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Kochi all set to host Keralotsavam
KOCHI: The preparations for the state Keralotsavam, which will be held here from December 27 to 30, have been completed, district ..
Strong security cover for PM
CHENNAI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be arriving in Chennai on Sunday evening for his two-day visit to the state amid tight..
GKSF December Fest from Monday
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The December Fest as part of the Grand Kerala Shopping Festival season five will begin at the Kanakakkunnu gro..
Expert panel damned for checking out dam
CUMBUM: Kerala officials, who accompanied the two empowered committee members appointed by Supreme Court, to inspect the Mullaiper..
Reception to Sabarimala pilgrims from Tamil Nadu
SABARIMALA: As a confidence-building measure, the first batch of Sabarimala pilgrims from Tamil Nadu, after a week-long closure of..
Raptor rescued at Vadapalani
CHENNAI: The forest department officials rescued a large Small Indian Kite or the Pariah Kite from the premises of a software comp..
Adopted 2-year-old restored to parents
CHENNAI: The city police rescued a two-year-old boy, who was given up for adoption by his own mother, and handed him over to his p..
Green board raps granite units, then gives nod
BANGALORE: The Pollution Control Board (PCB) has permitted granite industries in and around Ilkal town in Bagalkot district to use..
Pope ushers in Christmas, decries commercialisation
Pope Benedict urged that those marking the holiday in poverty, suffering or far from home should not be forgotten.
Anna's fast: Security review at MMRDA ground
The Mumbai police have also asked the organisers to slightly modify the layout plan.
Buses start plying to Kerala from Coimbatore
After a gap of five days, buses started plying to neighbouring Kerala from and via Coimbatore.
Poll schedule may defer Union budget
The railways and the main budgets are usually announced by February-end soon after parliament's budget session opens.
Delhi Metro completes nine years
Today it has a network of nearly 200 kilometres that includes the high-speed Airport Express Corridor.
JMFC slapping: Witnesses depose before panel
ROURKELA: The AS Naidu Commission, probing the alleged assault of a judicial officer by an IIC, begun hearing here on Friday. Thre..
Ad blitz brags about all, missing is pet project
BHUBANESWAR: As it unleashes a flurry of self-glorifying ad blitz in the run-up to the panchayat polls, the Naveen Patnaik Governm..
This man protects Indias paddy variants
MYSORE: He did not lose heart at missing out on a government job twice. Instead, it prodded him to take up farming and protect ind..