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    Andhra Pradesh

  • Watchman job for visually challenged
  • Prohibitory orders in tribal habitations
  • Wait with a glimmer of hope
  • Pollution-related diseases high in Patancheru area
  • YSR upbraids naxal ideology on land issue
  • Tomato price leaves a sour taste
  • Pulichintala land survey amid tight security
  • Irrigation files offered for public scrutiny
  • Ryots' threat led to outburst: Srinivas
  • Work apace on Tarakarama project
  • Police gear up to nail software pirates
  • Ensure loans to all ryots, bankers told
  • Contractors upset over `mishandling' of e-procurement
  • Funds being denied for key schemes: TDP
  • Talks bound to fail: Janashakti leader
  • TV anchor seeks police protection
  • Setting record in true spirit
  • Vijayanagara empire rock inscription found
  • It's President's prerogative, says Barnala
  • Naxalite surrenders
  • Public urged to clear water dues
  • SOS from Tollywood
  • IG warns against usurping of lands
  • GO on permanent membership
  • 2 bookies held on betting charge
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Officials told to visit naxal-hit villages
  • Veterinary camp held
  • People told to render social service
  • Panel discusses dismantling of mandapam
  • Mutyam Reddy takes over as Medak TD chief

    • Badminton

  • Jishnu, Aparna advance
  • Gopi Chand, Vidhyadhar set up final clash

    • Bangalore

  • BMP will manage K.G. Road complex
  • Not lost in translation
  • Load shedding in southern parts of city for three days
  • BESCOM open house tomorrow
  • Four arrested while selling stolen idols
  • Applications for BSNL SIM cards
  • Man gets life term for murder
  • Registration for The Hindu-Young World quiz
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Semifinalists spotted
  • SBI posts win

    • Belgaum

  • Workshop keen on new medical teaching aids

    • Bihar

  • Lok Janshakti rules out ties with NDA, RJD

    • Briefly

  • Infrastructure growth
  • Dabhol meet
  • Microsoft's anti-spam filter
  • Indian to head ITU panel
  • BPL mobile's expansion plans
  • Airtel tops in TRAI service quality survey
  • Four Soft revenue up
  • Birlasoft expands operations
  • Mangalore Chemicals net up
  • KCP Biotech plant on stream
  • Irish firm's facility in Cochin zone
  • Visa on arrival for Mauritius tourists
  • Ogilvy launches business network
  • Lakshmi Vilas Bank's festival offer
  • Airtel services in Wayanad
  • India Exhibition ties up with DMG World
  • Havell's sets up office in London
  • Construction World-Nicmar study
  • IA special menu for Ramzan
  • TNS customer satisfaction study
  • Infonet's mobility services
  • Re-elected to Indo-America Chamber
  • Irani to head AAMO
  • City Union Bank's new facility

    • Business

  • RBI lowers GDP growth target, leaves Bank Rate unchanged
  • Chambers hail policy
  • `Centre's borrowing cost may go up marginally'
  • FMO takes stake in Shriram firms
  • 1:1 bonus from Matrix Labs
  • Harrisons returns to profit zone
  • Satyam looking at acquisition
  • Sensex rebounds 70 points
  • Dr. Reddy's net dips
  • Porsche unveils SUV Cayenne
  • Cognizant ups investment
  • Ashok Leyland Q2 net down 19 p.c.
  • Downward correction in rupee

    • Cartoons

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    • Chattisgarh

  • A walking telephone directory!

    • Chennai

  • Robots, microbots — their innovations
  • Pallavaram council okays waste disposal project
  • This school lacks even toilets
  • Help at hand for children with partial loss of hearing
  • Quarry worker killed in accident
  • Residents nab chain snatchers
  • Irate passengers damage airline counter
  • New Railway lines to be inspected
  • Aid for voluntary groups
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Indian women trounce Russia
  • Laxman suffers setback
  • Aditya, Chandrahawsa still share lead

    • Coimbatore

  • Mayor expresses anguish over poor waste management
  • Power shutdown
  • Music fete
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Cricket

