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  • Motor Vehicles Department offices to be modernised

    • Anantapur

  • TDP vows to fight for input subsidy to ryots

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Protests mark foundation for Pulichintala project
  • Health Ministry blacklists NIMS
  • Talks begin on cautionary note
  • Cosy comforts fail to floor naxal leaders, guards
  • Drive against fake travel agents: two arrested
  • Confusion over treatment of ailing children
  • Polavaram works to begin within a fortnight
  • Professionals a worried lot
  • Venue a beehive of activity
  • `Monsanto Bt cotton fails in Warangal'
  • IT to help track Japanese encephalitis
  • YSR placates detractors
  • Government urged to put off VAT
  • Asifnagar bypoll: counting of votes today
  • Ryots vent ire against Pulichintala
  • Woman's death in hospital sparks tension
  • Central Excise to hold fast track disposal camps
  • Centre blacklists NIMS
  • Kidnappers demand Rs. 10 lakhs ransom
  • Subsidised seed for farmers
  • Peace initiative hailed
  • Briefly
  • CRIME WATCH

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Livelihood activities attract people to watersheds
  • Dharna in protest against Pulichintala project
  • People asked to participate in town development
  • Don't politicise Pulichintala: YSR
  • Central team to visit villages in Medak
  • Dalits appeal to Punnaiah
  • Constable posted at YSR's meeting dies of stroke

    • Badminton

  • Indian juniors confident
  • Saurabh to meet Raj Kumar
  • Indian challenge ends at German Open

    • Bangalore

  • Some govt. offices still inaccessible to the disabled
  • BMP may collect inorganic waste separately
  • Two teenagers held on theft charge
  • Lingarajapuram residents to stage protest
  • Power shutdown
  • Rain brings relief and trouble
  • Uproar over councillor's remark
  • Organic food exhibition
  • Congress workers organise dharna
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Simple steps to keep burglars away

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Basketball

  • Calicut and Madras in final
  • NJC posts win
  • Rajagiri HSS advances
  • Artillery Centre posts win

    • Belgaum

  • Music students denied opportunity to show talent
  • Pratibha award contests from Tuesday

    • Bellary

  • Release of `Kalasipalyam' delayed in Bellary

    • Bihar

  • By-election for Bihar panchayat in November

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Advani, Alok in final
  • Girish stuns Loganathan

    • Briefly

  • NTPC share price fixed at Rs. 62
  • Sona buys stake in European firm
  • HDFC plans second branch in Coimbatore
  • Booklet on Utsav-TN 2004
  • Harbinger's eLearning product
  • Four Soft buys Netherlands firm
  • MRPL contract for L&T
  • New loan scheme for groups
  • SBI sets up mid-corporate group
  • Cooperative bank net at Rs. 69 lakhs
  • Oxemberg forays into apparel
  • BenQ unveils sleek bar phone
  • MAIT welcomes broadband policy
  • Airtel mobile service in West Bengal
  • GM launches call centre
  • Internet Association's new members

    • Business

  • Wipro net up 79 p.c. at Rs. 412 crores
  • Samir Arora cleared of all charges
  • ADB to assist in priority areas
  • Inflation falls for the third week
  • Stocks turn weak
  • Oil imports rise to $14.5 billion in first half
  • Rupee little changed
  • Ranbaxy Q3 sales up 19 p.c.
  • Altos launches online trading
  • Sterlite's steel plant in Orissa
  • Industry interface on attracting talent

    • Carrom

  • Srinivasan, Mythili win titles

    • Cartoons

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    • Chennai

  • Empty bottles make the most noise
  • Gilchrist and Jones bowl them over
  • This kolu is all about women's issues
  • Helmet use can cut road deaths by 80 p.c.
  • Fishermen rally in city
  • Producer Rathnam gets court summons
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Police have no key to unlocking this mystery

    • Chess

  • Easy for seeded players
  • Leko in the van

    • Coimbatore

  • Mastermind arrested
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Bringing defrauders to book

    • Cricket

  • Sehwag keeps India in hunt
  • Warne keeps date with history
  • The Gilchrist difference
  • Sehwag not a man for rules
  • Sporting gesture is the order of the day
  • Plaudits pour in for Warne
  • Toss holds the key
  • Ashwin bags 5-wkts.
  • Ponting may miss entire series
  • South Africa's coach resigns
  • Brilliant bowling by Bhasker
  • Raju to lead
  • Inzamam guides Pakistan home
  • Mathivadanan shines
  • Wilson shines for Sonnet Club
  • Globstar in semifinals
  • Gaurav shines

