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Andhra Pradesh
State villages to get 24-hr. power supply
HYDERABAD, AUG. 15.The Chandrababu Naidu Government took another giant leap in the power sector on Independence Day by launching 24-hour electricity supply to all villages in the State. Switching on the `uninterrupted' power supply to villages ...
"Good governance key to nation's progress"
HYDERABAD, AUG. 15.The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, today called for setting aside political differences in providing good governance which held the key to the nation's progress and to passing on the benefits of development to people. ...
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  • Governor hosts `at home'
  • Fighting snakes kill sleeping brothers
  • Transport Dept. comes out with Citizen's Charter
  • Colourful I-Day parade
  • `Rice war' hots up


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Cops overdo security act
    HYDERABAD, AUG. 15. The city was celebrating the Independence Day on Thursday rejoicing the exit of the British from the country, but the city police appeared to be in a mood to showcase how the British police had performed their duties. Such was ...
    CM announces sops for slum-dwellers
    HYDERABAD, AUG. 15.The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, doled out Independence Day gifts for the slum-dwellers of the Mecca Masjid area in the form of a housing scheme covering all families and loans for self-employment. Mr. Naidu, who ...
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  • I-Day celebrated with patriotic fervour
  • Govt. committed to people's welfare: Goud
  • Naidu inaugurates park
  • MCH, QQSUDA on collision course?


    Karnataka
    Corruption will be rooted out: Krishna
    BANGALORE, AUG. 15. The Karnataka Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna's third Independence Day address after unfurling the National Flag, was notable for its mix of the abiding and the short term, the eradication of corruption, and the tackling of the ...
    Rally against communalisation of education
    MYSORE, AUG. 15. The All-India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO) will organise a protest rally against the "commercialisation and communalisation" of education in Bangalore on September 3. The AIDSO said here in a release that education ...
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  • Kharge for bringing back `helmet rule'
  • Govt. has earned people's confidence: Parameshwar
  • Ghorpade slams Centre for going slow on SGRY
  • `Only Centre can ban Bt. cotton seeds'
  • KPCL to write to Govt. on RTPS 8th unit
  • Gowda's remarks cause dismay among JD(S) leaders
  • Security curbs take the joy out of I-Day celebrations


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    `Togetherness Rally' organised
    BANGALORE, AUG. 15. While the Independence Day pageantry at the Parade Grounds was at its glorious best, a motley group of professionals and students participated in a "Togetherness Rally'' from Cubbon Park to Manipal Centre. The rally was ...
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  • `Brihat Lok Adalat' to begin on Saturday
  • 14 officials get President's medal
  • KSRTC reports record profit


    Kerala
    CM's call to make Kerala `investor-friendly'
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 15. The Kerala Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, today said that acute unemployment was the gravest problem faced by his Government and this could be addressed only if political parties, trade unions and opinion-makers joined ...
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  • Nayanar too endorses GIM
  • Ship excavation: Govt. to seek foreign help
  • India's first ocean energy plant at Tuticorin soon
  • Sudhakaran denies allegation
  • Removal of stalls may cause hardships to pilgrims


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Ragging: dilemma over readmitting suspended medico
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 15. The Medical College authorities are in a dilemma over readmitting a suspended student who is an accused in a ragging case following the ragging victim, a native of Chattisgarh, raising objections against any such ...
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  • Govt. reneging on accord: Janu
  • Steps to boost Ayurveda
  • Clash at cinema: several injured
  • CRPF being modernised
  • Guard-rails turn death-traps


    Tamil Nadu
    Right to live is not guaranteed here
    Andipatti, (Theni), Aug. 15. Looking deadpan, 21 year-old Malarkodi of a tiny village near Andipatti town, confesses: ``Yes. We buried alive our third girl baby. Can poor people like us afford to have three daughters?'' She is not the lone ...
    Boycott parties supporting evil forces: Jayalalithaa
    CHENNAI, AUG. 15. Pointing to the danger posed by destructive forces in Tamil Nadu, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today asked the people to boycott political parties, which knowingly supported such evil forces. In her Independence Day ...
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  • President's police medal winners
  • Stalin, Azhagiri groups clash
  • Gang ransacks cinema, decamps with `Baba' film
  • For tribals, girl child is a gift of God
  • 'Ramadoss only cautioned youth'
  • Seized materials submitted to POTA court


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    They can't cajole the flag
    CHENNAI, AUG. 15. There was no `unfurling' of the flag this Independence Day at Fort St. George here. Of course, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, tugged at the rope but the flag just would not unfurl. Even as military policemen assisting her ...
    Multilevel parking lots a solution?
    CHENNAI, AUG. 15. If residents living along the North Usman Road have unceasingly grumbled that lack of parking spaces affects life, the high- profile business houses here, which violated CMDA rules and penny-pinched on parking provisions, have ...
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  • Book fair draws fewer visitors
  • Gang strikes at Gummidipoondi
  • Welfare assistance distributed
  • Two pairs of blackbuck released into Guindy National Park


    Pondicherry
    More funds for health dept.: Rangasamy
    Pondicherry Aug.15. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, has said the Union Territory Administration has allocated more funds for the health department. Speaking after unfurling the National Flag at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex at Uppalam ...
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  • Ban extremist outfits, demands Pondy AIADMK
  • Aurobindo birth anniversary celebrated

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