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Andhra Pradesh
Eight electrocuted as live wire snaps
TIRUPATI, AUG. 12. Eight persons died on the spot and 10 were seriously injured when a live electric wire passing across the road fell on them during the local folk festival at Nellimanda village of Somala mandal in the wee hours of Monday. The ...
Six cops held hostage by tribals
LAKSHMIPURAM, AUG. 12. The tribals of Koya and Nayaka sub-castes held hostage a six-member police party, including the Sub-Inspector of Buttayagudem for about 10 hours in this habitation abutting the Polavaram-Khannapuram road in West Godavari ...
Other Stories

  • Music patron honoured at Thyagaraja fete
  • Deadline for Inter admissions
  • Adivasis caught in arrack war crossfire
  • Oil firms given `go ahead' for cancelling dealerships
  • Naxals kill villager
  • Call for united fight against Upper Tunga
  • Cong. for CBI probe into TDP, BJP leaders' involvement
  • BJP trying to confuse the issue: Suravaram


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    HC warns cops against `obstructing justice'
    HYDERABAD, AUG. 12. A judge of the A.P. High Court, E. Dharma Rao, deprecated the practice of police officers addressing courts directly to stop further proceedings claiming that there is further investigation in the case though final report has ...
    Other Stories

  • TD spokesman rails at media, backtracks
  • MSR ridicules TRS invitation
  • State may not gain from Almatti discharge
  • Irrigation efficiency below par: expert
  • 45 LPG filling stations soon in twin cities
  • A persistent offender
  • Green signal for leasing out 20 horticulture farms


    Karnataka
    Architect robbed in Bangalore
    BANGALORE, AUG. 12. In a daylight robbery that shocked the City, two gunmen robbed an architect of Rs. 9 lakhs after firing at him and his accountant this afternoon on Richmond Road in the heart of the City. According to police, Rakesh Mohan, ...
    Other Stories

  • Hospital waste, a major health hazard
  • `Varsities neglecting classical arts'
  • `Conditional clearance' for bridge across Tungabhadra
  • `Consult farmers on allowing GM seeds'
  • `Expedite implementation of Rozgar Yojana'
  • Tanir Bavi residents form forum
  • KSRTC to increase profit this year
  • Fake marks card racket busted
  • PU students' body starts study centre


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    3 killed, nine injured in road accidents
    BANGALORE, AUG. 12. Three people were killed and nine injured in three accidents in Bangalore City and Bangalore Rural District on Sunday. Madhamma (86) of Magadi taluk was killed on the spot when the jeep in which she and others were ...
    Other Stories

  • 'Police powerless in preventing crime'
  • KSPCB bans plastic bags in Cubbon Park, Lalbagh
  • NMTS 2002 from Aug. 22
  • Textbooks distributed
  • Lokayukta nabs two officials
  • CUPA denies corporators' allegations


    Kerala
    Kerala HC bans endosulfan
    KOCHI, AUG. 12.A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday prohibited the use of endosulfan and any of its formulations under any of the trade names in the State. The Bench comprising the Chief Justice, B.N. Srikrishna and Justice G. ...
    Other Stories

  • Major hooch haul near Peechi
  • Pump scam: dark future for blind engineer
  • Seminar begins
  • Malaria threat over district
  • `Come clean on investors' meet'


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Medical/agricultural counselling begins
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 12. The counselling for admission to medical/agricultural courses commenced today, with 778 candidates getting allotment. As many as 877 candidates had reported for counselling. On close of counselling today, all seats ...
    Other Stories

  • Govt. to expose conspiracy: Hassan
  • Renewed effort for HC Bench
  • IUML shifts stand on power tariff
  • DGP has lost touch with reality: CPI(M)
  • KSSIA tips to avoid tariff hike
  • Milma to tie up with NDDB
  • Govt. to give Rs. 400 as festival advance
  • Satellite townships mooted
  • CB to use `truth drug' in key cases


    Tamil Nadu
    Action against Madurai police chief likely
    MADURAI, AUG. 12.The `gruel-biryani' clash at Sellur near here on August 9, which led to a lathicharge on DMK party workers injuring some senior leaders, is likely to have its repercussions on the Madurai Police Commissioner, M.V.N. Surya ...
    Policemen firm on union
    DHARMAPURI, AUG.12. Even as the police grievances day, initiated by the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, is being hailed as the first of its kind in the country, the need for a police association continues to be felt among the subordinate personnel. ...
    Don't idolise Rajnikant, Ramadoss tells Vanniyar youth
    MAYILADUTHURAI, AUG. 12. Taking pot-shots at the film star, Rajnikant, the PMK founder, S. Ramadoss, on Sunday, asked the Vanniyar youth not to idolise him. In a thinly-veiled reference to Rajnikant, Mr. Ramadoss said the actor had ...
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  • Samba prospects still bleak
  • Anbazhagan to lead DMK rally in Tiruchi
  • Govt. trying to protect casteist forces: DPI
  • MDMK men seek Vaiko release
  • BSNL plans 24-hour helpline
  • Traders bandh today
  • Girl's death brings villagers' plight to light
  • District judges asked to take steps to end stir
  • Special trains on Chennai-Nagercoil section


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Traffic wardens a law unto themselves?
    CHENNAI, AUG. 12. Traffic wardens, roped in by the city traffic police to help bring order to the roads, have created considerable resentment among motorists by assuming an arbitrary style of functioning. Several complaints of boorish behaviour, ...
    Other Stories

  • Minister to receive complaints on water supply
  • A campaign for the cause of the aged
  • Adolescent health care set to get a fillip


    Pondicherry
    `Moopanar was only for coordination with Cong.'
    PONDICHERRY, AUG. 12.The late TMC founder, G.K. Moopanar, wanted only ``coordination'' with the Congress and not merger, according to the former Pondicherry Minister and leader of the TMC legislature party, Theni C. Jayakumar. Even as ...

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