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    Andhra Pradesh

  • YSR, Ministers get familiar with computers
  • From SmartGov to `CaringGov' now
  • Stormy start to cotton trading
  • 24-hour power supply for 6,842 villages sought
  • Naxalites on mass recruitment drive
  • Naxals' stand on arms irks YSR
  • Maoists impose liquor ban in agency
  • Janashakti-led tribals assault Congress leader
  • Ready for normal policing: DGP
  • Paramedical common exam from Dec. 14
  • Rosaiah joins issue with TDP leader
  • CRISIL retains State's rating
  • KCR to make fresh plea to Sonia
  • Pulichintala project work grounded
  • ONGC refinery gets OHSAS certification
  • Villagers occupy surplus land
  • Clear the air: BJP
  • Three-man panel to go into 1,000-pillar row
  • Sack TRS Ministers, says Telugu Desam
  • Ponnala's assurance to displaced
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    • Athletics

  • Kathiresan wins 1500m

    • Badminton

  • Record entries for Asian meet
  • ASN triumphs
  • Andhra boys win

    • Bangalore

  • MBA in BPO services launched
  • Police raid institute, seize pirated software
  • Ranga Shankara inaugurated
  • Light to moderate rainfall forecast
  • Students want department in-charge chief removed
  • 300 unemployed youth to be given autos
  • Water supply to be hit
  • Emergency landing
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • RBC posts win

    • Belgaum

  • Award for writer, social worker

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Venugopal wins

    • Briefly

  • ACC Everest's expansion plans
  • Macmillan floats subsidiary
  • Ford India's export effort
  • HCL Info pays 70 p.c. interim
  • U. S. firm ties up with Premier Power
  • Corporation Bank revises FCNR (B) rates
  • Cap Gemini opens Bangalore centre
  • Bhilwara group's joint venture
  • India Growth Fund from Kotak Mahindra
  • Indian Airlines extends Netravel
  • Infotech Enterprises net profit up
  • Natco Pharma's food supplement drug
  • Surana Telecom's plans
  • Andhra Bank signs MoU with ISB
  • SBT first half net at Rs. 118 crores
  • Federal Bank opens ATM
  • Business award
  • ICICI Prudential opens office
  • IDBI offloads stake
  • Sheds stake in LIC Housing
  • Dena Bank's public offer
  • DHL's logistics solutions

    • Business

  • State wide area network policy announced
  • Cabinet nod for farm marketing infrastructure scheme
  • HP unveils new range of laptops
  • `Outsourcing will enhance job prospects'
  • Sensex drops 65 points
  • Mahindra & Mahindra's rebuttal
  • Rupee posts further gains
  • UltraTech's plans
  • Marine fishing policy on anvil
  • Biocon net at Rs. 105 crores
  • Airtel launches services in J & K
  • Satyam beats revenue guidance

    • Cartoons

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    • Chennai

  • Sudden fever? Watch out for dengue
  • Water systems under siege: environmentalists
  • Rs. 50 crores for improving Perambur Railway Hospital
  • 32 special counters to file IT returns
  • Chennai airport's porous security exposed
  • Securing networks against attacks
  • Lorry knocks down man at level-crossing
  • Stop using leather, urges Maneka
  • Court stays defamation proceedings against Veerasamy
  • The easy way to mastering English
  • Changes in suburban train services
  • Ticket-checking drive nets Rs. 3.19 lakhs
  • Stephanie case accused handed over to parents
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Ganguly's dream run continues
  • Rajesh ensures Andhra's title sweep
  • Saravanan, Aniruddha win

