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Andhra Pradesh
A.P. Opposition stalls question hour
HYDERABAD, MARCH 5. A charged-up Opposition led by the Congress stalled question hour in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday, demanding sacking of the Information Minister, S. Chandramohan Reddy, and suspension of the Nellore Collector for ...
Other Stories

  • Woman throws children into well, jumps to death
  • Fate of seed processing units uncertain
  • Five naxals, five Janashakti sympathisers surrender
  • Special arrangements for Srirama Navami
  • `Paradise tree' promises immense potential
  • APHDC plan to double exports


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Govt. firm on holding Afro-Asian Games
    HYDERABAD, MARCH 5. The Government has rejected the Opposition plea to postpone or cancel the forthcoming Afro-Asian Games in Hyderabad in view of the drought prevailing in the State. Intervening during a debate on drought in the Assembly today ...
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  • German President's plea for pivotal role for science
  • Changes proposed in constituencies causes stir
  • Plea to save Anantapur dt. from desertification
  • Youth Cong. men ransack APPSC office
  • Parties urged to work unitedly
  • Police unfazed by PW threats


    Karnataka
    Border row: `we're ready for legal battle'
    BANGALORE, MARCH 5. The Karnataka Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, has said that the State is prepared to face any legal battle in the event of Maharashtra moving the Supreme Court on the inter-State border issue that has remained unresolved for ...
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  • Punaroor's resignation sought
  • State to have more phone lines
  • Governor to open fete
  • Farmers to lay siege to Vidhana Soudha
  • Tiny units paying a price for `progress'
  • Inauguration of PGDMS campus today
  • `Give us back our childhood'
  • Politicians may dominate sammelan inauguration
  • R.K.Powergen asked to resume work on plant
  • 228 Ashraya houses allotted to eligible beneficiaries


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    BSNL ready to meet demand for SIM cards
    BANGALORE, MARCH 5. The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., which was facing a severe shortage of SIM cards for its post-paid cellular service, CellOne, is now ready to meet the demands of customers. This was disclosed to presspersons by the General ...
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  • `Child marriages will be prevented'
  • Pensioners asked to submit certificates
  • Housing scheme advance may be cut
  • Protocol: Plaint sent to privileges panel
  • Ghorpade draws flak over maintenance of ZP roads
  • 50 p.c. fall in farm production likely
  • Speaker, minister differ on discussion


    Kerala
    CM to go by UDF decision on Pillai's entry
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH. 5. The Kerala Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, said on Wednesday that he would go by the decision of the United Democratic Front and the Kerala Congress (B) on the induction of R. Balarkrishna Pillai into the ...
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  • Pillai gives clean chit to Antony
  • Central team arriving at Aralam today
  • Call to return `occupied' land at Muthanga to tribals
  • AKPCTA State meet to begin tomorrow
  • Soopy communalising education: BJYM
  • `Union Budget balanced'
  • Hotel owners' dharna against VAT today
  • `UDF leaders speaking in different tongues on Muthanga'


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Railway concession for doctors
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH 5. The Ministry of Railways has decided to provide 10 per cent rail travel concession with effect from March 1 to allopathic doctors with a minimum MBBS qualification so as to render medical assistance to needy ...
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  • Plea to take over RGCB
  • Application for SC/ST tuition fee
  • Plea to reveal details of `missing' Adivasis
  • Hartal: DGP sends notice to LDF convener
  • TRIDA draws up action plan for widening main roads
  • Last date for IT returns
  • Corpn. office witnesses unruly scenes
  • Govt. sought leniency towards tribals
  • More groups demand judicial probe


    Tamil Nadu
    Separate fee structure for unaided medical colleges
    CHENNAI, MARCH 5. The Government will announce in the next few days a separate fee structure for unaided medical and para-medical colleges. Sources in the Health Department said today the policy announced on Tuesday for admissions to professional ...
    42 more fishermen `abducted'
    RAMANATHAPURAM, MARCH 5. Rameswaram fishermen did not venture into the sea for the second day today, protesting ``abduction'' of another 42 colleagues. The total number of Tamil Nadu fishermen detained by Sri Lanka in the past two days is well ...
    Centre, State Govt. begin crisis defusing exercise
    CHENNAI, MARCH 5. With another 42 fishermen from Rameswaram taken away by Sri Lankan fishermen and handed over to the island nation's authority, tension along coastal fishing hamlets has risen sharply in the past two days. The Centre and the ...
    Anticipatory bail for Gopal
    CHENNAI, MARCH 5.The Madras High Court today granted anticipatory bail to the `Nakkheeran' editor, R.R. Gopal, in connection with the murder of two `police informers' by Veerappan in 1998, but asked him to submit himself for interrogation for 15 ...
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  • `India needs to invest in nutrition'
  • Budget in March third week
  • 32,000 engg. seats available under SWS
  • SHRC notice to HR&CE on temple ritual
  • Sports can motivate police: CM
  • Jet Airways flight to Madurai
  • Special Court permits change of counsel
  • TRAI order hiking rentals for basic telephones challenged
  • DoT `congestion' hits users of cellphone
  • Ugandan Vice-President calls on Jayalalithaa
  • Allegation false, says probe report


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Puzhuthivakkam residents blame it on Metrowater
    CHENNAI, MARCH 5. Travelling down the rickety Velachery Main Road may be a harrowing experience for motorists but a greater health and environmental hazard is fast spreading in residential colonies of Puzhuthivakkam, a southern suburb. The ...
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  • 5-member robber gang arrested
  • 11 TN bonded labourers escape from Delhi sweetmeat unit
  • DoT `congestion' hits users of cellphone
  • Gold chain snatched from woman


    Pondicherry
    `Protect milch animals from foot and mouth disease'
    PONDICHERRY, MARCH 5. The Pondicherry Private Milk Producers Welfare Association today urged the Government to undertake immunisation of milch animals against attack of foot and mouth disease in the Union Territory on a war footing. ...
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  • Assessment programme for lab technicians
  • `AFT mill workers idling for want of raw material'
  • Sub-standard eggs supplied to anganwadis: DMK
  • Draft roll for panchayats published

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