Chennai Corporation reclaims `70 crore Open Space Reserve land from a private hotel
SENDING a stark message to property owners on handing over the mandatory open space reserve (OSR) land for public utility services, the Chennai Corporation on Friday reclaimed 22 grounds of OSR land w |
And the award goes to...
Current world ranking: 2
Saina Nehwal was on Friday selected for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's highest sporting honour, for her achievements in badminton.
The award will be pre |
President transfers Dinakaran
PRESIDENT of India Pratibha Patil has transferred Justice Paul Daniel Dinakaran Premkumar, Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, to the High Court of Sikkim. Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Chief Justi |
ISI ties with Taliban not acceptable, US tells Pak
FOLLOWING the WikiLeaks revelations of the continuing ISI-Taliban nexus, the United States has sought to make it clear to Islamabad that this relationship is "unacceptable", stressing that the Pakista |
TN ASSEMBLY POLLS: NOTHING ON THE RADAR AS OF NOW, SAYS NEW CEC
CHIEF Election Commissioner Dr S Y Quraishi has indicated that polls in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal would not be held ahead of schedule. "Nothing on the radar. We come into the picture only six mont |
Science behind the art
Happiness clinic to drive away the blues
HAPPINESS is not a boon, according to Dr Kamaraj, it's everyone's fundamental right. The founder of Aakash Fertility Centre, has now begun India's very first 'Happiness Clinic' as part of a Multi Spec |
Govt warns `wife beater' Rahul Mahajan
Being a celebrity or get ting married on the idiot box before millions of viewers, doesn't mean you have got the license to beat your wife and would have to face the music un der domestic violen |
SC acquits Arul Raja in Aladi Aruna case
The Supreme Court has acquitted Arul Raja. A Bench comprisingJustice Mukundakam Sharma and Justice C K Prasad allowed his appeal and acquitted him of murder charges. Raja was sentenced to double li |
Price fix: Cong shifts blame on to UPA allies
AS the ruling Congress and the main opposition party, the BJP, wrangled over the rules of debate, the price war in Parliament entered the fourth day. But there was a flicker of promise: Monday may bri |
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Jobs flow out of desal plant protest tap
SEVEN different companies located in and around the Kattupalli desalination plant near Minjur have promised to recruit 1,750 traditional fishermen from 15 hamlets, who lost their livelihood in the fac |
Minjur facility to supply water at less than 5 paise per litre
WATER at less than five paise per litre could become a reality for Metrowater, which has been grappling to bridge the supplydemand gap in safe drinking water in the city. Announcing the completion |
Selvaperunthagai to join Cong tomorrow
K Selvaperunthagai, MLA,
would formally join the Congress party on August 1 at the Satyamurthy Bhavan, TNCC president KV Thangkabalu told Express. Selvaperunthagai, representing Mangalore constituen |
Civic chiefs observe fast
The Tamil Nadu Village Pan
chayat's President's Federation members observed a fast urging the government to provide them a salary of Rs 10,000 and a pension Rs 5000. The fast was iniated by Semmalai, |
Unhygienic food items
Acting on repeated com
plaints of rampant sale of unhygienic food products on Ranganathan Street in T Nagar, Corporation health officials on Friday raided several vendors operating in the area and re |
Power shutdown
Power supply will be sus
pended in the following areas on August 1 from 9 am to 5 pm for maintenance work. Supply will be resumed before 5 pm if the work is completed.
Kadapperi area: Pammal, Tamb |
New Press Registrar
T Jayaraj assumed charge
as new Press Registrar of Registrar of Newspapers for India on July 29.
Jayaraj, an officer of 1982 batch of Indian Information Service, earlier worked as additional dire |
Entrepreneurship cell
Velammal Engineering Col
lege intends to inculcate entrepreneurial skills in its students. The Ecells, Lemon Inc and IVY inaugurated their NEN-cell activities for the academic year 2010-2011 ENS
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Bhavishya Nidhi Adalat
i: The Bhavishya Nidhi Adalat
for August will be conducted on August 10 between 10 am and 1 pm at the Regional Office of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation. Grievances relating to the settlem |
New office-bearers
In the recently conducted
Relations Society of India, Chennai Chapter, the following were elected office bearers for the year 2010-11: Suganthy Sundararaj, Apollo Hospitals chairperson, KT Solaiyapp |
Tough time ahead for my successor: Naresh Gupta
RETIRING Chief Electoral Officer Naresh Gupta on Friday said that tough time was ahead for his successor Praveen Kumar given the multitude of works the State Election Department was entrusted. Add |
WWF TEAM TO STUDY FLOCKING OF FLYING FOXES AT EGMORE MUSEUM
THE Tamil Nadu State office of World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature would soon launch a study to analyse why the Chennai museum had become the preferred habitat for flying foxes. Complete with a pond, |
Heart of the matter Health and glow will come with better lifestyle: Surya
ACTOR Surya has called for a healthy change in the lifestyle of youngsters, as he pledged his support for the Billion Hearts Beating Campaign at the Apollo
Children's Hospital. He was speaking d |
US, RUSSIA RESERVATIONS Mum is the word for AEC chief on N-liability row
DUCKING questions on the Nuclear Liability Bill and reservations by the US and Russia over liability in the event of a nuclear accident in India, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman Srikumar Baner |
Protests take Expressway to Jairam's letter box
SLUM dwellers facing the danger of eviction sent 100 telegrams to Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh on Friday to cancel the clearance given by the ministry to the elevated Expres |
Hunger strike by HMs today
Chennai: Over 1,500 members of the Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary Headmasters' Association will observe a day-long fast on Saturday to demand a separate directorate for higher secondary schools. They hav |
Businessman cheated
Chennai: A 40-year-old diamond merchant was allegedly cheated of Rs 55 lakh by two clients at Kilpauk. On March 25, Rajendra Momaya, a resident of Thambu Samy Street in Kilpauk, reportedly gave jew |
DPI a hub of marksheet racketeers
INVESTIGATIONS into the fake marksheet scam that surfaced recently - with Anna University finding that some of the marksheets submitted by engineering seat aspirants were forged - suggest that many mo |
NIFT student found hanging in hostel
A THIRD-YEAR student of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) at Taramani on Old Mahabalipuram Road was found hanging in her hostel room on Friday. R Rashmita (20) from Orissa was pur |
IIT grads get a dose of Gandhian philosophy
IT was a convocation address with a difference as former governor of West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi brought to light the hard realities of life for IIT graduates and stressed on the need to work on s |
House burgled
Chennai: The house of a political functionary was burgled at Pallikaranai on Thursday and over 15 sovereigns of gold and Rs 25,000 in cash was stolen. Thiruvengadam of Medavakkam, an AIADMK functionar |
Chain snatched
Chennai: A 10-sovereign gold chain was snatched from a woman, who was on her way back home at Padinallur in Redhills area on Thursday. Vennila of TT Murthy Nagar, Padianallur, was returning home after |
Mobile phones stolen
Chennai: A break-in was reported at a cell phone shop on the East Coast Road on Friday. S Varalakshmi, who runs the shop, had downed the shutters on Thursday night and on reopening the next morning sh |
IFS OFFICERS TRANSFERRED
Chennai: In a major reshuffle, 22 Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers in the State have been transferred. S Balaji, who held the post of Conservator of Forests (Working Plan), Salem, has been deputed |
L a u r e l s
DGP Letika Saran gives the Ascendas Excellence Award 2010 to Dr Aiswarya Rao in the city on Friday
Ascendas, Asia's lead ing business space provider, in associa tion with the Tamil Nadu Diffe |
Course on handling oil spill
Chennai: As part of the preparedness for combating oil spill on the seas, the Indian Coast Guard conducted an intensive training course for senior executives from various oil companies and other stake |
Property tax demand by municipality upheld
THE Madras High Court has upheld the proceedings dated May 22 and April 10, 2002 of the Tambaram municipality demanding payment of property tax from the industrial units in Madras Expor t Processing Z |
Dalits lathicharged
A group of Dalits, demanding the arrest of caste Hindus, who had attacked their community members in Thathampatti, near Vadipatti, in Madurai district, was lathi-charged near the police station on Fri |
Fill up vacancies in judiciary, Pondy govt told
THE Madras High Court has directed the Chief Secretary and the Secretary of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Puducherry, to categorically state as to within what time they will provide all infras |
EMPLE LAND ISSUE
PMK cadre booked for attacking officials
PMK leader A K Moorthy, former MLA Shanmugam and 100 others were booked under several sections of the IPC in connection with a violence at St Thomas Mount on Friday. Police officials said they were bo |
AIADMK demo on Aug 14
Chennai: The AIADMK has advanced the dates of the party's demonstration in Tiruchy from August 24 to August 14. The agitation, to be led by party gen secretary J Jayalalithaa, is being organised to pr |
Friendship day meet
Chennai: The friends' association of Sankar Institute of Polytechnic, Tirunelvlei, will conduct a meeting in Chennai on, August 1, Friendship Day. The meeting will start here at 10 am at Sri Mahala |
Subsidise surgeries:MRK
Chennai: Health Minister MRK Pannerselvam urged private hospitals to take a cue from the government hospitals and perform surgeries at subsidised costs. The government hospitals conduct surgeries free |
Quota for Muslims
Chennai: The demand for the implementation of a 10 per cent reservation for Muslims in the nation was stressed in a protest staged by members of the Jananayaga Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam outside the mem |
Organ donation
Chennai: Representatives of the Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network (MOHAN) foundation has urged school students to sign up for organ donation when they reach the age of 18 ENS
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Fair on Sentosa Island
Chennai: The Sentosa Leisure Group, which promotes Singapore's Sentosa Island, held a business fair in the city on Friday to promote the island as a tourism destination among tour operators and travel |
40 years of Directors' assn
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Film Directors Association, which completes 40 years this year, will be holding a daylong celebration filled with many events on October 23 at the Nehru Indoor Stadium ENS
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Panel submits report to CM
Chennai: A committee, headed by retired judge S Mohan, which reviewed the Town and Country Planning Act, submitted its report to the Chief Minister on Friday. The committee had 33 sittings since its i |
Footwear flung at Raja
Erode: Demanding an assurance on stopping a flyover work at PS Park here, over 100 devotees of Periyamariamman Temple besieged the Corporation office, preventing N K K P Raja MLA and Mayor Kumar Murug |
JAYA'S CHARGE BASELESS, SAYS DMK
THE charge by AIADMK leader that the packets of Horlicks distributed to people at the Kadamalaikundu medical camp in Theni district, were those robbed from a lorry near
Sholavandan was baseless, The |
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HC NOTICE TO TN ON JAYA'S PETITION
THE Karnataka High Court on Friday issued notice to Tamil Nadu government on a criminal petition filed by former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa seeking fresh translation of documents with re |
I was framed, says DVAC official
CLAIMING that officials from the Maduravoyal police station had registered a false complaint and arrested him, a DVAC official, who is currently under suspension, approached the suburban police commis |
Eat jackfruit, watermelon at your own risk
AFTER adulterated food, contaminated tea and artificially ripened mangoes with calcium carbide, it's now the turn of hormone-laden jackfruits, watermelons, brinjals and cucumbers to pose health hazard |
Free air service for paramilitary force, soldiers
THE Union Home Ministry has launched a free aircraft service to ferry the Central paramilitary troopers and soldiers to Kolkata from different northeastern states, a senior official said here on Frida |
Integrated security system at railway stations soon
AN integrated security system consisting of electronic surveillance through CCTV cameras has been approved for over 200 vulnerable railway stations, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Friday. "Anti-sa |
Gogoi taken to Mumbai for heart surgery
Ailing Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi was flown to Mumbai from New Delhi on Friday, to undergo a bypass heart surgery and aortic valve replacement at the Asian Heart Institute. Go |
Charges against godman for running sex racket
A Delhi court on Friday framed charges against self-styled godman Shiv Murat Dwivedi and six others, including five alleged call girls, for allegedly running a sex racket here. Dwivedi alias Ichcha |
IAF team to explore Himalayas
A 13-member IAF team of motorcyclists on Friday embarked on a explore the Himalayas odyssey from here, in which they will visit the world's highest battlefield Siachen's base camp. Th |
CBI probe into Mumbai police firing death ratified
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Maharashtra government's plea against a CBI probe into the death of six people in police firing during the 1992 Mumbai riots. It also directed the agency to c |
Five CRPF jawans killed, 30 injured in Ulfa attack
FIVE CRPF jawans were killed and over 30 others injured when Ulfa militants triggered a powerful blast in western Assam on Friday. Official sources said the Ulfa militants blew off a CRPF vehicle a |
Kashmir on the boil again
EVEN as Home Minister P Chidambaram patted the back of the Security Forces for showing `maximum restraint' in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the Valley went through one of the worst patches of violence on F |
CoI AGAINST ARMY MAJOR IN SPY CASE
THE Army has ordered a Court of Inquiry (CoI) against a Major posted in the Andaman and Nicobar Island who was also under scanner of the national intelligence agencies probing leak of sensitive docume |
US woman's murder
Nepal SC upholds Charles
Sobhraj's conviction
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NEPAL SC UPHOLDS CHARLES SOBHRAJ'S MURDER CONVICTION
THE conviction and life imprisonment awarded to Charles Sobhraj in a 35-year-old murder case was upheld by Nepal's Supreme Court on Friday. A division Bench of Justice Ram Kumar Prasad Shah and Justic |
Centre decides to raise retirement age of HC judges from 62 to 65
IN a significant decision, the Centre on Friday approved the proposal to enhance the retirement age of High Court Judges from 62 to 65. The meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister |
AP BYELECTIONS CHURNING WITHIN CONG, TDP LIKELY
ANDHRA Pradesh Congress Committee president D Srinivas has committed political suicide and former chief minister and Opposition leader Nara Chandrababu Naidu, once hailed as a master strategist, stand |
`Move Sohrabuddin case out of Gujarat'
THE CBI has filed its status report on its investigation into the alleged fake en
counter killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, in a sealed cover. At the same t i m e, t h e C B I sought more time to comple |
End of journey Migrant's ashes reach India after 6 decades
MORE than six decades after his death, ashes of Pooran Singh, who had migrated from Punjab to Australia in 1899 and died there in 1947, were on Friday immersed in river Ganga in Haridwar. Pooran, h |
Lawyers can complain HC in terror cases
THE Supreme Court on Friday said that complaints can be lodged to district judges and Chief Justices of High Courts against the members of the bar for forcing lawyers to withdraw themselves from defen |
Surveillance cameras to make Noida crime-free
CAMERAS mounted at vantage points in crowded areas that will be monitored 24x7 and other technology-based mapping systems and information systems will make this growing city safer for residents and th |
`3 lakh destroyed as ATM catches fire
CURRENCY notes worth Rs 3 lakh were reduced to ashes, after an ATM of a public sector bank caught fire in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district on Friday, the police said. The Bank of Baroda ATM installe |
OBAMA TO ADDRESS PARLIAMENT ON NOV 9
US President Barack Obama will have the privilege of addressing the joint session of Parliament during his visit to India in November. Since he is likely to address the Parliament on No
US Preside |
Price issue washes away first week of monsoon session
THE first week of Parliament was knocked off without any work as the government and the Opposition was lost in rules to debate on price rise. The Opposition remained firm on vote on price rise but |
Reply sought from jailer, cop on threatening Salem
A special TADA court on Friday directed the jailer of Taloja jail and an assistant police inspector to file their reply on an application filed by extradited gangster Abu Salem, alleging that he was t |
US: ISI-Taliban nexus unacceptable
FOLLOWING the WikiLeaks revelations of the continuing ISI-Taliban nexus, the US has sought to make it clear to Islamabad that this relationship is unacceptable, stressing that the Pakistani spy agency |
Foreign airlines may withdraw zero-commission system
MOUNTING protests against 'zero-airlines' by travel agents from across the country may soon prompt foreign airlines operating in the country to withdraw the recently introduced zero-commission system |
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Suspected Maoists kill CPM supporter Kolkata: Suspected Maoists shot
Suspected Maoists shot dead a CPM supporter in Bengal's West Midnapore district on Friday, police said. The body of Bidyadhar Ghosh of Kakotpal village near Binpur in Jhargram sub-division was found l |
Constable held for supplying cartridges
Police in Uttar Pradesh have arrested a constable from Sonbhadra district for allegedly smuggling cartridges from government armouries and selling them to the Maoists, an official said on Friday. Cons |
Plea for granting relief in fake encounter case
pleaded before the court that the city police should be directed to pay the compensation, as her husband lost his life because of an illegal act of its personnel PTI
A woman, whose husband was killed in a fake encounter with the Delhi Police at Connaught Place here in 1997, approached the Delhi High Cour on Friday, seeking a compensation of `2 crore from the city |
Police considering suspect in train mishap
The administration could consider the rehabilitation package announced by the state government for a surrendered Maoist, suspected to be involved in the May 28 Jnaneswari train mishap, if he applies f |
`Ensure response in Anoushka case' New Delhi: A court here on Fri
A court here on Friday asked the Delhi Police to ensure availability of a response from the US authorities on the Letters Rogatory forwarded to them in the case of alleged blackmail of sitarist Anoush |
CONGO BOAT SINKING `LEAVES 140 DEAD'
Brazzaville: As many as 138 people died when an overloaded boat carrying passengers and goods capsized in rough water in Democratic Republic of Congo, police have said. Congo's government confirmed th |
Floods in Pakistan kill 430
Peshawar: Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential monsoon rains have killed more than 430 people in Pakistan in three days and affected at least 300,000, officials said on Friday.
