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Andhra Pradesh
A.P. to invoke POTA in blast case
HYDERABAD, NOV. 22.The provisions of the Prevention of Terrorist Activities Act (POTA) will be invoked against the culprits who masterminded the bomb blast near the Sai Baba temple at Dilsukhnagar here on Thursday, killing one person and injuring ...
Session ends on a dramatic note
HYDERABAD, NOV. 22.The 10-day session of the Assembly came to a close on a dramatic note, thanks to members belonging to the Congress. The Deputy Speaker, K. Harishwar Reddy, who was in the Chair, adjourned the House sine die soon after the ...
Row over release of funds to T.N. temple
HYDERABAD, NOV. 22. A Congress member, M. V. Mysoora Reddy, alleged in the Assembly today that the State Government was showing discrimination in sanctioning money from the Common Good Fund (CGF) for renovation of temples. He said a sum of Rs. ...
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  • Transco contemplating `Chinese meters'
  • Phone exchange torched


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Bomb blast: Scooter traced
    HYDERABAD, NOV. 22. The district police have traced the scooter involved in yesterday's blast outside a temple in Hyderabad to a man, Amarjeet Singh, resident of Subashnagar in Nizamabad town. The records verified from the Transport Department ...


    Karnataka
    Krishna convenes all-party meeting
    BANGALORE, NOV. 22. The Karnataka Government has convened an all-party meeting followed by a special meeting of the Council of Ministers on Saturday to discuss the situation arising out of the threat by the forest brigand, Veerappan, in his fifth ...
    Dinakar charges put Krishna in a bind
    BANGALORE, NOV. 22.The sensational disclosure made by C. Dinakar, former Director-General of Police, who was in the thick of action during the abduction of the Kannada film actor, Rajkumar, and his release by the forest brigand, Veerappan, has ...
    A setback to CET system: Minister
    BANGALORE, NOV. 22. As many as 168 of the 189 professional colleges — engineering (98), medical (21), and dental (49) — run by unaided, religious, and linguistic minority institutions in the State will be out of the purview of the ...
    Krishna-Cauvery Samithi ends agitation
    BANGALORE, NOV. 22. The Krishna Cauvery Horata Samithi, which held a meeting here on Friday, decided to end the protests and agitation over the issue of release of Cauvery waters to Tamil Nadu. The meeting attended, among others, by the former ...
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  • Kambala goes hi-tech with TV replays
  • New row erupts over hydel project at Chelavara
  • `Ransom paid to get Rajkumar released'
  • Antique aircraft deal gets murkier
  • SCRB adopts software to help policemen master CCIS


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    CM to open 110 parks in City next week
    BANGALORE, NOV. 22. As many as 110 parks developed under the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike's (BMP) "Janodhyanavana" programme at a cost of Rs. 20 crore will be open to the public next week. The Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, will inaugurate the ...
    EU-India civil aviation summit from Nov. 26
    BANGALORE, NOV. 22. An EU-India civil aviation summit, part of the three-year joint training programme for Indian civil aviation personnel by their European counterparts, will be held here from November 26 to 28. The Director-General of Civil ...


    Kerala
    UDF for 50 p.c. management quota
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 22.The UDF High Power Committee has decided to maintain the majority-minority parity in relation to admissions to all self-financing institutions (SFIs) by recommending to the State Government to fix the management quota ...
    Kidney racket: HC asks Chief Secy. to file affidavit
    KOCHI, NOV. 22.Dissatisfied with the statement filed by the Director of Medical Education (DME), K.A. Kumar, the Kerala High Court on Friday directed the Chief Secretary to file an affidavit answering all the allegations raised in a writ petition ...
    UNDP project helps coir sector
    KOCHI, NOV. 22.The coir manufacturing sector has benefited much from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) initiated in Kerala along with Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the Coir Board Chairman, Christy Fernandez, has ...
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  • And now Ethrel rakes up a row
  • `Daily bread register' at Sub-Registrar office
  • State ready to acquire Aralam Farm
  • `Internet affair': father allowed to take girl home


