New Indian Express (Chennai, India) back issues from April 2009:
Saga of a murky Sagar haunts rowing team.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Hyderabad, April 3 -- Have you ever enjoyed the boat ride from Eat Street to Buddha Statue on Hussainsagar? If you have then you can certainly recall the thrilling ride, panoramic view of the city, the wind hitting your face but the one thing that you will never forget is the stench that ...
Vayalar Ravi is State Congress affairs in-charge.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Hyderabad, April 3 -- The All India Congress Committee (AICC) today appointed senior Congress member Vayalar Ravi as incharge of the Andhra Pradesh Party Affairs in place of Veerappa Moily. It also appointed former PCC president and Rajya Sabha member K Kesava Rao as incharge of ...
108: Total nominations filed for first phase.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bangalore, April 3 -- Including former chief minister and Congress leader Veerappa Moily and the BJP's controversial MPs Ananthkumar Hegde and Suresh Angadi, 54 persons filed their nominations for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls on Thursday. This takes the total number of nominations ...
YSR let off, son-in-law comes under EC watch.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Hyderabad, April 3 -- Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy has been let off by the Election Commission while his son in- law has come under the Election Commission's scanner again for alleged violation of model code of conduct. The situation was reverse yesterday when complaints ...
Delta farmers affected by power crisis: Captain.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Thanjavur, April 3 -- Agricultural productivity in the delta districts has been severely affected by power crisis and the livelihood of farmers looks hit hard, said DMDK president Vijayakanth. Campaigning for party candidate from the Thanjavur parliamentary constituency, P ...
ISB, IIIT clinch SUR award.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Hyderabad, April 3 -- The city-based Indian School of Business (ISB) and International Institute of Information Technology have bagged IBM-sponsored Shared University Awards for the year 2009. ISB has been awarded to foster research on service supply chain management and ...
Arundhati's success.
Apr 03, 2009 ... New Delhi, April 3 -- Anushka, the dusky damsel of Tollywood has got much of fame and is flying high with this movie Arundhati's success. She's made a great career for herself and it looks like she's here to stay. Her film, Billa, with Prabhas is ready for release on Thursday. ...
Sonia plays tribal card.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Semiliguda, April 3 -- UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi played the tribal card today saying Gandhi family has concern for tribals. She also said the BJD government in the State has no moral right to stay in power for its failure on all fronts. Addressing a ...
Inspector acted ignorantly in Iranian consulate case: CP.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Hyderabad, April 3 -- Embarrassed over the high-handed manner in which Banjara Hills inspector Mohammed Iqbal Siddiqui had gone about `investigating' a complaint of noise pollution from the Iranian Consulate, allegedly at the behest of a powerful city-based builder, Hyderabad Police ...
Byatarayanapura & its battered citizens.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bangalore, April 3 -- This newly-formed constituency welcomes one with open drains, stagnant water, piles of garbage and battered roads. Byatarayanapura recently became part of BBMP and is semi-urban in nature, with a few well-developed localities and a few villages. The constituency has ...
'I played CM for a day but it is different in real life'.
Apr 03, 2009 ... New Delhi, April 3 -- Action King Arjun is back with Anbulakshmi Film's Maasi, directed by G Kichcha. ''Maasi is the hero Maasilamani, who is a very contemporary police officer,'' says Arjun. ''It's a blend of realism and commercial cinema,'' he adds. ''Fortunately, all the police stories ...
KCR denies ticket sale poll panel satisfied.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Hyderabad, April 3 -- In a major relief to Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao, the Election Commission today expressed satisfaction over the explanation given by him on the allegations that Secunderabad Lok Sabha ticket was sold a party worker. In his ...
'Sonia will decide my future'.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Hyderabad, April 3 -- Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president D Srinivas has reiterated that he does not aspire to the post of chief minister since his life's ambition of becoming PCC president has already been achieved. Speaking at a Meet-the-Press organised by the ...
A deafening silence on funny money.
Apr 03, 2009 ... New Delhi, April 3 -- It was unthinkable six months ago. Switzerland, once a pet of Western capitalism, is now its hate object. During World War II, the tiny nation was the common love of both the Allied and Axis powers, at war with each other. But neutral Switzerland, a friend of all ...
Small car arrives in city to big response.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Chennai, April 3 -- It was curiosity, excitement and joy. On the first day of Nano's arrival in Chennai, the small, bold and affordable car enthralled the people so much so that dealers sold over a thousand applications on the opening day itself. With the arrival of Nano on ...
KUTO flays arrest of Syndicate member.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Thiruvananthapuram, April 3 -- Kerala University Teachers' Organisation (KUTO) has expressed strong protest over the arrest of Syndicate member and faculty member of the Department of Aquatic Biology K.Padmakumar by the Sreekariyam Police on the basis of the order of the District Collector ...
