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Andhra Pradesh
Tirupati polls pose problems to TDP, Cong.
TIRUPATI, JAN. 4. Though hardly one day is left for the curtains to come down on the filing of nominations for the Tirupati Municipality polls, rather intriguingly both the TDP and the Congress (I) are still vacillating on the choice of their ... More


Flurry of activity in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD, JAN. 4. A flurry of political activity marked the penultimate day of nominations for the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) even as the Congress, ending much speculation fielded the Asifnagar MLA, D. Nagender, as its mayoral ... More
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  • Four women die after taking injection
  • Neem-based formulations prove beneficial to cotton farmers
  • Village decked up for Blair visit
  • Vodarevu beach to be developed into beach resort
  • Governor to be apprised of ryots' plight
  • Experts point finger at Alamatti
  • TDP, Cong. men clash at gram sabha
  • Country's first submarine museum comes into being
  • Cong. derides TDP claim on city development
  • TDP misusing official machinery: TSS

    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Krishna water for city by 2004: Minister
    HYDERABAD, JAN. 4. Krishna water flowing into the city will become a reality in the year 2004, according to the Tourism Minister, T. Srinivas Yadav. Speaking to newsmen here on Friday, at the release of the first list of TDP candidates for MCH ... More


    Tony Blair to visit city tomorrow
    HYDERABAD, JAN. 4. The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, will arrive here from Bangalore on Sunday morning on a day's visit to the State. In Hyderabad, he will inaugurate the Centre for Good Governance being funded with the support of the ... More
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  • Violin maestro wants to set up centre for world music
  • Health Sciences varsity convocation in mid-February
  • Call to convene tripartite meet on Transco losses
  • New software to speed up MCH work
  • An ideal setting for one-to-one meet
  • Workshop on biodiversity near Zaheerabad
  • TRS releases second list

    Karnataka
    16-year-old murder cases solved in Karnataka
    BANGALORE, JAN. 4. The K. R. Puram sub-division police here have solved three murders including two cases reported in 1986 by arresting seven persons. Govindaraju (40), an associate of the slain underworld don, Kothwal Ramachandra, is one of ... More


    Plan for rally against globalisation
    MYSORE, JAN. 4. The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) has planned to hold a mammoth rally against globalisation in Bangalore on January 8. Addressing presspersons here today, the SUCI's State Committee member, H. G. Jayalakshmi, said ... More
    Krishna plans conclave at B.R.Hills
    MYSORE, JAN. 4. The Minister for Social Welfare, Kagodu Thimmappa, said on Friday that a mini- Cabinet meeting would be held at B.R. Hills on January 11 to discuss the problems faced by tribal people in the area. He told presspersons at ... More
    Congress gains thumping majority in Gulbarga DPC
    GULBARGA, JAN. 4. The ruling Congress gained an overwhelming majority in the Gulbarga District Planning Committee (DPC) by winning all but one seat in the 22-member body in the elections held here today. The single Opposition member, who won the ... More
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  • KPCL ranked most profitable PSE
  • KRRS to lay siege to KPTCL Hqs.
  • Stamp paper racket: BJP to intensify stir
  • Concern over delay in passing women's quota Bill
  • Improving `desi' cotton through biotechnology
  • Criminal justice: CRCJS seeks opinion
  • Demand for `H-K state' gaining momentum
  • Law should keep abreast with changes in IT: Judge
  • `Empower society by preserving cultural heritage'
  • Principal confesses to extortion as students gherao MLA
  • Planetarium, fossil park to embellish RMNH

    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Govt. to target 8 to 9 p.c. growth of SDP
    BANGALORE, JAN. 4. The State Government is sending out strong signals to emphasise its attractions as an ideal destination for overseas investors on the eve of the CII Partnership Summit to be addressed by the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, ... More


    Infosys's results on Jan. 10
    BANGALORE, Jan. 4. Infosys Technologies Limited will announce results for its third quarter ended December 31, 2001, on January 10. After the announcement of the results, the Infosys' Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, N.R.Narayana Murthy, ... More
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  • Applications invited for Indology course
  • Aerosports Jamboree from Jan. 13
  • Milk price likely to go up
  • Animals ill-treated at circus: NGO
  • Organic farming becoming popular across the globe

    Kerala
    Action plan to check violence in Kozhikode dt.
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JAN. 4. The Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, has launched a two-pronged action to contain the violence that broke out on the Marad beach of Beypore in Kozhikode district yesterday. It consists of mobilisation of the police ... More


