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Bardhaman blast case: NIA arrests owner of unregistered madrassa

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:28 PM PST

52-year-old Mufazzal Haque alias Ladein had close links with Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh and held terrorist training camps at his madrassa

Lucky escape for ship near Vizhinjam

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:19 PM PST

A merchant vessel headed for Maldives with perishables as cargo had a lucky escape early on Thursday after Coastal Police and local divers managed to plug two leaks that prevented the ship from si...

Chennai law college closed for seven days following protests

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:15 PM PST

According to a senior official, the hostels will remain closed until talks between the college officials and the students were completed.

Rs 600 crore endowments land rakes controversy

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:39 PM PST

The seizure of an extent of 14.01 acres of land from Shankara Educational Trust at Ramanayyapeta in Kakianda Rural mandal by the Department of Endowments this week has now given strength to the ar...

Central package ray of hope for Srikakulam

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:37 PM PST

Union government's package of Rs.50 crore for Srikakulam district is a ray of hope for the backward region as TDP and BJP are hopeful that more funds would be allocated in the next budget for the...

2 killed, four injured in road accident near Chittoor

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:34 PM PST

In a tragic incident, two persons were killed on the spot, while four others, including two armed police personnel, were injured, when the SUV carrying them was hit head-on by a lorry at Naraharip...

Harikrishna beats Rout to set up chess tourney finale with Nakamura

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:24 PM PST

Chinese Yifan Hou will take on English David Howell in the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival

AAI re-considers proposal to extend runway

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:22 PM PST

Mangaluru International Airport under the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has re-considered its earlier proposal of extending the runway by about 4,000 ft to make it a 12,000-ft long runway....

LIVE: Kejriwal begins his campaign

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:35 PM PST

"AAP is not scared of Amit Shah's dictatorial political tactics," the AAP leader said.

Christian groups protest against Delhi church attacks

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:31 PM PST

Christians of various denominations gathered at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Gole Dak Khana on Thursday morning to demand that attacks against their churches be stopped immediately. The...

Obama meets Muslim leaders, discusses extremism challenge

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:31 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama met Muslim leaders and discussed a host of issues with them including the efforts required to combat the dreaded IS and its "horrific" acts of terrorism."The Pre...

Foreign national dies of swine flu in Hyderabad

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:31 PM PST

A 36-year-old foreign national from Zimbabwe and one eight-month-old boy from Nacharam died of swine flu complications at Gandhi Hospital while a 36-year-old patient from Parvath Nagar in Motinagar...

Govt. bodies among top defaulters of Water Board

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:30 PM PST

Officials decide to take up the issue with the Chief Secretary

Swine flu fails to thin Numaish crowd

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:30 PM PST

Face masks on, large crowds converge at the exhibition; footfall may eclipse last year's

LIVE: Kiran Bedi campaigns in Mangolpuri

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:32 PM PST

The BJP's chief-ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi is campaigning at north-west Delhi's Mangolpuri and nearby areas, before holding one in her constituency, Krishna Nagar. Our reporter ...

Fire in Kolkata high-rise office building

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:24 PM PST

Fire brigade, ten fire tenders rushed in; no casualties

Toll hits 31 in Taiwan plane crash

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:15 PM PST

Rescuers were searching for 12 people on Thursday morning after using a crane to hoist the fuselage of a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river in Taiwan's capital following a crash...

The big bucks for a blockbuster

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:36 PM PST

The practice of selling tickets for film shows at prices over the government-fixed norm has become common, with theatre owners feeling the pinch of regulations

“Pallikaranai marshland losing life’’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:26 PM PST

The city's only freshwater body, the Pallikaranai marshland, is under threat. Not from anyone else, but from the government and its development plans, environmentalists charge. The storm...

Finance panel report not unanimous

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:33 PM PST

The 14th Finance Commission, chaired by former Reserve Bank Governor Y.V. Reddy, has not submitted a unanimous report. Abhijit Sen, commission member, gave a dissent note to the report.The...

Quotas do not hurt efficiency, says study

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:08 PM PST

It measured impact of reservation on productivity in Railways

Affirmative action spurs motivation, say researchers

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:43 PM PST

Despite being widespread and much-debated, India's reservation policy for the educationally and socially backward classes is poorly studied. While there is some research into the impact of reserva...

RBI move on remittances reflects strength of rupee

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:29 PM PST

The RBI scheme under which foreign exchange remittances of individuals have become easier is called the Liberalised Remittance Scheme, started in 2004 to simplify overseas investment avenues avail...

BJP stoking communal violence, says Rahul

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:29 PM PST

While quitting, former Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan had claimed that she used to hold up environmental clearances following directions from Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and rued...

Vatican officials not given visa for Bengaluru meet

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:26 PM PST

Two key Vatican officials, who were to address the 27th national assembly of the ongoing Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) in Bengaluru, have been denied visas. While the External Affa...

Indian firms need to do more to avoid climate change risks

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:25 PM PST

Lack of preparation leaves supply chains in Brazil, China, India and the U.S. more vulnerable to climate change risks than those in Europe and Japan, according to a new report by CDP, an internati...

France keen on details of India-U.S. nuclear deal

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:40 PM PST

France welcomes the civil nuclear agreement between India and the U.S. as it offers a way forward to nuclear cooperation without changing the nuclear liability law, French Embassy sources said on...

India agreed to share nuclear data for breakthrough in talks

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:22 PM PST

India has accepted that it will share data on nuclear material and equipment in order to secure the U.S. agreement to waive its "tracking requirements" on that material. According to sou...

In major reshuffle, CBI Joint Directors transferred

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:42 PM PST

In a major reshuffle, several Joint Directors with the Central Bureau of Investigation were transferred on Wednesday.While the agency maintained that it was a routine transfer, the reshuffl...

CPI(M) can work with Congress, but no poll tie-up: Karat

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:15 PM PST

With the "rightwing offensive" and "full-scale attempt by Hindutva forces to advance their communal agenda" setting the stage for "growing authoritarianism," the Communist Party of India (Marxist...

India to share data on nuclear material

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 11:58 AM PST

India has agreed to share data on nuclear material and equipment to make the U.S. waive its "tracking requirements" on that material. According to sources, this concession was the reason for the "...

India to remain investors’ choice despite hike in remittances

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 11:58 AM PST

"The current signals strongly favour investment into Indian real estate, so we are not going to see an exuberant flight of capital."

Marans challenge 2G court summons

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 11:56 AM PST

Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanithi Maran moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the 2G Special Court's decision to summon them in the Aircel-Maxis case.

Owaisi: We seek the hook, not the fish

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 11:53 AM PST

Making a fervent plea for Muslim reservation, Hyderabad-based Asaduddin Owaisi, president of the All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, said on Thursday that Indian Muslims would pull themselves...

Stiff sentence soon for milk adulteration

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 11:52 AM PST

With the Supreme Court favouring stringent punishment, even life imprisonment, for milk adulteration, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Wednesday said an expert panel was working on...

Government mulls winding up UPA project

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 11:31 AM PST

The Urban Institute of India's work has shown an overlap with the NIUA

Mumbai hotel cancels show featuring AIB Knockout participant

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 11:25 AM PST

In the midst of the controversy over the AIB Roast show, South Mumbai-based Hotel Cheval abruptly cancelled its show featuring Aditi Mittal, a stand-up comedian who was a participant in AIB Knocko...

Hasina rules out declaring state of emergency

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 11:00 AM PST

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday dismissed chances of declaring a state of emergency to tackle the month-long violent blockade by the BNP-Jamaat alliance."No one has been able to c...

‘No baggage in Obama’s Siri Fort speech’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 11:01 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama's comments on the need to respect religious diversity in India, delivered during his speech at Siri Fort in New Delhi last month, did not comprise a "parting shot" even...

BJP tries to undo damage

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:41 AM PST

With the BJP's Vision Document for the Delhi Assembly elections describing the people from the northeast as "immigrants," party leaders, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sought to cap the cont...

Rahul sets deadlines to keep poll promises

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:40 AM PST

On the penultimate day of campaigning for the Delhi Assembly elections, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi announced deadlines for his party's promises of ending contractual labour and reducing...

CM candidates Bedi, Kejriwal locked in war of words

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 07:05 PM PST

'If I have indulged in money laundering he (Jaitley) should take action against me'

Rangasamy felicitates NCC contingent

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:27 PM PST

National Cadet Corps (NCC) who did the region proud at the month-long Republic Day Camp 2015 held in New Delhi recently were felicitated at the Raj Nivas on Wednesday.A total of 115 cadets a...

AIMIM’s plea in HC on public meeting

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday adjourned further hearing of a petition filed by the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) questioning cancellation of permission granted to it to hol...

Green corridor aids transplant

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

A green corridor facilitated by the Chennai traffic police helped transplant a heart from Government Stanley Hospital to Frontier Lifeline Hospital recently.According to a press release, the...

Rahul sets deadlines for promises

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:01 PM PST

Rahul accused BJP and AAP of having formed a united front to wipe out Congress's ideology

Rescued children being sent back to their homes

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The State government has started sending back the children who were rescued from bangle-making workshop and others in Hyderabad in the last 10 days.Around 400 children hailing from Bihar, Ut...

Anti-encroachment drive begins in Kochi

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Vendors who encroached on either side of the road from High Court Junction to Goshree Bridge were evicted on Wednesday in a concerted drive carried out by the city corporation, the Revenue departme...

Women labourers in HC paid less than men

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

Article 39(d) of the Constitution proclaims 'equal pay for equal work for both men and women' as a Directive Principle of State Policy. But ironically it does not seem to apply to casual labourers...

Workshop on documenting traditional knowledge

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Karnataka Biodiversity Board will organise a two-day workshop on documenting traditional knowledge regarding bio resources at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi, from February 9.Addressi...

Steps for child rights protection

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

In every district, a judicial first class magistrate will be nominated as the Principal Magistrate of the Juvenile Justice Board, the subordinate judiciary registrar of the High Court has informed...

MoU signed for mobile science laboratories

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Agastya International Foundation, Bengaluru, for operating mobile science laboratories for the benefit of g...

Kovvada N-plant will be ready in 7 years, says DAE official

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

'50 MW of power will be given to A.P. from Kudankulam plant'

LED lights installation nearing completion

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Though more than 80 per cent of the task of fixing light-emitting diode (LED) lights in the city limits, including Anakapalle and Bhimunipatnam, is complete, GVMC is in no position to measure the c...

Destined to be a doctor of another kind

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The wrists of steel that so many times wrested the initiative for India couldn't stay hidden for long. They kept peeping out from under an elegant grey suit. Nor could they be kept under wraps by a...

Awareness rally on cancer organised

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Chalimeda Ananda Rao Institute of Medical Sciences (CAIMS) chairman Ch. Laxminarasimha Rao has said that every three-and-a-half minute a woman was succumbing to cancer in the country.Speakin...

Meet on language held

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

An international interdisciplinary conference on 'Language, Literature, Cultural Studies & Knowledge' will commence at Vignan's University, Vadlamudi on Thursday. The conference would focus on the...

Bengaluru Today for Thursday

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

Religion Sri Mahan Odukathur Swamigal Math and Sri Dhandayudhapani Swamy Temple : 100{+t}{+h}year guru pooja of Guru Mahan Odukuthur Swamigal, Sri Skanda homa, 7.30 a.m....

Family law should ensure gender justice, says jurist

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

"As law is an integrating science, law teachers ought to have a critical understanding of all disciplines," the former Vice- Chancellor of National Law School of India University (NLSIU) N.R. Madha...

Track-doubling work set to miss March-2015 deadline

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Commissioning of the double railway track between Mysuru and Bengaluru is likely to miss the March-2015 deadline.Though 92 km of the 139-km-long double track has been laid, work on laying th...

Student editors get tips on new media

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The Press Club, Malappuram, and Malappuram Sahodaya jointly conducted a workshop on 'Media practice in the digital era' for student editors of CBSE schools in the district here on Wednesday....

Modi govt. failed to fulfil promises: MLA

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The BJP-led Narendra Modi government has failed to fulfil the promises made by it during the election time, including that of bringing home the black money deposited in foreign banks, KPCC vice-pre...

