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  • Industries Department alone cannot be blamed: Jacob

    • Anantapur

  • Panel gets earful of woes from ryots
  • Four pseudo naxals arrested, arms seized

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Quota for Muslims held ultra vires
  • Court ruling on quota: Government claims moral victory
  • `Food on credit' scheme for 10 villages
  • Naxal issue cannot be addressed in isolation: Shivraj Patil
  • Panel seeks report on temple lands
  • `Pre-empt merger of naxalite outfits'
  • `Ten channels on AIR through DTH'
  • SVU to sign MoU with ISRO on EDUSAT
  • Permission for 470 medical seats renewed
  • Borstal school likely to be shifted to Hyderabad
  • TDP submits memo on Anantapur killings
  • PCC chief offers to quit?
  • VPT land scam: two IAS officers appear in court
  • New initiatives to boost tourism in State
  • Rice pilferage racket busted
  • Kanchi Peetham to set up medical college in Srikalahasti
  • CBI questions 2 police officers
  • Study in contrast
  • Film industry seeks people's help in curbing piracy
  • Adventure sports
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    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Outgoing Collector sees scope for land development

    • Badminton

  • Thulasi takes a triple
  • State sub-junior badminton teams

    • Bangalore

  • Let candidates attend classes, colleges told
  • Campaign to highlight domestic violence
  • Three teenagers drowned
  • Four-year-old boy electrocuted
  • Phone directory distribution
  • Power shutdown
  • Water adalats today, tomorrow
  • Accident hits traffic on flyover
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
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    • Basketball

  • Iran, Korea in semifinals

    • Belgaum

  • Eight injured in group clash in Belgaum

    • Bellary

  • Govt. urged to release share of funds for rail projects

    • Bidar

  • Bidar Tahsildar suspended
  • Awareness programme on voting machine

    • Bijapur

  • Panchayat chief expelled from Congress

    • Briefly

  • NTPC fixes price band
  • BHEL gets new chief
  • Wockhardt raises $100 million
  • Sterling Biotech's bond issue
  • Boeing ties up with IBM
  • Nagarjuna bags three orders
  • Franklin Templeton ties up with LVB
  • Vijaya Bank opens three branches
  • RBI clarification on coins
  • Schwing Stetter forays into Sri Lanka
  • Cadsys promoter gets award
  • Finolex's growth plans
  • SBI, Andhra Bank to share ATMs
  • CanIndex from Canbank Investment
  • Recognition for Infosys
  • Vesta ice cream from Kerala Solvent
  • Discussion on `Express Highway'
  • New products from Canon
  • Vijaya Bank opens three branches

    • Business

  • ICICI Bank to divest stake in two banks
  • `Maruti investors' interest will be protected'
  • iGate to expand Chennai centre
  • Reliance to expand services to more towns
  • Rupee gains further
  • Silk units face Chinese threat
  • Sensex surpasses 5600-mark
  • PM condoles death of Tandon
  • VAT panel discussion
  • Cheaper tractor from SAS Motors
  • SAP plans for small businesses
  • RBI to wind up State level committee
  • RBI Deputy Governors assume charge
  • Indian Bank ties up with Times Online

    • Cartoons

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    • Chennai

  • Is it yet another crime against women?
  • Idols immersion near Marina prohibited
  • Here, the possibilities are `mind-blogging'
  • Rice mill workers allege `inhuman conditions'
  • Catering students have some beefs
  • The art of parenting
  • It was an accident, claim youths
  • Hazrat Abbas celebration
  • Plus-One economics syllabus `way too high'
  • Programme on palliative care for doctors
  • Dak Adalat on Friday
  • Seminar on human resources
  • Regularise service: teachers
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Coimbatore

  • Chain and bag snatching cases solved
  • IN COIMBATORE TODAY
  • Traffic diversions in Coimbatore West today
  • Constable creates a flutter
  • Petitions panel to visit city
  • Around the City
  • Readers' Mail

