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Alappuzha

  • Trade unions set example to revive an ailing KSDP

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Norms for engineering colleges relaxed
  • JAC serves strike notice on Government
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • World Bank chief lauds State Government's initiatives
  • Special sanitation drive in Samalkot
  • Punt tragedy: all 13 bodies retrieved
  • IOB launches new health care scheme
  • Heart-rending scenes at Godavarru
  • All set for TTD's Kalyanotsavam
  • PPT joins `30 million club'
  • Medical staff threaten stir

    • Assam

  • Assam Govt. winds up panel on "secret killings"

    • Athletics

  • Six records set
  • Vijayakumar emerges winner
  • Anju slips to eighth place

    • Badminton

  • Aparna storms into second round

    • Bangalore

  • Policy should be aimed at ending poverty: U.R. Rao
  • Flood-hit people have been let down, charges Yediyurappa
  • Panel adopts tough stand on power tariff hike
  • MCI regulations on admissions upheld
  • AHIND leaders told to apologise to Deve Gowda
  • Saluting the miracle of independence
  • T.G. Halli Reservoir facing serious threat
  • Admissions: Janata Dal (United) seeks legislation to counter Supreme Court order
  • Study of brain to be next revolution
  • Accolades for IT firm
  • Boy killed as lorry hits autorickshaw
  • Awareness seminar on IIT on August 20
  • More seats for students of other varsities
  • Dandupalya gang members misbehave in court
  • Three more one-way roads
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • The waiting is over for 14 colleges

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • BEML (Mysore) wins tourney

    • Belgaum

  • Central team begins tour of flood-hit areas

    • Bijapur

  • Bangarappa seeks waiver of crop loans

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Mehta, Sethi record wins

    • Briefly

  • Reliance files demerger scheme
  • BPCL's HR department gets ISO 9001-2000
  • Maruti tops JD Power ranking
  • Lifestyle boutique launched
  • Max New York performance in Coimbatore
  • Bridge Mobile extends membership
  • SoftBank arm buys stake in Visualsoft
  • GrapeCity launches range of tools
  • Gateway Distriparks starts operations in Vizag
  • Aamir Khan, Toyota Kirloskar's brand ambassador
  • Sahara to acquire SES Technologies

    • Business

  • 14 mt coal imports to bridge gap
  • Oil ministry seeks petrol, diesel price hike
  • Hyundai's new launch
  • Excise relief for tsunami-hit areas
  • Sensex zooms 91 points
  • Rupee edges down against $
  • Single agency to tax works contracts needed: chamber
  • WB increases assistance to Pakistan
  • L&T bags Rs. 495 cr. contract of Hyderabad airport
  • Switchgear output up
  • Sony Ericsson introduces Walkman branded mobile

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • 40-lakh additional CellOne connections for southern States
  • Anna University campus to have information technology park
  • Van rams railway gate at Tambaram
  • ICF's component vendors, suppliers in for a windfall
  • Preferential trade deal unlikely before year-end: Pretoria envoy Trade deal unlikely before year-end
  • Government launches intensive animal vaccination
  • Where puppets make learning easy
  • Health groups to target junk food to keep children fit
  • Laila, the `accidental' actress
  • Help flows from across the seas to Nadupakkam
  • State to have single telecom circle
  • Two killed in road accidents 2 killed in accidents
  • Seven held for pilfering gas from LPG cylinders
  • Civil Services the most challenging career: Sahu
  • Five-year-old boy electrocuted
  • Training programme on child rights
  • Indian metallurgist wins three awards
  • High Court to hear all pleas on demolition of Shiva shrine
  • Free bicycle scheme extended to XI, XII students
  • A chance to drape yourself in ethnic wear
  • Vice-Chancellors seek discussion on court order
  • Australian universities education fair
  • CNN young journalist award
  • Vandalur school gets UK accreditation
  • Workshop on attitudinal change
  • Lions to celebrate Chennai Day
  • Air Deccan flight to Hyderabad delayed
  • Arrest of cooperative bank employees criticised
  • Bachchan's voice on KBC 2
  • Friendship day celebrations
  • Geneva Convention anniversary celebrated
  • New Additional Principal Information Officer takes over
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Ganguly shares second spot

