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Andhra Pradesh
Cong. assails Naidu's `clean chit' to partymen, police officials
HYDERABAD, SEPT. 10. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's `clean chit' to his partymen and police officials in the stamp paper scam was criticised by the Congress on Wednesday. Mr. Naidu was making yet another attempt to ...
Krishna Yadav expelled from TDP
HYDERABAD, SEPT. 10. Having come to the conclusion that the Maharashtra police possessed irrefutable evidence against the party MLA, C. Krishna Yadav, in the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam, the Telugu Desam has expelled him from the ...
Naidu asks partymen to stick to values
HYDERABAD, SEPT. 10. The TDP president and Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, has counselled his partymen to cultivate high moral values in the background of the stamp paper scam which has rocked the State. During a tele-conference with TDP ...
It's too late, says BJP
HYDERABAD, SEPT. 10. The BJP has said it is too late for the State Government to act in the stamp paper racket at this stage since much damage has already been done by the inability of the police to follow-up the case when it took root. The ...
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  • Nandyal civic chief resigns
  • Water release to HLC from today
  • YSR vows to restore pre-1999 power tariff
  • PCC chief demands JPC probe
  • Naidu-Krishna meet on Sept. 19/20
  • Police open fire to disperse clashing villagers


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Police alerted to Al-Qaeda threat
    HYDERABAD, SEPT. 10. The city police have been put on alert following a report from Mumbai that four terrorists of the Al-Qaeda are camping in the city. Police launched search after midnight at different places -- hotels, retiring rooms of ...
    Karwan bypoll: a quiet countdown
    HYDERABAD, SEPT. 10. No ringing slogans, no hype or hoopla. The Karwan Assembly constituency is shorn of the ballyhoo usually associated with election. The electorate display a surprising lack of interest -- treating the whole exercise as yet ...
    Melody is back in house of prayer
    HYDERABAD, Sept. 10. For decades, the century-old pipe organ at the British-built St John's Church, a heritage landmark in Secunderabad, remained in layers of dust. It has been a long time since the devout who throng the church every Sunday heard ...
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  • Anti-HIV drug gives encouraging results
  • CM wants action plan for growth centres along course of Godavari
  • Singapore keen on cementing trade ties with India


    Karnataka
    Four more taluks declared drought-hit
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 10. Adding four more taluks to the list of 126 drought-affected ones, the Cabinet S<149>ub C<149>ommittee, which met here on Tuesday, has decided to release Rs. 23.50 croress<149> for various drought relief works from the ...
    Accused `surrenders'
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 10. The main accused in the case of embezzlement of Rs. 61 crores from the Amanath Cooperative Bank, Asadullah Khan, surrendered before the police here on Wednesday. The Commissioner of Police, S. Mariswamy, told presspersons ...
    GPs may be roped in to help distressed farmers
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 10. The Government, which is concerned over the continued suicide by farmers, is considering making use of gram panchayats to go to their rescue in distress. The Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, accepted a suggestion on the role ...
    Three farmers end life
    HASSAN, SEPT. 10.A debt-ridden farmer ended his life at Mellalli village in Hirisave hobli of Channarayapatna taluk in the district on Wednesday. According to reports reaching here, Nanje Gowda (45) reportedly committed suicide by setting ...
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  • Advani lauds strides in IT sector
  • Advani talks of plan to amend anti-defection law
  • Suicide: Arsikere accounts for most number of deaths
  • Compensation given in six cases in Chitradurga
  • Bypoll: JD(S) candidate refuses to withdraw
  • U.S. team for better trade ties


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Bank fraud: accused in police custody
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 10. The main accused in the embezzlement of Rs. 61 crore from the Amanath Cooperative Bank, Asadullah Khan, surrendered before police here on Wednesday. The Commissioner of Police, S. Mariswamy, told presspersons that Khan, ...
    Cloud seeding: Govt. to buy second radar
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 10. The Minister for Water Resources, H.K. Patil, today said that encouraged by good results of Project Varuna (cloud seeding), the Government had decided to buy another radar in the next 10 days. He told presspersons here that ...


