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Andhra Pradesh
'TDP hijacking FFW programme'
ONGOLE, AUG. 18. The Leader of the Opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has alleged that the "Food-for-work'' (FFW) programme is being utilised to provide "advance election expenditure'' to workers and leaders of the ...
Rlys. seeking partners to complete projects
HYDERABAD, AUG. 18.The Railway Ministry is on the look out for "strategic partners'' to supplement its annual budgetary allocation for the projects on hand, according to the Union Minister of State for Railways, Bandaru Dattatreya. The exercise ...
Other Stories

  • Cong. seeks probe into Venkaiah Naidu's landholdings
  • Rosaiah admits to differences within party
  • Provide jobs for engg. students, says YSR
  • Genco producing 10.5 m units more power
  • Cracker in Tirumala hundi: security official for Sivakasi
  • Seven PW naxals surrender
  • Fortune-teller found murdered


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Gandhi Hospital shifting may miss schedule
    HYDERABAD, AUG. 18. The shifting of the Gandhi Hospital to its new premises at old Musheerabad Jail is likely to miss the schedule. Though work has been progressing at a brisk pace, several glitches and changes in the original plan appear to be ...
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  • `Adarsha basti' scheme launched
  • BJP committed to providing houses for all: Dattatreya
  • Spiritual training for teachers: CM
  • Three youth drowned


    Karnataka
    Private schools, colleges to go on strike
    BANGALORE, AUG. 18. Several private aided schools and colleges in Karnataka will go on an indefinite strike from Monday in response to a "bandh" call given by various associations representing private managements and employees of the ...
    Ministers rally to Krishnappa's defence
    BANGALORE, AUG. 18.Supporters of the Social Welfare Minister, A. Krishnappa, today sought to blame the Janata Dal and the BJP for the large-scale misuse of funds in the Krishnarajapuram and the Mahadevapura city municipal councils (CMCs) and ...
    Other Stories

  • CM misleading people on drought: Sedam
  • Bijapur Cong. factions to meet Vayalar Ravi
  • Gowda blames CM for power sector ills
  • EC alone can decide on polls: Seshan
  • `Govt. has failed on drought relief front'


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Inter-State gang of robbers on the prowl
    BANGALORE, AUG. 18. It is a story Bollywood could have scripted, train journeys, gangs armed with sedatives, beggars who act as informants, and in the middle of it all, hapless passengers. And this happens on a number of trains that leave the ...
    Other Stories

  • Doctor mowed down by lorry at Minerva Circle
  • Schoolboy makes emission tester
  • `Proof' shows low priority for maintenance in BMP
  • `Wear helmet, keep your head' campaign in City
  • BMP urged to stop selling land, build parks


    Kerala
    Centre backs Kerala's e-governance
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 18.The Union Government has committed itself to providing technical and financial assistance for Kerala's e-governance initiatives. The commitment is contained in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on e-governance, the ...
    Kerala Latin Catholics vow to back Minister
    KOCHI, AUG. 18.The Kerala Latin Catholic Association has termed the hawala scam raised against the State Tourism Minister, K.V. Thomas, as a move to deny Cabinet representation for the Latin Catholic community. In a statement, the KLCA ...
    Other Stories

  • `Media has more influence than Supreme Court'
  • Govt. sanctions 358 drinking water schemes
  • Vessel found at Thaikal 1,010 years old
  • Law on rainwater harvesting mooted
  • Kerala can lead country in IT, says Mahajan
  • Rs. 4-cr. Central aid for IT project
  • Fresh VRS offer in Keltron
  • Solution evades film industry crisis


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Hudco ready to fund airport modernisation: Minister
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 18. The Housing and Urban Development Corporation (Hudco) is ready to offer financial assistance for the modernisation of Thiruvananthapuram international airport, according to the Union Minister of State for Urban ...
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  • KU to celebrate Onam
  • Onam Week fete from today


    Tamil Nadu
    Colleges monitoring to be decentralised
    CHENNAI, AUG. 18. In a major initiative at decentralising administration and monitoring procedures, Anna University proposes to group the 230 affiliated engineering colleges under different regional centres for offering PG/research programmes and ...
    Ramadoss seeks to end `Baba' controversy
    CUDDALORE, AUG.18. Even as functionaries of different caste outfits rallied under the banner of the Social Justice Forum (SJF) expressed their solidarity with him in the campaign against Rajnikant, the Pattali Makkal Katchi founder, S. Ramadoss, ...
    Project on child labour meets early end
    CHENNAI, AUG. 18.Chennai's Child Labour Elimination Programme, which rehabilitated 6,050 children, has been forced to wind up owing to paucity of funds. The programme has died a premature death, leaving the beneficiaries in the ...
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  • `Indigenous vaccine for malaria soon'
  • Governor calls for new code of medical ethics
  • Stress on coordinated effort to fight TB
  • PMK men held for protesting
  • Don't let it snowball into violence: Karunanidhi
  • Funds crunch hits CLEP
  • 12 taken ill after consuming water
  • Appeal to cine actors
  • Additional rebate on handloom goods mooted
  • Villupuram-Thanjavur MG line remains neglected
  • Fan's house set on fire
  • Stop criticising Rajnikant: Elangovan


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Concern over lack of security measures at hospitals
    CHENNAI, AUG. 18. A confrontation between residents of the Walltax Road in Park Town and the personnel of the Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital (KMCH) on Saturday night over the death of a two-year-old girl child with burns, brought up the ...
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  • Man for all occasions?
  • Guindy National Park to adopt RWH
  • `Beware of criminals during festivals'
  • Accident awareness rally organised

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