Agitation against sand mining

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Residents of Sannasinallur, located on the banks of the Vellar, staged an agitation against a sand mining from the river on Wednesday.The agitation was led by S. S. Sivasankar, Kunnam DMK ML...

‘Clean India’ campaign

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The officials and staff of the State Revenue Department participated in the 'Clean India' campaign in government hospitals and government departments and other public places across the district rec...

Students learn about sea life

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Tuticorin Research Centre of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) celebrated its 68th Foundation Day here on Monday.Commissioner of Tuticorin Corporation S. Madhumathi...

French teachers thank Rangasamy

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Puducherry State French Teachers' Welfare Association thanked Chief Minister N. Rangasamy for having issued an order removing an anomaly in salary structure to senior trained graduate teachers....

‘Gender discrimination prevalent in science too’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

"Do women scientists have to prove themselves more than their male counterparts?" Unequivocally, the audience of nearly 200 researchers — predominantly women — and the senior scientists exploded in...

More people should register as stem cell donors: experts

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Ankit Vaghasia and Jinal Patel had never heard of each other, and until this week, never met.And yet, one year ago, when 17-year-old Ankit was in need of a stem cell transplant to treat his...

AAP survey predicts its landslide victory

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:00 PM PST

As the election campaign reached a feverish pitch in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party predicted a landslide victory for itself in the Delhi Assembly polls and its leader Arvind Kejriwal as a favourite ch...

Inspections: FDA invites Indian regulators to join

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) India office invited officials of drug regulators, both at Central and State government levels, to accompany its team inspecting pharmaceutical units in th...

Will intensify protest if demands not met: AITE

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:33 PM PST

The CITU-affiliated Association of IT Employees (AITE) has threatened to intensify protest and adopt a more confrontationist strategy unless the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) management ceded to...

Quiet flows the festive fervour

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:13 PM PST

After two consecutive years of a dry float festival, this year the festival was held in the Teppakulam, which was half-full

New police station at Dharmasthala

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The State government has notified creation of a new police station in pilgrimage centre Dharmasthala. This will be the 15th police station of Dakshina Kannada police.The proposal for convert...

DYFI to step up its protests against Mani

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) has decided to step up its agitations against Finance Minister K.M. Mani over alleged corruption in the allocation of bar licences.On March 6,...

Tenant arrested in murder of old woman

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A special team of the city police achieved breakthrough in the murder of an aged woman here by arresting a 25-year-old woman who was a tenant in the victim's house.The team recovered a stole...

Special trains to Santragachi, Ernakulam extended

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Train no.02853 Santragachhi-Ernakulum weekly 'Premium' Express and no. 02854 Ernakulam-Santragachhi weekly 'Non-Premium' are being extended by four trips.Train no. 02853 Santragachhi (Howrah...

Existence of ancient caves comes to light

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Threat of laterite mining in their area being pushed by politicians has forced Girijans to bring to light ancient caves in their village so that the goddesses they pray in the caves and their villa...

‘Awareness on consumers rights vital’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Confederation of all Telangana Consumers Associations (CATCO) president N Srinivas has said that 'Bangaru Telangana' would be achieved only if the government checks corruption and cheating in the s...

Maoist activity under check: DIG

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Warangal Range DIG and Karimnagar in-charge DIG B. Malla Reddy inaugurated the police barracks constructed at a cost of Rs. 48 lakh in the remote Mahamutharam police station located near the border...

Team of officials to inspect govt. hospital

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

A team of State officials representing Medical and Health Department and other departments concerned will inspect the Government Hospital, Machilipatnam on February 6, as a part of the proposal to...

Police launch Operation Area Domination

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

The aim is to prevent anti-social elements from using graveyards, dilapidated houses and parks as hideouts

Organic Mela in Hubballi from today

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Michael Commons, a permaculture expert from Thailand, will be here on Thursday to share his experiences in organic farming during an organic mela being held here for three days.The organiser...

Scheme for protection of tribal culture on the anvil: Jual Oram

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

'Govt. will launch another scheme to promote sports'

APCC delegation visits neera producing facility

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A delegation of the Asian and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC) conducted a visit at the Karappuram Coconut Producer Company at Kanjikkuzhy, near here, on Wednesday. The visit by 53 delegates led by...

Panchayat makes a mark in solid waste management

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Puliyur town panchayat has made a sound beginning in solid waste management by generating revenue from the waste collected from the public.Though several other panchayats have already foraye...

Demonstration staged

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The members of the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) staged a demonstration in front of the Collectorate here on Wednesday demanding that the State Government resume the old-age pens...

Budding teachers’ tableaux move visitors’ hearts

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The tableau presented by the socially conscious students of St. Ignatius College of Education, Palayamkottai, on Tuesday magnificently showcased the serious problems faced by women within family, i...

Municipality’s directive to residents

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The city municipality has asked residents to remove all useless materials in the empty places and streets. It also advised them to remove immediately materials such as tyre, plastic tea cups, cocon...

Better data for better policy

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The deficiency of data on women in science or research is perhaps among the reasons for the lack of a robust policy to end the gender gap in research institutes.Vineeta Bal, biologist who ha...

Judicial custody extended

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

: The judicial custody of three persons, who were arrested in connection with the BSNL exchange case, has been extended to February 18 by a special court for CBI cases on Wednesday.The three...

Odisha to set up more special police battalions

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The Odisha police have proposed to establish two more Special Armed Police (SAP) battalions in the State to enhance anti-Maoist operations as well maintenance of law and order.This was state...

Consider case against AAP chief after polls, HC tells EC

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:03 PM PST

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday disposed of a set of writ petitions challenging Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal's candidature in the Assembly elections, while directing the Election Comm...

Tight schedule for KCR in Delhi

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has packed his five-day camp in New Delhi, beginning Thursday evening, by lining up meetings with about 10 Union Ministers. He is also scheduled to meet Prime Mi...

Ration card camps postponed

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:45 PM PST

Photo session camps for renewal of ration cards scheduled on Thursday, Friday and Saturday have been postponed in some centres under Kanayannur Taluk Supply Office, due to technical reasons. Fresh...

Assistant Director, BDOs quizzed

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

After conducting enquiries with officials of Public Works Department and Department of Mines, Legal Commissioner U. Sagayam on Wednesday enquired the officials of Department of Panchayats about the...

Move to revive Brahmavar Sugar Factory gathers pace

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:33 PM PST

Revival hinges on speedy completion of Varahi Irrigation Project

Large-scale evasion unearthed

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Income Tax Department's search of premises owned by three businessmen whose names were linked to the bar bribery case has reportedly yielded evidence pointing to large-scale tax evasion....

Samba harvest in full swing

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:06 PM PST

Private parties buying paddy at Rs. 1,000 for a bag of 61 kg

A significant spin-off from BARC’s Dibbapalem facility

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is not only about developing nuclear reactors or fissile material but also goes beyond it to develop material and products that are of use to farmers and the me...

Police sports meet concludes

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Constables B. Dharmender of Armed Reserve Police, Adilabad and S. Mamata belonging to Adilabad Sub Division emerged the fastest policeman and policewoman in Adilabad district as the three-day-annua...

‘Girijan Utsav’ mooted at Penchalakona hill shrine

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

A well-planned 'Girijan Utsav', a festival of tribal people living in hill forests, is considered as the best proposition to bring together the different tribes and keep alive their traditions at P...

Hackers cast their net far and wide

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:40 PM PST

Rude jolt to noted businessman from city

Railways’ SPV proposal evokes no response from TS

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Despite talk of being proactive and being development-oriented, the Telangana government appears to be very slow in reacting to a proposal from the Railway Board, in setting up a Special Purpose Ve...

Website developed for ‘virtual expo’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Future Robo System, a Hubballi-based firm, has developed a website to host virtual trade exposition.Proprietor of the firm, Praveen J. Jalaraddy told presspersons here on Wednesday that thei...

A play on gender violence

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

A unique interactive theatre will be presented to the public on February 11 at The Hobby Place, here.A release said the show, 'Shadow Liberation: Interactive Theatre about Gender Violence',...

Govt. Medical College Hospital to have cath lab facility this year

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Lab will provide wide array of care for cardiac patients

Protests in Assam against ‘immigrant’ reference in BJP vision document

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:36 PM PST

Demonstrators seek apology from the party leadership

A paper mill on the verge of lockout

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Production was stopped at Sirpur Paper Mills since October-end

World Cancer Day observed at Namakkal GH

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

If cancer is diagnosed at an early stage, proper treatment would enable curing of the disease, was the message disseminated to the people during the World Cancer Day observations at Government Head...

176 get placed in job mela

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

As many as 176 youths got employment matching their educational qualification and skill in the job mela held at the Amala Convent Girls' Higher Secondary School in Thuckalay recently.The mel...

New Malayalam fiction finds more readers

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:21 PM PST

A large collection of books with a discount of up to 80 per cent is a major attraction of the ongoing DC Books Fair at the CSI Cathedral Hall in the city.The fair showcases a wide variety of...

Unified ministerial staff drop stir plan

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The Puducherry Unified Ministerial Staff Association has dropped its plan to stage protest on Thursday following an assurance from Chief Minister N.Rangasamy to meet their demands.The Chief...

Task force report gathering dust

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Formulating new policies, supporting women in science and research, attracting girls towards science from an early age and setting up of an overseeing 18-member standing committee to promote women...

High command intervention brings peace to TNCC

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

After a week of tension, things are peaceful now in the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC). District presidents belonging to both E.V.K.S. Elangovan and former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambar...

Forest college: stir continues

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:54 PM PST

The students who wore masks with images of plants and animals, enacted being hanged

Manipur strike called off

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The five-day old indefinite blockade along the highway in Chandel district was called off from Wednesday night. This follows anagreement during the talks with the Chief Minister Okram Ibobi...

Modi admits mistake on North-East ‘immigrants’ in Vision Document

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:03 PM PST

"Efforts are on to incite 'our brothers and sisters from the North-East' even after the party has accepted its mistake"

HC issues notice to Araku MP

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A division bench of Hyderabad High Court comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar on Wednesday ordered notices in the case filed by AP Scheduled Tribes Welfare A...

Fresh tenders invited for Dindi balancing reservoir

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Telangana government on Wednesday permitted the chief engineer of Nagarjunasagar project to invite fresh tenders for construction of Dindi balancing reservoir of Srisailam left bank canal tunne...

Nigerian girl tests negative for Ebola

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:43 PM PST

The Ebola virus test conducted on the Nigerian girl, who was quarantined on Monday by the district Health officials, was reported to be negative.District nodal officer for Ebola Virus Diseas...

Experts in coconut sector felicitated

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Asian and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC) felicitated three prominent personalities who had contributed significantly to the development of the sector. O.V.R. Somasundaram from Tamil Nadu, K.K...

Corporation setting up water treatment plant at Manaloor

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:12 PM PST

To filter and purify 4.5 million litres of water per day

Cultural festival on the banks of the Nandini

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:31 PM PST

Natyanjali Nandi Kalotsava will be held on Saturday

Swasthyam project launched

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

With a view to adding punch to its detection-documentation-treatment drive for cancer, the government would rope in the services of the Kudumbasree mission. The departments of Health and Social Wel...

Traffic hold-ups suffocate temple town

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:11 PM PST

Traffic hold-ups have become a recurrent phenomenon across Srirangam town – courtesy – relentless campaigning by political parties .The Rajagopuram zone, Amma Mandapam Road, Thiruvanaikovil...

NAAC team for AU soon

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University G.S.N. Raju told the university's academic community to be prepared for the visit of NAAC accreditation team during March-April.Addressing principals, Ho...

Impressive start to Army recruitment rally in Kothagudem

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

SCCL chips in Rs. 15 lakh for the arrangements

‘Go for early screening to detect cancer’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Prakasam district Collector G.S.R.K.R. Vijaykumar on Wednesday exhorted people to go for early screening for a permanent cure to cancer.Flagging off an awareness rally organised by the HCG-M...

Rajahmundry Bar Association stages dharna

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Members of Rajahmundry Bar Association (RBA) led by AP Bar Council member Muppalla Subba Rao on Wednesday staged dharna in front of East Godavari district court.The advocates expressed their...

