. 10 lakh, says Kumram Sone Rao |
| Badges stitched by mistake, not intentional, says official Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST East Godavari district Additional Joint Collector Markandeyulu has clarified that Antervedi Kalyanam badges which triggered a controversy by carrying a photo of Jesus Christ on their backside was '... |
| Naidu concerned over unsafe roads Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu expressed dissatisfaction at his Ministers for not paying enough attention to curb growing road accidents in the State.Briefing reporters later, I&PR Mini... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST Plant is being built near Nandikur village |
| Prahlad Modi makes a stopover in Mysuru Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST Prime Minister Narendra Modi's younger brother Prahlad Modi visited Chamundi Hills and the Mysore palace here on Monday.Mr. Prahlad Modi, who is the national vice-president of the Fair Price... |
| LDF plans agitation against ‘negligence’ of Wayanad Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST Says State government's promises remain unfulfilled |
| CPI district meet from February 11 Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST The district conference of the Communist Party of India (CPI) will be held at Punalur from February 11 to 15. The conference is being held as a mandatory prelude to the State conference of the part... |
| Odisha seeks more CRPF battalions Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:34 PM PST Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday urging him to provide two additional battalions of Central Reserve Police Force to contain Maoists in... |
| BJP upset at Sadhvi Prachi’s remarks Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST Why is family planning implemented for only Hindus, she asks |
| 20 fishermen arrested by Seychelles Coast Guard Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST They ventured in two boats on January 15 |
| Celebration of victory over evil Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST Thai Pooam is an important festival of Hindus not only in Tamil Nadu but also for Tamil people living all over the world, especially in Malaysia, Singapore and Sri Lanka.It is a celebration... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST To understand and implement the latest maintenance techniques, energy conservation and productivity improvement techniques, a one-day workshop on Industrial Electrical System Design and Maintenance... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST As part of the Thai festival of the Boothalinga Swamy temple in Boothapandi, car festival was held on Monday.Hundreds of devotees from the district and Kerala pulled the car with religious f... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST Power supply will be regulated at various places in the district on Tuesday. The areas and timings are as follows: Kolathur, Oliyammal, Kolladimala, Munnoorkai and Cheekkilod (7 a.m. to 11 a.m.); A... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:44 PM PST The meeting took place at the new State Secretariat |
| Hoardings: ‘BBMP can earn Rs. 800 cr. without spoiling city’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST The Uplokayukta Subhash B. Adi, who is conducting an enquiry on unauthorised hoardings, has set a deadline of February 16 for BBMP Commissioner M. Lakshminarayan and Mayor N. Shantha Kumar to respo... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST Perumal Chellapandi, a scientist of the Department of Atomic Energy, has taken charge as Chairman and Managing Director of the Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI), Kalpakkam. He took... |
| Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight observed Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST Students of Nirmala College for Women, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), LPG Territory officials of Coimbatore, distributors, and their staff took part in a rally that was recently organised... |
| AAP denies ‘money-laundering’ charge Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:14 PM PST Let government investigate donations, says former Delhi CM |
| Home for elderly opened at Nagaram Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST A 45-home facility for the elderly that can accommodate 80-90 people was inaugurated by Supreme Court judge Justice Jasti Chalameshwar on Monday.Vijaya Homes for Elders, located on a 4-acre... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST Lok Satta founder president Jayaprakash Narayan expressed his deep shock and grief over the sudden demise of former Greater Hyderabad Mahila Satta president T. Padmaja Rani (43) on Monday.Pa... |
| Cocaine seizure: police may interrogate businessman Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:20 PM PST The Kochi police will interrogate controversial Thrissur-based businessman Muhammad Nizam in connection with the arrest of an actor and four others for possession of cocaine from an apartment in K... |
| Focus on higher education: UN official Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST India needs to urgently up its game on higher education, immediately reorienting its focus on quality of higher education institutions so that it can offer the best education in the world in anothe... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:04 PM PST History-sheeter Purandaran Biju was murdered on Friday. |
| Students shine at Manifest-2K15 Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST Students of P.B. Siddhartha College of Arts and Science and Koneru Lakshmaiah University (KLU) bagged prizes in Vignan Mahotsav and Manifest-2K15, organised by the Vignan University separately.... |
| Centre’s decision on RPO in Visakhapatnam draws ire Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:33 PM PST Currently, the PSK on Bandar Road is catering to the needs of locals |
| TRS govt. ignoring people’s problems: BJP Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST BJP State treasurer Manohar Reddy has alleged that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government has failed in identifying the priorities that would benefit people and instead focusing on construc... |
| Hike in sand, cement prices hits govt. works Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST Contractors are not willing to take up works according to previous rates |
| Good demand for Bengaluru flights Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST Second flight of IndiGo to the Garden City from Vizagto be operated from February 23 |
| State Commissioner’s visit: officials left red-faced Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST District Surgeon Nalini Namoshi and other officials in the Government General Hospital in Kalaburagi were left red-faced after failing to identify the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabiliti... |
| Find crafts from the northeast in your backyard Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST Over 60 artisans from the northeast will demonstrate and display their crafts at the Northeast Crafts Bazaar, which got under way at the Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry here on Monday. The expo has been... |
| Farm research project for Wayanad Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST It envisages a centre for demonstration of hi-tech farming |
| Preparations on for Patriarch’s visit Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Preparations are on to accord a grand reception to Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II, head of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch, on his first Patriarchal visit to Kottayam on February 8.The P... |
| Two more illegal temples pulled down in Cuttack Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:34 PM PST Resuming its ongoing illegal temple demolition drive in the city, the Cuttack Development Authority (CDA) on Monday pulled down two temples built on government land inside the residential complexes... |
| ‘Bombay’ muted in Mumbai Blues Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has sparked outrage after it beeped out the word 'Bombay' — the former name of Mumbai — from an English song before clearing it for release on televis... |
| CBI must probe beach sand mining, says Stalin Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:14 PM PST |
| Flag Day collection leaders honoured Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST Five government officials, who had collected over Rs. one lakh as Flag Day donations in 2010, were honoured with silver medals and certificates at the grievance redress meet here by the Collector,... |
| Blood collected from donors should not be used for commercial purpose: Collector Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST Collector V. Dakshinamoorthy has asked private blood banks not to sell blood that was collected from donors.At a function organised by the District Government Headquarters Hospital, District... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST A hotel owner Vinoth (36) of Kumari Colony in Vetturnimadam area in Nagercoil was allegedly hacked to death in his residence by a gang of three on Sunday night.A special team of police heade... |
| Stunt driving leading to rise in accidents Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:50 PM PST Youths do zigzag driving, wheelies on road |
| Amartya Sen, Sudha Murthy at Kolkata Litfest Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:43 PM PST The second edition of the three-day Kolkata Literature Festival will see historian and Trinamool Congress MPs engaging in a session with Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, Book Fair organisers said here o... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST BEO's report says school was 'negligent' in handling the incident |
| In praise of the unsung heroes Posted: 02 Feb 2015 11:10 PM PST What motivates one to dedicate himself totally to public cause without expecting anything in return? The question might look anachronistic these days when politics is looked upon... |
| Forest College students’ protest continues Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST Students of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University's Forest College and Research Institute, Mettupalayam, who have been staging a protest by abstaining from classes for the last one week, have sought t... |
| Mother, daughter fatally run over Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST A mother and her daughter were hit by a train at Borabanda on Monday morning, the police said. The victims, Lingamma (45) and Tuliamma (30) worked as labourers and are natives of Zaheerabad in Meda... |
| ‘Regularisation of house sites will be subject to writ orders’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST A Division Bench of the Hyderabad High Court comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar on Monday made it clear that regularisation of house sites under encroachme... |
| Youth nabbed for drug peddling Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:20 PM PST The Excise officials on Monday nabbed a 24-year-old who tried to sell tranquiliser tablets among college students in Kochi. The accused has been identified as Ajeesh Vasu, a resident of E... |
| Karuna estate case being scuttled: Balan Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST CPI (M) Parliamentary Party secretary A.K. Balan has alleged that the government was trying to undermine action based on the report and recommendations of the Land Board Secretary on Karuna estate... |
| Archbishop’s consecration jubilee Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:06 PM PST The Thiruvananthapuram Archdiocese (Latin rite) of the Catholic Church celebrated the silver jubilee of the episcopal consecration of Metropolitan Archbishop Soosa Pakiam M. here on Monday.A... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST Padma Bhushan and Dronacharya award recipient Pullela Gopichand on Monday said discipline and hard work never deserted anyone in their pursuit towards excellence and glory.Speaking after rec... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST Two mechanical engineers take up the project |
