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Coir board makes giant strides
KOCHI: The Coir Board has exceeded the target set by the Union Government by 124 per cent for the financial year 2011-12. &nbs..
Rating system for Youth Congress members
KOCHI: The Youth Congress in the state is in a transformation phase with the members going to be rated according to their performa..
Merge leprosy centre land with beggars land
BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to take 50 acres out of 55 acres land from Leprosy ..
Power problems? SMS to 53030 from June 1
BANGALORE: BESCOM customers will have a new facility to register complaints from June 1. They will be able to send SMS to 53030 me..
HC stays Sakshi freeze order
HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday stayed the CBI Courts order to freeze the current accounts of three Jagan m..
HP to lay off 27,000, profit slides 31 per cent
Whitman said the company also plans to launch tablets - for both consumers and corporations - later this year.
Death row getting longer in India
HYDERABAD: At least 30 human rights cases come to the portals of the AP State Human Rights Commission (APSHRC) every day. No wonde..
State seeks rollback in petrol price hike
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government on Wednesday strongly opposed the steepest- ever hike in petrol prices and demanded its immediat..
Maoists justify abductions
BHUBANESWAR: Criticising Union Home Minister P Chidambaram for his statement that the Maoists are resorting to terror tactics to f..
Barton gets 12-match ban for violent conduct
The QPR midfielder was sent off and has now been found guilty of repeated violent conduct in the last match of the Premier League season at Manchester City.
Auto drivers now have an excuse to raise rates
CHENNAI: Predictably, auto drivers in Chennai promptly increased rates on Wednesday, after the announcement of a hike in petrol pr..
Bustling market sans sanitation
BANGALORE: With hardly any proper toilet facility for the entire market and clogged storm water drains which is yet to be de..
A story from a Zero perspective
Mixing a rustic tale about human nature with a contemporary audience, theatre group Sifar drives home the saying, old ha..
Move to check diarrhoea outbreak in 5 districts
BHUBANESWAR: Even as Odisha battles with high incidence of diarrhoea among children, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) is all s..
Land worth Rs 2.5 lakh crore encroached on
HYDERABAD: A survey conducted by the Ranga Reddy district administration has revealed that 17,513 acres of government land has bee..
Vettucaud church gets CRZ clearance
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Madre De Deus Church at Vettucaud, the renowned pilgrim centre for tens of thousands of faithful cutti..