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Diesel rate hiked to help private oil firms
CHENNAI: The Centres move to hike the price of diesel by three rupees was effected to cover up the losses of private oil companie..
TD seeks 33% quota for BCs in local body polls
HYDERABAD: TDP politburo member Yanamala Ramakrishnudu has demanded the Centre to introduce a Bill in the forthcoming Parliament s..
Hotel staff held for Rs 1.90 lakh heist
CHENNAI: Within 12 hours, the suburban police cracked a case involving the theft of Rs 1.9 lakh from a hotel, arresting an employe..
An effort to entertain the elderly
CHENNAI: Dignity Foundation, an NGO that works for the cause and care of elderly citizens, is organising a five-day film festival ..
US investigates Google's market practices
Google has been accused of anticompetitive practices by other companies doing business online.
Yemen: Car bomb kills 3 security personnel
The government quickly said it suspected al Qaeda was behind the bomb in Aden's free-trade zone.
In Africa, Michelle Obama reflects on race
The first lady and her husband, Barack Obama, tried hard to transcend race during his 2008 presidential campaign.
'Govt Lokpal draft better than 2010 draft'
Swami Agnivesh termed the latest draft as an "improvement" of its 2010 draft.
Endowments examining Sai Trust takeover
HYDERABAD: Speculation is rife over the possibility of the government taking over the Satya Sai Central Trust following instructio..
PM should come under Lokpal purview: Naidu
HYDERABAD: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu has demanded that Prime Minister should also come under the ambi..
Toilets to be constructed for job card holders
BANGALORE: The state government has decided to utilise funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Pr..
When rain and sun play hide n seek
TRIPUNITHURA: The Thiruvaathira Njattuvela is back. In Malayalam, the word Njattuvela refers to a period when paddy saplings ..
Fake journo demands cash from MLA, held
DHARMAPURI: Dharmapuri police have arrested a man who claimed himself as a journalist and tried to demand cash for publishing a st..
Fishermen to resume operations Saturday
RAMANATHAPURAM: Rameswaram fishermen who are on strike for the last three days protesting the arrest of 23 of their colleagues by ..
Rs 1.2-crore fake goods haul by DRI
THOOTHUKUDI: Fake shoes and electronic goods worth Rs 1.2 crore were seized by officials of the Department of Revenue Intelligence..
City can emulate Manaloor Model
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The story of clearing up an irrigation canal, by the sheer will of Kudumbashree members, and retold by CDS cha..