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10-day Bangalore Book Festival 2011 from Friday
BANGALORE: The 9th edition of Bangalore Book Festival 2011 organised by The Bangalore Booksellers and Publishers Association (B..
North East Crafts Fair inaugurated
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The North East Crafts Fair 2011 was inaugurated by Mayor K Chandrika at the Arjuna Foyer, Chandrasekharan Nair..
IT raids on tobacco trader
HYDERABAD: Income Tax department sleuths raided the premises of a tobacco trader and his sons in Guntur, Hyderabad and Bangalore o..
Corporation sets standards for hostels, PG stays
KOCHI: The Kochi Corporation is all set to launch a crackdown on the filthy and exploitative hostel and paying guest accommodation..
Congress set to win back Jagan MLAs in EG?
KAKINADA: The Congress is making all-out efforts to woo Jagan loyalist MLAs back into the party fold. In East Godavari district, R..
Flyers to prevent child abuse released
CHENNAI: No one can touch me and ask me to keep it a secret. I must keep telling till someone helps stop the secret touching. My ..
Google music service faces big hurdles
The giant web search company's new music partners have already labeled the service "unexciting."
BJP plans to reclaim Bellary from Reddy brothers
The mining barons have propped up their aide Sriramulu to fight as an independent candidate in the November 30 bypoll...
US team banned from World Cup kabaddi
The US men kabaddi team has been banned from the ongoing WC after the players refused to take doping tests.
Cabinet okays 26 pc FDI in pension funds
The Standing Committee headed by Yashwant Sinha, had favoured 26 per cent cap on FDI in pension programmes.
CVC penalises over 200 officials for corruption
A recovery of a total of about Rs 73 crore has been made by the Commission between January and September this year.
National Welfare Award for Bakul
BHUBANESWAR: Bakul Foundation has been presented the National Award for Child Welfare 2010. The award was given away by Union Mini..
Industrial Park: JSPL, government ink MoU
BHUBANESWAR: Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL), which is setting up a six mtpa steel plant and a coal-to-liquid (CTL) project in the S..
Man plotted sisters murder
HYDERABAD: Police on Tuesday unravelled the mystery behind the murder of two sisters in broad daylight at Asif Nagar a few days ag..
Deserted woman attacks husband, in-laws
BANGALORE: A woman on being questioned over her alleged illicit affair, attacked her husband and his family members. The incident ..
Right to Education Act comes into force
CHENNAI: Paving way for the implementation of the Right to Education Act of 2009, the Tamil Nadu government finally notified the m..