After the Chennai floods, insurance companies had got 50,000 claims worth Rs 4,800 crore.
Uncapped left-arm spinner Zafar Gohar has joined the test squad from the Pakistan A team currently in Hamilton.
Protesting against Forest Minister K B Ganesh Kumar's lewd comment against Communist Party of India (Marxist) veteran V S Achuthanandan, opposition Left Democratic Front on Friday forced the adjournment of Kerala Assembly for the day despite Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Kumar expressing regret over it.
A section of borders from R K B Hostel of over a century-old Cotton College, a premier post-graduate institution in the North East on Monday engaged themselves in street brawl with a group of journalists and lensmen at Panbazar in the heart of the city.
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The board meeting also saw Mehta, 57, being re-appointed as MD & CEO for a period of five years after the completion of his term in October
The police are yet to identify the girl.
The pilgrimage, which started at around 8 pm on Sunday will conclude on Tuesday.
Veteran Sunil Joshi spun a web around Orissa batsmen, taking five for 35 to restrict the visitors to 191 on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Super League match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bangalore on Wednesday.
"The Centre will not invite Maoists to talk till they abjure violence," said G K.Pillai, the Home Secretary. Pillai was speaking at a seminar organised by South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA). The other participants were Maoist sympathizer and PUCL, Hyderabad, chairman and eminent human rights lawyer, K.B.Kannabirn, and human rights activists Gautam Navlakha and Shabnam Hashmi.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Wednesday.
Skipper Dinesh Karthik led from the front a with an unbeaten 161 to lift South Zone to an impressive 356 for six against West Zone on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy final in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
A 10 to 12 week-old foetus was found during autopsy of the Delhi-based journalist Nirupama Pathak, whose death at her home at Tilaya in Jharkhand is being suspected as a case of honour killing, Koderma civil surgeon B Mohan said on Wednesday.
The latest updates from Malayalam film industry.
In a nearly 25-minute televised address to the nation, Modi said implementation of the lockdown will be strictly ensured in its second phase and detailed guidelines will be brought out on Wednesday to ensure that outbreak does not spread to new areas.
Rahul Dravid warmed up for the Test series against Sri Lanka with a fluent 78 as Karnataka first carved out a crucial 106-run first innings lead and then picked up two Delhi wickets to stay in hunt for an outright win in the Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Defying the security cordon, Modi even got off his vehicle a couple of times, walked to the people waiting for him.
Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangsamy resigned on Thursday, bringing an end to the month-long political uncertainty following a revolt by his cabinet colleagues against his leadership.Rangasamy tendered his resignation to Lieutenant Governor Govind Singh Gurjar at the Raj Nivas apparently on the directions from the Congress high command.Rangasamy was asked by the Congress high command to step down as chief minister after he failed to muster majority among the party legislators
The attackers snatched the walkie-talkie of the station master, and forced staff of a goods train standing outside the station to shut down the engine.
IDG Ventures India on Thursday announced that Kiran Karnik, former president of National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) and a recipient of the Padma Shri has joined the company, on their global advisory board. IDG Ventures India's advisory board includes icons like N Balasubramanian, K B Chandrashekar, Arjun Malhotra, Sridhar Mitta, Jagdish Sheth and V Sumantran. Kiran Karnik was president of Nasscom till January 2008.
Indian expatriates in the United Arab Emirates have demanded a compensation package from the Indian government as the appreciation of the Indian rupee had impacted their remittances back home. The demand follows a study conducted recently by the Centre for Socio-economic and Environmental Studies, Kochi, which had focused on the impact of rupee appreciation on the economy of Kerala.
Indian engineer Sarang Mohammed Naeem and his Nepalese colleague K B Gurun, employees of a Dubai-based company who were rescued by Afghan police from their captors after 27 days, were chained, starved and threatened with death. The two said that they were probably kidnapped by a different group and not the Taliban. They were rescued by Afghan police from a mountainous area on Sunday. ''I am really happy that I am free," said Naeem.
The company would bring two-three hotels under Regent brand in India. Besides, it would add five hotels under Park Plaza, eight under Country Inn and the rest under Radisson.
Umesh Yadav starred with a match haul of 12/79 as defending champion Vidarbha routed Kerala by an innings and 11 runs shortly after lunch on Day 2 to storm into the Ranji Trophy final for the second year in a row.
The Citizenship Amendment Bill would possibly be the first piece of legislation that is perniciously discriminatory on the basis of religion/faith, says Mohammad Sajjad.
Centre asked Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana governments to tighten security as the three states have a large number of followers of Asaram.
The legendary Bengali actress has been admitted to the intensive coronary care unit of a nursing home here with high blood pressure and fever.
With Uttar Pradesh elections round the corner, the mood of the House was clearly reflected as members came prepared for the battle ahead. Shiv Sena members wore saffron scrafs in support of the Ayodhya cause.
The district administration has prohibited the entry of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia to sensitive Kandhamal in Odisha on Saturday fearing trouble.
The Indian Statistical Institute will introduce a plethora of new courses for the academic year 2005.
The SIMI members, wanted by the National Investigation Agency, were arrested from a house in the steel city after a three-hour long operation.
Congress leader Manak Agarwal's demand for a CBI inquiry into the godman's suicide has set off a controversy.
No ONGC employee was on the drillship when the accident occurred.
India despatches high level team to Afghanistan on kidnapping
Tamil Nadu registered their first win of the season, beating Kerala by 151 runs Sunday in a Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'B' match at the M A Chidambaram stadium in Chennai.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd's goal to reach the one million subscriber base target in broadband services by 2005 end looks remote if numbers are any indication.
The finance ministry is considering a proposal by Indian Bank's Association to give post allowance to chairmen and executive directors of public sector banks, a key official said on Tuesday.
Jeetu alias Fauji of Mahav village is a named accused in the case, Inspector General (Crime) S K Bhagat told reporters in Lucknow when asked about his alleged involvement in the mob violence.
Braving threats from conservatives and the tough terrains of the hillock, K B Valsala Kumari, then collector of Pathanamthitta district, visited the temple complex at least four times during 1994-95.
