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Pondicherry Andhra Pradesh Opposition stalls House proceedings HYDERABAD, NOV. 20. The entire question hour in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday was stalled by the Opposition demanding a debate under adjournment motion on implementation of rule of reservation in promotions despite the Government ... Naxals blow up railway station GUNTUR, NOV. 20. Naxalites of the People's War (PW) blew up the Tummalacheruvu railway station near Piduguralla in Guntur district in the early hours of Wednesday. According to the Superintendent of Police, P.S.R.Anjaneyulu, at least 20 to 25 ... Naidu vows to `Net' villages HYDERABAD, NOV.20.Infrastructure to gain Internet access in the rural areas would be created through CMEY groups, if necessary, by giving them subsidy, the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, announced in the Assembly on Wednesday. The Internet ... Other Stories
Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad `Shock' treatment spurs HMWSSB into action HYDERABAD, NOV. 20. For the lumbering giant that is the Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board, the shock treatment meted out by the power authorities seems to have made it even more wary about electricity. The Water Board, which was ... Gear up for water shortage, people told HYDERABAD, NOV. 20. People have to gear up for restrained water supply this year given the poor monsoon and low reservoir levels, was the message given at the weekly `Face to Face' programme, on Wednesday. Majority of the complaints were ... Other Stories
Karnataka 'Step up efforts to rescue Nagappa' BANGALORE, NOV. 20. The Sathvika convention of the heads of various Hindu religious institutions on Wednesday urged the Karnataka Government to intensify efforts to secure the release of the abducted former Minister, H. Nagappa, and send Kolathur ... Release of water to AP opposed BIJAPUR, NOV. 20.There is growing opposition to the Government's reported move to release Krishna water to Andhra Pradesh from Alamatti Dam. The Opposition parties have criticised the Chief Minister, S.M.Krishna's statement that Andhra Pradesh ... Other Stories
Karnataka-Bangalore CMC Commissioner's house raided BANGALORE, NOV. 20.Lokayukta Police on Wednesday raided several houses, a farmhouse and a factory allegedly owned in "benami" by the Commissioner of Byatarayanapura City Municipal Council, Govindaiah, and discovered movable and immovable ... `Air Race India 2003' from Nov. 20 BANGALORE, NOV. 20. After the modest Air Race India 2001, the Aeronautical Society of India is gearing up for a mega air race. Dubbed "Air Race India 2003", the two-day race with an expected 50 aircraft will begin on November 20 next year. The ... Listen to that cry for help BANGALORE, NOV. 20. A teenager, regularly abused by her father, killed herself just before her 18th birthday. The trigger? Her younger brother raped her. A five-year-old died while being raped by her father. They had to be surgically ... Other Stories
Kerala Govt. can issue guidelines: Antony THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 20. The Kerala Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, said here Wednesday that the Cabinet would take decisions on norms for admission to self-financing professional colleges at its next meeting. The Chief Minister told ... VS' fast before Secretariat ends THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 20.The 24-hour fast undertaken by the Leader of the Opposition, V.S. Achuthanandan, in protest against the alleged police bid to prevent SFI activists from erecting a make-shift pandal before the State Secretariat on ... New organisation of Nairs formed THRISSUR, NOV. 20.A group of independent Nair karayogams and samajams have formed a new organisation named Samstha Nair Samajam (SNS) in view of the ``inability of the present Nair Service Society (NSS) leadership to protect the interests of the ... Other Stories
Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram Cholera prevention programmes to be extended to district THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 20. The administration has decided to broadbase cholera prevention programmes to cover the entire district. A review meeting called by the District Medical Officer, K. Shailaja, to evaluate the measures undertaken to ... NET qualification must for KU posting THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 20.The Kerala University has decided that even those possessing a PhD should qualify the National Eligibility Test (NET), to be considered for appointment to the post of lecturer. However, those who have obtained a ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu 
Water tariff raised for local bodiesCHENNAI, NOV. 20.The State Government has increased water tariff for urban and rural local bodies and industrial units, barring those located in Chennai. Apart from the tariff rise, a new element in this exercise is introduction of a water tax ... Judge warns officials of contempt action COIMBATORE, NOV. 20. Coming down heavily, for the second successive day today, on the police and the prison department for failing to produce two Al-Umma undertrials before a bomb a blast case court here, the judge warned of ``contempt ... NLC tower damaged in powerful blast VILLUPURAM, NOV. 20. A high-tension transmission tower, carrying power from the Neyveli Lignite Corporation's thermal station-II to the Southern Regional Grid through the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board grid, suffered damage in a powerful blast, set ... Peculiar situation brings Left closer to Congress CHENNAI, NOV. 20. With both the ruling AIADMK and the main Opposition DMK cosying up to the BJP, the Left parties are building a "secular platform" with the Congress. While political differences remain— the CPI(M) especially is uncomfortable ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai `Conjunctivitis still in epidemic phase' CHENNAI, NOV. 20. It came with the rains, but long after the rains have gone, conjunctivitis or `Madras eye' is still in its epidemic phase in the city, ophthalmologists say. With at least 10 new patients reporting to the emergency departments ... Tenders open for road works CHENNAI, NOV. 20. Several tenders for road works were opened at the Chennai Corporation headquarters, Ripon Buildings, today for the first time after the Government asked the agency to postpone the process in the first week of September. The ... Rivals claim credit for Koyambedu project CHENNAI, NOV. 20. Both the DMK and the AIADMK claim credit for creation of the Chennai mofussil bus terminus (CMBT), inaugurated by the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, on November 18. A perusal of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority's ... Omnibus owners challenge shifting CHENNAI, NOV. 20. The Tamil Nadu Omnibus Owners Association and others have moved the Madras High Court seeking to stay/quash a government order shifting the omnibus stand in the city to the newly-inaugurated Koyambedu terminus, on the ground ... CMBT has hit our business, say private operators CHENNAI, NOV. 20. An aged woman struggles to get into a van along with a little boy and has to be helped by attendants of an omni-bus operator at Chintadripet. Packed along with more than a dozen other passengers and their baggage, she has to ... Other Stories
Pondicherry Centre neglecting Pondy: farmers forum PONDICHERRY, NOV. 20. The Pondicherry Farmers' Union has charged the Centre with neglecting Pondicherry in sanctioning funds for drought relief programmes. This could be confirmed by exclusion of Pondicherry from the list of States for which ... Sugar mill must clear ryots' dues to banks: CM Pondicherry, Nov. 20. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, today asked the management of a privately-run sugar mill here to remit to banks the loan amount due from farmers, as the amount had already been deducted from the payment for cane supplied ... Other Stories
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