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Andhra Pradesh
A.P. Cong. leader cries halt to `bickering'
HYDERABAD, SEPT. 29. The deputy leader of the Congress Legislature Party in Andhra Pradesh, D. Srinivas, has appealed to all partymen `from the highest to the lowest level' not to drag the issue of free power supply into a controversy since it ...
Good response to Centre's sanitation programme in Nizamabad district
NIZAMABAD, SEPT. 29. A silent revolution, by the way of construction of one lakh Individual Sanitary Latrines (ISL) in record time, is sweeping across the rural areas of Nizamabad district in Andhra Pradesh, particularly the highly ...
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  • Drought will hit tax collection, says Minister
  • AP Transco on tenterhooks
  • Difficult to satisfy ryots: Transco
  • TDP accuses Cong. of stalling FFW rice release
  • Naxals will benefit if they drop the gun: CM


    Karnataka
    Trains cancelled to pre-empt 'rail roko'
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 29. Travellers were put to hardship following the cancellation of train services from Bangalore for 12 hours from 6 a.m. on Sunday following the call given for a "rail roko" by various organisations. The trains coming to the City ...
    Krishna: State's move may lead to a prolonged battle
    HUBLI, SEPT. 29. At last, Karnataka has taken the lead in sharing Krishna waters by urging the Centre to constitute a tribunal for the purpose. The move comes after a delay of two-and-a-half years. It was in April 2000 that the Supreme Court ...
    Gomateshwara comes alive in resplendent glory
    MYSORE, SEPT. 29. The monolithic statue of Gomateshwara atop the Gomatagiri Hill glittered in the backdrop of a brilliant sky as devotees performed the annual Mastakabhisheka with traditional fervour on Sunday. Gomateshwara came alive in ...
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  • Stir has lost objective; women seek curbs on vulgar protests


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Hope for autistic children
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 29. Every week, at Prathibha Karanth's consulting rooms, at least two sets of frantic parents bring their toddlers, plying her with questions, scared and mystified, as to why the children are violent, unresponsive, anti-social, ...
    Bescom indifferent to far-off areas?
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 29. Twenty-five km. from the City proper may not be a great distance, but for the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom), it could well be another world. People who are unlucky enough to live beyond Kamakshipalya on ...
    Number plates: Transport Dept. begins talks
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 29. Utsav Safety Systems, manufacturers of high security vehicle registration plates, are in talks with the Transport Department to supply licence plates for vehicles. The Union Government made it mandatory for all vehicles to ...
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  • Computer training for women
  • K.N. Jayalingappa is President of FKCCI
  • Heart attack kills one in every 10 Indians
  • 87 illegal hoardings pulled down
  • Voter's photo ID card centres


    Kerala
    Forgery: Cong. MLA named third accused
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 29. The Crime Branch has named the Congress MLA, Shobhana George, as the third accused in the case relating to the suspected forgery of the controversial `letter' allegedly written by the DGP (Intelligence) to the Chief ...
    Officials prevented from conducting survey
    KOCHI, SEPT. 29.An angry group of people prevented officials of the Kerala Roads and Bridges Corporation from conducting a survey for the Thammanam-Pulleppady road and overbridge alleging that the Cochin Corporation had not acquired the land ...
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  • Cong. seeks explanation from Karunakaran's daughter
  • Concern over water traffic accidents


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Koyikkal palace to get a facelift
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 29. The age-old Koyikkal palace at Nedumangad, which houses Asia's biggest folklore museum as well as a numismatic study centre, is to get a facelift with the completion of the second phase of renovation work in the ...
    Elderly Day observed
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 29. The ``Global Embrace'', a symbolic walk event to promote the concept of active ageing, was the highlight of the World Elderly Day observance on Sunday. The walk event at the Kanakakunnu Palace grounds was part of ...


    Tamil Nadu
    Interception of mobile call led to shoot-out
    MADURAI, SEPT. 29. The State police heaved a sigh of relief with the gunning down of Imam Ali, the most wanted extremist in Tamil Nadu, and his associates in a predawn encounter in Bangalore today. The dreaded terrorist and four others, ...
    Poll exercise for reserved panchayats a `mockery'
    MADURAI, SEPT. 29.The State Government's failure to execute its constitutional obligation of providing political empowerment to Dalits in the controversial reserved village panchayats of Pappapatti, Keeripatti and Nattamangalam in Madurai ...
    Forum rejects Pepsi argument, orders compensation
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 29. The soft drinks major, Pepsi Cola India Marketing Company, has been directed to pay Rs. 20,000 compensation to an advocate-couple who found a `pan parag gutka' sachet inside a 300 ml bottle purchased in June 1998. S. Rajan ...
    Jayalalithaa rules out talks with Karnataka
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 29. Accusing Karnataka of adopting dilatory tactics on the Cauvery issue, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today ruled out talks with the Karnataka Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, and said Tamil Nadu preferred to get justice from ...
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  • Specialist flown in to treat Maran
  • Invite foreign investments in agriculture: Ponnaiyan
  • DMK panel leaves it to Karunanidhi
  • Ryots stick to bandh plan
  • Farmers against talks with Karnataka


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Chennai Corporation bid to curb `cutting' culture
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 29. Three weeks after the Chennai Corporation suspended opening of all tenders following media reports of blatant corruption in the process, the civic agency is mulling over ways of making it corruption-resistant. An enquiry has ...
    Trains arrive behind schedule
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 29. All express trains from the south arrived in Chennai Egmore two to three hours behind schedule this morning following derailment of a goods train at Olakkur near Tindivanam in the early hours of the day. According to the ...
    Will civic issues get priority?
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 29. The Chennai Corporation council will convene at the Ripon Buildings on Monday, for its first meeting after the violence-ridden session on August 29, with the political developments once again threatening to defeat the civic ...
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  • Social security teams introduced in Washermanpet police dt.
  • Judge to inspect council hall


    Pondicherry
    Plan to preserve Pondy heritage with Central help
    PONDICHERRY, SEPT. 29. The Education Minister, K. Lakshminarayanan, has said the Administration had drawn up plans to preserve places of historical and archaeological importance with the Central Government assistance. He was releasing a ...
    Forum suggestions to improve Tagore college performance
    PONDICHERRY, SEPT. 29. The Forum of Associations of College Teachers has come out with a master plan to enforce discipline among students and make the trouble-stricken Government Tagore Arts College at Lawspet as an excellent centre of higher ...
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  • Central team to visit Karaikal
  • Loans to SHGs
  • Small industries for `reasonable' taxation by local bodies
  • Action against teachers demanded

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