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    Andhra Pradesh

  • Two killed in faction rivalry
  • No compromise on arms issue: YSR
  • Brahmotsavams begin
  • Momentous day for lovers of freedom, democracy
  • Lalu promises filling of posts
  • Brahmotsavams commence
  • Second round of counselling begins for medical, dental seats
  • Temple land encroachment: MSR admits to officials' role
  • `Rehabilitation plan being drawn for cooperative banks'
  • Naidu for probe into political killings
  • TDP yet to decide on Asifnagar candidate
  • Lalu offers prayers at Tirumala
  • Inflation will come down: Barnala
  • Minister joins protesters!
  • Backward Classes panel to be revamped
  • Lavish praise for Lalu
  • Naidu's charge denied
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Be liberal towards farmers, banks told
  • Lower interest rates for SHGs under study
  • BJP to observe Liberation Day today
  • SFI stages dharna for scholarship

    • Athletics

  • Junior meet: weather puts organisers in a fix

    • Badminton

  • Prakash, Dravid qualify

    • Bangalore

  • Encroachments led to flooding: Mayor
  • Traffic held up for nearly 90 minutes on new flyover
  • KSPCB to introduce mobile idol immersion tanks
  • Bid to break open lock of MLC's room
  • Child found abandoned in Chamarajpet
  • Water supply to city `slightly reduced'
  • Aroud the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Basketball

  • India maintains winning streak
  • MSC advances
  • Sourashtra College keeps title
  • Christ College clinches title
  • Narrow win for St. Michael's
  • HAL posts win
  • Easy wins for Choice, Mont Fort
  • Brennen HSS triumphs

    • Belgaum

  • Belgaum lawyers to resume work from Monday

    • Bijapur

  • Zilla panchayat president under pressure to quit

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Jaideep in final

    • Briefly

  • Fall in sensitive items import
  • Teledata's acquisitions
  • Takes stake in Strand
  • Eicher Motors to consolidate
  • Additional bonus to LIC policyholders
  • Subsidy for small tea growers
  • Lakshmi Vilas Bank shifts branch
  • SIMA office bearers
  • Finolex in pact with Bajaj Allianz
  • Morepen files DMF for desloratadine
  • Digital cameras from HP
  • Hyundai launches Getz
  • Southern Online's bio-diesel unit
  • LG launches My PC
  • Transworks firms up alliance
  • State Bank of Hyderabad's ARC branch
  • Hero group ties up with National Insurance
  • Cavin Cally's growth plans
  • Nalco's Angul power unit bags award

    • Business

  • New impetus to infrastructure
  • Bharti forays into agri-exports
  • Revival package for tea getting ready
  • Jaitley begins Birla arguments
  • Sensex gains 58 points
  • Rupee edges down
  • U.S. concern over trade imbalance
  • Vizag Steel net profit trebles
  • Infosys to contest in apex court
  • Diebold's India plans

    • Carrom

  • Aditya bags title

    • Chattisgarh

  • BJP backtracking on poll promises: Jogi

    • Chennai

  • Veeranam storage not enough to supply Chennai
  • Court tells police to act on Chaturthi noise, traffic plea
  • Slow train sets off three-way clash
  • A Mumbai solution to Chennai's burning problem
  • Tamil Nadu `numero uno' in health, says Thalavai Sundaram
  • Water tankers intercepted, checked
  • Sanskrit scholars honoured
  • Language laboratory inaugurated
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Olympiad coaching camp begins
  • A pleasant surprise: Humpy
  • Aditya, Bhavana emerge champions

    • Coimbatore

  • Pre-feasibility study to be taken up soon
  • `Research projects must benefit community'
  • Timings of passenger trains revised
  • 16 ration shop assistants suspended
  • Body found in tank
  • Women to be trained in biofertilizer production
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Clinical display by Aussies
  • A magnet for long-distance nationalism
  • Reid not for rotation policy
  • We need to play more often: Saeed Anwar
  • BCCI to assist HC in TV rights issue
  • Anantapur to host Ranji match
  • Bangalore takes lead
  • BCCI's Elite panel
  • Indians disappointed
  • St. Mary's in final
  • City `D' gains first innings lead
  • Arjun leads from the front
  • 7-wkt. win for BVB
  • Aarti to lead
  • `B' zone Blues posts win
  • Big win for Malappuram
  • Salwan `A' wins
  • Easy for NAD

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8091
  • Solution to puzzle 8090

    • Cuddalore

  • Lord Devanatha adorned with `ratnangi'
  • Focus on farm investment credit, banks told

