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Andhra Pradesh
Minor Cabinet reshuffle in state
HYDERABAD, SEPT. 11. The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, has effected a minor recast of his Cabinet by inducting three Ministers and elevating a junior Minister to Cabinet status — all from Telangana region, accompanied by a shuffle ...
CM puts tainted Ministers on notice
HYDERABAD, SEPT. 11. Telugu Desam Ministers tainted by allegations of involvement in scams were clearly told by Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, to mend their ways or else be prepared for the axe to fall on them. Giving these Ministers "a ...
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  • The new entrants
  • Naidu for `concrete' approach to reforms
  • ... And defends them in public
  • Central team moved by plight of drought-hit


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    CM seeks Rs. 1210.90 cr. drought aid
    HYDERABAD, SEPT. 11. The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, has sought an assistance of Rs. 1210.90 crores from the Centre for the drought- hit districts of the State besides release of 25 lakh tonnes of rice free of cost for the Food-for-work ...
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  • Heritage activists oppose MCH decision
  • Need for fresh water sources stressed
  • An unfinished page caught in destiny's web


    Karnataka
    Patil clarifies on water release
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 11.The Minister for Water Resources, H.K.Patil, today tried to convince farmers in the Cauvery Basin districts not to worry about the Cauvery River Authority's order as it had only asked Karnataka to "ensure" that 9,000 cusecs of ...
    Farmers to continue stir in Mandya District
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 11.Farmers of Mandya District, who have been agitating against the release of water to Tamil Nadu, have said they will continue with the protest. Emerging from a two-hour meeting with the Chief Minister, S.M.Krishna, here ...
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  • Centre urged to approve fishing harbour project
  • CRA directive in farmers' interest, says CPI(M)
  • Nagappa's family to launch stir
  • `State failed to place facts before SC'
  • Confusion in Tumkur over bandh call
  • Reject CRA order, JD groups tell Govt. at all-party meet


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    BMP pays Rs. 45 lakh rent for computers
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 11. It's a case of being "penny-wise and pound foolish" with the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP). In the last two years, the civic body has paid Rs 45 lakh as rent for over 45 computers that it hired. While the elected ...
    Bangalore bandh will be peaceful: Forum
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 11. The Krishna-Cauvery Protection Forum, floated by pro-Kannada organisations, on Wednesday reiterated its resolve to go ahead with the Bangalore bandh on Thursday. The committee announced that it had boycotted the meeting ...
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  • FORTE encourages families of mishap victims to donate organs
  • Holiday for schools, degree exams put off
  • Tight security for today's bandh


    Kerala
    Govt. lifts ban on recruitments
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 11. The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to resume recruitments temporarily through the Public Service Commission (PSC). The Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, told presspersons after the Cabinet meeting that half of the people ...
    List of outfits prepared by previous Govt.: CM
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 11.The Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, has said that he is considering the appropriateness of the Government maintaining a list of organisations of religious fundamentalists and extremists. Talking to presspersons after a ...
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  • Political action needed to end 'family suicides'
  • Intellectuals' appeal to Americans
  • `Decreased tax-GDP ratio meant poor financing the rich'
  • CM to inaugurate super-speciality hospital
  • CAPE awaits MCI letter


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Paddy fields being illegally converted
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 11. Farmers in the Pallipuram village, about 20 km from the city, are gearing up for an organised resistance to the illegal conversion of paddy fields which threatens an ambitious group farming experiment to be launched ...
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  • UDF warns of stir against Poabsons
  • Tourists cancelling visits: Minister


    Tamil Nadu
    Opposition failed State: Jayalalithaa
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 11. Apart from attacking the Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu for their failure to support the State Government on the Cauvery issue, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today hit out at the BJP and the Congress for politicising the ...
    Samba preparations on in delta districts
    THANJAVUR, SEPT. 11.With the release of water from the Grand Anaicut on Tuesday, farmers have started preparing for samba cultivation in canal-irrigated areas in the Cauvery delta districts of Thanjavur and Tiruvarur. While raising of ...
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  • 'T.N. CM violated code by purchasing TANSI land'
  • Ramadoss urges Dalits, Vanniyars to unite
  • Withdraw cases foisted on students: TNGCTA
  • SSLC supplementary exams from Sept. 30
  • AIADMK getting close to BJP, says Sankariah
  • TNLA activist booked under POTA
  • CRA succumbed to pressure: Jeevanandam
  • CPI to stage Statewide rail, road roko on September 14
  • Karnataka STF seeks tribals' help
  • Farmers unsure of steady supply
  • Inflow at Mettur slackening


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Parks for adoption have few takers
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 11. Chennai's efforts to make the city greener have suffered a setback with the Corporation receiving a ``lukewarm response'' from corporate bodies to its offer of parks for adoption. The city has 88 notified parks and 73 more ...
    Oil firms vie for customer loyalty
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 11. Emerging competition is making the national oil companies rework their catchlines and with it the petrol bunks in the city. If it was the `Every Drop Counts' slogan that caught the eye earlier, the new facilities being ...
    `Use education to promote peace'
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 11.On the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the Unites States, Chennai's leading citizens today called for reconciliation and understanding. The U.S Consulate General observed the solemn occasion with two programmes ...
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  • Construction worker murdered
  • `KMC needs will to change'
  • Cash robbed at knife point
  • Stolen chemical bottles recovered


    Pondicherry
    Dredging in full swing to reclaim stretch of Pondy beach
    PONDICHERRY, SEPT. 11. The Health Minister, E.Valsaraj who is also in charge of `Port' said today that the Port department had been dredging sand since February last at the rate of 40,000 cubic metre a month with a view to nourishing the beach ...
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  • Produce bread locally for breakfast scheme: CPI
  • Centre to acquire historic Arikamedu site

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