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    Alappuzha

  • Kerala Spinners to be reopened

    Anantapur

  • Cops conduct programmes for poor
  • Bankers told to display crop loan details
  • Boycott dispute resolved

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Power generation starts at Srisailam
  • Nuclear fuel expert unveils ambitious plans
  • BJP opposes move for stone-laying by YSR
  • Home Minister says he is helpless
  • CPI threatens to vote against insurance bill
  • Call for commitment to nurture trees
  • National science talent test on January 30
  • Telugu Desam for cancellation of bids
  • Focus on land reforms at `praja assembly'
  • Special train for Ajmer on August 19
  • Farmer attempts suicide
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    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • CM agrees to take up tunnel works on SLBC
  • PW meet: rain plays spoil sport

    Archery

  • Dola, Sumangala and Reena qualify

    Athletics

  • Raja, Mageshwari clinch titles

    Badminton

  • Thomas Kurien, Aparna emerge champions
  • Amar, Nischita to lead

    Bangalore

  • Study tour: corporators ready to bear expenses
  • Woman cheated into parting with her gold bangles
  • SFI activists stage protest
  • Two held, articles recovered
  • Residents panic after cylinder leak
  • Bank staff take part in dharna
  • Cable TV operators to stage protest
  • Water Adalat today
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    Barometer

  • Exchange rates
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    Basketball

  • Mixed fortune for Kolar teams
  • ICF, IOB advance
  • Good outing for Modern School
  • Bad day for New Horizon

    Belgaum

  • Take advantage of NKUIDP, local bodies told
  • Programme on dental education launched

    Bellary

  • DDPI fails to furnish proper records at meeting

    Boxing

  • He chose to remain `red' than be dead
  • Lewis backs Ali's humanitarian efforts

    Briefly

  • Task forces to recover tax arrears
  • Aptech withdraws application
  • Plea to reduce raw material prices
  • Green power projects in West Bengal
  • Dr. Reddy's launches skin cream
  • Exhibition on glass
  • Toyota to invest Rs. 160 crores
  • TechSpan centre assessed at CMM Level 5
  • Bose Corporation expands
  • AirTel's new offerings
  • Parryware forays into Andhra Pradesh
  • Fiat introduces Petra
  • IBM India to roll out Express Mela
  • HMT Tractor's plans
  • Exhibiton-cum-seminar for NRIs

    Business

  • Merger of oil companies mooted
  • BPCL, HPCL oppose move
  • Industrial growth up at 7.6 p.c.
  • Searches in Rolta India offices
  • Rupee gains 10 paise against $
  • Sensex dips by another 35 points
  • Servion rejigs strategy
  • Slew of Indian fairs in Africa, West Asia planned
  • Aviva's product for corporate sector
  • Thailand approves 82 items for free trade with India
  • Panel to submit technical textiles report

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    Chennai

  • More takers for extended service
  • Residents at tail-end areas deprived of water
  • Police list I-Day security measures
  • Two students die in road accidents
  • Metrowater open house meet
  • MGR statue vandalised
  • 150 huts gutted
  • Around the City
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    Chess

  • Kunte, Kidambi inch closer to titles
  • Rajasekhar in lead
  • PSG, GCT emerge champions

    Coimbatore

  • Electric pole impedes completion of Muthanankulam Road
  • Recovery of unpaid commutation amount unjust: pensioners
  • West Zone police on the march to fitness
  • TNHB slashes prices of flats
  • Panchayat presidents seek funds
  • Competition
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    Cricket

  • Sri Lanka in command
  • Flintoff does the damage again
  • 17-run win for KSCA
  • Sujith slams century
  • Vijay Goud, Hussaini sparkle
  • Narrow win for East West School
  • Rajesh hits century
  • Bhega's in final

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8061
  • Solution to puzzle 8060

    Cuddapah

  • Welfare schemes beneficiaries to get Rs. 89-cr. assistance
  • Collector calls for top priority to SC youth

    Dharwad

  • Dharwad ZP returns Rs 23 cr. unspent funds to Govt.
  • `Patton' to be screened on August 15