    • Cuddapah

  • Tenders for sand quarry to be called soon
  • Paritala's remarks on YSR's son draws flak
  • Fasting BJP leader shifted

    • Davanagere

  • Rice mill raided, one arrested

    • Dharmapuri

  • Works on for watershed development

    • Dharwad

  • Water schedule for Dharwad

    • Dindigul

  • Rain lashes Dindigul district

    • Editorials

  • WAR OF WORDS
  • THE TIDE IS TURNING

    • Erode

  • Cases against 8 industries for child labour
  • Training for SHG members
  • Health camp

    • Football

  • Shattered dreams
  • Karnataka blanks Pondicherry
  • Big win for Shonroy Basan
  • 3-1 win for Mohammedan AC
  • HAL wins again
  • AKCE retains title

    • Front Page

  • Centre ready for talks: Patil
  • Attack on Sonia Gandhi not personal, says Jayalalithaa
  • Manorama's credentials questionable: Vij
  • Centre will look into census report: Sonia
  • EC notice to BJP
  • Sena list
  • Centre restrained from transferring mid-day meal scheme to States
  • Zee not eligible for telecast rights: ESPN-Star

    • Golf

  • Ashok shatters course record

    • Gulbarga

  • Engineering college at Sandur PG Centre approved
  • Preparations on for President's visit

    • Guntur

  • Palle Bata petitions gather cyber dust
  • Farmers take out rally for Sagar water

    • Haryana

  • Some relief on the power front in Haryana

    • Hassan

  • MLA demands inquiry against forest official

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Factionalism rears its head as Congress prepares for by-poll

    • Hockey

  • Big win for St. John's
  • Big win for Young Turks

    • Hyderabad

  • Police action baffles OU students, officials
  • A message for saving water bodies
  • TRS revokes expulsion of activists
  • Court's directive on writ against MLA
  • Insider angle to helmet rule
  • Directive to Charminar depositors
  • No nominations tomorrow
  • Last date extended
  • Kalam coming
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Satellite network to link African Union
  • Handshake with the liberator
  • Delhi, Dhaka discuss cross-border terrorism
  • ``India solidly behind Sri Lanka's integrity''
  • Panel set up

    • International

  • CPC begins deliberations on `ruling capacity'
  • `Release prisoner records'
  • CIS meet adopts anti-terror agenda
  • U.K. to review Parliament security
  • Iraq war is illegal, says Annan
  • Bush, Kerry differ on stem cell research
  • Freedom of religion eludes Saudi Arabia, says U.S.
  • U.S., Europe fall out over Iran's n-plan
  • Karzai escapes bid on life
  • `Cherie needs an official role'
  • River swamps 200 villages
  • `Reform Party not legitimate'

    • Karimnagar

  • Former naxal arrested

    • Karnataka

  • Meet likely to resolve Cauvery row
  • Focus on agriculture
  • The exit of an infamous ruler
  • Govt. to lay stress on agriculture
  • Police directed to provide protection to private buses
  • High Court reserves orders on plea challenging fee structure
  • `Anganwadis being handed over to panchayats in haste'
  • JD(S) in two minds on fielding candidate for Bidar bypoll
  • Hubli ring road work to begin soon
  • Counselling for J&K students on Sept. 26
  • Corporators told to submit tour report
  • New Commissioner for service tax
  • Map row: Action sought against Manvi school
  • BMP staff asked to fill potholes
  • Software engineer robbed of cash
  • Meal scheme to cover 5,000 more children
  • Dharam Singh leaves for Delhi
  • Two farmers commit suicide
  • Gold valuer arrested on cheating charge
  • Governor extends greetings
  • `Industries not moving out of State'
  • Moily present in court
  • Man found murdered
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Start food-for-work scheme, officials told
  • Autorickshaws go off road owing to LPG scarcity
  • Zilla panchayat's rider on drinking water schemes
  • Four check dams to be built across the Vedavathi
  • Anniversary of Ramakrishna Ashram celebrated
  • `Govt. focussing on organic farming'
  • Autorickshaw strike called off
  • Shop gutted
  • Around the City

    • Kerala

  • Therambil Ramakrishnan elected Speaker
  • Cheap liquor at low prices
  • Sabarimala temple opens
  • SCMC proposals to be implemented
  • Seized currency was meant for hawala transactions
  • Speaker urges MLAs to observe rules
  • Janu seeks NCW report on Muthanga
  • VS seeks probe into online lottery deal
  • Government not favouring lottery operators: Vakkom
  • Quality liquor at low prices soon
  • SEC for electronic voting in civic polls
  • CAP: 423 gain admission
  • U.N. medal conferred posthumously on BSF officer
  • Sabarimala temple opens
  • At Sabarimala today
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Illam being dismantled
  • Chain snatching: 2 held

