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Andhra Pradesh
A.P. farmers attack police
CUDDAPAH, OCT. 22. Irate farmers went berserk in Porumamilla town on Tuesday, hurling stones and slippers at policemen, who lathicharged them for the second consecutive day after an altercation ensued during distribution of subsidised seeds. ...
Bandh against lathicharge
KAMAREDDY, OCT. 22. A bandh was observed in Kamareddy town and Bhikanoor mandal headquarters on Tuesday in response to a call given by the Telangana Rastra Samiti against the lathicharge on ryots at Bhikanoor yesterday while protesting against ...
Other Stories

  • Cong. slogan misleading, says Minister
  • MSR keeps free power issue alive


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    US team to offer aid for AIDS control
    HYDERABAD, OCT. 22.A three-member US team involved in AIDS control programme, is in the City to offer technical assistance in the areas of surveillance, application of universal safety precautions and HIV positive patient care for the programme ...
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  • Tough cop's soft skills to the fore
  • Panel to monitor purchase of black jaggery
  • Krishna delta mandals taken off drought list


    Karnataka
    Hectic lobbying for Rajyotsava Award
    BANGALORE, OCT. 22. Amid hectic lobbying and use of political influence by a large section of aspirants and vested interests, the special committee constituted for suggesting names for the Rajyotsava Award is likely to submit its recommendation ...
    Rally against water release on Oct. 25
    HASSAN, OCT. 22. The Cauvery-Hemavathi Hitarakshana Samithi, which is spearheading the agitation against the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, has decided to hold a public rally near Hemavathi statue here on Friday. The President of ...
    Other Stories

  • Widow gets relief after 32 years
  • Scientist-student session on Saturday
  • Trains cancelled in view of protest
  • Rs. 700-cr. plan to develop highways
  • 'It is propaganda against VHP'
  • Whiz-kids develop pressure sensors
  • Protest against remark on Sonia
  • Uncertainty over KIOCL lease
  • Protests against evictions gather steam


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    JD(U) to intensify stir against Krishnappa
    BANGALORE, OCT. 22. The former minister and senior Janata Dal (United) leader, D. Ashwathnarayan Reddy, who has been demanding the dismissal of the Minister for Social Welfare, A. Krishnappa, on charges of "corruption and nepotism", has said that ...
    Other Stories

  • K.N. Somayaji nominated to Sanskrit board
  • Minister to inaugurate WEG project today
  • Muniyappa ready to be KPCC Chief
  • 'Third Sector', new name for NGOs
  • Project to check migration from rural areas
  • Panel to inspect facilities for new engineering courses


    Kerala
    16 CRPF recruits dismissed
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 22. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has dismissed 16 of its recruits arrested by the Railway police today for allegedly sexually harassing students and staff of the Beersheba Higher Secondary School, Madhya ...
    Other Stories

  • Mixed reaction to KSO closure
  • Chevayur BVB champions
  • Illicit quarrying goes on unchecked
  • RSS changing its image?
  • KAU course date postponed
  • IT education mela to begin today
  • BSNL mobile in Thrissur from Friday


    Tamil Nadu
    ESMA will be invoked, warns Govt.
    CHENNAI, OCT. 22. As a section of government staff, teachers and transport employees' unions is gearing for an indefinite strike from tomorrow, the Tamil Nadu Government today threatened to cut pay, and use harsh provisions of the ...
    All set for stormy Assembly session
    CHENNAI, OCT. 22. After nearly a half-year break, the Tamil Nadu Assembly meets on Thursday, promising a volatile week-long session with a hostile Opposition combine raring to take on the AIADMK on a slew of issues, particularly the ordinance ...
    Beleaguered Chennithala leaves it to Sonia
    CHENNAI, OCT. 22. With just a day left for the State Assembly session to begin, Congress MLAs, who met today, failed to elect their floor leader and left the ``choice'' to the party president, Sonia Gandhi. ``Two or three MLAs are being ...
    Govt. to blame: employees
    CHENNAI, OCT. 22. With no meeting point between the Government and a section of its employees, who had given a strike call, a large chunk of government staff and teachers Statewide have decided to go ahead with their indefinite strike from ...
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  • Govt. bound to pre-empt minority schools closure: PIL
  • 11 killed in cracker unit fire in Villupuram dt.
  • Netherlands team to kick-start Tirupur scheme
  • Pension problem won't retire that easily
  • Good response to Samadhan scheme
  • TNCC leaders' appeal to Krishna
  • Minorities flay unrelenting stand
  • Declare strike illegal: petition
  • Prevail upon Krishna: Thirunavukkarasar tells Cong. president


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    A new-found haven for encroachers
    CHENNAI, OCT. 22. At Rs. 40,000, the 20' x 30' plot on the Cooum riverbed was a bargain for Kuppan (name changed). The mason, who earns up to Rs. 200 on a good day, invested a lifetime's earnings in purchasing the plot. He constructed a ...
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  • Police chief to hear grievances
  • A six-day wait for postmortem
  • Cholesterol cut-off level below Western average
  • Accidents rising, yet no caution against footboard travel
  • Hacked to death
  • `Improvement in infrastructure must to attract investors'


    Pondicherry
    Coastal Shelter Programme for Karaikal
    PONDICHERRY, OCT. 22. A plan to plant trees on the coastal belt under the Coastal Shelter programme would be implemented soon in the Karaikal region, the Agriculture Minister, A. Namassivayam has said. The Minister, who planted a sapling at a ...
    Oulgaret residents seek amenities
    PONDICHERRY, OCT. 22.A group of residents of Oulgaret today registered protest with the Agriculture Minister, A. Namassivayam against the lack of civic amenities and sought remedial measures. The residents living close to a Government Higher ...

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