| Congress to launch protests to highlight students’ issues Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Flaying the State government for failing to fulfil the promises made to the students, former MP Ponnam Prabhakar has said that the Congress student and youth wing associations have decided to launc... |
| CID probe sought into ‘wax impression’ taken at Srikurmam Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST Uttrandhra Sadhu Parishad president Swami Srinivasananda and VHP leader Suru Chandrasekhara Rao on Monday sought a CID inquiry into the alleged collection of wax impression of presiding deity in Sr... |
| Fest to focus on satellite designing Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST A students' festival scheduled at GITAM University promises in Visakhapatnam to be exciting with a workshop devoted to satellite designing.As part of national level fest ISquareR 2k15 slated... |
| ‘Price commission a toothless body’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (Kodihalli Chandrashekhar fraction) alleged that the role of the Agriculture Price Commission was to mislead the farmers who were demanding a scientific minimum su... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST Pramoda Devi Wadiyar released 'The Other End of the Corridor', a novel written by Sujata Rajpal here on Saturday. Additional Director-General of Police, Karnataka State Reserve Police, Bengaluru, P... |
| 3 migrants held with fake notes Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST The Aranmula police arrested three migrant workers, including a 27-year-old woman, from Kozhencherry on Monday on the charge of carrying counterfeit currencies of Rs.1,000 denomination.The... |
| Third phase of sub station to be launched today Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Electricity Minister Aryadan Mohammed will on Tuesday inaugurate the third phase of the 400 kV sub-station at Madakkathara.The announcement was made by Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB)... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:29 PM PST Two persons were killed when a blast occurred inside a house at Bisra Road area in Rourkela on Monday.The victims, identified as Ghaman Lal Agarwal and Bideshi (35), were suspected to be tra... |
| AAP leaders from Gujarat to add poll punch Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:23 PM PST With just a few days left for the Delhi Assembly poll campaign to end, leaders and workers of the Aam Aadmi Party from Gujarat are camping in the national Capital to canvass for the party."M... |
| Cultural programmes at Sittannavasal on Sundays Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Following augmentation of facilities such as children's park, fountains, boat club and basic amenities like toilets, the tourism centre of Sittannavasal, noted for rock-cut Jain caves and paintings... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (Tangedco) will be conducting division-level consumers' grievances day meetings at the offices of the Executive Engineer at the dates ment... |
| VOC’s statue unveiled in college Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST A seven-foot statue of freedom fighter V.O. Chidambaram Pillai, who was known as 'Kappalottiya Tamilan' was unveiled by A.K. Kumaraguru, Vice-Chancellor of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirune... |
| Jayanthi Natarajan’s charges unjust: Narayanasamy Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:29 PM PST Former Union Minister of State for PMO V. Narayanasamy on Monday termed Jayanthi Natarajan's allegations against AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi as untenable and unjustified. Speaking to... |
| Presidency University students debate on their political leanings Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:29 PM PST At a time when the students' council elections in colleges and universities in West Bengal are marred with violence, Presidency University (erstwhile Presidency College) had taken a unique initiati... |
| Kambalapalli case: Supreme Court admits Special Leave Petition Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST The Supreme Court on Monday admitted a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Karnataka challenging the judgment of the Karnataka High Court in the Kambalapalli case.Seven Dalits were burnt a... |
| ‘Give schedule for installation of CCTVs’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Director-General of Police to file an affidavit mentioning the schedule for completing the installation of CCTV cameras in 251 police stations in the St... |
| Traffic diversions for temple festival Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST In view of the car festival in Kottai Sangameswarar Temple on Tuesday the following traffic diversions would be in effect from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Heavy vehicles from Avinashi Road Old Flyover,... |
| Man tries to save pigeon, gets electrocuted Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST An engineering graduate who tried to save a pigeon entangled in a manja, was electrocuted at Kukatpally on Sunday night, the police said.Goverdhan Reddy, a native of Guntur district in Andhr... |
| Power tariff hike imminent in Andhra Pradesh Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Cabinet discusses issue in detail; the poor may not be touched |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:43 PM PST The Kannur-bound Janshatabdhi Express was delayed by 33 minutes and Bangalore-bound Island Express delayed by 62 minutes after the engine of a ballast-cleaning machine stalled near Edappally on Mo... |
| Backwaters generate buzz at Madrid Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Kerala Tourism stall had 'Home of Ayurveda as its theme |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST A large number of devotees throng Srirangam |
| A tough stretch greets pedestrians here Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:32 PM PST Call for deploying more traffic police personnel on Railway station-Tarapeta road |
| Healthy initiative by students Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST Ready to do their bit in spreading awareness about swine flu |
| Telangana plans ‘Godavari Pushkaralu’ on the lines of Kumbh Mela Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:51 PM PST The government of Telangana has decided to organise 'Godavari Pushkaralu' on a large scale on the lines of 'Kumbh Mela' in the north. The government is planning to spend Rs. 452 crore for the event... |
| ‘Stop spending public money for religious purposes’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST The Lok Satta Udyama Samstha district unit has urged the Chief Justices of both the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh High Courts to instruct the Telangana State government to stop spending from public... |
| Homoeo dealers told to distribute tablets Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST Drug dealers/traders in the district have been directed to supply homeopathic medicine for swine flu from Tuesday.At a meeting of the district drug dealers' association on Monday, Drug Inspe... |
| Deve Gowda to visit all Assembly constituencies Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST The former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) national president H.D. Deve Gowda has said that he will tour all the 224 Assembly constituencies in the State in a bid to strengthen the party fr... |
| Initiative to protect senior citizens living alone completes one year Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST 'No crime reported against them since launch of Abhaya scheme' |
| State mulls lifting of income limit for issue of title deeds Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST The government will consider lifting the income limit for issue of title deeds to citizens, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said.Those in the Ten Chain areas would be given title deeds in t... |
| Graft charges: protests at varsity Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Activists of the Students' Federation of India, All-India Students' Federation, All-India Youth Federation, Yuva Morcha and a section of students of the Government Medical College, Mulankunnathukav... |
| Ravenshaw students block University gates Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:29 PM PST Hundreds of students, some parents, teachers and other staff of Ravenshaw University were held captive for over six hours in the campus on Monday as a section of students sat on dharna blocking the... |
| 91 escape from Meerut juvenile centre Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:21 PM PST Ninety-one children escaped from a Juvenile Rehabilitation Centre in Meerut early Monday morning.The undertrials used bedsheets to make a rope which they used to jump through the kitchen wal... |
| Elangovan meets Wasnik in Delhi Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST Denies he was pulled up on Karti issue and says he went for poll campaign |
| Set up monitoring panel: differently abled people Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST Stage a demonstration at Ramanathapuram Collectorate |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST Stating that the police failed to imitate action against persons involved in an accident that led to the death of a woman, relatives of the victim staged a road block outside the Government Mohan K... |
| ‘Karisal Thirai Vizha’ under way Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST Amidst impressive performance by the folk artistes, a three-day 'Karisal Thirai Vizha 2015', being organised by the Mano Media Club of Manonmniam Sundaranar University's Communication Department fo... |
| New lease of life for Alankuppam tourism project Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST Government says project could be completed by year-end |
| Electronics industry aims to enhance manufacturing, cut down on imports Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST The electronics industry is working aggressively to enhance local manufacturing and reduce the extent of imported electronics goods to 50 per cent of the demand in 2016-17; it hovers at 65 per cent... |
| Their craftsmanship finds takers abroad Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST The handloom weavers in Cuddalore district consider Kavita Parmar as their messiah. Three years after her visit to their village the weavers have noticed a sizeable increase in their income. Their... |
| Need more signboards on traffic diversion Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST The series of traffic diversions and other efforts taken by the city police from Saturday have helped reduce congestion at Gandhipuram to some extent, especially during non-peak hours.But, m... |
| “Bedi is the epitome of women empowerment” Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:22 PM PST Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani batted for the BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi on Monday. She was canvassing for the Mehrauli local candidate in Jawaharlal Nehru... |
| SCR to run Jansadharan special train from Kakinada Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST The South Central Railway will run a Jansadharan special train from Kakinada Town to Kacheguda via Guntur and Nalgonda on February 6 to clear the extra rush of passengers.Accordingly, no. 07... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:43 PM PST Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL) at Udyogamandal will hold a mock drill at 10.30 a.m. on Thursday to test its on-site emergency plan. Hence, emergency and all-clear sirens will be sounded betw... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Forest Department officials seized a tiger skin and arrested three persons from a house at Edavilakom, near Murukkumpuzha, in the district on Monday. The accused were identified as Santosh of Kadak... |
| Shallot price to remain stable Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST The Agro Market Intelligence and Business Promotion Centre (AMI & BPC) of the Department of Agricultural Marketing and Agri Business has indicated that the price of small onions would remain stable... |
| Transport staff meet on Feb. 22 Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST The All India Transport Department Employees Federation will hold its national meeting on February 22 in Guntur. Federation State unit president I. Raghu Babu said leaders from across the country w... |
