THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Road works in connection with this years Attukal Pongala will be completed by March 4, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Tuesday. He was addressing a review meeting on the Pongala arrangements. The Pongala festivities begin on February 28, the Mahotsavam is on March 7 and the festivities would close on March 8.On Tuesday, the State Government had issued orders for releasing Rs 12 crore for undertaking urgent...
09:14 AM, Feb 23, 2012
HYDERABAD: The sports fraternity in the city came together on Wednesday to join the campaign, Stop Kalmadi and Save Indian Sports.BVP Rao, former IAS officer, who is the man behind the Clean Sports India Movement, lauded the players and said the campaign was aimed at bringing pressure on the government to ensure that tainted sports officials were punished for their role in the Commonwealth Games scam.We fear that officials like...
08:51 AM, Feb 23, 2012
Chennai: The Chief Minister's Relief Fund on Tuesday touched Rs 112,02,89,338 to execute relief work in Cyclone Thane affected districts of Cuddalore and Villupuram. In an official release the TN government said that on Tuesday alone Rs 5,82,83,940 was remitted towards the relief account by State ministers and government employees, besides others. Minister for Social Welfare B Valarmathi, her department officials and employees contributed a days salary amounting to Rs...
07:47 AM, Feb 23, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Malayali scientist SD Biju, workingat the University of Delhi, has done it again. This time around, he has discovered a whole family of legless amphibians from Northeast India, with ancient links to Africa, a research finding that has just been published in a journal no less than the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. SD Biju discovered the new family of legless amphibians called Ceacilians along with co-researchers...
11:23 AM, Feb 22, 2012
Karimnagar: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K Chandrasekhar Rao accused the government of neglecting Telangana temples. Speaking to mediapersons in Karimnagar on Monday after offering prayers at the Rajarajeshwara Swamy temple, he demanded the government to acquire 100 acres for the development of Vemulawada temple town. Stating that Rajarajeshwara Swamy temple has a historical background, the TRS supremo said that he prayed the presiding deity to help create separate Telangana...
07:01 AM, Feb 22, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The famed marble lotus at the Santhigiri Ashram, Pothencode, will be lit using Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) on Tuesday in connection with the Poojithapeetam Samarpanam celebrations. The celebrations will commence with the pushpanjali ceremony at 5 am. The festival flag will be hoisted at 6 am. Finance Minister K M Mani will inaugurate the celebrations at 3 pm at the Spiritual Zone, Ashram officials said. Panchayats and Social Welfare...
11:33 AM, Feb 21, 2012
HYDERABAD: Even as struggling Kingfisher Airlines cancelled 20 more flights nationwide, Hyderabad remained insulated from any kind of disruptions on Monday. This after around 80 flights were earlier cancelled on Sunday across the country, which affected Hyderabad, among other five metro cities. Officials with the Kingfisher Airlines and the Shamshabad Airport, confirmed the same. Operations in Hyderabad went as per schedule. No flight of the airline, either departing or arriving...
09:32 AM, Feb 21, 2012
BANGALORE:Initiated six months back, the joint operation by the city police, various NGOs and stake holders - Operation Rakshane took off many children asking alms from the roads. However, a reality check conducted by Express revealed that there are still hundreds of underaged children on the streets, begging under the influence of various drugs - and their kingpins, the beggar mafia leaders in various areas have struck gold by the...
09:04 AM, Feb 21, 2012
CHENNAI: The city and its suburbs are likely to witness a power cut of three hours everyday. A proposal in this regard was submitted by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) to the State government authorities late on Monday. According to sources, a two-hour power cut in Chennai will be imposed between 8 am and 6 pm. Another hour of power cut will be imposed between 10...
08:57 AM, Feb 21, 2012
BANGALORE: Echoes of O-Genki Desuka? (How are you?) and Genki Desu (I am fine) was heard from everywhere. Smiling faces greeted you as you entered Jnana Jyothi Auditorium, Central College Campus, where a mini Japan was literally recreated on Sunday. The occasion was the seventh edition of the Japan Habba, which this year, which also coincided with the 60th anniversary of Japan-India diplomatic relations. The theme this year was Kizuna,...
11:38 AM, Feb 20, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The IT@School project has come up with a Resource Portal and YouTube channel to help with the preparations of the SSLC Examination for 4.50 lakh students in the state. A press statement here said that resource portal of IT@School Project www.resource.itschool.gov.in had been packed with contents of Science, Social Science and Mathematics for benefiting students appearing for the SSLC examination commencing next month.The portal has been designed to enable...
11:23 AM, Feb 20, 2012
CHENNAI: A three-year-old dolphin that got caught in a fishing net near Kovalam beach later died on the shore on Sunday. Forest department officials said they received information from fisherfolk and members of the Tree Foundations Sea Turtle Protection Force in the afternoon that two Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins, largely found along the Indian Ocean coast, were being brought to the Kovalam fishing village beach. The mammals were male, grey in...
09:56 AM, Feb 20, 2012
HYDERABAD: Praveen Reddy Jangam, who is battling for life in the intensive care unit of London Royal Hospital after being stabbed eight times in a party brawl recently, regained consciousness a little on Sunday.According to his brother Jayashanker Reddy, Praveen is slowly recognising family members but is unable to speak. He is so weak that doctors, who are closely monitoring his health, have turned down the request of the London...
09:09 AM, Feb 20, 2012
TIRUCHY: A marriage in former minister K N Nehrus family, which as expected was graced by the bigwigs of the DMK, gave an indication of the growing conflict within the party"quite the contrast to recent statements issued by the headquarters accusing a section of the media of finding non-existent fissures within the outfit.The seating arrangements itself manifested the growing distance between DMK chief M Karunanidhi and party treasurer M K...
08:33 AM, Feb 20, 2012
HYDERABAD: The Telangana Rashtra Samiti has promised 12 per cent reservation to Lambadas and other Scheduled Tribes in education and employment, and upgradation of all Tandas as gram panchayats if a separate Telangana state is formed.Speaking at a meeting organised to celebrate the birth anniversary of Sevalal Maharaj, Lambadas spiritual guru, at Telangana Bhavan here on Saturday, TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao attacked all political parties in his inimitable style...
09:04 AM, Feb 19, 2012
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