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Andhra Pradesh
EAMCET qualifying marks cut to fill engg. seats
HYDERABAD, SEPT. 6. The Andhra Pradesh Government has reduced qualifying marks in EAMCET-2003 to 40 from 48 out of the aggregate of 160 for immediately filling the 11,268 seats even as counselling ended yesterday. The Technical Education ...
Demolition of martyrs memorial: TRS blames Minister
HYDERABADKARIMNAGAR, SEPT. 6.SEPT. 6. The Telangana Rashtra Samiti on Saturday demanded that the Government suspend the Commissioner of the Karimnagar Municipality for demolishing the martyr's memorial under construction in the town on ...
Cong. accuses Naidu of encouraging defections
NIZAMABAD, SEPT. 6. The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president, D. Srinivas, on Saturday charged the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, with encouraging his party leaders to lure elected representatives of other parties into the Telugu ...
TDP legislator arrested
HYDERABAD, SEPT. 6. A Special Investigation Team from Maharashtra on Saturday picked up the Telugu Desam MLA from Himayathnagar constituency, C. Krishna Yadav, on the charge of having links with mafia gangs. He was immediately taken to ...
Other Stories

  • Tower of harmony in Guntur
  • Vamsadhara in spate
  • CM to take up NH 214 issue with Centre
  • B.Ed, nursing candidates under OLIVE scanner
  • Srihari in fresh row
  • Indrasena flays YSR for supporting Emergency
  • Left questions BJP credentials
  • Advani to inaugurate Parkal memorial


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Amala kisses AIDS blues away
    HYDERABAD, SEPT. 6. There were tears in her eyes, as Amala Akkineni appealed earnestly. "Hugging and kissing a HIV positive person does not transmit the virus to you,'' she said, and went on to do just that to two-year-old Deepak. The ...
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  • Feverish speculation over MLA's arrest
  • Police gear up for Ganesh immersion
  • Election will go our way, says Baddam


    Karnataka
    `No increase in number of suicides'
    GULBARGA, SEPT. 6. The Karnataka Home Minister, M. Mallikarjun Kharge, said here today that a study of suicides in the past seven years had shown that 600 to 680 such cases were reported in the State each year, and this year the number was within ...
    HC has open mind on Bench: CJ
    GULBARGA, SEPT. 6. The Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, N.K. Jain, said today that the High Court had an open mind on the issue of establishing a permanent Bench of the court in north Karnataka, and would reconsider the demand if there ...
    HC Bench: bandh total in Bijapur; partial in Koppal
    BIJAPUR, SEPT. 6. People in the city and elsewhere in the district on Saturday observed a total bandh in support of their demand for a High Court Bench in Bijapur.The bandh was called by the newly formed Bijapur High Court ...
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  • 8,979 engineering seats available
  • JD(S) to intensify agitation
  • Bommai prevents AIPJD split
  • Police probing activities of extremist group: Kharge
  • Two commit suicide
  • Patil moots plan to increase TB dam height


    Kerala
    Straying into troubled waters
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 6. When Wimalasena and his four- member crew set out in their fishing vessel, "Ranmenika- 3," from Mirissa in Sri Lanka on November 9 last year, they had high hopes of returning home with a bountiful catch. Two weeks ...
    Menon is not NDA candidate: Rajagopal
    THRISSUR, SEPT. 6.The Union Minister of State for Defence, O. Rajagopal, has said that the former Finance Minister, Viswanatha Menon, is contesting the Ernakulam by-election as an independent candidate and not as a nominee of either the NDA or ...
    Waterways to be developed with Central aid
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 6. The Government proposes to take up development of a few smaller waterways with Central assistance. Projects are under preparation or consideration for Vadakara-Mahe, Kotti-Kottappuram, ...
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  • Drop river link plan: Govt.
  • `Houses to all homeless soon'
  • Government `treat' to workers for Onam
  • By-poll: `I' group to keep away from campaigning
  • CPI(M) trying to disrupt rule of law, says BJP
  • Veliyam seeks Govt. action
  • SC status for traditional fishermen soon
  • CPI(M) happy over confusion in rival camps


    Tamil Nadu
    `Cong. won't fight shy of going it alone'
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 6. The Congress will have no truck with the AIADMK ``now or in the future'' and it is ``not afraid'' of fighting the parliamentary elections alone in Tamil Nadu, the senior leader, Ram Niwas Mirdha, said today. Talking to the ...
    Mass sacrifice foiled at Sirumalanji temple
    TIRUNELVELI, SEPT. 6. A proposed mass animal sacrifice on the altar of the Sudalai Andavar temple at Sirumalanji, about 40 km from here, during its biennial festival, was prevented by the police last night, as most of the devotees, fearing legal ...
    Breathtaking display of precision flying
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 6. Almost the entire city headed east for the Marina, to watch a breathtaking display of precision flying, aerobatics and a spectacular demonstration of skydiving by the Indian Air Force here today. The show commenced with two ...
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  • S.P. Thyagarajan, new Madras VC
  • Repeat chance for failed engg. students
  • Army women officers likely to get another extension
  • Mass medical campaign to minimise HIV spread
  • `Usury harassment led to mass murder by Madurai doctor'
  • Strategies to be evolved for child labour elimination
  • Get ready for silent revolution, says Karunanidhi
  • Pension for more than five years not viable: report
  • Desalination will solve water scarcity: Swamy


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Traffic goes haywire on roads leading to Marina
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 6. While the MIGs, Suryakirans and Sukhois took off into the skies this morning in a breathtaking spectacle, many city residents were grounded, thanks to the chaos on the roads. Traffic jams occurred all along Anna Salai and on ...
    Other Stories

  • Sankara Nethralaya unveils tele-ophthalmology project
  • Two ex-employees held for hacking into online server
  • MRTS too fails them
  • `A celebration of history and geography'


    Pondicherry
    Centre not taking firm approach to get water: Varadarajan
    PONDICHERRY, SEPT. 6. The secretary of the Tamil Nadu State unit of the CPI (M), N. Varadarajan, today assailed the Karnataka Government for its refusal to release water to Tamil Nadu and said the lack of cooperation on its part to share the ...
    `Computer-aided education gaining ground'
    PONDICHERRY, SEPT. 6. The Pondicherry Education Minister, K. Lakshminarayanan, has said the Department of Education was planning to introduce modern gadgets and computer facilities in educational institutions to make learning a pleasant and ...



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