| ‘No need to panic on swine flu’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:50 PM PST There is no need to panic when a person is tested positive for swine flu. Identifying the early signs of the flu and getting appropriate treatment play a role in controlling the spread of the disea... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST It was a providential escape for three-year-old Bunny, when she was rescued from a 30-feet deep borewell within 30 minutes of falling into it at Puttur town on Monday evening.According to in... |
| Probe Minister’s role in illegal sand mining: BJP Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST The BJP senior leader Yendala Lakshminarayana has demanded that the Government launch probe into the alleged connections of Minister for Agriculture, Pocharam Srinivas Reddy with illegal sand miner... |
| Proper rail connectivity still a far cry in Rayalaseema Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST Proposals mooted four decades ago are yet to see light |
| ‘Legal action against those who abandon newborn girls’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST Vanita Torvi, member of the Commission for Protecting Child Rights, has expressed concern over the tendency of abandoning newborn girls and said that legal action will be initiated against those re... |
| Call the station to be included Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST If some senior citizens have not been covered under the 'Abhaya' scheme for various reasons, they can call up and give their details to the respective police station, Police Commissioner M.A. Salee... |
| Fight against graft will continue: VS Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST The fight against corruption will continue, Leader of the Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan has said.The Supreme Court had criticised Mr. Achuthanandan when his side sought time to file 'more do... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST Film City (4060002): I (Tamil, 4 shows), Mili (Mal., 6 shows), Picket -43 (Mal., 6 shows), Mariyam Mukku (Mal., 2 shows), Rasam (Mal., 1 show), PK (Hindi, 1 show), Isai (Tamil... |
| Uma Bharti-Manjhi bonhomie sparks fresh speculation Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:29 PM PST CM is the messiah of the poor, says Union Minister |
| Punjab taking all power lines underground Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:21 PM PST Punjab is working its way to becoming the first State to have all its power lines underground in two years, paving the way to having wire-free roads and uninterrupted power supply.An officia... |
| ‘Focus should be more on recycling plastics waste’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST The need to focus more on recycling plastics waste was emphasised at a technical seminar on 'Creating awareness about positive attributes of plastics and recyclable properties of plastics' organise... |
| New office inaugurated in Salem Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST The State Government has created the Regional Joint Directorate of Local Fund Audit with Salem as headquarters.The new Regional Joint Directorate of Local Fund Audit will cover the local bod... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST Two persons have been arrested in connection with a case relating to the death of a tusker at Dhoddamanehaada near Sholur recently.The adult tusker had been electrocuted when it had brushed... |
| Residents seek better infrastructure Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST Demanding better infrastructure in their area, residents of Karuppanthurai here submitted a petition during the weekly grievance day meet held at the Collectorate on Monday.Backed by the Com... |
| New calendar of events planned Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST With the Department of Tourism organising only seven out of the more than 20 events announced in the calendar of events in May last year, the department officials had spoken about a revised calenda... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST The State police sought two additional Indian Reserve Police battalions and Marine India Reserve battalions from the Union Home Ministry, during a security review meeting chaired by Union Home Mini... |
| Karunanidhi for proportional representation Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST "Such an arrangement alone can prevent use of money in elections" |
| Nallampalayam Road to be improved Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST : Following a joint inspection with officials from the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation and Transport Department, the Coimbatore Corporation has decided to carry out a few development works t... |
| Delhi polls force BJP chief to cancel Lucknow trip Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:28 PM PST Busy micro-managing the Delhi Assembly elections, BJP president Amit Shah on Monday skipped the meeting of party workers called here to review the ongoing membership drive in Uttar Pradesh. Mr. Sha... |
| ‘Modi has highlighted India at the world stage’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:21 PM PST Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "rockstar" for highlighting the importance of India across the world, Bharatiya Janata Party's Satpal Maharaj said 'like Swami Vivekanad did it many years ago... |
| RTI earns govt. bigger bucks than estimated Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Actual revenue from RTI services continues to be pegged low, year after year |
| Kitco to launch entrepreneurship plan for start-ups Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:16 PM PST Kitco is planning to modify conventional approach. |
| Krishna Iyer’s fame lies in his fair judgments: Minister Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:23 PM PST Recalling that the late jurist V.R. Krishna Iyer was a thinker much ahead of his time, D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Union Minister of State for Law and Justice, released a souvenir on Mr. Iyer here on Mo... |
| A solution to keep wild boars at bay Posted: 02 Feb 2015 08:42 PM PST Castor-oil-based solution emits an odour that keeps off animals from crops |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Vice-Chancellor of Kerala University for Health Sciences (KUHS) M.K.C. Nair has placed the registrar of KUHS Iype Verghese under suspension, following a directive from Health Minister V.S. Sivakuma... |
| Supply of LPG refills may be delayed Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Supply of cylinder refills to LPG consumers in the delta districts is likely to be delayed owing to the strike by the bulk LPG transport operators. Operations at the Indian Oil Corporation's bottli... |
| Roadside parking of private buses a nuisance Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST There are many private buses in the city and has anyone ever wondered where these buses are parked?Well, the majority of the buses are parked on the roadside in different localities, violati... |
| MobMe confident of replicating success story Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST MobMe Wireless Solutions Ltd, modelled on technology incubators of Silicon Valley at Kochi, will create 500 to 1,000 start-up ventures by 2020 after getting enthusiastic response from youngsters wi... |
| No talks scheduled between A.P., TS, to resolve water row Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:49 PM PST Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments have not scheduled any formal talks to resolve their differences over release and utilisation of water from the Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar projects, accor... |
| Telangana Dhoom Dham artistes praise KCR Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Telangana Dhoom Dham Artistes Association president Oddenna Yadav has thanked the Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao for his decision to provide jobs to as many as 550 artistes as promised at the... |
| Outsourced workers hold protest atop water tank Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST Outsourced sanitation workers on Monday staged a novel protest by demonstrating atop an overhead water tank on the Proddatur district hospital premises, demanding clearance of salary arrears. |
| Shivkumar Sharma honoured with Gangubai Hangal award Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST Santoor exponent Pandit Shivkumar Sharma was honoured with the Dr. Gangubai Hangal Lifetime Achievement Award on the concluding day of the Hubballi-Dharwad Sangeet Mahotsava here on Sunday.P... |
| Anganwadi workers firm on demands Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST Over 800 anganwadi workers, mainly women, began an indefinite agitation outside the Deputy Commissioner's office here on Monday demanding that the government fulfil their long-pending demands.<... |
| Engineering students design Formula-3 car Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Mechanical engineering students of the Vimal Jyothi College of Engineering at Chemperi here have designed and manufactured a Formula-3 model racing car of international standards.The 26-memb... |
| Haryana to do away with unmanned railway crossings Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:28 PM PST Within days of the death of 12 people in an accident at an unmanned level crossing in Hisar, the Haryana government has decided to do away with such crossings in the State.Chief Minister Man... |
| Haryana to do away with unmanned railway crossings Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:21 PM PST Within days of the death of 12 people in an accident at an unmanned level crossing in Hisar, the Haryana government has decided to do away with such crossings in the State.Chief Minister Man... |
| Move to convert Sulligudu into a model village Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST Sulligudu, a hamlet near Kil Kotagiri, would be converted into a model village.Farming projectDeclaring this while participating as the chief guest in a technical seminar on, '... |
| Cycle expedition demanding total prohibition Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST A social activist commenced his State-wide cycle expedition demanding total prohibition, from Attur on Sunday. S. M. Pazhanimuthu of Pazhiapuri, block in-charge of the Tamizhaga Latchiya Kudumbam M... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST A three-year-old male elephant was found dead in Sennapatti forest range on Sunday. A team of forest personnel were on a routine patrolling duty in the Sennapatti range, when they spotted the carca... |
| “Withdraw notice served on Umashankar” Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST The All India Christian Council (AICC), Nagercoil zone, has appealed to the government to withdraw the notice against religious preaching served on IAS officer C. Umashankar.Members of the c... |
| Stitch in time can add sheen to Aayi Mandapam Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST A Grade I heritage structure cries for maintenance |
| High Court stays IAS officer’s appointment Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST The Karnataka High Court on Monday stayed the Government Order appointing IAS officer S.N. Jayaram as Managing Director of Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation Ltd. (KMF), Bengaluru. |
| HC rejects plea for police custody in telephone exchange case Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:15 PM PST The Madras High Court on Monday dismissed a CBI plea for granting custody of three persons arrested in the 'BSNL telephone exchange case.'Justice R.Mala said the investigating agency may int... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST With the increased movement of vehicles on Mettupalayam Road following the diversion of buses to facilitate the construction of Gandhipuram flyover, the demands for improving road safety has grown... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:26 PM PST Less than six months after he quit the Congress to join the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), veteran Gujjar leader and former Faridabad MP Avtar Singh Bhadana joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Mo... |