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Govt. to set up archives museum
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 22. The State Government has drawn up a plan to set up an archives museum in Thiruvananthapuram with Central assistance, the Water Resources Minister, T.M. Jacob, who is also in charge of Zoo and Museum, has said here ...
    Cholera: carriers posing threat
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 22. The district administration will sustain the cholera prevention programmes in view of the risk of repetitive transmission from the carrier population. The Eltor strain, which has been identified as the cause of the ...
    Heavy rain lashes city
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 22. The North East Monsoon has been active over the capital city, with heavy rain lashing the city all evening, inundating many low-lying areas and roads. Heavy rains or thunder showers are expected in the next two ...
    Decks cleared for Bypass project
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 22. With the Public Works Department (PWD-National Highway) commencing the construction of the two spans of the Chackai road overbridge, the decks have been cleared for the commissioning of the 22-km first phase of the ...
    EPF staff fear dislocation
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 22.The decision of the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) to open a new sub-regional office in Kollam has created apprehensions in the minds of those attached to the EPF regional office in Thiruvananthapuram. While ...
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  • Inquiry on into death of remand prisoner
  • Fire at varsity department


    Tamil Nadu
    Ties between States strained further
    CHENNAI, NOV. 22. The latest tape from the forest brigand, Veerappan, threatening that he will kill the kidnapped former Karnataka Minister, H. Nagappa, if Kolathur Mani, Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam activist, now in jail, is not released in 12 ...
    Protect Tamils, CM tells Karnataka
    CHENNAI, NOV. 22. Strongly condemning the ``dastardly attack'' on the AIADMK's Kolar Gold Field MLA in Bangalore last evening, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today urged the Karnataka Government to ``ensure the safety and security of Tamils, ...
    Vaiko remand extended till December 18
    KANCHEEPURAM, NOV. 22.The remand for the MDMK general secretary, Vaiko, and eight other party leaders, who were arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, was extended till December 18 by L.Rajendran, Special Court Judge at Poonammalle ...
    CST phase-out an 'irritant' in VAT
    CHENNAI, NOV. 22.Tamil Nadu is ``ideologically committed'' to introducing a value-added tax within the time frame (April 1, 2003) fixed by the Centre but a comprehensive VAT is linked to compensation for a phase-out of the Central sales tax, cut ...
    Crop loan recovery deferment will help 8 lakh farmers
    CHENNAI, NOV. 22. The Centre's decision to defer collection of cooperative crop loans will benefit eight lakh farmers in Tamil Nadu to the tune of Rs. 800 crores. The Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee, recently announced that the Government would ...
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  • CACL will move SC on violations in match units
  • Reforms minimising TWAD Board role?
  • Another rare Buddha statue found in Pudukottai
  • TADA case probe officer to be re-examined
  • Jayalalithaa remark against Sonia is no defamation: HC
  • 4 p.c. growth rate set for agriculture


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    More BG EMUs, buses for Beach-bound passengers
    CHENNAI, NOV. 22. As metre gauge EMU services between Tambaram and Beach are to be terminated at Egmore from December 1 for gauge conversion, the Southern Railway and the Metro Transport Corporation have made elaborate arrangements for smooth ...
    One videography centre for 3.5 lakh voters
    CHENNAI, NOV. 22. Residents of far-flung localities in Tambaram and Alandur constituencies have complained that just one centre — Tambaram taluk office — has been earmarked as the Designated Photo Location (DPL) for the Electors' ...
    Staff-starved fire dept. gets the go-ahead for appointments
    CHENNAI, NOV. 22. The Tamil Nadu Government has given the go-ahead for the Directorate of Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) to appoint nearly 700 firemen. Intimation orders for 697 candidates will be sent shortly and training will begin on ...
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  • Another tortured girl rescued
  • Call to review GH building safety


    Pondicherry
    Rangasamy drawing flak, from his party also
    PONDICHERRY, NOV. 22. All along only the opposition block--the DMK, the AIADMK and the BJP-- has been levelling charges against the Rangasamy-led Government. But now a section of the ruling Congress MLAs and a lone TMC legislator, supporting the ...
    Second round of voter-revision campaign begins today
    PONDICHERRY, NOV. 22. The second round of two-day special campaign for receipt of claims and objections from the voters in all the 30 Assembly constituencies will begin tomorrow, a communication from the Joint Chief Electoral Officer, Y. L. N. ...
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  • 'Govt. taking care of only Cong. sympathisers'
  • Awards presented to industries, trade unions

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