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Andhra Pradesh
Extension of Devagiri Express to Nizamabad runs into trouble
NIZAMABAD, SEPT. 30. The hopes of the people of the district for extension of the Mumbai-Nanded Devagiri Express train to Nizamabad, consequent to the conversion of the Dharmabad-Nizamabad section into broad gauge (BG), have temporarily been ...
Power crisis due to `excessive' drawal by other States: Minister
ELURU, SEPT. 30. The Minister for Power, Mr. K. Subbarayudu, attributed the current crisis in the power sector in the State to the `excessive' drawal of power by the member States of the Southern grid such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and ...
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  • Nod for mid-day meal scheme soon
  • IT is the buzzword in this village
  • Five naxals held
  • Superspeciality treatment facility likely for ESI members soon
  • Tax money to be paid as salary to civic staff


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Another scholarship scam unearthed
    HYDERABAD, SEPT. 30. A new post-matric scholarship scam of Rs. 22 crores was unearthed by the Central Crime Station (CCS) sleuths of Hyderabad today with the arrest of a city-based advocate and the Hyderabad District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO) ...
    MCH resumes demolition drive
    HYDERABAD, SEPT. 30.Resuming the drive against unauthorised construction, the Town Planning staff of the MCH, Secunderabad division, on Monday demolished a penthouse on the sixth floor of an apartment in West Marredpally. According to the City ...
    Pollution testing centres to be upgraded
    HYDERABAD, SEPT. 30. The Joint Transport Commissioner, C.L.N. Gandhi, has said that all petrol machines of pollution testing stations in Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) limits will be upgraded and that they will issue computerised ...
    Liver ICU facility in Global Hospitals
    HYDERABAD, SEPT. 30. A Liver Intensive Care Unit (LICU), one of the few in the country dedicated exclusively for management of severely ill liver disease patients, will be opened at Global Hospitals here on October 2. Its opening is a ...
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  • International 'lighting' award for MCH
  • Realtor stabbed to death


    Karnataka
    Madiyal new Karnataka DGP
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 30. Thimmappayya Madiyal was appointed the Director-General and Inspector-General of Police of the State on Monday. He is the 17th officer to occupy the position. Mr. Madiyal took charge from the outgoing Director-General and ...
    Krishna promises help for HAL projects
    NEW DELHI, SEPT. 30. The Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, on Monday met the Defence Minister, George Fernandes, and promised help from the State Government for the projects being taken up by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). Mr. Krishna ...
    Abduction: JD(U) threatens to intensify stir
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 30. The Bangalore City unit of the Janata Dal (United), which organised a road blockade on St. John's Church Road near Coles Park, here today, has threatened to launch similar agitations in various parts of Bangalore every day if ...
    Garment industry sees red in ST decision
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 30. The festive shopping season ahead may be bigger drain on your wallet if you are buying readymade garments. The State Government is planning to hike the local sales tax on readymade garments from four per cent to eight per ...
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  • Kuvempu University to complete works by 2004
  • Several trains cancelled on Hubli-Guntakal section
  • Jaiparkash accepts decision


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Get your ID cards at these centres
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 30. Photo ID cards for voters will be issued at the following places in Bangalore Urban District, between 8.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday: CMC Dasarahalli - Government Higher Primary School, Kempegowdanagar; ARO Koramangala - ...
    BMP to improve efforts to control mosquito menace
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 30. The Commissioner of the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP), M.R. Sreenivas Murthy, said here on Monday that the BMP would soon purchase innovative "hand-held fogging machines" in its efforts to tackle the mosquito menace. ...
    State plans free, payment seat admissions for BAMS
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 30. The State Government is considering introduction of the system of free and payment seats in admissions to the bachelor's courses in Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, and Unani systems of medicine from the next academic year. However, ...
    Of rights and public taps
    THERE IS a saying that people get the governments they deserve. Well, it is also true that if people do not fight for their rights, they truly deserve what they get. Take this example. On a certain cross road off Hennur Main Road ...
    BMP plans to generate power from garbage
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 30. After all the controversy over garbage clearance and disposal in the recent past, over 2,200 tonnes of garbage generated in Bangalore daily may become precious. For effective solid-waste management and ecological ...
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  • Old people are easy prey to criminals
  • SAS of property tax to begin today