| Hearing on AAP chief’s bribe remark today Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:21 PM PST A Delhi court will on Tuesday take up for hearing a complaint against Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly abetting voters to take bribe from other political parties and vote for... |
| Sexual harassment: UGC for expeditious action Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST Complaints can be launched on the university website or through the complaint register at the principal's office |
| Merit to be basis for Principal post Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:44 PM PST Autonomous aided colleges can overlook seniority factor |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST The former Union Minister, Jayanthi Natarajan, who quit the Congress recently in protest against the manner in which she was treated by the party, had already answered queries on joining any other... |
| Three texts of higher education to be available in Konkani Posted: 02 Feb 2015 08:14 PM PST Translation being done under National Translation Mission |
| Lok Ayukta seeks details of inquiry Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Bar licence renewal bribery case |
| Gate ‘Mitras’ to be deployed at unmanned crossings Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Laying primacy on safety, the Southern Railway has proposed to deploy Gate 'Mitras' at unmanned level crossings in Tiruchi railway division to check accidents.The Gate 'Mitras' would alert r... |
| CM launches Iris scan facility Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday launched distribution of pensions through Iris scanning facility in the city. The facility was introduced under a pilot project by the Chief Minister d... |
| Massive plantation in two years Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST The Green Visakha initiative, involving planting of 40 lakh saplings and plants on large tracts in the city and suburbs to counter industrial pollution, saw only 13 lakh saplings and plants planted... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST The Kakatiya University has limped back to normalcy with authorities reopening hostels and resuming class work here on Monday.The semester examinations that were put off would begin from Feb... |
| 5 arrested, red sanders worth Rs. 5 cr. seized Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:05 PM PST In a major breakthrough, the Chittoor police and the forest personnel on Monday seized red sander logs worth over Rs 5 crores in two separate incidents. The forest and police force with o... |
| Privatisation of ICDS: anganwadi workers launch indefinite dharna Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST It was organised by the AITUC and the CITU |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST : A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was stabbed and the house of a Communist Party of India (Marxist) was attacked during a clash between workers of the rival parties at Venduttayi, near Pinara... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Games participants will find the 'real' city on its roads |
| World Wetlands Day observed in Ooty Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST The need to balance development and conservation was stressed at a programme organised by the Public Awareness Association of Udhagamandalam at the Arboretum here on Monday in connection with the o... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST The Employees Fund Organisation (EPFO) will conduct Bhavishya Nidhi Adalat at its sub-regional office in the city from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on February 10, for redressing the grievances of the EPF mem... |
| Entrepreneurs to submit report on financial stress faced by textile units Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST Findings of the study will be given to the Finance Ministry |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST The district administration has stepped up awareness campaign with a team led by Collector M. Ravikumar pasting awareness stickers on transport vehicles here on Monday.Deputy Director of Hea... |
| Valid food licences mandatory: commissioner Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST The Department of Food Safety has directed food business operators (FBO) who have not yet enrolled under the 'licensing and registration system' to do so before February 4.In a press note, D... |
| Terrace gardening is the latest fad among youth Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST The awareness among youngsters on the need to grow their own vegetables appears to be growing rapidly.Experts have estimated that the number of terrace gardens in Bengaluru may double in abo... |
| District buses diverted to other bus stands to ease city traffic Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST To decongest Central Bus Stand in Gandhipuram |
| Mayawati slams parties for accepting money from punjipatis Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:26 PM PST Says Sarva Samaj should vote for Bahujan Samaj Party |
| High Court issues notice to Kejriwal Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:20 PM PST Kiran Walia seeks cancellation of AAP chief's candidature on the grounds of residential status; hearing tomorrow |
| Tech-savvy Hyderabadis on a downloading spree Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST They download more Android apps than their counterparts in most other metros, says Freepaisa report |
| HC stays Bar Council proceedings against AG Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST : The Kerala High Court on Monday directed the Bar Council of Kerala to keep in abeyance the notice issued to Advocate General K.P. Dandapani on a complaint of misconduct against him.Justice... |
| Granite scam: complainants depose before Sagayam panel Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST Officials from PWD and Department of Land Reforms grilled |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST A student of Manipal Institute of Technology died after he fell from the fourth floor of an apartment here on Sunday.According to the police, T. Praneet Reddy (20) a second year student of c... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST : Teachers can submit online applications on the websitewww.keralapareekshabhavan.infor selection as examiner in the centralised valuation camps for the Secondary School Leaving Certificate... |
| Elderly woman murdered, gold jewellery stolen Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST She was alone at her home at the time of crime |
| Special status: Cong. asks TDP Union Ministers to quit Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee has demanded Telugu Desam Union Ministers to resign if they failed to get special status for the truncated Andhra Pradesh. Newly appointed Pradesh Congress Com... |
| Congress sets much store by core values Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST The Congress party is determined to come back as it has the duty to reinvigorate the credentials of the country. The resolve of the party is to energise again as the principal party on the national... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Three youths, all aged 23 years, were killed in an accident near Burugupalli in Mamda mandal of Adilabad district early on Monday when the lorry driven by them hit a road divider on NH 44 and slid... |
| Climbing heights, burning calories Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST People participating in the sammelan can not only enjoy a sumptuous meal, but can also burn unwanted calories. Many delegates and participants were found heading to the two hillocks of Shravanabela... |
| Red sanders smuggling continues unabated Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST 70 p.c of activity curtailed, say forest officials |
| Job fair in Bantakal from Thursday Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST SMV Institute of Technology and Management is organising a rural, mega pooled campus recruitment drive titled 'Pravruthi' at its premises at Bantakal in Udupi district from February 5 to 7.A... |
| Jayarajan surrenders, to serve 17-day jail term Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:06 PM PST Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI (M)] leader M.V. Jayarajan was incarcerated at the Central Prison here on Monday. The politician, whose conviction in a case of judicial contempt was upheld... |
| George for CBI probe against Games organisers Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Government Chief Whip P.C. George has called for an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged corruption charges against the organisers of the 35th National Games being... |
| Man found dead in custody in U.P. Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:27 PM PST A 35-year-old man accused of motorcycle theft was found dead in custody at the Jarwal Road police station in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday. The police said he had hanged himself in t... |
| Farmers stress on compensation for crop loss by peacocks Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST Farmers representatives, who participated in the farmers grievances day meeting held here recently, urged the Forest Department to reconsider its decision of not sanctioning compensation for the lo... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST A 70-year-old woman was killed and another farmer injured in an elephant attack at Kadathikolmedu in A.Mallapuram, Pallacode, on Monday.Munithaiammal, wife of Sivansetty, was working in a fa... |
| Halt passenger train as in the past: commuters Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST Residents of Ottapidaram taluk seek the intervention of Tuticorin administration |
| Release white paper on financial position, says Narayanasamy Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST Former Union Minister of State for PMO V. Narayanasamy on Monday demanded that the Puducherry government come out with a white paper on the current financial position of the Union Territory.... |
| Kimmane: decision on illegal schools, medium of instruction by March Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST Even as admissions to many private schools, listed as unauthorised and illegal by the Education Department, have already begun for the next academic year, Minister of State for Primary and Secondar... |
| Fake number plates: action sought against sellers Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST The Tamil Nadu Road Transport Workers Federation has urged the State Government, the police, and the Transport Department to initiate action against those who sold vehicle registration number plate... |
| “Bedi is epitome of women empowerment” Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:26 PM PST Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani batted for the BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi on Monday. She was canvassing for the Mehrauli local candidate in Jawaharlal Nehru... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST The TRS has rebutted the Opposition criticism against the government decision to shift Secretariat to the TB and Chest Diseases Hospital at Erragadda stating that it is aimed at providing better ad... |
| Call to take advantage of ‘Make in India’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Union Minister of State for Agriculture Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya has said that the 'Make in India' campaign initiated by the Union government offers enormous opportunities for coconut farme... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST A series of health care measures, taken relentlessly in the last 15 days, has brought down the number of fever cases and suspected dengue cases in Virudhunagar district.The death of 11 patie... |
| Political interference in fare revision draws flak Posted: 02 Feb 2015 08:34 PM PST Rai is reported to have directed the RTA to fix minimum fare at Rs. 22 instead of Rs. 20 |
| Sand boa seized, seven arrested from Parassala Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:05 PM PST The accused were trying to sell the non-venomous snake at a hotel. |
| Interview for jobs in Saudi Arabia Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Personal interviews for selection of consultants, specialist doctors, and general practitioners for the Health Ministry of Saudi Arabia will be held till February 11 in Chennai, Bengaluru, and New... |
