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Andhra Pradesh
A.P. Governor apprised of `police excesses'
HYDERABAD, FEB. 27. The Congress has sought the intervention of the Governor, C. Rangarajan, in checking the ``deteriorating'' law and order situation with particular reference to police excesses on innocent persons. A delegation led by the ...
Govt. flayed for neglecting interests of weavers
The Government was put on the mat by the Opposition in the Assembly on Wednesday for neglecting the interests of the handloom weavers by not providing them employment and driving them to suicide. The Congress-I and the CPI (M) members grilled ...
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  • Houses to be constructed for people living on canal margins
  • Walkout by MIM members over checking of mosques
  • `State budget drafted after WB approval'
  • Power staff unions form JAC


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Coop. banks' body flays campaign
    The executive of the A.P. Urban and Town Cooperative Banks Association, which met here under the chairmanship of its president, M.Anjaneyulu, has deplored the "sinister propaganda'' being carried out by some Government authorities, commercial ...
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  • CM inaugurates `AP section' on travel portal
  • Dattatreya welcomes budget outlay
  • UHTA condemns `baseless' allegations
  • MCH to publish list of authorised parking lots
  • Revenue Acts Bill: Govt. hopeful of President's nod
  • Two new posts created in Endowments Dept.
  • 36 TDP functionaries' names cleared for agricultural market committees


    Karnataka
    PPA signed for Bellary thermal power plant
    BANGALORE, FEB. 27. The Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd. (KPCL) today initialled a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. (KPTCL) for the coal-based 500 MW fast-track Bellary Thermal Power Station ...
    State to get `decent share' in rly. plans
    Vijayalakshmi Vishwanathan, Officer on Special Duty, South <149>Western Railways, Bangalore, said on Wednesday that the State should get a reasonable share in the plans of the Railways in the light of the new development formula announced by the ...
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  • Cong. workers give vent to their anger at meeting
  • Talented swimmers left high and dry
  • Re-orient education, says Deshpande
  • IVRS for Shimoga railway station soon
  • Hassan-Mangalore line ignored


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Muslims deserted Cong. in LS bypoll
    As the Congress leaders go in depth into the cause of their failure to retain the Kanakapura Lok Sabha seat, it is becoming evident that the much talked of vote bank of the party has been penetrated by the JD(S) candidate, H.D. Deve Gowda. A ...
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  • Mayor draws flak from BJP
  • Central College buildings renovated
  • Ordinance on quota-based promotions issued
  • KSFC diversifies into insurance


    Kerala
    'Govt. staff have no right to strike work'
    KOCHI, FEB. 27. The State Government today informed a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court that Government employees had no right to strike work since they had been taken out of the purview of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. In an ...
    CPI flays Rly. budget
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, FEB. 27. The CPI State secretary, Veliyam Bhargavan, has accused the Centre of having discriminated against the State in the Railway budget. In a statement here today, Mr. Bhargavan said the budget would hurt Kerala most as ...
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  • Low fund allocation to hit work on overbridges
  • CBSE schools seek exemption from general strike
  • 18 more held in Marad case
  • Draft fisheries policy released
  • Budget session from tomorrow
  • Employees remain firm on benefits


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    More bodies to join general strike
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, FEB. 27. More than 25 persons were arrested today from various parts of the State under Kerala Essential Services Maintenance Act, while 200 others were booked under various provisions of the relevant penal laws in connection ...
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  • CBS objects to ADB aid
  • SFI opposes postponement of exams
  • Settle stir through talks: LDF
  • Mullappally backs Antony's stand on stir


    Tamil Nadu
    Eschew politics of hate: Jayalalithaa
    CHENNAI, FEB. 27. Asking Opposition parties not to pursue the ``politics of hate,'' the Chief Minister-designate, Jayalalithaa, today called for support to the AIADMK Government's efforts at pulling Tamil Nadu out of a financial ...
    Sasikalaa receives complaint copies in tea estate case
    N. Sasikalaa, friend of the Chief Minister-designate, Jayalalithaa, today appeared before the Economic Offences court- I, Egmore, and received copies of the complaint in the `Kothagiri tea estate case', in which she has been charged with ...
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  • Rly. budget disappointing: Gowda
  • Counselling for new PG teachers
  • Consumer forum pulls up doctor for `false claim'
  • New visa procedure
  • Varsity measures to improve infrastructure
  • Classes postponed
  • More colleges likely under varsity control
  • `E-governance for transparency'
  • DMK not for poll petition, will only `expose EC'
  • Vaiko condemns, police `harassment' of Sivasubramanian
  • Hope yet for children of HIV-infected women
  • No gauge conversion project can be finished this year
  • MLAs hamstrung by Govt. formula on funds use
  • MBA selection list today
  • Rs. 1 cr. reward for tip-off on Veerappan
  • Rajagopal gets bail, thanks to police failure


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    MTC-Highways dept. stand-off takes a toll on bus shelters
    CHENNAI, FEB. 27. The glow-sign bus shelters, sponsored by corporates and quasi-government organisations, are becoming popular. During this time, a stand-off between the Metropolitan Transport Corporation and the Highways department has resulted ...
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  • Take to teaching, graduates told
  • Acrimony dominates Tiruvottiyur council proceedings
  • Circular railway network suffers a setback
  • Early intervention of hearing-impaired stressed
  • Met offices open to public today


    Pondicherry
    Comprehensive education policy for Pondy soon
    The standard and quality of education in the Union Territory will be toned up and a comprehensive policy is being finalised incorporating the views and suggestions of the experts, the Education Minister, K. Lakshminaraynan, said today. He was ...
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  • New PG courses in Vellore college
  • New chief judge for Pondicherry

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