  • Martyn cuts Indian bowlers to size
  • A remarkable feat by McGrath
  • Pitch preparation: striking the right balance
  • MRI scan to determine Sourav Ganguly's injury
  • Memorable day for Fleming
  • Sri Lanka learning fast to fight back: Dyson
  • Blueprint for India decided in Sri Lanka: Ponting
  • Sandeep cracks century
  • Madanagopal to play for Kerala
  • Naresh scalps eight
  • Perry Goel hits century
  • Dravid still on top
  • JIRS rides on Ankith's century
  • Satheesh guides Indian Bank to final
  • Big win for Super Stars
  • Big win for Ramjas
  • Kranthi shines
  • Kunal to lead
  • Amitoze, Vivek shine

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8124
  • Solution to puzzle 8123

    • Cuddalore

  • Women block road, demand water
  • Protest disrupts mining firm's pick-up services

    • Cuddapah

  • Pepsi concern to promote horticulture
  • Contractual workers demand arrears
  • FDI hike in insurance sector flayed

    • Editorials

  • A CAUTIOUS MONETARY STANCE
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    • Football

  • Punjab enters last four
  • India-Pakistan series on the anvil
  • Al-Ameen triumphs
  • Assam Rifles downs AMC

    • Front Page

  • Dassault had middlemen, say court documents
  • Nothing new in Musharraf proposal
  • Bank Rate untouched, lower growth projected
  • Martyn cuts Indian bowlers to size
  • A remarkable feat by McGrath
  • Congress wants Speaker's post
  • Fresh repoll
  • Court directive on relief to gas victims
  • Rs. 250-crore special package for Manipur
  • India seeks strategic energy alliance with Russia
  • `Scores suffocate to death in Thai protest'
  • Forbes list

    • Golf

  • Sakhamuri-Rodrigues pair wins

    • Gulbarga

  • JD(S) against call for separate State
  • Siddaganga Sanghavi awarded medical scholarship

    • Guntur

  • Cable TV deadlock ends with cut in fee, channels

    • Hassan

  • Students cautioned

    • Hockey

  • Yudhvir fires on all cylinders
  • Easy for Central Command
  • Hat-trick by Ranjan
  • India beats Australia

    • Hubli

  • Meeting on release of forest land for rail line adjourned

    • Hyderabad

  • Wait with a glimmer of hope
  • Fresh dispute over Nizam's property
  • Pension for fluorosis-hit
  • Maintenance works delay train services
  • Dear gold upsets shoppers
  • Japanese team visits HUDA
  • Indian Airlines winter schedule
  • Tamarind too out of reach
  • Panel to visit Imax theatres
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • An out-of-court settlement?
  • India seeks strategic energy alliance with Russia
  • Musharraf proposals come under attack in Pakistan

    • International

  • Four Israeli Ministers threaten to quit
  • Sharon seeks nod for Gaza withdrawal
  • Law strengthened
  • Foreigner killed in Batticaloa
  • Kerry assails Bush on missing Iraqi weapons
  • What the Germans would like Britons to learn more about ...
  • Re-educating British teachers
  • Barroso seeks compromise
  • China population to peak at 1.5bn

    • Kancheepuram

  • 3 killed as car hits lorry

    • Karnataka

  • Eight killed as van falls into gorge
  • JD(U) for judicial probe into Veerappan's death
  • Villagers face uncertain future
  • `Educational institutions missing out on quality'
  • Chandy rules out CBI probe into hawala racket
  • Alternative economic policy report soon
  • Beedi workers' meet from November 2
  • Mahima Patel hopes to get berth in Ministry
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • One more school gets ISKCON's meal scheme
  • Court grants interim bail to Pramod Mutalik
  • Victoria Govt. selects Cheryl Naik as youth ambassador
  • `Hasiru Pade' formed in 44 schools
  • Nagareddeppa elected Koppal ZP chief
  • Youth arrested while trying to board flight with fake passport

