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Andhra Pradesh
DA hike for A.P. Govt. staff
HYDERABAD, DEC. 10. The Andhra Pradesh Government has enhanced dearness allowance (DA) to its employees and to the staff of local bodies and aided institutions by 2.45 per cent, effective from July 1, 2002. The decision approving the increase ...
Mystery shrouds death of three youths
ONGOLE, DEC. 10. Three youths belonging to Mamillapally village under Santamaguluru police station died under suspicious circumstances on agricultural fields on the outskirts of the village last night. The bodies were ...
Other Stories

  • Cyber pranksters focus on Bhopal tragedy
  • Cabinet nod for tax incentive to sugar factories
  • Student to get Rs. 50,000 compensation
  • Writers vow to rid society of ills
  • HC verdict against police hailed
  • Total rehabilitation of disabled on the anvil
  • Warangal Cong. meet not to discuss `ticket' issue


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Dossier criminal `admits' starting fire
    HYDERABAD, DEC. 10. In an interesting turn, a notorious dossier criminal, Khaja Nayeemuddin, confessed to the city police of having lit a match stick inside the Shanti Fire Works shop at Osmangunj, triggering an inferno that took the lives of 13 ...
    Liberalise recognition norms, say Church colleges
    HYDERABADHYDERABAD, DEC. 10.DEC. 10.The All India Association for Christian Higher Education, which controls 300 Church-related colleges in India feels the State Government should be liberal in issuing minority certificates to professional ...
    Other Stories

  • NBCC contractors cry foul
  • CPI(M) chalks out stir plan
  • `Yatra' to save coastal areas of State
  • BJP sees Pak. hand in `attack' on Indrasena Reddy
  • `Nuclear power sector poised for vertical take-off'
  • Coastal, island sites favoured for n-power plants


    Karnataka
    Karnataka House session from Dec. 23
    BANGALORE, DEC. 10. A special session of the Karnataka legislature will be held from December 23 to 31, primarily to discuss the issue concerning the abduction episode, which ended in the killing of the former Minister and the JD(U) leader, ...
    Other Stories

  • Views of commuters, operators differ on fare hike
  • Unruly mob takes away guns
  • Peaceful protests in Hassan Dist.
  • New forum for naval project evacuees
  • C.N. Halli TP pulls up Health officials
  • Varsity honours Bhimsen Joshi
  • Erosion of the rule of law disturbing: Ex-CJ
  • Development board for Kodagu sought
  • A 125-year saga of service in Tumkur


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Pollution control pact with Norway likely
    BANGALORE, DEC. 10. The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board will sign an agreement by January next year with the Norwegian Government to take up a project to control pollution in Bangalore. Making the announcement at a meeting of the ...
    Other Stories

  • ISKCON to organise quiz on Gita
  • CAT vacation on Dec. 26, 27
  • Science forum to hold essay contest
  • Seminar on solid waste management
  • `HPC Asia 2002' from Dec. 16


    Kerala
    Kerala kidney racket: HC moved for probe
    KOCHI, DEC. 10.The Kerala High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Director, CBI and other respondents on a writ petition seeking a CBI inquiry into the kidney sale racket in the State. Justice N. Krishnan Nair issued notice to the ...
    Speaker calls on Karunakaran
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 10. The Kerala Assembly Speaker, Vakkom. B. Purushothaman, called on the veteran Congress leader, K. Karunakaran, today. The meeting lasted more than 30 minutes. This is the first time that Mr. Purushothaman is calling ...
    Other Stories

  • Taking eve's rights to the street
  • Fatima college jubilee fete to end on Dec. 14
  • Sabarimala to be included on eco-tourism map: Minister
  • Fight evil designs of SNDP Yogam leadership: Pinarayi
  • `Pseudo intellectuals' flayed
  • Focus on `the unborn girl child'
  • Inter-linking rivers -- the Kerala experience
  • Proposal to hike varsity exam fees by 10 p.c.
  • CPI(M) to counter UDF's reforms agenda


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Orthodox church leaders meet CM
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 10. A delegation of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, deputed by the Managing Committee of the Church, held discussions with the Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, at his residence on Tuesday, for the second time in a ...
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  • Financial scarcity: Govt. waiting for ADB money
  • State leads country's tourism growth
  • Pinarayi flays CM
  • Norms for posting of protected teachers


    Tamil Nadu
    'Tamil extremists are with Veerappan'
    SATHYAMANGALAM, DEC. 10. The Tamil Nadu Special Task Force (TNSTF) is convinced that the forest brigand, Veerappan, has a few Tamil extremists with him; especially, it suspects their hand in the abduction and killing of the former Karnataka ...
    Target organised gangsters, racketeers, CM tells police
    CHENNAI, DEC. 10.Coming down heavily on police personnel who arrest petty offenders for boosting statistics of crime detection, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today urged field officers to concentrate on dealing firmly with habitual offenders ...
    HC won't stay Mayoral poll process
    CHENNAI, DEC. 10.The Madras High Court today made it clear that it would not stay the process, initiated by the State Election Commission to conduct the Chennai Mayoral election. When the AIADMK MP, V. Maitreyan's petition seeking to declare ...
    Other Stories

  • Harassed PU chief vows to take on caste Hindu perpetrators
  • Time to work for regional cooperation
  • Concern over increasing rights violations in police stations
  • Intelligence from Karnataka crucial
  • Why this silence on oil disinvestment, CPI(M) asks DMK, PMK
  • Help restore monuments, Governor tells builders
  • Diarrhoea claims 7 lives
  • 1,250 police stations will have computers: Jayalalithaa
  • Panchayats seek five-fold rise in funds allocation


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Oil firms await Govt. nod for auto LPG use
    CHENNAI, DEC. 10. Improved ambient air quality for Chennai residents now hinges on speedy action by the Transport Department to legalise use of LPG in vehicles. With Indian Oil Corporation and Bharat Petroleum Corporation commissioning an auto ...
    Other Stories

  • Major racket in credit cards unearthed, three arrested
  • Groundwater Act for 60 more revenue villages


    Pondicherry
    Central Excise commissionerate inauguration today
    PONDICHERRY, DEC. 10. The Union Minister of State for Revenue, Gingee N. Ramachandran, is inaugurating tomorrow, the newly created Central Excise Commissionerate here. The member of the Central Board of Excise and customs, New Delhi, A.K. ...
    Power shutdown
    PONDICHERRY, DEC.10. There will be no power supply for three hours from 10 a.m. on December 12 in the following areas : Thilagar nagar, VVP nagar, Gandhi nagar, Ananda nagar, Ambal nagar, Arudhra nagar, Sathiasai nagar, Kasturibai, ...

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