Hat-trick of foul jumps
In August 2004, Amritpal Singh who had just a few months ago broken T.C. Yohannan’s 30-year-old national record in long jump was omitted from the Indian team for the Athens Olympics citing poor form.
Rs 643cr plan for Srisailam temple
The Brahmarambha Mallikarjuna Swamy temple at Srisailam in Kurnool district, and the Saraswathi temple at Basar in Adilabad district will both get a massive facelift soon. The state government has app
Fee sop cap draws ire
Another ‘fees row’ has stirred up a storm. This one has to do with the state government’s decision not to bear more than Rs 31,000 per annum as fees for engineering students from economically backwar
Rapid exit taxiway on fast track
In a bid to reduce congestion on the runway and help aircraft take off/land fast, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has begun building a rapid exit way from the airstrip for flights to move to the
Wardens spur mentally challenged inmates to duel, enjoy cruel joke
The fatal assault on the traumatized Bihari youth, Satnam Singh Mann, allegedly by the staff at Peroorkada Mental Health Centre,Thiruvananthapuram exposes gross human rights violations at such centres
Civic projects’ tenders scrutinised
Allegations that contractors in conjunction with government officials have diverted crores of rupees meant for projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission to other projects has
TTD makes faith declaration must
Non-Hindu pilgrims visiting the Tirumala shrine will have to sign a declaration form stating that he or she has faith in Hinduism. The rule, which has been made mandatory by the Tirumala Tirupati Deva
Unhygenic conditions plague Maduvankarai
In the midst of Cholera outbreaks hogging the headlines, residents of Maduvankarai have to live in extremely unhygienic conditions thanks to overflowing sewers.
Not just residents, motorists too hav
Feud exposes Brahmani ‘scam’
The corporate feud between Mantri Developers and Navabharat Group of Industries has exposed the irregularities in the jinxed 250-acre Brahmani IT SEZ near the international airport on the city’s outsk
‘Corporation’s powers not hijacked by state’
Mayor Tony Chammany refuted allegations that external agencies were interfering in the corporation administration.
The mayor said, “All development works carried out by other agencies in the city l