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Alappuzha

  • White Paper on tsunami funds sought

    • Anantapur

  • Canal widening favoured
  • Government offices and schools to get green cover
  • Suri produced in Karnataka court

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Congress for second SRC, says Rajasekhara Reddy
  • Maoists kill school teacher
  • Time machine
  • Hide-and-seek
  • Saying it with flowers

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Congress hopes for `working arrangement' with TRS
  • Investment of huge funds flummoxes these villagers
  • Development tells on pastures
  • Governor urges youth to emulate Ambedkar, Phule
  • CPI leaders make study of irrigation projects
  • Slum dwellers bombard Collector with complaints
  • ONGC extends help for renovation of tanks
  • `Polam Badi' launched in two mandals
  • TDP takes rally against Botcha

    • Athletics

  • `Juma Khatun and Rose Mani assets for the future'

    • Badminton

  • All-India junior tournament from today
  • Prakash's trip down memory lane

    • Bangalore

  • PNDT Act implementation in State unsatisfactory
  • No place for pedestrians on K.R. Puram bridge
  • Row over order against part-time lecturers
  • Mangalore-Hassan broad-gauge rail line by September-end
  • Corporators upset over delay in sanction of funds
  • `Bias' against regional films: Kasaravalli
  • Dharam Singh cautions erring officials
  • BJP demands CBI probe into encroachments
  • Electronics City to be plastic-free
  • South has a better pool of talent
  • Woman found murdered in lodge
  • Direct Post service launched
  • Warning issued to private nursing colleges
  • Best brains get the prizes
  • Bangalore university introduces online examination system
  • CET medical counselling today
  • Robber caught while fleeing
  • University invites applications for PG courses
  • Applications invited for lecturers' posts
  • Setting up of coffee technology park sought
  • Vyalikaval Inspector suspended
  • Don't draw your own fortune lines, astrologer told
  • You can identify the caller with the ring tone
  • Police visit finance firm in Ulsoor
  • We can do it too
  • `Premji did not issue letter'
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Scientific techniques essential to help boost shepherds' income
  • MLA makes out case for setting up SEZ in Belgaum district

    • Bellary

  • Venture capital funding to promote dairy farming, poultry

    • Bidar

  • Skills to help them earn a livelihood

    • Bijapur

  • Handle sexual harassment cases discreetly, police told
  • Supporters stand by Ravikant Patil

    • Briefly

  • Blue Dart Q1 net at Rs. 10 crore
  • Hero Honda posts higher sales and profit
  • MRO-TEK's net more than doubles
  • Triveni Engineering net up
  • Aptech profit rises
  • Shriram Life Insurance gets R1 licence
  • Govt. not to sell UTI MF to pvt. player
  • Another senior official quits Infosys
  • Apollo Consulting in pact with Medicover

    • Business

  • Anil Dhirubhai to invest Rs.3800 cr. in REL and RCL
  • Joint venture for maintaining Russian defence equipment
  • Demand for short FTA sensitive list
  • Chinese textile machinery makers plan service centre
  • Nasscom's steps to tone up education
  • Polaris Software inks deal with Taiwanese bank
  • China to keep yuan rate stable for six months
  • Pilot shortage tells on AI Express Gulf service
  • Early gains not held on BSE
  • Rupee shade higher

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Stage set for engineering counselling
  • An alternative to joint replacement soon
  • DPA partners harp on unity
  • Meet on surgery focuses on exchange of ideas
  • Slew of disasters changed it all
  • Green Building Congress begins on September 14 in New Delhi
  • Order allowing consortium to hold CET challenged
  • Crafts of India on display
  • Focus on medicinal herbs, students told
  • Aminjikarai gets new mega mall, multiplex
  • Work on homes for tsunami-hit set to begin
  • Back after a four-year gap
  • Art works add colour to Uthandi toll plaza
  • Now facing a movie camera
  • New dental college gets nod
  • 40 students get Singapore Airlines scholarship
  • Two-member Mumbai gang held for robbery bid
  • Mock CAT test on July 24
  • Cool cottons from Gujarat
  • Government silent on staff demands: DMK
  • Police personnel better watch out!
  • Chain recovered
  • 2,479 cases of illegal parking
  • Rescued from Malaysia
  • Former DGP dead
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Indians looking to improve tally
  • Hari inches closer to title

