Shinde’s U-turn on VIP visits to Uttarakhand
Two days after he advised VIPs not to visit Uttarakhand, home minister Sushilkumar Shinde today did a U-turn saying that anyone, including Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, could go to the...
View ArticleFirst batch of Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims cross over to Tibet
Fifty one members of the first batch of Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims crossed over to Tibet today from 17,500 feet high Lipulekh Pass in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, ITBP and Kumaon Mandal Vikas...
View ArticleHC throwns out Achuthanandan plea against Oommen Chandy
Kochi: Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed the petitions filed by Opposition Leader V.S.Achuthanandan and BJP national executive member Alphons Kannanthanam challenging the order of the Thrissur...
View ArticlePanchayats need funds: Y.S. Vijayamma
Kodada (Nalgonda): Continuing her interactions with party leaders and activists for the second consecutive day on Wednesday in Telangana, YSR Congress Party honorary president Y.S. Vijayamma asserted...
View ArticleFilm producer arrested; Sasikala's kin booked in cheating case
Chennai: The Tamil film producer Chithirasenan was today arrested and the nephew of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala booked for allegedly cheating another producer of Rs 1.20 crore....
View ArticleCremation of bodies begin, 3,500 yet to be evacuated, Air Chief vows to carry on
Gauchar/Guptkashi: With the weather clearing a bit and a threat of epidemic looming large, mass cremation of bodies of people killed in the rain fury in Uttarakhand finally began in Kedarnath on...
View ArticleBio-Toilets in Secunderabad-Tirupati Padmavati Express Train
Hyderabad: Secunderabad-Tirupati-Padmavati Express has become the first train, running completely with in the SCR circuit, to be retro fitted with Bio-toilets on all its coaches. The earlier ordinary...
View ArticleCorporation plans to recruit 30 dog catchers
Chennai: The Chennai corporation, which has been at the receiving end of complaints from irate citizens on the stray dog issue and from animal welfare activists suggesting more humane and concerted...
View ArticleBadagas welcome Jayalalithaa at Kodanad
Ooty: Cloudy weather making it impossible for her use the chopper to fly to the hills, chief minister J.Jayalalithaa arrived by road in Kodanad on Friday to a rousing reception from AIADMK workers...
View ArticleGuidelines to be issued for panchayats
Kottayam: The Kerala State Planning Board would bring out guidelines by next year for grama panchayats so that they could take part in Responsible Tourism initiatives, state planning board member C.P....
View ArticleWebcam given to Thettayil: Woman
Kochi: In a major development, the woman who complained against former minister Jose Thettayil for his involvement in a sex scam told the media that she had handed over key evidence to the MLA when...
View ArticleRains halt rescue operations in Kedarnath
Dehradun: Weather conditions once again interrupted the crucial resuce operations in flood-hit Uttarakhand as intermittent rains in Kedarnath and Guptkashi hampered the process of clearing of debris...
View ArticleBad roads: Minister to alert centre
Thiruvananthapuram: PWD minister V.K. Ebrahim Kunju is planning to hand over a memorandum to Union transport minister Oscar Fernandes explaining the plight of NH roads in the state. In a five-page...
View ArticleMunde’s remark under EC scanner
The Election Commission on Friday initiated a probe into the remarks of senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde, who on Thursday revealed that he had incurred an expense of `8 crore during the 2009 Lok Sabha...
View ArticleTake action on Munde: Parties
Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde’s confession of having spent `8 crore on his election campaign in 2009 has elicited strong reactions from other parties. The Congress and NCP lambasted Mr Munde for...
View Article‘Modi mania will turn Muslims to Cong’
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s magic may or may not work wonders for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh but the Congress is confident of reaping a rich harvest due to Modi mania in the upcoming Lok Sabha...
View ArticleChaos marks yatra start, 12K sent back
As chaos prevailed on the first day of this year’s Amarnath yatra, the police sent back more than 12,000 pilgrims from different the base camps of Baltal and Pahalgam or makeshift checkpoints set up en...
View ArticleOpen varsity to launch diploma course for domestic helps
Mumbai: The Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University has decided to launch a one-year diploma course for domestic helps from July 15. "The course will be launched on July 15 at YCMOU centres in...
View ArticleRape victim to be discharged soon
Mangalore/Manipal/Udupi: The Manipal gangrape victim, who has suffered a fracture while trying to escape from her rapists and being treated at Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, is likely to be...
View ArticleFive short tunnels to be built on Shiradi Ghat
Bengaluru: The Union government is considering digging tunnels to provide better road connectivity between coastal parts of the state and Bengaluru. The proposal was discussed at a meeting presided...
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