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Drug kingpin killed in raid
Mexico City: Mexican soldiers gunned down a top drug lord in a rare victory against the country's brutal cartels, as the US consulate in the border region closed on Friday for security reasons.
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China flays Clinton remarks
Beijing: China's military on Friday criticised remarks by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Washington had a strong interest in seeing territorial disputes in the South China Sea resolved pea |
Myanmar-N Korea tango
Yangon: The US said it is carefully watching the budding secretive relationship between Myanmar and North Korea for signs of nuclear cooperation, as official talks between the authoritarian regimes en |
A robot that can rescue
Tokyo: Japanese emergency services are to trial a small tank-like rescue robot that can search rubble for survivors and deliver water, food or cellphones in disaster zones. The fire department of Chib |
Cancer cells identified
London: An international team of scientists claim to have identified a cell that could be the mother of all prostate tumours. Previously it was thought that a different type of immature cell known as |
Taliban threat to WikiLeaks informers
Say "We know how to punish them", a reference to beheading for those they consider traitors
THE Taliban in Afghanistan has threatened to behead informers who have been revealed following the explo |
LEAK INVESTIGATION MAY GO BEYOND MILITARY
Acriminal investigation into the leak of thousands of secret Af
ghan war logs could go beyond the military, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday, and he did not rule out WikiLeaks founde |
Gibbs begs whistleblower not to release more papers
A HELPLESS White House on Friday implored WikiLeaks which is reportedly in possession of 15,000 more classified documents on the Afghanistan war not to post any more of the records saying US National |
WORLD'S STRONGEST PINT CREATED BY A DUTCH BREWER
Amsterdam: A Dutch brewer has created a 120 proof beer or 60 per cent alcohol by volume beating a Scottish company's bid to create the world's strongest brew. Nijboer's Almere-based brewery, The Refri |
Now, pedal away in London
LONDON LAUNCHED A MAJOR CYCLE HIRE SCHEME ON FRIDAY, WHICH AIMS TO MAKE TRANSPORT IN THE CITY GREENER AHEAD OF THE 2012 OLYMPICS
A TOTAL OF 5,000 BICYCLES ARE CUR RENTLY |
Bangla garment workers riot over wages
VIOLENT protests rocked the Bangladesh capital as thousands of garment workers took to the streets on Friday, with police reporting widespread looting and vandalism. The workers were protesting aga |
The world's first robot WITH CONSCIENCE
The AISoy 1, which wil go on sale in August, is the first social android developed by Spanish firm AISoy Robotics, It is the world's first
robot with its own "conscience" and "life", which will "ent |
HUNTING FOR OWNER
Help me reach home, says teddy bear on Facebook
A page has been set up in the social network site facebook to reunite a thread bare teddy bear with its owner in Britain. The light brown stuffed teddy, who has black eyes, a pink nose and stripes acr |
`LICENSED TO KILL'
Man sentenced to death for beheading three children
An American was sentenced to death for beheading three children, including his daughter, as he believed they were possessed and he was the "chosen one" who must kill them to save the world.
John Al |
NOT JUST FUN
School hands out condoms to students attending ball
A school in New Zealand gave out condoms to students attending a ball "to help them make better choices" but the move has shocked an advocacy group.
The principal of the Te Puke High School in Te P |
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Five Taliban taken off UN sanctions list
FIVE Taliban members, including a former Afghan ambassador to the United Nations, have been taken off a UN sanctions terrorism list, Austria's UN mission said on Friday.
The five were Abdul Satar Pa |
POISON LETTER SCARE AT US EMBASSY IN PARIS
Three employees of the US embassy in Paris were treated for poisoning after opening mail. A mobile laboratory was deployed at the embassy to test for poisonous substances and the employees were examin |
BIG LOVE
IT'S TANGIBLE, IT'S SOLID, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S ARTISTIC, FROM MY STANDPOINT, AND I JUST LOVE REAL ESTATE --DONALD TRUMP
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SOLID GROUND
IT IS A COMFORTABLE FEELING TO KNOW THAT YOU STAND ON YOUR OWN GROUND. IT THE ONLY THING THAT CAN'T FLY AWAY --ANTHONY TROLLOPE
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Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Tirupati
MARG Limited, India's leading diversified infrastructure development company, and Chinmaya Mission, a global organisation engaged in spiritual, educational and s |
DREAM HOMES AT A CLICK
TAIN Constructions, a privately held real es tate firm presents the world's first web based real estate transaction website -www. tain-con.com. It is a one point contact for the investors a |
CREDAI wants home BUYERS PROTECTED
IN the backdrop of the Ministry for Housing and Urban Poverty Alle viation planning to introduce major provisions in the proposed Model Real Estate (Regulation of Development) Act, The Confeder |
NOTTING HILL IN
INDIA
The Prestige Group, one of South India's leading developers, has added yet another landmark to Bangalore's residential market with the successful completion of Prestige Notting Hill. Located on Banner |
Feng Shui Matters
Feng Shui way to get lucky
Feng Shui brings positive results when you practice it
results when you practice it correctly. The great Chinese Classic, I Ching has influenced the evolution of Feng Shui enormously, and this is wh |
WITHIN YOUR LIMITS
DON'T STRETCH YOURSELF TOO MUCH WITH A MORTGAGE. BUY WITHIN YOUR MEANS. IT'S NOT WORTH THE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS --SARAH BEENY
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BACK INTO A CHILD
BUYING YOUR FIRST APARTMENT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE AN ADULT BUT SELLING IT TURNS YOU RIGHT BACK INTO A CHILD --ANDERSON COOPER
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India, UK clearly, plainly slam Pak
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday broke silence for the first time on the Islamabad peace talks fiasco even as British Prime Minister David Cameron did some more of his "clearly and plainly" t |
Cops cover up mishap involving their own!
IN a desperate bid to hush up an accident caused by a police training vehicle on the road along the Marina sands, a group of police officials on Thursday morning refused to call an ambulance or provid |
BJP asks Prez to intervene on prices front
A DELEGATION of BJP senior leaders and MPs on Thursday met President Pratibha Patil and submitted a memorandum with 10 crore signatures seeking her intervention on the issue of price rise. After b |
AQ Khan's associates get lured by countries
: Disgraced Pakistani nuclear
scientist AQ Khan's smuggling network may have been disbanded but his erst while associates are reportedly in great demand with several countries luring hem with ex |
Pak has made strategic shift in war on terror: US
Days after the WikiLeaks
revelations, the US has taken the stand that Pakistan over the past year or so has made "a strategic shift" in the war against terrorism. "It has tak en aggressive action |
India-UK pact on global financial reforms
India and Britain have
pledged to work together on the glo bal financial sector reforms during a bilateral discussion between visiting UK Chancellor of Exchequer George Osborne and Finance Minis |
Arushi's father seeks restraint on media
Rajesh Talwar, father of 14
year-old Aarushi who was found mur dered in the year 2008, moved the Supreme Court on Thursday for a fresh interim direction to restrain the media from ir
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Gaffes galore in Class VI textbook
DID Tamil get its Classical language status `according to the idea' of Chief Minister M Karunanidhi?
Can a person who is 18 years of age contest elections in India?
It is `yes' for both questi |
Garbage and more Chennai Corpn to take over conservancy operations
UPSET over Neel Metal Fanalca's poor performance in maintaining streets and roads "litter-free" in the four zones that were privatised, Chennai Corporation is set to take over full conservancy operati |
Anti-tobacco drive launched Smoke-free zones planned in Chennai schools and colleges
THE Tamil Nadu government on Thursday launched a drive to create awareness of smoke free zones in educational institutions. As
part of the campaign go ed ernment officials l |
IIT-Madras Alumni Day
Chennai: IIT Madras will celebrate its Alumni Day on July 31. The event is being hosted by the IIT Madras alumni association and office of alumni affairs. For more information visit http://alumni.
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Daily Thanthi chairperson bereaved
Chennai: Mala Jayaramaiah (47), daughter of B Sivanthi Adityan, chairperson of Daily Thanthi group of publications, died in Moscow during the early hours of Thursday due to an illness. She was on a fa |
Deposit rates hiked
Chennai: Following the RBI's recent monetary policy, the Indian Bank has raised interest rates on deposits with effect from July 14.
Rates on deposits for a period of one year to less than two year |
Online tuition
Chennai: EdServ has launched live online tuition for Standard XI and XII of the CBSE pattern. The service is priced at Rs 30 per hour. Interested students may log on to www.lampsglow.com to get the sc |
Police woman held for murder of old flame
IN the latest in the long line of illicit affairs resulting in gruesome murders, it has now come to light that a 38-year-old TNEB employee of Velachery, who was reported missing for the last four mont |
Cases filed by senior citizens on fast track
HERE'S something to cheer for by senior citizens: Chief Justice MY Eqbal on Thursday passed an administrative order on the speedy disposal of their cases. According to a press release, all senior c |
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HC upholds circular on new guidelines for driving schools
A division bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday confirmed the orders of a single judge, which upheld a circular dated October 31, 2007 of the Special Commissioner and Transport Commissioner intr |
EMU services to be cancelled
Chennai: The section between Tada and Sullurupetta railway stations will be temporarily blocked between 1 am and 6 am on August 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 owing to engineering work. Due to this, the followi |
Grievance day meet
Chennai: A grievance day meet will be held for pensioners of State govt at Chennai Collector's Office on September 21. Grievances may be sent in to, `Singaravelar Maaligai', at 62, Rajaji Salai, Chenn |
Shifting of phone lines
Chennai: BSNL, Chennai, will transfer 1,200 working lines from the Ambattur exchange to the Korattur exchange at Plot no: 106, Govinda Reddy Street, Kuppu Reddy Nagar, Korattur, Chennai600080 on July |
No action against genuine doctors: HC
NO proceedings can be initiated against any registered practitioners in Siddha, Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Unani, who are eligible to practice irrespective of their system, and also in modern scientific |
HASTE MAKES WASTE, MK TELLS RAMADOSS
REMINDING PMK founder S Ramadoss that haste makes waste, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Thursday said any decision taken hurriedly on the demand for 20 per cent separate reservation for Vanniyars wou |
Was Horlicks `hijacked'?
AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Thursday demanded a CBI inquiry into the pilferage of 9,240 bottles of Horlicks from a godown at a village near Sholavandani recently as there was a suspicio |
Don't rent walls for digital banners, warns Subramanian
HINTING that the resurgence of hoardings in the city in any form will not be tolerated, Mayor M Subramanian on Thursday warned that the Corporation was planning legal action against those who rent the |
2 heart transplants in a week at GGH
TWO heart transplants were performed at the Government general hospital(GGH) within a week. Gopi, 46, from MGR Nagar was admitted at the Government General Hospital on June 26, following which he was |
4 short films on AIDS released
THE Tamil version of the 4-part collection of short films on AIDS, commissioned by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was released in the city on Thursday. Filmmaker Mira Nair's Migration, Farhan |
Cauvery water to reach TN today
KARNATAKA has released 19,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, PWD officials at the Mettur dam said on Thursday. Water was released at noon today and was expected to reach the Stanley Reservo |
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`Many buildings in city yet to release OSR land'
THE City Corporation's Opposition leader Saidai P Ravi on Thursday said that several private fir ms flouted the mandatory norms and failed to hand over the open space reserve (OSR) land to the civic b |
CRIME FILE Red sanders seized; lorry driver held
THE Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized red sander logs worth Rs 2.34 crore and arrested one person in this connection here on Tuesday. Based on an alert that red sander lo gs from And |
International meet
A three-day International Conference on Bio-engineering, organised by the SRM university, was inaugurated here on Thursday. It will hold sessions on bio-sensors, fuel cells, bio-remediation and cell |
Experience America
Experience America, an initiative to showcase educational resources in the US
consulate, was organised by the US consulate at Alpha Matriculation school on Tuesday. Events as part of the series w |
100 saplings planted
The Indian youth climate network planted 100 saplings at the Anjuman Matriculation Higher Secondary School in T Nagar on Thursday under a new initiative called 'Beej', a Sanskrit word meaning 'Seed'. |
President's pat for city scout
S Mohana Priya a student of NSN Matriculation Higher Secondary School received the Rashtrapati Award on behalf of Tamil Nadu Scouts and Guides 2010 from President Prathibha Patil on July 14 in New De |
Marriage allowance
Marriage allowance for the alternatively abled has been increased from Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000. Couples can avail of Rs 12,500 in cash and Rs 12,500 in the form of national
bonds. Chief Minister M K |
Award for expert
The Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar Memorial Trust will honour eminent Tamil
scholar A Ramasamy for his contributions to education and literature. Ramasamy will be conferred with the `Dr Rajah Sir Mut |
DGP inaugurates Chennai Cyber Lab
Director General of Police Letika Saran inaugurated the Chennai Cyber Lab at TN Police Academy here on Thursday. Two experts from NASSCOM will train the police personnel. Som Mittal, president, NA |
POLICE SAT ON INFO ON PUDUPATTI TENSION
FIVE days after a milkman was hacked to death, in a clash in Watrap Pudupatti, a petition received by District Police Office on June 2 expressed the apprehension of such a clash, well in advance. |
CBI LIKELY TO GRILL MODI
THE CBI team is likely to seek permission from its headquarters to question Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. According to reports, |
Govt, Opposition seek `face-saver' to end debate over prise issue
ties -food, cooking gas, kerosene and fuel the Left Parties on Thursday suggested a way out. That both the Houses express their concern on the price issue through a mutually acceptable resolution. |
Hearing on Madani's bail plea deferred
Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the anticipatory bail plea of Abdul Nasser Madani, one of the accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blast case, to Tuesday. The |
Naidu to take up padayatra against irregularities in TTD Board
AFTER bus yatra to Babli, TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu has decided to take up 'padayatra' to Tirumala on August 7 to expose the irregularities in the TTD Board. At a meeting with seniors here on |
Close shave for JetLite passengers
Lucknow: A JetLite plane with 144 passengers and crew members on board suffered a bird hit while taxiing at the runway at the airport here on Thursday morning forcing it to abort take off. "The Luckno |
Threat to ethos
Even murderers showed respect to the professor in jail
Kochi: Professor T J Joseph was on the run from March 26 following the disturbances at Thodupuzha over the controversial question paper that he had set. To avoid arrest, he at first went to a friend's |
Govt scheme to end manual scavenging
NEARLY 1.18 lakh manual scavengers and their dependents have been identified for rehabilitation under a Centrally sponsored scheme, the Rajya Sabha was informed on T hursday. "Eighteen states and Unio |
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HC notice to Digvijay over mall issue
Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to former Chief Minister Digvijay Singh and others on a petition seeking a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the construction of a shopp |
One killed, 10 hurt in building collapse
Mumbai: A six-year-old boy was killed and 10 people were injured when a four-storeyed dilapidated building collapsed in suburban Kurla, fire brigade officials said here. Rafiq estate, a residential bu |
Left leaders held 'informal' meetings
CPM's parliamentary party leader Sitaram Yechury and CPI's D Raja held 'informal' meetings with other political parties and the government on this. The proposal is, the price rise discussion can be ro |
Jagan losing patience
THE 18-day Odarpu Yatra of Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in East Godavari district ended on Thursday, but it appeared to mark the beginning of a new journey for the late YSR's son. He is likely to t |
Amar Singh's arrest stayed till September 20
The Allahabad HC on Thursday
extended till September 20, the stay on the arrest of former SP general secretary Amar Singh, in connection with a corruption case lodged against him. The order was pass |
Bihar set to win battle against polio
Bihar is set to win the battle against
polio as the state recorded a steady decline in cases this year, officials said on Thursday.
A WHO official said that in 2010 so far, Bihar has recorded six |
Girl commits suicide over inability to pay fees
UNABLE to pay fees, a 13-year-old girl committed suicide, after being repeatedly humiliated by the school authorities, in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. Reports said that Laxmi w |
Four accused in Kachroo ragging surrender in court
The four medical students ac
cused of ragging to death Aman Kachroo in 2009 surrendered in a local Himachal Pradesh court on Thursday. The Himachal Pradesh HC on Wednesday cancelled the bail given to |
The tale of a deeply troubled Iraq
WHEN Tamara Chalabi, a 36-year-old historian, decided that she wanted to write a story of modern Iraq set against the background of four generations of her family, she faced two major challenges. The |
WIKILEAKS
Pak cannot play both sides
THE WikiLeaks revelations about murderous collusion between Pakistan's ISI agency and the Afghan Taliban have underlined the central role that country plays in the sponsorship of terrorism. This is de |
SOUTHERN MODELS
The different routes to demographic transition
DEMOGRAPHIC transition means shift from high birth rate and high death rate to low birth rate and low death rate. Demographers contend that demographic transition will have taken place when the birth |
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WHAT'S THE THING CALLED `LADOO'?
