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Andhra Pradesh
BIE to supply copies of answer papers
HYDERABAD, MAY 10.The Board of Intermediate Examinations will be supplying photo copies of the valued answer scripts on payment of Rs.600 per paper and revaluation of the valued scripts would be allowed on payment of Rs.1,000 per paper from this ...
Hottest day in a decade: five dead
VIJAYAWADA, MAY 10. The mercury touched the maximum of 48.8 degrees celsius here on Friday, making it the hottest day in a decade. Such high temperatures were a feature in the 1980s. The maximum temperature in Vijayawada has never crossed 45 ...
Other Stories

  • Rathnam group claim
  • Assault case against MLA, Desam activists
  • 388 extremists `liberated'
  • Cong. workers clash before APCC chief
  • MSR asks Govt. to stop 'targeting' PWG
  • DSC test: Govt. bows to BCs' plea


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Power tariff: Cong. ridicules comparison with Karnataka
    HYDERABAD, MAY 10. The Congress has ridiculed the comparison that the Energy Minister, P. Subbarayudu, sought to make between revision of power tariffs in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh to show that the latter's tariff was much lower. Addressing ...
    Other Stories

  • Major power transmission line commissioned


    Karnataka
    `Govt. yet to consider tariff hike plan'
    SANKESHWAR (BELGAUM DT.), MAY 10. The State Government will consider the recommendations of the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on power tariff revision, the Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, said here on Friday. Mr. Krishna, who ...
    Other Stories

  • Puttappa, Kanavi, Kalburgi not to attend meet on language
  • CPI(M) blames BJP for hike in power tariff
  • CWC approval, a pleasant surprise
  • Govt. trying to confuse people on power tariff: BJP
  • Bandh peaceful in C.N.Halli, Turuvekere


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Govt. to consult Oppn. on power tariff hike
    BANGALORE, MAY 10. The Energy Secretary, K.P.Pandey, on Friday clarified that the Government had not kept in abeyance the 16.2 per cent tariff increase which the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) had approved. The Government ...
    Other Stories

  • Taluk-wise arrack vending auction likely
  • Reject Veeresh panel report, Govt. urged
  • PTC ready to provide 100 MW to KPTCL
  • 'Let farmers decide on Bt. cotton'
  • `Part of UAS land transferred for biotech. park'
  • Elaborate security for bandh


    Kerala
    Mathikettan documents verification begins
    KOCHI, MAY 10. The Additional Chief Secretary and head of the Secretaries' committee probing the Mathikettan encroachment, Chandrasekharan Nair, has said that steps to evict the encroachers will begin in two days. The committee started ...
    Other Stories

  • P. R. Francis is dead


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    ADB to blend loans with grants
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 10. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is trying to blend its loans with bilateral assistance to India from the Netherlands, Britain and other countries. This is against the background of its commercial loans becoming less ...
    Other Stories

  • UDF trade unions closing ranks
  • Treat deliberate default of loans as criminal offence: AIBEA
  • Union Bank's new schemes
  • P. C. George told to keep his word
  • VS disproves Sudhakaran's contention


    Tamil Nadu
    Strike ban Bill passed after walkout
    CHENNAI, MAY. 10. Even as the entire Opposition staged a noisy walkout from the Assembly, the AIADMK Government today enacted the controversial legislation banning strikes by workers in ``essential services.'' The Tamil Nadu Essential Services ...
    Stalin has 15 days to choose between two posts
    CHENNAI, MAY 10. The Assembly today passed the controversial Bills barring MLAs and MPs from holding key elected posts in local bodies amid protests and a walkout by the entire Opposition, barring the BJP. The Opposition — the DMK, the ...
    `TN receipts not matching expenditure'
    CHENNAI, MAY 10.The increased revenue receipts of the Tamil Nadu Government have not been able to keep pace with the unabated rise in revenue expenditure, leading to increased borrowings, according to the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor ...
    Govt ready to rehabilitate beedi workers: CM
    CHENNAI, MAY 10. While insisting that the Bill to prevent smoking and spitting in public places would not affect beedi workers, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today promised the Assembly that the Government was prepared to help in their ...
    Other Stories

  • Balan case accused surrenders
  • AIADMK MP joins issue with women's forum
  • Madurai Mayor-CM meet plan raises eyebrows in DMK
  • 'Annadhanam' at Sabarimala mooted
  • Now, Durai Murugan, Ponmudi exchange words
  • 8 file papers for Saidapet seat
  • Majestic statue lies sprawling on floor
  • 'Videoconferencing only to prevent escape'


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Metrowater campaign lackadaisical: experts
    CHENNAI, MAY 10. The Government may want the rainwater harvesting (RWH) campaign to be made a people's movement but Chennai Metrowater, according to RWH activists, is not doing enough to translate this goal into reality. According to the ...
    Other Stories

  • West Saidapet residents seek better bus services
  • Two held for threatening lodge owner
  • Armed gang strikes at Pammal
  • Biting the hand that robs her


    Pondicherry
    Tamil is mother of south Indian languages: CJ
    PONDICHERRY, MAY 10. The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Justice B. Subhashan Reddy, has said he was impressed by the serene atmosphere and secular ambience of the Union Territory. Presiding over the inauguration of the three-day 37th ...
    Mercury shoots up to 40 degrees
    PONDICHERRY, MAY 10. The Union Territory of Pondicherry today recorded 40 degrees Celsius and at one stage strong winds gave a sand wash in almost all parts of the Pondicherry region. The sky became overcast suddenly in the evening and even a ...
    Other Stories

  • Power supply disruption hits normal life
  • Prizes to essay contest winners
  • Rules repealed
  • Centralised admission to HSC discontinued
  • Rs. 34.73 cr. for renovating irrigation tanks

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