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  • 11 arrested in TDP leader's murder case

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Naxal talks: full-fledged panel set up
  • Muddu decries Naidu's attitude
  • US visa: official clears the air on Chennai Consulate
  • People's War reconsolidating its base
  • Chaos reigns supreme in Wakf Board
  • Navodaya schools look to Tamil Nadu
  • YSR promises Tamil Nadu of Telugu Ganga water
  • Spurt in malaria cases in Kurnool district
  • Filmmakers ready to fight piracy menace
  • Searches: TDP smells a rat
  • Study on SHGs mooted
  • Survey on violence against women
  • Efforts on to revive handloom sector
  • Cases against Paritala may be reopened
  • Balakrishna appears in court
  • Mallu Ravi slams TDP for remarks against YSR
  • MLA holds `open inquiry' into `misuse' of rice
  • Police suspect woman's role in murder
  • Another case filed
  • TUDA to hold meet on illegal constructions
  • PV to attend Ramananda Tirtha centenary fete
  • Monitoring panel members named
  • I was vindicated, says incharge civic chief
  • Jayalalithaa coming
  • Quarrel leads to youth's death
  • Police nod for PW meet in city
  • MBT election meeting attacked
  • Council for senior citizens

    • Athletics

  • Easy outing for Anju George
  • The remarkable Rejith

    • Badminton

  • Warangal boys, Adilabad girls triumph

    • Bangalore

  • Construction worker raped, murdered
  • Neighbourhood watch to protect the elderly
  • Bus route numbers available on Reliance cellphones
  • Counselling for diploma holders from Sunday
  • Ex-serviceman missing
  • Power shutdown
  • Two shops, house burgled
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Basketball

  • Gyan Mandir advances
  • St Joseph's triumphs
  • B Zone Reds bags title

    • Belgaum

  • Violence mars Ganesha procession at Ramdurg
  • Call to promote adventure sports

    • Bellary

  • Bangalore-Bellary flights postponed
  • Bellary City Municipal Council upgraded to corporation
  • Gambling dens raided

    • Bijapur

  • `Giant footprints' draw curious onlookers

    • Briefly

  • Circular on BPO withdrawn
  • Oil prices top $50
  • New CMD for Nestle India
  • Jindal ties up with U.K. firm
  • Planet-7 sets up assembling unit
  • Maze Net Solution signs MoU
  • Annual conference of PAT
  • Tirupur Tax Practitioners' Assn. plea
  • Elected to IBA
  • Bullet Electra in U.K.
  • Ramco Systems opens office in Dubai
  • FCS sets up corporate universities
  • Perfetti's sugar-free chewing gum
  • Centurion Bank's securitisation effort
  • Hitachi Data's new storage platform
  • ING Vysya MF's new offering
  • United Bank sets business target
  • Elected to AP Spinning Mills Association
  • Gramin Bank branch bags award
  • Santham herbal village
  • Cashew Export Promotion Council chief
  • Ranbaxy to consider interim dividend

    • Business

  • SAIL nod for Indian Iron merger
  • New range of cordless phones from Bharti
  • Securities Appellate Tribunal-SEBI differences surface
  • Shantha Biotech vaccine unit on stream
  • Sensex drops 49 points
  • Large retailers form association
  • Steep fall in rupee
  • Re-look at petro products duty structure
  • BHEL's new agenda for growth
  • United Breweries threatens to stop supplies to T. Nadu, A.P.
  • NTPC issue to fund expansion
  • Two fail to get berth on Federal Bank board

    • Cartoons

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    • Chennai

  • Gateway to the city choked by traffic
  • Bio-diversity show at Neelankarai
  • Doctors told to pay up for shoddy service
  • Varsity's outreach programme takes education to 2.6 lakh students
  • Parties wrangle over bus shelter
  • `Horses' for courses approach to farming
  • Rs.2 lakhs for temple tank renovation
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Three in lead
  • Kramnik begins well

    • Coimbatore

  • Rain lashes city, 150 houses inundated
  • More rain forecast
  • Counselling for IT aptitude
  • Project sanctioned to PSG charities
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Cricket

