India
Platform for researchers to exchange ideas
BANGALORE: The Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India), to serve the Civil Engineering fraternity, inaugurated a three-d..
Seafarers test order stayed
CHENNAI: The first bench of the Madras High Court has stayed the operation of the orders dated January 30 this year of a single ju..
Don't compare Indian awards with Oscars: Abhishek
Abhishek feels it is futile for media to compare Indian film award functions to a ceremony like Oscars.
Heritage plan to revive Old Mattanchery Bridge
KOCHI: Even as the PWD is going on with a project to carry out the overall repair of the Old Mattanchery Bridge, another project a..
TANKER Foundation gets mobile ultrasound machine
CHENNAI: TANKER (TamilNad Kidney Research) Foundation which is a registered non-profitable charitable trust today inaugurated a ne..
Belgian band strikes an Indian chord
CHENNAI: Thurisaz. Honestly, it might take you a while to pronounce it just right. The band tells me its one of the olden German ..
Warning system not suited for Indian Railways
CHENNAI: The Train Protection and Warning System (TPWS) meant for preventing train collisions, which is on trial on the 46-kilomet..
TNs K-panel to submit report to Jaya today
CHENNAI: The four-member committee constituted by the State government to study the safety aspects of the Koodankulam Nuclear Powe..
Djokovic eases past Stebe in Dubai opener
Playing his first match in four weeks, Djokovic did not look his best against the German.
Oscars: On-stage speech for Best Original Song
Bret McKenzie bagged the award for Best Music (Original Song) at the Oscars.
WikiLeaks publishes security think tank emails
WikiLeaks began publishing more than 5 million emails from a US-based global security think tank.
Hardcrore Maoist nabbed
SAMBALPUR: Sambalpur Police reportedly arrested a hardcore Maoist, Roshan of Jharkhand from the Maoist hotbed Kisinda under Jujumu..
Gambhari limps back to normalcy
PURI: Heavy police deployment continued at the strife-torn Gambhari village under the Brahmagiri constituency which witnessed post..
Entrepreneurship week from March 5
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to organise entrepreneurship week in the first week of March to promote micro, small..
Nepalese man, 72, declared shortest person ever
A doctor and Guinness World Records official measured Chandra Bahadur Dangi to confirm his height of 21.5 inches (54.6 centimeters).
UDF, LDF appeasing minorities: BJP
KOCHI: The BJP on Sunday said the Piravom bypoll is crucial in the wake of the slender majority of the UDF government. The electio..