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Two accused detained in the job racket case

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:25 PM PST

The police nabbed two persons in S. Rayavaram in Visakhapatnam district on Monday in connection with a job racket, in which 13 youth from the district were detained in Malaysia for overstaying. <...

JD(U) expels Manjhi from party

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:32 PM PST

Mr. Manjhi's supporter has approached Patna High Court against Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav.

MEA clarification on nuclear deal draws flak

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:32 PM PST

The government had made it clear that there would be no changes to the Civil Nuclear Liability for Damage Act (2010).

SIT on black money to discuss new names today

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 10:33 PM PST

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money will hold a meeting on Monday to discuss status of cases of Indians found to have been holding illegal accounts abroad and disclosures made by a...

Why the public should know of Swiss banks' pattern of misconduct

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:03 PM PST

Scores of clients of lucrative operation are already under criminal investigation amid claims of their involvement in drug smuggling, frauds and terror financing

Kejriwal demands action against HSBC officials

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:18 PM PST

Reacting to an investigative report in the Indian Express on Monday that reveals names of businessmen and politicians who have held accounts in HSBC's Swiss private banking arm, Aam Aadmi P...

HSBC admits Swiss bank failings over client taxes

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:30 PM PST

HSBC said its Swiss arm had not been fully integrated after its purchase in 1999, allowing "significantly lower" standards of compliance and due diligence to persist

Govt. to probe new Indian names in HSBC list: Jaitley

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:30 PM PST

"Assessment of 350 account holders have been done and the rest will be completed by March 31. "

Re-polling at two poll booths in Delhi

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:43 PM PST

Re-polling was held Monday at two booths for the Delhi assembly after anomaly was found in EVM machines, officials said Monday.According to the Election Commission officials, mock poll data...

Pak targets villages, 8 BoPs with mortar bombs, one injured

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:26 PM PST

Pakistani Rangers indulged in heavy firing and mortar shelling overnight on eight border outposts and some villages along the international border in Jammu district, leaving one person injured.

I want to change the larger-than-life image of a pop star: Sam Smith

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:58 PM PST

The 22-year-old also won Best New Artist and said he wants to change the larger-than-life image of a pop star into a more relatable, raw one

Sahitya Akademi bookstore opens at Kashmere Gate metro station

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 08:32 PM PST

To promote literature and to make Indian language books accessible to metro commuters, the Sahitya Akademi has collaborated with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to open its first-ever bookshop at...

A quirky, student-friendly hub

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 08:32 PM PST

Satyaniketan market has become a "cool" place to hang out

Two Indians win Grammy this year

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 08:20 PM PST

India-based Ricky Kej's collaborated album Winds Of Samsara won the Best New Age Album trophy at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards here.Ricky teamed up with South African musician Wouter...

‘Boyhood’, ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ big winners at BAFTA

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 08:03 PM PST

Coming-of-age drama Boyhood won three of the biggest awards at the BAFTA 2015 but it was Wes Anderson's whimsical drama The Grand Budapest Hotel that dominated the ceremony by taking...

Obama, Katy Perry team up against domestic abuse at Grammys

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 07:50 PM PST

A powerful trio formed by U.S. President Barack Obama, pop star Katy Perry and a survivor took their fight against domestic abuse to the Grammy Awards on Sunday and exhorted artists to use their p...

On polling day, AAP got the least donations

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 07:44 PM PST

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) polled millions of votes in the Delhi election on Saturday but it was also the day when it got the least amount of cash donations in nearly a fortnight.According to...

Delhi cops deliver incident-free polls

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 07:43 PM PST

Special Cell has arrested more than 10 people who tried to disrupt elections

Balyan seeks another day to join probe

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 07:42 PM PST

Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Uttam Nagar, Naresh Balyan, who announced that he would join the probe into the recovery of liquor bottles, on Sunday sought another day to do so.After the Del...

The Lunchbox loses to Polish film at BAFTA

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 07:38 PM PST

Internationally acclaimed Hindi movie The Lunchbox missed the trophy for the 'Film Not in the English Language' category of the BAFTA Awards 2015 to Polish-Danish drama movie Ida, wh...

Do you know about common traffic offences

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:54 PM PST

On any given day, over 1,000 cases of traffic offences — such as drunken driving, speeding and unauthorised parking — are booked by the Chennai city traffic police. There is little clarity...

Australian PM survives vote of confidence

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 08:01 PM PST

Australia's ruling Liberal Party voted on Monday morning to defeat a leadership spill motion, thereby retaining Tony Abbott in his role as the party leader and the country's prime minister....

Modi to discuss exams in Mann Ki Baat

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 10:51 PM PST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday invited suggestions from students and parents for his next monthly radio programme "Mann ki Baat". To be aired later this month, he has de...

Delhi’s voter sex ratio just 787 women for 1,000 men

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:00 PM PST

More men than women drove the increase in voter turnout in the 2015 Assembly elections in the Capital, and the gender gap among voters widened slightly, an analysis of data shows. Accordi...

Delay in BU Syndicate nomination: teachers unhappy

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:56 PM PST

Bharathiar University is back in the news again, this time for keeping a few Syndicate posts vacant.The university sources say that three posts to be filled with professors from among the...

Swine flu: exclusive ward opened at Salem hospital

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:56 PM PST

The Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital here is ready with a special ward to treat patients infected with swine flu (H1N1). The exclusive ward started functioning from Saturda...

AIADMK, BJP clash in Srirangam

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:48 PM PST

There was mild tension at Srirangam after a clash erupted between AIADMK and Bharatiya Janata Party functionaries on Sunday. Condemning the attack on their party members and demanding th...

Spate of drownings in Chennai

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:35 PM PST

Three people, including a 7-year-old boy, drowned in separate incidents in the city on Sunday. Three first-year engineering students also went missing while bathing at the Elliot's Beach on Sunday....

China president plans to make first state visit to US

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 08:09 PM PST

Chinese state media are reporting that a top diplomat said President Xi Jinping plans to make his first state visit to the U.S. later this year. On Monday, the official China Daily n...

NITI Aayog: Maharashtra seeks funds for Mumbai projects, Kumbh Mela

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:21 PM PST

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday demanded financial assistance and requisite permissions for projects worth Rs one lakh crore for improving basic amenities in Mumbai among...

Dhaka-bound express train attacked

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 03:01 PM PST

Unrest continues in Bangladesh

Congress will not back AAP in the event of a split verdict: Maken

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 02:58 PM PST

Even as various exit polls spelt its doom, the face of the Congress's campaign for the recently concluded Assembly polls said the party "would go it alone" no matter what the people's verdict and...

‘Indian trawlers back in huge numbers’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 07:42 PM PST

Earlier, Sri Lankan Navy acted promptly, but now they are reluctant to arrest the poaching Indian fishermen, Jaffna-based fisher leaders say.

J&amp;K leader urges Muslims to have more children

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 03:07 PM PST

A separatist leader has asked Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir to marry more than once and have as many children as possible to preserve the Muslim-majority character of the State. "We appeal...

India is a Hindu Rashtra: Bhagwat

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 08:29 PM PST

Without referring to the BJP government at the Centre, the RSS chief considered the present times as "positive" for Hindutva and the RSS.

Togadia's recorded speech telecast at meet

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 03:16 PM PST

The speech was beamed at the fag end of the controversial programme, appearing to take everyone — including the 1,800-strong policemen and some of the top policemen of the city — by surprise.

Woman saves children from blaze

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 02:19 PM PST

However, an 18-month-old baby died in the fire in Villivakkam

Thavil master joins music maestro

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 02:12 PM PST

Tharai Thappattai to capture interaction and tension between the world of classical and folk music.

Berlinale: ‘Picture emerges in the mind of a listener’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 02:08 PM PST

Conversation with other journalists. Plus, a needless update of material that was much better served by Buñuel.

‘Will fulfil provisions of A.P. Reorganisation Act’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 02:08 PM PST

CM conveys people's disappointment over the Special Development Package announced by Centre

NITI Aayog: AP cannot be treated on a par with other States, says Naidu

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 02:07 PM PST

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday maintained that Andhra Pradesh could not be treated on par with other States and asserted that the Centre had to fulfil its commitment towards impleme...

Constitution writing should not be delayed: Koirala

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 01:59 PM PST

CA committee prepares questions on disputes

NITI Aayog: Telangana seeks sector-centric fund allocation

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 01:52 PM PST

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has sought a change of policy in the allocation of funds by the Centre from the existing scheme-specific to sector-centric at the first meeting of the...

NITI Aayog should fix plan allocation: Chandy

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 01:48 PM PST

The NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog should continue to determine the levels of funds to be allocated to the States and fix Plan expenditure like the erstwhile Planning Com...

Anger as culprits in Rohtak rape case remain at large

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 01:41 PM PST

Mentally challenged Nepalese woman raped on February 4

For three cities, a helping hand

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 01:31 PM PST

Project will give guidance on decision-making and big data

Directorate of Municipal Administration to become Commissionerate

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Swachch Bharat Abhiyan to be implemented in two phases

Burglary in PHC, GP office

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Unidentified miscreants have allegedly stolen various items from two government offices near Bellur in Nagamangala in the wee hours of Saturday. They had barged into the primary health centre (PHC)...

Raise road level

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

In order to prevent rain water stagnation at the Kannur Central Market junction, at the meeting point of the Market Road-Ballard Road and Bank Road, a culvert was constructed a few months ago. Thou...

Declare Cauvery delta as protected farm zone: Medha

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Visits farmers affected by oil spill from facilities maintained by ONGC

Merchant cheated of Rs. 26 lakh

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

A fraudster has cheated a rice merchant of Rs. 26 lakh by selling fake antique jewellery.Police said Jafer Ali, a rice merchant at Kattuthalavasal near here, said in his complaint that he wa...

