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Pondicherry Andhra Pradesh Bandh partial, bus services affected in A.P. HYDERABAD, MAY 21. The strike and the bandh called by the Central trade unions and the mass organisations of Left parties respectively on Wednesday in protest against the `anti-worker and anti- people policies' of the Central and State ... Biotech venture fund launched HYDERABAD, MAY 21. India's first "Biotechnology Venture Fund'', promoted and managed by APIDC Venture Capital Limited, was launched by the Minister for Major Industries, K.Vidyadhar Rao, here on Wednesday. The Biotechnology Fund is a unique ... Other Stories
Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad Efforts to augment water supply HYDERABAD, MAY 21. Probably, Alwal Municipality is the only civic body within the twin cities periphery that has not had a cut in the supply of drinking water in the current summer with an assured supply of eight-lakh gallons from the Singur dam ... Bank chairman, directors held HYDERABAD, MAY 21. The police have arrested the chairman and two directors of Manikantha Bank, Chikkadpally, on charges of misuse of public funds and causing the collapse of the bank. According to a press release issued here, the police ... Other Stories
Karnataka 'Development should ensure equality' BANGALORE, MAY 21. The World Bank's annual conference on development economics opened here today with the Karnataka Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, stating that liberalisation, globalisation and privatisation had become an accepted policy in ... 10 die in accident BELGAUM, MAY 21. Ten persons, including five children and two women, were killed and 14 injured in an accident involving a mini bus and a tractor near Kappadguddi Cross in Kudachi Police Station limits of Raibag taluk early today. While seven ... Strike hits work in banks, PSUs BANGALORE, MAY 21. The all-India strike call given by various trade unions protesting against the Union Government's privatisation and "anti-worker" policies affected the functioning of banks and insurance companies, owned by the Government, and ... Other Stories
Karnataka-Bangalore Autorickshaw strike near total BANGALORE, MAY 21. More than 90 per cent of the autorickshaws in the City were off the roads on Wednesday when the autorickshaw drivers' and owners' associations organised a strike in protest against the decision of the Government to issue ... Vehicles likely to be banned in Cubbon Park at night BANGALORE, MAY 21. The Government is thinking of a ban on the movement of vehicles inside the Cubbon Park between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. daily. This is intended to prevent people from dumping debris inside the park at night. The Minister for ... Other Stories
Kerala Dist. panels to study need for more schools THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 21. The Kerala Cabinet today decided to appoint district-level committees to examine whether new unaided higher secondary schools should be sanctioned this year. The Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, who briefed presspersons ... Strike total in State, normal life disrupted THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 21. Life came to a virtual standstill in the State today as the 24-hour countrywide general strike called by pro-Opposition trade unions and service organisations evoked an overwhelming response among industrial workers ... Other Stories
Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram Stir hits normal life THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 21. The general strike called by various left trade unions to protest against the economic and labour policies of the BJP-led Central Government evoked a hartal-like situation in the city and district. Strike supporters ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu 
Azhagiri held on conspiracy chargeMADURAI, MAY 21. In a swift predawn operation, the city police arrested M.K. Azhagiri, elder son of the DMK president, M. Karunanidhi, here today for "conspiring" against T. Kiruttinan, former Highways Minister, who was murdered ... Bid to tarnish DMK image, says Karunanidhi CHENNAI, MAY 21. ``If the actual culprits had been apprehended it could have been welcomed,'' the DMK president, M.Karunanidhi, said today, reacting to the arrest of his son, M.K.Azhagiri, in the Kiruttinan murder case. The police action seemed ... NEWS ANALYSIS Hour of reckoning for DMK leadership, Stalin CHENNAI, MAY 21.Anger seems to have replaced shock and grief as the guiding emotion of many DMK partymen and middle-level leaders, as they come to terms with the killing of one of their senior leaders , Pasumpon Tha. Kiruttinan, who was stabbed ... 
Rare 10th century Jain sculpture found near KamuthiMADURAI, MAY 21.A rare 10th century Jain Tirthankara sculpture, which throws more light on the Pandya kingdom's glorious past in the trade sector and prevalence of religious harmony between Saivism and Jainism during that period, has been found ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai Alarming fall in quality of groundwater: study CHENNAI, MAY 21. As official agencies pursue a weak rainwater harvesting programme, there is now fresh reason for the average Chennai resident to feel jittery about — an alarming decline in groundwater quality, evidence of which comes from ... Other Stories
Pondicherry Strike call evokes mixed response in Pondicherry PONDICHERRY, MAY 21. The call for a nation-wide strike given by the Left parties and their respective trade unions to protest the Central Government's `anti-labour' policies today evoked mixed response in Pondicherry. Attendance in government ... Rangasamy administers anti-terrorism pledge PONDICHERRY, MAY 21. The Chief Minister, N Rangasamy, accompanied by his ministerial colleagues, the Speaker of the Assembly, M.D.R. Ramachandran, and the PCC president, V. Narayanasamy, paid homage at the statue of the former Prime Minister ... Other Stories
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