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Andhra Pradesh
A.P. Govt. defends curbs on black jaggery
HYDERABAD, OCT. 27. The restrictions imposed by the Andhra Pradesh Government on transport of black jaggery, which has sparked widespread protest by farmers, was defended by the Information Minister, S. Chandramohan Reddy, on the ground that it ...
Sangh Parivar accused of destroying plural values
HYDERABAD, OCT. 27. The ideology of violence is getting institutionalised in the country's structure, warned Ramon Magsasay award winner, Sandeep Pandey, at a lecture on "Challenges of Communalism,'' organised by Harmony Concepts here on Sunday. ...
Networking of all dt. headquarters hospitals by 2003-end likely
HYDERABAD, OCT. 27. The State Government is keen on completing telemedicine networking of all district headquarter hospitals with corporate hospitals by the end of December next year. The idea of the Government is to have public-private ...
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  • Mala Mahanadu seeks free power to poor
  • Govt. firm on doctors' stay at place of posting


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    CID to probe rights violation by police
    HYDERABAD, OCT. 27. The alleged human rights violation by the Ramgopalpet police in forcibly bringing a businessman, Mukund Kakani, to the station and the cheating case registered against him earlier will now be investigated by the Crime ...
    Degree `giver' brought to book
    HYDERABAD, OCT. 27. He has a large clientele. His largesse is always in demand. And he's turned it into a virtual family business. For 36-year-old Mohd. Afzal, who learnt the `skills' from his father who himself is an expert in the field, it was ...
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  • City's pride, photographers' delight
  • Pilot project for emergency medical care on the cards


    Karnataka
    Tight security around Kabini reservoir
    MYSORE, OCT. 27. Security has been tightened around the Kabini reservoir at Beechanahalli near here. Senior police officials have arrived at the reservoir site to supervise security arrangements. Sources said the senior officials, including ...
    Govt. gets ready to defend itself in SC
    BANGALORE, OCT. 27. An emergent meeting of the Council of Ministers today reportedly authorised the Chief Minister, S.M.Krishna, to take a decision on the Cauvery issue in the light of the strong observations by the Supreme Court against the ...
    Sonia to inaugurate RTPS unit
    RAICHUR, OCT. 27. The seventh unit of the Raichur Thermal Power Station (RTPS) is likely to be synchronised with the power grid on December 14. The AICC president, Sonia Gandhi, is expected to inaugurate the unit. The Karnataka Power ...
    Farmers boycott all-party meet
    MYSORE, OCT. 27. The leader of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, K.S.Puttanaiah, on Sunday said that the representatives of farmers from Mandya District boycotted the all-party meeting convened by the Chief Minister, S.M.Krishna, as it (meeting) did ...
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  • MCC not to force information booklets on citizens


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    `IT sector should eye new markets'
    BANGALORE, OCT. 27. Representatives of several countries from Europe and West Asia, and from China, Japan, and Australia assembled here on Sunday on what was described a prelude to Bangalore IT.com. Addressing the international seminar on "IT ...
    Bangalore may get Air Force engg. college
    BANGALORE, OCT. 27. The Centre was "close" to deciding on an Air Force Engineering College in Bangalore, Air Marshal T.J.Master said on Sunday. The Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command, disclosed this to presspersons after an "Air ...


    Kerala
    Kerala Congress leader flays State's police policy
    ALAPPUZHA, OCT. 27. The Kerala Congress leader, V.M. Sudheeran, MP, has criticised the functioning of the State police under the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony. Addressing the district, block and mandal-level Congress leaders at a camp organised ...
    Cholera: sanitation measures on a war footing
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 27. Sanitation programmes have been launched on a war footing in the cholera-affected areas in the State capital and district, according to the Minister for Rural Development, C. F. Thomas. In a statement here on ...
    Plans beyond power tariff hike
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 27. Along with the recent hike in power tariff, the Government is introducing a series of other measures to improve the situation in the power sector in the State. In a pamphlet brought out by the Public Relations ...
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  • KSRTC facing too many problems
  • Rural police, prohibitionists cross swords
  • Concern over unhygienic conditions


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    NGOs to help contain disease
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 27.The administration on Sunday enlisted the support of NGOs to help contain the cholera epidemic that is sweeping the coastal belt even as one more case of cholera was confirmed. Cholera was confirmed in a 50-year-old ...
    `Heritage run' evokes nostalgia
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 27. It was celebration time all along the 41-km route as the `heritage steam special' of the Indian Railways chugged away from Thiruvananthapuram Central to Varkala today leaving behind clouds of smoke and kindling the ...


    Tamil Nadu
    Six MLAs resent CLP nominations
    CHENNAI, OCT. 27. In yet another indication of simmering factional feud in the State Congress, six party MLAs have shot off a letter to the AICC president, Sonia Gandhi, complaining that the "erstwhile Tamil Maanila Congressmen" were being ...
    We won't be cowed down by threats: striking employees
    CHENNAI, OCT. 27. Striking government employees and teachers are firm on going ahead with their agitation programme despite the arrest of about 60 office-bearers of various associations and disciplinary action against thousands of employees. ...
    Vazhapadi: `A firebrand politician'
    CHENNAI, OCT. 27.In the passing away of the veteran Congress leader and former Petroleum Minister, Vazhapadi Koothapadayachi Ramamurthy, Tamil Nadu has lost a firebrand politician and an aggressive trade unionist. The 62-year-old Congressman ...
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  • Ramamurthy dedicated his life to workers' welfare: CM
  • Revenue officials appeal to Jayalalithaa
  • `Cong. adopting double standards on ordinance'


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Corpn. lethargy helps squatters keep property
    CHENNAI, OCT. 27.The Chennai Corporation is being paid a paltry rent for nearly 500 pieces of public property, raising the allegation that the civic body is not doing enough to put its property to optimum use. A recent High Court case led to a ...
    Hussain promises probe into airport intrusion
    CHENNAI, OCT. 27.The Union Civil Aviation Minister, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, today said a thorough probe would be conducted into the recent incident of a woman sneaking into the "restricted operational area" of the Anna International Terminal in ...
    Madras varsity hikes affiliation fee
    CHENNAI, OCT. 27. In a move to mop up more resources in the face of declining grant support from the Government, the University of Madras has decided to revise its affiliation fee for starting colleges and new courses. A meeting of the University ...
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  • Non-shifting of electric poles delays ECR widening work
  • Proposal to declare Pallikaranai swamp protected area
  • Metrowater supply disrupted


    Pondicherry
    Narayanasamy misleading CM, says Anbalagan
    PONDICHERRY, OCT. 27. The AIADMK legislator, A. Anbalagan, has charged the Rangasamy-led Government in Pondicherry with adopting `anti-labour and anti-people policies'. Talking to newsmen here today, he alleged that the Slum Clearance Board ...
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  • Bank official's house burgled
  • Rain lashes Pondy

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