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Alappuzha

  • CPI(M) to pay homage to P. Krishna Pillai
  • `Defeat communalist ploys'

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Re-imposition of ban on Maoists likely: YSR
  • Round-the-clock emergency response service launched
  • Rajasekhara Reddy to strive for welfare State
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Minister lauds steps taken to control epidemics
  • Patriotic fervour marks Independence Day fete
  • Minister assures white card for urban poor
  • Maoists' hail of bullets leaves a trail of terror in Narayanpet town
  • Rythu Mitra groups to be given aid in a big way
  • Felicitations mark I-Day
  • He pays with his life for ignoring warning
  • Violence impedes development: Jana
  • BCs will get their due in civic polls, says Koneru
  • `Online with VUDA V-C' launched

    • Athletics

  • New stars light up the sky

    • Bangalore

  • Plea-bargaining will come into force in two months, says Dharam Singh
  • Corrupt politicians hindering progress, says Lokayukta
  • `Mixed feelings about celebrations'
  • Every change in life has been a challenge for him
  • Schoolchildren steal the show at Independence Day celebrations
  • State soon to have disaster management authority
  • `Hasina,' a superior film on many counts
  • Vajpayee, Advani pay last respects to Seshadri
  • Training children to become global citizens
  • School attendance goes hi-tech
  • COMED-K to offer scholarships for meritorious students
  • NICE to rope in strategic partners for BMIC
  • Maran pitches in for improving infrastructure
  • Engineering student nabbed while stealing mobile phone
  • IT hubs may come under city police limits
  • Two injured as police open fire at armed gang
  • Part of Rajajinagar entrance underpass open to traffic
  • Giving expression to their thoughts on freedom
  • Many released prisoners wary of returning home
  • Writers' call to end mining
  • Antony to take decision on Congress leaders attending meeting of Backward Classes
  • Attendance at `At Home' thin
  • Three persons drown in Mekedatu
  • Man arrested
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Basketball

  • BSNL dials the right number
  • Kendall stars in Canada's victory
  • South Zone Police lifts trophy
  • MCC, Chennai takes title

    • Belgaum

  • People of Belgaum district will remember this for a long time to come
  • Rain dampens spirits in Belgaum

    • Bellary

  • Deputy Chief Minister favours Central legislation to solve seat-sharing issue
  • Every effort should be made to overcome poverty: M.P. Prakash
  • Prakash hopes response will be encouraging

    • Bidar

  • Forests, wildlife conservation to get priority
  • Sahitya Sammelana committee accused of functioning in undemocratic manner

    • Bijapur

  • Rs. 3 crores released for relief work in Bijapur district

    • Boxing

  • Rahman looks toward Klitschko

    • Briefly

  • Tata Steel eyeing further acquisitions
  • CMIE raises GDP growth forecast
  • McDonald's to enter Kolkata
  • China plans interest rate derivatives
  • Tulip's wireless network to cover 200 cities
  • SEBI nod for Talbros' equity offer
  • Lifestyle moves to Bangalore
  • SkodaAuto's new dealership in Chennai
  • Carlyle group opens office in Mumbai
  • Sumitomo plans to buy stake in Swaraj Mazda
  • Rolta signs agreement with Intergraph
  • Ericsson's India, Sri Lanka head

    • Business

  • Steady trend in manufacturing
  • Ispat buys up plant
  • `Foreign companies in India making profits'
  • `Expand textile trade with Italy'
  • Higher coffee output likely
  • ICICI Bank move on human development
  • China's coal stockpile continues to increase
  • Stanchart to focus on consumer finance
  • CII for energy derivatives products
  • Tips to flood-hit policy holders
  • Rain hits coal output
  • TRAI suggests sops for rural mobile telephony
  • Venture capital scheme for agri-business projects

