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Andhra Pradesh
Assembly motion against dismantling FCI
HYDERABAD, MARCH 9. The AP Legislative Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Government of India to continue the present foodgrains procurement policy to ensure Minimum Support Price (MSP) to paddy farmers in the State and to ...
Domestic child labour convention on March 21
HYDERABAD, MARCH 9. A convention of the domestic child labour is being organised here on March 21 jointly by an NGO, Divya Disha, and the AP chapter of National Domestic Workers Movement (NDWM), to focus attention on problems faced by them. ...
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  • NSTFDC to be launched by month- end
  • `AP not power surplus'
  • BJP opposes move to hike power tariff
  • SC upholds APERC order on categorisation
  • Goud allays Opposition fears over new police Act


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    APAT procedures will be simplified, says CM
    The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, today expressed concern over the pendency of a significantly large number of cases in the A. P. Administrative Tribunal (APAT) for long periods. Inaugurating a seminar on role and problems of ...
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  • Cong. forces debate on Janmabhoomi
  • Arrangements in place for SSC exam
  • Uproar over MCH Dy. Mayor election


    Karnataka
    Import duty on silk may be hiked
    BANGALORE, MARCH 9. As silk does not come under the purview of the WTO norms, the Union Textiles Ministry will be suggesting to the Union Finance Ministry to rationalise the import duty structure to enable the Indian silk industry to grow and ...
    Tension in Bijapur; ban orders imposed
    Prohibitory orders were clamped in Bijapur city after tension prevailed following incidents of vandalism and arson in the early hours of Saturday, in which two shrines were damaged and three vehicles were burnt. The prohibitory orders will be ...
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  • Free education to be made a basic right
  • Scholarships for students
  • Violence-hit village in Hassan Dt. peaceful
  • Baragur for law on Kannada in education
  • `Educate people on Child Labour Act'
  • `VAT will streamline tax structure'
  • Govt. withdraws services of official from HDMC
  • Karnataka Bank announces package for farmers
  • 5 farmer leaders shifted to hospital
  • NEKRTC to induct 40 new buses
  • `BSP's task is to wean dalits away from Cong.'
  • Programme to highlight problems faced by women
  • TLBC farmers firm on bandh today
  • Lack of water: Farmers gherao minister
  • Three drown in village well
  • I did my best: ex-ZP chief


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Centre urged to organise `textile yatra'
    The Union Minister for Urban Development, Ananth Kumar, has said that a "textile yatra'' should be organised for improving the global market for textiles and designer wear. He was speaking at the "Tantavi exhibition" of handloom fabrics woven ...
    Other Stories

  • Concrete roads to be constructed
  • RS polls: BJP nominates Tara Devi
  • Sonia, Deve Gowda should be arrested: Eshwarappa
  • KPSC told not to contest KAT order


    Kerala
    Kerala Govt. staff call off strike
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH 9. The State Government employees and teachers called off their 32-day-old strike following talks with the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, and other Ministers here on Saturday. The Government agreed to reduce the ...
    Other Stories

  • Budget drafted under ADB's directive: VS
  • Moves to derail polls: Catholicos threatens action
  • Left responsible for BJP's growth: Ravi


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Stir ends leaving a lot to ponder over
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH 9. The 32-day-old strike by Government employees and teachers has ended bringing relief all around. But it has ended leaving a lot for the staff, the Government and the people of Kerala to ponder over. The strike was a ...
    Other Stories

  • `Fiscal consolidation needs hard options'
  • State hits reform path with gusto
  • British Library plans `Wonderland'
  • Tax revision, new levies likely


    Tamil Nadu
    Governor unveils 15-point programme
    CHENNAI, MARCH 9. Even as he announced the pruning of the approved Plan outlay for 2001-02 from Rs.6,040 crores to Rs.5,200 crores in view of the financial crisis, the Governor, P.S. Ramamohan Rao, today unveiled an ambitious 15-point programme ...
    Hard economic decisions on the anvil
    In a clear indication that more hard economic decisions are on the anvil to tide over the financial crisis in Tamil Nadu, the Governor, P.S. Ramamohan Rao, today said the recent series of reform measures to cut down non-plan expenditure ``have ...
    Hyder Ali arrested
    MADURAI, MARCH 9. The police achieved a breakthrough in the case of two Islamic fundamentalists' escape with the arrest of one of them, Hyder Ali, in Sivaganga today. A police team, led by the IG (South Zone), S. K. Dogra, nabbed Hyder Ali, ...
    CJI resents poor funds allocation
    . The Chief Justice of India, Justice S.P. Bharucha, has expressed dissatisfaction over the failure of the State Governments to provide necessary funds for increasing number of judges in all courts across the board. Inaugurating the third ...
    Gangsters identified
    The city police have identified four persons, involved in the daring attack on police personnel to free Imam Ali and Hyder Ali from police custody on Thursday. Briefing presspersons here today, the ADGP, K. Natarajan, said Syed Ibrahim, Seeni ...
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  • Face-to-face in House after 13 years
  • Foreign training in `explosives' causes concern
  • `Garden of Peace' in Chennai
  • Veerappan's wife springs a surprise
  • 19 sandalwood oil cans recovered, 2 held
  • Privatisation unacceptable: DMK
  • Goldenrock workshop bags Rs.6-cr. order
  • Nothing new: Opposition
  • Chennai chosen for literacy programme
  • Govt. move evokes mixed reaction
  • IOC depots to have `tank-truck security system'
  • Gold coins handed over to Salem museum


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Water supply: Second phase to be implemented next year
    CHENNAI, MARCH 9. The second phase of the Chennai water supply augmentation project will be taken up for implementation in the next financial year. This project involves construction of new storage reservoirs and check dams across the Palar, ...
    Other Stories

  • Quality of policing will improve: Vijay Kumar
  • Corpn. budget fails to allocate funds for Mechanical Egg. department


    Pondicherry
    Call for attitudinal change among varsity staff
    . The Vice-Chancellor of the Pondicherry University, V.T. Patil, today stressed the need for developing positive outlook, attitudinal change and promotion of proper mindset among the staff and employees attached to the universities. He was ...
    PDS kerosene price up
    The Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer Welfare has announced that the price of kerosene sold through public distribution outlets (ration shops) in the Union Territory has been raised to Rs. 9.15 a litre in the wake of hike effected by the ...
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  • 75 women screened at health camp
  • Speaker meets Advani
  • Lakshminarayanan to be redesignated Education Minister
  • Trade unions plan picketing

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