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  • Anti-mining stir getting divided on political lines

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Three Ministers in team for talks with naxals
  • Velugu, DWCRA schemes may be merged
  • US visa applications: State tops list
  • Kodela questions choice of venue for YSR's new residence
  • VSPL gets hi-tech cranes from Austria
  • Tender schedule for projects announced
  • `Several TDP leaders under threat'
  • Archakas to get insurance, gratuity benefits
  • Top naxal leaders to skip meet
  • TDP-backed candidates win Visakha Dairy poll
  • Drought relief tardy:CPI
  • YSR to attend meet on cloud-seeding
  • YSR hints at merging Velugu, DWCRA
  • BJP critical of Government
  • Cloud-seeding: call for right methodology
  • Ordinance on ex-MLAs' pension hike
  • TDP plotting to kill Paritala: Congress
  • Instant registration scheme for service providers
  • Height of idols cause of worry: R.P. Singh
  • Stark reminders of a catastrophe
  • Left `no' to monitoring panel
  • Narendra claims AICC `support'
  • Traffic curbs today
  • House searched again
  • Junior doctors threaten stir from today
  • Train extended to Yeshwantpur
  • Jobless person's bid to end life at Secretariat
  • Congress meet discusses membership drive
  • Jaganmohan files defamation suit
  • Police shooting championship inaugurated
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Atrocities against Dalits condemned

    • Athletics

  • Kannur retains title
  • Hari Shankar shatters Natl. mark
  • Records galore on day one

    • Bangalore

  • Four workers found dead in factory
  • Corporators want all vacancies filled
  • He worked without salary for 17 years
  • Dream of a home nearly killed them
  • Stop issuing permits, auto drivers urge Govt.
  • Licence for dogs
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Youth festival on Oct. 8, 9

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Basketball

  • DLW outsmarts ONGC
  • Mar Ivanios triumphs

    • Belgaum

  • Disbursals not disclosed: BUDA commissioner

    • Bellary

  • Satyanarayan elected president of milk union

    • Boxing

  • Army Red triumphs

    • Briefly

  • FDI rules relaxed
  • VSNL's global calling card
  • More time for UCBs
  • Higher cotton output likely
  • Plea to restore DEPB rates
  • Mixer grinder from Santha Industrials
  • SriLankan Airlines' profit spurts
  • Marine sky city project
  • NTPC to tap market
  • Multi-city cheque facility
  • Madhucon Sugars' expansion
  • Westbridge Capital to invest in AppLabs
  • Memory enhancing chocolate drink
  • BMW showroom opened
  • WestBridge invests in AppLabs
  • Multi-city cheque facility
  • IOC to open four new petrol stations
  • HP partners AVAANA
  • ISAC adopts Altair solution
  • SAP SMB Forum
  • Escorts Tractors ties up with Dena Bank
  • IL&FS Investmart floats PMS

    • Business

  • ONGC to get bonanza from high world oil prices
  • Centre issues special securities to bail out IDBI
  • Microsoft's new system to drive PC usage
  • Etihad Airways launches India operations
  • Smart rally in rupee
  • Sensex rebounds 65 points
  • ITI faces challenges
  • Deccan Chronicle to tap market
  • Priyamvada's slot vacant in Pilani Investment
  • Cognizant stepping into China
  • Sri Lanka wants extension of textile quota regime

    • Chennai

  • Passage from the reel to real life not easy
  • Hooked to the idiot box, soaps become reality
  • `Redraft law to ensure free, quality and compulsory education'
  • An ambassador for the differently abled
  • CHILDS Trust Hospital gets a facelift
  • Move to drop tax arrears collection opposed
  • Bail imminent for Mohamed Ali
  • Student's death sparks mayhem at suburban station
  • Police get custody of three in Stephanie case
  • Waste segregation strategies discussed
  • Resolution against Karunanidhi challenged
  • Rush hour rain throws traffic out of gear
  • A fine for filmgoers: Ramadoss
  • Nurse rape, murder case solved, say police
  • Poll violence has become regular practice, alleges Vasan
  • Karunanidhi thanks Rajasekhara Reddy
  • Corporation condoles member's death
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Muraleedharan and Sethuraman on top
  • Kramnik, Leko draw again
  • Sathyanarayanan triumphs

    • Coimbatore

  • Storage improves in reservoirs
  • Death of undertrial, prisoners observe fast
  • Meetings on Oct. 2
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • It's business, it's practical