    • Coimbatore

  • `Work for clean environs'
  • Jatropha information centre opened
  • `Lawyers should contribute to social development'
  • Be innovative, entrepreneurs told
  • NMR services suspended
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Daunting task ahead of India
  • Chance for Patel to hold on to his place
  • Samaraweera stands firm as Pakistan pacemen run riot
  • New Zealand wrests initiative
  • Tendulkar's match fitness report by Sunday
  • `Lay-off will not affect Tendulkar's performance'
  • Hayden hits Kerala backwaters
  • Miller gets state funeral
  • Jadeja effectively named as captain
  • Five-man panel to correct Malik's action
  • Anirudha slams century as TN beats Karnataka
  • Monica sparkles
  • Narrow win for HPS
  • Ankit scalps five
  • Pradeep stars in Delhi's win
  • Sahil hits 112
  • Badani to lead
  • DDCA XI in final
  • IT qualifies
  • Ekalavya wins

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8120
  • Solution to puzzle No. 8119

    • Cuddapah

  • Woman hacked to death

    • Dharwad

  • Water-supply schedule announced

    • Editorials

  • THE IRON MAN COMETH

    • Erode

  • Erode Co-optex sets target
  • Workshop

    • Football

  • UP tames Maharashtra, enters quarterfinals
  • No stopping Naval PS
  • Juventus edges past Bayern Munich
  • Nehru FC is champion
  • CIT claims title
  • Freddy scores a brace

    • Front Page

  • FDI cap in domestic airlines raised to 49%
  • Decision consistent with policy: Left
  • `People did not reject BJP'
  • Veerappan buried after wrangling
  • "It was our turn to deceive Veerappan"
  • Gay-theme novel bags Booker
  • Daunting task ahead of India
  • Naxals retreat

    • Gulbarga

  • Suppliers' association demands settlement of dues
  • Lawyers celebrate decision to set up Circuit Bench
  • Experts inspect red gram crop

    • Guntur

  • Awareness camps for cotton farmers

    • Haryana

  • Chautala's bonanza for the youth
  • Haryana scheme for slum dwellers

    • Hassan

  • `Nenapina Mantapa' to be inaugurated today

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Agreement signed for Himachal hydel project

    • Hockey

  • Hickman retires after golden finish
  • Indian training camp from October 27
  • NCC, Jalandhar in knock-out phase
  • Sainik School in title round
  • Vasu SC advances

    • Hubli

  • Lawyers' resistance delayed Circuit Bench
  • Govt. examining order on private city bus services
  • People unable to pay for World Bank-aided schemes

    • Hyderabad

  • Ex-top officials argue in defence of G-block
  • Water board to repair roads cut for pipeline work
  • Constable fires at dacoits, nabs one after chase
  • Panel on pollution visits industrial units
  • `Couples only' cyber centre in police net
  • `Spread word on Short Stay Homes'
  • `Smriti' parade today
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
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    • India & World

  • Veerappan makes news in China
  • Naga talks in Bangkok

    • International

  • CARE suspends Iraq operations
  • Threat to Sharon from Jewish extremists: Peres
  • Annan appeals for U.S. restraint
  • Abu Ghraib: soldier pleads guilty
  • Hamza charged in 16 offences
  • Muslims not likely to vote for Bush
  • `A decisive step' by junta leader
  • `Cost-effective' vaccine technology
  • Death for three in Mujib aides' killing
  • Yudhoyono sworn in President
  • Turkish Cypriot Government falls
  • Teachers' strike across Russia

    • Kancheepuram

  • Cooptex goes to government offices

    • Karnataka

  • STF personnel to get house sites
  • A reward for sustained pressure, hard work
  • Villagers happy to bid goodbye to task-force personnel
  • Special Task Force will be redeployed, says Dharam Singh
  • Lack of support forced Veerappan to flee: Mirji
  • Drugs warehousing society keen to open retail outlets
  • Self-employment training institutes for five more districts
  • `Bandit should have been caught alive'
  • Pact with ONGC: Talks with Union Minister next month
  • Power consumers told to protect their rights
  • No logistical problem in setting up Circuit Benches
  • Bangalore firm to illuminate Mysore landmarks
  • Samiti to protect interests of Bhovi community
  • Four feared trapped in well
  • Tumkur CMC to meet on October 26

