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Centre launches scheme to reduce housing cost
Besides reducing cost by 20 pc, the alternative technology also aims at speeding up the housing delivery process.
4 associates of rowdy Narayana arrested
BANGALORE: The Electronic City police have arrested four associates of notorious rowdy JCB Narayana and recovered lethal weapons.<..
CPM committee passes the buck to state committee
KOCHI: The CPM district secretariat which met here has left a decision on the charges levelled against a high-profile leader in th..
Free treatment for kids with deformities
BANGALORE: Sparsh Foundation is providing free treatment to about 200 children from economically weaker sections for the third con..
Lokayukta police arrest PWD secretary
BANGALORE: The Lokayukta police on Saturday continued raid on the houses of C Mrutyunjaya Swamy, Secretary, PWD, Vikasa Soudha and..
Boy falls to death from fifth floor
BANGALORE: A ten-yearold boy, who went to the top of an under-construction building to fly kite, accidentally fell into the lift s..
'Singham' screening resumes in Karnataka
It is said that some 'objectionable' dialogues have been removed from the film
Naveen failed miserably: OPCC chief
BERHAMPUR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has failed miserably to do any good for the State and corruption during his tenure ..
Chennai: Fire in hospital, two dead
CHENNAI: Two women were killed when a fire broke out in a hospital here Saturday morning, an official said.Fire officials susp..
Making a run for their money
BANGALORE: There was mixed reaction from autodrivers on Friday as they protested governments plan to add 40,000 more autos in the..
Thrikkakara gets one more bio-waste plant
KOCHI: Thrikkakara Municipality got its second biowaste electricity generation plant on Friday.The plant installed in the town..
Memoirs of landmark hotels from old Madras
CHENNAI: For John Alan Fernandez, a Goan settled in Chennai, Caf Amin at Royapettah, has been a destination for more than 30 year..
Mobile eye care units for rural areas
CHENNAI: In a bid to combat the ever-increasing cases of blindness caused by cataracts, the Indian Institute of Technology Ma..
Kidney donation: Plea to set up single window
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kidney Federation of India (KFI), an NGO facilitating cross and voluntary donation of kidneys for the bene..
MDRF honours IIT Delhi professor
CHENNAI: The Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF) on Friday honoured Dr Chinmoy Sankar Dey, professor at the Kusuma School o..
Seeking change for change
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Action Council of Vellarada, an NGO working against illegal quarrying of the Sahya mountains, got a new su..