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Andhra Pradesh
Plea to stop uranium project work
HYDERABAD, AUG. 16. The controversy raging over the location of the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) uranium mine and mill in Nalgonda district, moved from the environmentalists' domain to the political arena on Saturday, with the ...
Five killed in lorry accident
VIJAYAWADA, AUG. 16. Five persons were killed and four others sustained grievous injuries when a lorry overturned at the Varadhi bridge on the National Highway No. 9 Hyderabad route in the wee hours of Saturday. While three of the deceased ...
Naidu asks cadre to feel people's pulse
HYDERABAD, AUG.16. The Telugu Desam President and Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, has called upon the party cadre to effectively counter the "false propaganda'' of Opposition parties and ensure the successful implementation of various ...
Interlinking of rivers: `AP can be starting point'
HYDERABAD, AUG.16. The Central Government would be urged to launch the massive project of interlinking rivers from Andhra Pradesh with a view to ensuring the optimum utilisation of Godavari and Krishna waters, the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu ...
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  • Indian pharma majors script a success story: Jaitley
  • Jailed leader's wife to enter politics
  • Paritala appointment flayed
  • Nod for police response system in all districts
  • Schoolgirl killed, 16 others injured in road mishap
  • TRS leader steps up stir
  • Record offerings in Tirumala hundi


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Train derailment: Rly. not at fault, says Dattatreya
    HYDERABAD, AUG. 16. In an unusual statement, the Union Minister of State for Railways, Bandaru Dattatreya, has said that the Railways are being unnecessarily blamed for the recent derailment of one of the trains of the Multi-Modal Transport ...
    Health awareness campaign launched
    HYDERABAD, AUG. 16. A 15-day family health awareness camp, organised by the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) and the District AIDS Control Society, was launched by Damayanthi, Project Director, A.P.State Aids Control Society, here on ...
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  • Counselling for Central PSU employees
  • Holy cow! It's hi-tech hazard


    Karnataka
    Gowda invites AIPJD to merge with JD(S)
    Bangalore Aug. 16. The much-awaited merger of a large section of the Janata Dal (United) into the Janata Dal (Secular) took place here on Saturday in the presence of a huge gathering. The former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda, utilised the ...
    United JD will rout Cong. in polls, says Deve Gowda
    BANGALORE, AUG. 16. The former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda, today hit out at the Congress Government and the Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, and said it was functioning like a family concern which was involved in the real-estate business. At ...
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  • `Free textile sector from local taxes'
  • IVRS for district treasury in Bangalore
  • CM approves university in Tumkur
  • Rs. 1,500 cr. to improve canals
  • Central teams to tour drought-hit areas
  • Weighed down by flowers


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    An I-Day celebration with a difference
    BANGALORE, AUG. 16. Scholar's Academy in Chikkebiderekallu in the city celebrated Independence Day with a difference. After the flag hoisting, students dressed as nationalist leaders who fought for India's freedom were part of a tableau that ...
    Hotel in Majestic area sealed
    BANGALORE, AUG. 16. Officials of the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) on Saturday sealed a hotel whose owner had allegedly failed to pay the licence fee of Rs. 1.47 crore to the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) and handed over the ...
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  • Janaagraha comes up with CQ test
  • IT staff threaten to go on hunger strike


    Kerala
    Be firm with managements: Pinarayi
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 16.The CPI (M) State secretary, Pinarayi Vijayan, has asked the Government to deal firmly with private self-financing professional college managements and ensure that the fees to be paid by students selected from the ...
    Isaac to sue M.N. Vijayan
    THRISSUR, AUG. 16. The CPI(M) State secretariat member, Thomas Isaac, MLA, has said that he will file criminal cases against the editor of Padham, M.N. Vijayan, and S. Sudheesh, who had written some ``sensational'' articles on the People's ...
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  • Coir workers demand festival allowance
  • All sections have gained from migration: CDS director
  • MoU on tourism development soon
  • Verdict puts Govt. in action mode
  • CM in favour of CBI inquiry, claims BJP chief
  • Sabarimala temple opened
  • Police suspect feud behind bomb scare
  • Minister shielding Coca-Cola: KSSP


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Call to maintain communal harmony
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 16. The noted litterateur, S. Guptan Nair, has urged all concerned to take steps to maintain communal harmony in the State in view of the recent incident involving two communities. Inaugurating the State Government's ...
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  • TDB secretary dead
  • Admissions: KU panel to probe 'irregularities'


    Tamil Nadu
    DMK yet to decide on Cong. motion
    Thanjavur Aug. 16. The DMK has not decided whether it should support or oppose the Congress-sponsored no-confidence motion against National Democratic Alliance Government, the party president, M. Karunanidhi, said today. "We have not taken a ...
    It's 'anti-democratic, political vendetta'
    CHENNAI, AUG. 16. Speaking in one voice against the slapping of the Essential Services Maintenance Act on the DMK president, M. Karunanidhi, the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee working president, E.V.K.S. Elangovan, and the Communist leaders, N. ...
    'ILO decision, an important contribution'
    CHENNAI, AUG. 16. The International Labour Office decision to intervene with the Indian authorities to resolve an "unprecedented and critical situation" arising out of the dismissal of government employees and trade union leaders in Tamil Nadu, ...
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  • Cong. leaders shown black flag in Ramanathapuram
  • Rs. 2.13 cr. handed over to DMK chief
  • Leaders, academicians hail SC judgment
  • 'Streamlined training for SHGs must for Mahalir Thittam'
  • Chennai-Bangalore NH four-laning, a boon to Vellore
  • Futile search
  • DK demonstration
  • DSP to probe Sottathatti incident
  • CM's speech disappointing: Ramadoss
  • Price rollback heralds LS poll: Chidambaram
  • Varsities awaiting outcome of experts panel meet on TNOU


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Four advocates remanded to judicial custody
    CHENNAI, AUG. 16. Four advocates, arrested for allegedly assaulting a sub-inspector inside the Egmore Court premises on Thursday, were today remanded to judicial custody till August 29. The V Metropolitan Magistrate, N. Dhandapani, permitted the ...
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  • 384 air cubs complete training in non-technical trades
  • Panel asks coops to cut interest rates
  • Air Force recruitment rally
  • Erratic bus services, bad roads affect Avadi residents
  • TV artistes plan more cancer awareness programmes
  • Placement cell for Social Welfare dept.


    Pondicherry
    AICC delegate to hold talks with Pondy leaders
    PONDICHERRY, AUG. 16. Satyajit Gaekwad, the AICC Secretary, will hold talks with the party functionaries here besides meeting the Chief Minister, his cabinet colleagues and senior leaders tomorrow. The AICC Secretary has been deputed to visit ...
    Liberation Day: CM greets freedom fighters
    PONDICHERRY, AUG. 16. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, today greeted freedom fighters on the occasion of the celebration of the 41st Liberation Day (De Jure Transfer day) of Pondicherry at the century old botanical gardens in Odiansalai here ...



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