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  • Five die in mishaps

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • 125 hurt in festival violence
  • `Report on naxalism in 3 months'
  • Kidnap, assault cases filed against 10 naxals
  • `States passing through financial crisis'
  • State moves to safeguard assets
  • Brahmotsavams fetch TTD Rs. 13.15 crores
  • Welfare departments being streamlined
  • Free power promise goes for a toss: TDP
  • Now Telugu rhymes on CDs
  • 125 hurt in Devaragattu festival
  • Tighten arms licensing procedures: YSR
  • Minister promises fair deal to Pulichintala-affected
  • BJP safe in Advani's hands: Venkaiah Naidu
  • Medak TDP chief resigns
  • Government struggling to mobilise funds: TDP
  • CCI to open purchasing centres
  • Welfare Department GO to be amended
  • Man sets kids, self ablaze
  • Constable goes missing with two rifles
  • Report on naxalism in 3 months: Shashidhar
  • Advani to open party's new office today
  • Kidnap case registered
  • Congress MP snubbed
  • A fatal `Ayudha pooja'
  • Suspected sorcerer's murder leads to revenge killing
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Home Minister opens police station
  • Plea for `protected monument' status to historical structures
  • Waiver of interest on property tax arrears hailed
  • Dalits plan stir

    • Athletics

  • M.S.S. Wakfboard College takes overall championship

    • Badminton

  • India blanks Singapore

    • Bangalore

  • `Pedestrian safety needs to be strengthened'
  • Focus on basic sciences: Roddam
  • Deepotsava at ISKCON temple
  • Man robbed of Rs. 5.75 lakhs
  • School to celebrate centenary
  • Power shutdown today
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Basketball

  • Semifinalists spotted

    • Bidar

  • `Follow Buddha's philosophy to lead stress-free life'

    • Boxing

  • Indian team

    • Business

  • IOC net profit down 31 p.c.
  • Forex reserves up at $119.64 billion
  • Samir Arora case: several lacunae in SEBI order
  • Russia's reserves cross $100 billion

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • Now cinemas draw good crowd
  • Students display national spirit at UN Day fete
  • Bus-truck smash toll 8
  • Confusion in bus service to Parrys
  • RPF unearths unauthorised booking agency
  • Book on history of Tamil films released
  • Renovated swimming pool inaugurated
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Hari Krishna scores as India overcomes Spain
  • Two upsets on opening day
  • Rahul in the lead

    • Coimbatore

  • Killed in freak accident
  • Around the City

    • Cricket

  • Sizzling double century by Jayasuriya
  • Adam Gilchrist — the gentleman cricketer
  • Tendulkar declared fit
  • No team policy on walking: Ponting
  • Vettori spins Kiwis to innings victory
  • Pathan shaping well as an all-rounder: Kapil
  • Aussies focused: Cairns
  • Five-wicket win for Delhi Wanderers
  • Matches drawn in Umrigar Trophy
  • Hyderabad posts win
  • Big win for Little Flower JC
  • Eight-wicket haul by Shrey Gupta
  • Century by Mohsin Basha
  • All round show by Amalraj
  • Easy for Modern
  • Big win for Salwan Boys
  • DDCA XI triumphs
  • Unbeaten century by Sandeep Murthy

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 2577
  • Solution No. 2576

    • Cuddapah

  • Gandikota reservoir plaque unveiled
  • Compensation paid to Somasila displaced
  • Mysoora picks holes in irrigation tenders

    • Erode

  • `Introduce turn system of water supply'
  • `Treasure hunt' on, entry barred into Sathy forest
  • Ration rice seized

    • Football

  • Manipur makes merry
  • Sansel nets winner for ARC

    • Front Page

  • Non-proliferation regime puts curbs on responsible powers: Manmohan
  • `NCP demands two Deputy Chief Ministers'
  • Four CISF personnel suspended for security breach
  • Adam Gilchrist — the gentleman cricketer
  • Tendulkar declared fit
  • Russia ratifies Kyoto pact
  • Tobacco sale near educational institutions to be banned
  • Left suggests duty cuts to check hike in petroleum price
  • 16 securitymen killed in Iraqi suicide blasts
  • 24 injured in clashes

    • Hassan

  • Hurdles cleared for setting up medical college
  • Halmidi inscription proves antiquity of Kannada: Moily

    • Hockey

  • DAV, Chandigarh swamps Ganga International
  • BCYA `B' defeats ITC SC
  • Semifinalists spotted
  • Pakistani women confirm participation

    • Hyderabad

  • A gesture that touched an emotional chord
  • Pat for Doordarshan's `social commitment'
  • YSR orders uninterrupted power supply
  • New `treatment' for those without helmet
  • Air Deccan flight to Goa from tomorrow
  • Durga idols immersed
  • Lodge a complaint, win a reward
  • `Fill posts in ESI hospitals'
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • `Kashmiris irreversibly alienated'
  • Boost to Naga peace process

