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    Alappuzha

  • Nurses lay siege to MCH office
  • Doctors strike work

    • Anantapur

  • Staff go on mass leave against `shadow MPP'

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • New chiefs for TDP district units
  • Providing care to the rejected
  • Congress averse to Telangana: Fernandes
  • Crushing likely this season at Renigunta, Chittoor sugar units
  • Call for foolproof youth policy
  • Gold sheets for `Ananda Nilayam' under study
  • Kurnool bandh partial
  • YSR angry over `manhandling' of policeman
  • Squads to check dacoities
  • Congress MP's plea for water from Sagar
  • Students' party ends in tragedy
  • IPS officers shuffled
  • JAC alleges raw deal to Telangana staff
  • CPI(M) to stage dharna for land to poor
  • Two held on charge of using fake passports
  • Missing fruit vendor found murdered
  • CPI hails Bhale Rao's suspension
  • Memory wizard wows YSR
  • Siddipet bypoll: two nominations rejected
  • Briefly
  • CRIME WATCH

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Making a success of the self-help concept
  • Religious fervour marks `Rathotsavam'
  • MLAs for early completion of irrigation projects
  • Rs. 33 cr. for construction of irrigation tanks
  • Five held on cheating charge
  • Immunisation Day arrangements on
  • Tanker row rocks municipal meet
  • TDP alleges raw deal
  • Loans distributed to SHGs

    • Athletics

  • Reward for hard work: Anju
  • Anju pips Lebedeva to claim gold

    • Badminton

  • Utsav Mishra stuns Gopi Chand

    • Bangalore

  • `Taxation with Transparency' campaign launched
  • Two die, three injured in fire accident
  • BU to admit more students for ME, M.Tech courses in UVCE
  • Programmes to create awareness on heart disease from Sunday
  • Register property, building societies' members told
  • Two drowned in tank
  • Rally to mark Heart Day
  • Auto driver hacked to death
  • Protest against delay in flyover work
  • CISF constable dies at airport
  • Phone numbers to be transferred
  • BESCOM drive
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Basketball

  • Iran is champion

    • Belgaum

  • BUDA members allege financial irregularities
  • Backward Classes panel visits Hindalga Jail
  • Seminar for civil services aspirants

    • Bellary

  • Multi-pronged strategy to end mosquito menace
  • Grievance redressal programme at Sandur on Saturday

    • Bidar

  • Caste certificate of Bajrang Dal convener cancelled
  • Free medical check-up camp on Saturday

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Rafath Habib emerges winner
  • Ajay Bhushan scores win

    • Boxing

  • Manikandan stuns Divakar

    • Briefly

  • TCS' Brussels office
  • Reliance debt revamp
  • RBI Executive Director
  • Pharma joint venture
  • Programme for knitwear units
  • New range of jewellery
  • MBA and Postgraduate Expo 05
  • Building material exhibition
  • Assumes charge
  • Bexel completes Phase 2 clinical trial
  • KTC-Hyundai customers meet
  • Tata Indigo Marina launched
  • IDBI to open branch in Kozhikode
  • Snecma in pact with Maini Precision
  • VFortress wins Xalted project
  • New products from Peribit
  • Airtel's full talktime for pre-paid customers
  • Wockhardt plans hospital in Hyderabad
  • FDA nod for Ranbaxy's drug
  • Microsoft product for students
  • LG launches GSM handsets
  • Hexaware bags Lufthansa Systems' contract
  • Kotak Mahindra Bank enters Rajasthan
  • Indian handicraft fair

    • Business

  • Kalam lauds Wockhardt's biotech research
  • France launches investment initiative
  • Mini-drive packs a big wallop
  • Penalty waiver on service tax registrations
  • Sharp drop in rupee
  • Downward correction in Sensex
  • NEC Solutions' India strategy
  • ADB to focus on GDP-jobs mismatch
  • Transaction tax to be levied prospectively
  • Exports may touch $75 billion

    • Chennai

  • 500 huts gutted in Chennai
  • Traffic, encroachments still tax this road
  • Police step up drive against drunken driving
  • 2 Loyola students get neuropsychiatry fellowships
  • Indian Oil to introduce `Swagat' outlets on highways
  • The mystery of the missing individuals
  • Ganga-Kumari project proposal
  • Award for `villupattu' artiste
  • Bomb hoax in High Court
  • Assumes charge
  • Elections to all water-user associations soon: Minister
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • AICF hopes to bid for Olympiad