    • Kochi

  • Overbridge at Atlantis to solve traffic congestion in South
  • Dumping of waste: agencies violating CRZ directive
  • U.K. visa facilities to be expanded
  • Rs. 51 lakhs for organising mayors' conference
  • GIDA land: ONGC-MRPL, Reliance among bidders
  • Protest against `takeover' of Federal Bank
  • Surgical gastroenterology meet begins
  • Muneer's dream unrealistic: Azhikode
  • Navigation training centre inauguration today
  • Speed governors: exemption for school buses
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • KWA study on water supply
  • Steps to check diversion of waters

    • Kozhikode

  • Traders criticise norms put forward by truck owners
  • `Man-made chemicals cause of ozone depletion'
  • Protest against hike in school fee

    • Kurnool

  • Mother, child commit suicide

    • Leader Page Articles

  • The politics of defeat
  • Bangladesh shows the way

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Left sensibilities
  • Manmohanspeak
  • Play with semantics
  • Politics of `yatra'
  • Small-family norm
  • Savarkar row
  • On reservation
  • Privacy

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Demand for rent sparks row, two die

    • Madikeri

  • Amicable solution to land dispute in Kodagu favoured
  • Codava Council to hold `satyagraha' on November 9
  • Madikeri Dasara Committee seeks Rs. 10 lakhs

    • Madurai

  • Latest equipment for sound and light show at Mahal
  • Seminar on students' projects
  • Chamber plea to Finance Minister
  • Corporation fiat on water taps
  • `Groom NCC cadets to join armed forces'
  • Power shutdown
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • Law and order `worse' in Cong.-ruled States: Mulayam

    • Mangalore

  • No concern on law and order front, says ADGP
  • Good response to `mukhamukhi' programme
  • Street vendors to take up eviction issue with Poojary
  • `Delay in Hassan-Mangalore gauge conversion a tragedy'
  • Mayor to act tough
  • KSRTC to run additional buses

    • Mysore

  • A summer school for slum children
  • Concern over poor demand for Ganesha idols
  • `Celebrate festival in eco-friendly way'
  • Govt. staff threaten to launch agitation
  • First-aid programme for workers

    • Nagercoil

  • Udayagiri Fort to be given a facelift

    • Nalgonda

  • Police deny permission to BJP meet
  • TTD opens Sudarshanam facility

    • National

  • Savarkar, `tiranga yatra' not poll issues: BJP
  • BJP releases first list of candidates for Maharashtra elections
  • Jayalalithaa backs move to bring water resources on Concurrent List
  • Ahluwalia meets Yechury
  • Why point fingers at me, asks Gawli
  • Basu, Bhattacharjee to meet Sonia
  • Attempts to push in militants continuing: Vij
  • Inadvertent deletion: Chandy
  • `Deletion of Gujarat from national anthem an insult'
  • Left keen on Centre remaining within CMP
  • Birth control not un-Islamic, says Bangladesh Minister
  • Maran working on promoting broadband usage
  • STD rates cut
  • 22 judges dismissed
  • `Lapse pointed out'
  • `Congress has appropriated Tricolour'
  • `DMK Ministers obstructing development'
  • Committee on `demographic invasion'
  • Hindu forces under attack: RSS chief
  • Paswan promises quota for Dalit Muslims
  • Withdraw Special Powers Act from Manipur: Sangma
  • Lord Curzon's kin to be invited for Kaziranga fete
  • BSF battalion to counter nuclear, chemical threat
  • Hearing today on plea for all-India test
  • World Bank, ADB to give $400m each for rural road scheme
  • Ozone reduction target being met
  • A.K. Sinha is new CMD of BSNL
  • TV channels warned against offensive content
  • Survey predicts close race in Maharashtra

    • Nellore

  • Railway Minister for Nellore today

    • New Delhi

  • Kendriya Bhandar weekly rates
  • `Relocation of industries to accelerate NCR growth'
  • Urban Development Ministry for promoting NCR concept
  • Shifting of slaughter house being delayed
  • Alarm over use of hormonal injections
  • Sky Bus promises cheap, safe public transport
  • Zoo autonomy move stalled again
  • More to kidney racket than meets the eye
  • Extortionists remanded to police custody
  • JNU plans to upgrade sports facilities
  • Notice to Police Commissioner over `mosquito breeding'
  • `Sachdeva's son had stolen Rs. 6 lakhs'
  • CBSE paper leak accused denied bail
  • Capsules found in businessman's office
  • Two more caught for theft at airport
  • Rohini, Patparganj get PNG
  • CINEMA
  • Bio-fuel board formed
  • 2 % extra sales tax now on leasing of services
  • India sitting on AIDS time-bomb: expert
  • Businessman kills kids, commits suicide
  • Probe ordered into `allotment of land' to Sangh Parivar outfits
  • Man kills wife, daughter, son, himself
  • Court notices on admission denial
  • Compensation to lawyer for police violations
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • Nizamabad

