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Andhra Pradesh
Dalit woman dies in police lock-up
ONGOLE, APRIL 24.A Dalit woman, Annavarapu Sridevi (20) of Maddipadu, the mandal headquarters town, is believed to have committed suicide by hanging herself with her sari tied o an iron bar of a window in the lavatory of the local police station ...
SSC results on April 30
HYDERABAD, APRIL 24. ''Instant examination'' for failed students will be held from May 29 to June 11 and the results of this examination will be declared on July 6. These announcements were made by the Minister for Primary Education, Mandava ...
TTD puts its services on the web
TIRUPATI, APRIL 24. The TTD, the official custodian of the famous hill temple of Lord Venkateswara and scores of its other subsidiary departments, has put some of its prime pilgrim-related services on the web to cater in particular to the needs ...
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  • IAS officers shuffled
  • Canada woos A.P. investors
  • `Bare' facts about superstition
  • Teacher recruitment schedule announced


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Oman mishap: bodies of Indians to reach Hyderabad soon
    HYDERABAD, APRIL 24. The Indian Embassy at Oman has intimated that bodies of Indians, who died in the road accident at Salalah town, would be brought to Muscat in a day or two and from there to Hyderabad after completing formalities like ...
    Civic officials flooded with calls for water
    HYDERABAD, APRIL 24. The weekly `Face to Face' programme of the MCH was inundated with callers from different parts of the twin cities bemoaning the inadequate or total lack of drinking water supply in their respective areas here on ...


    Karnataka
    `Govt. will handle water problem'
    DHARWAD, APRIL 24.The Minister for Revenue, H.C.Srikantaiah, has expressed confidence in the ability of the Government to manage the drinking water situation in the State. Mr. Srikantaiah, who arrived here to review the drinking water situation ...
    Power crisis: CM writes to Centre
    BANGALORE, APRIL 24. With increased reports in the media that the State Government has not done anything to mitigate the power crisis, the Chief Minister, S.M.Krishna, has written a letter to the Union Minister of Power, Suresh P.Prabhu, seeking ...
    Rajkumar rules out foray into politics
    BANGALORE, APRIL 24.On his 74th birthday on Wednesday, the Kannada thespian, Rajkumar, reiterated that he would stay away from politics. "I have no desire to enter politics; it is not my field," he told presspersons, after he was felicitated by ...
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  • `Selfish' leaders pressing for merger, says Vaijnath Patil
  • KPCC under pressure to expel M.L.Ustad
  • BJP announces agitation plan
  • Pig menace: Minister warns officer
  • Ambedkar award for Lolaksha
  • Bellary experiences a severe drought


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    BMP, BWSSB team up to save lakes
    BANGALORE, APRIL 24. The Bangalore Mahanagara Palike's (BMP's) budgetary proposal to rejuvenate lakes received a fillip on Wednesday when it entered into collaboration with the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB). In the first ...
    3 held, goods worth Rs. 3 lakh recovered
    BANGALORE, APRIL 24. The Bangalore City police have arrested three persons and recovered stolen goods worth Rs. 3 lakh from them. Antony alias Tony (21) of Bannerghatta Road, Antony Raj (25) of Doreswamy Palya, Bannerghatta Road, and Rudra ...
    RVCE pact with University of South Korea
    FORTY-ONE STUDENTS from Konyang University of South Korea are in Bangalore, to study at the Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering (RVCE) as part of a tie-up with their university. The Head of the Department of Computer Science and ...


    Kerala
    Panel to oversee Mathikettan evictions
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 24. The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to set up a committee headed by the Additional Chief Secretary, N. Chandrasekharan Nair, to oversee the eviction of all encroachers at Mathikettan. The Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, ...
    Revenue officials transferred
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 24.The Government today transferred all the Revenue officials in Udumbanchola taluk in connection with the Mathikettan Shola forest encroachment. Those transferred include one tahsildar, 19 deputy tahsildars, 21 village ...
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  • Diversion of water to T.N. led to drying up of Nila
  • `Mudbanks helped Kerala-Arab trade flourish'
  • ADB loan: transparency is a far cry
  • Pressure mounting on Sudhakaran


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Land reclamation contract raises eyebrows
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 24. The Power Grid Corporation, which is planning to construct a 400 kv sub-station at Pallipuram in Kazhakkoottam, is learnt to have awarded the contract for reclaiming the paddy fields at the project site well before ...
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    Tamil Nadu
    Comprehensive law to tackle organised crime
    CHENNAI, APRIL 24.The Tamil Nadu Government is contemplating enacting a comprehensive legislation, on the lines of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999, to effectively tackle organised crimes. Moving the demands for grants for ...
    `Search for Veerappan has not slackened'
    CHENNAI, APRIL 24. The hunt for the forest brigand, Veerappan, has not slackened and the Special Task Force will soon capture the outlaw, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, asserted in the Assembly today. Stoutly defending the STF led by the ...
    Seat belts mandatory
    CHENNAI, APRIL 24.Car drivers and frontseat passengers must henceforth mandatorily wear seat belts, the State Government notified today. Persons occupying the rear seat also must wear seat belts with effect from October 1, 2002, an official ...
    NMR summer special is a big hit
    UDHAGAMANDALAM, APRIL 24.A `summer special' between Udhagamandalam and Mettupalayam introduced recently on the Nilgiris Mountain Railway (NMR) has become very popular. This can be gauged from the large number of people who travel by the train ...
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  • SC to hear UGC plea on T.N. entrance test
  • HC confirms suspension of transport workers
  • Transfers routine: Minister
  • Compensation for Tamaraikani stayed
  • Governor greetings on Mahavir Jayanthi
  • Sea erosion hits Pitchavaram forests
  • Keep decorum, Speaker warns Ilamvazhuthi, Ponmudi
  • DMK submits documents to EC
  • High-power commission on fire safety likely
  • Produce records on Jayalalithaa nominations: HC


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Row likely over appointment of planning authority chief
    CHENNAI, APRIL 24. The State Government has proposed to set up a comprehensive planning authority in Chennai to evolve an integrated approach to development. But, the appointment of the head of the body is likely to kick off another round of ...
    Electronic traders protest sales tax hike
    CHENNAI, APRIL 24. Traders of electronic products and manufacturers and traders of electronic components launched a two-day trade bandh in the city today in protest against provisions in the State budget for 2002-03. According to the general ...
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  • They script a success story
  • Hill image on Net
  • Slanging match at council meet
  • Breakthrough in Egmore robbery case
  • 'Take precautions to prevent thefts'
  • Bomb hoax delays Vaigai Express


    Pondicherry
    Police modernisation plan awaits Centre's nod: CM
    PONDICHERRY, APRIL 24. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, today said a long perspective plan to modernise the police department was sent to the Centre for approval. This would help to develop the police department in the next 15 years. ...
    Education mandatory in Pondy
    PONDICHERRY, APRIL 24. The Education and Tourism Minister, K. Lakshminarayanan, said primary education had been made compulsory in the Union Territory. Addressing students of Kalaimagal English medium school in Tirubuvanai near here on Tuesday, ...
    The day the Mother arrived in Pondy
    PONDICHERRY, APRIL 24. April 24 has a special place in the heart of every devotee of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. For, it was on this day in 1920 that the Mother (originally known as Mirra Alfassa) arrived in Pondicherry to spend the rest of her ...
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  • Ministers answer all listed questions
  • Concern over growing crimes in Lawspet
  • Education assistance for slum children proposed
  • Probe ordered into sale of police dept. land
  • Lawyers boycott courts

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