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Andhra Pradesh
Stick to quota rules, Collectors told
HYDERABAD, NOV. 8. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, has told District Collectors to strictly adhere to the rule of reservation while filling vacancy of any category at their level, even if it is a `contract ...
Recruitment stayed
HYDERABAD, NOV. 8. A Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday stayed recruitment to posts in aided educational institutions, while suspending the controversial GO issued by the State Government wherein it was made clear that ...
10 TDP district unit chiefs replaced
HYDERABAD, NOV. 8. The Telugu Desam Party has retained all but 10 of the 28 district and urban unit presidents as convenors of the party's ad hoc committees. At the end of an elaborate exercise in which the TDP president, N. Chandrababu Naidu, ...
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  • Pushpa Yagam on Nov. 11
  • SVU tells colleges to fall in line
  • TRS leaders to do `hard labour'
  • Chess prodigy on the lookout for sponsors
  • Criminal case filed against 14 TTD officials
  • CM sounds the alarm over power, water situation


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    OGH Nephrology Dept. comes a long way
    HYDERABAD, NOV. 8. Ibrahim, a lab assistant in Mumtaz College here, has a lot to thank the Osmania General Hospital's Department of Nephrology for. Twentyone years ago, the doctors transplanted on him a kidney taken from his brother, Isaq. He ...
    Digit `2' to be affixed to all BSNL phone numbers
    HYDERABAD, NOV. 8. The Chief General Manager, AP Circle Telecom has announced that digit 2 will be prefixed to all telephone numbers of BSNL, Andhra Pradesh, on a single day, November 17, 2002. This is being done in the light of the decision of ...
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  • Prices of farm products on phone
  • Tapping trees for `diesel'
  • Over 20 States producing Human Development Report


    Karnataka
    Advocates demand CBI probe
    BANGALORE, NOV. 8. The Advocates' Association of Bangalore today pleaded for a CBI probe into the alleged involvement of some judges in a sex scandal in Mysore amidst growing suspicion and concern in legal circles. The Governing Council of the ...
    Govt. seeks report on charges against VC
    MYSORE, NOV. 8. The Karnataka Government has sought a report on the charges of corruption levelled against S.N. Hegde, Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore. In a letter to the Registrar of the university, copies of which were released to the ...
    BJP plans `people's stir' against Govt.
    BANGALORE, NOV. 8. The BJP has decided to launch a people's movement against the Congress government in the State for its three "unpardonable crimes" in the past three years which had brought disgrace to the State and resulted in huge revenue ...
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  • Kabini farmers to continue protest
  • 25 parks in Mysore to get a facelift
  • JD(S) not to seek Krishna's ouster


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Vedic scholars selected for awards
    BANGALORE, NOV. 8. The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan has awarded its Sri Guru Gangeshwaranand Vedaratna Puraskar to four outstanding scholars, and the Veda and Sanskrit general awards 2001 have been given to three scholars in recognition of their ...
    Remembrance Day service tomorrow
    BANGALORE, NOV. 8. When the Remembrance Day service is held at St. Mark's Cathedral here on Sunday evening, it will be a throwback to the Armistice Day more than 80 years ago when the First World War came to an end. At this solemn occasion in ...
    FORCES to protect child rights
    BANGALORE, NOV. 8. It is a well-established fact that children need care and education right from their birth. In rural areas and the poorer quarters of urban areas, the question is whether children aged upto six have access to these ...
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  • VAT to benefit business, industry
  • Children's Day contingent leaves
  • Rare manuscripts to be displayed
  • 'Quality Summit' from Nov. 14
  • IT firms open offices in Frankfurt


