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Andhra Pradesh
Naidu unveils massive sanitation plan
WARANGAL, JULY 10. The Andhra Pradesh Government would launch a massive sanitation drive in the State in the next three days after releasing Rs. 5,000 each to minor gram panchayats and Rs. 10,000 each to major gram panchayats, according to the ...
Widespread rain in A.P.
HYDERABAD, JULY 10. For the first time this season, there was widespread rain in the State through Wednesday-Thursday with the South-West monsoon turning "vigorous'' in Telangana and Rayalaseema and "active'' in coastal Andhra due to a low ...
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  • Epidemics: CM to discuss with public
  • Ink cartridges worth Rs. 3.75 lakhs seized


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Naidu calls for war against mosquitoes
    HYDERABAD, JULY 10.The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, on Thursday directed officials to evolve a detailed calendar to create awareness about cleaning operations like sweeping of roads, chlorinating drinking water and intensifying ...
    Unfit for elite, fit for ordinary?
    HYDERABAD, JULY 10. Is municipal water unfit for consumption by VIPs and good only for commoners? At least this is the message coming out from official meetings and conferences participated by the Chief Minister, Ministers, and senior ...
    It's official: Mayur Marg area puts up with stench
    HYDERABAD, JULY 10.If you believe unhygienic conditions prevail only in slums like Ambedkarnagar, which have no access to basic amenities, think again. Even posh areas in the heart of the city, housing prestigious institutions and upper middle ...


    Karnataka
    ABVP activists turn violent at CET Cell
    BANGALORE, JULY 10.The agitation staged by Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists, demanding compensation from the Government to the general merit students in admission to unaided colleges, turned violent here on Thursday. At least ...
    Reorient courses, management colleges told
    BANGALORE, JULY 10. The Vice-Chancellor of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), K. Balaveera Reddy, has asked business management colleges to reorient the courses to prepare students to face the emerging global challenges in the ...
    Dharna disrupts Assembly work
    BANGALORE, JULY 10. There was total disruption of business in the Legislative Assembly today, with the Opposition members staging a dharna demanding that they be allowed to raise an adjournment motion on the issue of drought. They did not heed ...
    Assaulted women corporators complain to panel
    MYSORE, JULY 10. The Congress corporators, Pushpavalli, and Yashodha, have urged the State Women's Commission to initiate steps to arrest their party colleagues in the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) Council who had assaulted them during a meeting ...
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  • Launch of Delixus software
  • Gangubai Hangal thanks Govt. for assistance
  • Girl's death sparks stir against meal scheme
  • BJP may bend policy to favour Ananth Kumar
  • CM hints at commercial tax Ordinance
  • Yuva.com centres to train rural students


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    IT book exhibition begins
    BANGALORE, JULY 10. Whether you are just joining the ranks of Netizens or you are already an IT professional, there may be a book of interest to you at the exhibition of books on information technology, now on at the British Library. The ...
    HC notice on ban on vehicles
    BANGALORE, JULY 10. A Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court today ordered issuance of notice to the State Government on a public interest writ petition filed by the Citizens' Forum, Hubli, praying for a directive to the authorities to ...
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  • New HR initiatives at BHEL
  • Attimabbe Awards announced
  • CD on holistic education released
  • `Companies Bill, a mixed bag'


    Kerala
    Marad issue: `Govt. cannot shirk its duty'
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 10.The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) State secretary and Industries Minister, P.K. Kunhalikutty, has said that his party had not issued any ultimatum to rehabilitate the families displaced from Marad after the May 2 ...
    PSC age bar not to be lowered
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 10.The Government has no proposal to lower the age limit for submitting applications for various posts notified by the Public Service Commission (PSC), the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, told the Assembly today. The Chief ...
    CM's remarks stir up a hornet's nest
    KOZHIKODE, JULY 10.The Samastha Kerala Jam Iyyathul Ulama, the National Development Front (NDF) and the Muslim Service Society (MSS) have reacted sharply to the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony's statement to the effect that the majority community was ...
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  • SFI to press for law to protect students' right to education
  • Rubber Park to start functioning next week
  • Secularism implies equal justice to all: YC chief
  • Cong. bid to get grama panchayat members disqualified
  • NHRC moved for Marad rehabilitation
  • NGO Union stages dharna
  • It's viral infection, say Govt. doctors
  • A versatile Keralite
  • Curbs on deputation of Govt. doctors


