Corporation yet to tackle waste management issue
The Chennai Corporation remains a sleeping giant with regard to solid waste management, even as more than two crore tonnes of waste is piled up at its major garbage dumping yards.
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BSY plans apolitical forum before splitting with BJP
Former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa who had thrown the gauntlet to the BJP top brass saying he was ready for Assembly polls, is preparing to sever ties with the ruling party by December end and fl
Motilal Street is store’s dumpyard
Residents of Motilal Street in T. Nagar, opposite bustling Ranganathan Street, have been complaining about dumping of debris/textile waste by a renowned textile store, located close to the street, for
Worm rediscovered after half a century
Adding to the bio index of the Deccan plateau ahead of the international conference on biological diversity scheduled to start next week, a team of researchers has rediscovered a tiny nematode worm, a
MLA’s bombshell: Seer offered Rs 1 cr to defect
BJP's Khanapur MLA, Pralhad Remani, claimed on Monday that he had been offered Rs 1 crore by the seer of a Khanapur mutt to switch loyalties to JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister, H.D. Kumaraswam
House ready for diamond jubilee
The historic Fort St George, where the Tamil Nadu Assembly is situated, will be witness to a rare event of the state Assembly celebrating its diamond jubilee on October 29.
A function to mark the occ
Ashwini, star of 110 films, dead
Actor Ashwini, star of more than 110 films, including hits such as Chupulu Kalisina Subhavela and Vivahabhojanambu, passed away in the early hours of Sunday, after suffering from a lung ailment. She w
Parameshwar takes on Lingayat lobby
The ongoing feud between KPCC president G. Parameshwar and Lingayat strongman and KPCC treasurer Shamanur Shivashankarappa has worsened with Dr Parameshwar asking the Davangere MLA to relinquish his p
Schools reschedule practical classes to combat outages
Educational institutions and their students are having a hard time due to the prolonged unscheduled power cuts the state is experiencing once again.
Schools and colleges that now need to depend mo
Discoms force 3-day holiday on industries
Despite clear orders from the AP Electricity Regulatory Commission, the state discoms are not adhering to the continuous 60 per cent power supply rule recently mandated. This has resulted in the indus