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Andhra Pradesh
Govt. to expose violation of award
HYDERABAD, JULY 13. The State Government has decided to expose the "complete violations'' of the Bachawat award by Karnataka and Maharashtra by gathering documentary evidence on the utilisation of river waters in excess of the permitted quota by ...
Basar right location for IIT: CM
BASAR (ADILABAD DT.), JULY 13. The Chief Minister, N.Chandrababu Naidu, on Sunday reiterated the State Government's commitment to establish the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at the temple town by bringing pressure on the Centre ...
Freak calf creates a sensation
TIRUPATI, JULY 13.Ever heard of a nine-month old calf yielding milk? That too, not once as a freak incident, but two litres daily! When its peers are content with suckling milk from their mother at that age, the calf at Pullaiahgaripalle in ...
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  • Strive for eternal values: Saibaba
  • Senior police official dead
  • Viral fever toll crosses 100
  • Each district sanctioned 25 lakhs for checking contagious diseases
  • BJP MP to go on fast over RDS issue
  • Fans prevent Chiranjeevi from unveiling statue
  • Women's panel chief visits Kuppam
  • Fresh search for new BJP chief for State unit


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Raju or Pasha, another custody bouncer for police
    HYDERABAD, JULY 13. Whose son is he anyway? After probing various angles, the Saroornagar police are looking up to forensic doctors to answer this moot point with a couple and a telephone booth owner claiming rights over the nine-year-old Koti ...
    Freak death for two infants
    HYDERABAD, JULY 13. Two 14-month-old infants -- a boy and a girl - have been killed in freak accidents under the Banjara Hills police station area in the last two days. A couple -- V.V.S. Sharma and Shailaja -- of NBT Nagar lost their son, ...
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  • Plans to take up uranium mining in Nalgonda draw flak
  • City BJP wing takes shape
  • Roshni moves into new premises
  • Reliance `victims' want justice
  • Mobile mess: slighted friend hangs self


    Karnataka
    A ray of hope for unemployed youth
    BANGALORE, JULY 13. The Government has introduced an employment scheme expected to go a long way in helping unemployed youth get reasonably good jobs and saving them from the mercy of private placement agencies that make money from them as well ...
    Time for projecting a pro-people image
    BANGALORE, JULY 13. Elections may come as a blessing in disguise to the poor. The ruling party schedules populist programmes during this time with an attempt to project them as routine development work. But the people view the programmes as ...
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  • WB to divert funds to State health project
  • Focus on Secretariat staff, Lokayukta told
  • BJP ready to face polls anytime: Ananth
  • Fight Centre's policies, says Jakhar
  • Vijayabhaskar sees plot to malign him


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    What happened to list of tainted staff?
    BANGALORE, JULY 13. Some two years ago, Vigilance officials of the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. (KPTCL) compiled a list of 57 "in-house" power thieves. The blacklist was prepared in August 2001 when there was only one Vigilance ...
    Chinese keen on tie up with PGCIL
    BANGALORE, JULY 13. The Chinese are reportedly keen on signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL). Sources in the PGCIL told The Hindu that the Chinese were looking at High Voltage ...
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  • Cinema impasse: Meet put off
  • Teacher makes slow learners winners
  • Hospital cluster from Wockhardt
  • Water adalat today at Jayanagar
  • Three killed in road accidents
  • Koramangala residents launch campaign against tree felling
  • Good response to PROOF initiative from students


    Kerala
    AICC invites IUML leaders for talks
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 13. The AICC has invited the IUML leadership to Delhi for talks on July 16 in an apparent bid to sort out the differences it harbours about the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony's statement. The party leadership has deputed ...
    Govt. yielding to pressure groups: Rajagopal
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 13. The latest and the most telling example that the State Government was succumbing to the pressure of various interest groups was its steadfast refusal to let the CBI inquire into the violent incidents at Marad, the ...
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  • 'Konkan Railway misleading Kerala on sky bus project'
  • Action sought against `killing' of elephant
  • BSNL to expand cellular phone coverage
  • Nestling in a bonsai
  • `Govt. considering dual citizenship for expatriates'
  • Row will not result in leadership change: VS
  • Improved facilities at Thusharagiri
  • Minister's praise for NRKs
  • Rs. 1.2-cr. stadium project on the cards
  • Despite UNDP pat Kerala planners get brickbats