13th edition of Knit-Tech fair concludes today

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The 13th edition of the Knit-Tech, a knitting technology trade fair organised by Hi-tech International Trade Fair, would come to a close on February 9.More than 200 companies from India and...

Dialysis unit for government hospital soon

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Haemodialysis Unit is to be inaugurated in the Govt. Vellore Medical College Hospital on February 11

A book on hope and danger

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

First Indian premiering of 'A Love Story for My Sister'

My skin burns and I cannot see, says acid attack victim

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:19 PM PST

"Appa threw something hot on my face, when my sister, mother and I were sleeping. Now my face burns horribly and I cannot see anything," wailed 10-year-old Meghana, who is admitted in the burns war...

Woman saves children from blaze

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

However, an 18-month-old baby died in the fire in Villivakkam

Plan approval: permission sought

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Coimbatore Corporation has written to the State Government on granting building plan approval for additional construction to be taken up by residents of added areas.According to officials, t...

Buoyed by response, Cong. to take on TRS government

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Party mulls 'Million March'-type rally against government on Necklace Road soon

FACT to resume ammonia production

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT) is set to resume ammonia production on its Udyogamandal premises after a gap of more than a year.The recent agreement by FACT, Gail India and...

Workplace harassment: three persons convicted

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The III Judicial Magistrate First Class judge Undi Manjula Shivappa on Friday sentenced a shop owner in Hampankatta and his two friends to a year's imprisonment on finding them guilty of sexually h...

Half-day holidays for schools, colleges

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

District Collector Biju Prabhakar has declared half-day holidays on Monday and Tuesday for 14 schools and colleges in the Thiruvallam, Ambalathara, Pachalloor, Vazhamuttam, Venganoor, and Poonkulam...

‘Advocates should counsel couples seeking divorce’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Andhra Pradesh High Court judge R. Subhash Reddy has suggested that advocates contribute their mite for protecting marriages."They have to the extent possible counsel couples seeking divorce...

A musical treat

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:22 PM PST

It was a musical treat for those who made their way to Kaveri Kannada Sangha to participate in the 451{+s}{+t} aradhane (death anniversary) of saint-poet Purandara Dasa on Sund...

Congress activists stage protests

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Cadres of the Congress on Sunday staged protests at all important centres in Adilabad district condemning the high handed attitude of the government towards party leaders who were allegedly assault...

TV9 news reader killed in accident

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:18 PM PST

A news reader of vernacular news channel TV9, Kalla Bhadri (40), was killed in a road accident near Dwaraka Tirumala in West Godavari district on Sunday.His wife Sujatha (35), two sons Sande...

‘Follow regulations while dealing with rape cases’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Senior forensic medicine expert Rajesh Sangram, who is also the head of the Forensic Medicine Department in ESIC Medical College in Kalaburagi, stressed on the need for following the regulations ma...

Girls should learn martial arts: councillor

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

S.K. Shivaprakash Babu, member of the Mandya City Municipal Council, on Sunday called upon the girls to learn martial arts to protect themselves. Mr. Babu was distributing certificates to students,...

Woman found murdered

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

A woman was found murdered at her home at Kanichar in the Kealakam police station limits here on Sunday.The police identified the deceased as Vadakke Muriyil Shobha, 48, a widow, who was liv...

When demands are highlighted through protests

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The police NEED TO ENSURE that the public are not affected

Residents accept bodies of murdered teenagers

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

SP assures them of arrest of murderers at the earliest

Hunt on for rapist

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The police on Saturday released sketches of the suspect in Thursday's rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl at Sulibele on the city's outskirts.Around eight special teams were formed and...

Reader’s mail

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Encourage medical tourism

There have been reports that Puducherry does not have nurses commensurate to the number of patients. As per the statistical data of 2012-13, 764 nu...

Circle kite soars above Kozhikode

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

One India kite team to take part in China kite flying contest

Despite ban, Togadia’s recorded speech beamed at Hindu meet

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:19 PM PST

In an open defiance of the ban by the city police, the recorded speech of Vishwa Hindu Parishat International Working President Praveen Togadia was telecast on LCD screens at the Virat Hindu Samajo...

Transgender activists seek action against officials

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

A group working for the interests of the transgender community appealed to the city police on Sunday to initiate action against the staff of the Chennai Corporation who were responsible for making...

24X7 water supply through PPP mode

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Revised funding pattern to increase cost of project

Congress lashes out at Naveen govt.

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Ahead of Nabakalebara festival for poor infrastructure

Volunteers relax after poll frenzy

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

With the dust of Assembly elections settling down and Delhi eagerly awaiting the results, volunteers of various political parties had a relaxed Sunday after weeks of high voltage campaigning.

Governor for self-reliance in critical sectors

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

'Overdependence on imports is the biggest danger country is facing'

A flurry of infrastructure works at Edappally

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Work on a bridge and flyover begins at the busy junction

Fishing community sees global conspiracy in deep-sea fishing notification

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

'Notification is contradictory to the Meenakumari report'

Jha reviews election preparedness

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka Anil kumar Jha, who has been appointed as Special Observer for the Srirangam by-election, on Sunday visited various parts of the constituency to check the effic...

Schools upbeat, foresee surge in admissions

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Corporate institutions are adding additional sections to each class

His eternal light continues to glow in him

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:24 PM PST

The Dawoodi Bohra community members are celebrating the 104th birth anniversary of their spiritual leader, the Late 52nd Dai al-Mutlaq, His Holiness Dr Syedna Mohammed BurhanuddinRA on Monday, 9th...

Help desks to promote ‘Kalyana Lakshmi’ mooted

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA), Bhadrachalam, has mooted setting up help desks in the offices of the MPDOs in the agency areas to publicise and promote the Kalyana Lakshmi scheme,...

Naidu to take on TRS in TS, plans to tour entire State

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Even as he grapples with problems of the residuary State, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and president of Telugu Desam Party N. Chandrababu Naidu has decided to focus attention on Telangana and tour...

Expert: biodiversity being destroyed in border areas

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Speakers at a seminar on 'Conservation of biodiversity' here on Saturday drew attention to the rapid destruction of biodiversity in boundary areas of the State. It was organised by J.E. Society's K...

Woman kills son, commits suicide

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

A woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping into an open well, after throwing her son into it at Somanahalli in Maddur taluk.The victims have been identified as Shilpashree (28) and M. Dh...

Phase 2 of number system for bus routes launched

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

UNSBR helps overcome linguistic barriers

Benefits of yoga stressed

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Yoga helps in not only keeping ailments at bay but also prevents people from becoming slaves to intoxicants like alcohol. This was stressed by participants at the conclusion of a village service pr...

Poor upkeep of street lights triggers fear

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Private firm entrusted with their maintenance in Tirunelveli and its outskirts

Reward for Bengaluru traffic policemen

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Recognition for better traffic management

Man found stabbed to death

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

A 22-year-old youth was found stabbed to death near a burial ground at Dharapadavedu on Sunday.According to the police, Chellathurai, a resident of Jyothi Nagar, Dharapadavedu had left home...

Vibrant hues of nostalgia

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Paintings highlight nature's gifts that are fast fading away

SSLC exam: decision on students of illegal schools today

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Education Department officials have been instructed to stop registering private candidates for the time being. This is in the wake of media reports highlighting that students from illegal schools w...

12th Sugama Sangeeta Sammelan from Feb. 28

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The 12th State-level Sugama Sangeeta Sammelan 'Geetatosava 2015' will be held from February 28 at Chamarajanagar.Organised by the Karnataka Sugama Sangeeta Parishat, the two-day conference i...

Thavil master joins music maestro

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

 It is music maestro Ilayaraja's 1000th film. And, it should come as no surprise that the film,  Tharai Thappattai,  seeks to capture the interaction and tension between the wo...

Brieflys

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Programme

SIEMA and Federation of Indian Exporters' Organisation will conduct a three-day executive development programme on International Trade. A release says that the pro...

12 killed in Assam road accident

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Twelve persons were killed on the spot and eight others seriously injured when the vehicle in which they were travelling hit a truck on NH 37 in Golaghat district of Assam, police said.The v...

MRPS to launch ‘yatra’ against Rajaiah’s dismissal

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

The Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti (MRPS) will launch a four phase 'yatra' in Telangana to highlight the dismissal of former Deputy Chief Minister T. Rajaiah and lack of representation to Malas,...

Kudumbasree in race for ration card work

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

: Unnathi IT Consortium, a collective of IT units run by Kudumbasree members, is keeping its fingers crossed as it hopes for a favourable response from the Civil Supplies Department on allocation o...

Briefly

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

'BJP collecting papers on Arkavathi'

Union Minister for Law and Justice D.V. Sadananda Gowda said here on Sunday that the BJP was collecting more documents relating to the A...

Primary school hampering renovation of ‘mandapam’ at Tiruvanaikovil

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Corporation says a building is under construction for the school

Students told to study libertarianism

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

City Police Commissioner A.B. Venkateswara Rao on Sunday advised students to understand various philosophies and study libertarianism that helped develop society.He was addressing a workshop...

‘Bhajans’ for peace

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Devotees in large numbers participated in a programme held at Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vihar school premises here on Sunday as part of the 'Laksha Galaarchana', singing of bhajans for universal peace,...

Students told to aim high

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Students of School of Management, National Institute of Technology (NIT), were told to believe in themselves to achieve greater heights in careers. Many people believe that knowledge is power. But...

Naidu: A.P. can’t be treated on par with other States

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday maintained that Andhra Pradesh could not be treated on par with other States and asserted that the Centre had to fulfil its commitment towards implemen...