| Row over temple curbs on wedding bands Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST The Sri Durga Malleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam is apparently heading for a major controversy with its decision to restrict band and music for marriages performed atop Indrakeeladri.The Kana... |
| Penalty provision spurs property tax collection Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST Rs.2.62 crore was collected on January 31 alone |
| Dummugudem lift irrigation project hits a roadblock Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Acquisition of non-forest land proves a daunting task |
| Mixed response to soil health cards Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST They may not mean anything as long as ryots are in clutches of money-lenders |
| Construction of core capital region soon: CM Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said construction of the core capital region for the new State will begin after the Singapore government submits the detailed master plan.The State go... |
| Cricket tournament from Friday Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST Friends Katapadi, a youth organisation, is organising a limited-over floodlight tennis ball cricket tournament at Katapadi from February 6 to 8.Addressing presspersons here on Monday, Asadul... |
| Kerala CPI(M) leader gets 17-day jail term Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:50 PM PST Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader M.V. Jayarajan was incarcerated at the Central Prison here on Monday. The politician, whose conviction in a case of judicial contempt was upheld by the Sup... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Union Minister for Law and Justice D.V. Sadananda Gowda has said responsibility for taking legal action in issues concerning religious reconversions lies with the State government.He was spe... |
| 91 escape from Meerut juvenile centre Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:27 PM PST Ninety-one children escaped from a Juvenile Rehabilitation Centre in Meerut early Monday morning.The undertrial children used bedsheets to make a rope which they used to jump through the kit... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST Residents of Periya Bandishola in Coonoor, and its surrounding areas have expressed concern over the closure of a post office in the area.In a memorandum submitted to The Nilgiris Collector,... |
| CDs released to help differently abled persons Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST Questions, answers to prepare for Govt. exams |
| Writer protests use of his novel title for film Posted: 02 Feb 2015 08:58 PM PST A newspaper advertisement about a forthcoming film titled Madhorubhagan published in a Tamil daily evoked a protest on Monday from Tamil writer Perumal Murugan, who has disowned his nove... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST A ration rice smuggler has been detained under Goondas Act.A statement from Civil Supplies – CID said E. Murugan (48) of Old Pettai here was arrested on January 23 last after he was found to... |
| Woman strangles her two children to death before hanging herself Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST A homemaker strangled her five-year-old son and two-and-a-half-year-old daughter to death before hanging herself in her house at Annapalya in Jeevanbhima Nagar on Monday afternoon.The deceas... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:20 PM PST The police on Sunday recovered the body of a 70-year-old man from atop a tamarind tree at Periyamathampalayam. The police said that he might have fallen from the tree and got stuck. Passers-by not... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:25 PM PST The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notices to Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, Election Commission, Delhi Chief Electoral Officer and others on a writ petition seeking cancellation of his... |
| Migrants from purvanchal have got a raw deal: Paswan Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST In a bid to woo purvanchali voters in East Delhi, Union Minister in the NDA government and Lok Janshakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan said that the migrants from purvanchal have received a raw dea... |
| Parties threaten to launch stir Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Stepping up pressure on the TRS government to drop the idea of shifting Telangana Secretariat to TB and Chest Hospital, major opposition parties have threatened to launch an agitation.On Mon... |
| ‘Removing secularism from statute will be treason’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:24 PM PST Former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Rajinder Sachar says the Preamble is the basic feature of the Constitution. |
| “Ligament injuries on the rise” Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST A growing interest, awareness and opportunities in various indoor and outdoor sports had increased the incidence of injuries among young athletes. As a result, the number of knee and shoulder ligam... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST
RUDSETI, Ujire, will offer free train-ing in rubber tapping from February 16 to March 17, in diesel autorickshaw repair from February 18 to March 17... |
| KC(M): VS threat a challenge to Constitution Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:07 PM PST The Kerala Congress (M) on Monday said Leader of the Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan's threat that Finance Minister K.M. Mani would not be allowed to present the State budget for 2015-16 amounted to... |
| Lookalikes add colour to campaign Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:23 PM PST Whenever there are elections, lookalikes of popular leaders hog the limelight. The Srirangam constituency, which goes to poll on February 13, is no exception either as the former Chief Minister M.G... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST The School of Planning and Architecture-Vijayawada (SPAV) unveiled its plans for the capital city of Andhra Pradesh during the Annual Day celebrations on Sunday evening.Models that reflected... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:05 PM PST Andhra Pradesh Government and SynTech Research: Global conference on agribusiness innovations and contract research, Hotel Novotel, 10 a.m. CPI(M):... |
| Techie’s kin heave a sigh of relief Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST As the Bangalore police set free a town-based 24-year-old techie, who was reportedly detained by the police after being allegedly deported from Turkey along with eight others, the neighbours and re... |
| PCC chief defends decision to contest Tirupati bypoll Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST For the first time, the Congress has come out with an explanation on why it was forced to field a candidate in the forthcoming by-election to Tirupati Assembly constituency, instead of allowing it... |
| New Tulu serial on air from Feb. 9 Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST A Tulu serial titled 'Pritida Badak' will be telecast on a local television channel in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts from February 9.Addressing presspersons here on Monday, Chandrashe... |
| Apex court raps VS in palmolein case Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:45 PM PST Says court is no place to settle political scores |
| Violence at Bovikkanam, Kumbla Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST : Bovikkanam town and adjoining localities, near here, witnessed violent incidents on Sunday after a few shops and vehicles were attacked, allegedly by RSS workers who were returning from a distric... |
| BJP upset over Sadhvi Prachi’s remarks Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:27 PM PST The latest remarks of BJP leader Sadhvi Prachi on "love jihad" and asking Hindu women to have at least four children have ruffled many feathers in the Uttar Pradesh party unit. The State BJP chief... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST The reduction in crude oil prices and the resultant savings must be utilised promptly and properly. Such windfall opportunities should be utilised to create capital intensive, non-conventional, non... |
| Street plays to create awareness on provisions of RTE Act Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST To ensure that people in the district are aware of the provisions in the Right to Education Act, 2009 or Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, street plays will be staged at 200 p... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST The Cantonment area is choked with heavy traffic because of diversion of buses and other heavy vehicles on account of construction of flyover near Railway Junction. The vehicles going Parangiri Vel... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST Leaders of the Veerashaiva community on Monday held a meeting in the city and called upon community members to 'teach a lesson' to political parties and leaders, who have neglected the community. T... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST Nochikuppam resident S. Pugazhendhi (28) claims to have rescued a few visitors on the Marina during the tsunami in 2004. On Monday, visitors to the beach near Marina Loop Road watched anxiously as... |
| Salary not paid; North Indian workers seek action Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST A group of 125 contract workers from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Assam have accused their employer, an aluminium manufacturing unit at Keeranatham here, of withholding their salary for the last one-a... |
| Backward class will suffer if BJP wins polls: Mayawati Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:25 PM PST Mayawati Slams BJP, Congress and AAP for accepting funds from capitalists |
| Noida told to show amount of water supplied to builders Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:18 PM PST Uttar Pradesh has been designated a semi-critical area in terms of groundwater availability. With rampant extraction of groundwater allegedly by builders for construction... |
| TS readies Life Sciences policy Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST State government eyes Rs. 20,000-crore investments |
| HC rejects plea of Adanis on categorisation of land Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by Adani Infrastructure and Developers Private Limited and its two sister companies against a single judge's directive... |
| INTACH to document intangible forms Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST Thrust on protection of legacies in the country |
| New traffic signal system gets trial run Posted: 02 Feb 2015 08:36 PM PST The traffic police has put into use a new traffic signalling system at Horticulture Junction (near St. Theresa School) on an experimental basis from Monday.It was among four new traffic sign... |
| Row over PSC Secretary appointment continues Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST The Public Service Commission (PSC) top brass is understood to have yet again subverted a majority decision to appoint a Scheduled Tribe officer, Saju George, as its Secretary.Sources told... |
| Corporation intensifies dredging work in temple tank Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST The Tiruchirapalli City Corporation has intensified the dredging work in the Rockfort Sri Thayumanaswamy temple tank. A number of earthmovers have been pressed into service to clear the silt deposi... |
| CPI(M): compensation yet to reach Hudhud victims Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST It is unfortunate that even four months after cyclone Hudhud hit the city coast many of the affected persons have not yet been paid compensation, CPI(M) state secretary P. Madhu said.Speakin... |
| Aspire for excellence: former CBI director Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Former CBI director K. Vijaya Rama Rao exhorted students to aspire for true excellence as envisaged by the seers and thinkers of the Upanishad times.Mr. Rao addressed the students of GITAM U... |
