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Andhra Pradesh
Cong. chief to launch campaign today
HYDERABAD, SEPT. 15. The Leader of the Opposition in Andhra Pradesh Assembly, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, left here today on a 16-day tour of eight districts of the State to "expose'' the Government for its "unkept promises,'' tardy drought relief ...
AIDS test before marriage may be made mandatory
GUNTUR, SEPT. 15. The Minister for Medical and Health, Kodela Sivaprasada Rao, has said that the State Government is seriously considering bringing in a piece of legislation making it mandatory on the part of brides and grooms to undergo AIDS ...
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  • Students dazzle with the brush
  • Top honours for Anaparthy, city boys
  • Four GITAM students held on ragging charge


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Suspicious deaths of three housewives
    HYDERABAD, SEPT. 15. Suspicious deaths of three housewives were reported under the limits of different police stations in the twin cities in separate incidents on Sunday. A newly married homoeopathy doctor, Vasavi (28), who allegedly developed ...
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  • APPCB appeal to Ganesh Utsav Samithis
  • Prevent other lakes around city from getting polluted: students
  • Viscera of three women to be sent to FSL
  • Mayor assures land for Tamil Sangam


    Karnataka
    Curfew in parts of Harapanahalli
    DAVANGERE, SEPT. 15. Curfew has been imposed on the areas affected by the communal clashes that broke out in Harapanahalli, about 40 km. from here, when a Ganesha idol was being taken in a procession on Saturday night. No untoward incident was ...
    Water levels in Karnataka reservoirs fall
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 15. Even as Karnataka is striving to honour the directive of the Cauvery River Authority to release 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, a weekly report of the State's drought monitoring cell has come out with distressing ...
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  • Mysore Police chief `escorted' farmers to Kabini?
  • No fresh violence in K.R.Nagar; curfew extended
  • Alamatti Reservoir filled to the brim


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    CBay opens data and process centre
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 15. For this NRI-promoted company, its operations in the country are going to be a part of its expansion plans, and changes in the U.S. regulations have helped it. CBay Systems Ltd., the U.S.-based business process outsourcing ...
    Bangalore to get French help for infrastructure
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 15. Urban planning and management in Bangalore is poised to go the Paris way when the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and the French authorities sign an MoU, any time now. In a win-win situation for Bangalore, funds and ...
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  • Keep an eye on bad schools, Shaw tells officials
  • Reversing brain drain, the Ionidea way
  • BMP should be freed from Govt. control
  • Trees uprooted as heavy rain lashes City
  • Future bright for IT firms in City, says official
  • Learning Kannada made easy


    Kerala
    Antony refocusing on development
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 15. The Kerala Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, is trying to refocus on his development agenda. He is also calling for an end to unsavoury and sometimes unnecessary controversies, often generated by his own party men and the ...
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  • Cardamom `not sustainable' under evergreen canopy
  • Centre to go ahead with privatisation of major airports
  • KSDP to come out with new drugs
  • KC ex-president dead


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Garbage crisis eludes solution
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 15. With a deadlock threatening the negotiated settlement to the garbage crisis in the city, the City Corporation is struggling to find a solution to the vexatious issue, which has assumed a menacing dimension following ...
    Sena activists protest against idol removal
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 15. A tense situation prevailed for sometime at Attakulangara on Sunday night after Shiv Sena activists forced the closure of shops in protest against the police removal of a Ganapathy idol that had been erected in front ...
    INTUC flays move to cut KSEB staff salaries
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 15. The INTUC-affiliated Kerala Electricity Employees' Confederation (KEEC) has said it would resist any move on the part of the Government to cut the salaries of the KSEB employees under the pretext of a financial ...
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  • Central aid to renovate varsity stadium track
  • Plan for plastic-free residential areas


    Tamil Nadu
    BJP cadres for DMK's ouster from NDA
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 15. With the DMK president, M.Karunanidhi's latest round of perceived "anti-Hindu" remarks, agitated State BJP cadres are set to mount pressure on the party's national leadership to review the alliance with the DMK, a constituent ...
    Forest, Fisheries departments fight over Krusadai island
    RAMANATHAPURAM, SEPT. 15.The dispute between the Forest and Fisheries departments over the possession of Krusadai island, known as a `biologist's paradise', has turned ugly following the destruction of a pearl oysters farm, set up by a private ...
    Another medical college as staff shortage continues
    MADURAI, SEPT. 15. Even as the two medical colleges sanctioned a couple of years ago for Vellore and Kanyakumari are yet to begin admissions, yet another medical college is coming up in Theni district. The Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, will be ...
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  • Move to lease wasteland challenged
  • Is the drive against female infanticide effective?
  • Mechanisation hits women workers
  • Good response to scheme for non-resident Tamils
  • Water release from Mettur scaled down


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Fire breaks out at chemical godown
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 15. At least 11 fire service personnel suffered burns while putting out a fire at a chemical godown on the Govindappa Naicken Street this evening. There was a sudden explosion in the godown when the fire fighting operation was in ...
    RC book racket busted
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 15. A racket involving bogus registration certificates for old tanker lorries to be passed off as new ones to Metrowater has been unearthed by the police, leading to an investigation of a big scam in the city's Transport ...
    EPF subscribers to be given photo ID cards
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 15. The Central Government is planning to issue photo-identity cards to subscribers of employees provident fund (EPF) in the next five years. The EPF organisation is going for a scheme, `Re-inventing EPF India project and ...
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  • Bank asked to pay compensation for delay in crediting money
  • Technical expo showcases student talent
  • More transparency sought in pricing mechanism for petrol, diesel
  • Vinayaka idols immersed amid tight security


    Pondicherry
    Govt. at its wits' end over breakfast scheme
    PONDICHERRY, SEPT. 15. Although there was an enthusiastic welcome from all quarters to the free breakfast scheme for school children, the sudden hiccups experienced in its implementation had necessitated suspension of the programme since ...
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  • Rangasamy, leaders pay tributes to Annadurai
  • Solar forum inaugurated
  • Vinayakar idols immersed in sea
  • Health centre opened

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