Blockade keeps prices high in Manipur
IMPHAL: The blockade of two national highways in Manipur by Naga groups entered the 55th day on Sunday and the prices of essential commodities remained high. Hundreds of trucks are still stranded. The All-Naga Students' Association ...
PMK meet won't discuss alliance with DMK
CHENNAI: The PMK's State-level office-bearers and district secretaries' meet on Tuesday will not discuss the issue of joining the DMK alliance, party founder S. Ramadoss said on Sunday. Speaking to The Hindu after a meeting of senior ...
Stalin inaugurates children's park
KUMBAKONAM: Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Sunday inaugurated a children's park at Old Palakarai near the memorial built for the victims of a school fire tragedy at Kumbakonam. The park, constructed at a cost of Rs. 19 lakh, on ...
‘Israel behaving like a rogue State'
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has regretted the lack of condemnation by the Manmohan Singh-led government of the attack by Israeli armed forces on a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza and ...
5 Sri Lankan fishermen apprehended
RAMANATHAPURAM: The Coast Guard on Saturday apprehended five Sri Lankan fishermen and seized a trawler with fishing gear for straying into Indian waters. Sources said an inshore patrol vessel of the Coast Guard took them into custody at ...
FIFA WORLD CUP - 2010 There is no need for Brazil to panic, I will be ready: Kaka
Despite a difficult season with Real Madrid, Kaka says he can inspire Brazil to a sixth World Cup in South Africa. The image of a sulky Kaka leaving the Santiago Bernabu pitch during Real Madrid's inglorious exit from last season's ...
Favourite Spain has finally added belief to brilliance
From dark horse to fiery steed, Spain were changed for ever by Euro 2008. Thanks to Fernando Torres's goal against Germany and Cesc Fabregas's penalty against Italy, la seleccin finally won a major tournament and a new identity. A new ...
Rangarajapuram subway work begins
CHENNAI: The Southern Railway has started work on a Road Under Bridge (RUB) at Rangarajapuram, adjacent to the road overbridge (ROB) coming up there, to replace a level crossing. The subway, with a height of three metres, will be ...
How Eusebio lit up the World Cup
Eusebio's career began with a chance conversation in a Portuguese barbershop and ended in glory. The greatest-ever African footballer was invited by his friend and boyhood idol, Alfredo Di Stefano, to the unveiling of Cristiano Ronaldo by Real ...
Is there method in Diego Maradona's madness?
There is only one man in the history of football who has achieved what Diego Maradona craves from the weeks ahead in South Africa. Franz Beckenbauer is the sole World Cup-winning captain who went on to lead his country to the game's summit as ...
