CHENNAI : The city was brought under the blanket cover of an intensified anti-dengue fogging drive on Thursday, following a dengue outbreak in the southern districts of the State. Mayor Saidai S Duraisamy launched the drive by the Chennai Corporation at Varadharajapettai in Egmore.According to a health officer with Chennai Corporation, fogging will be done in the 200 wards of the city on two selected days every week.Fogging is planned...
08:27 AM, May 25, 2012
TIRUNELVELI: Deputy Director of Health Services Meera Mohideen said eight persons have died of dengue in the district so far. He said the deaths occurred at Kadayanallur, Vadakarai, Tenkasi, Sundarapandiapuram, Surandai, Pavoorchatram, V K Puthur and Muthaliarpatti. The health department had initiated measures like anti-larva activities, adult mosquito control and fogging in affected areas to control the spread of the fever. Besides, surveillance activities were also undertaken, he added. Meanwhile,...
10:35 AM, May 09, 2012
Madrid: Barcelona's new coach is about to become famous for a whole lot more than having his eye poked by Jose Mourinho. Tito Vilanova will step up from his role as assistant at the end of the season and replace Pep Guardiola, who announced on Friday that he was ending his four-year spell in charge. Until now, Vilanova has been renowned as the man who was poked in the eye...
03:32 AM, Apr 29, 2012
Barcelona: Tito Vilanova is the ideal person to replace Pep Guardiola as Barcelona coach to continue developing the Catalan club's eye-catching brand of football, captain Carles Puyol said on Saturday. Vilanova is to step up from assistant to take the reins at the Nou Camp next season after Guardiola announced on Friday he would not be continuing beyond the end of the current campaign. After an astonishing four-year reign, during...
03:06 AM, Apr 29, 2012
Mumbai: Air India unions on Thursday night appeared to have reservations over government's plan to hive off the carrier's engineering and ground handling services into two wholly owned subsidiaries as part of its turnaround strategy and they plan to have a meeting on Friday. A meeting of 7 unions under a joint front comprising pilots, engineers, a ground handling staff, technical staff etc will meet on Friday, a Air India...
03:40 AM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: In what may come as a big fillip to Air India, the government is likely to take up for approval on Thursday its turnaround plan (TAP), including the issue of infusion of additional equity, in a bid to shore up the precarious financial position of the cash-strapped carrier. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) might take a decision on the national carrier's TAP as well as its...
05:32 AM, Apr 12, 2012
Mumbai: The government owned gas utility GAIL India Ltd is evaluating several proposals for equity stakes and long-term supply deals in the United States, Middle East and Southeast Asia, its chairman said on Saturday. The company's strategy is part of the country's efforts to secure overseas energy supplies to satisfy rising domestic demand. Gail signed a deal with US-based Cheniere Energy in December to buy 3.5 million tonnes of LNG...
01:14 AM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: In a bid to boost retail investors' participation in the capital markets, the government has introduced a tax exemption scheme for equity markets targeted at new investors in the Union Budget 2012-13. A scheme christened as Rajiv Gandhi Equity Saving Scheme is expected to deepen bourses investors base and reduce volatility. Under the proposed scheme, a 50 per cent deduction on short-term capital gains tax will be allowed...
06:58 PM, Mar 16, 2012
Mumbai: Cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines on Tuesday said it has allotted equity shares against optionally convertible debentures (OCDs), a development that will help in saving interest outflow on such instruments. In a filing to the BSE, Kingfisher said, it has issued 7.98 crore equity shares to three entities - LKP Securities Ltd, Redect Consultancy and Star Investments - at a price of Rs 25.01 per share, in lieu of conversion of...
07:40 PM, Feb 21, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat High Court on Monday rejected application by Jagriti Pandya seeking reinvestigation into Haren Pandya murder case. Jagriti Pandya is widow of former Gujarat Home Minsiter Haren Pandya. Pandya was gunned down in 2003. The Gujarat High Court on January 19 directed the CBI and the state government to file replies to a petition seeking re-investigations of murder of Haren Pandya. The court had said that petition filed...
01:59 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Dr Mark Mobius, executive director, Templeton Emerging Markets Group, tells Pravin Palande and Shishir Prasad that he is optimistic about India and in many cases, a weak rupee may actually benefit some companies in the country. Dr Mark Mobius Profile: Executive director, Templeton Emerging Markets Group Career high point: Consistently voted as one of the most influential investment managers in the world Last vacation: Doesn't take any Known for: Travelling...
12:21 PM, Jan 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has admitted the appeals filed by the CBI and Gujarat government challenging the acquittal by the High Court of 12 convicts in the murder of former Home Minister Haren Pandya. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and J Chalameshwar admitted the appeal filed by the investigating agency and the state police questioning the August 29, 2010, acquittal by the High Court as being erroneous. The...
11:18 AM, Jan 05, 2012
New Delhi: India will allow individual foreign investors direct access to its stock market from January 15, the government said on Sunday, the latest step to liberalise Asia's third-largest economy after a year of big losses on the benchmark Sensex index. Previously, foreign nationals were limited to investing in India's equity market through indirect routes such as mutual funds, or through institutional vehicles. "The central government has decided to allow...
08:37 AM, Jan 02, 2012
New Delhi: With the rupee falling to a lifetime low, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said RBI intervention in the forex market will not arrest the slide as FIIs' pullout and global reasons were behind the depreciation. "RBI intervention (in the forex market) will not help," he told reporters here. The minister said the Indian currency was depreciating because of the withdrawal of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) from the...
12:57 PM, Nov 22, 2011
London: Actor Brad Pitt says he may quit acting when he turns 50. Asked how long he would continue to act, the 47-year-old, on Australian chat show '60 Minutes', said 'three years', adding his days as lead actor are 'numbered'. The actor said he might move behind the camera when he steps out of the limelight, reports dailymail.co.uk. "I've really enjoyed the producerial (sic) side and getting stories to the...
12:47 PM, Nov 14, 2011
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