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Alappuzha

  • Himalaya group promises action

    • Anantapur

  • JVV plans civil enquiry into malarial deaths

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Classmate found guilty of killing college student
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Environmentalist picks holes in Pulichintala report
  • Medak roads get battered due to rain
  • CPI ridicules TRS, BJP stand on Telangana
  • Patient's death triggers stir
  • Civil-military liaison meet held at the Secretariat
  • TDP chief to tour Adilabad from today

    • Athletics

  • Kulwinder breaks record
  • World Championships: list of casualties keep on mounting
  • Kenyans in search of greener pastures
  • Athens to host 2006 World Cup athletics

    • Badminton

  • Mohit stuns Amar in men's singles

    • Bangalore

  • Woman accused of killing husband
  • Colleges to follow MCI diktat from next year
  • Database on technicians, clinical trials planned
  • It's as good as living in a hamlet
  • National leaders urged to intervene to save Janata Dal (Secular)
  • Furore in Council over Siddaramaiah episode
  • Preventing electric shocks
  • Policeman injured in scuffle with an accused
  • Study on breastfeeding reveals several lapses
  • Jaikumar says he gave identical statements in Anjali Gupta case
  • INOX theatre comes to Bangalore
  • Legislators get hike in pay
  • Dance drama on Ramayana from August 10 to 15
  • Council adopts amendment Bill
  • KERC hearing will begin on August 12
  • Minister under fire over delay in supply of textbooks
  • New bus routes introduced
  • Super-speciality hospital to be set up in Bangalore
  • A friend in need for the differently abled
  • Probe sought into lake restoration
  • Venue for getting voter ID card today
  • Lokayukta raids tax official's office, residence
  • Mayor will sponsor Vivekananda statue
  • Call to defer rewards to STF
  • Boy killed in accident
  • Four arrested
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Three of family die in house collapse
  • Holiday for schools

    • Bellary

  • House of Janata Dal (S) leader burgled
  • Tungabhadra dam full
  • Bomb hoax at district court

    • Bidar

  • Water scarcity despite good rainfall in Bidar
  • Action against miscreants for idol desecration certain: Sindhia
  • Enrolment awareness campaign launched

    • Bihar

  • Bihar law and order worsening: Nitish

    • Bijapur

  • 4,000 rescued from affected villages

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Top stars in fray

    • Briefly

  • CNOOC withdraws bid for Unocal
  • SHCIL to open more branches
  • Subex bags order from ISP in North America
  • Eurotech launches Best Net KVM switches
  • H & M System releases new version
  • Peninsular opens new branches in TN and AP
  • Tata Teleservices launches branded mobile phone
  • Meenakshi (India) to expand operations
  • Headset compatible with Bluetooth handsets
  • Wockhardt gets USFDA approval for product
  • Bush signs Central America trade bill
  • Foreign directors in Indian company
  • Part time director on MUL board

    • Business

  • Sensex shoots up further by 87 points
  • Oracle buys 41 p.c. stake in i-flex in $600 m deal
  • Coal Ministry seeks nod for capacity expansion
  • Sun Micro to invest more
  • Bill for sale of GEH passed
  • Rupee loses 12 paise
  • Sri Lankan Airlines plans more flights from India
  • Exporters plan dharna
  • Stansfield Group's plans for India
  • India seeks to allay fears of Pakistani businessmen
  • China scraps export rebate for manganese

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • Seychelles President praises medical facilities in Chennai
  • Research in non-clinical areas to get a boost
  • Petitions against Adithan's election dismissed
  • Amaravathi water for Chennai mooted
  • High Court orders action against two groups
  • Wildlife authorities rescue star tortoises in city
  • Rising dam level perks up delta farmers' spirit
  • Call to tackle health problems of migrants
  • No dearth of talent in pure science: scientist
  • Ramadoss favours transfer of education to State list
  • Orthopaedists' meet
  • Vidya Mandir wins inter-school cultural competition
  • Updated version of citizens' charter soon
  • High Court issues notice on anomalies in sports quota for medical admission
  • Airport expansion move: residents oppose relocation
  • Learning is `the discarding of prejudices'
  • `Bright smiles' campaign in schools
  • Student held for breaking into MMC
  • Aavin introduces new milk for hotels
  • Jayalalithaa congratulates Magsaysay winner
  • Diploma course in photography
  • Madhavan back in style
  • From software to jute jewellery
  • Alex magic does him proud
  • Suicide bid at Secretariat
  • Librarian's initiative
  • Women pickpockets arrested
  • Haze in the city
  • Umbrella protest
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Ram takes lead
  • Focus will be on youngsters