    • Coimbatore

  • No end to passengers' plight at Ukkadam Bus Stand
  • Power shutdown
  • The Hindu Young World Quiz today
  • Probe into death of peacocks
  • Found dead
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • South Africa threatens to pull out of tour
  • The West Indians are smiling again
  • Ganguly not for chopping and changing team
  • Rest wrests initiative
  • CCS: Ganguly wants `proactive role'
  • Bowlers' day out in fourth div. league
  • Ranvir's show in vain
  • Brilliant show by Gautam
  • GFGC advances
  • All-round show by Dabas
  • Bhargav shines
  • Easy win for South Zone-II
  • Chetan on song
  • North struggling
  • Hodge replaces Ponting
  • India Seniors to meet India `A'
  • Central Zone hits back
  • Inter-collegiate cricket from today

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8097
  • Solution to puzzle 8096

    • Cuddapah

  • Declare more mandals drought-hit: ZP
  • Police forums flay PW's beating up of constable
  • Semi-open jail to come up
  • Merchant ends life

    • Dharwad

  • Educate customers about Ombudsman, banks told
  • Water schedule for Dharwad
  • Dharwad ZP meet adjourned

    • Editorials

  • POTA REPACKAGED
  • DO IT TOGETHER

    • Erode

  • Rural sanitation gets a fillip

    • Football

  • Big win for Valencia
  • Mohun Bagan held
  • Abhijeeth is KSP's hero
  • Al Jaish blanks East Bengal
  • Hat-trick by Suresh
  • St. Joseph's wins
  • Das nets winner

    • Front Page

  • We will carry forward composite dialogue, says Manmohan
  • Iraqis need 'effective sovereignty'
  • Direct talks with People's War on October 2
  • Keep dialogue option open: Patil
  • Maruti, Suzuki announce Rs. 6,000-crore plan
  • Raja Ramanna critically ill
  • 'Col.' Karuna's brother killed
  • 'VAT introduction move on right path'
  • Penalty waiver on service tax registrations
  • TV journalist challenges contempt notice

    • Generalia

  • Five disciplines in the running for Olympic berths

    • Golf

  • Ashok Kumar, Rahul share lead

    • Guntur

  • Palle Bata petitions reviewed
  • Indian Oil provides drinking water in Bukkapuram
  • TDP nominates district unit president

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • H.P. becoming unsafe for women
  • Tax exemptions welcomed

    • Hockey

  • Pakistan has the edge
  • Emphatic win for SAI (STC)
  • Complete stats
  • Waseem to lead

    • Hyderabad

  • `Net'-powered postman in new look!
  • Road project nears execution stage
  • Water tariff for some sectors to be raised
  • Take up ring road project at one go: YSR
  • Cardiac check-up camps
  • DJS offer
  • Riverside City Mayor coming
  • UPSC exam results declared
  • CPI leader hospitalised
  • CPI clarification
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • India `encouraged' by Musharraf's remarks
  • Permanent seat: China non-committal
  • We have to fashion a global response: Manmohan
  • G-3 plans dialogue with European Union

    • International

  • U.S., Pakistan pledge to broaden ties
  • NATO turning blind eye to drug boom in Afghanistan: Russia
  • U.S. imposes curbs on Chinese arms supplier
  • Allawi rules out releasing women prisoners
  • A biographical behemoth from Oxford
  • Mediums fail to get the message
  • Haiti flood toll rises to 1070
  • New CIA head approved
  • Turkey accepts E.U. entry conditions
  • U.S. military fails to win Afghan hearts
  • Jehangir Karamat is new Pakistan envoy to U.S.

    • Kannur

  • Congress always supported the elite: VS

    • Karnataka

  • Economic growth linked to education: Kalam
  • President for region-based development plan
  • Make education accessible to all: Kalam
  • `Training sportspersons should be a mission'
  • VTU unveils loan scheme for meritorious students
  • Warm welcome to President
  • Seat selection in new colleges from Sunday
  • Consolidate party, BJP workers told
  • Funds to be sought for food-for-work
  • Varsity adopts Fund-based Accounting System
  • Attur, 24 other JD(S) members join Congress
  • `Educate farmers on scheme'
  • Number of train coaches reduced
  • Fiat to anti-social elements
  • Action sought against Aiyar
  • Jain mourned
  • Briefly
  • From the Districts

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Case against MLA for `slapping' hospital staff
  • Customers owe BESCOM Rs. 700 crores
  • Warm farewell to Deputy Commissioner
  • Minister accused of `secret deal' on MPM
  • Seminar for science teachers
  • De-addiction camps to be held
  • Corruption meter?