THIS is the unkindest cut of all. All around us, the prices of commodities are rising defying Newton's Law that whatever goes up must come down. The price of every commodity we use is on the rise and |
NOW, REBUILD BONE, CARTILAGE NATURALLY
Scientists have shown for the first time that it may be possible to replace a human hip or knee with a joint grown naturally inside the body using the patient's stem cells. In experiments on rabbits, |
58 bodies identified in Pak crash, DNA tests on others
Only 58 bodies of the 152 killed when an Airbus A-321 crashed in the Margalla Hills near here have been identified, officials said on Thursday. DNA tests would be carried out on the others. The bodies |
We did it, say jihadists
An al-Qaeda group has claimed responsibility for this week's deadly car bomb attack on Al-Arabiya television's offices in Baghdad that killed four people, US monitors said.
"The Islamic State of Ir |
Fresh oil spill in US
A new oil spill is sullying US waters in the northern state of Michigan after a pipeline leak sent more than a million gallons of crude into a river tributary, officials said on Wednesday. The US Envi |
6 dead, 34 hurt in Iraq blasts
Four Iraqi soldiers and two civilians were killed and 34 people wounded in bomb attacks in northern and central Iraq on Thursday, Iraqi officials said. Three soldiers died and 12 were wounded when an |
`Ready to stop enrichment'
Iran will suspend uranium enrichment to 20 per cent if it acquires nuclear fuel for a research reactor, the country's atomic chief said on an Iranian television channel on Thursday.
"We will not ne |
HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?
A judge has ruled that while the current fashion for wearing trousers so low that they show off underwear may be offensive but it is not an offence. Judge Ruben Franco, a NY judge, said that "the Cons |
BE A GOOD GUEST, FIGHT HARD, TAKE ON GRAFT, PETRAEUS TELLS TROOPS
A NEW set of Afghan counterinsurgency guidelines issued by General David Petraeus includes the instruction to "be a good guest" but urges troops to "fight hard" and get tough on corruption. The thr |
Midnight in Paris
HUSBAND SARKOZY LOSES COOL ON SET As wife Carla-Bruni shot her first scene in Woody Allen's romantic comedy, President Sarkozy appeared moody and on edge. The reason for Sarkozy's histrionics was a my |
Karzai: Fight terror outside Afghanistan
AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai on Thursday urged his Western allies to destroy Islamist militant sanctuaries in neighbouring Pakistan after thousands of secret US files were leaked. In a wide-rangi |
KGB successor gets more powers
RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev on T hursday signed into a law a bill expanding the powers of the successor to the Soviet-era KGB security service, the Kremlin said in a statement. The bill, cri |
Ban reimposed on Islamic political parties in Bangladesh
BANGLADESH'S Supreme Court has reinstated a ban on Islamic political parties in the latest blow to religious hardliners in the impoverished South Asian country , a minister said on Thursday. In |
THROW OUT YOUR FLIP-FLOPS BUY SHOES WITH SUPPORT
Compared to high heels, flip-flops don't even look remotely hazardous. But experts are warning of the dangers of their prolonged use such as the risk of shin splints and joint pains. Frequent complain |
DETAILS OF ONE-FIFTH FACEBOOK USERS LEAKED
The personal details of 100 mn, one-fifth of the 500 mn, users of Facebook are now available for download after they were leaked online. Ron Bowles, an online security consultant, scanned Facebook pro |
FRENCH MUM KILLS NEWBORNS
A nursing assistant on Thursday admitted kill ing eight of her newborn babies and stashing their remains in plastic bags in northern France. Douai town prosecutor Eric Vail lant said 45-year-old |
Pet peeves of Iranian Prez
TIES Ahmadinejad wonders why no religious outfit has banned wearing it, which since the 1979 Islamic revolution has been regarded as a symbol of Western culture. For his part, |
`AQ Khan's aide being approached by several countries'
Washington: Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan's smuggling network may have been disbanded years ago under American pressure, but his erstwhile associates are reportedly in great demand wit |
FAMILY PRESERVES OLDEST MAN'S SKELETON
Agence France-Presse
A HOME visit by Tokyo officials to a local resident to congratulate him on his 111th birthday instead led to a police search that uncovered his three-decade-old skeleton on Thur |
Pak made strategic shift in war: US
DAYS after the WikiLeaks revelations about the continuing ISI-Taliban nexus, the Obama administration has taken the stand that Pakistan over the past year or so has made "a strategic shift" in the war |
NOSEDIVING TO DOOM
A PASSENGER jet crashed into the hills surrounding Islamabad amid poor weather on Wednesday, killing all 147 passengers and eight crew aboard and blazing a path of devastation strewn with body parts a |
Vote on price hike rejected
LOK Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Wednesday dismissed a united Opposition's demand for a special discussion and vote on price rise, setting off another round of chaos in Parliament. She heard argum |
Uncensored: Officer's ill-gotten wealth
WHILE the arrest of a regional officer of the Central Board of Film Certification (Censor Board) for demanding a bribe to clear a movie has raised many an eyebrow in the Tamil film industry, the CBI b |
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Disgusting idea Sirjee!
Your mobile's dirtier than your loo handle
DOES your spouse smile smugly or worse throw his/her hands up in the air each time you rub every article you come across, even her cellphone, sparkling clean?
Cheer up. Now, you can get back by glo |
Man turns down sex offer, stabbed
A 22-year-old engineering
student stabbed his friend near Chidambaram for allegedly refusing to comply with his demand for sex.
The police said Sakthivel had made a similar proposal to T |
Class IX student shoots at schoolmate
New Delhi
A clash between two
groups of students in a South Delhi school took an ugly turn on Wednesday when a Class IX student allegedly
shot at a schoolmate.
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Stalin launches lighting facility on Napier Bridge
DEPUTY Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday launched the new lighting facility on the Napier Bridge installed at an es timated cost of Rs 1.80 crore.
After inaugurating the facility, Stal |
Ready to revisit prohibition issue: MK
CHIEF Minister M Karunanidhi on Wednesday surprised all by announcing that the State government was considering PMK founder S Ramadoss' demand for reimposing prohibition in Tamil Nadu. Answering a |
TN in ferment
Vanniyars may repeat 1987 for quota
UPPING the ante on the demand for an exclusive 20 per cent quota for Vanniyars in Tamil Nadu, PMK founder president Dr S Ramadoss on Wednesday said that Vanniyars "might be forced to repeat the massiv |
ANBUMANI DARES DMK TO IGNORE COMMUNITY
Former Union
Minister and PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Wednesday to deliver a veiled warning to the ruling DMK that the powersthat-be should not force his outfit to the precipice of "re
outfit t |
Gold baits at buyers as price drops in last five days
PUTTING off your purchase of that gold chain you always wanted because of soaring prices?
Here is perhaps a window of opportunity. Gold prices in the city have eased over the past few days. On |
Cash bag missing
Chennai: The Anna Salai police are investigating a businessman's complaint that his bag containing Rs 1 lakh cash was missing. Nagoor (40) of Purasawalkam was shopping in a mall on Anna Salai when he |
Cashier arrested
Chennai: A 32-year-old man was arrested for allegedly swindling cash from a readymade clothes shop at Washermenpet on Tuesday. Acting on a complaint from shop manager Rajesh Patela (40) that though th |
Two more Tamil medium candidates get govt jobs
Chennai: Two more persons, A Rajini and Pushpamani, who had studied in Tamil medium, were given government jobs on Wednesday. Rajini and Pushpamani have been appointed as office assistants in the offi |
Services of 90 temporary drivers regularised
Chennai: Mayor M Subramanian on Wednesday handed over orders regularising the service of 90 temporary drivers at the Ripon Building, fulfilling one of the long-standing demands of those who had been w |
HC seeks report on elimination of manual scavenging
The Madras High Court has directed the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (CMWS&SB) boss to submit a preliminary report on the steps to eliminate manual scavenging and improving the se |
New traffic plan at Ashok Pillar junction
Following is the new traffic plan near 100-Feet-Road (JN Salai) to ease the traffic snarls. It will come into force from 7 am on Saturday One-Way Entry from Ashok Nagar 1st Avenue to 11th Avenue wi |
Workers killed at Elcot SEZ
TRAGEDY struck at the construction site of a leading IT company in Sholinganallur, when two workers were killed and one was injured while engaged in removal of debris at the new concrete structure on |
Cops chalk out plan to curb fake currency entry
AS counterfeit currency seized by the CB-CID in the recent past has been suspected to be pumped into Chennai by organised criminals operating from neighbouring countries, senior officials of various w |
ITI exam cancelled
i: The State government on
Wednesday cancelled all theory exams to be held on July 28 for all sections of the ITI following reports that the question papers for Fitter division had leaked. A detaile |
Breastfeeding week
The Department of Pediat
rics, Royapettah Government Hospital, has decided to organise a series of events to mark the World Breastfeeding Week that will be observed from August 1 to 7 ENS
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Vagrants arrested
i: The Suburban police picked
up 13 mentally-ill people and four beggars and produced them in court on Wednesday. The mentally-ill were sent to the Institute of Mental Health in Kilpauk and the begg |
Mosquito killing system
A product to kill mosquitoes
developed after 17 years of research was launched here. Alpha Moscon developed the system ENS
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Minorities stage demo
Minority Communities Revo
lutionary Party staged a demonstration here on Wednesday demanding the implementation of the Justice Ranganath Mishra Commission on reservation for minorities ENS
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Discussion on book held
A discussion on a book "Con
tribution of Communist Movement for the development of Tamil" (Podhuvudmai Valartha Tamil) was held here on Wednesday ENS
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Education for disabled
Education For All and Vidya
Sagar, both NGOs, took out a rally in the city on Wednesday to create awareness of the need to educate physically and mentally challenged children ENS
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Police posting
Abishak Dixit, IPS, ASP, has
been posted as ASP/ADC to the Tamil Nadu Governor said an official press release ENS
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Dy CM to open complexs
Dy CM M K Stalin will inauguee shopping complexes built
rate three shopping complexes built for platform vendors by the city Corporation here on August 15 ENS
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Intel comp exhibition
The Intel Computer Expo 2010
was inaugurated by Mayor M Subramanian here on Wednesday. pc's and laptops will be avaliable at low prices.
The expo will be on till August 3 ENS
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DMK brushes off Jaya's charge, to go ahead with Aug 4 stir
RETORTING to the charge made by AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa that the DMK youth wing's August 4 agitation against her would be an act of contempt of court, DMK's law secretary R S Bharathi |
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The toppers
Corporate assessees IOB; Shriram Transport Finance Ltd; NLC Ltd; Indian Bank; Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd; MRF Ltd; Sun TV; Hundai Motors India Ltd; Cognizant Technology Solution In |
IN THE HIGH COURT Contempt notice slapped on CAT for `interference'
THE Madras High Court has ordered issuance of notice to the members of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to show cause as to why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them for p |
Plea against TNSCB construction at Okkiyam-Thoraipakkam village rejected
THE Madras High Court has rejected a plea to restrain the TN Slum Clearance Board and other authorities from carrying out any reclamation and/or construction activity at Okkiyam-Thoraipakkam village a |
CJ CALLS FOR CO-OPERATION OF BENCH, BAR
Madras High Court Chief
Justice MY Eqbal has sought the co-operation of the Bench and the Bar, on Wednesday.
Without the co-operation of the Bench and the Bar, the institution could not function |
WOMAN COP GRILLED AS LOVER GOES MISSING
A 39-YEAR-OLD assessor of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) has been reported missing for the last two weeks. A complaint was lodged by his mother with the Velachery police station. Even |
POLITICS IN GOVT FUNCTION MK not practising what he preaches, charges CPM
CPM state secretary G Ramakrishnan has questioned the Chief Minister's action for using a government function as a platform to criticise a political party in the State. In a statement, he pointed |
CASH, JEWLLERY STOLEN FROM HOUSE
Burglars decamped
with 15 sovereigns of gold jewellery and Rs 90,000 in cash from a house in Velachery on Wednesday. Gopinath (62) of Third Street in Murugu Nagar spent Tuesday night at the hospital |
MAN NABBED FOR CHEATING FOREIGNER
: Suburban police arrest
ed a man for cheating a Lankan Tamil residing in London to the tune of Rs 42 lakh, here on Wednesday. Ani Velupallai, when she visited Chennai met Karthikey an, who introduce |
5 HELD FOR HOLDING MAN HOSTAGE
The suburban police on
Wednesday arrested five persons for holding a man hostage and seized a vehicle used in the crime. Saraswathi of Urapakkam had borrowed Rs 6.5 lakh from a person while her brot |
`Indian official coming at Rajapaksa's request'
Sri Lankan Cabinet spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella has said that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was sending an official to the island nation to study refugee rehabilitation, only at the request o |
Trucks in south to go off road from Aug 2
Truckers in south India will go on a strike from August 2 demanding uniform toll fee on National Highways and adherence to the 1998 agreement signed between the All India Motor Transport Congress and |
IOB's NRI branch
The Indian Overseas Bank opened a specialised NRI branch on Habibullah Road in T Nagar on Wednesday. YL Madan and Nupur Mithra, executive directors, Indian Overseas Bank, attended the function alon |
Serving cancer patients
Sri Matha Trust entered into its 11th year of service to patients at the Cancer Institute in Adyar. It has served more than 1.63 lakh inmates. A function was organised to celebrate the completion of a |
Jaya files criminal plea on translation of papers
FORMER Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday filed a criminal petition in the High Court seeking quashing of the special court order rejecting her request for scrapping of translation |
Memorable day
? The annual day celebrations of Dargah Hazrath Syed Moosa Shah Khaderi, better known as Mount Road Dargah, was held here on Wednesday night ? Sanjay Arora, City Commissioner of Police (In-charge) and |
Mettur dam opened
MINISTER for Agriculture Veerapandi S Arumugam lifted the upper sluices on the left bank of the Mettur dam at 6 p.m. on Wednesday and officially commenced the current year's Cauvery delta irrigation. |
SI slaps woman protestor, roughs up councillor
AN inspector attached to Thudiyalur police station allegedly manhanded parents who staged a road blockade here on Wednesday. It all started when over 500 parents squatte d on the Mettupalayam Road |
UK institutions eager to partner with India: Britain minister
FIVE new civil nuclear energy projects and links with Oxford and Cambridge universities were in the offing, said David Millets, MP, Minister for Universities and Science , the UK, here on Wednesday. < |
State scan
6 held for kidnapping garment trader
Police arrested six persons here on Wednesday on the charges of kidnapping a garment trader and seized a car along with weapons. The police said that 46-year-old Ganesan, of Kumaranandapuram, was kidn |
18 held for Pudupatti clashes
EIGHTEEN members from two com munities in V Pudupatti village near Watrap in Srivilliputhur talu of Virudhunagar district, were ar rested on Wednesday for clashe that took place in the village on Sun |
2 college students die in road accident
TWO women college students were killed on the spot when the share-auto in which they were travelling in collided with a TNSTC bus near Nilakkottai on Wednesday . Nine others were injured. Since bu |
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UAVs fail to penetrate green cover to track Naxals
UNMANNED Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) used successfully by the US in Afghanistan against alQaeda have, however, failed to make any impact in the dense forests of the country to monitor Naxal movement. Th |
Radar crashes at Delhi airport, flights hit
New Delhi: The radar systems responsible for guiding aircraft landings and take-offs crashed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on Wednesday, leading to disruption of flights. "Some ra |
No stay on Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai
Mumbai: The release of Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai, has been given a green signal by the Bombay High Court after producers Balaji Telefilms agreed to issue a statement denying that the mov i |
Salem hurt himself and framed me, says Dossa
Mumbai: Mustafa Dossa, suspected to be an aide of Dawood Ibrahim, was on Wednesday arrested in a case of assault on gangster Abu Salem but he claimed injuries sustained by Salem were self-inflicted an |
SC STAYS PROCEEDINGS IN UP PF SCAM
T H E S u p re m e C o u r t o n Wednesday stayed further proceedings in the provident fund scam case, the trial of which is being conducted at the special Ghaziabad CBI court in Uttar Pradesh. A B |
PFI says it's ahead of others in converting non-Muslims
THE Popular Front of India (PFI) has claimed that the outfit is way ahead of other Muslim organisations in Kerala in converting non-Muslims to Islam.The PFI conducted a study a few years ago to find o |
Nursing students turn guinea pigs
IT'S all for money that they subject themselves to clinical trials taking place at various private labs in Bangalore totally ignoring the risks involved. An alarming number of nursing students fro |
`GET INDIAN, PAK ARMY OFFICERS TO US CLASSROOM'
US President Barack Obama's new pick to head the country's Central Command has a novel suggestion on how to bridge the trust deficit between India and Pakistan: Get Army officers of both countries to |
Blow to democracy `One group nearly killed me, another saved my life'
SOON after the incident a neighbour rushed Joseph and Stella to Nirmala Hospital. There, first aid was administered, but the doctors said the best chance of saving the hand was at the Specialists' Hos |
CONG GEARING UP FOR BIHAR POLLS
WHILE its government faces the Opposition heat in Parliament, the Congress seems to be preoccupied with the coming Bihar Assembly polls slated to take place between October and November this year. |
Cameron to Pak: We will not tolerate export of terror
BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday sent out a clear signal to Pakistan saying that the country should not be allowed to look both ways when it comes to terrorism.