    Dindigul

  • `Propagate importance of breastfeeding'

    Editorials

  • FREEDOM FROM WANT
  • EPF: A DIFFICULT DECISION

    Erode

  • Tax payers seek grievances meeting
  • Municipal borewells wait for pumps

    Football

  • Manchester United wins first leg
  • A football match for a noble cause
  • Bagan rallies to down Peerless

    Front Page

  • Manipur lifts Act from parts of Imphal
  • 'Centre watching developments'
  • Army on alert, 56 villages evacuated
  • Major offensive in Najaf
  • Sworn in
  • Court won't stay Dhananjoy execution
  • Match telecast
  • Lalu Prasad rules out retrenchment in Railways
  • Life-term for Sobhraj

    Golf

  • Vikrant joins leader

    Gulbarga

  • CWC team to inspect Bhima project

    Guntur

  • Doctors remember former MCI chief
  • Teachers' promotion to be reviewed
  • `New age' bus service inaugurated

    Haryana

  • No bungling in power purchase, says Haryana
  • Rise in MSP a joke, says Chautala

    Hassan

  • `Ayurvedic terminology needs standardisation'
  • Landslide in Ucchangi creates panic
  • SFI urges Govt. to safeguard students' interests
  • Work on drainage system inaugurated

    Hockey

  • SAI, ASC share honours
  • Hard-fought win for SAI `B'
  • TN Postal team posts win

    Hyderabad

  • Power shutdown
  • Simplified layout permission
  • 11-month-old with heart disease dies
  • Hospitals ill-equipped
  • Confusion over reimbursement
  • Government sanctions its first junior college
  • RTC introduces new services
  • Dattatreya seeks release of funds
  • Around the City
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    India & World

  • Talks to boost trade ties with Pakistan end on a tame note
  • Colin Powell, Ranendra Sen discuss bilateral issues

    International

  • Iraq resistance: Militants take refuge in shrine
  • Islam, idealism drive Najaf's militants
  • Lee Kuan Yew made `Minister Mentor'
  • Editor admits laxity on Iraq
  • When stents fail, surgeons scramble
  • Revealing news
  • South Korea to relocate capital
  • Aid appeal for Bangladesh
  • Ezra Pound back in from the cold

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • Intellectuals oppose Devanagri script for Kashmiri

    Kancheepuram

  • Grama Sabha meet on calamity management

    Karimnagar

  • Karimnagar TRS leaders unhappy with KCR?
  • Collector seeks report on truant teachers

    Karnataka

  • Krishna rebuts Deve Gowda's charges against BDA
  • Nittoor Srinivasa Rau dead
  • A friend who will be missed by everyone
  • 156 districts to be linked to national highways
  • Rich tributes paid to Nittoor
  • Alamatti Dam inauguration soon
  • No release of non-Kannada films from today
  • Buddhist site found in Gulbarga district
  • `KPTCL can't seek cut in power generation'
  • MLA to quit over Thippanna's selection
  • Gang loots bus passengers
  • Yediyurappa demands fresh elections
  • Ministry expansion by month-end: Dharam Singh
  • Bakery gutted
  • Briefly
  • From the Districts

    Karnataka - Others

  • Goa Cooperative Marketing Federation hopes to break even
  • Ranga Mandir to be ready by November
  • Officials told to develop tribal hamlets
  • Around the City

    Kerala

  • Denial of drought relief evokes strong protest
  • Court allows Munsiff-Magistrate selection
  • Fluctuation in rubber prices a cause for worry
  • States told to guard against toxic waste dumping
  • Critics trying to scuttle e-governance: Cherkalam
  • Apex court admits plea on reservation
  • Government staff to get salaries between August 20 and 23
  • Fazeela's death triggers protests
  • CPI(M) meets to begin in September
  • Krishna Iyer, Sanu oppose sale of Bolghatty Palace
  • End administrative impasse, says Murali
  • Rajagopal criticises relaxation of norms
  • Rashtriya Mahasabha to launch agitation
  • Revised CAP gets under way
  • TDB circular quashed
  • Antony's plea
  • Train cancelled
  • Briefly

