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Andhra Pradesh
AITUC plans stir against `retrograde policies'
HYDERABAD, DEC. 21. On the second day of the 37th Session of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), a significant decision was taken to call for a day's strike in co-operation with other central trade unions, if the Central Government goes ... More


Police on lookout for Cong. MLA's husband
HYDERABAD, DEC. 21. The city police are enquiring into a claim of an extortion gang that they had sold a revolver and five live rounds to Konda Murali, husband of Surekha, Congress legislator from the Sayampet constituency in Warangal. The ... More
Other Stories

  • Punnayya panel recommendation under study
  • SESI convention in Hyd. from Dec. 27-29
  • Visakha Utsav opens today amid tight security
  • Low-cost technology turning popular
  • Child lifting racket busted
  • 22 Buddhist sites set to become tourist spots
  • Corruption all-pervasive: Revenue Minister
  • Tribals concerned over displacement threat
  • Tangible gains from Neeru-Meeru, says Minister
  • `SC scholarships by March next'
  • `No decision yet on grazing fee'
  • Israeli farm technology on pilot basis in three districts

    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    RSS chief reiterates call for promotion of `swadeshi' products
    HYDERABAD, DEC. 21. The RSS chief, Mr. K. Sudarshan, on Friday advocated the concept of `har hath ko kam' (work for everyone) and `har khet ko pani' (water for every farm), with a resolve by people only to promote and use `swadeshi' products. ... More


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  • `Natural insulin should be encouraged'
  • No misses only net it
  • Fair and lovely!
  • R&B official in ACB net
  • Operation Infinite Justice
  • Too many hits

    Karnataka
    Karnataka HC sets aside MLA's election
    BANGALORE, DEC. 21. The Karnataka High Court on Friday set aside the election of Mr. Prakash Khandre to the Legislative Assembly in the 1999 elections from Bhalki constituency in Bidar District, and declared it as ``void.'' The High Court set ... More


    HC strikes down admissions to PG courses
    BANGALORE, DEC. 21. The Karnataka High Court has ruled that managements of private medical and dental colleges have no right to formulate guidelines for admission to postgraduate courses. Delivering the judgment while allowing two public ... More
    Other Stories

  • Foodgrain target not likely to be achieved
  • Setback for professional college lobby
  • Pampa Award for Tejaswi

    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Private hospitals to be closed for two days
    BANGALORE, DEC. 21. Medical services in hospitals in the City might be badly hit on Saturday and Sunday as the Indian Medical Association (Karnataka Branch) has called for a State-wide ``medical bandh''. Although most government hospitals in ... More


    Other Stories

  • Children make merry as elders brood over a problem
  • Elephants keep police, forest personnel on tenterhooks

    Kerala
    Kerala Govt. signs pact with Swedish institute
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 21. The Kerala Government has signed an agreement with the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on implementation of training and research programmes in the field of medical education and improvement of the ... More


    Tough measures by Jan. 9: CM
    KOCHI, DEC. 21. The Chief Minister, Mr. A.K. Antony, on Friday hinted that his Government will announce certain `very tough measures' on January 8 or 9. Seeking the support of the `opinion-makers', the Chief Minister said the Government was ... More
    Other Stories

  • HC restrains manufacture, marketing of Immuno-QR
  • Banks promise all help to raise CD ratio
  • Fate of 2,244 schools hangs in balance
  • Action to be taken against communal elements
  • SSLC exams from March 11
  • Ammonia fumes continue to pose problems
  • HC directive on conferring IAS
  • All Muslims are not terrorists: BJP
  • Plus Two teachers to go on stir
  • `People's probe' into Moulvi case

    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Natesan flays Govt. indecision
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 21. The Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam general secretary, Mr. Vellappally Natesan, today said it was a breach of promise on the part of the UDF Government to delay its decision on the toddy issue. At a ... More


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  • Looking back to C.N.'s times

    Tamil Nadu
    One MAPS unit to be shut down
    CHENNAI, DEC. 21. A unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam near here will be shut down in January 2002 for ``re-tubing'' and upgradation, the Chairman and Managing Director, Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC), Mr. V. K. ... More


    A cast in the mould of controversy
    CHENNAI, DEC. 21. Ruling AIADMK functionaries and some officials are attributing the current trough in the Bay and the rains lashing Chennai to the removal of the Kannagi statue from the Marina seafront here. The controversy over the removal of ... More
    Other Stories

  • Police custody for Sivasubramanian
  • Home Secretary to implement POTO
  • Many parties ready to join DMK stir
  • Set up separate sub-jails for women: High Court

    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Good inflow into city reservoirs
    CHENNAI, DEC. 21. Friday was a good day for the city reservoirs with an increase of nearly 100 mcft in storage during the 24 hours ended at 8.30 a.m. All major reservoirs received good inflows, with the storage position in the Red Hills nearing ... More


    Other Stories

  • Cars in top gear
  • Commuters long-felt need set to become a reality
  • Dishing out epicurean delights
  • A merry jab in the rib
  • `High levels of SPM should be addressed'
  • `AIADMK politicising Corpn. functioning'
  • Violent incidents at zonal review meet
  • Meet on poll reforms tomorrow
  • A subway turns into a swimming pool
  • Constable attacked

    Pondicherry
    Ten kg free rice for 95,000 people: Rangasamy
    PONDICHERRY, DEC. 21. The Administration will pay a monthly pension of Rs. 125 to over 4000 old aged people and their applications have been processed for eligibility, the Chief Minister, Mr. N. Rangasamy, said here today. Addressing newsmen ... More


    DMK wants ban on sale of paan parag
    PONDICHERRY, DEC. 21. The DMK State committee convener and Opposition leader in the Assembly, Mr. R. V. Janakiraman, has called upon the Congress administration here to ban sale of paan parag, gudka and similar other commodities. In a ... More

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