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8116
  • Solution to puzzle 8115

    • Cuddalore

  • Ryots' pat for Collector
  • Traders' lobby `exploiting paddy growers'

    • Cuddapah

  • Central team to tour Cuddapah
  • Rasta roko staged
  • Temple elephant big draw in festivities
  • SP to interact with youth

    • Dharmapuri

  • Rs. 4.39 crores for development works in Dharmapuri

    • Dharwad

  • Minister rules out CoD investigation
  • Water supply schedule

    • Editorials

  • BROADBAND AND BOTTLENECKS
  • LETHAL SCRAP

    • Erode

  • IRTT Engg. College to have more buildings
  • Heavy rain lashes Bhavani

    • Football

  • Saroj Das' hat-trick goes in vain
  • England sticks with `bad boy' Beckham as captain
  • Bangalore downs Kannur
  • Assisi posts win

    • Front Page

  • Petrol, diesel prices to remain unchanged
  • Government, naxals agree on truce terms
  • Sehwag keeps India in hunt
  • Warne keeps date with history
  • The Gilchrist difference
  • Sehwag not a man for rules
  • EC order
  • Maharashtra poll results today
  • `Technical snag forced emergency landing'
  • 'Action plan to counter insurgency threat in North-East'
  • Wipro net up 79 p.c. at Rs. 412 crores
  • Samir Arora cleared of all charges
  • Inflation falls for the third week

    • Golf

  • Bad day for Vijay Singh
  • Ashok cards three-under 69

    • Gujarat

  • Gujarat defers promulgation of Ordinance on universities

    • Guntur

  • BSNL counters to remain open

    • Haryana

  • NSG launches anti-hijacking training

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Rohtang Pass opens

    • Hockey

  • Brace by Aravinthan
  • Govt. School, Jharkhand in final
  • Loyola College bags trophy

    • Hubli

  • `Scout movement creates sense of responsibility'

    • Hyderabad

  • Awful din near `silent zones'
  • `Garba', `Dandia' and more
  • Army recruitment rally from tomorrow
  • Two convicted
  • Crescent sighted
  • Ramzan timings
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • `Godman' killers untraced

    • India & World

  • Pakistan for Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus service without passports
  • Traditional cultures must be made relevant: India
  • Indian sailor rescued
  • Celebrating Delhi-Hanoi ties

    • International

  • Russia, China sign border pact
  • U.K. `shielding' human rights abuses by allies
  • Edinburgh `city of literature'
  • Russians change view on anti-Yeltsin revolt
  • Israel suspends Gaza operations
  • Amphibians at risk
  • U.S. poll focus turns to battleground States
  • Turtle survives fall, dents car
  • Karzai takes early lead
  • Schroeder seeks to boost trade with Libya
  • Tsvangirai acquitted in treason trial
  • Poll reveals world anger at Bush
  • The most expensive election in history
  • Raphael painting found
  • When Nelson, Napoleon meet in peace
  • Tremor rocks Taiwan capital

    • Kancheepuram

  • Rent collection drive

    • Kannur

  • Bus operators' plea to slash tax on diesel

    • Karimnagar

  • Congress-TRS alliance opportunistic: BJP leader
  • Tributes to police martyrs

    • Karnataka

  • Traditional start to Mysore Dasara
  • Supreme Court stays moratorium on films
  • `Training of judges should be under judiciary'
  • Judicial probe will be futile: Deve Gowda
  • Medium-term economic growth looking up, says ADB report
  • Lokayukta detects flaws in loan disbursement by corporation
  • `Govt. cannot interfere in temple affairs'
  • Develop low-cost biomedical devices: Kalam
  • Residents of Tumkur evince interest in rainwater harvesting
  • AIBOC expects decision on wage revision by Nov. end
  • Birthday bash with a difference
  • Price rise forces women to take up self-employment
  • SP `checked' bus with Veerappan, Nagappa
  • Action against police constable condemned
  • Book on President released
  • Water for irrigation going waste: expert
  • KRIBHCO to expand market in south India
  • `Only 2,000 tigers left in India'
  • GESCOM official for Shanghai
  • Briefly
  • From the Districts

