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Andhra Pradesh
TDP for integrated State, says Naidu
NEW DELHI, AUG. 21.The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, today said that those demanding a separate Telangana State were indulging in political talk while people were experiencing development in the region. Mr. ...
Liquor tragedy: deaths due to cyanide poisoning
HYDERABAD, AUG. 21. In a startling revelation, the Hyderabad-based Forensic Science Laboratory has found that the death of four persons, who consumed liquor in Undavalli village under Tadepalli police station limits of Guntur district on Sunday, ...
Other Stories

  • Godavari water for Penna, Krishna basins mooted
  • `Minority panel reports not seeing the light of the day'
  • Turning to faith, for rain
  • 13 naxals surrender before Warangal DIG
  • Master plan to develop Kanipakam
  • A corporate fight against dowry!


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Decks cleared for MBBS, BDS counselling
    HYDERABAD, AUG. 21. Decks have been cleared for starting the much-delayed counselling for admission to MBBS and BDS courses following the Centre's decision to recognise 270 medical seats in five Government medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh. A ...
    RTC union to launch indefinite hunger strike from Sept. 5
    HYDERABAD, AUG. 21.The APSRTC Employees Union has regretted the `lack of action' from the Government on the issue of withdrawal of police cases on employees booked during the 24-day strike in November, 2001, and decided to go on an indefinite ...
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  • Rangarajan apprised of State's fiscal position
  • Lively welcome for IA passengers
  • Four more 400-KV sub-stations soon
  • Three-day meet to evolve treatment protocol for cancer patients
  • Excise policy blamed for hooch deaths
  • PW changes tack in targeting grassroot leaders


    Karnataka
    Six vessels gutted in Mangalore boatyard
    MANGALORE, AUG 21. Six boats were destroyed and 14 damaged partially in a major fire that raged at the Kasaba Bengre boatyard for over three hours till the early hours of today. The fire, which broke out at around 10 p.m. on Wednesday, was ...
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  • Govt. urged to allocate funds for development of minorities
  • Sugar factory staff take out jatha for salary
  • KRRS to stage dharna today
  • Kannada Sahitya Sammelana organisers save Rs. 37 lakh
  • Introduce uniform wages in beedi industry, Centre urged
  • Many `illegal' buildings near fort
  • Compensation, a relief to bereaved families
  • Cauvery: MPs' charge against State
  • KERC chides KPTCL for not executing PPAs


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    State to launch housing project soon
    BANGALORE, AUG. 21. The State Government has planned to launch an ambitious housing programme, "Chief Minister's Model Towns" shortly. The Minister for Housing, C.R. Sageer Ahmed, told presspersons here today that the mass housing programme to ...
    Other Stories

  • No immediate plan for PU internal assessment
  • COMED-K sympathetic to students' plight: Jalappa
  • Plea for HC Bench in Gulbarga
  • BJP criticises Poojary


    Kerala
    Drop river-linking project, Kerala urges PM
    NEW DELHI, AUG. 21.Kerala today stepped up its protest against the proposed Pampa-Achenkovil-Vaippar link project with two separate groups urging the Prime Minister to abandon it. And the issue found mention in the Lok Sabha as well. Cutting ...
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  • Govt. responsive to directives: SHRC
  • Civic body: voting on no-trust motion on Sept.1
  • Call to transform India into a super power
  • All-party meet on PAP water on Aug. 25
  • Intensive drive against illicit liquor during Onam
  • State drops out from water balance study


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Hospitals expect influx of patients from U.K.
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 21. Hospitals in Kerala which deliver state-of-the-art health care in various specialities can expect to attract a share of British patients, following the recent relaxation of rules by the U.K. Government allowing ...
    Medical PG admission
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 21.The provisional select and waiting lists of candidates eligible for admission to the post-graduate super speciality courses, 2002, in the medical colleges in the State have been published. The lists have been ...
    Other Stories

  • Rubco plans Rs. 1,300 cr. expansion
  • Govt. doing cola's bidding, says VS
  • Dispute that costs varsity dear
  • CM meets Muslim leaders
  • CPI(M) State panel meet from today
  • More treasury restrictions relaxed


    Tamil Nadu
    Helipad close to Fort St. George likely
    CHENNAI, AUG. 21.A helipad may soon come up on the sprawling parking lot opposite Fort St. George here, seat of power in Tamil Nadu. A State Government-owned helicopter, normally used by the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, for her district ...
    'Bring in amendment to negate SC ruling'
    CHENNAI, AUG. 21. The CPI leader and AITUC general secretary, Gurudas Dasgupta, today urged the Union Government to bring in a constitutional Amendment to negate the Supreme Court ruling in the Tamil Nadu Government employees dismissal ...
    Fishing to be regulated in Gulf of Mannar
    MADURAI, AUG. 21.Amid apprehensions of more than 80 rare marine species facing an extinction threat, the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve Trust is all set to regulate fishing activity over 10,500 sqkm, spanning along the Rameswaram-Tuticorin ...
    Metro rail for Chennai?
    CHENNAI, AUG. 21. Will Chennai have a metro rail on the lines of the Delhi metro? A proposal for Chennai metro appears taking shape with a team of Delhi Metro officials making a presentation to the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, here today. At ...
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  • Arun Ramanathan, Industries Secretary
  • Madurai Health Foundation to be set up
  • Panic among recruits
  • Withdraw cases against Opposition leaders: BJP
  • Life term confirmed in dowry death case
  • Ban on cow slaughter will hit foreign earnings: Karunanidhi
  • Village panchayat chiefs getting computer-savvy


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Finance company sealed, bank accounts frozen
    CHENNAI, AUG. 21. With the arrest of Goldquest officials in Chennai, where the company's India headquarters is located, police claimed to have exposed yet another alleged money circulation racket. Over 50 members have filed complaints stating ...
    Park case: charges to be dropped against some
    CHENNAI, AUG. 21.The city police today said they would drop charges against "some" of the persons, who were arrested in the Anna Nagar Tower Park here on August 7. The Joint Commissioner (Central), M.K.Jha, told The Hindu that during a ...
    They are attracted to car headlights
    CHENNAI, AUG. 21. While driving a car on the East Coast Road during nights it is common to find small objects hitting on the windscreen. These are the insects that are attracted towards the headlights of cars and other vehicles and the most ...
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  • Importance of shorthand highlighted
  • Children cultural show today
  • Auto driver held, murder mystery solved
  • Over 50 vegetable shops along Pulla Avenue removed
  • Programme on career guidance


    Pondicherry
    AIADMK seeks action against Rangasamy regime
    Pondicherry, Aug. 21. An AIADMK delegation today met the Lt. Governor, K.R. Malkani, and presented a memorandum bringing to his notice ``18 charges of corruption and malpractices'' against the Congress Government led by N. Rangasamy here. It ...
    Urban forestry programme planned
    PONDICHERRY, AUG. 21. The Directorate of Forests and Wildlife, Pondicherry, plans to undertake an urban forestry programme by the first week of September by which tree saplings will be planted in the streets inside the boulevard. Speaking to ...



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