    • Cricket

  • I will start using lighter bat: Tendulkar
  • Mahendra wins a bitter battle
  • Adapting and succeeding in unfamiliar conditions
  • India Seniors in a spot of bother
  • Tendulkar-Warne meeting takes centrestage
  • BCCI elections issue keeps courts busy
  • Vinothkumar slams century
  • Pakistan plays Zimbabwe today
  • Five-wicket win for Don Bosco HS
  • Salwan girls advance
  • 52 schools in fray
  • Narrow win for Pragati wins
  • Prashanth in good nick
  • Big win for Mohan Meakin
  • Big win for PUS CC
  • Easy for Ernakulam
  • LBSC in quarterfinals

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8102
  • Solution to puzzle No. 8101

    • Cuddalore

  • Firefighters demonstrate rescue techniques

    • Cuddapah

  • MLA stages walkout from district-level meeting
  • TDP, BJP protest removal of civic chief
  • All set for water release

    • Dharmapuri

  • Banks to focus on unlinked groups

    • Dharwad

  • Kuvempu birth centenary celebrations from Saturday

    • Dindigul

  • Moderate rain
  • Three electrocuted

    • Editorials

  • STOP THE KILLINGS
  • AUSTERITY AT LAST

    • Equestrian

  • Princess-Zoom Horse Show from tomorrow

    • Erode

  • Dalit Panther volunteers held

    • Football

  • It's all `natural' to Rooney
  • India crashes out
  • KSP holds MEG
  • Nepalese school wins Subroto Cup
  • Elamakkara Bhavan's lifts Adarsha Cup

    • Front Page

  • Cabinet nod for Commission for backward sections among minorities
  • GoM on print media
  • Dalmiya declares Ranbir Singh Mahendra elected BCCI president
  • I am a victim of foul play: Pawar
  • `Aircraft with arms arrived only this morning'
  • Manmohan favours bringing Prime Minister under Lok Pal
  • Adapting and succeeding in unfamiliar conditions
  • Searches, raids in 147 places
  • Oil prices may not be raised
  • Bilkis case
  • Centre supports Zee
  • IOA slaps life ban on three lifters, coach
  • Pakistan has the last laugh

    • Gulbarga

  • Employees stage protest for factory revival

    • Guntur

  • DSP assumes charge

    • Haryana

  • Congress walkout in Haryana House
  • Farmers' loans to be waived

    • Hockey

  • Pakistan has the last laugh
  • Jamal Mohd. wins

    • Hubli

  • Water supply schedule for Hubli-Dharwad
  • Notification permitting private buses on city routes termed illegal
  • Price crash causing concern among onion growers

    • Hyderabad

  • Gullapalli sets his sights high
  • RTC lands likely to be given on lease
  • Two-year jail for former bank staff, 3 others in cheating case
  • 2 held in CBI raid on passport office
  • Voter list revision on October 9, 10
  • Power shutdown
  • Skeleton found in septic tank
  • Court stays CIEFL head appointment
  • Majlis is jittery: MBT
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Plane was not detained, says U.S. Embassy
  • U.S. sanctions on two Indians for `selling' arms to Iran

    • International

  • Deuba not keen on another ceasefire
  • Saudi militant funded Beslan raid: Russia
  • Visitor biometric system from today
  • Blair disputes Annan remarks
  • A pillow for partner
  • Embassy stormed
  • Burgers with a caveat
  • Speed record
  • Setting the cats among the rats
  • `Corruption harming poor nations'
  • The new baby book
  • Clashes break out in Baghdad
  • China, Russia cement partnership
  • Bush ignored warning of chaos
  • Nigerian militia threatens `full-scale' struggle
  • Death for two Cole bombers
  • Man attacks pilots with axe
  • An honour for Kalpana Chawla
  • Deal struck

    • Judo

  • Junior Natl. in Goa

    • Karnataka

  • HGML plans to trade in bullion
  • CBI raids
  • `Gold prices unlikely to fall'
  • Producers, exhibitors heading for showdown
  • HGML plans to trade in bullion
  • Panel chief concerned over delay in passing of women's Bill
  • `Settle Kashmir dispute, boost trade with Pakistan'
  • Court dismisses Editor's plea
  • `Gold jewellery prices may not fall'
  • Poll scene will miss Veerappa's personality
  • `Stop re-allotment of CMC shops'
  • `JD(S) contesting bypoll to spread ideology'
  • Four killed in road accidents
  • Horata samiti plans black flag demonstration
  • 50,000 invited to birthday party
  • 50,000 invited to birthday party
  • Programme for Transport officials begins
  • Poojary's advice to partymen
  • Police team leaves for Thanjavur
  • Building in memory of Visvesvaraya planned
  • Villagers stage `rasta roko'

