Saturday, November 02, 2013
For the love of history
Divya Trivedi | November 2, 2013With a collection of over 200,000 objects that span a period of more than 5,000 years of cultural heritage, the National Museum in the Capital is one of the largest in the country.And acting... »
Cleaning the mess
Sohail Hashmi | November 2, 2013Water body Hauz-e-Shamsi, around which many of the events of the Phool Walon Ki Sair take place in Delhi, is cleaned only once a year at this time during the Sair. Otherwise, it remains choked and dumped with trash »
‘It was like hell in police custody’
Imran Gowhar | Bangalore, November 2, 2013However, the police refute claims that the Malleswaram bomb blast accused was tortured »
CM orders probe into bus accident
Special Correspondent | HYDERABAD, November 2, 2013Officials told to complete the process of DNA testing and handing over of bodies within a week »
Fibre matters
| November 2, 2013A global fair to showcase the possibilities thrown up by the humble coir is on the cards this month »
Aerospace SEZ set to take off
Y. Mallikarjun | HYDERABAD, November 2, 201324 companies form Samuha Engineering Industries Limited to generate global business in aerospace, defence, nuclear and other high precision products »
Seemandhra students fear the worse
Sumit Bhattacharjee | VIJAYAWADA, November 2, 2013Students pursuing Intermediate as well as professional courses such as law, management, engineering, and medicine from the Seemandhra region are a worried lot these days. Apart from the job opportu... »
Doctors, healthcare industry seek cap on compensation
Staff Reporter | BANGALORE, November 2, 2013: Less than a week after the Supreme Court awarded the highest ever compensation in a medical negligence case, doctors and the healthcare industry have urged the Union government to fix a cap on co... »
24 Lankan fishermen remanded in judicial custody
Special Correspondent | RAMANATHAPURAM, November 2, 2013The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court here has remanded 24 Sri Lankan fishermen, arrested by the Marine Police on Thursday after they were apprehended by the Tuticorin station of Indian Coast G... »
RTA officials conduct raids, seize 11 vehicles
Staff Reporter | GUNTUR, November 2, 2013Violation of permit rules in several cases found »
Aided schools come under RTI Act
K.A. Shaji | Kochi, November 2, 2013Government issues orders on recommendation of State Information Commissioner »
Panchayat president blocks road
Special Correspondent | SIVAKASI, November 2, 2013Tension prevailed for more than three hours here when a panchayat president blocked traffic on the Sivakasi-Srivilliputtur Road at Mani Nagar here protesting “diversion and non-supply” of drinking... »
Marine engineer’s body brought back from UAE
Special Correspondent | CHENNAI, November 2, 2013Salem native was last heard from at Sharjah airport on Oct. 2 »
Award for former ANU V-C
Staff Reporter | GUNTUR, November 2, 2013Former Vice-Chancellor of Acharya Nagarjuna University C.V. Raghavulu has been conferred the Paul H. Appleby Award by Vice-President Hamid Ansari at the Indian Institute of Public Administration in... »
Probe into ‘fake seed menace’ issue demanded
Staff Reporter | KHAMMAM, November 2, 2013Squarely blaming the government for the “fake seeds menace” which has allegedly taken a heavy toll on the paddy prospects of farmers at various places in Khammam district, CPI (M) State secretary B... »
Andhra University SDE exams to begin on Nov. 4
Special Correspondent | VISAKHAPATNAM, November 2, 2013Examinations of Diploma in Management, MJMC, MBA, M.Sc. and MA and M.Sc. (mathematics) courses of Andhra University School of Distance Education will commence at various centres on November 4.<... »
‘Telugu Talli’ statue unveiled
Staff Reporter | GUNTUR, November 2, 2013District Collector S. Suresh Kumar on Friday unveiled the ‘Telugu Talli’ statue on the premises of Lumbini Park located in the compound of Collector’s office. The statue had been vandalised by unid... »
‘Bifurcation may not augur well for the tiger’
G. Venkataramana Rao | VIJAYAWADA, November 2, 2013Forest and wildlife lovers are anxious about the adverse impact of the proposed bifurcation of the State on wildlife protection.The 3,600 square-km Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Project whi... »
RTA officials crack the whip on private vehicles
B. Madhu Gopal | VISAKHAPATNAM, November 2, 2013The Transport Department has once again started cracking the whip on private travel agencies operating buses from the city to various destinations.Every time a major crash takes place, the o... »
Kannur declared first zero-landless district in country
Special Correspondent | KANNUR, November 2, 2013Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh has said that the Kerala government has to muster political will to find the land required for assignment among 2.5 lakh landless families in the... »
AU felicitates three professors
Special Correspondent | VISAKHAPATNAM, November 2, 2013Andhra University on Friday felicitated three of its teachers who received State Best Teacher award on Teacher’s Day.Vice-Chancellor G.S.N. Raju felicitated professors K. Niranjan (physics),... »
SPS seeks CBI probe into illegalities in MML
Special Correspondent | BANGALORE, November 2, 2013Welcoming the government decision to extend the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the illegal export of iron ore from two more ports in Goa and Karnataka, Samaj Parivartan Samudaya (... »
Cases booked for defying prohibitory orders on Thevar Jayanthi
Special Correspondent | RAMANATHAPURAM, November 2, 2013The District police have registered cases against those who flung mud and pelted stones on the convoy of Tamil Nadu Ministers during the recently concluded Thevar Jayanthi and the people of three v... »
Magunta vows to vote against bill
Staff Reporter | ONGOLE, November 2, 2013Congress MP from Ongole Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy on Friday asserted that he would vote against the bill for creation of Telangana State as and when it would come for consideration in the Lok Sabha... »
Cases filed against Kathiravan, Vandaiyar
Special Correspondent | MADURAI, November 2, 2013In the aftermath of the celebrations marking the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Muthuramalinga Thevar on October 30, those who violated prohibitory orders put in place during the event are fa... »
Providing hassle-free darshan is top priority, says TTD EO
Staff Reporter | Tirumala, November 2, 2013The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) executive officer M.G. Gopal on Friday reiterated that facilitating a hassle-free darshan for devotees thronging the hill temple of Lord Venkateswara remain... »
Two-wheeler ambulances in Bangalore
Staff Reporter | BANGALORE, November 2, 2013The high motor traffic density in Bangalore has prompted the State government to consider introducing two-wheeler ambulances.Speaking on the sidelines of the fifth anniversary of the 108 Aro... »
RDPR to develop 10,000 playgrounds in rural areas
Special Correspondent | Bangalore, November 2, 2013The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department will launch a programme to develop 10,000 playgrounds in rural areas on Children’s Day, H.K. Patil, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister,... »
Couple from Bangalore killed in accident in Wayanad
Staff Reporter | KALPETTA, November 2, 2013A couple from Bangalore was killed when their motorcycle rammed a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus headed towards Bangalore from Sulthan Bathery at Ponkuzhy, near Muthanga, on the Kerala... »
Fake currency seized
Staff Reporter | GUNTUR, November 2, 2013A seven-member gang circulating counterfeit currency was nabbed by Bhattirprolu police, and fake currency worth Rs.84,000 was seized. Guntur Rural District Superintendent of Police J. Satyanarayana... »
