Tulsa: A huge tornado with winds of up to 200 miles per hour (320 kph) tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, ripping up at least two schools and leaving a wake of tangled wreckage as a dangerous storm system threatened as many as 10 US states. Television video showed tracts of homes destroyed, cars tossed about and piled atop one another, and at least one building...
04:48 AM, May 21, 2013
Bollywood actress Devashi Khanduri to feature in southern project 'Iddarammayilatho'. ...
06:43 PM, Mar 20, 2013
A satellite-based study has indicated that a huge glacial lake has formed atop the Himalayas in Sikkim with a "very high" potential for it to burst and create devastation downstream. Analysis of satellite data has revealed that the lake has formed at the snout of South Lhonak glacier, that is about 7,000 meters high on the mountain in the northeastern state. ...
08:19 AM, Feb 11, 2013
An 18th century 'martyr', who sacrificed his life for the faith in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore, will be beatified by a Catholic church on December 2 at Nagarcoil in Tamil Nadu. ...
12:51 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Former Kerala Minister M P Govindan Nair was on Monday sworn in as the new president of the Travancore Devaswom Board at a function here. The TDB administers temples, including the Lord Ayappa shrine at Sabarimala, in the Travancore region. V Subhash was sworn in as the second member under the general category which was to be nominated by the cabinet, as per the Devaswom ordinance issued by the...
04:09 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam remained alarming with 116 people having lost their lives in flood water and landslides during the current wave as the Brahmaputra and its tributaries continued to flow above the danger mark on Thursday. Altogether 100 people have died due to floods and 16 in landslides caused by incessant rainfall while 16 others were still missing, official sources said on Thursday. An estimated population of...
07:29 PM, Jul 05, 2012
New Delhi: The CAG report on the controversial Devas-Antrix deal which had slammed the Department of Space for policy violations, will be taken up by the newly constituted Public Accounts Committee. The decision in this regard was taken on Friday. It was also decided in the first meeting of the PAC that the latest CAG report on revenue losses to the Railways will be taken up by it in the...
05:09 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General report on the controversial Antrix-Devas deal tabled in Parliament has called it "a classic case of public investment for private profit". The report comes down heavily on the Department of Space saying that in its eagerness, it concealed facts from the Cabinet and violated several rules. The report also has harsh words for retired ISRO employees MG Chandrasekhar and D Venugopal. The report...
02:21 PM, May 15, 2012
Kochi: Seeking dismissal of G Madhavan Nair's plea, the Centre on Saturday told the Central Administrative Tribunal in Kochi that there were "lapses" and "irregularities" on the part of the former ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair in the Antrix-Devas deal and government had to take action on the basis of findings of two high-level committees. Nair had moved the CAT here last month challenging the government's decision to bar him...
08:34 PM, Apr 07, 2012
hyderabad: The richest Temple board of the country Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams just got richer. It has recorded its highest Hundi (offering box) collection ever on a single day of Rs 5.73 crores on Sunday, April 1. Its previous record was Rs 4.2 crore collected on January 1, 2012. Temple officials say while they did have a pilgrim rush of about 70,000 on Sunday, the fact that one of the devotees...
10:09 AM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi/Bangalore: The Enforcement Directorate has begun a "preliminary inquiry" into the financial transactions that took place in connection with the Antrix-Devas deal. The Directorate's zonal office in Bangalore has begun the probe to ascertain if any contraventions with regard to foreign exchange or anti-money laundering laws in the deal have occurred. The investigation, which the agency will conduct with the help of the RBI and the Income Tax department,...
02:50 PM, Mar 13, 2012
New Delhi: ISRO has refused to share details of the progress of former space agency chief G Madhavan Nair's complaint on the action taken against him in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, saying a probe was still on in the matter. "As further investigations on the subject matter is in progress, providing the information at this stage would impede the ongoing investigation. Hence, dissemination of information is exempted from disclosure under...
01:44 PM, Mar 11, 2012
Kochi: Upping the ante, former ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair on Monday moved the Central Administrative Tribunal in Kochi, challenging the government's decision to bar him from holding government posts for his alleged role in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal and seeking its quashing. In a petition, Nair sought quashing of chapter 6 of the September 2, 2011, report of the high-level team constituted by the government to examine the facts...
05:52 PM, Mar 05, 2012
The Law Ministry report says that a formal chargesheet should have been served to the 4 scientists. ...
10:12 PM, Mar 01, 2012
New Delhi: Former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair has rejected the Law Ministry's claims that it gave reasons for blacklisting him and three others. Speaking to CNN-IBN, he has demanded a fresh inquiry into the Antrix-Devas deal. This came after the Law Ministry report said that the reasons for blacklisting were posted on the the website and that was adequate action. Following is the full transcript of the interview with...
04:05 PM, Mar 01, 2012
New Delhi: There is a new twist in the stand-off between the government and space scientists over the Antrix-Devas deal. Sources have told CNN-IBN the Law Ministry's report says that a formal chargesheet should have been served to the four former ISRO scientists blacklisted by the government. Law Ministry sources have told CNN-IBN that the scientists including former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair should be given a chance to put...
11:14 AM, Mar 01, 2012
New Delhi: Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair has hit out at the government for failing to list out reasons for blacklisting him and three others in connection with the scrapped Devas-Antrix S-band deal. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, Nair said he was disgusted with the Department of Space as he had not been told on what grounds action had been taken. He also said he would continue with his fight...
07:35 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Former ISRO Chief G Madhavan Nair has written a second letter to the Prime Minister's Office seeking a fresh probe into the controversial deal. ...
03:37 PM, Feb 26, 2012