    • Coimbatore

  • SIEMA to study market for pumpsets
  • Couple found dead at grove
  • SIMA launches placement service
  • Diseased kidneys weighing 12 kg removed
  • Displaced...
  • Rural Olympics?
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Sourav Ganguly to bolster fragile Indian top-order
  • Raina and Rao — carving a place for themselves in the side
  • Karthik scalps six to help Vimco restrict India Cements
  • Raghavendra scalps 11 in match
  • Suresh is hero
  • Australian women ready for their Ashes battle
  • Baskar shines
  • Vignesh sparkles
  • Six teams for Independence Cup

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8362
  • Solution to Puzzle 8361

    • Cuddalore

  • Over 50 huts gutted
  • Petrol pump saved

    • Cuddapah

  • `TDP blowing up trivial issues to gain political mileage'
  • Fund misuse in BC forum to be probed
  • YSR in Cuddapah today for Nagara Baata

    • Dharmapuri

  • Rs.2.19 crores for Phase II of TAP
  • Flood alert sounded in Hogenakkal, Biligundlu

    • Dindigul

  • Day in, day out, it is a simians' day out

    • Editorials

  • Peace but no common ground
  • Can examinations be stress free?

    • Eluru

  • Nod for upgrading State hospital, says MLA

    • Erode

  • Severe water scarcity in Chennimalai
  • Two arrested on graft charges in Erode
  • Record inflow into LBP Reservoir
  • Copra arrivals up
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • Ronaldo back in Brazil squad

    • Front Page

  • Approval for President's rule in Bihar
  • Rain relents but flood threat persists
  • No decision on BHEL sale: Chidambaram
  • Cauvery tribunal gets 1 year extension
  • Papers on Volkswagen deal sent to CBI
  • Delhi High Court orders special investigation into housing scam
  • Their motto is social accountability
  • Job racket does not spare even Bench
  • Walkout over tsunami relief fund issue
  • Maharoof, Atapattu and Sangakkara fashion Sri Lanka's victory
  • Sourav is a leader: Greg Chappell
  • Adequate Central funds promised for flood relief, says Dharam Singh
  • Interim relief for Government staff
  • NDA stages walkout
  • Pakistan lifts ban on sugar imports from India
  • High alert as Krishna dams overflow
  • U.S. will not dictate terms: Pranab
  • Top Hizbul commander killed in clash
  • SAIL official shot dead
  • From software to jute jewellery
  • Arrested
  • RTC bus stolen, traced
  • Officials held
  • Postal sit-in
  • I am legislature party leader: Siddaramaiah
  • Srilakshmi killing: classmate found guilty

    • Golf

  • Live coverage of Indian Open

    • Gulbarga

  • Villagers come to the aid of those in distress
  • Flood situation remains grim in Gulbarga
  • Bagalkot girl adjudged best cadet at camp

    • Guntur

  • Guntur NRI cell sets a precedent
  • Water for Sagar canal likely from Aug. 15
  • `Sports will be encouraged in a big way'
  • Special teams to keep tab on unauthorised vehicles
  • Businessman relieved of cash

    • Hassan

  • Heavy rain affects life in Hassan

    • Hockey

  • Consistency is the need of the hour

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • 56 towns to be developed at Rs. 3,200 crores
  • Prospects of early clearance to Kalasa Banduri Nala bleak
  • Water supply schedule
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Hyderabad

