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Pondicherry Andhra Pradesh TDP to attend PM's strategy meeting HYDERABAD, AUG. 17. In a departure from its known political position of keeping a distance from the NDA Government, the Telugu Desam Party will take part in the meeting convened by the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee, on Monday to discuss the ... Cheap liquor claims four lives in Guntur dt. GUNTUR, AUG. 17. Four persons died after consuming cheap liquor at a bar and restaurant in Undavalli village under Tadepalli police station limits of Guntur district today. The Tadepalli sub-inspector of police, Suryanarayana Reddy, told ... New admission procedure likely to be finalised today HYDERABAD, AUG. 17. The State Government is likely to come out with its official view on the new admission procedure to professional courses on Monday, in view of the latest Supreme Court judgment on capitation fee. Officials of the A.P. State ... Other Stories
Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad Passer-by foils girl's kidnap HYDERABAD, AUG. 17.Two youngsters made a vain bid to kidnap a 14-year-old girl, Ghousia Bano of Hakeempet, at Mehdipatnam bus stop here on Sunday. While one of them, Sikander (22) was caught, the other, Nazar (25), managed to escape. Ghousia ... Other Stories
Karnataka 
Traditional welcome to Dasara elephantsMYSORE, AUG. 17. Six of the 12 Dasara elephants, from the Veeranahosahalli camp in the Nagarahole forest range, were accorded a traditional welcome at the Mysore Palace on Sunday. Led by Balarama, which will carry the howdah during the Dasara ... No-trust motion: NDA can't bank on every vote from State BANGALORE, AUG. 17. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government at the Centre, which is going to face a no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha from Monday, cannot hope to bank on the votes of at least two of its maverick members from ... Other Stories
Karnataka-Bangalore BWSSB thinking of new ways to save water BANGALORE, AUG. 17. Ashwini Nachappa is familiar to those living in Bangalore. But this former athlete has a new role to play — that of a "smart water manager." The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has given her the new ... Other Stories
Kerala Antony inaugurates mega water project ALAPPUZHA, AUG. 17.The Kerala Government plans to provide safe drinking water to all residents of the State by 2010 AD, the Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, has said. Inaugurating the Kerala Water Supply Project (KWSP) assisted by the Japan Bank ... Bid to legitimise `encroached' land THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG 17.There are clear indications that the development of a Special Tourism Area (STA) by the Tourism Department in the mid-altitude grasslands of Wagamon is being used by certain powerful land sharks to legitimise the ... Other Stories
Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram MVD to set up driver training institute THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 17. The Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) has prepared a project for a Rs. 50-lakh Driver Training Institute to impart specialised training to drivers, especially those handling heavy vehicles. The project report for ... Spirit case: one held by SIT THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 17.The City Police Commissioner's Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Pappanamcode spirit seizure case arrested one more person, Ambili, from a house at Anayara on Sunday afternoon. Police said he would be ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu Parents have the heart to let them die CHENNAI, AUG. 17. Every year, thousands of parents in Tamil Nadu, who have children born with defective hearts, are confronted with a tough choice: to spend over Rs.1 lakh for a corrective surgery or let the child die. Many choose the latter ... `Govt. appointing counsel is violative of SC order' CHENNAI, AUG. 17. Two advocates have petitioned the committee of retired judges, set up to hear the cases of 6,072 dismissed and suspended government employees, against the Tamil Nadu Government's order appointing three counsel to argue the cases ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai 
Buhari building on the Marina pulled downCHENNAI, AUG. 17.In another night operation, marked by heavy security, the Chennai Corporation and the Public Works Department today bulldozed two empty hotel buildings and part of a swimming pool on the Marina, in an exercise involving tonnes of ... `Mega mess on IIT campus will hit blackbuck population' CHENNAI, AUG. 17. A proposed new mega mess inside the IIT campus could threaten the blackbuck, an endangered deer species, according to naturalists staying in the sylvan complex as well as those outside. Authorities, however, said additional ... Other Stories
Pondicherry Booking of leaders under TESMA condemned PONDICHERRY, AUG. 17. The DMK's Pondicherry unit today condemned the filing of cases under the Tamil Nadu Essential Services Maintenance Act against the party president, M. Karunanidhi and three other political leaders. A resolution, adopted ... Gaekwad holds talks with Pondy Cong. men PONDICHERRY, AUG. 17. The AICC Secretary, Satyajit Gaekwad, today held talks separately with the Chief Minister, Ministers, legislators and party functionaries on various aspects of the party matters here. Mr. Gaekwad, who camped at the party ... Software exports zoom to Rs. 47,500-cr.: Thirunavukarasar PONDICHERRY, AUG. 17. Software exports, which was worth Rs. 6,000 crores in 1996-97, has now shot up to Rs. 47,500 crores, the Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, S. Thirunavukarasar, said today. He told ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Metro Plus | Business | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
  
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