    • Coimbatore

  • Stray dogs strike terror on roads
  • Bharathiar varsity to sign MoU with MeritTrac
  • Special squads formed to raid units employing children
  • Freedom fighters demand Rs. 3000 as pension
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • NSW routs Canara Bank
  • Arnold and Chandana arrive for 20/20
  • Unbeaten 93 by Shakeel

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8375
  • Solution to puzzle 8374

    • Cuddapah

  • Residents of remote villages in Cuddapah to be shifted
  • It will be `Kadapa' henceforth
  • Hectic schedule awaits YSR

    • Dindigul

  • Manual hand signal still holds good in rail traffic
  • Refugee camps inspected
  • Students stage demonstration
  • In Dindigul Today

    • Editorials

  • Of disagreement and disruption
  • The renewed challenge of naxalism

    • Eluru

  • Entrepreneur's dream stuck in red tape
  • Officials, entrepreneurs indulge in blame game on sluggish growth of industries

    • Erode

  • New SP assumes charge
  • 10 child labourers rescued
  • In Erode Today

    • Front Page

  • CPI(Maoist) banned
  • Uddhav and Raj Thackeray patch up
  • Home Ministry clarifies
  • Documents expose police
  • All-party meeting to discuss quota issue
  • DPA members submit memorandum to Manmohan on reservation issue
  • Antony echoes Deve Gowda's view, rules out midterm polls in State
  • Autos get more parking space
  • From America and Canada to India with a dream
  • Middle schools to become models
  • `Technocity' to come up in State capital
  • Two bids for Vizhinjam project
  • Strike notice served on Government
  • Unusual venture strikes gold in Coimbatore villages
  • New norms for Engg. colleges
  • Windfall for panchayat
  • No question of Islamic courts, says Bhardwaj
  • 30 held for obscene dances at farmhouse
  • YSR's concern at chaos on roads
  • Gujarat dissident MPs meet Keshubhai
  • Ban will not help, says KCR
  • By-elections announced
  • Only one judiciary
  • Duplicate passports
  • Fatwa on veil

    • Gujarat

  • Rebels rally behind Patel

    • Gulbarga

  • Forum warns of intensifying protest

    • Guntur

  • BC enumeration arbitrary: BJP
  • World Bank chief's visit opposed

    • Gymnastics

  • Malaysians' track record compels attention

    • Haryana

  • Haryana Govt. to identify infrastructure-related gaps in all villages: Hooda
  • Cyber Crime Cell in Gurgaon

    • Hassan

  • 17 villages in Hassan affected by dampness
  • AHIND activists stage protest
  • Firecrackers seized, two held in Hassan
  • SFI seeks legislation on admissions to professional courses

    • Hockey

  • MEG B beats ASC Boys

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Water supply schedule for several areas in Hubli-Dharwad
  • Students take out procession as Vande Mataram Abhiyan ends
  • Seven of gang arrested, jewels seized
  • 10 children rescued

    • Hyderabad

  • Back to State-Ganesh Utsav panel tussle
  • Bank lootings: police at their wits' end
  • It's all exciting and smiling phase for NCC cadets
  • Three-year-old boy goes missing from park
  • A retrograde move, says Left
  • A clean pat from far across
  • Singur `link' puts water board in a tight corner
  • CID for action against power units
  • Konathala puts hoteliers on notice
  • Legendary biryani now turns `single'
  • Ban with immediate effect
  • Tread warily on World Bank loan, says CPI(M)
  • TDP unhappy at slow pace of CBI inquiries
  • It is a gift to World Bank President: Varavara Rao
  • Donation sought for heart transplant on child
  • Implications of the ban on extremist outfits in State
  • Fund crunch hits Nehru Zoological Park
  • OU campus students observe bandh
  • SCR to continue running special trains
  • Patient found dead at Gandhi Hospital
  • Liberation Day: BJP to hold public meeting today
  • Meet on traffic safety measures for schools today
  • The Hindu job fair beckons
  • All-new series from Penguin
  • Top Registration official held by ACB
  • ISB organising programme on brand management
  • Call to reduce accident rate in factories
  • `Abducted' girls traced
  • Political rivalry takes a backseat!
  • Free-do(o)m
  • Manmohan for city
  • Layout sketch to be enclosed for NOC
  • TV scribe punished for contempt of court
  • G.O. banning toddy sale scrapped
  • Hindi play at Shilpa Kala Vedika
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • International

