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Andhra Pradesh
GENCO plumps for new pump house
HYDERABAD, FEB. 24. The option of building a new pump house at the Bhavanipuram regulator to lift 1,100 cusecs of water from the Krishna river near Vijayawada, to cool three units of the Vijayawada Thermal Power Station for two months in a year, ...
Other Stories

  • TDP unfazed by BJP's poll debacle
  • Cops turn robbers
  • Govt. accused of toeing WB line
  • TDP to oppose hike in LPG, kerosene price
  • Panchaloha idols recovered


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Deputy Mayor election may be close
    HYDERABAD, FEB. 24. The election for the Deputy Mayor's post in the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH), slated for Tuesday, seems to be heading for a dramatic finish with the margins narrowing down to just one vote, given the electoral ...
    Telugu actress dies in suicide pact
    HYDERABAD, FEB. 24. Upcoming Telugu film actress, Pratyusha, died here on Sunday after consuming poison while her boy friend, Siddharth Reddy, is battling for life at a private hospital. The duo took the extreme step after Reddy's parents opposed ...
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  • Mayor issues ultimatum to MCH staff
  • BRS: Govt. urged to approach SC
  • Peaceful solution to extremism urged
  • SCR to run 242 summer specials


    Karnataka
    Hassan celebrates victory of its son
    The celebration in Hassan of the victory of the former Prime Minister, H.D.Deve Gowda, in the Kanakapura byelection on Sunday looked ironic because he was defeated in the 1999 general elections in the constituency. With Mr. Deve Gowda entering ...
    Gowda scores an emphatic victory
    BANGALORE, FEB. 24. The former Prime Minister and JD (S) chief, H. D. Deve Gowda, made a triumphant re-entry into parliamentary politics today by winning the hotly-contested Kanakapura Lok Sabha byelection with a margin of 53,536 votes over his ...
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  • A ray of hope for rural artisans
  • Run to promote tax compliance
  • Concern over rise in cardiovascular diseases
  • Tenancy a serious offence: Gandhian


    Kerala
    Karunakaran asks CM to convene CLP
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, FEB. 24. The senior Congress leader, K. Karunakaran, has fired another salvo by demanding convening a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) to discuss the issues thrown up by the ongoing strike by the Government ...
    Forest fire put out, Sabarimala safe
    PATHANAMTHITTA, FEB. 24. The wild fire that broke out in the forest tracts of Nedumtherimala and the adjoining grasslands in the Periyar Tiger Reserve a few days ago was reportedly brought under control with the concerted efforts of Forest ...
    Other Stories

  • Thakur defends IDA amendments
  • Elephant race held at Guruvayur temple
  • KCHR office taken over
  • Call to evolve methods to harvest rain water
  • Oppose amendments tolabour laws: AIBEA


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Arches turn traffic hazards
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, FEB. 24. With the capital city playing host to national conferences and religious festivals, `welcome' arches erected by the organisers along the main thoroughfares and link roads have compounded the woes of motorists and ...
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  • BMS calls for nation-wide stir on April 16
  • Shed bad tendencies in student politics: Veliyam
  • Stir may worsen KU's woes
  • Govt. has no magic solutions: Minister
  • Striking staff get psychological mileage


    Tamil Nadu
    Best birthday gift: Jayalalithaa
    CHENNAI, FEB. 24. In Ms. Jayalalithaa's own words, it was the ``best birthday present I've ever received in my life.'' And AIADMK partymen, as also senior IAS and IPS officials, who queued up at her Poes Garden residence with bouquets and shawls, ...
    Legal battles will not deter me: Jayalalithaa
    CHENNAI, FEB. 24. Immediately after her election from Andipatti today, the AIADMK general secretary, Jayalalithaa, declared that she would not be deterred by legal battles. ``Having come thus far, do you think any other legal battle is going ...
    Paneerselvam thanks Jayalalithaa
    CHENNAI, FEB. 24. While laying down office, the Chief Minister, O. Paneerselvam, today thanked the AIADMK general secretary, Ms. Jayalalithaa, for guiding him through the five months he was in the Chief Ministerial chair. In his address to ...
    Defeated, but not disgraced, says Karunanidhi
    CHENNAI, FEB. 24. ``We are defeated but not disgraced. Against many odds, the DMK managed to put up a creditable show in the Andipatti byelection'', the party president, M. Karunanidhi, said here today. Reacting to the poll results, Mr. ...
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  • Results
  • `Big Day' for cadres
  • A vote for misuse of power: Vaiko
  • Media flayed
  • Only two digit votes for them
  • ICSI results today
  • Dissident Congressmen greet AIADMK chief
  • Lift ban on LTTE: Nedumaran
  • 1 killed in `jallikattu'


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Kodambakkam residents seek early construction of railway overbridge
    CHENNAI, FEB. 24. Resident welfare associations of Kodambakkam have sought the early construction of an overbridge across the railway track at Rangarajapuram to decongest traffic. At a grievance day meeting organised by the Exnora Innovators ...
    Will suburban projects get adequate funds for speedy completion?
    CHENNAI, FEB. 24. The Railway Budget will be keenly followed for the direction it takes on extending the MRTS beyond Velacheri, as a major development initiative for the congestion-hit Chennai. With the MRTS second phase between Tirumailai and ...
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  • Visa racket unearthed, two held
  • Man fatally knocked down
  • 'India must come to terms with Dalits'
  • Silver crown stolen from temple
  • Woman, daughter charred to death
  • Curfew passes off peacefully
  • Four killed in road accidents
  • `No pavement at Five Lights'


    Pondicherry
    ASI to be revamped, says Jagmohan
    PONDICHERRY, FEB. 24. The Archeological Survey of India will be revamped shortly, the Union Tourism Minister, Jagmohan, promised the Pondicherry Heritage Summit - 2002. ``I am doing my very best to reorganise the entire ASI; to professionalise ...

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