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Andhra Pradesh
Chandrababu Naidu's brother to join Congress?
TIRUPATI, NOV. 28. Nara Ramamurthy Naidu, estranged younger brother of the Chief Minister, Chandrababu Naidu, has almost decided to cross the floor to the Congress, angered over what he called the "continued neglect he was being subjected to by ...
Cotton farmer ends life
NALGONDA, NOV. 28. Unable to cope with mounting debts, a cotton farmer, Yenna Narsi Reddy (30), of Kodandapur village in Nalgonda mandal committed suicide last night. Reddy, who had been depressed for a long time, was found dead and villagers ...
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  • Naidu repeats charges against Cong.
  • Cong. lodges complaint with SEC
  • Musician dead
  • Wrangle over `boons' issue
  • CM's brother to join Cong.?


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Book exhibition opens
    HYDERABAD, NOV. 28.Books are windows that help one comprehend the changes in the world. History is being made every day and it is only through interaction between individuals and countries through the aid of books, one would position oneself in ...
    Jayalalithaa, CM meeting turns into big media event
    HYDERABAD, NOV. 28.The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa's meeting with her Andhra Pradesh counterpart, N. Chandrababu Naidu, at the Secretariat today turned out to be a big media event curiously witnessed by scores of employees. At ...
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  • Six injured in group clash
  • Old and buried murder case solved, thanks to `confession'
  • Discom's bid to rectify billing defects
  • Banking on the lie detector
  • Make WB loan details public: CPI(M)
  • ANGRAU gears up for rabi


    Karnataka
    State receives directive in Jayalalithaa case
    BANGALORE, NOV. 28. The stage is set for setting up a special court here to try the two disproportionate assets cases against the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, and others, with the Karnataka Government receiving the Supreme Court's ...
    Congress poised to retain Bellary seat
    BELLARY, NOV. 28. The Congress is poised to retain the seat in the Legislative Council from the Bellary Local Bodies Constituency. Polling will be held on December 1. Due to a "blunder'' committed by the leaders of Janata Dal (Secular) in general ...
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  • AIDS counselling centres to be set up in govt. hospitals
  • College wins champisonship at youth festival
  • `Unhealthy sex ratio may lead to societal disorder'
  • Cheating case filed against principal
  • Admar Math getting ready for Paryaya
  • Straight fight between Cong. and JD(S) in Hassan


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Public holidays in 2004 announced
    BANGALORE, NOV. 28.January 15 - Uttarayana Punyakala (Sankranti); January 26 - Republic Day; February 2 - Bakrid; February 18 - Maha Shivaratri; March 2 - Last day of Moharrum; April 3 - Mahaveer Jayanti; April 9 - Good Friday; April 14 - Dr. ...
    Ramesh's supporters have a field day
    BANGALORE, NOV. 28. It was a show of strength by the new Mayor, P.R. Ramesh, on Friday. A large group of his supporters followed him and were seen garlanding him in the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) Council hall where outsiders are allowed. ...
    Architects, engineers should use IT: Dattatreya
    BANGALORE, NOV. 28. The Union Minister of State for Urban Development, Bandaru Dattatreya, has called for a close working relationship between the IT industry and the building construction sector. Mr. Dattatreya was inaugurating a two-day ...
    Editor of Urdu daily dies of injuries
    BANGALORE, NOV. 28. Mir Badruddin Ali, Editor of Daily Salar, an Urdu daily, who was injured in a hit-and-run accident on Thursday night, died at a hospital early today. He was 58. Mr. Ali is survived by wife, four daughters, and a ...
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  • Notices on seat matrix in two new colleges ordered
  • Bhat responds to summons
  • Students help IISc. prepare data on resources
  • Efforts on to reduce BTPS project period
  • Biodiversity Board constituted
  • Importance of Gita highlighted
  • Hotel employee threatens suicide over CBI probe
  • Patrolling system to change
  • HC seeks explanation from Mariswamy
  • Involvement of youth in crime rising