  • Dasarathi's cell in fort prison wears forlorn look
  • Prompt payment of service tax stressed
  • Attack on KCR's office condemned

    • Ongole

  • Advocate asked to compensate client

    • Palakkad

  • Hospital inaugurated

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Plea to implement Sabarimala master plan
  • Hindu Aikya Vedi to launch agitation

    • Perambalur

  • Farm labourers establish canteen

    • Pondicherry

  • Women's desk in all police stations from today
  • Delimitation panel to hear views in Pondicherry
  • Reading rooms inaugurated
  • Irrigation canals desilted

    • Raichur

  • Liberation Day

    • Rajasthan

  • No groupism in party: Gehlot

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Woman shows the way to popularise jatropha

    • Religion

  • Agni, the mediator

    • Salem

  • Eight nominations for local body election

    • Shimoga

  • U.S. firm to invest Rs. 1,500 cr. on jatropa cultivation

    • Shooting

  • Anubha, Seema share final day honours

    • Sports : General

  • Anil Kumar's resolve has hardened
  • India loses to China

    • Tamil Nadu

  • `Get Katchatheevu on lease in perpetuity'
  • Academy upgrading infrastructure to train more cadets
  • Chaos at Ramnad public hearing
  • Jayalakshmi case: `Government should have been heard'
  • The violin and the voice
  • No nominations this time too
  • `Kurinji' triggers tourist boom at Yercaud
  • Ramadoss sees plot to foil scheme
  • Recruitment ban goes in fire service
  • `Do not sabotage Sethu project'
  • Lalu to flag off Sampark Kranti Express on Sunday
  • `Provide special medical diet to fasting detenus'
  • Gutkha ban unconstitutional: court
  • `Imbalance in demography findings should be rectified'
  • Tamil Nadu guesthouse in Delhi inaugurated
  • RSS files defamation case against Arjun Singh
  • `Employee-employer relationship imperative to face competition'
  • Limb salvage surgery for bone cancer
  • Woman shows the way of popularising jatropha
  • Monitoring mechanism for rural employment scheme
  • Chennai Corporation in a fix over order on dumping yard Back to square one
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • New bus stand for Pollachi still a mirage
  • `Officials issuing bogus certificates will face action'
  • Achieve ACP target, bankers told
  • Fair price shop employee suspended

    • Tennis

  • Jeevan enters semifinals
  • Ferrero exits
  • Vijay Kannan in last four
  • Ritwick upsets Lakshit

    • Thanjavur

  • Obituary

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • MCH to train counsellors
  • NCC to extend activities to more institutions
  • AIYF protestors travel ticketless
  • Bomb scare at school
  • Around the City

    • This Day That Age

  • dated September 17, 1954: Divorce by consent
  • dated September 17, 1954: Indo-Ceylon pact
  • dated September 17, 1954: No claim on Trincomalee
  • dated September 17, 1954: Music Academy conference

    • Tiruchi

  • Yet another burst in water mains affects supply
  • Steps to ensure peaceful procession of idols
  • `Future generation has a right to environment'
  • Steps to ensure peaceful rally of idols
  • Limb salvage surgery for bone cancer
  • AIR programme
  • Mettur level
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirupati

  • Representations flood Lalu Prasad

    • Udupi

  • Coastal project work dominates Udupi civic meet

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Centre dithers, U.P. set to celebrate Taj festival
  • V-C accepts demands, AMU students call off strike

    • Vellore

  • Learner's licence for 200 women students
  • Academic council minutes `not properly recorded'

    • Vijayawada

  • Geologist questions experts' claims on vibrations
  • Showers spell good tidings for paddy
  • Manohar's bail plea rejected
  • Subba Rao likely to be Deputy Mayor
  • Fight to keep blindness at bay
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • HPCL gearing to meet Euro norms
  • Mid-day meal scheme for special schools run by NGOs
  • `Congress trying to fulfil all its promises'
  • Hindi fortnight celebrations conclude
  • Spencer's Hypermarket launch today
  • Woman's fast against graft continues
  • Low pressure persists
  • Insurance employees stage dharna
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Maharaja's College keeps title

    • Weather

  • Weather

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