| Sports enhance spirit of service, says TTD EO Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST TTD Executive Officer D. Sambasiva Rao, on Monday, called upon the employees to enhance their sporting skills, which he said would help them in rendering services to the pilgrims with spirit and de... |
| A.P. inks pact with Austrian firm Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Development Corporation (APWRDC) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Austrian Power and Environment Technology (APET) for implementing State-of-the-Art techno... |
| CITU members oppose move to privatise ICDS Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST The members of the district unit of State Anganwadi Employees Association affiliated to Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) began an indefinite dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner's Office h... |
| A contemporary twist to Kalidasa’s epic drama Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Kalidasa's epic Sanskrit work Kumarasambhavam may have influenced Malayalam art and literature, but it had yet to be translated into a contemporary Kathakali version.It... |
| Dalit families facing discrimination: AGM Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Adivasi Gothra Mahasabha (AGM) convener M. Geethanandan has alleged that Dalit families in a village near Azhikkal here are facing discrimination in connection with a local temple festival.M... |
| Punjab Congress MLAs seek change in leadership Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:27 PM PST Majority of the Congress MLAs from Punjab, who were "interviewed" by party vice-president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Monday, sought a change in leadership in the State unit to bring about cohesio... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST CHENNAI: Sixteen-year old Rohit Dey was ecstatic that his four-year-long toil had paid dividends. He was the winner of "The Young Scientist India- 2015," award presented by... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST District administrations in the delta districts of Thanjavur and Tiruvarur have launched an intensive initiative to smother the effect of dengue. Awareness activities and preventive measures are be... |
| Toilet facilities for students in Government schools Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST The JSW Steel-Salem has constructed separate toilets for boys and girls in six Government schools in the surrounding villages recently under its Corporate Social Responsibility programme.The... |
| Applications invited for environment awards Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST The State Government has decided to confer environment awards for protection and conservation efforts for the year 2014. The awards seek to recognise works by individuals, educational institutions... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:51 PM PST 'Wetlands are important for existence of life on earth' |
| ‘Ragging’ pushes student to attempt suicide Posted: 02 Feb 2015 11:38 PM PST A first-year student of a nursing college here attempted suicide after he was allegedly ragged by his classmates.According to the police, Thamarai Chelvan (18), a native of Theni in Tamil Na... |
| 2-year-old from Russia gets a heart Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST Doctors at the Fortis Malar Hospital performed a heart transplant on a two-year-old boy from Russia with a serious cardiac condition that had affected the pumping of the heart.The patient, G... |
| Dengue: cleaning drive intensified Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST Mass cleaning-cum-health camps begin in urban and rural areas of Coimbatore on Monday |
| Tandon quits over Bedi’s attitude, then backtracks Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:24 PM PST The Bharatiya Janata Party began the week leading up to polls on damage control mode after a member of its State executive committee, Narendra Tandon, quit the party accusing chief ministerial cand... |
| NGT directs DPCC to act against Wazirpur steel units Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:18 PM PST With 2017 set as the deadline for cleaning and rejuvenating the Yamuna, the National Green Tribunal has now directed that the steel pickling units in Wazirpur, which are a major source of... |
| New schemes for minority youth planned Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Budget of Rs. 1,034 crore for minorities has remained unspent to a large extent |
| Bid on to include Kochi in smart cities plan Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:22 PM PST Efforts are on to get Kochi and six other urban centres in Kerala included in first list drawn up by the Union Ministry of Urban Development under the Smart Cities initiative.The centre had... |
| Dalit IAS and IPS officers neglected: Puthiya Tamilagam Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST Puthiya Tamilagam founder K. Krishnasamy, on Monday, wanted the Centre to frame rules which ensured that important posts for IAS and IPS officers in all States were given in rotation to officers be... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST The Hindu Samajotsava to commemorate the golden jubilee celebrations of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, being organised at every district, will be held in Mangaluru on March 1.Addressing pressper... |
| AISATS assists VIPs arriving for Games Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Air India SATS Airport Services Pvt. Ltd. (AISATS) has been given the status of the official airport services company to provide high quality airport services to VIPs arriving for the ongoing Natio... |
| BJP accuses AIADMK of violations of model code of conduct Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST Violation of model code of conduct by the AIADMK in the Srirangam Assembly by-election would taken to the notice of the Election Commission, BJP State unit president Tamilisai Soundarajan said on M... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST Gayatri Vidya Parishad College for Degree and PG Courses (Autonomous) flagged off a week-long NSS special camp at Sri Krishnapuram on Monday.NSS Volunteers from units I and II took part in t... |
| Free training in hospitality management Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST National Institute of Tourism, Hospitality and Management is offering free training in preparing modern food and restaurant service.Those who qualified Class VIII are eligible for for the ei... |
| AISF calls for educational bandh Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST The All India Students' Federation (AISF) on Monday called for an educational bandh in Kadapa on Tuesday demanding fee reimbursement and disbursement of scholarships.AISF activists staged a... |
| 10 arrested under NDPS Act in Chittoor Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST The Chittoor Excise and Prohibiton officials on Monday arrested as many as ten persons, including two farmers, under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (1985), which happens to be t... |
| Promoting kids’ right to entertainment Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST One month, 100-show film festival begins |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST He allegedly sent a threat mail to District Police Chief |
| ‘Adequate funds to be given for wetlands’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:48 PM PST Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said adequate fund would be provided for implementation of management plans of important wetlands of the State.Management plans are being prepared for... |
| Power engineers up in arms in U.P. Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:26 PM PST 'Amendments in laws would make electricity costlier'' |
| Schoolgirl kills classmate for ear ring Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:34 PM PST The police on Monday arrested a 16-year-old school girl on charges of murdering a junior school mate reportedly after coveting her gold ear ring.The body of the 14-year-old victim, who h... |
| Prepaid toll pass by February end Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:15 PM PST By the month-end, motorists, including truckers, across Tamil Nadu will be able to cross the 40 toll plazas managed by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), using prepaid Fast Tag cards.... |
| Earthenware makers seek enough supply of clay Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST Apprehending that earthenware making in the district has declined to the extent of extinction, members of Anthiyur Kulala Manpaanda Urpathi Virpanayalargal Sangam approached the district administra... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST Interviews are being held for MBBS doctors by the Saudi Arabia Department of Health till February 11. The interviews are being held in Chennai, Bengaluru and Delhi.Consultants and specialist... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:00 PM PST The Regional Science Centre (RSC) and Planetarium, in association with the Geological Society of India, will organise the first round of tests for the International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) a... |
| Residents complain of ammonia leak Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST A number of Manali residents on Monday evening complained of a burning sensation in their eyes from strong fumes of ammonia.Residents claimed the source of the ammonia was the Madras Fertili... |
| Gandhipuram flyover work: buses to Coimbatore central bus stand diverted Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST In a move to facilitate construction of the flyover at Gandhipuram and to also minimise traffic problems in this commercial hub, traffic diversions came into effect a couple of days ago. Buses comi... |
| NHRC panel reviews health policy draft Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST The rights perspective is missing in the draft of the National Health Policy-2015, said the National Human Rights Commission's Core Group on Health. It also said that the public health system in th... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:50 PM PST UGC follows stringent norms while accrediting varsity |
| TS committed to boosting pharma sector: Minister Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Telangana government is committed to give a boost to the pharma sector, including the life sciences segment and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao proposes to build an exclusive pharma city on the... |
| Setting up of global market centre for coconut in Kochi mooted Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Facility to focus on issues of production, marketing to improve pricing mechanism |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST Even as the Corporation stepped up preventive action to counter dengue fever threat, a tiffin centre in Alagar Nagar Third Street was sealed after officials found a swarm of flies on eatables on Mo... |
| National Games player from Satara drowns Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:52 PM PST The 35th National Games now in progress here was struck by tragedy when a Maharashtra netball player was drowned to death at the Shanghumukhom beach here on Monday.The player has been identi... |
| Vellayani lake to get a heritage walkway Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Panchayat plans to attract bird lovers |
| Child labour instructors begin indefinite strike Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST Educational and vocational instructors attached to special training centres of National Child Labour Project (NCLP) on Monday began an indefinite strike, protesting against the non-payment of salar... |
| Rajesh Tripathi takes over as CMD of DCI Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST Indian Engineering Service officer Rajesh Tripathi on Monday assumed charge as Chairman and Managing Director of the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI).The post fell vacant following retire... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart, said Nelson Mandela.Perhaps, drawing an inspiration... |