Maharashtra Minister Raote takes a dig at Sharad Pawar

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Maharashtra Transport Minister Diwakar Narayan Raote on Sunday took a dig at Nationalist Congress Party president and the former Union Minister Sharad Pawar for not taking the salutation "Jai Mahar...

Publicity vehicle to display cultural ethos of Mandya

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The Mandya district administration, which is gearing up for celebrating the platinum jubilee of the formation of Mandya district, has decided to promote the programmes through a colourful publicity...

Panel to open talks to solve dispute

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:15 PM PST

Patriarch says he is pained by animosity between the factions

Issue pattas by March: CPI(M)

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Communist Party of India (Marxist), Kancheepuram District, has urged the State government to issue pattas to all eligible families in the district within March 2015.CPI (M) district secr...

Tourists hail drive against plastics in Ooty

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Nilgiri Wildlife and Environment Association (NWEA) on Sunday set in motion a campaign to combat plastics menace in this holiday destination.With the help of about 25 volunteers the asso...

Three arrested in murder case

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Three persons were arrested on the charges of murdering a young woman near Kodaikanal observatory here on Sunday.The arrested were Sampath Kumar (32), a watchman in a private cottage in Koda...

Create awareness of people’s right to health care.: SC Judge

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:21 PM PST

Stating that the absence of health care is essentially a policy problem of political parties, a Supreme Court judge said that "60 years of tamasha would not have happened" if m...

Water supply project to take off in April

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

It is executed in three packages at Mettur, Tirupattur, Vellore

Action committee to go ahead with strike

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The Mananchira—Vellimadukunnu Road Action Committee has decided to go ahead with its hunger-strike plans in front of the District Collectorate on Wednesday.The action committee's strike plan...

Grievances redressal meet

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) will hold grievances redressal meet on Monday from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the following service stations: Mysore Road, West-1 sub-division; Banash...

Inventec to set up shop in Chennai

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Taiwanese firm Inventec, which makes mobile phones, notebooks and consumer electronics, is setting up a unit in Chennai. The move comes at a time when Chennai electronic ecosystem has come to a hal...

Injured cobra rescued

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

An injured female cobra, aged about four, was rescued from the Big Tank here on Saturday. It has been taken to the State Government veterinary facility in Ettimadai.According to K. Asokan, v...

Neither I nor my party is involved in Saradha: Mukul

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

'During elections, scam issue is typically raised'

Delhi will be the first nail in BJP’s coffin, U.P. the last: SP

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 07:44 PM PST

The Delhi Assembly elections will be the first nail in the coffin of BJP and Uttar Pradesh will put the last one, a senior Samajwadi Party leader said on Sunday."Delhi elections will be firs...

Kadiam seeks active involvement of NRIs in development projects

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari said that the TRS government was NRI-friendly and would involve every person of Telangana in the development of the State, particularly in priority projects lik...

Man jumps off bridge following bet; dies

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

A man drowned on Sunday evening after he jumped off the Ezhupunna-Kumbalanghi Bridge on a bet.Vimal, 21, son of Mani, Kattukalinchirayil Veedu, Nambiyapuram, Palluruthy, was walking with his...

Soothing lines from Mushroom Lake

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The music band's first album was released online late in 2014

Officials told to ensure transparency in voting

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Show EVMs to party agents before polling starts: Observer

Brilliant portrayal of ‘navarasas’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:22 PM PST

Showcasing her dancing prowess, Mysore-based Krupa Fakde brilliantly portrayed 'navarasas' proving her perfection in Bharatanatyam.Bringing to the fore the myriad hues of the dance form in a...

Laudable remarks

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:24 PM PST

The judgment delivered by a Bench of Supreme Court in a motor accident compensation claim case in which Justice Banumathi termed the contribution made by the housemaker invaluable, is appreciable a...

Govt. taking unilateral decisions: Congress

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The TRS government is functioning undemocratically by taking unilateral decisions, said former minister Baswaraju Saraiah.Protesting the police highhandedness on Congress leaders who tried t...

Delegation to meet CM

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Y.A. Narayanswamy, MLC, has said that a delegation will meet Chief Minister Siddaramaiah urging him to release funds for the construction of buildings for secondary schools in the district.S...

Chief Minister convenes meeting to discuss ways for revival of MPM

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Company said to be carrying an accumulated loss of Rs. 470 crore

HC stays money recovery from VC

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

But asks Abdul Salam not to draw pension from KAU

08FEBMAK04_crimes_city #crime Boy drowns off Ennore coast

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Motorcyclist dies

A motorcyclist, who was injured in a road accident in Gowrivakkam on Saturday evening, died at a private hospital in Chromepet on Sunday. Kamal (26) of Sem...

Underground drainage system for Pudukottai

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

It is likely to be commissioned in three months

Man assaulted

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

In a running feud between two groups, a 40-year-old man was attacked with clubs by a gang near M. Reddiyapatti on Saturday evening. Police said the victim, K. Krishnamoorthy, was reportedly waylaid...

CISF personnel held for man’s death in NLC mine

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Eight personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) were arrested and remanded in judicial custody on Saturday night in connection with the death of a person inside the second lignite m...

Ship-breaking unit faces legal fight

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

A people's action council constituted against the operations of the Steel Industries Kerala Limited's (SILK) ship-breaking unit at Beypore has decided to fight the issue legally.The move is...

Musical side of Masti family

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

As preparations to celebrate the 125th birth anniversary of Jnanpith Award-winning Kannada writer Masti Venkatesh Iyengar are under way, the lesser known musical side of the author came to the fore...

Feb. 10 last working day for Foxconn workers

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Foxconn had offered severance package to workers of its Chennai plant and said February 10 would be the last working day, trade union sources said.As per the package announced earlier, the w...

Short messages to create awareness on dengue fever

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

SMS on dengue fever

The Corporation will soon use short message service (SMS) to reach at least two lakh Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited customers as part of its efforts to cre...

Make agriculture viable, says Badal

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Seeking top priority for the primary sector while formulating national plans, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday urged the Union government to formulate a flagship scheme, to ensur...

DU elects two executive council members

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Delhi University on Sunday declared two members as elected to its Executive Council, the highest decision-making body of the varsity."Abha Dev Habib, a physics teacher at Miranda House, has...

Will fulfil provisions in State Reorganisation Act: Jaitley

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday promised Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu that the Centre would fulfil all provisions of the AP Reorganisation Act and "work out" on pleas for bridg...

Ex-IAS officer’s undue wait for retirement benefits

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Processing of papers delayed owing to confusion over allotment of State, post-bifurcation

High Court orders re-hearing in criminal defamation case

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Madras High Court Bench here has ordered re-hearing by a first appellate court into a criminal defamation case filed by a retired professor from Tirunelveli district against two individuals for...

Wayside toilet complexes planned

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

: The first 'Take-A-Rest,' Kerala Tourism's wayside toilet complexes with restrooms and food courts, near the Shanghumughom beach in the capital is getting ready for commissioning.The 'relax...

Passport Seva Camp at Karaikal on February 14, 15

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

A Passport Seva Camp will be held in Karaikal on February 14 and 15, according to K. Balamurugan, Regional Passport Officer, Chennai.In a release, Mr. Balamurugan said the camp would be held...

Tight security for Gunadala Mary Matha Utsavams

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The city police made elaborate arrangements for the smooth conduct of three-day Gunadala Mary Matha Utsavams, beginning from Monday.Security has been provided with two Assistant Commissioner...

Rein in sand price, State urged

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

CREDAI hails govt. directive to cement companies

Discom officials remain mum, keep the media guessing

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:17 PM PST

The submission of proposals by power distribution companies to Telangana Electricity Regulatory Commission seeking a tariff hike in the next financial year kept energy officials and media persons...

‘Don’t panic over swine flu’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Officials say it can be effectively tackled

Girl from Nimbal dies of A(H1N1); woman from Sirguppa suspected to be affected

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

10 suspected cases reported in Vijayapura district

From Feb. 16, apply online for driving licence

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Come February 16, both the Regional Transport Offices (RTO) in Mysuru will receive applications for learners' licence, driving licence and vehicle registration certificates only online."With...

Allegations aimed at misleading people: NSS

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

General secretary was accused of backing corrupt elements

SC to hear plea of ‘Bishop’ for protection

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Supreme Court on Monday is scheduled to hear a petition filed by Reverend Dr. H.A. Martin, who contends that he is the "legitimate" Bishop and President of the Tamil Nadu Evangelical Lutheran C...

Scholarships distributed

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The management of Shrimati Indira Gandhi College distributed scholarships to the needy and differently abled students in memory of the founder secretary K. Santhanam on his birth...

Siddha wing conducts camps at tribal hamlets

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Medical Department's Siddha wing conducted camps in tribal hamlets of Sathyamangalam hills for the first time earlier recently, thanks to the support rendered by the Special Task Force and Fore...

Sanjay presents ragas with virtuosity

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Sanjay Subrahmanyan began his concert at Sri Sathguru Sangeetha Samajam in Madurai with the auspicious notes of Kalyani to the rarely sung pada varnam "Satura Kamini" by Swati Tirunal. Next, "Sri K...

Lawyers’ union plea on Shibin murder case

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The district chapter of All India Lawyers' Union (AILU) has urged the State government to immediately appoint a special prosecutor to conduct the trial of the murder of Democratic Youth Federation...

Bidar couple set themselves ablaze

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

A couple set themselves ablaze at their relative's house in Gatahalli near Hebbugodi on Sunday afternoon. While the woman died of burns, the man is battling for life at Victoria Hospital here.<...

Start-up looks to redefine artificial intelligence

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

"We can proudly say we are entirely a 'made in Madras' product," says Ashwini Asokan, co-founder and CEO of the curiously-named Mad Street Den, a city-based start-up that works on the premise of re...