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Bank earns profit of Rs. 87.64 lakhs
  • Officials worried about maize storage
  • Fruit processing training centre set up
  • Kishan Patnaik remembered

    • Kerala

  • Failure of welfare schemes to be studied
  • Miscreants set fire to altar
  • Balamaniyamma passes away
  • Malayalam a withering language
  • Sand mafia eyeing `vulnerable kadavus'
  • Failure of welfare schemes to be studied
  • No place for revisionists in party, says VS
  • Directive to coop. medical colleges
  • Chandy to take Sabarimala issue up with Centre
  • Kenyan national has valid visa
  • Corruption in MC Road survey alleged
  • Loans for women entrepreneurs
  • CM should identify culprits, says Pinarayi
  • Ombudsman visits Varakkal beach
  • A prolific writer
  • LDF wins majority of seats in civic bypolls
  • Benefits for KSEB staff restored
  • Electronic security gadgets for Malabar temples
  • Tributes paid

    • Kochi

  • LDF activists lay siege to Civil Station
  • Infopark embarks on new project
  • Sustain global interest in Kerala tourism: Chandy
  • Cultural leaders condemn attack on nuns
  • Steps taken to ease congestion at RGCT
  • `Widening work to be completed as scheduled'
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Law Fest a big draw

    • Kollam

  • LDF siege hits Government offices
  • Awareness campaign on breast cancer
  • Peace march on October 2

    • Kottayam

  • Vellappally calls for law to check conversion

    • Kozhikode

  • Attack on nuns: investigation intensified
  • Conduct of `yagam' allegations flayed
  • Scholarships for NCC cadets

    • Kurnool

  • Pathikonda tomato farmers in jitters
  • Sunkesula barriage to be dedicated to nation
  • Local bodies ignored: TDP

    • Leader Page Articles

  • The Kerry-Bush contest
  • The National Environment Policy

    • Letters to the Editor

  • India-Pakistan ties
  • Unfortunate
  • BJP's fortunes
  • Savarkar issue
  • Stephanie's death
  • Remembering Ramanna

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • More funds to better power system
  • Threat to intensify struggle for land rights

    • Madikeri

  • Coffee growers seek parity in electricity tariff

    • Madurai

  • Woman's life term for infanticide set aside
  • Sand mining thrives, as officials look the other way
  • Health foundation office opened at GRH
  • Free application forms
  • In Madurai Today
  • Of mouth-watering Chinese dishes

    • Mangalore

  • Hindi's role in banking vital: bank CMD
  • Mayor stops KUIDFC work
  • Residents threaten to stage protest
  • Elected president of cashew manufacturers association
  • Impostors snatch purse from woman
  • Beary writers to meet on Saturday
  • `Create awareness on facilities for women'
  • Two children killed in road accident
  • In Mangalore Today

    • National

  • Print media: GoM to look into policy paradigm too
  • Sonia to launch poll campaign in Vidarbha
  • Ten-rupee coin soon
  • `Congress committed to eliminating corruption'
  • LTTE raising new conditions, says Sri Lankan Minister
  • Government provoking confrontation: BJP
  • BJP plans high decibel campaign
  • Government will not fall: Karat
  • Swedish company to invest $4 million in infrastructure firm
  • `Use their expertise but do not put them on committees'
  • HC notice to Pappu Yadav
  • `Inadequate knowledge of foreign experts worrying'
  • U.N. intervention must for talks: Nepal Maoists
  • India-U.S. naval exercise from tomorrow
  • Godhra train carnage: public help sought
  • `Brahmos will have to wait'
  • Centre denies reports
  • Tribals chase away bidders for land
  • Bill for unorganised workers being redrafted
  • Passport scam: CBI files cases in Tiruchi
  • Examination