    Kerala
    Ayyankalipada activists attack bank
    KOZHIKODE, NOV. 8. A five-member group of Ayyankalipada stormed the Agricultural Development Bank at Panamaram in Wayanad today and destroyed documents. The action was to press for suspension of revenue recovery proceedings against farmers. ...
    I will continue in active politics: Sudheeran
    ALAPPUZHA, NOV. 8."I am surprised at the fact as revealed in the statement of the KPCC president, K. Muraleedharan, that he is losing sleep over my continuance in active politics'', V. M. Sudheeran MP, has said. In a statement issued here today ...
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  • Kalpathy car festival begins
  • Greenpeace's `river keeper' for Periyar


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Season of problems at Varkala resort
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 8. Even as foreign tourists have started flocking Varkala with the commencement of the tourist season, the plethora of problems faced by the holidayers at the emerging beach destination are yet to be addressed by the ...
    Sister held for MCA student's murder
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 8. A fierce fight between two sisters over watching their favourite channel on cable television had led to the murder of the computer student, Jayalakshmi (24), at the hands of her elder sister, Jayashree (26), in their ...
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  • Ayurveda physician alleges police harassment
  • Tales of suffering and triumph
  • `Team effort needed for self-reliance'


    Tamil Nadu
    Minister blames civic woes on DMK legacy
    CHENNAI, NOV. 8. Faced with the responsibility of restoring normality in a city crippled by rain, the AIADMK today criticised the DMK regime in the Chennai Corporation under M.K. Stalin, for leaving it a legacy of neglected roads and ...
    ASI on warpath: Focus shifts to local interests
    TIRUVANNAMALAI, NOV. 8. For the first time in its over 150-year history, the Archaeological Survey of India is on a warpath with the Tamil Nadu Government. For its seemingly "well-intentioned" move to declare the Chola-period Arunachaleswara ...
    'Terrorism has to be fought unitedly'
    CHENNAI, NOV. 8.India had to join the war against terrorism to prevent a greater calamity befalling the humanity. When freedom to live was denied, it was imprudent to remain a mute witness, the Union Minister of State for Home, I.D.Swami, said ...
    EB proposals inaccurate and vague, consumers tell SERC
    CHENNAI, NOV. 8. The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board proposal for a second tariff revision within 12 months, to get an additional revenue of Rs. 2,100 crores met with vehement opposition today from all sections. Farmer activists stoutly opposed the ...
    HC orders recount of Karur LS poll votes
    CHENNAI, NOV. 8.The Madras High Court has ordered a recount of all ballots polled in the Karur parliamentary constituency during the September 1999 elections, in which M. Chinnasamy of the AIADMK won by a slender margin of 2,847. There were ...
    `Rail link to important pilgrimage centres soon'
    KANCHEEPURAM, NOV. 8. The railways is planning to provide link to all important pilgrimage and tourism centres in the south and has sought the cooperation of State Governments, the Minister of State for Railways, Bandaru Dattatreya, has ...
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  • HC ultimatum to 17 engineering colleges
  • Aavin cuts milk price
  • Attains samadhi
  • Row at temple festival, ex-Minister held
  • MDMK may move SC against Vaiko arrest


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    ORBIS mission, quite a learning experience
    CHENNAI, NOV. 8. It was a different kind of learning experience for a select group of eye care professionals and workers, besides postgraduate students in the city today. They were aboard the flying eye hospital, ORBIS, where surgeries began. ...
    Global IT meet to focus on Indian experience
    CHENNAI, NOV. 8. The Indian software experience in the face of growing competition from lower-cost countries, including China, will be the focus at an international conference being organised here on November 11 and 12. The conference on ...
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  • 8 children run away from Royapuram Juvenile Home
  • Telecobalt units in 3 govt. hospitals
  • Make quality education available at affordable cost: ex-DGP


    Pondicherry
    Cent per cent literacy by 2012, says Rangasamy
    PONDICHERRY, NOV. 8. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, said today that the task before his government was to ensure universal access to primary education and to achieve cent per cent literacy by 2012. The primary stage of education had been given ...
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  • DA increased for municipal employees
  • Parliament panel visiting Pondy today
  • Malkani help sought in AFT mill wage revision

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