    Kochi

  • ADB team holds secret talks with Corporation authorities
  • Sectarian thoughts bane of democracy: Gujral
  • Illegally parked vehicles removed
  • Around the City
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    Kollam

  • Banks urged to solve problems of deposit collectors
  • New building for library
  • Navathi celebrations

    Kottayam

  • Call for people's campaign against liquor

    Kurnool

  • Two drivers from Tamil Nadu killed

    Leader Page Articles

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  • It is easier to deny climate change

    Letters to the Editor

  • Repealing POTA
  • Manipur crisis
  • Shocking
  • Arjun's statement
  • Death penalty
  • Savings scheme
  • Transit trade
  • Monsoon forecasting
  • Water crisis
  • Obscuring reality

    Madhya Pradesh

  • Seers hold key to good governance: Uma

    Madikeri

  • Govt. urged to withdraw circular on felling trees
  • Entry of Heavy vehicles at Abbi Falls banned
  • Five held for attacking student

    Madurai

  • Complicated procedure helps to save two persons from stroke
  • Gulf curbs on admission hit distance education enrolment
  • Viva voce for MKU M.Phil. courses likely in other States too
  • Auto drivers stage demonstration
  • Camphor manufacturers' plea to Govt.
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Revanna orders repair of old bridges on highways
  • Street vendors' rally on Monday
  • LPG cylinders seized from godown
  • Minorities panel chief's visits
  • Contests for teachers
  • In Mangalore Today
  • Idol recovered

    Mysore

  • INTACH ridicules row over `agra puja'
  • Water to be released into Varuna Canal in a week
  • MES to offer new course
  • Workshop on fire safety held
  • Music festival begins

    Nagapattinam

  • `Complete rural works in time'

    Nalgonda

  • SVU employee attempts suicide

    National

  • Special Powers Act will stay if need be, says Shivraj Patil
  • Partial lifting of Act may not help
  • Dam unstable, says China
  • A flood of rumours
  • They live dangerously on the Net
  • Amnesty `disappointed'
  • Expert agency to review working of NACO
  • 40 children ill after taking anti-malarial drug
  • 'GM crops should be geared to the needs of under-privileged'
  • `Centre not for hurried action'
  • Wheat for Sudan
  • Venkaiah dismisses Arjun's attack
  • CPI(M) joins issue with RSS
  • Defence allocation will be used for buying equipment: Pranab
  • Manmohan announces aid for Gujarat
  • Pakistani song runs into trouble
  • India, Japan to support each other for U.N. seat

    Nellore

  • Cut in allocation to core sectors decried

    New Delhi

  • Centre notifies task force for flood control
  • BJP Ministers attend education board meet
  • Divided BJP fails to corner Sheila Government
  • Draw held for DDA flats amid protests
  • Wider representation to migrants, Dalits: Kalraj
  • Retired bank manager, sister held on fraud charge
  • New NSUI code for poll ticket
  • Flash floods will not lead to power crisis: Minister
  • Diabetes workshop for doctors
  • Row over flow of treated water
  • Five held for killing of cashier
  • Brothers go missing, abduction feared
  • Upkeep of MCD toilets on our own terms: Sulabh chief
  • Award for Shyam Benegal
  • Three arrested in robbery case
  • DDA may join hands with private sector
  • Mukhi ridicules Lovely's move
  • LPG, kerosene prices may go up
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  • In The Capital Today

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Olympic Games

  • Perfecting the art of lobbying
  • Olympic Games — the most potent unifying force
  • Indian shooters aiming for glory
  • Temple of Poseidon flooded with light
  • Argentina blanks Serbia-Montenegro
  • `WADA has an important role'
  • Indian coach happy with draw

    Pathanamthitta

  • Parthasarathy Temple fete on September 6
  • Wheelchairs to be distributed
  • Crime Branch team visits college

    Pondicherry

  • Speaker reviews development works in Mannadipet
  • Rs.1-crore inter-state police link coming soon
  • Rs.873-crore plan outlay recommended for Pondicherry

    Raichur

  • BJP threatens stir over pending UKP works

    Rajasthan

  • Sanganer's textile units to be shifted
  • Cases in communal clashes dropped `selectively'

    Ramanathapuram

  • Slow-down in accident rate in Ramanathapuram dt.