    Kerala
    Online lotteries fail to get Government nod
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 28. The application filed by the marketing agent of the Sikkim Government Lotteries, M/s Tashi Delek Gaming Solution (P) Ltd., seeking provisional permission to continue its online lottery business here has been rejected ...
    'No permission for ADB officials'
    THRISSUR, NOV. 28.The Finance Minister, K. Sankaranarayanan, today made it clear that the State Government would not permit officials of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to inspect the Government offices in the State. Speaking to presspersons ...
    Gulf return airfare clause to be dropped
    NEW DELHI, NOV. 28. The Union Labour Minister, Sahib Singh Verma, today assured the three-member official delegation of the Kerala Government that the Centre would remove the clause in the visa regime mandating that Indian job-seekers in the Gulf ...
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  • CM seeks vote for development
  • Minister bars ADB inspection
  • Gulf return airfare clause to be dropped


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Crackdown on traders employing minor girls
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 28. The police have launched a crackdown on those employing minors as sales girls in the dozens of shops in the international beach resort of Kovalam following concerns that these children are being sexually ...
    Police seek custody of accused in hit-and-run case
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 28. The city police have moved an application in the Judicial First Class Magistrate court seeking the custody of `Pantham' Jayan, the prime accused in the hit-and-run case witnessed by the Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, ...
    ADB to review conduct rules
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 28. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will be undertaking a `Review of Existing Conduct Rules of Civil Servants' in India as part of a plan to "improve the performance and productivity of the Civil Services". The review ...
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  • Advantage for LDF in civic polls
  • KSEB finances: SERC to have meeting with Govt.
  • `I' faction planning to petition Governor
  • Construction worker electrocuted
  • Dowry death: RI for man, mother


    Tamil Nadu
    Naidu to consider Jayalalithaa's request for Kandaleru water
    HYDERABAD, NOV. 28.Andhra Pradesh has agreed to consider the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa's request for release of Telugu Ganga water from Kandaleru, its balancing reservoir in Nellore district, within two days, for mitigating the ...
    Hooch toll 13, two policemen suspended
    CHENNAI, NOV. 28. The toll in Thursday's hooch tragedy at Lakshmipuram near Ponneri in Tiruvallur district has gone up to 13. Two sub-inspectors, Mahboob Sharief attached to the Prohibition Enforcement Wing, Ponneri and Gunasekaran of the Ponneri ...
    Direct-to-Home TV arrives in Chennai
    CHENNAI, NOV. 28.A two-foot tall dish-antenna on the roof could soon transform TV watching in Chennai. Direct-to-Home TV has arrived. Consumers need no longer worry about cable cuts or be at the mercy of cable operators or brood over sudden ...
    Public prosecutor subverted justice: DMK
    CHENNAI, NOV. 28. The DMK today submitted a memorandum to the Governor, P.S. Ramamohan Rao, asking him to bring to the notice of the Centre the "illegal intervention by the State Government into the avenue of justice, breakdown of constitutional ...
    Number of public holidays reduced
    CHENNAI, NOV. 28. Next year, Government offices will remain open for nearly a week longer than this year. And, unlike as in previous years, the employees will work on the New Year's Day. In 2003, Government offices remained closed for 22 public ...
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  • Lufthansa to expand operations
  • `Time to codify legislative privileges'
  • IAF aims at total indigenisation of spare parts production
  • Court orders status quo on termination of coop staff
  • Inter-caste quota case: apex court to appoint amicus curiae
  • Domestic workers stage demonstration
  • Unorganised workers oppose merging of labour boards
  • HC modifies order on IMFL shops


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Young World painting contest on Sunday
    CHENNAI, NOV. 28. The Hindu Young World on-the-spot painting competition 2003 for juniors (classes 4 to 7) and seniors (classes 8 to 10) will be held at the Vidyodaya School auditorium on Thirumalai Pillai Road, T. Nagar, Chennai-600017, ...
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  • Promote communal harmony to end terrorism: CJ
  • Pirated MP3 CDs put music industry on a slide
  • Unorganised workers oppose merging of labour boards
  • `Make rural marketing part of curriculum'
  • Residents waiting for reopening of Marina swimming pool


    Pondicherry
    Govt. will take care of housing needs of people: Rangasamy
    PONDICHERRY, NOV. 28. The Pondicherry Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, today said his government had been evolving plans taking into consideration the requirements of the people and to promote their well being without discriminating between urban ...
    Kumbhabishegam performed
    PONDICHERRY, NOV. 28. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, and the Opposition leader in the Assembly, R.V. Janakiraman, offered prayers at the Peria Palayathu Amman temple at Nellithope on the occasion of the kumbabishegam and also jeernotharana ...



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