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    Anantapur

  • Killings: Naidu decries Government attitude
  • Stop groundwater exploitation, says Collector

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Six lakh houses for weaker sections
  • Order struck down
  • Water released
  • Mandapam row: former EOs to find solution
  • Chief Minister all praise for SWIMS
  • Dictionary of technical sign language released
  • Policemen's health status to show in cards
  • YSR singing in different note: TDP leader
  • No breakthrough in watchman murder case
  • Departments gear up for Pushkaram
  • Hospital reimbursement policy yet to be finalised
  • Prisoner's release: BJP faults Government
  • Hang me if proved guilty: Paritala
  • Naidu for House panel to curb factionalism
  • Move to abolish APAT flayed
  • Additional Krishna waters for city by December 2005
  • TDP chief behind faction violence: Congress
  • RTC steps to prevent bunching of buses
  • TDP campaign under fire
  • 25 shops destroyed in fire
  • Two held for selling illicit liquor
  • TRCCC leaders seek package for Telangana
  • Man hacked to to death in faction feud
  • Panels to help improve IT infrastructure
  • Nagarjunasagar water released for canals
  • Preventive detention order struck down
  • Lorry owners not to take part in transport stir
  • Coop society manager alleges arson
  • Three killed in fire
  • `Kidnapped' youth found murdered
  • Freedom fighters to be felicitated
  • What a brief?
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Special bathing ghat for physically challenged

    Athletics

  • Records galore

    Badminton

  • Double for Aneesh, Leena

    Bangalore

  • Three die after drinking arrack; four taken ill
  • Inscription reveals Bangalore is over 1,000 years old
  • Yet another woman cheated into parting with her gold ornaments
  • Entries for Rural IT Quiz to be submitted by August 23
  • Yellow Pages distribution
  • `Access to healthcare, education must for economic progress'
  • Arrested
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    Basketball

  • Good day for St. Xaviers

    Belgaum

  • An extra `a' leads surfer astray
  • Grinding stone sparks confusion

    Bellary

  • Bellary lorry owners not to participate in strike

    Briefly

  • Shopper's Stop files prospectus
  • OECD India Investment meet
  • Welspun pipeline surveillance
  • Amex to expand card business
  • Parmalat sues ex-auditors
  • Course in fashion technology
  • Programme for home textile units
  • Bajaj Allianz opens service centre
  • City Union Bank pact with UTI Bank
  • Moody's rating for IRFC
  • Airtel launches starter kit
  • HP to expand colour printing market
  • Fenner India completes restructuring
  • Quits Ranbaxy
  • Onward to host Novell Linux Day
  • Consigntech executes Middle East order

    Business

  • L&T Infotech to invest Rs. 170 crores
  • Infosys to expand Mysore centre
  • Tax issue in software taken up with Japan
  • Centre announces draft rules on services exports
  • Rupee rallies
  • Sensex jumps 85 points
  • BSNL pact with SAIL
  • Nucleus Satellite's plans
  • Birlas seek Court nod for filing photocopy of Will
  • Britannia plans unit in Uttaranchal
  • Life Style's expansion plans

    Chennai

  • When safety takes a back seat
  • Raman panel may review fee structure for unaided colleges
  • Doing their mite for Madras
  • Accused in heroin seizure case include advocate
  • Srisailam inflow raises city's hopes
  • Everything you wanted to know about water
  • Tuticorin-Bangalore Express to run via Hosur
  • Indian Airlines' special offer
  • `Awareness of Botulinum utility low'
  • Seminar on medicinal plants
  • Burglars strike in Tambaram, Mount
  • 2,500 pirated VCDs seized
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Humpy holds Sorokin
  • Ramesh defeats Timofeev

    Coimbatore

  • Small savings target up for district
  • Thiruvananthapuram model under study
  • NGC to focus on bio-diversity
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Keen fare in the offing
  • Bell answers England's call
  • Palakkad to host all four Ranji games
  • Siva hits century
  • Praveen spins Masters to victory
  • NCA enters last four stage
  • Raichur gains lead
  • Matches drawn
  • Dhoni excels

