FUTA debunks SB’s private universities solution
July 1, 2013, 9:32 pmBy Dasun EdirisingheThe Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) yesterday said that all students who qualified at the GCE (Advanced Level) examination need not...
View ArticleVasu threatens to quit govt. if PC system is repealed
July 1, 2013, 8:46 pmBy Harischandra GunaratnaNational Languages and Social Integration Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara yesterday said that if the provincial council system was abolished, he would not...
View ArticleWhy a TNA-run NPC is more positive than negative
July 1, 2013, 12:00 pmBy Dr. Dayan JayatillekaHad the Government not made the mess it has by fussing over the 13th amendment, it could have shown off the TNA run Northern PC in all global forums as...
View ArticleTransfer of military role in civil affairs to elected council can promote...
July 1, 2013, 9:07 pmBy Jehan PereraThe government is continuing to give indications of its reluctance to establish a provincial council in the Northern Province with the devolved powers as provided...
View ArticleEditorial island.lk
Cage these predators!July 1, 2013, 8:49 pmThe health sector has become a haven for sex maniacs. Last December, Minister of Health Maithripala Sirisena himself turned the spot light on the high...
View ArticleIn joint a/c, liability is on person signing cheque: SC PTI
The Supreme Court has held that a joint account holder cannot be prosecuted in a cheque bounce case unless the cheque has been signed by each and every person of such account.The apex court said only...
View ArticleSaudi extends grace period for illegal workers - Riyadh
Illegal immigrant workers wait in line at the Saudi immigration offices at the Alisha area, west of Riyadh (Photo: Reuters)Saudi Arabia on Tuesday extended an amnesty for illegal foreign workers in...
View ArticleM&M raises Rs 500 cr via 50-yr bond sale PTI New Delhi
Auto major Mahindra on Tuesday raised Rs 500 crore in a 50-year unsecured bond sale programme, becoming the first domestic firm to sell such a long-tenure rupee debt instrument.Confirming the...
View ArticleChinese firm foils OVL's $5 billion Kazakh deal- Ajay Modi BT
The Kashagan Field, located in the shallow waters of the North Caspian Sea, is the world's largest oil and gas exploration project under development.ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) has lost the...
View ArticleGovt releases National Cyber Security Policy PTI New Delhi
Telecom & IT Minister Kapil SibalAmidst increasing number of cyber attacks and snooping, the Indian government announced the National Cyber Security Policy that aims to protect information and...
View ArticleGoogle closes Reader news story service BT Online Bureau
Photo: Associated PressGoogle on Monday said goodbye to its news story service' Reader', a free service that would gather headlines and articles from your favorite websites into a...
View ArticleAt Rs 27 lakh, has Samsung's UHD TV missed the bus? Nandagopal Rajan BT
Samsung has finally entered the 4K - or Ultra High Definition (UHD) as the Korean tech giant calls it - race in India, with its UHD TV 85S9. This 85-inch television has a unique "Timeless Gallery...
View ArticleSpongy Idlies (South Indian Idli)
There can never be a chettinad breakfast being served without idly .It always forms the main course in the breakfast. Chettiar ladies are always good at making soft idlies.Though simple many things...
View ArticleChennai's IT corridor , home to TCS, Cognizant and Infosys, face shutdown due...
Chennai's information technology corridor, promoted by Tamil Nadu as a world-class tech destination, is waking up to the possibility of nightmarish water shocks.CHENNAI: Chennai's information...
View ArticleEx Godrej man, Arumugham Mahendran turns entrepreneur with Rs 600 crore deals...
Mahendran, who continues with the Godrej group as a non-executive director, is perhaps one of India Inc's most successful 'intrapreneurs', or people who work as part-owners and part-managers.MUMBAI:...
View ArticleHemant Lagu earns Rs 7 lakh annually by working as a freelancer- By Amit...
For 33 years, Mumbai-based Hemant Lagu was content climbing the corporate ladder. This, of course, meant that he was left with little time to nurture his passion: yoga. A decade into retirement, yoga...
View ArticleGulf money fueling Muslim extremism in Kerala; IUML grows more militant to...
Every time the chief Muslim party,IUML flexes its political muscles and seeks more representation in the Congress-led government, the focus shifts to 'radical Islam'.NEW DELHI: Kerala's Muslims have...
View ArticleEgyptian Army puts President Morsi under house arrest, coup underway Reuters...
Tahrir Square erupts in celebrations as Morsi's position becomes more untenableThe head of Egypt's armed forces issued a declaration on Wednesday suspending the constitution and appointing the head of...
View ArticleProfile: Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood AP Cairo
Egypt's president Mohammed Morsi is currently under house arrest in XCairo's Presidential Palace. ReutersSoon after the February 2011 fall of Hosni Mubarak, the Muslim Brotherhood opened its first...
View ArticleReal intelligence can literally unearth wonders! IT
48 hours after the killing of a Jharkhand SP, a contingent of the local police and the state's Special Task Force unearthed a cache of arms and ammunition buried by the Maoists, for obvious...
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