India
Keeping track of illicit liquor
The Excise Department has started its enforcement activities to check illicit liquor flow in toddy shops in the district. It has started round-the-clock checking of vehicles at the national highways and opened a control room in the district.
9 victims of TN Express fire critical
The health condition of nine passengers, who suffered severe burns and lung injury due to smoke inhalation in the fire accident in Tamil Nadu Express on Monday, continued to remain critical, with the condition of two deteriorating fast.
Got hit by meter-err showers?
Fluctuating auto meters haunt commuters; drivers miss recalibration deadline
Of bees and hives
Three-day arts and culture festival at city hotel is intended to be an ode to the bee for its vital role in the ecosystem
Pond turns death trap for villagers, courtesy sandmining
A huge pit left behind by private sand mining contractors at Kannapalayam village under Poonamallee panchayat limits near Avadi some years ago, has turned into a death trap for the villagers.
Squalor greets ministers on BU visit
Oficials pulled up for incomplete work, stinking toilets; C T Ravi to write to CM, Governor
Now, visually-challenged also get to enjoy books
The library will have over 100 braille and tactile books
Heavy rain pounds Western Karnataka, rivers swell
Landslides block Charmadi Ghat; floods wash away shops in South Kodagu; 50 acres of farm land in Sakleshpur, Arkalgud inundated