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Andhra Pradesh
The youth in him pops out!
SRIHARIKOTA, OCT. 10. He may be a septuagenarian, but did not appear so. Nor did he conduct himself like one. The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who visited the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here on Friday for a couple of programmes, was active ...
Cong. demands probe by SC Judge
HYDERABAD, OCT. 10. The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee on Friday demanded that the Government order an inquiry by a sitting Supreme Court judge into the attack on the Chief Minister, N Chandrababu Naidu, as there were several apprehensions ...
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  • ISTE convention
  • Empowering fisherwomen
  • New welfare measures for beedi workers
  • Divergent views over Tirumala ghat road vigil
  • Police foil PW meet
  • Spurt in AIDS cases in Karimnagar
  • INTUC against moving `labour' to States list
  • Witty students charm Kalam


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Police start from the scratch
    It took forensic experts to unravel the mystery behind the murder,apparently without any motive,writes Marri Ramu
    Tourism Dept. ready with its Game plan
    HYDERABAD, OCT. 10. As the city gets ready to host the Afro-Asian Games, the Tourism Department is doing its best to showcase the tourist centres of the historical city and other parts of the State as well. The sub-committee on Tourism ...
    Accommodation poses a problem
    HYDERABAD, OCT. 10. Where are the rooms, gentlemen? This can be the possible query of visiting athletes if officials have their say. For, the accommodation committee of the Afro-Asian Games is in a fix. Courtesy the demands of officials of ...


    Karnataka
    Celebration time for Krishna, Congress
    BANGALORE, OCT. 10. It is celebration time in Government circles and also in the Congress as the S.M. Krishna regime is completing four years in office on Saturday. Though the Government is a single party one unlike the multi-party NDA Government ...
    Govt. move to stop grants to cultural bodies questioned
    BANGALORE, OCT. 10. A letter to the State Government by the Director of the Karnataka Nataka Rangayana, Prasanna, on the controversial issue of continuing annual grants to eight prominent autonomous cultural institutions, has put the Department ...
    PDS may come under NHRC scrutiny
    BANGALORE, OCT. 10. The State's public distribution system (PDS) may come under the scanner of the special rapporteur of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), K.R. Venugopal, who has been asked to conduct an on-the-spot inquiry into the ...
    Other Stories

  • BJP's `Oust Cong.' campaign
  • Minister welcomes move to look into suicide by farmers
  • Govt. urged to withdraw tax on captive power
  • Special team to analyse petitions given to Krishna
  • CET seat status
  • NGOs to be involved in implementing midday meal scheme


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    People's needs get priority
    Public protests against one-way restrictions seem to have made police take into account the needs of people before making drastic changes in road traffic regulations, writes K. Satyamurty
    Hosur Road flyover nearing completion
    BANGALORE, OCT. 10. The woes of vehicle-users passing through Central Silk Board-Hosur Road junction in Madivala will be over by the month-end with the commissioning of a flyover. Jayakar Jerome, Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) ...
    Karim Lala not given adequate security
    BANGALORE, OCT. 10. Abdul Karim Telagi, alias Karim Lala, accused in the multi-crore stamp-paper racket spanning many States, was seen on the premises of Victoria Hospital with very little security. The reporter of The Hindu and its ...


    Kerala
    Rehabilitation gets under way in Marad
    KOZHIKODE OCT. 10. The much-awaited return of the natives has started in Marad.The members of 71 Muslim families, who had fled Marad village in the wake of the May 2 massacre, were escorted by Sarvodaya volunteers back to their homes under a ...
    Kerala to seek new devolution package
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 10. Alarmed by the almost steady fall in the State's share of Central funds over the last several years, the Kerala Government has decided to press the 12th Finance Commission for a fresh devolution package that takes ...
    Other Stories

  • Ministers leave for Germany
  • Shyam Prabhodini's body laid to rest
  • SFI sweeps KU college union elections
  • `A flaring torch lit from a wick'
  • Nawab Rajendran is dead
  • Govt. unhappy with State finance panel report
  • Of rebuilding bonds


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    A triumph of investigation
    A diligent Crime Branch investigation has uncovered a case of murder masquerading as suicide,says G. Anand
    C-DIT to launch ethnic Clipart CD
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 10.The Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT) is all set to launch its latest product, "Chithrakkudukka'', a `Kerala Clipart' CD containing images, animations and music clippings specific to the culture of ...
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  • Panel seeks report on swimmer's death
  • Pallichal Sadasivan dead


    Tamil Nadu
    MLA to explain criticism of judge
    CHENNAI, OCT. 10. The Madras High Court has directed the principal district judges of Madurai and Sivaganga to summon a Congress MLA and presidents of two local bodies and probe their reported criticism of certain observations made by Justice M. ...
    TN signs MoU to cut stamp duty, property tax
    CHENNAI, OCT. 10. Tamil Nadu is one of the eight States, which have signed memoranda of understanding with the Union Government for a gradual reduction of stamp duty, registration charges and property taxes, so as to avail itself of assistance ...
    I won't quit even under pressure, asserts winner
    MADURAI, OCT. 10. K. Azhagar, a farm worker, backed by the majority caste Hindus, has emerged successful in Thursday's byelection for panchayat president, reserved for Dalits, at Pappapatti in this district. It was a walkover for Mr. Azhagar, ...
    `Technology must take healthcare to remote areas'
    CHENNAI, OCT. 10.Technological advances in medicine should help in delivering healthcare to remote areas and people, who cannot afford modern treatment, the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, said here today, after dedicating to the nation a mobile ...
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  • Court summons Periyar varsity Vice-Chancellor
  • Keep off rituals, Ramadoss tells Govt.
  • DMK wins three wards in Villupuram
  • Jayalalithaa launches anti-rubella campaign
  • Vocational training project for disabled in Ramnad
  • Kalaimamani awards announced
  • AIADMK, DMK share honours in bypoll
  • Water release from Grand Anaicut today
  • Harsh realities must be addressed, says Krishna
  • Gold, silver seized from ex-DMK MLA's lockers: DVAC
  • Azhagiri served charge sheet


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    `It is safe to test for dengue'
    CHENNAI, OCT. 10.It is dengue season again and the lesson this year is that it is no longer an urban phenomenon. It has not been a virulent year for the virus in Chennai, but it has spread its dragnet — going as far as Kanyakumari, where ...
    Cracker shops sans safety
    There is a serious move to shift shops to places far away from congested areas and residential localities, says K. Manikandan
    Other Stories

  • `Train teachers to identify behavioural disorders in children'
  • `Poor response' to issue of yellow cards on first day


    Pondicherry
    Cent per cent subsidy for renovating old wells proposed
    PONDICHERRY, OCT. 10. The Pondicherry Administration has drawn up plans to offer cent per cent subsidy to those renovating old and virtually dilapidated wells to harvest rainwater in villages, the Agriculture Minister, A. Namassivayam, said ...
    A rare opportunity for villagers
    PONDICHERRY, OCT. 10.Scores of poor villagers from various Assembly constituencies received the first instalment of housing subsidy of Rs 20,000 recently. The administration had launched the scheme, under which a total grant of Rs 40,000 would ...



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