Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), the French financial institution, has expressed its willingness to provide a loan of up to 130 million Euros (over Rs 1,000 crore) for the Metro project. But the agency will give a final commitment only by the end of Dece...
A human trafficking ring in Jammu and Kashmir has been busted by the police. The plight of these children, who were sold for pittance and were forced to work under inhuman conditions in a brick kiln, came out after one of them managed to escape and alert the p...
The CAG report released in the Assembly showed many loopholes in the state government's budgeting process and financial management. It did praise the state for achieving fiscal reform targets. But the CAG was critical of the government's spending on social sec...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy asked the Opposition not accept the CAG report as some sort of Geetha, Bible or Quran. This statement was discussed in the Assembly today with Left leader Julakanti Ranga Reddy saying that the government is opposed to reports t...
To help people cope with the scorching sun, DMDK headquarters at Koyembedu opens a water pandal. Watermelons, buttermilk, cool drinks and rosemilk were distributed among the people.
MPs, who belong to various political parties, have agreed to work together for the development of the state. Earlier, MPs from the ruling party and Opposition had met Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal separately. MPs who belong to the Left front had also cre...
The Question Hour in the Kerala Assembly continues with ministers answering questions from the members of the Assembly on various aspects of administration. Minister for Public Works, VK Ebrahim Kunju, answers queries from the members regarding .
Metroman E Sreedharan has said using mono piles will not be feasible for the Kochi Metro project. According to Sreedharan, the beams for the elevated corridor will need more space in Kochi. If mono piles are used, the pillars will become too high for the track...
Directed by VK Prakash, 'Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla' features Fahad Fazil in a dual role. One of the characters that he essays is that of Preman, a writer and village lad who earns the nickname 'Natholi'. Prabha Thomas, played by Kamalinee Mukherjee, enters ...
In an interview given to Saamna, the Shiv Sena mouthpiece, Uddhav Thackeray has hinted at a possible alliance with cousin Raj Thackeray. In the interview, the new Shiv Sena president says the Marathi vote cannot be split, and Raj and he will have to sit togeth...
More than a month after NHAI consultant Thomas Paul was found dead in his apartment in Coimbatore, his autopsy report confirms he was murdered. Although the police is yet to establish any motive and doesn't have any suspects, his family alleges that his death ...
Whoever said hard work doesn't pay, will have to take back his words. Prema Jayakumar, an auto rickshaw driver's daughter topped the All India CA exams proving that there is no substitute for hard work. Prema's brother also cleared the CA exams making the occa...
In an attempt to curb crimes against women in the state, the Uttarakhand government has prohibited women from working beyond 6 PM. The government has come under fire for such a regressive directive. The Opposition and women in the state have slammed the govern...
In memory of her deceased brother, actress Bindu Madhavi adopts ten children and inaugurates the Vidya Sagar Memorial Trust. The actress has vowed to provide financial aid to the children and help them get a decent education. She lost her brother Sagar to a he...
Chief General Manager of CMRL, V Somasundaram, announces that an investigation has been ordered to probe the death of a construction worker. A 22-year-old construction worker and three others were injured during the construction of the Chennai Metro Rail near ...
A 22-year-old construction worker and three others were injured during the construction of the Chennai Metro Rail near St Thomas Mount. The accident occurred when a launching girder crashed during the work. The three injured are out of danger and are being tre...
Primary education in India, nowadays, is hit by regular news reports of corporal punishment and sub-standard teaching. But here's a man who is on a crusade to bring about the change that is required in teachers themselves. Meet Aditya Natraj of Kaiwalya Educat...
The angry commuters in Mumbai beat up the station master and the workers as the trains continue to be delayed for the 5th day in a row. The railway officials have said that the reason behind the delay in the Central line is because of the maintenance work that...
Across the world every city tried to outdo the other in terms of grand display while bringing in the new year. This video is of the splendid fireworks at Dubai's Burj Khalifa towers, watched by thousands of people who thronged the area below the iconic buildin...
The battle for transparency has long been a struggle for Wikileaks with ongoing investigation in the US and a lock on donations by credit card companies. However, spokesperson for the whistle-blowing website Kristinn Hrafnsson also clarified that the fight wil...
The man on the frontline of the information war, Wikileaks editor Julian Assange delivered his Christmas address from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he's been granted political asylum for over six months. The 41-year-old addressed the p...
As Julian Assange remains within the confines of Equador's diplomatic commision in London, Washington continues its persecution of the whistleblower. Wikileaks spokesperson Kritinn Hrafnsson claims that the organisation is aware of the investigation and the se...
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is set to address the globe in a Christmas speech sometime today. Despite being holed up in a Equadorian embassy in London for six months, Julian Assange has not been idle. He hasn't let up on his Wikileaks work and has even pu...
Despite being holed up in a Equadorian embassy in London for six months, Julian Assange has not been idle. He hasn't let up on his Wikileaks work and has even published a book. The whistleblower will announce his plans for 2013 shortly as he prepares to delive...