    • International

  • Political storm brews in Florida, again
  • Hostage makes tearful plea
  • Disciplinary hearing for Sikh youths
  • Not Commonwealth's business: Mckinnon
  • Paparazzi hit back at palace
  • The other Miss World
  • A band and its stuff
  • Powerful quakes rock Japan
  • Democracy on track, says junta
  • Thousands pay for space flight
  • Jewish author's war book wows France
  • Serbs boycott Kosovo poll

    • Kannur

  • Scholarship for weavers' children
  • Roller skating contest

    • Karnataka

  • Spectacular end to Dasara festivities
  • 1,000 applications received
  • Kharge tells banks to finance irrigation projects
  • Information Act yet to benefit the public
  • Once famous Vajramusti kalaga now reduced to a ritual
  • Female elephant dies in Mysore Zoo
  • Some Congress leaders want State Govt. dismissed
  • CBI must probe Veerappan's killing, says Vatal
  • `Reward kin of slain STF personnel'
  • `Bandit's killing was stage-managed'
  • Ministry expansion likely to be delayed
  • Officials told to reside in places of their posting
  • Lingayats should unite: Yediyurappa
  • `Loyal workers not being given prominence'
  • Parishat to release four books today
  • Woman robbed of ornaments
  • Jayalalithaa greets Mirji
  • Search for bodies stopped
  • Victory Day celebrated
  • Briefly
  • From the Districts

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Palegars participate in `Sharana Samskruthi Utsava'
  • `Strengthen anganwadis for women's development'
  • Kittur utsav begins
  • `Globalisation has decreased popularity of folklore'
  • Goa Sampark Kranti Express flagged off

    • Kerala

  • Congress gets into election mode
  • Miraculous escape
  • Miraculous escape
  • VAT system may lead to rise in tea prices
  • Mappila Bay fishing harbour yet to become operational
  • Rare cattle species identified
  • Business goes up by 60 p.c. at Cochin SEZ
  • Government abetting sandal smuggling: VS
  • Congress gets into election mode
  • Local people apprehensive of TEPS move
  • Central aid sought to extend Ashraya scheme
  • Review priorities, NSS tells Government
  • Rs. 30-crore project for marine security force
  • Winter schedule of flights from Cochin airport
  • Customer satisfaction crucial, says Ombudsman
  • Bishops initiate children into world of letters
  • Attestation centre for Kozhikode
  • MGS joins issue with Pinarayi
  • Miraculous escape for train passengers
  • Lawyers resent transfer of Subhashan Reddy
  • UDF trying to make political gain: BJP
  • Ganja seized; three arrested
  • Panmana panchayat plans stir against KMML
  • Air-India hikes fuel surcharge
  • New Janata Dal(S) vice-president
  • Briefly

    • Kochi

  • Doubts raised about viability
  • 50 per cent school children in district malnourished: study
  • Thousands initiated into world of letters
  • Consumer forum rescinds water arrears bill
  • Busmen, operators reach wage agreement
  • Seminar on opportunities in Western Switzerland
  • Jet Airways' new schedule
  • Debate on sexual rights
  • Godowns in Mattancherry flooded
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Freedom fighter passes away

    • Kozhikode

  • Hundreds of children initiated into the world of letters

    • Kurnool

  • Raid row: CPI(M) plea to Congress

    • Madikeri

  • Skaters steal the show

    • Madurai

  • Privatisation, new attack on Dalits: Yechury
  • `Provide domestic water connections from Nov. 1'
  • `Classical music spreads `bakthi' among people'
  • Trains cancelled
  • Man robbed of cash
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Mangalore to get modern effluent treatment plant
  • Thousands witness Navaratri procession
  • `Election results proved nation's trust in secularism'
  • Mobile library service becoming popular
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Grand end to Dasara festivities in Mysore

    • Nagercoil

  • Rs. 10 lakhs allotted to 670 `anganwadis'
  • Facelift planned for Vattakottai

    • Nalgonda

  • Dogs feed on accident victim

    • National

  • Full support to third stage of nuclear programme: Manmohan
  • Ministers called to discuss rural health mission
  • Sudarshan accuses Left of `back-seat driving'
  • RSS chief's diatribe exposes parivar's frustration: CPI
  • Khurana to resign as Rajasthan Governor
  • Raj Bhavan sources deny Khurana is quitting
  • NC team meets Governor, seeks judicial probe into `rigging'
  • Shekhawat turns 83
  • Vijayadasami marks end of festive season
  • Ex-MLA's son killed
  • Dismissal recommended
  • Asian conference approves CBMs
  • Allocated
  • India not aware of U.S. plans to sanction three more entities
  • Apang allocates portfolios
  • Attacked
  • More explosives found in Bhavnagar
  • Big role seen for India, China in world economy
  • Air India to submit revised fleet acquisition proposal
  • `Over-dramatisation' in film on JP
  • New role for States in war against AIDS
  • Action taken report likely tomorrow
  • Apunba Lup to meet PM on October 30
  • Mobile phones help track missing girls
  • Man convicted for forging letter
  • Samsung's camera-phone completes click-talk convergence
  • Lalu Prasad leads immersion march
  • Unusual petition
  • Communal clash in jail: six injured
  • Did Veerappan commit suicide?