    • Cricket

  • Martyn and Clarke prop up Australia
  • I want the ICC to be fair: Muralitharan
  • Chance for Test hopefuls to prove their mettle
  • Can Lara and his men deliver again?
  • Ganguly's team needs a huge dose of self-belief
  • Wesley Junior College wins The Hindu Trophy
  • Easy for Little Flower JC
  • Vijay, Gautham hit hundreds
  • Praneeth, Rahul shine
  • Brabourne Stadium being readied
  • Vivek shines
  • Easy for Basudeva Somani FGC
  • Unbeaten century by Sehgal
  • Air India in final
  • Big win for Malappuram
  • Talent hunt for presenter
  • North Zone-I wins
  • Gopi and Senthil shine
  • Yogesh Nagar shines
  • Pangode wins titles
  • Narender guides Navy to win
  • Match ends in a draw
  • England in final

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8095
  • Solution to puzzle 8094

    • Cuddapah

  • Virasam leader accuses police of eliminating PW sympathiser

    • Dharmapuri

  • 200 idols immersed in the Cauvery

    • Dharwad

  • Water supply schedule

    • Editorials

  • AHEAD BY A SHORT HEAD
  • DOWN THE CRICKET LADDER

    • Erode

  • DMK, PMK, Cong. councillors stage walkout
  • 11 councillors elected unopposed

    • Football

  • Silvestre stars in Manchester United's win
  • Maradona back for treatment
  • CRPFS (Rohini) in last four
  • CIL beats BEL
  • Hat-trick by Prakash

    • Front Page

  • President's nod for ordinance to repeal POTA
  • `India, U.S. have closer ties now'
  • Martyn and Clarke prop up Australia
  • BCCI cancels tender process for telecast
  • `Talks with naxalites in isolation will not help'
  • Left economists threaten to quit Plan panels
  • Sushma, others court arrest near Cellular Jail
  • Madras High Court initiates contempt proceedings against TV reporter
  • Quota for Muslims held ultra vires
  • Sengupta to head commission on informal sector

    • Generalia

  • Rathore gets loudest applause

    • Golf

  • Pappan cards day's best
  • Fourteen Indians in Asian Tour Order of Merit

    • Gujarat

  • A private exposition of fossils

    • Guntur

  • Telugu Desam ZPTC member alleges murder bid
  • New Guntur SP takes charge

    • Haryana

  • Check dams to harness river water

    • Hassan

  • Plan to catch rogue elephants cleared
  • Two injured as dacoits strike at house

    • Hockey

  • India ranked fifth
  • Nav Bharat blanks APSRTC

    • Hubli

  • Action sought against officials

    • Hyderabad

  • Patil hints at payment of pension to freedom fighters
  • A daily nightmare for pedestrians
  • Corporate hospitals lose heart!
  • Telangana outfit vows to defeat TRS in Siddipet bypoll
  • Arrested Oman nationals' city link
  • Heavy rain lashes city
  • Silver lining
  • TDP plea to Governor on Visakha Dairy polls
  • Traffic curbs for President's visit
  • Action against constable sought
  • Asifnagar: two independents file papers
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • Powell blames it on misleading inputs
  • U.K. envoy's gaffe
  • U.S. strategies undermine U.N.
  • Appeal to Bush, Musharraf
  • The spirit of Kalashnikov
  • U.N. moots global tax to fight hunger
  • 'Terrorism a global priority'
  • Linking rivers, with happy results
  • E.U. official to give up business
  • Seoul to eschew nuclear weapons
  • Tobacco firms face high-stakes trial
  • No one is above law: Kofi Annan

    • Kancheepuram

  • Power engineers say facilities lacking to enforce quality norms
  • Conducted tour of Kancheepuram

    • Karimnagar

  • Tight security for Ganesh immersion
  • Medical camp for disabled from October 7
  • Land oustees want jobs

    • Karnataka

  • Welfare schemes for tribal people on the anvil
  • Row over lease of forest land set to take a curious turn
  • Teams' visit to park brings some relief to tribal people
  • Godse accompanied Savarkar to Shimoga in 1944
  • `Power trading will need monitoring to check prices'
  • Notification on annulment of admissions stayed
  • Funds to be mobilised for irrigation projects
  • China keen on importing more iron ore from India
  • Govt. to seek HUDCO loan for construction of more colleges
  • Develop high-yield crops, scientists told
  • JD(S) firm on contesting bypoll
  • Haj committee awaiting applications, says Minister
  • Y.R. Patil is KSOU Registrar
  • Petition against `insult' to Tricolour
  • Kannada signboards must: Sait
  • Briefly
  • From the Districts

