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Andhra Pradesh
Cong. flayed for raking up power tariff issue
HYDERABAD, JAN. 12. The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, sniped at the Congress today for making power tariff an election issue with a clear political motive and distorting facts to confuse people. ``They know very well that the matter ... More


`Afghan region was scene of Mahabharata battle'
HYDERABAD, JAN. 12. As Afghanistan continues to be in spotlight, a Hyderabad-based eminent scholar of ancient Indian astronomy has contended that there is sufficient astronomical and other evidence to suggest that the battle and many of the ... More
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  • Excise swoop on tribal hamlet triggers protest
  • CPI(M) asks people to reject BJP, TDP, Congress
  • Steps afoot to bail out rain-hit ryots: Vadde
  • Lok Satta siding with TDP, says TRS chief
  • WB to fund rural roads programme

    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    `Development' brought centre-stage by TDP-BJP combine: Dattatreya
    HYDERABAD, JAN. 12. The biggest outcome of the municipal elections was that even a party like All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) was forced to talk about development pushing aside communal issues due to the "development" done by the ... More


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  • Mayoral candidates grilled
  • FAPCCI for uniform floor rates
  • `No' to garlands
  • Level-laying field sought for coop. banks

    Karnataka
    BMTC revenue hard hit by maxicabs
    BANGALORE, JAN. 12. The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is losing revenue of about Rs. 10.5 lakh a day due to the clandestine operation of maxicabs in and around the City. That maxicab operators are grouping against the ... More


    Panchayats still being cold-shouldered by govts.
    HUBLI, JAN. 12. To what extent the State governments have complied with the provisions of Article 243G of the Constitution to empower the panchayats and give them the authority to function as institutions of self-government? The task force ... More
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  • Regional rural banks are here to stay
  • Bennethora Project is a liability, says Lokayukta
  • 26 trees uprooted in Tumkur
  • Panel on public institutions visits RTPS
  • `Guideline values' inflated in Mysore?
  • Students asked to develop reading habit
  • ITC-trained unemployed candidates threaten fast
  • Unions ask BIFR to reject NTC offer to wind up MSK Mill
  • Grand birthday fete of `sharana' planned
  • Festival to showcase Indian coffee

    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Ganguly enthrals children
    BANGALORE, JAN. 12. For scores of children, Saturday was a day to be remembered, as they had a date with India's cricket captain, Saurav Ganguly, at the Chinnaswamy stadium. Hero Honda, the two-wheeler company for which Ganguly is the brand ... More


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  • One-way on Palace Road
  • Seminar on credit on Tuesday
  • Decks cleared for India's first e-lottery
  • E-tapaal to be opened on Jan. 16
  • Change in phone numbers of Jayadeva Institute
  • New STD rates from tomorrow
  • Fire in rubber godown in Peenya
  • Labourer electrocuted near R.V.College
  • Eco-tourism resort to be set up near Dandeli

    Kerala
    Assurance to Kerala Govt. employees
    THRISSUR, JAN.12. The UDF convener, Oommen Chandy, has said that ``the Government will consider restoring the benefits of its employees once the financial crisis ends''. Inaugurating the State conference of the Kerala State Civil Supplies ... More


    Beypore clashes: 16 held for murder
    KOZHIKODE, JAN. 12. The police today arrested 16 persons in connection with the killing of two persons in the recent communal violence on the Marad beach near Beypore here. In all, five persons were killed and many injured in the clashes which ... More
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  • Garbage plant: panel suggestions get nod
  • IUML denies role in withdrawal of cases
  • Proposed indefinite stir may turn futile
  • Devaswom Bill not to harm any group: CM
  • Factionalism runs deep in CPI(M)
  • Tax collection failure led to crisis: VS
  • Bureaucrats destroying industrial sector: CPI
  • Thiruvabharanam procession begins

    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Higher secondary youth festival disrupted
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JAN. 12. A noisy dispute between two groups of girl students over the awarding of the "Kalathilakam" title disrupted the prize distribution ceremony at the valedictory function of the district Higher Secondary Youth Festival ... More


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  • IA Gulf services from capital begin
  • KFC to waive penal interest
  • Focus on role of functional foods
  • Special trains to clear pilgrim rush
  • Trauma care units to be set up in Govt. hospitals

    Tamil Nadu
    TMC also walks out on AIADMK
    CHENNAI, JAN. 12. The AIADMK-led secular front has virtually collapsed, with a ``hurt'' TMC today joining the Left parties and the Congress in snapping its alliance with the ruling AIADMK. The TMC, a key ally of the AIADMK in the May Assembly ... More


    Thyagaraja Aradhana on Feb.2
    THANJAVUR, JAN.12 The 155th aradhana of saint composer Sri Thyagaraja will be held at the saint's samadhi at Thiruvaiyaru between January 28 and February 2. A press release by Mr. Kunnakudy Vaidyanathan and Mr. Haridwaramangalam A.K. ... More
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  • Payment of LIC premium through Internet soon
  • Panchayat chiefs play key role in primary education
  • Balu warns of legal action
  • BSNL-VSNL row lands Internet users in trouble
  • Withhold Saidapet, Vaniyambadi voter lists: EC
  • Workable operational strategy yet to be evolved
  • Coast Guard to repair Fisheries dept. rescue boats
  • More skeletons may tumble out of data centres' cupboards
  • Pension for 9 Tamil scholars
  • Unanimous, quick decision
  • 8.18 p.c. rise in Andipatti

    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Alandur, Pallavaram, Tambaram municipalities asked to set up common facility
    CHENNAI, JAN. 12. A solution to garbage disposal continues to elude local bodies of the city's southern periphery, with the Kancheepuram Collector, K. Rajaraman, asking the municipal commissioners of Alandur, Pallavaram and Tambaram to locate a ... More


    Other Stories

  • Steps to improve road conditions in Valluvar Kottam junctions come a cropper
  • Motorists pay for `communication gap'?
  • Sri Lankan held for Mambalam station dacoity
  • Ennore express way in a bad condition
  • Local bodies facing problems to dispose garbage
  • Two Nigerians held for over staying
  • House burgled

    Pondicherry
    No fresh licences to sell liquor: CM
    PONDICHERRY, JAN. 12. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, who is also in charge of Excise, has said that a policy decision had been taken not to sanction any fresh licences for retail or wholesale outlets to sell liquor in the Union Territory. ... More


    Youth urged to imbibe Vivekananda teachings
    PONDICHERRY, JAN. 12. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, has called upon the youth to imbibe the teachings of Swami Vivekananda as they could have positive orientation particularly to save the country from terrorsm and extremist activities. ... More
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