India to remain investors’ choice despite hike in remittances

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

If you had invested in equities in Denmark, New Zealand or the US in early 2010, you would have enjoyed returns of about 100 per cent or more by now. So, when the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday e...

Screening of German films from tomorrow

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Chitra Film Society and Annajirao Sirur Trust will screen five German films at Srijana auditorium here.In a release, CFS secretary A. M. Khan said that the screening would be held from Frida...

PM to inaugurate Science Congress next year

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 103rd edition of Indian Science Congress (ISC), which will be hosted by the University of Mysore from January 3 next year.Disclosing this her...

Territorial rights dispute leaves State fisherfolk divided

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Fishermen, merchants at loggerheads over entry of large craft into Malabar for fishing

More embarrassment for Siddaramaiah

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

In what could cause more embarrassment to the State government, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah went ahead with deletion of some portions of land from the Arkavathi Layout scheme despite the file put u...

BJP clamours for withdrawal of ban on Togadia

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Decision on ban taken following intelligence reports, says Home Minister K.J. George

Will the dream come true?

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

For the residents of Dharapuram, Kangayam, and Uthiyur in Tirupur district, the train service project through their area remains a dream.Survey stones for the project were laid about nine de...

Welfare assistance given

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A total of 150 differently abled persons were given benefits through welfare schemes of the State government at a special camp on the premises of Karungulam Block Development Office at Seydunganall...

Thyagaraja Aradhana fete begins today

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

The 35th Saint Thyagaraja Aradhana Music Utsavam, organised by the Saint Thyagaraja Trust, Kozhikode, will begin on Thursday in the city. It will be held till February 9.The trust said that...

Home Ministry’s fiat to Chief Secretary

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has warned of consequences if the Chief Secretary Chetan B.Sanghi fails to take up his posting as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Develop...

Arkavathi Layout: BDA says all technical errors ‘rectified’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

In 13 cases, which add up to 12.5 acres, reports and survey maps have gone missing

Petition seeks transfer for Perumal Murugan

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Yet another petition has been filed in the Madras High Court in support of Perumal Murugan, the author of the controversial novel Madhorubhagan, this time by the People's Union...

Institute launches website on cancer

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 07:02 PM PST

The website, which is available in both Tamil and English, says about all types of cancers.

Naveen for single window clearance for building plans

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday directed the Bhubaneswar Development Authority to set up a single window system to give clearance to building plans in the capital city.Chairing a...

EVMs tamper-proof, says EC

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:04 PM PST

The machines that Mr. Kejriwal was referring to were the latest versions in which software could not be tampered with, say officials

State likely to curtail non-plan expenditure

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Yanamala to hold budget discussions with Ministers from today

Ramana Rao appointed TS EAMCET Convenor

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) has appointed convenors for the Common Entrance Tests (CETs) to be conducted for entry into various courses in the State.JNTUH Registr...

Stop witch-hunt against Mohanlal: Mammootty

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Actor Mammootty has requested all to stop the witch-hunt against his colleague and actor Mohanlal over the controversy that erupted following the poor response to his 'Lalisom' musical show at the...

Scuffle at Ernakulam Government Law College

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:39 PM PST

The activists brawled on the campus, allegedly over a row between two students.

Concert, a tradition at its entertaining best

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:00 PM PST

Vijay Siva warmed up his vocal chords with the Thodi varnam rendered in two speeds and then sang Gopala Krishna Bharathi's 'Sabapathikku' in Abhogi at the Sathguru Sangeetha Samajam here on Tuesda...

Photo exhibition

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

'Street Light', an exhibition of photographs by news photojournalist Ahmed Anwar will be held from February 7 to 10 in Mangaluru.Being jointly organised by Talent research Foundation, Coasta...

Case against Corporation officials

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A Vigilance case has been registered against two officials of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation for allegedly giving clearance for an unauthorised commercial construction along the Chakka-Kovalam...

Palatial buildings have come up along river bank

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

They are in violation of River Conservancy Act, says officials

How to conquer obesity?

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

In a highly competitive world, where being presentable counts, maintaining the ideal body mass index has indeed become a challenging task for many.Those leading a sedentary lifestyle find th...

‘Proficiency in English must to land plum jobs abroad’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Senior IAS officer and Telangana University in-charge Vice-Chancellor C. Partha Sarathi, on Wednesday, said that English language was like a passport to the globalised world.He said that pro...

Swine flu screening centres soon for Tirumala pilgrims

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:35 PM PST

Steps will be taken to isolate patients: DHMO

Chinese Ambassador meets CM

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Le Yucheng, Chinese Ambassador to India, on Wednesday called on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and expressed his country's interest to invest in the construction of a high-speed railway line between M...

Minister for Dharwad tomorrow

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Dinesh Gundu Rao, Minister in-charge of Dharwad, will tour the district on Friday.His scheduled programmes are, inauguration of the entrepreneurship development camp at BVB Engineering Colle...

Ph.D. supervisors allegedly guiding more than 8 students

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Revelation comes to light at Academic Council meeting

Nisham in police custody

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The First Class Magistrate Court, Kunnamkulam, on Wednesday sent Mohammed Nisham, the controversial business man who was arrested on charges of attempt to murder a security guard at Sobha City, Puz...

DA case: hearing on pleas of Anbazhagan, Swamy concludes

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:43 PM PST

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday concluded hearing the arguments on separate pleas of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and DMK leader K. Anbazhagan to participate in the proceedings of the appeals...

Big Temple ‘Thirumadhil’ to get a facelift

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is undertaking efforts to preserve the inscriptions on the "Thirumadhil" of the Sri Brahadeeswarar temple in Thanjavur. The inscriptions on the stone slabs...

No electric fence detected

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

No electric fences were detected during a raid conducted by a team of Tangedco officials in some parts of the Nilgiris North Forest Division on Tuesday. Superintending Engineer T. Haldorai told The...

Women’s panel calls for more security at Thooneri

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:24 PM PST

Says houses being attacked, looted

Budget session from March 11

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Chief Minister N. Rangasamy on Wednesday said that the budget session of the Puducherry Assembly would commence on March 11.Speaking to reporters after felicitating NCC cadets at the Raj Niv...

Left out from scheme against recommendation

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

In an intriguing case, 3.8 acres of land in Amrutahalli, owned by one Erappa, was deleted during the remodified scheme even though both the Special Land Acquisition Officer (SLAO) and the Deputy Co...

Hindi learning picks up in city, slowly and steadily

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:34 PM PST

Hindi Prachar Sabha officials say there is a 10-20 % annual increase in the number of students

IIT-M to study high-speed optical technology

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has partnered with Sterlite Technologies to support an advanced Ph D fellow and two M Tech/MS candidates in studying the field of design, development and a...

Cervical cancer cases on the rise

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:40 PM PST

It accounts for 40 per cent of the total cases at Regional Cancer Centre

U.P. to set up medical varsity in Mulayam’s village

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The Uttar Pradesh Rural Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Saifai, the home village of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav in Etawah district, will be upgraded to the level of...

Left parties, JD(S) back AAP

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:04 PM PST

Karat tells cadre to vote for party where they are not in fray

‘Naidu free to leave Hyderabad’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

TRS MP K. Kavitha has demanded an apology and withdrawal of reported remarks by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu that he felt like administering the State from a foreign country b...

TSGenco to get Rs. 1,000 cr. boost

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

It will be 'Bhadradri Thermal Power Station' at Manuguru

MSG to hit screens on February 13

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:39 PM PST

After getting entangled in a series of controversies, the movie MSG: The Messenger of God, featuring pop guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, will hit theatres across the country on February 13...

Cocaine case: court asks police to file fresh custody application

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:37 PM PST

The police will file a fresh application before the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court seeking custody of the five persons accused of possessing and consuming cocaine, including actor Shine Tom. T...

Police warn against using fake high-security number plates

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:01 PM PST

The Madras High Court had stayed introduction of the high-security registration plates.

Powerlifting competition in city

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:34 PM PST

It will hold a meeting on Kasturirangan report.

After graffiti, now posters keep police on their toes

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:54 PM PST

Posters on white paper in support of Maoists

Gandhi Hill renovation project finally takes off

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

APTDC Divisional Manager says contractors are invited to execute agreements

VUDA seeks suggestions

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

VUDA has invited suggestions from people before taking up facelift to various facilities and places of tourist interest maintained by it so as to make them more visitor-friendly.Suggestions...

Science academies workshop from today

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Telangana University, is organising a two-day science academies lecture workshop on February 5 and 6 here.The lecture workshop titled 'Role of Nat...

Patient critical in Ongole

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The condition of a 45-year-old patient undergoing treatment for swine flu at a private hospital here turned critical on Thursday even as three other patients remained stable. Prakasam District Medi...

Forest fire in Bandipur; no major damage caused

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A forest fire broke out near Kaniyanapura corridor of the Bandipur Tiger Reserve on Wednesday but was doused before it could wreak extensive damage to the flora and fauna.The fire was notice...

‘HDMC unscientifically dumping garbage containers’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) has been accused of unscientifically dumping old containers at the dumping yard near Hosayellapur here.Karnataka Rajya Yuvashakti Sangha presid...

Vice-Chancellor talks tough

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

When Registrar (Evaluation) Shrijay Devaraj Urs said the chairpersons of some departments had not shared information on the number of students being guided by the teaching staff in their department...

Ayyappa devotees’ meet held

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The former Chief Secretary R. Ramachandran Nair, inaugurated a meet as of Ayyappa devotees held as part of the 103rd Ayroor-Cherukolpuzha Hindu religious meet held at the Vidyadhiraja Nagar (sandbe...

The rebel still remains ‘imprisoned’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:46 PM PST

Muthuramalinga Sethupathy was crowned when he was just 72 days old.

Eve teasing leads to attack on student

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Admitted to Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital with bleeding injury

Another record for Salem Railway Division

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

All railway stations under the division to get sevak soon

Stir for early disbursal of salary

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Employees affiliated to various trade unions, including CITU, AITUC, LPF, MLF, HMS and BMS, staged a demonstration in front of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation depot at Ranithottam he...

Night patrolling to be intensified

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Marine Enforcement Wing of the Fisheries Department has decided to strengthen its night patrolling off the Kozhikode coast to prevent illegal fishing of trash fish varieties for fertilizer comp...

Fishermen of 64 hamlets call for bandh

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Fishermen belonging to 64 coastal hamlets in Cuddalore, Puducherry and Villupuram have called for a bandh on February 7 in coastal areas in the districts to protest against the State government's i...

Why was 119 acres added to list later?

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:51 PM PST

Land was left out of deletion list initially due to a clerical error, says BDA Commissioner

Aavin launches 250-ml milk packs

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:34 PM PST

Around 2,400 packets, each priced at Rs. 11, were supplied to areas in north Chennai, from its Madhavaram dairy

Advocates for single list for filling vacancies

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

With the Madras High Court having 18 vacancies, the Madras High Court Advocates' Association on Wednesday said a single list of names should be recommended for filling the posts.When the nam...

Nature conservation contest on February 8

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History will conduct a contest on nature conservation on February 8.According to a press release here, the competitions for the Salim Ali Tro...

Speculation rife on Manjhi’s ouster

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Amid speculation of removal of Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, JD (U) president Sharad Yadav and party general secretary K.C. Tyagi will hold a crucial meeting of parliamentarians and those...

On poll trail, auto-drivers go full throttle

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:05 PM PST

Major campaigners are drivers who are vocal about their allegiance to parties

AP gets Rs. 350-crore special development package

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The State had sought Rs. 24,500 crore from Centre

Now, buy Telangana handicrafts online

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Online marketplace for Pochampalli saris, Bidri ware, Nirmal handicrafts

A historic triumph for Kerala

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Maria Rony and Seraha Jacob have come up with some stunning performances in the State table tennis circuit and made an occasional mark in the junior national circle.But the last couple of ye...

Medical College: meet to finalise infrastructure integration

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:37 PM PST

Procedure vital to get approval for funds

Private school refunds Rs. 30 lakh excess fee

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:01 PM PST

A private school in the city has refunded excess fee collected to the tune of over Rs. 30 lakh from students following the intervention of Private Schools Fee Determination Committee. E.B...

