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Leopard rescued from a 40-50 feet deep well
BANGALORE: A four-and half- year-old male leopard was rescued from a 40-50 feet deep well at Kanaganahalli village, Ramanagaram Di..
SC issues notice to fill 41 vacant medical seats
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has on Tuesday asked the Karnataka Private Medical Colleges Association, the Dental Colleges Associat..
Soorya Festival to be a year-long affair
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The fabulous Soorya Festival is going places. The festival is becoming a 365-day affair from this year onwards..
Air India Board sets aside tie-up move
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Director Board of Air India on Tuesday set aside the proposal to hand over the ground handling services of..
Only 4 per cent VAT on sugar, textiles
HYDERABAD: The State government has decided not to further pinch the aam aadmi who has been hit hard by the recent fuel and LPG pr..
Chief Secretary urged to go for USE
CHENNAI: The State Platform For Common School System has sent a letter to the Chief Secretary requesting the implementation of the..
Corporates should take CSR seriously
CHENNAI: India needs to create CSR strategies that would benefit the society at large and also help corporations contribute to the..
Suyamvaram for differently-abled
CHENNAI: The Gopalapuram-based Shree Geeta Bhavan Trust is organising a state-level free suyamvaram for the differently-abled in S..
The science of preservation
CHENNAI: Whether we are dusting off a portrait, putting together torn pages of an old book with cello-tape, carpeting a floor, or ..
Tom Hanks' movie explores college at 50!
The actor talks about his new film, 'Larry Crowne' and its story
Protest against cell tower grows
KOCHI: Some residents of Cherlai in West Kochi are up in arms against the installation of a mobile phone tower in their loca..
Did 14th century China use fridge?
Archaeologists in north China's Shanxi province uncovered a 700-year-old mural dating back to the Yuan Dynasty.
Yemen bombs anti-government tribal area
Three people were killed, 48 houses destroyed and hundreds of people forced to flee their homes in the assault.
Suicide bomber strikes Kabul hotel: Afghan police
On June 18, insurgents wearing Afghan army uniforms stormed a police station, killing nine.
There are persons drunk with power in UPA govt: Hazare
"If required we will face bullets not just lathis without adopting any violent methods," added Hazare.
India warns against 'dilution' to fight terrorism
India recently voted in favour of a UNSC resolution splitting Taliban and al-Qaeda.