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Andhra Pradesh
New Krishna basin projects annoy A.P.
HYDERABAD, MAY 22.The Telugu Desam Government has decided to step up pressure on Karnataka against construction of new projects in the Krishna basin by despatching a delegation of ruling party MPs to New Delhi with a petition to restrain the ...
CM accuses Karnataka of ignoring directives
HYDERABAD, MAY 22. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, on Thursday criticised his Karnataka counterpart, S.M. Krishna, for, what he called, the neighbouring State Government's "attempts to exploit the weakness of lower ...
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  • Gestation period of n-power plants to be reduced
  • ANGRAU to start two new courses
  • Joint stir to prevent Karnataka from building projects mooted
  • No grievance against Bt cotton from Govt., says seed company
  • YSR padayatra may be resumed on Sunday
  • Action plan to help one crore people in drought-hit areas
  • CVC for expeditious disposal of cases
  • `Ending groupism in Cong. to be priority'


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Prisoner escapes; 3 cops suspended
    HYDERABAD, MAY 22. The Police Commissioner, M.V. Krishna Rao, suspended a head constable and two constables for allegedly allowing a remand prisoner to escape from Osmania general hospital this morning. The three policemen -- M.A. Azeem, P. ...
    New charter of life for band of runaway boys
    HYDERABAD, MAY 22. When little Yuvaraju slipped into a brand new pair of jeans, a smile shone on his face. The happiness spread to the boys behind, standing in a row in towels and freshly scrubbed bodies. Like dark clouds that empty themselves in ...
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  • Police crack down on video piracy
  • ISO certificate for RTA Central soon
  • 139 huts destroyed
  • Rs. 70 lakhs assets unearthed
  • Results on website


    Karnataka
    'Telecom firms in danger of bankruptcy'
    BANGALORE, MAY 22. The RBI Deputy Governor, Rakesh Mohan, today criticised the Centre for its decision to partially roll back telecom tariffs and said that the phone companies would go bankrupt without an appropriate tariff structure. Speaking ...
    CM stresses need for meeting project deadlines
    TALAGUPPA (SHIMOGA DT.), MAY 22. The Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, said here on Thursday that any useful public work or project, if it was not completed within the timeframe set for it, would not only result in cost overruns but also cause ...
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  • Rare honour for 69-yr.-old writer
  • People want NDA Govt. to go: Oscar
  • BHEL team arrives for inspection of RTPS unit
  • 100 barrages across streams, rivulets
  • Power situation grim, says Krishna
  • `No extra payments were made for UTP canal work'


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Work on flyover put on hold
    BANGALORE, MAY 22. The Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has put on hold the construction of the flyover near National College in Basavangudi due to ``technical problems." The Mahanagara Palike Commissioner, M.R.Sreenivas Murthy, announced this at an ...
    Simians falling prey to human hostility
    BANGALORE, MAY 22. A fortnight ago, villagers near Madiwala found 26 monkeys dead and some more grappling for life. Many among them were pregnant females and stillborn babies. The monkeys reportedly died of poisoning or injuries to the head. The ...
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  • Mango exhibition from May 29
  • AirTel launches international roaming
  • Woman dies of burns after cylinder explodes
  • BMP recovers property
  • Man found murdered in Habbigere
  • Waste management campaign next month


    Kerala
    Hands off mosque, Thangal tells CM
    MALAPPURAM, MAY 22. The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) State president, Syed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal, has made it clear to the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, that he expected the Government to hand over the Marad mosque to the Wakf ...
    Govt. weakening probe into Marad incident: BJP
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 22.The BJP national council member, P. S. Sreedharan Pillai, alleged on Thursday that the Government was weakening the investigation into the Marad massacre to appease the Muslim League. In a statement here, the BJP ...
    Pinarayi hits out at League-BJP `links'
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 22.After going somewhat soft on the Muslim League for quite sometime now, the CPI(M) leadership appears to have decided to do some plain speaking on the League's "active" encouragement of Muslim communal extremism and its ...
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  • New Vigilance Special Judge
  • Rs. 5,500 cr. to be mobilised under national savings schemes
  • `Faulty reforms to hit education sector'
  • CPI(M) firm on action against corrupt members
  • Konkan Rly. finetuning skybus project
  • KSRTC to reap in operating profits: Pillai


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Centre clears Rs.22.9 cr. for Chackai rail bridge
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 22.The Central Government has cleared the revised estimate of Rs.22.9 crores for construction of a railway overbridge at Chackai under the first phase of the Thiruvananthapuram- Neyyatinkara National Highway (NH) bypass ...
    Monsoon likely to hit State by June 1
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 22. The South-West Monsoon is likely to be on schedule and in all probability will hit the Kerala coast by June 1, the Met Department has said. Dispelling speculations in the media that the monsoon could arrive ahead of ...
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  • Tale of Dhaka carnage hogs limelight at open forum
  • Renovation of Vallakadavu bridge hanging fire
  • Traffic disrupted on NH Bypass after mishap


    Tamil Nadu
    'Jayalalithaa conspiring to split DMK'
    MADURAI, MAY 22. The DMK youth wing secretary and MLA, M.K. Stalin, has accused the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, of "conspiring" to split the party by politicising the murder of the former Minister, T. Kiruttinan. "Instead of investigating the ...
    Stalin toes party line
    CHENNAI, MAY 22.The former Chennai Mayor and DMK president, M.Karunanidhi's son, M.K.Stalin, chose to toe the party line on the arrest of his brother M.K.Azhagiri, a move that would have far-reaching implications for his standing in the ...
    Breakthrough likely in Kiruttinan murder
    MADURAISIVAGANGA, MAY 22.MAY 22. A "significant breakthrough" is likely in the murder of the former Minister, `Pasumpon' T. Kiruttinan, if the information and clues coming the way of the investigating officials are any indication. Constructing ...
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  • ChPT begins handling rail rake imports
  • Plan to upgrade Madurai, Coimbatore & Tiruchi airports
  • Moneylenders capitalising on absence of effective law
  • Medical exams postponed by 10 days
  • HC direction against arresting Mullaivendan
  • Changes in pensionary benefits of transport staff stayed
  • Elangovan calls for CBI probe
  • Stalin supporter withdraws under pressure
  • Vellore touches 45 degree C, heat wave will continue
  • Valuation discrepancy forces varsity to revise TNPCEE toppers list


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    42-year-old man murdered at Valasaravakkam
    CHENNAI, MAY 22. The police are looking to secure a roommate of a 42-year-old man, who was found murdered in the septic tank of a house at Valasaravakkam last evening. The decomposed body of Chinniah Naidu was recovered from the tank, a few days ...
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  • Thiruvottiyur railway station, a symbol of neglect
  • City records second highest temperature in 100 years
  • HC stays TNEB order levying extra charge on apartments
  • Corporation mute to staff overstaying in service
  • Confirmed ticket holder `denied boarding' by airline
  • 'Kraals' for herbivores at Vandalur zoo
  • AIADMK expels four for Muthu's murder


    Pondicherry
    High-powered panel to monitor implementation of schemes
    PONDICHERRY, MAY 22. An eight-member high-powered committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy has been constituted by the Administration to monitor implementation of the various new programmes announced in the recent ...
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  • Valsaraj pays surprise visit to PHC
  • Pondy should not implement VAT: AITUC
  • Heat wave in Pondy



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