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
INTERIOR DESIGN
Liven up your living room
Rains continue to play havoc in north India; toll rises to 81
Landslides left scores of tourists and pilgrims stranded in the hill states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh while thousands have been displaced in Uttar Pradesh where several rivers are in spate.
The groundwater table in Chennai has seen a dip of 0.6 metres in the last one year owing to the lack of adequate rain coupled with heavy extraction.
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.
In each ward, three workers will be engaged to carry out fogging and spraying once every week.
CM expresses concern over governments silence; exhorts PM to take up matter of arrests with Lanka, arrange release of 57 from custody.
The Assembly march taken out by the Left youth organisations demanding investigation into the callgate scam turned violent forcing the police to use teargas and water cannons.
Decisions like the cheap rice and waiver of loans announced by Chief Minister in his maiden press conference and the suggestion of cheap liquor has not gone down well with the party brass.
Speaking in the Assembly after the suspension of TRS and BJP members, the Chief Minister said the Congress party is serious about solving the issue and is working on it.
Despite early monsoon rainfall, the distribution companies have resorted to load shedding during the evening peak hours due to shortage of power.
Interviews
The Sri Lankan batsman and former skipper said that his team was desperate to win the ICC semifinals against India, although he acknowledged that the Indian team was playing well and their batting looked strong.
The judge at No 1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing accepted 52-year-old Argentinian's claim that Hot-Blooded Soccer had infringed his image rights by featuring a cartoon of the star and his signature without consent.
Defence Minister A K Antony said that the neighbouring country must initiate strong action against terrorist groups operating from its soil, in order to improve Indo-Pak ties.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan evaded the reports of tear gas being fired into closed spaces or directly at protesters, maintaining that it was police officers' "natural right" to fire tear gas to quell the unrest.