"We cannot tolerate |
Indian woman pleads guilty in $34 mn embezzlement case
INDIAN American business executive Sujata `Sue' Sachdeva, accused of embezzling $34 mn and using the money for "irrational and excessive buying sprees", has pleaded guilty. Appearing before US Dist |
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Panthers Party chief in preventive custody
Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) chairman Bhim Singh was on Wednesday taken into preventive custody along with 10 of his supporters ahead of his proposed march to |
Civic body reps take oath in Haryana Kurukshetra (Haryana): When nearly
When nearly 68,000 elected representatives, includ ing 24,800 women, from Panchayati Raj Institutions stood up here to take oath, it was the first time such a huge congregation had gathered to |
More facilities for disabled students in DU
Delhi University is pulling out all stops to woo disabled students as it sets up dedicated buses, parking slots scanners to convert books into the audio format, special computers, ramps and eleva |
MATERNITY LEAVE New rules for anganwadi workers
THE Centre has revised the guidelines on paid absence on maternity and abortion or miscarriage to Anganwadi workers and helpers in the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme. Under the |
Ayodhya title suit claimants told to reach a compromise
THE Allahabad High Court has asked the rival parties in the Ayodhya title suit to explore to find a compromise before the i final verdict, to be announced by the middle of next month.
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Sabarimala ropeway to start from Hill Top
The roposed ropeway at Sabarimala will start from the Hill Top at Pampa and end near the police mess at the Sannidhanam, Devaswom Minister Kadannappally Ramachandran informed the Assembly during |
Other HC notice to Varun for defamatory remarks
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to BJP MP Varun Gandhi on a petition filed by his uncle and Congress candidate from Pilibhit constituency V M Singh for allegedly making def |
Boyfriend says Scarlett was threatened
British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling and her family were threatened by a local days before she was found dead at Anjuna shore, her boyfriend Julio Lobo has said. Lobo said that a local named Shanti |
Himalayan glaciers receding, says govt
A study by the Geological Survey of India has found that the Himalayan glaciers in Gouri Ganga and Alaknanda basin are showing consistent but variable recession, the government told the Lok Sabha on W |
Sonia, Rahul keep off LS
NOT sure what way Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar ruling on adjournment motion will go, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal issued a party whip for all its members as a precautionary measu |
Malaria creates havoc in Mumbai
MALARIA, the disease which normally erupts dur ng end of summer and onset of monsoon as result of water stagnating and uncleared garbage and other places, has created havoc in several parts of the sta |
Opinion
Is media a mouthpiece?
The Americans coined a phrase during their invasion of Iraq: embedded journalism, which basically underlined the use and misuse of the media by governments. Journalists embedded in the US tanks that r |
Salute the whistleblowers
Manjunath Shanmugam was just 27 when he died. The Indian Oil marketing manager was murdered in November 2005 after he had sealed two petrol pumps in Lakhimpur Kheri, UP , for three months for |
Somnath's tryst with the Left
The only unknown factoid, which the renewed controversy about Somnath Chatterjee's expulsion from the CPI(M) has revealed, is that Jyoti Basu had formally asked the CPI(M) politburo to let the th |
BABUGIRI The headless chicken syndrome
REMEMBER Ronen of the headless chicken fame? Let me jog your memory: it happened in 2007 when Ronen Sen, our ambassador in the USA, compared the acts of Indian politicians who opposed the nuclear deal |
REFRESHING HOT BATHS BEYOND REACH
time out
HOT baths are always refreshing. In the same breath I had to agree with my husband that cold baths are even stimulating. It is not that I am complaining.
But I must tell one thing. I could not have |
Why Obama will soon turn into a lame duck
SLUMP IN CONFIDENCE
THE shock about coming to America after an absence of four months is how, in that time, respect for and confidence in President Obama has slumped. It wasn't good in March; now the effect of what one b |
SUPPORT FOR MILITANTS ISI-Taliban nexus backfires
ISI has backed Islamic fundamentalists in Afghanistan since the early 1980s
ALTHOUGH US officials accuse Pakistan of secretly supporting the Taliban and other Islamic extremist groups that are att |
US Lower House approves $37 bn for Afghan war
US LAWMAKERS on Tuesday easily approved urgent funding for President Barack Obama's escalation in Afghanistan, despite a huge leak of secret military files that stoked anger at the unpopular war. |
Vroom Soon, you can inhale vitamin C, have easy chairs in your Nissan
IN a riposte to those who think a reliance on cars is unhealthy, new Nissan models will feature air conditioners that pump breathable vitamin C and stress-reducing seats, the firm said on Wednesday.
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OH MOMMA! Woman charged with sending daughter to work in brothel
A woman has been charged with sending her 16-year-old daughter to work as a prostitute at a brothel in an Australian city. The teenager was taken by her mother to Liaisons Executive Retreat, a brothel |
GAME CHANGER World's first 3D camcorder for home movies unveiled
The 3D revolution has so far been all about Hollywood blockbusters and major sporting events. But now, the cutting-edge technology is coming closer to home. Treasured moments can be captured in 3D wit |
WEDDING GONE WRONG Photographer shot dead as bride, groom pose with guns
A wedding photographer in Italy was accidentally shot dead when he asked the bride and the groom to pose with guns as he wanted it `as props in the picture'. Calogero Scimea, 45, was shot in the head |
Russian beautician arrested on suspicion of spying
A Russian beautician, Anna Fermanova, has been arrested in Texas as part of the American investigation into suspected foreign spies. The 24 year-old was appre
hended after attempting to take state-of |
New oil spill after tug boat strikes well off Louisiana
A new oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has created a mile-long slick after a tug boat struck an abandoned well off the Louisiana coast. A crew was scrambled from the Deepwater Horizon clean-up operatio |
Eight human heads dumped in Mexican city
Police were directed to some of the heads by a series of anonymous telephone calls that began shortly before 7 am. Tuesday, the Durango state attorney general's office said. While some of the heads we |
Germany plans memorial for music festival victims
A memorial service will be held for the 20 persons crushed to death in a mass panic at the Love Parade techno festival, German officials said on Tuesday. People in the western German city of Duisburg |
France declares war against al-Qaeda
France has declared war on alQaeda, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror network's North African branch, after the terror network killed a French aid worker |
US unable to account for $8.7 bn of Iraqi funds
US DEFENCE Department is unable to account for $8.7 bn of the $9.1-bn fund earmarked for reconstruction of Iraq from 2004 2007, an audit report has said. According to Los Angeles Times, the reconst |
DRINK ALCOHOL TO DO AWAY WITH ARTHRITIS
For the first time, scientists have discovered that drinking alcohol frequently may reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis, a painful progressive disease of the joints that affects people of all |
ISOLATION EQUIVALENT TO ALCOHOL, 15 CIGARETTES A DAY
People with close family and social ties have 50 per cent more chances of living longer than those living isolated lives without friends, families or colleagues, says a new global study. Isolation is |
FBI AGENTS CAUGHT CHEATING IN TEST
The Justice Department is investigating whether hundreds of FBI agents cheated on a test of new rules allowing the bureau to conduct surveillance and open cases without evidence that a crime has been |
Pedal power
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Asteroid may hit Earth in 2182: scientists
A MASSIVE asteroid could crash into Earth in 2182 causing widespread devastation and possible extinction scientists have warned. The asteroid called 1999 RQ36 has a one-in-thousand chance of actua |
Indonesian clerics forbid TV shows
INDONESIA'S highest Islamic body has followed up a series of contentious fatwas with a new edict banning Muslims from watching TV gossip shows or having sex-change operations. The increasingly ass |
Will keep up heat on price rise: BJP
EMBOLDENED by the isolation of the Congress on the issue of price rise, the BJP-led NDA has decided to continue pressing for the adjournment motion that entails voting, even on Wednesday.
It is the |
FRESH RBI ATTEMPT TO TAME INFLATION
THE RBI ON TUESDAY HIKED THE RATES AT WHICH IT LENDS TO BANKS AND BORROWS FROM THEM TO SQUEEZE MONEY SUPPLY AND CONTROL INFLATION
The worry 10.55% Inflation rate in June. Inflation indicates the ris |
WIKILEAKS EXPOS� Punish 26/11 culprits, win over India: US
IN the backdrop of the WikiLeaks expos� revealing the duplicity of Pakistan's ISI, the US has asked Islamabad to bring to justice those behind the 26/11 attacks to convince India that it has made a "f |
ONUS ON OBAMA TO PRESSURE ISLAMABAD
The WikiLeak expos� has emboldened critics of the Afghan war, who raised fresh questions about the viabil ity of the increasingly unpopu lar US-led campaign. The New York Times, which had e |
DMK stir on wealth case amounts to contempt of court: Jayalalithaa
RIDICULING the agitation proposed by the ruling DMK to protest against her seeking adjournments in the wealth case pending before a Bangalore court, AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa said it was |
Faulty air data recorder Scare in the air as Indigo pilot radios Mayday
"MAYDAY! Mayday! Mayday!" cried out the pilot of an Indigo flight 35,000 feet up in the air. Fearing that the Airbus A320 would crash near the city, he sent a distress signal via his radio communicati |
SOHRABUDDIN ENCOUNTER
CBI questions farmhouse owner
IN connection with the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, the CBI on Tuesday called for questioning the owner of Arham Farm, where Sheikh and his wife
Kausar Bi were kept. Rajendra Jirawal, who has |
HC asks govt to stay away from Hockey poll
The Delhi HC has told the government not to associate itself with the election in Hockey India (HI) due on Wednesday, as it was a private body, and held that Indian Hockey Fed eration was the o |
Quraishi is new CEC
S Y Quraishi was on Tuesday appointed the new Chief Election Commissioner in the place of Navin Chawla, who demits office on Thursday. He will have a little less than two years in the constit |
Woman, relatives ostracised
IN a shocking incident, a 22-yearold woman, along with her 13 relatives, has been ostracised from a village near Vandavasi after her lover's suicide sparked violence. While elders in the family ar |
Spl counters set up to collect property tax
WITH a view to making property tax payment a hassle-free affair for assessees, the Corporation is launching a new facility whereby a special property tax collection counter would be set up at all 155 |
Haemodialysis patient gives birth to healthy baby in rare procedure
IN one of the rarest of medical cases, a 26-year-old woman from Tiruvannamalai was delivered of a healthy baby despite suffering from renal failure and undergoing haemodialysis for the last two years. |
Housewife held for lodging false complaint
A 36-year-old housewife was secured by the police for allegedly filing a false complaint, claiming the theft of gold jewellery and cash from her residence in Selaiyur. In her complaint, Hemabindu s |
`Lights out' Bankers to back campaign
"TURNING the lights off for 8, 9 or 10 minutes will not make a difference," states ExNoRa founder M B Nirmal. "But making them ask why, will certainly bring them into the light about how much they are |
CMDA seals building for flouting rules
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority's (CMDA) enforcement wing on Tueday sealed and locked a building at Teynampet for violating the Town and Country Planning Act, 1971. CMDA sources said th |
Govt to set up chain of radar sensors along coast
The government has launched a project to set up radar sensors along the country's coastline, A&N Islands and Lakshadweep for surveillance in order to avoid a 26/11-like terror attack dur |
Truckers on indefinite strike from Aug 6
Truckers on Tuesday said 60 lakh trucks would go off the road across the country from August 6 in an indefinite strike to press for a re-look of the toll policy and lower toll tax.
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Over 9,000 paramilitary troopers quit this year
Over 9,000 paramilitary troopers, including 3,522 CRPF jawans, quit their jobs this year over a variety of reasons, including stress due to deployment in remote areas, Parliamen |
BOMBS HURLED AT V PUDUPATTI Gang hacks youth to death
DESPITE heavy deployment of police force, a youth was killed at V Pudupatti, near nWatrap in Virudhunagar district, by a group, which also attacked three others with sickles on Monday night. This h |
Two held for faking Plus Two certificates
THE District Crime Branch (DCB) officers detained two persons here on Tuesday on a charge of supplying forged Plus II certificates to three candidates applying for recruitment to the defence forces. A |
Transcend barriers to work for the public: CM
ALL parties should participate in public functions in unison, working beyond the artificial barriers of politics, said Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. The Chief Minister was participating at the inau |
DESALINATION PLANT LAUNCH
Fishing hamlet residents to show black flags to CM
DEJECTED over the State gover nment's unfulfilled promise, fishermen living in 15 hamlets near Kattupalli have planned the show black flags to Chief Minister M Karunanidhi during his visit to launch t |
CRIME FILE
Family from Kodungaiyur alleges harassment by money lenders
A WOMAN from Kodungaiyur lodged a complaint with the city police commissioner on Tuesday alleging that women usurers were forcing them to pay high interest for the money they had borrowed a year ago t |
CBI arrests Censor board official for bribery
THE anti-corruption wing of the Central Bureau of Investigation `trapped' a senior officer of the Censor Board of Film Certification while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a film company for issuin |
Mahavidyalaya VC resigns
The Vice
Kancheepuram: The ViceChancellor of the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya Prof V Shivakumar has resigned from his post. The Kanchi Seer Jayendra Saraswathi told Express o |
GETS OFFICIAL NOD
Foxconn resumes production
Chief Inspector of Factories S Ragunathan and other officials visited the factory
OUR recruitment drive has gone awry after damaging reports in some sections of the media that there was a "gas leak" |
More quota for Haj sought
Chief Minister M Karunanidhi
has urged the Centre to increase Tamil Nadu's allocation for Haj pilgrimage, Environment Minister and vice-chairman of Haj Committee of India, T P M Mohideen Khan, revea |
Vellaiyan sacked
In a first action of its kind,
members of the Tamil Nadu Federation of Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously to oust the president of the federation, K Vellaiyan at a general body meeting held here |
Jail for PF official
A special judge for CBI cases in
Madurai convicted an assistant provident fund commissioner here on Tuesday to one year of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 2000 for accepting a bribe of Rs 4 l |
Varsity results
The results of under gradu
ate degree examinations of the Institute of Distance Education of the University of Madras will be published on Wednesday. Results will be available in www.ideunom.ac.in
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DMDK protest
The DMDK would hold a protest
demonstration in Coimbatore on August 5 to condemn the State government that "does not have the heart to reduce sales tax" on petroleum products ENS
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Salt pan workers issues
The Unorganised Workers'
Federation on Tuesday organised a day-long seminar on the livelihood issues of the salt pan workers ENS
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Children for clean Chennai
An essay writing competition
for the students of Lady Andal School on `How can I make Chennai clean' was held here recently. The contest was organised by Concorde Motors as part of its CSR initiativ |
Ease age limit for job
The Society for the Advance
ment of Library and Information Science (SALIS) has urged the State government to relax the upper age limit (35 years) for recruitment to the posts of librarians in the up |
Five districts to get e-governance
IN a bid to link districts under the e-governance scheme, the state government will roll out e-district projects in five districts from August 2, according to IT Minister Poongothai Aladi Aruna. S |
Motorist killed
A mob went on a rampage
and damaged a lorry after its driver hit a motorist and killed a man near Tambaram on Tuesday. The victim's wife was grievously injured . Police said Sekar and his wife Rajes |
Cash, jewellery stolen
Burglars decamped with Rs 3
lakh in cash and diamond jewellery from the house of Sanjay Arya, who owns a sewing machine making unit, at Kodambakkam on Monday. Police are investigating ENS
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Pirated DVDs seized
The suburban police arrested ns and seized pirated DVDs
two persons and seized pirated DVDs worth Rs 20 lakh at Tambaram on Tuesday. During a vehicle inspection, two men were nabbed for transporting |
Valuables stolen
iTen sovereigns of gold jewel
lery were reported missing from an advocate's house at Kasimedu here on Monday. According to police, Arul Tamilian, an advocate practising in the Madras HC, and his wife |
Poovarasi seeks bail
Poovarasi of Thiruvalam vil
lage in Vellore district, who was arrested on July 21 last for murdering a little boy, has moved the Principal Sessions Judge in Chennai seeking bail. In her application, |
New paediatric ward
A new paediatric block set
up at a cost of Rs 1.2 crore was inaugurated by C Rangarajan, Chief Economic Advisor to the PM on Tuesday at the Public Health Centre in West Mambalam. Named N Teeka Singh |
`Allowing increase in engg college intake a big mistake'
The AICTE regional chairman Mannar Jawahar on Monday announced that over 400 engineering colleges wanted to increase their intake in some courses and others that didn't offer these courses, wanted to |
RDO RESTRAINED FROM HOLDING MEET
THE HC has stayed all further proceedings pursuant to a notice dated July 12, 2010 of the RDO in Ponneri, Tiruvallur district, to hold a meeting on July 28, when a no-confidence motion against the sit |
Directive to IMU on admission
THE Madras High Court has directed the Indian Maritime University (IMU) in Uthandi near Chennai to maintain status-quo in respect of allotment of students to maritime colleges in the country. The |
Suo motu contempt proceedings against lawyer, client
First Bench of the Madras High Court on THE Fir Tuesday initiated suo-motu contempt proceed a ings against a lawyer and his client for writ ing a letter to the Chief Justice (CJ) saying
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Kargil martyr's wife moves court for BDS seat for ward
THE wife of a Kargil war victim has moved the Madras High Court for a seat in the first year BDS course of 201011 for her daughter in a government college. K Manickam, a Naib Subedar, was killed du |
INSURANCE FIRM PULLED UP
THE Madras High Court has pulled up the National Insurance Company Limited in Mettur Dam in Salem district for being penny-wise and pound-foolish.' The Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal in Dharmapuri |
Why should we talk to Pakistan?