Fire renders 400 homeless.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Rayagada, April 3 -- About 400 villagers of Irukubadi were rendered homeless in a fire that started from one of the houses and spread to the entire village yesterday afternoon. Around 80 houses were gutted and a large amount of property destroyed. District administration ...
Order setting aside ad for lecturer's post quashed.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Chennai, April 3 -- The First Bench of the Madras High Court has quashed the orders dated July 22, 2008 of a single judge setting aside an advertisement inviting applications for the post of lecturers in the government law colleges in the State. The Tamil Nadu government issued ...
Sporty summer camps.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Kochi, April 3 -- When art camps are struggling to fill a quota of 60 trainees, the sporting arena is swamped with enthusiastic youngsters willing to sweat it out under the hot sun. And swimming has turned out to be the favourite among children at all the camps that have created ...
They not only seek alms but also votes.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Karimnagar, April 3 -- Devotees visiting Sri Rajarajeswara Swamy temple in Vemulawada in Karimnagar district this election season will be in for a surprise. Shivaparvathulu, who beg near the temple for a living, will be seeking not only alms but also votes from them for their ...
Village headman's body exhumed.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Rourkela, April 3 -- K Balang police today exhumed the headless body of village headman Deonath Singh after CPI (Maoist) members hacked him to death in Bonai sub-division of Sundargarh district on Tuesday night. It is learnt that villagers, who were threatened by the Maoists ...
Mend your ways or face consequences: Gowda to CM.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bangalore, April 3 -- Accusing the Chief Minister of misusing his powers to implicate Janata Dal (Secular) leaders into false cases, former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda warned Yeddyurappa that if thjis continues he would stage a dharna near his (Yeddyurappa) residence. Gowda ...
Taking flight in search of greener pastures.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bhubaneswar, April 3 -- A diploma course in aviation, many believe, holds the passport to a glamorous career in the industry. That's why even before enrolling for graduation, wannabe air hostesses queue up at air hostess training institutes in Bhubaneswar to fit the bill. Since ...
Tornado missed door-less village by a whisker.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Kendrapara, April 3 -- The tornado missed out a doorless village - Sialia - near Rajkanika by a whisker. It's the blessing of the local deity Maa Kharakhai Thakurani because of whom we dare to live in house sans doors, said a villager. Blind-faith in the computer age it may be ...
Rs 62 lakh seized.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Hyderabad, April 3 -- Police seized over Rs 62 lakh in cash, 14 kg of silver and publicity material worth Rs 21 lakh at various places in the State today. Till yesterday, the police had seized over Rs 5 crore unaccounted money purported to be used in electioneering. An ...
Strange ways of the BJP.
Apr 03, 2009 ... New Delhi, April 3 -- There were no flags of the Bharatiya Janata Party when Hindutva's new poster boy Varun Gandhi enacted his surrender drama in Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh last week where he is going to be the party's Lok Sabha candidate. People were waving saffron flags of the Sangh ...
Focus on Krishna bhava in classical dance, music.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bhubaneswar, April 3 -- Occasion: basant Utsav. Time: Spring. Venue: Rukmini Mandap. And host: Bansi Bilas. There could not have been a better combination to experience and explore the spiritual aspects of Indian classical music and dance - the incredible impact of the mythical character ...
Three more Congress leaders join BJP.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bangalore, April 3 -- The Congress party, which has been shaken by infighting, was dealt another blow when three of its prominent leaders, D B Chandre Gowda, H C Srikantaiah and former BDA chairman LR Shivarame Gowda, joined the BJP on Thursday. While Chandre Gowda will be the ...
Rajiv's image need not be covered on 108 ambulances.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Hyderabad, April 3 -- Reversing his earlier decision, Chief Electoral Officer I V Subba Rao has permitted display of Rajiv Gandhi's picture on the 104 and 108 ambulances with immediate effect. Rajiv Gandhi's pictures, which are displyed prominently on the Rajiv Arogyashree ...
HM jailed for sexually abusing 8-year-old.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Dharmapuri, April 3 -- An elementary school headmaster, who was arrested on Wednesday for reportedly sexually abusing a Class III girl, was remanded to judicial custody on Thursday. The eight-year-old girl was sitting alone in the classroom when the school headmaster M ...
Hegde denies charges of hate speech.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bangalore, April 3 -- Ananthkumar Hegde, BJP nominee for the Canara LS Constituency, has denied the allegation that he had made a hate speech during his election campaign in Mundagod, Uttara Kannada district. In his reply submitted to the Election Commission through the Karwar ...
Training in beekeeping.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Thiruvananthapuram, April 3 -- A Training programme in beekeeping will be held at Pathanamthitta on April 24 and 25. The programme is being organised under the auspices of the Beekeeping Research Centre at Vellayani, Agriculture Department and Pathanamthitta District Bee Farmers ...
