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
Thousands feared dead in flood-hit Uttarakhand
Amid fears of thousands left dead in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand, relief and rescue operations were intensified today with eight additional IAF choppers pressed into service to evacuate stranded people in Kedarnath which has suffered massive damage in flash floods and cloudbursts.
According to the Child Helpline, there is little or no data about girl child labour as very little complaints are registered.
BBMP Commissioner Lakshminarayana pointed out that the city’s footpaths have been largely encroached upon by traders to display their wares.
University officials are in the dock once again, with a woman complaining to Governor ESL Narasimhan that she was denied Assistant Professor post in preference for a less deserving candidate.
Once the new permits are issued, autos without city permits will be banned from operating, permits of autos that cannot be identified will be cancelled.
The 24-member NDRF delegation team visited villages in Valiathura and Panathura, which were badly affected by coastal erosion and suggested immediate relief measures for displaced families.
Chief Minister is set to inaugurate 31 fair price shops on Thursday to sell vegetables at reduced rates.
Chief Minister said that the LDF tactic to stall the Assembly proceedings by raising what he claimed were unnecessary allegations in the scam was against democratic norms.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will announce many proposals related to the Cooperative Department that would benefit the farming community, said Cooperation Minister H S Mahadeva Prasad.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said that the idea behind splitting the SC/ST commission into two independent commissions was to reach benefits to all the sub-castes of SCs and STS effectively.
The move will reduce the need for imports, thus, containing the current account deficit that is hounding the fiscal situation in the country and also serve the needs of gold resources for the jewellery industry.
On stage
Television
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said Wednesday that Sri Lanka were a dangerous side and it was not possible to focus only on their two frontline batsmen " Mahela Jayawardene or a Kumar Sangakkara" during the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy slated for Thursday.
World champion Viswanthan Anand's poor run continued as he suffered his second straight loss, succumbing to American Hikaru Nakamura in the sixth round of the Tal Memorial Chess Tournament.
As the Yamuna water level crossed the danger level on Tuesday, the state government has evacuated as many as 5,000 people and rescued 400, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said.
US President Barack Obama, currently on an official visit to Berlin, Wednesday proposed plans for America and Russia to further cut their strategic nuclear warheads.
