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Andhra Pradesh
Police official escapes PWG attack
GUNTUR, APRIL 27.The Sub-Inspector of Machavaram police station, Y. Srinivasa Rao, was attacked by six persons, suspected to be activists of the People's War Group (PWG), at Machavaram village in Guntur district on Saturday. However, the SI ...
Cong. referendum on power reforms on May 27
VISAKHAPATNAM, APRIL 27.The Andhra Pradesh Congess Committee will conduct a referendum on the power sector reforms, tariff hike, property tax revision and other "anti-people policies" of the Chandrababu Naidu Government on May 27 throughout the ...
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  • Separate Telangana viable, says KCR
  • Kodela warns rice millers of stern action
  • Contempt proceedings against five cops
  • Naidu shares dais with Cong. leaders


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Hyderabad to host parallel meet on children's issues
    HYDERABAD, APRIL 27. Hyderabad will have the distinction of hosting a parallel State-level convention on May 8,9 and 10 to coincide with the UN Special Assembly session for children in New York. The venue is the Women and Child Welfare department ...
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  • TDP rejects TRS charges
  • Ex-Minister K. Prabhakara Rao dead
  • Sonia visit dubbed a `cheap tactic'


    Karnataka
    Set up farmers' welfare fund, Govt. told
    BANGALORE, APRIL 27. The expert committee set up to study suicide by farmers has recommended the setting up of a welfare fund. The eight-member committee, chaired by the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Agricultural Sciences, G.K. ...
    Call for amendment of organ transplant Act
    BANGALORE, APRIL 27. Medical and legal experts must examine the scope for the State Legislature to come up with amendments to the Transplantation of Human Organs (THO) Act, 1994, in order to meet the challenge posed by those who misuse it and ...
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  • Powerful lobbies behind DC's transfer?
  • Drought: BJP flays Govt's. `callous approach'
  • `Centre should fix MSP without delay'
  • `Power projects undertaken by PSUs cost-effective'
  • RTPS 6th unit shut down again


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Sonia makes brief halt in Bangalore
    BANGALORE, APRIL 27. The Congress President, Sonia Gandhi, left for New Delhi this evening after a three-hour stay here. Ms. Gandhi, who arrived in the morning, left for Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh, where she addressed a public meeting. She ...
    WTI, Standard Chartered team up to launch Wildlife Card
    BANGALORE, APRIL 27. It will be a credit card for people on the wild side. The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has teamed up with the Standard Chartered Bank to launch a Wildlife Card here on Monday. On every amount spent by this credit card, a ...
    Other Stories

  • Speaker denies reports
  • Army invites applications
  • Concessional bus pass for students
  • NLSIU course
  • Stones hurled at corporator's house
  • Vocalist Jahnavi Jayaprakash is dead
  • Computer virus may have struck City


    Kerala
    Govt. to remove encroachers in 3 months
    PATHANAMTHITTA, APRIL 27. The Forest Minister, K. Sudhakaran, has said that the eviction of encroachers in Mathikettan Shola would take place in the next three months. Talking to presspersons at Charalkunnu near Kozhencherry today, Mr. ...
    Involving Adivasis in forest conservation
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 27.The approach to forest protection is undergoing a sea change in the State, with the Forest Department evolving a new strategy for ensuring the involvement of tribal communities in conservation efforts. The approach ...
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  • Chips may fuel a new `laptop lifestyle'
  • Mass action to save mangroves urged
  • Gandhian spirit vs. liquor spirit
  • `Renaissance ideals still relevant'
  • Central `fishing holiday' unlikely in State
  • NCP against including Cong(S) in LDF
  • APK concern over dacoity in plantations
  • Rubber deal: VS demands probe
  • Cusat results on Internet
  • Wage revision for match workers
  • Decibel level high in State: study
  • CPI(M) yet to take a stand on rift in NCP


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Varsity-Govt. spat over reversion order
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 27.The `reversion' of 36 employees of the University of Kerala promoted after January 16, 2002, has generated considerable friction between the university and the Government even as the former begins to feel the ...
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  • Call to conserve electricity
  • Senior citizens' quiz
  • All-India medical entrance today
  • New ticket counters


    Tamil Nadu
    No truck with Congress: CPI(M)
    CHENNAI, APRIL 27.Spoiling the chances of forging a ``secular'' front, opposed to both the ruling AIADMK and the main opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu, the CPI(M) today decided not to have any ``alliance or seat adjustment'' with the Congress in the ...
    NDA allies divided on two seats
    CHENNAI, APRIL 27.The NDA allies will support the PMK candidate in the Acharapakkam Assembly constituency in the coming byelection, but are divided on Saidapet (Chennai) and Vaniyambadi. For the NDA in Tamil Nadu, which collapsed following the ...
    It's a riot of colours in Ooty
    UDHAGAMANDALAM, APRIL 27. The Government Botanical Gardens here, venue of the May 18-19 annual floral carnival, is now a riot of colours with flowers nearing full bloom. Already varieties such as petunias are presenting a breathtaking sight. The ...
    SC hearing in TN lawyers case on Monday
    NEW DELHI, APRIL 27.The Supreme Court will hear on April 29 a special leave petition challenging an order of the Madras High Court directing exclusion of 829 lawyers from the rolls of the High Court Advocates Association in the election to be ...
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  • `Linking of rivers being studied'
  • Nilgiris to host NCC girls trek
  • Vote against Vajpayee Govt.: TMC
  • CMs support Jayalalithaa initiative
  • Stop mudslinging, CPI tells DMK, AIADMK
  • DMK to discuss Ilamvazhuthi expulsion
  • MDMK will contest in Vaniyambadi, Saidapet
  • Police attitude partisan: Karunanidhi
  • Tourism sector looking to Govt. for support
  • MBC category being diluted: Ramadoss
  • Engg. fee structure reviewed


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Will plea for paid supply hold water?
    CHENNAI, APRIL 27.Chennai citizens might have suffered long periods of intense water scarcity in the last two decades and might even have spent huge sums to `buy' the commodity. But in an age when ``private participation'' and ``user charges'' ...
    Regulatory authority for cable TV units proposed
    CHENNAI, APRIL 27. Cable TV subscribers in the city, frustrated with inconsistent and rising rates, impolite bill collectors and unaccountability on part of operators, today proposed the formation of a regulatory authority for the cable TV ...
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  • Tambaram rly. station to be developed as major terminal
  • Videographing of Saidapet voters begins
  • Jewels stolen from pawn broker shop
  • Marakkanam village normal
  • `Commissioner online' scheme, people-friendly


    Pondicherry
    Coalition partners clash in Assembly
    PONDICHERRY, APRIL 27. Members belonging to the ruling Congress-TMC coalition locked horns in the Territorial Assembly today over the description of the LTTE leader, Prabakaran, as a mafia leader. A. Anbalagan (AIADMK) tabled a motion (private ...
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  • Manjini dead
  • `Entry tax will hit trade'
  • CM promises steps to revamp varsity

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