No progress in party raid inquiry.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bangalore, April 3 -- Almost a month after the raid over a private party at Padma Thota near Big Banyan Tree, where the police arrested 101 revelers, there is no progress in the inquiry into the case. DG and IGP Ajai Kumar Singh had ordered for an inquiry into the incident after ...
BJP's 'Ranga Yatre' for social awareness begins.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bangalore, April 3 -- To bring back issue-based politics, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bangalore South Division, launched its 'Ranga Yatre', a street theatre festival by renowned theatre artistes in front of Town Hall here on Thursday. The artistes enacted plays in an ...
7 hurt in clashes at Balaramapuram.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Thiruvananthapuram, April 3 -- Seven persons, including two women, were injured in clashes between two sections at Balaramapuram in the district on Thursday. Dispute over collection of charges for trading in the Balaramapuram market led to the clashes. Santosh, a ...
War of words conquered hearts.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bhubaneswar, April 3 -- While the world is busy with conflicts, the youths from all over the country got together to discuss aspects of a possible open war and pseudo peace. Infact, Pratijja Season 4 was more than that. A national level annual open oratory competition, Pratijja ...
Pet peeve: Somebody needs obedience training.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bangalore, April 3 -- When Shamita Nayak, a Jet Airways air hostess, let her pet dog out on the terrace of her Chennai apartment on March 28, little did she know it would have such a tragic consequence. The fatal accident that 11-year-old Ashish Aravind met with as he fell from the roof ...
Medicine in a glass of water.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bhubaneswar, April 3 -- The secret of good health is not mainly in your diet or fasting, but in the glass of water that you drink. Dr Fereydoon Batmanghelidj has been researching on the effects of water and dehydration on the human body. In his book, Your Body's Many Cries for Water, he ...
IISc's centenary surprise: UG courses at Chitradurga.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bangalore, April 3 -- IITs better look out, for they are likely to lose the distinction of offering the most coveted undergraduate programmes in the country. Because, one hundred years after its establishment, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is finally going to open its hallowed ...
Affidavit filed: Declares his assets.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Kadapa, April 3 -- Incumbent Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy filed his nomination as Congress party candidate for the Pulivendula Assembly seat in Kadapa district. In the affidavit filed along with the nomination papers today, Rajasekhara Reddy disclosed assets of himself ...
'Khusiyon ke das din' fete at Pal Heights.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bhubaneswar, April 3 -- It's 10 days of grand celebration at Pal Heights, the four star luxury hotel and business facility here. Billed "Khusiyon ke das din", the festival brings to the visitors a whole range of discounts and attractive schemes dished out by leading brands in garments, ...
25,000 acres gobbled up by SEZs in State.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Chennai, April 3 -- At a time when concerns are being raised from various corners over depleting food production in Tamil Nadu, the state has so far lost a whopping 25,000 acres of prime cultivatable land to different special economic zones. However, the most worrying thing ...
A sena of killjoys and hard nuts.
Apr 03, 2009 ... New Delhi, April 3 -- After being scared initially by the Shiv Sena's attack on her residence into changing her mind on defending Ajmal Amir Kasab, the Mumbai lawyer, Anjali Waghmare, has now decided to stick to her original stand. True, she will be given adequate protection. Even then, it ...
Judge declines to take up Nanjil Sampath's case.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Chennai, April 3 -- Justice CT Selvam, who has been recently appointed as an additional judge of the Madras High Court, expressed his disinclination to take up a habeas corpus writ petition challenging the detention of MDMK propaganda secretary Nanjil Sampath under the National Security ...
Kyathamaranahalli still tense.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Mysore, April 3 -- The group clash in Kyathamaranahalli, attacking houses and setting vehicles on fire, has created panic among the residents. The rampaging mob even attacked policemen. A petty eve-teasing complaint resulted in the clash. Though, the deployment of ...
Consider common symbol, dispose of petition: HC to EC.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Cuttack, April 3 -- Even as the Supreme Court has instructed the Election Commission to allot common symbols to fledgling political parties like Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam, Vijaykanth's DMDK and Lok Satta Party, the Orissa High Court on Thursday asked the Commission to take a decision on a ...
Building collapse: One more dies.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Thiruvananthapuram, April 3 -- One more labourer, injured in the building collapse at the VSSC campus on Tuesday, succumbed to injuries on Thursday. With this, the death toll has risen to two. Kamalan, 47, Chitravila Bangalowvila House, Sreekaryam, who was admitted along with ...
Financial muscle crucial factor: Poll pundits.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Sambalpur, April 3 -- With the elections just a fortnight away, the poor across the district look for a 'windfall'. Elections are a good time for them to make a quick buck. As there is little time left to cover the entire constituency, particularly Parliamentary constituency to ...