  • Tough task ahead for a rusty Mumbai
  • Time for McGrath and Co. to set the records right
  • Sriram stays firm amidst ruins
  • Vaughan agrees to tour Zimbabwe
  • Close battle on the cards
  • Unbeaten double century by Anirudh
  • Triumphant West Indians arrive home
  • Central-South match drawn
  • Vats' century in vain
  • North Zone-II lifts trophy
  • Cambridge FS in semifinals
  • City `A' takes five points
  • Pradeep shines
  • Mysore enters final
  • Jeffin scalps five
  • Thrissur beats Kannur
  • Damien scalps four

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8101
  • Solution to puzzle No. 8100

    • Cuddalore

  • AIADMK wins Cuddalore district panchayat councillor seat

    • Cuddapah

  • Hosteller's death: student unions seek probe
  • Protest against removal of Proddatur civic chief
  • Prisoners urged to lead normal lives after release

    • Dharwad

  • Water supply schedule for Hubli and Dharwad

    • Editorials

  • COMMUNAL THUGGERY IN KERALA
  • MAKING RESEARCH HUMANE

    • Erode

  • Ballot papers destroyed, AIADMK-DMK clash

    • Football

  • MRI test must, says AIFF
  • Dimapur GHSS to meet BSL IVE in final
  • East Bengal beats Ever-Ready for title
  • HAL beats ADE
  • Rajagiri in semifinals
  • Ganga IS triumphs

    • Front Page

  • Nepal-bound plane with U.S. arms in Indian airport
  • Hectic activity on eve of BCCI elections
  • Outside experts on Plan panels may go
  • Military-level talks on Siachen likely: Pranab
  • Time for McGrath and Co. to set the records right
  • Austerity measures to save Rs. 2,000 crores
  • The last of Indian English fiction's grand troika
  • Zee's petition not maintainable: BCCI
  • Plea rejected
  • Sena-BJP promises `prosperous, safe and vibrant Maharashtra'
  • Easy outing for Anju George

    • Golf

  • Singh to defend Skins title

    • Gulbarga

  • Two found dead after idol immersion ceremony

    • Guntur

  • Water supply unlikely to resume today

    • Haryana

  • BJP not averse to HVP's merger
  • More cotton markets in Haryana

    • Hassan

  • Bears causing havoc in Arsikere
  • `Govt. lobbying to make Halebid a heritage site'

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Mankotia comes out against Virbhadra

    • Hockey

  • `Desi' analytical tool may give Indian cricket a `cyber edge'
  • India keen to keep the momentum going
  • Indian Olympians to be honoured on Oct. 1
  • PSG in semifinals

    • Hyderabad

  • HUDA moots alternative site
  • A day after, it's more garbage!
  • Water connection just a call away
  • Loans given to women nursery groups
  • Entries for bravery awards invited
  • YSR's pat for police
  • Train rescheduled
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • Iraq a divisive issue: Blair
  • Violence shadow over Iraq polls
  • Putin launches sweeping power reform
  • Crackdown on militants
  • Diamonds vanish at show
  • Britons in Guantanamo to have limited rights
  • China on terror alert
  • Qadhafi's son in Paris row
  • 10th bird flu death in Thailand
  • Captive's fate
  • 5 LTTE men killed in Batticaloa

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • SSP summoned for shielding `killer'

    • Kancheepuram

  • The mansions of Chettinadu, mangroves of Pitchavaram

    • Kannur

  • Revive sick units in State: INTUC

    • Karnataka

  • Officers asked to be proactive in problem-solving
  • Mysore Dasara Gold Card launched
  • Report on Hubli riots may be tabled in Legislature
  • R.V. College challenges MBA, MCA tentative fees
  • Textbooks had only cursory references to Savarkar: S. Settar
  • Officials told to shun lethargy
  • BJP to celebrate Yediyurappa's birthday in a big way
  • Current storage in most dams more than last year's
  • Educationists, NGOs oppose circular on SDMCs
  • Benaka to stage two plays next month
  • Death of animals: zoo employee suspended
  • Higher target set for farm loans
  • Mysore Dasara Gold Card launched
  • Uniform textbooks for language courses
  • Tumkur village tense
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Medara Trust school building inaugurated
  • Eligible persons to get yellow cards
  • Cooperatives told to obtain funds from NABARD

