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Andhra Pradesh
Free rice for five lakh more families: Naidu
PIDUGURALLA (GUNTUR), APRIL 19. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, has said that his Government will provide 10 kg rice free of cost to another 5 lakh families every month in the next three months taking the total families ...
Govt. flays Karnataka stand on river projects
HYDERABAD, APRIL 19. The Andhra Pradesh Government has condemned the attitude of Karnataka in going ahead with projects on common rivers without honouring inter-State agreements, the latest being Paragodu on the Chitravathi, and thus spoiling the ...
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  • Naxal killed in encounter
  • CPI jatha touches Kurnool
  • Govt. lists steps to ensure water supply in municipalities


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Another ISI militant nabbed
    HYDERABAD, APRIL 19. The Police Commissioner's Task Force Team in yet another major breakthrough arrested one Zubair Shareef, an ISI trained militant, in a raid conducted here on Saturday. According to the police, another module of ISI-trained ...
    Steps initiated to check Dengue cases
    HYDERABAD, APRIL 19. In the wake of dengue positive reports in city, the civic authorities have initiated steps towards checking mosquito menace and have launched fogging operations in areas from where the cases were reported. The Directorate ...
    Arrests prove ISI active in city: BJP
    HYDERABAD, APRIL 19. The BJP has said that the arrest of three youths from Hyderabad with Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) links in the Haren Pandya murder case has once again proved that the city is the `den' of ISI activities. The State ...
    400 tankers to supply drinking water in city
    HYDERABAD, APRIL 19.For the time in its history Hyderabad is being provided 400 tankers to ensure drinking water supply to its residents keeping in view the serious dry spell. Announcing this at a press conference here on Saturday, the Minister ...


    Karnataka
    Media colluded with war lobby: Shekhawat
    BANGALORE, APRIL 19.The Vice-President, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, has called upon communicators to work with a mission and speed up their efforts to bring about peace. Inaugurating the International Conference on "Communication for global ...
    Helplines to ensure supply of essential items
    MYSORE, APRIL 19. The Regional Transport Office (RTO) has set up 24-hour helplines in Mysore, Mandya, Kodagu, Hassan, and Chamarajanagar districts to ensure supply of essential commodities in view of the lorry strike. The Deputy Commissioner ...
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  • Reservation of Mysore LS seat sought
  • Plan to construct 100 barrages in State


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    13 more civil courts to be set up
    BANGALORE, APRIL 19. The Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, D.B. Chandre Gowda, said here on Saturday that the Government had issued an order to set up 13 civil courts in different districts of the State. At the annual day ...
    `Transfer Police Commissioner'
    BANGALORE, APRIL 19. The Akhila Karnataka Nekarara Kriya Samiti and the Mysore Powerloom Silk Manufacturers' Cooperative Society today demanded the transfer of the City Police Commissioner, M.D. Singh, for having allowed the lathi-charge on ...


    Kerala
    Sonia invites Karunakaran for talks
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL. 19. The Congress politics in Kerala is all set to cool down. This has become evident when the much-awaited telephone call from the AICC president, Sonia Gandhi, finally came through to the veteran Congress leader, K. ...
    RSP not to back bid to topple Govt.
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 19.The RSP has made it clear that it does not share the enthusiasm of the CPI(M) and the CPI about the possibility of the Karunakaran faction toppling the Antony regime and that it would not be privy to the formation of ...
    Small parties to cash in on post-RS poll scenario
    KOTTAYAM, APRIL.19.The Rajya Sabha elections might have passed off with a victory for the official candidates of the Congress, but not-so-happy days are ahead for those who head the ruling coalition. The vertical split in the Congress should ...
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  • Nothing wrong in co-operating with CPI(M): Murali
  • Excavation of ship validates a myth
  • Females outnumber males even among the aged
  • KC(J) denies parleys with KC(M)


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Truckers' strike: Milma vans attacked
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 19. As the truckers' strike entered the sixth day on Saturday, the Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) has expressed apprehensions that milk supply to the city could be affected if the strike was not ...
    Tourism staff flay allotting fetes to pvt. groups
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 19. Entrusting private event management groups with the task of organising Kerala Tourism's fairs and festivals such as the annual Nishagandhi festival, citing "overstretched'' staff, has come in for flak from employees ...
    Corpn. council denounces war on Iraq
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 19. The City Corporation Council today approved the constitution of a forum to coordinate anti-war activities and launch a popular campaign against the U.S.-led military action in Iraq. The Anti-War Forum with the ...
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  • Debate on main `villain' behind heart attacks


    Tamil Nadu
    Heist, killings leave Vellore in panic
    VELLORE, APRIL 19. Panic gripped Vellore town today, in the wake of last night's dacoity at a jewellery shop in Main Bazaar and fatal shootings in the presence of the public and a beat traffic constable. Three persons, including the owner and an ...
    Koothirambakkam violence was `pre-planned'
    CHENNAI, APRIL 19. The March 29 attack on Dalit families at Koothirambakkam, near Kancheepuram, by members of the dominant Vanniar community was pre-planned and organised to destroy the security and dignity of the oppressed group, a fact-finding ...
    Vellore dacoity adds to clueless police worry
    CHENNAI, APRIL 19. Last night's incident at Vellore, where desperadoes shot dead three persons after looting a jewellery showroom, came at a time when the police were still hunting for clues to two major dacoities, which occurred at Sriperumbudur ...
    Industries, workforce bear the brunt of strike
    CHENNAI, APRIL 19. With truck-owners nationwide continuing their strike and threatening to intensify the agitation to cover vehicles transporting essential commodities from Monday, the situation in Tamil Nadu has deteriorated. Stocks, worth ...
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  • `New textbooks only after considering all suggestions'
  • Remand extended in jailor murder case
  • Additional 4,000 MW n-power in 5 years: AERB chief
  • Prasad won't comment on Gopal detention
  • Typhoid attack at Ramarajapuram: one dies
  • NDA allies in a fix, says Chidambaram
  • Insurance cover for journalists
  • Arrests a diversionary tactic, says Karunanidhi


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    SSIs plan lay-off as strike continues
    CHENNAI, APRIL 19. After households and motorists, it appears to be the turn of the working class to feel the heat of the truckers' strike, as small and tiny industrial units in and around the city are actively considering laying-off a part of ...
    A success story of special police teams
    CHENNAI, APRIL 19. The formation of 21 special teams, three each in every sub-division, in the Chengai East Police district, to deal with crime, law and order problems and prohibition offences, has proved to be a success. During the last week ...
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  • `Relocate Egmore foot overbridge'
  • Pallavaram residents seek Collector's intervention
  • Vehicle-lifters arrested
  • Illicit arrack seized from auto


    Pondicherry
    No more permits for steel, chemical units: Rangasamy
    PONDICHERRY, APRIL 19. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, has said discoveries and inventions made in science should be oriented towards development of nation and mankind. Inaugurating a one-day seminar on `Control and Instrumentation', ...
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  • `Kalam was a multi-faceted student'
  • Spacious campus planned for community college



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