    • New Delhi

  • Electioneering reaches a crescendo for MTNL polls
  • Maken steps in for damage control
  • New role for States in war against AIDS
  • Evil threesome threaten monument
  • Jewellery exports post record growth
  • Gaur assures fair deal to slum-dwellers
  • HVP merger to strengthen Congress, says Bhajan Lal
  • Celebration time for JNU schools
  • ACP dies in his sleep
  • Former Minister dead
  • Retired DG killed in accident
  • High Court sets aside verdict
  • `Chautala regime favouring construction firm'
  • A new train now for Goa
  • Cong. policies led to its defeat: BJP
  • IIT student found hanging
  • Around the City
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • The NCP emerges in its own right
  • Of regional variations and shifting strongholds
  • Who wants a Vidarbha State?
  • `Mild approval' wins the day
  • Long-term loyalties, anyone?
  • Social chemistry and gender did the trick
  • Acknowledgements

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • Mass contact programme in Palakkad on Tuesday

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Foreigners initiated into world of Malayalam letters
  • `NGOs have a key role'

    • Pondicherry

  • 41 Civil Service officials transferred
  • 2,000 dropouts to be brought back to school
  • Kalam to address Assembly
  • Rectified spirit seized

    • Racing : Horse

  • Chennai to host Indian Turf Invitation Cup

    • Racing : Motor

  • Barrichello takes pole
  • The top ten
  • Team MRF's Katsuhiko-Stacey lead after first leg
  • National karting: Third leg today

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Time limit fixed for homage at Thevar memorial

    • Salem

  • Threat letter keeps police on toes

    • Shimoga

  • Colourful show in Shimoga

    • Sports : General

  • Vinoy hat-tricks for Athanasius
  • Maharashtra beats AP

    • Table Tennis

  • Krithicka to meet Sneha
  • Lakshmi Prabha wins title

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Veerappan exit may not leave forests safer
  • `Quota should be based purely on income levels'
  • Privatisation a new attack on Dalits: Yechury
  • I will raise attacks on fishermen with Chandrika, says Manmohan
  • Public health will be part of school syllabus
  • Village development plan a `path-breaking exercise'
  • Sex determination tests going on unhindered in Namakkal district
  • Name noon meal programme after Kamaraj: Vasan
  • A non-political visit
  • Anbazhagan seeks early steps to revive HPF
  • Major landslip at Kundah Paalam
  • Vijay Kumar to go on padayatra
  • 2 held for setting fire to CPI(M) office at Tirupur
  • Teachers' association hails announcements
  • Snag delays departure to Kalpakkam
  • Prime Minister to release Kamaraj coins
  • Bomb threat at Villupuram rail station
  • Chamber hails Centre's decision
  • 3 policemen suspended
  • `Alternative scheme' to abolish bonded labour
  • `Set right anomalies in fixing land guideline value'
  • Heavy rain in Cauvery delta districts
  • Big Temple facilities being improved to woo tourists
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Water released from Vaigai dam
  • Rs.1.05 crore for renovating 52 PHCs
  • Around the City

    • Tennis

  • Safin to meet Nalbandian
  • Sushanth Reddy gets top billing
  • Parvathy takes women's title
  • Poojashree, Sriram bag a double
  • Nishank, Sharmita win titles
  • Narendranath triumphs
  • Vandana qualifies

    • Thanjavur

  • Big Temple being developed to improve tourist flow
  • Heavy rain in Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam
  • MoU signed for info-tech park
  • Hundreds offer prayers

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Accused in gang-rape case held
  • `Change laws to protect rights of sexual minorities'
  • No religious barriers in the world of letters
  • Doctor's death: four constables suspended
  • Teachers allege bias against Government colleges
  • Textile shopowner arrested on charges of immoral traffic
  • CPI(M) seeks probe into hotel deal
  • Man killed in accident
  • Mayors identify priority sectors
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Don't put up with harassment, women told
  • Special police teams to help shoppers
  • Good response to cleft lip camps
  • Rain in Tiruchi district
  • Body recovered
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Plan to upgrade Corpn. school

    • Tirupati

  • Bank committed to funding quality learning
  • Management skills must for cops too: SP

    • Tuticorin

  • Training programme for potential entrepreneurs
  • Foreigners asked to register with SP

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Rain not a dampener for tourists in Ooty

    • Vellore

  • 5 injured in group clash at Sholinghur
  • `Educate people on health programmes'

    • Vijayawada

  • Decision to revive co-op sugar factories hailed
  • Left parties walk out of VMC meet
  • `Pedda Balasiksha' CD released
  • Second round of counselling from tomorrow
  • Tail-end areas in delta to get more water
  • SPF celebrates 13th anniversary
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Society formed for setting up superspeciality hospital
  • Estimates Committee for Vizag today
  • Durga puja celebrated with fervour
  • Jail term for Naval employee
  • FAPI president meets VSP chief
  • Food panel's tour
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • St. Joseph's in final
  • Semifinalists spotted

    • Weather

  • Weather

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