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5-yr-old dies, 30 hurt in road mishap
SALEM: A five-year-old boy died and about 30 people were injured when a lorry in which they were returning from a hill temple in Y..
12 students from Government Hostel hospitalised
MADURAI: At least 12 girl students staying in the government hostel for Backward Classes at Piranmalai in Sivaganga district were ..
TN: 1 lakh arrested for hooch in 2011
CHENNAI: The Prohibition Enforcement Wing has arrested over one lakh persons, including 17,000 women, in 2011, on illicit liquor p..
GHMC cracks whip on contractors
HYDERABAD: Reacting to a report published in these columns that brought to light the existence of at least four unfinished bus-sto..
Global Gitanjali for Tagore
125 artists from 7 countries will be staging 25 hour long dance feat in 12 languages to set a new Guinness World record...
TN: Collector slaps Rs 1.02 lakh fine on vehicles
The raids which started at 8 PM last night continued till 3 AM this morning.
'Education system driving young to be mundane'
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus said the society does not have any vision and as soon as some untoward events take place, people get panic.
Uttarakhand goes to polls tomorrow
Polling parties have reached their destinations in high-altitude and remote areas, state's Chief Electoral Officer Radha Raturi said.
Yanam violence: Trade unions call for bandh
The unions are also seeking sanction of a solatium of Rs 25 lakh to the family of the late union leader who died in police action.
B K Chandrashekar demands Speakers ouster
BANGALORE: Senior Congress leader B K Chandrashekar has urged Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah to resign in the backdrop of stringent ..
Government firm on shifting statue of Ambedkar
MANGALORE: The state government on Saturday remained firm on its decision to shift the statue of Ambedkar, in front of Vidhana Sou..
Tappers reiterate demand to repeal ban on toddy
VELLORE: The Tamil Nadu Toddy Movement has reiterated its demand for the withdrawal of the ban on tapping toddy in the State..
Karnataka: 'RSS doesn't intervene in governance'
The RSS said that it never supported anyone who had been accused in land grabbing cases.
Case quashed, warrant against Jaya recalled
A Principal Sessions court recalled a non-bailable warrant issued against Jayalalithaa in a case relating to her filing nomination papers for the 2001 Assembly polls.
Hike education funding
BANGALORE: At a time when gross enrollment ratio (GER) in higher education in India has become a matter of grave concern for the g..
Row over new union at the root of unrest
KAKINADA: The unprecedented violence in Yanam, or perhaps the entire Puduchery, had its roots in the differences that cropped betw..