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Jeevadaya Ashtami to be celebrated

    • Kerala

  • Cabinet reverses excise policy decisions
  • Government decision unilateral: Valiathan
  • New strategy for local development on the anvil
  • Writ plea against transfer of probe officer
  • Korapuzha at the centre of a livelihood issue
  • Fast-track mechanism for infrastructure projects
  • NOC for 14 self-financing dental colleges
  • Haj: Saudi allows 10,000 more pilgrims
  • Majority with Thamarakshan, says Shibu
  • MPs' meet discusses 86 specific issues
  • Mobile dispensaries planned at Sabarimala
  • Special trains
  • More places to come under fish export zone
  • Take pro-active role: Vellappally
  • Police not to arrest Meera's kin till Monday
  • VS visits nuns, flays Chandy
  • New look for UDF panel
  • Melshanthis-designate offer prayers at Sabarimala temple
  • BJP flays PSC decision
  • INTUC leader killed in attack
  • At Sabarimala today
  • `Education bandh' total in State
  • Two held on charge of robbery
  • Cusat B.Tech. results out
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  • District Notes

    • Kochi

  • GCDA to prepare sewerage project
  • Hartal peaceful at Mulavukad
  • Chandy to open women's guidance centre
  • Call for projects with `sustainable revenue models'
  • `Spiritualism, materialism fuse in Balamaniyamma's poems'
  • Advocates' association protest
  • `Education bandh' total in Ernakulam district
  • Theatre training begins today
  • Plea against Athirappilly project
  • Fire response drill
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Talent hunt on campuses

    • Kollam

  • Project to revive mangrove forests launched
  • Community service schemes begin tomorrow

    • Kozhikode

  • Backward district programme for Wayanad
  • Move to curb drug abuse

    • Leader Page Articles

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  • It is a close race
  • Exploitation on tap

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  • Veerappan's end
  • Not healthy
  • BJP affairs

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Special `garba' for kids

    • Madikeri

  • Dasara events to be held at Ranga Mandira
  • Protest against double-digit lotteries to be intensified

    • Madurai

  • Petitions on Ayurvedic beverages referred to Division Bench
  • Bench stays operation of charge memos
  • `Efforts will be made to get official language status for Tamil'
  • Four get lifer for murder
  • DTH equipment demonstration
  • Review meet
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Mangalore may attract more BPO firms
  • Private bus operators bracing for challenge from KSRTC
  • Phone-in programme on health issues
  • `Jnanavahini' from today
  • Advani becoming BJP chief welcomed
  • Three arrested in dacoity cases
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Steps initiated to rehabilitate tribal people

    • Nagapattinam

  • DPCs wear deserted look in Nagapattinam district

    • National

  • India, Pakistan agree on dates for meetings
  • Haj quota up by 10,000
  • New Zealand keen on improving trade
  • India among 55 most corrupt countries
  • Rocca arrives for talks
  • The dogs too did their bit
  • `Expedite implementation of Employment Guarantee Act'
  • Congress-NCP talks may resume in two days
  • Supreme Court raps bureaucracy
  • Control on onion goes
  • A bank of `useless' information
  • National Readership Survey commissioned
  • Patil's assurance to Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
  • Bank officers convicted
  • `Reinstate dismissed newspaper staff'
  • Panel submits report on Mainpuri byelection
  • Set your house in order, Congress tells Advani
  • Valley need not be kept under veils, says Mufti
  • Blast kills two
  • Notice to UGC Chairman
  • India, China agree to take long-term view of ties
  • Shot dead
  • Lahoti seeks funds
  • Militant held
  • `Myanmar must implement commitment to multi-party system'
  • Medical expert grilled by defence in Best Bakery case
  • China backs India's `dialogue policy' on Kashmir
  • Advisory group on foreign policy issues
  • India, China agree to take long-term view of ties

