Новости за 23.08.2015

Patan's unique patola, famed for its double-ikat weaving and vibrant designs, is a very expensive dress material that once only the royal families of Gujarat could afford.

Bedlam at booths: Missing names on electoral rolls and changes in wards caused a wave of confusion at polling booths across the city but many determined voters made sure they pushed the button and got their thumbs inked in the hope that a new council will put Bengaluru first

Bedlam at booths: Missing names on electoral rolls and changes in wards caused a wave of confusion at polling booths across the city but many determined voters made sure they pushed the button and got their thumbs inked in the hope that a new council will put Bengaluru first

With road widening long overdue, NH-24 that links Ghaziabad and Noida to Delhi has become a horror highway.

Former Union minister A Raja, in a letter sent to the CBI SP in Chennai after the recent raids on his premises, has alleged harassment.

Burglars broke into a pet shop at Kolathur in the wee hours on Saturday and made away with four cages that had 17 exotic birds worth 5 lakh.

From e-tailing plans to designer denims and franchises, the staid old Khadi Bhandar is stepping up in style.

DMK president M Karunanidhi launched a blistering attack on the AIADMK government on Saturday, wondering whether a government existed at all in Tamil Nadu.

A 28-year-old newly-wed grocer died after a concrete slab fell on him at a construction site in Thirumullaivoyal on Friday night, police said.

The 24-year-old woman, stabbed in the neck by a stranger inside a lift at the Kasturba Nagar MRTS railway station on Thursday evening, has not been very cooperative, investigators have said.

Leaving the Communist Party of India (CPI) red-faced, the Madras high court has restrained its Tamil Nadu unit secretary R Mutharasan and his predecessor D Pandian from expelling two cadres who had questioned the party's poll process and other perceived irregularities in party affairs.

As onions threaten to breach the Rs 100 a kilo mark in Delhi, the government is moving on two fronts to contain and bring down prices.

As onions threaten to breach the Rs 100 a kilo mark in Delhi, the government is moving on two fronts to contain and bring down prices.

Around 10,000 people of all ages from Jain community shaved their heads in Uttar Pradesh’s Lalitpur as a mark of protest against the recent Rajasthan High Court order banning the religious practice of ‘Santhara’. Lalitpur has a predominant Jain population.

Cuddling up with a book and a cup of tea could be a ideal way of spending a Saturday afternoon for many book-lovers.

A six-year old stray dog opened his right eye a week after an operation at the Madras Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) hospital on Saturday.

A team of the Andhra Pradesh police laid a trap and caught on Chennai’s outskirts on Friday two forest guards of that state while accepting a bribe of 5 lakh from a former red sanders smuggler.

The body of a man lay unattended in the River Cooum near Napier Bridge for almost six hours on Saturday as personnel of the Fort St George and Anna Square police stations refused to recover it saying the area was not in their jurisdiction.

The commissioner of Chennai Corporation had to make a personal court visit, and an executive engineer-grade officer is facing the court’s wrath because they failed to stop a property owner in Neelankarai from making additional illegal constructions in a building, though the Madras high court permitted de-sealing of the structure only to raze the illegal portions.

To increase surveillance against red sanders smuggling in the state and take stringent action against smugglers, the state government is planning to use drone cameras.

Andhra Pradesh government is planning to elicit information from its employees in Hyderabad on their preparedness to shift to the proposed capital, Amaravati, within a reasonable time frame. Accordingly, AP government officials are preparing a format to know how many of its employees working in Hyderabad have school-going children and their local status.

The central government is planning to announce the names of urban centres that have made it to the list of 100 smart cities in September.

YSRCP president YS Jaganmohan Reddy will hold a dharna in the state capital region on August 26 in protest against the TDP government invoking the ordinance to acquire land for the proposed capital city Amaravati.

The Andhra Pradesh government has made it clear to the Centre that it will not agree anything short of special category status to the state.