India
Manch threatens to resume stir
ROURKELA: Notwithstanding the agitations and police action against the errant management of the defunct refractory plant Orind, no..
Farmers rue defunct cold storages
ROURKELA: There has been a sea change on the horticulture production front in Sundargarh district with majority farmers opting for..
3 held, SUV seized
BHUBANESWAR: City Police on Friday arrested three miscreants in connection with the firing on call centre employee Namita Rani Pad..
If Centre fails to give grants, will interfere
BANGALORE: Governor H R Bhardwaj stated that he would intervene if any injustice is meted out to Karnataka on providing drou..
The flipside of IPL 5
With the younger crowd moving on to other sports, IPL now stands reduced to 'a bunch of stars in different colours'...
Plea to hold CET in Tamil
CHENNAI: PMK president GK Mani has moved the Madras High Court with a plea for a direction to various ministries of the Union gove..
Release suspended DSP by Monday
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the State Home Secretary and the Additional Director General of Prisons to release D E..
Organ sharing network to get better
CHENNAI: In a bid to hone the organ transplant and harvesting system in Tamil Nadu, there may well be transplant coordinators in a..
Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 strikes Indonesia
The USGS said the quake hit 83 km off Papua province and was centered just 30 km beneath the ocean floor.
Uranium ore mine commissioned in Andhra Pradesh
The newly-commissioned plant has a capacity of mining and processing 3,000 tonnes of uranium a day.
Public Distribution System to be computerised
A project covering state capital Bhubaneswar is also under preparation by the WFP.
AP: Kidnapped schoolboy found murdered
The 12-year-old boy, kidnapped four days ago while on his way to school, was found murdered in East Godavari.
A glitch not to stop him from trying his luck
KATTAPPANA: Mammen George, a daily labourer in Kanchiyar near Kattappana, could not believe his eyes when he saw the Kerala lotter..
Congress favour raising retirement age to 58
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Retirement age of State Government employees should be raised to 58 considering the increase in life expectanc..
Piped water provides no succour
Of the 774 revenue villages in Deogarh district, only 97 have access to piped water system..
Kozhikode leading employment provider: Study
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kozhikode has emerged as the leading employment provider among the tier III cities in the country during the f..