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Andhra Pradesh
Robber shot dead after police chase
HYDERABAD, JUNE 13. A youngster who allegedly committed a robbery at a petrol bunk in Patancheru locality was gunned down by a chasing police team in the early hours of Thursday. The slain robber's body, later identified as that of Dinesh, was ...
Two naxals killed in encounter
WARANGAL, JUNE 13. Two Pratighatana extremists were killed in an encounter with the police in the hillocks, near Koppugutta village under Govindraopet police station limits, on Thursday morning, but the police have discounted all fears about the ...
Other Stories

  • Highest man-made waterfall mooted at Vizag
  • High suicide rate in coal belt
  • No violation of GO 610, says Government
  • Surrendered naxals await rehabilitation
  • `Cane-grower died due to heart problem'
  • Plan to post IAS officers in major temples dropped
  • SHG women to be trained in fashion technology
  • Mystery behind pawnbroker murder unravelled


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    FFW irregularities: CM wants tough action
    HYDERABAD, JUNE 13. A fairly large number of irregularities involving Government officials, elected representatives, fair price shop dealers and rice millers were reported in the Food-For-Work programme during a videoconference today. Provoked ...
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  • Field day for `scholarship touts'
  • Probe into killing of Jana Shakti activist demanded
  • Muslim Personal Law Board to meet next week
  • Karanam Uma Devi files papers for Medak seat


    Karnataka
    Kidney donor found dead within a week
    BANGALORE, JUNE 13.It is a macabre manner of demonstrating the gruesome consequences of the Authorisation Committee clearing unrelated organ transplants and taking its responsibilities in a casual manner. A case of a murder of a donor within a ...
    Other Stories

  • Treasure hunters target Kaligi temples
  • Inamdar urges Centre to change food policy
  • Resolve differences, VC, Registrar told
  • Encroachment of footpaths, a cause for concern
  • NHAI draws up plan to green highways


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    MNCs have their own research agenda, says Chidambaram
    BANGALORE, JUNE 13. The Principal Scientific Advisor to the Union Government, R. Chidambaram, said on Thursday that the strategy for development should be driven by technology, and it was for the country to decide on technological imperatives. ...
    Other Stories

  • Centre urged to end illegal import of Chinese silk
  • `Farmers must help implement projects'
  • Mystery shrouds girl's death
  • More help from `GetitNow' 24-hour service
  • Campaign against use of poor quality plastic launched
  • Five-man gang rapes woman
  • Colleges to re-open on Monday
  • Tata's phone services may be delayed
  • Needed: steps to preserve heritage sites


    Kerala
    Minister, CPI(M) MLAs trade charges
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 13. Angry exchanges between the Minister for Cooperation, M. V. Raghavan, and CPI(M) members in the Assembly led to a boycott of proceedings by the Opposition towards the fag end of the sitting this afternoon. The ...
    Domestic violence: Bill draws flak
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 13. The Protection From Domestic Violence Bill (2002) mooted by the Central Government came in for all- round criticism for its "lack of teeth and clarity'' by speakers at a discussion on the subject organised by the N. ...
    Other Stories

  • Demand for concessions to traditional fishermen
  • `Real threat to country is from the BJP'
  • Govt. bid to reopen rayons unit
  • One more IA flight to Sharjah
  • Rly. overbridge likely to be opened on June 22
  • Rain brings city to a standstill


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Rain lands city in a jam
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 13. More than twelve hours of intermittent rainfall drenched city life today even as there was heavy water-logging in all the `usual' places. Overflowing storm drains and culverts together with trench-laced roads ...
    Other Stories

  • Corpn. move to regulate backwater tourism
  • Emergency exits made compulsory in buses
  • Power snag disrupts surgeries at MCH


    Tamil Nadu
    We leave it to Jayalalithaa: DMK
    CHENNAI, JUNE 13. Picking up the gauntlet, the DMK today left it to the State Government to strip M.K. Stalin of Chennai mayorship. The party president, M. Karunanidhi, made it clear that Mr. Stalin would not resign either as MLA or as Mayor. ...
    Focus on protecting vital installations
    CHENNAI, JUNE 13. In the context of tensions on the India-Pakistan border, a special police force being created by the Tamil Nadu Government will focus on protection of vital installations from weapons of mass destruction. The force, to be ...
    Rs. 4.5 lakh-fine slapped on `Vennira Aadai' Nirmala
    CHENNAI, JUNE 13.The film and television artiste, `Vennira Aadai' Nirmala alias A.B. Shanthi, has been directed to appear before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court (Economic Offences court-II) ``to pay a fine of Rs. 4.5 lakhs ...
    Other Stories

  • Balsams in full bloom in Anaimalais
  • EOW wants officers posted to auction NBFC property
  • For and against Cuddalore PVC project
  • Prepare for dt.-level exams, headmasters told
  • Veerasamy wants stay extended in defamation case
  • Lone teacher for 150 students, parents lock up school
  • Pandyan express renumbered
  • Plan outlay is no big deal: Karunanidhi
  • Building licence fee to be hiked by 10 per cent


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Trees on Corpn. playground set ablaze
    CHENNAI, JUNE 13. Three-year-old trees, numbering about 20, planted inside a playground in Kalakshetra Colony were burnt by a group of persons in a two-day operation which began on Sunday, in what was seen as an encroachment attempt. Attempts ...
    Other Stories

  • Crime prevention drive paying off: Vijay Kumar
  • Private operator damaging cables: Chennai Telephones employees
  • Walkers tread on dangerous ground
  • Residents protest encroachment on approach road
  • Low-level power lines, a risk at Koyambedu


    Pondicherry
    33 per cent municipal wards allotted to women
    PONDICHERRY, JUNE 13. As per constitutional prescription women are earmarked 33 per cent of wards in five municipalities — Pondicherry, Oulgaret, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam — for which elections will be held soon, according to the State ...
    We will tap tourism to improve finances: Rangasamy
    PONDICHERRY, JUNE 13. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, has said the financial position of the Union Territory is causing concern what with the adoption of the uniform floor rate of sales tax and the Central Sales Tax collected by the local ...
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  • `Extend statutory benefits to STs'
  • `Internet dhabas' opened in all block headquarters

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