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Andhra Pradesh
CBI to probe SBH fraud, 4 suspended
KHAMMAM, AUG. 27. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will probe a major fraud that has come to light in the State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH), Palvancha branch. The bank on Tuesday suspended four employees, including three officers, ...
Police official killed
NALGONDA, AUG. 27. Armed naxalites of the People's War Sagar Area Committee struck terror at a village fair by gunning down a head constable of Gudipalli police station in the full view of the public on Monday night. According to reports ...
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  • Dharna staged decrying attack on engineering student
  • 24 held for Kanekal violence
  • Amnesty, NHRC urged to intervene for cop's release
  • Warangal dt. plans for an encore on SSC exam results


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    NRSA identifies 38 drinking water sources
    HYDERABAD, AUG. 27. A study undertaken by the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) for the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board has identified 38 water bodies in and around the twin cities as potential drinking water ...
    Gems and jewellery park in 18 months
    HYDERABAD, AUG. 27.A team of executives of Malaysia's IOI Corporation with which the State Government has entered into an understanding for developing a gems and jewellery park is coming here on August 29 to finalise the finer details of the ...
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  • MCH to be tough with erring tenants
  • Residents up in arms against move to widen road
  • Artists paint a grim picture of ICCR activities
  • A surprise visit, literally
  • No plan to refer RTC to BIFR: Transport Minister
  • Feast of Mother Mary on Sept. 8
  • Cong. to stage Statewide dharna today
  • CM for Delhi


    Karnataka
    Don't react emotionally: Rajkumar
    BANGALORE, AUG. 27.The Kannada matinee idol, Rajkumar, on Tuesday appealed to the forest brigand, Veerappan, to release the former Minister, Hanur Nagappa, taken hostage by him on Sunday. Mr. Rajkumar also appealed to the people of the State ...
    `Krishna Govt. has lost moral right to be in office'
    BANGALORE, AUG. 27.The Janata Dal (U) State unit president, C. Byre Gowda, has alleged that the Krishna Government has no moral right to continue in office following the abduction of the former Minister and senior leader of the party, H.Nagappa, ...
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  • JD(S) appeals for safe release of Nagappa
  • Kareem warns Govt. against yielding to brigand
  • Mahasabha suspects granite lobby's role in abduction
  • Nagappa kidnap: SP to probe 'police failure'
  • LIC staff meet in Hassan from Saturday
  • Culprits arrested within hours of crime
  • Only Congress can protect democracy, says Vayalar Ravi
  • Coastal economic zone to boost exports


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Help in disposing of cases, Bar told
    BANGALORE, AUG. 27. The former Union Minister for Law, Arun Jaitley, said here on Tuesday that the challenges of "futuristic Jurisprudence" opened new vistas for the improvement of the country's Bar. Addressing members of the Advocates' ...
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  • Revision of railway zones ruled out
  • Oppn. indulging in cheap politics: BJP
  • Expert moots negotiating committee for WTO
  • Phase 3 of bivoltine project launched


    Kerala
    A peace pilgrimage: Catholicos
    KOTTAYAM, AUG. 27. Catholicos Baselius Mar Thoma Mathews II, the supreme head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, has said that he was ready to have a rethink on the controversial journey to the St. Mary's Church, Manarcadu, scheduled for ...
    Power tariff hike imminent
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 27.The Industries Minister, P. K. Kunhalikutty, today said the industries too should be ready to accept a hike in power tariff. Speaking to reporters at a function here, he said that the hike, however, would not be a ...


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    City tour in double-decker
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 27.In what promises to be a novel venture, the District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) is to organise conducted tours in `tourist-friendly' double-deckers from the beach resort of Kovalam to various places of tourist ...
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  • Row over manure hits garbage removal
  • Development authority mooted for Kovalam
  • Poor ambulance service plagues MCH
  • First `Jumbo' commercial flight lands in capital
  • Eviction drive under way
  • Row over manure hits garbage removal
  • Not enough land for tribals: Kuttappan
  • Congress in limbo as problems mount
  • PCB denies consent for TTP functioning
  • Adalats to rectify errors in ration cards


    Tamil Nadu
    Extremists still with Veerappan?
    CHENNAI, AUG. 27. Were Tamil extremists part of the forest brigand, Veerappan's gang when he abducted the former Karnataka Minister, H. Nagappa, from his residence at Kamagere in Kollegal taluk on Sunday last? The police strongly suspect that ...
    Durairaj offers to quit
    CHENNAI, AUG. 27. The controversial ``child burial'' ritual during the August 21 temple festival at Peraiyur in Madurai district took its first political toll today, with the Housing Minister, C. Durairaj, who witnessed the event, offering to ...
    Formal talks with college teachers tomorrow
    CHENNAI, AUG. 27. The Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, is likely to hold formal talks on Thursday with teachers of government arts and science colleges to end the week-long strike against the move to convert colleges into constituent units of the ...
    Jayalalithaa has no locus standi to blame Krishna: DMK
    CHENNAI, AUG. 27. The DMK president, M. Karunanidhi, today criticised the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, for blaming the Karnataka Government for the kidnap of the former Karnataka Minister, H. Nagappa, by the forest brigand, Veerappan. It had ...
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  • STF gearing for storming operation
  • Shoot-at-sight ordered
  • Fault-finding Elangovan ignored facts: Ponnaiyan
  • Kanyakumari-Nizamuddin Exp. likely from September
  • 'Checkposts ineffective in curbing exodus'
  • Don't repeat Karunanidhi's follies, Swamy tells CM
  • Court boycott on as Bench, Bar head for a tussle
  • HC orders reinstatement of Salim Ali Centre scientists
  • Steps to make ITDC market-oriented
  • Gnanasambandan dead


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Rash driving, poor condition of MTC fleet cause accidents
    CHENNAI, AUG. 27. An accident today involving two cyclists who were seriously injured after being hit by an MTC bus on Nelson Manickam Road has jolted road safety activists, who were celebrating a ``downtrend'' in mishaps. While one of the ...
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  • Corpn. introduces colour sticker code for hoardings
  • Call taxies jack up rates
  • Youth Red Cross members stage rally
  • Dealers see abnormal variation in petrol density
  • School building opened
  • Six-member gang held, export garments seized


    Pondicherry
    AIADMK men court arrest
    PONDICHERRY, AUG. 27. Volunteers of the Pondicherry unit of the AIADMK and the Puratchi Thalaivi Peravai today courted arrest when they attempted to picket the Directorate of Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare in the government botanical gardens ...
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  • JD(S) demands dismissal of Modi
  • 'Prevent atrocities against downtrodden'
  • Start relief works at Kurivinatham: CPI

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