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Andhra Pradesh
Many rural roads mined by naxals?
GUNTUR, OCT. 15. The naxalites of the People's War (PW) had apparently planned a major kill. Who could have been the target of the naxalites is anybody's guess, if the sequence of events that ended in the landmine blast of Monday in which three ...
A.P. fishermen in Pak. custody
SRIKAKULAM, OCT. 15. Five fishermen from Srikakulam district are now held captive in Pakistan. Three of them, belonging to Kunduvanipeta in Srikakulam rural mandal, who had gone for fishing in the Arabian Sea from near Okha in Gujarat were ...
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  • Three dacoits on the run killed
  • Naxals gun down TDP leader
  • All-party meet today
  • Power cut lifted totally


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Naidu inaugurates human rights panel
    HYDERABAD, OCT. 15. The A. P. State Human Rights Committee constituted by the State Government last month was inaugurated by the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, here on Monday. The three-member committee is headed by the former Chief ...
    CM asks Collectors to draw up contingency agricultural plans
    HYDERABAD, OCT. 15. The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, has directed the district Collectors to prepare and ground contingency agricultural plans in view of the widespread rains received during the last few days. Reviewing the ...


    Karnataka
    Curtains come down on lacklustre Dasara
    MYSORE, OCT.15. The curtains have finally come down on a lacklustre Dasara. The only "high point" of Dasara was the illumination of the Mysore Palace on five of the nine days during the festivities this year. Amid the gloom and uncertainty due ...
    Parallel Dasara procession attracts large crowd
    MYSORE, OCT. 15. In the light of the Government's decision to restrict the Dasara procession to the courtyard of Mysore Palace, the representatives of various organisations took out a parallel procession in Mysore city on Tuesday. Witnessed by ...
    A rare medical procedure
    BELGAUM, OCT. 15. For the first time in this part of the country, the Belgaum-based KLES Hospital and Medical Research Centre conducted a rare feat closing an abnormal communication between the aorta and a pulmonary artery known as "PDA closure", ...
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  • Karnataka to send Mani as emissary?
  • Monsoon revival destroys standing crops in DK
  • Rain abates in Kodagu
  • `Ban' on Tamil movies in State likely


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Sonia arriving in Bangalore tomorrow
    BANGALORE, OCT. 15. More than ordinary interest is being attached to the arrival here of the AICC President, Sonia Gandhi, on Thursday to inaugurate an engineering college founded by the party MP and former Railway Minister, C.K.Jaffer ...
    Taneja Aerospace offers chartered flights
    BANGALORE, OCT. 15. The next time agitators block the road to Mysore and get train services suspended, you can still reach there and in a much shorter time from Bangalore. Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd. will fly you there in just 35 ...
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  • `Cyborg' to deliver talk at NIAS
  • Bank officials told to learn Hindi
  • Govt. loses Rs. 4 cr. in purchase of gates


    Kerala
    Heavy rains claim 10 lives in Kerala
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 15. Heavy rains and floods claimed 10 lives in the State during the past two days. A man is reported missing in Kasaragod district. Many houses were destroyed and crops damaged. Heavy damage occurred to roads and ...
    Minister's car attacked
    KANNUR, OCT. 15.The Kerala Cooperation Minister, M. V. Raghavan, escaped unhurt when his car and the police escort vehicle came under attack at Nadal here on Monday. Three policemen were injured and the windscreen of the car was smashed in the ...
    Vidyarambhom for foreigners
    PATHANAMTHITTA, OCT. 15. The initiation of three foreign nationals into the world of Malayalam letters was the cynosure of today's Vidyarambhom celebrations in the hill district of Pathanamthitta. The venue was the Vijnana Kala Vedi (VKV), an ...
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  • Rain wreaks havoc in Kannur
  • Train services returning to normal
  • Woman patient molested again at Kozhikode MCH


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Budgetary support for capital development: CM
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 15. The Chief Minister A. K. Antony has said the Government will allocate separate funds, in the next budget under a special account head for the development of Thiruvananthapuram city. Inaugurating a meeting on the ...
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  • Film fraternity plea to Minister
  • Health Dept. warns of outbreak of diseases


    Tamil Nadu
    Neyveli water to be tapped for Chennai
    CHENNAI, OCT. 15. The Cauvery crisis has forced Metrowater to look at different options for making its Chennai Water Supply Augmentation Project-I sustainable. Water managers are examining the proposals to use Neyveli water and the Mayiladuturai ...
    DVAC registers wealth case against Durai Murugan
    CHENNAI, OCT. 15The former PWD Minister, Durai Murugan, is the latest among DMK leaders against whom the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption has registered a case of alleged possession of wealth "disproportionate to known sources of ...
    PM must force Karnataka to release water: DMK
    CHENNAI, OCT. 15. The DMK president, M.Karunanidhi, today sought the intervention of the Prime Minister, A.B.Vajpayee, to force Karnataka to release Cauvery water, in line with the Supreme Court order. If his good offices with Karnataka did not ...
    Northeast monsoon alone can save crop
    CHENNAI, OCT. 15. It is a long way to go for delta farmers as the prospects of the standing samba crop still hinges on the benevolence of the northeast monsoon as the possibility of any water release by Karnataka is ruled out. Though there ...
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  • Karnataka to send Mani as emissary?
  • 'T.N. ordinance anti-Dalit'
  • Ryots have to choose between flat rate & metered charges
  • Industry protest not over: Bharatiraaja
  • SBI gesture to farmers
  • TMC out of EC list
  • Rs. 78-crore silk sarees pile up
  • Governor, CM greet Kalam
  • Centre shirking responsibility: MDMK
  • Fast in Vellore jail
  • Rajnikant must clarify: Ramadoss


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Speed-radar guns to check rash driving
    Chennai. Oct. 15. Adding to the regime of intensive vehicle checks, the traffic police are now using speed-radar guns to enforce speed limits. The speed of vehicles is recorded on the equipment from a distance and the vehicles are signalled to ...
    Ban on fish-carts extended
    CHENNAI, OCT. 15.The Madras High Court has extended the ban on fish-carts in the city until further orders. Motorists who already experienced a change for the better during the last three weeks have welcomed the order. The High Court last month ...
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  • 3 businessmen die in car-bus smash at Neelangarai
  • Alandur municipality launches Online payment
  • Cattle from A.P. rescued at Vysarpadi
  • We are not receiving loads on time, say LPG agents


    Pondicherry
    Karaikal drought may dominate Assembly session
    PONDICHERRY, OCT. 15. The brief winter session of the Pondicherry Assembly will begin tomorrow. This is the second session for the Rangasamy-led Congress Government which came into existence in October last. The Government encounters several ...
    New Chief Secretary assumes charge
    PONDICHERRY, OCT.15. R. Padmanabhan, Chief Secretary of the Government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands who was transferred to Pondicherry, today assumed the charge of Chief Secretary of the Territorial Government, succeeding T. T. Joseph, ...

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