    • Kerala

  • Chandy rules out CBI probe into hawala racket
  • Antony slams critics
  • Hydel project
  • Railways call for integrated planning
  • `Government abetting sandal smuggling'
  • CPI(M) to oppose mineral sand-mining in private sector
  • Plea for quota in management seats dismissed
  • VS unhappy with progress in Kiliroor scandal probe
  • Minister defends transfer of tissue culture lab
  • Lata Nair under medical observation
  • Assembly should meet more often: Speaker
  • Use of shock baton: SHRC admits complaints
  • KRL board approves merger with BPCL
  • Call to stop toll collection
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Agriculture officers to stage dharna
  • Chandy to inaugurate work on Bekal hotels

    • Kochi

  • Remembering a media activist
  • Bio-waste: hospitals warned of criminal proceedings
  • Advocate General's initiative to settle Bar-court rift
  • 30 get admission to coop. medical college
  • CBI case against Protector of Emigrants
  • Malaysian team to discuss marina project
  • Pressure mounting on deputy mayor to resign
  • District-level Keralolsavam on November 19, 20
  • Port trust holds talks with DPI
  • Case adjourned
  • 20 injured in bus accident
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Seminar on ecotourism

    • Kottayam

  • Authorities gearing up for Sabarimala season

    • Kozhikode

  • Plea not to change train timing

    • Kurnool

  • Cleaner charged with killing truck driver
  • CPI(M) plea to forest authorities
  • APCC chief in Kurnool today

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Kerry's not scary
  • Of hedgehogs and foxes

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Congress-NCP tussle
  • Khurana's resignation
  • Talks with naxalites
  • Leave them alone
  • Sudarshan's remark
  • English versus Hindi

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • One killed in Bhopal clash
  • Special package to revive Oilfed

    • Madurai

  • `Concerted efforts needed to protect ecosystem'
  • Serija Banu moves HC Bench
  • IT counters to remain open on holidays
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Mangalore

  • Weighbridge to be set up on Shiradi Ghats
  • Temple renovation in full swing
  • Engagements

    • Mysore

  • Zoo veterinarian transferred
  • Seminar on obscenity and violence in the media
  • Choir training programme for students
  • Mysore architect wins award

    • Nagapattinam

  • Free spectacles distributed to students

    • Nalgonda

  • Price fixation for project oustees' land sought

    • National

  • India ready for joint operations: Manmohan
  • BJP resolution faults Centre's handling of internal security
  • Venkaiah says he was disillusioned with politics
  • Separatists welcome proposals
  • St. Kitts: V.P. Singh comes down on CBI
  • AIDWA takes `gotra' case to NHRC
  • Reports denied
  • Finance Secy.
  • An emotional reunion
  • Visa on arrival
  • A robot comes to India
  • Lunar eclipse, visible over India, today
  • Somnath dinner for Congress leaders
  • Criminals' list
  • Willing to go beyond U.N. resolutions: Kasuri
  • Veerappan's daughters to be shifted from their schools
  • Jaswant flays U.S. foreign policy
  • Swaminathan to head task force on farm research
  • Army Major wounded
  • Technical expert will head competition panel, court told
  • Centre convenes meet to review BPL family estimates
  • Govindacharya sceptical of changes in BJP
  • Women construction workers worse off, says report
  • Kalam for music and dance in school curriculum
  • New system to prevent drunken driving by rail crew
  • Muslim leaders meet PM, seek quota
  • BJP first, last and only party I will be part of: Varun
  • We have no mediatory role, says Yechury
  • BSNL, MTNL merger likely by mid-2005

    • Nellore

  • Promised water yet to be released
  • NCERT guidelines for exhibits at science fairs
  • Two held on theft charge

    • New Delhi

  • Kendriya Bhandar weekly rates
  • Dikshit rejects affidavit; terms it `third rate'
  • Maken emerging as a parallel power centre in Delhi
  • Breaking fast over discussion, debate and industries
  • Maruti manager held for bungling
  • MCD plans a big role for RWAs
  • A lesson on Fundamental Duties
  • Two arrested in murder case
  • Two held for extortion bid
  • High Court notices on fishing rights
  • Boy's post-mortem held
  • BKU stages protest march
  • `Roerich a son of Russia, patriot of India'
  • PM intervenes in units' closure issue
  • Battle lines drawn for JNU polls
  • ILO unhappy with anti-poverty programmes
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Difficult choices for Pawar