‘No role in Delhi poll’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan, head of the Dera Sacha Sauda movement, has said that his organisation had no role in the Delhi Assembly elections and that it did not support any party, particular...

‘Centrally-sponsored schemes should go’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The Haryana Government has demanded that Centrally-Sponsored Schemes (CSS) be dismantled, devolution of funds be done leaving space for local initiatives, there be a premium for efficient and fast-...

IMA for changes in medical insurance policy

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written to chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA), T. S. Vijayan, seeking his intervention "in looking at revising t...

Fifty years of Konkani Association

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

The Konkani Association of Hyderabad celebrated fifty years of its existence on Sunday, when it honoured eminent members of the community for meritorious service in their chosen fields. Union Minis...

Senior citizens among 62 persons caught by ‘She’ teams

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

She teams of Cyberabad police nabbed 62 persons, including juveniles and senior citizens for sexually harassing women in the last one-and-half month. The police also conducted 34 awareness programm...

A haven for antisocial elements

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

"State of affairs at Karadipatti and Kongarpuliyankulam no different"

Award for backward classes corporation

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

: The Kerala State Backward Classes Development Corporation (KSBCDC) has been selected for the Best Social Finance Institution award for its role in the success of the innovative consumer loan sche...

Left parties urge voters to shun corrupt, communal forces

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

"Right time to teach a fitting lesson to Dravidian parties"

Potholes may be a thing of the past for motorists in 9 Assembly segments

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Motorists can hope for a hassle-free drive on a majority of the roads in the city and its suburbs if the plans of Roads and Buildings (R&B) department to re-carpet pothole-riddled stretches fructif...

Vizag likely to emerge as a transhipment hub

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

With things moving in a positive direction, there is a lot of expectancy in the industrial circles that Visakhapatnam will emerge as a transhipment hub in a few years.As part of Maritime Age...

NBA accredited colleges to benefit from AICTE norms

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:18 PM PST

From 2015-16, only institutions that have NBA approval for their courses can apply to start new courses or increase seats

Gymnasts from State feted

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Gymnasts from the State, who were returning after a stellar performance in the National Games held in Kerala recently, were felicitated by a team of sports officials led by District Sports Developm...

Contract doctors’ salary hiked

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The State government has hiked the consolidated salary of doctors working on contract basis in government hospitals.An order to this effect was passed by the government on February 6, which...

Delay in track-doubling work: MGP urges MPs to intervene

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Expressing concern over the delay in the completion of the track doubling work between Mysuru and Bengaluru, the Mysuru Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has urged Pratap Simha and C.S. Puttaraju, MPs of My...

The many intrigues behind the Games scene

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:07 PM PST

It is said a leader of the ruling alliance sent a complaint to the CBI alleging irregularities in the conduct of the Games

CM seeks policy corrections

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:49 PM PST

Tamil Nadu has asked for policy corrections that are vital to carry forward the 'Make in India' campaign and more engagement with the State in formulating policy priorities.At the first meet...

Hundreds witness kumbabishekam

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Hundreds of people witnessed the mahakumbabishekam of Sundarambigai samedha Vaidyanathaswamy Temple at Thirumachapadi on Sunday.Holy water was poured on kalasams of two Rajagopurams and 13 v...

Periyar University NSS volunteers felicitated

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The NSS volunteers of Periyar University who participated in the Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi and in Chennai were felicitated by Vice-Chancellor C. Swaminathan at a function held here on...

On Campus

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Rural development

A seminar on 'Rural development' was organised under the auspices of the Department of Economics at Yadava College recently. Chief guest R. Bernardshaw tou...

For the joy of running

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Nearly 3,500 participate in the Auroville Marathon

More confusion likely on Mysuru Road from today

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Brace yourself for confusion on the already busy Mysuru Road as police are going to divert traffic from near the Kimko Junction from Monday. Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is going to de...

Hundreds of sea turtles die in the fishing nets

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Activists belonging to TREE Foundation and Students' Sea Turtle Conservation Network (SSTCN) are agitated with the death of hundreds of sea turtles from January.The turtles get caught in var...

Rawat seeks Centre’s help

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Paying Uttarakhand a green bonus for the eco-system services it provides, lifting the ban on construction of hydro-power projects in the State and scrapping the 100-km area along the Bhagirathi riv...

“More States must contribute to Delhi water pool”

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

CM Khattar says Haryana is water deficient and its groundwater level falling

UoH entrance exams begin

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The entrance examinations for admission to various courses at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) commenced on Sunday at various centres all over the country with the maximum number taking the test a...

Two killed in accidents

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

A woman was killed and six other persons sustained injuries when an autorickshaw overturned at Chevella in Ranga Reddy district on Sunday afternoon. The occupants were proceeding from Moinabad to R...

Self-reliance in food production is a myth: natural farming expert

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

"If we are so, why should we import wheat, edible oil, fruits"

Kudumbasree products to reach rural markets

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

: Kudumbasree products and locally made products will be made available at four shopping malls in the State as part of the Grand Kerala Shopping Festival (GKSF) Plus. A blueprint for making availab...

Choose candidate from a non-corrupt party: Ila.Ganesan

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Voters in the Srirangam Assembly constituency should decide whether to vote continuously for the candidates of corrupt parties or choose a candidate of a non-corrupt party in this byelection, said...

Centre will fulfil all promises in due course

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

BJP State general secretary J. Syam Kishore and organising secretary G.R. Ravindra Raju termed the Congress and Communist parties' criticism of the financial assistance (Rs. 350 crore) that Central...

IT centre to digitise Vachana literature planned

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Basavakalyan Development Board (BDB) will set up an IT centre in Basavakalyan to digitise all available Vachana literature. The centre will include a digital library to scan manuscripts and sto...

Spreading spirituality with ‘Hanuman Chalisa’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Sri Datta Kshetram is keen to promote spirituality among the kids and others with chanting of 'Hanuman Chalisa' and 'Karya Siddhi Hanuman Mantram' with the suggestion of Datta Peetham head Ganapati...

Development Dialogue concludes in Hubballi

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The two-day 'Development Dialogue-2015' hosted by Deshpande Foundation with the theme 'Scaling by proving' concluded here on Sunday with representatives of non-governmental organisations participat...

‘Stones are thrown on our roofs all day’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Residents of Makkihalli in Sakleshpur taluk are in fear, following rumours of black magic being practised in the village.Members of two families in the village have complained that stones we...

Kanhangad mini civil station yet to get going

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

No power, water connections

When BJP talks of Kamaraj rule…

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:45 PM PST

Union Minister Pon. Radhakrishnan recalls the glory of the late leader's days that put Tiruchi on industrial map

Ensure safe delivery, nurses told

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Staff nurses attached to government hospitals and primary health centres should instil confidence into pregnant mothers as part of their ante-natal healthcare service. They should provide individua...

NAAC team visits Muthayammal College of Arts and Science

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

A three-member team of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) visited the Muthayammal College of Arts and Science here from February 5 to 7 for assessment of the performance of the co...

MADURAI TODAY

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

RELIGION Selva Vinayagar Temple: Discourse on 'Siddarkalin Aanmeegam' by M. Elango, Railway Colony, 7 p.m. Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple:...

Equestrian skills to the fore

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Participants in the age-group of 10 to 55 years ride to glory

Man held on charge of raping and murdering 8-year-old at Hoskote

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Ambareesh (20), a resident of Cholappanahalli, was arrested on Sunday evening on charge of raping and murdering of an eight-year-old girl in Sulibele village in Hoskote on February 5.After p...

Monitor projects: Akhilesh

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has stressed on the formation of a project monitoring group in the NITI Aayog and the Prime Minister's Office on the pending proposals and sanctions of t...

Another swine flu patient dies

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

A 50-year-old man suffering from Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and pneumonia who was also diagnosed with swine flu died on Sunday. He was under medical treatment at Rockland, Dwarka, for three days and...

EFLU’s media fest from February 23

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Department of Communication, English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), is organising its annual media fest 'Exposure 2015' from February 23. The week-long inter-collegiate and intra-coll...

Woman found murdered

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

Unidentified persons strangulated a 25-year-old woman to death at Kandukur in Ranga Reddy district.According to the police, A. Manjula who worked as a farm hand went missing the previous day...

‘Make Madurai a Smart City’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

A delegation from Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi on Friday and submitted to him a memorandum ahead of Budget 2015.The memora...

Green rules of the National Games

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 08:52 PM PST

The National Games Organising Committee (NGOC) has decided to provide Rs.1 lakh to the district which implements the green protocol in venues where the events are held.The protocol, an initi...

Channel turns into a health risk

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Stagnant wastewater becomes breeding ground for mosquitoes

Former call centre owner held on theft charges

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Nadipalli Vinay Kumar, an MBA (Finance) graduate, who worked in reputed software companies and ran a call centre, landed in jail for allegedly indulging in house burglaries in Krishna and East Goda...

A tale of two sisters

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:21 PM PST

The war of soaps among Telugu entertainment channels has turned hot again with channels all set to serve fresh fare. While news is that Maa TV is preparing to launch two serials in the next couple...

Physically-challenged man treks to Tirumala

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:15 PM PST

In what could be a perfect tribute to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Beti Bachao – Beti Padhao' scheme launched a couple of weeks back stigmatising the female foeticide, a physically challenged fa...

Bengaluru Today for Monday

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

RELIGION Kumaravyasa Bharatha: Discourse by Chandrashekara Kedilaya, Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs, Bull Temple Road, Narasimharaja Colony, 6.30 p.m....

Katra Express diverted

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Sir, — The much-awaited Yeshwantpur-Shri Mata Devi Katra (train no. 22679) premium train has been flagged off. While congratulating the railways for this new train, we have to also express our anno...