Kasaragod-Byndoor train to be launched this month

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:30 PM PST

The new passenger train announced in the Railway Budget 2014-15 between Kasaragod and Byndoor (56665/56666) would be launched before the end of this month. A top official in the S...

Chief Secretary faces heat over Games remarks

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:47 PM PST

Kerala Cabinet meeting on Wednesday witnessed dramatic scenes over Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson's remarks about the opening ceremony of the 35{+t}{+h}National Games on Tuesday with Sports Minister...

Traffic offence: bus permit suspended

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A private bus plying in the city which allegedly flouted traffic rules by jumping a divider and speeding along a one-way route has landed in trouble with District Collector Biju Prabhakar chasing d...

Siddhartha engg. college annual fete from today

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Annual Festival of Siddhartha Engineering College (AFOSEC) – 2015, will be held on the institute premises at Kanuru on February 5 and 6.More than 1,000 students from Tamil Nadu, West Ben...

The scourge of cancer looms

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Cancer is the second largest killer disease after heart attack. One in four deaths occurs due to cancer. By 2025, cancer incidences may go up by five times.Medical experts shared many such c...

‘CURA 2015’ from tomorrow

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The School of Management, National Institute of Technology (NIT) is organising management student festival 'CURA 2015'from February 6 to 8.Department Head K Padma, coordinator S Laxmi...

Bonded labourers rescued

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Chittoor Revenue Department officials, led by RDO Penchala Kishore on Tuesday, rescued as many as 10 persons, including three children, who had reportedly been engaged in bonded labour in Puttur ma...

Rs. 505 cr. sought for sheep and wool development

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The Karnataka Sheep and Wool development Corporation has urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to earmark Rs. 505 crore in the 2015-16 budget for the corporation to take up development activities and i...

Committee to visit Udupi on February 25

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The State Cabinet Sub-Committee to study the recommendations of the K. Kasturirangan Panel Report on Conservation of Western Ghats would be visiting Udupi at 3 p.m. on February 25.An officia...

Mysuru varsity to fill up 150 teaching posts

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Academic Council, University of Mysore, on Wednesday gave its consent for filling up 150 teaching posts that are lying vacant in various departments since many years.The State government...

Call to popularise  religious poetry

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Literary Festival begins at Tirur Thunchan Paramba

College building unsafe: PWD

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Public Works Department (PWD) has described the nearly 125-year-old Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College as unsafe to occupy.They have informed the college authorities but not issued a no...

Alert by classmates helps police rescue schoolgirl

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Devadhanapatti police rescued a 14-year-old schoolgirl from a three-member gang that tried to abduct her in a van from a government school near Vaigai dam on Wednesday, thanks to the timely ale...

Jallikattu was prevalent 400 years ago

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The deciphering of inscriptions on a 'hero stone' points to the fact that Jallikattu was prevalent some 400 years ago. The six-ft-long stone was found in Pethanaickenpalayam in Attur in 1976. The s...

World Cancer Day observed

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The World Cancer Day was observed at Bharathiyar Centenary Memorial Girls Polytechnic College, Ettayapuram, on Wednesday.Sub-Collector of Kovilpatti S. Kannabiran appealed to the students to...

Residents in agitation mode demanding road repair

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

P.V. Sami Road at Chalappuram in dilapidated state

All decisions based on BDA’s recommendations: Siddaramaiah

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Speaking to The Hindu over phone, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah strongly defended himself. Were you aware of the Deputy Commissioner's report that 60.1 acres...

Awareness events mark Cancer Day

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

On World Cancer Day on Wednesday, organisations around the city conducted a host of events.More than 1,000 students, NGO workers and professionals participated in a rally by Cancer Institute...

Court dismisses automobile manufacturers’ plea

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Madras High Court has dismissed petitions by two automobile manufacturers challenging an order of the Competition Commission permitting its Director-General to expand the scope of investigation...

Pocket picker caught red-handed

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Pollachi West Police arrested N. Karthigai Selvam, 32, of Saravanampatty on charges of picking pockets.They said that commuters of a bus caught him red handed on Tuesday evening when he atte...

Raje defends new criteria for panchayat posts

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Defending the mandatory minimum qualifications for contesting elections to the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday said this had been done to e...

AAP unleashes woman power in Bedi’s backyard

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:06 PM PST

The Aam Aadmi Party unleashed its woman power on Wednesday, storming the BJP's chief ministerial candidate, Kiran Bedi's, constituency by holding a noisy and boisterous rally led by its star campai...

IMT Hyderabad sees impressive placements

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Students of IMT Hyderabad, a well-known business school, have garnered offers from 52 companies with an average pay package of Rs. 6 lakh.More than 85 per cent of students of 2013-15' batch...

Dead patient’s kin manhandle doctor

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

In yet another incident, junior doctors were manhandled due to alleged negligence by the relatives of a 14-year-old boy, Mohammed, who died while undergoing treatment for seizures at Gandhi Hospita...

‘Go slow’ agitation hits Kochi metro civil works

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:43 PM PST

The agitation comes even as the metro agencies and contractors are racing against time to complete the project by June, 2016.

Women want government to restore pension benefits

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:02 PM PST

A large number of women – mostly widows, differently-abled and aged persons – assembled in front of the Collectorate here on Wednesday and demanded issuance of pension as before.After the BJ...

SSLC: will district regain its lost glory?

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:25 PM PST

The district was ranked 29th last year

Budget session from March 6

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:57 PM PST

Budget presentation likely on March 13

Games: traffic curbs on NH bypass

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

With cycling contests and triathlon events as part of the National Games set to begin this weekend, traffic restrictions will be in place from Kovalam Junction till Enchakkal on the NH bypass.<...

Hanuman Chalisa chanting organiser feted

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Datta Peetham felicitated V. Varadarajulu, who organised the marathon chanting of Hanuman Chalisa, on Tenali-Burripalem Road a couple of days ago, here on Wednesday. The marathon chanting entered G...

‘In India, women are more prone’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Every year, in India, more women than men are diagnosed with cancer, says Jyothi Doki, consultant gynaecologist, MGCHRI. Addressing a group of women at the awareness programme, Dr. Jyothi spoke abo...

Unscheduled Medaram jatara draws huge crowds

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

With people arriving in large numbers at the tiny Medaram village where the historic Sammakka Sarakka jatara is held, the mini jatara, what they call the unscheduled one, is assuming proportions of...

Special status: Congress to launch signature campaign

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president N. Raghuveera Reddy will launch a signature campaign at Polavaram in West Godavari district on Feb. 6 seeking the NDA government to grant special...

Now, bacteria to be used for sludge removal in sewage water

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board has come out with a novel way to hasten the process of treating sewage through biological means in oxidation ponds on the outskirts of city using...

Police to shift controlled blasting training spot

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Move after complaints from Alevoor residents

Where pedestrians, vehicles jostle for space

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:50 PM PST

Pedestrian movement remains more or less bannedon some stretches in Kochi city

Telangana gets tax incentives

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Centre on Wednesday decided to offer tax incentives to Telangana too, along with Andhra Pradesh to promote industrialisation and economic growth.The Telangana government along with A.P....

‘Hello Police’ in Ramnad a hit

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

900 callers alerted the police in January alone

Riviera 2015 set to burst into ‘colours of India’ from today

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

About 30,000 students comprising 25,000 students from VIT University and 5,000 from 410 other universities and colleges in the country are expected to participate in Riviera 2015, the 15th edition...

Regional Cancer Centre to come up soon at TVMCH

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Department of Medical Oncology of Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital will soon graduate into a Regional Cancer Centre to serve the patients from the southern districts, Dean, TVMCH, L.D. Thul...

Form judicial panel to probe violence: INL

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

'Probe if there was conspiracy to divide society on religious lines'

Manager with Lake Development Authority found hanging

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

A 48-year-old woman, working as a manager at Lake Development Authority, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling at her residence in Commercial Street police limits on Wedne...

Fires from LPG leaks on the rise; police cite negligence

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:37 PM PST

Last year, over a dozen LPG-related accidents were reported in Chennai, a majority of them in the northern part of the city

Boats’ release: T.N. approaches Indian envoy

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

: Advised by the External Affairs Ministry over the issue of retrieving boats of the State's fishermen from the Sri Lankan authorities, the Tamil Nadu government has approached the Indian High Comm...

Rural police get communication equipment, patrol vehicles

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:55 PM PST

They will be used in Thudiyalur, Sulur and Vadavalli

BJP sweeps M.P. local polls

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has retained three municipal corporations and added a fourth in Madhya Pradesh, following elections held on January 31.The largest victory margin was in Indo...

Can Cong continue its reign over Ballimaran?

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:04 PM PST

SBI Pinkathon on Mar. 15

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Women's-only event aims to encourage an active lifestyle and maintain overall fitness

An insider’s catalogue of contemporary Indian art

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:37 PM PST

Some 450 images captured are projected on the walls of Rose Bungalow in Fort Kochi as part of a Kochi-Muziris Biennale collateral project titled 'Artist Through the Lens'.

Special trains

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Southern Railway will run following superfast special trains in Nagercoil–Chennai Egmore–Nagercoil (via. Chord Line) section.Nagercoil-Chennai Egmore superfast special (Train No. 06020) will...

Bunts organisation launch on Saturday

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:31 PM PST

District in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai will launch the trust

Govt. won’t take back money from Mohanlal: CM

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:49 PM PST

Says the money paidas per a contract

Six more wards likely to be declared clean

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:53 PM PST

Main criterion is treatment of waste at source

Adalat for tax payment

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC), as part of its efforts to improve tax collections, is planning to conduct adalats in all the municipal circles to facilitate residents pay property tax,...

Three traders jailed

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Third Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (FAC) A. Moses on Tuesday found K. Peer Mohammed, proprietor of New Raja Stores at VT College, Sriharipuram, guilty of adulterating 'channa dal' by ad...

Thirsty days ahead for tri-cities

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Water levels depleting fast at summer storage tanks; strategy meet planned

State to identify bhoodan, Grama Kantham lands

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Collectors asked to give details along with survey numbers, says Deputy CM

Manufactured sand gains popularity

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

With a shortage of natural sand for the construction sector, manufactured sand, also known as M-Sand, is gradually gaining popularity in the district. M-Sand is nothing but the crushed grains of qu...

JD(S) suffers jolt in Hassan CMC

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

No-trust motion it moved against council president was defeated by 1 vote

Supply of milk likely to be hit on Friday

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Supply of milk is likely to be affected in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts on Friday, as agents have decided to stage an agitation against the Karnataka Milk Federation's decision to not accept...

cinema

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

MALAYALAM Picket 43: Zeenath Screen 1 (2354233) 11.30 a.m., 3, 6.15, 9.15 p.m. Mili : Savitha (2374334) 12 noon, 3, 6, 9 p.m.; Zeenath Screen...

TNPCB inspects Ranipet tragedy site

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

A four-member team from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai on Wednesday inspected the premises of the Common Effluent Treatment Pl...

Theni tops in executing MGNREGS scheme

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Theni tops

Theni district was adjudged the best district in the State in implementing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in 2013-14.An awar...

“Prepare disaster management plan”

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

It should be executable without any hassle: Collector

Ruckus in council over land allotment

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:23 PM PST

Mayor, Opposition differ over site for model anganwadi

Bescom’s ATPs are history

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

Any Time Bill Payment (ATP) machines, which long-time Bescom consumers are familiar with, are now history. The power utility shut down all 125 ATP machines meant for payment of electricity bills on...

Full-time employee admitted to regular MBA course

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Can a full-time employee pursue a full-time post-graduate (PG) course? There is such a case in a private college under Bangalore University (BU), taking even the varsity by surprise.Such ske...

Children get free bed kits

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Children living on pavements have a good Samaritan in Sleeping Children Around the World (SCAW). The NGO based in Canada, in association with Rotary Club of Ambattur, distributed bed kits to childr...

LPG transporters call off strike

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The five-day-long strike called by transporters of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) was called off on Wednesday.This followed an appeal made by Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Commission...

Inspector’s brother held on theft charge

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Ukkadam Police have arrested Sreenivasa Pandian, 34, on charges of involvement in various cases of robbery and thefts. He is the brother of Ramanathapuram crime Inspector Thanga Pandian. The Police...

