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Andhra Pradesh
Singapore construction firms for tie-up
HYDERABAD, OCT. 9. A visiting 29-member `Infrastructure Services Business Mission,' headed by the Singapore Minister of State for Ministry of National Development (MND), Vivian Balakrishnan, had on Wednesday a glimpse of opportunities that Andhra ...
Low pressure area over Bay of Bengal
VISAKHAPATNAM, OCT.9. A trough of low-pressure area lies over the West Central Bay of Bengal off the coastal Andhra Pradesh and its neighbourhood, according to a special weather bulletin issued by the Cyclone Warning Centre here on Wednesday ...
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  • PW not serious about talks, says DGP
  • NJR flays Naidu for river link talk
  • For State, TN bandh a gain
  • MSR vows to take on Govt.
  • Steep fall in area under assured irrigation
  • Crop holiday proposed in area under Jurala project
  • CM lauds Red Cross efforts


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Mother Theresa bank chairman, held
    HYDERABAD, OCT. 9. The Chairman of the Mother Theresa Bank, T. Charles, and his wife, Arpana Charles, were on Wednesday arrested by the Narayanguda police, which earlier registered a case under sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code. A ...
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  • `Penalise almsgivers to eradicate begging'
  • Unidentified body: cops seek information
  • Minority college students seek probe


    Karnataka
    Krishna to end `padayatra' at Mandya
    BANGALORE, OCT. 9. The Karnataka Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, who planned to cover the 130 km between Bangalore and Krishnaraja Sagar Dam in Mandya district on foot, has now changed the schedule of the "padayatra'', which will now culminate in ...
    11 killed, 30 injured in road accident
    CHITRADURGA, OCT. 9. Eleven persons, including four women and two children, were killed and 30 injured when a lorry and a mini-bus collided at Javanagondanahalli, near Hiriyur, on National Highway No. 4 this morning. The dead were from ...
    WB team to confer with Energy Dept. officials
    BANGALORE, OCT. 9. A World Bank team is meeting with Energy Department officials on Thursday to discuss power sector privatisation. The team will be here for two days, but the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) is not involved ...
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  • PM should call CRA meet soon: Patil
  • Govt. ignoring farmers in Krishna Basin: Vaijnath
  • `Political leaders should keep off row'
  • Central aid likely to tackle water shortage


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Special drive: 36 polluting vehicles detained in City
    BANGALORE, OCT. 9. The Transport Department, which has launched a special drive against air pollution caused by vehicles in Bangalore, on Wednesday detained 36 vehicles. The department has said that action will also be taken against government ...
    Vidhana Soudha wears a desolate look
    BANGALORE, OCT. 9. Vidhana Soudha, the seat of power of the State Government, remained deserted for the third day on Wednesday. With most ministers accompanying the Chief Minister, S.M.Krishna, on his padayatra, there were hardly any ...
    Deshpande questions setting up of CRA
    BANGALORE, OCT. 9.For the first time perhaps, a Cabinet Minister, R.V. Deshpande (Large and Medium-scale Industries) has questioned the very setting up of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) four years ago. Mr. Deshpande has attacked the ...
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  • Swedish agency renews offer of loan for metro bus project
  • Robbers shoot at supervisor of company
  • Lokayukta to issue notices to three doctors
  • 3 special units for Manipal Hospital
  • Five held for rape, murder
  • CPI(M) flays `competitive chauvinism'


    Kerala
    Kerala Cabinet nod for power tariff hike
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 9. The Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to increase power tariffs for domestic consumers by 22 per cent to 50 per cent with effect from October 1. Tariffs for industries go up by 50 paise per unit. ...
    Postal stamp on Kottakkal Arya Vaidyasala
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 9. A commemorative postage stamp on the Kottakkal Arya Vaidyasala is being released in New Delhi on October 12 by the Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Sanjay Paswan. This was stated ...
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  • Local polls: LDF puts up a good show
  • Opposition should cooperate: Kadavoor
  • LDF dharna against tariff hike
  • NCP against power tariff hike
  • Investment will be hit, says CII
  • Pillai-Jacob tie-up on `issues'
  • UDF to begin awareness campaign
  • `Shooting' incident: case registered


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Residents' threat to block lorries
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 9.The Save Life Palayam Action Council has threatened to block lorries and other vehicles which carry huge quantities of waste for dumping in the premises of the Connemara market at Palayam. Addressing a press ...
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  • KTDC ordered to pay compensation
  • Rain: control rooms to remain open
  • Walkway at Shanghumughom soon


    Tamil Nadu
    Rajnikant plans fast in Chennai
    CHENNAI, OCT. 9.Fissures in the Tamil Film industry over the October 12 agitation at Neyveli on the Cauvery issue widened today with the film star, Rajnikant, announcing a parallel fast in Chennai. Even as the president of the actors' ...
    Minority leaders plan stir against ordinance
    MADURAI, OCT. 9.An emergency meeting of the Tamil Nadu Bishops Council, the Bishops of the Church of South India and Jamaat leaders from all over the State has been convened here for tomorrow to chalk out a plan of action to protest the Tamil ...
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  • Passengers caught unawares
  • Prisoners observe fast
  • Remand extended for Vaiko
  • Rain as low pressure troughs merge
  • I'll reply to detractors during poll: Rajnikant
  • Striking teachers will lose pay, warns Govt.
  • Parties jump on Rajnikant bandwagon
  • Neyveli show will go on


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Marina out of bounds to beach-goers after 11 p.m.
    CHENNAI, OCT. 9. Visitors to the Marina and Santhome beaches will have to pack their picnic baskets by 11 p.m. and head home following a new regulatory enforcement by the city police as part of a crime prevention exercise. Regular visitors to ...
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  • High Court orders CB-CID prosecution against SPs
  • Youth held for Bangalore murder
  • `Rights violation in police custody not unusual here'
  • Huge revenue loss for MTC


    Pondicherry
    General strike near-total in Pondicherry
    PONDICHERRY, OCT. 9. A near-total general strike was observed in Pondicherry from dawn to dusk today in response to the call given by all political parties including the Congress and the AIADMK to urge the Karnataka Government to release water in ...
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  • `Livestock immunisation programme intensified'
  • Free rice for drought-hit poor in Karaikal

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