    • Kerala

  • Attack on nuns: Crime Branch joins police in probe
  • Patriarch leaves for Delhi
  • `No resource'
  • Shame for the entire State, says Chandy
  • Five-member family found dead at Kaviyur
  • NCM rules out any conversion activity at Dalit colony
  • No probe against Isaac: Baby
  • Blockade stir: Chandy warns CPI(M)
  • Administrative crisis in TDB
  • Stay declined on castle takeover
  • Top priority to Narendran panel report: Chandy
  • Vakkom moves High Court against magistrate's order
  • Patriarch leaves for Delhi
  • KSRTC deal with lottery operators still valid
  • Irrigation project to be inaugurated in January
  • Speaker criticises Sonal Mansingh
  • Case against Lalu's daughter dropped
  • NGO Association seeks wage revision
  • Sex racket: bail plea rejected
  • `Government aware of fishermen's plight'
  • Attack condemned

    • Kerala - Others

  • 50 new forest stations to be set up
  • Around the City

    • Kochi

  • Assembly panel directs local bodies to prepare master plan
  • Vehicles damaged as SFI protest turns violent
  • Completion of four-lane roads sought
  • Maritime Day celebrations
  • Plea not to hike toll
  • Youth found dead near KSRTC stand
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Vellappally urged to quit
  • Sentenced

    • Kozhikode

  • Chandy visits Sneha Bhavan

    • Kurnool

  • Rythu Sangham plea to prevent starvation deaths
  • Nandyal MP at it again?

    • Leader Page Articles

  • A conversation in New York
  • The web of e-governance

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Detente process
  • BJP's fortunes
  • Omissions & deletions
  • Left is right
  • Pawar's statement
  • Ill-advised
  • Wrong priorities?
  • Religious intolerance
  • Savarkar question
  • Sorry state
  • Take the cue

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Vocational courses in school syllabus under study

    • Madurai

  • AIADMK retains Tirumangalam municipality
  • Woman's life term for infanticide set aside
  • Bail for another accused in Kiruttinan case
  • Three women released on bail
  • Tight security for Imam Ali death anniversary
  • Farmers held
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Mangalore

  • Official denies charge on quality of pipes
  • Many autos using adulterated fuel
  • Man gets life term for murdering wife
  • German institute celebrates silver jubilee
  • Meet discusses power supply problems
  • Project may be completed by 2006
  • Liquor seized from house at Urwa Stores
  • Raids
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • LPG racket busted, four arrested
  • Pulse Polio programme next month

    • Nagercoil

  • Transport workers take out rally

    • National

  • Centre takes belt-tightening steps
  • `A master of all genres of writing'
  • `All efforts to help physically challenged to vote'
  • ``Requirement of corroborative evidence aided Savarkar's acquittal''
  • Demand for removal of textbook with errors
  • JD(U), BJP face-off in Maharashtra
  • Step aside IIT-M, the real brains are in the suburbs
  • CPI(M) backs Pawar's candidature
  • Zee TV gets nod for sports channel
  • Zee chairman lodges complaint against Dalmiya
  • Former Judge to conduct BCCI polls
  • `Media should be focussed in its approach'
  • Probe ordered into import of blood samples
  • Dhaka's help sought for completing fencing work
  • Lalu busts racket in overload of bulk carriage
  • Ban on `mahuwa' brewing adds to misery of Sahariyas
  • Tele-medicine link with Pakistan
  • Indian shot dead by Nepal police
  • A new link
  • Court arrest

    • New Delhi

  • Politics over abattoir
  • Startling revelations during sealing drive
  • Minister leaves kids speechless
  • NDPL tie-up to boost power supply
  • Green brigade up in arms
  • Support price for milk sought
  • RWAs refuse to pay tax
  • High drama at airport
  • Alleged dacoits arrested
  • Moon-lit Taj view not fully eclipsed yet
  • `All efforts to help physically challenged to vote'
  • CINEMA
  • G.K. showrooms sealed
  • Nine held on flesh trade charge
  • `Quiz-Tech' organised
  • A lot to look forward to at Goa festival
  • Cousins stabbed to death
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Olympic Games

  • Popovich sets pool ablaze

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Regulated sand-mining from October 1

