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Andhra Pradesh
Naxals kill 2 excise head constables
BUKKAPATNAM (ANANTAPUR), SEPT. 19. In a major strike People's War naxalites killed two excise head constables and their jeep driver by blasting three Claymore mines in the forest area between Buchchaiahgaripalli and Siddarampuram villages of ...
Cong. leader stages dharna
ANANTAPUR, SEPT. 19. The Congress Legislature Party leader, Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, staged a dharna in front of the seeds sale counter here today demanding supply of sufficient quantity of seed of alternative crops in Anantapur district. ...
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  • Govt. ready for talks with PW: Goud
  • CM favours reviving plan for Ganga-Cauvery link


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Serious power crisis facing State
    HYDERABAD, SEPT. 19. A serious power crisis looms over the State with the hydel power generation going down drastically as a result of the poor inflows into the reservoirs and thermal power generation facing critical challenges. The 24-hour ...
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  • Nandi awards for 2000 announced
  • `Engineering seats exceed demand'


    Karnataka
    Farmers storm govt. offices, 200 held
    MYSORE, SEPT.19. There was no let up in the Cauvery-related agitation in Mandya and Mysore districts today. Nearly 200 persons, including 50 women, courted arrest as part of the "Jail bharo" agitation in Mandya District after farmers stormed ...
    IT for the masses is my mission: Mahajan
    HUBLI, SEPT. 19.Pramod Mahajan, Union Minister for Communication, Information Technology, and Parliamentary Affairs, has said that his mission is to take information technology to rural areas and the masses. Speaking at a function here on ...
    Farmer jumped into Kabini waters to fake a suicide: police
    H.D. KOTE (MYSORE DT.), SEPT. 19.Was the unfortunate drowning of 41-year-old Guruswamy, member of the Beechanahalli Gram Panchayat, in the Kabini waters near here, accidental, or did he plan to commit suicide? If the local police authorities ...
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  • Make India economic superpower: Minister
  • Hi-tech inauguration goes up in smoke
  • Water levels cause for concern: Report


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Lokayukta calls for audit reports on K.R. Puram CMC
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 19.The Lokayukta has urged the Principal Accountant General (Audit), Bangalore, to finalise the audit reports on the Krishnarajapuram City Municipal Council (CMC), which are said to have been completed, and make them available to ...
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  • Students' campaign against six-day week
  • Cell phones of officers, scribes being monitored?
  • New software development centre


    Kerala
    Karunakaran group pressures Govt.
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 19. The Senior Kerala Congress Leader, K. Karunakaran, opened yet another move to put pressure on the Antony Government and force a Cabinet reshuffle. All the MLAs owing allegiance to Mr. Karunakaran would meet the ...
    HC warns against stir before courts
    KOCHI, SEPT. 19. Disturbed by the recent agitation of the CPI(M) which affected the functioning of some courts, a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday reminded all political leaders that any infraction of the rule of law must be ...
    Voice response facility for speedpost soon
    KOCHI, SEPT.19. The Postal Department is ushering in reforms in tune with the hi-tech revolution sweeping across the country. The central postal region in Kerala has developed a new software for interactive voice response system (IVRS) for ...
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  • KSEB proposes one-hour load-shedding
  • HC reserves order in church case
  • Paddy to be procured in all three seasons


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    RTO services fully computerised
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 19. With the Regional Transport Office (RTO) in the city becoming the first computerised office of the Motor Vehicles Department in the State, computerised services will be provided to all class of motorists from ...
    Fort renovation from Oct. 2
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 19.The State Archaeology Department is all set to commence the conservation work on the walls of the fort from October 2 with the Government giving the nod for the Rs. 85-lakh first phase conservation work. The ...
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  • Horse-riding club to be opened
  • IMA action plan for Leptospirosis
  • Tax hike by local bodies soon
  • All roads lead to Reptile House
  • School girls missing; police hunt on


    Tamil Nadu
    Railway police `rescue' teenagers
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 19. The Railway police today ``rescued'' 41 teenaged girls and a youth at the Central Station here just as they were about to board a train to Gujarat. But the girls said they were not coerced and were fleeing poverty and severe ...
    Ban on LTTE must continue: CM
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 19.The ban on the ``terrorist'' LTTE should continue in India and its leader, V.Prabakaran, should be extradited for standing trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, regardless of the outcome of the outfit's peace talks with ...
    Govt. sets up nanotechnology task group
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 19. The State Government has set up a Nanotechnology Task Group to planfor "reaping the benefits of this emerging technology'', the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, announced here today. "Tamil Nadu has achieved one more ...
    `Jayalalithaa wanted to surrender TANSI property even earlier'
    NEW DELHI, SEPT. 19. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, "would have thrown out or surrendered the TANSI property'' even earlier, senior counsel, K.K. Venugopal, said today in the Supreme Court hearing the TANSI appeals. Continuing ...
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  • HC stays slaughter of quarantined, imported cattle
  • `Time to arrest fiscal policy drift'
  • IOC seeks nod for Chennai-Madurai pipeline project
  • Ramnad lends a helping hand to the disabled
  • Mettur inflow not affected
  • Pull out of NDA, Swamy tells DMK
  • Centre can invoke Art. 355 against Karnataka: Ramadoss
  • Goondas Act detenus walk out of jail, thanks to govt. delay
  • It was a detonation: expert
  • Police version unconvincing: DMK


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Naturalists oppose move to cut dead trees
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 19. The Indian Institute of Technology campus has been attracting several migratory bird species this year, but a move to remove dead trees on the campus could affect the nesting site. A meeting, convened here recently by the ...
    Counterfeit notes seized at Pozhichalur
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 19. Besides keeping a constant watch on the movement of narcotic drugs to Sri Lanka, the enforcement agencies in Tamil Nadu have intensified vigil to prevent flow of Indian counterfeit notes from the island. In a second major ...
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  • When the `connection' failed
  • Gang involved in removing bus shelters held
  • `Police decision will ensure free movement of traffic'
  • Survey for Velachery-Mahabalipuram railway service


    Pondicherry
    Plan to use poromboke land for afforestation programme
    PONDICHERRY, SEPT. 19. The Pondicherry Administration was evolving plans to implement a Central scheme to make use of poromboke land, arid sites and also land belonging to temples for planting of trees to promote forest cover in the Union ...
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  • Picketing bid foiled, Govt. staff held
  • Physically challenged stage demonstration
  • JIPMER to host national meet on leptospirosis
  • Engineering students to clear garbage on ECR

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