Russia’s state-owned gas major Gazprom and its partners are beginning construction of the 16 billion dollar South Stream pipeline that will run under the Black Sea to Europe and rival the Nabucco project. The symbolic first welding of the pipeline took place...
Ajay Dubey, whose petition in the Supreme Court led to the ban on tourism in important tiger reserves, has won SR Jindal Prize for social work the year 2012. He was given the award at Taj hotel in Mumbai on Wednesday. The award carries Rs 25 lakhs cash, and is...
The Sitharam Jindal prize for outstanding work in various fields was announced in the national capital on Monday. The felicitation ceremony gave away a total amount of eight crore rupees to organisations and individuals who worked selflessly and tirelessly for...
Lord Leveson presents a 2000-page report about how the press regulations should change in the UK. It recommends an independent watchdog but the government is yet to respond to this. Two separate responses are expected on this report.
The metro rail is slowly taking shape in the city of Chennai and will be completed by September next year. More than 80% of the work is complete and the rail system will be fully functional within next year. The project has been causing serpentine traffic line...
Bullets rained down on KBR Halliburton's former truck drivers Bill Peterson and Ed Sanchez, and they heard screams for help as their convoy was attacked. 'Iraq for sale: The War Profiteers' is a documentary film about the major contractors who struck a deal wi...
A UKG student was beaten by his Principal for allegedly not paying attention in his class and not doing his homework. Mohammed Ghouse told his mother he did not want to go to school as his teachers beat him up regularly. Hyderabad's Sanathnagar police have reg...
Olga Sorokina is a successful Russian woman who runs a consulting company. She is also the mother of eight children. Most of the staff working for her are women and she believes women work better after having children. She takes her staff abroad twice a year. ...
Barack Obama shares an emotional moment as he thanks his campaign team for the work they put in his re-election campaign. Obama was addressing the team at his campaign headquarters in Chicago, a day after he won the election.
The sanitation and cleaning works at Sabarimala and Pumpa has been kick started. Around 3000 volunteers from the Mata Amritananthamayi Mat and the Ayyappa Seva Sangham will participate in the sanitation works. The police have tightened the security at Sabarima...
After the meeting with the CEO of Kingfisher airlines, where a discussion about convincing the employees to agree to the management's offer was done, the employees have ended the strike and have resumed work. The airlines' main focus is to convince the aviatio...
Following the allegations of corruption made by cop-turned-activist YP Singh, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has come out defending himself and even BJP president Nitin Gadkari. Sharad Pawar has said that whoever is working for the cause of the farmer...
The killing of the US embassy official in Yemen was thoroughly discussed at a US Congressional hearing, which concluded that the security at the mission was highly inadequate. Retired CIA officer Ray McGovern said that while Congressmen look to guard the US mi...
A security official at the US embassy in Yemen, who also coordinated anti-terror work with Yemeni authorities, has been shot dead. Washington is emphasizing the increasing lack of scrutiny and security in the region. The security official was on his way to wor...
The attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, which killed the US ambassador, was a planned and organised terror attack. This was the bottom line of the US Congress discussion on consulate attack. Washington is emphasizing the increasing lack of scrutiny and sec...
Bollywood's greatest icon, Amitabh Bachchan, celebrates his 70th birthday today. To celebrate the occasion, the Bachchan family hosted a lavish party in Mumbai, where the who's who from the film, design and glamour world were present to celebrate the day with ...
The Tamil Nadu government has started repair works and maintenance work on the Mullaperiyar Dam. The representatives of the high power committee appointed by the Supreme Court has visited the dam to analyse the progress of the work. The Tamil Nadu government h...
Chhattisgarh's anti-corruption bureau raided the house of an engineer of the state PWD and seized cash of over Rs 5 crores from his house. The accused JS Jabbal was an engineer with the Mukhyamantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
The face-lift given to Hyderabad to showcase the city for the world during the UN Conference on bio-diversity has seen a dramatic change in the city's landscape. But unfortunately the involvement, and awareness, of the people of Hyderabad in this major UN conf...
Despite the abundance of rainfall across the state and over Hyderabad, the lack of it over the catchments of the city's two major resorvoirs--Osmansagar and Himayathsagar--has resulted in low storage levels in the two dams. Now the metro water supply is making...
Thom Hartman dissects Mitt Romney's controversial 47 percent comment and calls it demeaning to the Americans. Joining him to discuss this is The Daily Caller's Senior Online Editor, Vince Coglianese. Bill Fletcher Jr from the American Federation of Govt Employ...
After a sixteen-day ordeal, over a 1,000 Indians have been released from Kuwaiti captivity. Kuwait's decision to arrest over 1,500 Indians for allegedly violating work visa norms had led to protests in India. Facing heat in the media, the MEA took up the matte...
That Hyderabad has always been short of drinking water has been known for more than a decade. Most apartments built on the outskirts almost exclusively depend on supply from water tankers. And hence the state government has come out with proposals to privatise...
The Union Women and Child Development Ministry is readying a proposal that calls for every man to set aside a portion of his salary for his wife. The man will be required to deposit the money in a bank account in his wife's name. Once discussed, this proposal ...
