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Andhra Pradesh
Two top naxalites killed, SI wounded
HYDERABAD, APRIL 20. Two People's War naxal leaders, including the Hyderabad District Committee Secretary, Nomula Ramana Reddy, were killed and a Sub-Inspector was injured in an alleged exchange of fire near Ramoji Film City in Ranga Reddy ...
PW suffers a major setback
NALGONDA, APRIL 20.The People's War has suffered a major setback in Nalgonda and Rangareddy districts as well as in Hyderabad city with the death of Nomula Ramana Reddy alias Mahender alias Saleem (34) in an encounter on Sunday. Ramana Reddy, ...
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  • Junior doctors flay Govt. on NRI quota
  • VHR's `sandesh yatra' from April 29
  • Ministers take part in slew of welfare programmes


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Naidu's word steers truckers to get back on road
    HYDERABAD, APRIL 20. Braving resistance from the All-India Motor Transport Congress in New Delhi and some of their own brethren, the A.P. Transporters Joint Action Committee has decided to resume normal services within the State from ...
    Transco plans awareness drive
    HYDERABAD, APRIL 20.The Andhra Pradesh Transmission Corporation Limited (AP Transco) is contemplating launching a public awareness programme not only to highlight achievements in the power sector in the State, but also to seek public ...
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  • Perfect landing for HUDA's go green take-off
  • Finance crunch drives Kerala trader to suicide
  • Mobile vegetable markets


    Karnataka
    Litigation between Govt., colleges inevitable
    BANGALORE, APRIL 20. The Congress Government in the State is faced with a defiance of its professed commitment to social justice from among the party leaders, with the managements of private professional colleges announcing their own scheme of ...
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  • Herpetologist invents incubator for snake eggs
  • Elephant attacks: Minister orders relief
  • State's dubious distinction


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Public hearing on right to drinking water today
    BANGALORE, APRIL 20. To highlight the lack of safe drinking water and to pressure the Government to fulfil its obligations in this regard, Oxfam India and Karnataka Jalbiradari will organise a "Public hearing on the right to (safe) drinking water ...
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  • Health exhibition in City
  • Youth, constable assaulted by gangsters
  • Men, women sharing parenting


    Kerala
    Hydel power situation heading for crisis
    PATHANAMTHITTA, APRIL. 20.The storage position in the reservoirs of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has reportedly touched the bottom level, making the crisis in the State's hydel power sector the worst in the past 15 years. According ...
    Murali leaves for Delhi
    KOZHIKODE, APRIL 20. The KPCC president, K. Muraleedharan, today left for New Delhi to meet the AICC president, Sonia Gandhi. Talking to reporters here before his departure, Mr. Muraleedharan said he would meet Ms. Gandhi tomorrow or the day ...
    Sonia-Karunakaran talks to be decisive
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL. 20. The scheduled talks between the AICC president, Sonia Gandhi, and the veteran Congress leader, K. Karunakaran, most probably on Tuesday in the context of the controversy over the Rajya Sabha elections would mark a ...
    Govt. outlets to supply vegetables
    KOCHI, APRIL 20.Supply of vegetables at fair price through all Maveli stores, Labham markets and Super stores in Ernakulam district is likely to begin by Monday as the strike organised by the truckers entered the seventh day today. The ...
    Hooch tragedy: panel's suggestion kicks up row
    KOLLAM, APRIL 20.Whether the State Government is going to abide by it or not, a recommendation made by the Justice Mohan Kumar Commission of Inquiry, which probed the circumstances that led to the hooch tragedy in Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram ...


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Japanese Encephalitis surfaces in city
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 20. An isolated case of suspected Japanese Encephalitis (JE) reported from the Kumarapuram area in the city has put the district health administration on the alert, amidst the recent re-emergence of malaria and dengue ...
    Two persons killed in clash
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 20. Two persons were killed and five others injured when an armed gang drove a jeep into a group of fishermen who were celebrating Easter in front of the Matsya Thozhilali Kshema Sanghom office at Manarkulam in ...
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  • Fresh study on Pampa-Achenkoil discharge


    Tamil Nadu
    Sand quarrying claims official's life
    KANCHEEPURAM, APRIL 20.The rampant illegal sand quarrying in Tamil Nadu took its first toll today as a Revenue inspector, who tried to stop sand smuggling from the Palar riverbed, was mowed down by a speeding lorry at Pazhayaseevaram near ...
    DMK gearing for anti-POTA stir
    VELLORE, APRIL 20. The DMK is preparing itself to launch an agitation demanding the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act and the party's general council and executive councils would be convened to discuss the issue if no consensus was ...
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  • Government may get tough with truckers
  • Talks today to end impasse in knitwear units


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Car ploughs into pavement: 1 killed, 4 injured
    CHENNAI, APRIL 20. A 45-year-old pavement dweller died and four others sustained injuries when a car ploughed into the pavement on Anna Main Road, K.K.Nagar, early on Sunday. According to police, around 2-20 a.m. the car, heading towards ...
    Traffic diversion in George Town for car festival
    CHENNAI, APRIL 20. The police have announced traffic diversion in the George Town area on April 22, in view of the Kesava Perumal temple car festival. According to a release, the car procession will begin at 6-30 a.m. from the temple and will ...
    'Educate masses on evils of VCD piracy'
    CHENNAI, APRIL 20. While the southern glitterati laments over Rs. 1600 crore loss due to unabated video piracy, the Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Ravi Shankar Prasad, today took on the captains of film industry for not ...
    Hygiene, a casualty at Otteri TB hospital
    CHENNAI, APRIL 20. The Government Tuberculosis Hospital at Otteri is a picture of neglect. With lack of basic hygiene and proper treatment at the hospital, it has become a breeding ground for various diseases. At least 200 patients undergo ...
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  • Oil industry caught napping
  • Union Minister evasive on regulator for cable TV


    Pondicherry
    Merits & demerits of VAT yet to be ascertained: CM
    KARAIKAL, APRIL 20. The Pondicherry Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, has said merits and demerits of the Value-Added Tax were yet to be ascertained by officials and trading community. Even some of the constituents of the National Democratic Alliance ...
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  • Govt. urged to start medical college
  • `Union Territories not consulted on important issues'



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