India
Rukura project-hit families demand compensation
ROURKELA: More than 400 villagers, affected by the earth dam of Rukura Irrigation Project, organised a protest meeting in Gurundia..
Rs 100 crore for prisons improvement
BHADRACHALAM: A sum of Rs 100 crore has been sanctioned for improving and construction of new prisons in the state, CN Gopinath Re..
Special drives to check vehicle documents
BANGALORE: The city traffic police have decided to strictly enforce traffic rules rather than booking more number of violati..
Trinity on the banks of Cauvery
BANGALORE: A priest at the temple says that only three of its kind are present across the nation. A Google search pegs the number ..
Course on financial crisis launched
BANGALORE: Brickwork Finance Academy (BFA) introduced a course in sovereign ratings on December 6. This course provides in-depth k..
Nurses strike at AIMS: Talks deadlocked
KOCHI: The nurses strike at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) entered the second day on Wednesday with more nurses..
2 cops caught taking bribe
HYDERABAD: A sub inspector of police and a constable of Chilkalaguda police station were trapped by the Anti Corruption Bureau (A..
US envoy meets Pakistan's interior minister
This comes a day when Pakistan is gripped by intense speculation over the abrupt departure of Zardari to Dubai.
EFLU needs counsellor
HYDERABAD: A day after the suicide of a PhD student at the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), students stressed the ..
SSA plans to include more kids with special need
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The home-based education programme of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in the state will receive a fillip next ..
Shops of Malayalis attacked in Tamil Nadu
CHENNAI: Sporadic attacks on commercial establishments owned by Malayalis in Tamil Nadu were reported from various parts of ..
Mangalore university textbook stirs row
MANGALORE: The board of studies (BOS) for Kannada in Mangalore University has decided to remove the derogatory words from Gandhi ..
Underground Metro to swallow bore wells
CHENNAI: Metro rail has started issuing notices to houses situated near the proposed 24 km underground stretch to close their bore..
Mu Va birth centenary celebrated
CHENNAI: The birth centenary of Mu Varadarajan, also known as Mu Va and Varatharasanar, was celebrated recently at Pachaiyappas C..
Heineken links with Facebook in digital drive
Heineken is the world's third-largest brewer and No 1 in Europe.
Bodies of woman, child found
HYDERABAD: The bodies of a woman and a child, suspected to be mother and daughter, were retrieved from the Hussainsagar here on We..