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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Himachal Pradesh http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070458000700.htm Number of commercial beekeepers in the State has gone up to 1,500 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Madhya Pradesh http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451660300.htm Bhopal: Congress general secretary and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Digvijay Singh on Friday hailed the railway budget presented by Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee. In a statement, Mr. Singh said that the budget was in ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Orissa http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070450500200.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Orissa http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451080200.htm It will pave way for best practices Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Orissa http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453530300.htm Water-logging in the temple town fails to dampen the spirits of devotees Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Orissa http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453550300.htm BERHAMPUR: It was celebration time in Berhampur circle as four of its inmates passed the secondary school board examination in second division. The four inmates who had passed the 10th board examination conducted by the Orissa Board of ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Orissa http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453560300.htm BERHAMPUR: The activists of city units of the CPI (M) and the BJP held separate demonstrations in the city on Friday against the price rise of petrol and diesel. The CPI (M) activists demonstrated in front of the Indian Oil Corporation ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Orissa http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453570300.htm Government lacks mindset to grant developmental projects, says Rout Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Orissa http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453580300.htm BHUBANESWAR: Committee of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), Orissa is all set to miss the scheduled date for counselling for admissions into professional courses as no decision could be taken on fixing the counselling ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Orissa http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453590300.htm The call was given in protest against the State’s failure to trace the local MLA Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Orissa http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453730300.htm BHUBANESWAR: Malkangiri district magistrate dismissed Dibakar Sethy, a senior clerk, from his job who was convicted in bribery charges by Special Judge, Vigilance Berhampur. Sethy was working as record keeper at tehsil office of Boriguma under ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Puducherry http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453400300.htm PUDUCHERRY: Three palm civets, or “toddy cats,” are the latest attraction at the Forest Department office premises here. Locally called “Maranai,” they mostly live on palm and coconut trees. The three specimens ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Puducherry http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453740300.htm PUDUCHERRY: The Local Administration Department will launch a survey to assess the cable television subscriber base in the four regions of the Union Territory. “We will physically verify the number of subscribers the cable TV ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Puducherry http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451850300.htm PUDUCHERRY: Two college students and a mechanic from Neyveli were arrested during a vehicle-check on Friday by the Grand Bazaar police. The police seized a stolen motorbike from their custody. According to sources, the bike was stolen ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Puducherry http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453700300.htm PUDUCHERRY: The Pondicherry Institute of Cooperative Management will conduct a week-end training programme in jewel appraisal and related techniques from July 11. The 100-hour programme would include 40 hours of classroom work, 30 hours ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Puducherry http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453720300.htm PUDUCHERRY: The Puducherry unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has urged the Central government to withdraw the fuel price hike. The increase in petrol and diesel prices has added to the burden of escalating prices on the people, ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Punjab http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070458010700.htm Chandigarh: Punjab Assembly on the commencement of its Budget session here on Friday afternoon paid tributes to Cooperation Minister Kanwaljit Singh and others who died since the last session of the House in March. Chief Minister ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Punjab http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070458050700.htm CHANDIGARH: The Indian National Lok Dal has called for an immediate rollback of the latest increase in petrol and diesel prices. Describing the petrol price hike as a cruel thanksgiving gift by the Congress Government at the Centre to ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Rajasthan http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455010500.htm JAIPUR: A piquant situation has arisen over the status of the maverick politician Kirorilal Meena, who won the recent Lok Sabha election from Dausa as an Independent, as the Rajasthan Assembly Speaker is yet to accept his resignation as MLA. ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Rajasthan http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453860300.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Rajasthan http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070457970700.htm JAIPUR: Mamata Banerjee’s Railway Budget on Friday came as a mixed bag for Rajasthan, a backward State when it comes to rail facilities, with a few new trains and a few extensions of existing trains. There is not much on the gauge ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Rajasthan http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453850300.htm JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government’s Education Department has initiated the process for setting up two model schools in each district of the State during the current academic year which started on Wednesday. State Education Minister ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Rajasthan http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070457960700.htm CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda hailed the Railway Budget 2009-10 presented by Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in Parliament on Friday and described it as a pro-poor budget which catered especially to farmers, ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Rajasthan http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070457980700.htm JAIPUR: The Indian Embassy in Doha has identified nine persons from Rajasthan who were the victims of the ship tragedy which took place off the coast of the Qatar capital on Tuesday. Altogether there were 19 Indian nationals on board the ship ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Rajasthan http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070458060700.htm JAIPUR: The historic Jaleb Chowk in the Walled City of Jaipur will be developed shortly as a “global art square” to reflect the Pink City’s rich cultural heritage. A new handicraft market will come up at the square, while a ... 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