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Andhra Pradesh
CPI(M), CPI differ on tie-up with TRS
NEW DELHI, DEC. 14. The contentious issue of a separate Telangana State could result in cracks in Left unity, especially between the Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Andhra Pradesh. The root cause is the ...
Storm threat to coastal Andhra Pradesh
HYDERABAD, DEC. 14.The deep depression in the southeast Bay of Bengal further intensified into a cyclonic storm and lay centred about 650 km south east of Chennai on Sunday evening. It was likely to intensify further and move in a north ...
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  • 657 enlisted under single door number
  • TRS continues protest
  • Congress promises revival of sick PSUs


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Chief Minister for Delhi today
    HYDERABAD, DEC. 14. The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, is leaving on Monday morning for New Delhi where he will have a busy official and political schedule. Mr. Naidu is scheduled to meet the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee, the Deputy ...
    Condoms come free with haircut
    HYDERABAD, DEC. 14. Customers of hair cutting saloons will now get condoms free. The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, on Sunday released the condom box to be installed in the saloons and a manual on AIDS training for barbers. The unique ...
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  • Government cool to scandals, says Rosaiah
  • Probe into deal demanded
  • CPI for unity among secular forces
  • No talks held between medicos, Government


    Karnataka
    Janata Dal groups seek merger formula
    MYSORE, DEC. 14. The All-India Progressive Janata Dal (AIPJD) has appealed to the Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda, to propose a formula for the merger of the two groups of the Janata Dal. The AIPJD's ...
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  • 12 injured in clash near Mudigere
  • 'Underworld targeting honest police officers'
  • Panel meets Cauvery Nigam officials
  • Keep pace with law, advocates told
  • Dacoits slay watchman, loot jewellery shop
  • Chitradurga farmers in dire straits
  • Hindus victims of terrorism: seer
  • National meet of BSNL staff in Mysore
  • State Bar Council opposes framing of draft rules
  • Kharge for Delhi to seek Central aid


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    'Vajpayee wave moving towards South'
    BANGALORE, DEC. 14. The State BJP sees clear signs that the people will defeat the Congress and other parties paving the way for it (BJP) to come to power in the State in the elections to the Legislative Assembly. Giving this assessment of the ...
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  • Freedom Park designs on display
  • Judge defends sentencing legislator to read Gandhi
  • Extending the light of friendship
  • Pursue merger talks: Ajit Singh
  • Cauvery Marathon Race
  • Lawyers to hold protest
  • India offers Defence help to Sudan


    Kerala
    Sand-mining poses threat to Walayar river
    PALAKKAD, DEC. 14.Illegal sand-mining in the Pulampara, Kongampara and Kanalpiruvu stretch of the Walayar river is posing a threat to the river system besides creating major environmental problems in the area. Mining is done in the river at ...
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  • Two pilgrims die of heart attack
  • Cochin Carnival begins
  • 'Nation neglecting the aged'
  • 55 Sena activists remanded to judicial custody
  • CPI(ML) Red Flag on the verge of a split?
  • Facilities for Haj pilgrims at Feroke station
  • "Cooperative sector facing survival threat"
  • An art gallery in memory of Mannam
  • Dubey panel recommendations
  • People of Padre fear re-entry of the pesticide
  • Wonders of teak showcased here


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Platinum Jubilee: Did historian err in dates?
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 14. While the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy is going ahead with the platinum jubilee celebrations of Malayalam cinema, mainly on the basis of a film history written by the journalist, Chelangad Gopalakrishnan, Mr. ...
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  • 'Nationalism unites employees'
  • 'Funds crunch affecting work'
  • Dak adalat
  • National integration camp
  • Subsidy for film industry likely
  • Antony denies shift in stance on Congress feud
  • Chief Minister for probe into PSC question paper leak


    Tamil Nadu
    Decentralised paddy procurement from today
    CHENNAI, DEC. 14. The State Government today announced a decentralised procurement scheme to purchase samba paddy from farmers in the State to ensure remunerative price for their produce. The Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC), the ...
    Heavy rain likely in coastal areas
    CHENNAI, DEC. 14.Coastal areas of northern Tamil Nadu and southern Andhra Pradesh are expected to receive heavy rain in the 24 hours concluding on Monday night, according to a Meteorological department report. The weather office on Sunday ...
    Government files counter late evening, court could not hear Vaiko plea
    CHENNAI, DEC. 14. A specially-permitted petition of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader, Vaiko, for permission to participate in a debate on the Prevention of Terrorism Act Bill in Parliament could not be taken up for further ...
    Award for violinist
    CHENNAI, DEC. 14. On behalf of the Sruthilaya Kendra and the Sruthilaya Kendra Natarajaalaya, R. Krishnaswamy, secretary, Narada Gana Sabha, today presented the Sri Guru Surajananda Award to the violin artiste, M. Chandrasekaran, and the ...
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  • More family courts needed: women lawyers
  • 'No epidemiological threat immediately'
  • Design, innovation concepts in engineering curricula planned
  • Shootout in Sigur forest, hunt on for 5
  • Elephant camp to become annual feature: Jayalalithaa
  • 'BJP too for joint patrolling to prevent detention of fishermen'


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    Digital technology displacing signboard artists
    CHENNAI, DEC. 14.What is good news for some may be bad for others. This adage seems to fit the signboard trade to a `T' going by complaints of traditional signboard painters and artists in Chennai. The hoarding artistes did roaring business ...
    Title conferred on dancer
    CHENNAI, DEC. 14.There is need to contextualise culture in the modern milieu and artistes should spearhead the effort, said Kapila Vatsyayan, former secretary, Department of Arts, at the inauguration of the Narada Gana Sabha's Isai Natya Nataka ...
    'Eat less, stay younger'
    CHENNAI, DEC. 14.There is a very simple way to slow down the aging process. "Eat less," says Kalluri Subba Rao, Emeritus Professor of Bio-Chemistry and Coordinator, ICMR Advanced Centre for Research on Aging and Brain, Hyderabad University. "We ...
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  • Residents pour rosewater into Thangal lake to protest against sewage discharge
  • 'Fair' enquiry sought into custodial death
  • 'Mathematics and information technology are complementary'
  • Six held on charge of forging passports, visas
  • Pharmacy to sell drugs for HIV/AIDS patients at discount
  • Orthopaedicians conference


    Pondicherry
    'Academic Staff Colleges, vital for upgrading skills of teachers'
    PONDICHERRY, DEC. 14.The Vice Chancellor of the Pondicherry University, A.K. Bhatnagar, said today that Academic Staff Colleges were absolutely necessary and they should be used to enhance the skills and capability of the teachers in higher ...
    Holiday declared for Pondy schools
    PONDICHERRY, DEC. 14. The Pondicherry Government has declared a holiday for all the Government, private and Government-aided schools and colleges on December 15 in view of the announcement from the Area Cyclonic Warning Centre that a cylonic ...
    'Terrorism biggest threat to human rights'
    PONDICHERRY, DEC. 14. The former Central Bureau of Investigation Director, D.R. Karthikeyan, today said that terrorism was the biggest threat to human rights. Addressing a conference on human rights at the end of a rally here, he said ...



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