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Rs. 13.13 cr. for capital city development
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 10. The Union Government has sanctioned Rs. 13.13 crores for the capital city development from the Central Road fund. The amount would be used for widening of the Palayam-Airport and ...
    Mixing Vedas with modern law
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 10. A new chapter opened in the history of the renowned Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple here when the 52-year-old Moodambadi Kesavan Subramanian took over as the new Panchagavyathu Nambi this morning. He succeeds Shabaram ...
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  • 17 more dengue cases
  • Boycott of CM's functions planned


    Tamil Nadu
    Ousted staff troop in with appeals
    CHENNAI, JULY 10. Over 12,000 temporary assistants and junior assistants were recruited all over Tamil Nadu, even as hundreds of ousted "permanent" staff members poured into various government offices to present their appeals against ...
    Rulers can't escape punishment for abuse of power: Elangovan
    CHENNAI, JULY 10. All sections in Tamil Nadu are eagerly awaiting the parliamentary and the Assembly elections ``which will be held soon'' and the ruling establishment ``cannot escape'' punishment for ``abuse of power'', the TNCC working ...
    Ordinance suffers from mala fide: Secretariat officers
    CHENNAI, JULY 10. The Tamil Nadu Secretariat Officers Association, one of the petitioners in the Madras High Court challenging the validity of the Essential Services Maintenance Act, has contended that the July 4 ordinance paving the way for ...
    Ooty canal, a health hazard now
    UDHAGAMANDALAM, JULY 10. With an artificial waterway which came into being here many years ago to prevent low lying areas of this hill station getting flooded by storm water and becoming a major health hazard the local people particularly those ...
    High-level AICTE panel to probe irregularities
    CHENNAI, JULY 10. The All-India Council for Technical Education has constituted a high level committee to investigate complaints of irregularities levelled against institutions in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Pondicherry. The AICTE Southern ...
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  • Andi Thevar arrested
  • 5 selected for sports training
  • Moderate rainfall in Cauvery delta
  • `Dismissals give short-shrift to quota system'
  • I hold no portfolios, like Kamaraj: Digvijay
  • Shifting of officials demoralises Madurai police
  • Poaching case against Kumaradhas' son
  • Jailed teacher hospitalised


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    MTC buses collide, traffic hit
    CHENNAI, JULY 10. Two drivers of the Metropolitan Transport Corporation have been admitted to the GH in the city after two buses were involved in a head-on collision on the GST Road opposite the Old Airport at Meenambakkam, early this morning. ...
    `Impose fee on private vehicles to ease congestion'
    CHENNAI, JULY 10. When it comes to enforcing rules to ensure safe roads, the transport department and the traffic police blame each other. The traffic police wants to know what role the 50 Motor Vehicles inspectors play while the transport ...
    Set up more diabetes clinics: Thalavai Sundaram
    CHENNAI, JULY 10. With the incidence of diabetes increasing rapidly in Chennai, it is the need of the hour to set up more centres to ensure health care of the patients, said the Health Minister, N.Thalavai Sundaram today. Inaugurating the MV ...
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  • Two quarry workers crushed to death as boulders roll down
  • Dismissed teachers' plea to Corpn.


    Pondicherry
    Task force to monitor work on court complex
    PONDICHERRY, JULY 10. An 11-member Task Force Committee under the chairmanship of the Public Works Department Secretary has been formed to guide and monitor work on construction of a court complex and also promotion of a children's recreational ...
    Post must have been given to Pondy native: PMK
    PONDICHERRY, JULY 10. The NDA administration at the Centre was not exclusively a BJP dispensation and the BJP should recognise the importance of all constituents in the alliance (whenever postings for committees or statutory boards were made), ...
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  • Villagers seek house pattas
  • Rs. 66.33-lakh drainage project launched
  • Kumbabishekam performed at Pangurpet temple



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