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Asia's tallest church 'grows taller' through charity
Sep 20, 2011
Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours near here - billed as the tallest church in Asia at 260 ft - has decided to donate 125 sovereigns of gold to marry off 25 underprivileged women from different co... Read More
Karnataka Lokayukta quits over housing plot row
Sep 19, 2011
Facing allegations of violating cooperative housing society laws to own two sites in Bangalore, Karnataka Lokayukta Shivaraj Virupanna Patil quit Monday, becoming the state’s first ombudsman to... Read More
DMK to contest Oct 13 by-poll
Sep 19, 2011
DMK president and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi Monday said the party would contest the Oct 13 by-poll to the state assembly from the Tiruchirapalli West constituency. ... Read More
Work on long-delayed Palakkad coach factory to start Oct 22
Sep 19, 2011
The long-delayed Palakkad Coach factory, cleared by the rail ministry a few years ago, is finally going to materialise with the foundation stone to be laid Oct 22, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi said... Read More
Vayalar tells states to cut tax on jet fuel
Sep 19, 2011
Union Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi Monday urged states across the country to waive extra sales tax on aviation turbine fuel to minimise the impact of the recent price hike on airlines.... Read More
Stop work on Koodankulam n-power project: Jayalalithaa to PM
Sep 19, 2011
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday urged Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh to stop further work on the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) till the fears of villagers are cleared while ... Read More
Kerala temple's riches state assets: CPI-M
Sep 19, 2011
The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday said the treasure found in the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple here is the property of the state and a state-run board, similar to that of the Tirupati ... Read More
Tension as cops clash with students, stop Telangana march
Sep 19, 2011
Students of Hyderabad's Osmania University and Nizam College clashed with police Monday after they were stopped from taking out a march to demand a separate Telangana state. ... Read More
Keralites hapless, angry over yet another shutdown
Sep 19, 2011
Monday saw yet another statewide shutdown in Kerala, India's most literate state, and as usual educational institutions, offices, shops were all closed, leading to widespread discontentment among a cr... Read More
Janardhana Reddy's judicial custody extended
Sep 19, 2011
A special court here Monday extended the judicial custody of former Karnataka minister G. Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law Srinivasa Reddy till Oct 3 in an illegal mining case.... Read More