    • Nizamabad

  • Plea to implement Food Assurance Scheme

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Parumala church fete begins
  • CPI(M) activists march to police station

    • Pondicherry

  • Karaikal power plant plans to enhance capacity
  • French studies institute urged
  • Photo essay on Pondicherry

    • Punjab

  • PNB ushers in a revolution
  • SGPC to launch channel

    • Racing : Motor

  • Pesi Shroff to retire
  • UCAL championship third leg on Oct. 31

    • Rajasthan

  • A quiet day for Khurana
  • Raje unveils new energy policy
  • Farmers hold SDM as hostage, 30 hurt in police lathi charge

    • Religion

  • The ultimate dispenser

    • Salem

  • Govt. urged to hold talks with unions
  • Collector's warning on using LPG cylinders

    • Shooting

  • Amit Sanghi leads the field
  • Sareen shines

    • Sports : General

  • Govt. defying Olympic Charter: Malhotra
  • Haryana claims title
  • SCR in final

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Supreme Court rejects Karnataka plea to recast Cauvery Tribunal
  • CMDA steps up assistance to local bodies
  • Teenagers are the same all over the world
  • After struggle, Madurai woman becomes Jamaat member
  • Entering the fascinating world of bacteria
  • Detailed environment study on Sethu project sought
  • Firms adopt simple power-saving techniques
  • National meet on cochlear implant
  • Sharp fall in cyclones over Bay during southwest monsoon
  • Women constables demand relaxation of measurement norms
  • Veerappan's victim confronts rights activists
  • Jayalalithaa joins issue with Maran on stamp release
  • Carbonated drinks should meet stringent standards
  • Central nod for export promotion zone for cashew
  • Farmers relieved over Supreme Court ruling
  • BSNL concessional offer for landline connections opens
  • 2 held for RPF constable murder
  • Finance firm burgled
  • Youth gets life term
  • Firms adopt simple power-saving techniques
  • Advent of self-help groups ends tribal exploitation
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Assembly panel reviews action taken on petitions
  • Bodies recovered

    • Tennis

  • Johansson made to sweat
  • Shweta stuns Archana
  • Double for Binu

    • Thanjavur

  • Rain lashes Thanjavur, Tiruvarur

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Students `grill' Achuthanandan
  • Medicines being pilfered at Paying Counter
  • Idol damaged, 10 hurt in accident
  • Policeman hacked
  • Two held
  • Eye camp
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 27, 1954: PM's farewell visit to Mao
  • dated October 27, 1954: Mariological Congress
  • dated October 27, 1954: Dikshitar's compositions

    • Tiruchi

  • Overwhelming response to The Hindu-Young World quiz
  • Recruitment rally
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Moderate rain in Nellai dt.
  • Reconstruction of temple sought
  • Law college student held on rape charge

    • Tirupati

  • TDP cadre buoyant after road show

    • Tuticorin

  • Security to be beefed up for Thevar guru puja
  • Four nabbed in murder case

    • Udupi

  • `Hold elections to top posts in 34 CMCs'

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Mayawati seeks President's rule in U.P.
  • Three-year-old recites `Madhushala'
  • Brick kiln owners protest new rule on fly ash

    • Vellore

  • Traders cheating us, say Vellore farmers

    • Vijayawada

  • Commissioner promises to tackle civic woes
  • Kidnapped girl saved with `pebble' ransom
  • Guard, son arrested for burglary bid
  • Brothers held for murder
  • The man NTR trusted the most
  • Rs. 2,500 MSP sought for cotton
  • Temple hundi yields a bounty
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • House adjourned after sanction of works
  • Garbage clearance a perennial problem
  • Plea to stop work on beach road
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Tamil Nadu men & women win
  • A-zone Yellows emerges winner

    • Warangal

  • Call to involve students in spreading awareness on AIDS

    • Weather

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