India
India-Sri Lanka power grid project to take off
BANGALORE: If all goes well, the feasible study that has been conducted for a power grid project, between Sri Lanka and India will..
Now, a fast to save Rajiv killers
3 women lawyers have launched an indefinite fast to save the three men convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case...
Special Sunday: Feed a croc
CHENNAI: The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology announced a research grant of Rs 25 lakh per year aimed at stu..
US: Hurricane Irene hits North Carolina
New York Mayor Bloomberg sternly told New Yorkers that Irene was still a life-threatening storm.
Sheila Dikshit justifies hike in power tariff
Dikshit defended the decision by saying power purchase cost has increased while there has been no hike in tariff.
Delhi Metro shuts 3 stations near Parliament
The stations are Udyog Bhawan, Central Secretariat and Patel Chowk on the Huda City Centre-Jahangirpuri corridor.
A green solution to garbage menace
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Handling of garbage, which has become a major concern of the state, may finally get a solution if a proposal i..
UK's atomic clock 'is world's most accurate'
The world's most accurate clock would lose or gain less than a second in some 138 million years.
Essar displaced stall pipeline work
PARADIP: Hundreds of displaced families, including women, under the banner of Essar Steel Displaced and Land losers Society stall..
Literary fest from September 24
THIRVANANTHAPURAM: The registrations to the literary festival to be held in September, hosted by Indian Ruminations - Journal of ..
EPFO staffer held for taking bribe
ROURKELA: An official of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) Guman Tubid was arrested on Thursday evening for taking..
Man who threatened KV Singhdeo held
BALANGIR: A team of Balangir police on Friday evening arrested a suspected Maoist, who had allegedly been giving threat calls to P..
Hike minimum wage to Rs. 200, demands INTUC
BHUBANESWAR: Accusing the BJD Government of pursuing anti-labour policies, the INTUC has demanded hiking minimum daily wages..
Hot-air balloons to pull crowd to Beach fest
BHUBANESWAR: To draw crowd to Puri Beach Festival this year, the State Government is planning to bring in hot-air balloons as a sp..
Collector orders to probe charges of negligence
CUTTACK: Shaken by allegations of death of a woman due to alleged negligence at the City Hospital, the third within one and half m..
Government decides to amend ORV Act
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to amend the Orissa Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (for SCs and Sts)..