    • Carrom

  • Kubendra Rao advances

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • He caters for the film stars
  • A riot of tricolour on Chennai's streets
  • Doctors throw a lifeline to babies in the Gulf
  • Some engineering courses gain in popularity, others lose out
  • Jayalalithaa presents Clean Village award to 15 panchayat presidents
  • Tricolour hoisted in Government offices
  • Civil Services the most challenging career: Sahu
  • Burglars strike in Pattabhiram
  • Her courage saved a village
  • A festival of sorts for quizzers
  • Double bonanza at Narada Gana Sabha
  • Toyota fun car rally for fundraiser
  • Higher Secondary exams from September 23
  • Research tie-up with Thai university
  • One-year-old child killed as autorickshaw rams into bus
  • Software firm set to launch e-directory
  • Bhagyaraj's daughter makes her debut
  • Padma Seshadri students win inter-school essay competition
  • Students showcase their talents
  • Medical camps, cultural programmes mark I-Day
  • `Ideal' Subramanian's accomplices arrested
  • MTDC offers to beat `corporate' stress
  • Doing comedy is more challenging: Madhavan
  • He knows the formula but not the means
  • U.S. airliner to improve service from Chennai
  • `Netru Indru Nalai' show postponed
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Chess

  • Anand retains title in style
  • Fahrudeen wins
  • Mixed luck for Indians

    • Coimbatore

  • Coimbatore gets modern Doordarshan Studio Centre
  • Gaiety marks I-Day fete
  • Brightening up their lives with lamps
  • DIG assumes office
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • Preetam Gandhe spins a web
  • England presses hard for victory
  • SPIC-TNCA XI put on the backfoot
  • Six for Perumal

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8373
  • Solution to puzzle 8372

    • Cuddapah

  • Electricity staff seek revival of benefits
  • Street child's moving rendition floors Minister

    • Dindigul

  • Patriotic fervour marks I-Day celebrations

    • Editorials

  • The politics of apology and 1984
  • A snap election in Japan

    • Erode

  • Welfare aid distributed at I-Day function
  • Gram sabha meetings discuss welfare schemes
  • Farmers held for trying to block supply
  • Erode farmers oppose water for Tirupur
  • Many fall sick after taking dead fish
  • Temple land recovered

    • Football

  • Crespo nets Chelsea's winner
  • Bangalore enters final

    • Front Page

  • Manmohan: half-hearted steps by Pakistan won't do
  • Naxalites gun down Congress MLA, 8 others
  • Tearful farewell to Kadirgamar
  • Five-point scheme to bring about qualitative change in people's lives
  • In a Delhi vault lies the treasure of the Republic
  • Nine-point programme for the poor
  • Four killed in accident on highway
  • Social security scheme for farm workers
  • Re-imposition of ban on Maoists likely: YSR
  • IED explodes near Srinagar stadium
  • Australia digs deep to save Test
  • I-Day fete proves tragic for schoolgirl
  • Nine killed in road accident
  • Chinese troops participate
  • Decision today?
  • Vehicles torched in Manipur
  • Explosion in Srinagar

    • Golf

  • Second Major for Mickelson
  • U.S. wins Walker Cup

    • Guntur

  • Housing for poor is top priority, says Minister
  • Naxalites kill farm labourer
  • Police to train youth

    • Haryana

  • Interest reduced on cooperative loans
  • `A new era of economic progress in Haryana'

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Daily wages to go up in Himachal

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Expectations soar on the eve of Manmohan Singh's visit to State
  • Once-in-five-days water supply soon
  • Water supply schedule for Hubli
  • 105-year-old woman hoists national flag in Hubli
  • Announcement on four new trains likely
  • Publishing is a medium, not industry: Baraguru

