R Subramanyam

The supervisory committee appointed by the Supreme Court visited Mullaperiyar dam on Monday. It was the first dam visit after two experts representing Kerala and Tamil Nadu were included in the committee as per the directive of the Supreme Court.

Civic administration in the city came to a halt on Wednesday as 12,000 employees of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) stopped work.

The state government on Wednesday urged the Union government to extend the date for payment of utility bills and tax dues in demonetised `500 and `1,000 notes.

Super R Subramanyan, who has played pivotal roles in films including Kadhalum Kadanthu Pogum, Rajini Murugan, and Jai Bhim, is headlining a film titled Vellimalai. The Om Vijay directorial is a comical social drama, which revolves around siddhargal and their contribution to the good health of mind, body, and soul.

The state government extended the tenure of 10 officers, including that of K V Ramanachary, executive officer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, by one year.

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2019 has been postponed in Odisha due to cyclone 'Fani', the HRD ministry announced Saturday. The decision has been taken following a request from the Odisha administration in view of the rehabilitation work being underway in the state.

In the wake of attack on Kashmiri students after the Pulwama incident, the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday wrote to vice-chancellors of varsities across the country to ensure their safety on campus and to maintain peace and harmony. The UGC was directed by the MHRD on Thursday to issue an advisory in this regard.

Bangalore has yet another reason to be proud of one of its denizens. Deepashree V J, a design engineer from Kumaraswamy Layout, has entered the Guinness Book of World Records for `longest thread of beads made by an individual in one hour'.

It has been months since residents that not a drop of water has been supplied to ten houses on III Main, Kaggadasapura Road, despite having water connections.

Punjab and Haryana will lock horns at Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium in Mohali on Thursday in the opening match of North Zone Vijay Hazare cricket tournament. Himachal Pradesh will take on Services at Sector 16 cricket stadium in Chandigarh.

The union ministry of human resource development has set up a committee to address concerns regarding a one percentage point decline in the number of girl students entering the Indian Institutes of Technology.

Mayor D Venkatesh Murthy on Thursday appealed to the garbage contractors to resume to work.

HYDERABAD: With more than half the grievances aired during the ‘Face-to-Face’ programme conducted by the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad coming from its surrounding municipalities, the authorities are chalking out a plan to conduct an exclusive weekly ‘Face-to-Face’ programme for the suburban residents.

MYSORE: The Border District Kannadigas' Association has appealed to the Karnataka government to include Talvadi, the native village of Kannada matinee idol Rajkumar, into Karnataka.

Decisions taken in 2005 came back to haunt former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday, when a Special CBI court in Delhi ordered the CBI to examine his role in allocation of Talabira II coal block allocation to Hindalco.