  • Medical counselling: physically challenged candidates allege injustice
  • City traffic policemen can now breathe easy, literally
  • Horticulture on upswing in Ranga Reddy
  • MCH's blueprint for old Gandhi Hospital site
  • Medical student cured of rare ailment
  • An `Aashray' for challenged children at Sweekar
  • Session to fight boredom
  • YSR wants standards in schools improved
  • Women's portrayal in advertisements draws flak
  • VW deal: State has failed to recover 11.67 crores: TDP
  • Seat allotment in Shadan College final: Rosaiah
  • Alumni reach out to Gen X
  • Reality bytes: meet the `honest' thief
  • Shooting into Guinness pages
  • YSR wants courses with no job potential stopped
  • Chief Minister promises houses for poor Anglo-Indians in 4 years
  • State to press for more DFID aid
  • Tribal MLAs flay TDP campaign
  • Badal vows to help out Sikhs
  • Categorisation: MRPS to step up agitation
  • JAC for talks with Chief Minister
  • Clinical research body formed
  • Hussainsagar Express cancelled
  • CDFD refutes charge on new premises
  • BJP seeks re-survey of Backward Classes voters
  • Operation pest control
  • Ex-MLA of TDP petitions poll panel
  • Quota for Muslims: arguments conclude
  • An inspiring gesture
  • RTC struggling to meet expenses
  • Jurala flood threat to village
  • Power shutdown today
  • 3 short weapons seized, two held
  • When the chips are down
  • SCs Forum against visit by team to Delhi
  • RK's gift schemes
  • It's query time
  • Lorry bandh tomorrow
  • RBI notice on restrictive practices
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • Dhaka seeks ICJ help for legal reforms
  • Ties reinforced, says Seychelles President
  • Nepal lets off Delhi-bound private plane
  • Rain havoc: Dhaka offers help

    • International

  • Fahd laid to rest in simple ceremony
  • All set for unprecedented repairs
  • British police warned against racial profiling
  • A devious manoeuvre: Democrats
  • N. Korea keen to see progress at talks
  • Seven Marines killed in Iraq
  • Russians hunger for kangaroo sausages
  • Women better off keeping them

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Lofty attractions

    • Kancheepuram

  • Motorists warned

    • Kannur

  • Solar traffic signals to be installed

    • Karimnagar

  • Naidu kicks off campaign for municipal elections
  • TDP power reforms were aimed at reducing tariff, says Naidu

    • Karnataka

  • `I am Janata Dal (Secular) Legislature Party leader'
  • Looking for safety
  • `Adequate flood relief promised to Karnataka'
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Veterinary Department taking steps to improve livestock
  • Unauthorised structures coming up at Hampi
  • Supreme Court upholds High Court order in Idagunji temple case
  • Man held, 775 gm gold recovered
  • Goa gets Rs. 1,025-crore outlay
  • Wild elephant kills man near Mapusa

    • Kerala

  • `Kalam ignored farm sector'
  • Creating magic from straw
  • Dangerous roads
  • Rain-hit DTH systems
  • Tragic delay
  • Tribute to Mohammed Rafi
  • When roads turn rivers
  • Nilackal to be developed as base camp
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • KSRTC to provide better amenities for passengers
  • Probe into students blockade
  • Landslip at Pathar; Bharatapuzha swollen
  • Takes charge as director
  • Around the City

    • Khammam

  • CPI calls bandh in agency mandals

    • Kochi

  • Preserving keys to ancient wisdom
  • Directive to expedite trial in sex scandal case
  • `Breast-fed children have better chances of survival'
  • Police object to garbage movement during peak hours
  • Rain: 10 more relief camps opened
  • Bad time for trees in city
  • Magical weaves from Gadwal
  • Longest container vessel calls at Kochi
  • DTH reaches remote corners
  • A death trap
  • In Thrissur Today
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Six kg ganja seized in Kollam
  • Meeting calls for steps to check KMML pollution
  • Relief work at Achencoil hit
  • Dharna by Class IV staff
  • VHP makes arrangements of Vavu Bali

    • Kottayam

  • Rain wreaks havoc in Kottayam
  • Two electrocuted in Kottayam
  • Water level in rivers continues to rise

    • Kozhikode

  • Unauthorised hoardings cost citizens dear
  • Incessant rain wreaks havoc
  • Accused surrenders