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    Cuddalore

  • PMK cadres begin weeklong agitation at Cuddalore
  • Annamalai varsity results today
  • Annamalai University gearing up for jubilee celebrations
  • Ramadoss, Thirumavalavan `didn't discuss politics'

    Cuddapah

  • Stringent action sought against eve-teasers
  • Water to KC Canal ayacut released
  • Ryots stage protest seeking crop insurance

    Dindigul

  • Hill farmers' stir for pattas
  • Ganja plants destroyed

    Editorials

  • A TEMPORARY SOLUTION
  • `SOVEREIGNTY' IN OCCUPIED IRAQ

    Erode

  • Villagers stage road roko

    Football

  • Sporting suffers another jolt
  • IAF records win

    Front Page

  • Why was the terror intelligence withheld?
  • Fresh violence rocks Manipur
  • Parliament adjourned over Savarkar issue
  • All steps to get hostages released: Manmohan
  • A dream spin for Paul Hamm
  • Tests positive
  • Satyadev loses
  • Trade unions protest today
  • Truckers' strike
  • Adjourned
  • Indians lose in semifinals

    Golf

  • Four-stroke lead for Aditya

    Haryana

  • Bio-diesel mission launched

    Hassan

  • Campaigning on for sahitya parishat polls

    Himachal Pradesh

  • Trade unions to observe Demands Day today
  • 1.18 lakh families to be covered

    Hubli

  • Supreme Court order sparks protest

    Hyderabad

  • Development to include urban poor, says Minister
  • School's literary, cultural festival begins today
  • Life becomes `stagnant' here
  • Court to hear Mandapam case next month
  • `Demands Day'
  • Metro Board to manage sewerage in SCB area
  • Government orders set aside
  • Court directive to DRT
  • Diploma courses for girls
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • India supports Palestine cause

    International

  • Tension mounts at shrine
  • Aziz set to become Premier
  • Blockade affects prices
  • Blair not to invite Allawi
  • Kay faults pre-war intelligence
  • Asteroid devastated Antarctica
  • Sharon loses key vote, still defiant
  • Ignorance of geography cost Microsoft millions
  • Howard faces renewed charges
  • U.S. judge fines reporters for not revealing sources

    Kancheepuram

  • Over Rs.36-lakh loan dues settled in Lok Adalats
  • Robber gang strikes in Kancheepuram

    Karnataka

  • Law on admissions referred to larger Bench
  • `Govt. will last its full term'
  • Roadwork to be speeded up
  • 75:25 quota reflects social justice: Govt.
  • Road accidents in State claim 10 lives
  • Fresh counselling by CET Cell likely
  • Govt. will complete its full term: Dharam Singh
  • Kanakadasa's teachings have eternal value: seer
  • Rs. 1 cr. disbursed for stem-borer collection
  • Solar lanterns to light up 1,000 villages
  • Move to complete road projects before schedule
  • Advocate gets jail term
  • It was an education for him
  • Recruitment to the Army
  • ABVP protest
  • BJP morcha to launch `Yuvajagruti'
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • KRRS seeks more funds for Bhadra project
  • Agitation against Bagalkot `faith-healer' today
  • Govt. lionising anti-social elements: BJP
  • MLA quits Assembly seat in Goa
  • Governor to open training institute
  • Bear captured from temple

    Kerala

  • New challenges before CPI(M), says Buddhadeb
  • Antony convenes MPs' meeting
  • `Reserve 3 p.c. seats for the physically challenged'
  • Rs.31.5 lakhs for Onam fete
  • Rice Year programme from today
  • Antony not cooperating with Opposition: VS
  • Keltron to launch multimedia course
  • Petition against use of Gandhi surname dismissed
  • No headway in talks
  • Global tenders to be invited for transit yard
  • 70 more students gain admission
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Salary payment
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Held for using forged passports

