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Andhra Pradesh
Naidu asks people to revolt against naxals
HYDERABAD, JUNE 24. Impressed by the resistance put up by villagers of Rallanantapuram in Anantapur district on Monday, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, today gave a call to people, particularly women, to revolt against ...
Terror tactics will not help: CPI
ANANTAPUR, JUNE 24. The district unit of the Communist Party of India today condemned the People's War bid to abduct the Kalyanadurg MLA, A. Saradamba, from Ralla Anantapuram village in the district yesterday. Talking to newspersons here, the ...
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  • Funds for Pushkarams: TTD to join issue with Govt.
  • Massive tumour removed from child's head in rare surgery
  • Naxal involved in abduction bid killed in encounter
  • RMP held for `wrong treatment'
  • Police campaign to wean tribals away from naxals
  • Textbook shortage worries parents
  • SI hurt as kin of deceased hurl stones
  • `Fistful of rice' reaches widow
  • Congress wrests Bodhan ZPTC seat


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Monsoon active again
    HYDERABAD, JUNE 24. The South-West monsoon became "active'' in the State today, causing widespread rain and isolated heavy falls. The spell will continue for two more days. The formation a trough in the north Coastal Andhra off the Bay of ...
    `War' against women spells trouble
    HYDERABAD, JUNE 24. The unsuccessful attempt to kidnap the TDP MLA, A. Sharadamba, in Anantapur district on Monday is the fifth in a series of attacks by the People's War (PW) against women since April this year. Interestingly, the year 2003 ...
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  • AICC secretary ticks off rebels
  • Naidu to name party executive members
  • Biotech stall at global exhibition
  • AICC secretary ticks off rebels
  • Paragodu row: high-level team leaves for Delhi
  • Rs. 1,550-cr. credit package for VTPS expansion
  • Sustain Janmabhoomi spirit, CM tells officials


    Karnataka
    Krishna stalls Andhra Pradesh offensive
    NEW DELHI, JUNE 24. The State on Tuesday managed to stall Andhra Pradesh's offensive with regard to projects over two rivers by making the Centre reschedule Wednesday's meeting and also got its grievance against its neighbour included in the ...
    Consensus eludes BJP on new State unit chief
    HUBLI, JUNE 24. Who will succeed Basavaraj Patil Sedam, whose term as the President of the State unit of the BJP expires by August-end, with the party constitution not permitting a second term for the incumbent? The efforts made to evolve a ...
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  • Country boats exempt from ban
  • Auto drivers 'not to use' kerosene
  • LIC staff union criticises Minister
  • Indian Navy to build fishing harbour
  • Minister reviews flood situation
  • Floods cause extensive damage in D.K.
  • Water-level in Cauvery recedes
  • BSNL makes progress in Kodagu


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    `Anomalies': Chaos at CET Cell
    BANGALORE, JUNE 24. Chaos prevailed outside the Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell here on Tuesday as anxious students and their hassled parents thronged the Cell premises following alleged anomalies in the rank list announced on Monday. Many ...
    Transfer of playgrounds to KSLTA opposed
    BANGALORE, JUNE 24. A large number of schoolchildren today joined the protest by the BJP City unit against the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike handing over 11 playgrounds to the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA) for developing tennis ...
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  • First IBA convocation today
  • TTSL set to increase market share
  • E-waste causing soil, water pollution
  • Don't neglect Cong. workers, Sharief tells leaders
  • JD(S) sees `second scam' in 7 CMCs
  • Dasa Sahitya series by year-end: Minister
  • Women being harassed at family courts: Vimochana


    Kerala
    Centre to grant forest land for tribals
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 24.The Central Government has agreed in principle to grant 25,000 acres of forest land for distribution among tribals in Kerala. This is part of a one-time settlement, the Kerala Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, told the ...
    NCDC sanctions Rs. 125 cr to State
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 24.The National Cooperative Development Corporation has sanctioned an assistance of Rs. 125 crores for various projects in the cooperative sector of the State. This was announced at the State Level Review and ...
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  • Counselling\admission at NIT, Calicut
  • UDF loses Alappuzha municipality
  • Liquor policy flayed
  • 'River networking will cause inter-State clashes'
  • Five joint development schemes completed
  • Marad chargesheet on time: DGP
  • Medical camps held
  • Maintenance work begins at cashew factories
  • Periya: HC directive