    • Kurnool

  • High alert as Krishna dams overflow

    • Leader Page Articles

  • A critical choice in Jammu and Kashmir

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Mumbai rains
  • Opportunism
  • The Gurgaon episode
  • Take a leaf
  • Accuracy the casualty
  • Dress code
  • On J.R.D. Tata

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Uproar over Speaker's conduct

    • Madikeri

  • Rain damage to property in Kodagu district estimated at Rs. 8 crores
  • Two doctors `relieved from service'

    • Madurai

  • Many inclusions sought in draft electoral rolls
  • Vaigai dam water released for drinking needs
  • Produce murder accused at juvenile court: HC Bench
  • Quiz programme tomorrow
  • Special train
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Mangalore

  • Novel strategy helps marketing of arecanut in north India
  • Mangalore's traffic signals in need of upgradation
  • Cooperative Act: seminar to discuss changes
  • Widening of highways to start soon
  • Houses marooned in Mangalore taluk
  • Department to oversee release of advertisements
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Manipur

  • Manipur students forced to join sit-ins

    • Mysore

  • Water release from KRS, Kabini reservoirs stepped up further
  • Residents demand daily water supply
  • Siddaramaiah's supporters stage protests in city
  • Getting a feel of flora and fauna
  • Tourists make a beeline for KRS
  • Woman found dead in lodge
  • CPI (M) to hold anti-Government rallies
  • Demolition drive continues
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • Delta farmers keeping their fingers crossed

    • National

  • After the deluge, a mountain of garbage
  • Election Commission pulls up Bihar Government
  • Aircraft carrier on a friendly mission
  • Court moots sweeping CPC changes
  • Customs duty on crude may be cut
  • UGC gives list of 20 fake universities
  • Knowledge Commission comes into being
  • FDI in pension: report to be studied
  • Citizens pick holes in disaster management
  • U.S. will not dictate terms: Pranab
  • Harmony Awards presented
  • No lapse in providing power: Anil
  • NCW condemns sexual `exploitation' of tribal woman
  • New Secretary for Internal Security
  • Two reactors shut down
  • RBI eases norms
  • Resume operations, Patel tells airlines
  • States need to contribute for better connectivity
  • Kalam condoles death of Sudan leader
  • Aerial survey of Ayodhya security
  • Reconstituted
  • Issues beyond BHEL: Congress
  • Disaster management needs a re-look, says Deshmukh

    • Nellore

  • 40 hostellers taken ill; warden suspended
  • Two killed, 15 injured in accidents

    • New Delhi

  • Incidents of road rage on the rise in metro cities
  • Women issues get no fair deal: Speakers
  • Power tariff hike protests pick up steam
  • MTNL plans to check surrender of landlines
  • Tintin on his way to India
  • New role for Sidhu in Hinglish movie
  • Keeping the spirit of `Mumbaikar' high
  • No new meters in Yusuf's area: Goel
  • Exploring the need for dialogue
  • Farewell to Railway Board Chairman
  • Gangster gunned down by Delhi police in Saharanpur
  • Briefly

    • News Analysis

  • The booming nuclear weapons business
  • Should Mumbai govern itself?
  • New Saudi monarch plans clean-up
  • "No, we are not behaving like Nazis"
  • Another crisis looming?

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Villages in Upper Kuttanad flooded
  • Approach road to bridge at Kaippattoor caves in

    • Pondicherry

  • Pondy ahead of other States in healthcare: Minister
  • Kannan criticises MBBS admission policy

    • Punjab

  • Punjab set for orange revolution
  • Punjab not to stop grants to aided private schools
  • DSGMC chief's plea to Takht on `siropa' presentation

    • Racing : Horse

  • Queen Of Kazran pleases
  • Golden Rain shines
  • Northern Wind triumphs

    • Racing : Motor

  • Massa to take over from Barrichello at Ferrari

    • Raichur

  • Situation grim in villages along the Krishna
  • Action against Siddaramaiah condemned

    • Rajasthan

  • Yechury blames Govt. for farmers' unrest

    • Religion

  • Human failings

    • Salem

  • Corporation allowed to take over hotel
  • Rescued child labourers re-enact their past
  • Plea for a tank in Pachamalai
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • 195 people shifted as parts of Shimoga face flood threat
  • Janata Dal (S) leaders warned

