Extended budget session from today
BANGALORE: The extended budget session of the State legislature is commencing here on Thursday at the most inconvenient hour for one of the two partners in the Government, the Janata Dal (Secular). The affairs of the party have come to the ...
TENNIS Federer and Hewitt in semifinals
London: It was an unexpected invasion, less likely to succeed than the famous Spanish Armada that set sail to conquer these islands in the summer of 1588. But the latest Hispanic La Armada Grande manned by caramel-tanned, bandanna sporting ...
Congress will take on CPI(M): Chennithala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The KPCC president, Ramesh Chennithala, on Wednesday laid out his agenda by stating that the Congress would politically take on the CPI (M), which had launched a one-year programme of agitations to counter the development ...
91 Indian women in race for Peace Nobel
The largest number of Nobel Prize nominations, 157, has gone from South Asia Among nominees are Kiran Bedi, Nirmala Deshpande, Capt. Lakshmi Sehgal and Teesta Setalvad
Clear metro rail, Centre urged
NEW DELHI: The Deputy Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah, on Wednesday urged the Centre to give approval for the Bangalore metro rail project at the earliest, considering that it is essential to meet the growing problem of pollution on account of the ...
Learning karate from police sensei
CHENNAI: An idle mind is the devil's workshop, goes the saying. In an attempt to keep them busy and help them pick up some useful skills, the police are enlisting youngsters aged 12-18 years in Mogappair for free karate classes. Over a year ...
Seawater enters temporary shelters
NAGERCOIL: : There was panic for a while in the temporary shelters at Rajakkamangalam Thuri, near here on Wednesday, as seawater entered some of them. According to official sources, owing to a rough weather, giant waves hit some of the coastal ...
Flood alert
AHMEDABAD/AKNOOR: A flood alert has been sounded in Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir following continuous heavy rains over the past week. Over 25,000 people have been evacuated to safety in Gujarat, where the death toll in the rain has gone up to ...
