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Andhra Pradesh
Naidu comes to tobacco growers' rescue
HYDERABAD, MAY 12. The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, had a telephonic talk with the Prime Minister, A.B. Vajpayee, and the Union Minister for Commerce, Arun Jaitley, on Monday to explain to them the grave situation faced by ...
19 ex-directors of Vasavi bank chargesheeted
HYDERABAD, MAY 12. The Crime Investigation Department on Monday filed a chargesheet in the Vasavi Co-operative Urban Bank scam against 55 persons, including 19 former directors of the bank. The chargesheet, consisting of 4,000 pages, was filed ...
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  • Attack on cement factory: four held
  • SETVEN plans training for Army recruitment
  • Health cards for inmates of BC hostels planned
  • Campaign concludes for coalminers' union poll
  • TRS demands 3 tmcft of Singur water
  • TDP a divided house against Opposition onslaught
  • Newly-wed among five killed in mishap


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    APCOB allays fears about liquidity
    HYDERABAD, MAY 12.The Andhra Pradesh State Cooperative Bank (APCOB) has sought to ally misgivings among the public about its financial viability, asking people not to get panicky as the liquidity is maintained at over and above RBI norms. At a ...
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  • YSR ungracious, says TDP
  • Tripping at Simhadri due to corrosion of lines: NTPC
  • People losing interest in Janmabhoomi: study
  • BJP blames management for RTC losses
  • INTACH plea to Govt. on protection of heritage structures


    Karnataka
    Volkswagen invited to set up car unit
    BANGALORE, MAY 12. The State Government is wooing the automobile major, Volkswagen, to set up its manufacturing unit for passenger cars and small buses/vans in the State. The Minister for Major and Medium-scale Industries, R.V. Deshpande, told ...
    Export-oriented power converter unit opened
    BANGALORE, MAY 12. Michael Faraday, the British scientist who invented the electric transformer over a century ago, was remembered in Bangalore on Monday. Hical Magnetics Private Ltd., a leading magnetics and power converters exporter, opened its ...
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  • 950 singers perform togetherat Manddo Utsav
  • Development works progressing in Kadur
  • `Classical art forms must be preserved'
  • Uphold ethics of medical profession, doctors told
  • Conservation work begins on Karanji Lake
  • `Centre keen on road improvement'
  • `A variety of factors helped agitation'


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Four additional judges sworn in
    BANGALORE, MAY 12. The senior advocates, M.M. Shanthanagoudar, Ajith J. Gunjal, H.B. Ramesh, and S. Abdul Nazeer were sworn in as Additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court on Monday. The Chief Justice of the High Court, N.K. Jain, ...
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  • BASE to hold month-long lecture series from tomorrow
  • Award for motorcycle dealer


    Kerala
    Kerala Plan outlay fixed at Rs. 4,430 cr.
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 12. The Planning Commission has approved an annual Plan outlay of Rs. 4,430 crores for 2003-04 for Kerala. This includes the Normal Central Assistance of Rs. 508.15 crores, the Additional Central Assistance (ACA) of Rs. ...
    Ayodhya issue will be resolved in two months: Sankaracharya
    PALAKKAD, MAY 12. The Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Jayendra Saraswati, who is holding talks to resolve the Ayodhya Ramjanmabhoomi issue, said today that "the dispute over Ayodhya will be resolved within two months.'' At a press ...
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  • Statutory panel to implement PAP mooted
  • Survey calls for naming wetland sites as bird sanctuaries
  • The tree that kills venomous snakes
  • KSFDC backs new tax structure for film industry
  • `Excluded tracts' not covered by Central Act, say experts
  • Call for `scheduling' all tribal habitations
  • Korambayil is dead


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    New CBSE textbooks yet to arrive
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 12. The instruction in schools following the CBSE syllabus, including the Kendriya Vidyalayas (Central Schools), has been affected adversely on account of the non-availability of the changed textbooks in the current ...
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  • MCH centre a money-spinner?
  • Hassan joins issue with Rajagopal
  • Annual Plan outlay fixed at Rs. 4,430 cr.
  • Corpn. officials come under fire
  • Moozhiyar: action against 9 officials
  • Charge against Minister serious: VS
  • It's politically motivated: Chandy


    Tamil Nadu
    People awaiting nature's bounty
    CHENNAI, MAY 12. The prospect of a cyclonic storm, bringing heavy summer showers, has gladdened both the public and water managers in the State, who are anxiously waiting for the nature's bounty, given the widespread drought conditions. ...
    Chidambaram homecoming likely by mid-July
    CHENNAI, MAY 11. After an eight-year "estrangement'', the former Union Finance Minister and Congress Jananayaga Peravai leader, P.Chidambaram, may well return to the Congress by mid-July. If the efforts of his long-time friend, Kamal Nath, who ...
    Measures in place to ensure patient care in hospitals
    CHENNAI, MAY 12.With government hospitals crippled by the medicos strike against allowing new private medical colleges, the State Government has decided, after an emergency meeting today, on a series of measures to ensure that patient care was ...
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  • It's for DMK to explain,says C.P. Radhakrishnan
  • Judge orders notice on naxal prisoners' bail petitions
  • Press gag signals dictatorial trend: MDMK
  • NABARD for more income-generation units
  • BSNL staff to launch stir against TRAI proposals
  • Tension over death of accident victim in Madurai
  • Tender delay cost bus corpns. Rs. 89 lakhs, says CAG


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Short-term course to focus on training-cum-production
    CHENNAI, MAY 12.In an effort to improve the skills of engineering students, the Anna University and the Department of Technical Education plan to start short term courses with an emphasis on training-cum-production to bring technology to the ...
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  • `Inform police of clues to GV death'
  • Concern over wastage of water at Anakaputhur
  • Corporation inaction causes Rs. 51.84-cr. revenue loss
  • Road overbridge for Rangarajapuram soon
  • Corpn. files police complaint against Onyx


    Pondicherry
    Govt. staff to join May 21 strike
    PONDICHERRY, MAY 12.The State Government staff in the Union Territory of Pondicherry will also go on strike in response to the call given by the all-India organisations of workers on May 21 to protest against the `anti-people, anti-labour' ...
    Rangasamy announcement does PCC proud
    PONDICHERRY, MAY 12. A seminar conducted by the ruling Congress on panchayat raj here on Saturday has helped the party to know the mindset of the Government on civic polls, due for more than three and half decades, when the Chief Minister, N. ...
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  • Compulsory schooling for children from this year
  • Passenger-operated enquiry unit at rly. station
  • Counselling for SCs for medical admission
  • DIC training programme begins today



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