China, Russia and India are among 11 countries targeted by the Obama administration for leaving American producers of music, movies and other copyrighted material open to rampant piracy. The US is placing the 11 countries on a “priority watch list” that subjects them to extra scrutiny and could lead to sanctions if the US brings cases to the World Trade […]
» Read moreThis goat born with the face of a human baby has provoked a bidding war as people desperately tried to buy it from the farmer it belonged to. The newborn sadly did not live for long after its birth but it didn’t stop some from wanting to buy the carcass of the so-called fawn – the mythical fusion of goat […]
» Read moreA 15-year-old girl died while her two sisters were hospitalised after consuming noodles and a soft drink at Yenamalakuduru in the city. Manasa (14) died in the early hours on Tuesday, and her two sisters, Teressa and Mamata, were undergoing treatment in a private hospital. The three girls consumed noodles and soft drink and complained of giddiness on Monday. Manasa […]
» Read moreOver 125 grams of gold coins and Rs.3.40 crore worth of cash were found stashed in a classroom of a private school here in Uthangarai on Monday. On a tip-off that cash was stashed at Sri Vidya Mandir Matriculation Higher Secondary School here, a flying squad found the cash and 245 gold coins in a classroom. Income tax sleuths were […]
» Read moreThe Special Court of Central Bureau of Investigation convicted M.S. Sanjay, the then Deputy Manager (Methods) and his assistant H.M. Ramesh, the then Assistant Engineer (QC), both working in HAL’s Helicopter Division, in a corruption case. They have been sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment for favouring a private company. The court as also convicted K.V. Hemanth and B. Damodar […]
» Read moreTamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Monday filed her nomination papers for the Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar constituency for the May 16 Assembly election. Ms Jayalalithaa’s convoy reached the Tondiarpet Zonal office around 12.20 pm, where she handed over the papers to the Returning Officer T.N. Padmaja Devi. Within few minutes she came out of the office. […]
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