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Andhra Pradesh
Power tariff cut for industry, rlys. in A.P.
HYDERABAD, MARCH 24. The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has not proposed any revision in tariff for domestic and agricultural sectors while marginally reducing the rates for industry and railway traction. In its ...
Eastern Fleet to be expanded
VISAKHAPATNAM, MARCH 24. The Chief of the Naval Staff, Madhvendra Singh, said here today that the Eastern Fleet would be expanded and INS Ranvijay had already joined the fleet. He was highlighting the strategic and growing importance of the Bay ...
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  • Call to counter `campaign' against Dalits
  • Rs. 804 cr. credit plan unveiled
  • A `trade' out of compulsion?
  • Cong. stalls proceedings over `denial' of ex gratia
  • PW has no ideology, says DIG
  • Naxals go on rampage
  • Incidence of TB high among diabetics, AIDS patients


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    A cry for justice on Assembly premises
    HYDERABAD, MARCH 24.A woman agent of a blade company created a flutter on the Assembly premises on Monday when she demanded an audience with the Home Minister, T. Devender Goud, to press for action against the operator of the firm. Padmavatamma ...
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  • Endowments Dept. staffer in ACB trap
  • RTC buses to have complaint boxes
  • Govt. working on grand `tap-Godavari' plan
  • Inter paper leakage: principal, three others arrested
  • Plea for `uniform' application of VAT
  • Heated debate over Cong. `behaviour'


    Karnataka
    Smooth start to SSLC examination
    BANGALORE, MARCH 24. The first day of the 2002-2003 academic year's SSLC examination conducted by the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) went off smoothly on Monday with hardly any reports of copying or other malpractice. ...
    Walkout over withdrawal of case against Sanjay Khan
    BANGALORE, MARCH 24. The entire Opposition in the Legislative Council on Monday staged a walkout in protest against the Karnataka Government's decision to withdraw the power theft case filed against the film actor, Sanjay Khan, who is running an ...
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  • Indian bison creates record
  • Debris clearance exceeds allocation
  • Workers expose chinks in Cong. armour
  • Distance education a boon to develop learning society
  • Power generation, PLF improve in State
  • Nothing new in relief scheme for kin of suicide victims
  • People of this village suffer in silence


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    BU to soon offer online verification of certificates
    BANGALORE, MARCH 24. Bangalore University has embarked on a networking project to verify degree certificates online, which will help candidates applying for jobs in companies located abroad. At present, foreign companies dispatch letters to ...
    Other Stories

  • Speaker persuaded to relax ban
  • Ruling reserved on privilege move
  • Dharam denies charge on BMIC project
  • Unity, discipline in Congress has improved, says Poojary
  • Govt. criticised for failing to create awareness about VAT
  • TPs, ZPs asked to help with TB control programme
  • Assurance on Lloyd's Colony building
  • Invoke POTA to curb violence: Nanaiah
  • `Volunteers needed for anti-TB campaign'


    Kerala
    UDF fast against 'politics of violence'
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH 24. The Kerala Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, today led his Cabinet and UDF colleagues in an eight-hour fast to highlight the `politics of violence' of the CPI(M) and put his Government's development agenda back on ...
    Court notice to Raveena Tandon
    KOLLAM, MARCH 24. The Kollam District and Sessions Judge, K. Chanthamarakshan, today issued orders to send notices to Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon and two others for violation of the Copyright Act 1957 on a plea for restraining Ms. Tandon, as ...
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  • Natesan seeks amnesty for Janu
  • MSP rebels feel let down by Govt.
  • Policeman trapped to save culprits?
  • Cry for effective policing
  • `NCTE told to sanction only 75 B.Ed colleges'
  • `Common man bears the brunt of hartals'
  • Govt. may hike power tariff: CPI MLAs


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Tribal children a `neglected' lot
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH 24. The Government is yet to do anything for the physiological recovery of tribal children who have witnessed or were victims of police brutality in Muthanga last month. The State Council for Child Welfare, of which ...
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  • British Library remains closed
  • Fast a farce, says Pinarayi
  • Nayanar's plea to CM on Gulf Malayalis
  • `Participation of private hospitals vital for TB control'
  • Medical shops to down shutters today


    Tamil Nadu
    Seek fresh mandate on reforms
    CHENNAI, MARCH 24. The scrapping of free power supply for farms generated heat in the Assembly today with the Congress challenging the AIADMK to step down and face fresh elections for testing the ``popularity'' of its ``harsh'' economic ...
    Shocking package: CM
    CHENNAI, MARCH 24. A day after the Centre had allotted Rs. 258 crores towards drought relief in Tamil Nadu, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today expressed ``shock'' at the measly package. ``We have been informed of the relief package only ...
    Probe land transfer deal, Stalin dares Govt.
    CHENNAI, MARCH 24. The former Chennai Mayor and DMK youth wing leader, M.K. Stalin, today demanded that the State Government set up a commission to probe alleged transfer of Corporation land to a private party at Saidapet. Handing over a set of ...
    Anna Varsity guidelines for filling management quota
    CHENNAI, MARCH 24.Managements of unaided engineering colleges should announce their fee structure, giving the break-up, and spell out their admission policy in leading newspapers, the Anna University said today. The university, coordinating ...
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  • Rajkumar operated on again
  • Student suffers eye injury after caning
  • Petroleum employees' strike from today
  • Royal couple offer prayers at Meenakshi temple
  • Heated exchanges on farmers' woes
  • Over 50 lakhs remain unemployed in T.N.
  • Govt. employees plan strike from May 5
  • GOs an interference, unaided colleges tell HC
  • Kumaradas yet to shed Opposition mantle
  • CPI(M) rakes up CJ remarks in House


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Cheaper for councillors, a loss to Corporation
    CHENNAI, MARCH 24. The debate over the State Government move to transfer the collection of Cable TV entertainment tax under the compounding tax scheme has kept several Chennai Corporation councillors on tenterhooks over the last few days. Not ...
    Woman dies after delivery at Chromepet GH
    CHENNAI, MARCH 24. The death of a woman after delivering of a baby at the Chromepet Government Hospital on Sunday has left her relatives shattered and her neighbours agitated, leading to claims that she succumbed to negligence. Durga Devi, a ...
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  • No traffic discipline on Anna Salai: DGP
  • Subscribers unite to fight fee hike


    Pondicherry
    Simultaneous direct elections at panchayat level
    PONDICHERRY, MARCH 24. The State Election Commission here has geared itself for holding the much-awaited civic polls in four regions of the Union Territory. The State Election Commissioner, N. Rajasekhar, today held discussions with returning ...
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  • PASIC develops technology to produce compost from waste
  • `Benefits of science should reach common man'
  • Abolish CST, say SSI units



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