    • Nellore

  • Nellore to get Rs. 50-crore Central funds soon, says MLA

    • New Delhi

  • Campaigning gathers momentum for Assembly by-polls
  • Signal-free Ring Road stops at Moolchand
  • Captured on tape for eternity
  • A sanitation model Capital can follow
  • Medicine racket busted, two held
  • Teenagers criminally assaulted
  • National Talent Search scholarships announced
  • CINEMA
  • Live rounds seized at airport
  • Tamil poetry finds expression in Hindi
  • Notice on illegal constructions
  • Welcome aboard Lalu's Village-on-Wheels
  • Support price for milk sought
  • Minister leaves kids speechless
  • Moon-lit Taj view not fully eclipsed yet
  • High drama at airport
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Students join hands with workers

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Orissa

  • South Orissa bandh peaceful

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Chandy to visit Pampa on October 29

    • Perambalur

  • WB-aided scheme for five Perambalur panchayats
  • `Create awareness of small family'

    • Pondicherry

  • College fees reimbursement scheme announced
  • Yanam MLA to meet President on statehood
  • Hindi fortnight celebrated
  • Separate cell to check land sharks urged
  • New ration cards soon

    • Racing : Motor

  • Karun teams up with Narain

    • Rajasthan

  • Experts hail job guarantee law; but doubts persist

    • Religion

  • Virtue always triumphs

    • Shimoga

  • `Smugglers destroying forests near Jog Falls'
  • Bank earns profit for fifth year in a row
  • Industrialists told to grow trees

    • Sports : General

  • AP team wins a legal battle
  • Double for DAV (Kukatpally)
  • S.A. College, Alagappa take titles
  • Karisbasappa adjudged `Bharath Shrest'

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Producers upbeat, gloom in grey market
  • Child labour rampant in Chennai hotels: study
  • Rs. 104-crore compensation sought for Ramnad
  • IT career sought after in small towns too
  • Community-based cure works
  • Life sentence to Salem DMK councillor, 10 others in murder case
  • Housing society summons to 12-year-old girl
  • Sand mining thrives as officials look the other way
  • An ambassador for the differently abled
  • `Redraft law to ensure free, quality and compulsory education'
  • Stolen goods worth Rs. 1.05 crores recovered
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Joint promotion with south India under study
  • 1.14 lakh children to be covered in Theni district
  • Construction of district sports complex inspected
  • Two village panchayat presidents elected
  • Chamber plans to observe fast
  • Around the City

    • Tennis

  • Safin downs Okun
  • Jacob upsets Prakash
  • Junior Davis Cup: India gets off to brilliant start
  • Good day for Vinod

    • Thanjavur

  • Disburse crop loans before Oct.7, bankers told

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Efforts on to improve quality
  • Land acquisition hits a roadblock
  • `High population growth and poverty not linked'
  • Cases against Pinarayi, others
  • Time-frame set for hotel group to vacate premises
  • Robbery: search on for convict
  • Student attacked
  • Bid to usurp panchayat's powers alleged
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated September 30, 1954: Nehru pleads China's case
  • dated September 30, 1954: Envoy meets Kamaraj
  • dated September 30, 1954: Upswing in production

    • Thrissur

  • Documentary focusses on negative aspects of Expressway
  • `Literature is history of experiential world'

    • Tiruchi

  • IMA willing to train women SHGs
  • Call to incorporate street theatre in curriculum
  • Tourism circuit to be developed
  • Farmers stage agitation
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Students, villagers and rural issues

    • Udupi

  • Bangarappa to take part in toddy tappers' conference
  • Swamiji receives threatening letters

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • UPA government most arrogant: Mulayam
  • Mulayam's NSG cover to stay: Centre

    • Vijayawada

  • Third phase of medical counselling ends
  • Five arrested on charge of cheating goldsmith
  • Programme on AIDS prevention concludes
  • Seminar on career opportunities
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • `Hospitals too can spread infections'

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Visakha Dairy chief alleges political interference
  • TDP sees bid to weaken local bodies
  • CBI raids in city
  • V-C inaugurates indoor stadium
  • Court directive on dairy issue
  • Woman run over by RTC bus
  • 897 teak trees felled
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • AU short-listed for `excellence' status

    • Volleyball

  • Chinmaya Vidyalaya (Vaduthala) in final
  • Gymkhana wins

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Weightlifting

  • IOA slaps life ban on three lifters, coach

    • West Bengal

  • Mamata keeps off meeting called by Buddhadeb

    • Wrestling

  • Army Red triumphs

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