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
Congress to vote in Nitish government's favour today
While earlier indications were that the grand old party might abstain from voting, the Congress at a late night meeting decided to vote in favour of Nitish.
According to a 2012-13 survey, use of the sleek, handheld gadget by the Chennai’s post-millennial generation is on a steady rise .
The composting machine or the Organic Waste Converter (OWC) which was installed at the Malleswaram market two years back has been lying idle for the past six months.
The OUCET is being conducted to fill post graduate seats in Osmania, Telangana, Mahatma Gandhi and Palamuru universities and the colleges affiliated to them.
The illegal parking on on the Canal Road has become a Herculean task, with four-wheelers parked on either side of the road, topped by heavy showers.
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.
Interviews
South Africa will look to shed their big tournament 'chokers' tag that has haunted them for long as they go into the first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy.
Anand suffered a shock loss to next World Championship challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the fifth round and slipped to the joint seventh spot in the Tal Memorial Tournament.
In a major breakthrough, India and Pakistan have agreed to give access to each other’s agencies to examine relating to the 26/11 attacks.
Many protesting in Brazil's streets hail from the country's growing middle class, which government figures show has ballooned by some 40 million over the past decade amid a commodities-driven economic boom.
