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Andhra Pradesh
No headway yet in tracing hostages
VISAKHAPATNAM, AUG. 25. The State Government is making all-out efforts to trace the five hostages with the naxalites of the People's War by forming 20 special parties. The police officials made an aerial survey of the forest region near G. ...
Another college girl commits suicide
VIJAYAWADA, AUG. 25. A junior intermediate student of Chaitanya Residential College committed suicide in the hostel dormitory here on Sunday. Yarlagadda Jyothirmayi, 16, was found hanging by her `chunni' from a fan hook in her hostel in ...
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  • Power system operation to go hi-tech
  • Flood warning issued at Bhadrachalam
  • All-party meet urges Govt. to stall Upper Tunga project
  • KCR entrusts organisation work to Narendra


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    CM picks lucky draw
    HYDERABAD, AUG. 25. The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, picked coupons for a lucky draw to mark the first anniversary of e-Seva at the Khairtabad centre here on Sunday. The lucky draw had been organised by e-Seva to get customers to use ...
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  • Housewife set ablaze by husband succumbs
  • Bill payment facility for Tata Teleservices at e-Seva counters
  • Naidu reviews situation following rain


    Karnataka
    Water for TN: Karnataka may plead inability
    BANGALORE, AUG. 25.The Karnataka Government will plead its inability to release water to Tamil Nadu at the meeting of the Cauvery Water Authority convened by the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, on Tuesday in view of the low water level in ...
    Sonia to take part in Seva Dal function
    BELGAUM, AUG. 25.The All India Congress Committee president, Sonia Gandhi, is in Ghataprabha, Gokak taluk, to participate in the valedictory of the national-level training camp of the Congress Seva Dal on Monday. The Karnataka Chief Minister, ...
    2 years after kidnap, Rajkumar visits native village
    ERODE, AUG. 25. Two years after he had been kidnapped by the forest brigand, Veerappan, the Kannada cine actor, Rajkumar, today came to his birthplace, Dhodda Gajanure, in the Thalawady forests in this district. Accompanied by his wife, ...
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  • Saving farmers is our duty: Gowda
  • KREDL promoting wind energy projects


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Herbal therapy to quit smoking
    BANGALORE, AUG. 25. Smokers trying to quit now have one more way out of their nicotine addiction. Newtrition Remedies, a herbal medicine manufacturer, launched its "Quit Smoking Programme" here on Sunday. Known as the "Trans-Alpha-Herbal ...
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  • Schoolchildren clean Cubbon Park
  • Schooling mandatory in U.S.: Democrat
  • BMP floats tenders


    Kerala
    `Middlemen involved' in kidney sale
    KOZHIKODE, AUG. 25.The Ethics Committee of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) held a sitting at the IMA Hall here today to inquire into the kidney sale scandal. Two doctors each from the Baby Memorial Hospital and the National Hospital in ...
    Five killed in mishap
    PALAKKAD, AUG. 25.Five persons, including three children and a woman, were killed when the jeep in which they were travelling was hit by a private bus at Anakkappara on the National Highway near Vadakkumcherry in Palakkad district on ...
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  • CM promises fair probe
  • Church schism: ball in Government's court
  • Forgery case turns murkier


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Pandals in front of Secretariat demolished
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 25.In an early morning crackdown, the district administration with the help of the police, dismantled the make-shift pandals and shacks put up in front of the Secretariat by various agitators. As many as eight ...
    Good response to humour project
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 25.There has been an impressive response to the humour project of the Kerala Council for Historical Research (KCHR) with hundreds of rib-ticklers and adages pouring in from different parts of the State. The KCHR has so ...
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  • Award for BPL chairman
  • `Onam Week' turns out to be a tame affair


    Tamil Nadu
    Drought steps up cattle exodus to Kerala
    POLLACHI, AUG. 25. With agricultural activities coming to a standstill in the State, Tamil Nadu's cattle wealth is providing the fodder for slaughter houses in Kerala. Severe drought conditions have forced farmers to sell off their cattle to ...
    Now, the battle for key posts in united Congress
    CHENNAI, AUG. 25.Within two weeks of the Madurai merger mela, the race for wresting key posts in the State Congress has begun to hot up. True to the Congress culture, more than a dozen ``serious'' contenders are making a hectic bid for ...
    Fire ravages Kalakkad Tiger reserve
    TIRUNELVELI, AUG 25. A major fire, which broke out in the Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) on Thursday night, has destroyed the fauna and flora on thousands of acres in the 14-year old sanctuary, covering 895 sq.km. Though the cause ...
    2 years after kidnap, Rajkumar visits native village
    ERODE, AUG. 25. Two years after he had been kidnapped by the forest brigand, Veerappan, the Kannada cine actor, Rajkumar, today came to his birthplace, Dhodda Gajanure, in the Thalawady forests in this district. Accompanied by his wife, ...
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  • An eye-opener in cornea donation
  • Redesignation claim today
  • Consumer forum assails LIC for sleeping over policy payments
  • A `deplorable presence' at a `barbaric ritual'
  • Cong. disrupting Parliament business: Ramadoss
  • Nedumaran outfit office sealed
  • Sharing teaching experience `ideal for schools'
  • Private parties will run Sri Lanka ferry service
  • INL for third front with Rajni support


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Flyover project turns a bane to Perambur residents
    CHENNAI, AUG. 25. The Perambur Flyover project, which promised to be a boon to the residents of the area, has now turned out to be the bane of this large residential suburb, affecting traffic and exposing commuters and pedestrians to great risks ...
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  • 4 held for boy's drowning
  • Where pedestrian safety gets low priority
  • `Bring ancient wisdom into IT fold'
  • Youth hacked to death at Pudupet


    Pondicherry
    Extend housing loans to poor, Rangasamy tells bankers
    PONDICHERRY, AUG. 25. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, today urged cooperative societies and banks to extend loans to the poor so that house building activities can be taken up in a big way. Speaking at a function organised by the Pudhuvai ...
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  • Woman kills herself, husband arrested

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