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A challenge to inspire school students!
CHENNAI: The Design for Change school challenge will be reaching out to 60,000 schools in India this year to inspire students to t..
Two die in road accidents
BERHAMPUR: Two persons, including a school student, died and four others were injured in accidents in Ganjam district on Mon..
Annas victory is a victory of the people
TIRUPATI: Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu emphasised the need for active participation of youth to eradicate corruption..
Eid fever: Bangles, henna sell like hot cakes
Stalls selling jewellery and henna are doing roaring business these days, as these two items are most popular with girls, who thro..
Tissue cultured sandalwood soon
BANGALORE: Procuring sandalwood plants will no longer be a problem in the state now, as the city-based Institute of Wood Science a..
Samsung unveils three bada OS smartphones
Samsung unveiled Wave 3 with a 4-inch screen and a 5 MP camera, as well as cheaper Wave M and Wave Y.
Need to sign CTBT as matter of priority: Ban
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said we need progress in achieving a world free of both nuclear tests and weapons.
Allegations against Amway baseless
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: William S Pinckney, MD and CEO of Amway, India, here on Monday said that the allegations raised by people who ..
Man infected with H1N1 dies in city
BANGALORE: 41-year-old Muniappa, an agriculturalist from Bagalgunte succumbed to H1N1 at Columbia Asia Hospital, Yeshwantpur, on S..
Hepatitis cases going up: Lab reports
KOCHI: Even while the authorities try to pass off the Hepatitis-A outbreak as an incident occurred out of using contaminated liquo..
Irrigation officials defend SRSP water release
HYDERABAD: Irrigation department officials told chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Monday that they had followed directions of ..
Fine-tuning study strategy
BANGALORE: Pearson Education, an education and training service provider conducted one of Bangalores largest CET events at the St..
2 officials held with Rs. 1 crore assets each
HYDERABAD: Two officials, one working with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and the other at the AP Legislative ..
Media played Opposition role: Mayor
CHENNAI: Hailing the media, both electronic and print, Mayor M Subramanian on Monday said it played the role of the opposition par..
Government to re-lay 5,000 km of roads
CHENNAI: The State government has earmarked Rs 977 crore for relaying roads in various parts to a stretch of 5,000 km, Highways Mi..
Care restricted to just pricking babies
Maternity home in Srirampuram that was giving free ante and postnatal care only conducts immunization programmes now...