For the past 40 years Pakistan has shown that agreements with India are not worth the paper they are written on
ON September 20, 1965, the United Nations ordered a ceasefire to end the IndoPak war that began following intrusions by Pakistani troops in Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan was unhappy with the cessation o |
WIKILEAKS
A powerful whistleblower
THOUGH propelled to fame by its recent disclosures about the US military, WikiLeaks has homed in on targets as wide-ranging as corruption in the family of a former Kenyan ruler, alleged illegal activi |
MPS MAKING MONEY
Afghans disillusioned with electoral politics
WITH parliamentary elections less than two months away, some observers here are already expressing concern that a deeply disillusioned electorate may simply stay away from the polls, reducing voter tu |
time out
MOUMITA DE ROY
BEFORE THE LIGHT GOES GREEN
ON my left, a giant rickety bus was airing out the suffocating smoke and a posh, fat, curvaceous bike was modelling on the right. In between them, my small, discoloured and over-used two-wheeler with |
Confine PDS only to BPL sections: SC
THE Supreme Court asked the Union Government on Tuesday to consider discontinuing the supply of food grains through the Public Distribution System (PDS) to the people Above the Poverty Line (APL) and |
Deadlock over price rise continues
THE deadlock over the price rise issue continued with the government and the Opposition adamantly sticking to their stands. While refusing to allow adjournment motion on the issue, the government pass |
TDP SETS AUG 10 AS DEADLINE TO SOLVE BABLI ISSUE
A DAY after an all-party delegation met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Tuesday threatened to launch an agitation if he failed to solve the Babli dispute by August 10. < |
SBI PLANNING BIGGEST `BACKDOOR' POSTINGS
IN one of the biggest backdoor appointments to a nationalised bank in the country, the State Bank of India (SBI) authorities are planning to regularise the appointment of around 7,000 contract employe |
British PM to visit HAL today
British PM Cameron's visit to Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd facilities on Wednesday comes as "thank you" gesture as it not only comes in the backdrop of the Indian Navy placing orders for 17 Hawk AJT airc |
H1N1 on the rise in southern states
The number of cases of Pandemic Influenza H1N1 continued to be on the rise in the southern States, particularly in Kerala during the last week. As many as 108 lab-confirmed cases were reported in |
Rlys to sell e-tickets on its portal soon
The Indian Railways is mulling the sale of e-tickets on its portal which will end IRCTC's monopoly in e-ticketing business and provide multiple booking avenues to rail passengers.Highly-placed sources |
Ex-wife told to pay damages to man
A local court has ordered a woman to give `two lakh as compensation to her exhusband for alleging that he was impotent. District and Sessions judge Jagdish Prasad Parashar asked Vandana Gurjar to comp |
Hidden truths of a `lost war'
Until a few days ago, Julian Assange was a
name with which some people were vaguely familiar, but it was difficult to put a handle on him. At this point, the WikiLeaks founder must be one of the mos |
India inks anti-terror pact with Myanmar
WITH an eye on China's growing influence, India on Tuesday signed a key pact to boost counter-terror cooperation with Myanmar and offered soft loans worth millions of dollars for a string of developme |
CHARLES SOBHRAJ SAYS HE IS DENIED MEDICAL HELP
CHARLES Sobhraj, who is serving life sentence in a Nepal prison, has complained that he was being deprived of basic medical treatment by jail authorities. Bikini killer Sobhraj, who is lodged in t |
Urban immobility threatens
he last horse-drawn tonga went off Delhi's streets a few weeks ago. This was followed by the Maruti 800, India's first indigenous small car, only to be replaced by the Nano which Ratan Tata determined |
Defence production policy to boost indigenous capacity
THE Centre on Tuesday said it was formulating a defence production policy to enhance indigenous capabilities in manufacturing systems and equipment for the Ar med Forces. "The government is in the |
Jnaneshwari train accident suspect surrenders
An alleged Maoist, Jiten Giri, suspected to be involved in the May 28 Jnaneshwari train disaster which left 148 passengers dead, has surrendered at the Jhargram court in West Midnapore district.
He |
Two-day Indo-UK submarine exercise begins today
A two-day submarine exercise between the British Royal Navy and the Indian Navy will begin off India's west coast from Wednesday. HMS Talent, a Trafalgar class hunter killer submarine, of the Royal Na |
Details of Naga talks can't be disclosed, says Centre
The Centre on Tuesday refused to divulge details of the peace process it had initiated with militant group NSCN-IM to find a solution to the vexed Naga homeland issue. "Dialogue with NSCN-IM is contin |
Insurance cover RTI a boon to common man
FOR the daily wage workers at the Kovilpatti Agricultural Producers Coop Marketing Society, Thuoothukud -based P Esakkimuthu was a godsend not only because he fought for their legal right to insurance |
Cast away caste
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Militants gun down woman
A woman was shot dead by suspected militants at Sabungkhok Mayai Leikai under Lamlai police station in Imphal East district of Manipur, officials said on Tuesday. "Nongthombam Indira Devi, 45, was |
64 pc voting in Telangana bypolls
Over 64 per cent voters on Tuesday exercised their franchise in a largely peaceful by-elections to 12 Assembly seats in Telangana where Andhra Pradesh Congress president D Srinivas and TRS chief K Cha |
Medicos held for mowing down 4 labourers
A 25-year-old medical student, who allegedly mowed down four men in south Delhi early on Monday, was arrested from Delhi airport while trying to leave the country, police said on Tuesday. Shahid Khan, |
Cop accused of botching up Scarlet probe penalised
The police officer accused of botching up investigation into the Scarlet Keeling death case was penalised by restraining his incremen for an year, Goa Assembly was informed on Tuesday. State |
TTD UNIONS TO INTENSIFY STIR
TTD employee unions have unanimously decided to intensify their agitation if the government does not revoke its decision to appoint six Group-I officers on deputation to the TTD to serve as deputy exe |
Report on TTD seva ticket scam soon
A System Implementation Report would be prepared to help the state government and the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams plug the loopholes in the booking of Arjita seva tickets and making advanced reserv |
Affidavit on illegal structures filed
ALL the states and the Union Territories (UTs), with the exception of Punjab, submitted affidavits in the Supreme Court with regard to the number of unauthorised religious structures in public places |
THEY CHOPPED OFF MY PALM LIKE FIREWOOD
ON the morning of July 4, Professor T J Joseph, 53, of Newman College, Thodupuzha, accompanied by his sister, Stella, a nun of the St Joseph of Cluny order, and their 83-year-old mother, Aleykutty, we |
Mastan's daughter files affidavit
MAFIA don Haji Mastan's daughter Shamshad Supariwala on Tuesday iled an additional affidavit in a city court against Balaji Telefilms, the producers of "Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai", demanding that t |
CoI to probe deaths in J&K firing
STRUGGLING hard to bring back normalcy in the strife-hit state, the Jammu and Kashmir Government took the first major initiative on Tuesday by constituting an independent Commission of Inquiry to prob |
OBAMA IN A BIND
UNDER SCRUTINY US ARMY OPENS CRIMINAL PROBE The US Army opened a criminal probe Tuesday into the leak of clas sified military files on the Afghan war, the Pentagon s |
West's terror policy incoherent: Kabul
THE Afghan government said on Tuesday that leaked Pentagon documents on the war in Afghanistan showed the country's Western allies had an incoherent approach to the insurgency, now in its ninth year.< |
CRITICS UP THEIR ANTE, RAISE DOUBTS ON AFGHAN CAMPAIGN
Post leaks, digital security in focus Washington: The massive release of secret Pentagon documents by WikiLeaks highlights the security challenges of the digital age, when |
NO BLANK CHEQUES FOR PAKISTAN: US
AFTER the monumental leak of military documents exposing Pakistan's ISI as a notorious agency that is aiding and abetting insurgency , the United States finds itself in a position of willing to strik |
Osama bin Laden has a free run in Pak, say papers
THE evidence appears to contradict the CIA chief 's claim last month that there has been no intelligence on al-Qaeda leader since 2003. Leon Panetta said the last time the US had precise informati |
Is charged intel analyst behind the leak?
THE investigation into the biggest leak in US military history centres on a US Army intelligence analyst who allegedly boasting online that he was going to reveal "the truth" about the war in Afghanis |
Spain's Catalonia on verge of banning bullfighting
Bullfighting in Spain could suffer its biggest setback to date on Wednesday when the local parliament in Catalonia votes on whether to ban the practice in the northeastern region. The assembly is sche |
British court rejects bid to extradite Bosnia ex-leader
A British judge on Tuesday rejected a bid by Serbia to secure the extradition of former Bosnian leader Ejup Ganic on war crimes charges, saying the case was politically motivated. Ganic (64) smiled as |
Hayward replaced by Dudley as BP slumps to record loss
Tony Hayward has resigned as chief executive of BP, after the energy giant announced a record $17bn loss this year on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The oil company also said that Bob Dudley, the Ameri |
Shed anti-Muslim prejudice against Turkey: Cameron to EU
David Cameron will today demand an end to the anti-Muslim `prejudice' which he claims is blocking Turkey's membership of the European Union. In a speech in the Turkish capital of Ankara, he will tell |
Briton jailed for trying to sell Ritz hotel
A British judge sentenced a conman to five years in jail on Tuesday after he was convicted of trying to sell London's famed Ritz hotel for 250 million pounds.
Anthony Lee, a 49-year-old unemployed |
Vicar gives Holy Communion to dog
An Anglican church in Canada has become the focus of controversy after a vicar gave Holy Communion to a dog. The priest gave the Host � considered by Christians to represent the body of Jesus Christ � |
Contradictory caste certificates
Kerala HC cast(e)s away Congress MP Kodikkunnel Suresh's election
IN a major setback to the Congress, the Kerala High Court on Monday declared the election of AICC secretary Kodikkunnel Suresh from Mavelikkara reserved Parliamentary constituency as void. The cour |
Sasikala's husband Natarajan gets two-year RI
A CBI court on Monday convicted M Natarajan, husband of N Sasikala, a close aide of AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa, in a case relating to the import of a luxury car, and sentenced him to two years' rig |
State-wide DMK agitations against Jaya on August 4
PERHAPS for the first time S in the history of Tamil Nadu J b politics, the ruling party will n be staging State-wide agita f tio |
`PM' of Pak-occupied Kashmir resigns
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's "Prime Minister" Raja Farooq Haider on Monday re signed to avoid facing a no trust vote. A group of 18 out of 25 ministers had recently re signed and the Po |
Interceptor missile successfully test-fired
India on Monday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed interceptor, dubbed Advanced Air De fence, capable of destroying incoming hostile ballistic missile, from the inte grated test ra |
Smoke in flight engine; pilot steers it to safety
A Jeddah-bound Saudi Airlines flight with 182 passengers on board was aborted on Monday just before take off after the pilot detected
smoke in one of its engines.
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HOLISTIC APPROACH IS THE KEY
I N India, governments find it easier and more headline grabbing to kill a good idea than to t painstakingly devise systems to identify and t punish those who misuse it. For |
Panel to revise fee structure
AFTER a wave of protest over the fee structure of private schools, the State government has finally blinked. The Justice Govindarajan committee, which fixed the fee pattern earlier, is working on a ne |
Remember the angst of the Anniyan
Shrewd, direct Film director S Shankar is better known for storylines that focus on fighting corruption. But he knew the appalling quality of railway food would strike an instant resonance |
Quality food out of track
Complaints over the quality of food have been on the rise and IRCTC allegedly ha not addressing them proper ly. While IRCTC was respon sible for quality of food, the blame was coming to the railways d |
WHAT'S COOKING AT CELL KITCHENS?
Chengalpattu: If cell kitchen is just beginning to spread its wings, it is a non-starter at Chengalpattu railway station. When the plan to set up base kitchen at every 80 km came up, Chengalpattu was |
High prices let them down
Tiruchy: The zeal with which the IRTC introduced cell kitchens is missing at its outlet at Tiruchy junction. The kitchen always looks deserted. Reason: food items cost more, compared to ot |
Erode facility doing well
Erode: The centralised kitchen of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) at Erode railway station is functioning fairly well. Some eatables in the canteen are priced less compared to |
4 students, 2 others held for nuisance in theatre
City police arrested four college students and two others for allegedly causing nuisance to the audience in a multiplex theatre here on Sunday night. The students started making obscene comments durin |
One more arrested in lecturer attack case
One more person, Hafad (26) of Palackal Veliyathunadu near Aluva, has been arrested in connection with the attack on college lecturer T J Joseph, whose right palm was chopped off |
Secure release of Indian prisoners in Pak: SC
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to take steps for securing the release of Indian prisoners languishing in Pakistani jails despite completing their prison sentences. |
No records of Rajiv's calls after gas leak: PMO
The Prime Minister's office has said in response to an RTI query that it does not have records of any telephonic conversations between then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and US officials or w |
UAV project for Naxal areas fails to take off
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles seem to have failed to take off in Chhat tisgarh, worst-hit by Maoist violence, as the State government wants to re-test the drones after the monsoon when the ju |
Will try to unite all Dalit parties, says RPI(A)
THE Republican Party of India (Athavale) has expressed its desire to unite the various Dalit-based political parties under one banner. "If we all come together, it will be good for the cause of Dalit |
PF transfer made easy
Chennai: Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has launched e-payment through National Electronic Fund Trasfer(NEFT) and core banking solution(CBS) which will enable the members to get their b |
Toddy movement to intensify stir
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Toddy Movement, headed by S Nallasamy, on Monday threatened to intensify the agitation against the ban on toddy if the State government failed to lift the ban and announce it as a |
Cop hit in drunken brawl
Chennai: A constable who was in an inebriated condition at a TASMAC shop in Egmore picked up a quarrel with his friends here on Sunday night. T Palani (25) of Battalion II had drunk with his friends V |
Coaching for police job
Chennai: A three-day free coaching for police recruitment is to be conducted by Career Choice starting from July 30 to August 1. Classes will be held prior to the police constables recruitment selecti |
Power shutdown
Chennai: Power supply will be suspended in the following areas: Stanley Medical College area, Red Hills, Madipakkam and Pallavaram area on Wednesday from 9 am to 5 pm for maintenance work. Supply will |
CM thanked
Chennai: A Sahana, a visually challenged girl from birth who gained eye sight under the Kalaignar Health Insurance Scheme for Life-saving Treatment on Monday thanked the Chief Minister M Karunanidhi i |
PMK PLAYS VANNIYAR CARD AGAIN, TO LAUNCH RIGHT TO LIVE STIR
THE Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) which faced repeated electoral routs in the recent period, has decided to play the Vanniyar card effectively again. The party will launch Right to Live Agitation in |
MRTS disrupted for 2 hrs
METRO Rail Transport System (MRTS) services were disrupted during the peak hours on Monday morning due to snapping of AC overhead power cable. Around 8 am , an overhead power cable suddenly got cut |
Three years on, still ECR encroachment `blocks' HC order
OVER three years have passed by now but the Madras High Court order directing the Kancheepuram district administration to remove roadside encroachment on East Coast Road (ECR) at Injambakkam to smooth |
No one can shake DMK-Cong alliance: Veerasamy
RIDICULING the 'sudden concer n' of the AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa for late leaders K Kamaraj and Kakkan, DMK principal secretary Arcot N Veerasamy said on Monday that her antics would no |
BALM TO TRAIN FPAI STAFF IN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
BANYAN Academy of Leadership in Mental Health (BALM) signed an MoU with Family Planning Association of India(FPAI) on Monday, to integrate training in mental health issues with the latter's services. |
AIADMK stir in Ulundurpet today
AIADMK workers will stage a demonstration in Ulundurpet on Tuesday in protest against the deteriorating law and order situation in Villupuram and the lack of facilities at the Ulundurpet government ho |
Exploring legal options
Activists fume as elevated Expressway gets panel's nod
THE clearance of the elevated expressway by the Ministry of Environment and Forests has sparked protests among activists questioning the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of Coastal Regulation Zone for |
30 sovereigns gold stolen from house
Thirty sovereigns of gold jewellery was robbed from a house at Ice House here on Sunday. According to police, Puthiya Pushpam had left the house unlocked and rushed to the hospital, when the doctors i |
TASMAC employees to go on strike from Aug 11
TASMAC employees will go on a strike from August 11 demanding regularisation of service. Employees belonging to the unions AITUC, CITU and PMK served a strike notice to the Home Secretary on Monday EN |
PM OKAYS CM'S IDEA INDIA TO SEND SPECIAL ENVOY TO LANKA
ACCEPTING the suggestion of Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has decided to send a senior official from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to visit Sri Lanka. A coup |
G l o r y b e u n t o t h e b r a v e
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Govt, CM's family harassing me, Umashankar tells SC panel
SUSPENDED IAS officer C Umashankar has moved the National Commission for SC/ST in New Delhi, to protect him from the illegal harassment by the Tamil Nadu government, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's fam |
KILLER IDENTIFIED, COPS SAY HE WAS ALCOHOLIC
AHOBILA MUTH CASE
A DAY after a 64-year old woman was murdered at the Ahobila Muth at Selaiyur, the police on Monday identified the culprit, who himself was killed in the incident, as Kuppusamy (45) of Kannappan Koil S |
In the High Court
Health programmes on pvt TV channels under police scanner
THE Madras High Court has directed the DGP to depute a police officer not below the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) to inspect the offices of private TV channels to verify whether the doct |
23 arrested for illegal sale of liquor
The officials of the Prohibition Enforcement Wing (PEW) arrested 23 persons during a weekend raid for illegal sale of liquor at government liquor shops for a higher price at private bars attached to t |
Talent search test on Aug 1
Aspire will conduct a talent search test on August 1 for students of Standard VI to XII. The one-hour objective type test, which will examine students in Science and Maths of their aptitude, will be h |
Death of judge condole
The Bench and the Bar of the Madras High Court condoled the death of Justice S Sivasubramanian, former judge of the High Court, on Monday. As a mark of respect to the departed soul, they observed sile |
Woman self-immolates, husband held
A 30-year-old lorry driver was arrested in Puzhal on Sunday after his wife committed suicide by self-immolation after he harassed her for dowry . Police say Prem Kumar, who was drunk, had harassed Kal |
Abirami mall declared tobacco-free
State tobacco control cell along with Abirami Mall made a joint initiative to declare the mall as a tobacco-free zone. They also conducted a sensitisation workshop for theatre officials on tobacco con |
Electrician killed
A 23-year-old electrician was killed after touching an electric cable accidentally while setting up decorative lights at Avadi on Monday.