    • Coimbatore

  • Here they come, the cool kids!
  • Protect rivers from pollution: Kalimuthu
  • Crackdown on traffic violators
  • New IT facility for Coimbatore
  • Three-day workshop on medical education technology
  • Training programme on bee-keeping
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • A football star in cricketing whites
  • Suman, Rohit hit centuries
  • Bangladesh's visit only deferred: BCCI

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8350
  • Solution to Puzzle 8349

    • Cuddapah

  • Somasila - displaced to get Rs. 16 crores relief
  • YSR's Nagara Baata in Cuddapah on August 4
  • Israeli team visits YSR Estates

    • Cycling

  • Pereiro wins 16th stage
  • Mountain bike National meet from tomorrow

    • Dindigul

  • Triple life term for four persons in murder case
  • Adequate security sought for slain BJP leader family

    • Editorials

  • Vikram Sarabhai's vision and SLV-3
  • The Tiger and the Golden Bear

    • Erode

  • Release water in advance, demand LBP farmers
  • Chennimalai residents reel under water scarcity
  • Copra procurement from tomorrow
  • Workshop on textile processing
  • CPI plans 36-hour fast

    • Football

  • Ronaldo not for sale: Real Madrid

    • Front Page

  • U.S. will work to lift curbs on nuclear supplies
  • India, U.S. must make common cause against terrorism: Manmohan Singh
  • India will have same obligations as nuclear weapons states: Saran
  • Infiltration attempt through non-traditional routes
  • Reserved classes forge ahead
  • Cheran Express coach catches fire
  • Big role now for private sector in public housing projects
  • Congress for second SRC, says YSR
  • ``No one shall beat a drum or blow a trumpet or use sound amplifier at night''
  • Peace lost forever on Suranjan Das Road
  • Hurriyat, Pandits hold talks after 16 years
  • Government survives no-trust vote
  • No new structures in flyover path, says MCH
  • Blacklist SNC Lavalin: Achuthanandan
  • Non-traffic revenue of Bajpe airport continues to be low
  • Kalasa-Banduri: All-party team to meet Manmohan Singh
  • CBCI Society allowed to fill seats in its colleges
  • Circuit Bench: Dharwad lawyers' meeting today
  • Jagir Kaur removed
  • Waqf Board files caveat

    • Gulbarga

  • Mega project did not improve watertable
  • Cinematic treat awaits film buffs in Gulbarga
  • Seven towns brought under power reforms project

    • Guntur

  • Villagers come to the aid of Uppalapadu bird sanctuary
  • Civic polls likely in September second week
  • Master plan to be drawn for funding SHGs
  • Lightning kills woman
  • Woman commits suicide

    • Hockey

  • GK Motors FHC prevails over TNSP
  • Halappa and Lakra among probables

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Kalasa-Bandori project continues to hang fire
  • Corporation to demarcate its property before next phase of demolition drive
  • Water supply schedule
  • Changes called for making education system better
  • Solvent for petrol: one more held
  • Man murdered

    • Hyderabad

  • Man found dead under kitchen slab identified as realtor
  • World Bank study suggests crop shift
  • Joint task force to oversee Musi beautification plan
  • State urged to hand over old Gandhi Hospital land to RTC
  • Misconceptions hinder AIDS drive
  • Band of brothers drive home point
  • Telangana Rashtra Samithi betrays people, says TDP
  • Glitches galore at MCH consultative meeting
  • Congress demands probe into sale of public sector undertakings
  • CBI probe should cover YSR also, says BJP leader
  • Minister ridicules Naidu's concern for Muslims
  • Now obtain land records through eSeva centres
  • HUDA urged to restrict width of outer ring road
  • Qualifying marks reduced for engineering stream
  • New IA fares for Singapore, Bangkok
  • Disabled status for dwarfs
  • Power shutdown today
  • Garbage disposal: integrated approach need of the hour
  • Government urged to make report on drains public
  • Minor shuffle effected in IPS top brass
  • Global Hospitals chief denies allegations
  • Jeeyar to camp at Shamshabad for puja
  • RPF constables help nab eight train dacoits
  • Around the City

