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    Anantapur

  • AISF bid to disrupt council meet, four held

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Impressive rally by PW, Janashakti groups
  • Telugu Ganga water released for irrigation
  • Five-member panel to take a relook at EAMCET
  • Government to go ahead with cloud-seeding
  • Karimnagar ZP chief expelled from TRS
  • YSR unveils mega irrigation plans
  • PW comes out with CD
  • Varsities told to focus on IT
  • `Paritala trying to blackmail Congressmen'
  • Alipiri attack justified
  • Newsreel to be back in theatres
  • Another case against Paritala
  • Steps to check smuggling of red sanders mooted
  • Police intercept RTC bus `seized' by naxalites
  • Abducted SI grilled at `praja court'
  • Dattatreya seeks farm loan waiver
  • Four killed in road mishaps
  • Youth's suicide triggers protest
  • Panchayat secretary held
  • Funds released for Government hospitals
  • SP warns `matka' operators
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • MoU signed on Pulichintala
  • Priority for irrigation: Minister
  • Private firms to oversee quality in works

    • Athletics

  • Asia may be a dominant force at Beijing: Diack
  • Chennai boys shine
  • Double for Karpuramala

    • Bangalore

  • Ban on advertisement hoardings suggested
  • `Roerich was a cultural bridge between countries'
  • Subedar's kidnap: bloodstains found at suspect's house
  • BDA to receive complaints online
  • Businessman abducted
  • 70 taken ill after dinner
  • Power supply to be hit
  • `Blocked drain led to water stagnation'
  • Several trains to have extra coaches
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • ONGC outplays Indian Army
  • St. Britto HSS posts win

    • Belgaum

  • Emu farming, a lucrative option
  • Maharashtra move an `election stunt': MP

    • Bellary

  • Become entrepreneurs, women told

    • Briefly

  • Fiscal deficit up
  • FDI proposals
  • Consumer index
  • JAC seeks festival assistance
  • Association office bearers
  • Agni Steels bags IS:14650 certification
  • Efforts on to restart Dunlop unit
  • UTI Growth Fund pays 20 p.c.
  • Two loan products from SIB
  • First Commodities begins online trading
  • Award for SBT Cherukavu branch
  • UTI Growth Fund pays 20 p.c.
  • Dividend for SBI Magnum Income Fund
  • HDFC Bank ties up with Travelex
  • Dividend for SBI Magnum Income Fund
  • Dividend for SBI Magnum Income Fund
  • Procter & Gamble's new range of Pantene
  • Tata Indicom cuts tariffs
  • CGS to expand
  • Sharelogic's growth plans
  • Seminar on human capital management

    • Business

  • External debt rises to $113 billion
  • Broadband policy held up in inter-Ministerial consultations
  • Australians evince interest in Indian aerospace industry
  • Sensex extends gains
  • Merck recalls arthritis drug
  • Microsoft seeks suspension of EU antitrust ruling
  • IRCON turnover at Rs. 792 crores
  • BEML aims at Rs. 2,000 crore turnover
  • Hexaware charts out new growth path

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • `Country underprepared to meet multiple needs of elders'
  • Officials not acting on complaints: Alandur councillors
  • Special problems
  • 10,000 pirated CDs, DVDs seized
  • DMK councillors evicted
  • They said it all with numbers
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Anand keen to play more often in India
  • Sethuraman takes the lead

    • Coimbatore

  • `Tap potential for medical transcription'
  • Doctors urged to work in rural areas
  • Panel moots reduction in syllabus load
  • Plea to constitute regulatory commission
  • NAAC accreditation
  • Mahotsav
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Pakistan has it easy
  • Two of a kind
  • Warne — confounding expectations
  • Aussies settle for batting practice
  • BCCI AGM adjourned till Oct. 26
  • Kaif, Jadhav come good for India `A'
  • BVB records win
  • Ponting ruled out for first two Tests
  • BCCI's plea: HC posts hearing to Friday
  • Universal, Alpine, Pioneer, Shahadra Sports post wins
  • Rahul completes century
  • MCA may approach court
  • Indian team for first Test to be announced today
  • Aneesh, Deepak hog limelight
  • Bangalore in command
  • Kasaragod wins
  • Octopals advances
  • Manhar Vats shines
  • Easy for Ramjas and Sarvodaya
  • Negi, Varun excel

