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Andhra Pradesh
SCCL stir: major demands conceded
HYDERABAD, FEB. 7. The indefinite strike by workers of the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) appears to be heading for a solution with the Andhra Pradesh Government climbing down and conceding some of the major demands. Workers' ...
Janashakti plumps for offensive strategy
HYDERABAD, FEB. 7. Realising the "limitations'' of its struggle and the consequent stagnation that is affecting the party cadre, the Janashakti group is all set to switch over from strategic defence to tactical offensive stage in its operations ...
Other Stories

  • EAMCET on April 26
  • Community service for jail inmates mooted
  • Chinna Jeer Swami calls for communal harmony
  • Cong., BJP civic chiefs resent CM's call
  • BJP cuts short meet
  • BJP determined to make bandh a success
  • Top naxal nabbed, booked under POTA


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    A slew of measures for better policing
    Outsourcing of functions is among the chain of reforms being introduced by the police. This new project throws light on many issues, writes MARRI RAMU.
    Other Stories

  • Minister opens health tourism festival
  • Steep hike in contingency plan allocation


    Karnataka
    Art. 371: Krishna to lead team to Delhi
    GULBARGA, FEB. 7. The Karnataka Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, on Friday said that he would lead a representative of all-party delegation to meet the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K.Advani, and the Leader of ...
    CM hints at cut in Plan size
    GULBARGA, FEB. 7. The Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, today gave broad indications that there would be a cut in the Plan size in the current year due to a shortfall in the mobilisation of commercial taxes. Addressing a press conference here, Mr. ...
    Other Stories

  • Govt. to expand telemedicine facility
  • Secular parties must quit NDA: Gowda
  • Kappec to help boost grape exports from State
  • Visvesvaraya awards announced
  • Poojary's appointment widely welcomed


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Russia to include India in combat aircraft project
    BANGALORE, FEB. 7. Indo-Russian aviation partnership is poised for a big leap ahead with the latest Russian offer to include India in an ambitious fifth-generation combat-aircraft project. The project initiators, Aviation Military Industrial ...
    Kharge has many promises to keep
    K.V. Subramanya writes about the programmes announced by the Home Minister, Mallikarjun Kharge, which are yet to be implemented.
    Other Stories

  • `Mayor's order on Opposition party illegal'
  • Chickpet traders observe bandh
  • `Inferior parts causing MiG mishaps'


    Kerala
    Surjeet rules out probe into Cola row
    KOCHI, FEB. 7. The CPI(M) all-India general secretary, Harkishen Singh Surjeet, has said that there will not be any inquiry into the Coca Cola issue and that there is no confusion among the cadres or in the State leadership regarding the ongoing ...
    Govt.'s fresh affidavit: hearing on Feb. 13
    KOCHI, FEB. 7.A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday posted for February 13 the hearing on a fresh affidavit filed by the State Government seeking permission to keep in abeyance the filling up of 25 per cent seats allotted to the ...
    Other Stories

  • `LDF must admit its mistakes'
  • Power sector reform talks conclude
  • Fee structure: two unaided medical colleges agree
  • `TTP stock can be sold without reprocessing'
  • Benoy plea to scrap KSIDC pact with Cola
  • SFI conference from Feb. 14
  • Govt. sending official to UAE next week
  • `Globalisation has led to corruption'
  • VS criticises Govt.
  • Mani blasts CPI(M) `dual' policy
  • Cola plant cleared at district level: Nayanar


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Traffic on Killipalam bridge disrupted
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, FEB. 7.Traffic along the Killipalam bridge on the NH 47 in the city was disrupted after one of the pillars supporting a six-inch drinking water pipe of the Kerala Water Authority passing under the bridge collapsed on Friday ...
    Traders fall prey to extortionists
    The recent instances of attack on traders by extortionists underline the need for a new law on the lines of the Goonda Act, as in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, to take on hardened criminals, writes G. Anand.
    Other Stories

  • Fire at Senate hall triggers off panic
  • Snake bite: hospital told to pay damages


    Tamil Nadu
    High-level team to review HC Bench project
    CHENNAI, FEB. 7. The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption's preventive `strike' at the construction of the High Court Bench complex in Madurai has stirred up a hornets' nest. The Government is now planning to send a high-level team, led ...
    Depute official to check code violation: Cong. tells EC
    CHENNAI, FEB. 7.The Congress today urged the Election Commission to depute one of its Commissioners to the Sattankulam Assembly constituency, where a byelection is scheduled for February 26, to get a "first-hand knowledge" of the "gross and ...
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  • Ex-DGP in court
  • Chandrika not opposed to peace process: Rajapakshe
  • AIADMK foes must be vigilant: Karunanidhi
  • Ilamvazhuthi files bail petition
  • Mahendran files papers
  • Examination in wealth case continues
  • HC dismisses MDMK cadre's jail transfer plea
  • Malai. Subramanian retires
  • Fernandes meets Vaiko in prison
  • SC order won't serve any purpose now: delta ryots


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Environmentalists concern at safety aspects
    CHENNAI, FEB. 7. The company promoting the Rs.180 crore waste-to-energy project announced by the Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in the Assembly last week does not yet have a technical specification or a detailed project report for the city, point ...
    Caretakers or house breakers?
    Crimes involving family members or known persons pose a bigger challenge for police, says S. SHIVAKUMAR
    Other Stories

  • Govt. colleges to be made centres of excellence
  • Corporal punishment for class topper too
  • Rly. Ministry sanctions fourth line between Pattabiram, Tiruvallur
  • CM to visit Tiruvallur
  • EPIC through online scheme
  • Metrowater grievance meeting


    Pondicherry
    Venkaiah Naidu seeks Cong. help to tackle major issues
    PONDICHERRY, FEB. 7. The BJP president, M. Venkaiah Naidu, has called upon the Congress to learn a lesson from the verdict of the people in the Gujarat Assembly polls and give up `negativism and vote bank politics'. Addressing a meeting organised ...
    Abandoned bamboo float seized
    PONDICHERRY, FEB. 7. The Customs have seized an abandoned bamboo float that was found near the Pondicherry coast. The float, which is said to be of foreign origin, probably used for deep sea fishing, was found by a fisherman near the Narambai ...

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