Legislators’ China trip remains in limbo
While the Chief Minister of neighbouring Karnataka has cancelled a foreign tour of state legislators in the face of severe public criticism, a similar “study tour” to China for Andhra Pradesh legislat
Big ticket investments from PSUs
As the state flags off the Emerging Kerala meet here on Wednesday that draws 2,500 delegates from 52 countries to help chart the state’s development agenda, investments running into a few thousand cro
Trivedi hailed as Mangal Pandey of Independence
‘We are with you’ and ‘Release Aseem Trivedi’ were the buzzwords on the Internet social media networks in response to the arrest of political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi for his cartoons against corrupti
Colleges plan not to let task force in
A majority of the 585 engineering colleges that are to be inspected by task force teams constituted by the state government, decided to boycott the inspection on Monday. The college managements have r
Wanted: An acceptable BJP chief
With unlikely names like those of industries minister Murugesh Nirani cropping up for the post of BJP state president, party bigwigs have realised that the task of choosing someone acceptable to all i
Saudi team to meet singh on Islamic banking
Jeddah-based Indian Forum for Interest-Free Banking is to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seeking changes in the existing law, so as to allow functioning of Islamic banks and financial institution
Taxi drivers clash at city airport
Tension prevailed at Chennai airport on Sunday night after two groups of taxi drivers came to blows following allegations that call taxi drivers were “hijacking” customers meant for pre-paid taxi driv
Parents struggle to recover donations
The fate of hundreds of students who “bought” seats by paying lakhs of rupees as donations under the management quota in top engineering colleges hangs in the balance. The managements are refusing to
Gowda and sons troubling me too much, says BSY
Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa hit back at state Janata Dal (S) chief H D Kumaraswamy, saying he would expose “misdeeds” of the former chief minister during next year’s elections to the Legisla
Entrance to home blocked by railways
A family residing adjacent to the Atlantis level crossing has been literally trapped after rail authorities blocked their only entrance with iron railings to rectify a “security threat” – direct acces