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8103
  • Solution to puzzle No. 8102

    • Dharmapuri

  • Over Rs. 2 crores for afforestation

    • Dharwad

  • Water schedule for Dharwad on October 1, 2

    • Dindigul

  • Trained volunteers to reduce maternal, infant mortality rates

    • Editorials

  • TURKEY'S EUROPEAN ASPIRATIONS
  • PRIORITIES IN BANK CONSOLIDATION

    • Erode

  • Rs. 12-crore drought relief sought
  • Record small savings collection in Erode

    • Football

  • Porto goes down to Chelsea
  • BSL HS wins Subroto Cup
  • Mohun Bagan holds Myanmar team
  • A Zone Greens emerges winner

    • Front Page

  • Planning Commission dissolves all panels
  • Petrol, diesel prices not to be raised
  • The least painful way out
  • Some U.S. curbs go
  • All steps to resolve Kashmir issue: Sonia
  • Two of a kind
  • Warne — confounding expectations
  • Conspiracy to oust my Government, says Mulayam
  • GDP grows 7.4 p. c. in first quarter
  • 46 killed in Iraq blasts: Many children among casualties
  • Hurriyat leader shot dead
  • NCP expels 13 rebels
  • Show proof of recognition: BCCI

    • Golf

  • India rallies to be joint fifth

    • Guntur

  • Momentous path to a crackling `century'
  • A low-key affair
  • Pay only Rs. 100 for cable TV: Lok Satta
  • Mobilise deposits, co-op banks told
  • Shopping mall to come up

    • Haryana

  • `Operation Catch'
  • Congress team meets Governor
  • Haryana to set up new power plant

    • Hassan

  • `Crop insurance has not helped small farmers'
  • Two persons arrested on murder charge

    • Hockey

  • India determined to restore parity
  • Big win for Sarvodaya

    • Hyderabad

  • MIM yet to come to terms with `idiot box'
  • Hajis asked to make final payment
  • Kancha Illaiah gets US Dalit network fellowship
  • Vasavi Bank depositors seek statement
  • Post-immersion clean-up drive
  • Medicos wear black badge
  • Speaker's call to officials
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • 7 ISRO subsidiaries still on Entity List

    • International

  • Pakistan, Iran to host polls for Afghan refugees
  • 21 die in Israeli incursion
  • Kremlin approves Kyoto Protocol
  • Kyoto Protocol
  • A new search engine, a new approach
  • 'Women set to outpace men'
  • Doll so modest
  • Wen Jiabao vows to root out corruption
  • 50 million will watch Bush-Kerry debate
  • Soros launches anti-Bush ad blitz
  • E.U. warns Greece over budget
  • Khaleda alleges foreign hand
  • Pitcairn sex abuse trials start

    • Jharkand

  • Jharkhand's IT policy to be ready by December

    • Karnataka

  • Engineer's son kidnapped
  • Dharam Singh ready to lead team to Centre
  • Ambedkar Medical College challenges MCI decision on admissions
  • `American Corner can help in deepening ties'
  • Dharam Singh pays surprise visit to CET Cell
  • Bangarappa to skip birthday fete
  • Congress will criticise JD(S), says Poojary
  • Extension of deadline for transfers opposed
  • The day which boosted his fortunes in politics
  • `JD(S) will stay in coalition if party wins bypoll'
  • Hemavathy: ex-Minister's plea to MLAs
  • Medical grants council proposed
  • Three killed in road accident
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Govt. to intervene if onion, maize prices crash
  • Omission of freedom fighters' names condemned
  • `Beneficiaries yet to get identity cards

