
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Government will take all efforts to upgrade the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) as a national cancer institute, Health Minister V S Sivakumar said on Sunday.He was speaking after inaugurating a state-level workshop on Role of dental surgeons in prevention and control of oral cancer here. The Minister assured all support for the development and growth of RCC, which has been providing treatment to nearly two lakh patients...

10:22 AM, May 21, 2012

New Delhi: It's time to get used to smart number plates on vehicles. After Delhi, it will become mandatory across the country. But what is a smart number plate and how does one get one? The smart number plate is made of a flexible alloy of aluminum and is completely blank, except for three markers on it which make it very hard to duplicate. The three markers include a chakra...

08:46 AM, May 21, 2012

Kathmandu: Army Chief Gen VK Singh on Thursday met Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav and wished peace and prosperity for his country. Singh, who is in Nepal to attend the three-day Regional Seminar on Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, called on President Yadav at the Rastrapati Bhawan in the capital. Indian Ambassador to Nepal Jayant Prasad was also present at the meeting. Singh during the brief meeting wished "for...

09:51 AM, Apr 05, 2012

Panaji: A bunch of regional parties in Goa is likely to spoil the party for national players, including ruling Congress and opposition BJP, during the March 3 Assembly polls, even as hectic parleys are underway to seal alliances ahead of elections, say political observers. The regional parties in Goa are aiming to form a formidable opposition in the state for the elections, even as national parties are busy working out...

04:33 PM, Jan 05, 2012

Hyderabad: Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday inaugurated a regional hub of the elite anti-terror National Security Guard (NSG) here. The hub has come up at a cost of Rs.37.96 crore on 22 acres of land at Tirmulghery in Secunderabad, Hyderabad's twin city. Speaking on the occasion, Chidambaram said the NSG were being provided modern weapons and the world-class training to thwart terrorist attacks and hijacking of airplanes. He...

11:23 AM, Dec 06, 2011

BANGALORE: Nearly 70 per cent of the population in Bangalore is from other states. They all could unite and easily take over the capital, if they wish to and make Kannadigas a minority, alleged Kannada Development Authority chairman Mukyamantri Chandru. He was speaking at a function to celebrate 56th Kannada Rajyothsava, organised by Vanasri Kannada Ranga Kalavidara Sangha at Forest Department on Monday. Clearing the air that he is not...

08:24 AM, Nov 29, 2011

New Delhi: If all goes well, Amitabh Bachchan will soon be seen in a Rajasthani movie and the megastar admits he will have to make an extra effort to learn the language. "In between all this trying to make efforts on taking up the offer of Komal Nahata for his Rajasthani film that he had proposed somedays ago," Big B posted on his blog Bigb.bigadda.com. "Language, is where I shall...

01:35 PM, Jul 27, 2011

Washington: The US has said it is "very supportive" of the dialogue between India and Pakistan, which is not only in the interest of the two countries but also the regional stability. "One of the things that is happening right now is that India and Pakistan are having their own dialogue that addresses a variety of issues from territory to some very straight forward water right issues. "They have a...

11:18 AM, Jun 03, 2011

Chennai: Tamil movie superstar Rajnikanth was admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU) of St. Isabel Hospital on Friday after a bout of vomiting in the morning, doctors said. According to hospital officials, Rajnikanth has been admitted in the ICU for discomfort. Speaking to reporters, the actor's wife Lata Rajnikanth said the superstar is safe and there is nothing to worry. She said the actor ate something in the morning...

06:25 PM, Apr 29, 2011

New Delhi: There has been no breakthrough so far to free the seven Indian sailors held hostage on MV Asphalt Venture. After the UN security council's resolution on piracy, more global efforts are on to tackle the piracy menace. Govt and business leaders from over 50 countries are meeting in Dubai on Monday to firm up measures against piracy. This will be the first high-level public-private counter piracy meet where...

01:24 PM, Apr 17, 2011

New Delhi: Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has been ranked first and Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport the fourth in an international ranking of the best airports in the world, GMR Group, which operates these airports, said on Wednesday. The company said its Hyderabad and Delhi airports have been ranked first and the fourth best in their respective categories in the latest ASQ rankings of the Airports Council International (ACI)....

08:11 PM, Feb 16, 2011

Bold regional writers are drawing lot of takers at the festival across age, region and language. ...

10:13 AM, Jan 23, 2011

Seenu (Ravi Teja) is a big fan of Amitabh Bachan and adores his movie
Don right from his childhood. He is so inspired by the
Don character that he calls himself ‘Don Seenu’ and puts a permanent tattoo of the same on his hand. When Seenu grows up, he aspires to be the don of the city and so plans to join the group of one of the two local...

06:24 PM, Aug 14, 2010

Quick on the heels of Jeet’s comeback project
Wanted, Ravi Kinnagi presents him with a completely new screen image in
Josh. Has Jeet been able to live up to this faith? Yes, yes and yes. As Indra, he invests life into the varied shades of the character that covers light romance, song-dance numbers, drama, melodrama and action. The story is practically coming out of our ears with slight permutations of...

03:02 PM, Aug 06, 2010