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    Alappuzha

  • Move to export houseboats to UAE
  • Project to preserve heritage

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Stage set for talks with naxals
  • Official suspended
  • Boy dies of pesticide exposure
  • Osmania University V-C passes away
  • Government claims revenue surplus
  • YSR asks varsities to raise resources internally
  • Karimnagar ZP chief, six TRS ZPTC members join Congress
  • RK puts onus on State
  • YSR makes light of 5-year ceasefire talk
  • Congress fails to bail out farmers: Dattatreya
  • Take action or face stir: TDP
  • Brahmotsavam gets off to colourful start
  • ASI commits suicide on police station premises
  • Miraculous escape for bus passengers
  • `Farmers left in the lurch'
  • Learning from kitchens across the world
  • Dairy board to fund processing units
  • Paritala replies to Jaganmohan's notice
  • Merger an internal issue, says Jana
  • Briefly
  • CRIME WATCH

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • MLA allays fears of cotton farmers
  • LIC officers stage dharna
  • Dalits allege illegal land occupation
  • Lifer for murder

    • Athletics

  • Athletes for national meet

    • Badminton

  • Indian team for Asian Satellite championship
  • Pune and Nagarjuna triumph

    • Bangalore

  • Tanvir Ahmed produced in court
  • IT firms seek better roads, traffic management
  • Uniforms yet to be given to schoolchildren
  • Bangalore roads have fewer potholes: BMP engineers
  • BMTC revises fare
  • Murder accused brought to city
  • Cinemas observe bandh
  • Congress worker hacked to death
  • Raj Bhavan staff stage protest
  • Falls to death
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Basketball

  • St. Ephremes, Mount Carmel take titles
  • Facile win for Madras
  • Oxford downs Carmel

    • Bidar

  • Bypoll: Many women voters stayed at home

    • Bihar

  • Shatrughan ready to play BJP's `Senapati' in Bihar

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • It's Joshi v Advani
  • Surendran beats Vidya

    • Briefly

  • Tata honoured
  • CMIE revises growth forecast
  • Open offer for Skanska Cement
  • Datacraft bags SBI contract
  • Programme on Intellectual Property
  • Office bearers elected
  • ISB to increase student intake
  • Bajaj Allianz's customer meet
  • Mastek net profit at Rs. 10.61 crores
  • Credit guarantee scheme for small units
  • Dun & Bradstreet rating for IVRCL
  • One-time settlement campaign
  • NHPC pays Rs. 120 crore dividend
  • Dividend Yield Fund from Tata Mutual
  • Airtel cuts STD tariffs
  • Granted certificate of registration
  • SBI's Dasara-Deepawali offer
  • D-Link's new channel programme
  • Welspun Gujarat plans bond issue
  • UltraTech cement launched
  • Cooperative bank's evening branch
  • New cough syrup
  • 10-digit series from Reliance Infocomm

    • Business

  • Tatas sign $2 billion deal with Bangladesh
  • Scheme to strengthen power transmission in South
  • NTPC issue oversubscribed
  • Bose unveils intelligent music system
  • Rising demand for contingent staff in U.S.
  • Rupee posts gains
  • IT stocks lead rally, Sensex recovers
  • Hero Honda profit up
  • Bunge enters edible oils market
  • India-U.S. co-operation
  • Outsourcing is here to stay
  • Concern over taxing of profits under DEPB
  • Uniform standard for commodities proposed
  • Clean energy becoming profitable

    • Carrom

  • TN players dominate

    • Chennai

  • Fanatics, kangaroos, magic... Chepauk had it all
  • Development has a long way to go
  • Australia suggests framework to discuss quarantine curbs
  • Burma Bazaar's `win-win' proposal for Kollywood
  • An insight into autism, the hidden disability
  • Drop in Southern Railway's earnings
  • Whale shark entangled in nets, dragged ashore
  • Education beyond the seas
  • Theory and practice of mathematics
  • `Relax licensing norms for mental health care units'
  • Endowment scholarships
  • Man hacked to death
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Kramnik needs a win