Akalis back Bedi for Delhi CM post

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Union Food Processing Minister and senior Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal has urged the people of Delhi to choose a government which could deliver on their aspirations. She...

“Railways must educate its officers”

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:08 PM PST

The lack of identity proof is no reason to restrict a person from travelling, says Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum.

Rare pictures of legendary photographer on show

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

A picture is worth a thousand words, so goes the popular adage. And if it is rare it is simply invaluable. Hundreds of such pictures shot during the pre-Independence era with cameras which have gon...

Kerala approaches Centre for exclusive Marine police battalion

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:44 PM PST

Rising manpower shortage in the Coastal police has forced Kerala to knock at the Centre's door for sanction of a Marine police battalion comprising 1,083 personnel.The proposal, made by the...

Monitoring committees for DPCs set up

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

To aid fair functioning of Direct Procurement Centres (DPCs) in the district during harvest season, the district administration has announced formation of inspection committees which will monitor p...

Police accused of inaction in assault case

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

A Dalit activist alleged the district police of inaction on a complaint of assault on a group of 17 persons by a 10-member group in Perabe on January 17.Raising the issue in the Scheduled Ca...

CPI(M) nominees on Games panels to resign

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The ongoing National Games has suffered yet another symbolic blow with the CPI(M) State secretariat deciding to ask all its representatives, including MPs and MLAs, to resign from the Games committ...

VMC to hold campaigns

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

With the threat of swine flu looming large and several deaths being reported from various parts of the State, the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) has decided to launch a campaign to create a...

One more tests positive for swine flu

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A 15-year-old girl from Gopalapatnam tested positive for swine flu on Wednesday and is undergoing treatment at the isolation ward of Government Hospital for Chest and Communicable Diseases here, No...

Inter students to get free lunch for a month

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Sirpur MLA Koneru Konappa on Wednesday inaugurated a mess in Kagaznagar meant to cater lunch to 300 junior college students, who come to town from surrounding areas to study. The students will be p...

Real estate business yet to pick up in East Godavari

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:41 PM PST

It is an interesting phenomenon in East Godavari that even after bifurcation of the State and announcement of many national institutions, real estate business has not picked up. Apartment...

Kharge confident of Congress’ chances in polls

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

'Our tally in Delhi will be more than in the previous elections'

Siddalingaiah put on the spot during interactive session

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Poet Siddalingaiah, president of the 81st Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, was put on the spot during an interactive session on Tuesday, the last day of the event.Banu Mushtaq, Hassan-based writer...

kochi today

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

GENERAL Department of Physics (SPIE and ECS Students' Chapters), Cochin University of Science and Technology: A.K. Barua, Emeritus Professor, IIEST, Shibpur, to inaugura...

Solid evidence of jallikatu in the past

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 07:03 PM PST

A 400-year-old 'hero stone' inscribed with Tamil words depicting the existence of jallikattu in the past stands as a historical evidence for the sport. The six-foot-long stone, found at P...

Sivaganga police launch helpline

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Superintendent of Police Ashwin M. Kotnis on Tuesday announced the launch of "Sivagangai Police Online Help", a social media outreach programme, to come a step closer to people through digital medi...

Peacocks make Chennimalai farmers despair

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Farmers in Chennimalai area are in a helpless situation, unable to handle the peacock menace.Peacocks, that have multiplied over the years, descend on the agricultural fields and cause large...

Civic body to move court against delinking of wards

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

The city Corporation is planning to move the court against the State government's decision to delink three regions from the Corporation — Elathur, Beypore and Cheruvannur — to form municipalities.

2 girls in Western classical fest

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

Two 'power girls' are all set to take centrestage at CADENZA 2015 festival of classical & folk music, organised by Bangalore School of Music (BSM) on February 6.Aruna Sunderlal, Founder & Ma...

Protest at Karnataka Central Diocese

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Scores of people staged a protest outside the office of the Karnataka Central Diocese (KCD) on Wednesday demanding action against those who allegedly sexually assaulted students of a prominent all-...

Lake turns nesting ground

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:41 PM PST

Amid the heavy flow of traffic on Grand Southern Trunk Road, a number of migratory bird species have found their nesting spot in the middle of Melmaruvathur lake.These birds, including paint...

Extend G.O. benefits to secondary grade teachers also: High Court

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Secondary grade teachers working in government high and higher secondary schools have a reason to cheer. The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to extend the benefits of a G.O...

CB-CID probe sought into Ammasi murder case

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:56 PM PST

Commitee says it is unhappy with City police investigation

SP to hold strategy session

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Top Samajwadi Party leaders will hold a brain-storming session here on Thursday to formulate its strategy for 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls and galvanise the party cadre.The focus of the...

Govt. nurses threaten strike

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:07 PM PST

Strike likely to hit govt. hospitals from February 9

‘Early diagnosis key to fight cancer’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

A large number of cancers are treatable only if detected early

HC notice to State, KSRTC

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the State government and the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on a public interest writ petition against the m...

HC directs DGP to look into complaint against H. Raja

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday ordered the Director General of Police to consider a representation made by an advocate based here to register a case against Bharatiya Janata Party (B...

Lok Ayukta begins probe

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Chief Secretary asked to report on action taken on graft charges

DMK men arrested on charge of distributing cash

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Flying squad reportedly seized cash at Srirangam

New industrial policy to be entrepreneur-friendly: DIC official

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

District Industries Centre (DIC) General Manager G. Rajendra Prasad said the new industrial policy would be entrepreneur-friendly.It contains simplified procedures that would make establishm...

Meet held on conduct of gram sabhas

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

A meeting of villagers of Deverapalli and 14 other villages of the mandal was held at Deverapalli, 20 km from here, on Wednesday, to discuss the methods to conduct proceedings of gram sabhas formed...

Lack of information on funds irks MP

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Adilabad MP G. Nagesh, who is also chairman of the District Vigilance and Monitoring Committee (VMC), on Wednesday, expressed anguish over being kept in the dark about funds meant for developmental...

Bhoomi puja for new capital likely in June 2nd week

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:36 PM PST

Exact venue will be decided by Chief Minister

Govt. urged to restart work on airport

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Jaya Karnataka has demanded that the State government restart work on the Gulbarga Airport and start air services soon.Members of the organisation took out a procession and staged a rasta ro...

Stir by anganwadi workers, assistants enters third day

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Protests were held in Hassan and Shivamogga

Ban is not binding on cockfights

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Cock fighting, a banned sport, is still being staged in select remote hamlets in the district.Tiny sharp-edged swords are tied to the birds' legs and they are made to fight till one bird is...

DTPC water park to get a fresh lease of life

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

Park, set up at Rs.25 lakh, was closed nine years ago owing to canal pollution

Awareness programme on soil conservation held

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

The need to conserve soil and create awareness among the people on soil erosion was stressed during the National Environmental Awareness Campaign 2014-2015, held here recently.Organised by t...

2 TNSTC buses impounded

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Officials fail to honour promises made at Lok Adalats

Over Rs. 4 lakh worth valuables stolen

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Valuables worth Rs.4.20 lakhs including a diamond necklace, gold jewels weighing 20.5 sovereigns, 250 g of silver articles and a cell phone were stolen from a locked house in Saleem Nagar in Keezhv...

Directive condemned

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Leaders of various socio-cultural forums in the city have condemned the new directive from the Centre and State governments, imposing more restrictions on the allocation of MLA and MP fund to libra...

Trinamool MP granted bail

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:36 PM PST

A city court on Wednesday granted conditional bail to Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Srinjoy Bose arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with Saradha scam.Mr....

Illegal schools to piggyback on legal ones

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:51 PM PST

Their students will appear for SSLC exam as candidates of the latter

Tonsuring: school gets another notice

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Education Department has issued another notice to St. Joseph's Indian High School on Vittal Mallya Road where students were allegedly tonsured as punishment for not attending classes.Thi...

When an apostle of non-violence came calling

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:42 PM PST

Martin Luther King Jr. instantly struck a chord with residents on his visit here in 1959, and also went back impressed

Seven swine flu deaths reported in January

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Virus under control in the city: health official

H1N1 claims one more life in Coimbatore

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

H1N1 has claimed one more life in Coimbatore this year. A 40-year-old person from Kottur was the victim. He died at a hospital in the late hours of Tuesday.According to Health Department off...

Blood banks to waive fee for poor patients

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:07 PM PST

Activists have now demanded that all hospitals are told about the new norm

Applicants to UoH courses up 20 p.c.

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

25 per cent of the 44,224 candidates are from Telangana; nationwide entrance exams from Feb. 8

Nitta Gelatin attack: accused in police custody

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A Kannur native arrested in connection with the attack on the office of Nitta Gelatin India Ltd. was produced before the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court on Wednesday.Jose, 55, of Kelakam...

“People don’t stop fighting even for worshipping God”

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Quoting the famous statement of Karl Marx "Religion is the opium of the masses," the Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday criticised people who fight over conduct of temple festivals and spend...

Garbage still being carried in open lorries

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:41 PM PST

It is four days since the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) introduced a new system of garbage collection, under which garbage collected from doorsteps would be transported in modified lorries calle...

PSC headed for administrative impasse

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

Meetings of two subcommittees put off for want of quorum

Poll observers ineffective: BJP

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:13 PM PST

"The EC should evict the "outsiders" from Srirangam constituency"

How effective are common remedies?

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Even as experts reiterate that there is no need for panic with regard to Swine Flu, several remedies for the more virulent form of flu are doing the rounds."Chew four leaves of Tulasi (Basil...

RTI activist suspects foul play by Railways

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Our MPs are being misled by the Railways be it the fixation of timings, flagging off of new trains, increasing the berth quotas or introduction of new trains.The replies given by the East Co...

Bride among four killed as car plunges into canal

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

In a tragic incident, four members of a marriage party, including the bride, were killed when the car in which they were travelling plunged into the Krishna canal at Royyuru village in the district...

SCCL gives stationery to tribal boys

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:02 PM PST

The Singareni Seva Samithi has donated schoolbags, uniforms, books and footwear worth Rs. 80,000 to the inmates of the hostel run by the Vanavasi Kalyana Parishad for tribal boys at Writer Basti i...

Separate industrial city for Japanese investors mooted

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Chief Minister N.Chandrababu Naidu has indicated that a separate industrial city will come up in the State to attract Japanese investors and investments.In a meeting with officials from Japa...

KLE Society’s centenary celebrations on Friday

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Karnataka Lingayat Education (KLE) Society is all set to cross a few milestones on the occasion of its centenary celebrations on Friday.A 500-bed KLE Centenary Charitable Hospital on Yellur...

Protests staged against ban on Togadia’s entry into Bengaluru

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists on Wednesday staged a protest and raised slogans against the State government and Bengaluru police for banning international working president of the Vishwa H...

Marayur sandalwood: first e-auction today

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

Registration continues for Friday's auction

CPI district meet from Friday at Thiruvalla

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

The district meet of the Communist Party of India (CPI) will be held at Thiruvalla from February 6 to 9. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, CPI district unit secretary P. Prasad; assi...

Farmer by day, thief by night

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Farmer by day and an alleged thief by night is what Kundadam Police have learnt of Subramani, 40, of Palladam, after they picked him up on Tuesday near the check post at Kundadam Pirivu. Police sai...

Stir against delay in pension payment

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

"Gratuity not paid to retired transport corporation staff"

Boy electrocuted

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

A five-year-old boy was electrocuted outside his house at Virumpampatti, near Pochampalli, on Wednesday.The victim S. Keerthirajan had stepped on a live wire that had snapped from a nearby e...

Transport workers stage demonstration

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

To protest govt. delay in holding wage talks

Expert team from IIT-M inspects Mairie remnants in Puducherry

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Foundation strength will be tested for reconstruction of the heritage structure

BJP demands 160 companies of Central forces for Bengal by-polls

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation met Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal Sunil Kumar Gupta here on Wednesday and demanded that 160 companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) be depl...

Rs. 49 crore gone, BBMP official arrested

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Rs. 49 crore misappropriated; BMTF arrests one official

3.48 lakh applications for regularising rural housing sites

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

As many as 3.48 lakh applications have been filed for regularisation of rural household sites under Akrama-Sakrama scheme from across Karnataka.Replying to a question raised by MLC Kota Srin...

