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Pondicherry Andhra Pradesh Naidu to undergo further medical tests HYDERABAD, OCT. 6. The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, will undergo some more diagnostic tests like CT, MRI and X-Ray soon as he needs further evaluation for his right chest and abdominal pain. Mr. Naidu fractured his left collarbone at ... Govt. to move SC HYDERABAD, OCT. 6. The issue of medical college admissions took a turn today with the State Government taking a decision to file a petition in the Supreme Court through the NTR University of Health Sciences seeking extension of counselling for ... 
Naidu bowls over officialsHYDERABAD, OCT. 6. The performance of the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, at the review meeting on irrigation here today, his first after getting back to work after the attack on him at Tirupati, bowled over the bureaucracy. An official ... Minister visits blast site TIRUPATI, OCT. 6. In the continuing visits to the ghat road blast site by Ministers and heads of various investigating agencies, it was today the turn of the Minister for Commercial Taxes and former CBI Director, K.Vijayarama Rao, to pay a visit ... Other Stories
Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad HC judge dead HYDERABAD, OCT. 6.Justice Dubagunta Subrahmanyam, a sitting judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, died late last night at a private hospital here. He was 60. He is survived by his wife, two sons and three daughters. Justice Dubagunta ... 
Top names may give the Games a missHYDERABAD, OCT. 6.Dhanraj Pillay is not coming; so are the Sri Lankan athletic superstars Susantika Jayasinghe and Damayanthi Darsha. Our very own Olympic medal winner Karanam Malleswari's presence is doubtful. It's no different in football too ... Other Stories
Karnataka Direct grant for gram panchayats MYSORE, OCT. 6. The Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, today said that gram panchayats in the State would receive their annual grant of Rs. 5 lakhs each directly, from November 1. The 5,659 gram panchayats are now getting their annual grants through ... Rs. 168 cr. for drought relief 
Work on four-lane highway to start in NovemberMYSORE, OCT. 6. The Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, said here today that the work on the four-lane highway between Bangalore and Mysore would commence in November. Speaking to presspersons here, Mr. Krishna said work on the stretch between ... Other Stories
Karnataka-Bangalore Country-made bombs recovered BANGALORE, OCT. 6. Police reportedly found country-made bombs after raiding a house on "C" Cross, Hosaguddadahalli, in Byatarayanapura on Monday, sources said. Police raided the house on receiving information that an explosion occurred at the ... Poor response grounds BWSSB's `guided tour' BANGALORE, OCT. 6. When the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) announced it would take city residents on a tour of its Thorekadanahalli (T.K. Halli) water treatment plant, it expected a whole lot of citizens to sign up. Now, ... Contribution of Shankaracharya recalled BANGALORE, OCT. 6. The Governor, T.N. Chaturvedi, on Monday said he had written to the Prime Minister, A.B. Vajpayee, to declare the birth anniversary of Adi Shankaracharya "Philosophers' Day". Releasing the pictorial telephone index of Sri ... Board set up to conserve biodiversity BANGALORE, OCT. 6. After setting up the Medicinal Plant Board (MPB) in August 2002 to protect and oversee the use of medicinal plants in the State, the Government has constituted the Biodiversity Board. The Board was created by the Department ... Other Stories
Kerala Cabinet nod for rehabilitation awaited KOZHIKODE, OCT. 6. With an agreement to settle the five-month-old dispute over the Marad issue having been reached, the district administration is awaiting the formal clearance of the State Cabinet to start the rehabilitation of the displaced ... Marad peace moves THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 6. The CPI(M) State secretary, Pinarayi Vijayan, has said his party will not oppose restoration of peace at Marad though it had strong reservations about the manner in which the Government and the Indian Union Muslim ... By-poll verdict: rejection of communal options THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 6.The result of the Ernakulam by-election has obviously forced a speedy settlement of the five-month-old Marad issue. The politicians at the helm of affairs had no option but to work sincerely for a settlement. For, the ... Cong. rules out change in leadership NEW DELHI, OCT. 6.Hardening its stand on the demand by the `I' faction, the Congress high command today ruled out replacement of the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, in the wake of the defeat of its candidate in the Ernakulam by-poll last week. ... Other Stories
Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram Mahatma's kin takes Cong. to task THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 6.Saraswathy K.Gandhi, grand daughter-in-law of Mahatma Gandhi, has expressed grave concern over the prevailing political and social situation in Kerala. She reacted sharply to the political developments in the State ... Vagrants to be housed at Vanchi Poor Fund THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 6. The City Corporation has decided to utilise the premises of the Vanchi Poor Fund at Overbridge as a temporary shelter for rehabilitation of beggars. The decision was taken at a meeting convened by the Mayor, J. ... Sree Chitra Home inmate missing THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 6. A 15-year-old girl, an inmate of the Government run Sree Chitra Poor Home at Thakaraparambu, has been reported missing. The Vanchiyoor police have registered a case on the basis of a complaint filed by the home ... A radical new housing scheme for slum dwellers THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 6.The Chenkalchoola colony will wear a new look, once the newly launched scheme for the construction of 160 houses for the rehabilitation of its slum dwellers is complete. The scheme, to be implemented by the City ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu Mettur dam may be opened in a week CHENNAI, OCT. 6. The Mettur reservoir is likely to be opened within a week for samba cultivation in Cauvery delta areas. Official sources say the Government might take a ``calculated risk'', after taking into consideration the existing storage, ... Indrakumari acquitted in free dhoti case CHENNAI, OCT. 6. A special court here today acquitted the former Social Welfare Minister, Indrakumari, and five others, including her former junior personal assistant, in the case of ``free dhoti/saree scam'' during the previous AIADMK rule. ... Govt. can't prohibit private operations: writ plea CHENNAI, OCT. 6. A writ petition seeking to quash the October 1 government order terminating all sand quarrying leases and to declare Rule 38-A of the Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral Concession Rules null and void has been filed in the Madras High ... Kannappan issue was not discussed at all in Cabinet: CM CHENNAI, OCT. 6."On 5.10.2003, I had a brief interaction with the Media at the Secretariat and I find that, as usual, most sections of the Media, including most of the newspapers, have chosen to wilfully misinterpret my responses to their ... Bail cancelled, Rajagopal surrenders CHENNAI, OCT. 6. The Madras High Court today cancelled the bail granted to the Saravana Bhavan Hotel owner, P. Rajagopal, in the `Santhakumar murder case', and ordered that he be kept in custody till the completion of the trial. Allowing a ... 
Officers didn't follow govt. orders on distribution: judgeCHENNAI, OCT. 6. Acquitting all the accused in the case of `free saree/dhoti scam', R. Rajamanickam, special judge-I, today said District Social Welfare Officers (DSWOs) and Industrial Cooperative Officers (ICOs) had not obeyed the government ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai Senior citizens look to BSNL for package CHENNAI, OCT. 6. The spiralling cost of maintaining a regular telephone, an indispensable communication device today, is making more and more senior citizens in the city look up to the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited with hopes that it will soon ... Yet another drive to crack down on errant automen CHENNAI, OCT. 6. The Chennai City Traffic Police and Transport Department are planning yet another verification drive later this week to crackdown on autorickshaw drivers plying without proper documents. More than 55 centres will be set up to ... Study to enumerate urban waterbodies CHENNAI, OCT. 6.The State Environment Department has commissioned a study on lakes and ponds in urban parts of Tamil Nadu, the Director of Environment, S. Balaji, said today. All the water bodies would be enumerated. "The data on their ... Other Stories
Pondicherry 
Tamil made compulsory in Pondy, Karaikal schoolsPONDICHERRY, OCT. 6. The Union Territory Administration has made Tamil learning mandatory under the language group in standards one to eight in both government and private schools. The Education Minister, K. Lakshminarayanan, today handed ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Metro Plus | Open Page | Education | Book Review | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
   
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