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Andhra Pradesh
Naxals blast rly. station, torch bus
HYDERABAD, MARCH 30. Naxalites of the People's War (PW), who have been surprisingly keeping a low profile after the killing of the NTSZC member, Polam Sudarshan Reddy alias Ramakrishna, in encounter, went on an offensive blasting a railway ...
400 kv sub-station commissioned at Nellore
HYDERABAD, MARCH 30.The 400 KV transmission system and sub-station at Nellore under the system strengthening scheme for the southern region has become operational. Commercial operation of power transmission has started on the system which has ...
Other Stories

  • Tribals on the brink of starvation
  • Meet reviews medical staff performance
  • `Tiger wilds' to be reconstructed
  • The way to get smart baby
  • Woman saved from becoming `Basavin'
  • Govt. indifferent to farmers' plight, says Rosaiah
  • Police pit ex-naxals against PW cadres


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    RTC defers plan to offer VRS to surplus staff
    HYDERABAD, MARCH 30. The AP State Road Transport Corporation's plans to offer voluntary retirement to the identified surplus staff appears to have been put on hold, at least temporarily, thanks to the non-availability of funds required to provide ...
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  • Call to boycott US, UK goods
  • A doctor's noble mission
  • Release of bank's ex-directors sought
  • Mohan Kanda to take charge today
  • Drought hits Transco bottomline


    Karnataka
    Centre submissive to U.S., says Gowda
    SEDAM (GULBARGA DT.), MARCH 30. The former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda, on Sunday, criticised the BJP-led NDA Government for not taking a tough stand against the "unilateral and unjust war" against Iraq by the forces led by the U.S. and the ...
    Other Stories

  • CM misleading people: Siddaramaiah
  • `Excavation at Ayodhya will yield Buddhist relics'
  • `Swarnima' to work for minority women
  • Blossom blight afflicts hybrid mango variety
  • Hutti Gold Mines to improve village
  • Land sanctioned for art centre in Hassan


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Sedam for rejuvenating BJP
    BANGALORE, MARCH 30. The President of the State unit of the BJP, Basavaraj Patil Sedam, has stressed the need for rejuvenating the party from the grassroots level so that it can win a majority of seats in the next Assembly elections. Speaking ...
    MLCs' nomination: Delay lengthens aspirants' list
    BANGALORE, MARCH 30. It is almost four months since three of the nominated members of the Legislative Council retired and the Government does not seem to be in a hurry to fill the vacancies. The hopes in Congress circles of nomination to the ...


    Kerala
    KPCC nominates two for RS poll
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH 30.The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) election committee has recommended the names of the AICC general secretary, Vayalar Ravi, and the former MP, P.C. Chacko, as the party's nominees for the two seats the ...
    Other Stories

  • Jesudas renders a healing touch
  • `Yatra' a campaign against hartals, says Chandy
  • Cusat to start new courses
  • Typhoid endemic in West Kochi
  • Karshaka Cong. denies change in leadership


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Minister urges traders to call off proposed hartal
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH 30. The Finance Minister, K. Sankaranarayanan, has urged the traders to call off their proposed hartal on March 31 and April 1. In a statement here today, he said the hartal planned by sections of traders would hit ...
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  • Meet to discuss media-police relationship soon
  • Govt. unwilling to evict post-1977 encroachers
  • Management of State finances flawed: study
  • LDF workers being hounded: Pinarayi


    Tamil Nadu
    MDMK unhappy at not being invited
    CHENNAI, MARCH 30.National Democratic Alliance partners in the State are realigning themselves over the issue of inaction by the Centre following the arrest of the MDMK general secretary, Vaiko, under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, in July ...
    BSNL launches cellphone service in Chennai
    CHENNAI, MARCH 30. The Union Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology, S. Thirunavukarasar, today announced that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited mobile phones would be extended to 102 municipal towns and 175 taluk headquarters ...
    `Music should be included in school curriculum'
    CHENNAI, MARCH 30.The Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, B. K. Chandrasekar, today appealed to music lovers not to be parochial in their approach, as music has no religion and language. The essence of music is in its form and ...
    Kulothunga-1 inscription found at Thirukalambur temple
    PUDUKOTTAI, MARCH 30. An inscription of Chola King Kulothunga-I (1070-1129 A.D.) has been discovered at the Kathaliswara temple at Thirukalambur near Ponnamaravathi in Pudukottai district. The inscription provides details of endowment made by ...
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  • NCB comes under Home Ministry from tomorrow
  • Two-day bandh from today
  • Lorry owners seek scrapping of green tax
  • `An assessee-friendly system'
  • Needed: regular track maintenance
  • `Allow visual documentation of mercury export'
  • `Extend power subsidy to all farmers'
  • `No takers for MP quota'
  • Rs. 20-crore corpus for `annadhanam' scheme planned


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Extortion bid foiled, hardcore gangster arrested
    CHENNAI, MARCH 30. The City Police today foiled an extortion bid and nabbed a hardcore gangster wanted in connection with many cases at Kumaran Nagar, while his associates gave the slip. A sub-inspector and two constables were injured when the ...
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  • Thiruverkadu murder case solved
  • 3 held in land deal case
  • Student drowned, another missing
  • Lok Adalat on Property Tax
  • S.Rly. commissioning call centre at Central station today


    Pondicherry
    A disappointing budget: PMK
    PONDICHERRY, MARCH 30.The convenor of the Pondicherry State committee of the PMK, N. G. Panneerselvam has said that the budget the Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy presented on the floor of the House on Friday was most disappointing. When more ...
    Nominations for safety award invited
    PONDICHERRY, MARCH 30. Nominations are invited for the `Annual Safety Awards- 2002' from the factories located in the Union Territory. The awards are instituted by the Administration and given to the factories covered under the Factories Act ...



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