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Two From Chennai Killed in Car Crash
NAGAPATTINAM: Two persons from Chennai were killed and four others, including two children, sustained injuries as a Chennai-bound car collided with a Velankanni-bound STC bus near Puthur locality in Sirkazhi taluk on Saturday. The injured were ...Adyar: On this side of the bridge
In the 1950s, sisters Ambigai and Uma Nataraja had hopped on to their cycles daily, and made the quick trip from near McRennett Bakery (now Adyar Bakery), where they lived with their parents, to The Besant Theosophical Society High School. Flanked ...6 Critical Things Modi's Budget Did (Or Didn't)
The Modi government's first Union Budget was high on hype and long in duration. We separate the wheat from the chaff Image: Sameer Pawar Minority Politics In the 2014 parliamentary elections, the BJP managed to win only four ...Pilgrim's progress: A pilgrimage is a walk of faith
File Photo of Pilgrims walking in the Amarnath Yatra (Photo: PTI) Hyderabad: One of the most transformative experiences for a spiritual seeker is a walking pilgrimage — a literal walk of faith. People set out on these walks for different ...Two held in Coimbatore for kidnapping minor girl
City Police on Tuesday arrested Simson (28) of Ammankulam on charges of kidnapping and marrying a minor girl. The police also arrested his relative who had allegedly helped him. According to the police, the girl (17), who was studying Plus Two, did ...Geeru Francis Cutinha (82) Jarigekatte, Mundkur
from Stephen Geeru Francis Cutinha (82), husband of Lathicia, father of Hilda/ Charles, Jerald/Veera, Lawrence/Cynthia, Ronald/Premila, Juliana/Stephen, Sylvia/Robert and Ravi Prakash/Juliet.Grandfather of Wilson, Vinet & Wilma, Sharal, Joyce & ...Coastal Security Awareness Campaign held
KOCHI: The Southern Naval Command on Sunday conducted a Coastal Security Awareness Campaign at Njarakkal. The campaign was aimed at creating awareness about threats from sea and the actions to be taken by the coastal population and fishermen towards ...Trio Arrested in Russian Assault Case
NAGAPATTINAM: A day after a Russian tourist was assaulted and robbed by a gang of four armed men near the outskirts of Velankanni, a special police team constituted by the district police department on Saturday managed to secure three persons, said ...Catholics stand by homeless senior citizen
Members of the Bombay Catholic Sabha have decided to meet Commissioner of Police Rakesh Maria regarding the case of Thomas Fernandes (68) who was left homeless after Shakeel Kabral allegedly trespassed his house in December 2013. Kabral, an ...E-visa facility at nine airports to boost tourism
Aiming to give an impetus to the tourism sector, the government on Thursday said that e-visas facility would be introduced at nine Indian airports. In his budget speech, Finance Minister Arun Jailey said, "The facility of Electronic Travel ...Six More Sites Added to TN Heritage List
CHENNAI: Declaring six more places of cultural importance as Heritage Towns, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday granted Rs. 1 crore each to them for infrastructure development. With this the total number of such places in the state has gone up ...Heritage experts look forward to HRIDAY project
Educationists and associations working with the objective of achieving heritage town status for Kancheepuram have welcomed the National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) project, announced in Union Budget on Thursday. The ...Budget revives hope of making Amritsar World Heritage City
AMRITSAR: The desire to make Amritsar's walled city a Unesco World Heritage City seems to have returned after Union finance minister Arun Jaitley brought it under National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojna. "This will not only help ...Jayalalithaa welcome Budget, says it reflects government's seriousness
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday welcomed the Union Budget and said it reflected the seriousness with which the new government has set about the task of addressing the challenges of revival of growth and improving the ...Union Budget 2014: Jayalalithaa says it's a forward looking exercise
CHENNAI: Lauding the Narendra Modi government's first Union Budget as a very responsible and "forward looking exercise," Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday said it would lead to economic revival. In a statement, Jayalalithaa said ...List of new trains announced in new Rail Budget
IndiaToday July 9, 2014| UPDATED13:21 IST Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda has announced 58 new trains, including five new Jansadharan trains, six AC Express trains, 27 Express trains apart from a Bullet Train in the Mumbai-Ahmedabad section. ...West, South India beneficiaries
The West and the South came under the Railways' radar while allotting new trains with more than half of them touching a destination in these parts of the country. In his maiden Railway budget speech, Minister D V Sadananda Gowda announced 58 new trains ...Two premium trains for Tamil Nadu
There was nothing much to cheer about for Tamil Nadu in the Railway Budget. Two premium trains and two regular express trains were the only major announcements for the State in the Budget presented by Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda. The Minister ...Rail Budget | New trains | Passenger-friendly measures | Highlights
NEW DELHI: Proposing to introduce new 58 new trains, Railway Minister on Tuesday said that these will include five Jansadharan Trains, five Premium Trains, six AC express trains, 27 express trains, eight passenger trains, two MEMU services and five ...Railway Budget is all encompassing; Railway raises expectation bar
New Delhi, July 8: It has not been easy for the newly-formed government as it approaches its 100-day threshold. Surely, it is encountering numerous problems that were till now brushed under the carpet by its predecessors, creating an illusion of a ...
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