'Congress has given tickets to thieves, land-grabbers'.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Kadapa, April 3 -- Actor-turned-politician of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) N Balakrishna called upon the people of Kadapa to defeat the corrupt Congress which had looted the taxpayers' money by acting as `dalari' (middleman). Addressing a series of road shows in ...
Research officer wanted.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Kollam, April 3 -- Applications have been invited for a research officer for an ICSSR-funded research project at DB College, Sasthamcotta. The candidate should have a master's degree in political science or economics with sufficient knowledge to work with computer. Preference will be given ...
New equations in Dhenkanal after divorce.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Dhenkanal, April 3 -- In the four Assembly constituencies in Dhenkanal district, BJD had won in Kamakshyanagar, Hindol and Gondia constituencies while Congress had emerged victorious in Dhenkanal Sadar seat in the 2004 election. According to official sources, in Kamakshyanagar, ...
Probe against former Mysore V-C over postings.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bangalore, April 3 -- Following allegations over improper appointments during the tenure of former Mysore University Vice-Chancellor Dr J Shashidhara Prasad, the Chancellor and Governor has constituted a oneman commission of inquiry headed by retired Karnataka High Court Judge Justice H ...
Court refuses to accept chargesheet.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Thiruvananthapuram, April 3 -- The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court here had refused to accept the chargesheet filed by the police in the case of assault on security personnel and passengers at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport recently. According to ...
Ex-jawan on a peace mission.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Coimbatore, April 3 -- He is on a mission with a vision to create awareness on peace among the people right from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Meet Manohar Anandrao Patil, an ex-serviceman, who walks the length and breadth of the country spreading the message for peaceful coexistence. ...
'Govt staff can help the poor more'.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Thiruvananthapuram, April 3 -- Oscar award winner Resul Pookutty was accorded a reception under the aegis of the Legislature Employees' Arts Forum (LEAF) at the Banquet Hall of the Legislative Assembly on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, Pookutty said the last hope for the ...
All eyes on Azhagiri, Kayalvizhi.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Chennai, April 3 -- M K Azhagiri, DMK's south zone organising secretary and his daughter Kayalvizhi were the cynosure at the DMK headquarters when the two-day interview of party's aspirants for the Lok Sabha elections commenced on Thursday. Azhagiri was part of the interview ...
IIMB fee up by Rs 1.5 lakh, PGP will cost Rs 11 lakh.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bangalore, April 3 -- The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) has announced a fee hike of Rs 1.5 lakh for its flagship Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM). The ensuing 2009-11 batch will now have to shell out Rs 11 lakh over two years, compared to Rs 9.5 ...
Give tribals their right to live in peace.
Apr 03, 2009 ... New Delhi, April 3 -- The Indian forest is a land of animals, natural resources and adivasi tribes. It shows the spirit of unity in diversity but that unity is affected by different reforms and new Acts that are introduced in the guise of development schemes, schemes that disturb the ...
GoAir to fly to 3 new destinations.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bangalore, April 3 -- GoAir , has added three new destinations, Amritsar, Bangalore and Chandigarh which will expand its services further into South and North India taking the total number of major destinations served by the airline to 11. In addition to the new routes, the ...
BJP final list out.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bangalore, April 3 -- The BJP on Thursday announced the final list of candidates for the Lok Sabha seats by giving tickets to turncoats D B Chandre Gowda (Bangalore North), L R Shivarame Gowda (Mandya) and C P Yogeeshwar (Bangalore rural) who had switched sides on Thursday by quitting the ...
The scars of Coimbatore blasts remain even after a decade.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Coimbatore, April 3 -- The scars of the 1998 serial blasts in Coimbator remain much in evidence in the lives of the victim of the tragedy. One of the victims, fifty-six-year-old Indirani, wife of Thirunarayanan and a resident of Sundarapuram, still finds it hard to forget the ...
Nepotism allegations split BJP in two halves.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Chikmagalur, April 3 -- Dissidence is brewing in the district unit of Bharathiya Janatha Party with its leaders such as C H Lokesh and Raveesh Basappa questioning the free hand given to a close relative of MLA C T Ravi in the administration of the taluk. If the tone and tenor of ...
Rebels hold key to electoral fortunes of official candidates.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Khammam, April 3 -- Rebel trouble will, in all likelihood, be the biggest factor that major political parties will have to cope with in the upcoming general elections in the district. On the final day of withdrawal of nominations in the Telangana region today, many important rebel ...
Global crisis due to greed: Ambani.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Bangalore, April 3 -- The global crisis was caused as a result of greed without fear, said Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani. He was speaking at the 34th annual convocation of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) on Thursday. ''Greed without fear leads ...
Street smart voters.
Apr 03, 2009 ... Alappuzha, April 3 -- They not only know the roads crisscrossing Alappuzha town like the back of their hands, but are equally adept at analysing the political undercurrents at state and national levels. Just lend a ear while passing an autorickshaw stand, which also doubles up ...