    • Sport

  • Maharoof, Atapattu and Sangakkara fashion Sri Lanka's victory
  • Sourav is a leader: Greg Chappell

    • Srikakulam

  • ZP members flay irrigation, farm officials at special meeting
  • Dry spell in Srikakulam leaves farmers worried

    • Table Tennis

  • Vinod, Aparna bag titles

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Court proceedings
  • Temple tank
  • Wrangling over lack of full-time Registrar
  • Farm implements distributed
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Framing of charges in wealth case cannot be reviewed, says prosecutor
  • Road improvements in Pollachi division nearing completion
  • Where roads turn risk zones
  • Central team submits report to Government
  • Medical college allowed to follow its own admission procedure
  • Dam work to be completed soon
  • Yercaud lake cries for attention
  • Luring children to the dining table
  • They came and conquered hearts
  • Court notice to S.A. Raja on Government plea
  • New programme director for ADA takes charge
  • 3 killed as two-wheelers collide

    • Tennis

  • Giovanni Lapentti and James Blake advance
  • Likhita Devraj downs Shruthi
  • KSLTA initiative for developing game in State
  • Agassi withdraws from Legg Mason Classic

    • Thanjavur

  • Sways and swings the surging Cauvery
  • Collection of care and cure
  • Encroachments removed in Thanjavur
  • Procession

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • New traffic system in city hits a roadblock
  • President ignored farm sector, says Achuthanandan
  • Confusion over seats for B.Arch.
  • Youth held on charge of rape, murder of minor
  • Britain to launch new cultural initiative in India
  • Focussing on child labour
  • Travel in comfort and luxury
  • Circumventing the ban on cinematic dance
  • New bridge for Venduruthy
  • State gets excess rain
  • Talks to end lorry strike fail
  • Seeking justice
  • Death trap?
  • An early ride
  • Small is beautiful
  • Public holiday
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated August 3, 1955: China frees U.S. airmen
  • dated August 3, 1955: Speaker's ruling
  • dated August 3, 1955: Vellore-Kanchi rail link

    • Thrissur

  • More areas flooded in Thrissur

    • Tiruchi

  • Official machinery geared to deal with crowd on Cauvery banks
  • When fire goes ``out of control''
  • Now quiet flows the Cauvery
  • A `real' achievement
  • Charges framed
  • SHGs to open Aavin booths
  • On the grip of glory
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Century-old wait ends
  • Tipsy policeman put behind bars

    • Tirupati

  • Nagari college introduces Tamil medium
  • Sex racket unearthed
  • PG seats vacant in SVU colleges

    • Tuticorin

  • 1,700 saplings to be given away to green Tuticorin district

    • Udupi

  • 600 houses marooned in 14 villages of Udupi district
  • Steps taken to tackle flood situation, says Minister

    • Union Territories

  • Congress decision evokes protest

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Premchand remembered
  • `Powerless' U.P. in for more dark days
  • Rs. 33 crore for U.P. highway works

    • Vellore

  • Free AIDS medicines for Government hospitals

    • Vijayawada

  • Race hots up for Congress ticket
  • NCC unveils open-entry scheme
  • Krishna district farmers to reap the benefits of ATMA scheme
  • Deriving strength from a resolve
  • TDP leaders heed Naidu's unity call
  • Freshers Day celebrated
  • Meeting on self-governance
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Postal cover released on volleyball championship
  • Gemstone mining cartel thrives as officials play the blame game
  • Rush for an umbrella, rain or shine
  • Cotton yarn exports to Bangladesh routed via Vizag
  • RPF launches special drive
  • Panchayats told not to violate Master Plan
  • NEDCAP support for two sugar factories
  • Telugu Desam Party tightens grip over Visakha Dairy
  • Workshop for better rapport among NGOs
  • Students take pledge to keep away from ragging
  • Railway union seeks facilities for staff
  • ECoR to run special train
  • Chit fund depositors seek justice
  • Inter city express to halt at Saintala
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Worried organisers
  • U.S. team practises

    • Warangal

  • Bomb hoax triggers panic in school; naxal hand feared

    • Weather

  • Weather

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