| Swine flu ward in hospital puts TB patients at risk Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST Following the statewide scare of swine flu, the district medical and health authorities in the last couple of weeks had set up special wards at the district hospital and in area hospitals elsewhere... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST A five-day training workshop on 'Project Hydrology' was inaugurated on Monday at the Deltaic Regional Centre of the National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) here. Irrigation engineers and officers ass... |
| ‘Centre acting against interests of farmers’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST Writer targets amendments to land acquisition law |
| Mega dance enters Guinness records Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST Thiruvathirakkali staged by 5,211 dancers at Thanima, a cultural festival at Irinjalakuda, near here, has entered the Guinness Book of World Records.The citation given by the Guinness author... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST GENERAL Thrikkakara Cultural Centre: Benny Behanan, MLA, to inaugurate `G' commemoration meeting, poet Chemmanam Chacko to deliver presidential address, Bharata Matha Co... |
| Scribes arrested for protest against attack on woman journalist Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:43 PM PST About 30 journalists, including the managing editor of a satellite TV news channel Pranay Bordoloi, were arrested by the city police when they had just assembled in front of the State Secretariat h... |
| Supreme Court stands up for man’s oldest friend Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST Noting that "a faithful dog is a faithful friend," the Supreme Court on Monday decided to stand up for man's oldest companion by questioning the authority of municipal bodies to pick dogs off the s... |
| Action sought against CETP owner under Factories Act too Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum makes a case |
| Families of those who offered land seek employment in KKNPP Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST Sustained protests will be organised, say agitators |
| 25 direct procurement centres inadequate for Erode district, say farmers Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST The 25 direct procurement centres for paddy operated by the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation were inadequate for Erode district with a vast geographic spread, cultivators say.Even the e... |
| Woman, friend sentenced to life for murder of husband Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST The Sessions Court sentenced a woman and her male friend to life imprisonment for the murder of her husband here on Monday.The case pertained to the murder of 34-year-old Lingannan, a brick... |
| Liquor shops to remain closed today Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST In view of 'Vallalar' Ramalinga Adigal memorial day all the TASMAC liquor shops and bars in Tiruvannamalai district will remain closed on Tuesday.District Collector A. Gnanasekaran has said... |
| “Bronze sculptures may be Michelangelo’s” Posted: 02 Feb 2015 09:58 AM PST Two bronze statues of muscular men riding panthers, each a metre high and whose attribution has long been a matter of conjecture, are now thought to be the only surviving bronzes of Michelangelo, t... |
| Myanmar Suu Kyi’s front gate to be auctioned Posted: 02 Feb 2015 10:27 AM PST The iron gate that stood in front of the home of Myanmar's formerly imprisoned democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi, separating her from throngs of cheering supporters as she made speeches challenging... |
| Need for resolute action against terror: PM on killing of Japanese Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:26 AM PST Strongly condemning the "gruesome" and "barbaric" killing of two Japanese nationals by ISIS, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said it is a stark reminder of the emergence of terrorism as a m... |
| Iran launches new satellite into space Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:22 AM PST Iran on Monday launched its fourth satellite into space, a media report said.The satellite is named 'Fajr' to mark the ten-day celebrations following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, IRNA news... |
| ‘Accountant of Auschwitz’ to go on trial in Germany in April Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:17 AM PST A German court says a 93-year-old man dubbed the 'accountant of Auschwitz' will go on trial in April on allegations he was accessory to 300,000 murders as an SS guard at the Nazis' death camp.... |
| Chennai looks to charge and deliver Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:11 AM PST There has been a resurgent interest in electric bikes among grocery and food-delivery outlets |
| Lighter technology to pull up slow market? Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:10 AM PST The electric vehicle market in the city is yet to gain traction because of the prohibitive costs and unreliability of the charging mechanism. Lack of facilities for recharging batteries, an... |
| Swine flu deaths are preventable Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:03 AM PST In the wake of a swine flu outbreak, which has so far claimed 191 lives, the Centre on Monday said mortality on account of the flu can be contained with immediate medical intervention. The... |
| Aadhaar encroaches right to protect self-information, says PIL Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:58 AM PST The Supreme Court sought a clarification on the Union Government's current position on the issue. |
| Ebola vaccines trial starts in Liberia Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:55 AM PST A large-scale human trial of two potential Ebola vaccines got under way in Liberia's capital on Monday, part of a global effort to prevent a repeat of the epidemic that has now claimed nearly 9,00... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:40 PM PST This year's edition of the Leather Fashion Show was high on innovative style |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:39 PM PST Chennai-based architect Ranga Rohini captures daily life through her random observations on an MTC bus |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:35 AM PST Tulsi Badrinath's latest work of non-fiction, Madras, Chennai and the Self, looks to people and neighbourhoods to paint a picture of the city |
| Haryana to eliminate all unmanned railway crossings Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:35 AM PST Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said either Limited Height Subway would be constructed or personnel would be deployed to reduce accidents and loss of life. |
| Taliban attacks on checkpoints kill 9 Afghanistan police officers Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:01 AM PST Taliban insurgents, some likely wearing police uniforms, attacked checkpoints in Afghanistan, killing at least nine officers in their latest assault, authorities said on Monday.The deadlies... |
| Two policemen killed in Chhattisgarh ambush Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:59 AM PST A station house officer and an assistant constable were killed and six other security personnel, including an assistant commandant of BSF, injured when naxals ambushed a joint patrolling team in C... |
| Kiran Bedi's office vandalised Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:35 AM PST Police sources confirmed that such an attack was carried out by lawyers but the motive was not known. |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:41 PM PST These words take on a whole new meaning with a toddler in the house |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:49 AM PST Here are ways to enhance your look and hide your flab |
| Personal chemistry with Xi on show ahead of Modi’s visit Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:32 PM PST Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi put up a strong show of their personal chemistry as Mr. Modi prepares for his maiden journey to Beijing as Premier this summer |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:39 AM PST Milan 2015, presented by The Hindu, was a resounding success |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:17 AM PST The Hindu: Welcome to the live chat on safety in Chennai. The Hindu: Following the murder of an advocate outside the Egmore court complex in Chennai led to question... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:43 PM PST East India Comedy debuts The Ghanta Awards 2015 to Chennai's amused audience |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:31 AM PST With an effortlessly funny script and great music, it wasn't very difficult to enjoy the stage production of Sister Act |
| Sena ‘fulfills’ manifesto promise Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:46 AM PST It launched a party-based telemedicine initiative even though it's part of the Fadnavis- led government. |
| District officer commits suicide in Anantapur Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:19 AM PST Deputy Director of Sakshar Bharat Mission T. Eswariah, committed suicide on Monday allegedly by hanging in his office in the early hours. Eswariah, who has been working at Anantapur, after being p... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 09:18 PM PST Dating apps are in but the jury is still out on whether they are to be relied upon or avoided |
| Egypt court confirms death sentences of 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:43 AM PST An Egyptian court on Monday upheld the death sentences of 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters convicted of killing 13 people during violence in 2013 after the ouster of the country's first Islamist... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:09 AM PST Ahead of the release of 'Shamitabh', Dhanush lets us know of his preferences for food and films |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:20 AM PST People covered their faces with masks even as they participated in three different walks in Hyderabad for a cause – to spread awareness on Cancer, Leprosy and charity. Here are some photographs clicked by The Hindu lensmen Nagara Gopal and G. Ramakrishna. |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:58 AM PST You want to know what's going on in Namma Bengaluru? View this list for the Religious, Cultural and General events happening across the City RELIGION Sri... |
| Stone slab falls off Puri Jagannath Temple Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:13 AM PST A stone slab weighing about 40 kg fell off the 'Jalakrida Mandap' (water recreation hall) of the 12th century Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri on Monday. The stone was found early on Monday... |
| Supreme Court stands up for man’s oldest friend Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:07 PM PST Noting that "a faithful dog is a faithful friend," the Supreme Court on Monday decided to stand up for man's oldest companion by questioning the authority of municipal bodies to pick dogs off the... |
| Two killed in blast at Rourkela Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:53 AM PST A businessman and his assistant were killed in the blast and explosives were seized from the victim's house. |
| Warden’s brother booked under Juvenile Justice Act Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:44 AM PST A case has been booked under Section 23 of Juvenile Justice Act against Kiran, the hostel warden's brother, who tonsured two brothers as punishment for not attending classes. "I will inve... |
| Plea for probe against DIG Prisons for Sanjay Dutt furlough Posted: 02 Feb 2015 06:50 AM PST An inquiry was sought against DIG-Prisons for granting parole and furlough to actor Sanjay Dutt in the year 2013-14, by a petitioner in the Bombay High Court on Monday. The petitio... |
| Privatisation of ICDS opposed in Mandya Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:41 AM PST Hundreds of Anganwadi workers staged a protest demonstration here on Monday against the alleged attempt to "privatise the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme". Workers... |
| SC stays proceedings on fresh complaints against Ramdev Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:42 AM PST Supreme Court on Monday stayed fresh criminal proceedings initiated recently in different parts of country against Yoga guru Ramdev, for his alleged controversial "honeymoon" remarks targeting Rah... |