Police say Jagadish of Mettupalayam was setting up decorati |
`Road accidents cost nation Rs 75,000 cr'
"LACK of traffic engineering cells, lopsided policies, failure to implement land use technologies and non-availability of sufficient funds are some of the bottlenecks clogging the transport network of |
Tamil associations abroad to boycott Asin's films
IN a letter addressed to the South Indian Film Artistes Association (SIFAA), the Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America (FeTNA) has announced a complete boycott of Asin's films to condemn the ac |
IT boom
Expect spurt in demand for mall space
THE recovery in the IT industry along with growing residential areas in the emerging suburbs of Chennai in the near term is expected to drive demand for high street and mall space, according to Abhish |
Thoothukudi airport gets sanction for expansion
"ADMINISTRATIVE sanction has been received for acquiring additional 586 acres of land for the Thoothukudi airport expansion", collector G Prakash told reporters here on Monday . The district admi |
Army invites applications
Chennai: Applications are invited from unmarried male engineering students studying in final year or pre-final year in the academic session July 2011-2012 for grant of permanent commission in the Army |
Seminar on youth problems
Chennai: The Indian Institute of Public Enterprises and Public Administration will conduct a national seminar on `what ails the youthlack of selfconfidence or external pressure?' on July 31 and August |
Woman relieved of chain
Chennai: An unidentified person who came in a two-wheeler snatched 10 sovereigns of gold jewellery from Jeyalakshmi while she was walking on a road near Adyar on Sunday. A case has been registered ENS |
Ex-policeman held for domestic violence
Chennai: The city police arrested a former constable here on Monday for ill-treating his family and burning his children's school certificates. Anbu of Washermenpet, an alcoholic, had been suspended f |
`Mysterious' fire claims first victim in Nedimoliyanur
A girl who suffered burn injuries in one of a series of mysterious fires in the Nedimoliyanur village n e a r Vi l l u p u r a m h a s died.
Karpagam was one of the two girls who suffered burn inju |
Teacher held for injuring student
MOSES (32), a teacher of a private school in Marapalam, was arrested on charges of assaulting and causing injuries on Kamaleshwar, an VIII Standard student, on Monday. In his complaint to the poli |
Student in hospital after HM thrashing
Erode: A 13-year-old student has been admitted to a hospital here following alleged beating by his school headmaster after he accidentally dashed against a girl while travelling in a bus to school, po |
`Not allowed to go to rest room even'
TEACHER'S PLAINT ON COPS
"THE Anna Square police held me in the station for a whole night and did not even allow me to go the rest room," charged A Yepraem, who came to city police commissioner to submit a complaint against c |
Pit falls
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S S Chandran booked for insulting CM
Theni: A case has been registered against AIADMK propaganda secretary S S Chandran by the Kadamalaigundu police for insulting the Chief Minister and ministers of the Centre and State at a meeting at K |
Three held for smuggling sand
Cumbum: Two lorries which were smuggling 32 tonnes of sand from Pollachi to Kerala were seized and three persons were arrested on Sunday. A special task force stopped two lorries proceeding from Polla |
`Kalpakkam needs research students'
Devakottai: The nuclear power station at Kalpakkam needs a large number of research students and scholars, said Swaminathan, a scientist attached to the power unit, here on Monday. Inaugurating a two- |
Now, Nadars pitch the political tent
FOLLOWING in the footsteps of other dominant castes, now Nadars too want to become politically active to "get their due representation in the legislative assembly." The Tamil Nadu Nadar Peeravai organ |
Plea to fill up vacancies in transport department
A union representing employees of the transport department has appealed to the government to immediately take steps to fill vacancies in the department across the state. "There are 566 posts in the |
Collectorate `closed' seeking Sterlite closure
IN a first of its kind episode, protestors demanding the closure of Sterlite Industries in Thoothukudi locked up the collectorate building with the Collector G Prakash and around 250 employees in, as |
M a n ' s b e s t f r i e n d
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Probe into Lankan navy personnel's visit to Dhanushkodi
FOLLOWING reports that some Sri Lankan navy personnel had come to Dhanushkodi in a small craft, bought cigarettes, biscuits and other items from shops there and left soon after, the Central and State |
Rapid Action Force conducts mock drill
Ramanathapuram: Men from the Rapid Action Force (RAF) conducted a mock drill at the Armed Reserve police grounds here on Monday to create awareness among the people. The RAF is a wing of the Central R |
We have strong ties with China, says NSCN(K)
THE Naga insurgents claim they have established strong linkages with China and that the "Chinese people" often come and visit their camps in Myanmar to hold meetings with their leaders. This revela |
Colonel indicted for outraging modesty of junior officer
AN Army Court of Inquiry (CoI) has indicted a colonel for outraging the modesty of a major rank officer setting the stage for his court martial. The CoI ag ainst Colonel Anurodh Mishra was initiate |
Smoking cargo on plane Case registered against cargo company
ACTING on a complaint lodged by the CIAL authorities, the police on Monday registered a case against the courier company which delivered the consignment. The case was registered under Section 285 |
FIRST WOMAN GUIDE OF INDIA DIES
INDIA'S first approved woman guide O Kelly has passed away. She was 91. Kelly is survived by three sons and two daughters. Kelly was a member of the first batch of guides formed by the gover |
Mullaperiyar dam's security to be beefed up
KERALA Water Resources Minister N K Premachandran has informed the Assembly that steps will be initiated to enhance the security of the Mullaperiyar dam in view of the recent reports of terrorist acti |
Snake bites fireman on airport premises
A fireman was in a criti
cal condition on Monday after a snake bit him in the airport premises here, officials said, adding that frantic efforts were on to recover the reptile and additional security |
Two cops held in fake encounter case
A police inspector and a
constable were on Monday held in connection with the alleged fake encounter of Ramnarayan Gupta alias Lakhan Bhaiya, a close aide of gangster Chhota Rajan, after they surren |
Seven drown in Assam
Seven persons drowned
and two others went missing on Monday in separate cases in Assam. Three girls drowned and two others went missing in Mongoldoi river while they were taking a dip on the occasio |
GOA-MAHARASHTRA HIGHWAY CLOSED; 55 FEARED MISSING
MUMBAIKARS waited with fear and anticipation on Monday, just like they do every July 26, since it rekindles the memory of the deluge of 2005, which killed around 400 people. By evening the city hea |
PM promises to intervene in Babli dispute
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday assured an all-party delegation from Andhra Pradesh that he would intervene and discuss with the technical experts in the Central Water Commission to solve the |
CHANDRAYAAN-2 REVIEW MEETING ON AUGUST 3
A REVIEW meeting will be convened by the ISRO and collaborating foreign space agencies on August 3 to evaluate India's second unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-2, which is to be launched in 2013. |
Five Telangana districts go to polls today
THE D-Day has arrived. The electorate in the 12 Assembly constituencies in five districts of Telangana will deliver their verdict on Tuesday. The bypolls have evoked interest in the entire state an |
Proposal to increase retirement age of HC judges
A PROPOSAL on increasing the retirement age of high court judges from 62 to 65 years is likely to be taken up soon by the Union Cabinet. A senior Law Ministry official on Monday said a note on this |
Widow gets back room after 28 yrs
IT took 28 years for Jaibun Nisa Bibi, widow of Abdul Basik, to get possession of a room, on Shib Mandir Road, Raniganj, in Burdwan district of West Bengal, which she rented out to Md Ekram. She filed |
INTERCEPTOR MISSILE TESTED SUCCESSFULLY
FOR the first time, India successfully flight tested one of its sophisticated interceptor missiles by using a directional warhead. The interceptor, dubbed as Advanced Air Defence (AAD), was fired |
Mighty protesters
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SC urges lawyers to be net savvy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked lawyers to be internet savvy to help smoothen the processing of petitions for quick hearing particularly in commercial matters. The apex court said the |
SC fiat on pension of judges
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that the judicial officers of subordinate courts would be entitled for pensionary benefits after rendering a minimum service of 20 years instead of t |
Domestic workers may get insurance coverage
New Delhi: A government task force has suggested extending the flagship health insurance scheme and materni ty, death and disability benefits to lakhs of domestic workers. "The task force has f |
Sohrabuddin case
Ex-cop turns approver; Shah seeks bail
A FORMER police officer N K Amin, an accused in Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, on Monday turned approver and moved a court, in a shot in the arm for the CBI, that could spell more trouble for Gujara |
CPM rubbishes Somnath's attack on Karat
VIRTUALLY branding former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee 'dissenter', the CPM politburo rubbished his claims that the party's general secretary Prakash Karat was responsible for his expulsion fr |
Proud memories
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Show rule making women ineligible for Army: SC
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Defence Ministry to produce the Army Act notification that makes women ineligible for permanent commission in the regular Army. When the apex court Bench of Justi |
Pacheco gets bail in Nadia death case
Former Goa Tourism Minister Miccky Pacheco was on Monday granted bail by a local court in connection with the Nadia Torrado death case. Margao district and sessions judge B P Deshpande g |
RTE Bill not against Muslims: Khurshid
DISMISSING the apprehensions of some Muslim organisations that the Right to Education (RTE) Bill was against the community, Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Monday described it as "the fea |
GOVT: NO VOTING ON PRICE RISE
AS the tussle between the government and the Opposition continues unabated, disruptions in both Houses of Parliament are likely to be the order of the day this week. Propping up the Left demand of |
Ayodhya title suit judgment likely in September second week
The verdict was expected before September 30 as one of the judges will retire on that day
THE six-decade-long hearing in the crucial title suit of the Ayodhya templeBabri mosque issue ha |
4 SSB JAWANS KILLED IN BODO ATTACK
FOUR jawans of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) were killed and two others injured in an attack by suspected Bodo militants in Assam on Monday, police said. According to police sources, the ambush was |
Maya: Sibal's comments on RTE irresponsible
UTTAR Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has termed Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal's comments regarding the implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act in the state as irresponsible and misleading. Sh |
ADJOURNMENT MOTION BJP TO FOCUS ON PRICE RISE ISSUE
FOR the sake of the larger Opposition unity, the BJP-led NDA has decided to focus on price-rise issue rather than up the ante in Parliament on the issue of the arrest of Amit Shah, a close aide of Guj |
Moral crises in Indian sport
It is the `silly season' with the Commonwealth Games barely weeks away as the skeletons are emerging from the cupboard, shedding light on the murkier side of Indian sport that is presently embroile |
News Analysis
Congress' rumble within
Going by the statements of its leaders, there seems to be a free for-all in the Congress, with senior ministers disagreeing with colleagues publi |
What's needed after Sompeta
Two aspects need follow-up in the sequel to the police firing on villagers agitating against the proposed thermal power project of Nagarjuna Construction at Sompeta in Andhra's Srikakulam distric |
LOCKERBIE POLITICS
Libyan firm and release of the bomber
THE terraced house just around the corner from the American embassy in London looks like most in the affluent street. Tall and elegant, only the shiny brass plaque gives a clue to what lies beyond the |
LOCKERBIE POLITICS
Libyan firm and release of the bomber
THE terraced house just around the corner from the American embassy in London looks like most in the affluent street. Tall and elegant, only the shiny brass plaque gives a clue to what lies beyond the |
MENTAL HEALTH Are we prepared for twilight before sunset?
TERRY Pratchett described his experience with Alzheimer's as travelling through a country that was part of a huge computer game called Oblivion....
"At the same time as I began exploring the wonder |
MENTAL HEALTH Are we prepared for twilight before sunset?
TERRY Pratchett described his experience with Alzheimer's as travelling through a country that was part of a huge computer game called Oblivion....
"At the same time as I began exploring the wonder |
time out
DHAVALA SUBRAHMANYAM
SOOTHSAYING PER SE IS NOT FAKE
WHEN the psychic octopus predicted correctly the outcome of all matches Germany played with its rivals I was amused but not surprised. In fact, I always had a scorn for people who believed in soothsay |
HAWKISH LEADER Hillary hits home runs
IF you want to find a harsh crowd fo an American official, send him -o her -to Pakistan. That's why review of secretary of state Hillary Clinton' stop in Islamabad during her lates dizzying tour of in |
HAWKISH LEADER Hillary hits home runs
IF you want to find a harsh crowd fo an American official, send him -o her -to Pakistan. That's why review of secretary of state Hillary Clinton' stop in Islamabad during her lates dizzying tour of in |
Dubai to extradite Nigerian ex-governor to Britain
Dubai: A former Nigerian official arrested in Dubai by Interpol on charges of siphoning off millions of dollars of state assets is due to be extradited to Britain, a local newspaper reported on Monday |
`Palestinians trying to sneak out of direct talks'
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday stepped up the rhetoric against the Palestinians, accusing them of trying to sneak out of sitting down for face-to-face peace talks with |
Mind it
Keep learning new things, keep dementia at bay
PEOPLE who carry on their studies for long have a better chance of coping with the effects of dementia, a new study has claimed. A team of British and Finnish researchers found that people with mor |
Bangladesh war crimes tribunal issues warrants
Dhaka: Bangladesh's war crimes tribunal probing the country's bloody 1971 liberation struggle against Pakistan issued its first arrest warrants for genocide suspects on Monday, a court official said. |
Mayor urged to quit after Love Parade tragedy
Duisburg (Germany): The mayor of the German city of Duisburg faced intense pressure to quit Monday, two days after a panicked stampede at the Love Parade festival left 19 people dead. Authorities had |
111 killed in China floods in last 11 days
Beijing: At least 111 people have bee killed and 167 missing since past 11 days due to floods that hit northwes China's Shaanxi province, authorities said. The floods have affected about 4.25 million |
Boat made of plastic bottles arrives in Sydney
Sydney: A sailboat largely constructed from 12,500 recycled plastic bottles, the `Plastiki,' docked in Sydney Harbour on Monday, after four difficult months crossing the Pacific Ocean on a journey mea |
Jogging is just a run-of-the-mill option for weight loss
RUNNING might not be the ideal form of exercise, especially if you want to lose weight. Says Greg Brookes, a London-based personal trainer: "Lots of people start running to lose weight and it doesn |
On the wheels and always online: AppLink helps you do it in style
BRITISH motorists would soon be able to use online blogging network Twitter while driving with new hands-free technology from car company Ford. The system, called AppLink, allows applications on iP |
`Russia to rake in billions by selling State firms'
RUSSIA is planning a major sell-off of stakes in State-owned firms in a new privatisation drive planned to rake in 29 billion dollars for the government, reports said on Monday . Large stakes wo |
7 killed as Pak minister's house struck by bomb
A SUICIDE bomber killed seven Pakistanis on Monday in an assault targeting senior officials mourning the assassination of a cabinet minister's son by suspected Taliban. Police said the bomber was s |
Khmer Rouge man faces 19 years in jail
A UN-BACKED tribunal sentenced the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer to 35 years for overseeing the deaths of up to 16,000 people - the first verdict involving a senior member of the "killing fields" regime |
Protein that causes Alzheimers identified
Washington: In what could pave the way for effective therapies for alzheimers, an international team led by Prof J Rgen G Tz and Dr Lars Ittner of University of Sydney has revealed how a protein calle |
Chavez warns of US oil cutoff in Colombia dispute
Caracas (Venezuela): President Hugo Chavez threatened on Sunday to cut off oil sales to the United States if Venezuela is attacked by its US-allied neighbor, Colombia, in a dispute over allegations th |
Arctic may be ice-free by 2050: Russian expert
Moscow: In 30-40 years, the Arctic may have no ice in the summertime including the North pole, director of the Russian meteorological centre Alexander Frolov said. Quoting data from an intergovernment |
Al-Qaeda says it killed French hostage: report
Paris: An Al-Qaeda-linked gang in the Sahara desert said Sunday that it had killed a 78-year-old French hostage in revenge for the killing of six comrades in a failed Mauritanian-French rescue raid. F |
EU stashes away �400m for `crazy' projects
EUROPEAN bureaucrats have set up a secretive fund of �400 million to pay for projects that include promoting a "smelly-foot" dance and producing postcards about the causes of "social exclusion". Re |
LEAKS OPEN U.S. CAN OF WORMS
91,000 SECRET DOCUMENTS WERE LEAKED
US HAS LAUNCHED AN INQUIRY TO FIND THE SOURCE
RAISE QUESTIONS ON REALITY OF US POLICY: DEM ALLIES
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, SAYS WHISTLEBLOWER
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TOP WIKILEAKS
BNP Lists In 2008, the membership of the Far-Right British National Party (BNP) was published on WikiLeaks.
