Vellore techie's green mission: Restoring forests one step at a timeComputer science graduate G Srikanth has transformed a 25-acre barren land into a thriving forest in a small village near Vellore, India. H...
Tamil Nadu: This 1,100-year-old Chola hospital had beds, doctors, surgeons and a protocol in placeThe comprehensive engravings on the granite wall of Venkatesa Perumal Temple at Thirumukkoodal near Kancheepuram, located 70km south of Che...
Reviving water bodies is an Art of Living now“Traditionally, rivers are revered and worshipped in India. Yet, we have been desecrating them without any thought to the consequences,” sa...
Rs 1,200 cr sanctioned for development of beaches, rivers as tourist spots: GovernmentKarnataka has been sanctioned Rs 95.67 crore during 2016 -2017 and West Bengal and Maharashtra have been sanctioned Rs 85.39 crore and Rs 8...
How multi-crore tourism plans are marking the descent of Nandi HillsThe government wants to invest crores to put Nandi Hills on the international tourism map, starting with the Nandi Habba in September.
Tax sleuths search 11premises of Tamil Nadu chief secretary Rama Mohana RaoA senior AIADMK representative who did not wish to be identified said: “There are interstate ramifications that have led to these developme...
Permanent injunction sought against Andhra Pradesh over Palar river: JayalalithaaThe plea sought declaration by court that the unilateral act of AP in increasing the height of check dams across Palar river was violative ...
Ken-Betwa link to be model of river interlinking project: CentreCentre announced that the Ken-Betwa link would be a model for its ambitious river interlinking project and also that steps are being taken ...
How Chennai's sand mafia trains bulls to carry out smuggling operationsThese are trained bulls that can transport smuggled sand in the cover of darkness and carry it to the right destination without a cart driv...
Tamil Nadu pitches for higher fund flows to statesPanneerselvam said vertical devolution of share to the states should be at least 50 per cent of the aggregate resources available with the ...
32 newly elected under-35 MPs & what they intend to do for their constituenciesET Magazine profiles this youth brigade of winners to see how they got here and what they intend to do for their constituencies. Read on
- 'Neighbouring countries can create problem for India over water'
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday cautioned that there was a possibility that neighbouring countries could 'create problem' fo...
- DMK set to dam AP's Palar plans
DMK is all set to raise in Parliament the issue of Congress-ruled Andhra Pradesh's "deceitful" act of building a disputed irrigation dam ac...
- TN moves SC seeking stay on Palar check dam construction
Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court for a stay to stall the proposed check dam on the Palar river by the Andhra Pradesh gover...
- Vaiko follows Rao, pulls out of UPA
In a development that makes the separation between the UPA and MDMK leader Vaiko formal, the Tamil Nadu party pulled out of the coalition a...