India
AP: Reforms in excise policy not till July
HYDERABAD: Any reforms in the excise policy of the state will have to wait till the end of June next year as the new excise year b..
Novelist from Madurai wins Sahitya Akademi award
MADURAI: Madurai-based Tamil writer Su Venkatesan (41) has won the Sahitya Akademi award for 2011 for his debut novel Kaval Kotta..
Just a launch, no Kolaveri here!
Dhanush and Aishwarya Dhanush, who are the city's most happening couple, visited the Prince Jewellery store on Cathedral Road on M..
Olympic hockey qualifier: India play Italy in opener
India shockingly failed to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Games for the first time in 80 years.
Read and listen: English translation of the Bhagavad Gita
A 1900 translation of the Sanskrit text into English by Sir Edwin Arnold.
Hema Malini named PETA 'Person of the Year'
Hema Malini has been named the person of the year by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
IAF Chief flies Su-30MKI to assure it is safe
IAF had temporarily grounded the fleet of nearly 120 Russian-made Sukhois to carry out checks after an aircraft crashed.
Software glitch draining Nokia Lumia batteries
The problem will be fixed in early 2012 with a planned, wider software update, says Nokia.
My audience believes I can fly: Shah Rukh Khan
The actor says he did have initial jitters to jump off a 300-foot building.
Tender proceedings to begin this fiscal
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Tender proceedings of the second phase of Kerala State Transport Project will begin this financial year,..
Naveen government anti-SC/ST, says Congress
BHUBANESWAR: Criticising the State Government as anti-tribal and anti-Dalit, Congress members on Tuesday walked out of the Assembl..
Its snowing in Daringbadi, cold wave claims one
PHULBANI: Daringbadi recorded the first snowfall of the season on Monday with mercury plummeting to minus one degree Celsius. The ..
Lokpal report on Vedanta gathers dust
BHUBANESWAR: As the Lokpal Bill gains momentum in Delhi and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has pledged its support for enactment ..
Reconsider Dhaya College application
MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed Anna University (AU) to consider afresh the application of ..
US Republicans reject 2-month payroll tax cut
If a bill is not passed by the end of the year, payroll taxes will go up for 160 million workers on January 1.
2G: Court to deliver order in Essar case
Special CBI Judge OP Saini who had reserved his order on the issue on December 17.