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    All-India counselling
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 24.Twelve more candidates from Kerala have been admitted to the MBBS course today during the first round of the all-India pre-medical/pre-dental counselling held in New Delhi today. So far 55 candidates have been admitted ...
    NoRKs' meet next month
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 24.The State capital will play host to two-day `Marunadan Malayali Sangamom', a conference of Keralites domiciled in other parts of the country, on July 12 and 13. The conference is being organised by the Non-resident ...
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  • Divergent views on Gandhi Park
  • Vellappally questions Sudheeran's `motives'
  • `Remove restrictions on private sector'
  • KSCDC factories to be opened in two months
  • State has no water to spare: CM
  • VS takes a dig at UDF
  • Govt. not to withdraw from health, education: Antony
  • CPI(M) silent on links with League
  • CPI(M) `corrects' PG point by point


    Tamil Nadu
    Vasan group boycotts key meeting
    CHENNAI, JUNE 24.The factional crisis in the State Congress took another nasty turn today with the rebel group led by G.K. Vasan "boycotting" a significant meeting convened by the high command here, in an open revolt against the continuance of ...
    MCI against recognition for Tiruchi, Tuticorin colleges
    CHENNAI, JUNE 24.The Medical Council of India has written to the Union Ministry of Health against granting recognition to the KAP Viswanatham Medical College, Tiruchi, and the Tuticorin Medical College, a top MCI official said. "The council has ...
    HC will wield `judicial sword'
    CHENNAI, JUNE 24. The Chief Justice, Justice B. Subhashan Reddy, irked at lack of governmental efforts in campus maintenance matters, said the Madras High court would wield its `judicial sword' to the best of its ability. The remarks came in ...
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  • Grounded plane suffers from 'structural damage'
  • Anna varsity preparing coastal management plan for Andamans
  • Kabini inflow raises kuruvai hopes
  • Convocation sans Vice-Chancellor
  • Polluted lake water quenching Kodai thirst
  • Chaos as Azhagiri is brought to court
  • AUT to join strike
  • Now Oragadam engineering students seek transfer
  • Constable held for murder after 9 years
  • Four more mahila courts to be set up


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Metrowater to step up tanker supply from next week
    CHENNAI, JUNE 24. The Metrowater is all set to step up its tanker service starting the first week of July to address the `defective' pockets of the city. According to official sources, 5,557 of the 14,066 streets in the city were identified as ...
    Survey among street children to identify running away syndrome
    CHENNAI, JUNE 24. The Madras NGO Forum, a group of nine city-based voluntary organisations working for the rights of children, has decided to conduct a survey on street children in Chennai, in order to identify the primary reasons that force them ...
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  • 'Pay crematorium charges to AHOs'
  • Adambakkam residents' concern over safety aspects
  • 'Deepening of tanks will help to recharge groundwater'
  • Builder held on cheating charge
  • Lorry stays put 45 days after accident
  • Fake non-judicial stamp papers seized


    Pondicherry
    PUCL calls for maintaining 1:40 teacher-student ratio
    PONDICHERRY, JUNE 24. The ideal student strength in a class should be 40 and whenever the teacher-student ratio exceeds 1:40 teachers' concentration will be disturbed, according to the Pondicherry unit of the People's Union for Civil Liberties in ...
    `Open more higher secondary schools'
    PONDICHERRY, JUNE 24. The Pondicherry State Lecturers (teachers in government-run higher secondary schools) Association has stressed the need for increasing the number of higher secondary schools. The president, S. K. Subramanian, said only ...
    Withdraw `incorrect' Vision-2020 document: PMK
    PONDICHERRY, JUNE 24. The convenor of Pondicherry PMK, N. G. Panneerselvam has called upon the Administration to withdraw the `Vision-2020' document released recently as there were `several misleading, incorrect and untrue' statements in the ...



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