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Speeding car hits 5 at bus shelter in Egmore

Injured include three children of a family and two workers; police nab driver »

At sunrise today, pongal in Amma canteens

Estranged wife may be behind robbery: police

Healthy eating takes centrestage

Court directs State to approve liver transplant on Goan man

We will never align with Dravidian parties: Anbumani

HC directs State to file response

Jayalalithaa warns of labour unrest in NLC

A transplant that won a Pakistani heart

‘No man’s land’ turns into a garbage dump

Mounds of garbage have been piling up at the junction of Bore Bank Road and Harris Road in Benson Town over the last few days, causing concern among residents. Residents blame the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) garbage contractors for the mess. » 1 comment

BBMP computer operators call off strike

Roads turn pools as city gets 36 mm rain in two hours

‘Gender disparity in access to ICT a global phenomenon’

Water supply resumes in Bangalore

Flying HIGH

Star fruit: Bursting with vitamins

When the music is over…

Bride-to-be found murdered

Less-heard voices get a platform

Kochi

The Vasco da Gama memorial at Kappad
near Kozhikode. — File Photo

Vasco da Gama set foot at Koyilandy not Kappad, says historian

“Vasco-da-Gama landed here, Kappkadavu, in the year 1498,” says an inscription at the Vasco-da-Gama memorial at Kappad beach near Kozhikode. Schoolchildren in the State are taught the same through... »

CPI(M)’s sincerity in taking up violations by mall questioned

Cricket buffs still swarm Sreesanth’s sports store

Top cops in the line of fire

Political representation of Ezhavas in focus

Thiruvananthapuram

BACK TO BUSTLE: The Vallakkadavu boathouse, untouched since its renovation four years ago, could be turned into a biodiversity museum. Photo: Kaavya Pradeep Kumar

A feel of the Ghats at boathouse

Better days await the Vallakkadavu boathouse that has been lying abandoned since an extensive renovation four years ago, if the plans of the Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) work out. »

Hunt on for water sources

Sharp edge to ‘blade’ raids

Chandy: State committed to protecting nature

Mani rejects George’s stance on Ganesh's return

Coimbatore

Mayor S.M. Velusamy, launches the facility to make available online birth and death certificates at the Corporation office on Wednesday. Also seen are Commissioner G. Latha and Deputy Commissioner S. Sivarasu, are in the picture. Photo: S.Siva Saravanan

Birth, death certificates at the click of a button

Records between 1981 and 2011 available online » 1 comment

Seminar on building rules and safety norms

Handing over of Regional Science Centre postponed

Fine Future promoters arrested

Students suggest mono rail to decongest Kovai

Tiruchirapalli

Residents walk along the Ambikapuram Road on Wednesday with their noses covered in the face of smog in Tiruchi’s Ariyamangalam where a fire scorched the garbage dump. Photo: A. Muralitharan

Smoke screen over a burning problem

Thousands of residents in Ariyamangalam area endured a torrid time since Tuesday afternoon as smoke billowing from the smouldering embers of the Tiruchirapalli City Corporation garbage dump enveloped their colonies. »

Eco-friendly napkin incinerators given to 25 schools and colleges

Civic body asks government departments to pay up

Additional water tankers sought to tide over water crisis

New economic policies blamed for plight of HPF

Government intervenes

Villagers divided over paper board factory

Integrated boards of studies mooted for all universities

Encourage drip irrigation scheme, Ariyalur officials told

TNSTC plays saviour for the impulsive tourists

Delhi

I have stopped watching IPL: Neeraj Kumar

Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar is a distinguished officer, having cracked some high profile cases in his long career, including the 2000 match fixing scandal. A cricket lover, he spoke to Vijay Lokapally of The Hindu on Delhi Police’s success in exposing the spot-fixing scam in the Indian Premier League. » 3 comments

Green Tribunal sounds alert over damage to Dadri wetlands

Heat wave set to intensify

10-year jail term for rape

Jessica Lal case: perjury charge slapped on actor, ballistic expert

Hyderabad

With summer at its peak, most people preferred to remain indoors. Seen here is the deserted area around the Cyber Towers in Hi-tec City. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf

Another scorcher; Hyderabad reels at 43.4ºC

Thursday turned out to be yet another scorcher for the citizens with the mercury touching 43.4 degree Celsius -- little solace from Wednesday’s 43.9 degree Celsius.The minimum temperature w... »

90 days on, no succour yet

Patient languishing on Osmania General Hospital floor for 3 days

Shocking bills leave power users poorer

Now, surprise checks shock tipsy motorists

Madurai

Christodas Gandhi, former secretary, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, releasing a booklet in the city on Wednesday. The first copy was received by Thol.Thirumavalavan, President, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi. Photo: R. Ashok

‘Education will free fetters of slavery’

Education is the only powerful tool that would free the fetters of slavery, both at a physical and spiritual level and none but B.R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution exemp... »

Vigilance Section in Corporation under ‘lock and key’

Police prioritise cases for speedier investigation

Mangalore

Mangalore's Forest Department nurseries to offer saplings

40 varieties of saplings available at Forest nurseries »

Central market remodelling not any soon

Healthcare schemes dragging in the grassroots

Air crash victims’ families keen on a memorial

Madhusudhan Kushe dead

Vijayawada

PNBS to come under surveillance

The APSRTC has embarked on a safety plan which includes bringing every nook and cranny of the sprawling bus shelter under the purview of surveillance cameras. »