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Andhra Pradesh
Stamp paper scam: Naidu for probe by SC Judge
HYDERABAD, SEPT. 26.Grave charges of corruption and criminalisation were hurled against each other by the Treasury and the Opposition benches during a tumultuous debate in the Assembly today which saw the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, ...
Stamp scam probe will be taken to its logical conclusion: Goud
HYDERABAD, SEPT.26. Rejecting the Opposition charges of the Government's inaction and delay in the multicrore stamp paper scam, the Home Minister, T. Devender Goud, on Friday reiterated the Government's commitment to bring to book all those ...
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  • BJP expresses shock over BKS leader's death
  • Uproar over continuance of two Ministers
  • The chequered career of Telgi
  • CM throws challenge at Opposition
  • Who is the 'Big Boss?'
  • 'Personal attacks' pain Naidu
  • Naidu, YSR trade charges
  • Yadav remanded to judicial custody


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    CM supports blindness prevention drive
    HYDERABAD, SEPT. 26. The Chief Minister and Chairman of the AP's Right to Sight Society, N. Chandrababu Naidu, has exuded confidence that with concerted efforts of global and State-level agencies, elimination of avoidable blindness could be ...
    Polling peaceful
    HYDERABAD, SEPT. 26. Barring stray incidents, the by-election passed off peacefully on Friday. The police seized 54 vehicles on the charge of transporting voters to polling booths. The police also detained 79 persons on the charge of attempting ...
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  • Two arrested in murder case
  • Autos off the road as talks fail
  • Low turnout in Karwan
  • Cops clueless about murders


    Karnataka
    High Court upholds move to close down BGML
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 26. The Karnataka High Court today set aside an order passed by a single judge quashing the decision of the Board of Industrial Finance and Reconstruction (BIFR) and the Centre to close down the Bharat Gold Mines Ltd. (BGML) at ...
    C.N.R. Rao to open Dasara celebrations today
    MYSORE, SEPT. 26. The renowned scientist, C.N.R. Rao, will inaugurate the nine-day traditional Dasara festivities atop Chamundi Hills on Saturday at 10.30 a.m. The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, V. Srinivas Prasad, will be ...
    Other Stories

  • Award for violinist
  • Five farmers end life
  • English from first standard in govt. schools likely
  • 'Firms should help meet Defence needs'
  • A celebration of the triumph of good over evil


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Treat children with heart disease early, says expert
    BANGALORE, SEPT. 26. Ahead of the World Heart Day on Sunday, I.B. Vijayalakshmi, Head of the Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, has advised parents to ensure that their children are free from heart ...
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  • Traffic police now focus on J.C. Road
  • AXN's `Extreme Dhamaka' from today
  • Call centre raided


    Kerala
    Kalam urges youth to make India strong
    KOCHI, SEPT. 26.The President, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, has called upon the youth to make India economically strong with an integrated spiritual life, if they wish to live in a peaceful, prosperous and safe country. Addressing a meeting of youth ...
    President calls for networking of health care facilities
    KOCHI, SEPT. 26.The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has underscored the need for networking existing health care facilities and expertise to augment and facilitate higher rate of research and development. He was delivering a convocation address ...
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  • Issue Ordinance to tide over HC stay: SFI
  • Helmet: Govt. mulling over exemption
  • Kalam's prescription for doctors
  • Film industry heading for yet another crisis
  • BSNL fixed phones to go hi-tech
  • Cong. panel may take a soft approach
  • 'Karunakaran impact' on local body by-polls?
  • `Say no to gifts'


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Forensic evidence helps solve murder
    Forensic and circumstantial evidence proved crucial for the police in establishing the murder of Ambika (35), whose death was initially referred as one caused due to accidental burns, by the Varkala police in July, 1996. A police ...
    Women's college principal directed to admit student
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 26. The Kerala Lok Ayukta has given an interim order, directing the principal, Government College for Women, Vazhuthacaud, to give provisional admission to a student who had been denied a seat earlier by the College. ...
    Other Stories

  • Tracing Roerich's Travancore connection
  • Bus passenger killed
  • TRIDA to review proposal
  • `Academics must work as a corrective force'


    Tamil Nadu
    'DMK agitation not against Centre'
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 26.The DMK president, M. Karunanidhi, today denied that the agitation by the party scheduled for December demanding withdrawal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act was against the Centre. The Prime Minister himself said recently ...
    'No contradiction in Govt. plans'
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 26.The Tiruvidanthai - Thaiyur administrative city project is a separate and "parallel project" and there was no rethink on the Kotturpuram Secretariat plan, according to Government sources. Also, there was no contradiction in ...
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  • 'Pipeline key to widen reach of petroproducts'
  • Governor calls for more investments in human resource
  • 'Over 70,000 out-of-school child labourers in TN'
  • 'Talks failure has given us breathing space'
  • Suba Ilavarasan arrested?
  • Plan to improve infrastructure in industrial clusters
  • Decks cleared for track doubling
  • Efforts on to upgrade tourism facilities at Hogenakkal
  • PIL seeks ban on manufacture, sale of Nimesulide
  • 5-year RI for molesting girl
  • Court directs CBI to get correct address of witness
  • 'Cancun talks failure has given us breathing space'
  • Remand for naxalites extended
  • Videoconferencing facility for remand extension in two months


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Gangster killed in encounter, 2 SIs hurt
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 26.In an early morning operation at Nungambakkam here today, the Central Crime Branch police shot dead `Pannayar' Venkatesan, allegedly involved in several cases of murder and extortion. Two sub-inspectors were hurt in the ...
    3 electrocuted after showers
    CHENNAI, SEPT. 26. Three persons were electrocuted in separate incidents in the city, after the heavy showers this morning. The rains also threw normal life out of gear, what with water-logging and traffic jams in several parts of the ...
    Vital clues hold the key
    Medico-legal cases are not merely about postmortems and fixing the cause of death. There are wheels within wheels, with doctors and investigating agencies pitched on two sides of the spectrum, as K. Manikandan finds out.
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  • College vice-chairman held
  • Hike in U.S. visa service charge
  • Gangster's kin allege police high-handedness


    Pondicherry
    Jagmohan to study feasibility of declaring Tirunallar a temple town
    PONDICHERRY, SEPT. 26. The Union Tourism and Culture Minister, Jagmohan would visit Karaikal during October third week to study the feasibility of declaring Tirunallar, where the famous shrine of Saneeswarar is situated, a temple town, according ...
    Tanzanian Minister's pat for RWH scheme
    PONDICHERRY, SEPT. 26. The Tanzanian Finance Minister, Basil P. Mramba, today paid tributes to the formulation and adoption of the rainwater harvest scheme by the Tamil Nadu Government and said that this was an excellent programme that would go a ...



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