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Andhra Pradesh
Cong.-MIM understanding over MCH posts
HYDERABAD, FEB. 17. The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) and the Congress Party have reached an agreement on sharing the chairmanship of the Standing Committee and the Deputy Mayor post of the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad. The polls for ...
Trapped boy's body recovered
MAHABUBNAGAR, FEB. 17. Efforts to rescue the ten-year-old boy, P.Ramachandraiah, who slipped into a borewell pit near Nacharam village in Kosigi mandal, have failed. At the end of the 65-hour rescue operation by the district administration, the ...
Other Stories

  • Modalities being worked out for biotechnology development board
  • Exploited tribal girl becomes mother
  • `Criminal waste in Food-for-Work'
  • Naidu told to take steps for prosecution of Kodela
  • Apparel parks for Vizag, Mahabubnagar


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    'Tele-medicine set to become vital tool for health care'
    HYDERABAD, FEB. 17. The Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), K. Kasturirangan, on Sunday dubbed tele-medicine as an emerging tool which could help in bridging the prevalent urban-rural divide in terms of health care in the ...
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  • Foundation for Intelligence Dept. building laid
  • Second term corporators see a much different city
  • Helping feuding couples reunite
  • Genco set to achieve highest plant load factor
  • Pay committee for power staff
  • Transco cuts losses in urban areas


    Karnataka
    Kanakapura byelection campaign hots up
    BANGALORE, FEB. 17. The three main contestants in the Kanakapura Lok Sabha byelection have stepped up their campaign with only two days left for canvassing. Election will be held on Thursday, and Tuesday evening is the deadline for ...
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  • Panel to raise funds for lake restoration
  • Committee formed to deter foeticides
  • Centre asked to form national rural bank
  • Govt. to reduce dropout rate: CM
  • Elaborate rituals mark `Mahamastakabhisheka'
  • This policeman tricked his own brethren


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Tibetan students pedal for a cause
    A 15-member group on a rally for "world peace" and a "free Tibet," stopped over in Bangalore on Sunday. The group, called "Students for a free Tibet," interacted with presspersons here and informed them about the aims and objectives of their ...
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  • Corps of Signals celebrates anniversary
  • Datanet launches `Anyflow' for banks
  • `Gowda, Shivakumar strategy will backfire'
  • Anti-incumbency factor will help Gowda: Bommai


    Kerala
    Efforts to avert showdown at CPI(M) meet
    KANNUR, FEB. 17.Fingers remain firmly interlocked as delegates to the 17th CPI(M) State conference get ready to elect a new State committee. The backrooms of the conference have been witnessing feverish activity with peacekeepers trying hard to ...
    Groupism due to fall in quality: Surjeet
    KANNUR, FEB. 17. The CPI(M) general secretary, Harkishen Singh Surjeet, has attributed factionalism in the State CPI(M) to deterioration in the quality of the movement and said that factionalism cannot be rooted out overnight. Mr. Surjeet, here ...
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  • Delegates call all shots at CPI(M) meet
  • Students urged to improve society
  • A jarring note for State CPI(M)
  • Call for consensus on strikes
  • Youthful image for State CPI(M)
  • Stir: the common man at the receiving end


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Moves to settle strike
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, FEB. 17. Some United Democratic Front (UDF) leaders are making some moves to bring about a settlement to the 12-day-old strike by the Government employees and teachers. However, not much progress has been made so far. The ...
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  • Reforms a must, says Mani
  • The privileged group at IT Mission
  • `Lok Ayukta overstepped constitutional bounds'
  • KU Union saddled with debt after varsity youth festival
  • BMS meet to rally workers
  • Mahila Sanghom plans campaign against communalism


    Tamil Nadu
    Rare Buddha idol stolen from museum
    CHENNAI, FEB. 17. A rare second century A.D., Buddha sculpture has been stolen from the Amaravathi gallery at the Government Museum here. The 1850 year-old limestone piece featuring the head of the Buddha, which was kept glued to a small wooden ...
    Jayalalithaa touches on local issues
    ANDIPATTI, FEB. 17. The AIADMK supremo, Jayalalithaa, on the fourth day today of her election campaign in the Andipatti constituency, changed her strategy, touching on local issues. On seeing a huge crowd, a cheerful Ms. Jayalalithaa announced ...
    Karunanidhi campaign makes tangible impact
    ANDIPATTI, FEB. 17. Election fever went up by a few degrees when two former Chief Ministers crisscrossed the Andipatti constituency without crossing each other on Saturday. In contrasting styles, the DMK president, M. Karunanidhi, and the AIADMK ...
    DMK presents petition to observers
    ANDIPATTI, FEB. 17. A team of DMK MPs today met the election observers in Theni town and submitted a petition on alleged poll code violation by the AIADMK in the Andipatti constituency. Talking to mediapersons in Andipatti, the party organising ...
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  • Kollywood in the grip of film pirates
  • `Fair poll will ensure DMK win'
  • SIEMA plea against hike in marking fee
  • Employees pushed to the brink
  • Abstain, DPI tells voters
  • `Health policy should be gender-specific'
  • Report to call for restrictions on use of plastic carrybags
  • Compulsory training to be introduced for engg. students
  • Discourage courier services: postal employees
  • PCC member expelled for campaigning for AIADMK
  • India can better China in hybrid rice production, says VC
  • Burglar alarms in major temples


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    New traffic regulation proves ineffective
    CHENNAI, FEB. 17. Anna Salai, say traffic studies, is handling three times the traffic that it can. It is also the site of many an experiment, starting with the four-lane system introduced by the previous AIADMK Government. Today, however, the ...
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  • Fire Service organises evacuation drill
  • Cash stolen
  • Fermented wash destroyed
  • Poisonous substance claims child's life
  • 38 held, ganja seized


    Pondicherry
    Heritage summit on February 20
    PONDICHERRY, FEB. 17. The Union Tourism Minister, Jagmohan, will inaugurate a three-day Pondicherry Heritage Summit 2002 at the century old Mairie (Municipal office building) here on February 20 under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, N. ...
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  • Be wary of negative forces, youth told
  • PMK trade union leader joins AIADMK

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