Hydel power gets a boost
Providing some respite to the power-starved state, the water levels at hydel reserves have improved considerably this month giving a boost to power generation from hydel sources. Water storage levels
All India bank strike on Aug 22 and 23
Over 10 lakh bank employees and officers have decided to strike on August 22 and 23 against the government policy to privatise the public sector banks.
The United Forum of Bank Unions and its 10 lakh
Arundhati Roy slams Indian capitalism, takes dig at Team-A
Capitalists control the world. However, irrespective of what the ideology we followed, we should not support the form of capitalism prevailing in India, which “is worse than that in the West,” writer
No air spectacle at Mysore Dasara
The famous Mysore Dasara will lose one of its major attractions — the Dasara Air Show — with the defence ministry refusing to hold air shows anywhere in India during festivities and private engagement
State to usher in white revolution
Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Sunday gave away incentives to the tune of Rs26.74 crore to 2,02,173 milk producers of the Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union in various districts for generating addit
Brahmani wants time or will give up I.T. Park land
Brahmani Infratech has offered to surrender 250 acres of land that it had acquired from the government to set up an IT Special Economic Zone.
The company, in which the Navabharat Group holds a major
Siddu: Will I be 3rd time lucky?
Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday made no secret of his ambition, stating that despite missing the Chief Minister’s post by a whisker twice in the past, he was hopeful he would
Eelam dream not too far: MK
DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Sunday said he would seek to achieve his dream of Tamil Eelam with the help of like-minded parties in the future and his immediate ‘priority was to provide first
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State fixes common fee at Rs 35,000 for two years
The state government on Sunday fixed the common fee for engineering courses at Rs 35,000 per annum, an increase of Rs 4,000, and categorically stated that it would not go beyond that. There will be no
Drought occurs every 2.5 years: ICAR report
In a finding that could help predict drought, farm scientists have noticed that deficit rainfall and drought follow a chronological pattern, repeating every 2.5 years in Telangana and Rayalaseema, and