    • Nellore

  • Irrigation Board promises water to 2.75 lakh acres in Nellore

    • New Delhi

  • Metro sets afforestation record
  • Kendriya Bhandar weekly rates
  • Manmohan to convene GoM meeting soon
  • Join hands in making Delhi a premier city, Sheila to industry
  • New MLAs administered oath
  • DDA reaps a rich harvest
  • BI Television lock-out declared illegal
  • School principal arrested
  • Convict held for impersonation
  • Briefly

    • News Analysis

  • An opportunity for Sonia Gandhi

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Move to appoint SNDP official to TDB draws flak

    • Perambalur

  • Body cremated

    • Pondicherry

  • Communication skills vital, top manager says
  • Objections to delimitation proposals invited

    • Punjab

  • Punjab all set to break paddy procurement record

    • Religion

  • Strive for excellence

    • Salem

  • Govt. should ensure regular flow of funds

    • Sports : General

  • World Cup in November
  • Madhuri to lead

    • Table Tennis

  • Yatin moves up

    • Tamil Nadu

  • The strategy worked flawlessly
  • Angry commuters block tracks
  • Students told to join Navy
  • Assessing environmental impacts
  • Recognition to 37 employees' unions restored
  • A political victory for Jayalalithaa
  • Entry tax on direct imports goes
  • `Ransoms' remain a mystery
  • Vice-Chancellor refuses panel permission to hold probe
  • Judge throws book at gangster: 90 years jail
  • Weapons worth Rs. 40 crores for police
  • 38 towns get heritage status
  • `Probe Veerappan's killing'
  • Her dreams came true
  • More defamation cases against Tamaraikani
  • DMK blames Government for farmers' plight
  • Mani denies any role
  • Government to honour STF personnel
  • `Popularise Siddha medicine'
  • One-day workshop on vermicomposting
  • Manufacturers should meet global standards: Elangovan
  • There are plenty of jobs outside IT, says expert
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • SHG to run fish market at Aranthangi
  • Five-year RI for seven
  • Body retrieved

    • Tennis

  • Henman in third round
  • Sania's confidence on a new high
  • R.I. Singh to meet Parekh in final
  • Vivek, Sajin in final
  • Agassi sceptical about fashion models

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Paper muddle: three lecturers to be prosecuted
  • Church to conduct `vidyarambham'
  • Aquarium likely to be built
  • Crackers hurled at RSP (B) office
  • Doctor killed in accident
  • Five held for extortion
  • `Courts should adopt modern technology'
  • Call for steps to protect jobs
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 21, 1954: Chou's support for India
  • dated October 21, 1954: Eden knighted
  • dated October 21, 1954: Antidote to cancer

    • Thrissur

  • Junior police officers need systematic training: Minister
  • Chandy to inaugurate Kinfra park

    • Tiruchi

  • For Singapore NCC cadets, a peek at village life in India
  • KVIC plans rural service centres
  • 9,900 works taken up under `Food-for-Work' scheme
  • Robbers loot cash, jewels
  • Law College to reopen on Oct. 25
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • `Reduce applications of use-and-throw plastic'
  • TWAD Board employees stage demonstration

    • Tirupati

  • Lack of unity bane of Nagari weavers

    • Udupi

  • Girl killed in road accident

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Congress plays down defeat in UP by-polls

    • Vijayawada

  • Over 5,000 acres to be distributed
  • `Shanti yatra' for reconstruction of 1,000-pillar temple
  • One dead, two hurt as box of crackers explodes
  • Endowments official dies on duty
  • Labourer dies in mishap
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Caught in the Dandiya frenzy
  • Telefilm produced with Rs. 4 lakhs budget
  • Yatra in support of Tirumala mandapam
  • YSR's remarks flayed
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • MEG, KSP set up title clash

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Weightlifting

  • Pratima Kumari seeks hearing from IWF

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