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  • CITU demands new Consumer Price Index Commission

    • Anantapur

  • Fear of police forces TDP follower to end life?

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Naxal leader, two women killed in encounter
  • Chote miya bade miya For the time being...
  • Imparting quality education
  • Love ke liye kuch bhi karega!
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Water harvesting structures for ryots of weaker sections
  • Rotary Club to provide amenities in select municipal schools
  • Six naxalites arrested at Pasra
  • CPI leader seeks probe into power purchase agreements
  • Flood threat: EG district administration on alert
  • Five canals breach in Asifabad sub-division
  • `40 lakh houses for poor'
  • Endowment land acquired

    • Bangalore

  • Students cast ballots to elect representatives
  • Demand for aircraft maintenance engineers
  • PG diploma in infrastructure management launched
  • Failed kidneys do not deter her
  • Seven sites near mines in Hospet region identified for starting mobile schools
  • Minister asked to give details of report on purchases by official
  • Sunlight to keep things chilled
  • Transport growth centres envisaged in Master Plan
  • Literary giants pay tributes to Subbanna
  • Order on services of 447 lecturers to be withheld
  • Real-estate prices mounting around Devanahalli
  • Government ready for teaching English from first standard
  • More opportunities should be given to the visually impaired, says Governor
  • Engineering mathematics paper leaked
  • ISKCON temple to host dance drama
  • It's all about talent retention
  • Delimitation: meeting of floor leaders today
  • House set ablaze, five suffer burns
  • Bank celebrates 75th anniversary
  • Prime Minister thanked for ONGC project in State
  • BDA, BMP inspect properties
  • Novel mosquito killer
  • Play to help the underprivileged
  • Doctor commits suicide
  • Notice to BMP, police
  • Bomb hoax at software firm
  • AIR programme on Master Plan
  • Around the City
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Women stage dharna for 33 p.c. quota
  • NABARD aid for irrigation schemes

    • Bidar

  • Arya Samaj protests against encroachment

    • Bijapur

  • Funds crunch hits canal work
  • Survey ordered

    • Briefly

  • Exemption from BCTT
  • RBI optimism on economy
  • ICICI Bank ties up with Fortis
  • Exim Bank investment in SME
  • MSEB to be partner in DPC
  • Indian Bank takes possession of property
  • Coimbatore Productivity Council's office-bearers
  • IOB offers insurance cover to customers
  • Helios & Matheson announces 1:1 bonus
  • BHEL bags $100 m Indonesian contract
  • Uniply plans unit in Uttaranchal
  • Hispano bags contract for 800 buses
  • Course in steel technology
  • BEL net drops
  • Vijaya Bank Q1 net down 71 p.c.
  • USFDA nod for Strides Arcolab Bangalore facility

    • Business

  • CCEA nod for PPP in infrastructure
  • VSNL to acquire Teleglobe
  • Auto testing centres plan approved
  • Apollo's mini-metros plan
  • SBI in talks with four banks
  • Maruti first quarter net profit up 32 p.c.
  • Idea Cellular's new offerings
  • Decision on PSUs boosts stock market prices
  • Rupee drops further

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • Rs. 2,000-crore assistance to tone up power sector in South
  • After fire, tsunami victims face water-logging
  • A gamble that paid off
  • Balamuralikrishna deserves Bharat Ratna: Jayalalithaa
  • Corey, more a guide than a pet dog
  • Jayalalithaa for awarding Bharat Ratna to Balamurali
  • 800 children to join regular schools this year
  • Mettur inflow to go up
  • Police station with a corporate look
  • Now, a college to train students in service activity
  • No money to pay for his MBBS seat
  • Minister for healthy environment
  • Walking tall
  • Groupism in Congress to the fore again
  • Hall tickets being issued for CET
  • Notice to MCI on Theni college dean's plea
  • Remaining ration cards to be distributed this weekend
  • Learning from industry
  • A matter of fair play, says Prince of Arcot
  • One-year full-time photography course
  • Action sought against units
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Chess

