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Andhra Pradesh
Sanitation drive to continue: Naidu
HYDERABAD, MAY 9. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, at a video-conference here this evening, said that the sanitation drive would be continued this year. He made it clear that construction of 37 lakh latrine units — 32 ...
A.P. team in Bangalore to discuss Jurala project
HYDERABAD, MAY 9.A high-level official team, headed by the Andhra Pradesh Principal Secretary for Irrigation, J. Harinarayana, was in Bangalore today for resolving issues regarding the storage increase in the Jurala project across the Krishna ...
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  • 90 huts gutted
  • Women's groups put Govt. on notice
  • Naidu holds meet on dt. panels
  • Urban Haat confirmed as Mahanadu venue
  • YSR accused of neglecting native village
  • Nizamabad RTC to lease out bus stations
  • Yatra to spur officials into action:YSR
  • BJP seeks to widen social base
  • NGOs urge better deal for the aged
  • Minister decries bandh call by Cong., Left


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Nala encroachers go the whole hog
    HYDERABAD, MAY 9. Have a nala, construct a house. Land may have gone scarce in the city, but there is no dearth of nalas. All it needs is some enterprise and daring. The 171 km of open drains criss-crossing the State Capital are a nala shark's ...
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  • Not a friend indeed
  • Workshop for children on art forms
  • More water tankers for Old City


    Karnataka
    KERC rejects appeal on tariff review
    BANGALORE, MAY 9. The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has rejected the power supply companies' appeal on tariff review. The companies, especially the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. (KPTCL), are likely to file ...
    'Govt. has violated SC order'
    BANGALORE, MAY 9.The Consortium of Private Unaided Medical, Dental and Engineering Colleges has, in its objections to the draft rules on admissions to professional colleges, accused the Government of violating the Supreme Court judgment of ...
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  • Apologise to seer, AIJD tells Gowda
  • KSGEA to support Union staff stir
  • Aid sought for recharging groundwater
  • 'Exploit business opportunities in Ghana'
  • Vidhana Soudha annexe by March
  • Journalists take out protest march


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Rs. 5 for an interesting science lesson
    BANGALORE, MAY 9. A million years ago, when deep inside the core of the Sun, energy was being produced by nuclear fusion, here on earth, tectonic plates were moving to ultimately give us the Alps and the Himalayas. As to primates, they would not ...
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  • Simians become victims of man's selfishness
  • 2,500 phone lines to be transferred
  • A law misused to settle scores


    Kerala
    Deceased figures in accused list
    KOZHIKODE, MAY 9. The Crime Branch Special Investigation Team (SIT) has made Azghar Ibrahim (25), one of the nine persons killed, an accused in the case of the communal carnage at Marad on May 2. According to the investigating officers, Azghar ...
    Prayers in mosques under police security
    KOZHIKODE, MAY 9.Prayers were offered in mosques in the city and its suburbs under police security today, the first Friday after the Marad massacre. The coastal areas in the district were under the grip of tension fearing retaliatory attacks ...
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  • HC moved against phone tariff hike
  • Wildcat stir by Rly. staff
  • Ahmed warns CPI(M)
  • Hindu Aikyavedi wants CBI inquiry
  • AGM to focus on tribal autonomy
  • Film fraternity plea to check video piracy
  • HC stays FEMA tribunal


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Rehabilitation scheme for beggars to be speeded up
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 9. A project for rehabilitating beggars in the city will be implemented within three months, the Mayor, J. Chandra, has said. Talking to The Hindu here today, Prof. Chandra said the corporation had completed ...
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  • Many pay channels disappear from cable network
  • Crack down on crimes


    Tamil Nadu
    Inspection throws up wrong signals
    MADURAI, MAY 9. Though gauge conversion work has been completed, the Virudhunagar-Rajapayalam section is not likely to be thrown open to traffic in the near future, going by the loose ends pointed out by the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), ...
    Congress will go it alone in Lok Sabha elections
    CHENNAI, MAY 9.Squarely blaming the DMK and the AIADMK for the 35-year "misrule'' in Tamil Nadu, the Congress general secretary, Kamal Nath, today declared that his party would go it alone in the Lok Sabha elections next year. Attempting to put ...
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  • Seek fresh mandate: PMK
  • Treat Opposition with respect, AIADMK told
  • Govt. approves TNHB, private sector tie-up
  • We are getting closer, but there is no merger: Ganesan
  • HC notice to EB chief on 'improper' hopper deal
  • Bill on green tax for old vehicles introduced
  • 'Price spiral, NDA's only achievement'
  • Medicos seek House resolution


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Governor defends special laws to curb terrorism
    CHENNAI, MAY 9.The Governor, P.S.Ramamohan Rao, today defended enactment of stringent laws, such as the Prevention of Terrorism Act, against terrorism and said such special legislation were in force the world over. The possibilities of "abuse ...
    A costly summer this
    CHENNAI, MAY 9. The difficult summer in Chennai is burning a hole in residents' pocket as they depend more on packaged water and private tanker services, even as piped Metrowater supply is failing in `tail-ends' in the network. The growing ...
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  • Interaction with diabetologist
  • KMC patient dies of tetanus
  • Jewellery, money stolen from financier's house
  • The seamier side of film financing


    Pondicherry
    Narayanasamy embarrassing Rangasamy?
    PONDICHERRY, MAY 9. It is well known in political circles in Pondicherry that the Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, does not rub the Opposition on the wrong side. Even inside the Assembly, he and his cabinet colleagues had welcomed most suggestions ...
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  • Quit and face polls, Janakiraman dares Cong.
  • 'No efforts will be spared to control AIDS in Pondy'



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