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Pondicherry Andhra Pradesh Separate Telangana campaign gets a boost HYDERABAD, APRIL 27. The cause of statehood for Telangana, espoused by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti, received a big boost when the former Prime Minister, H. D. Deve Gowda, and the Union Minister for Agriculture, Ajit Singh, threw their weight ... `CM tried to create hurdles for TRS meet' WARANGAL, APRIL 27. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, accused the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, of trying to prevent national leaders from attending the TRS meeting at Warangal. Addressing a press ... Telemedicine centre opened at Eluru Govt. Hospital HYDERABAD, APRIL 27. A joint venture between the State Government and the Apollo Hospitals group for setting up a telemedicine centre at the Eluru Government Hospital was launched by the Minister for Major Industries, K. Vidyadhar Rao, here ... Other Stories
Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad Fire safety trapped in `no escape' route HYDERABAD, APRIL 27.When firemen were seen struggling to break open the windows of Shanti Shikhara Apartments in Somajiguda to rescue residents trapped inside following a fire accident last Tuesday, some thought it was part of a routine ... Goud asks RTC to become efficient, competitive HYDERABAD, APRIL 27. The Home Minister, T. Devender Goud, on Sunday urged the staff of the State-owned Road Transport Corporation to improve efficiency and service, face competition and turn around the corporation. He inaugurated the APSRTC ... Other Stories
Karnataka Private colleges threaten to move SC BELLARY, APRIL 27. The private colleges' consortium will approach the Supreme Court if the Government passes an order regarding seat allotment in the professional colleges under the formula announced by it, according to the chairman of the ... Move to lower qualifying marks opposed BANGALORE, APRIL 27. The Federation of University and College Teachers' Associations in Karnataka have opposed the move of the Karnataka Government to lower the minimum qualifying marks in II PUC examination to 35 per cent for admission to ... Other Stories
Karnataka-Bangalore BMP defers decision on Madivala market BANGALORE, APRIL 27. The Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) Council on Saturday deferred its decision to sell Madivala Market complex to private parties. While Sudhamanagar (the area under which the complex is located) corporator, T.V.Prabhu, ... 
This system cracks down on latecomersBANGALORE, APRIL 27. "Government's work is God's work." These words are inscribed on the portals of the Vidhana Soudha. All government officials are expected to follow this. But they are always late to office. Attempts, including the threat of ... Other Stories
Kerala Situation conducive for third front: BJP KOLLAM, APRIL 27. The BJP president, M. Venkaiah Naidu, has said that there exists a fertile political situation in Kerala for the launch of a third front. Addressing a `Meet-the-Press' programme organised by the Kollam Press Club today, he ... Can vested forests be legally given to tribals? THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 27. The Government proposes to press the Centre for allocation of forest land for distribution to tribals on the basis of the Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act. However, legal questions have arisen over ... Self-financing colleges: look to China for answers The controversy over the distribution of seats between the Government and the managements of self-financing colleges masks a deeper malady in our higher education policy. Only in India, and only in Kerala, will a popularly elected Chief Minister ... Other Stories
Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram Garbage collection to be revamped THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 27. The City Corporation is working on a plan to bring five more major roads under the Litter Free City programme and streamline the garbage collection mechanism. Under the augmentation programme, workers' teams will ... Crazy motorists, crazier cops THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 27. Every place has its due share of freaky road users and freakier law enforcers. But nowhere do the freaks consist of the brute majority and the law abiders the fringe groups as they are in Kerala. In God's Own ... MCH departments hedge for prime space THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 27. The long-term development of the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College is being caught up in a development conundrum with various departments hedging for prime space, leaving the expansion potential of the sprawling ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu 
'Hidden eye' to avert suicides at SecretariatCHENNAI, APRIL 22.With yet another man killing himself at the Secretariat here a fortnight ago, the anxious police have now set up `hidden' cameras to avert suicides at the seat of power in the State. `Discreet' cameras have been installed at ... State advised price for sugarcane no more CHENNAI, APRIL 27.The State Government has decided to stop the decades-old practice of announcing State advised price for procuring sugarcane in addition to the statutory minimum price of the Centre. This was made clear in a policy note of the ... Fulfil promise on POTA, Karunanidhi tells Advani COIMBATORE, APRIL 27. The DMK president, M. Karunanidhi, today appealed to the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, to fulfil his promise that the Prevention of Terrorism Act would not be allowed to be misused. "I want him to act expeditiously ... 
We won't budge until Govt. makes stand clear: medicosCHENNAI, APRIL 27. Agitating medical and dental college students kept up their penchant for novel protests, organising and participating in blood donation camps in government hospitals and continuing their parallel outpatient centres on the fifth ... `No need for new private medical colleges' SALEM, APRIL 27. The chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Indian Medical Association (Tamil Nadu), R.M. Krishnan, has said there is no need to start new private medical colleges in the State as the ratio of doctors has already reached a ... 
Yercaud vies with Ooty, Kodai for tourist moneyCHENNAI, APRIL 27.The searing summer is definitely driving more people up Tamil Nadu's famed but fatigued hill stations this year. Though the most worn-out of them — Ooty and the second in line, Kodaikanal — have registered increased ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai Motorcyclist killed as MTC bus jumps signal on Anna Salai CHENNAI, APRIL 27. A motorcyclist, who obeyed a traffic signal on Anna Salai on Sunday morning, lost his life after an MTC bus that ignored a red signal rammed his vehicle. The death of a Kondithope resident, Ajay Kumar, which happened just a ... They `buy' kidney, and diseases too CHENNAI, APRIL 27. When Thirumaal Kandan underwent kidney transplantation five years ago, he thought it would be the end of his woes. But the former State-level boxer now suffers from hernia, liver ailment, tuberculosis in the transplanted ... Flat builder ordered to pay for repairs CHENNAI, APRIL 27. Coming to the aid of a flat owner, who complained of cracks and seepage in his residence, a consumer forum has directed the builder either to undertake repairs or pay him Rs. 40,000 to the owner for repairs. The Chennai ... Other Stories
Pondicherry Declare Pondy a drought-hit region: Cong. PONDICHERRY, APRIL 27. The ruling Congress today urged the Territorial Government to declare Pondicherry also a drought-hit region. A resolution adopted at the party's Central Committee meeting chaired by the PCC president, V. Narayanasamy ... Admissions to distance education directorate PONDICHERRY, APRIL 27. S. Jayakumar, Senate Member, Annamalai University, inaugurated the direct admission of students to the Directorate of Distance Education of the varsity for 2003-2004. He also launched the sale of application forms for ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Metro Plus | Business | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
 
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