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Andhra Pradesh
Over 40,000 fail to qualify in engg. stream
HYDERABAD, MAY 17. An unusually large number of students have failed to qualify in the engineering stream of the EAMCET this year, apparently owing to the changes brought about in the question paper pattern. Over 40,000 students have failed to ...
CLP leader suffers mild sun stroke
ELURU, MAY 17. The Congress Legislature Party leader, Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, who is on a marathon `Prajaprasthanam,' has suffered a mild sun stroke, accompanied by amoebiasis, during his programme in West Godavari district. On the last day of ...
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  • Bridge digital divide, says Governor
  • CM denies sidelining MLAs, Ministers
  • Celebration time for cadre
  • 7 train fire victims cremated at Ludhiana
  • Vayalar Ravi flays TDP support to NDA
  • Non-bailable warrant against top cop
  • More to Tirumala ropeway than tourist attraction
  • Junior doctors threaten stir
  • Naxals raid cement factory, make away with detonators
  • Ore stock position in VSP precarious
  • KCR demands TDP MLA's arrest
  • Cong. seeks white paper on CM's foreign visits
  • Nizamabad records 46 C


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Musi to be cleaned up in a month: CM
    HYDERABAD, MAY 17. The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, has set a deadline of one month for cleaning up the reeking Musi. He asked the MCH to get cracking and prepare a Musi action plan to develop the whole thing in an integrated ...
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  • Demolition begins for road-widening
  • Nala desilting work to be privatised
  • Awareness on safe sex high in city
  • Govt. departments ignore Apprenticeship Act


    Karnataka
    Rs. 500 cr. more for Cauvery Neeravari Nigam
    BANGALORE, MAY 17. The Government decided here on Saturday to increase the paid-up capital from Rs. 1,000 crores to Rs. 1,500 crores for the setting up of the Cauvery Neeravari Nigam for the completion of the Cauvery Basin projects. The ...
    Gowda vows to oust Cong. from power
    BANGALORE, MAY 17. The former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda, has said that he is committed to the ouster of the Congress Government in the State, and the unity of the Janata Dal groups can pave the way for the formation of the next government ...
    From begging to academics, these kids have come a long way
    MYSORE, MAY 17. Underprivileged children they may be, but it did not prevent them from aiming for the stars. And with intervention of an NGO, their gradual transformation from begging on the streets to that of smartly-attired schoolchildren ...
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  • Yelwal residents stage protest for water
  • S.V.N. Rao Award given to Keshava Murthy
  • Minister gets a taste of public ire
  • Two killed in road accident
  • `A last-ditch attempt to unite JD'
  • No action on BJP plea for MLAs' disqualification
  • Quarterly reviews of finances a must, says Shankar
  • `BJP not opposed to quota for taluks outside HK too'
  • Scheme to compile data on jobseekers
  • KAS Officers' Assn. building ready
  • Apologise to seer, Deve Gowda told
  • KPRS stir on May 21


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Improvement in BMP's revenue collection
    BANGALORE, MAY 17. The Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) collected 68.32 per cent (Rs. 648.33 crore) of its budgeted revenue, capital and fiduciary receipts in its last quarter ending March 31, recording a 30.64 per cent increase over the last ...
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  • `Police should be more professional'
  • BMP to issue identity cards today
  • Youth held on charge of raping minor girl
  • BSNL to launch MPLS-IP services
  • Row leads to tension


    Kerala
    Hand over mosque to Wakf Board: IUML
    KOZHIKODE MAY 17. The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) today demanded handing over of the Marad Juma mosque to the Wakf Board. The mosque was taken over by the Government following seizure of weapons used for the Marad massacre on May 2. A ...
    Only radical journalism can fight fascism: N. Ram
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 17.N. Ram, editor, Frontline, has said that though the Indian media eminently deserved the comment that it is `a voluntary handmaiden of its political masters', there are many `bright spots' and `plenty of resistance from ...
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  • Kanjikode industries in the doldrums
  • K. S. Abdulla may be IUML nominee for RS
  • `Encroachments in Idukki rampant'
  • Protect Ezhava interests: Natesan
  • Allegation denied
  • IUCC recommends banning of capitation fee
  • Focus on food processing: Assocham
  • Federal Bank to open branch in Dubai
  • DA released
  • Medicine: CEE invites options


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Deputy Prime Minister arriving today
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 17. Security has been beefed up in the capital for the visit of the Deputy Prime Minister, L. K. Advani, on Sunday. All security measures that are normally implemented for the visit of VVIP's such as the President and ...
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  • Minister orders closure of medical shop
  • An occasion to cherish


    Tamil Nadu
    `Let autonomous body replace PWD'
    CHENNAI, MAY 17. The State Government has to initiate the ``reform process'' in the irrigation sector. This is one of the key messages a World Bank team, on a recent visit to Tamil Nadu, has delivered. In other words, in place of the ...
    5,000 students suspended, doctors also face action
    CHENNAI, MAY 17.Declaring yesterday's marathon talks with the Government a failure, both the agitating students and doctors today said their protest against allowing private medical colleges would continue. The State responded by slapping ...
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  • Brace up for competition, Governor tells tea growers
  • Chidambaram not serious about merger
  • Defer judicial magistrate appointments: Cong.
  • Andaman support for CM stand against Central notification
  • HS re-totalling applications to be issued from tomorrow
  • Top marks, still no rank
  • Mayoorini murder accused are school toppers
  • Record growth in BSNL teledensity in Tamil Nadu
  • UNESCO team to visit historic site


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Gypsies face loss of hard-earned habitat
    CHENNAI, MAY 17. More than 150 gypsy families, who had made a two-acre land in Kottur off Kotturpuram their home after several decades of legal battles with the Government, feel they have come full circle, with land-grabbers threatening to ...
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  • A judicial tool comes in handy
  • Thailand plans consulate in Chennai
  • Suffers `coal effect'
  • Survey on Taramani, Mamallapuram link soon: Moorthy
  • Dadar Express cancelled
  • A testimony to treasures of the past


    Pondicherry
    Profit alone should not be trade motto: Chief Secretary
    PONDICHERRY, MAY 17. The Chief Secretary to Pondicherry Government, R. Padmanabhan, has said there should be a strong consumer movement to ensure high quality of goods and services. Inaugurating a workshop on the occasion of the World Fair ...
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  • 4 persons with lethal weapons arrested
  • Over 2000 taking civil service exam today
  • `Higher excise duty exemption for powerloom weavers'



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