    • Perambalur

  • PMK cadres stage agitation

    • Pondicherry

  • Probe land sharks' activities: CPI
  • Degree, diploma side by side
  • Woman murdered
  • October 2 a dry day
  • It pours in Pondicherry

    • Punjab

  • Jobless teachers held for disrupting Congress rally

    • Racing : Horse

  • Ramaswamy elected MRC Chairman

    • Raichur

  • MLA demands inquiry into municipality affairs

    • Rajasthan

  • Marchers against Coca-Cola court arrest

    • Religion

  • Moral code for mankind

    • Salem

  • Summons to 12-year-old girl
  • Poll results announced

    • Shimoga

  • Dharam Singh's assurance on medical college welcomed
  • Government school to get facelift

    • Sports : General

  • State team for national aquatics
  • APSRTC's gesture

    • Squash

  • Imran posts win

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Artificial pancreas to regulate insulin secretion
  • Telugu Ganga water before October 15
  • Waive interest on nationalised bank loans also: farmers
  • 2 more centres to administer anti-retro virals for HIV
  • Madurai Bench a boon, but lawyers must equip themselves
  • A fit case for heritage status: UNESCO consultant
  • Survey for database on schools soon
  • IGNOU to offer more B.Ed seats
  • Petition seeks repoll with police protection
  • `Duty rate reduction will tell on textile exports'
  • Engagements
  • CPI(M) stages demonstration for fresh crop loans
  • Jayalakshmi case: court reserves orders on police plea
  • `Indians, not Hume, conceived Congress'
  • AIADMK wins Chennai Corporation ward byelection
  • Bail me out of foisted case: MLA tells Patil
  • Nallakannu blames AIADMK for violence
  • VCD grey market wears deserted look
  • Five killed in accidents
  • Koodankulam project ahead of schedule
  • Respect court decisions: pensioners
  • Kalam to address Pondy Assembly
  • Malaysian business team meets potential partners
  • `Bringing inter-State rivers under Concurrent List may not be a smooth affair'
  • Employment boom in the offing at Tirupur
  • Tourism may cause degradation of Eastern Ghats: environmentalists
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Proposal sought for more wards in Govt. hospitals
  • Flow rising
  • Sri Desikan festival on Thursday
  • Tricycles, wheelchairs distributed
  • Life term for two

    • Tennis

  • Federer gets past first hurdle
  • Shweta stretched by Grace Hannah
  • Ram Kumar in third round
  • Junior Davis Cup groupings

    • Thanjavur

  • DMK nominee elected Thanjavur district panchayat member
  • Farmers' forum cadres held
  • Mettur discharge reduced

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Legal clinics to be set up on campuses
  • Castle to be handed over to Archaeology Department
  • Deadlines set for completing drinking water projects
  • It's quiz time again
  • Protest: 10 SFI activists held
  • Meeting disrupted
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated September 29, 1954: Train plunges into river
  • dated September 29, 1954: PM's advice to pressmen
  • dated September 29, 1954: Portugal's new decree

    • Tiruchi

  • DMK wins 11 wards in Manachanallur PU
  • Agricultural produce godown at Thuvakudi planned
  • Call to create digital archives of management techniques
  • Surprise visit to fair price shop
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Tirupati

  • Busy schedule for YSR at Tirupati
  • Mystery shrouds death of couple

    • Union Territories

  • LIC employees to discuss wage revision

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • 26 killed in separate accidents
  • Tram train leads to nowhere
  • Rise in swamp deer density in Dudhwa
  • Flowers bring a new meaning to their life

    • Vijayawada

  • Development, a casualty on city roads
  • Upland areas to get Sagar water
  • Phone `booths' at your beck and call
  • A boost on the cards for jobless youth
  • `Four-lane' bonus for NH stretch in State
  • Eight injured as TDP, Congress activists clash
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Visakha Dairy polls mired in controversy
  • 10 medical shops raided
  • Task force to curb new slums
  • Pedestrians take risky shortcuts
  • Accused in shop-breaking case arrested
  • Housewife ends fast
  • Man dies in road accident
  • Residence, caste certificates to be home delivered
  • Award for Green Park
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • MG Public wins

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • An ode to spirit of liberation

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