India
Minimum wages for Khadi, handloom workers
KOCHI: Cooperation Minister C N Balakrishnan has said that the government will implement minimum wages for Khadi and handloom work..
KCBC flays governments abkari policy
KOCHI: The Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) has asked the state government to put an end to the policy of issuing new licenc..
SSC Exam Centres
KOCHI: The Staff Selection Commission(SSC) will conduct stenographers (Grade C and Grade D) examination at four centres in the sta..
The never-ending saga of Sadashivanagar park
BANGALORE: While the property prices soar in the affluent neighbourhood of Sadashivanagar, citizens willing to use a park in the l..
HC issues fresh chargesheet to M V Jayarajan
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Monday issued a fresh chargesheet to CPM leader M V Jayarajan who is facing contempt of cour..
Volvo buses from CMBT to Tirupati started
CHENNAI: The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSTRC) has introduced air-conditioned Volvo bus service between Che..
Azad cancels meet with Telangana Congress MPs
HYDERABAD: The much-hyped meeting between Telangana Congress MPs and AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad in Delhi did not take..
Now, She Wears a Beard-less Smile
CUTTACK: Hiramani Hembram has shed her beard. Along with it the dread of being the butt of taunts, jokes and ridicule. T..
Chinese couple guards barren island for 25 yrs
Wang Jicai, 52 and his wife, Wang Shihua, 50, are the only guards at a military fortress on the 13,000-square-metre island.
Abhishekam ticket price hiked to Rs 500
BHADRACHALAM: Sri Sita Ramachandra Swamivari Devasthanam increased the ticket price of Abhishekam to the main deity with effect fr..
CPI leaders ready to resign again
KARIMNAGAR: Communist Party of India Assembly floor leader G Mallesh said that their party legislators were ready to put in their ..
Telangana Congress leaders deeksha on August 9
HYDERABAD: The Telangana Congress Monitoring Group (TCMG) comprising senior leaders M Satyanarayana Rao, P Goverdhan Reddy, P Nars..
Lack of awareness fails crop insurance scheme
GUNTUR: Though the Central government introduced the crop insurance scheme for chilli in Guntur district in 2009 on an experimenta..
878th ATM of State Bank of Travancore opened
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 878th ATM of State Bank of Travancore (SBT) has been opened at the Regional Cancer Centre. It is the third..
Clothiers to intensify stir
HYDERABAD: Textile traders, who have been up in arms against the state government for over a month demanding removal of the 4 per ..
Achuthanandan under scanner
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The CPM state secretariat on Sunday decided to approach the central leadership with a complaint against party ..