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Pondicherry Andhra Pradesh Relief for minor gram panchayats HYDERABAD, AUG. 23. The Andhra Pradesh Government has offered to pull minor gram panchayats out of trouble with regard to electricity bills with two major steps — clearing the arrears amounting to Rs. 36 crores and increasing the ceiling ... Widespread rain in State HYDERABAD, AUG. 23. The State experienced fairly widespread rain on Friday even while the low pressure area in the Bay of Bengal moved inland and was lying near the coast. According to the Director for State Met Office (SMO), C. V. V. Bhadram, ... BJP chief on the defensive VISAKHAPATNAMHYDERABAD, AUG. 23.AUG. 23. The BJP president, Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu, seems to be on the defensive regarding the landgrab allegation against him. During a press conference here on Friday, he did not directly mention the issue, ... Other Stories
Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad Lanka PM for city today HYDERABAD, AUG. 23.The Sri Lanka Prime Minister, Ranil Wicramsinghe, is arriving in the city on Saturday and he will leave on the same day. He is said to be on a private visit to the city. The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, will host lunch ... New Central varsity V-C HYDERABAD, AUG. 23. The LCA project director, Kota Harinarayana, has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of University of Hyderabad by the President of India. A Padmashree awardee, Dr. Harinarayana is an aeronautical engineer who has given an ... Women an easy prey to offenders With crime rate going up in the city, it becomes a challenging task for the police to control it, writes MARRI RAMU. Other Stories
Karnataka Schools, colleges call off strike BANGALORE, AUG. 23. The five-day-old strike by private aided schools and colleges in the State was called off today following hectic discussions between the Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education, B.K. Chandrashekar, and the ... New dept. for disinvestments BANGALORE, AUG. 23. The Government has created a Department for Disinvestments and State Public Sector Enterprises Reforms, pending amendment to the Karnataka Government (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1977, for processing matters relating to ... Other Stories
Karnataka-Bangalore Yechury questions focus of liberalisation BANGALORE, AUG. 23. Globalisation and liberalisation will not help unless we ensure that the people have purchasing power, Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) politburo member, has said. What is needed is land reform and government spending on ... Mobile police outposts mooted to prevent crime on trains BANGALORE, AUG. 23. Scenario one: The emergency chain is pulled. A train slowly screeches to a halt. By the time the Railway Police arrive on the scene, the chain-puller escapes. Scenario two: When the chain is pulled, a centralised system ... Kerala Minister firm on power tariff hike THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 23.The Kerala Electricity Minister, Kadavoor Sivadasan, is firm in his stand that a power tariff hike is inevitable and no sector, including the industries, can be exempted from it. The Cabinet is slated to take up the ... Other Stories
Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram Decline of Valiathura pier as a tourist centre THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 23.Years of constant pounding by the raging seas have taken a heavy toll of the Valiathura pier and reduced it to a shadow of its glorious past even as the Government maintains a stony silence on the public demand to ... Tie-up with TN police checks flow of hooch Close cooperation with the Tamil Nadu police and a change in strategy have helped the police to check the flow of illicit spirit into the State, says G. Anand Other Stories
Tamil Nadu 
Judiciary to crack the whip on lawyersCHENNAI, AUG. 23. As lawyers boycotted courts protesting the steep hike in court fee, an irked higher judiciary this evening held an emergency meeting and decided to crack the whip on striking advocates and hold proceedings with police protection ... Karunanidhi outburst adds to groupism MADURAI, AUG. 23. The factional feud in the DMK in Madurai has threatened to snowball into a major controversy following the party president, M. Karunanidhi's outbursts against the Madurai Mayor, C. Ramachandran, in response to remarks attributed ... College teachers contest CM claim CHENNAI, AUG. 23.As the strike by government college teachers in the State entered the third day on Friday, a section of teachers today appealed to the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, to withdraw the proposal to convert the colleges into ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai 
Saidapet roads are battered war zonesCHENNAI, AUG. 23. Till the other day, streets here swarmed with politicians going round with folded hands, mouthing promises. Saidapet has suddenly lost all the attention it got during elections, when its voters were crucial in the game of ... PMK workers take out procession CHENNAI, AUG. 23. The PMK today organised a rally here to draw attention to the drought situation and water scarcity in Tamil Nadu. Party workers took out a procession from Munroe Statue on Anna Salai to the Chepauk State Guest House. At a ... Hospital accountability under a cloud The recent death of a 3-year-old girl is one of the instances which have raised the question of accountability in Govt. hospitals, says S. SHIVAKUMAR Other Stories
Pondicherry Cong. emerges stronger PONDICHERRY, AUG. 23. The merger of the PMC and the TMC with the ruling Congress has brought about a new political equation in the Union Territory of Pondicherry. The Congress has gained strength leader-wise and cadre-wise following the merger ... Other Stories
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