More than 3,600 illegal buildings in George Town

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:44 PM PST

Unauthorised portions of such buildings are likely to be demolished

Hindu spiritual fair inaugurated

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The 7th annual Hindu Spiritual and Service Fair, being held here from February 3 to 9, was inaugurated on Tuesday.The fair is being held at Agurchand Manmull Jain College in Meenambakkam.

NHRC for posting cops at night shelters

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The National Human Rights Commission has recommended posting of police constables in night shelters in Delhi to ensure their security. The Commission has sent its recommendation to the Police Commi...

Defer SET, say tribal students

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The test falls on the birth anniversary of Sri Santh Sevalal Maharaj which is being celebrated by both AP and Telangana and their govts

Fishermen challenge CMFRI report

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Protest against extension of trawling ban

Boy runs away from home, rescued

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

"Parents subjected me to undue pressure on academic front"

‘Togadia should be allowed to speak’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The district unit of the Bajrang Dal on Wednesday sought the State government's permission for Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) International unit's working president Pravin Togadia to address the Hindu...

PSC lists may be extended by 1 year

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Cabinet on Wednesday requested the Public Service Commission (PSC) to extend the validity of its rank lists expiring before June 1 by one year. This is subject to the condition that the maximum...

Jayalalithaa writes to voters

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

After her voice message over mobile phones, AIADMK general secretary and former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has reached out to voters of Srirangam with a fervent personal appeal for support to her...

APOSS results out

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

School Education secretary R.P. Sisodia on Wednesday released results of SSC & Intermediate public examinations conducted by Andhra Pradesh Open School Society (APOSS) in December 2014.Of th...

13 militia members surrender in Agency

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Close on the heels of arrest of four Maoist militia members by the Visakhapatnam rural police on Sunday, as many as 13 militia members of Korukonda area committee surrendered before Assistant Super...

BJP spearheads protest for separate High Court for TS

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:48 PM PST

Advocates and members of the Bar Council here on Wednesday staged a day-long dharna and hunger strike seeking to showcase their demand of a separate High Court for Telangana.In another prote...

Parents of deceased girl seek death penalty for culprits

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The biological parents of Naushan Beguam alias Shahista Saba, a five-year old girl, who died while on her way to hospital after rescued by an NGO and police on January 29, demanded death penalty fo...

Illegal structures to be served notices

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The Guntur district administration has identified 23 structures on the right flood bank of River Krishna in Tadepalli, Mangalagiri mandals that have been constructed in violation of the River Conse...

Workshop library science in Belagavi

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Bharatesh Education Trust's Global Business School will organise a two-day national workshop on research paper writing in library and information science on its campus from February 6.Trust...

Bicycle rally taken out to create awareness on cancer

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Cancer is curable if detected in the early stages, said Pushpa Sarkar, director of Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS).Addressing National Service Scheme (NSS) members and MIMS stude...

Entrepreneurs’ meet from today

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Rural Development and Self-Employment Training Institute (RUDSETI) at Karimbam is organising a conclave of young entrepreneurs at Kanjirangad here on Thursday and Friday.Rural Developmen...

Forum’s plea to convert bridge into flyover

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

'Quilonnites for a Constructive Kollam,' a collective of prominent citizens, have submitted a memorandum to Mayor Honey Benjamin urging her to take urgent steps to stop work on the Chinnakkada unde...

‘Government has ceased to function’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Administrative machinery has come to a standstill, says AIDWA

“VCK will mobilise secular forces in State”

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

To fight against the divisive Hindutva forces

Security checklist issued to bankers in Krishnagiri

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

'Pay special attention to the location of burglar alarms'

Uniform colour coding for fishing vessels

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:32 PM PST

For easy identification of the mechanised boats by Navy, Coast Guard and maritime police

NIA arrests another accused in Burdwan blast case

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Nearly four months ago an accidental blast in Burdwan exposed a terror network operating in different districts of West Bengal, Assam and Jharkhand, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wedne...

Conference of K'taka Science and Tech. Academy

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:01 PM PST

The Karnataka Science and Technology Academy (KSTA) has organised its seventh annual conference on February 5 and 6 on the theme "Science, Technology and Productisation: A Means for Growth"....

Getting Justin Bieber’s attention

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

In a novel initiative, 300 volunteers send tweets to singing sensation

Students, policemen injured in protests

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Authorities say no plans, as yet, to move law college from HC premises

AAP alleges attack by BJP men

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday alleged that their candidate from South-East Delhi's Sangam Vihar Dinesh Mohaniya and some others party members were manhandled by BJP workers.No case was, h...

‘Exercise caution in your lifestyle’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

On the occasion of World Cancer Day on Wednesday, the Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital & Research Institute organised a special awareness programme at the hospital premises here.S...

State seeks extension of ban on Bhutan, Sikkim lotteries

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:46 PM PST

The State government on Wednesday informed the Kerala High Court that it had requested the Union government to extend the period of ban on the sale of lotteries of Bhutan and Sikkim in Kerala.

HC imposes cost on lawyer

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

The Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday imposed a cost of Rs.5,000 on a lawyer for filing a petition seeking registration of a case against top police officials including Additional Director...

Vikki Shetty aide arrested on the charge of murder

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The Surathkal police have arrested Satish Soorinje (30), an alleged aide of underworld operative Vikki Shetty, for his suspected involvement in the murder of garage owner Keshava Shetty in Soorinje...

Ministerial team for Nadapuram

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A delegation of Ministers will visit the violence-torn areas of Nadapuram shortly to restore peace and normality there.An official press note said on Wednesday that the decision to send the...

Complaints of poll code violations pour in

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

With just over a week left for the Srirangam by-poll, political parties, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), in particular, on Wednesday lodged, at least, three written complaints, alleging distri...

14-member ‘blade gang’ held

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

In a major operation, the city police rounded up 14 youths who looted gullible people, attacking them with blades.The accused indulged in several offences perpetrated in the last few years a...

Bank employee’s house burgled

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Burglars broke open a house near Dr. VS Krishna Government Degree College on Tuesday night and decamped with about 200 gm of gold ornaments, three kg of silver articles and Rs. 90,000 in cash.<...

Hyderabad today

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

RELIGION Chinmaya Mission: Talk on Bhagavadgita by Swami Brahmananda, Satya Sai Nigamagamam, Srinagar Colony, 6.30 p.m.GENERAL Institute of Pu...

‘Consumer awareness must among students’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Confederation of All Telangana Consumers Organisations(CATCO) chairman N. Srinivas has called upon the headmasters of government schools to take measures for the constitution of consumer...

Make all roads safe for travel: Sidda

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Transport, Roads and Buildings Minister Sidda Raghava Rao on Wednesday exhorted the department officials to take up repairs to state highways on a war footing. Reviewing the progress of ongoing wor...

Kudgi thermal plant getting ready for crucial hydro test

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The test will prove whether the boilers have any defect

Students accuse principal of verbal abuse

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Students of Adichunchanagiri Arts and Commerce College in Nagamangala have accused the principal of verbally abusing women students.Addressing presspersons on Wednesday, students alleged tha...

BJP seeks CBI probe into student’s death

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of Abhilash, a class X student here, in November last year. Abhilash was found drowned in a pit...

Campus Notes

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:51 PM PST

University of Kerala News Courses in Visual Arts: The Raja Ravi Varma Centre of Excellence for Visual Arts, Mavelikara, a newly instituted Centre...

Thirumazhapadi temple ready for mahakumbabishekam

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Mahakumbabishekam of Sundarambigai Samedha Vaidyanathaswamy Temple at Thirumazhapadi in this district will be held on February 8 between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.Renovation taken up at a cost of Rs...

‘Tiruchendur Road in bad shape’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Repair works not taken up; petition submitted to Collector

Villagers want quarry to be closed

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Villagers of Esaiyanur, Arcot taluk are up in arms against indiscriminate sand mining at the government quarry on the Palar river bed at Perungalmedu. Raising the issue with the district administra...

Flashes of first world war recaptured for festival

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:35 PM PST

"War and Colonies 1914-1918,"organised by Alliance Francaise Puducherry, has several rare photographs

March in Delhi against attack on church gets Mamata support

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Alleging that one political party in the country was indulging in "petty politics", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday extended support to the protest march against the recent...

NGO asks Justin Bieber to help Bengaluru orphans

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

In a novel initiative, 300 volunteers send tweets to singing sensation

04FEBMAK02_lawyers_statement filler/ARC

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Union seeks compensation

Urging the State government to compensate the family of advocate Stalin Karmen, who was murdered outside Egmore court last week, the All India L...

Elephant calf fatally knocked down

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

An elephant calf was fatally hit by a speeding car along Gopalchadhiram highway in Shoolagiri on Tuesday night. The calf was part of a herd of six elephants that was migrating from Podur in Shoolag...

Police to regulate drone use

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:19 PM PST

Bucking the trend, the city police have decided against banning the use of camera-fitted drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), but plan to strengthen regulations regarding their use. ...

Bank staff strike may upset salary schedules

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:45 PM PST

ATMs may get drained out within two days unless the cash is replenished

‘Protect Dalits of Kalayarkoil’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Sivaganga Superintendent of Police should review the action taken on complaints of atrocities against Dalit families living around Kalayarkoil, a fact-finding team has said.The three-mem...

Police constable dies in accident

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

A 45-year-old constable died and four others were injured in a serial accident involving a pick-up van and five vehicles.The accident occurred near Mahaveera bus stop in Puttur Town, around...

Pillai, Ganesh call on Jayarajan

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Kerala Congress (B) leader R. Balakrishna Pillai and his son K.B. Ganesh Kumar, MLA, on Wednesday called on CPI(M) leader M.V. Jayarajan, who is undergoing imprisonment at the Central Prison here....

Blast disease reduces ‘Andhra Ponni’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Advathur farmers are worst hit; workers agree to reduce wages

Cooperative bank in celebration mode

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

Targets Rs. 4,500-crore deposits and Rs. 3,000-crore advances

Two electrocuted

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Two persons — Chinta Naresh (20) and Bandi Sainath (25) — were electrocuted while two others Ganesh and Deepak sustained injuries when they were testing the electric motor at Ganesh's agriculture f...

SP’s pat for constable

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Superintendent of Police S. Chandrashekar Reddy has complimented the constable Navathe Srinivas attached to One Town police station here for his being selected for triathlon competitions as part of...

Six persons injured in car accident

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Six persons of a family were seriously injured when their car in which they were travelling rammed a stationary lorry near Purushottamapuram check post near Itchapuram on Wednesday.The condi...

‘Make train tickets easily available to the people’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Rohit S. Jain, general secretary, the South Western Railway Passengers Welfare Committee, has said that the railways should take steps to ensure that tickets are easily available to the people....

Social reformer Ambigara Chowdaiah remembered

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The birth anniversary of social reformer and Vachanakara Ambigara Chowdaiah was observed here on Wednesday.The Department of Kannada and Culture, in association with the Mandya district admi...

Scholars pay tribute to advaita acharyas

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Scholars and academicians discussed the fascinating features of Advaita philosophy at the one-day national seminar on "Advaita Acharya Chatushtayam" organised by the Department of Oriental Studies,...

Training programme on cotton cultivation techniques

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

A free training programme on summer cotton cultivation techniques would be conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra on the premises of Veterinary College and Research Institute here on February 17....

EPFO starts quick settlement of claims

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's Regional Office here has introduced quick settlement (within 24 hours) of claims for members who have activated their Universal Account Number from...

Prizes for winners of Maths talent test

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Prizes would be distributed to the students who excelled in the Maths Talent Test conducted for students of classes 5 to 8 and the Science Talent Test held for students of standards 6 to 8.T...

Mock drill today to gauge emergency preparedness

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The district administration will conduct an offsite emergency drill on Thursday near Kalapet.Deputy District Collector A. Vincent Rayar told The Hindu , "The drill is be...