    • Coimbatore

  • Corpn. urged to fill up vacancies early
  • Bull's eye campaign to protect eyes
  • Facilities to give airport posh look
  • Drive against ticketless travellers
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Anil Kumble has the Australians in a tangle
  • Hayden-Langer — shining amidst the ruins
  • Warne draws level with Muralitharan
  • Good display by India
  • Tendulkar to return to Mumbai
  • Worst batting collapses
  • Inzamam guides Pakistan home
  • Ponting ruled out of third Test
  • Dilshan gets the axe
  • Abbas hits hundred
  • Hyderabad keeps crown
  • Rohit bowls Bright Club to victory
  • Karan scores century
  • Big win for Gyan Bharati
  • Mahender hits century

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8115
  • Solution to puzzle 8114

    • Cuddapah

  • Eye bank proposed in Cuddapah
  • Action plan for industrial progress sought
  • `Martyrs Rathams' flagged off by police
  • Navarathri celebrations from today

    • Dharmapuri

  • Minister's plea to public

    • Dharwad

  • Water supply schedule for Dharwad

    • Editorials

  • DOMAIN OF THE IMMENSELY SMALL
  • INCOMPATIBLE MARRIAGE

    • Erode

  • `SHGs provided funds'
  • Robbers caught

    • Football

  • Delhi too good for Gujarat
  • European powers win
  • Kannur beats Pondicherry
  • Singapore defeats India
  • Hat-trick by Mathew
  • Rajagiri PS in final

    • Front Page

  • Rs. 517 crores to settle dues of PSU staff
  • Government decision on oil prices today
  • CPI(ML), MCCI merge, form new party
  • Adviser for Manipur affairs okayed
  • Anil Kumble has the Australians in a tangle
  • Good display by India
  • Tatas sign $2 billion deal with Bangladesh
  • New broadband policy announced
  • His last book?
  • 'Counter-proposals for LTTE ready'

    • Golf

  • Ashok stays in lead

    • Gulbarga

  • Padmini Prasad, Someshwar bag Vaidya Sahitya award
  • Gulbarga students win award
  • Better facilities sought in Gulbarga localities

    • Guntur

  • Minister pacifies villagers of Bodanam
  • Cable TV users to take out rally today

    • Haryana

  • HVP surrendered to Congress: Chautala
  • Chautala visits temple
  • Prawn farming picking up in Haryana
  • Panchayat asks married couple to live like brother, sister

    • Hassan

  • Don't politicise Dyapalapura violence: Deve Gowda

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Stranded people rescued

    • Hockey

  • Birsamunda in last four
  • Thiayagaraja blanks MIT
  • Philip nets winner
  • Villan is the hero

    • Hyderabad

  • Osmania University V-C passes away
  • Mother, daughter killed in building crash
  • Cell to ensure civic amenities during Ramzan
  • `Moon sighting' announcement
  • A princely donation
  • MLAs' plea to YSR on water release
  • Dasara festivities at Shilparamam
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • Bill allows Musharraf to keep army job
  • Energy tops Putin's China agenda
  • Chinese hostage dies in rescue bid
  • New President for Maldivian Special Majlis
  • Eric Clapton in the dock
  • Congress approves merger of Haryana Vikas Party
  • Sein Win denied visa to attend pro-democracy conference
  • Outsourcing cannot be stopped: Kerry
  • Le Monde faces a deadline
  • Nigerian strike fuels price fears
  • Sihamoni to succeed Sihanouk
  • Lava breaks surface
  • Now, implanted chips
  • Green Zone attack leaves 3 Americans dead
  • 'Devastating raid'
  • Jackson may sue Eminem
  • Juppe appeal hearing opens
  • Spotlight on abuses in Colombia

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • PDP rigged polls, alleges NC

    • Kancheepuram

  • Nurses who don't even know how to pick a vein
  • Posts' international money transfer gaining acceptance

    • Karnataka

  • 92 IT, BPO firms set up in six months
  • Plea to theatre owners
  • Centre to promote Mysore globally
  • Alamatti powerhouse unit to be opened
  • Actor Lokesh is dead
  • Press has remained neutral: Chief Justice Jain
  • Activity mapping remains only on paper
  • Report on murder, arson to be submitted in two days
  • Institute to take up arecanut research
  • Theatre owners urged not to defy moratorium
  • Revanna blamed for violence
  • 44.52 p.c. polling in Bidar byelection
  • Cellphone seized on judge's orders
  • Minister visits BEL facilities
  • Students reach out to villagers
  • `Make a pledge to donate eyes'
  • Briefly
  • From the Districts