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Impressive march past at passing out ceremony
  • Rs. 7.5 crores to be released for Harihar taluk
  • Programme to pay tribute to Sirigere swamiji
  • Vehicle owners told to use approved gas kits
  • MLA takes municipal officials to task
  • Vedike complains against hike in bus fares
  • Man sentenced to life
  • Lightning claims two lives in Gadag

    • Kerala

  • Panel to delimit wards of civic bodies on the anvil
  • KPCC executive meet today
  • Catholicos contests Patriarch's claim
  • Mining lease only after proper approvals
  • Lalu hails Congress decision on allies
  • `Legislation on quota in private sector soon'
  • MBBS/BDS reallotment
  • Fisheries Department to abide by earlier decision
  • No compromise on traditions, says Zakka I
  • SFI call to boycott classes on Thursday
  • Mata calls for love and compassion
  • Two boats gutted at Mappila Bay
  • DA arrears
  • Briefly

    • Kochi

  • GCDA for redefining its role
  • Ordination jubilee celebrations begin
  • `IUML not to blame'
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Health inspectors' protest
  • Plea to help plantation workers

    • Kottayam

  • Paswan calls for Dalit unity

    • Kurnool

  • More land under maize cultivation

    • Leader Page Articles

  • A satellite to serve students
  • Education in Pakistan

    • Letters to the Editor

  • The Savarkar issue
  • Hapless victim
  • Classical language
  • Correction

    • Madikeri

  • Shifting of bus stand mired in controversy
  • Govt. to release Rs. 4 cr. for rain damage works in Kodagu

    • Madurai

  • 40 tour operators to take part in Madurai Travel Mart
  • Free power sought for 476 water projects
  • Santhanam granted bail
  • Dalits condemn hut demolition
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Mangalore

  • Efforts on to upgrade district jail
  • Centre committed to empowerment of women: Oscar
  • Nagarjuna Power Project to generate 1015 MW of power
  • MASS launches small packets of arecanut
  • Shobha Yatras: dry days announced
  • Burglars steal cash, valuables from house
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • NGOs feel Mysore Zoo will emerge stronger from tragedy
  • `India has potential for medical tourism'
  • Authorities begin self-appraisal

    • Nalgonda

  • Fake pattadar passbook scam: probe launched
  • Bizarre bath for body in hope of rain

    • National

  • Left Front to go it alone in Maharashtra
  • Sainiks denied ticket revolt
  • Draft employment guarantee law to be tabled soon
  • 3 U.P. leaders join Congress
  • Cauvery Monitoring Committee meets today
  • 'Biodiversity better understood now'
  • POTA: clause on confession removed
  • States can abolish administrative tribunals: court
  • Award for P. Sainath
  • Yatra a success, says Uma Bharti
  • Incentives likely for States for meeting rabi targets
  • India, Bangladesh border talks fail
  • 'No lowering of retirement age'
  • Apunba Lup urged to lift blockade
  • Britain for more cooperation with India in legal services
  • 'Small families, not two child norm, acceptable'
  • EDUSAT orbit raised
  • 'U.S. warned Nawaz Sharif of holding up loan'
  • Pakistan denies visas
  • Pappu Yadav joins RJD
  • Auroville: Karan Singh replaces Kireet Joshi
  • Government reverses foreign aid policy
  • Gudiya makes her choice

    • Nellore

  • Action plan drawn up for rural sports: Collector
  • Tension over Ganesh idols' immersion

