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Pondicherry Andhra Pradesh Bedlam over Naidu's remark on Sonia HYDERABAD, FEB. 21. The Andhra Pradesh Assembly was plunged into bedlam for nearly three hours on Friday following a passing remark by the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, about the foreign origin of the AICC president, Sonia Gandhi, while ... Don't politicise drought: CM HYDERABAD, FEB. 21. Giving a grim account of the severity of the drought and its impact on agriculture, the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, today made an impassioned plea to all political parties to rise above petty considerations and ... Security tightened at Tirumala TIRUMALA, FEB. 21. One Company of the Andhra Pradesh Special Police (APSP), comprising 100 armed constables landed at Tirumala today, as part of the measures to tighten security in and around the temple complex in view of the increased threat ... Police fear more famine raids BHADRACHALAM, FEB. 21.The police forces are gearing up for a full-scale confrontation with the People's War as the latter stepped up its campaign in villages on the inter-state border with Chhatisgarh. The police fear that more famine raids could ... Other Stories
Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad MCH set for showdown with RTC on bus shelters HYDERABAD, FEB. 21.The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad appears to be heading for a showdown with the RTC on the issue of bus shelters. The corporation is planning to take some kind of precipitate action, including defacing of the bus ... Other Stories
Karnataka 
Centre urged to cut diesel prices for RTCsBANGALORE, FEB. 21. The Karnataka Minister for Transport, B. Ramanath Rai, today appealed to the Centre to supply high-speed diesel at concessional and fixed rates to State road transport undertakings. He was inaugurating the 204th meeting on ... Other Stories
Karnataka-Bangalore 
It's a Berlin Wall for NarayanapuraBANGALORE, FEB. 19. How do you make a man travel eight km. to reach a place that is just 100 feet away? Ask anyone in K.R.Puram, and the reply will be "by constructing a bridge." The beautiful bridge, hailed as latest attraction in the City ... Other Stories
Kerala 
Opposition leader asks Antony to resignKOZHIKODE, FEB. 21. The Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, V.S. Achuthanandan, has demanded the resignation of the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, and the Forest Minister, K. Sudhakaran, for the violence inside the Muthanga Wildlife ... Death toll only two, says DGP KOZHIKODE, FEB. 21.The Director General of Police (DGP), K. P. Joseph, today disdainfully dismissed as figments of manipulative minds reports which sought to create an impression that a large number of tribals had died in the Muthanga ... Other Stories
Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram 
Now, GPS to track KSRTC busesTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM, FEB. 21. The KSRTC is all set to introduce a vehicle monitoring system using the state-of-the-art Global Positioning System (GPS) to keep a track of the movement of its fleet and to reduce the operational costs by avoiding ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu Campaign reaches its peak in Sattankulam SATTANKULAM (TUTICORIN DISTRICT), FEB. 21. As the campaign for the high-voltage byelection in the Sattankulam Assembly constituency is due to end on Monday evening, electioneering has moved into top gear here, with the two main rivals ... 
Accord top priority to IT, agriculture: KalamTIRUPUR, FEB. 21. The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, today called for concerted efforts at focussing on key areas which could turn the nation fully developed by 2020. Agriculture, food processing, education, healthcare, information technology, ... President declines assent to Special Courts Bill CHENNAI, FEB. 21.The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has rejected the Tamil Nadu Special Courts Bill, brought in during the previous DMK regime to set up exclusive courts to try cases against Jayalalithaa and her erstwhile AIADMK ... Bishop-CM meeting fails to break the ice TIRUNELVELI, FEB. 21.After a series of meetings her Cabinet colleagues, party MPs and MLAs had with Roman Catholic and CSI bishops and CSI pastors, the AIADMK general secretary and Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today met the CSI bishop in ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai Royapettah GH: CT machine breakdown puts patients to hardship CHENNAI, FEB. 21.The usually crowded corridors of the CT Scan Centre at Government Royapettah Hospital (GRH) have been empty for several days in the last fortnight, because of intermittent breakdown of the sole Computerised Tomography (CT) Scan ... Mogappair dental college students observe fast CHENNAI, FEB. 21. Students of the Thai Moogambigai Dental College and Hospital, Mogappair, today observed a fast in the city, to highlight their demand seeking the Dental Council of India's recognition of the degree awarded to students who have ... FERA accused not entitled to FEMA benefits: HC CHENNAI, FEB. 21. Persons accused of white-collar economic crimes, punishable under the erstwhile Foreign Exchange Regulatory Act, are not entitled to benefits of the Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999, which replaced the FERA, the Madras High ... IIT to separately manage sponsored research CHENNAI, FEB. 21. As it completes 30 years of a fruitful mission, the Centre for Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research (IC and SR) of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), is preparing to manage a projected massive increase ... Other Stories
Pondicherry 
Dependence on imports, a snag in health care delivery: KalamPONDICHERRY, FEB. 21. A major problem in the Indian health care delivery system, including in ophthalmology, is the near-total dependence on imports of diagnostic and therapeutic equipment, the President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, said today. Every ... Other Stories
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