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Tourism potential of Chamarajanagar untapped
  • Property attached for non-payment of compensation
  • Meeting sought to discuss naxal problem
  • Meet decides to set up separate milk union
  • Parishat to honour teachers, students

    • Kerala

  • IUML stand
  • A sell-out to liquor lobby, says LDF
  • IUML move to counter anti-party propaganda
  • Executive powers sought for women's panel
  • Oushadhi plans expansion programme
  • Order to Government on PSC paper leak
  • Convene KPCC panel meet: Sudheeran
  • AIMPLB meet: IUML for consensus on panel
  • Come clean on scandal details, Chandy tells VS
  • Grading system for SSLC to stay
  • Road shows for Indian shipyards
  • Four sandal oil units to be closed down
  • Chandy brings cheer to tribal woman
  • Sabarimala temple opens tomorrow
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Murder case: three sentenced
  • Forged visas: couple held

    • Kochi

  • Project report to be presented to Baalu
  • CAPE director burnt in effigy
  • `League in the control of a coterie'
  • SHRC chief visits police torture victim
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Protests against arrest of environmental activists
  • Railway gate opening today

    • Kozhikode

  • Blind federation to launch awareness drive

    • Kurnool

  • Varsity seeks probe into misuse of funds

    • Leader Page Articles

  • The Tehelka Commission
  • Business cycles and free markets

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Right atmosphere
  • Reservation
  • Two-child norm
  • A violation?
  • Somnath's initiative
  • A lesson
  • Why this silence?
  • A big loss
  • Stop this
  • Mirage crashes

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Congress seeks re-poll in Nohata

    • Madikeri

  • Funds sanctioned for Madikeri Dasara

    • Madurai

  • Digvijay for social audit in civil administration
  • More berths under `tatkal' system flayed
  • MCA results published
  • CBI enquiry continues
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • `SHG approach can help improve hygiene'
  • Yakshagana artiste as Academy chief favoured
  • Students protest lack of facilities
  • Man robbed of gold chain
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Mysore set for Dasara celebrations
  • Centre to provide road links to heritage sites
  • Dasara Air show on Sunday

    • Nagapattinam

  • Samba cultivation in full swing

    • Nagercoil

  • `Declare palace a protected monument'

    • National

  • 'Broadband policy is technology-neutral'
  • Surjeet must apologise: Kher
  • 238 cities, towns upgraded
  • Rs. 2,020 cr. for new `food-for-work' scheme
  • There were excesses during Emergency: Rahul
  • BSF, Pakistan Rangers to share information
  • Trespassers
  • Jawans killed
  • Time for the final bow?
  • Patil meets Sonia
  • Voter turnout
  • Winter session from December 1
  • Nod for Project INDUS
  • Farmers Commission made more market-oriented
  • Nirupa Roy dead
  • Gogoi welcomes truce call
  • Uplinking: deadline extended
  • KVIC dissolved
  • UNDP award
  • All of Mysore is now Wi-Fi hotspot
  • Bengal hit most by arsenic pollution
  • Buddhadeb not against foreign investment: Juster
  • CPI(M) to respond `legally'
  • 'Bakery case panchnama lacks authenticity'
  • Plan to earn more from railway land
  • `Demeaning' way of fund-raising opposed
  • Nod for additional protocol
  • NHRC seeks report from A.P. on farmers' suicides
  • Over 3,500 birds perish in storm
  • Thengadi dead
  • Fast-track Canadian immigration clearances for businesspersons
  • Governor seeks alliance details from parties
  • CRPF jawan killed in encounter with naxals
  • Siachen case: Army accused of `fixing' officer
  • Swamy writes to Kalam on Rajiv case
  • Sugar buffer stock period extended
  • `Rule of law being enforced in Fiji'
  • Truce call

    • Nellore

  • Unending feud between fishermen groups
  • Fatally knocked down

    • New Delhi

  • A U-turn over unauthorised colonies
  • `Reforms improved Capital's power situation'
  • Government decides to purchase EVMs for civic polls
  • Sheila writes to Air Chief on abattoir issue
  • Deadlock continues over Metro projects
  • Specialised medical care for zoo inmates
  • JNU poll panel chief steps down
  • Tributes paid to Vijayaraje
  • Left blasts Sheila over units issue
  • Time for the final bow?
  • Dangers of ammo scrap highlighted
  • Tripathi moves to Centre
  • Police plan to seek NSG help
  • Major opium haul: two arrested
  • Boys rescued from slavery
  • Delegation meets PM
  • Dues recovered from MPs
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Leadership crisis in Maharashtra

