Budget dedicated to people, says Mamata
Wednesday - Feb 24, 2010, 10:34am
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the Railway budget, to be presented in Parliament on Wednesday, was dedicated to people.
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Fire at Carlton Towers in Bangalore, 9 feared dead
Tuesday - Feb 23, 2010, 09:56pm
A fire broke out in a high-rise office complex
in Bangalore Tuesday, trapping several people inside.
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Australian envoy assures Badal of safety of Indian students
Tuesday - Feb 23, 2010, 07:09pm
In the wake of alleged racial attacks on Indians in Australia, the envoy of the country today said the safety of international students was the top priority of his government.
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Govt to conduct statistical study on black money
Tuesday - Feb 23, 2010, 07:08pm
The government will conduct a statistical study on the amount of black money in the economy as it is negotiating its tax treaties with countries like Switzerland.
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Fire breaks out at Bangalore's Carlton Towers
Tuesday - Feb 23, 2010, 07:05pm
A fire broke out at the Carlton Towers on Old Airport Road near the Indiranagar Flyover on Tuesday evening at around 4 p.m. creating panic among the people trapped inside the building.
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Police say 60 buried in Indonesian landslide
Tuesday - Feb 23, 2010, 05:05pm
Police say at least 60 tea plantation workers have been buried by a landslide in Indonesia.
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Project to study geological history of Vizag coast
Tuesday - Feb 23, 2010, 04:53pm
The rock formations eerily jutting out into the water along the Vizag coast have a history hidden beneath their surface. A recent project taken up by the Department of Geophysics, Andhra University, aims to throw light on the geological history and assess the depth of the rock formations at the beach stretch up till Bheemunipatnam. The department has procured the latest equipment called Ground Penetrating Radar from the US that measures the depth below the structure up to 40 metres beneath the earth's surface.
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3 dead, 25 injured in bus accident
Tuesday - Feb 23, 2010, 04:47pm
Three passengers were killed and 25 others injured when a bus in which they were traveling plunged into a 20-foot deep roadside pit near here on Tuesday.
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Assembly asks Telangana activists not to resort to suicides
Tuesday - Feb 23, 2010, 04:45pm
The Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Tuesday appealed to students and other Telangana agitators not to resort to extreme steps like suicide as their lives were very valuable.
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China launches strict new Internet controls
Tuesday - Feb 23, 2010, 04:40pm
BEIJING China’s technology ministry moved to tighten controls on Internet use on Tuesday, saying individuals who want to operate Web sites must first meet in person with regulators.
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