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Andhra Pradesh
Naidu calls for drought-resistant crops
HYDERABAD, DEC. 9. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, called upon agricultural universities to come up with cost effective farm production methods and develop crop varieties that can withstand calamities like drought. ...
Naxal killed in encounter
VIZIANAGARAM, DEC. 9. A naxalite of the People's War was killed in an exchange of fire with a special police party between Kedaripuram and Vangara under Elwinpeta police station limits in G.L.Puram mandal in the Agency region in the early hours ...
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  • Telephone lineman convicted of graft
  • Delayed bank loans hit CMEY scheme
  • Row over civic official's transfer
  • Media should be vigilant, says Press Council chief
  • Community action to curb poaching of migratory birds
  • Biochemistry student bags 7 gold medals
  • Bear costs to nab Veerappan, Centre urged
  • Ramamurthy Naidu joins issue with brother on `family rule'
  • Andhra University students to continue stir
  • Panel to submit report in three weeks


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Jail, court video link to be extended to all districts
    HYDERABAD, DEC. 9.The videoconference facility between the courts and jail facilitating trial of cases, presently available in Hyderabad, would be extended all over the State in the next six years. The Home Minister, T. Devender Goud, stated ...
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  • `Cong. politicising Raiwada'
  • ECIL asked to prepare fool-proof security system for Secretariat
  • Photo shakes up TDP top brass
  • Book Minister's son under POTA: BJYM
  • Rythu Sangham to move HC over suicides
  • `Khadgam' cut to size


    Karnataka
    Reward hiked for nabbing bandit
    BANGALORE, DEC. 9. The Karnataka Cabinet decided here tonight to take up with the Prime Minister, A.B. Vajpayee, the question of convening a conference of Chief Ministers of the States in which the forest brigand, Veerappan, is operating, to ...
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  • An unexpected end to the hostage crisis
  • `Delay in negotiations led to tragedy'
  • Protest marches taken out in Bidar, Bijapur
  • Spontaneous bandh in Gulbarga Dt.
  • Beedi workers feel ignored by Centre, State
  • Leaders mourn Nagappa's death
  • There is nothing to gloat over State's HR record
  • Krishna govt. must resign: BJP


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Hegde shocked by tragedy
    BANGALORE, DEC. 9. The former Chief Minister and JD(U) supremo, Ramakrishna Hegde, has expressed shock at the tragic end to the abduction of the former minister, H. Nagappa, and said the State Government, in association with the Tamil Nadu ...
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  • Elbit introduces hi-tech MRI system at its centre
  • State urged to set up human rights panel
  • Seminar on supply chain management
  • New Zonal Manager for LIC
  • CPI(M) for swift action by STFs
  • Doomsday predicted for wetlands
  • `Re-zone of buildings' to usher in next generation workplace
  • Environmental newsletter released
  • Research institute for cutting tools likely


    Kerala
    LDF plans stir demanding House session
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC.9. Legislators belonging to the Opposition LDF would stage a day-long dharna before the Kerala State Secretariat here on December 17 to press the Opposition demand for convening the Assembly to discuss the State ...
    Govt. directive on power bill payment
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 9. The Government has asked all departments and public sector undertakings (PSUs) to remit their electricity charge within the prescribed date every month from January 1, 2003. An official press note which announced ...
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  • `Rehabilitation of mentally-challenged vital'
  • Change in duty time of doctors soon: Sankaran
  • Pharmacists' protest today
  • CM meets Sringeri Math chief
  • Govt. committed to development: CM
  • Oushadhi's `first aid kit' for Sabarimala pilgrims
  • Incinerator commissioned at district hospital


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Antony rues moral disintegration
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 9. Those in a position to lead society--including politicians, bureaucrats, social workers and journalists--are increasingly losing their moral right to provide such a leadership, the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, has ...
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  • Steps to protect Pandavanpara assured
  • Equipment snags dog MCH


    Tamil Nadu
    No room for complacency, CM tells police
    CHENNAI, DEC. 9. Asking the police to be in a state of preparedness at all times against militants and terrorists, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today said the access for fundamentalist groups to foreign funding was conclusively established ...
    Joint operations begin, to nab bandit
    CHENNAI, DEC. 9. Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have begun joint operations to track down the forest bandit, Veerappan, following the killing of the former Karnataka Minister, H. Nagappa. The chief of the Tamil Nadu Special Task Force, W.I. Dawaram, ...
    Wanted: accurate intelligence and help from villagers
    CHENNAI, DEC. 9. With the death of the former Minister, H. Nagappa, in the custody of Veerappan, the joint operations by the Special Task Forces of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have commenced; but the problems for the police remain the same, ...
    CPI too rules out alliance with AIADMK
    CHENNAI, DEC. 9.Taking the cue from the CPI(M), the CPI virtually ruled out an alliance with the AIADMK, describing the party as a "fascist organisation", which was following the BJP's Hindutva agenda. The CPI national secretary, D. Raja, in an ...
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  • `No specific request came from Karnataka'
  • Remand for naxalites extended till December 23
  • Allow us to go to school, demand child labourers
  • Verdict in Selvaraj murder case on Dec. 20
  • Tariff for hoardings on Chennai Corpn. land to be hiked
  • TN showed lack of concern, Karnataka guilty of delay: DMK
  • Governor commends role of sabhas
  • I'm keen on e-governance, corruption-free govt.: CM
  • `Chennai encouraged music, arts'
  • Let CBI probe deal: Congress
  • UGC funding for 100 `colleges of excellence'
  • Rally against conversion law


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Corporation, police fail to enforce norms
    CHENNAI, DEC. 8. What is the official parking fee in the city for vehicles? Officially, it is still Rs.2 for an hour for three and four wheelers, and Rs one an hour for two-wheelers, but in the absence of any monitoring from the Chennai ...
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  • Calendar to indicate pollen levels in atmosphere
  • Four suicide cases reported
  • GH plunges into darkness, medical services hit
  • 'Allow us to go to school'


    Pondicherry
    Cong. cadres distribute food packets to poor
    PONDICHERRY, DEC. 9. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, the PCC leader, V. Narayanasamy, Ministers and legislators of the Congress and party volunteers of different wings today celebrated the birthday of the AICC leader, Sonia Gandhi. Special ...
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  • Keep Pondy green and clean, Minister exhorts youth

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