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Pondicherry Andhra Pradesh Uniform motor vehicle rules mooted HYDERABAD, AUG. 30.Uniformity in motor vehicle rules, recording traffic violations on driving licences, immediate punishment for polluting vehicles and tax exemption for buses of educational institutions on inter-State educational tours are the ... Police deny Mumbai blast link to city HYDERABAD, AUG. 30. No specific link between Hyderabad and the culprits involved in recent Mumbai blasts and the last year's Akshardham temple attack has been established, the city police have said. ``We have not received any specific ... Police on high alert, says Khan HYDERABAD, AUG. 30.The entire 9,681-strong city police were put on `stand to' orders from August 31 to September 9 in view of the nine-day-long Ganesh festival. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, the Additional Commissioner of ... Other Stories
Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad Ganesh pandal row peters out HYDERABAD, AUG. 30. A controversy between two sections of people over erection of Ganesh pandal at a disputed site in Moosarambagh area was sorted out on Saturday with the two groups agreeing to observe restraint. Representatives of the two ... Other Stories
Karnataka Lawyers' stir turns violent in Gulbarga GULBARGA, AUG. 30.As the boycott of courts organised by the Gulbarga Bar Association demanding the establishment of a High Court Bench here entered the sixth day on Saturday, the city witnessed violence with at least five North-Eastern Karnataka ... CJ regrets tactics of advocates MANGALORE, AUG. 30.The Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, N.K. Jain, and senior judges have expressed deep anguish over the number of pending cases and the delaying tactics of some lawyers which are lowering the esteem of the judiciary in ... Other Stories
Karnataka-Bangalore Making Ganesha festival eco-friendly MYSORE, AUG. 30. The changing social ethos has cast its influence on religion, and this is reflected in the Ganesha festivities being observed in the city. Growing concern over environmental issues has forced the authorities to ban immersion of ... Stage set for launch of JSS meal, health schemes MYSORE, AUG. 30. The Congress President, Sonia Gandhi, will inaugurate the JSS Mahavidyapeetha's midday meal scheme for 10,000 students of 62 primary and middle schools in Yelandur taluk in Chamarajanagar district on September 2. Addressing ... Scheme to control stem borer attack HASSAN, AUG. 30. Responding to the white stem borer plaguing coffee growers in Kodagu, Chikmagalur, and Hassan districts, the Coffee Board has embarked on a "catch and kill'' scheme. The scheme has helped control the attack of the pest in coffee ... Kerala Bypoll: PCC proposes 3 names to AICC THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 30.The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) election committee has proposed a panel of three names to the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) for the final selection of the party's candidate for the September 23 ... Raids politically motivated: Mercykutty THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 30.The Matsyafed Chairperson, Mercykutty Amma, has termed as baseless the charges of irregularities levelled against the fisheries cooperative. In a statement here today, she said the controversy over the Matsyafed's ... Institute for parliamentary studies by Oct. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 30.The State Government is setting up an institute for parliamentary studies to enhance the quality of debate in the Assembly and to provide interaction between the elected representatives and the public. The institute, ... LDF to focus on Govt.'s performance, says Paul KOCHI, AUG. 30.The outcome of the Ernakulam by-election will reflect the public opinion on the performance of the UDF Government, the LDF candidate, Sebastian Paul, has said. Participating in a `Meet-the-Press' programme organised by the ... Other Stories
Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram VHP warns of national agitation THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 30.The international vice-president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Acharya Giriraj Kishore, has demanded a CBI inquiry into the recent Marad killings and warned of a national agitation over the issue if the State ... Govt. going back on its assurance: SFI THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 30.The Students Federation of India (SFI) has urged the State Government to stick to the assurances it gave to the joint action council of student organisations earlier this month regarding self-financing colleges in the ... Recounselling on Sept. 17, 18 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 30.The Government has cleared the decks for admission of candidates to 50 per cent of the merit seats at the Amala Institute of Medical Sciences, Thrissur, which was accorded the status of self-financing college this ... Akkulam tourist village to get a facelift THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 30. The District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) and Kerala Tourism have chalked out various ambitious projects to give a facelift to the Akkulam tourist village and to link it with the Veli Boat Club with a view to ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu 
New Secretariat at Kotturpuram?CHENNAI, AUG. 30. The Government is now considering the feasibility of utilising a 35-acre site at Kotturpuram here as an alternative site for constructing a new Secretariat building. The premises of the Government Data Centre, the Madras ... Butchers held for Pandikovil sacrifice MADURAI, AUG. 30.The Madurai rural police today arrested three persons allegedly responsible for Friday's large-scale sacrifice of animals and birds at Pandikovil on the outskirts of the city. The police said Santhanam (22) and Raju (35) of ... `No escape from pruning employee strength' CHENNAI, AUG. 30.As the State Government gets serious about "rightsizing" the administration, a debate is on among employees and unions over where the axe will fall. The anxiety among the employees centres round the fact that the Government ... Murder accused killed as SI fires in `self-defence' VELLORE, AUG. 30. A double murder accused was killed and three police personnel were injured in a clash near the Christianpet checkpost, near Katpadi, on the Cuddalore-Chittoor Highway in the early hours today, the police said. Narrating the ... Postal MO for small ryots to pay power charges CHENNAI, AUG. 30. Assistance under the "income support scheme" will be disbursed to small and marginal farmers in the State through postal money order to enable them to pay power consumption charges. The arrangement will cover 4.56 lakh small ... Form public safety panels, says C.V. Narasimhan CHENNAI, AUG. 30. Setting up a "public safety committee" (PSC) to strengthen the police system, creation of a separate umbrella organisation for adopting a holistic approach to terrorism and grant of functional autonomy to the force for ensuring ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai Traditional methods help them reap benefit CHENNAI, AUG. 30.Poly Vinyl Chloride pipes, concrete rings, sand pits and pebbles are not really the only raw materials that make for good rainwater harvesting (RWH) solutions. At least two city residents, both immigrants from Kerala, have found ... World Coconut Day on Sept. 2 CHENNAI, AUG. 30."September 2 will be observed as World Coconut Day to make people understand that this crop has a vital role in poverty reduction and to provide nutritional and health security, which are the prime need of this hour," says P. ... Several life forms perish in Pallikaranai marsh fire CHENNAI, AUG. 30. Several life forms were killed in a fire, which broke out in Pallikaranai marsh on Saturday afternoon and raged until late tonight. Labourers working in a portion of the marsh said the fire started when a group of visitors set ... Subscribers in a quandary over CAS deadline CHENNAI, AUG. 30. With less than a day to go, cable TV subscribers in the city were still left wondering whether at all the Conditional Access System (CAS) would survive its second deadline. "We ourselves will have to find out by tuning in on ... Other Stories
Pondicherry Rangasamy to convene all-party meeting PONDICHERRY, AUG. 30. The Pondicherry Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, will convene a meeting of leaders of all political parties and also legislators here on September 1 to discuss the modalities to hold civic polls in the Union Territory. The ... Pondy police update web site PONDICHERRY, AUG. 30. The Pondicherry police department has updated its web site (www.pondicherrypolice.org) , furnishing more information. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Sunil Garg, who is ... `Smart' card for driving licence proposed PONDICHERRY, AUG. 30. The Union Territory Administration proposes to introduce `smart' cards for issuing driving licences and also for registration of vehicles here. Action has also been initiated to introduce high security number plates as per ... Other Stories
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