    • Hyderabad

  • Let's scuba dive Say bye to RTC, hi to water transport corporation
  • YSR announces scheme for industrial workers
  • Hitch in second phase of Krishna water project
  • Lecturer plays a good Samaritan
  • Government moves to acquire buildings for schools in city
  • Congress MLA's killing widely condemned
  • Driving Miss. Beauty
  • No chairs for general public
  • Former emissaries blame Government's policies
  • After LABS, it's Studio from Dr. Reddy's Foundation
  • Gorge on biryani for a prize
  • Patriotism marks Independence Day
  • Three-time MLA, suave and septuagenarian politician
  • APCC chief flays ruling on quota
  • Vermicompost kits to help women cut costs
  • Naidu goes into introspection mode
  • Chief Minister opens nursery mela
  • Benefits sought for dalit Christians
  • BJP opposes reservations based on religion
  • Girl alleges cheating by Arab shaikh; five held
  • CPI seeks parties' help for release of water to PABR
  • Red alert sounded
  • Apex court ruling: BCs take out rally
  • Schools urged to use RTC buses for transport
  • Free-do(o)m
  • Police lash out at Maoists
  • RTC operates 54 buses to Bangalore to clear rush
  • Tableaux attract all at parade
  • Bravery brings them award
  • Governor's `At Home'
  • Governor shocked
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Reporter's Diary
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • No terrorist infrastructure, says Pakistan
  • A reply to Brahmos: Pakistan
  • A tearful farewell to Kadirgamar

    • International

  • Israel begins historic pull-out
  • Singapore hosts naval exercises
  • Women fear Iraq Constitution
  • Iran signals confrontation with West
  • Colombo calls for review of peace process
  • Germany prepares for Pope's visit
  • Aceh peace still faces hurdles
  • Japan apologises again for war role
  • "Pilot on ill-fated plane turned blue"
  • Koizumi casts reform net far and wide
  • A great loss, says Straw
  • 28 Taliban militants killed in clashes
  • Chechnya death toll 160,000

    • Kancheepuram

  • Magsaysay awardee chats with children in school visit
  • Women police present guard of honour

    • Kannur

  • People urged to work for development of State
  • Murder comes to light after three months; man arrested
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Naxals should lay down arms, says MSR
  • Students re-enact Dandi march

    • Karnataka

  • Dharam Singh launches five-point welfare programme
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Tourist potential of Chikmagalur needs to be exploited: Shivaram
  • Rain damage in Uttara Kannada estimated at Rs. 20 crores
  • Sacrifice of martyrs recalled
  • Admissions: `Central legislation likely by December'
  • Committed to uplifting poor, says Nagappa
  • Manjunath calls for fighting divisive forces
  • Anganwadi workers urged to resist harassment
  • Minister for planting more trees
  • Small-scale industries to be set up in KGF
  • Tricolour: school warned

    • Kerala

  • Chandy launches welfare programme for the poor
  • CPI(ML) activists injured in police lathicharge
  • Annual Onam fair drawing huge crowds
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • NDF rally peaceful
  • International film festival begins

    • Khammam

  • 4,500 acres land to be distributed to poor
  • TDP chief for Khammam

    • Kochi

  • Involving students in waste management
  • When residents keep thieves at bay
  • Independence Day celebrated
  • Celebrating I-Day by planting saplings
  • Aanayoottu held at Ponnethkavu temple
  • Nehru Peace Foundation(Kerala) awards presented
  • Short-film screening
  • Consensus to open church
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Government striving for State's economic freedom: Sakthan
  • Campaign against cattle disease
  • Grama panchayat president may resign today
  • Steps sought to contain fever
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kozhikode

  • IUML leadership in a quandary
  • Terrorism and fundamentalism posing a challenge: Aryadan
  • Conference to focus on heritage tourism
  • Disposal of hospital garbage remains a vexing problem
  • DOEACC to conduct interview
  • Free dentures for poor patients
  • Meet on Sino-India relations
  • Time for celebrations
  • Course for beauticians

    • Kurnool

  • Rayalaseema Vedika to intensify movement

    • Leader Page Articles

  • The Raj and the famines of good governance

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Kalam's message
  • Independence Day
  • Heinous crime
  • Nanavati report
  • Anti-hijack policy
  • Not enough