    • India & World

  • Pakistan lodges complaint

    • International

  • U.K. Muslims vow to fight terror
  • "Militants" held in Pakistan
  • Six persons injured in anti-King protest in Nepal
  • U.S. General meets Pervez Musharraf
  • Six-party nuclear talks from July 26
  • Bush dilutes pledge to fire scam-tainted aides
  • Police, marchers set for Gaza showdown
  • Of art and thievery
  • Sri Lanka situation worries donors
  • Job fair for prisoners
  • Fifteen killed in Chechnya

    • Karimnagar

  • Making inroads into naxal-hit areas in Karimnagar district
  • Mystery shrouds death of housewife

    • Karnataka

  • NRI forum appeals for upgrading Bajpe airport
  • Crucial lawyers meeting today
  • Karnataka Minister rules out water release
  • Giant strides

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Farmers in Bagur-Navile yet to get relief, justice
  • e-grama centres told to provide information on welfare schemes
  • Poultry owners, KMF to buy hybrid maize
  • Five killed in rains in Davangere
  • Divestment in banks opposed
  • Veerappa Moily felicitated for his literary accomplishments
  • Control room set up to check stray elephants
  • Woman electrocuted in Chitradurga

    • Kasargode

  • In Kasaragod Today

    • Kerala

  • Kerala Government survives no-trust vote
  • AGM will contest elections: Janu
  • An office hard pressed for staff
  • Improving rural economy
  • Keeping mosquito menace under check
  • Summer school on human rights
  • Accident victim's plight
  • `Vrikshapatayam' to green vacant land
  • Invoking cultural, historical links
  • Green salute for a Red star
  • Taking a different tack... listing achievements
  • Alumnus' contribution
  • In low spirits
  • Cassette for Ramayana month
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • A good haul
  • Garbage heaps on the roads
  • Seeking justice
  • Fiery protest

    • Kerala - Others

  • Election panel asks NC(I) to choose another name

    • Kochi

  • Appointments in Sanskrit university quashed
  • Captive tusker facing `elephantine' problem
  • Kochi Corporation opposes Road Safety Council's proposal
  • Directive against reopening of Coke plant
  • Chance interview for polytechnics
  • Teachers' protest
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Rashtriya Maha Sabha to lead stir of the landless
  • People have confidence in Congress: Chennithala
  • KGOA takes out march
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kottayam

  • Dredging: discussions fail
  • Man, son electrocuted

    • Kozhikode

  • Launch of `Vriksholsavam-05' on July 21
  • Corruption has weakened party, says Mullappally
  • NDF concerned over court's observation
  • Training
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • Rayalaseema vedika throws challenge at Sharad Pawar
  • KC Canal reopened

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Lal Krishna Advani's war with the parivar
  • Shifting balance in Central Asia

    • Letters to the Editor

  • A new chapter
  • RSS-BJP row
  • 7/7 and after
  • Manmohan's praise

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Bill on better Budget management
  • Krishna Gaur resigns

    • Madikeri

  • Retain sanctity of traditional dance, experts urge Kodavas
  • Samajwadi Party leaders recall Bangarappa's gesture to farmers

    • Madurai

  • Disputed cemetery land near Periyar bus stand belongs to Govt: Collector
  • Welfare aid given to four girls
  • Like to have dinner with Maddy?
  • Packaging machine for SHGs
  • Back to business
  • Pilgrimage to Himalayas
  • Water level
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Mangalore