    • Kerala

  • Former Minister gets one year jail term
  • Draft policy on drug procurement
  • Congress-IUML ties turning sour
  • Publish committee report on Halcyon Castle: Rajagopal
  • Panchayat order restraining Pepsico stayed
  • CAP for engineering courses concludes
  • Student's death: NHRC directive to Andhra Government
  • A proud moment for Anju's fans
  • Toxic algae found: CMFRI
  • Government doctors strike work
  • `Vizhinjam project State's responsibility'
  • `Shakespeare' Velayudhan dead
  • PSC exam put off
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • CBSE youth festival begins

    • Kochi

  • Cooperative banks asked to be more customer-friendly
  • Doctors hold token strike
  • `Mineral sand lobby harming interests of the State'
  • Changampuzha's son dies in accident
  • LDF flays Ombudsman
  • ICICI Bank's claim refuted
  • Lakshwadeep students stage dharna
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Electronic meters: `Minister's suggestion not practical'
  • Call to improve geriatric care
  • Narendran panel report opposed

    • Kurnool

  • Municipal office raid was a mistake: MLA

    • Leader Page Articles

  • The women of the Sangh
  • Foreigners voting in U.S. elections

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Naxalite problem
  • Left stand
  • Disturbing
  • Cultural nationalism?
  • Laudable
  • Pathetic
  • Negative influence
  • A viable alternative
  • Symbol of pride

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Women's Congress chief sets new priorities

    • Madikeri

  • Row over drought relief works in Kodagu
  • Kodagu ZP chief set to continue in post

    • Madurai

  • `Learning, a continuous process'
  • Their risk pays off
  • Varsity may hook onto EDUSAT
  • Power shutdown
  • New Bishop installed
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Virasat 2004 gets under way
  • Youth rides two-wheeler blindfolded
  • Parents want Dasara vacation rescheduled
  • Book fair from today
  • Extortion: three arrested
  • Milk producers' union president
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Central aid sought to develop Mysore as Model Non-Conventional Energy City
  • Renovation work on Visvesvaraya Buildings begins
  • Mayor opposes change in Dasara procession route
  • Training programme for library science graduates

    • Nagapattinam

  • Surprise visit to hostel

    • National

  • International agencies against planned development, says CPI(M)
  • UPA decision surprising, says Basu
  • Foreign experts as consultants is fine: Sinha
  • BJP welcomes Musharraf speech
  • Time not ripe for talks with naxals, says West Bengal
  • Vedic scholars honoured
  • Indigenous groups reject draft National Tribal Policy
  • It's music to patients' ears
  • Minorities Commission to set up advisory groups in States
  • At 96, he is up in arms against soft drink firms
  • Mufti's kin held by BSF, released
  • Protest call
  • Code not violated, says BJP
  • CBI recovers Rs. 2.7 crores during searches
  • Rare Varahi sculpture recovered
  • Probe into copter crash begins
  • Muslim body flays RSS demand
  • No vacancy for the top party slot: Sinha
  • Jagir Kaur is SGPC chief again
  • `Pakistan positive on opening of road'
  • Make conditions favourable for India to ratify CNS: Kakodkar
  • Welfare measures for Orissa tribals
  • Pradeep Guha elected INS chief
  • 'Gujarat witnesses intimidated, harassed'
  • A small step in response to India's big leap
  • Journalist murdered in Haryana
  • President appoints 17 judges
  • 'Rebels have never done well outside the Shiv Sena'

