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Andhra Pradesh
Mid-day meal scheme in A.P. to stay
HYDERABAD, JAN. 25.That the recently launched mid-day meal scheme is going to be a permanent programme for schoolchildren has been indicated by the Andhra Pradesh Government in the performance budget proposals for the year 2003-04. According to ...
Rival groups clash at TD meet, many injured
ANANTAPUR, JAN. 25. The constituency coordination committee meeting of the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) at Uravakonda was called off abruptly today as rival groups clashed over change of loyalty by a senior member from one group to another. ...
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  • Bt cotton an official writeoff
  • APCO loses Govt. patronage
  • BSNL striving for full connectivity in two dts.
  • Special package sought for Telangana projects
  • Miners' strike: no progress in talks
  • River grid in State mooted
  • List of spurious drugs released
  • Citizen cards to be made mandatory
  • Yeleru ryots lay siege to ZP office


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    17 police training centres planned
    HYDERABAD, JAN. 25. The Government proposes to set up 17 district police training centres at a cost of Rs. 50 lakhs each as part of improving the skills of police personnel. The proposal was made in the draft budget of the Police Department for ...
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  • A climbdown on a taxing target
  • Marketing Dept. to focus on infrastructure
  • Civil Supplies Dept. outlines priorities
  • Bill to better lot of unorganised workers
  • Left flays US war build-up


    Karnataka
    Deve Gowda rules out JD(S), AIJD merger
    CHICKBALLAPUR (KOLAR DT.), JAN. 25. In an apparent move to reiterate that he is the "true'' leader of farmers, the former Prime Minister and president of the Janata Dal (Secular), H.D. Deve Gowda, today held a massive rally here, launched a ...
    'Formulate programme on prevention of deafness'
    MYSORE, JAN. 25. The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shatrugan Sinha, today underlined the need to formulate a national programme on prevention of deafness considering the short-term and long-term consequences of hearing ...
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  • Medical college for Hassan
  • Row over Hassan ZP chief to be resolved
  • `Popularise freedom fighters' speeches'
  • Speedy trial, people's right: CJ
  • Computerisation of land records by March-end


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Bangalore Customs launches SMS gateway
    BANGALORE, JAN. 25. The Bangalore Customs today became the first Customs Commissionerate to use the SMS (short messaging service) gateway at the air cargo complex. It will benefit about 6,000 users. The Chief Commissioner of Customs, Bangalore, ...
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  • Krishna meets heads of global firms
  • Judges' posts: Quota sought for SCs, STs, BCs
  • Petition against telecast of `Dharidra Lakshmiyaru'
  • Proposals sought for Swa-Jaladhara scheme


    Kerala
    Karunakaran's dig at Antony
    KOLLAM, JAN. 25.The senior Congress leader, K. Karunakaran, has expressed strong reservations against the observation made by the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, that the administration should remain above the party. Mr. Karunakaran was answering a ...
    Siege to be peaceful, says CITU
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JAN. 25.The CITU leadership announced here today that the proposed Secretariat siege on January 28 to highlight the plight of the employees in traditional industries and the farm sector would be peaceful. Addressing a press ...
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  • Writers flay Sangh Parivar `campaign'
  • Medha warns against inter-linking rivers
  • KC(J) to stand by LDF education policy
  • Changes in Land Reforms Act mooted
  • Kollam ESI Hospital upgraded: MP
  • `Media should act as a corrective force'


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Panel moots farm trade security system
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JAN. 25.The M.S. Swaminathan Commission on WTO Concerns in Agriculture has advised the Kerala Government to build a Sustainable Agricultural Trade Security System founded on proactive State policy and steps to enhance ...
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  • CPI(M) flays court fee hike
  • Task force to tackle foot and mouth disease
  • VAT to have negative impact in short term
  • Luxury cruise liner visits Vizhinjam
  • Call to set up haemophilia centres


    Tamil Nadu
    Veerappan sighted near Palar?
    METTUR, JAN. 25. The Special Task Forces of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka today intensified the hunt for the forest brigand, Veerappan, along the border on the Palar, near Mettur in Salem district. This action followed pointed intelligence that ...
    Choose between us and Jayalalithaa misrule: Cong.
    CHENNAI, JAN. 25. The Congress today asked DMK men in Sattankulam to choose between voting for the "Jayalalithaa misrule" and its Congress candidate, but decided to refrain from making an open plea "now" for DMK backing. After a meeting of ...
    Ministers meet bishop to woo Christians
    TIRUNELVELI, JAN. 25. In a bid to assuage the ruffled feelings of Christians after the enactment of the anti-conversion law and in view of the February 26 Assembly byelection in Sattankulam, where the community forms a significant vote-bank, S. ...
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  • Seeking DMK support not unethical: Chidambaram
  • 'Final warning' to feuding DMK factions
  • Present White Paper on drought: PMK
  • Singapore Airlines targets south India
  • Correspondence course results
  • Self-financing engg. colleges may not opt out of SWS: VC
  • Southern districts headed for worst water crisis
  • `Science fair exhibits deserve to be patented'


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Traffic barricades or death traps?
    CHENNAI, JAN. 25. An income tax employee lost his life last night after he dashed his two-wheeler into a steel barricade, used as a temporary median divider, on EVR Salai, Arumbakkam. K. Parthasarathy, 44, fell victim to the increasing trend ...
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  • Sivaji trust to help poor students
  • List of Mayoral poll stations
  • One held for Adambakkam murder
  • Odyssey quiz
  • Kasimedu burial ground caretaker suspended


    Pondicherry
    Pondy developing faster than the rest of country: Malkani
    PONDICHERRY, JAN. 25.The Lt. Governor, K. R. Malkani, said that while the entire country was advancing well, Pondicherry was developing even faster. In his Republic Day message, highlighting the achievements of the Union Territory in ...
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  • Planning board meeting on Jan. 28
  • Ease visa curbs, says Valsaraj
  • Crime detection record impressive, says IGP

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