Achebe's body finally kisses his country's soil

Even as a section of traders in Maharashtra have agreed to call off their prolonged agitation against the Local Body Tax (LBT), the Federation of Associations of Maharashtra (Fam)on Tuesday said that the protest would continue till the government announces ...

Manufacturers Association for Information Technology (MAIT), the apex body actively representing ICT Manufacturing, Training, IT, Design, R&D and associated services sector, hailed the Uttarakhand government for supporting the IT hardware ...

As the license for the Coimbatore Corporation zoo expires on July 31, the civic body, it appears, is clueless about how to proceed on the matter. The latest from the civic body is that Commissioner, G. Latha, has written to the Central Zoo Authority ...

More in: VASCO: Thick smoke emanating from the Mormugao Solid Waste Treatment Plant based at Headland-Sada triggered panic on Monday with nearby residents demanding prompt action. Government officials including the South Goa District Collector, Mr N ...

More in: COLOMBO: Respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated the Tamil Tigers, Human Rights Watch said Monday. This week marks the fourth anniversary of the brutal civil war's ...

Mysore Grahakara Parishat The Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) is planning to stage a protest outside the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) building here at 3.30 p.m. on Monday to urge the government to address the recurring water crisis in Mysore city.

statesman news serviceBURDWAN, 17 MAY: A government-owned water body right opposite the Burdwan District Court is being targeted by land sharks who are grabbing plots and selling them off to common people. The state finally woke up to the menace and ...

USADA Chief Executive Travis Tygart claims lack of action on doping after Lance Armstrong affair The world's top cycling body has been accused of failing to act since the unmasking of seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong as a drugs ...

SILIGURI: BJP appears to be keen on utilizing Indo-Bangladesh border issue of Tetulia corridor to gain electoral mileage in next Panchayat (rural body) election in West Bengal. Though lesser known by outsiders, the issue having large significance in ...