  • Train service to Subramanya likely from Saturday
  • Students protest against poor facilities in hostel
  • NRI forum wants airport upgraded
  • Bus operators' association insists on passes for Mangalore students
  • Fishermen demand loan at 6 per cent interest
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Why doubling of track is vital for Mysore's growth
  • Anti-poaching camps set up in reserve forests
  • English should be taught from first standard: AIDSO
  • A one-stop centre for theatre research
  • Demolition drive halted after protests by residents, councillors
  • Briefly
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • US team visits Nagapattinam

    • National

  • Vajpayee, Advani reneged on RS seat: Khurana
  • No violation of ceasefire, says Chief of the Army Staff
  • Gopinath Munde presents `Salman tape' to Government
  • A new sanctuary at Chilka
  • Plan to deploy CISF in Tirumala temple
  • Manipur sends trucks to fetch essential commodities
  • BPO industry needs an image boost, says NASSCOM chief
  • Bandh affects life in north Bengal
  • Power theft must be plugged, says Sayeed
  • Doha round of trade talks likely to be delayed
  • Oil firms can cancel tainted allotments, says court
  • Commission for recruitment of SC officers
  • Two-in-one television coming
  • 2 Indian Express journalists bag Prem Bhatia Awards
  • Islamic University to be set up in south Kashmir
  • Voice on tapes not mine: Aishwarya Rai
  • Qazi Yasir joins hands with Lone
  • Dance bar women not forced into sex work: survey
  • Web site on scholarships
  • Jagir Kaur accused of favouring Akali Dal kin

    • Nellore

  • Zero tolerance for ragging, says Collector
  • SP calls for stringent security at prison

    • New Delhi

  • Delhi is greener; South Delhi greenest
  • Private players set to play major role in housing sector
  • Khurana rubbishes reports of revolt
  • Realtor held in Dwarka case
  • CBI files case against former DCE student
  • Aides' arrest a blow to Chhota Rajan plans
  • Girl students get a `home' in Ramjas
  • HC notice to DDA on group housing society
  • Potter mania: One lakh copies sold in a single day
  • Women protest raise in power rates
  • A one-man film industry
  • High drama at film festival
  • Yamuna water level receding
  • Life goes on
  • Voice of protest
  • Sari show
  • Court seeks files on Patna judge appointment
  • Centre taking steps for aerospace command
  • Sex racket busted
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • The reality of the `war on terror'
  • Nuclear bargain may prove costly in long run
  • Events of 1968 show violence is not new

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Olympic Games

  • Saina Nehwal — female version of Gopi Chand

    • Ongole

  • Municipal schools in Ongole caught in a vicious circle
  • Ryots lay a siege to Prakasam Bhavan
  • Maoists kill school teacher

    • Palakkad

  • No records on forest land at Nakkuppaty

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Hundreds witness rituals at Sabarimala
  • Lions Club reconstructs health centre
  • Tailors' meeting

    • Pondicherry

  • Centre's nod sought to augment police strength: Rangasamy
  • Briefly

    • Punjab

  • Healthcare network based on IT needed

    • Racing : Horse

  • Chivas Gold, Adams Madame impress
  • Elusive Prince and Refreshing catch the eye
  • Hero Worship runs with a good chance
  • Goodness Gracious shows out

    • Raichur

  • Shortage of seeds affecting kharif sowing, says Kasbe

    • Rajasthan

  • Women groups seek action against judge
  • Tension in Sriganganagar

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Delimitation of Ramnad Assembly constituency evokes opposition

    • Religion

  • Singing God's glory

    • Salem

  • No computer for students of Computer Science
  • Tribals to get help for purchasing land
  • Vermicomposting, the answer to fertilizer needs
  • Two more depose in bus burning case
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • People not sure of assurance on Malathi Project
  • Steps taken to prevent spread of dengue, viral fever
  • Birds throng Malnad islands
  • Raitha Sangha factions' merger runs into trouble

