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Left calls 12-hour strike on September 20

Protesting against the UPA-II government’s decision to hike diesel price, allow FDI in retail and put a restriction on subsidised LPG cylinders, the Left Front has called a 12-hour general strike acro

Suresh a star in making

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The marathon and the 50km walk may be the most gruelling events in athletics, but nothing is more taxing technically than the 110m hurdles.

Those who wish to master the event must negotiate 10 hurdl

Nalgonda MLA’s kin murdered

D. Madhava Reddy, a relative of Nalgonda MLA Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, was stabbed to death in Nalgonda town early on Sunday morning. The police suspect that a land dispute between the deceased and h

Missile shield faces a test

While talk of India developing a ballistic missile defence system or a Ballistic Missile Shield have been doing the rounds since 1997 or so, it was only recently that the top brass of Defence Research

Mettur dam shutters to open Monday

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The Mettur reservoir will be opened on Monday to facilitate agricultural operations in the Delta region.

The water, which would irrigate about 4.8 hectares in Tiruchi and Thanjavur districts, will be

Ailing athletes

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Paradoxical could be the right adjective to mark the State government’s policy towards Athletics.

When the sports minister moots high-end plans to train athletes abroad and woo famed foreign coaches

Minister’s son claims he is owed Rs 2cr

Minister for Warehousing and Marketing Mukesh Goud’s son Vikram Goud, who is facing a case of kidnapping said that it was Sambasiva Rao who owed Rs 2 crore to him and others. Vikram Goud said, ”Sambas

Musi river stinks despite fund flow

While turning a blind eye to the increasing number of encroachments along the Musi river bed, the GHMC has prepared grand plans to seek Rs 752 crore funding from the Centre for the river front devel

Tremors at Shengottai fuel anti-KKNPP protests

The mild tremors experienced twice on Sunday in Shengottai at the foothills of the Western Ghats located around 125 km from Kudankulam in Tirunelveli district further fuelled the anti-KKNPP agitation.

UK citizen can meet son in Kollam, HC rules

Giving a breather to a UK-based ad film director who is in Kochi for the last four years, the Kerala high court on Monday permitted him to spend an hour with his one-year-old son who is detained by hi

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.