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Andhra Pradesh
Ministers defend Govt.'s performance
HYDERABAD, SEPT. 3.Making a spirited defence of the Chandrababu Naidu Government's performance over the last seven years, two senior Ministers asserted that the State's economy was not in a shambles as the CLP leader, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, had ...
Per capita debt burden in AP Rs. 4,300
HYDERABAD, SEPT. 3. Every citizen of Andhra Pradesh carries a debt burden of Rs. 4,300, thanks to the massive borrowings by the State Government from internal and external sources. The State's cumulative debt stands at a whopping Rs. 42,000 ...
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  • HC quashes plea against Petroleum Minister
  • Citizens' panel objects to CM's remarks
  • `Velugu' to cover entire State
  • Cong. demands dismissal of `tainted' Minister


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    MCH to set up 17 markets with Rs. 33 cr.
    HYDERABAD, SEPT. 3. Both the Mayor, T. Krishna Reddy, and the Deputy Mayor, Subash Chander, on Tuesday, joined issue with Congress corporators on what the latter described as non- release of funds (Rs.30 lakhs for each corporator) and stoutly ...
    Underground drainage: SCB nod to water board plan
    HYDERABAD, SEPT. 3. The Secunderabad Cantonment Board has cleared a proposal to pay Rs. 12 lakhs towards payment charges for the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) to take up an integrated master plan for an ...
    Spurious Viagra tablets seized
    HYDERABAD, SEPT. 3. A pharmaceutical unit at Cherlapally which allegedly manufactured Sildenafil Citrate tablets and packed them as Viagra of Pfizer, U.S., was raided by Drug Control Administration officials on Monday. About 9,200 such tablets ...
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  • Counselling on career options for engg. students organised
  • CM stresses need to promote hardware production
  • '`Sector SI' system in police stations soon


    Karnataka
    Karnataka to seek review of SC order
    HUBLI, SEPT. 3. The Karnataka Minister for Water Resources, H.K. Patil, has described as unfortunate the direction given by the Supreme Court to release 1.25 tmcft of water to Tamil Nadu on a daily basis starting from Wednesday, till the next ...
    Canal breach triggers floods in Hampi
    KAMALAPUR (BELLARY DT.), SEPT. 3. Major breaches occurred in the high-level and low-level canals on the right bank of Tungabhadra Reservoir on Monday night. Because of the breaches, traffic on Hospet-Kampli Road and on Hampi Road was disrupted ...
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  • Water level touches 518.8 m. in Alamatti
  • Introduce Bill to split State, Advani urged
  • State lax in utilising RIDF, says report
  • Lack of intelligence hampers STF operations
  • Doctors refute reports on outdated drugs
  • Action against Jayalalithaa planned


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    'Greens' oppose building project
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 3. The sprawling property located off Kasturba Road, just behind the museum and a petrol bunk, once belonged to the famous hunter-naturalist, Kenneth Anderson. The bungalow and compound where Anderson (who died here in 1974) ...
    Project to combat lead poisoning on
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 3. The National Referral Centre for Lead Poisoning in India (NRCLPI), set up two years ago on the St. John's Medical College campus here, has embarked on a project to prepare the "Lead Map of India" that will help measure how ...
    Fuel only for vehicles with 'emission-tested' stickers
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 3. Now, you have more than one reason to check the emission level of your vehicles and get an updated "Pollution Under Control" certificate (PUC). The Transport Department has directed all petrol bunks in Bangalore not to sell ...
    'Report extortion during Ganesha Festival'
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 3.The Police Commissioner of Bangalore, H.T. Sangliana, has prohibited forcible collection of money from the public for the Ganesha Festival. "Shamiyanas" on roads and cross roads, and use of loud speakers after 10 p.m. will also ...
    Hardware: `Woo global contract firms'
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 3. There are many poor students who have completed their SSLC or PUC, but are unable to study further. They don't have benefactors to guide them to secure jobs. This is apparent from the number of youths direct-selling an ...
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  • KPTCL's Anti-Theft Law remains a paper tiger
  • SC order: Security tightened