APL families to get subsidised rice, wheat

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:49 PM PST

Unit system to be re-introduced to check diversion

Man cheats Facebook friend of gold jewellery

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:45 PM PST

The 27-year-old man told the victim he would get rituals performed to solve her problems

Modi calls opinion polls ‘lies’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:01 PM PST

'My politics has only one style, only one mantra and only one focus and that is development'

Now, integrated master plan for city

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), which presently has five different master plans for its jurisdiction, spread over 7,527 sq. km, has decided to integrate them and come up with a...

Raids on bar hotels not related to bribery case: I-T official

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

'Searches after cases were put forward by Intelligence wing'

SC stays renewal of licence for 11-floor building

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

Order comes as Corporation and LPA move the apex court

Mangaluru boy leaves his stamp on Swachch Bharat

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Stamp based on Vaibhav Shenoy's design to be available

Dakshina Kannada lags behind under Pahal

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Only 64 p.c. of LPG consumers have seeded accounts

Sudheeran slams Centre

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president V.M. Sudheeran has come down heavily on the rubber import policy of the Union government.Inaugurating a Raj Bhavan march organised by the K...

Paramilitary men in Tiruchi

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:09 PM PST

CRPF, BSF and ITBP personnel arrive from different districts to shore up security apparatus

Assets of RINL undervalued, says union leader

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST

The assets of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, are undervalued to sell 10 per cent equity of the government for peanuts as part of a conspiracy, all...

Japan the new destination for higher education, research

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Removes language barrier to attract young Indian students

Minister urged to sanction Rs. 146 crore for civic works

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Mayor Akula Sujatha appealed to Finance Minister Etela Rajender during his visit to the district on Wednesday to sanction an amount of Rs.146 crore to undertake road repairs, laying of new roads, u...

Staying focused key to crack civil services exam: Collector

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Hard work, focus and discipline are the key factors behind success in Civil Services Examination, Collector and District Magistrate Kantilal Dande said here on Wednesday."One need not have e...

Indefinite fast seeking jobs ends

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

President of the Karnataka State Railway Development Agitation Committee Kutubuddin Kaji, who had begun an indefinite fast demanding jobs for members of families whose land was acquired for railway...

Workshop on documentation of traditional knowledge

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Karnataka Biodiversity Board (KBB) has organised a two-day workshop on documentation of traditional knowledge related to biodiversity among local communities.The event will be held in Sa...

Hearing posted for February 18

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Preliminary hearing of Biju Radhakrishnan, accused in a solar scandal case, was posted by the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court at Thalassery for February 18. The preliminary hearing on Biju Ra...

Awareness film on preventing dengue

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Preventive measures against dengue have been taken up on a war-footing in the district, said S.Palanisamy, District Collector, here on Tuesday.He inspected the screening of an awareness film...

VOC Port bags award

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust, Tuticorin, has bagged the gold award for 2014 for outstanding achievement in environment management.Greentech Foundation, an agency recognised by the Ministry...

Everybody loves a donut

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:14 AM PST

Go nuts over the donuts at Donut House

A science way to art

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:12 AM PST

Rijin John's installation 'Holi Beads – The Orbit' offers scope for multiple interpretations.

Far beyond words

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:07 AM PST

They opened in one voice. As her fingers touched piano keys, his gently plucked guitar strings. Together, their music rose and fell in a soft, soothing lilt, until suddenly, he burst forth into al...

Colours on the feet

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 07:56 AM PST

Mismatched boots, fluorescent-hued shoes…footwear is no more a staid affair.

A city in frames

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 07:52 AM PST

Photographer Madan Gopal presents glimpses of stories from the eternal city of Varanasi.

The thrill in occult

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 07:51 AM PST

The launch of Shweta Taneja's Cult of Chaos was made unique by an occult detective quiz.

The car is no place for intimacy

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 07:44 AM PST

They drive to a place that is out of the way and get started. A knock on a window tells them it's not so unfrequented after all. Intimacy in the car is an undeniable reality of our times. No...

Home Secretary Anil Goswami sacked

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:26 PM PST

Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami was given his marching orders late on Wednesday night for allegedly trying to stall the arrest of Saradha scam accused and former Minister Matang Sinh. The final...

Bridging eras through verse

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 07:40 AM PST

Independent musician Pradeep Kumar and American docu-maker Elias Bouquillon are on a mission to convey the musical essence and meaning of the Thiruppugazh. Apoorva Sripathi has the details

Managing a multi-dog household

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 07:35 AM PST

Managing a multi-dog household Living with multiple dogs is a joy, but it also means more effort to ensure they live in harmony. Here are some tips. Work with each dog in...

Some hits, some misses

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 07:18 AM PST

India Art Fair, in its seventh edition, was a mixed bag

Wings to imagination

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 07:15 AM PST

Shailendra Singh on the book about his brainchild and the Sunburn festival

Talking acting

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 07:12 AM PST

Vinay Pathak talks about the pros and cons of image trap and the process of getting into a character.

Taking a hike

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 07:07 AM PST

The recent International Bicycle & Fitness Expo-2015 saw the participation of leading bicycle players but the response of the crowd was lukewarm

Paddling to glory

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 07:57 AM PST

Anil Kapoor gives credit to cycling for his fitness

An angeethi, some kababs

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:59 AM PST

The Bulldog Café-cum-Lounge is worth a repeat visit because of good food, ambience and service

Bazar memories

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:57 AM PST

Palika Bazar is the stuff memories are made of. It introduced Delhiites to an air-conditioned underground market; gave us the experience of a mall many decades before we saw a mall in the city. For...

Safe beat this winter

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:55 AM PST

During winters we have high calorie intake to maintain our fuel supply to generate heat. When the imbalance in input versus output is tilted towards input we gain fat weight, and our lipid profile and bad cholesterol start going up in blood levels.

Promising start

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:53 AM PST

Ajay Pandey talks about his maiden foray into the genre of thriller writing with "Resonance"

Dishing out an option

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:04 AM PST

Frontier Gandhi's 125th birth anniversary falls today. Faisal Khan, who revived his organisation Khudai Khidmatgar in India, takes the opportunity to underline that just like water, love towards others is necessary for survival.

All that glitter is makeup

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:47 AM PST

Dominique Paulin uses high-end cosmetics, and plenty of it, on khadi canvas. Meet the French artist who was in Hyderabad for an Indo-French collaborative residency programme.

HC refuses to stay MSG; film likely to release on Feb. 13

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:47 AM PST

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the release of controversial godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim's film, "MSG: Messenger of God", paving the way for its expected release on Feb...

Modi to decide Home Secretary’s fate

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:17 AM PST

Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami could be removed for allegedly trying to stall the arrest of former Minister Matang Sinh, an accused in the Saradha chit fund scam case. The final decis...

Of life, conflict, and death

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:15 AM PST

Journalist Riyas Babu's first book, In The Country of Longing, is a recollection of his tumultuous days in Darfur

In next two decades, cancer cases may rise by about 70 pc: WHO

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:20 AM PST

Around one third of cancer deaths are due to the five leading behavioural and dietary risks: high body mass index, low fruit and vegetable intake, lack of physical activity, tobacco use, alcohol use.

Extra: New two-wheelers launched; ARAI to open inspection, certification test centres

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:08 AM PST

Updated Suzuki Swish 125 launched at Rs 51,661 Suzuki's Indian two-wheeler arm, Suzuki Motorcycle India Private Limited (SMIPL), has just launched an updated version of its Swish 1...

Police baton charge protesting law students in Chennai

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:24 AM PST

Chennai Police on Wednesday baton-charged a section of students of Dr. Ambedkar Law College who have been protesting the reported moves to shift their college premises. The college's stu...

Virtual mechanic: Q &amp; A

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:03 AM PST

Q. I am planning to get a Suzuki Kizashi automatic from a friend who has been using it for a couple of years. Is it possible to get a good CNG kit installed on this car? I have been driving an S...

A promotion and its perks

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:02 AM PST

The Porsche Cayenne gets a facelift and a massive price hike, but lots of new kit and improved styling make it a more complete SUV

Polished interior, powerful heart

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:58 AM PST

The Audi A8, with its large 4.2 litre engine, packs such a punch that the chauffeur may soon be out of a job

Food for your humour

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:52 AM PST

Mahanasam, a cookery book, is an informationpacked guide to healthy eating.

Ground-breaking MRT procedure gets Parliamentary approval

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:49 AM PST

Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy, a ground-breaking technique that uses genetic material from three different people to prevent certain inherited -- and hitherto untreatable -- genetic diseases f...

BJP wins all four municipal corporation seats in MP

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:56 AM PST

The Bharatiya Janata Party has done it again. The party has once again proved itself by winning in all the four municipal corporations, which went to the polls in Madhya Pradesh on January 31.

Agricultural summit in Belagavi from February 21

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:46 AM PST

'Agrovision', a three-day agricultural summit, will be held at the Exhibition Complex at Autonogar here from February 21. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the event and Union Min...

Bengaluru Today for February 5, 2015

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:45 AM PST

ReligionSri Mahan Odukathur Swamigal Math and Sri Dhandayudhapani Swamy Temple: 100th year guru pooja of Guru Mahan Odukuthur Swamigal, Sri Skanda homa, 7.30 a.m., discourse by Suki...

Lake Development Authority official commits suicide

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:44 AM PST

A 48-year-old woman working with the Lake Development Authority allegedly committed suicide at her residence in Commercial Street on Thursday.According to the police, the deceased Veena Hegd...

Typically and delightfully desi

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:42 AM PST

Easy-to-make recipes of samosa and falooda

Bid to bomb school in Pakistan foiled

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:45 AM PST

A bid to blow up a government school in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province was foiled by a bomb disposal squad (BDS) which defused explosives planted outside the school on Wednesday morning.

Clash between two communities in Koppal, police resort to lathi charge

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:48 AM PST

The police had to resort to lathi charge to quell two rival community groups who allegedly pelted stones at each other in Koppal town on Wednesday. Three persons, including a police constable, we...

Forest College students continue stir

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:30 AM PST

There was no response from the government to break the deadlock, student representatives said.

Six from Jain College, Belagavi to participate in all-India championship

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:23 AM PST

Four men and two women boxers of Jain College of Engineering here have been selected to the Visvesvaraya Technological University boxing team and will represent the varsity at the All India Inter...

Konkani sahitya sammelan in Kerala from Feb. 13

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:22 AM PST

The 22nd All-India Konkani Sahitya Sammelana will be held for three days in Kozhikode in Kerala from February 13. Konkani poet from Goa Prakash Padgaonkar has been elected to chair the literary me...

Coal scam: CBI files progress report

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:18 AM PST

CBI on Wednesday filed in a special court a progress report of its ongoing investigation in a coal blocks allocation case in which it has chargesheeted Nagpur-based Grace Industries Ltd (GIL) and...

Delhi Assembly election: Parties campaign for top spot

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 07:10 AM PST

Campaigns in Delhi ahead of the assembly election saw leaders from across parties rallying for people's support. While Modi wooed voters with his international image, Kejriwal gave explanations over his last stint.

Modi trashes opinion polls, calls them ‘lies’

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:11 PM PST

There should be change in the lives of the poor people, he says.

Cancer survivors felicitated

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:10 AM PST

On the occasion of World Cancer Day, Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital & Research Institute organised a special cancer awareness programme on the hospital premises here on Wednesday.

How the Gods take shape

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:05 AM PST

INTACH Madurai's workshop, 'Clay and its Iconic Status', brought to fore the history and significance of the clay craft

Early diagnosis of cancer is important

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:02 AM PST

Cancer specialists from a host of institutions from United States on Wednesday said that early diagnosis is very important to fight cancer in India. These and several other recent innovations in c...

I am... P. Selvam, soup seller

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:59 AM PST

I am an unacknowledged health watch dog for the joggers and walkers on the Race Course grounds. I serve herbal soups that are good for health. For those on an early morning walk I serve the 'arugam...

Happiness is…Dancing!

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:54 AM PST

Youforia Danscool's 'Zooby Dooby' show was a bouquet of creativity, innovation and boundless energy.

CM for Delhi on Thursday

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:50 AM PST

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will camp in New Delhi for five days from Thursday to take up various pending issues of Telangana Government with the Centre. On Wednesday, t...

Manufactured sand gaining popularity in Vijayapura sand

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:49 AM PST

With the acute shortage of natural sand for construction sector, Manufactured Sand, also known as M-Sand, is gradually gaining popularity in the district. M-Sand, which is made of crushed...