Name, address and occupation details of 13,500 people revealed a number of police officer |
Leaked papers show Iran sides with insurgents
IRAN is waging a covert campaign against US-led forces in neighboring Afghanistan by providing money, arms, training and safe haven to Taliban insurgents, according to leaked US military intelligence. |
UNHOLY WAR Bishop asks Mafia to stop using shrines for initiation ceremonies
An Italian bishop, Monsignor Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, has written an open letter to Mafia bosses, imploring them to stop using holy shrines for their initiation ceremonies. He spoke out after over 3 |
BACK ON THE FEET New Zealand teen survives fall from sixteenth floor
A teenager in New Zealand had a miraculous escape after falling from the sixteenth floor of a building. The 15-yearold boy was in a stable condition in a hospital with a broken wrist, broken rib, goug |
BABY STEPS Malaysian state mulls school for pregnant teens
school for pregnant teens A Malaysian state is considering establishing a school for pregnant teenagers to curb `baby dumping'. The chief minister of Malacca state, Mohamad Ali Rustam, said that the s |
Man with world's first full face transplant makes public appearance
A Spanish man who under
went the world's first full face transplant appeared before TV cameras on Monday for the first time since his surgery, thanking his doctors and the family of the donor. Identi |
Dudley poised to replace Hayward as BP chief
Dudley is set to be named as the new chief executive of BP within 24 hours as the company tries to repair its reputation and finances. BP said on
Monday that its board will meet this evening in Lond |
`Meteorite' lands on cricket pitch during match
: When two spectators stand
London: When two spectators standing on the boundary at a cricket match saw an object hurtling down from the sky, their first instinct might have been to applaud. However |
Businessman hid �140,000 in grave to evade tax
: A businessman buried 00 in his aunt's grave in an at
�140,000 in his aunt's grave in an attempt to dodge his taxes. The unnamed man planned to leave the cash in the local church cemetery until the |
`IGNOU neglecting community colleges'
MOST of the over 400 community colleges started by the Indira Gandhi National Open University with a view to taking education to the masses, are in a state of neglect, it has been revealed, due to lac |
Amit Shah arrested; claims innocence
AFTER eluding the CBI for four days, former Gujarat minister Amit Shah surrendered before the probe agency on Sunday. The CBI arrested Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case shortly after |
Now it's Modi turn to answer questions: Cong
SHIFTING focus from the now-arrested Amit Shah, the Congress on Sunday targeted Narendra Modi saying the Gujarat Chief Minister should get ready to face the music. Accusing the BJP of using pressu |
MONSOON SESSION: EXPECT FIREWORKS
A DAY before the Monsoon session, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh skipped the all-party meeting convened by Lok Sabha Speaker, Meira Kumar, on health grounds. PMO sources said he was "resting'' after |
WOMAN MURDERED AT AHOBILA MUTH
TRAGEDY struck the Sri Ahobila Muth at Selaiyur when a 64-year-old woman was killed by an intruder, who was allegedly lynched to death by devotees and employees subsequently, even as hectic preparatio |
Osama in Pak: Mullen
Describing Pakistan's
lawless tribal belt near Afghanistan as the "global headquarters" of Al-Qaeda, top US military commander Mike Mullen has said the US believed that the terror netwo |
Talks minus Kashmir impossible: Qureshi
PAKISTAN has said it will be impossible for it to continue the dialogue with India if New Delhi does not pay importance to the Kashmir issue. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told rep |
Crush -the crime predictor
Now, cops can get to crime scene before offence
YOU can run and you can hide. But in Britain, the police know when you commit a crime. Software that can predict when and where future violent crimes will be committed is being used there for the firs |
MAMATA'S MISERABLE MEAL
L AST Friday, the Railway minis try made a meal of its of f spring's catering business, smacked its lips with satisfac tion and |
RAIL NEER TO ENTER SOUTH IN DECEMBER
Come December Rail Neer packaged drinking water -will be part of the menu in Southern Railway. Announced some years back, the Rail Neer was confined to the northern part of the country till |
BACK TO SQUARE ONE
IRCTC was incorporated on September 27, 1999, as an extended arm of the Indian Railways to upgrade, professionalise and manage the cater ing and hospitality services at stations and on trains |
BOOK A MEAL ONLINE
Along with buying railway tickets you can book a meal
online. The pro gramme has been initiated only in Goa Express
and Kar nataka Ex press and
could be later extended to other |
NUMBER CRUNCHING
52 food plazas, 13 Fast Food units and 1 Quick Service Food Kiosks are operational under IRCTC on Sep tember 2009. Tomorrow: Cell kitchens
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`The quality of rice was pathetic. I think they use sub-standard rice'
SO, how is the quality of the stuff dished out by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC)? Clients across the board make a face and shake their heads with dismay. |
Bag with chemicals found before being loaded
A plastic bag containing
chemicals was detected before it was about to be loaded onto a Kingfisher flight from here to Chennai prior to its departure on Sunday. Wrong declaration by a courier com |
1 killed in clash between SC communities
One person was killed
and several injured in a clash between the Pallar and Parayar communities at Pudupatti in Virudhunagar district on Sunday, forcing the police to fire in the air to dispe |
Gold coins worth Rs 5 lakh unearthed
A total of 740 small gold coins,
believed to be of the 18th century, were unearthed near Kottamalam in Sathyamangalam forest, revenue officials said on Sunday. They are worth around Rs 5 lakh a |
Land grabbers denude hill, forest areas in Salem Salem: In a bid to claim right to use
In a bid to claim right to use forest land in Pacahamaial,
Sheveroyan Hills and Kolli Hills under the Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, land grabbers are in a virtual spr |
No new research scholars in BARC after lab accident
Seven months after an
accident at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre's chemistry lab killed two researchers, there has been no new intake of research scholars for the Phd programme. BARC |
In the net City pastor charged with sexual exploitation
Express News Service
A 53-year-old pastor was arrested on Sunday after two women employees working in his church in Ayanavaram alleged that they were sexually and financially exploited by him for se |
Rs 2.2 lakh stolen from company owner's bike
A company owner lost a huge amount missing from his motorbike, which he had parked before a teashop at North Beach on Saturday. Around 11.30 am, Vimal Sheker, who runs a fabrication company in Mana |
Book released
A book titled Cheenaperunchuvar (The Great Wall of China), written by former MP A Kalanidhi, was released here on Friday. The book was released by MDMK chief Vaiko in the presence of former Vice Chanc |
Alumni reunion
About 140 alumni and their family members, from the 1975 batch of the Guindy College of Engineering, met at Anna University for their 35th reunion programme. The alumni, in the age group of 57-58, rec |
CM calls on Law Minister Duraimurugan at Hospital
Law Minister Duraimurugan has been admitted at a private hospital in the city for the past two days for fever. Chief Minister M Karunanidhi visited him at the hospital on Sunday ENS
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Dakshin Bharath Prachar Sabha holds convocation
The Dakshin Bharath Hindi Prachar Sabha helds its 73rd convocation ceremony for the Hindi learners on Sunday. Professor Iqbal, Governor of Puducherry, who awarded the convocation certificates pointed |
Traders' association suspends office-bearers
The Tamil Nadu Vanigar Sangangalin Peravai on Sunday announced the suspension of its general secretary K Mohan and treasurer Hari Krishnan, for acting against the interests of the organisation. The de |
Socialist Janata Party conclave on October 12
The Socialist Janata Party will hold a `Public Awareness Conference' on October 12 and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav would be a special invitee, said the party today. Following decisions taken at a dist |
A bindi & 2 claims for a body
THE parents still call him Satish Kumar, but for the friends, a group of aravanis (transgenders) who had gathered around glass cage in which the body is kept: 'She is Sonia'. "Nee oru ampila thane, |
Want to get a job done? Tell women: Stalin
MAKING women aware about their power and capabilities, Deputy Chief Minister MK Stalin acknowledged women at the MOP Vaishnav College as the chief guest on their 15th graduation day and advised them t |
Was muth intruder eyeing offerings made to pontiffs?
THE well at the Sri Ahobila Muth premises, into which 64-year-old Kanagavalli was fatally pushed by a suspected thief on Sunday, was meant for the exclusive use of the Jeers (pontiffs). "No one else u |
2 HELD FOR DRIVING DALITS OUT OF VILLAGE
express impact
TWO of the three men of the 'katta panchayat' in Chikkinaikanpalayam village of Namakkal district that gave a diktat forcing three Dalit families out of the village for the past 10 |
Liaison groups formed to assist police
THE suburban police have formed Community Liaison Groups (CLGs) in an effort to promote people's role in policing.
The existing police assistance booths would host three to five such groups, which |
2 WOMEN PICKPOCKETS IN POLICE NET
WITHIN 24 hours of a passenger losing more than Rs 30,000 in an MTC bus, two seasoned women pickpockets involved in the theft were nabbed by the police in Mylapore on Sunday. S Geetha of RR Nagar |
Insurance scheme a success: CM
LOOKING back at the Kalaignar Insurance Scheme for Life Saving Treatments since it was launched a year ago, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi expressed a sense of fulfillment and said the huge number of be |
CONG MLA JEYAPAUL PASSES AWAY
C O N G R E S S M L A f r o m Colachel S Jeyapaul passed away here on Sunday. The 55-year old legislator was under treatment at a
private hospital here for about two months for blood cancer. |
Car with explosives seized, driver held
MATHIKONPALAYAM police on Sunday arrested a car driver on the charge of transporting explosive materials near Semmandakuppam in Dhar mapuri district. According to police, a police team led by Sub |
Actors not responsible for films' flop: SIFAA
CLARIFYING its stance on the issue of actor Vijay being forced to compensate for the losses of his recent film Suraa, the South Indian Film Artistes Association (SIFAA), at their 58th annual meeting h |
Milk vendor killed in group clash
TENSION gripped parts of Srivilliputhur, Virudhunagar district, after one person was hacked to death during a clash between two communities on Sunday. The clash caused tension in the area and the p |
Kargilhe ro remembered
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Builder's house burgled
Chennai: Gold jewellery weighing 53 sovereigns and cash Rs 53,000 were stolen from the house of Bharani(30) a builder at Pallaikaranai on Sunday. Police said Bharani was admitted to a private hospital |
AAD missile to be tested in Orissa today
THE stage is set for the crucial air defence exercise involving one of the country's sophisticated interceptor ballistic missiles. The exercise, which will feature two missiles, will be conducted a |
`Family forced Somnath to go against party diktat'
In his book, Chatterjee said Jyoti Basu had advised him not to resign from the post, despite the party order
DID former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee decide to quit the post following his par |
Scholarship racket unearthed in UP
WHILE the Uttar Pradesh Government is headed by a Dalit icon, claiming to care primarily for the Dalits and the poor, racketeers are finding it quite easy to dupe both the government and the students |
`More chlorine cylinders found on MPT premises'
Mumbai: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), which is undertaking neutralisation of chlorine gas from cylinders at Mumbai Port Trust (MPT) following the gas leakage incident on July 14, said 8 |
Sacked JD(U) minister, two others join Cong
Patna: The Bihar Congress on Sunday received a boost ahead of the Assembly elections with a former Excise Minister in the Nitish Kumar Government Jamshed Ashraf joining the party along with an ex-pres |
`Honour killing now a fashion in Haryana'
New Delhi: Noting that honour killing has become 'a fashion' in Haryana, the Delhi HC has asked police to provide protection to a couple from different castes who had run away from their village and g |
Shah brings the heat back on BJP
Nemesis seems to have caught up with former Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah. His resignation became a fait accompli the moment the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) included his |
In Kabul, reality is so depressing
President Hamid Karzai is confident that Af ghanistan will be able to take care of itself by 2014 and that there will be no need for a NATO shield to keep the Taliban at bay. He said as much at the |
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No place for the meek
If reducing 'trust deficit' was a principal objective of the Indo-Pak foreign ministerial talks then we couldn't have failed more completely. There was no need to employ a face reader; the faces thems |
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SIGHTS OF HORROR ON THE ROADSIDE
AS we pass along the roads in cities we come across certain strange sights that sometimes draw our attention. I had a bitter experience of catching the sight of a horrific incident as I was inching on |
DELHI DIARY
Congress leaders tweet to get around gag order
WITH A gag order in force, Congress leaders have found a window open in twitter. Earlier Rahul Gandhi used to tweet but after the parliamentary polls he stopped. Soon, Jairam Ramesh and Shashi Tharoor |
Gone but not forgotten
ANGER at the arrest of a well-known imam for scrawling pro-Saddam Hussein graffiti in the former dictator's hometown of Tikrit reflects Saddam's ling ering popularity among local people. Imam Jumaa |
VIEW FROM THE VALLEY
Delhi's reluctance to solve the problem
IT is painful to watch Kashmir again descending into chaos, rapidly. The journey of hope and despair resembles a rollercoaster; at times it is felt that peace is within grasp only to realise it's a mi |
DMK stir against Jaya
Chennai: The DMK youth wing would hold a protest demonstration against AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa for "deliberately causing delay" in the conduct of cases against her. "A massive demonstration would |
`Instal Kamaraj statue'
Chennai: The AIADMK has demanded the State government to take steps to install the statues of Kamaraj and Kakkan at the Radhapuram bus stand. "The statues of Muthuvelar and Anjugathammal should be rem |
Sirkazhi village restive
Nagapattinam: Tension prevails at Pazhayar fishing village near Sirkazhi following a dispute between the fishermen of two hamlets. According to sources, fishermen from Kanyakumari and Tuticorin distri |
Torso of male child exhumed
THE body of a one-and-a-half-year old male child, Kader Yusuf, was exhumed in the presence of revenue officials at Kattupalli in Erwadi on Sunday. A police team led by Inspector Chidampara Muruges |
`BUGGED' VICTORIA'S SECRET SHUTS DOWN
Blood sucking bedbugs have made a strong comeback in New York city forcing temporary closures of some reputed outlets. In recent days, the bugs forced the temporary closures of a Victoria's Secret and |
OK TO UNCOVER FACE IN ANTI-BURQA COUNTRIES
: A popular Saudi id on Saturday it is
cleric said on Saturday it is per missible for Muslim women to reveal their faces in countries where the Islamic veil is banned to avoid harassment, while depl |
Love Parade stampede kills 19; injures 340
ANGRY survivors demanded answers from organisers on Sunday after 19 people were killed in a stampede at Germany's Love Parade and officials announced an inquiry into how the tragedy unfolded. At a |
US preferred Megrahi free than in Libyan jail
THE United States told Scotland it was "far preferable" to free the Lockerbie bomber than have him transferred to a Libyan jail, leaked documents showed on Sunday, amid renewed US criticism of the rel |
NOW, CHURCH TO CONDUCT E-COMMUNION SERVICE
A CHURCH minister is to conduct the first communion service on Twitter, the social networking site. In a modern spin on Christianity's most sacred rite, worshippers are being invited to break bread an |
Octogenarian nuns on the run
: Two fugitive nuns in their
80s have gone on the run in France to escape being sent to a retirement home by their Mother Superior. Sister Marie-Daniel, 86, and Sister Saint-Denis, 82, fled their nu |
BACK TO LIFE Face of ancient human skeleton reconstructed
Scientists have reconstructed the face and the probable appearance of the Las Palmas Woman, one of the most ancient skeletons in the Americas, found in a cave in Mexico. The National Institute of Anth |
Child porn probe nets Pentagon big fish
The Pentagon on Friday released 94 pages of reports of a sting investigation spanning several years that implicated individuals, working with agencies that handle some of the nation's most closely |
US, South Korea begin joint naval exercises
A US aircraft carrier led joint military exercises with S Korea on Sunday as a show of force against N Korea, which they accuse of sinking a navy ship in March. The USS George Washingt |
Islamist leader jailed for spitting at an Israeli cop
Sheikh Raed Salah on Sunday began serving five months behind bars after being convicted of spitting at an Israeli policeman during a protest in east Jerusalem. Around 200 supporters of Rae |
British royals expand online presence with Flickr
Queen Elizabeth II is joining other proud parents starting Monday in showing off and sharing her photo albums -and those of the House of Windsor -on the online Flickr photo site. The launch of th |
51 bodies found in northern Mexico dumping yard
Investigators said Sat urday they have found 51 corpses in two days of digging in a field near a trash dump outside the northern city of Monterrey, as excavations contin ued at one of the lar |
`HALAL' COSMETICS FOR MUSLIM WOMEN
A Muslim businesswoman in Britain has launched the country's first range of "Halal" cosmetics which is free from alcohol and animal products.
