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Pondicherry Andhra Pradesh Debt burden: TDP rejects Cong. claim HYDERABAD, DEC. 12.The Telugu Desam Party today asserted that the State's external debt burden stood at Rs.18,883 crores, including structural adjustment loans of Rs. 2,000 crores. Disputing the Congress party's allegation that the cumulative ... National Games: confusion over entry passes HYDERABAD, DEC.12. Where are you gentlemen? Officials handling both passes (along with the crucial entry passes) and even complimentaries for the inaugural ceremony of the National Games scheduled for tomorrow have gone `missing' when it matters ... Other Stories
Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad Boys to men: having the ball and playing it too HYDERABAD, Dec. 12. 'A pot-bellied cop looked straight into their faces the way a teacher might regard a slow student. He frowns and asks them to go. After all, that is the VIP entrance fit only for the kings. There is disappointment and a sense ... No ticket for Games? Then no entry for Gachibowli HYDERABAD, Dec. 12. All approaches to the main stadium complex at Gachibowli, the venue of the inaugural of National Games, will be off bounds between 12 noon and 11 p.m. on Friday for all those who do not have an invitation or a ... A moment of pride for City civic body HYDERABAD, DEC. 12.The conduct of the National Games has brought with it myriad changes in the appearance of the State capital, a thing which has boosted the pride of the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH). The city wears a festive look ... Other Stories
Karnataka Top posts for Congress men BANGALORE, DEC. 12. Rejecting the objections from some of the Ministers, the Karnataka Government today cleared the appointment of 16 Congress leaders and workers as chairpersons of various boards and corporations. Besides the appointment of ... Post-mortem report awaited: DGP BANGALORE, DEC. 12. The post-mortem report and the ballistics report on the death of the JD(U) leader and former Minister, H.Nagappa, was yet to be received, the Director-General and Inspector-General of Police, T. Madiyal, said here today. Mr. ... Brigand's expression of innocence doubted MYSORE, DEC. 12. Is Veerappan pulling a fast one by enacting an "encounter scene" to explain the death of the former minister, H.Nagappa, in his captivity and shift the blame on the STF? Or, is he really professing his innocence? There is no ... Nagappa's diary hints at Veerappan-TNLF link MYSORE, DEC. 12. Stray references found in the personal diary of the former Karnataka Minister, Nagappa, written by him while in custody of the forest brigand, Veerappan, hint at the bandit's probable links with extremist groups. The diary was ... Nagappa's family for CBI probe MYSORE, DEC. 12. The family of the former Minister, H.Nagappa, who was found dead in the forests, is planning to seek a CBI probe into the circumstances leading to the death. Speaking to The Hindu over telephone from their residence in ... Other Stories
Karnataka-Bangalore MEMS centre to come up in Bangalore BANGALORE, DEC. 12. A design centre dedicated to developing micro electo-mechanical sensors (MEMS) is to be set up in Bangalore as part of the national initiative on smart materials and systems. V.K.Aatre, Scientific Adviser to the Defence ... Other Stories
Kerala Liquor mafia sets Minister's house afire KOLLAM, DEC.12.In an attempt to re-establish its hold over the eastern sectors of Kollam district, the liquor mafia had gone to the extent of setting fire to the house of the Transport Minister, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, at Pathanapuram last ... Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram Racket that thrives on children THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Dec. 12. The sordid episode of a three-year-old child who was abandoned at the Child Welfare Council with injuries has focussed attention on the abuse of children by inter-State begging rackets operating in the city. A ... Vagrant woman's claim over child being verified THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Dec. 12. The claim of a vagrant woman from Andhra Pradesh, Yasoda, over three-year-old girl Chinnu, who was found abandoned in the electronic cradle of the State Council for Child Welfare, has become stronger. The general ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu Scrapping of free power near-certain CHENNAI, DEC. 12.The withdrawal of free power supply for farmers has become near-certain, with the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board firmly informing agriculturist associations that it cannot afford to continue the freebie anymore and the State ... Jayalalithaa terms Kharge remarks 'ambiguous' CHENNAI, DEC. 12. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, has objected to what she called "ambiguous" remarks by the Karnataka Home Minister, Mallikarjuna Kharge, about the killing of the former Karnataka Minister, H. Nagappa. Nagappa was ... STF to have more mobile camps COIMBATORE, DEC. 12.The Special Task Force (STF) of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka would have more mobile camps to exert pressure on the forest brigand Veerappan, who is on the run, instead of static camps at various pockets, the Additional Director ... HC confirms double life term for Premananda, deputy CHENNAI, DEC. 12. The double life sentence awarded to Premananda and his deputy, Kamalananda, in the ashram rape and murder cases, which rocked the State in 1994, was confirmed by the Madras High Court today. Recording its shock and ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai Drive for source segregation of waste CHENNAI, DEC. 12. The chasm that exists in the city's waste management chain from the moment the garbage is dumped by the household, till the time it reaches the dumping yard, is a tortuous issue that must be resolved by local bodies starting ... Star India sets stage for price cuts CHENNAI, DEC. 12.For the first time perhaps, cable TV subscribers seem to benefit from a tug-of-war between operators and broadcasters. While operators in Chennai are threatening an increase in rates, citing the decision by Tamil channels to go ... Probe into varsity appointments ordered CHENNAI, DEC. 12. In a dramatic development, the Higher Education department has ordered a visitation (inquiry) into allegations of malpractice and breach of reservation norms in appointments made "recently" by the Madras University. Using his ... Credit card racket has wider ramifications CHENNAI, DEC. 12. The recent arrest of a three-member gang that used bogus international credit cards has blown the lid off a thriving racket involving several gangs, and exposed the risks associated with the use of cards that are not covered by ... Other Stories
Pondicherry Coop. bank looting farmers, Vaithilingam repeats charge PONDICHERRY, DEC. 12. V. Vaithilingam, former Chief Minister and ruling Congress party legislator, repeated his charges against the Pondicherry State Cooperative Bank that it was `looting' farmers by levying unreasonably higher rate of interest. ... Pondy tops in sterilisation: Vasaraj PONDICHERRY, DEC. 12. The Pondicherry Health Department has established a distinction in the implementation of family welfare services with sterilisation continuing to be the mainstay of promoting the concept of small family norms in the Union ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Entertainment | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
 
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