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Andhra Pradesh
Naidu warns against drought fund misuse
GANGADHARA (KARIMNAGAR), MARCH 14. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, has warned village secretaries and sarpanches of serious action if they resort to misuse of drought relief funds and involve contractors in the execution ...
Fasting civic chief arrested
NALGONDA, MARCH 14. The police arrested the fasting Municipal chairman, Venkata Narayana Goud, and admitted him to hospital late last night. The AICC spokesperson, S.Jaipal Reddy, today called on the MLA, K.Venkat Reddy, who has been on hunger ...
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  • Naxals blast APFDC shed
  • Firing by police after row over dances
  • Kalam to release aid for visually challenged
  • Plan for water conservation on massive scale: CM
  • New proposal for expeditious completion of Devadula project
  • Drought mitigation plans: saga of failed promises
  • WB support sought for urban sector reform project


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Muharram observed
    HYDERABAD, MARCH 14. It was a display of unbridled emotions. Some shed silent tears, some were inconsolable with grief and some beat their chests rhythmically to the cries of "Ya Husain.'' They were mourning the martyrdom of Imam Husain, ...
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  • Morale among constables at a low ebb?
  • Four die in truck, van collision
  • President arrives in city


    Karnataka
    MRTS: Karnataka, Centre set to sign pact
    BANGALORE, MARCH 14. A mass rapid transit system (MRTS) for Bangalore is taking a firm shape with the Karnataka Government all set to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Centre. The Rs. 4,000-crore project, likely to be commissioned in ...
    50 p.c. of ministers should be from NK: Panel
    BANGALORE, MARCH 14. The High-power Committee for Redressal of Regional Imbalances (HPC) has recommended 50 per cent representation for North Karnataka in the ministry. Detecting wide disparities between North and South Karnataka in several ...
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  • Principals against Govt. policy
  • 'Power tariff hike is SSIs' bane'
  • State, AP to tackle naxalites
  • Sanskrit manuscript discovered
  • Move to sideline Koujalgi in Belgaum?
  • Gauge conversion project to be completed before Dec. 2004


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    BMP standing panel may go
    BANGALORE, MARCH 14. Fed up with the "erratic functioning" of the Standing Committee on Appeals in the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) Council in the past three years, the Government is considering a proposal to do away with the panel. ...
    Other Stories

  • Programme on spirituality from March 22
  • Watching the match while on the move
  • The sad plight of some police officers


    Kerala
    No new taxes in Kerala budget
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH. 14.Amidst uproarious scenes created by the CPI(M)-led Opposition demanding a judicial probe into the recent police action on tribals at Muthanga, the Kerala Finance Minister, K. Sankaranarayanan, presented a budget free ...
    Opposition stalls budget presentation
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH 14.For the first time in the history of the Kerala Assembly, the Opposition LDF stalled the presentation of the 2003-04 budget by invading the well of the House and matching their lung power with the Finance Minister, K. ...
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  • Probe sought into 'atrocities' against Muthanga women
  • Top priority to resettlement of tribals
  • 'I' group MLAs raise demand for judicial inquiry
  • Two DA instalments for staff
  • DYFI takes out march
  • Big strides in fiscal recovery
  • Safety net for the destitute
  • It's hypocritical, say LDF leaders


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Rs. 75 cr. allotted for capital development
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH 14. The Finance Minister, K. Sankaranarayanan's allotment of Rs. 75 crores for the current year as part of a Rs. 250-crore outlay for the comprehensive development of State capital, has raised hopes that it can be ...
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  • Joshi calls for holistic approach to science
  • Summer rain brings down mercury
  • Crude weapons piling up in a big way


    Tamil Nadu
    Time for Govts. to find lasting solution
    CHENNAI, MARCH 14. With authorities on both sides of the Palk Straits working swiftly to defuse the crisis faced by Tamil Nadu fishermen in mid-sea, it may be time for the Indian and Sri Lankan Governments and Navies to work out a lasting ...
    Jayalalithaa announces schemes for Sattankulam
    SATTANKULAM, MARCH 14.The Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, who came here last month with a "bagful of promises" for byelection campaign, visited the place today again to unleash gifts for voters, who gave the AIADMK unprecedented triumph. A women's ...
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  • PDS rice offtake increases, but stocks comfortable
  • CII meet on port development
  • INSAT 3A launch by this month-end
  • Violence at DPI rally, AIADMK office attacked
  • SC directs T.N. Govt. to admit two students to MBBS
  • Rival DMK groups receive Karunanidhi at Kodaikanal
  • 'Cong. will join stir against POTA'
  • PMK to oppose coop. mills privatisation
  • SERC's first tariff order today
  • More judge vacancies in HC
  • Lottery racket busted in Coimbatore
  • CPI participation issue-based, no political support to DMK
  • Vaiko thanks PM for Sethu project assurance
  • Tall talk of modernisation, still police grievances aplenty


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Saidapet sub-jail is exclusive for women
    CHENNAI, MARCH 14. The sub-jail at Saidapet here has become an exclusive jail for women from March 8, International Women's Day. According to an order issued on February 28, the decision was taken keeping in mind the growing congestion at the ...
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  • International departure module getting ready
  • A multicrore industry sans regulator
  • TTD to launch online booking
  • 3 policemen held for abduction of pawnbroker


    Pondicherry
    Pondy steps up drive against bootleggers
    PONDICHERRY, MARCH 14. The Department of Excise of Pondicherry which has launched an intensive drive against the hoarding of the spirit during the past one month has seized 16,415 litres of rectified spirit found hoarded in premises or huts in ...
    Other Stories

  • Rangasamy opens IGNOU study centre for B.Ed.
  • Transfer of officials only after budget session
  • Chennai youth held for `cheating' Pondy Church heads

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