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Pondicherry Andhra Pradesh Fee structure for professional courses fixed HYDERABAD, MAY 6. The Andhra Pradesh Government is said to have finally decided to go ahead with the Cabinet Sub-Committee recommendations with regard to fixing the fee structure for various professional courses in view of the Supreme Court's ... Naxalites blast railway station CUDDAPAH, MAY 6. People's War naxalites blasted the Pullampet railway station and a forest range officer's office and made a vain bid to blast an Andhra Bank branch, both at Sanipai in Veeraballe mandal, late on Monday night in Cuddapah district. ... Doctors give clean chit to Australians HYDERABAD, MAY 6.Doctors attending on the two Australians, who were admitted to the Government Chest Hospital with symptoms of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus, have ruled out the incidence of the dreaded disease in them. ``We ... Three new radio stations to be set up in State HYDERABAD, MAY 6. Announcing a slew of new schemes and projects for Andhra Pradesh, Prasar Bharati CEO, K.S. Sarma, said three new radio stations would be set up at Karimnagar, Srikakulam and Kakinada, two high power transmission towers will be ... Other Stories
Karnataka Cauvery: Govt. not to press for talks BANGALORE, MAY 6. Karnataka has taken the stand that if Tamil Nadu is unwilling to enter into talks to resolve the Cauvery river waters dispute, it will not press its offer for a dialogue. The Chief Minister, S. M. Krishna, told presspersons ... Lokayukta report taken seriously: CM BANGALORE, MAY 6. The Chief Minister, S.M.Krishna, said today that the Government would give serious thought to the recommendations of the Lokayukta in all cases, including the indictment of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mysore, ... Other Stories
Karnataka-Bangalore New garbage removal system from May 19 BANGALORE, MAY 6. A new system to clean up streets and remove garbage will be introduced in the City on May 19. Under this system, streets will be assigned to a "definite set of workers,'' the Commissioner of Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP), ... BMP asked to clear footpath near Vijayanagar Bus Stand BANGALORE, MAY 6. The High Court of Karnataka has directed the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) to clear the footpath on the Service Road adjacent to Vijayanagar Bus Stand of hawkers within four months and leave the pavement on the eastern ... Stamp duty: BDA site allottees can claim refund BANGALORE, MAY 6. The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has issued certain instructions to site allottees owing to the reduction of stamp duty and cancellation of stamp paper in the State from April 1. Allottees, who have submitted sale ... Four tourists test negative for SARS BANGALORE, MAY 6. Four of the five tourists, who arrived here recently and were suspected to be carrying the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus, have tested negative. Announcing this at an interactive meeting on "SARS and preventive ... Grand Ashok staff end strike BANGALORE, MAY 6. The management of Grand Ashok and the employees' union have entered into an agreement at the behest of the Labour Minister, Qamar-ul-Islam, following which the union has called off its strike. The minister, who initiated the ... Other Stories
Kerala Swami for federal law enforcement agency KOZHIKODE, MAY 6.The Union Minister of State for Home, I. D. Swami, today underscored the desirability of setting up a federal agency to investigate the communal carnage of the kind witnessed on the Marad beach in Kozhikode. Addressing a press ... Crime Branch begins probe KOZHIKODE, MAY 6.The Crime Branch (Crime Investigation Department) led by its Superintendent of Police, T. V. Kamalakshan, today began its investigations into the communal carnage which claimed nine lives and injured several people on the Marad ... CM calls for a new beginning THRISSUR, MAY 6. The Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, has expressed concern over the rising trend of violence in the State and called for a renaissance movement transcending the barriers of politics and religion. Inaugurating the annual day ... Other Stories
Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram City cleaning to go hi-tech THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 6. The Government has allocated Rs. 30 lakhs to the City Corporation for the purchase of specialised equipment for public cleaning. Two mechanised tankers fitted with vaccum cleaner and sucker kits will be procured for the ... Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa corrects her own statement CHENNAI, MAY 6. Ten days after her declaration in the Assembly that a grave injustice was meted out to women in the Constitution as they had to take the oath of office only as ``kudimagan'' (masculine gender for citizen), the Chief Minister, ... Nagenthran silent on free power plea, Opposition walks out CHENNAI, MAY 6.Opposition parties barring the BJP staged a walkout from the Assembly today protesting the Electricity Minister, Nainar Nagenthran's silence on their demand for continuance of free power supply to all categories of ... 'Matric schools indifferent to recognition norms' CHENNAI, MAY 6. The official figures provided by the S.V. Chittibabu panel on infrastructure availability (or the lack of it) in the unaided schools, show some major drawbacks in the matriculation education system. While the report, presented ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai Light at the end of the cable? CHENNAI, MAY 6. While the STAR TV-SCV standoff dominated the discussion on the cable TV scene for a full month, subscribers, who are caught in a tangled web of false figures, inflated charges and complete lack of regulation, have to prepare ... Arakkonam commuters may hope for relief CHENNAI, MAY 6. With the addition of two more broad gauge lines in the Pattabiram-Arakkonam section and conversion of one of the two metre gauge lines in the Tambaram-Arakkonam section before the end of the current financial year, commuters will ... HC asks encroachers to hand over property to TNHB CHENNAI, MAY 6. The First Bench of the Madras High Court stayed for a day the eviction of encroachers from a valuable 2.81-acre Tamil Nadu Housing Board property at Adyar, only to direct the 16 encroachers to hand over the possession to the board ... 
Medicos arrested again, releasedCHENNAI, MAY 6. Agitating medical and dental college students were again arrested today when they attempted to hold a demonstration at the Government General Hospital here. They had been released only a few hours earlier after their arrest last ... Encroachments eating away into Kodambakkam link road CHENNAI, MAY 6. Aziz Nagar, Kodambakkam, is an example of the urban nightmare, which exists in parts of Chennai, where roads are encroached upon to the detriment of the entire community. The problem is summarised by a resident, Bhavani, thus, ... 
Heat, undernourishment tell on lions' healthCHENNAI, MAY 6. The four lions and the monkey, abandoned by a circus at Sattur in Virudhunagar district, safely landed in the Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, near the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur, last evening. The zoo ... Other Stories
Pondicherry Govt., ruling party lack coordination: AIADMK PONDICHERRY, MAY 6.The rejection by the Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, of the representation of the PCC president, V. Narayanasamy, to the Congress government to declare the Pondicherry region also drought-hit is a clear indication of absence of ... Speaker meets people on their doorsteps PONDICHERRY, MAY 6.The Speaker of the Pondicherry Assembly, M. D. R. Ramachandran, today was on an extensive tour of the Mannadipet Assembly constituency that he represents to receive petitions from the people for rectification of certain ... Other Stories
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