| ‘Rationalism stifled in society’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:04 AM PST Director of Bengaluru Chapter of National School of Drama, C. Basavalingaiah said that caste forces have forced Tamil writer, Perumal Murugan to stop writing. After inaugurating a three... |
| 2-year-old child receives new heart in Chennai Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:04 AM PST Doctors at the Fortis Malar Hospital performed a heart transplant on a two-year-old boy from Russia with a serious cardiac condition that affected the pumping of the heart.The patient, G... |
| Seven security personnel killed in Iraq Posted: 02 Feb 2015 03:52 AM PST At least seven security personnel were killed and 28 injured Monday during a suicide bombing in Iraq's Salahudin province.The attack occurred when a suicide bomber drove his explosives-lade... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 03:38 AM PST Two porters died on-the-spot after their vehicle collided head-on with a speeding lorry on Budigere Road late on Sunday night. The accident was reported from Avalahalli traffic police sta... |
| Lokayukta to hear cases in Raichur on Saturday Posted: 02 Feb 2015 03:38 AM PST Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Y. Bhaskar Rao is scheduled to hear pending cases in Raichur on Saturday. Addressing a media conference at his office here on Monday, Deputy Commissioner, S. Sasi... |
| Outrage over Censor Board muting 'Bombay' in song Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:37 AM PST The word "Bombay," the former name of Mumbai, featured in the second line of the song and was meant to rhyme with the words "today" and "say," according to Mihir Joshi. |
| Pakistan tests self developed cruise missile Posted: 02 Feb 2015 03:21 AM PST Pakistan on Monday conducted a successful flight test of the indigenously developed air launched cruise missile (ALCM), an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said.The Ra'ad mi... |
| Two-day workshop on documenting traditional knowledge in Udupi Posted: 02 Feb 2015 03:18 AM PST Karnataka Biodiversity Board will organise a two-day workshop on documenting traditional knowledge relating to bio-resources at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi from February 9.Addres... |
| Youth Congress protest against Modi’s ordinance Posted: 02 Feb 2015 03:18 AM PST Stage dharna before MP's residence |
| Silicon trip for the best five Posted: 02 Feb 2015 03:14 AM PST Fifty startups selected by MobMe Wireless Ltd for grooming at Sunrise Startup Village will also get a cafeteria, conference room, 24x7-power supply, library and all other amenities shortly.T... |
| Anganawadi workers protest against ‘ICDS mission’ Posted: 02 Feb 2015 03:13 AM PST Anganawadi workers, under the banner of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), took out rallies on Monday demanding the government to drop 'ICDS mission'... |
| Good ‘start’ for city students Posted: 02 Feb 2015 03:12 AM PST From being bloggers to finding a place at Sunrise Startup Village, they come a long way. When they were making baby steps and got 25 orders from Bharatmasala.in, a spice portal, Smartpair.net, a web coaching site and 23 others in 2014. |
| Youth assaulted by eve teasers dies in Bengal Posted: 02 Feb 2015 03:11 AM PST A 20-year-old college student, who slipped into a coma after being assaulted for protesting against eve-teasing in West Bengal's Howrah district, succumbed to his injuries Monday.Arup Bhanda... |
| Former Sri Lankan Health Minister held for forgery Posted: 02 Feb 2015 03:09 AM PST Former Sri Lankan Health Minister Tissa Attanayake has been arrested for allegedly producing a forged document that claims President Maihripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe agr... |
| New penalty provision spurs tax drive for GVMC Posted: 02 Feb 2015 03:02 AM PST Nearly two months before the financial year ends, GVMC's property tax collection just touched the half-way mark after a drive based on the new penal interest provision introduced by the Government... |
| People told to fight against female foeticide Posted: 02 Feb 2015 02:53 AM PST Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC, K.R. Pet) court judge Gopalappa called upon the people to join hands with the government and authorities concerned to prevent the obnoxious practice of femal... |
| Ranipet tanneries tragedy: lack of pollution control in Tamil Nadu Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:36 AM PST Questions have been raised about the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board's virtual clean chit to the tanneries in a report last year after 10 workers died on Friday at a tannery in Ranipet in Vello... |
| Sino-Indian ties have entered new phase: Xi Jinping Posted: 02 Feb 2015 03:02 AM PST Personal chemistry with Narendra Modi has helped turnaround in Sino-Indian ties, says the Chinese President |
| Agriculture Price Commission is deceptive: KRRS Posted: 02 Feb 2015 02:52 AM PST Charging Agriculture Price Commission (APC) for its "toothless existence" and resultant "ineffective" functioning, Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS - Kodihalli Chandrashekhar fraction) alleged... |
| Illegal sand mining: DC recommends inclusion of Raichur in CID probe Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:40 AM PST Deputy Commissioner S. Sasikanth Senthil has written to the State government recommending for inclusion of Raichur in the ongoing investigation by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) into the... |
| Airport expansion: Affected people stage protest Posted: 02 Feb 2015 02:50 AM PST People affected by the expansion of Hubballi Airport took out a protest march and blocked the roads here on Monday.The people are unhappy with the compensation offered to them and the delay... |
| TNCC chief meets Wasnik amid controversy over his remarks Posted: 02 Feb 2015 03:15 AM PST His sudden visit to Delhi comes in the wake of reports that the Congress leadership is unhappy over his remarks against P. Chidambaram and his son. |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 02:49 AM PST A 23-year-old newly married woman was stabbed by her husband in Peenya on Sunday. The deceased, identified as Yellamma, was married to Parashuram (29), an electrician by profession. ... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 02:49 AM PST A 70-year-old pedestrian was killed on-the-spot after she was mowed down by a BMTC bus, on Monday morning. The accident occurred under Jalahalli Traffic police station limits.The deceased h... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 02:49 AM PST Taking advantage of an open window next to the main door, an unidentified man with his face covered, barged into the house and ransacked a house of jewellery and other valuables in Rammurthy Na... |
| Governor calls ruling, opposition to work together Posted: 02 Feb 2015 02:48 AM PST In the wake of the Opposition's charges against the Congress Government on re-modification of the Arkavathy Layout in Bengaluru, Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala called upon the ruling and oppos... |
| New Rushdie novel to be out in September Posted: 02 Feb 2015 02:39 AM PST Author Salman Rushdie's new novel, a wonder tale about the way we live, will be launched in September, an official statement said. Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin, has acquired the... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 02:31 AM PST A seven day-old male baby was stolen from a hospital at Adoni in Kurnool district on Monday. The couple - Gouramma and Mahadev from Madira, which was blessed with the child a week ago, went to a... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 02:23 AM PST Two daily wage labourers were buried alive when a boundary wall collapsed on them at Vadlapudi in Gajuwaka area of Visakhapatnam on Monday. The deceased have been identified as T. Anantha Lakshmi... |
| Court to hear plea against Kejriwal’s bribe remark tomorrow Posted: 02 Feb 2015 02:17 AM PST A Delhi court on Monday said it would hear tomorrow a criminal complaint seeking action against AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly exhorting voters to take bribes from BJP and Congress and... |
| Pune police deny permission for meet on Muslim reservation Posted: 02 Feb 2015 02:04 AM PST The action followed the anticipated participation of MIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi in the meeting, which police feared would provoke communal tension. |
| OU may lose SET accreditation if it is put off again Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:53 AM PST Osmania University accredited to conduct the State Eligibility Test (SET) for both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana may lose the accreditation if it fails to conduct the test by February. Those who qu... |
| Prepaid autorickshaw counter soon at Kankanady Railway Junction Posted: 02 Feb 2015 08:11 PM PST Operators charge exorbitant fares given the lack of other public transport system to the station |
| Modi condemns beheading of Japanese hostages Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:24 AM PST Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condemned the "gruesome" killing of two Japanese nationals by ISIS, a day after the terror group claimed the hostages had been beheaded. Mr. Modi, i... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:16 PM PST Considerable significance is being attached to the news that Sharad Pawar, president of the Mumbai Cricket Association, will attend the BCCI annual general meeting likely in the first week of Marc... |
| Maharashtra netball player dies of cardiac arrest Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:48 AM PST The 35th National Games on Monday was struck by a tragedy with the death of a Maharashtra netball player. The deceased was identified as Mayurish Pawar. Sources said the death was due to... |
| All districts in Karanataka set to receive free Wi-Fi services Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:28 AM PST The Ministry of Information Technology and Bio-Technology (IT/BT) is on its way to provide free Wi-Fi services available to all districts of the state. Karnataka is set to become the first... |
| Army helicopter crashes in Nagaland Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:28 AM PST A Cheetah helicopter of the Army crashed on Monday seconds after taking off from Rangapahar helipad in Nagaland's Dimapur district, with the two pilots and an army official on board escaping unhur... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:25 AM PST An elderly person was killed when a train ran over him at the Anantapur railway station on Sunday late night. The person, identified as Ramakrishna (59) of the Patakota village of the Mulakalacher... |
| 91 juvenile detainees run away from "overloaded" reform centre Posted: 02 Feb 2015 11:54 AM PST Ninety-one children escaped from a Juvenile Rehabilitation Centre in Meerut early Monday morning. The undertrial children used bedsheets to make a rope which they used to jump th... |
| Public incensed over political interference in autorickshaw fare revision Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:09 AM PST Minister B. Ramanath Rai directs RTA to go slow on reduced fare enforcement |
| Yaksha Manjusha team to perform Yakshagana in London Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:08 AM PST A 10-member team of Yakshagana artistes led by Yaksha Manjusha will present two Yakshagana shows in London on February 28 and March 1, according to Vidya Kolyur, director and performer, Yaksha Manj... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:00 AM PST Three youths, all aged 23 years, were killed in a road accident near Burugupalli in Mamda mandal of Adilabad district early on Monday when the lorry driven by them hit the road divider on NH 44 an... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2015 03:28 AM PST While union home Minister Rajnath Singh termed as "really unfortunate" that a reference to religious divide in India was made in U.S.President Barack Obama's farewell address, he however... |
| HC notice to Kejriwal on plea challenging his candidature Posted: 02 Feb 2015 02:17 AM PST The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notices to Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, Election Commission, Delhi Chief Electoral Officer and others on a writ petition questioning the legality of... |
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