Samina Akhter set up Samina Pure Makeup at her home in |
Workout and stay fit
The three-year course at Middlesex University, London, gives an insight into improving sports performance and exercise dynamics
The UG degree programme in sports and exercise science can lead you to |
TN MPs' LS performance better than national average
MEMBERS of Parliament from Tamil Nadu fared better than the national average in discharging their parliamentary duties, according to a research done by PRS Legislative Research, a non-profit Delhi-bas |
DEMO ON PRICE RISE
"THE Central and State governments are least bothered about the common man struggling to make both ends meet due to skyrocketing prices of essential commodities," said AIADMK organising secretary Ponn |
`Common exam for all medical students planned'
PROPOSAL for a common exam for all medical students is under way, said Dr K K Sarin, chairman, Indian Medical Council, at the inauguration of the 11th annual conference of society of gastrointestinal |
GAS LEAK 500 FOXCONN WORKERS STAGE PROTEST
WORKERS who came under exposure of mysterious gas leak at Foxconn factory in Sriperumbudur were admitted to Ramachandra Medical College Hospital, Porur, on Saturday morning with complaints of giddines |
Held for smuggling bid
Ketamine worth Rs 205 lakh in the international market was seized and a passenger was arrested for attempting to smuggle the contraband at the Anna International Terminal on Friday. Mutha Rasu Tamil M |
Checks at rly stations
The Central Bureau of Investigation and Railway Vigilance officials conducted a joint surprise check on some of the south and west bound trains in Southern Railway. Acting on information that the faci |
DMK victorious in local body polls
CANDIDATES of the ruling DMK have registered emphatic victories in most of the seats that went for polling in the by-elections in local bodies held on Thursday . The counting of votes was held on Sat |
Dalit women taken for a ride
A trickster played the trick on 150 dalit women at Ammankulam area in the heart of the city promising them to get micro finance. However, he left them in lurch after he fled away with the collection. |
Leather industry set to double performance
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THE Principal secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu, Alauddin, complimented efforts made by the Ambur Tanners for the better ment of the state and expected the leather industry to double its perfo |
Waste mgmt facility launch
Chennai: The integrated solid waste management facility at the Corporation's dumping yard at Perungudi will be launched on Monday, Mayor M Subramanian has said. The facility will be developed on 30 ac |
Indian Bank's credit to MSME sector touches Rs 8,666 cr
THE Indian Bank's credit to MSME sector had reached Rs 8,666 crore, including retail trade advances, at the end of June 2010, said its Chairman and Managing Director T M Bhasin after the approval of Q |
CM visits Kamaraj memorial
Chief Minister M Karunanidhi inaugurated a
lamp that will burn 24/7 at the memorial of former Chief Minister and Congress stalwart K Kamaraj in Guindy here on Saturday. The setting up of lamp was in |
Legal literacy for women inmates
Woman inmates in prison require more
awareness on legal literacy, said JK Tripathy, Inspector General of Prisons. Speaking at the legal literacy class for women prisoners in the Central Prison at Pu |
CMK plans agitation
he Christian Munnetra Kazhagam on Saturday
warned that if the Railway authorities did not start train services between Nagapattinam and Velankanni as promised, the party would stage a statewide agit |
TNA MP seeks release of 765 LTTE suspects
P ARIYANETHIRAN, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP for the Eastern Sri Lankan district of Batticaloa, has written to President Mahinda Rajapaksa asking him to release 765 Tamil young men and women who |
Central Excise sleuths arrest Sterlite top honcho
STERLITE Industries in Thoothukudi, the subsidiary of Vedanta Resources, has been charged with evasion of import duty to the tune of Rs 750 crore by the Divisional Preventive Unit (DPU) of the Central |
Bio-invasion Exotic seaweed threatens coral reef in GoM
KAPPAPHYCUS alvarezii, a seaweed native to the Philippines has become a very serious and perennial threat to the Gulf of Mannar ecosystem as noted by officials and scientists recently . Termed apt |
Doctors from S India dump Central govt jobs
THERE was a time when a Central government post was much desired by those from the southern states but it is not the case anymore with less than one per cent people from here applying for the Central |
`UMASHANKAR DID PRODUCE FALSE COMMUNITY CERTIFICATE'
FOUR days after IAS officer C Umashankar was suspended, a clarification about his community certificate came from a mysterious fax number. The fourpage clarification titled "sequence of events relatin |
IN THE HIGH COURT
`Close unauthorised de-addiction centres'
THE Madras High Court has directed the TN government to take immediate steps to close down all unrecognised de-addiction centers functioning in the State. A division bench comprising Justice Elipe |
Life term for killing father
A Sessions Court in the city has convicted a youth and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for life for murdering his father, on July 23. Thirumangalam police inspector said Suresh, an un |
I-T collection in TN nets 22% target
"OF the targeted Rs 28,150 crore as income tax (I-T) collection from the state and Puducherry in 2010-11 fixed by the Centre, we have achieved 22 per cent so far," said Prema Malini Vasan, Chief Commi |
Replicate Kalaignar housing scheme, TN tells Centre
TAMIL Nadu on Saturday urged the Centre to replicate at all India level the Kalaignar Housing Scheme aimed at replacing huts with concrete houses. The Tamil Nadu government has introduced the new s |
VELACHERY TO BE FREE FROM FLOODS
THE frequent inundation of places like Velachery, Virugambakkam and Maduravoyal during monsoons may become a thing of the past once the ongoing projects under the comprehensive master plan are complet |
Two held for murder of self-styled financier
Chennai: The police on Saturday claimed to have cracked the murder of a self-styled micro financier at Madhavaram Milk Colony.
During the investigation into the murder of Murugesan, the police zero |
MMK holds demonstration
Chennai: The Moovendar Munnetra Kazhagam (MMK) held a demonstration here on Saturday urging the Union government to roll back the hike in petroleum products. Dr N Sethuraman, founder president of the |
Book on MK's speeches
Chennai: A book on CM M Karunanidhi's speeches, made for students in schools, colleges and universities from 1951 to 2010, will be released next month. The two-volume book titled `Kalvi Nilayangalil K |
Stalin to inaugurate beautified Napier Bridge
Chennai: Deputy CM M K Stalin would inaugurate the beautified Napier Bridge on Wednesday. Private contractor appointed by the Corporation has undertaken the project at an estimated cost of Rs 1.63 cro |
Shipping directory released
Chennai: The third edition of Indian Shipping Directory, a database of all shipping companies in the country, was released here on Saturday. Andhra-based Marine Soft Tech has brought out the directory |
Rahul meets TNCC members
Chennai: With the State assembly elections fast approaching, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met representatives of Tamil Nadu Congress committee and discussed issues of local politics |
10 year jail for theft
Two men who were arrested by the Chetpet police on charges of burglary were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a court here. M Krishnasingh (34) and P Jayavelu, who were arrested in September 2004, |
Extend deadline: Mani
PMK president G K Mani has appealed to the state Election Commission to extend till July 31 the last date for inclusion of names in the electoral rolls. "Such an extension would allow people like m |
Former DGP bereaved
R Selvakumari, wife of former Director General of Police A Rajamohan died at a private hospital here. She is survived by her husband, son and daughter. A resident of Kotturpuram, Selvakumari was ad |
House burgled
In a daylight break-in, 30 sovereigns of jewellery and Rs 2,000 in cash was stolen from the house of a Airports Authority of India (AAI) staff at Pallikaranai on Saturday. Police said AAI finance mana |
Withdraw cases against Dina Bhoomi editor: Jaya
CONDEMNING the arrest of Tamil daily Dina Bhoomi editor S Manimaran and his reporter son M Rameshkumar, AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa demanded that the police withdraw the cases filed against |
BAYYARAM MINE ROW
`Only Centre has powers to scrap mines lease'
MAINTAINING that there was no pressure on him from any quarters to act against the Bayyaram mines, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah on Saturday made it clear that only the Centre has the powers |
MiG-27 CRASHES, ONE DEAD, 20 INJURED
THE IAF lost another MiG fighter jet near Hashimara air base in West Bengal on Saturday morning. The pilot managed to survive the accident but a villager was killed and 20 others were injured by the f |
11th Plan mid-term appraisal cleared
THE National Development Council, the highest policy-making body, on Saturday approved the mid-term appraisal of the 11th plan, which has scaled down the average annual economic growth target to 8.1 p |
Politicians shocked at attack on NSUI leader
POLITICIANS across party lines on Saturday reacted with shock and disgust over the brutal assault on a National Students Union of India (NSUI) leader, who has been lobbying for a central probe into th |
PM calls for three-pronged strategy to fight Naxalism
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday called for threepronged car rot-andstick strategy force, empowerment and development to deal with Naxalism, described by him as the single biggest internal se |
PC hopeful about Pak feedback on 26/11
New Delhi: India on Saturday said i was hopeful of getting something from Pakistan on the information provided to it in June on Mumbai attacks and was willing to give it some time in this regard.
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Police team to nab absconding MLA
Badaun (UP): In the wake of a local court declaring BSP MLA Yogendra Sagar, an accused in an abduction and rape case, as absconder, the district police have set up a team to arrest him. A team has bee |
Boy takes bomb to school, held
Behrampore (WB): A Class VIII student has been arrested for allegedly taking a bomb to school in Murshidabad district to teach his senior a lesson with whom he had an altercation apparently over a gir |
2 killed, 7 injured in factory blast
Ahmedabad: Two persons were killed and seven injured, following a blast in the steam reactor, in a chemical factory in Bharuch district, the police said on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as |
Chinks in Oppn may put Centre at ease in monsoon session
EVEN though the Congress and the BJP are getting at each other's throat over the issue of the CBI chargesheet to Amit Shah which forced him to resign from Narendra Modi government on Saturday, the Cen |
A QUICK GUIDE FOR LEGAL TERMS
IT all began when some interpretations had to be given for curd made from milk and skimmed milk in a food adulteration case. To prove his point, the advocate had to consult many books and spend a lot |
Bihar Govt trying to forestall CBI probe: RJD
THE Opposition RJD in Bihar on Saturday made a fresh demand for resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the wake of a CAG report highlighting alleged financial irregularities in the state and ac |
NARIMAN FLAYS SHAH'S CBI BOYCOTT
TOP jurist Fali S Nariman on Saturday termed as 'unfortunate', Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah's decision not to appear before the CBI and said he should answer the charges levelled again |
Pak boat seized off Gujarat coast
Ahmedabad: A Pakistani boat with eight persons on board was on Saturday apprehended after it entered Indian waters off the Gu jarat coast. Eight Pakistani na tionals were apprehended with t |
Police rescue abducted youth in Manipur
Imphal: The son of a local CPI leader, who was abducted by militants, was rescued safe and unharmed from Manipur's Imphal West district, officials said on Saturday. Y Manaoba, son of |
Elephant kills two in Bengal
Burdwan: An elderly woman and a man were trampled to death by an elephant here, police said on Saturday. "65-year-old woman Beni Mardi and 50-year-old man Sukul Kisku were killed on Friday nig |
Two killed in chemical factory blast Ahmedabad: Two persons were
Ahmedabad: Two persons were killed and seven injured following a blast in the steam reactor in a chemical factory in Bharuch dis trict, police said on Saturday. The deceased have been identified |
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Former Orissa minister convicted in corruption case
FORMER minister Kamala Das, dropped from Naveen Patnaik Cabinet under charges of corruption nine years ago, was found guilty by a Vigilance court of abusing her official position and showing undue fav |
Amit Shah resignation too little, too late: Cong
THE Congress said on Saturday that the resignation of the chargesheeted Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah was a step `too little, too late.' Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi to |
Chidambaram: BJP reaction belated
THE Centre on Saturday hit back at the BJP for defending Gujarat Minister Amit Shah and castigating the CBI investigation in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case saying the reaction was belated. |
3 major earthquakes rattle Philippines
Manila: Three major quakes measuring between magnitude 7.3 and 7.6 hit the southern Philippines early on Saturday, seismologists said, but there were no reports of damage and no tsunami warning was is |
6.0-magnitude quake hits Indonesia
Jakarta: A 6.0-magnitude quake hit Indonesia's North Sumatra province on Saturday, the local Meteorological and Geophysics agency said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami ale |
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor in `critical condition' Los Angeles: Zsa Zsa Gabor, the 93
Los Angeles: Zsa Zsa Gabor, the 93year-old actress and tabloid fixation, was in critical condition Friday following hip replacement surgery, her publicist said. "Her husband talked to her doctors yest |
`Iran to build world's first nuclear fusion reactor'
Tehran: A top Iranian official said on Saturday that Tehran was conducting studies into building an experimental nuclear fusion reactor, which if successful would be the first such plant in the world. |
15 dead in stampede at Germany's Love Parade
Berlin: Fifteen people were killed on Saturday when a wave of panic swept through a Love Parade techno street party in the German city of Duisburg, police said. Around 10 other people were resuscitate |
Britain's royals post family pictures online
London: The British royal family has opened an account on photo-sharing website Flickr , Buckingham Palace announced on Sunday. The free-to-access site will initially contain over 600 photographs of Q |
RIP Dorothy Stowe (1920-2010)
Greenpeace co-founder Dorothy Stowe died in Vancouver on Friday. She and her husband founded the movement in 1971 along with Jim Bohlen, who died just 3 weeks ago. Stowe was suffering from ki |
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MULLEN FLIES TO PAK AMID US CONCERN OVER MILITANTS
US MILITARY chief Admiral Mike Mullen on Saturday sought to dispel doubts in Pakistan about US "resolve" in the Afghan war, saying Washington remained committed to the fight against the Taliban. A |
BP oil rig blast: safety alarm was off, says engineer
A FIRE alarm on the BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that exploded triggering an environmental catastrophe had been turned off, the chief electrician on the rig has alleged. Michael Williams told a |
Bacteria reducing carbon emissions
A PREVIOUSLY unknown species of bacteria is saving the mining industry millions of dollars and reducing its carbon emissions, scientists have found. A team led by Naomi McSweeney of University of |
Fighting malignant melanoma
New pills shrink cancer tumours by half : Scientist
SCIENTISTS at a British laboratory have developed two pills which can halt the spread of skin cancer by shrinking deadly tumours by half. Scientists at the GlaxoSmithKline drugs firm say the pills |
VILLAGERS OPEN GROCERY SHOP INSIDE PHONE BOX
VILLAGERS in Draughton, North Yorkshire have fought back against the decline in rural services by opening a grocery store in a disused phone box -and nothing has been stolen even though it is left una |
Rome diocese asks gay priests to come out
THE Catholic diocese of Rome has asked homosexual priests to "come out" because their behaviour "slings mud on others". The Vicar of Rome -the office that governs the Rome diocese in the name of t |
ONE-IN-105,000 CHANCE Cow gives birth to triplets of different breeds
of different breeds A dairy cow has defied the odds to give birth to triplets of different breeds. Holstein Friesian cow Coco delivered three healthy calves without any assistance, which is a one-in-1 |
TELL-ALL BOOK `Superman star Christopher Reeves had gay affair'
Christopher Reeves the Superman star considered one of hollywood's foremost family men had a passionate affair with gay porn star Cal Culver, claims a new book. Both Reeves and Culver have long been d |
SKY GAZING NASA camera yields most accurate Mars map ever
The NASA on Friday said a camera aboard its Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map ever. Researchers and the public can access the map via several websites and |