Bicentennial celebrations of arrival of Rev. John Hands to be marked

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:48 AM PST

The contributions of Rev. John Hands, a lesser-known missionary who spent more than three decades in Ballari towards popularising Kannada and establishing Kannada medium schools, much earlier to R...

Unbridled creativity

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:49 AM PST

Aude Maréchal talks about her one-of-a-kind puppet theatre production 'Pacotille

Number of UoH applicants rises by 20 per cent

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:44 AM PST

Applicants to the University of Hyderabad (UoH) courses have increased by 20 per cent this year with students from Telangana accounting for almost 25 per cent of the total 44,224 candidates. The e...

I am...R. Gopalan

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:35 AM PST

Occupation: Sweet corn vendor Normally, I sell apples, oranges, grapes, and guava, but what really clicked for me was selling sweet corn, sweet potato, ground nut and many other seas...

13 militia members surrender

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:24 AM PST

In all 13 Maoist militia members surrendered before Paderu Assistant Superintendent of Police A. Babujee at Paderu in the agency area of Visakhapatnam District on Wednesday. All the 13 w...

Does Section 66A curb or safeguard the social media?

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:30 AM PST

#Socialmediacurbs What do you think Section 66A does better? Fight cyber crime or curb free speech? The law prescribes 3-years jail for anyone causing "annoyance or incon...

Virtual shopping experience

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:52 PM PST

Virtualeee.com is a platform for traditional retailers to showcase their products.

Fashion with a twist

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:09 AM PST

The anniversary collection at SilkyWay has something for everyone.

AP Govt. to take stock of Bhudaan, assigned lands

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:01 AM PST

Andhra Pradesh Government has embarked on an exercise to identify Bhoodaan lands, 'Grama Kantha' (village community) lands and Banjar and assigned lands in all the 13 districts and their status. <...

AIB speaks out after removing video

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:01 AM PST

The members of expletive-laced comedy show 'AIB Roast' have removed their latest three part video from Youtube after it sparked a controversy for obscene language and content.

Awareness rally on cancer taken out in Mandya

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 03:55 AM PST

Cancer is curable if detected in early stages, said Pushpa Sarkar, Director of Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS). Addressing National Service Scheme (NSS) members and MIMS stude...

Kharge brushes aside outcome of opinion polls on Delhi Assembly elections

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 03:53 AM PST

The Leader of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha M. Mallikarjun Kharge today brushed aside the outcome of opinion polls on the Delhi elections, which projected a rout to Congress party and said th...

Choose a government that delivers, SAD tells Delhi voters

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 03:58 AM PST

BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi was best equipped to deal with the issue of women safety, says Harsimrat Kaur Badal.

Pune police sanctions Owaisi meet within 'closed doors'

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST

Amid high drama and eleventh-hour theatrics, the Pune police on Wednesday finally sanctioned a meeting on the Muslim reservation issue in which Hyderabad-based AIMIM president Asaduddin Ow...

Govt rejects Mohanlal’s offer to return money

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 03:44 AM PST

Expressing regret over the controversies surrounding the Mohanlal show at the inaugural of the 35th National Games, Kerala CM Oommen Chandy on Wednesday said government would not accept the act...

Lalisom row: Chandy says no to Mohanlal’s refund offer

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:41 AM PST

The government has no moral right to take back the money, Kerala Chief Minister says

Dhanush, Prabhu Solomon team up

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 03:42 AM PST

After his recent Kayal, a love story set in the backdrop of the December 2004 Tsunami, director Prabhu Solomon has signed up Dhanush for his next movie. The director, known for hits...

Police to shift controlled blasts training to isolated place

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:36 PM PST

The move comes after complaints from residents of Alevoor

Women and Child Development department official suspended on corruption charges

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 03:22 AM PST

The State government has ordered suspension of A. Shakuntala, Deputy Director, Women and Child Welfare Department, Kolar, for her alleged involvement in large-scale irregularities in the department...

Trinamool MP Srinjoy Bose granted bail in Saradha scam

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 03:31 AM PST

He is the first senior Trinamool Congress leader to be granted bail in the case.

Australian firm keen to set up 5,000 MW power plant near Masula

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 03:48 AM PST

An Australia-based power giant is keen on setting up 5000 MW of coal-based thermal power project along the Machilipatnam coast in Krishna district. Seeking anonymity on the name of their firm and...

Former Gujarat police chief discharged in Tulsiram fake encounter case

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 11:26 AM PST

In a blow to the CBI, the special CBI court here on Wednesday discharged the former Gujarat Director-General of Police, P.C. Pande, from the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounte...

Case against Sharad for ‘casteist’ remarks against Manjhi

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 02:44 AM PST

A case has been registered against JD(U) President Sharad Yadav for his alleged casteist remarks against Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi. "A case has been registered against Sharad...

Swine flu screening center mooted for Tirumala bound pilgrims

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 02:43 AM PST

Chittoor District Medical and Health Officer K. Koteswari said steps will be mooted to set up a screening center at Tirupati, with the coordination of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) in v...

CPI (M) asks members to vote for AAP

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 02:44 AM PST

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has asked its members to vote for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the 55 Assembly segments of Delhi where the Left does not have candidates for Saturday's Assem...

BJP stages protest in Mandya against ban on entry of VHP chief

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:22 AM PST

Members of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a protest demonstration here on Wednesday against the State government, for denying permission to Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Chief Praveen Togadia t...

AAP internal survey gives itself 51 seats in Delhi Assembly 

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:07 PM PST

The survey conducted by psephologist Yogendra Yadav gives 15 seats to BJP.

Kolkata to get Jupiter view on Friday

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 02:25 AM PST

Kolkatans will have a rare opportunity this Friday to watch Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, from close quarters. The planet comes closest to the earth on its opposition d...

CBI probe sought into AAP’s offshore funds

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 02:31 AM PST

An application in this regard was filed before a bench of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday.

Music director Chakri's wife complains to police

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:17 AM PST

Late music director Chakri's wife Shravani on Tuesday approached the Banjara Hills police alleging that some unidentified persons intentionally set ablaze the furniture kept at her husband's offic...

Probe against Nellore school teacher for corporal punishment

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 02:13 AM PST

Allegations of corporal punishment meted out to a 3rd standard girl student led to the initiation of a formal inquiry against K. Padmamma, a secondary grade teacher, at the Vachili government scho...

EC clears Kejriwal’s doubts about EVMs

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:07 AM PST

The Electronic Voting Machines can't be tampered with, poll officials tell AAP leader

Probe into corporal punishment at school begins in Nellore

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 02:00 AM PST

Allegations of corporal punishment meted out to a 3rd standard girl student led to the initiation of a formal inquiry against K. Padmamma, a secondary grade teacher, at the Vachili Government Scho...

ACB sleuths trap VRO

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 01:53 AM PST

Sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau have trapped Kurella Village Revenue Officer in Koheda mandal for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.7,000 from a farmer for the issuance of pattadar passbook...

FDA invites Indian regulators to join inspections

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 02:41 AM PST

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) India Office has invited officials of drug regulatory body, both at Central and State Government levels, to accompany its team inspecting pharmaceutical u...

Anbazhagan's plea hearing adjourned: order on Swamy's plea tomorrow

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:57 AM PST

A division bench of the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday adjourned to Thursday the hearing on DMK leader K. Anbazhagan's appeal questioning jurisdiction of Tamil Nadu government, in appointing G....

Hassan school gets new building

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 01:47 AM PST

The 86-year-old Government Higher Primary School in Ballupet in Sakleshpur, Hassan, is getting a new building with 10 classrooms and RCC roof, courtesy defence enterprise Bharat Electronics Lt...

Police constable dies in accident, four injured

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 01:41 AM PST

A 45-year-old constable died while four others were injured in a serial accident involving a pickup van and five vehicles, including the motorcycle that the constable was riding.The accident...

Swine flu claims 10 more lives in Rajasthan; toll rises to 62

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 01:39 AM PST

29 of the 33 districts are hit by the virus; task forces formed at State, division and district levels to monitor the spread of the disease

Hyderabad couple caught for smuggling ganja

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 01:30 AM PST

A couple from Hyderabad was arrested by the G.K. Veedhi Police in the Visakhapatnam Agency area on Wednesday for allegedly trying to smuggle 36 kg of dry ganja. The accused have been identified as...

Pilot killing: Jordan retaliates

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 01:22 AM PST

The Islamic State on Tuesday had released a video resembling the captive Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh being burnt alive.

Recognise emerging global trends, Pranab tells VCs

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 03:16 AM PST

Says Central universities have the responsibility to lead the transformative processes of India's higher education system.

No police sanction despite eleventh-hour wrangling on Owaisi meet in Pune

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 01:10 AM PST

After much drama and eleventh-hour theatrics, the prospects of police sanction for a meeting to address the issue of Muslim reservation in which Hyderabad-based AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi wa...

Two farmers electrocuted in Nizamabad district

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 02:31 AM PST

Two farmers Chinta Naresh (20) and Bandi Sainath (25) were electrocuted and two others Ganesh and Deepak sustained burn injuries at Fathenagar village in Armoor mandal of Nizamabad district when t...

Rahul breaks silence on Jayanthi's charges

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 11:43 AM PST

The Congress vice-president says the party "stood with the poor" and this remained his sole motivation to be in politics.

Six persons injured, car gutted

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 01:47 AM PST

Six persons of a family received serious injuries when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary lorry near Purushottamapuram check post near Itchapuram on Wednesday.

Five members of a gang arrested

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:54 AM PST

The Central Crime Branch police have caught a group of persons who were allegedly preparing to attack their rivals in Rajgopal Nagar on Wednesday.Though the police caught five members of the...

Protests in Assam over ‘immigrant’ reference

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:36 PM PST

Assam erupted in protests on Wednesday with various organisations demanding an unconditional apology from the Bharatiya Janata Party for having

Denial of permission to Togadia: BJP members troop into well of House

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:36 AM PST

Denial of permission to Vishwa Hindu Parishad Chief Praveen Togadia to enter Bengaluru to participate in the Vishwa Hindu Samajotsva, echoed in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, when Bharatiy...

Petrol prices drop in Mangaluru, Udupi

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:09 AM PST

Petrol will cost Rs. 60.88 per litre, while diesel will cost Rs. 49.44 per litre in Mangaluru from Wednesday morning. Petrol and diesel earlier cost Rs. 63.58 and Rs. 51.87. In Udupi, pet...

RINL assets undervalued to sell equity: SWFI leader

Posted: 03 Feb 2015 11:58 PM PST

The assets of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, are undervalued to sell 10 per cent equity of the Government for peanuts as part of a conspiracy, al...

Stop the witch-hunt against Mohanlal: Mammootty

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 12:04 AM PST

Senior actor Mammootty has requested all to stop the witch-hunt against his colleague and noted actor Mohanlal over the controversy that erupted following the poor response to his 'Lalisom' musica...

Sunanda Pushkar’s son likely to be questioned today

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 03:06 AM PST

Sunanda Pushkar's son Shiv Menon on Wednesday will be likely questioned by the Delhi Police in connection with her suspected murder. Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi told media that Shiv Me...

5 KG gold stolen from Muthoot office

Posted: 03 Feb 2015 11:45 PM PST

Some unidentified persons entered Muthoot Mini Finance office located at Beeramguda under Ramachandrapuram police station limits and looted about 5 kilograms of gold. The incident took place on We...

Visakhapatnam Co-op Bank steps into centenary year

Posted: 03 Feb 2015 11:30 PM PST

Scripting a success story one after another, Visakhapatnam Co-operative Bank Ltd (VBCL) will achieve a major landmark by launching its year-long centenary celebrations from February 5. Th...

BJP wins a seat in ZP by-election

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:21 AM PST

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pushpavathi Gowda Kulvaje on Wednesday defeated Congress candidate Bhageerati Kusumadhara Gowda in the by-election for the Bellandur seat of Dakshina Kannada Zilla...

Kejriwal’s name correctly enrolled: EC

Posted: 03 Feb 2015 11:41 PM PST

The Election Commission on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal's name was correctly enrolled in the voters' list of New Delhi constituency, making...
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