India
324 government schools lack toilets for girls
GULBARGA: It is a fact that 324 government schools in the district do not have toilets for girls. This embarrassing truth came to ..
State to seek more forces at DGPs meet in Delhi
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government will reiterate its demand for more forces to deal with the growing Maoist activities in the Stat..
2 units of NTPC shut down
BHUBANESWAR: As two units of the NTPCs Talcher Super Thermal Power Station (TSTPS) at Kaniha are out of the grid, the State is lo..
Theatres under renovation to counter multiplex
KOCHI: Even as multiplexes are eating into traditional cinema halls across the country and spelling out a new code for the youth, ..
Vivekanandas message on wheels
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Vivek Express, launched by the Indian Railways, rolled into the Capital City on Sunday commemorating the 150th..
Pro-Environment? Plant saplings and forget
BANGALORE: As per official records, authorities in Karnataka had distributed more than one and a half crore saplings in 2010 to in..
A father-son relationship
BANGALORE: What is your understanding of God?I believe God is all around me. He is everywhere. In my house, at my work place w..
A long wait for crematorium
KOCHI: There seems to be no end in sight to the woes of the bereaved in the Thodupuzha municipal area to give a proper burial to t..
Trapped by a stigma disease
People living with HIV lead a life as social rejects, facing stigma and discrimination, struggling for the most basic..
Balakrishna Pillai likely to be freed soon
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: R Balakrishna Pillai, who will be coming out of Poojappura Central Prison here on July 5 on a onemonth parole,..
Australian hotel ejects Sikh for wearing turban
A spokesman for Spirit Hotels said the decision to ask the man to remove his turban was an oversight.
Communal harmony marks Jagannath Rath Yatra
The people, who lined up on both sides of roads, jostled up to have a glimpse of the procession.
Human form of lord worshipped
BALASORE: In a departure from Puri and elsewhere, the idols of Lord Jagannath and brother Balabhadra are worshipped in human form ..
Books on Murarirao Ghorpade released
BANGALORE: Former MP and well-known wildlife photographer M Y Ghorpade said that Britishers might have been thrown out of the coun..
Marriage registration goes online
BHUBANESWAR: Getting married was easy in the Capital but getting the marriage registered was not. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corpor..
Kanchi police nab serial robbers
KANCHEEPURAM: The Kanchi taluk police nabbed two robbers who were also chain snatchers. They had unleashed terror in Kancheepuram,..