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • M.P. to do away with two-child norm for civic polls

    • Madikeri

  • Rs. 5 crores released for relief work in Kodagu: Srinivas

    • Madurai

  • I-Day fete at Madurai Bench
  • Forum plans to formulate cultural agenda for Dalits
  • Exuberance, patriotic fervour mark Independence Day celebrations
  • Village panchayat decides to promote health schemes
  • Tapping in tune with patriotism
  • Mayor hoists Tricolour
  • Fantastic feast for a societal cause
  • Unreserved ticketing system proposed
  • Doordarshan studio opened in Madurai
  • Pilgrimage of a different sort
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Honnali predicts far-reaching changes
  • This teacher has not taken a day's leave
  • Watch hours of air traffic control restored to normality
  • Freedom fervour grips coastal city
  • St. Aloysius College in south zone quiz finals
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Children steal the show in Mysore
  • e-grama project to take IT to rural areas
  • Colourful display at Independence Day parade in Mysore
  • Freedom fighters felicitated
  • Congress leaders step up efforts to woo veteran politicians into the party

    • Nagapattinam

  • Gram sabha meetings mark celebrations in Nagapattinam

    • Nalgonda

  • The doctor has an eye for art too
  • Green march

    • National

  • Manmohan, Sonia condemn naxalite attack
  • Poverty eradication is no dream: Manmohan
  • President's Police Medal for Gallantry
  • President Kalam hosts `At Home' for dignitaries
  • IED explodes near Srinagar stadium
  • Pentiums may become passé
  • Actor Govinda's family injured
  • Ban on non-iodised salt still awaited
  • Be alert against divisive forces: Buddhadeb
  • Militants set trucks ablaze, kidnap drivers in Manipur
  • "Secret killings": ex-gratia for victims' families
  • CPI (M) calls for law to tackle communal violence
  • When Red Fort area turned into a security bastion
  • An inhuman form of transport to go
  • Mangat Ram Sharma faints
  • Flood aid to be on tsunami relief model, says Pawar
  • Chinese troops participate in celebration
  • Iqbal songs sung on I-Day
  • Forest-dwellers take to the streets
  • Death threats won't deter this village
  • Gesture to a sweeper
  • Mufti calls for consensus on Kashmir issue
  • Integrated plan needed to tackle Maoists, says Raman Singh

    • Nellore

  • Congress leaders condemn MLA's killing
  • JVV stresses on usage of science

    • New Delhi

  • Security forces keep a tight leash at Red Fort
  • CBSE wants schools to turn net-savvy
  • RWAs' meeting to discuss strategy
  • Court directive to civic bodies on sanitation
  • Recreational facility at Shastri Park planned
  • A treat of classic works for art lovers
  • Ogaan opens a new outlet
  • Gallantry awards for 17 Delhi cops
  • National integration should begin from Capital, says Sheila
  • Lawyer arrested for selling fake certificates
  • Eight pilgrims detained, let off
  • New TV channel launched
  • Anthropology course in search of takers
  • Liberal Tricolour use boosts flag sales
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    • News Analysis

  • Fighting AIDS in Manipur
  • Asian women's power rocks Heathrow
  • Prime Ministers and Red Fort orations

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • `Rs. 107-cr worth job generation works taken up'

    • Palakkad

  • Yuvajana Vedi activists injured in lathicharge
  • Coke aid for local people
  • Chandy to open bridge
  • Gita Gnana Yagna from today
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Cattle race leaves hundreds of people spellbound
  • Minister calls for moratorium on agitations
  • Sabarimala temple opens today

    • Pondicherry

  • Loan scheme for unemployed youth
  • Awards for meritorious service
  • Malladi Krishna Rao gets `best MLA' award

    • Punjab

  • A major bonanza for Chandigarh students

    • Racing : Horse

  • Classical Song bags Independence Cup
  • Aquilo clinches main event
  • Wild Bird should make amends
  • Evatina and Venus Arising catch the eye
  • Refreshing, Slavic and Psychic Strength please
  • Viva Candy, Viking Victor shine

