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Andhra Pradesh
POTA against MLA draws flak
WARANGAL, APRIL 4. Cases will be booked and action initiated against Konda Surekha, MLA, and her husband, Murali, only after a thorough investigation, according to the Warangal range DIG, T. Krishna Prasad. Addressing a press conference here ...
Padayatra: Telangana forum questions YSR's motive
HYDERABAD, APRIL 4. The simmering differences between the CLP leadership and the Congress Forum for Telangana came to the fore once again with the president of the forum, G.Chinna Reddy, questioning the motives of Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy's ...
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  • GO for release of 75% of budgeted amount
  • NALSAR University completes five years
  • Deprived of job, AIDS patient seeks police help
  • `Case against Cong. MLA not motivated'
  • Ordinance to streamline coop. urban banks


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Autonagar fumes at rotting pile
    HYDERABAD, APRIL 4.It offers a bird's eye view of the State Capital - an unhindered vista of the expanding metropolis. Never mind the stinking mound you are perched on. Yes, it is the seedier side of Hyderabad, a perfect contrast to the ...
    Dalai Lama to open Buddhist complex tomorrow
    HYDERABAD, APRIL 4. The Dalai Lama would inaugurate the Ananda Buddha Vihara and consecrate the shrine at the newly constructed complex at Mahendra Hills in the city on April 6. The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, would lay the corner stone ...
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  • CDR offers discount on diagnostic tests
  • Scribe found dead


    Karnataka
    Impasse over admissions, fees continues
    BANGALORE, APRIL 4. The Karnataka Government and the managements of private professional colleges failed to end the impasse over the policy of admission and the fee structure in medical, engineering, and dental courses at a meeting held here ...
    War will slow down growth: CII
    BANGALORE, APRIL 4. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) today said that a protracted war in Iraq would have a significant impact on the Indian economy, and it was looking at an increase of 1.5 per cent in inflation, which would continue ...
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  • Trust to secure guardianship for the disabled set up
  • Fund to benefit children of KSRTC employees
  • SEZ in Hassan may soon become a reality


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    World Bank launches Kannada website
    BANGALORE, APRIL 4. The World Bank's New Delhi office launched its Kannada website (www.vishwabanku.org) today to provide information about the bank's operations in India, particularly Karnataka. The ...
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  • Training in embedded systems
  • U.S. company looking for BPO tie-up
  • WB conference in Bangalore
  • New CEO for VXL Instruments
  • Direct interviews for admission to Australian universities
  • Will biotech deliver the promises it holds?


    Kerala
    Karunakaran nominee files papers
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 4. The veteran Congress leader, K. Karunakaran, today pushed his faction further towards a full-blown confrontation with the Congress High Command by getting his close aide, Kodoth Govindan Nair, to file his nomination ...
    My views are worthless: Murali
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 4. The KPCC president, K. Muraleedharan, today openly expressed his frustration at the Congress High Command's decision to nominate candidates without considering his views on the subject. ``Had the AICC considered ...
    Chandran Pillai files papers
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 4. The CPI(M) State committee member, K. Chandran Pillai, filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections here today. Mr. Chandran Pillai was accompanied by the Leader of the Opposition, V.S. Achuthanandan, ...
    HIV positive baby becomes virus-free
    THRISSUR, APRIL 4. In one of the rare cases of medical history, a one and a half year old orphan baby boy who was diagnosed as HIV positive when he was six months old, has become HIV negative. According to the officials of the Bishop Mar Joseph ...
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  • Kerala crisis: Cong. defers decision
  • CPT turns the corner
  • Divestments as scheduled: Minister


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Killer pneumonia: screening begins in State airports
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 4. The screening of international air passengers for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) has commenced in the three airports of the State following a Union Government directive to this effect to prevent the entry of ...
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  • Steps on to preserve Pandavanpara


    Tamil Nadu
    Agitated QMC students to boycott exams
    CHENNAI, APRIL 4.Less than an hour after the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, formally announced in the Assembly today that the Queen Mary's College — first women's college in the country — would be flattened to make way for a new ...
    Shifting Secretariat a farsighted move: Jayalalithaa
    CHENNAI, APRIL 4. The new Secretariat complex planned in the 30-acre Queen Mary's College here will have not just a plush modern office for the Governor, the Chief Minister, the Ministers and government staff but also a helipad, a guesthouse and ...
    Scientific Tamil compulsory upto class V in all schools
    CHENNAI, APRIL 4. Scientific Tamil will be a compulsory subject up to class V in all schools, the Education Minister, S. Semmalai, announced today. With the previous DMK regime's attempt at making Tamil (or the mother tongue) compulsory medium ...
    HC orders provisional affiliation to 30 engg. colleges
    CHENNAI, APRIL 4. In a significant ruling, the Madras High Court today ordered provisional affiliation for more than 30 new engineering colleges, whose applications were rejected by the Anna University as they did not have a land ceiling ...
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  • `NDA somersault betrays double standard: Swamy
  • 2-year RI for Hariharane, Veeraraghavan
  • 5 Al-Umma activists acquitted
  • Another Azhagiri show of strength
  • Govt. defends MV tax increase
  • Tiruchi REC to be upgraded
  • `Action against institutions propagating communal hatred'
  • Bhuvaneswari Swamigal passes away
  • Mullaivendan acquitted


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Illegal quarrying, a thriving business
    With the city's demand being 3000 loads of sand everyday, the Government loses about Rs.15 lakhs daily even by a conservative estimate, says S. SHIVAKUMAR
    Injured horse gets medical attention
    CHENNAI, APRIL 4. The injured mare, Make A Million, rescued from the King Institute, Guindy, on Thursday, is receiving round-the-clock medical attention at the in-patient ward of the Madras Veterinary College hospital. To begin with, the animal ...
    Chennai GH to have bone bank
    CHENNAI, APRIL 4. The country's first bone bank to help cancer and orthopaedic patients requiring bone marrow transplant will be set up in the Government Hospital in Chennai, the Health Minister, S. Semmalai, announced today. Describing the ...
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  • Notice to Govt. on Chennai `encounter'
  • Visitor pass, a contentious issue at airport
  • A success story of Thiruvallur women SHG
  • Chennai Telephones launches SIM card sale


    Pondicherry
    Govt to undertake survey of SC population
    PONDICHERRY, APRIL 4. Members cutting across party lines today expressed concern in the Assembly over lack of proper details with the Administration on the total population of Scheduled Caste in the Union Territory. Raising the issue during ...
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  • EU team reviews tank rehabilitation project
  • Health dept. to create SARS awareness
  • `Clamp Goondas Act to arrest climbing crime graph'



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