Chennai, May 1: At least 24 activists of the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) Tuesday launched an indefinite fast at four villages in Tirunelveli district, around 650 km from here, in protest against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP). While 14 indefinite fasters are in Idinthakarai village, eight are in Kuthenkazi ...

New Delhi, May 1: The Supreme Court Tuesday transferred to itself a petition seeking commutation of the death sentence of the three assassins of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, on the ground of inordinate delay in deciding their mercy pleas by the president. The apex court bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi ...

Madurai, May 1: A low-intensity bomb rigged to a cycle exploded near an auditorium-cum-temple complex here in the early hours on Tuesday, causing a security scare ahead of next week’s BJP state-level conference to be attended by senior leaders including L.K. Advani. The explosion of the bomb placed in a box ...

Chennai, May 1: Netherlands has opened a visa application centre here wth the facility of applying for visa to most of the Schengen countries, the country's Ambassador to India Bob Hiensch said on Monday. The joint-visa application centre, in association with VFS Global, a global outsourcing and technology services firm, has ...

New Delhi, April 30: Hit adult comedy "Delhi Belly" will now be remade in Tamil and director by R. Kannan will start shooting for the film May 7 with Arya in the main lead. The yet to be titled Tamil version will be produced by UTV Motion Pictures and and it will ...

New Delhi, April 26: A limited edition of engraved gold coins has been launched as a tribute to legendary Carnatic musician M.S. Subbulakshmi. A part of the proceeds from the coins will be donated towards cancer and diabetes research. The special gold coins, launched by jewellery brand Tanishq, are available in two, ...

New Delhi, April 12: The government has in a fresh order asked all foreign outfits in India to furnish it with updated details of their workers and nature of their work, at least once a year. The close watch on foreign entities in India follows the revelations that anti-Koodankulam nuclear stir in ...

U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center cancels tsunami watch for Indian Ocean areas: Reuters Indonesia's disaster agency says one metre tsunamis detected in Nias island off southern Sumatra and Meulaboh in Aceh - Reuters According to USGS, aftershocks of 5.4 hit Indonesia again. No tsunami threat in Mumbai, says Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. Chavan said an ...

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's Indian Ocean Bulletin # 6: The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has cancelled tsunami watch for all countries. Read: Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's Indian Ocean Bulletin  Note: Indian Standard Time (IST) is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) +05:30

New Delhi, April 11: India Wednesday kept its air force and navy teams ready to address any eventuality in case a tsunami hits coastal states following an earthquake off Indonesia. According to officials, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has rushed two Hercules C-130J transports from Hindon airbase near the capital to Port ...