Secretary News

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government, grappling with the spread of H1N1 influenza virus in the State, has decided to reduce the swine flu test rates by 50 per cent in the government hospitals and announced free testing for pregnant women and children below five years of age.

Puducherry, Dec 7 : Puducherry Chief Minister V Vaithilingam inaugurated Armed Forces Flag Day Fund by contributing to it.

You know, I just love me some Maggie Gyllenhaal! Ever since she appeared in Secretary , she has always come across as lazily luscious .

PATHANAMTHITTA: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan will launch the State-level Integrated Watershed Development Programme at a public function at Adoor on Thursday.

PUDUCHERRY: The Lieutenant Governor has issued an order to transfer and post the following Pondicherry Civil Service officers.

Raichur: Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said here on Wednesday that there was no illegal mining in the State, but added that he would order a probe if he received any complaints in this regard.

"CULTIVATE the appearance of contrition," the character Jack Lawson, a lawyer, tells a white client accused of raping a black woman in "Race," a new play opening on Broadway next Sunday.

Gulbarga: Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will hold a high-level meeting of Ministers and top officials of the State Government and representatives of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions in Bangalore on December 3 to discuss the demands of the workers of the unorganised sector employees.

Bangalore: Senior officials from ArcelorMittal India, the Indian subsidiary of ArcelorMittal, the world's biggest steel producer, met Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Friday to hold "preliminary discussions" on the company's proposal to establish an integrated steel plant in north Karnataka.

KOCHI: A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court, on Friday, declared that S. Chandramohan Nair, member of the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, did not have any right to continue as member as he had not been unanimously recommended by the selection committee.

Oprah Winfrey 's production company Harpo films is teaming up with HBO to launch a sensual and steamy pilot.

Screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson had a big hit with Secretary in 2002. Well, maybe not a hit in the commercial sense, but definitely in the cultural sense; it's a film that people still talk about, and which will likely continue to have a real presence for years to come.

PEDAL POWER: The project hopes to decongest roads in the software hub BANGALORE: The pay packets of software engineers may yet afford them posh cars.

Helping the flood-affected: Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa laying the foundation stone for the shifting of 200 families in Thinthani village to a safe place on Friday.

Celebrating the birthdays cinematic: actors, actresses, and other filmtypes. If it's your big day, a happy one to you as well.

BANGALORE: Bangalore University Vice-Chancellor N.S. Prabhu Dev kicked up a storm in academic circles on Monday by refusing to allow the new Registrar, M.G. Krishnan, and Registrar M.S. Talwar from assuming charge in their offices on the Jnanabharathi campus.

BANGALORE: Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde has recommended action against a municipal councillor who managed to secure a government contract for supplying drinking water to a relief centre housing people affected by the recent floods in north Karnataka.

BANGALORE: In an unprecedented move, the commencement of the winter session of the State legislature was put off by four days within a day of the Cabinet deciding the schedule of the session.

Sirsi: B.S. Ranganath Hasan, president of the Bharatiya Postal Employees Union - 3 Karnataka Region, said the Government was not taking good care of the employees of the Department of Posts.

Thrissur: CPI State Secretary Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday alleged that the Congress party has been trying to influence the Election Commission by misusing its power at the Centre.