India
Plea for restraint order against media dismissed
CHENNAI: A petition from Thirumurugan of Virugambakkam seeking to restrain the media from publishing or propagating the alleged br..
Order on Picnic to surrender assets upheld
CHENNAI: An order dated April 1 of a single judge directing the Picnic Hotel and others to surrender the land situated on Poonamal..
Chance of leak bleak at high-tech facility
CHENNAI: The state-of-the-art design features of the Koodankulam nuclear power plant (KKNPP) ensures zero radioactivity leakage un..
IAS officer feared rise of a junior Veerappan
According to Wikileaks, an officer in TN had reportedly expressed fears about the likelihood of a successor emerging...
NATO and Taliban fight it out on twitter
As the guns fell silent in Afghan capital Kabul, the two sides began another battle: on Twitter.
Congress dividing electorate
BANGALORE: The Congress has been accused of attempting to divide the electorate in Koppal on caste lines ahead of the bypolls to b..
Rain adds to flood woes
JAJPUR: Low pressure-induced heavy rain since Tuesday night has compounded the woes of the flood-hit people of the district who ha..
Bangladeshis held for illegal stay
HYDERABAD: Following high alert in the twin cities after Delhi High Court blasts, police on Wednesday arrested more than 20 Bangla..
Precautionary measures against epidemic outbreak
KOCHI: The district administration and the Health Department will initiate precautionary measures to check the outbreak of epidemi..
Collector calls for talks
TIRUNELVELI: Collector R Selvaraj invited those on fast, at Idintakarai.In a press release on Wednesday, he said that he had c..
Rs 28.28 crore wasted for Devipattinam-Ramnad NH
CHENNAI: By upgrading a 11.05-km stretch from Devipattinam to Ramanathapuram which was a declared National Highway using funds of ..
Course in wood designing
BANGALORE: :The Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST) is planning to start a course in wood designing. The idea is prim..
Ramakrishna Hegde award presented to M C Nanaiah
BANGALORE: Veteran Parliamentarian Meriyanda Chengappa Nanaiah, a five-time Legislative Council member, was felicitated with..
Fingers point at drivers error
CHENNAI: Asked why signals had not warned the driver of the speeding MEMU to stop at a point ahead of the stationary passenger tra..
Musical tribute to melody queen
CHENNAI: An all-women musical tribute is to be paid to Bharat Ratna awardee MS Subbulakshmi on her 95th birth annivers..
TRS chief alleges phone-tapping by government
HYDERABAD: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K Chandrasekhara Rao on Wednesday alleged that the state government was tappi..