Famous the world over as a tourists` paradise, the nearby Kovalam Beach town has been hit by rampant incidents of sexual and physical abuse of children in the 12-18 age group, a study has said. Nearly half of the 705 children interv
The Meghalaya cabinet has approved the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to be signed with the state-run North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) for executing two power projects in Meghalaya. The MoA for a 500 MW therm
Government is planning to provide education loans at four per cent interest rate to help students from weaker sections of society to pursue higher studies. Discussions are on between the HRD ministry and the Planning Commission on t
All the veggie freaks, who dislike spending hours bargaining and looking for fresh greens in the mandi, have a reason to smile, as J K Agro Industries today started a mobile vegetable outlet for door-to-door supply. The endeavour is meant
Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to appoint 8000 youths as volunteers to work at places of public importance, including clearance of famous Dal lake and traffic duties, minister for youth affairs and sports R S Chib said today.
Inflation cooled to 9.59 per cent in April, although prices of a number of food items and non-food items such as metals rose. The fall is partly due to a high base effect - which means the inflation numbers in the year-ago period ha
Maharashtra minister for social justice, Shivajirao Moghe has drawn the attention of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi towards ban imposed on export of cotton and subsequent losses to the tune of few hundred crores. He has urged the Congress pr
People with more than Rs 10 lakh annual income may not get the tax relief originally proposed in the Direct Taxes Code, as the Finance Ministry is for tweaking slabs across the board to offset concessions elsewhere. Under the first draft o
The controversial nuclear liability bill has been referred to the Parliamentary standing committee on science and technology, environment and forests for examination, amid expectation that it would come up in the monsoon session of Parliament.
Former Karnataka minister H Halappa, who has been hospitalised in Shimoga since his arrest on rape charge, was today shifted to a state-run hospital here for further treatment. Halappa was admitted to Victorial Hospital here after a medica
Demanding resignation of Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik following a stay order by the union environment ministry on clearance for Vedanta university, the BJP today said the entire project area near Puri should be declared ecologically sensit
Tamil actor Kushboo has joined M Karunanidhi`s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) contrary to popular speculation of her choosing to allign with the Congress. Hours after her joining, word is doing rounds that she could also get the party`s b
India has tied up with Japan for a technology to be used in preventing soil erosion in rivers and other water bodies, union minister of state for water resources Vincent H Pala has said. The modern technique known as `Fabrifoam` will help
The Uttar Pradesh government has in-principle decided to set up a 2,000 mega watt thermal power project in Bargarh region of the state, official sources said here today. "A proposal to this effect was discussed during a meeting of the
Andhra Pradesh governor E.S.L. Narasimhan has earned the odium of citizen groups for saying that the Right to Information Act has become a tool in the hands of some people with “vested interests” for blackmailing those in the governmen
Suddenly there is no cricketer worth being reviled than Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Here are some morning headlines, hours after the national calamity (of the T20 World Cup exit): AajTak: Mahi ne machayi tabaahi; Kis kaam ke
The entire process related to the Comonwealth Games has been marred with secrecy and unavailability of information. India’s decision to bid for the games was not discussed in the parliament. From the time of the bid to the to the allocation
In a reprieve to Jayalalithaa, a Commission of Inquiry has cleared the AIADMK chief of land grab charges but indicted relatives of her close aide Sasikala for "glaring abuse of power" to obtain a title deed. "As there
A tourism master plan for North-East is being prepared by ministry of development of North Eastern region (DoNER) which will study in depth the vast tourism potential of the region which needs to be developed. "As envisaged in
In a boost to the candidates with Marathi-medium schooling, the Bombay High Court has recommended that candidates appearing for examination for judge`s post be allowed to write their papers in Marathi. Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan,
