Ordinance to regulate SEZs comes into force
CHENNAI: The State Government has promulgated an ordinance for constituting an authority to administer each of the special economic zones (SEZs) in the State and future zones to be notified by the Centre. The ordinance will enable the State to ...
HEART SURGERY New lease of life for Iraqi toddler
CHENNAI: In May, U.S. soldiers "accidentally" shot dead Abdullah, her four-year old brother, when his uncle took him out for a drive. Back at their Iraqi home, Mariam, who was then six months old, was suffering from a near-fatal heart condition ...
Shane Warne carves out a niche of his own
MANCHESTER: England prospered at Old Trafford on Thursday but it was Shane Warne who found his way into the history books with his 600th wicket; Marcus Trescothick caught behind after three-and-a-quarter hours spent scoring 63, which should have ...
Another night, another nightmare of a gang-rape
NEW DELHI: The Capital was shaken by yet another case of gang-rape in the wee hours of Thursday. The victim was a 16-year-old girl who was criminally assaulted by six men in a stationary bus parked at a depot near Najafgarh in South-West Delhi. ...
Selectors have a tough task on hand
Mumbai: The five national selectors — Kiran More (Chairman), Pronob Roy, V.B. Chandrasekhar, Yashpal Sharma and Gopal Sharma — meet here on Friday afternoon to name India's captain for the forthcoming one-month tour of Zimbabwe. They ...
Ordinance to regulate SEZs comes into force
CHENNAI: The State Government has promulgated an ordinance for constituting an authority to administer each of the special economic zones (SEZs) in the State and future zones to be notified by the Centre. The ordinance will enable the State to ...
13 killed in road accidents in Andhra Pradesh
NALGONDA: Five persons, including a 4-month-old baby, were killed and 30 others sustained injuries when the van in which they were travelling overturned at Pedda Suraram in Tipparthy mandal on Thursday. They were going to attend the Rajiv ...
Sonia Gandhi to tour flood-hit districts
BANGALORE: President of the All-India Congress Committee and Chairman of the United Progressive Alliance Sonia Gandhi will visit the flood-affected Athani taluk of Belgaum District on Saturday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was to conduct ...
Subhashan Reddy is SHRC chief
HYDERABAD: B. Subhashan Reddy, former Chief Justice of Madras High Court, has been appointed the first chairman of the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC). A GO appointing Justice Reddy as chairman, a retired High Court judge, P. Ramakrishnam ...
