Ezhuthachan award for Attoor
Noted poet Attoor Ravi Varma has been selected for the highest literary prize instituted by the Kerala government, the Ezhuthachan Award, for his contributions to Malayalam literature.
The award was
Sewage water swamps church
The compound of the Holy Trinity Church, Begumpet, is inundated with drainage water since the last four days making it difficult for parishioners to attend chu-rch services. Church members say they ha
Costly drugs to get affordable
The Centre on Thursday approved the long-awaited National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy (NPPA), which intends to keep the prices of 348 essential drugs under control and thus reduce prices.
“The Nati
SMK looks to Delhi for suitable role
Contrary to reports that he would steer the party to power in the next elections, former external affairs minister S.M. Krishna may not volunatarily make any move to gear up the cadre in the state unl
2013 holiday list
The state government on Thursday released the list of holidays — in the general category and those declared under the Nego-tiable Instruments Act.
While there are 17 holidays under the NI Act, the go
Techie forges PM’s sign, held
The CBI has arrested a B.Tech student from the city on Wednesday for allegedly forging the signature of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to secure a PG seat in Lucknow University.
The accused identified
Differently-abled artists feted
It was an unusual Diwali at the International Container Transshipment Terminal in Vallarpadam this time. Instead of the regular fun, DP World operators at the terminal decided to promote physically
Sreeramulu cozies up to SMK for poll pact
With the ruling and opposition parties preparing feverishly for the coming assembly elections, political circles are abuzz over reports that the Reddy mine baron backed BSR Congress’ party founder B.
Sunny conferred top award
VVS Laxman, who retired from international cricket three months ago, was emotional in his speech after being felicitated during the annual BCCI Awards on Wednesday.
“I played for 16 years India and i
BU’s shame:court ‘fails’ registrar
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday struck down the appointment of controversial academic B.C. Mylarappa aka Chickkamelurappa as Registrar of Bangalore University.
A bench, headed by Justice N. Ku