Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Saturday, November 22, 2003
Online edition of India's National Newspaper Saturday, November 22, 2003 |
|
Southern States |
|
News Update
News
Stocks
Group Sites |
Andhra Pradesh |
Karnataka |
Kerala |
Tamil Nadu |
Pondicherry Andhra Pradesh Cong. ready for public debate, says YSR HYDERABAD, NOV. 21.The former CLP leader, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has assailed the TDP president, N. Chandrababu Naidu's attempts to project the Congress as a pro-naxal party at the recent Guntur meet. On the offer of public debate he has said: ... Woman picked up for questioning ANANTAPUR, NOV. 21. A member of Abhyudaya Mahila Vedika, Nagamani, who is being suspected by the police as the woman who cooked food for naxalites who had stayed in Tirupati before the People's War attack on the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu ... 
Simhadri power plant sets recordVISAKHAPATNAM, NOV. 21. The 1,000MW Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station, owned by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), has created a record of sorts by achieving a plant load factor (PLF) of 89.67 per cent during the current ... Other Stories
Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad Serve the poor, Naidu tells doctors HYDERABAD, NOV. 21. The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, has reiterated his Government's commitment to improving standards of health in the State and gave a clarion call to the medical fraternity to put in their best effort to make people's ... A 'spirited' investigation It was a barren agricultural land on the outskirts of Jeedimetla village, about 150 yards from the Nizamabad National Highway. On November 11, a passerby noticed a body lying in the bushes and alerted the Petbashirabad police. The body of the ... Other Stories
Karnataka Naxalites 'planned attacks' on police stations, VIPs MANGALORE, NOV. 21. The literature seized by Udupi police, after an encounter with a group of naxalites at Bollottu near Karkala in the early hours of Monday, has revealed that the naxalites had planned to carry out an armed attack on police ... Confusion over Govt.'s plan on `Nada Geethe' BANGALORE, NOV. 21. Can a State Government adopt a popular patriotic poem written by a distinguished poet as its "Nada Geethe" and give it a status equal to the National Anthem without attracting Constitutional queries? If yes, the poet ... Gangal chosen for Dr. P.S. Shankar Award GULBARGA, NOV. 21. The well-known surgeon, H.T. Gangal, has been chosen for the prestigious Dr. P.S. Shankar Vaidya Shree Award for 2003. The award is given every year by the Dr. P.S. Shankar Pratisthan to medical personnel in recognition of ... Other Stories
Karnataka-Bangalore Shrines on public property to be demolished BANGALORE, NOV. 21. The Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, said on Friday that places of worship on public property would be razed without any "religious consideration". Addressing presspersons after inspecting the development of Sankey Tank and ... `Divide and rule' for effective policing THE HOME Department has cleared the long-pending proposal to bifurcate the Bangalore police district which has witnessed rapid and large-scale industrialisation in the past decade. The Home Minister, M. Mallikarjun Kharge, has announced that the ... Other Stories
Kerala Karunakaran claims support of 34 MLAs THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 21.The veteran Congress leader, K. Karunakaran, today pushed the UDF crisis closer to the brink by claiming that he had the support of 34 UDF MLAs. But he kept his opponents in the party guessing whether he indeed had the ... 'Parties playing communal card in poll campaign' PATHANAMTHITTA, NOV. 21.A cross-section of people here today alleged that both the ruling United Democratic Front and the Opposition Left Democratic Front, besides the BJP, were playing the "communal card" in the by-election campaign in ... Other Stories
Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram 5,000 litres of spirit seized at Mangalapuram THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 21. The rural police have seized nearly 5,000 litres of spirit from the premises owned by one Biju alias `Paata' Biju under Mangalapuram police station limits on Friday afternoon. According to the Circle Inspector ... The growing menace of goondaism Even as the city police have started cracking down on goonda gangs following a recent spurt in gang-related crimes in the State capital, experts have pointed to the need to simultaneously address the socio-economic factors that sustain these ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu 
Police facing contempt action in Serijabanu caseCHENNAI, NOV. 21. Justice M. Karpagavinayagam of the Madras High Court today passed severe strictures on the police involved in the arrest of Serijabanu, in a ganja case, on July 10, especially the Madurai city Commissioner, Vijay Kumar, and ... Stamp duty on registration cut CHENNAI, NOV. 21.In a significant move, the State Government has drastically reduced the stamp duty and transfer duty (surcharge) on registration, besides making the duty uniform for urban and rural areas. In an order issued here today, the ... 'Time ripe to restore Kamaraj rule in TN' CHENNAI, NOV. 21. Amidst bursting of crackers by party workers, G. K.Vasan took charge as president of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee here today. Workers and leaders, who turned out in large numbers from all over the State, including the ... 
Working class urged to remain unitedCHENNAI, NOV. 21. A nationwide campaign to collect at least five crore signatures in support of the organised labour's right to strike was kicked off from the city today, with speakers at the meeting urging the working class to remain ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai Special trains to Tiruvannamalai for Karthigai Deepam CHENNAI, NOV. 21.The Southern Railway will operate special trains in connection with the "Karthigai Deepam" festival at Tiruvannamalai. Train 853 Tambaram-Tiruvannamalai special will leave Tambaram at 11.30 a.m on Dec.7 and reach Tiruvannamalai ... Safety, a casualty in quarries Mani, a five-year-old boy, was playing outside his hut at Tiruneermalai. A deafening explosion shook the area and a shower of stones fell on him, killing Mani instantly. Last week, Mani joined a growing list of people killed or wounded in ... Other Stories
Pondicherry CME programme to focus on diagnostic methods of cancer PONDICHERRY, NOV. 21. The Head of the Department of Radiotherapy and acting Dean of the JIPMER, here, K. S. Reddy has called for close coordination between pathologists and clinicians so that there would be expeditious diagnosis and management of ... Rs.16-cr. plan to strengthen coastal security in State PONDICHERRY, NOV. 21. The Pondicherry Government has forwarded to the Centre a Rs 16-crore perspective plan for augmenting coastal security in Pondicherry, the Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, has said. The plan was in keeping with the Centre's ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Young World | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
   
|
|
News: Front Page | National | Southern States | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Index | Features: Life | Magazine | Literary Review | Metro Plus | Open Page | Education | Book Review | Business | SciTech | Entertainment | Young World | Quest | Folio |
The Hindu Group:
Home | About Us | Copyright | Archives | Contacts | Subscription
Copyright © 2003, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu |