The sea off this island town and in the Palk Straits has turned an unusually dark green colour due to the presence of ‘Natalulaka’ algae.
Author: PTI
Madras High Court Chief Justice Vijaya K Tahilramani in an administrative order allocated civil contempt of court petitions to a designated bench and not before the judges whose orders have been disobeyed, which was the custom so far.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy stoked a major controversy yesterday by suggesting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s presence at the ISRO headquarters on 6 September could have proved a ‘bad omen’ as the soft landing of moon lander Vikram failed.
Union Minister D V Sadanada Gowda on Thursday said the current economic situation in the country was “challenging,” but expressed hope that measures taken by the union government to address it would see India quickly progress ahead ‘in a very short time.’
Taxi aggregator Uber has initiated gender sensitisation workshops here for its driver partners aimed to address safety concerns of women customers.
Come October, Infosys Foundation Chairperson and author Sudha Murthy will come out with her latest book – ‘The daughter from a wishing tree,’ a work on women in mythology.
Opener K L Rahul was on Thursday dropped from India’s Test squad while talented youngster Shubman Gill was rewarded for his stupendous recent form with a call-up for the three-match series against South Africa next month.
Chess wizard Viswanathan Anand says it is totally MS Dhoni’s prerogative to take a call on his retirement and the former captain has nothing left to achieve in his career, should he decides to quit anytime soon.
A probe into the charred remains of a girl found in Parigi forest in Telangana has revealed that her boyfriend had allegedly attempted to dispose off her body after she died during an abortion procedure in a private nursing home in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi town.