Новости за 24.12.2015

Police on Thursday found more clues to the investigation into the brutal murder of a man suspected to be Ratan Karol, 25, a Rajasthani native, after they recovered more body organs of the deceased. Police recovered the head and a leg, both in a decomposed condition. Karol, a resident of Amona, but a native of Rajasthan, has been missing since December 17.

Baby laptops, baby cellphones, talking farms — these are the toys of the moment, marketed as tools to encourage babies’ language skills.

Delhi lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung is learned to have recommended to the Centre that the commission of inquiry appointed by the Arvind Kejriwal government under Gopal Subramaniam to probe alleged irregularities in the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) be set aside as it was legally invalid.

Can employees of private universities drag the institutions to writ courts over job-related disputes?

This has been a year of extremes for Chennai. After an extended summer the city received the most rainfall from the northeast monsoon in a century, causing unprecedented floods that devastated the city.

Hounded by the media, especially television news channels and facing relentless pressure from the state police over the controversial 'Beep song', actor Simbu's (Silambarasan) family on Thursday finally gave vent to their anger at the wholly unjustifiable invasion of their privacy.

An expulsion order served on a US national and his family to leave India for having violated visa rules by resorting to proselytisation and religious propaganda in Ooty, has been quashed by the Madras high court.

A combined failure of the city corporation and Metrowater has left Kalakshetra Colony and surrounding areas in a mess, residents complain. Kalakshetra Road, a vital link between Besant Nagar and Thiruvanmiyur, has been blocked since November as workers are pumping out water from a blocked storm water drain into another drain across the street.

Eggs are selling at 5 to 7 in city retail stores against the wholesale price of 3.84 set by the National Egg Co-ordination Committee (NECC), thanks to a combination of factors like rising transport costs and the onset of winter in the North.

Almost 75% of private and 50% of government hospitals in Chennai, Cuddalore, Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts do not have the mandated authorisation under Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution Act), 1981.

Police have launched a hunt for a godman, who cheated an elderly woman of her gold chain after promising to cure her mentally-ill grandson, in Gummidipoondi on Wednesday.

The butterfly park in Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur, home to a wide variety of butterflies, was the most devastated part of the facility in the city’s early December floods.

Twenty-two years after a former branch manager cheated Bank of India of 15 lakh, a special court here has sentenced the official and his accomplice to three years RI along with a fine of 10 lakh.

Twenty-two years after a former branch manager cheated Bank of India of 15 lakh, a special court here has sentenced the official and his accomplice to three years RI along with a fine of 10 lakh.

A 12-year-old girl died and 30 others were injured after the bus carrying a group of pilgrims from Tirupati to Melmaruvathur overturned near Uthiramerur in Kancheepuram district early on Thursday, police said.

A defiant MP Kirti Azad upped his ante against the party leadership by asking PM Narendra Modi to intervene and declared that he would file a PIL on Friday for a court-monitored probe into alleged irregularities in DDCA.

The state highways department will need close to Rs 1,000 crore to reconstruct all major roads and bridges ravaged in the recent floods in Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Cuddalore districts.

Reliance Infrastructure is in advanced talks to sell its cement business for Rs 2,600 crore ($394 million) and a deal could be announced as soon as this week, said a source with direct knowledge of the matter.

Travel services provider Thomas Cook India has redesignated its MD Madhavan Menon as chairman and managing director.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, nearing a 42-year low as labour market conditions continued to tighten in a boost to the economy.

Reliance Defence said on Thursday it had signed a manufacturing and maintenance deal potentially worth $6 billion with Russia’s Almaz-Antey, the maker of an air defence system that sources said the Indian military was poised to buy.

For 36-year-old star wars fan Nikhil Shoorji, the new film is not just a film. It's a milestone.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning letter issued to Sun Pharma highlights serious concerns of sterility assurance in medicines, possibility of microbial contamination and ceiling leaks, as part of the manufacturing lapses at its Halol facility.

The exemptions announced for Delhi government’s odd-even vehicle policy have diluted the measure and it may not meet the goal of reducing air pollution by a significant amount, experts said.

Biopharmaceutical company Biocon on Thursday said it has launched a generic version of Gilead Sciences' Hepatitis C drug, Harvoni, in India.