Pilot socio-educational survey in two wards in Mysuru today

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

It is being held ahead of State-wide survey from April 11 to 30

KFD: expert team visits affected areas

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:27 PM PST

Urges caution for the next three months as summer is a crucial period

Kushbu’s presence at party meet raises eyebrows

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:49 PM PST

After weeks of heightened tension, the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) saw the different factions finally coming together for party work on Sunday. But the presence of actor Kushbu in the exec...

TNCSC to procure five lakh tonnes of paddy

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Mobile DPCs to purchase paddy at farmers' doorsteps

Art and Culture Complex to be opened soon

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The music school will function in the first floor on the new campus

An exhibition of creativity

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

An art and craft exhibition was organised at St. Thomas Matriculation Higher Secondary School here on Friday.The exhibition was declared open by Rev. Fr. Sahaya Joseph, correspondent of the...

Rangasamy reiterates statehood demand

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Writes to PM to meet the genuine aspirations of his govt.

Many private schools increase class strength on the sly

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

'Govt.'s fee reimbursement for RTE quota seats is not sufficient'

Rajashan swine flu toll 81

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Eight more persons have succumbed to swine flu in parts of Rajasthan in the last 48 hours as the toll climbed to 81 this year, an official of the State Medical and Health Directorate (MHD) said on...

Village pradhan, bodyguard gunned down in Greater Noida

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

A village pradhan, who was associated with the Samajwadi Party, and his gunner were shot dead by some unidentified persons on Sunday at village Niana here, the police said.One assailant was...

Bash on regardless, braveheart

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

He missed the gold by a whisker, but Bijay Kumar Rout's silver in the Laser Standard Regatta event at the National Games stands testimony to his tenacity

Class IX student hangs himself

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

A student of class IX allegedly hanged himself to death after his parents told him they would admit him in a private school.Rajesh, a small-time trader living in Motinagar, told his 14-year...

Five children taken ill

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Five children taken ill after eating seeds

Five children, all in the age group of three to seven years, of Nallakulam under Paralachi police limits in Virudhunagar district,...

Rs.17 crore collected from speed violators

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Speeding of motor vehicles is turning to be a major concern for law enforcers with 100 cameras installed in five road corridors across the State trapping a whopping 10,34,359 motorists in 2014....

DPCs opened at 15 villages

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation has opened direct procurement centres to purchase paddy at 15 villages in the district.The centres functioned at Thottiyam, Kattuputhur, Pettavaitha...

Krishna water getting polluted

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

There is a marked deterioration in the quality of water in the Krishna River as it approaches the Krishna Delta. Water is drawn from the river to fulfil the drinking water needs of most of the popu...

Mutual aid puts Vadgaon on firm footing

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Villagers are able to tackle problems with ease due to availability of common fund collected through a 'cooperative' since 17 years

Over 300 habitations face water crisis

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Most of them are located in the south western mandals of Anantapur

Now, Neeru Bhagya for people in urban areas

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

After Ksheera Bhagya providing milk to schoolchildren to fight malnutrition, the State government now proposes to introduce Neeru Bhagya to ensure supply of filtered potable drinking water to peopl...

Huge painting highlights universal brotherhood

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

A 1,200 ft x 7 ft ceiling painting, aimed at highlighting universal brotherhood as the only solution to terrorism, has been completed at Shiggaon in Haveri district.The work on the painting...

Briefly

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

CII organises

session on taxes

The Confederation of Indian Industries, Mysuru, is organising a session on Goods and Services Tax (GST) at the office of ICSI o...

Missing: zebra lines at major junctions

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

The absence of zebra crossings on many busy and major junctions is causing inconvenience to pedestrians and also poses risk, especially during peak hours. At Vyttila Junction, the zebra crossing pr...

EC paralysed: BJP

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The Election Commission is completely paralysed in Srirangam and its officials are functioning in favour of the AIADMK, BJP national secretary H. Raja has alleged. Talking to mediapersons here on S...

“Seagrass rehabilitation can mitigate impact of climate change”

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Seagrass, which acts as nursery for many marine organisms and is feed for endangered dugongs, has been successfully rehabilitated along Tuticorin coast.Seagrass was rehabilitated on the seab...

Honing skills in ‘thappattam’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

 T. Subathra Devi, a housewife, had a great liking for bharathanatiyam and 'thappattam' from her childhood days. She managed to gain admission in the three-year certificate course in bharathantiyam...

Competition

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

District Science Centre (DSC) has proposed to organise a three-day 'Techno Fair 2015' competition for students of engineering, diploma and ITI courses.An official statement said the DSC woul...

BJP demands separate wards in hospitals to treat dengue, swine flu

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The diseases were spreading fast across UT, TN

Now, Congress to release book on Arkavathi

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Documents on denotification will be submitted to judicial panel today: CM

Tribunal stays AIIMS staffer’s transfer

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

The Central Administrative Tribunal has quashed the transfer order of a technical staffer of AIIMS, saying the move was purely a "punitive action to get rid of him from the present place of posting...

Good old days come alive at AV College

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

Nostalgia and joy filled the air at one of the city's oldest educational institutions on Sunday as alumni of A.V. College relived a day from their youth. Hundreds of students and staff associated w...

Scrap neutrino observatory project: Udayakumar

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Coordinator of People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy S.P. Udayakumar has demanded scrapping of the proposed India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) project in Theni district.He asked the S...

Tourist boats take a transparent tariff course

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Bid to avoid fleecing of tourists by middlemen

Attack on party workers: BJP demands action

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday demanded action against those who attacked a group of its party workers at Veereswaram. In a complaint lodged with Balkar Singh, General Observer, La.Kann...

Unhygienic conditions greet devotees at Durga Ghat

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:32 PM PST

Discarded clothes, sludge and garbage raise a stink

Kavitha skirts question on alignment with national party

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Member of Parliament Kalvakuntla Kavitha parried a question on whether her party would align with a national party, but was quick to add that her party would oppose tooth and nail the injustices to...

Prostitution gang nabbed

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Mydukur police apprehended a prostitution gang that woos customers through "WhatsApp" by posting photographs of women and organises prostitution in a moving luxury car.Five organisers, seven...

Cardinal Gracias is CCBI president

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Archbishop of Bombay Cardinal Oswald Gracias was re-elected president of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) at the 27th Plenary Assembly held here. Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao...

‘Opposition using Arkavathi issue to score political points’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G. Parameshwara on Sunday said that the BJP and the JD(S) were using the Arkavathi Layout issue as a political weapon without producing proof t...

Public hearing today on hike in power tariff

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) will conduct a public hearing on Monday to elicit objections to the hike in power tariff proposed by Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corpora...

cinema

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

MALAYALAM Aadu Oru Bheekara Jeeviyanu: Padma Screen 1 (4021118): 12.15, 3, 6, 9 p.m.; Zeenath Screen 1 (2354233) 11.30 a.m., 3, 6.15, 9.15 p.m.; EVM Cinema Platinum (211...

Teachers’ plea to UGC official

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:50 PM PST

Even as National College, Tiruchi, gears up for its first graduation day after gaining autonomy, the Association of University Teachers has appealed to the University Grants Commission vice-chairma...

Bid to stop work at stone quarry: 9 held

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Sufficient force deployed near the quarry

Bus services operate temporarily across Ananda Bridge following traffic diversion

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Bus services began across Ananda Bridge that connects the Town Railway Station Road and Second Agraharam Road here on Friday. However, it is said that due to drainage construction work near Mariamm...

Six detained for bid to steal pipes

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Six persons were detained for allegedly attempting to steal pipes. Alwarkurichi police said a group was loading onto two lorries 18 huge drinking water pipes meant for the Rs.27-crore combined drin...

Duo tries to loot ATM in Yelahanka

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

An attempt was made to rob an ATM kiosk on Doddaballapur Road, Yelahanka, on Sunday.Two motorcycle-borne men barged into an ICICI bank ATM kiosk at around 1 a.m. and woke up the security gua...

No LPG subsidy yet: consumers

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Many LPG consumers who have subscribed to the Pahal scheme, under which LPG subsidy is directly sent to a bank account, are yet to get the subsidy amount."I got the advance amount but am yet...

Repolling in two booths

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Repolling will be held on Monday in two polling booths in Delhi owing to EVM malfunction in the February 7 polls. Repolling at one polling booth each in Rohtas Nagar and Delhi Cantonment will be he...

Refusing maintenance to wife is economic abuse, says court

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

A man cannot refuse maintenance to his estranged wife having no source of income as that amounts to economic abuse, a Delhi court has held.Setting aside a trial court order dismissing the pl...

They flew about, among the birds

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

Around 88 participants went around in bikes and cars in teams in the day-long 'Hyderabad Bird Race 2015'

Police team wins football match

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 08:53 PM PST

The Janamaithri Police proved their mettle on the football field too as its team trounced their opponents in an exhibition match as part of a football tournament organised by the Vallakkadavu Cresc...

This Yorkshireman loves Indian cricket

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:05 PM PST

Ian Jones has been following Ranji matches for the last 15 years

Multi-channel payment system from March 1

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Multi-channel payments system would come into force from March 1, according to District Collector Babu A.Addressing a bankers meet here on Sunday, the District Collector said that tax collec...

Connecting cultures with photography

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Tomasz Sobecki, a photographer from Poland holds a Master's degree in geomorphology at the University of Nicolas Copernicus

Oil spray works, elephants leave villages

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

As many as 33 elephants, which had split into three herds and wreaked havoc in Kuppam and Ramakuppam mandals, retreated into the Tamil Nadu forests in the early hours of Sunday. More than 100 Fores...

