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Pondicherry Andhra Pradesh Top naxal leader among five killed LAXMIPUR (ADILABAD DT.), MARCH 25. The banned People's War suffered a major setback when four naxals, including a top leader were killed in a fierce exchange of fire with the police in the Laxmipur forest area under Bellampalli sub-division of ... Tribals attack constables, 3 injured HYDERABAD, MARCH 25. Three constables sustained grievous injuries and an excise department official suffered a fracture when tribals from Manya Nayak Tanda attacked them in Narayankhed police station limits of Medak district on Tuesday morning. ... Govt. refusal to order probe triggers walkout HYDERABAD, MARCH 25. The entire Opposition staged a walkout in the Assembly on Tuesday after the Home Minister, T. Devender Goud, rejected their persistent demand for constituting a House Committee to enquire into the collapse of urban ... Other Stories
Karnataka 
Bandh against VAT totalBANGALORE, MARCH 25. The bandh called by various trade bodies opposing certain provisions in the proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) system was by and large total with almost all business establishments suspending business here on Tuesday. However, ... Assembly adopts VAT Bill BANGALORE, MARCH 25. The Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Tuesday adopted the Karnataka Value Added Tax Bill, 2003, paving the way for the changeover to the new taxation system from April 1. Commending the Bill for adoption in the Assembly, ... 
Kalam to open IT centre of Mangalore collegeMANGALORE, MARCH 25. The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, will inaugurate the Information Technology, Research and Management Centre of the St. Aloysius College here on Friday. Dr. Kalam, who will address students, benefactors, and alumni of the ... Other Stories
Karnataka-Bangalore BWSSB prepares Rs. 550-cr. scheme BANGALORE, MARCH 25. A Rs. 550-crore scheme has been prepared by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board to supply Cauvery water and provide sewerage facilities in areas covered by the seven city municipalities around Bangalore within a ... Other Stories
Kerala Panel planned to identify land for tribals THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH 25. The Kerala Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, has said that the Cabinet has decided to constitute a committee with the Chief Secretary as convener to identify land in the possession of the Government for distribution to ... No VAT from April: Minister THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH 25. The State will not implement the Value Added Tax (VAT) System from April 1, the Finance Minister, K. Sankaranarayanan, announced here today. The Minister said it was not practical to implement the tax system in the ... AIYF State meet begins today ALAPPUZHA, MARCH 25.The 16th State conference of the AIYF will begin here at Bhagat Singh Nagar (Alappuzha Town Hall) on March 26, said president of the reception committee and the CPI district secretary, T. Purushothaman, at a press conference ... Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram Capital city faced with fresh garbage crisis THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH 25. Forced to cut down the operations of two major temporary dumping sites, the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation is facing a major setback to its efforts to evolve a streamlined mechanism for collection, storage and ... Five held for rape of minor girl THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH 25. The Nedumangadu police have arrested five persons, including a 32-year-old sex worker, on charges of kidnapping and gang rape of a 14-year-old girl belonging to the SC/ST community. Police identified the accused as ... Welfare fund to be set up for emergency relief THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH 25. The City Corporation Council today decided to create a Mayor's Welfare Fund to undertake relief activities in emergency situations, amid a vociferous protest by the Opposition, UDF and PDP, over the lack of ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa vows to protect marginal farmers CHENNAI, MARCH 25.The Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today made a categorical assurance to the Assembly that her Government would continue to foot the power bill of small and marginal farmers "as long as we are in power". When the main ... Final supplementary estimates presented CHENNAI, MARCH 25.The Finance Minister, C.Ponnaiyan, today presented the final supplementary estimates in the Assembly, amounting to Rs.3,053.38 crores. Of this, Rs.975.61 crores is in the revenue account and the remaining Rs.2077.77 crores in ... Opposition to step up campaign on power tariff issue CHENNAI, MARCH 25.In yet another attempt at bringing the Opposition together on an anti-government platform, an "all-party" meeting, convened here today by the CPI, decided to intensify the campaign against the recent power tariff revision, ... 
Imams call on Kanchi AcharyaKANCHEEPURAM, MARCH 25. Moulana Jameel Ahmad Ilyasi, president of the All India Organisation of Imams of Mosques, New Delhi, accompanied by three other Muslim religious heads — Moulana Ikramuddin Al Hussainy Mubllig-e from Gujarat, Moulana ... New textbooks getting ready, sans public debate CHENNAI, MARCH 25. Educationists are expressing concern at the speed with which the School Education department has started printing new textbooks for classes VI and IX, without much of a public debate on the new syllabus, for the coming academic ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai 
2 militants killed in Chennai shootoutCHENNAI, MARCH 25.Two militants including Rajaram (35), leader of the banned Tamil Nadu Liberation Army, were killed and four police personnel including an Assistant Commissioner suffered injuries in a shootout on the Kotturpuram bridge at ... Hoardings coming up on Elliots Beach, flouting rules CHENNAI, MARCH 25. The mushrooming advertisement hoardings in public places in the city have caught the Chennai Corporation napping as fresh structures have come up on the Elliots Beach in a manner that residents say is in brazen violation of ... Teachers, architects flay plan to demolish QMC building CHENNAI, MARCH 25.A proposal to demolish the Queen Mary's College building to build a new Secretariat complex has been criticised on various counts by academics and architects, including those invited by the Government to take up the ... 
Woman motorist run over by busCHENNAI, MARCH 25. A young woman motorist, going to work with her colleague on the pillion, was run over by a chartered MTC bus in the heart of the city, on Cathedral Garden Road in Nungambakkam this morning, after she fell down due to bad road ... Other Stories
Pondicherry I am not biased towards Thattanchavady: CM PONDICHERRY, MARCH 25. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, has pooh-poohed the criticism that he was biased more towards his constituency— Thattanchavady. He was speaking at a function got up in connection with the inauguration of the Pondy ... Information kiosk on cattle diseases PONDICHERRY, MARCH 25. The Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Minister, A. Namassivayam, has said detailed information about the nature of diseases prevailing in rural areas and preventive measures to save the head of cattle would be furnished to ... Other Stories
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