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Andhra Pradesh
Proposed uranium plant worries villagers
MALLAPURAM, JULY 24.Is a disaster awaiting people of this and adjoining villages of Nalgonda district in Andhra Pradesh, with the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) zeroing in on the place for extraction of uranium and its processing? ...
Govt. contemplating launching community lunch scheme
MANKHAL (RANGA REDDY DT.), JULY 24.The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, has indicated launching a new Government-sponsored programme of community lunches in groves to revive the culture of respecting trees. Launching the 54th Vanamahotsav ...
Homoeo drugs distributed in three districts
HYDERABAD, JULY 24. As doctors and medical experts are unable to pinpoint the virus causing the mystery fever resulting in the mounting toll, the Government's Department of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy has completed the first phase of ...
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  • 7-member expert panel set up
  • Tapping wave power is his aim
  • 5,000 RTC employees ready to take VRS
  • CM to visit agency areas today
  • Golden Nandi for 3 TV serials
  • APCOB comes to rescue of drough-hit farmers


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Viral fever: CM to sack negligent staff
    HYDERABAD, JULY 24. The viral fever issue took a new turn on Thursday with the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, issuing instructions for immediate removal from service of personnel found guilty of negligence resulting in death. He said no ...
    A cracker of a fact: 150 firearms sold in city untraceable
    HYDERABAD, JULY 24. Shocking, but true. More than 150 firearms, believed to have been bought with fake gun licences from city-based arms dealers, are in the hands of persons who cannot be traced. Even the police do not know where and in whose ...
    Other Stories

  • CM asks police to be IT-savvy
  • `Get rid of pigs'
  • Police stations get connected through CID website
  • Boy who set himself afire dies
  • Fix meter fare or face stir, auto drivers warn Govt.
  • Trader's great escape from friend's net
  • Power shutdown in many areas today


    Karnataka
    Suburban roads in a state of neglect
    BANGALORE, JULY 24.The Karnataka Chief Minister, S. M. Krishna, who responded to the outburst of the Wipro Chairman, Azim Premji, about the appalling state of the Sarjapur Road here, seems to have forgotten his commitment to the people of a ...
    Priority to rightsizing depts.: CM
    BANGALORE, JULY 24. The Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, today informed the Legislative Council that the Government was giving priority to rightsizing the administration to make it more effective. Replying to a question from P. Ramiah (nominated), ...
    Other Stories

  • Mahiti Sindhu: `Rs. 65 cr. paid in excess to institutes'
  • Rabbits did not fight shy of `census'
  • `Politicians responsible for nation's ills'
  • CM refutes report on Jayadeva institute
  • Cong. against common civil code: Poojary
  • Rural quota: Special rules being drafted


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    I am ready for probe, says Mayor
    BANGALORE, JULY 24. The Mayor, C.M.Nagaraj, on Thursday refuted the charge made by the Opposition members in the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike that he had ``misused'' his discretionary quota of Rs.10 crores. Addressing presspersons here, he said ...
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  • State has not made use of Central schemes: BJP
  • Two killed in road mishap
  • U.Srinivas coming to City
  • 15 students hurt as bus falls into tank


    Kerala
    Karunakaran stands by his demand
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 24. The veteran Congress leader, K. Karunakaran, has said that he stands by his demand for a leadership change in the State and that an AICC team will be arriving here on Sunday to sort out the issues in the party's State ...
    HC adjourns plea against hartal
    KOCHI, JULY 24.A Full Bench of the Kerala High Court today adjourned to August 7 for further hearing a batch of writ petitions seeking to declare unconstitutional the holding of hartals in the State. The Bench comprising the Chief Justice, ...
    Finance dept. action comes under a cloud
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 24.Within the Government itself, opinion is divided on the question whether the Finance Department was fully justified in withdrawing last year's unspent Plan funds from the local bodies. The Finance Department's order ...
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  • `GO to maintain financial discipline'
  • `KAU land grabbed for tourism project'
  • No tampering with Shariat: Sait
  • Marad probe row figures in House
  • Uniform civil code: mixed reactions to SC suggestion
  • Bid to check graft in ST dept.
  • LDF walkout over lathicharge
  • No intention to hurt local bodies: Minister
  • Assembly passes Finance Bill


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Saturation campaign for epidemic control
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 24. The district administration has drawn up a grassroots-level action plan to intensify epidemic control activities with people's participation. The saturation campaign, to be implemented by local bodies, would cover all ...
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  • Govt. yet to acquire land for airport development
  • Japanese team lauds State
  • Retired teachers for PG valuation


    Tamil Nadu
    `Drop India-Sri Lanka land bridge project'
    CHENNAI, JULY 23. The Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today despatched two letters to the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee, asking him to drop the proposal to construct a land bridge between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka, as it would "jeopardise" India's ...
    Other Stories

  • Staff feel relieved but still under shock
  • JACTTEO-GEO thanks Jayalalithaa
  • RWH welcome but give people more time: BJP
  • Tamil Nadu seeks Rs. 5.65-cr. fishermen safety aid
  • Veerappan aides surrender
  • Don't take action against minority schools, HC tells Education dept.
  • 10-year RI for rape
  • Kalimuthu's wife dead
  • 33 labourers rescued from Karnataka districts


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    First mobile police station at Chennai Annanagar soon
    CHENNAI, JULY 24.The first-ever mobile police station in Tamil Nadu is likely to be inaugurated soon with the vehicle getting finishing touches at Ropar near Chandigarh. Certain works such as painting have to be completed; thereafter the ...
    Corpn. passes resolution amid all-round protests
    CHENNAI, JULY 24. The Chennai Corporation Council today passed a resolution seeking powers for the civic body to levy penalty for late payment of property tax. The resolution has been referred to the Government for approval and legislative ...
    Civic body won't auction off seized cattle
    CHENNAI, JULY 24. The Chennai Corporation today resolved not to auction any cattle impounded by it, after councillors from various parties raised objections at the council meeting. The members argued that the auction called by the officials on ...
    Other Stories

  • Arunachal youth robbed at knife-point
  • Ambattur Municipality dumping garbage on `playground'
  • 3 of family commit suicide
  • Huge haul of electronic goods


    Pondicherry
    Special Economic Zone for Pondy: Rangasamy
    VISAKHAPATNAM, JULY 24. The Union Government has approved in principle the proposal to set up a Special Economic Zone in Pondicherry and make its port a free port, according to the Union Territory's Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy. In an exclusive ...
    CM protests `unilateral' appointment of chairperson
    PONDICHERRY, JULY 24. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, who returned here last night from Delhi (after visiting Yanam), said today that he had lodged his protest with the Deputy Prime Minister, L. K. Advani, and the Union Human Resource ...
    Girard pays homage at War Memorial
    PONDICHERRY, JULY 24. The French Ambassador to India, Dominique Girard, today paid homage near the statue of Soldat Inconnu (Unknown Soldier) at the French Government-maintained War Memorial on beach road here today. Accompanied by the French ...



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