    • Raichur

  • Government handling flood situation effectively, says Bayyapur
  • Over 100 activists arrested

    • Rajasthan

  • Govinda's family injured in road accident

    • Religion

  • The Divine name

    • Salem

  • I-Day celebrated with gaiety
  • Stamp exhibition concludes

    • Shimoga

  • Rains have brought cheer, misery: Anjana Murthy
  • `Create interest in Indian music among children'
  • Demand for action against corrupt officials

    • Sport

  • India faces World champion Germany
  • BCCI likely to approve Greg Chappell's proposal
  • Australia digs deep to save Test

    • Sports : General

  • Neelam Singh pleads her innocence

    • Srikakulam

  • `Government gives top priority for agricultural sector'

    • Table Tennis

  • Salem girl Krithicka bags a double

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Loans distributed to the poor, cash awards to toppers
  • Dance numbers add colour to I-Day function
  • Freedom fighters honoured
  • `ASI has chosen Sankagiri Fort for development'
  • Concern over use of asbestos
  • Pomp and gaiety mark fete
  • A marathon with a difference
  • Gas leak panic grips villagers near Sirumugai
  • Focus on development works in Karaikal
  • Gallantry awards for STF personnel

    • Tennis

  • Maiden hardcourt title for Rafael Nadal
  • Sania slips to 50 in WTA rankings

    • Thanjavur

  • Freedom-fighters, artistes honoured

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Cyber-training for police personnel yet to take off
  • `District Registrar does not have power to value property'
  • Career counselling by EDUSAT soon
  • Parades, meetings mark I-Day fete
  • Riverbank Management Fund not being used: CAG report
  • Four killed in accident
  • Nine-point welfare plan for the poor
  • KSRTC staff seek funds to tide over crisis
  • Haj: Union Cabinet enhances subsidised travel quota
  • Khadi fair kicks off
  • Selected for IEEE Achievement Award
  • Plea for fishing harbour
  • Two hurt in accident
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated August 17, 1955, there being no issue of the paper dated August 16, 1955: Goa part of India: PM

    • Thrissur

  • Minister's call to improve lives of the marginalised
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Patriotic fervour marks I-Day celebrations
  • Sowing seeds of spirituality in youths, thanks to Ramayana
  • Fund crunch hits local bodies
  • Igniting the inborn talents
  • Maintenance of market, bus stands handed over to NGO Drive to keep bus stands, market clean
  • BHEL to focus on new markets
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Pomp and gaiety mark I-Day celebrations
  • Gram sabha meetings conducted in 425 village panchayats in Tirunelveli district

    • Tirupati

  • TTD to set up eSeva centres in all metropolitan cities

    • Tumkur

  • Demonstration mars I-day fete
  • Mutt to manage public health centre

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Collector gives away welfare aid on I-Day
  • `Accord high priority to tea quality'
  • `Strive hard for HPF revival'

    • Udupi

  • Minister talks tough on controlling naxalites
  • Apex court decision shatters dreams of poor students: MLC
  • No project will be thrust on people, says Jayakumar
  • Ramdas Pai given Udupi Ratna Award

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Widespread rains in U.P.

    • Uttaranchal

  • Congress MLAs seek suspension of Food Secretary

    • Vijayawada

  • TDP MLA undertakes padayatra for house sites
  • Promoting car care in style
  • Ticket aspirants make the most of `janda panduga'
  • Autorickshaw driver dies in accident
  • NCC cadets visit orphanage
  • Congress MLA's killing condemned
  • Around the City
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Awards presented to distinguished persons
  • I- Day celebrated with fanfare
  • Naxal victim native of Vizag
  • Bandh peaceful in agency
  • Tragic note in celebrations
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Narrowing the view

    • Weather

  • Weather

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