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SC lawyer appalled at patients lying on floor
CUTTACK: Senior Supreme Court lawyer and environment activist MC Mehta on Sunday expressed concern over poor patient care infras..
White-collar crimes: State in Top 5
BHUBANESWAR: One of the poorest states in the country, Odisha is among those where incidence of white-collar crimes is highest.
Staff at Bangalore Central Jail harassed
TUMKUR: The women staffers in Parappana Agrahara jail in Bangalore have lodged a complaint with State Womens Commission, ag..
New Lokayukta: Ball in Governors court, says CM
HUBLI: On the governments decision to appoint Justice S R Bannurmath as the states next Lokayukta, Chief Minister D V Sada..
Brainstorming by Congress leaders
BANGALORE: In a sudden development, top-rung leaders of the state Congress, including four Central ministers, had a day-long brain..
Kiteflying boy falls to death
HYDERABAD: Kiteflying proved fatal for a nineyearold boy who he fell from the fifth floor of an underconstruction building at Ambe..
ACB detects 75 Illegal buildings in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: Officials of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) are in for trouble. The AntiCorruption Bureau (ACB), wh..
FRAT Fest-2011 inaugurated
THIRUVANANATHAPURAM: Speaker G Karthikeyan inaugurated the FRAT Fest-2011, organised by the Federation of Residents Assoc..
VS writes to Governor on Pillai issue
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Opposition Leader V S Achuthanandan has written to Governor M O H Farook to reconsider the remission of senten..
Kin of rain victims granted solatium
CHENNAI: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday expressed grief over the death of 34 persons in rain-related incidents and ..
Biography of Mar Gregorious released
KOCHI: The biography of Vayaliparambil Geevarghese Mar Gregorious Metropolitan, written by Fr Varghese Kallappara, was relea..
10-yr-old boy swept away in canal
CHENNAI: A 10-year-old boy was swept away while playing with friends at the Buckingham Canal in Kodungaiyur on Saturday. The victi..
Film whiz works his magic
CHENNAI: Media isn't for everybody, I tell most people to avoid it," he says. Scarcely the words you'd expect to hear when seated ..
US markets give up hopes for lasting euro solution
The biggest fear is that a disorderly default would ripple across the global financial market,
Asian shares fall after Greece coalition deal
Asian shares struggled with investors still nervous despite the formation of a new Greek unity government.
Greece coalition deal struck, PM to step down
Greece's coalition government's main task will be to pass the European rescue package, reached after negotiations.