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Pondicherry Andhra Pradesh A.P. Govt. declines House panel probe HYDERABAD, NOV. 15. The Congress members staged a walk-out from the Andhra Pradesh Assembly during question hour on Friday protesting against the Government refusal to constitute a House Committee to probe malpractices in food- for-work programme ... Changes mooted in EAMCET HYDERABAD, NOV. 15. The Technical Education Minister, N. Anjaneyulu, has hinted massive changes being introduced in EAMCET from 2003 (next test) reducing the number of questions to 160 from the earlier 200 but allowing the same three-hour time to ... DPT injection proves fatal for infant KARIMNAGAR, NOV. 14.A two-and-half-month-old boy died and four other infants were hospitalised following medical reaction of DPT injection in Baswapur village of Koheda mandal last night. Enraged over the incident, villagers staged a rasta roko ... Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad BC welfare dept. aims at 100 per cent pass in SSC exam HYDERABAD, NOV. 15.The "indicators'' finalised by the Government at the recent Collectors' conference for judging the performance of a department/officer have begun paying. The ultimate aim of all 969 indicators covering the 200 departments ... Other Stories
Karnataka Gang loots house on outskirts of Bangalore BANGALORE, NOV. 15. A gang of 10 to 15 dacoits looted the house of a BWSSB employee in the early hours of Friday in the Kamakshipalya Police Station limits here. The police, however, reached the spot and nabbed Ashok, a resident of Pavagada in ... 'BSNL's post-paid mobile service soon' BELLARY, NOV. 15.The post-paid cellular mobile service of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) will be launched very soon, K. Padmanabhan, Chief General Manager, Karnataka Telecom Circle, said here on Friday. Mr. Padmanabhan told presspersons ... TN may be told to send emissary to brigand BANGALORE, NOV. 15.Having run into hurdles in sending emissaries to the forest brigand, Veerappan, to negotiate the release of the former minister, H. Nagappa, the State will attempt to persuade Tamil Nadu to do so. The two ministers — ... IT exhibition in Mysore likely in Dec. BANGALORE, NOV. 15.Political leaders in Mysore have come together to plead for improving the infrastructure in the city even as they prepare to host the fifth exhibition of the Mysore IT.com, which could not be held last month owing to the ... Karnataka-Bangalore Illegal sale of LPG cylinders rampant BANGALORE, NOV. 15. Is the covert sale of cylinders of domestic LPG for commercial use causing a loss of Rs. 87.6 lakh a year to the State Government in Bangalore alone? Sources allege that dealers of Hindustan Petroleum, Indian Oil ... Banks sign pact to share ATM network BANGALORE, NOV. 15.Two Mangalore-based banks - Corporation Bank and Karnataka Bank Ltd. - signed an agreement here today to facilitate sharing of their Automated Teller Machine (ATM) network. This is the first agreement of its kind, in which a ... Other Stories
Kerala Rs. 6,000-cr. HUDCO package for state THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 15. The Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) is ready to offer a financial assistance of Rs.6,000 crores for various development activities in Kerala, the Union Minister for Urban Development, Ananth Kumar, ... Kidney racket: IMA leadership flayed THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 15. Five eminent men in the medical profession -- B. Ekbal, V. Ramankutty, K. P. Aravindan, Joy Elamon and S. S. Santhosh Kumar -- have blamed the leaders of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) for damaging the ... Other Stories
Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram President's visit: security beefed up THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 15. The City Police have made elaborate security arrangements in connection with the visit of the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, to the State capital on November 17. Over 1,000 police personnel would be additionally ... Cover for Nedungadi Bank depositors, staff THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 15. The highlight of the draft plan for amalgamation of the trouble-hit Nedungadi Bank Limited with Punjab National Bank (PNB) notified by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday is the full protection it offers to ... `U.S. Malayalis reluctant to invest in State' THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 15. Malayalis settled in the United States are reluctant to invest in Kerala as the Government has failed to take them into confidence and assure that there would be no hitches in granting licences and providing a labour ... Other Stories
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Madurai villagers desist from 'child burial'MADURAI, NOV. 15. Under pressure from the police and the district administration, villagers of Villur, near Kallikudi, and Pazhayur, near Sedapatti, have desisted from the controversial ``child burial'' ritual in Muthalamman temple festivals for ... Drug smugglers take to Rameswaram escape route CHENNAI, NOV. 15. Drug traffickers seem to have gone back to the traditional route, Rameswaram, for smuggling brown sugar to Sri Lanka, after enforcement agencies tightened their vigil along the Tuticorin coast. A probe into four cases of ... TN Govt. files defamation suit against newspapers, Stalin CHENNAI, NOV. 15. The State Government has initiated defamation cases against the former Chennai Mayor, M.K. Stalin, The Hindu and The New Indian Express in connection with the publication of certain statements made by him in the ... I'm prepared to face case, says Karunanidhi CHENNAI, NOV. 15. Anyone pointing out blind beliefs and unacceptable practices in Hinduism is labelled anti-Hindu, the DMK president, M. Karunanidhi, said today. Solemnising a marriage here, he said there were many practices in Hinduism, which ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai Egmore will have bus bays soon, says Moorthy CHENNAI, NOV. 15. The Southern Railway will take up construction of bus bays near all important railway stations in the State to help commuters have easy access to feeder transport from alighting points, the Minister of State for Railways, ... Stalin takes up the cause of rain-hit residents CHENNAI, NOV. 15. The former Mayor, M.K.Stalin, took to the streets today to protest the "rank inefficiency and callousness'' of the Chennai Corporation in responding to the needs of the rain-hit people. Mr.Stalin, who won an unprecedented ... Spotlight on police `encounters' The slow and sure rise of criminals raises questions about the role of the police at the local level and the flow of slush money, says S. SHIVAKUMAR Other Stories
Pondicherry Be courteous to customers, Rangasamy tells banks PONDICHERRY, NOV. 15. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, has called upon banks to be courteous to those applying for loans and assistance for various purposes. The image of institutions depended on the degree of respect and concern staff members ... Other Stories
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