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Andhra Pradesh
Naxal bid to blast rly. station fails
ADILABAD, DEC. 7. Naxalites of the banned People's War made a vain bid to blast the Mandamarri railway station on the arterial Kazipet-Ballarshah section of South Central Railway in the early hours of today but set ablaze the office records and ...
Fake currency racket busted
WARANGAL, DEC. 7. The police today arrested two members of an inter-State fake currency gang and seized from them the sophisticated machinery worth Rs. 4 lakhs and fake currency for Rs.8 lakhs. Addressing a press conference, the Superintendent ...
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  • Genome research fraught with risk: professor
  • Stealing a ride is his passion
  • Be exemplary, CJ tells judges
  • Yield from Bt. cotton less: study
  • Asian Social Forum to meet in Hyderabad in Jan.
  • Cong. fears decision will hit ryots badly
  • Desperation drives them to naxalites
  • Delay in payment of crop loss decried
  • Police lack focus in new PW haven


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Expert prefers `split liver' transplant to cadaver
    HYDERABAD, DEC. 7. A 21-year-old Lambada youth from Kurnavelli in Khammam district, T. Venkataratnam, died at the doorstep of the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences on October 20 with a swollen liver after a few a blood vomits caused by ...
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  • Centre for entrepreneurship inaugurated
  • CPI cries halt to auction of Govt., endowment lands
  • Children's Science Congress from today
  • DPS to train Govt. teachers
  • Poor English skills has foreign students in a fix
  • Joshi justifies `Indianisation' of education
  • Fines bring in a windfall for traffic police


    Karnataka
    'Time to judge the judges'
    MANGALORE, DEC. 7. Judge of the Karnataka High Court, Justice M.F. Saldanha, said here today that the time had come to "judge the judges", and it was the appropriate time to constitute a "national judicial commission" with legal luminaries as ...
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  • Dacoits strike near Kolar
  • `Seek TN's help for temple renovation'
  • 5 held on charge of murdering scribe
  • Miscreants kill two Australian Emus in Mysore Zoo
  • Most people in high places lack values: Saldanha
  • Fear grips Mysoreans as cases of chain snatching rise


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Integrated health policy in a month
    BANGALORE, DEC. 7. The State Government will soon announce an integrated health policy aimed at achieving equity, quality, and integrity in health and healthcare. Based on the draft Karnataka Integrated Health Policy drawn up by the Task Force ...
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  • Law to protect water sources
  • International SSQ meet from Jan. 8
  • `Govt. overstating water-supply coverage'
  • Films must promote language, culture, says Kagodu
  • All-India Police Duty Meet from Dec. 11


    Kerala
    Kerala Cong. suspends Shobhana
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 7.The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president, K. Muraleedharan, told a press conference here today that the controversial Congress MLA, Shobhana George, has been suspended from the primary membership of the ...
    Shobhana issue not discussed: Karunakaran
    THRISSUR, DEC. 7.The senior Congress leader, K. Karunakaran, has said that the KPCC president, K. Muraleedharan, has not held any discussions with him on the issue of suspending Shobhana George from the party for five years. Talking to ...
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  • New professional colleges this academic year: CM
  • Padmanabhan's statement damaging: Acharya
  • Police restriction on chartered buses flayed
  • `Sanjayan used humour for social criticism'
  • `Gender bias at its peak'
  • Video fete from March 25
  • Vigilance accused of harassment
  • Kollam police snare notorious burglar


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    `Flanker' sets the sky afire
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 7.The `Flanker' was a fleeting but formidable presence over the skies of the city on Saturday morning. The Russian built multi-role air superiority tactical fighter, SUKHOI-30 MKI, known more by its NATO call sign, ...
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  • Survey calls for maintaining biodiversity
  • Second baby in electronic cradle
  • Spotlight on massage parlours
  • Call to enforce Child Labour Act stringently


    Tamil Nadu
    Police enlist people's help to check naxalism
    CHENNAI, DEC. 7.Encouraged by a tip-off from the people about the presence of naxalites in a village near Uthangkarai last month, the Dharmapuri police and the administration adopted a `people-friendly' approach to deal with extremism in the ...
    Campaign to cover districts, taluks
    CHENNAI, DEC. 7. The Anti-Conversion Law protest committee, comprising minority community and Dalit leaders, has decided to broadbase its campaign further by including Left parties and democratic organisations, the committee convenor and ...
    `Govt. owes explanation on Veeranam contracts'
    CHENNAI, DEC. 7.The PMK leader, S.Ramadoss, today said the Tamil Nadu Government was duty-bound to explain why the Veeranam project contracts were finalised in excess of the department rates. Reacting to a report, which appeared in these ...
    Transport workers observe fast
    CHENNAI, DEC. 7. Transport corporation workers and their families observed a fast today in front of the corporation offices or the District Collectorates, protesting the Government decision to privatise up to 50 per cent of the bus routes. The ...
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  • Cargo clearance system hits trade, traffic
  • Hosur untapped for IT development
  • Efforts on to reopen four Coimbatore sub-jails
  • `Make certificate in first aid mandatory for driving licence'
  • Rain likely to continue
  • Valasaravakkam roads a shambles
  • Travel for them still far from safe


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    2 robber gangs nabbed, property recovered
    CHENNAI, DEC. 7. In a major breakthrough, two gangs, including a group of college dropouts, who were first time offenders, have been arrested by the Chengai East police and gold jewellery, cellular phones and electronic items, totally worth Rs. ...
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  • Strategies to reform criminals
  • Petitions panel meet
  • Injured horse rescued on Marina
  • More amenities for Pattabiram railway station


    Pondicherry
    `Non-violence crucial to ensure mankind's safety'
    PONDICHERRY, DEC. 7. The Education and Tourism Minister, K. Lakshminarayanan, stressed the need for the world to accept and practise non-violence so that the future of humanity could be safe. Addressing the third International Conference of ...
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  • Package of incentives for home loan seekers
  • `Netaji favoured federalism'
  • `Impose ban on foreign tours by AFT mill officials'

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