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Pondicherry Andhra Pradesh A rare feat by two slum boys HYDERABAD, DEC.19.Their parents cannot even afford a decent train travel, but the two children, who are students of Mahbub College High School, have come up with interesting devices to prevent train accidents occurring due to sabotage and extend ... Explosives seized KURNOOL, DEC. 19. Police raided a house at Veldurthi in Kurnool district on Friday and seized a large quantity of explosives. According to the police, 3,300 gelatine sticks, 4,174 electric detonators, 12,900 common detonators and 10 coils of fuse ... Woman poisons two kids, kills herself HYDERABAD, DEC. 19.A housewife, Susheela, 35, committed suicide by consuming poison on Friday after poisoning her son, Sai Kumar, 5, and daughter, Sita, 3, at Choudhariguda village of Shamshabad mandal in Ranga Reddy district. While the children ... Other Stories
Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad Government invites striking medicos to talks HYDERABAD, DEC.19. The State Government has invited junior doctors to talks with the Health Minister, K. Sivaprasada Rao, on Saturday, even as agitating medicos began relay hunger strike as part of their strike which entered the eighth day ... Other Stories
Karnataka Clashes in Mysore MYSORE, DEC. 19. Tension prevailed here on Friday following a dispute regarding the work around a tomb and the erection of a flagpole at the People's Park. The rumour that the tomb had been desecrated worsened the situation. Police lobbed ... Coastal Investors' Meet from today KARWAR, DEC. 19. The two-day Coastal Investors' Meet, a mega event, will be held on the Rabindranath Tagore beach here from Saturday. A most modern air-conditioned auditorium, built on the beach, is ready to welcome about 500 delegates from ... BJP demands Baig's dismissal BANGALORE, DEC. 19.The BJP State unit President, H.N. Ananth Kumar, today demanded the dismissal of the Minister for Small-scale Industries, R. Roshan Baig, from the Ministry and the arrest of police officers allegedly involved in the stamp paper ... Other Stories
Karnataka-Bangalore Advani arriving today BANGALORE, DEC. 19. The Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, will arrive here on Saturday evening to deliver the convocation address at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS). Soon after his arrival at the airport, Mr. ... New courses in 34 colleges BANGALORE, DEC. 19. The Cabinet subcommittee on engineering colleges has permitted 34 engineering colleges to start new courses including biotechnology and communications this year. As many as 62 colleges had sought permission. The Minister for ... Other Stories
Kerala High Court stays ban on other State lotteries KOCHI, DEC. 19. A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court today restrained the State Government and the Director of Lotteries from suspending the sale of tickets of agents and distributors of online and paper lotteries of other States. The ... French film bags top honours at IFFK THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 19. The curtains came down on the eighth International Film Festival of Kerala-2003 here today with the French film, Abouna, directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun, bagging the prestigious `Suvarna Chakoram' for the best ... Other Stories
Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram Bigger Annual Plan promised THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 19. The Finance Minister, K. Sankaranarayanan, today promised that the Annual Plan for the next financial year would be much bigger than this year's. He made this promise while inaugurating a new building for a ... Odessa film project sparks off a row THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 19.The announcement of the latest film of Odessa, `Vettayadapetta manassu' (`Haunted mind'), by the director, C.V.Satyan, has sparked off a row with another director, Sivaprasad, claiming that his film, `Bheri', which was ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu Gopal freed on conditional bail CHENNAI, DEC. 19. The Madras High Court today took into account the "initial illegality" in the arrest of R.R. Gopal, editor, Nakkheeran and Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) detenu, and granted him conditional bail. A Division Bench, ... Restored water supply may not help: ryots CHENNAI, DEC. 19. The State Government has started releasing water again from the Mettur reservoir at 5,000 cusecs. But the discharge cannot meet the needs of the standing paddy crop, say farmers. There is still uncertainty over the crop, raised ... State Govt. `taking things too far' NEW DELHI, DEC. 19. Even as it declined to interfere with yesterday's Madras High Court order granting bail to the Tamil Desiya Iyakkam leader, P. Nedumaran, who was arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), the Supreme Court today ... Karunanidhi summoned in defamation case CHENNAI, DEC. 19. A sessions court here issued summons to the DMK president, M. Karunanidhi, in connection with a defamation complaint filed against him on behalf of the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa. He, along with the Murasoli editor and ... Jabalpur man finds lost son in Chennai CHENNAI, DEC. 19.Vinod Kumar Dubey, 65, staggered outside the gates of Anbagam, a home for mentally-ill orphans, clutching the arm of its managing trustee, Mohammed Rafi. He took a deep breath as he prepared himself to meet his son, Neeraj, for ... 
47 students hurt in school roof collapseTIRUNELVELI, DEC. 19. Fortyseven students and three teachers were injured when the tiled roof of a 60-year old government-aided middle school at Vengadaampatti under the Kadayam police station limits collapsed this morning. While 45 students ... Other Stories
Tamil Nadu-Chennai Homage paid to councillor CHENNAI, DEC. 19. The Chennai Corporation council which met today paid homage to Vannai A. Shankar, Zone I chairman and ward 7 councillor, who died after a brief illness on December 7. Councillors from all parties paid homage to the AIADMK ... Hacked to death CHENNAI, DEC. 19. An assistant of the AIADMK president of the Poonamallee town panchayat was murdered last night. The police identified the deceased as Kalaivanan. He was hacked to death by an unidentified gang at an automobile workshop at ... Pondicherry 'Set up parent-teacher associations to tone up educational system' PONDICHERRY, DEC. 19. The Education Minister, K. Lakshminarayanan, today said that he had issued instructions to managements of private schools and government-run institutions to immediately constitute parent-teacher associations to tone up the ... Man commits suicide PONDICHERRY, DEC. 19. A 39-year- old daily wage earner today committed suicide by hanging at his house at Thelarshpet. His wife, also a daily wage earner in government-run civil supplies corporation, ended her life in a similar fashion ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Metro Plus | Young World | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
  
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