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Pondicherry Andhra Pradesh Efforts on to get back 270 MBBS seats HYDERABAD, AUG. 1. Frantic efforts are being made by the Andhra Pradesh Government to persuade the Medical Council of India (MCI) to reverse its decision derecognising 270 MBBS seats in five Government medical colleges. The Health Minister, ... 
Grand old sub bows outVISAKHAPATNAM AUG. 1. INS Karanj, which had earned the epithet of "grand old lady'' of the submarine arm of the Indian Navy, has sailed into history. Commissioned on September 1, 1969, at Riga in the ertswhile Soviet Union, Karanj is hailed by ... Other Stories
Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad MCH takes the easy way out HYDERABAD, AUG. 1. The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) is taking up a new road connecting Lakdikapul and the Nirankari Bhavan Bridge in a bid to ease traffic on the circular route. The new road, passing along the railway track behind ... Advani to launch MMTS on Aug. 9 NEW DELHI, AUG. 1. The Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, will inaugurate the first phase of the Multi-Model Transport System, which will connect the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, on August 9. Mr. Advani will flag off the first ... Other Stories
Karnataka Unruly scenes in Assembly BANGALORE, AUG. 1. Unruly scenes in the Legislative Assembly for nearly an hour on Friday forced the Speaker, M.V. Venkatappa, to order the suspension of 24 BJP members for the day. They entered the well of the House demanding that a discussion ... No starvation deaths in State: Kharge BANGALORE, AUG. 1. The Minister for Home, Mallikarjun Kharge, on Friday denied that there were starvation deaths in the State. He was intervening in a discussion in the Legislative Assembly on the reported suicide of six persons of a family at ... Other Stories
Karnataka-Bangalore Film exhibitors stick to stand, to meet today BANGALORE, AUG. 1. Even as the Karnataka Chalana Chitra Pradarshakara Mahamandala stuck to its stand not to screen any new films, the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) has appealed to film exhibitors to reconsider their decision. Members ... A day of triumph for 16 special children BANGALORE, AUG. 1. For many of those children, it was perhaps the first time they were getting a chance to step into a pizza outlet. They ignored their inhibitions, and the smiles that lit up their faces spoke a thousand words. "Children's Day ... Pvt. layout not authorised: BDA BANGALORE, AUG. 1. The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has said that the private layout, "M.S. Ramaiah North City", being formed near Nagawara and Thanisandra on the outskirts of Bangalore, has not been approved by it. However, ... Other Stories
Kerala Panchayat chief criticises Govt. stance on Coke issue PALAKKAD, AUG. 1. The Perumatty grama panchayat president, A. Krishnan, has said that he does not expect justice from the State Government on the issue of cancellation of licence of the Coca-Cola plant at Plachimada after the "pro-Coca-Cola" ... Govt. should ensure peaceful rehabilitation: HC KOCHI, AUG. 1.A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday observed that the State Government was bound to ensure that the rights of those who had fled Marad to return were not denied. The Bench comprising Justice Cyriac Joseph and ... Other Stories
Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram Vector study identifies 19 'high-risk' areas THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 1. A vector study undertaken by the district medical administration has identified 19 `high-risk' and three `moderate- risk' areas for dengue fever which is transmitted by the aedes species of mosquitoes. The areas with ... Temple tank highly polluted: report THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 1.A bacteriological examination has revealed that the water in the Mitranandapuam temple tank was polluted in excess of the normal limits and that it contained toxic matter which could be dangerous. The test conducted ... Drug smuggling: three of a family held THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 1. Officials of the Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) on Thursday seized two kilo grams of heroin from a car parked outside the International airport terminal here and said they had busted a well-entrenched carrier network ... Tamil Nadu 
Modi visit passes off peacefullyCOIMBATORE, AUG. 1. The Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi's visit to this city, amid threats from fundamentalist organisations, passed off peacefully. An unprecedented security blanket was thrown around, especially over the VOC Park grounds, ... 'Pseudo-secularists against common code' COIMBATORE, AUG 1.The Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, tonight called for constitution of an experts committee to study the "good features" of various personal laws to evolve a common civil code, "imperative" for the 21st century ... Key union leaders reinstated CHENNAI, AUG. 1. The Tamil Nadu Government has reinstated key union leaders, who on July 6 agreed to withdraw the strike by government employees, they had called, before the Madras High Court Judge, P. D. Dinakaran. In a dramatic turnaround in ... No decision yet on taking back more staff CHENNAI, AUG.1.With the Supreme Court asking the Tamil Nadu Government to take back for work all but 5,000 dismissed employees, a high-level meeting of ministers and officials was held at the Secretariat here today to discuss the possibilities of ... Natrampalli financier shot dead VELLORE, AUG. 1. Armed men struck at a house at Natrampalli, about 75 km from here, in the wee hours today, shooting to death a financier and injuring four relatives. According to the police, four intruders, two of them armed with revolvers and ... CRA panel meet on Aug. 7 CHENNAI, AUG. 1.The Cauvery River Authority's Monitoring Committee will meet on August 7 in New Delhi to discuss a distress sharing formula. Tamil Nadu received a communication to this effect from the Centre this morning, say official sources, ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai 
Police prevent Youth Cong. march to dargahCHENNAI, AUG. 1. The police today prevented a group of Youth Congress activists marching to the Anna Salai dargah here to offer special prayers to "save Tamil Nadu". About 30 volunteers led by its new State president, K. Vishnuprasad, and the ... BSNL 'General' category subscribers dismayed CHENNAI, AUG. 1. Over two months after the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited unveiled alternative basic telephony packages and altered the tariff structure, more and more subscribers of Chennai Telephones struggle to come to terms with the ... Cancel aptitude test notification: HC tells varsity CHENNAI, AUG. 1.A single judge of the Madras High Court today directed the Anna University to immediately cancel the notification for holding of an Aptitude Test for Architecture (ATA). He also directed the Vice-Chancellor, E. Balagurusamy, to ... Other Stories
Pondicherry 
Lawyers should change their mindset: Subhashan ReddyPONDICHERRY, AUG. 1. The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, B. Subhashan Reddy, has said a videoconferencing facility would be introduced in Pondicherry court soon. Inaugurating a continuous Lok Adalat Bench of the Pondicherry Legal ... Other Stories
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