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Internal audit of all departments of zilla panchayat demanded
  • Jackie Chan happy with Hampi
  • Proposal to store ore near Kodibag opposed
  • Strategy to strengthen power sector
  • Leaders, DC hold talks on puja on island
  • Official sees need for port-based SEZ in Goa
  • MLA inaugurates `Pratibhotsava'
  • Attack on presspersons condemned
  • International Sight Day celebrated

    • Kerala

  • Minister defends new excise policy
  • High Court order on medical admissions upheld
  • Road projects to be taken up
  • Widespread protest against liquor policy
  • PCCF for fresh probe into wood imports
  • Police protection for Kovalam Hotel
  • Question mark over UDF's liquor policy
  • Raghavan must go: CPI(M), CPI
  • KMML workers face lay-off threat
  • Leopard killed near Mannavan Shola
  • Cochin port gets letter from DPI
  • Police panel sitting
  • Nabard aid
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Touch-screen facility on Pondicherry
  • Around the City

    • Khammam

  • Ex-Minister takes over as TDP district chief

    • Kochi

  • Probe ordered into irregularities in construction of drains
  • Crucial GIDA council meet today
  • Classes suspended at Cooperative Medical College
  • Road projects: `talks with Centre fruitful'
  • Tanker lorry seized
  • In Kochi Today
  • CAMPUS NOTES
  • Countering high-tech crimes

    • Kollam

  • A journey to become `power'ful
  • `Indiscipline of students exposes teachers'

    • Kottayam

  • National film fete begins tomorrow

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Stalemate in the Northeast
  • Legality of Iraq war does matter

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Kher's sacking
  • English & Hindi
  • Quotas in industry
  • It was wrong
  • Derrida the philosopher

    • Madikeri

  • Madikeri Dasara begins

    • Madurai

  • 10 policemen challenge transfer order
  • Insurance employees stage dharna
  • Woman seeks action against in-laws
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Video pirates vanishing

    • Mangalore

  • Doubling of cashew production sought
  • KPCC files petition against order in Uma Bharti case
  • `Find market for goods produced by women'
  • Over 60 tableaux to take part in Kudroli temple procession
  • Aviation fuel, kerosene seized
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Khas Durbar begins at Mysore Palace
  • Kalam eager to return to teaching

    • National

  • BJP still hopes for a bare majority
  • Stage set for broadband revolution: Dayanidhi Maran
  • Diseases, not war, could kill more Iraqis
  • Suspected naxalite attack casts cloud on talks
  • Stricter norms for steel scrap import
  • Fernandes for collective pressure for Suu Kyi's release
  • Manipur bandh
  • Assam to reciprocate ceasefire offer
  • CPI(M) denial
  • India to take up militant camp issue with Bangladesh
  • 30 pilgrims killed
  • Ceasefire declared
  • River linking is key to nation's progress: Kalam
  • Notice to Centre, UGC and AICTE on common entrance test
  • Amitabh "hurt" by media reports
  • Governor's move unprecedented, says CPI(M)
  • Plea for National Commission for Backward Classes rejected
  • Government becoming intolerant: BJP
  • BJP sets up poll panel for Bihar
  • Boje, Gibbs' response forwarded to Indian High Commission
  • Bangladesh welcomes Tata investment
  • Cabinet approves transfer of Population Commission
  • Commission to deal with 'errant judges' mooted
  • Mobile phone growth signals India's telecom maturity
  • Arjun tanks to be tested
  • New Assam Chief Secretary
  • Pakistan pilgrims to arrive next week
  • Meet cautions against opening up wildlife trade
  • Minor fire at Tirumala temple
  • Tariq Anwar told to surrender
  • CRPF launches modernisation plan
  • Check-post complexes soon to keep close watch on goods from Nepal
  • Congress criticises Fernandes
  • Directive against daily stayed
  • Netaji probe judge ready to place report
  • Call for 'multi-national spiritual tourism'
  • Sonia cancels `iftaar,' to donate money