    Kochi

  • PCB constitutes local monitoring committee
  • LNG terminal waiting for customers
  • Navy Chief visits Naval Base
  • Strict enforcement of no-parking rules
  • Safety measures: directive to inspect school
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • Drive against autos plying without meters

    Kottayam

  • Christian council calls for law to govern common properties

    Kozhikode

  • VC's order: teachers warn of indefinite stir
  • Fazeela's death: police probe on
  • Youth League to organise march
  • Buddhadeb to open new hospital

    Kurnool

  • Pushkaram works reviewed
  • Breach-closing in progress

    Leader Page Articles

  • The Manipur crisis
  • Darfur: enough imperial crusades

    Letters to the Editor

  • Court directive
  • Manipur on the boil
  • Women activism
  • Not a wise move
  • Arjun Singh-RSS row
  • Reservation debate
  • Hats off to Rathore
  • Ethical consumerism

    Madhya Pradesh

  • Claims over timber revenue lack clarity

    Madikeri

  • Councillors seek end to administrator's rule

    Madurai

  • Re-admit engineering students: Madurai Bench
  • Plan to set up separate division to monitor water supply
  • `Revert to ban on entry of lorries'
  • Thousands throng Kuruvithurai temple
  • Burglars loot jewels at two houses
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • KSRTC increasing speed limit of buses
  • Huge gathering at public grievances meet
  • Rally on Monday to oppose transfer
  • Two commit suicide in separate cases
  • Administration bracing for strike
  • Bus fares to go up from today
  • `Konkani Recognition Day' celebrations
  • `Konkani Recognition Day'
  • Sangha office to be shifted tomorrow
  • In Mangalore Today

    Mysore

  • `Panini's arrangement of Devanagiri letters unique'
  • Gaur gives birth to calf

    National

  • Gogoi sees `foreign hand' behind Dhemaji killings
  • AICC meet on August 21
  • JD(U) member's remarks spark heated exchange
  • An even-handed Chair
  • Transporters' strike from tomorrow
  • Firm step towards launching a recoverable satellite
  • UPA continuing NDA policy on missile defence
  • `Inflation rate will come down'
  • Rajiv statue to be unveiled today
  • 'Names of VHP leaders figured in FIR'
  • New twist to case against Uma Bharti
  • 4 CPI(ML) men shot dead
  • Production warrant against Shibu Soren
  • Appropriate action on Manipur: Patil
  • Verma sees declining moral standards in judiciary
  • Connect rural India through technology: Kalam
  • Teaching instinct
  • Wage board for scribes mooted
  • Best Bakery case adjourned to Sept. 8
  • Uproar over women's Bill
  • No arrest warrant pending against Taslimuddin: Bihar
  • Fact to fiction
  • `More infiltration bids being detected'
  • Order in rape-murder case reversed
  • `Set aside proceedings against Assam Rifles personnel'
  • Deal firmly with terrorism, says Farooq
  • Sanjay Paswan quits BJP
  • RSS urged to come out in the open
  • `DRDO has lived up to mandate'

    New Delhi

  • Councillors, officers on watch list
  • Mixed response to DU bandh call
  • `Different' people flay media bias
  • Dismissal of civic body demanded
  • Two held for duping firm
  • Four killed as Sumo overturns
  • Meeting cancelled to avoid standoff
  • All set for AICC session
  • CINEMA
  • Auto-lifters nabbed
  • Scholarships for disabled students
  • Probe initiated into college brawl
  • Ashok Jain denied bail
  • New buildings coming up at DU
  • Councillor detained under NSA
  • Two arrested for fraud
  • JNU upholds its tradition
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Olympic Games