  • Seventh win for Sabaj Grover
  • Poobesh in joint lead
  • Anil Kumar regains title

    • Coimbatore

  • Battle over parking space continues
  • It is pre-emptive punishment: activist
  • `Village-level grievances meet must'
  • Construction workers demand pension
  • Pensioners plan stir
  • Water level in Siruvani dam rises
  • DRDA to organise training for women
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • Ganguly not losing sleep over ban
  • IBM tops group
  • Merely winning will not satisfy India

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8355
  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8354

    • Cuddalore

  • Revised voters' list on August 31

    • Cuddapah

  • Inclusion of Muslims among BCs opposed
  • Heavy downpour in Cuddapah

    • Dharmapuri

  • Incidence of leprosy in Dharmapuri come down
  • `24 per cent annual target achieved'

    • Dindigul

  • Providing jobs to villagers, best way of recasting village economy, says VC

    • Editorials

  • State terrorism by another name
  • Spare the whales forever

    • Eluru

  • CPI(M) seeks smaller dams as substitute for Indira Sagar

    • Erode

  • Agriculture office houses permanent exhibition
  • `12 lakh BSNL mobile phone connections by end of year'
  • Good response to SHGs' exhibition
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • Talented players: Sukhwinder

    • Front Page

  • Police savage striking Haryana workers
  • Manmohan to take up Cauvery issue
  • Debate likely on adjournment motion
  • Infiltration bids on the increase: Army
  • PSUs get greater autonomy
  • Catching has been England's grey area
  • UDF for stringent provisions in laws
  • Public Sector units get greater autonomy
  • 404 students admitted to various courses in Tiruchi NIT
  • 422 dyeing units in Tirupur closed
  • Children take their case to court
  • Five malarial deaths confirmed
  • Rising cases of drug abuse give wake-up call to CBSE
  • No let-up in rain; normal life hit
  • K. Ashraf elected Mayor of Mangalore, Indira deputy
  • Dharam Singh promises better infrastructure in Bangalore
  • Panic over intrusion of river water
  • Rs. 977-crore rural electrification project launched in State
  • Panel threatens Zahira with arrest warrant
  • CITU resolves to spread its influence
  • NHRC seeks report on killings
  • Rayachoti lad is first of the blocks
  • Volkswagen to send special envoy to State
  • Manmohan to meet Left parties

    • Gulbarga

  • Sowing operations in full swing in Gulbarga district
  • Three cooperative sugar units to be given on contract
  • Gulbarga MP to lead trade delegation to New Delhi

    • Guntur

  • Officials alerted to rain damage in Guntur
  • Congress gears up for civic poll

    • Haryana

  • Panel for police reforms

    • Hassan

  • Revanna blocking development works: Srikantaiah
  • Row over mosque near Belur resolved
  • Heavy rain disrupts life in Hassan
  • Mob damages hospital after infant's death

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Himachal Pradesh to explore herbal, ayurvedic potential

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Hubli convention turns out to be an anticlimax
  • Intermittent rain continues to lash Hubli and Dharwad
  • Dharwad water supply schedule

    • Hyderabad

  • Incessant rain adds to woes of urban poor
  • Roads take a beating
  • Municipal polls likely in September-end
  • YSR wants officials to probe Raja's dealings
  • Farmers of Medak to get extra water from Singur reservoir
  • RTC woes: Government to seek IIM's help
  • Telugu Desam Party says 936 tribals have died of epidemic
  • A 'record' trip, powered by memory
  • First day, first class in OU
  • Sunday's quake defies normal pattern?
  • Pulichintala: panel to decide site shifting
  • New service rules for teachers immediately
  • BJP executive not to pass resolution on Telangana
  • Recruits join CRPF ranks
  • Excise constables stage protest
  • National Consumer Helpline launched
  • Congress defers civic poll campaign
  • IGNOU B.Ed entrance test on August 7
  • Study material distribution by BRAOU
  • No power
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • India & World

