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Tuesday, December 18, 2001
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HYDERABAD, DEC. 17. The Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, today criticised the political parties for opposing collection of user charges in Government Hospitals (GHs) from those patients who could afford to pay for the treatment. ... More Ryot, farm worker end lives ANANTAPUR, DEC. 17. Family economy which is crippled due to failure of agriculture in general and groundnut in particular and lack of wage work have claimed the lives of a farmer and a farm labourer in the district last night. According to ... More Other Stories
HYDERABAD, DEC. 17. The DIG of National Industrial Security Academy (NISA), Mr. P.V.K. Reddy, has said that a multi-agency coordination and consistent response was required to tackle any disaster situation. Inaugurating the four-week course on ... More Other Stories
BANGALORE, DEC. 17. In a minor expansion of his 26-month-old ministry here today, the Chief Minister, Mr. S. M. Krishna, inducted two new Ministers, reappointed one and elevated two Ministers of State to the Cabinet rank. The new Ministers are ... More `Hittala Gida': documenting and sharing innovative ideas BANGALORE, DEC. 17. It is an innovative idea that spawned a hundred others and went on to put Karnataka's farmers, particularly the innovative ones, right on top of the national map in the second annual competition for ``Scouting Grassroots ... More Other Stories
BANGALORE, DEC. 17. The Mayor, Mr. K. Chandrashekar, who inaugurated the new park at Sanjaynagar on Sunday, said the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) would launch a project for the speedy clearance of debris dumped on footpaths and roadsides ... More Scholarships: CAG indicts official Bangalore Dec. 17. The failure of the district social welfare officers (DSWOs), Bangalore Urban District, to make checks resulted in disbursement of scholarships of Rs. 6.65 lakh to fictitious post-matriculate students from the SC/ST community ... More Other Stories
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 17. The Minister for Information and Non-Resident Keralites Affairs (NoRKA), Mr. M. M. Hassan, said here today that the Central Government had agreed to consider favourably a memorandum submitted by the Government ... More Salary, pension to be disbursed early THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 17. The salary of Government employees and teachers and the pension of service pensioners for the current month will be disbursed early on account of Christmas. The distribution of salary will begin on December 19 and ... More Other Stories
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 17. With the Motor Vehicles Department and the Traffic Police failing to check KSRTC buses for violation of pollution norms, the majority of the 1,000-odd KSRTC buses operating in the city and the district neither have ... More Other Stories
CHENNAI, DEC. 18. The first ever waste-to-manure compost project initiated by the Alandur municipality, and hailed as a model for the State, is in limbo as it has not been able to resolve its problems with the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control ... More A dream project may be delayed CHENNAI, DEC. 17. The Government has identified 10 districts for implementing the wasteland development programme on about 50,000 hectares in the State in the first phase during the next financial year. Among the districts are Vellore, ... More Low pressure brings rain CHENNAI, DEC. 17. Chennai, Pondicherry and parts of north Tamil Nadu have been experiencing intermittent rain since this morning due to a trough of low pressure formed over the southwest bay off the north Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka ... More 
Latheef passes awayCHENNAI, DEC. 17. The INL national general secretary and Vaniyambadi MLA, M.A. Latheef, died of heart attack this morning at the Government General Hospital here. He was 65. The five-time MLA suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday and was rushed ... More 
`Silent revolution on in tech. education'THANJAVUR, DEC. 17. A silent revolution was going on in engineering and technology education, Prof. V. S. Ramamurthy, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, said today. Inaugurating an international conference on ... More Other Stories
CHENNAI, DEC. 17. The controversial Veeranam scheme may not just remain a pipe dream for water-scarce Chennai as the Metrowater is all set to float tenders for the Rs. 720-crore project soon. According to official sources, tender notices will ... More Rain raises residents' hopes CHENNAI, DEC. 17. Driven by a trough of low pressure in the bay, heavy to moderate rain lashed different parts of the city since this morning. Its impact on the life, however, was minimal as Monday was a government holiday. But, the ... More Other Stories
PONDICHERRY, DEC. 17. Induction of two more ministers through the second and last phase of expansion of the Rangasamy Ministry in Pondicherry will take place before this month end, according to the PCC leader, Mr. V. Narayanasamy. He told ... More Terrorist attack: Centre blamed for inadequate security PONDICHERRY, DEC. 17. The terrorist attack on Parliament was a virtual onslaught on democracy and a challenge posed to the people at large. Had the Union Home Ministry taken precautionary step the incident could have been prevented, the PCC ... More Other Stories
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