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Chief Minister Edapaddi Palanisami inaugurates infrastructure and civic projects worth 1,800 crore for the northern districts of Tamil Nadu on Saturday (Photo: DC)

Edapaddi K Palanisami launches slew of schemes

Rs 1,486 crore worth infra and civic projects inaugurated.

5 March 2017 6:15 AM IST

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. (Photo: PTI)

Naveen Patnaik mellows down after panchayat elections

Odisha chief minister Naveen Panaik seems to have mellowed down a little to win back the people's love for him and his...

5 March 2017 6:09 AM IST

In another jolt to CPI (Maoist) in Vizag region, eight Maoist Militia Members of Galikonda area committee of the outfit, surrendered before Deputy Superintendent of Police (Chintapalle) Anil Pulapati at GK Veedhi in Vizag Agency on Saturday. (Representational image)

8 Maoist militia members surrender in Visakhapatnam

The DSP said that the surrendered has involved in various offences in GK Veedhi and surrounding areas in Vizag Agency.

5 March 2017 6:04 AM IST

As the commercial demand for ice cubes surges in the city with the rise in temperature, some ice-making units in a bid to make a fast buck are violating safety norms supplying substandard ice cubes to the vendors.

Visakhapatnam: Substandard ice cubes in market

Drug controller says need more manpower to conduct frequent raids.

5 March 2017 6:00 AM IST

As many as 100 villages in SPSR Nellore district were declared as open defecation free (ODF) areas as part of Swachh Bharat programme. (Representational image)

When will Bengaluru become open defecation free?

Swachch Bharat Mission joint secretary Praveen Prakash said Delhi was the best among the cities as it has a Google map...

5 March 2017 3:58 AM IST

The traffic at the narrow Banaswadi lane. (Photo: DC)

Bengaluru's Khyber Pass' chokes commuters

Banaswadi flyover is unable to cope with traffic volumes.

5 March 2017 3:55 AM IST

An individual must have the right to survive independently'

Supreme Court rejected a woman's plea to abort her 26-week-old foetus, which was diagnosed with Down's Syndrome.

5 March 2017 3:52 AM IST

File photo of people protesting against the steel flyover plan, in Bengaluru.

My fight is the people's fight'

Citizens must be given an opportunity to participate and their comments must be documented with a reason for accepting...

5 March 2017 3:50 AM IST

Caste census: Panel awaiting Karnataka CM's nod

A member of the Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission says it is nearly ready to submit it.

5 March 2017 3:47 AM IST

Forest personnel battling the blaze at Kappattagudda Hills (Photo: DC)

Karnataka: As reserve war rages on, fragile Kappattagudda goes up in...

Foresters led by deputy conservator of forests Yashpal Ksheerasagar rushed to the forest after they heard about the...

5 March 2017 3:44 AM IST

BJP leader K.S. Eshwarappa arrives at the venue of office-bearers meeting of Sangolli Rayanna Brigade in Bengaluru on Saturday (Photo: KPN)

SC-OBC-Lingayat: New BJP caste arithmetic in Karnataka

Sources said the party has a problem winning seats in Old Mysuru region.

5 March 2017 3:38 AM IST

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati. (Photo: PTI)

In Uttar Pradesh, bureaucrats turn to Mayawati

A large section of the bureaucracy has started making a beeline for the BSP president Mayawati.

5 March 2017 3:31 AM IST