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Andhra Pradesh
Naidu backs Centre's divestment drive
HYDERABAD, JAN. 14. HITEX or the Hyderabad International Trade Exposition Centre was inaugurated by the Union Minister for Commerce, Industry and Disinvestment, Arun Shourie, at Izzat Nagar on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday. Speaking on ...
Custodial death alleged
MAHABUBNAGAR, JAN. 14. Narsimulu (32) of Gundlapotlampally village under Balanagar mandal, who was an accused person in a rape and murder case, died last night under suspicious circumstances in Balanagar police station. Narsimulu was brought ...
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  • Fervour marks Vaikunta Ekadasi


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Shourie inaugurates trade exposition centre
    HYDERABAD, JAN. 14. HITEX or the Hyderabad International Trade Exposition Centre was inaugurated by the Union Minister for Commerce, Industry and Disinvestment, Arun Shourie, at Izzat Nagar on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday. Speaking on ...
    Doctors 'assign' female sex to child
    HYDERABAD, JAN. 14. Surgeons literally played God when they decided that a child born with a rare anomaly of `ambiguous sex', shall be a `female'. A team of surgeons at the Niloufer Hospital worked non-stop for eight hours in the operation ...
    Naidu inaugurates Infosys development centre
    HYDERABAD, JAN. 14.When seven software professionals came together to launch an Information Technology company in 1981, little did they realise that it would one day employ 14,000 professionals. Turning dreams into reality seems to be their ...
    Amenities for rich, problems for poor
    HYDERABAD, JAN. 14.One year is a short time to gauge development or judge one's performance. But for the elected representatives in the city it was time to make or mar impression among their highly demanding voters. After completing one year in ...
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  • A watershed, says Mahesh Bhatt
  • Cabinet meet


    Karnataka
    State's interests not affected: Krishna
    BANGALORE, JAN. 14. The Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, on Tuesday said that by releasing Cauvery waters to Tamil Nadu, the State's interests had not been affected and that the people should see reason (in the Government's action). On his return ...
    Panel to implement Nanjundappa report
    BIDAR, JAN. 14. The Minister of State for Planning, R.B. Timmapur, said today that the Government would constitute a committee for implementing the recommendations of the High-power Committee for Redressal of Regional Imbalances. Speaking to ...
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  • Call to create awareness on allergic rhinitis
  • Udupi Zilla Panchayat President resigns
  • Social scientists flay communal politics


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Water shortage hits denizens of Nagarahole
    BANGALORE, JAN. 14. Tough days are ahead for the denizens of the Nagarahole Wildlife Sanctuary. Even before winter has yielded to summer, silt-filled tanks with parched beds and dried up streams are choking up the forests. The wildlife ...
    Indus School to produce 'global citizens'
    BANGALORE, JAN. 14.The dream of the Mysore-educated entrepreneur who made it big in the U.S., Kumar Malavalli, to give back to his homeland what he considers "the most precious gift for children — education", took shape today with the ...
    A celebration of bravery, skills
    BANGALORE, JAN. 14. A breathtaking display of daring acrobatics, sky diving, and a horse and dog show marked the Army Day Investiture Ceremony at the sprawling Field Marshal Manekshaw Parade Grounds here on Tuesday. Setting the tone for the ...
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  • Toyota aims at 15 p.c. market share
  • Special train to Guwahati
  • Drive to clean up vacant sites


    Kerala
    Kerala expressway project before GIM
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JAN. 14. The proposal for the construction of an express highway from Kasaragode to Thiruvananthapuram at a cost of Rs. 7,000 crores may be the biggest project before the Global Investors Meet (GIM). The Public Works ...
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  • Panchayats to share fees with pvt. partners
  • Vellanad India's first fully computerised gram panchayat
  • Women's alternative to GIM


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    State schools youth fete from today
    ALAPPUZHA, JAN. 14.An Alappuzha touch will add colour to the five-day-long 43rd State Schools Youth Festival which will begin here tomorrow. The features, which could be claimed as Alappuzha's own, are evident right from the arches raised at ...
    Folk dancers steal the show at National Youth Festival
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JAN. 14. Setting the stage on fire with their zestful performance, the teams performing folk dances stole the hearts of the packed audience at the Tagore Theatre on the second day of the ongoing eighth National Youth Festival ...
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  • A nose for colours
  • GIM banking on Indian investors for success
  • IV Fest from March 25


    Tamil Nadu
    MoU on dream projects with Malaysia
    CHENNAI, JAN. 14.The Malaysian Government will prepare detailed proposals "within three months" for two dream projects, which could change the face of Chennai: an administrative hub at Thiruvidanthai near here and beautification of the Marina ...
    Will DMK remain neutral at Sattankulam?
    CHENNAI, JAN. 14.The Sattankulam byelection is turning out to be more than just another bypoll for the DMK, as it is faced with a few difficult choices. Though the parliamentary elections are still more than a year away, the choices made now by ...
    INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT - II
    Floating bonds a way out?
    CHENNAI, JAN. 14. The success or failure of an infrastructure project depends on several factors - the size, its viability, the cost and mode of financing, the implementing agency and the time taken for completion, to name a few. All models ...
    We feel let down: Jayalalithaa
    CHENNAI, JAN. 14. After the aborted Cauvery River Authority meeting on Monday, a "disappointed" Tamil Nadu today pleaded with the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, to ask Karnataka to release 4,500 cusecs daily for the next two weeks to save ...
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  • `Politicians creating conditions of disharmony'
  • Virtual university for engineering centres planned
  • Thanjavur-Coimbatore Shatabdi from Jan. 20
  • Perceptible decline in railway accident rate
  • Governor, CM extend Pongal greetings
  • HC allows lottery ticket sale for one week
  • Resolution on reforms in conformity with NDA agenda: DMK
  • Only poromboke land will be leased: Jeevanantham


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    ICU for HIV/AIDS patients at VHS
    CHENNAI, JAN. 14. The nation's first exclusive intensive care unit for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) will be inaugurated at the VHS hospital in the city on January 17. Coming as it does, 15 years after the first case of HIV infection was ...
    Smokeless-Bhogi campaign pays off
    CHENNAI, JAN. 14. Thanks to campaigning by the Government and NGOs, Bhogi, agrarian festival, was celebrated with less smoke this morning. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, which inaugurated an intensified campaign a few days ago against ...
    Nobel laureate lecture
    CHENNAI. JAN. 14. The Dutch physicist, Gerard `t Hooft, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1999 will be delivering a public lecture on `The Universe inside an atom' on January 18 at 3.30 pm at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, here. ...
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  • Automatic assessor helps in flight operations
  • ICE entrance exam on Jan. 19
  • Varsity gets funds for research
  • Installation of solar heating systems made mandatory


    Pondicherry
    Pondy to demand pro rata share from TN
    PONDICHERRY, JAN. 14.The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, said he was happy that the Karnataka Chief Minister had announced to release six tmc feet of Cauvery water for the delta regions. Mr. Rangasamy said he would write to his Tamil Nadu ...
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  • Malkani, Rangasamy greet people
  • Help restore calm in law college: Valsaraj

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