    • Sport

  • Race for pace bowlers' spots hots up
  • A great honour, says Dravid
  • No one outside Australia will weep if the team falls

    • Sports : General

  • Transfer issue: SAI assures coaches
  • Preparatory camp inaugurated
  • Ashes series telecast

    • Srikakulam

  • Tourists elude these `modern' guesthouses
  • Congress cadre burns TDP leaders' effigies
  • Two petrol bunks looted

    • Swimming

  • Indian aquatics team leaves for Montreal
  • Blythe Hartley ends China's domination

    • Table Tennis

  • India set to dominate in junior championship
  • Table tennis tournament

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Move apex court to get Cauvery water: former Advocate-General
  • Fire delays train services
  • Get ready to join the heritage walk
  • Rich tributes to a missionary
  • Donning a different role
  • Nothing can deter him
  • Now, the focus turns to health
  • In need of repair
  • Infectious diseases research centre opened in Vellore
  • Sharp rise in cooking gas refill bookings
  • Court upholds CAT order on service rules
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • AIADMK, people have forged alliance of affection: Jayalalithaa
  • Cultivation hit as monsoon weakens
  • Teaching bharatanatyam to students in Switzerland
  • Six arrested for smuggling ration rice
  • Train accident averted
  • Little respect for the dead
  • Residents block road in Tirupur
  • Funds for road improvement
  • Tirupur Municipality to step up anti-mosquito drive
  • Road blockade
  • Scholarship examination

    • Tennis

  • Albert Costa advances
  • Sania retains 70th spot
  • Harsh bows out
  • Shikha loses
  • Briefly

    • Thanjavur

  • Organic farming picking up in Thanjavur district

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Vizhinjam container terminal to have berths for cruise liners
  • Chaos prevails in front of schools
  • `Charge-sheet' ignored traditional sector: Chandy
  • RCC goes in for upgradation
  • No-confidence motion lacks credibility, says K.M. Mani
  • Karthikeyan defends deal with Lavalin
  • Five-member gang arrested
  • Essay, elocution contests for students
  • Robbery: four held
  • CAP: 974 get allotment
  • Flower show
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated July 20, 1955: Nehru warns Portugal
  • dated July 20, 1955: Soviet proposal at Geneva

    • Thrissur

  • AGM will contest elections: Janu
  • Elephant dies
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Students to be trained in BPO operations
  • Gunpowder seizure: five held
  • Plan to stage dharna
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tirunelveli

  • Estimates Committee on a whirlwind tour of district
  • Farmers agree to share cost of solar fencing
  • Road roko staged against death caused by trench

    • Tirupati

  • Customs to improve efficiency through IT

    • Tuticorin

  • Salt merchants take out rally

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Road works should be accorded priority: Prabhu
  • Tiger mauls pregnant buffalo of tribal temple
  • White Paper on water scheme sought
  • National seminar on bovine semen production
  • NCC cadets go on field trip

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Four-phase panchayat polls in U.P.
  • EC for two-child norm
  • Monsoon gathers steam in U.P.

    • Uttaranchal

  • Officials taken to task for bridge repair delay

    • Vijayawada

  • Fleecing Railway passengers?
  • VMC's waste management system lauded
  • Medical counselling disrupted again
  • Subsidy for farmers under farm mechanisation scheme
  • Marriage bureau gets ISO quality certification
  • Oil tanker driver dies in accident
  • NSSO survey being conducted
  • Maize stocks for farmers
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Banks asked to be more pro-active and risk-taking
  • Dispelling his gloom with blooms
  • Water goes waste amid scarcity
  • All for a 2-minute halt
  • Bio-tech students desperate for PG seats
  • Indonesian ship set afloat
  • AIDWA call for curb on `Western culture'
  • Locking more in grey cells
  • Training for lecturers
  • Seminar on tuna resources today
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • `LIC stands for welfare of poor'
  • Naxalite killed in encounter

    • Weather

  • Weather

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