    Kerala
    Farm scientist puts Govt. in the dock
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 10.K. N. Shyamasundaram Nair, vice-chairman of the M. S. Swaminathan Commission on WTO Concerns in Agriculture, has said that Kerala has done little follow-up on the recommendations of the Commission. Talking to The ...
    INL to back Sebastian Paul, lashes out at Antony Govt.
    KOCHI, SEPT. 10. The Indian National League (INL) national president, Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, has said that his party will support the LDF candidate, Sebastian Paul, in the Ernakulam Lok Sabha by-election. Announcing this at a news conference ...
    Sharon delighted with gift from Kochi
    NEW DELHI, SEPT. 10.The Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, was very much delighted with a unique gift he received at the banquet hosted by the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, here last night. The gift contained replicas of the Copper ...
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  • Let CM resolve crisis: Murali
  • Thomas denies report
  • Govt. soft-pedalling on Marad issue?


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Fight religious intolerance: Antony
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 10. The Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, today highlighted the need to combat the rising trend of communal and religious intolerance in the State. Inaugurating a meeting on communal harmony organised in connection with ...
    Missing wireless set traced
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 10.A wireless set, which was reportedly stolen from a police vehicle attached to the Medical College station on Tuesday, was today found abandoned near the Thiruvananthapuram Engineering college. According to the ...
    More milk testing centres to be opened
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 10. Buoyed by the overwhelming public response to the milk testing facility that had been opened for consumers during the week preceding Onam, the Dairy Development department is now planning to make the system permanent ...


    Tamil Nadu
    Private sector partnership for better health care
    UDHAGAMANDALAM, SEPT. 10.Announcing a reshaping of the health policy, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today said the Government would forge a partnership with the private sector to provide easy access to and better coverage of the poor. At ...
    Withdraw defamation complaint: HC
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 10.In a significant observation, Justice V. Kanagaraj of the Madras High Court today asked a government advocate to `advise the Government to withdraw a defamation complaint' filed against the Tamil Nadu Congress working president, ...
    Statewide DVAC raid on RTO offices
    TIRUCHI, SEPT. 10. THEDirectorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption today conducted simultaneous raids on Regional Transport Officer's Offices throughout the State. Surprise checks were conducted at offices at Srirangam, Pudukottai and Karur. ...
    Jayalalithaa reelected general secretary
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 10. The AIADMK supremo, Jayalalithaa, was unanimously declared elected, for a fifth term, general secretary here today. Nominations for the post were filed on September 6. The AIADMK Ministers, MPs, MLAs and functionaries filed ...
    HC seeks vacancy report for students transfer
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 10. The Madras High Court has directed the Anna University to submit within 10 days a report on the vacancy position in affiliated colleges, so as to accommodate students of two engineering institutions, which were sought to be ...
    Other Stories

  • `Students can't seek original marksheet after improvement exams'
  • Reduce class strength, adopt gentle approach: school heads
  • POTA court dismisses bail plea
  • MDMK to take part in delta bandh
  • HIV awareness education for schoolchildren from December


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Lack of transparency, bane of cable TV industry
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 10. Not opting for pay channels and hence a reduction in the monthly cable TV subscription fee may be one of the benefits of the Conditional Access System regime. But subscribers still long for the transparency in the cable TV ...
    `CAS can't be thrust on viewers'
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 10. A petition filed by the Exnora International Foundation in the Madras High Court seeks to restrain authorities from implementing the Conditional Access System (CAS) in Chennai. The First Bench of the court has also ordered ...
    Kidnapped schoolboy rescued
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 10. A three-year-old boy, who was kidnapped from his school premises at Royapettah this morning, was rescued later in the day and handed over to his parents. A woman, who allegedly kidnapped the boy, was arrested by the Anna Salai ...
    `Release sea lions from captivity'
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 10. Children from a city school staged a demonstration in front of an amusement park on East Coast Road near Mahabalipuram on Wednesday demanding the closure of the park and immediate release of sea lions from captivity. The ...
    AWBI kept in the dark?
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 10. The Animal Welfare Board of India came to know about the dolphin show at the amusement park on East Coast Road near Mahabalipuram only last month. The AWBI secretary, Somesh Banik, in his letter (dated 19-08-2003) to the ...
    Other Stories

  • Shopowner, 3 held for painter's death
  • Local Administration Minister clarifies


    Pondicherry
    RS poll process from today
    PONDICHERRY, SEPT. 10. The election process for a lone Rajya Sabha seat from the Union Territory of Pondicherry will begin tomorrow when the notification relating to the biennial election will be issued by the Election Commission. The term of ...
    `Launch enumeration of families for fresh ration cards'
    PONDICHERRY, SEPT. 10. The State council of Pondicherry unit of the CPI has called upon the Government to launch door-to-door enumeration of families for distribution of fresh ration cards. A resolution adopted at its council meeting today ...



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