  • Pakistan "disappointed" at Manmohan's statements

    • International

  • Victim's family threatens to sue police
  • Police identify two of four over bomb attempts in London
  • Arroyo for reforming presidential system
  • Address root cause of terrorism: Musharraf
  • Wrong report, says Pakistan
  • Mbeki pledges aid to Zimbabwe
  • Shuttle launch likely despite snag
  • New party threatens Merkel's hopes
  • Koreans hold parleys ahead of six-party talks
  • Imran keeps the flame alive
  • Herbicide-resistant superweed grows
  • Move to rename Iraq opposed
  • Mice threat to rare birds

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • `Drama' is back in Kashmir

    • Kannur

  • Workshop on marine products exports
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • All parties gear up for municipal polls
  • Godavari flooded with inflows; alert sounded

    • Karnataka

  • Rural electrification project launched in Karnataka
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Seven killed in Goa landslide
  • Four security guards die after consuming hooch
  • Religious fervour marks aradhana festivities
  • Journalists urged to create awareness on harmful projects
  • Officials told to chalk out programmes to eradicate child labour
  • Livelihood of weavers in jeopardy, says MLA
  • Charlier Pahalwan dead
  • Woman injured in wall collapse
  • Two killed, four injured in accident

    • Kerala

  • Kerala: UDF for tough anti-defection provisions
  • `Renew registration in employment exchange'
  • Space to showcase art
  • Library, eatery ... poles apart
  • For the performing arts
  • Red Ribbon Express heading for Kozhikode
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • `Artefacts at Kodakkal belong to megalithic age'
  • Man held on charge of economic offence
  • Kalam arriving on July 28

    • Khammam

  • One washed away while crossing stream

    • Kochi

  • Corporation signs MoU with ATDC for waste treatment plant
  • Government told to expedite notification on groundwater use
  • Green belt programme for Greater Kochi Region
  • `Create awareness on Juvenile Justice Act'
  • Backing for CLEAN-Kochi programme
  • FOKANA meet on Saturday
  • Annul decision on PSC interviews: BJYM
  • Around the City

    • Kollam

  • Congress a democratic party now: Chandy
  • AIYF dharna leads to tension in hospital
  • Murder case accused escapes from custody
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kozhikode

  • Shortage of specialists hits General Hospital
  • Canara Bank education loan scheme for students
  • Mass inoculation of hens and ducks planned
  • Ghani awards announced
  • On a rescue mission
  • Celebrates 75 years of married life
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • Srisailam Right Canal may become operational soon
  • Farm polytechnics in all districts in 2 years

    • Leader Page Articles

  • The two faces of terror: 7/7 and 22/7

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Police chief should quit
  • Needed, global action
  • Worrying
  • Media's role
  • Science & superstition

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Madhya Pradesh session begins, Assembly adjourned

    • Madikeri

  • Officials urged to speed up survey on occupied forest land
  • Heavy rain hits life in Kodagu; Cauvery touches danger mark

    • Madurai

  • Agriculture Department posts unfilled
  • Hard to find that it is not gold
  • High prevalence of HIV infection in Madurai dt.
  • It was near yet so far for him
  • Acquire knowledge on all subjects, lawyers told
  • HC Bench directs police to follow procedures
  • Plan to excavate paleolithic site
  • Move to meet judges on judicial reform
  • Revive sugar mill, say farmers
  • Six girls flee hostel
  • 16 students take ill after taking medicine
  • Renovation of 6,000 temples near-complete
  • Assurance panel visit
  • Special counter for IT returns
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Centre's clearance for ONGC complex creates feel-good factor
  • Mayor promises to introduce deadline-driven work culture
  • Govt. rejects CAMPCO chief 's plea
  • Unique way to teach them poems
  • MCF union defers agitation plan
  • Chamber suggests special purpose vehicle for SEZ
  • Rail services hit
  • Varsity invites applications
  • Plea to reduce age limit
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Drive to remove encroachments gathers steam
  • Ramakrishna Mutt cautions against namesake ashrams
  • Mellifluous songs for needy hearts
  • Principal reservoirs in Cauvery basin receive heavy inflow
  • Protest against postponement of examination
  • Compensation sought for loss due to power fluctuation
  • Four killed in road accident
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • Units making steel body boats picking up
  • Bank's insurance plan for customers