    Kerala
    Mob violence, CPI(M) strike against power tariff hike hit Kerala
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 3. Even as the Government seemed to be groping for a way out of the tariff hike conundrum in the face of stiff resistance from almost the entire political spectrum, mob violence and blockade of Government offices by ...
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  • CPI leader's plea to end violence


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    MDRC to include more tests
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 3. The Metabolic Disorders Research Centre (MDRC) in the city is planning to expand the neonatal screening programme to include tests for six more genetic disorders. At present, the centre has been screening only for ...
    KSEB offices, KSRTC buses damaged
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 3. The anti-power tariff hike agitation by the Left parties took a violent turn in different parts of the district today. Several persons, including Left-front activists and policemen, were injured in clashes in the city ...
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  • Lawyer's death: police suspect suicide
  • `Corpn. scuttling fishermen's housing project'


    Tamil Nadu
    Students, police clash at Melur
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 3. The Statewide protests by student unions and organisations, against the move to convert government colleges into constituents of universities, turned violent today. At Melur, near Madurai, hundreds of students and riot police ...
    Explosives experts visit blast site
    CHEYYAR, SEPT. 3. A team of experts led by the Controller of Explosives Department, Ministry of Industries, Government of India, Vellore, G.V.Reddy, today visited the damaged licensed fireworks shop at Cheyyar, where an explosion claimed six ...
    Ransom: Jayalalithaa says she did not refer to Krishna
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 3.The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today objected to the Karnataka Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, dragging her into an ``unseemly and unnecessary'' controversy over ransom payment to the forest brigand, Veerappan, for ...
    We'll take on Jayalalithaa politically: Elangovan
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 3. The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee will take on the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, politically for her "broadside" against the party and its president, Sonia Gandhi, without indulging in "mudslinging" like she did. The people ...
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  • Union Minister's assurance to planters
  • Purchase of TANSI property illegal, says counsel
  • Panel mooted for woollen sector development
  • Veerappan spotted at Kundal?
  • 5 police officials summoned for `rights violations'
  • Fighting off hunger, a reality at Athichapuram
  • Poaching, drought threaten deer in Villupuram forests
  • Keelavazhavu panchayat chief reinstated temporarily


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Battered boy rescued from orphanage
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 3. Six-year-old Arvind Sheshadri was rushed to the casualty ward of the Government Royapettah Hospital. Apart from marks of caning all over the body, a swollen wrist and arm, the boy had sunken eyes, burn marks and a visibly ...
    Rain brings eight days' water supply
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 3. Last night rain took Chennai and its suburbs by surprise, bringing joy among the citizens but, at the same time, causing inundation in low-level areas and lightning caused `fire' in a slum colony. The rainfall, accompanied by ...
    Sewer station project awaiting TNEB nod
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 3. A relay sewer station, considered a strategic infrastructure in 1995 by the AIADMK Government then, was abandoned in 1999 by the successive Government, only to be revived in 2002. The Rs. 6.6-crore station on Ellai Mudali ...
    Consumers also to blame for misuse of LPG cylinders
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 3.It is the turn of cooking gas distributors now, to blame the consumers for diversion of the heavily subsidised domestic fuel. Coming full circle from the days when they virtually used to be at the mercy of the distributors, ...
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  • Viewfinders seized at Chennai airport
  • Sri Lankan products to be showcased in Chennai
  • Abducted Chennai girls handed over to parents


    Pondicherry
    New French Consul General assumes office
    PONDICHERRY, SEPT. 3. Michel Seguy, the new French Consul General for Pondicherry and Chennai assumed office here on Monday. He succeeds Yves Barelli who has been transferred, according to a communication from the Consulate. Mr. Seguy ...
    Save Swadeshi Cotton Mill, Pondy Govt. told
    PONDICHERRY, SEPT. 3. Representatives of 10 trade unions have urged the Territorial Administration to initiate urgent steps to save the NTC-run Swadeshi Cotton Mill. In a memorandum to the Lt. Governor, K. R. Malkani on Monday, they alleged ...
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  • Scholarship for Pondy students
  • Rural organisers observe fast
  • Govt. failed to focus on farmers problems : CPI
  • AIADMK trade union members stage protest

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