  • Leander-Mahesh's golden dreams end
  • Last-minute blunder costs India dear
  • Satyadev flatters to deceive
  • A dream spin for Paul Hamm
  • Pratima Kumari suspended on doping charges
  • Peirsol wins gold amidst high drama
  • NBA stars finally show their touch
  • Pakistan downs fighting Korea
  • Zhang delivers for China
  • Who brought the owls?
  • Carlos Moya crashes out
  • Paulose finishes a poor 27th
  • Chunhong rewrites own World records

    Pathanamthitta

  • Cut taxes on petroleum products: BJP
  • `Anayoottu' held at Aranmula

    Pondicherry

  • Common entrance test on August 23
  • Tributes paid to Moopanar

    Rajasthan

  • No plan to quit: Khurana
  • A case for uniform drug pricing policy

    Religion

  • Karma cannot be removed

    Salem

  • Lorry menace leaves students and parents panicky

    Shimoga

  • Call to take insurance products to rural areas

    Sports : General

  • American College keeps titles
  • Double for Rajath

    Squash

  • Sourav bows out

    Tamil Nadu

  • Courts stormed, advocates assaulted
  • MPs team meets Bhardwaj
  • 3 held for alleged forgery
  • Dictionary of technical sign language released
  • Counselling, testing centres for all sanatoria
  • Rs. 52 crores for Kanyakumari medical college
  • Ramadoss moots BC-SC-minority coalition
  • `Step up surveillance on scan centres'
  • Expunge unfounded criticism: Theethan
  • Salem DMK meet to focus on Dravidian ethos
  • Turn system deferred
  • End stalemate, Ganesan urges Supreme Court
  • CPI(M) backs farmers' demands
  • Manmohan greets Vaiko
  • Coimbatore, Chennai to be developed for medical tourism
  • 10 children hurt as lorry rams cart
  • Thousands worship at Alangudi temple
  • SBI to finance 28,000 self-help groups
  • Elephant rides in Mudumalai not now
  • Rights panel notice to police chief on bribe charge
  • Over Rs.36-lakh loan dues settled in Lok Adalats
  • Draft education bill put under microscope
  • With teens, safety takes a back seat
  • Neurology: diagnostic precision `not matched by therapy'
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Cleanse Orathupalayam dam: farmers
  • WB-aided scheme to improve water supply, sanitation
  • Power shutdown
  • Shops down shutters

    Tennis

  • Hewitt advances
  • Ajay in semifinals

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Murder: man sentenced to rigorous life term
  • New VC takes charge
  • Installation of Archbishop on Sunday
  • Drive against spurious liquor
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated August 20,1954: Colonialism outdated
  • dated August 20,1954: State awards for films
  • dated August 20,1954: Repatriates from Ceylon

    Thrissur

  • Abolish censorship: Nihalani

    Tiruchi

  • All drought relief works to be over by month-end
  • Tiruchi group of NCC goes online
  • Punjab National Bank to extend value-added service
  • Ex-principal dead
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirupati

  • Nod for Rs. 336-cr. irrigation projects in Chittoor likely
  • Two killed in road mishap

    Udhagamandalam

  • Elephant rides in Mudumalai not now
  • Autumn festival

    Udupi

  • Kota Vaikunta passes away

    Union Territories

  • Global meeting on science, technology

    Uttar Pradesh

  • U.P. employees plan stir
  • Rain bring cheers to farmers

    Vellore

  • 20 Vellore farmers leave for Andhra Pradesh
  • Four held for jewellery heist

    Vijayawada

  • More bus services for Pushkaram
  • Meat sellers violating health norms: expert
  • Bacon factory launches `ready-to-cook pork'
  • People protest against poor amenities, lay siege to VMC
  • Water likely to reach delta soon
  • Release of water from Gollapudi project sought
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Earning afresh, post-VRS
  • Tata Teleservices to start pre-paid cell service
  • Hotel employee held on theft charge
  • MBA, MCA seats much sought after
  • Mahindra opens new workshop
  • 3 held; foreign liquor seized
  • Prison official refutes charges
  • VMC to discuss underground drainage charges
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Weather

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