India
Over 42,000 students appearing for SSLC exams
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: More than 42,000 students from the district will appear for the SSLC examinations beginning on Mon..
City doctors give African citizen a new life
BANGALORE: Twenty-five-year old Peter Kironji travelled all the way from Africa to a city-based cancer hospital which offered him ..
Five held for salary scam
HYDERABAD: A commandant of Home Guards, who is an additional SP rank officer, and four armed reserve constables were arrested by t..
ISF paper on labour law reforms
CHENNAI: The Indian Staffing Federation (ISF), an apex body of the temporary staffing industry in India, unveiled a comprehensive ..
10-year-old run over by share auto
CHENNAI: A ten-year-old boy was killed here on Friday while he was trying to cut across the road outside his school in Ambattur. <..
Now, fly to Bangkok at never before rates
CHENNAI: Kancheepuram is just as fascinating as Mahabalipuram, but hardly anybody knows about it, said Chanchai Charanvatnakit, Co..
Hampton stuns Jankovic in Rd2 at Indian Wells
In the other match Christina McHale beat Elena Vesnina 6-3, 7-5.
Japan quake anniversary: Nuclear safety in focus
Since the March 11 disaster, nearly all of Japan's operating reactors have shut to refuel and may never restart.
Pak Taliban demand release of Osama's widows
Pakistan's government has charged bin Laden's three widows with illegally entering and staying in the country.
Saina crashes out of All England
The world number four Indian lost 13-21 21-23 to the seventh seeded Chinese.
Friday Release: Fast paced action in 'John Carter'
As a boy, Andrew Stanton fell in love with author Edgar Rice Burroughs' series of 'John Carter' books.
A Kuttanad cruise for Rs 50
ALAPPUZHA: A backwater cruise is a dream of every tourist visiting Kuttanad. The rates, Rs 400 and above for a one-hour cruise, ho..
Local people resent closure of railway gate
ALAPPUZHA: The action council constituted to reopen the Mampallyppady level cross between Mavelikkara and Cheriyanad railway stati..
Adivasis fate thrown to the winds
ATTAPADI: The adivasis of Attapadi are living in a no-mans land exploited by landsharks and officialdom. Lechi, a tribal woman in..
German scholars to visit major Buddhist sites
HYDERABAD: A group of scholars from Wurzburg varsity, Germany are keen to do some project work on development of Buddhist si..
No new engineering colleges from 2013-14: AICTE
NAMAKKAL: Acting on demands from several State Governments including Tamil Nadu, the All India Council for Technical Education (AI..