    • Kerala

  • Centre's assurance on State's plea
  • Attack on nuns: one arrested
  • ADB delays review mission
  • Bridging research and policy
  • Loyola School emerges winners
  • Five DGPs and four posts
  • CAMPCO to remove Government officials
  • GO on formulation of bus routes quashed
  • ADB delays review mission
  • Chandy gets assurance on forest land
  • PKV, Veliyam flay attack on church
  • NRI deposits in Kerala banks down
  • Balamaniyamma cremated with State honours
  • Attack on nuns: one arrested
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • A new chapter for Sanskrit varsity
  • SFI activists wave black flag against Minister
  • Problems will be solved next year: Basheer

    • Kochi

  • A feel-Kerala experience at KTM
  • Burglars attack police, escape with gold ornaments
  • Tour operator alleges foul play
  • Port crisis: CM urged to intervene
  • Protest rally
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • `Suicide rate going up'
  • Convention on reservation
  • Post offices to sell insurance policies

    • Kottayam

  • Government to observe Rural Development Week
  • Split in RSP(B) district unit

    • Kurnool

  • YSR promises Rs. 20 cr. for displaced persons

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Terrorism by ordinance
  • Moving forward on Kashmir

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Lok Pal Bill
  • Vote bank politics
  • Nepal situation
  • Renounce terror
  • Embarrassment indeed
  • Humane research
  • Attack on nuns
  • Congratulations
  • Neo-colonialism?
  • Donate blood

    • Madikeri

  • Scheme to provide Harangi water to Somwarpet soon
  • Police to involve people in tackling crime

    • Madurai

  • Survey highlights poor condition of schools
  • 17 convicted in Madurai prison riots case
  • `Indians more prone to heart ailments by 2020'
  • Exporters sore over slash in DEPB rate
  • `Remove encroachments'
  • AIADMK Councillor held
  • Award for Tamil scholar
  • Probe into death
  • Lok Adalat
  • Remanded
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Farmers to be trained in SRI to boost yield
  • An occasion to remember the elderly
  • Mangalore to dump garbage bins
  • Fly menace: Traders protest against inaction
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • 40 centres to procure paddy

    • Nagercoil

  • Rs.676.59-cr. target for disbursal under priority sectors
  • Eight sub-health centres planned in Kanyakumari dt.

    • National

  • BJP objects to `religion-based' quota
  • "I'm very responsible ... incapable of acting in real life"
  • Mixed response from Left on dismantling of groups
  • Attack on nuns: NCW for probe by senior authority
  • Maharashtra election will be tough: Jyoti Basu
  • A violation: EC
  • `No public figure under surveillance'
  • "It's BCCI team"
  • Arrest warrant
  • Bakery case
  • Mulayam embarrasses allies
  • Live coverage
  • Indian journalists to visit PoK
  • Gujarat violence: Lalu wants cases filed against Modi
  • Tytler happy with Ministry
  • Campaign against leprosy to be intensified
  • `Nation-wide campaign to promote two-child norm'
  • Women candidates refute claims of Army Chief
  • Railways cracks down on officials
  • Greenpeace `raid' on Bayer subsidiary
  • NCW wants review of Armed Forces Act
  • Kidney transplant racket in Delhi hospitals

    • Nellore

  • `Trauma care centre soon at hospital'
  • TDP leader flays Government on water issue

    • New Delhi

  • Encroachment hits business
  • Autism care takes firm roots
  • Two nabbed in another `black dollar' scam
  • Probe yet to be initiated into land scam
  • MCD suspends `tainted' official
  • BJP seeks PM intervention in relocation issue
  • Paper industry on a right path
  • Case registered against Cooperatives chief
  • Youth take a pledge
  • Currency racket smashed, eight held
  • DDA signs MoU
  • Nod for Metro extension
  • Consumers have no say in cable TV: Survey
  • Government provoking confrontation: BJP
  • Captured on tape for eternity
  • Visual media criticised for putting Gudiya on trial
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Thinking aloud on rule without a king

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Minister reviews facilities at Pandalam
  • BJP alleges neglect of Sabarimala
  • KSSP condemns airport project