    • Palakkad

  • Centre to speed up Plan process

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Cut in excess fare in KSRTC buses hailed

    • Perambalur

  • Efforts on to increase forest cover in Perambalur district

    • Pondicherry

  • Lakhera, Rangasamy greet President
  • Women's forum wants `negligent' doctor suspended
  • 20 pc discount on Kolu dolls

    • Punjab

  • Court rejects biological parents' plea in child swapping case

    • Rajasthan

  • `Power generation should be given to panchayats'
  • Rajasthan plans speciality cancer hospital

    • Religion

  • A case for satvic food

    • Salem

  • Fast

    • Shimoga

  • Rs. 3 crores for water supply schemes in Shimoga

    • Shooting

  • Army men rule the roost

    • Sports : General

  • Pratima moves Delhi HC against life ban
  • AP wins overall title
  • Mysore, Bombay post wins

    • Squash

  • Zoran beats Cyril

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Desalination project: court orders probe against Chennai firm owner
  • Metrowater carrying out flushing operations
  • Ranil, Karunanidhi discuss fishermen issue
  • Plea for 50 p.c. quota in rural jobs
  • Public hearings on waste disposal `cannot be an option'
  • Is the bonus cup half-full or half-empty?
  • All at sea in a refugee camp
  • Samba cultivation in full swing
  • Follow Gandhiji's teachings to counter communalism: Digvijay
  • Give bonus to all public sector unit employees: Karunanidhi
  • `Invoke SC/ST Act against foes of poll in reserved panchayats'
  • Hundreds of Dalits embrace Buddhism
  • Winter specials
  • Betters put Rs. 5 lakhs on India winning
  • A case of murder?
  • HM suspended
  • Infrastructure in law college urged
  • 'Relax licensing norms for mental health care units'
  • Government probing Cooptex loan scheme fraud
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • `Register adoption of children'
  • Cement factory workers seek wage revision

    • Tennis

  • Davenport back on top
  • Vinay outplays Karun
  • Sania in semifinals

    • Thanjavur

  • SBI fares well in crop loan disbursal
  • LIC officers stage demonstration
  • Farmers go on indefinite fast

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • TTP to speed up work on effluent treatment plant
  • Call for quality checks in health sector
  • Helpline, adalats to bring down accidents
  • Three held on charge of violating Arms Act
  • B.Tech. lateral entry: new decision criticised
  • Woman creates panic at temple
  • Liquor policy anti-people: Soosapakiam
  • Rs. 1,000 fine for using phone while driving
  • Placed under suspension
  • Tension at Kadhinamkulam
  • Nabard staff hold dharna
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • CAMPUS NOTES

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 15, 1954: Sino-Indian trade pact
  • dated October 15, 1954: Ties with U.S.
  • dated October 15, 1954: Tributes to Dhanammal
  • dated October 15, 1954: Red Hills lake level

    • Thrissur

  • Congress needs dynamic leaders: Azhikode

    • Tiruchi

  • More efforts sought to check blindness
  • Move to link BHEL coop. bank branches
  • AIDWA `kolu' programme to focus on women's issues
  • Fast continues
  • Elected
  • Mettur level
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Fast observed

    • Tirupati

  • First aid centres for pilgrims opened
  • Bus passengers escape with minor injuries
  • Inter-state burglars nabbed

    • Tuticorin

  • Free gas connection for non-SHG married women too
  • Focus on empowering quality control officers in seafood industry
  • Contests conclude

    • Udupi

  • Brahmavar students win zonal Rural IT Quiz

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Enquiry ordered into ammo recovery
  • Cyber crime case solved

    • Vellore

  • Groundwater: Act before it is too late, warn experts
  • More buildings, teachers for Anaicut schools

    • Vijayawada

  • YSR urged to ensure completion of Pulichintala project
  • Telugu Desam opposes G.O. on Srisailam reservoir
  • DIG calls for positive approach towards prisoners
  • Be courteous to women, policemen told
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Fish storage needs upgradation
  • Rs. 500 crores for land development
  • Discom feedback on SMS
  • `Coining' a record
  • Low pressure over Bay
  • Announcement
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • AGORC downs CIL

    • Warangal

  • Proposal to create `urban police district'

    • Weather

  • Weather

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