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Transport Ministers for tax rationalisationHYDERABAD, AUG. 29. The eighteenth meeting of the Standing Committee of Transport Ministers of southern States has made a strong case for rationalising the tax structure in the transport sector. The two-day meeting, which began here today, is ... Govt. to sell temple land held by small ryots HYDERABAD, AUG. 29.As a gesture towards small and marginal farmers, the Government has decided to sell the temple land held by small ryots under lease only if they want to purchase it and if such a deal benefits the temple concerned. As yet ... Other Stories
Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad Dumping yards raise quite a stink HYDERABAD, AUG. 29. Open plots turned into dumping yards, pigs making it their home, and neighbours dumping garbage indiscriminately and inviting trouble with open arms. That, in short, is the sanitation story in areas located along the ... Hearing on bypoll date listed for Sept. 3 HYDERABAD, AUG. 29. A Judge of the AP High Court, L. Narasimha Reddy, on Friday was not inclined to give a direction to the Election Commission of India to change the polling date for the by-election to be held in Karwan, Hyderabad. The Judge ... CM lays stone for IT project HYDERABAD, AUG. 29.The foundation stone for yet another gigantic project to create IT and ITES infrastructure -- `Mindspace Hyderabad' -- was laid by the Chief Minister, N.Chandrababu Naidu, at Madhapur (Cyberabad) here on Friday. Being taken ... Other Stories
Karnataka 
Team to meet CJ to seek HC BenchBANGALORE, AUG. 29. A meeting of the floor leaders of the Opposition parties in the Karnataka Legislature, convened by the Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, on Friday unanimously decided to take a delegation to the Chief Justice of the High Court of ... Farmers' woes only partly addressed HUBLI, AUG. 29. One may have to wait for a while to find out how farmers in distress will be helped by the Rs. 856-crore package announced by the Government. But what is certain is that it represents the first tacit admission on the part of the ... Karnataka-Bangalore Metro Rail to have 32 stations, automated fare collection BANGALORE, AUG. 29. The east-west corridor of Metro Rail will start from an elevated station on Mysore Road, go through Chord Road and Magadi Road, travel underground below the City Railway Station, and surface at Mahatma Gandhi Road. The ... Digital library opened at dental college BANGALORE, AUG. 29. A digital library was opened at the Government Dental College under the HELINET programme of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) here on Friday. The college has also established an Oral Pathology Department. ... Notice to Govt. on encroachment plea BANGALORE, AUG. 29. The Chief Justice, N.K. Jain, and Justice Mohan Shantanagoudar, constituting a Division Bench in the Karnataka High Court, on Thursday ordered issue of notice to the Secretary, Revenue Department, Government of Karnataka, and ... Other Stories
Kerala 
Soft drink godown ransackedKOCHI, AUG. 29. Extremist elements who the police suspect to be members of the Ayyankali Pada, claimed to be a Maoist group, ransacked a godown for Coca-Cola and other soft drink products at Kadavanthara here and tried to set it ablaze today. ... Talks on fee structure end in deadlock THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 29. The discussions among the representatives of the Kerala Government, the Opposition and the private self-financing professional college managements here today could not arrive at a broadly acceptable fee structure for ... Committee to study need for more self-financing colleges THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 29. The Cabinet on Friday decided to appoint a committee headed by the former director of the Sri Chitra Medical Centre, M. S. Valiathan, as chairman to study whether more self- financing colleges were needed in the ... Matsyafed papers point to irregularities THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 29.The documents seized from the head office of the Kerala State Cooperative Federation for Fisheries Development Limited (Matsyafed) by the Superintendent of Police (Marine Enforcement and Vigilance) indicate serious ... 
Home for a jumbo calfKOCHI, AUG. 29.Hardly do we know what babies think. We know less of what baby elephants think. But perhaps you can guess how this baby elephant, barely four months old and separated from the herd and its mother, feels. Fear and sadness were ... Other Stories
Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram Council urges CM to settle row THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 29. The City Corporation Council today urged the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, to convene a meeting to resolve the row over the renovation of the Gandhi Park at East Fort. An official resolution moved by the Mayor, J. ... PCB yet to take action against TTP THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 29.Even as the water pollution threat posed by the Travancore Titanium Products (TTP) continues unabated, the decision taken by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to initiate action against the company for ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu 
Animal sacrifice continues despite banMADURAI, AUG. 29. The Government's decision to ban animal and bird sacrifice in temples was put to the test the very next day of its announcement. A `sacrifice' of scores of goats and fowls at a suburban temple here today left authorities ... RWH system can be put up before Oct. 10: experts CHENNAI, AUG. 29. Anxious residents all over the State, who are trying to meet the deadline of August 31 for installing rainwater-harvesting structures (RWH), need not be desperate as the rules allow for putting them up before October 10 without ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai CAS regime challenged in HC CHENNAI, AUG. 29. The Conditional Access System (CAS) regime, making it obligatory for cable operators in Chennai to transmit programmes only via set top boxes from September 1, has been challenged in the Madras High Court. Justice K. ... Police were called only to advise students: school CHENNAI, AUG. 29. The M.G.R.Nagar Government Higher Secondary School authorities today said they had called in the police only to ``advise'' the Plus-Two students on proper behaviour after several measures to streamline the ``unruly'' conduct had ... Online bill collection for CellOne subscribers CHENNAI, AUG. 29. An online bill collection facility for the CellOne post-paid cellular service subscribers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam was inaugurated today by Chennai Telephones Chief General Manager, S.S. Iyer, at the R.K. Nagar exchange complex ... Anna varsity to sign MoU with Prasar Bharati CHENNAI, AUG. 29. The Anna University will enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Prasar Bharati "by September-end" for utilising the facilities of the public service broadcaster, to telecast programmes meant for engineering students, ... Other Stories
Pondicherry Anbarasu transferred to the Andamans PONDICHERRY, AUG. 29.The Collector cum Secretary to the Revenue Department in Pondicherry Administration, A. Anbarasu, has been transferred to take up assignment in the Administration of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. An official release said that ... Other Stories
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