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    `Swarnam 2003' from Oct. 10
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 13. The Kerala gold fest, `Swarnam 2003', being organised by Kerala Tourism and the All-Kerala Gold and Silver Merchants' Association in association with the World Gold Council (WGC), will be held in the State from ...
    An `Operation lift' absurdity
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 13.The slightest wedge in the door can open the floodgates of post-creation in the KSEB, as the following incident featuring six lifts and a contingent of engineers, which took place at the Vydhyuthi Bhavan recently, ...
    `Conceptual flaw in Antony's stand'
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 13. Prof. Ninan Koshy today said the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony's recent comments about minority communities had "serious conceptual flaws" and tended to "buttress the arguments and perspectives of the Hindutva ...
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  • `Attempt to discredit KSSP'
  • Airport expansion: hartal on July 19
  • Fever epidemic yet to be controlled


    Tamil Nadu
    Trade unions to approach Supreme Court
    CHENNAI, JULY 13.Although the Federation of JACTTEO-GEO-COTA-GEO has decided not to appeal in the Supreme Court against a Madras High Court order dismissing pleas challenging the Tamil Nadu Essential Services Maintenance Act, major trade unions ...
    Counselling postponed after students protest fee hike
    CHENNAI, JULY 13.A counselling session for postgraduate dental courses, which was scheduled for today, was postponed after candidates protested against an unexpected five-fold hike in fees by self-financing colleges. Authorities said the ...
    MAFs trying to exploit globalisation fallout: Joshi
    CHENNAI, JULY 13. The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Murli Manohar Joshi, today said Multinational Accounting Firms (MAFs) ``are bound to be unethical as they are born out of sin.'' Handing over the first copy of a `white paper' ...
    `Buyback of govt. securities will help only bank privatisation'
    CHENNAI, JULY 13. The recent decision of the Union Government on buyback of securities and equity of public sector banks will not only lead to privatisation but also benefit defaulters at taxpayers' expense, according to C.H.Venkatachalam, ...
    `Cong., CJP will function as double-barrelled gun'
    MADURAI, JULY 13. The Congress Jananayaga Peravai and Congress leaders joined hands to announce that henceforth the two parties would function as a ``double-barrelled gun'' for revival of Kamaraj rule in the State here yesterday. The occasion ...
    Primary school teachers to resume classes today
    CUDDALORE, JULY 13. The Tamilaga Arambapalli Asiriyar Koottani has decided to resume classes across the State from Monday. According to the general secretary, S. Abdul Majid, the dismissed elementary school teachers will take classes as usual ...
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  • Now, drug smugglers turn to the Maldives
  • 4 held for drug trafficking
  • Forum orders compensation for credit cardholder
  • Book on freedom movement released
  • New Collectors for Perambalur, Cuddalore and Kanyakumari
  • PT demands judicial probe into cancellation of car festival
  • Karunanidhi tour to receive election funds
  • DPI alleges harassment of Dalits in Cuddalore, Chengalpattu dts.
  • DAE logo competition


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    It's not a smooth ride to `IT capital'
    CHENNAI. JULY 13. The road to the city's IT capital — Taramani — is rough, and travel on the `IT Highway' is agonising. While the stretch of the Old Mamallapuram Road beyond the city limits has been executed to a relatively better ...
    Corpn. to auction off impounded cattle
    CHENNAI, JULY 13. The Chennai Corporation has decided to auction off the cattle it impounds on city roads from Monday. The first such auction has been scheduled for July 16. The civic body's drive to remove all cattle from the city limits ...
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  • Two `dry' trees removed
  • Chain-snatching gang held
  • Nominated for 1,000 posts at Secretariat
  • Check bona fides of domestic workers: police


    Pondicherry
    CM unveils Rs. 30-cr housing scheme for slum dwellers
    PONDICHERRY, JULY 13. A Rs. 30-crore housing scheme for people living in slums of Pondicherry would be launched on July 15, the birth centenary of Kamaraj. Announcing this at a press conference here today, the Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, ...
    Seminar on TDS, e-returns
    PONDICHERRY, JULY 13. The Pondicherry chapter of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce and the Pondicherry Institute of Management today conducted a one-day seminar on Tax deduction at source and e-returns. The Chamber chairman, T. Jayaprkash, ...
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  • `Diabetics should have periodical vascular assessment'
  • CM protests chairperson appointment



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