    Religion

  • Path to eternal bliss

    Sports : General

  • Cricket: Prasar Bharati to bid for television rights
  • Zidane retires from international soccer
  • `Play your natural game'
  • St. Joseph A wins title

    Table Tennis

  • Anush advances
  • Lady Doak College triumphs
  • Shyam upstages Jagmohan

    Tamil Nadu

  • Water released from Mettur dam
  • Code suspended, campus stir banned
  • 16 lakhs disabled in State
  • Performance pays is the message
  • Accountant-General restrained from addressing press
  • Voting machines: Ramadoss seeks probe
  • Bid to divert attention, says Ponnaiyan
  • Go in for random check: BJP tells Jayalalithaa
  • Convene Assembly to discuss CAG report: Vaiko
  • Special counselling on August 30
  • Accept EC's challenge: Vasan
  • Plea to increase quantum of MLA's Constituency Fund
  • Elangovan donates
  • No Governor reception
  • `Safety should be watchword in traditional medicines too'
  • Experts to examine Maudhany
  • Zari testing centres to be set up at Kancheepuram
  • 18 trains to be speeded up
  • Banana research centre to devise programme for drought-prone regions
  • Gulf curbs hit distance education enrolment
  • Urban growth will decline
  • State Bank offers `School Plus' scheme
  • Report blames Education department for fire
  • Fort St.George ramparts 'weak' for flag-hoisting
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Crackdown on violators of MV Rules
  • Villagers to intensify stir on school issue
  • Steps to provide adequate quantity of samba seeds
  • Rs.60 lakhs for SC,ST women to purchase farm land
  • Help assured to SHGs for setting up coir units
  • Water level up in Amaravathy
  • Gang held on cheating charge
  • Nedungadu hospital to be opened soon
  • DRO to hold enquiries

    Tennis

  • Tough draw for Roddick and Fish
  • Praveen stuns Ishwar
  • Siblings shown the door
  • Vikram ousted

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Sewerage system in dire straits
  • Two held for attack on police
  • Halcyon issue: CBI inquiry demanded
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    This Day That Age

  • dated August 13, 1954: Attlee meets Malenkov
  • dated August 13, 1954: Ike rules out preventive war
  • dated August 13, 1954: Flood havoc in Tibet

    Thrissur

  • Rare heart surgery performed
  • Steps to make Thrissur Corporation division crime-free
  • Inculcating a sense of history

    Tiruchi

  • Banana research centre to devise programme for drought-prone regions
  • Stir on Madurai HC Bench issue gaining momentum
  • Banana research programme for drought-prone regions
  • Desilting of drainage channels to begin by month-end
  • Schoolgirl rescued from suicide bid
  • AIR programmes
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Assembly panel confers with officials in Nellai

    Tirupati

  • Seminar on science awareness held
  • BJP reiterates demand for cloud-seeding
  • Mobile gambling racket busted

    Udhagamandalam

  • An eyesore that escaped the eye

    Udupi

  • Awareness to be created on industrialisation
  • One killed in road accident

    Uttar Pradesh

  • Girl killed in clash

    Vijayawada

  • Pushkaram work gathers pace
  • Medical officers tune into emergency mode
  • Confiscation of Mayor's car ordered
  • Dairy industry high on priority list: Minister
  • `Artificial insemination successful'
  • Firms join hands for quality animal feed
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today i

    Visakhapatnam

  • New marketing avenues for domestic fishing
  • BJP to contest all 50 wards
  • Camp to identify kids with heart ailments
  • Cops nab petrol thieves
  • Diabetic cases on the rise: Expert
  • RTC to run Pushkaram specials
  • AU urged to fill backlog posts
  • CPI stir to press for Polavaram project
  • VUDA sets up office in Gajuwaka
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Volleyball

  • Coach satisfied with team's performance
  • Semifinalists spotted

    Weather

  • Weather

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