Misunderstanding the local lingo

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

The most local idioms and expressions ring through the Legislature, and they are often wrongly interpreted by those unfamiliar with the dialect

Udupi Zilla Krishik Sangha to organise one-day farmers’ convention on February 14

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The Udupi Zilla Krishik Sangha will organise a one-day farmers' convention at the Sharada Mantapa here on February 14. Addressing presspersons here recently, Bantakal Ramakrishna Sharma, president...

Engineer suspended

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

G.V. Prakash, junior engineer in the Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj in Sorab, has been suspended on charge of dereliction of duty.B. Ramu, Chief Election Officer of Shivam...

Pathanamthitta CPI unit gets new secretary

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The two-day delegates' session held as part of the district meet of the Communist Party of India (CPI) came to a close at the Comrade M. Sukumara Pillai Nagar (Paliyekkara Church auditorium) on Sun...

Solar power illuminates village

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Streetlights and lighting system in public offices at Bagasalai village near here shone with the help of solar power with the formal commissioning of the Rs.84-lakh project on Sunday.The Cat...

NSS camp

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The V.V. College of Engineering organised a seven-day NSS special camp at Thanchai Nagaram in Tisaiyanvilai of Tirunelveli district recently. A free veterinary camp was conducted on the first day o...

Road rule violations lead to many pedestrian deaths in Salem

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Overspeeding, skidding and collisions take many lives

Man assaulted

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

In a running feud between two groups, a 40-year-old man was attacked with clubs by a gang near M. Reddiyapatti on Saturday evening. Police said the victim, K. Krishnamoorthy, was reportedly waylaid...

Rally to save the girl child

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Over 100 cadets of National Cadet Corps (NCC) took out a rally on Saturday to spread the message of "Save the Girl Child' Flagged off at the NCC Group Headquarters by M. Pargunan, Commanding Office...

1,800 policemen caught off guard

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

They fail to prevent the relay of Praveen Togadia's video speech

400 CEOs pedal for a cause

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Early Sunday morning, a group of senior executives from corporate firms across the city donned cycling helmets and pedalled from Chennai to Mamallapuram, for the cause of education of underprivileg...

Maken rules out support to AAP

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 07:42 PM PST

Even as various exit polls spelled its doom, the face of the Congress' campaign for the recently-concluded Assembly polls said that the party "would go it alone" no matter what the people's verdict...

Man charged with raping sister-in-law acquitted

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

A Delhi court has acquitted a man of the charges of raping his sister-in-law and forcing her to terminate her pregnancy saying that both the woman and the police had failed to explain the delay of...

‘Pride march’ gets good response

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Hundreds of people participated in the pride march organised by Hyderabad Queer Swabhimana Collective on Sunday.The march was flagged off by noted Dalit activist Prof. Kancha Illaiah on Lowe...

Actor Dhanush in four different looks

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Actor Dhanush is on cloud nine these days. After the critically acclaimed Mariyan and the box-office hit Velai Illa Pattathari , the lanky actor from Kolly...

HC confirms conviction for smuggling 2.5 kg of opium

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The Madras High Court Bench here has confirmed the conviction, five years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 1 lakh imposed by a trial court on an individual for being in possession of 2.5...

Chain-snatching: police to invoke KAAPA

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The city police have for the first time detained a notorious chain-snatcher under the provisions of the Kerala Anti-social Activities Prevention Act (KAAPA).This would only be a beginning, C...

KLU to host CSI-Funquiz

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Computer Society of India (CSI), which was celebrating the golden jubilee celebrations, is conducting CSI-Funquiz on Koneru Lakshmaiah University (KLU) campus.The State and national-level CS...

VMC to start door-to-door survey to improve tax collection

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Municipal Commissioner G. Veerapandiyan on Sunday said that for better utilisation of its assets and to improve revenue collection, the Corporation had embarked on a comprehensive door-to-door surv...

College alumni association moots cell to protect lands

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The Old Students Association of the town-based SR&BGNR Government Degree College mooted setting up of a legal cell to safeguard the valuable college lands spread out in the prime locality of the to...

Parked lorries causing accidents on highways: study

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:16 PM PST

Parked lorries and other vehicles on the national highway has been identified as the primary reason for majority of the accidents in Srikakulam district. Several people have died when their cars ra...

Bear entire cost of rail projects in future, CM tells Centre

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:19 PM PST

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday urged the Centre to bear the entire cost of railway projects to be implemented in the State in the future and expedite the pending projects.At the first...

Maramon Convention’s call to protect Kerala rivers

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Metropolitan opposes linking of Pampa, Achencoil with Vaipar

Readers 1

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Arrogant bus crew

Despite repeated attempts by the Motor Vehicles Department, the hardship caused by bus crew to passengers continues.Some bus crew unexpectedly cut d...

Mixed reaction to ban on fashion shows in colleges

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:51 PM PST

Can there be beauty contests in schools and colleges? There are diverse views about them. While a judge of the Madras High Court has directed the government to ban such events in educational instit...

CPI (M) to oppose Russia’s plans to construct more reactors

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

At a time when the Russian government has reached an agreement with their Indian counterparts on establishing the third and the fourth reactors at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project site following th...

Protest against beverage company at Perundurai

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

The General Secretary of Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi E.R. Eashwaran on Sunday said he wanted Environment Minister Thoppu N.D. Venkatachalam to spell out his stand on Tamil Nadu Government's 'Red...

Mahamaham: officials asked to stick to deadline

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Renovation of 69 shrines to be completed by June

Fracas between Togadia and police officials

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

In a dramatic turn of events post midnight on Saturday, Praveen Togadia, international working president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, entered the city limits unauthorisedly. This led to a fracas betwe...

Police brake on ‘IND’ vehicle plates

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:49 PM PST

Car dealers stop issuing them

It’s family time for Kejriwal

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

After an hectic election campaign that kept them on their toes for nearly two months, and the optimism generated by the exit polls, Sunday was the day Aam Aadmi Party leaders and volunteers spent t...

Ansari undergoes airway surgery; doing well

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Sunday successfully underwent a pre-scheduled preventive airway surgery here at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.Following the operation, the Vice-P...

Poverty forces girls into ‘contract marriages’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

In several cases, the victims found to be minors from poor families

India to explore mineral deposits off Mauritius coast

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

India, with approval from the International Seabed Authority (ISA), will launch exploration of mineral deposits such as polymetallic sulphides off the coast of Mauritius.The explorations wer...

Woman murders husband

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

A pregnant woman, A. Rathidevi (30), was arrested on a charge of murdering her husband after she assaulted him, reportedly in self-defence, near Chekkanoorani on Sunday.The woman claimed tha...

Rs.3 crore for Pongala

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

The State government has sanctioned Rs.3 crore to various departments make arrangements for the Attukal pongala festival, Devaswom and Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar said here on Sunday. In a state...

CPI(M) for alternative to BJP

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Communist Party of India-Marxist has stressed on the need for a political alternative to communal forces that were at the helm of affairs. Generally, the word political alternative reminds of allia...

Speculation over decision on new rail zone continues

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Undue delay in the announcement of the new Railway Zone for Andhra Pradesh is not only leading to unnecessary speculation but also robbing Waltair Division of its chances of getting new trains....

Divine box holds key to Peddagattu jatara

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

'Deverapette' has the idols of Lord Lingamanthula Swamy- Chowdamma

TTD notice to residents worries TDP ahead of polls

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

The notices served by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) to the dwellers of a few colonies in the heart of the city has not only caused heartburn among the public, but also sent chill down th...

Software innovator from Kalaburagi wins Intel prize

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Rupam Das, a software innovator, has added one more feather to his cap by bagging the early demo prize of 3,000 dollars in the 'One Million Dollar Prize Money Challenge' for RealSense application b...

Govt. lauded for court infrastructure

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court D.H. Waghela on Sunday praised the State government for providing good infrastructure for the courts in the State.Speaking at a function to inaugura...

‘Science must benefit humanity’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Hindu religious meet concludes at Cherukolpuzha

Seeman floats youth wing

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

Naam Thamizhar party leader Seeman has floated a youth wing named Veera Thamizhar Munnani to promote Tamil culture and tradition and assist pilgrims visiting Palani temple during festival days....

Two arrested; gun, bullets seized

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Two persons were arrested on the charges of attempting to hunt wild animals in reserve forests here on Sunday. Eight bullets, a country-made gun and a van used by them, were seized from them.

State-level karate event held

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

As many as 350 persons participated in the State-level karate competition organised by Spic Sports Club here on Sunday.According to a statement, the competition, entitled Dragon Shituryo Kar...

Saffron flags dot the city

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Many thoroughfares in the city were dotted with saffron flags, tied to electricity poles, and barricades put up along the footpaths.Streams of buntings were seen hanging from the trees along...

Lecture on de-schooling

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Vidya Sagar, an organisation that works for people with disabilities, is hosting a lecture on 'de-schooling and its relevance in India' and 'Swaraj University', on Tuesday.According to a pre...

Career conclave held in city

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Vice Chairman of Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS) Lakshmi Narayanan motivated school students here on Saturday by asking them to become entrepreneurs. He said that entrepreneurs have the luxury...

Afghan national kills girlfriend in Kalkaji

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

An Afghan national allegedly stabbed his girlfriend to death with a kitchen knife in South Delhi's Kalkaji during the wee hours of Saturday.The accused was nabbed while trying to flee from t...

Animal rights activists welcome move to phase out battery cages for hens

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

Batting for making eggs safe and producing it minus the cruelty, the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO) – a collective of organisations working for the promotion of animal...

Official tries to stop minor’s marriage, attacked

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:06 PM PST

Relatives of a minor girl allegedly attacked Hyderabad District Child Protection Officer when the latter tried to stop her marriage.Acting on a specific information, the official, Md. Imtiya...