    • Nellore

  • Child treated for heart problem

    • New Delhi

  • `Foreign hand' at excavation sites
  • School managements sore over `interference'
  • Ramlila goes hi-tech in Capital
  • Gang chief gunned down
  • `Optimism in economy a bloom'
  • Alleged case of internet fraud
  • MTNL fails to meet deadline again
  • Unlicensed injections seized, two held
  • Bidhuri flays Centre over colonies' issue
  • Protests planned to stop eviction
  • Probe sought into arbitration awards
  • Man held on murder charge
  • Manu Sharma granted bail
  • JNU poll panel chief steps down
  • Delhi woman tops IES
  • Time for the final bow?
  • A U-turn over unauthorised colonies
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today
  • Case for a crime investigation arm

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Pathanamthitta

  • `Samooharchana' in Adoor
  • Valedictory function on Sunday

    • Perambalur

  • Plan to train SHG members in herbal cultivation

    • Pondicherry

  • Gear academics to industry needs, says Anji Reddy
  • Doordarshan to launch DTH service soon
  • NCC numbers set to grow: Lakhera
  • Women stage protest
  • PMK MP in Finance Ministry panel
  • Cassette on Pondicherry's history released
  • Coast Guard station in Pondicherry

    • Punjab

  • Stay off couple, High Court tells villagers

    • Racing : Horse

  • Master Prospect for feature

    • Rajasthan

  • Ambassador for closer Indo-Japan ties
  • Bonus for govt. staff

    • Religion

  • The power of submission

    • Sailing

  • Ayaz, Ishaq excel

    • Salem

  • Rs. 32 lakh basic amenities for dalits, tribals
  • Major seizure

    • Shooting

  • Sanjeev Rajput is champion

    • Sports : General

  • Manipulation can't be ruled out, says SAI enquiry
  • Help yourself, says Rathore
  • Exciting fare

    • Table Tennis

  • Aishwarya shocks Selvi
  • Athina triumphs

    • Tamil Nadu

  • State probe an eyewash: apex court
  • Trade summit an opportunity for Chennai
  • Ryots walk out protesting `non-disbursal of loans'
  • Job aspirants check out opportunities
  • `Declining preference for science streams cause for concern'
  • Beware vested interests, Minister tells panchayats
  • Governing councils: Anna varsity fiat to colleges stayed
  • Mental health scheme for Theni, Kanyakumari
  • PIL for `overtake signal'
  • Ponmudi appears in court
  • Membership forms distribution will be fair: Vasan
  • Trade unions urge employees to stage demonstrations
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • `Promote scientific temper among students'
  • RI gets one-year jail term

    • Tennis

  • Vinay, Poojashree triumph
  • Bovina upsets Venus
  • Sania in line for double

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Villagers agitate for drinking water
  • World White Cane Day observed
  • Liquor policy draws flak
  • House burgled
  • Man killed in granite crusher unit
  • Condolence meeting
  • Five held for using phone while driving
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • When money-lending threatens peace

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 16, 1954: PM explains Peking trip
  • dated October 16, 1954: "A shock treatment"
  • dated October 16, 1954: Chaplin to remake "The Circus"

    • Thrissur

  • Split will be averted: Babu Divakaran

    • Tiruchi

  • Rly. passenger earnings up by seven per cent
  • Rs. 5.20-crore loans to be given to 1,270 persons
  • Pulpwood trees to be grown on varsity land
  • Power shutdown
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Nellai Junction nets more revenue
  • Residents `forced' to consume saline borewell water

    • Tirupati

  • Six junior colleges raided

    • Tuticorin

  • Drivers stage demonstration

    • Udupi

  • Works worth Rs. 2.84 crores taken up: BJP
  • Ban on sale of liquor in Kadiyali
  • Meeting to save roads, bridges on Sunday

    • Union Territories

  • NABARD posts impressive performance

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Amitabh Bachchan "deeply hurt" by media reports
  • Sisters united with family after eleven years

    • Uttaranchal

  • 30 pilgrims die as bus falls into gorge
  • Strikers storm into Raj Bhavan

    • Vijayawada

  • Task forces to quell quake fears
  • `Help' at hand against flesh trade
  • City too in `danger' zone
  • Beauty tip for city - go green
  • Traders, workers settle Gollapudi issue
  • Thousands visit Kanakadurga temple
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Theatre owner asked to pay damages to consumer
  • Free entry for physically challenged children in parks
  • Focus on upgrading skills, lensmen told
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Southern Railway beats ONGC
  • KRL in final
  • KSP keeps winning
  • Yadava triumphs

    • Weather

  • Weather

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