    • National

  • Protests against teenagers' killings rock Valley
  • Army regrets killing
  • Congress keen on meaningful discussions
  • Women's bill: Left, BJP criticise UPA proposal
  • Parliament off to an auspicious start
  • Gurumurthy gets charge sheet
  • Debate likely on Ayodhya attack
  • Rane welcomed into Congress
  • No double-speak on gas pipeline project: Aiyar
  • Terror attacks in London condemned
  • Nod for ONGC investment came after Karnataka's intervention
  • Bihar Assembly: court issues notice to Centre
  • Pakistan team visits Baglihar dam
  • Surface waves cause tremors from distant earthquake, says scientist
  • Jayalalithaa, Sasikala given court notice
  • Viplav Thakur is Himachal PCC president
  • Seven killed as mudslide crushes huts
  • Pre-litigation Conciliation Bill put on hold
  • Patna tense after killing of RJD leader
  • Race hots up for Railway Board chief's post
  • Wage issue resolved
  • Gujarat Minister resigns
  • Case against Uddhav

    • Nellore

  • Civic elections: parties on campaign mode
  • Alert in Nellore following quake in Nicobar

    • New Delhi

  • DMRC defends adoption of elevated tracks
  • BJP accuses Congress, Centre of vote bank politics
  • Haryana CM calls on Sheila
  • Protest against increase in tariffs
  • JNU denies change in admission norms
  • Flooding affects raw water treatment at four plants
  • An intense love saga from Aroona Irani's stable
  • BJP seeks CBI probe into seizure of beef
  • Three held for selling fake certificates
  • Sajjan, Cong. MLAs lash out at DDA
  • St. Stephen's College makes mathematics `interesting'
  • Robbers' gang operated in many States
  • High Court cancels admission of 33 students into DCE
  • Murder cases solved
  • Woman assaulted in Rohini park
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    • News Analysis

  • Why the Congress wants Rane
  • Audit the political class as well
  • Bombers look like everybody else

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • One killed

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Remains of old Siva temple found at Ayranikunnu village near Pandalam
  • College provides laptops to MBA students
  • World Stop TB Day observed

    • Pondicherry

  • HUDCO loan for projects
  • Outsourcing of Tamil lecturers' jobs criticised

    • Punjab

  • SGPC president challenges expulsion of Jagir Kaur in HC
  • Punjab Rights Forum alleges move to defame Sikh youth, women

    • Racing : Horse

  • Mallya re-elected
  • Taurian pleases
  • Royal Hunt catches the eye
  • Jussi Valimaki keeps the lead
  • Monday's races to be held on Thursday

    • Raichur

  • Widespread rain in Raichur

    • Rajasthan

  • Pink City offers a grand Film City
  • Raje ready for talks

    • Religion

  • Inspiring humility

    • Sailing

  • Laser Radial: separate competition for women

    • Salem

  • Shuttleless looms installed to increase productivity
  • Now machines to peel skin of tapioca tubers
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • Shimoga will soon have solid waste management project
  • Water released from Anjanapur dam
  • Midday meal scheme launched in govt. school
  • Forest Department officials accused of targeting Dalits
  • Epidemic threat

    • Sport

  • Catching has been England's grey area
  • Pankaj Advani and Alok have a mixed day
  • Repeat `double' for China
  • Unrivalled will to win conquers all challenges

    • Sports : General

  • OCA meeting to debate on trimming Asian Games
  • Dharnikumar, Srividya win
  • SAI move puts SAAP in a fix

