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Pondicherry Andhra Pradesh 8 children killed as bus falls into well KARIMNAGAR, AUG. 19.Eight children and the driver of the school bus they were travelling in were killed and 22 others injured when the vehicle plunged into an agricultural well near Deshrajpally village, about 25 km from here, today. The bus, ... Singareni mines' privatisation ruled out MANUGURU (KHAMMAM DIST), AUG. 19. The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, said here on Tuesday that the Singareni Collieries Company would go on a rapid expansion programme thus enhancing its employment potential benefiting the Telangana ... SCCL profits will be spent for Telangana development: CM BHUPALPALLY (WARANGAL DT.), AUG. 19. The State Government will spend the profits generated by the Singareni Collieries Company imited (SCCL) in the backward districts of Telangana region -- Khammam, Warangal, Karimnagar and Adilabad -- said the ... TDP flags at helipad raise Cong. MLAs' hackles WARANGAL, AUG. 19. Mild tension prevailed at Bhupalpalli, a few minutes before the arrival of the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, with Congress MLAs making a surprise appearance at the helipad. Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Baswaraj Saraiah and K. ... Other Stories
Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad Will MMTS change suburban services fortunes? HYDERABAD, AUG. 19.If the Multi Modal Transport System (MMTS) trains have begun to roll minus full patronage, it's nothing new because poor passenger traffic has always been the bane on the suburban train services of the city. And ironically, ... Karwan by-poll: it's BJP vs MIM again HYDERABAD, AUG. 19. A flurry of activity has begun in the BJP and MIM camps with the Election Commission announcing the by-election to the Karwan Assembly constituency on September 26. The by-poll is necessitated on account of the death of the ... Other Stories
Karnataka Heritage city status for Mysore soon: Krishna MYSORE, AUG. 19. The Karnataka Chief Minister, S. M. Krishna, today declared that the State Government would develop Mysore as heritage city. Inaugurating Phase II of TVS Motor Company's Mysore facility at Kadakola near here, Mr. Krishna said ... Report was delayed, says team KOPPAL, AUG. 19. A three-member Central team, which visited some drought-hit villages in Koppal and Yelburga taluks of Koppal district today, said the State Government had delayed submitting a memorandum to the Union Government on the drought ... Other Stories
Karnataka-Bangalore Shift compost plant, say local people BANGALORE, AUG. 19. While the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) has been trying to find ways to dispose of the waste generated in the city daily, the residents of the areas surrounding the plant of the Karnataka Compost Development Corporation ... Other Stories
Kerala Study shows water-table depletion at Plachimada THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 19. The data compiled by the Ground Water Department over a period of 15 months since April 2002 show that there has been depletion of the groundwater table in the area surrounding the bottling plant of the Hindustan ... Other Stories
Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram Coastal belt hit by water scarcity THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 19. Pushparani recalls the time when as a schoolgirl, she was involved in the agitation to highlight the acute drinking water scarcity in the coastal village of Vizhinjam. ``We used to take to the streets with empty pots ... Row between two Kerala departments THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 19.The Kerala Finance Department has raised serious objections to the General Education Department's proposal of confirming the of services of some 3,000 teachers recruited by aided schools after October 29, 2001. The ... Sree Krishna Jayanthi celebrated THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 19. Special prayers, colourful pageantry and Bhagavad Gita chanting marked the Sree Krishna Jayanthi celebrations at various places in the city. Devotees in large numbers were seen in the major Sree Krishna temples at ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu Excess rainfall but poor storage CHENNAI, AUG. 19.Despite 18 Tamil Nadu districts recording excess rainfall during the southwest monsoon, most of the irrigation reservoirs have storage less than one-fourth of their capacity. What is worse, the present storage in a majority of ... Residents in the dark about RWH design CHENNAI, AUG. 19.With only 11 days left for city households to beat the deadline, nearly 60 per cent of the houses are yet to take up rainwater harvesting primarily for lack of information on the best-suited design as also the spiralling cost of ... `Income ceiling will hit poor' CHENNAI, AUG. 19.Opposition parties and social organisations have condemned fixing of an income ceiling for supply of essential commodities through the public distribution system. The PMK founder, S. Ramadoss, said the issue of `honorary' card ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai SCW seeks more powers for matriculation directorate CHENNAI, AUG. 19.With an increasing number of cases of physical and sexual torture being reported from schools, the State Commission for Women has urged that the Directorate of Matriculation Schools be empowered with more statutory authority over ... More talk-time on calls from PCOs to cellular phones CHENNAI, AUG. 19. Talk less or pay more when calling wired basic lines from public telephones. That is the scenario for the near future, as a uniform 90-second pulse regime for calls from its PCOs is set to be introduced by Chennai Telephones ... Other Stories
Pondicherry 4 held for burglaries PONDICHERRY, AUG. 19. Four youths from Poothurai near here, were arrested for alleged burglaries from three industries. The police on Monday arrested M. Shankar and S. Rajiv Gandhi and after their interrogation, S. Murugadas and V. ... State BJP to apprise Advani of `deteriorating law and order' PONDICHERRY, AUG. 19. A delegation of office-bearers of the Pondicherry BJP would soon call on the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, to bring to his notice the ``deteriorating law and order'' in the Union Territory. At a press conference ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Metro Plus | Opportunities | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
  
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