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City at a standstill

As Bengaluru woke up to a BMTC strike on Thursday, 28 year old Akshatha M Rao who had arrived in the city with her six month old baby from Mangalore had a hard time finding transport from the Mysore

Row boils over Montek’s paddy advice for Kerala

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Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia’s call to Kerala to focus more attention on job-creating sectors such as tourism than on giving undue importance to preserving the dwindling

Kitchen waste to compost in a month

Poonam Bir Kasturi is a pioneer in producing compost from kitchen with her simple technology called Daily Dump. She is popularly known as the compost lady for her commitment and dedication to converti

Govt threatens to use ESMA against drivers, conductors

While striking employees brought state transport services to a near halt on Thursday, the state government refused to buckle under pressure and dismissed their demand for a bigger pay hike. It also th

Emerging Kerala: It’s jackpot for health sector

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The healthcare sector is arguably the early gainer at Emerging Kerala, attracting Rs 3,055 crore worth of proposals, including an investment offer by six companies for Rs 2,655 crore and a partnership

UK promises help to Indians at LMU

The British government will assist Indian students at the London Metropolitan University, whose licence to recruit non-UK, non-European students has been revoked, to help transfer to other UK universi

Lawyers, media men clash

The terror suspects arrested by the CCB police were on Thursday remanded to 14 days more in police custody. The accused were produced before the 2nd ACMM court in connection with the alleged assassina

Kochi Metro looking for private players

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The Kochi Metro project, financed mainly by the Union and state governments and with borrowings from the Japan International Cooperation Agency, is also open to private participation, according to pr

‘Ismail died of mental agony’

Saleem, cousin of Md Ismail Hussain, who died on Thursday after he was allegedly beaten and punished by his class teacher, said that the teacher had beaten him and made him do 50 sit-ups. Saleem and o

Desperate city, strike still on

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Some 3.5 million Bengalureans were put to enormous hardship on Thursday as over 90 per cent of the buses remained off the roads, leaving hapless office-goers, schoolchildren and other commuters, and m

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