Area near Government Engineering College likely to develop into an educational hubMain line gauge conversion to be over by this year end and hence possibility for more trainsTHANJAVUR: Roads in Thanjavur will be improved at a cost of Rs. 50 crore said S. S. Palani Manickam, Union Minister of State for Finance, here on Sunday.Speaking at the Builders Day celebrations organised by the Builders Association...
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dubbed ‘too old’ to take the talent show X Factor to China, Chinese ambassador to London reportedly believes.Madam Fu Ying, who recently revealed that she was an admirer of the show, allegedly thought the 50-year-old“He is too old,” the Telegraph quoted her as purportedly saying at The Spectator’’s Paliamentarian of the Year Awards, at Claridge’’s, in Mayfair.“They are the ones who use mobile phones...
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Calicut Bar Association has decided to do away with the ‘Your Honour’ phrase, which has been traditionally used by lawyers to address judges of the District Court and subordinate courts. The association at a meeting here on Monday adopted a resolution unanimously based on the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court. They will use the phrase “Mr. Judge,” “Mr. Magistrate,” or “Mr. Munsiff ” and “Sir”...
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York, November 12 : Eliot Spitzer, who was forced to resign as New York Governor over his involvement in a prostitution scandal, will reportedly lecture Harvard University students on ethics.The report has provoked outrage from the madam who once supplied him with high-priced call girls.Kristin Davis penned a protest letter to Professor Lawrence Lessig at Harvard''s Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center...
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THANJAVUR: A prarthana for world peace was held at Ongara Ashramam at Srinivasanallur near Kumbakonam on Sunday.The prarthana started with Ganapathi Homam at the Athistanam of Siddhar, who established the ashramam. It was followed by Gaja puja with an elephant brought from Oppiliappan Koil.Ko puja followed Gaja puja and “vasthirams” (clothes) were given to every family in the village. A procession...
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21-year-old man has been sentenced to four years in jail for killing a teenager in a hit-and-run at Madam's Bank Road in Londonderry in April.Andrew McGlinchey, of Cornshell Fields, admitted causing the death of David Leo Brennan by driving with excess alcohol in his system.Mr Brennan's father leapt from the public gallery and hurled abuse at the accuse as sentence was passed.McGlinchey will serve...
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Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram assured parliament on Monday that the government would table the Justice Liberhan Commission Report on Babri Masjid Demolition in this session.Replying to a short discussion on the leakage of the report in a section of the media, Chidambaram said : "There is only one copy of the report with the Home Ministry. And it is in safe custody.""I can assure you Madam (Speaker...
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Hollywood madam Michelle Braun is set to debunk the myth about Playboy Playmates - that pin-ups are wholesome girls-next-door who just happen to have incredible figures they don't mind showing off - in her tell-all book.Braun has been sentenced to three years' probation and six months of house detention.She is now is planning to write a book about her 11-year career hooking up centerfolds and porn...
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A one-year-old baby boy was allegedly killed by his drunken father at Mala on Tuesday. Kolathori Mundeppadath Mohammed, 29, a construction worker, allegedly killed his son Shafeeq, as the baby refused to obey him.According to the police, Mohammed went home at lunch time in an inebriated state. He called Shafeeq to his side. The baby reportedly refused to go near him. An infuriated Mohammed caught the...
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Hundreds of supporters of Shoba Karandlaje, the lone woman minister in the beleaguered first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, Saturday threatened to commit suicide if she was dropped from the ministry at the behest of party rebels."We will commit suicide if Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa drops Shoba madam from the ministry to save his chair. As panchayati raj and rural development...
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