    Beypore tense, one more killed
    KOZHIKODE, JAN. 4. With one more person getting killed and another severely injured in separate incidents of clashes involving two communities, the toll in the riot incidents at Marad Beach in Beypore has risen to five. Four persons were ... More
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  • Dalit Congress wants Kuttappan removed
  • FM calls for united efforts to solve financial crisis
  • RSP demands judicial probe
  • Rubberised roads `cheap'
  • Attappady story being repeated at Marayur?
  • More violence at Marad
  • Oust Sankaranarayanan: VS
  • CPI(M) blames Govt. for violence
  • Sankaranarayanan must go: Paloli, Veliyam
  • IUML meeting tomorrow
  • Poor medical services at Sabarimala
  • Prohibitory orders in Palakkad
  • Peace meeting today

    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Murder case accused acquitted of charges
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JAN. 4. The sole accused in the sensational Pallichal Rajan murder case, Kesavadas, has been found not guilty of the murder by the Principal District Sessions Judge, M. Sasidharan Nambiar, even as the court criticised the ... More


    Complaint about PSC selection procedure
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JAN. 4. Allegations of discrimination have been raised about the manner in which the Public Service Commission (PSC) was conducting a test to select Agricultural Officers on Saturday. The PSC has gone by an order issued in ... More
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  • Plan to upgrade 25 hospitals
  • BSNL mobile phones by August

    Tamil Nadu
    Smuggling of children to Saudi Arabia foiled
    CHENNAI, JAN. 4. Even as the campaign for child rights gains momentum, Chennai airport immigration authorities have unearthed a case of smuggling children for camel racing in Saudi Arabia. Airport sources told The Hindu here that 17 Bangladeshi ... More


    Rising prices halting growth
    CHENNAI, JAN. 4. More funds at lower interest may have helped in the revival of the real estate sector in Tamil Nadu in the past few months, after a four-year slump. But developers are critical of an ``inert'' administration which has failed to ... More
    CM files application for Jayalalithaa ticket
    CHENNAI, JAN. 4. On behalf of the AIADMK general secretary, Jayalalithaa, the Chief Minister, O. Paneerselvam, filed an application for the Andipatti Assembly seat at the AIADMK headquarters here today. Mr. Paneerselvam handed over the ... More
    AIADMK flouting EC directive: Vaiko
    TIRUCHI, JAN. 4. The AIADMK is flouting the Election Commission directive, pumping money from the MLA and MP constituency development funds in Andipatti and other constituencies, after the byelection date has been announced, the MDMK general ... More
    Elephant succumbs to bullet wounds
    UDHAGAMANDALAM, JAN. 4. A female elephant, aged 18, which was shot at near Gudalur in the Nilgiris, died on Thursday. Forest officials are on the look out for two persons. The District Forest Officer, Gudalur, Deepak Srivastava, said here today ... More
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  • Delink colleges from affiliation system: NAAC director
  • The spirit of cheap liquor soars
  • Centre's package to reduce dropout in Tamil Nadu
  • Govt. move hits universities
  • CRPF security for Kovai prison
  • Programme to make women self-reliant
  • Scan centres: State directive to equipment suppliers
  • Bypoll: CEO to meet returning officers on Jan. 7
  • Forum orders bank to pay compensation
  • Palm workers' plea to allow toddy sale
  • Common Act for varsities likely
  • `Nilgiris by night' set to roll from today

    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    First case to be prosecuted under IT Act
    A good knowledge of using the Internet to pursue the business without raising any suspicion remains a mystery, writes P. OPPILI. More


    More funds likely for improvement of interior, bus route roads
    CHENNAI, JAN. 4. As city residents await concrete plans from the Chennai Corporation for improvement of the battered roads, the civic body today started calculating the funds it could sanction in the coming year. The additional ... More
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  • RI for telecom officer
  • Two-wheeler rider killed in accident
  • Mason commits suicide
  • Girls sustain burns
  • Workshop on pediatric electrophysiology
  • Grievances day meeting at Alandur

    Pondicherry
    'Modernisation of police dept. soon'
    PONDICHERRY, JAN. 4. The Pondicherry Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, has said that the administration would modernise the police department. Inaugurating a three-day eighth annual computer exhibition held under the banner `PC Expo 2002` organised ... More


    Violence will be put down: CM
    PONDICHERRY, JAN. 4. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, today said instructions had been given to the police to deal with perpetrators of violence and those instigating law and order problem in the Union Territory sternly without heeding to any ... More
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  • Board to finalise minimum wages formed
  • Good labour-management relations will help economy: CM
  • Apprenticeship programme for engg. graduates

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