No doppler radars: Disaster management under weather
Bengaluru: In the backdrop of the recent natural calamity in Uttarakhand, which wiped out thousands of lives and displaced thousands more, there’s an urgent need to invest in science and technology to...
View ArticleUttarakhand floods: Supply, relief, disposal pose challenges
Dehradun: With the majority of pilgrims evacuated from Badrinath, disposal of bodies lying in affected areas and transportation of relief material to locals in flooded villages today posed a fresh...
View ArticleThettayil ‘erred, woman played foul’
Kochi: Legal fraternity is split over the action of the alleged victim in the Jose Thettayil sex scandal in sharing the tape content with the media. A section blames former Transport Minister Jose...
View ArticleGPS-based system to track 'Bharat Nirman' hoardings
New Delhi: To keep a track of hoardings put up to highlight the UPA government's achievements, the I&B Ministry has decided to use a GPS-based system in the next phase of 'Bharat Nirman' campaign...
View ArticleDigvijay Singh in Vishakapatnam today
Visakhapatnam: AICC general secretary and in-charge, Andhra Pradesh Congress party affairs Digvijay Singh will inaugurate a multi-storeyed complex of the Kshatriya Samkshema Samithi at Seethammadhara...
View ArticleWater readings to be available online
Visakhapatnam: Household water meter readings will now be available on digital media for municipal administrators to access anytime, anywhere via mobile, i-pad, or computer. This innovative...
View Article3 more post offices in Vishakapatnam get a modern look
Visakhapatnam: Three more post offices, Waltair RS head post office, P&T Colony sub post office and Lawsons Bay Colony sub post office, in the city had a change in their look and Feel as part of...
View ArticleCongress, BJP in Twitter war over Uttarakhand rescue ops
Bengaluru: The ruling Congress and main opposition party BJP have locked horns on Twitter, the micro-blogging site, on Monday over the rescue operations and efforts taking place in the flood-ravaged...
View ArticleCong retains Mandi after CM wife’s landslide win
The Congress has won the Mandi parliamentary byelection in Himachal on Sunday after its candidate Pratibha Singh — wife of chief minister Virbadhra Singh — defeated BJP candidate Jai Ram Thakur by a...
View ArticleChennithala remark creates political storm
KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala’s comment in Kozhikode on Saturday, that the Indian Union Muslim League was a liability, has caused a political flutter with the Congress high command stepping in. To...
View ArticleCong divided over Bihar tieup
The Congress is speaking in different voices on who will be its ally in Bihar after the JD(U) walked out of the NDA on the issue of secularism and holding of the Jharkhand Assembly elections. A section...
View ArticleCong leaders seek early T-decision
The Telangana Sadhana Sabha, organised by Congress leaders from Telangana on Sunday at Nizam College Grounds, passed a resolution requesting the party’s Central leadership to announce a separate...
View ArticleT Congressmen seek solution on AP early
Hyderabad: The Telangana Sadhana Sabha organised by T-Congress leaders on Sunday passed a resolution requesting the party’s central leadership to announce a separate state without any delay. The...
View ArticleKashmir: Policeman killed, two others injured in encounter with militants
Srinagar: A policeman was killed and two other security personnel were injured in an encounter with militants in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Monday. The encounter took place at Tral during a...
View ArticleGreen restaurant a big hit among Vellorites
Vellore: While a section of people are running after Amma Unavagams to fill their stomachs with a variety of food at affordable rates, another section wishes to have healthy food with medicinal value....
View ArticleCrime file: Body of 1-day-old girl found in canal
Body of 1-day-old girl found in canalHyderabad: A one day old baby was found dead in a canal at Lingampally. A mason working at a site adjacent to the canal informed police who registered a case. They...
View ArticleEfforts on to evacuate 900 people in Uttarakhand, extricate bodies
Dehradun: Last ditch efforts were today on to evacuate about 900 people from Badrinath amid overcast conditions at some places in Uttarakhand where authorities were grappling with the task of...
View ArticleCRPF presents to Shinde Rs 18 crore cheque for Uttarakhand victims
New Delhi: CRPF Tuesday handed over a cheque of more than Rs 18 crore to Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde for relief of Uttarakhand flash flood victims. Personnel of the paramilitary force had...
View ArticleUttarakhand: Rescue of pilgrims ends, relief supply still a challange
Dehradun: Rescue of pilgrims stranded in Badrinath came to an end on Tuesday with about 150 of them being safely evacuated even as the administration struggled with the task of supplying relief to...
View Article2G case: Karunanidhi's wife moves HC for exemption
New Delhi: Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court against the trial court order, which had dismissed her plea for exemption from...
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