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Andhra Pradesh
46 p.c. pass in Intermediate exam
HYDERABAD, MAY 11. The saga of girls outshining boys in the Intermediate second year examination continued this year too with girls registering a pass percentage of 50.15 as against 44.17 per cent among boys. The overall pass percentage among ...
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  • Jain group mulls schools in State


    Karnataka
    Krishna lax in combating corruption?
    BANGALORE, MAY 11. The Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, who experimented with task forces and high-level committees to realise his dream projects early in his tenure, seems to have lost interest in combating corruption at the higher levels of ...
    All-India Islamic book fair
    BANGALORE, MAY 11. Mufti Moulana Ashraf Ali, noted Muslim scholar, inaugurated a 10-day All-India Islamic book fair and exhibition here on Friday. About 5,000 books on different aspects of Islam in seven Indian languages are on display at the ...
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  • Encroachments: Gowda rebukes Govt.
  • Netravathi Bridge to be opened today
  • Article 371: Documents not given to Centre, says Sedam
  • Doctors seek ban on new medical colleges
  • `Suggestions to empower gram sabhas not included in Bill'
  • Regional aviation circuit in two months


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    `Doctors treating SARS should be careful'
    BANGALORE, MAY 11. Even though doctors have the responsibility of not creating panic about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), they should take precautions and create awareness among the people, experts have said. Speaking at a seminar ...
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  • Patil urges Centre to clear proposals to link rivers
  • Man arrested on theft charge
  • A watchdog for Koramangala
  • Companies may be allowed to maintain Lalbagh


    Kerala
    Antony not for electoral ties with CPI(M)
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY11. The Kerala Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, has said that he was not enthusiastic about any electoral ties with the CPI(M) on a secular platform at the national level. In an exclusive interview to The Hindu on the ...
    `Curbing terrorism on top of Vajpayee's agenda'
    VISAKHAPATNAM, MAY 11. The Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Vidyasagar Rao, has called for efforts to bring those Muslims who had chosen the path of terrorism back to the national mainstream, on the same lines as ...
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  • Coconut summit demands coordination agency
  • Decline in cashew production, says expert
  • Culprits will be punished: Rajagopal
  • Govt. to introduce medical Act soon
  • Rajagopal demands CBI inquiry


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Time has come for social change, says Antony
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 11. The Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, has called for a major social reforms programme, cutting across political parties, trade unions, religions, caste and communities, if the State has to make a giant leap in economic ...
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  • One more child in `Amma' cradle
  • Pirated cassettes, CDs of latest films seized
  • Tree felling: law to bypass HC order
  • `Retain ST relief for MCH paying counter'
  • Call for new research methods
  • The Hindu-Young World workshop


    Tamil Nadu
    Present fresh plea for more funds: Ajit Singh
    CHENNAI, MAY 11.Tamil Nadu has been given the largest share of drought relief, next to Rajasthan, Ajit Singh, Union Agriculture Minister, said today. "The State has been sanctioned Rs. 322.06 crores from the NCCF (National Calamity Contingency ...
    Delay in finalising UGC norms frustrates managements
    CHENNAI, MAY 11. The delay in releasing of final guidelines by the University Grants Commission for the scheme of autonomous colleges is frustrating the plans of several managements in the State. It is nearly two years since the colleges ...
    `Ready for talks, but give up strike first'
    CHENNAI, MAY 11.In a significant move towards ending the three-week long medicos' strike, the Government today said it was ready for negotiations with the agitating doctors on all their demands, including the contentious issue of allowing new ...
    CAG raps Home dept. for releasing funds in advance
    CHENNAI, MAY 11. The Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) has criticised the Home department for releasing Rs.1.27 crores to the Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) for purchasing equipment for a modern control room for the city police ...
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  • Supply textbooks before new academic year, Govt. told
  • All set for constabulary recruitment
  • Show-cause to Madurai schools for opening question paper bundles
  • Anaemia high among ante-natal women in Tuticorin dt.
  • Govt. to launch science centres in 25 districts
  • Storm may intensify
  • Census report on child labour soon


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Worker buried alive as mud wall collapses
    CHENNAI, MAY 11. A casual labourer who was digging a well inside a candy factory in Old Washermanpet on Sunday was buried alive when the sand wall collapsed on him, due to the lack of proper safety procedures. The mishap, reported to have ...
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  • `Bring down construction material prices'
  • Fire in Korattur TNEB sub-station
  • Mylapore youth dies in attack
  • Residents to campaign for 100 p.c. voter turnout


    Pondicherry
    Vajpayee Govt. failure to pass Bill condemned
    PONDICHERRY, MAY 11. A conference of the Pondicherry Working Women coordination committee today charged that the Vajpayee-led Government at the Centre was doing injustice to women by failing to adopt the Bill relating to 33 per cent reservation ...
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  • `Consider constituency size, population for fund allotment'
  • `Psychological approach key to learning process'



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