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Andhra Pradesh
25 TDP leaders held by Karnataka police
ANANTAPUR, JUNE 6. The Karnataka police today arrested some 25 important leaders of the Telugu Desam Party in their territory on the A.P.-Karnataka border when they tried to force their way towards the contentious Paragodu project being ...
Feverish follow up on sops
HYDERABAD, JUNE 6. A flurry of Government Orders have been issued by different departments during the past two days for giving effect to the numerous sops to various sections offered by the State Cabinet on Thursday. So great has been the ...
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  • 'Circular train' to boost tourism in South sought
  • Paragodu: TDP leaders urge CM to rethink support to Centre
  • Conditions favourable for onset of monsoon


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Heat affects zoo earnings
    HYDERABAD, JUNE 6.While the oppressive heat has made life miserable, it is also burning a hole in the cash box at the Nehru Zoological Park. The authorities are in a fix as the searing temperature is sending everyone, including intending ...
    Air quality monitoring stations
    HYDERABAD, JUNE 6. Two online ambient air quality-monitoring stations that can measure weather and air pollution are being installed near the Punjagutta police station and the K.B.R. National Park, Banjara Hills, shortly. One of these stations ...
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  • Free coaching for minorities
  • Admission to BC hostels
  • Constable dismissed
  • Traffic curbs
  • Lump gone, he's now in good heart


    Karnataka
    Naidu misguiding people in AP: Patil
    BANGALORE, JUNE 6. The Karnataka Minister for Water Resources, H. K. Patil, today hit out at the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, and the Irrigation Minister of that State, and charged them with making irresponsible statements ...
    Land tax collection in 134 taluks suspended
    BANGALORE, JUNE 6. The Karnataka Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Information, Kagodu Thimmappa, said here today that the Government had decided to suspend the collection of land tax in 134 taluks because of the severe drought. He ...
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  • Officials' role in setting up EMPRI questioned
  • Parties use drought to score points
  • Nigam to raise funds for projects


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Bail extended for Dinakar
    BANGALORE, JUNE 6. The Third Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Basanagouda Todad, today extended the interim anticipatory bail given to the former Director-General and Inspector- General of Police, C. Dinakar, up to June 10. Mr. Todad ...
    Panels to oversee garbage clearance
    BANGALORE, JUNE 6. For effective implementation and evaluation of new garbage contracts, the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) will soon set up committees to monitor each of the 62 contract packages. The committees will not only assess the ...
    Defence Ministry plans expo in city
    BANGALORE, JUNE 6. Thanks to the efforts made by the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the Defence Ministry is considering organising a `Defence procurement exhibition' in Bangalore. The exhibition will be a boon to the ...
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  • Has the Vigilance wing of Bescom become redundant?
  • Enquiry into objections to land acquisition
  • School reopening, a burden on parents
  • Mango lovers have the last laugh


    Kerala
    Marad: Sangh Parivar boycotts all-party meet
    KOZHIKODE, JUNE 6. Sticking to their core demand for an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) into the violence at Marad on May 2, Sangh Parivar organisations boycotted an all-party meeting called by the three-member Cabinet ...
    Mass resignation ruffles CPI(M) feathers
    KOLLAM, JUNE 6.While outwardly, the CPI(M) appears cool to the yesterday's development in which more than half the members from the party's Karunagapally area committee announced their resignation and joined the `revolutionary movement' launched ...
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  • Marad case: four more arrested
  • KSEB's projected revenue gap Rs. 940 cr.


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Clinical Club at MCH to be revamped
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 6. The clinical club at the Medical College, which serves as a forum for clinicians and students to review rare medical cases, is being revamped to encourage participation of senior doctors and unit chiefs. As old as ...
    For them, a step from the streets to school
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 6. Even though the eldest among them is only 12, the lives of Shibu, Murugan, Shiva and Sunil have been full of pain and distress. That was until they came to the Don Bosco Open Shelter at Thampanoor. Now, a few months ...
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  • Chalachitra Academy wings clipped?


    Tamil Nadu
    Engg. counselling put off by a week
    CHENNAI, JUNE 6.The Anna University, coordinating body for Tamil Nadu engineering admissions, has put off counselling by a week. The exercise for physically disabled candidates will be held on June 30 and for vocational stream students on July 1 ...
    Media has not changed its perception: Stalin
    CHENNAI, JUNE 6. The DMK deputy general secretary, M.K.Stalin, met his brother and Madurai strongman of the party, M.K. Azhagiri, in the Tiruchi Central prison this morning. Mr. Azhagiri was arrested on May 21 in connection with the murder of ...
    Court fee hike will take effect from June 15
    CHENNAI, JUNE 6.The Bill amending the Tamil Nadu Court fees and Suits Evaluation Act, passed by the Assembly in the recent budget session, was notified tonight, with the Governor, P.S. Ramamohan Rao, giving his approval. The Madras High Court ...
    Leopard trapped in Dindigul well
    DINDIGUL, JUNE 6.A five-year-old leopard fell in to a 75-foot deep well at Kannivadi in the wee hours today. The animal, which was apparently in search of food and water, came to a farm house at Pannaipatti, situated at the foothills of ...
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  • 'No cut in funds for basic research'
  • Web sites on forests, ecology launched
  • Directorate moots district-level matric inspectorates
  • Thanjavur woman foils second marriage by husband
  • State will not follow AICTE norms: Balagurusamy
  • UGC to offer academic support to unaided colleges
  • CM launches job portal
  • Inmates end fast in Coimbatore jail
  • Big boost to third front proposal: Chidambaram
  • Crucial part of probe begins with police custody for Sait


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Chennai Telephones plans account-free Internet service
    CHENNAI, JUNE 6. Next in the list of value additions packaged by Chennai Telephones to perk up the popularity of its basic telephony service is `Account-Free-Internet'. Targeted for launch within a month, the service will enable a fixed line ...
    Hawala racket busted, 4 held
    CHENNAI, JUNE 6. Busting a well-connected hawala racket today, the city police arrested four persons, including a woman, and seized currency amounting to Rs. 45 lakhs, in the denomination of 500. In a midnight swoop on a lodge on Walltax Road, ...
    Myanmarese link to ATS-manufacturing lab established
    CHENNAI, JUNE 6.In a swift follow-up on recent detection of a clandestine Amphetamine Type Stimulant (ATS)-manufacturing laboratory in Kolkata, which had international links, officers of the south zonal unit of Narcotics Control Bureau have ...
    'Information system to track goods trains movement soon'
    CHENNAI, JUNE 6.The Railways will soon introduce freight information system to locate movement of goods trains, which would help consumers know the exact time of arrival of their consignment. Addressing the Southern India Chamber of Commerce ...
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  • Exhibition on Russian universities
  • Star Sports, ESPN blacked out
  • 3 detained under NSA
  • 30,000 persons treated for dog bite
  • Let CB-CID probe police excesses: rights panel
  • SSLC, OSLC mark certificates to be distributed on June 9


    Pondicherry
    Govt. to lease out land to private players
    PONDICHERRY, JUNE 6. The Pondicherry Government has evolved a `Land Bank' scheme for promotion of tourism in the Union Territory, according to K Lakshmianrayanan, Education and Tourism Minister. Under the scheme, the Government would acquire ...
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  • Khannaji, new Karaikal Administrator
  • Centre must allocate more funds: CPI
  • Varying norms, a problem in Plus-Two admissions



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