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Andhra Pradesh
'New strategy to ensure funds, knowhow'
HYDERABAD, DEC. 30. Inspired by the Irish example, the Andhra Pradesh Government is working towards creation of a model that would ensure continuous flow of investments and technologies into the State. Discussions on evolving such a model are now ...
Power tariff hike unlikely next year
HYDERABAD, DEC. 30. Power tariff hike is not likely for users in the domestic, commercial and agriculture sectors for the financial year beginning April 1. The tariff proposals for the year over which the AP Transco is doing last-minute ...
Minister hopeful of positive response from Karnataka
GUNTUR, DEC. 30. The Minister for Major Irrigation, Kadiyam Srihari, has expressed the hope that the Karnataka Government will release water from the Alamatti dam to Andhra Pradesh. He has said the State Government is taking all steps to prevent ...
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  • Police pin down PW in Nizamabad


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Left parties to hold convention against globalisation
    HYDERABAD, DEC. 30. Several Left parties and socialist groups have resolved to hold a political convention against globalisation here on January 5 coinciding with the Asian Social Forum which is expected to be attended by 10,000 delegates from ...
    Governor lays stone for short stay home at Cancer Centre
    HYDERABAD, DEC. 30. The Governor, C. Rangarajan, laid the foundation stone for a 360-bed short stay shelter home at the MNJ Institute of oncology and Regional Cancer Centre here on Monday. This short stay shelter is being constructed jointly by ...
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  • Two arrested, revolver seized
  • Auto strike deferred


    Karnataka
    Nagappa case: 'CBI probe meaningless'
    BANGALORE, DEC. 30. The Karnataka Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education, B.K. Chandrashekar, maintained in the Legislative Assembly on Monday that a CBI probe into the death of the former Minister, H.Nagappa, would be meaningless ...
    Article 371: Stir takes a violent turn
    GULBARGA, DEC. 30. The agitation by the Hyderabad-Karnataka Vishesha Sthana Mana Horata Samiti seeking amendment to Article 371 for providing special reservation in education and jobs for people of backward regions, took a violent turn today with ...
    Govt. tried to save Nagappa: KPCC chief
    BANGALORE, DEC. 30.The insinuation that the Government played politics in the Nagappa abduction episode was dismissed in the Legislative Assembly today by the Congress member, Allum Veerabhadrappa. Making it clear that the Government had not ...
    New York Times terms Naidu as promising leader
    HYDERABAD, DEC. 30. The New York Times, in its edition dated December 27, has a report on Hyderabad and praised the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, who has "moved decisively to transform Hyderabad from a quiet administrative centre of an ...


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Clearance for new garbage contracts in 15 days: Mayor
    BANGALORE, DEC. 30. The Mayor, C.M.Nagaraj, on Monday informed the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) Council that the new garbage contracts, that were awaiting the Government's approval, would come into effect within the next 15 days. Replying ...
    Help for students applying for overseas studies
    BANGALORE, DEC. 30. This is the time of the year when a large number of students are busy applying to overseas universities for pursuing their higher studies. The sheer logistics or obtaining applications, filling them up and sending them ...
    Councillors lash out at BMP Commissioner
    BANGALORE, DEC. 30. The Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) members on Monday lashed out at the Commissioner, M.R.Sreenivas Murthy, for nullifying several resolutions adopted by the previous Standing Committees after November 26 this year. ...
    Dharna in Council over dues to cane growers
    BANGALORE, DEC. 30.The members of the JD(U) today staged a dharna in the Legislative Council demanding immediate payment of arrears to the tune of Rs. 130 crore to sugarcane growers to save them from further financial distress. The party ...
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  • Microwave energy finds new uses
  • 10 hurt in bee attack
  • One-way rule on Magarath Road goes


    Kerala
    Mystery shrouds burning of T.N. bus
    KOZHIKODE, DEC. 30. The cause of the fire that damaged an express bus of the Tamil Nadu Transport Corporation here remains shrouded in mystery even a day after the incident. The bus, parked at the bus stand of the Kerala Road Transport ...
    UDF clinches breakthrough in run-up to GIM
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 30.The ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) today clinched a breakthrough at the all-party conference convened to discuss issues prior to the Global Investors' Meet (GIM), with the Opposition LDF taking a positive stand ...
    Freedom of Information only by 2004
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 30Making the Government transparent and accountable is stated as an integral part of the Modernising Government Programme (MGP). However, it has been relegated for implementation towards the end of the term of the present ...
    One held for Ripper-style murders
    KOCHI, DEC. 30.A sustained effort made by the Kerala Police to trap the accused who had gone on a `Ripper-style' murder spree bore fruit, with today's arrest of a wandering destitute. The accused, Subbaraj (53), son of Subbaiyya, a native of ...
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  • PCB deadline for hospitals ends today
  • Caution against privatisation of water resources
  • `Political links corrupting Govt. employees'
  • Night-time sweeping in select towns


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
  • Redefine Chancellor's powers: Murali
  • Anganwadi workers' fast


    Tamil Nadu
    Charge sheet filed against Vaiko, at last
    CHENNAI, DEC. 30. The `Q' Branch CID today filed a charge sheet against the MDMK general secretary, Vaiko, 172 days after he had been remanded to custody under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, for an alleged pro-LTTE speech he made at ...
    Petrol bomb hurled, explosive planted in Coimbatore
    COIMBATORE, DEC. 30. The city police have begun a probe into two incidents which occurred today — hurling of a petrol bomb into a State Transport Corporation depot and planting of an expolsive in front of the Coimbatore Press Club. The ...
    AIADMK councillors gherao Mayor
    MADURAI, DEC. 30.Councillors belonging to the AIADMK today gheraoed the Madurai Mayor, C. Ramachandran. His car was also damaged after a heated exchange over non-disqualification of a DMK member, R. Pandiammal, who did not attend three successive ...
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  • AIADMK sets its sights on rule in Pondicherry
  • 'Dalits under attack as police remain apathetic'
  • BJP committee to examine economic reasons for conversions
  • Protect undertrials, Maudany tells court
  • Lies, part of BJP plan to ally with AIADMK: Karunanidhi


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Girl dies after tooth extraction at KMC hospital
    CHENNAI, DEC. 30. What promised to be a simple tooth extraction procedure turned out to be fatal for a 12-year-old girl of Ambattur at the Kilpauk Medical College hospital here today. As distraught family members struggled to come to terms with ...
    Cattle meant for slaughter rescued
    CHENNAI, DEC. 30. Over 100 buffaloes, packed into six lorries, meant for slaughter in Kerala, were rescued by animal welfare activists near Tambaram, on the city outskirts, today. The rescued animals were housed in the Govardhan Goshala near ...
    Police caution New Year revellers
    CHENNAI, DEC. 30. The city police commissioner, K.Vijay Kumar, has warned that police will take stern action against New Year revellers who indulge in violence and harass the public. The police have made elaborate security arrangements to ...


    Pondicherry
    Additional facilities for new Bal Bhavan complex
    PONDICHERRY, DEC. 30. The Jawahar Bal Bhavan, run by the Directorate of Education in Pondicherry in the century-old Botanical Garden near old bus stand, will soon have a palatial campus of its own. The Bhavan has been of help for young boys ...
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  • Good infrastructure key to quality education: Rawat

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