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Andhra Pradesh
A.P. Congress activists come to blows
HYDERABAD, DEC. 8. Congress-I activists nearly came to blows in the presence of the AICC secretary, Mr.Daljit Singh, and the APCC-I president, Mr.M.Satyanarayana Rao, at a meeting of PCC delegates at Prakasam Hall here on Saturday. The ... More


Naxals blast SCCL guest house
KHAMMAM, DEC. 8. The palatial `Addala Meda,' a glass house of the Singareni Collieries perched on the banks of Kinnerasani river, 18 km from Palvancha, was partly damaged in the impact of a blast triggered by naxalites of the PWG in the early ... More
Other Stories

  • Clear confusion over village setup, says Dronamraju
  • Iodine deficiency pronounced in seven districts
  • Nandi awards for three years announced
  • Dropped Minister's group plans show of strength
  • BJP urges Govt. to go slow on new village set-up
  • Peddi Reddy swears loyalty to Naidu
  • ICFAI set to join big league
  • MSR launches frontal attack on critics

    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Work on permanent exhibition centre to begin in Jan.
    HYDERABAD, DEC. 8. Work on the Rs.42-crore permanent exhibition centre on the National Academy of Construction (NAC) campus near HITEC City at Madhapur, designed on the lines of Munich and Dusseldorf exhibitions, would begin on January 1, 2002, ... More

    Karnataka
    Mite menace: Special Central aid to be sought
    BANGALORE, DEC. 8. The State Government will seek special financial assistance from the Centre to tackle the eriophyid mite attack (``Nusi Roga'' in Kannada) on coconut palms in the State. The mite menace led to poor coconut yield in the past two ... More


    Karnataka police adopting IT at brisk pace
    BANGALORE DEC. 8. The Karnataka police are going ahead with the use of Information Technology in its working, beginning with total computerisation of crime records from 1991 onwards. Constraints in hardware and software requirements and ... More
    Other Stories

  • Registration of births, deaths a `must', says Task force
  • ISO 9002 for BWSSB division
  • State facing funds crunch, says CM
  • Portraits of the most wanted

    Karnataka-Bangalore
    BMP to adopt participative budgeting for 2002-03
    BANGALORE, DEC. 8. Bangaloreans will decide what work is important in their ward, and how much to spend to meet the expenditure. Their collective input will provide the basis for the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP)'s budget for ... More


    Incentives offered to biotech. firms
    BANGALORE, DEC. 8. The Minister of State for Information Technology and Biotechnology, Prof. B.K. Chandrashekar, said here on Saturday that the Government was offering a number of incentives for biotechnology companies, especially those coming up ... More

    Kerala
    Fernandes rules out major changes in defence strategy
    EZHIMALA (Kannur), DEC. 8. The Defence Minister, Mr. George Fernandes, has said that the post-Afghan war security situation in the country does not call for any major shift in the country's defence strategy. "Our tactics will keep changing ... More


    Arson, violence in Pathanamthitta
    PATHANAMTHITTA, DEC. 8. Over 30 shops, a cinema hall and two fuel-filling stations were attacked and 15 buses damaged in the Pathanamthitta municipal town limits when a violent mob, allegedly instigated by the National Development Front (NDF), ... More
    Other Stories

  • SHRC to conduct surprise checks at police stations
  • CITU condemns labour policy
  • All postings to cultural bodies through PSC soon
  • Mental Retardation Day observed
  • BJP flays attack
  • State has become breeding ground for terrorists: BJP
  • Crucial KPCC meeting today
  • They pin their hopes on the President's promise
  • Govt. a catalyst in information revolution: Minister

    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Open learning takes a front seat in city colleges
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 6. From being just centres for classroom learning, city colleges could very well be transformed into community colleges if the open learning programmes initiated by the Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) finds favour ... More


    Other Stories

  • Violence: BJP demands prompt action
  • CM asks police to take stern action
  • Call to promote eco-tourism
  • Garbage heap catches fire

    Tamil Nadu
    30 law students hurt in lathicharge
    CHENNAI, DEC. 8. In a mini-riot of sorts spanning over an hour from 11-30 p.m. on Friday, the police mounted a lathicharge on inmates of the Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College students hostel on Miller's Road here, leaving over 30 of them ... More


    Raman panel sends letter to Karunanidhi
    CHENNAI, DEC. 8. Inspite of the boycott by the DMK, the Raman Commission has sent intimation to the former Chief Minister, Mr.M.Karunanidhi, on the commencement of its hearing at Cooum Illam here on December 3. The commission, probing alleged ... More
    Congress keen on jumping into Andipatti poll fray
    CHENNAI, DEC. 8. Will the Opposition parties, which stood united calling Friday's bandh, field a common candidate against the AIADMK general secretary, Ms.Jayalalithaa, in the crucial by-election from Andipatti ? With the political spotlight ... More
    Other Stories

  • Govt. failed to gauge people's resentment: CPI
  • 'Plan panel must incorporate disability factor'
  • We wouldn't have taken harsh steps, says DMK chief
  • `Purchase not made in public interest is offence'
  • Junkets no more
  • 'Trafficking victims caught in unfriendly set-up'
  • Policy soon to harmonise food processing laws
  • Submit revenue-raising proposals in House: Cong.

    Tamil Nadu-Chennai

  • Trouble began at nearby hotel?
  • Fortune-seeking in style, online
  • A lone piper's tribute
  • An architect of conservation efforts
  • Competitions in Sanskrit
  • Residents plan protest
  • Additional seals on fuel pumps being removed
  • Corpn. extends time for suggestions on hawking zones
  • Exhibition on Tamil software

    Pondicherry
    'Reduce pendency of cases'
    PONDICHERRY, DEC. 8. It is high time the Bar Councils and members of the Bench came forward unitedly with a comprehensive action plan to reduce pendency of cases to the minimum, the Pondicherry Lt. Governor, Dr. Rajani Rai, said ... More


    Other Stories

  • Handicrafts exhibition held
  • Five held, vehicles recovered

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