Shale gas exploration policy by March 2013: Reddy
March 13th, 2012 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
"Shale gas policy is proposed to be announced tentatively by March 31, 2013," Reddy said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, adding the government has already started formulating the ... Read more...
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Cyclone Thane kills 33 in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry; spares Andhra (Roundup)
December 30th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 30 (IANS) At least 33 people were killed as cyclone Thane, with a wind speed of 140 kmph, hit the Tamil Nadu coast near Cuddalore Friday morning, leaving ... Read more...
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Cyclone Thane kills 33 in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry (Fourth Lead)
December 30th, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 30 (IANS) At least 33 people were killed as cyclone Thane that hit the Tamil Nadu coast, with a wind speed of 140 kmph, Friday morning left a ... Read more...
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Cyclone Thane kills 15 in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry (Third Lead)
December 30th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 30 (IANS) Fifteen people were killed, thousands left homeless, and properties and crops were damaged when cyclone Thane, packing a wind speed of 140 kmph, hit the coast ... Read more...
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Will Mandya, Karnataka’s sugarland, see Sai Baba reborn?
April 24th, 2011 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 24 (IANS) Like his birthplace Puttaparthi in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, Mandya, 80 km from here, was a faceless place till eminent engineer-statesman Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya conceived building a dam ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi did not press Tamil Nadu’s demands: Jayalalithaa
January 21st, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 21 (IANS) AIADMK General Secretary J. Jayalalithaa Friday accused Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi of failing to press for the state's rights with the central government in respect of ... Read more...
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Akshay Returns To Kannada Films With Cinderella
September 21st, 2010 - 10:34 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 21, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Kannada film actor Akshay, who made his debut with the movie Ganga Cauvery, is ready to hit on the big screen with a musical love story ... Read more...
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Qutab Minar of 100,000 flowers - at Bangalore (With image)
January 19th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 19 (IANS) A model of the Qutab Minar made of 100,000 flowers, mainly roses, was the star attraction of the annual Republic Day flower show that began here Tuesday.
The 30-feet ... Read more...
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Campaign to save Western Ghats becomes a mass movement (Feature)
December 18th, 2009 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
By Maitreyee Boruah
Bangalore, Dec 18 (IANS) Long before words like "climate change" came to hit common lexicon, a group of environmentally conscious people in India took up the cause of the Western ... Read more...
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Actor-politician Vijayakanth accuses national parties of neglect
April 15th, 2009 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 15 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician and DMDK leader Vijayakanth Wednesday charged the national parties, like the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), of indulging in "double standards" on issues relating ... Read more...
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Power-cuts rile Tamil Nadu industrialists, farmers
July 14th, 2008 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 14 (IANS) Unannounced power-cuts have triggered state-wide ire, said opposition sources and farmer bodies' representatives in Tamil Nadu Monday. "There is hardly 10 hours' power supply in the industrial districts ... Read more...
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Failed Karnataka monsoon leaves Tamil Nadu fields dry
July 13th, 2008 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mettur (Tamil Nadu), July 13 (IANS) A 40 percent shortfall in monsoon rains in Cauvery's upstream catchment areas coupled with dwindling storage at the dam here has left officials in a catch-22 ... Read more...
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Cattle die of unidentified disease in Tamil Nadu town
July 11th, 2008 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Erode, July 11 (IANS) At least 18 cattle have died of an unidentified bovine disease in the past week in Erode district of Tamil Nadu, an official said Friday. "About 18 cattle ... Read more...
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Indian efforts to make best usage of water reservoirs
July 2nd, 2008 - 11:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 2 (ANI): Central Water Commission (CWC) is monitoring storage position of 81 important reservoirs spread all over the country, of which as many as 36 reservoirs have significant ... Read more...
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Fertiliser vends in Tamil Nadu raided to check hoarding
June 25th, 2008 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 25 (IANS) Nearly 200 fertiliser vending units were raided Wednesday to prevent hoarding and black marketing of inorganic fertiliser Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP), officials said here. "Hoarders and black market forces ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu gears to rid agricultural, environmental malaise
June 7th, 2008 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
By T.S.V. Hari
Chennai, June 7 (IANS) Over 20 private companies that had sold illegal low-yield paddy seeds to farmers mainly in the Cauvery delta region and partly in the entire south ... Read more...
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‘Neene Neene’ to be simultaneously released in the US, Australia
June 4th, 2008 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
By R.G. Vijayasarathy
Bangalore, June 4 (IANS) Sameer Dattani-starrer "Neene Neene" will become the first Kannada film to be simultaneously released in India, US and Australia. The love story featuring the man known ... Read more...
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Few takers for Sarath Kumar’s bid to hijack Hogenekkal
April 10th, 2008 - 5:23 pm ICT by admin
Chennai, April 10 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician Sarath Kumar's move to "hijack the Hogenekkal tangle and use Tamil film industry for his personal agenda" may have few takers, industry insiders indicated here. A senior ... Read more...
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