New Jersey : Lord Venkateswara temple situated at Robbinsville township of New Jersey has been built with Rs 100 crore and is spread across 162 acres. It is the world’s costliest and largest Hindu temple. The Sri Rangaswami temple in Srirangam, Tamil Nadu, which covers 155.92 acres, was the biggest Hindu temple earlier. The Bochasanvasi […]
Kasargod: The Kasargod police are on their way to Mangalore for the investigation on account of a bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax. It is learnt that, police control room had received three phone calls alerting them on a bomb that was planted at the Kasargod railway station on Sunday at around […]
Mumbai: India has the worst cellular tower radiation norms in the world. But from Saturday new guidelines are being implemented. Cellular towers will have to reduce the amount of radiation they emit to 1/10th of the current level. But is the new limit sufficient to reduce serious health risks, given that most countries in the […]
Chennai: The Madras High Court has given a green signal today for the two 1,000 MW Russian reactors at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP). Rejecting a petition, the court said there are no impediments against the mega atomic power project, around 650 kms from Chennai. The court has also asked all safety recommendations of task […]
Bangalore: In 1932, late S. Bangarappa was born in Kubatoor village of Soraba Taluk as the son of Kallappa and Kallamma. He entered politics as a lawyer, through Shantaveri Gopala Gowda, along with SM Krishna, in Samajwadi (socialist) party, and becme an orator who could pull crowds to his meetings and speeches. R.M. Lohia was […]
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Madurai: A102-year old grandmother, Tadahati, from Pudukaulam village in Madurai district here, made democratic history by getting elected the GP, when youngsters were still hesitating even to compete, let alone win, such a grassroot election in India. She has a large family of children and grand-children, who with local people family of children and grand-children, […]
(from P. Ramesh Rao) Desk : Only in the mind of Union Home Minister, and not even any Police Inspector in any state including Karnataka is afraid of this so called ochre-coloured (kenunciatory) terror that Palaniappan Chidambaram simply imagines. He should be more concerned about Taliban & Al Qaida terrorism in a Hindu India and […]
Mangalore: The 35th death anniversary of Na. Su Hardikar, founder of Bharat Seva Dal and an honouring ceremony were conducted at the teachers’ Training College in Mangalore today by District unit of BSD and Tagore Park Public Education Deptt in Mangalore. Basher Baikampady who presided over the function lighted the traditional lamp, to inaugurate the […]
Desk : Today a child also uses mobile phones to talk to parents in office when it is in a children’s camp. But over-use of mobile cell phones can be dangerous to the ear and brains of those who indulge in them day and night for long hours, encouraged by the industrial giants to go […]
