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Andhra Pradesh
Bus fire tragedy: Naidu orders probe
KURNOOL, SEPT. 25. The death of 14 persons in the midnight inferno remains a riddle with the investigating agencies being unable to come to a conclusion whether it is a case of sabotage or accidental fire. The hi-tech bus (AP 11Z 387), coming ...
PW plenum foiled, naxal killed in encounter
ADILABAD, SEPT. 25. The banned People's War naxals suffered a reversal when the Greyhounds and district special police parties foiled the ongoing plenum of the underground outfit and killed an unidentified naxal in an exchange of fire between ...
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  • Naidu defends decision on 24-hour power supply
  • MSR questions YSR's right to make promises
  • YSR repeats it
  • High scorers to come under BIE glare
  • Their hearts ache for near and dear
  • Govt. throws eco norms to winds?
  • BJP blames Pak. for terrorist attack


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Shocked city Gujaratis pray for peace
    HYDERABAD, SEPT. 25. Gujarati community in the twin cities, shocked at the killing of innocent people in Akshara Dham Mandir in Gandhinagar, offered special prayers at the Swaminarayan Mandir in Rasoolpura, on Tuesday evening. Those present ...
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  • Dacoits strike at six places
  • CM disapproves bandh call
  • Carnage draws widespread flak


    Karnataka
    Film industry expresses solidarity with Govt.
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 25. Kannada film-stars, TV artistes and their fans took out a procession here today to express solidarity with the Government on the Cauvery water issue. Though no untoward incident was reported, activists threw stones at ...
    Assess water position honestly, Karnataka farmers tell CMC
    MYSORE, SEPT. 25. Farmers in Heggadadevankote on Wednesday called for an honest assessment of the water storage at the Kabini reservoir in view of the "increased silt formation" there. The farmers told the Cauvery Monitoring Committee team, which ...
    'Govt. committed to e-governance'
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 25. The Minister of State for Tourism and Information Technology, D.B.Inamdar, said on Wednesday that the State Government was striving to implement e-governance. The minister was inaugurating a seminar on "IT for the Common ...
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  • Ambitious education scheme on the anvil
  • Move to close CCI office shocks cotton growers
  • Yatnal blames State Govt. for sick mills
  • 'State lagging behind in many Centrally-sponsored schemes'


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    'Disaster management plan needed'
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 25. Pointing to the growing threats faced by the country from within and outside, Maj. Gen. A.S. Jamwal, GOC, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka Kerala and Goa Area, today called for urgent disaster management schemes to deal ...
    Rising diesel prices, protests cost KSRTC Rs. 5 cr.
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 25. The steady increase in diesel price and the disruption of services between Mysore and Bangalore have resulted in loss of revenue and also fall in profits for the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC). The loss ...


    Kerala
    Scepticism over Cong. high command move
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 25.The Senior Congress leader, K. Karunakaran, today threw cold water on the Congress high command's attempts to solve problems in the party's Kerala unit by asserting that discussions with the KPCC president, K. ...
    CM confirms anxiety over Plan implementation
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 25. The Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, has confirmed the apprehensions expressed by the vice-chairman of the Planning Board, V. Ramachandran, on Plan implementation. Briefing presspersons on the Cabinet decisions here ...
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  • Police meet: Kodiyeri flays Murali
  • Ravi demands level playing field for all factions
  • Cong. faction leaders meet Ambika Soni
  • Chandrasekharan Nair to be new Chief Secretary
  • Panel for appointment of judicial officers
  • Police on alert to meet hartal
  • Fiscal crisis due to Govt. ineptitude: VS


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
  • 'Family role crucial to treat mentally ill'


    Tamil Nadu
    PDS rice price to go up
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 25. In a radical move affecting lakhs of farmers and over one crore ration cardholders, the Tamil Nadu Government today decided to stop direct procurement of paddy and increase the price of PDS (public distribution system) rice by ...
    Cauvery team skips Mettur
    SALEM, SEPT. 25. Members of the Central monitoring team, deputed to assess storage in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu reservoirs, did not turn up at Mettur on Wednesday following the Tamil Nadu Government's refusal to cooperate with their proposed ...
    Now, lobbying for CLP chief post
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 25.With the suspense over the State Congress leadership coming to an end yesterday, the focus of the party MLAs is now on another "coveted" post — Legislature Party group leader. While the frontrunner for the Congress ...
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  • Parties looking forward to free bypoll for Dalit ward
  • 11 foetuses found in Andipatti drainage canal
  • Fire toll eight, 6 employees held
  • PT plans Statewide stir against two-tumbler evil
  • CB-CID trying to get bail cancelled for ex-SP in murder case
  • Court warrant against Ananthan
  • Security at temples
  • Dalit brothers pull out of Keeripatti fray
  • Opposition flays move to hike PDS rice price


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Governor calls for popularising Sanskrit among people
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 25. The Sanskrit Academy should take more steps to popularise the language among people, said the Governor, P.S. Ramamohan Rao, participating in the platinum jubilee celebrations of the academy here today. Sanskrit was still ...
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  • Teachers may not present views before panel
  • HC allows extension of IMFL licence
  • Parking Fee hike: Will Corpn. lot improve?


    Pondicherry
    No permission for new chemical units: Rangasamy
    PONDICHERRY, SEPT. 25. The Pondicherry Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, said today that hereafter no permission would be given to any entrepreneur to set up new steel and chemical units in the Union Territory. Distributing cash awards to students ...
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  • Central team will visit drought-hit Karaikal: CM
  • Vigil stepped up in Pondy after Gujarat incident
  • Craft village to be set up: Lakshminarayanan

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