    • Nellore

  • Ex-Minister made district TDP chief

    • New Delhi

  • SDM staff arrested for forgery
  • Major relief for senior citizens
  • Bye-bye subways, hello escalators... .
  • Call to protect AIDS-affected kids from discrimination
  • Question mark over railway security
  • `Breast-feeding vital to save infants'
  • Government to keep tab on quota certificates
  • Bid to save the invisible heritage
  • Cop saves girl from being assaulted
  • Two killed in accidents
  • Passport racket smashed
  • Kidney racket: Police zero in on hospitals
  • Emergency landings at airport
  • Pharma firms negate a positive move
  • Superintendent held for embezzlement
  • Notices to Centre, bank
  • Case registered against CM's daughter
  • Stoned to death
  • Indian students reach beyond American shores
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today

    • Nizamabad

  • Sports meet inaugurated

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Mammen Mathai's contributions lauded
  • NGO association meet begins
  • SFI lays siege to Pushpagiri hospital

    • Pondicherry

  • Court asks Pondy colleges to complete admissions by Sept. 30
  • Entrepreneurial development programme
  • Free saris, dhotis for poor families

    • Punjab

  • PNB gives loans to small farmers

    • Religion

  • Inspiring role model

    • Salem

  • One-time settlement scheme showing positive signs
  • Apollo group to open 250 clinics
  • Traffic disrupted
  • SBI loan mela

    • Sports : General

  • DAV downs Brilliant Grammar
  • Bhargav, Srinidhi named captains
  • SAAP workshop on Wednesday

    • Swimming

  • Six meet record set

    • Table Tennis

  • Sharat Kamal, Mouma triumph

    • Tamil Nadu

  • `Use IT to remove illiteracy among girls'
  • Erode turmeric complex may soon become reality
  • Save industry, film world urges Jayalalithaa
  • `Two-child norm will hurt women empowerment'
  • Good intelligence key to tackling terrorism: Governor
  • Entrepreneurs not ready to invest for future: Jaswant Singh
  • PMK welcomes POTA repeal
  • Produce `confined' woman in court, relations told
  • Apex court refuses to stay judgment on communal reservation
  • Elections soon to all water-user associations
  • Case against Krishnasamy transferred
  • Child labourers rescued in Vellore
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Move to sanction loans to farmers in Karur
  • Procession of Vinayaka idols stalled
  • Slew of demands before the Railway Minister
  • 27 lakh saplings to be planted
  • Five petitions received from aggrieved women in Pudukottai
  • Power shutdown
  • Rain in Theni, Tirunelveli
  • Elected unopposed

    • Tennis

  • Kuznetsova in last eight
  • Confident Spain hosts depleted France
  • Punam in semifinals
  • Naveen Sai routs Srikar
  • Sania stuns Mouhtassine

    • Thanjavur

  • `IT, a force to reckon with'

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Probe into attack on hotelier's house
  • Doctors stay away from work
  • Line clogging hits ITC card users
  • Ayurveda to be promoted in a big way
  • Demand for rail link to China and Pakistan
  • Kunnipuram bridge work to begin soon
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated September 24, 1954: Chou warns U.S.
  • dated September 24, 1954: French pockets in India
  • dated September 24, 1954: Honour for Tata
  • dated September 24, 1954: Tambaram-Egmore line

    • Thrissur

  • Krishi centre opened

    • Tiruchi

  • Tiruchi Central Excise to net over Rs.100 cr. in service tax
  • University seeks details of foreign students from colleges
  • Encroachments plague bus stand
  • Design efficient farm tools, rural youth told
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Three placed under suspension

    • Tirupati

  • Students' dharna spurs a golden jubilee fete
  • Proposal on WB consultant flayed

    • Tuticorin

  • TNSTC bus attached

    • Udupi

  • New Deputy Commissioner to ensure schemes reach needy
  • BJP charge on name deletion childish, says Congress
  • Six held on murder charge

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • U.P. still has zamindari system

    • Uttaranchal

  • Stress on organic produce
  • Steps to tackle Maoist menace

    • Vijayawada

  • Collector lists four steps to tackle disasters
  • BJP seeks probe into Pushkaram works
  • VMC wants health workers reinstated
  • Cabinet panel to study PDS
  • Robber chased, nabbed by textile dealer
  • Water released from Prakasam Barrage
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Concor station by November
  • YSR to lay foundation stone for Pharma City
  • Port Trust identifies 219 vacancies
  • YSR's visit: changes in programme
  • `UTI Mutual Fund plans to expand'
  • ZP budget approved
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • TEC triumphs

    • Warangal

  • `People happy with Congress Government'

    • Weather

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