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Tuesday, August 27, 2002
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Pondicherry Andhra Pradesh Naxalites free 3 policemen, home guard VISAKHAPATNAM, AUG. 26.Three of the four policemen and one home guard, taken hostage by the People's War, reached Anakapalle on Monday morning after they were released on Sunday evening in the forest, but the fate of one constable, Chitti Babu, ... Tobacco Board not to let corrections on bale tickets GUNTUR, AUG. 26. The Tobacco Board has decided not to allow corrections on bale tickets in future auctions. Disclosing this to The Hindu here today, the chairman of the Board, P. Dayachary, said that the Board had directed auction ... 
Rare, limbless lizard found on AU campusVISAKHAPATNAM, AUG. 26.It slithers about the wooded campus of Andhra University, foraging for food and burrowing into earth at the slightest hint of danger. Serpentine sans the hood and hiss of a snake, the creature is believed be peerless in the ... Godavari recedes, relief on BHADRACHALAM, AUG. 26. The flood level in the Godavari which remained steady at 50 feet for nearly nine hours near the temple town began to recede from 3 p.m. today. It was expected to fall below the first warning level of 43 ft by Tuesday ... Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad Lock-up death: locals ransack police station HYDERABAD, AUG. 26. Tension prevailed at the Sadashivpet police station in Medak district on Monday, when locals ransacked the police station following the alleged lock-up death of a 60-year old man who was brought to the police station on ... Indo-Italian workshop on IT held HYDERABAD, AUG. 26. Outlining Europe's target to become the largest knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010, Furio Honsell, Vice-Chancellor, University of Udine, Italy, has said that this dream can be achieved only by forging partnerships ... Other Stories
Karnataka Who will be the negotiator this time? BANGALORE, AUG. 26. Finding an emissary to negotiate the release of the former Minister, H. Nagappa, with the forest brigand, Veerappan, appears to have become a problem for the State Government. Those who played a key role in getting the ... 
Veerapan `promises' to release Nagappa soonKOLLEGAL (CHAMARAJANAGAR DT.), AUG 26. Barely hours after the family celebrated the naming ceremony of a newborn, a pall of gloom descended on the farmhouse of the former minister, H. Nagappa, on the outskirts of Kamagere village, about 15 km. ... 
`He shook our hands, but spoke little'KOLLEGAL (C'NAGAR DT.), AUG. 26. What was supposed to be just another journey back home after a day's toil turned out to be an unforgettable experience for these weary passengers on a private bus plying between Kollegal and Ramapura late on ... Other Stories
Karnataka-Bangalore Dial-a-share launched BANGALORE, AUG. 26. Investors who dial the toll-free 1600-11-9400 from Bangalore can now buy and sell shares on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). The service from HDFC Securities Ltd. (HSL) called dial-a-share is already available in Mumbai, ... More nuclear reactors needed, says Srinivasan BANGALORE, AUG. 26. The former Atomic Energy Commission Chairman, M.R. Srinivasan, has said that the country's nuclear energy programme will be self-sustaining only if the installed capacity of atomic power plants goes beyond 10,000 ... Other Stories
Kerala Peace bid by heads of sister churches KOCHI, AUG. 26. The Patriarch faction (Jacobite Syrian Christian Church) has welcomed the help offered by the heads of five episcopal churches to end the factional feud in the Malankara Church. Addressing mediapersons here today, the ... 'Orthodox faction remark immature' KOCHI, AUG. 26. The Patriarch faction head, Catholicos Baselios Thomas I, has termed as ``immature'' and ``senile'' the reported remark of the Orthodox faction head that he would consider entering politics. The Catholicos told a news conference ... 
Thousands witness Aranmula boat racePATHANAMTHITTA. Aug. 26. Uthrittathi Vallomkali, the annual pageantry and race of palliyodams (snakeboats), was held with pomp and gaiety in the River Pampa at Aranmula this afternoon. Thousands of people from different parts of the State ... 
At 118, Mudha Mooppan is hale and heartyANAVAI (Attappady), AUG. 26. The legendary Mudha Mooppan, well-known tribal medical practitioner and head of the Kurumbas of the Attappady Hills in Palakkad district, who claims that he is 118 years old and has married 16 times, is hale ... Other Stories
Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram Book piracy racket busted THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 26. The City Police today busted a racket involving unauthorised duplication and sale of foreign medical books from two photostat business centres in the Medical College area. As many as 150 unauthorised reproductions of ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu 
STF to be strengthenedCHENNAI, AUG. 26. With Veerappan back at his kidnap game, the Tamil Nadu Government, which spent Rs. 25.13 crores on chasing the forest brigand in the last 15 months, today decided to put more men and money into the operation. Three months after ... Who will be the negotiator this time? BANGALORE, AUG. 26. Finding an emissary to negotiate the release of the former Minister, H. Nagappa, with the forest brigand, Veerappan, appears to have become a problem for the State Government. Those who played a key role in getting the ... Army won't be effective in jungle terrain: CM CHENNAI, AUG. 26. The Army will not be efficient in jungle terrain in the efforts at nabbing the forest brigand, Veerappan, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, said today. Talking to reporters here, she said the Border Security Force had also not ...
Veerapan `promises' to release Nagappa soonKOLLEGAL (CHAMARAJANAGAR DT.), AUG 26. Barely hours after the family celebrated the naming ceremony of a newborn, a pall of gloom descended on the farmhouse of the former minister, H. Nagappa, on the outskirts of Kamagere village, about 15 km. ...
`He shook our hands, but spoke little'KOLLEGAL (C'NAGAR DT.), AUG. 26. What was supposed to be just another journey back home after a day's toil turned out to be an unforgettable experience for these weary passengers on a private bus plying between Kollegal and Ramapura late on ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai Contractor syndicate corners tender schedules CHENNAI, AUG. 26. In a departure from what has become the normally accepted practice at the Chennai Corporation Zonal offices, the Corporation Zone III (Pulianthope) held an `open tender' for 53 works worth Rs 4.3 crore today. Most of the works ... Advocates to continue court boycott CHENNAI, AUG. 26. Striking advocates of the Madras High Court have decided to continue their court boycott, even as the higher judiciary has made it clear that proceedings will be conducted from Tuesday. While the advocates of district bar ... Other Stories
Pondicherry Action plan needed to tackle major issues PONDICHERRY, AUG. 26. The stability of the Rangasamy-headed Congress Government in Pondicherry is unchallengable, thanks to the merger of the PMC and the TMC with the Congress. But, the stability has cast a heavy responsibility on the Government, ... Experts to clean bronze idols in Pondy museum PONDICHERRY, AUG. 26.In an effort to conserve the third best collection of bronzes in the country housed in the Pondicherry Museum, a team of conservators from the National Museum Institute is here to clean the idols and other articles. There ... Other Stories
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