    • Squash

  • Joshna in final

    • Srikakulam

  • Ugly scenes at Congress meeting in Haripuram

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Directorate sought for higher secondary education
  • Megasoft, NIIT enter into tie-up
  • Representation of women "vital in all fields"
  • $110,000 handed over to service organisations in State
  • Who says it is curtains for Tamil theatre?
  • Moving on, leaving behind horrors of the tsunami
  • Tiruvannamalai Collectorate now sports a sanitary park
  • Panel to vet multi-storeyed building applications
  • Shun distractions, students advised
  • When it comes to parking, it's a mess
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Six injured in fire at cracker unit
  • The men behind the Pondicherry freedom movement
  • Move to merge Assembly segments opposed
  • Naxal leader, two women killed in encounter
  • `Divert effluents to outskirts of Tirupur'
  • Call to draft a `vision and mission document'
  • `Disburse assistance to students in time'
  • CBI court restrained in Lexus car case
  • Centre should withdraw ESMA
  • Many development works over in panchayat
  • Cookie festival
  • Councillors stage walkout
  • Major reservoirs in Cauvery basin get heavy inflows
  • Bleaching units call off strike

    • Tennis

  • Ginepri is champion

    • Thanjavur

  • Exhibition of building materials

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Loopholes in security will be plugged: Chandy
  • Vakkom seeks Central law to give VAT more teeth
  • Global NoRK meet from August 5
  • Self-financing front: Chief Minister hopes for better days
  • Digging up a 2000-year-old past
  • Chandy for door-to-door campaign to strengthen party
  • Vakkom measures his success by another yardstick
  • 100 condom-vending machines for State
  • Lavalin issue: BJP plans agitation from today
  • Steps to release seized vehicles
  • Seven found guilty
  • Trains cancelled, diverted
  • New Linear Accelerator for RCC
  • Tele-film festival gets under way
  • Rape victim dies in hospital
  • Slogan contest
  • Sandal saplings
  • CAP: 698 get allotment
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated July 26, 1955: Delhi's note to Portugal
  • dated July 26, 1955: Singapore demand
  • dated July 26, 1955: Tribute to Dr. Buck

    • Thrissur

  • Experts call for steps to protect geographical indications
  • Tribal people seek houses and land
  • NYC(I) activists lathicharged
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Success of the parent-school symbiosis
  • A burning problem for fire, civic officials
  • A day to thank those who save lives
  • Man kills four children, himself with fire
  • A drive fuelled by humanism
  • DYFI members arrested for picketing bid, released
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Opinion divided over establishment of soft drink unit
  • Cases of chickenpox on the rise in Tirunelveli

    • Tirupati

  • `Rat race' for unearthing rare and new kritis assailed
  • Burglars break open temple hundi
  • In Tirupati Today

    • Udupi

  • 40 coconut trees uprooted by waves

    • Union Territories

  • Notices to three ultrasound centres

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Lion safari to scare away bandits
  • Cong. demands de-saffronisation of U.P. books
  • Noida plot scam finds a echo in U.P. Assembly
  • U.P. rivers recede

    • Uttaranchal

  • President to open women police officers' meet

    • Vellore

  • Plea on interest rates for SSIs

    • Vijayawada

  • Dumping of biomedical waste goes unchecked
  • No discrimination against Ministers!
  • Quota comes as a blessing to middle-class Muslims
  • More crest gates of Prakasam barrage lifted
  • Cash stolen from cloth showroom
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Five malarial deaths of tribals confirmed
  • Lay down arms for six months, Home Minister tells Maoists
  • Residents protest against pollution
  • Ministers to visit agency areas today
  • Re-trial in rape case finds all accused guilty
  • C.P. Rao birth centenary today
  • VUDA disposes of 48 grievances
  • Kalam's pledge administered
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Warangal

  • Bhupalpalli town remains cut off from headquarters

    • Weather

  • Weather

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