India
Struggling in Intensive Uncaring Units
KOCHI: In the town of Virudhu Nagar, 40 km from Madurai, the people have adopted a practice called Thalaikoothal. An elderly perso..
Maternity ward gets major facelift
The 48-bedded maternity ward at the Government General Hospital in Ernakulam has received a thorough facelift...
Never turn a deaf ear to your children
BANGALORE: As a six month old toddler my son, Sai was diagnosed with profound deafness.When Lakshmi (my wife) and I found out,..
New thrust chamber in 2 months
TIRUNELVELI: A new thrust chamber facility for static testing of the cryogenic engine would be ready in two months at the Liquid P..
Case against mayor for collusion with encroacher
MADURAI: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) wing on Thursday registered a case against 13 people, including M..
Tiruchy gears up to greet daughter of soil
TIRUCHY: The Rock City is gearing up to welcome the daughter of the soil, Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretaray J Jay..
Consider plea for new engineering colleges
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the director of town and country planning and the member-secretary of the CMDA to cons..
Divide between school-goers, those who dont
CHENNAI: The countrys biggest division is not based on caste or income but is between those who going to school and those not.
Mrs YGP, DAVs Jayadev on 9-member USE panel
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Friday announced a panel of experts to analyse the syllabus and textbooks for students in th..
Setting in motion the wheels of discovery
Im covered with road grit its all over my arms and legs, its built up at my joints, behind my ears, and lines the band of unt..
Calling all green crusaders
CHENNAI: The British Council and TERI invite young, environmentally-friendly minds to apply for the International Climate C..
Oh God! temple site tied to 10 deaths in a row
CHENNAI: When 60-year-old Velaiamma of Bharath Nagar in Tambaram died in her sleep in March, little did the residents in the..
Heres fostering diplomatic relations
BANGALORE: There is nothing quite like an evening of bonhomie and fellowship between key players in the foreign diplomatic communi..
Germany: 3,408 infected with E coli
Thirty-eight people have died in Germany and one in Sweden in the epidemic.
No end in sight to water woes
PIRAVOM: It's a long wait for Kochiites to get potable water from Muvattupuzha river. After marathon discussions, the state govern..
CBI grills officials, collects evidence
PALAKKAD: The CBI team led by Deputy SP Ravindranathan Nair collected evidence from DySP (Vigilance) Safiullah Saeed and questione..