In its annual audit reports (for the year ended March 31, 2011) tabled in the Assembly on Wednesday, CAG points out huge losses for PSUs, PWD’s ineffective implementation of Centrally funded groundwat

The state forest cover has decreased marginally since 2005, despite spending `471 crore during 2002–2007 on social and farm forestry activities.

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India report

A major disaster was averted when motorists noticed smoke coming out of the rear luggage chamber of a bus plying between Chennai and Peravurani when the vehicle reached Chrompet at around 11.30 pm.

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With the knockouts around the corner, Chennai Super Kings know that they can ill-afford to drop guard in their final fixture against Kings XI Punjab.

The defending champions, in their previous two m

The calypso beat has been loud and clear this season. The Australians and South Africans have been most influential in the league; the Kiwis and Lankans have had their moments as well but this is the

Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced a subsidy for Hindus undertaking the pilgrimage to Mansarovar in China and Muktinath in Nepal and for Christians going to Jerusalem.

“It definitely looks as though it [2G spectrum case] is getting diluted,” chief minister J. Jayalalithaa reacted to a Delhi court granting bail Tuesday to former telecom minister A. Raja, the prime ac

The fourth game in the world chess championship between Indian GM Viswanathan Anand and Israeli GM Boris Gelfand also ended in a draw at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow on Tuesday.

The series

Holding that if any indulgence is shown to drivers who commit accidents, killing passengers or others, it will send the wrong signal to other rash drivers, the Madras high court has upheld the dismiss

The state government has proposed to bring samadhis and brindavans which have risen to the stature of religious places of worship under the control of the Hindu religious and charitable endowment dep