WOSC concludes

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The World Ocean Science Congress 2015 ended here with a call to the Union government to establish a ministry to bring "all agencies and institutions working in the field of ocean and fisheries rese...

Corporation acts tough on rent defaulters

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:01 PM PST

Wants to bring 3,537 shops into the culture of prompt payment as only 25 per cent pay by due date

No takers for KWA’s online initiative

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Only 73 applicants since its launch six months ago

Japanese team visit to thaw language ice

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Melting language barriers is vital to forging a lasting bond. A four-member Japanese delegation that visited Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU) on Sunday was here to create a base to befriend local...

HSL to build two midget submarines

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Underwater capability of Indian Navy will get a shot in the arm with the in-principle decision of Ministry of Defence to place construction of two Strategic Operating Vessels (SOVs) on Hindustan Sh...

Seminar on higher education in new States

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Department of Economics of Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), Nalgonda will be organising a two-day national seminar on "Issues and Challenges of Higher Education in newly formed States" on February...

The ghost is ‘pro’ or ‘anti’-worker?

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:16 PM PST

Farmers and workers associated with the Chittoor Cooperative sugar factory believe that an evil spirit is behind the factory's misfortunes. But is the 'ghost' a 'pro' or an anti-worker is...

Backward communities extend support to survey

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

Strongly supporting the State government's proposed socio-educational and economic survey, Karnataka State Backward Communities Forum, a conglomeration of eighteen caste organisations, has called u...

Water crisis in Hassan likely to be severe this summer

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Geologists attribute it to serious depletion in groundwater level

Experts decry mining rules’ revision

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:19 PM PST

Say proposed changes fail to prevent unchecked exploitation of resources

Reader’s mail

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Provide footpaths

The Kazhakuttam-Kovalam bypass is being widened. The widening is welcome but the authorities have ignored pedestrians. There is no space earmarked for foot...

Three arrested for solemnising child marriage

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The police have arrested three persons, including bridegroom, for allegedly solemnising the marriage of minors here on Sunday.The bridegroom, hail from Pennagaram in Dharmapuri district and...

Coast Guard motorbike rally reaches Mandapam

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Participants interact with fishermen to convey they are their friends

Four held for theft

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

The Police arrested four persons on charges of stealing Rs. 30,000 from the injured driver of a lorry which was involved in an accident recently. According to police sources here, Sankar of Manalur...

Chennai jumps on to world food map

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Chennai features in 2nd place in National Geographic's top 10 food cities list

BJP accuses TMC candidate of giving false information

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

: The BJP alleged on Sunday that Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate for the Bangaon by-election Mamata Thakur submitted false information regarding her educational qualifications in her affidavit.<...

When a river becomes the stage

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

You may have heard of "scenery" being created for a play, but ever heard of a theatre troupe travelling to a natural scenic spot to stage a play?Medini Ranga Adhyayana Kendra (MIARDS) of Sir...

Private agencies to maintain swimming pools

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Chennai Corporation is planning to rope in private agencies to maintain its swimming pools and indoor stadiums.Some of the visitors to Corporation swimming pools have reported skin and eye p...

DC Avanti to hit the road in a couple of months

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

DC Designs supercar DC Avanti would hit the road in a couple of months, founder of DC Designs Dilip Chhabria told newsmen here on Sunday. He was here to take part in Yugam 2015, an event organised...

Man charred to death as car goes up in flames

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

A 41-year-old man was charred to death inside his car in North Delhi's Jahangirpuri on Saturday night. Bystanders tried to rescue him by breaking the window panes of the car but failed.Accor...

U.K.’s contemporary visual culture comes to IGNCA

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

"When people think of England, they think of the Queen, swanky cars, skyscrapers, super rich people, clean roads, clubs and booze. But there is more to England — an ignored, humble side that is not...

NRIs coming forward to fund restoration of tanks: Harish Rao

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

University of Michigan to undertake impact study on Mission Kakatiya

Lifeguards’ issues come to the fore

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The death of two children by drowning in the sea off Fort Kochi beach has brought to light the need to improve the facilities of lifeguards.A team of six lifeguards has been appointed by the...

Outreach programme tomorrow

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, will organise an outreach programme at the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka at Surathkal on Tuesday from 9.30 a.m.It will include two semin...

Police find explosives abandoned near blast site

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Cache, which weighs around 40 kg, has gunpowder, crackers

CPI (M) will oppose anti-people Bills in RS, says Yechury

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:18 PM PST

Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will oppose the Bills such as amendment to Land Acquisition Act in Rajya Sabha in coming budget session, said party Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury....

HSL chief lashes out at private lobby for ‘smear campaign’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Hindustan Shipyard Limited Chairman and Managing Director Rear Admiral N.K. Mishra on Sunday lashed out at 'smear' campaign by private shipbuilding lobby against public sector shipyards.Ship...

Nonagenarian cycles 50 km daily to make a living

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

As a Chinese song goes "I plough my land, I sow my seed and I reap my harvest. What has the king to do with me," so also at the age of 91 Kasturi Uppalaiah, hailing from tiny Devannapet, cycles abo...

FM asks people to be ready to absorb additional burden

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

He seeks cooperation of Opposition in view of precarious fiscal position

Top artistes to be invited for Navaraspur Utsav

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

With little over a fortnight left for Navaraspur Utsav, the district administration has already finalised the names of a few noted State and national-level artistes to be invited to perform during...

Hassan-Gandasi road likely to be ready soon

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Of the 26-km stretch being improved, work has been completed up to 10 km

Land occupation by Adivasis at Aralam worries officials

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:19 PM PST

20 tribal families occupied 10 acres at the farm on Saturday

Adattu, Kolazhy panchayats to be part of Corporation

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Adattu and Kolazhy panchayats will now be part of the Thrissur Corporation. An emergency meeting of the corporation passed a resolution in this regard amidst the protest of the opposition councillo...

Curtains down on VIT Riviera

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 PM PST

With AIB Knockout sparking a controversy recently, actor Arjun Kapoor feels that they did the show for a right reason — charity.The actor, who was at VIT University for the valedictory of Ri...

Indo-French workshop

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) is organising an Indo-French workshop on "Sustainable water purification technologies" here from February 11 to 13.The worksh...

Entrepreneurs call on Union Minister

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

A group of textile entrepreneurs from here who constitute Texpreneurs Forum met the Union Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha to make their representation as a pre-budget appeal for an incre...

Speculations rife on probable Lt. Governor

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST

Whoever it may be, it is for the ruling party to find a level playing field with the institution, feel local BJP leaders

Coast Guard rescues ailing Pakistan sailor

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:19 PM PST

: Sailing the rough sea, the Indian Coast Guard unit from Beypore came to the rescue of a 55-year-old Pakistan national who suffered acute lower abdomen pain while sailing in Mt Bunga Angsana on Sa...

Mamata criticised for skipping meeting

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

: The Opposition slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday for not attending the first Governing Council meeting of the National Institute for Transforming India or NITI Aayog ch...

A(H1N1): death toll in city raises to six

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Eleven new A(H1N1) positive cases were reported in the State on Sunday, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 106. Of the 11, nine were reported positive from the city-based Manipal Hospita...

Cattle-free days ahead for road users in Triplicane

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

Triplicane residents may no longer have to worry about crossing the road to avoid those huge cows munching in a corner.The Corporation recently opened an enclosure for stray cattle where own...

‘M.R. Srinivasan, a pioneer in nuclear power’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:05 PM PST

Citizens of this hill station representing a cross section of the society gathered at the 156 year old Nilgiri Library here on Saturday. It was to honour an eminent resident and well-known nuclear...

Kiran Bedi says it again ‘will take responsibility’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

With the Bharatiya Janata Party tense over Tuesday's poll outcome, the party's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi on Sunday once again said whether it is a defeat or victory she will take the r...

Glimpse into Peranakan Chinese culture

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

In order to give Delhi a glimpse of the Peranakan Chinese culture, the National Museum is organising a two-month long exhibition, titled "The Peranakan World — Cross-cultural Art of Singapore and t...

KCR to attend LWE-hit States’ meet today

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is likely to have another busy day in Delhi on the fourth day of his visit to the national capital on Monday.According to sources, he is expecte...

TDB to develop Aluva Manalppuram

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Measures to protect river bank, bathing ghats

Pot that can store produce for a longer time

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

An earthen pot to preserve vegetables, fruits attracted visitors at the savayava swavalambi santhe organised by Savayava Krishika Balaga here on Sunday.The pot has another mini-pot inside wh...

Rs.5.68 crore for a clean Killi

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

The government has accorded administrative and technical sanctions for works worth Rs.5.68 crore for cleaning the Killi river, Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar has said.These would include rep...

Auto sector set for giant leap: ACCIF

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

State should attract tractor, agro-machinery making units

‘Build on your strengths, it works wonders’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

Oneness Organisation holds personality development programme

Vemulawada being decked up for Sivaratri

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:11 PM PST

Arrangements are in full swing for the ensuing annual Maha Sivaratri jatara, which would be held from February 16 to 18 at Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Devasthanam in Vemulawada.The devasthanam...

Centre will bail out A.P.: Venkaiah

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST

None should sincerity of Modi govt. on this, he says

Inquiry sought into corporation’s lapses

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:09 PM PST

The Karnataka Information Commission (KIC) has directed the Principal Secretary of the Urban Development Department and the Directorate of Municipal Administration to appoint a senior officer of th...

Modi pushes for Team India

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 10:57 AM PST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reiterated that States and the Centre, or Team India, must work to forge a model of cooperative federalism for resolving differences and charting a common co...

Woman gang-raped on moving bus in Delhi

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:15 PM PST

According to the compliant lodged by the woman, the driver and the helper offered her to drop at Dadri and later raped her.

