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Andhra Pradesh
A.P. to move S.C. on Upper Tunga issue
HYDERABAD, JUNE 22. The Andhra Government will file a petition in the Supreme Court to stop Karnataka from constructing the Upper Tunga project on the ground that it is being undertaken in violation of existing awards and agreements. The ...
Three TDP men killed
ANANTAPUR, JUNE 22. Three TDP leaders of Prasannayapalli village near here were killed, allegedly by their Congress rivals, this morning. The victims — Chalapati, Ramachandra and Venkatanarayana — were ...
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  • Former MP's office ransacked
  • SVU disaffiliates six colleges
  • Dalit groups on the warpath
  • Banks in a tizzy over clean note fiat
  • Police helpline for women in distress


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Cancer institute offers package for patients
    HYDERABAD, JUNE 22.The Indo-American Cancer Institute and Research Centre here on Sunday announced a new scheme named after the late Basava Tarakam, wife of N.T. Rama Rao, for treatment of cancer patients belonging to the lower economic strata. ...
    Runaway girl fails to locate orphanage
    HYDERABAD, JUNE 22. The case of the runaway, reportedly from a Kukatpally orphanage, Aruna Jyoti, took a curious turn on Sunday when she led a contingent of police, State Woman and Child Welfare Department and media on a wild goose chase in the ...
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  • Sonia can protect AP's irrigation interests: Naidu
  • Transport Dept. to crack down on overloaded vehicles
  • Workers, women take part in legal aid camp
  • Duo held for trying to sell `gold' block
  • OU script for M.Sc (Electronics) leaves aspirants in soup
  • Clock Tower park to get new look


    Karnataka
    BMTC cuts student bus pass rates
    BANGALORE, JUNE 22. The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will reduce the rates of student bus passes from July 1. While the rate of the 10-month passes issued to technical and medical students has been brought down from Rs. ...
    Rain havoc in Mangalore; 3 killed
    MANGALORE, JUNE 22. Incessant rainfall in Dakshina Kannada District has left behind a trail of destruction and agony in Mangalore city and adjoining areas, claiming three lives and causing severe damage to property. Most low-lying areas in ...
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  • Tusker tramples man to death
  • Govt. to monitor land sale in command areas
  • Heavy rain disrupts rail traffic
  • CET will go rural weightage way: AIPJD
  • Workshop on family businesses on Friday
  • Mental retardation not a disease: Expert
  • It may not be easy for Hindasgeri this time
  • There is still scope for merger, says Bommai


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    `Basic education should be in regional language'
    BANGALORE, JUNE 22. The Kannada writer and former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University, D. Javare Gowda, has said that basic education should be imparted only in regional languages and not in English. Prof. Gowda was speaking after receiving ...
    Other Stories

  • Scribes' talent in film-making draws praise
  • New phone nos for Fire Control Room
  • Thief arrested, motorcycles recovered
  • BWSSB to launch recovery drive
  • Normal water supply to resume today


    Kerala
    Kerala to enact laws under MGP
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 22. The Kerala Government is enacting a number of legislations under the Modernising Government Programme (MGP) aided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). While some reform legislations had already been enacted, others ...
    Genetically-modified potatoes pose threat: farmers' panel
    PALAKKAD, JUNE 22.The National Farmers Protection Committee (NFPC) has warned that the move to give approval for genetically modified (GM) potatoes within six months by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) is fraught with dangerous ...
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  • Rain disrupts rail traffic
  • Marad: Karunakaran suspects hidden agenda
  • Heavy rain disrupts normal life in Kasaragod
  • Plea to promote naturopathy
  • Tusker death: `Forest dept. officials misled HC'
  • Library Council bid to promote reading habit


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Soorya fete to begin on September 21
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 22. Soorya festival, which has entered the Limca Book of World Records as the longest cultural festival of Asia, begins on September 21 this year. The festival, which will be a 51-day long affair this year onwards, will ...
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  • Released
  • FRAT seeks compensation
  • One killed in mishap
  • Tourism identified as engine of growth


    Tamil Nadu
    `Improved KP canal will be ready by July-end'
    CHENNAI, JUNE 22. Concerned at water scarcity residents of Chennai are faced with, the Andhra Pradesh authorities are working zealously to ensure that the lining work on the 152-km-long Kandaleru-Poondi (KP) canal, which brings Krishna water to ...
    Unlicensed guns seized from Dharmapuri villages
    SALEM, JUNE 22.The police seized 49 crude single-bore muzzle-loaded guns from the villages of Papparapatti and Pennagaram blocks in Dharmapuri district last evening. Seven persons, including two "manufacturers'' were arrested and remanded to ...
    Find out Truth Voice links: BJP
    KARUR, JUNE 22. The BJP has called upon the State Government to mount a tight vigil against those out to foment trouble with the counsel of the militants interned at the Coimbatore prison. At its State executive, which ended here today, the ...
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  • `Give more powers to coastal management authority'
  • `Many States facing near-fiscal collapse'
  • Invite all unions for talks, CITU urges Govt.
  • AUT for councils to streamline admissions
  • `Evolve realistic formula for water sharing'
  • Health, hygiene in curriculum from this year
  • Mediation quicker means of settling disputes, say judges
  • SHG helps her stand on her own feet


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    `Public support to Corpn. project encouraging'
    CHENNAI, JUNE 22. The feedback to the Chennai Corporation's latest venture to collect garbage from the doorstep has been good, though the nearly month-long operations have exposed some areas where attention needs to be given. The lacunae in the ...
    Other Stories

  • Discussion on RWH designs
  • Two drowned in Adambakkam lake
  • Impostor robs youth at Kilpauk


    Pondicherry
    Ambedkar Thondarpadai to contest civic polls
    PONDICHERRY, JUNE 22. The Pondicherry based Puratchialar Ambedkar Thondarpadai would contest the coming municipal and commune panchayat polls in the Union Territory. According to a resolution adopted at the organisation`s meeting held under the ...
    Centre allows Pondy to utilise CST revenue
    PONDICHERRY, JUNE 22. The Centre had permitted in principle the Union Territory Administration to utilise the Central Sales tax mobilised here, the Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy has said. Inaugurating a conference to generate awareness on ...
    Munnani deplores CPI (M) stir against Aurobindo Ashram
    PONDICHERRY, JUNE 22. The Secretary of the Pondicherry State unit of the Hindu Munnani, A. Kannan has said that the CPI (M) in the Union Territory of Pondicherry was trying to damage the reputation of the famous Aurobindo Ashram here by trying to ...



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