    • Perambalur

  • Efforts on to promote cultivation of oil palm

    • Pondicherry

  • Additional charge for Chief Secretary
  • Channel student energies, Lakhera tells teachers
  • Culture, yoga courses for foreign students
  • Pondy dental college to implement WHO project
  • BSNL offer
  • `Government should start medical college'
  • Extra kerosene to cardholders for October
  • Shopping festival planned
  • Rectified spirit seized
  • Enforce right to information, say government staff
  • Offer naturopathy in government hospitals: Janakiraman
  • Padayatra for civic polls

    • Punjab

  • Amarinder is stage managing protests: Sukhbir Badal

    • Raichur

  • Illicit toddy seized

    • Rajasthan

  • V-C firm on bringing varsity back on rails

    • Religion

  • The incomparable God

    • Salem

  • Health Dept. comes in for flak
  • `Don't evict tribals from forests'

    • Shimoga

  • Varsity to start course in cultural studies
  • Shimoga residents disappointed

    • Sports : General

  • It's business as usual
  • Rajinder Singh wins bronze
  • Carmel Garden wins
  • Vidhyadhiraja in last four

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Krishna water begins Chennai journey
  • Work soon on Palladam hitech weaving park
  • `Time to remove unsafe hoardings'
  • Mohamed Ali, two others released on conditional bail
  • 6 film artistes win top award
  • engagements
  • Sinhalese instigating opposition to Sethu project: DMK chief
  • Report on drought soon: Central team
  • Exemplary costs for frivolous PIL
  • Why prominence to Karunanidhi in advertisement, asks BJP
  • BSNL mobile roaming charges revised
  • `Hyderabad visit a diversionary bid'
  • Biofuel test on bus engine satisfactory
  • Government seeks Rs. 300-crore grant for Coleroon water project
  • `Videoconferencing, a paradigm shift in higher education'
  • 5 PMK men held on abduction charge
  • Bail denied to accused in Sridhar murder case
  • Consumer clubs soon in schools, colleges
  • Kanchi Acharya consoles kin of school fire victims
  • Autumn festival under way at Ooty
  • 2 get life term
  • Natwar Singh's assurance to Vaiko
  • `Make efforts to produce Nobel Laureates'
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Gram sabha meetings
  • `Let children evince interest in fine arts'
  • Kisan credit cards, loans distributed
  • Farmer shoots neighbour

    • Tennis

  • Federer, Roddick advance
  • Sushrutha stuns Supriya
  • Indian juniors miss semifinal berth
  • Gide snaps Jacob's run
  • Singh beats Ravi

    • Thanjavur

  • Railway station getting facelift
  • CPI(M) cadres stage demonstration

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Police suspect mischief behind fire at church
  • Soldier held on murder charge
  • Actor Shivaji dead
  • Heroin seized
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 01, 1954: Foreign policy endorsed
  • dated October 01, 1954: Accident toll up
  • dated October 01, 1954: UGC Bill

    • Thrissur

  • Conference in honour of K.N. Raj to begin tomorrow
  • Captive breeding of elephants mooted

    • Tiruchi

  • Auctioning of contract for entry fee collection completed
  • `Vision Plan' to improve civic amenities in Tiruchi
  • Eight centres opened in Tiruchi district
  • Railway Protection Force lauded
  • Farmers hail rescheduling of crop loans
  • `Sangam era a gift to Tamil literature'
  • Tourism circuit to be developed
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirupati

  • Protocol `violation' raises eyebrows
  • Veterinary varsity

    • Udupi

  • Brahmavar sugar factory faces bleak future
  • Signature campaign

    • Vijayawada

  • More tourist attractions in store
  • Give all help to new units: Collector
  • Leaders engaged in a war of words
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Seafood industry in dire straits
  • Housing scam-accused remanded
  • eSeva goes a step farther
  • Children take out eco awareness rally
  • Alert on firing practice
  • Inter-city express extended
  • Rights forum public meet tomorrow
  • Setting up of probe panel hailed
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • The pieces are finally falling together
  • National League from October 13
  • LIC defeats Postal
  • BSC registers win

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Wrestling

  • Army Red retains overall title

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