    • New Delhi

  • Dry days in Dwarka
  • Bhajan Lal detractors active again
  • A `Green Delhi' too far
  • GPA holders pick holes in review panel report
  • BJP dares Sheila on exemption of rural house tax
  • Draw of lots decides Mayors' category
  • Man arrested for forgery
  • Railway staff block tracks at Ghaziabad
  • Some hope on World Culture Fund
  • Prostitution racket smashed
  • Centre bails out Punjab
  • Illicit liquor recovered
  • Ashok Jain welcomed at Town Hall
  • Heroin seized, five held
  • Criminals in cops' uniform loot car
  • Dream big, Amritraj tells kids
  • Loan schemes for investors
  • Walia promises 24-hour power for trans-Yamuna
  • Uttaranchal to opt for CBSE pattern
  • Video conferencing for undertrials
  • Meeting on Oncology
  • Relax, laugh to control high BP
  • Luxury tax driving tourists away from Capital
  • Around the City
  • Briefly

    • Nizamabad

  • Dacoits strike in Bodhan

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Church reunion anniversary fete concludes
  • Sabarimala shrine closed

    • Pondicherry

  • Law to protect elderly urged
  • Field workers to get full month's wages

    • Racing : Horse

  • Narain finishes second
  • Ramaswamy re-elected
  • Puttanna re-elected KTA President

    • Racing : Motor

  • Rolon racing challenge on Sept. 26
  • MSCC regional championship

    • Rajasthan

  • Litterateurs honoured

    • Religion

  • Dharma in practice

    • Salem

  • Consumers allege anomalies

    • Shimoga

  • Forum set up to seek medical college in Shimoga
  • Banks told to help in implementing schemes
  • Ananthamurthy bereaved

    • Sports : General

  • `A cruel joke against people of Kerala'
  • Tamara Silver to lead

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Environmentalists seek wider debate on Sethu project
  • Security alert for extremist strikes
  • Law varsity assurance on shifting Chengalpattu college
  • Taxpayer-friendly scheme for service providers comes into effect
  • Tamizhkudimagan dead
  • Rain continues to lash Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry
  • Police withdraw plea to cancel bail to forest ranger
  • Rich tributes to Bhai Ghaniya
  • A logo for silk purity
  • 1,000 candidates in the fray for 355 village panchayat posts
  • Case against Arjun Singh posted to September 28
  • Cooperative societies to introduce low-cost silk sarees
  • Karaikudi student tops consortium list
  • Azhagiri appears in court
  • 'Roof replacement beyond the means of schools'
  • Hindujas call on Jayalalithaa
  • CPI men did not desecrate idol at Nallur: Nallakannu
  • NLC director nominated as workers' education panel
  • A logo for silk purity
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Entrepreneurship development programme
  • Estimates Committee inspects works
  • Gold, cash stolen
  • Two killed in accident

    • Tennis

  • Sagarika, Anahita spring surprises

    • Thanjavur

  • Opposition party cadres stage demonstration

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Lalu, family visit temple, beach resort
  • DLO stops CITU workers from entering Manacaud market
  • Congress distorting history: Rajagopal
  • Man, wife injured in armed attack
  • MCH to train counsellors
  • MDA programme unscientific: IHK
  • Inquiry ordered
  • World Heart Day
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated September 22, 1954: PM restates Goa policy
  • dated September 22, 1954: China denied UN seat
  • dated September 22, 1954: Expansion of Madras Port
  • dated September 22, 1954: Chaplin to visit India

    • Thrissur

  • `Happy to receive award in Asan's name'
  • One held

    • Tiruchi

  • `SHGs have potential of women empowerment'
  • Commissioner inaugurates room for TPTW
  • Transport employees take out rally
  • Massive procession
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Tirunelveli

  • Sale of SHG-made sanitary napkins launched

    • Tirupati

  • Gurazada's birth anniversary celebrated

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Opposition meets EC on by-polls

    • Vijayawada

  • A lesson for headmasters on AIDS
  • Auto components cluster project gets nod
  • Electricity staff stage dharna
  • Extortion case: corporator surrenders
  • Contractor murdered; councillor surrenders
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • TDP corporator gets bail amid high drama
  • Danger round the corner
  • `Foreign policy lacks focus'
  • Centre urged to bail out seafood industry
  • Two drowned while immersing idol
  • Probe into ship mishap
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • India suffers second defeat
  • BSC in final

    • Weather

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