Every Diwali, thousands of workers mix chemicals, roll and stick paper, pack crackers, that are then sent across to all parts of the country. This is Sivakasi, the hub of cracker manufacturing in India. The units here attract large number of migrant labourers ...
Hyderbad is getting water from Alimneti Madhav Reddy project, water that is lifted from the Krishna, but was originally meant to supply water for the fluoride-affected people of Nalgonda district. Hyderabad's water works was given the option since the ayacut f...
Once viewed as a respite from the sweltering Delhi heat, the rains were a welcome sight. However, when it rains, it pours in New Delhi. Commuters have now voiced their fears of wading through highly waterlogged areas on their way to work, college or school. Mo...
Maruti Suzuki's factory at Manesar in Haryana opens in a limited way, with just 300 workers, and timings from 8am to 4.30 pm. The presence of police and Maruti's own security personnel has been beefed up across the factory premises. Maruti Suzuki had dismisse...
It might have a woman Chief Minister heading the state, but Mamata Bannerjee's West Bengal is increasingly becoming one of the most unsafe places for women in India. The mother of a 4-year-old child was gang raped in Kolkata when she was returning from work. T...
MD and CEO of IDFC, Rajiv Lal justifies the impressive numbers in the first quarter, claiming that it was just hard work and a low profile that helped them rise above the set targets. He says that April-June net profit rose 21 percent to 3.8 billion rupees fro...
An Uttar Pradesh minister suggests officials can steal a little, but adds a rider that they need to work hard for the development of the state. Shivapal Singh Yadav's suggestion came at a meeting he was having his public works department officials. Shivpal Yad...
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare comes out of the Maharashtra Sadan to announce the disbanding of Team Anna. The social activist believes that the work of Team Anna has been completed and with its purpose fulfilled, does not need to continue anymore. The a...
Calling it the next logical step in the interest of the nation, the core committee of Team Anna backs the social activist's decision to disband the team. Prashant Bhushan agrees with Anna Hazare's decision, saying that the Team should look to move forward havi...
Social activist Anna Hazare disbands Team Anna merely days after a decision was made to form a political party. The anti-corruption crusader claims that the Team was formed only for the purpose of the Jan Lokpal Bill, and with that purpose achieved the team sh...
Shooter from Himachal Pradesh, Vijay Kumar, has won a silver medal in the men's 25 metre rapid fire at the London Olympics 2012. Anjali Bhagwat, former shooter, recounts the hard training and strict regimen that was part of Vijay Kumar's life. It is revelation...
India fails to bring back two of its citizens who have been trapped in Saudi Arabia for over three months. Despite a written letter from Ministry of Overseas Affairs to the Indian Embassy in Riyadh, no action has been to secure their release. Muniaswamy and Ja...
This story is about Mary Kom, her achievements, her hopes and aspirations, her daily schedule, hard work and her diet too! Learn how you can get ship shape for a boxing bout.
In the Marathalli area of Bangalore, where large number of IT professionals from Andhra Pradesh work and stay, there is rampant use of child labour in the various Andhra messes here. These children have been brought from Andhra Pradesh and do menial work and ...
Here's an incident that has left the national capital red-faced. The Delhi Police rescues 30 minors, who were employed as child labourers in a bag factory in the capital. The operations were briefly halted by violence, when agitated factory workers launched an...
Manoj Gholpade, a three-year old boy in Ahmednagar, falls into a 250-feet deep open borewell while playing. Fortunately, the boy survives as he gets stuck in the mud 20 feet inside the borewell. His friends run and call for help, which arrives in a timely mann...
Four flights have been cancelled after a section of pilots of the near-bankrupt Kingfisher Airlines called for strike over the non-payment of salaries. The pilots have claimed that they haven't been paid their dues for the past five months. Over two hundred pi...
The Maharashtra government, in a symbolic gesture, is ready to open Mantralaya, the seat of the government, three days after the fire. Work will resume from today. But no visitors will be allowed as of now. CM and Dy CM will shift to the three lower flowers u...
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh finally comes down heavily on Air India pilots, and says that sacked pilots will not be reinstated and that pilots on strike will not be paid salaries.
Even as Air India's losses mount to 350 crores, the Aviation Ministry hints that the Air India strike will finally drawing to a close today, after the aviation minister reached a verbal agreement with Indian Pilots Guild.
As the stalemate between the Air India management and the Pilots' Guild continues, the losses for the airline are estimated at around Rs 150 crore in the last eight days.
With the Government stoutly refusing to negotiate with the striking pilots unless they return to work, there seems to be no end to the Air India crisis.
With the Government stoutly refusing to negotiate with the striking pilots unless they return to work, there seems to be no end to the Air India crisis.
With the talks between the Air India management and the pilots failing to reach a consensus, and several more pilots calling in sick, the crisis deepens for the airline.
The Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh says that if the pilots continue wasting Government money by going on strikes, it would consider shutting down the airlines.
With more than four international flights cancelled and more than 100 pilots on strike, flight schedules in Air India are expected to be severely disrupted.
Taking a tough stance, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi says that those who have harmed the party in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls will be punished.