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Andhra Pradesh
Power supply position in A.P. worsens
HYDERABAD, JULY 9. Andhra Pradesh experienced serious power shortage on Tuesday with most parts of the State coming under a staggered cut, up to five hours even as hectic efforts were on by the AP Transco to salvage the situation. The supply ...
Fearing police harassment, villager commits suicide
HYDERABAD, JULY 9.A villager, who was questioned by the police on information that a People's War squad visited his house, hanged himself fearing police harassment, in Ansanpally village of Medak district on Tuesday morning. Incidentally, the ...
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  • Anthrax claims 57 sheep in remote village


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Property tax collection up
    HYDERABAD, JULY 9. Property tax collections in the City have registered a growth of 32 per cent, indicating good response from taxpayers. Up to July 1, the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad has collected Rs. 8.58 crores, as against Rs. 6.5 ...
    In pursuit of a dream world
    HYDERABAD, JULY 9. Who wouldn't like to live in an ideal society? A society perfect in terms of sanitation, education and health. People in the Old City are being encouraged to dream of a "Sunehra Hyderabad''. A serious effort in this direction ...


    Karnataka
    KSRTC set to take on maxi-cabs
    BANGALORE, JULY 9. The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has decided to compete with maxi-cab and private operators in the State by introducing buses with 20 or 24 seats. The maxi-cab operators are offering services on both ...
    Kharge gets report on incident involving Srinath
    BANGALORE, JULY 9. The Karnataka Home Minister, Mallikarjun Kharge, told the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday that he had received a report from the Commissioner of Police of Mysore on the alleged misbehaviour by an official of the Kuvempunagar ...
    Krishna sitting pretty despite dissidence
    BANGALORE, JULY 9. For the first time, the Karnataka Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, has been challenged by a group of disgruntled Ministers and party legislators led by the Water Resource Minister, H.K. Patil, in the wake of the recent Cabinet ...
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  • Port users seek lower tariff regime
  • Local bodies indifferent to eco-campaign
  • Procession of State's biggest Ganesha idol tomorrow


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Shettar hits out at Govt. for its nonchalance
    BANGALORE, JULY 9. The Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, Jagadish Shettar, on Tuesday lashed out at the Government for its failure to take up relief operations in drought-affected areas. Initiating a discussion under Rule 69 ...
    Govt. offers to discuss SAS
    BANGALORE, JULY 9. The Urban Development Minister, D.K.Shivakumar, today defended, in the Legislative Assembly, the introduction of compulsory self-assessment scheme (SAS) for property tax. However, he promised to hold a meeting with members to ...


    Kerala
    Manichan and 25 others convicted
    KOLLAM, JULY 9. Twenty-six of the 36 accused in the sensational Kalluvathukkal-Pallikkal-Pallipuram hooch tragedy case have been convicted by the Kollam First Additional Sessions Judge, K. Chandradas Nadar. The judge gave the verdict that the ...
    Controversy over article on Osama
    PATHANAMTHITTA, JULY 9. The heat and dust generated over a controversial article in a college magazine in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala is snowballing into a major controversy with the college management suspecting a "wider conspiracy" behind ...
    Study finds pesticide 'highly hazardous'
    PALAKKAD, JULY 9. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) have found that the controversial endosulfan pesticide is highly hazardous to health and environment. In a study, while the ...
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  • Controversy over use of 'Viagra' on newborns


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    KTDC-ITDC MoU for tourism promotion
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 9.The Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC) has entered into a strategic partnership with the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) for the joint promotion and development of tourism and associated ...
    Medicos' stir from tomorrow
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 9.A protracted stir beginning Thursday by junior doctors of Medical Colleges to press for a stipend hike is likely to impact on hospital services. According to the schedule of the agitation, junior doctors would launch ...


    Tamil Nadu
    NBW issued against Vaiko
    CHENNAI, JULY 9. A non-bailable arrest warrant was issued against the MDMK general secretary and Sivakasi MP, Vaiko, by a Tirumangalam court in Madurai district tonight. Mr. Vaiko, who is currently in the United States, has been booked under ...
    Stalin only suspended, not displaced: CJ
    CHENNAI, JULY 9. The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, B. Subhashan Reddy, has clarified that the Chennai Mayor, M.K. Stalin, has only been ``suspended'' and not ``displaced'' by the interim order of the court. During arguments on a ...
    Ensure peace in State: Jayalalithaa tells police
    CHENNAI, JULY 9. While making it clear that her Government would continue to implement various welfare measures for police personnel, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today said they had a major responsibility in ensuring that the State remained ...
    Demand for Salem rail division ignored again
    CHENNAI, JULY 9. Amid the controversy over creation of new zones and divisions, the Southern Railway's long-pending demand for a new division in Tamil Nadu, with headquarters either in Salem or Coimbatore, has again been ignored by the Railway ...
    T.N. Govt. firm on boycotting Cauvery meet
    CHENNAI, JULY 9.With the Cauvery crisis yet to blow over, the Tamil Nadu Government has formally conveyed to the Centre the State Cabinet's decision to boycott the Cauvery River Authority headed by the Prime Minister. Amid reports of the Prime ...
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  • Serial blast case adjourned to July 15
  • 125 high schools upgraded
  • SC declines relief to journalist
  • MBA, MCA: SC to hear TN's plea on July 11
  • The pervasive spirit of liquor
  • Erratic power supply in Kancheepuram


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    `Flying squad' operation runs into rough weather
    CHENNAI, JULY 9. An exercise by the Chennai Corporation's newly-formed ``flying squad'' today to remove what it called an unauthorised hoarding at the junction of Theagaraya Road and Dr. Nair Road in T.Nagar ran into rough weather when the ...
    Govt. apathy keeps farmers away from market
    CHENNAI, JULY 9. Since the change of guard at Fort St. George last May, withdrawal of free luggage service in government buses for farmers and a decline in standards of maintenance, the `uzhavar sandhai' at Ambattur has been dying a slow death ...
    Civic issues more important than mayoral flag: CJ
    CHENNAI, JULY 9. A civic body should concentrate on larger issues such as road, water and drainage, leaving aside `petty' things such as mayoral flags and facilities, the Madras High Court Chief Justice, B. Subhashan Reddy, said today. In the ...
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  • Ask for identity of search parties: IT dept.
  • `Madanagopal had foes all around'
  • Advocate challenges colour code for number plates
  • Saidapet temple trustee held for misappropriation
  • Focus on Railways-MTC coordination


    Pondicherry
    Govt. schools to have KG sections
    PONDICHERRY, JULY 9. The Education Minister, K. Lakshminarayanan said here today that the education department would open soon kindergarten sections in Government schools to ensure that the children were offered opportunities to experience play ...
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  • Security to Govt. Whip
  • DMK MLA among 290 arrested

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