THEATRE
Barbers,robbers and romance?
CHENNAI
Inflation props up sex trade
TOURISM
The great Indian travel crisis
FOR A GOOD CAUSE
On road, safety first
ENVIRONMENT
Kan and will keep forests alive
BEHIND THE LENS
Gourd caught in its glory
HEALTH
The fitness philanthropist
Nitish wins trust vote, says BJP won't win in 2014
A total of 126 votes, including four of Congress and one of CPI, were cast in favour of the confidence motion while 24 members voted against it as the BJP legislators staged a walkout before the vote.
According to a 2012-13 survey, use of the sleek, handheld gadget by the Chennai’s post-millennial generation is on a steady rise .
Bangalore Development Authority has developed a layout on Venkatanarayana lake and distributed sites to people who fear eviction if the lake gets restored.
The state Assembly adopted a bill making it mandatory to install CCTV cameras at places where the gathering was more than 100 people.
It looks like the efforts of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) in allaying transmission woes in Ernakulam district will pay off.
The much-awaited Thakaraparambu flyover development project will take many more months to be completed.
With the DMK and DMDK tied down for the sixth seat from the State to Rajya Sabha, hectic parleys and the hunt for support from the Congress and other minor parties continued on Tuesday.
Indications are that the Assembly sittings in the days ahead will continue to be stormy with the Opposition adamant that Chief Minister Oommen Chandy resign and face a judicial investigation in the solar panel scam.
The Rs 1 rice scheme announced by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will be launched with much fanfare on July 1, but it will reach the poor only between July 10 and 20.
The Chief Minister said Dharmana and Sabitha had resigned in accordance with the Congress policy of not continuing in the Cabinet if charge-sheeted.
Normalcy returned on the power front with Upper Kolab hydro power station resuming generation of electricity and the fourth unit of the Talcher Thermal Power Station back to the state grid.
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A deadlock about who would attend the London conference from BCCI had started after N Srinivasan took an adamant stand on attending the meeting which put Jagmohan Dalmiya on the backfoot.
The All England Club released the seedings on Wednesday for this year's championships, with the top five in the ATP rankings where Djokovic is leading the No. 1 positon, followed by Murray, Federer, David Ferrer and Nadal.
The top court agreed to give an urgent hearing to a PIL on the issue of US National Security Agency snooping on Internet data from India and seeking to initiate action against Internet companies for allowing the agency to access the information.
Karzai's office issued a statement on Wednesday saying that his High Peace Council would neither attend nor participate in the talks until the process is completely in the hands of Afghans.