Aim for high growth rate: Modi

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:00 PM PST

Modi stresses spirit of 'cooperative competition' among States as they want more funds

NITI Aayog: TN seeks policy corrections to promote investment climate

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:21 PM PST

At the first meeting of the Governing Council of the NITI Aayog at New Delhi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam raises issues affecting the investment climate in the State.

Youths migrate for jobs, forcible conversion a 'figment of imagination': Odisha to SC

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 07:37 AM PST

An affidavit by the Naveen Patnaik government in the Supreme Court said people migrate from Odisha to southern States like Kerala and Andhra Pradesh in search of employment and not due to fear of...

NITI Aayog: Bear entire cost of rail projects in future, Siddaramaiah tells Centre

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 07:25 AM PST

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday urged the Centre to bear the entire cost of railway projects to be implemented in Karnataka in the future and expedite the pending projects.At the fir...

Loss or win, will take responsibility: Kiran Bedi

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:39 AM PST

Counting of votes for the keenly contested Assembly polls will be taken up on Tuesday.

Sushil Koirala formally invites Opposition for talks on Constitution

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:27 AM PST

Constituent Assembly committee prepares questions on disputes

NITI Aayog: Punjab CM seeks priority on planning for agriculture

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 07:25 AM PST

Seeking priority for the primary sector while formulating national plans, Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal, on Sunday urged the Union government to formulate a flagship scheme, to ensure...

Manjhi meets Modi, welcomes help

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 01:31 PM PST

JD(U) Legislature Party elects Nitish as its leader; Mr. Manjhi to go for floor test on February 20

Mukul Roy denies involvement in Saradha scam

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 06:04 AM PST

Trinamool Congress all-India General Secretary Mukul Roy, who was interviewed by the CBI in connection with the Saradha chitfund investigation, on Sunday said neither he nor his party was involved...

BARC outreach programme at NIT-K on Tuesday

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:59 AM PST

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, will organise an outreach programme at the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka (NIT-K) at Surathkal on February 10 from 9.30 a.m. It would in...

Scheme to supply potable water to urban areas in Karnataka mooted

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:58 AM PST

After the Ksheera Bhagya scheme which provides milk to schoolchildren to fight malnutrition, the State government has now proposed to introduce another scheme "Neeru Bhagya" - to provide potable w...

Kejriwal unwinds with family, friends

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 02:59 PM PST

After a hectic election campaign that kept them on their toes for nearly two months and the optimism generated by the exit polls, Sunday was the day Aam Aadmi Party leaders and volunteers spent to...

Ceiling painting grabs eyes at Shiggaon

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:51 AM PST

In a record of sorts, a 1,200 x 7 feet long "Ceiling Painting" that is aimed at highlighting 'universal brotherhood' as the only solution for the fight against terrorism, has been completed at Shi...

Suspected H1N1 case reported in Sirguppa taluk in Ballari

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:28 AM PST

A 55-year-old man hailing from Kottalachinta village has been suspected to have been infected by the H1N1 (swine flu) virus. Kottalachinta village coming under Raravi Public Health Centre in Sirg...

Bihar Assembly Speaker recognises Nitish as new JD(U) LP leader

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:29 AM PST

In fast paced development, Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary on Sunday recognised Nitish Kumar as the new leader of JD(U) Legislature Party and Jitan Ram Manjhi as a former head.

NITI Aayog: States for greater devolution of funds

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 02:16 PM PST

'NITI Aayog must continue with the functions of the erstwhile Planning Commission'

Madras miscellany: A touch of the Irish

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:41 AM PST

As the new year gets underway, it's time what is now rather unrecognisably being called Vivanta by Taj Connemara begins thinking of how to celebrate its 125th birthday on November 27th and...

Matters of the haat

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:33 AM PST

As this year's edition of the Dastkari bazaar takes place in the city, cultural curator Jaya Jaitly talks to DEEPA ALEXANDER about her exciting journey through Indian craft traditions

Handmade in India

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:31 AM PST

A peek at five stalls that feature for the first time at the Dastkari Haat Craft Bazaar

NITI Aayog: Haryana CM wants CSS disbanded

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 07:26 AM PST

The Haryana government has demanded that centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) be dismantled; devolution of funds be done leaving space for local initiatives; premium for efficient and fast-growing St...

Anchor men and boat clinics

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:39 AM PST

Pudhumanai Kuppam, with its narrow streets in Kasimedu fishing harbour, is a whole new world; here is where anchors are born and propellers are given a new lease of life

Looking beyond abracadabra

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:12 AM PST

City-based wizard Nakul Shenoy, enlarges on his belief of magic being about performance rather than tricks, with a book

Sun never sets on Leander

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 AM PST

Leander Paes in his long and illustrious career has played with nearly 100 different partners in doubles and recently with Martina Hingis

Behind the scenes

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:06 AM PST

A national workshop on Innovative Techniques of Modern Indian Drama saw an overwhelming response

Testament of an inspired teacher

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:04 AM PST

Leading up to Women's Day on March 8, SANTHYA VIKRAM writes on inspiring educators. This week, she tells us about Sylvia Ashton Warner

Fitness for real life

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 AM PST

Functional fitness is the latest buzzword in gyms these days, and for a good reason. It's about training your whole body to handle real-life situations

Former Haryana CM Hooda hosts lunch as show of strength

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:04 AM PST

Exactly a fortnight after former Punjab Chief Minister ...

Portrait of the artist

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:01 AM PST

Rita Ganguly's "Jamal-e-Begum Akhtar", presented at the ongoing Bharat Rang Mahotsav in New Delhi, is more than a play on the life of the ghazal queen

Poised for the big innings

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 03:59 AM PST

Murli Sharma, recently seen in "Baby", credits his experience in theatre and radio for his eventual success in cinema

The other Salimgarh

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 03:59 AM PST

Though distance separates the two Salimgarhs, both have several interesting stories connected with them

A sweet story

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 03:57 AM PST

Cadbury Dairy Milk campaigns broke the stereotype that chocolates were only meant for children

Threads of change

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 03:55 AM PST

At his show during the India Art Fair, Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed showed how he alters the traditional vocabulary of carpets to create contemporary sculptures

No more dreams

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:14 AM PST

Kris Gethin in his recent book prescribes a training programme keeping in mind Indian recipes, food plans based on religion, region and other preferences

Free wheeling

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 03:53 AM PST

The Agra Taj Car rally was recently held to promote tourism in Agra, Lucknow and Varanasi

The business of art fairs

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 03:50 AM PST

India Art Fair 2015 had a small representation from Hyderabad. The art fraternity discusses the investment that goes into participating in art fairs

Art, mosques, and friendship

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 03:49 AM PST

A local artist and an American couple collaborate to create works of art and a book on the mosques of Kochi

A cab, a conversation

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 03:46 AM PST

About "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans," John Lennon probably meant it in a bigger, more existential sense. But I found life happening to me, in the face of...

The blouse versatile

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 AM PST

It is the month of Thai and the wedding season is about to begin. A great opportunity to wear saris for the numerous functions. But what about the blouse?

Actor, scenarist, administrator

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 03:48 AM PST

Educationally enriched people were part of Malayalam cinema right from its beginning. J.C. Daniel, known as the Father of Malayalam Cinema was a dental surgeon by profession, Sundar Raj, the produc...

Follow up on peace moves with neighbours: President

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 02:32 PM PST

Pranab's speech seen as a direct signal to resume dialogue with Pakistan

Child labour bill will be test of Modi government: Kailash Satyarthi

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 03:36 AM PST

A bill currently in the Indian Parliament on child labour totally will be a "test" of the new government on how they take the issues of the most exploited children in their political priority, say...

JD(U) crisis triggered by Nitish’s obsession for power: BJP

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 02:58 AM PST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday hit back at the Janata Dal (United) over allegations that it was plotting a split in the party, saying the entire crisis was triggered by former Bihar Ch...

Kiran Bedi to meet senior BJP leaders

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 02:52 AM PST

The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) Delhi chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi is in no mood to unwind and is preparing for a series of meetings with senior party leaders, an aide said on Sunda...

JD(U) delegation submits letters of support in Nitish Kumar’s favour

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:26 AM PST

The fight to finish the battle between Nitish Kumar and Jitan Ram Manjhi camps in Bihar on Sunday reached a decisive phase as a delegation of leaders of JD(U) and its allies submitted letters of s...

No change in nuclear liability law: MEA

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 10:10 AM PST

No liability of supplier unless it is in contract

Salman Rushdie hits back at Jnanpith winner Bhalchandra Nemade

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 10:32 PM PST

"I doubt you've even read the work you attack"

In troubled waters, Bihar CM says ‘Manjhi’s boat never sinks’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:40 AM PST

Beleaguered Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday put up a brave face, saying "Manjhi's boat never sinks" even as he is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi this evening to dis...

TV9 news reader Kalla Bhadri killed in road accident

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 01:20 AM PST

A news reader of vernacular news channel TV9, Kalla Bhadri (40) was killed in a road accident near Dwarakata Tirumala in West Godavari district on Sunday.His wife Sujatha (35), two sons San...

Doval, Yang work on formulations to resolve boundary row

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 02:46 PM PST

Within days of a substantial dialogue at the foreign ministers level, India's National Security adviser, Ajit Doval and China's State Councilor, Yang Jiechi, have met in Munich-their talks focusin...

NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting: As it happened

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 10:05 AM PST

3.45 pm: The replacement of the Planning Commission by Niti Aayog will help change the emphasis from projects and programmes to policy and institutions, from expenditure inputs to real outc...

Nirmala Sitharaman meets Kiran Bedi

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 11:37 PM PST

Hopeful of winning Delhi polls

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