    Kerala
    Kerala police looking for Imam Ali's aides
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 30. There is mounting concern in the Police Department about the likely presence of terrorist elements who could be looking for a safe haven in Kerala. Highly-placed police sources said that Imam Ali alias Harikumar, ...
    High 'point mutation' in DNA of fisherfolk along Kollam coast
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 30.People living by the seaside in the Chavara-Neendakara area, near Kollam in Kerala, with some of the highest natural background radiation in the world, exhibit a high rate of hereditable " point mutation'' in their ...
    Non-bailable warrant against Shobhana George
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 30.The Crime Branch has procured a non-bailable arrest warrant for the arrest of Shobhana George, MLA, who has been named as third accused in the sensational ``intelligence letter'' forgery case. The application for ...
    Power crisis: all-party meet fails to find solution
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 30.The all-party meeting convened by the Chief Minister today to discuss the crisis in the power sector failed to come up with a solution acceptable to all. The Electricity Minister, Kadavoor Sivadasan, told the ...
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  • Shobhana exceeded all limits: VS
  • Marine salvage project runs into rough weather
  • GCDA to run online lottery


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Indigenous health care mooted for city development
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 30. Traditional health care systems, including Ayurveda could be effectively harnessed to give a strong impetus to the development of the capital city region, according to a package of proposals prepared by the ...
    'Police helping liquor mafia at Vellarada'
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 30. The action council of the Madhya Virudha Samithy at Vellarada has given a memorandum to the Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, accusing the rural police of tacitly supporting the activities of the powerful hooch and ...
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  • `Missing' girl to appear in HC
  • Toxic gas: cashew workers hospitalised
  • `Stir not to affect Govt. hospitals'


    Tamil Nadu
    Is Bangalore a hideout for fugitives?
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 30. Is Bangalore, particularly its outskirts, becoming a safe hideout for criminals trying to escape the Tamil Nadu police? This apprehension has arisen as, after the killers of the former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, did so in ...
    Helplines for trauma victims short of government care
    COIMBATORE, SEPT. 30. A project which has saved more than 900 lives so far may not live long if the Government fails to extend a helping hand. K.A.Kuriachen, Past Governor of the Rotary District 3200, who spearheaded a campaign for launching ...
    Cauvery panel visiting Mettur dam today
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 30. A 12-member team of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee is to visit the Mettur reservoir and the delta in the composite Thanjavur district on Tuesday and Wednesday. This follows a directive by the Supreme Court today to the CMC. ...
    Left lukewarm, AIADMK going slow on third front
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 30. After having called for an alternative to both the Congress and the BJP at the national level, the AIADMK is now going slow on efforts at forming a third front. With the Left parties and the Rashtriya Janata Dal not showing any ...
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  • Tension-hit Tirupur renews demand for shifting SP office
  • 302nd cradle baby in Salem centre
  • No improvement in Maran's condition
  • Beware job racketeers: EOW
  • Partial response to delta bandh call
  • Samadhan scheme to resolve stamp duty row


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Cricket betting scam busted, 9 held
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 30. The police on Sunday busted a cricket betting scam, involving crores, following the arrest of nine bookies from different parts of the city. Computers including laptops, 34 cellphones and television sets were seized from ...
    Spotlight on civic issues, for a change
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 30.An issue raised by the AIADMK, alleging that the DMK had not adhered to a G.O. of 1988 to maintain a section of the Anna Arivalayam premises as a public park dominated the proceedings of the Chennai Corporation council meet ...
    Rowdy-sheeter goes on the rampage at Egmore
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 30. A teashop owner was attacked and several bottles with biscuits were smashed on Swamireddy Street opposite the Egmore Police Station this evening by a rowdy-sheeter, in a brazen display of muscle power in the ...
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  • Irate commuters detain trains at Madurantakam


    Pondicherry
    Pondy Cabinet reviews welfare schemes
    PONDICHERRY, SEPT. 30. The nearly seven-hour long cabinet meeting today reviewed the various schemes and evolved a blueprint to accord priority to welfare programmes for the weaker sections. According to informed sources, Pondicherry would ...
    Bandh was not against minorities: BJP
    PONDICHERRY, SEPT. 30. The BJP legislator, A.M. Krishnamoorthy, said here today that the recent bandh called by the party in Pondicherry was not against the minorities but was to condemn the terrorist attack on the temple in Gujarat. ...
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  • Drive to enrol children in schools
  • Monitor GO implementation in minority colleges: JD(S)

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