  • 37 killed, many injured in triple Baghdad blasts
  • Israel hopeful of early evacuations
  • Nationwide alarm in Bangladesh
  • Efforts on for action against LTTE
  • Rash of blasts in Bangladesh
  • Sit-in for Nepal democracy
  • S. R. Nathan re-elected Singapore President
  • A mother's protest divides U.S.
  • Probe into air crash

    • Kancheepuram

  • Schools accreditation warning gets poor response

    • Kannur

  • LIC agents plan two-hour strike
  • SFI activists lay siege to Kannur University campus
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Protocol controversy snowballs

    • Karnataka

  • Antony rules out interim polls
  • Focus on Automobiles: "Moving In Style In The Royal City"
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Siddaramaiah sore over decision on quota
  • Chidambaram releases Moily's `Musings on India'
  • Scheme to help coffee growers launched
  • Dalits face boycott in Gadag village
  • Scheme launched to help coffee growers
  • Water enters houses in low-lying areas
  • Rajkumar in Mumbai

    • Kerala

  • Two bids received for Vizhinjam project
  • Heavy rush at Sabarimala
  • IT Transforms Lives
  • Observing Akshaya Energy Day
  • Ensuring community role in health initiatives
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Transfer of Nalini case upheld
  • Kanakadhara Yagna begins at Kalady temple
  • IUML claims credit for development works
  • Gold doorframe for temple to be installed today
  • Around the City

    • Khammam

  • Rousing reception for TDP chief

    • Kochi

  • Road rage hits city in top gear
  • Celebrating Shakespeare
  • Row over leasing out space outside GCDA complex
  • MPs failed to act, says Chennithala
  • Better price for farmers
  • Monitoring system to strengthen policing
  • Criteria for admission to nursing schools challenged
  • Musical extravaganza
  • Electronic display board inaugurated
  • Treat for gourmets
  • Jacobites criticise delay in panel proceedings
  • Call to implement act on chit funds
  • 4 found guilty of murder
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Debate rages on draft of Central legislation

    • Kollam

  • Major train accident averted
  • VACB orders probe into raw nut deal
  • Chandy to open dental college
  • Renewable Energy oath in schools
  • SBT offers special loan scheme
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kottayam

  • Dalit, tribal people plan stir
  • Little crocodile goes to school
  • `Emergence of aided colleges eroding medical education'
  • Case of severed legs: police in the dark

    • Kozhikode

  • Yen for rare notes, coins
  • Koilandy bus stand to be opened to traffic on August 21
  • Timber traders observe hartal
  • Water pipes burst at two places in city
  • Senior citizens' meet held
  • Anniversary observed
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • Telugu Desam criticises State for poor water management
  • Girl students of PG centre seek hostel on SKU campus

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Ritual of retribution, obligation of reconciliation

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Autonomy important
  • Condemnable
  • Gender shopping

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • New guerrilla squad emerges in Madhya Pradesh

    • Madikeri

  • Delimitation Commission's proposal opposed

    • Madurai

  • Moving in the right direction
  • Plan to establish 20,000 rural vision centres
  • Wielding the sceptre of skill
  • 3 vehicles without FC detained
  • Arrested for attempting to burn copy of SC order
  • Anticipatory bail granted
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Operation clean-up gets under way in Mangalore
  • KSRTC launches minibus service to Bejai bus stand
  • Beedi workers' protest on Saturday
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Looking beyond the heritage tag
  • Sait to urge Dharam Singh to reconstitute MATF
  • Rangayana asked to teach theatre to children
  • AIR programme on water conservation
  • Dasara: committee to meet on Friday

    • Nagapattinam

  • Plea to rejuvenate farm workers' welfare board

    • National

  • Bring in quota law for unaided colleges: Left
  • No question of Islamic courts, says Bhardwaj
  • Chidambaram points to defects in Sinha approach
  • Parliament passes Payment of Wages Bill
  • India an integral part of peace process in Sri Lanka, says Ranil
  • A new Oxford dictionary
  • Panel report by August 24 on Zahira's claim
  • 2 policemen shot dead
  • Plea to enforce immediate sanctions on LTTE
  • Four terrorist organisations operating in the country: Patil
  • A peerless possession in the zoo
  • Government promises to monitor drug prices
  • Bring Kadirgamar's killers to justice, says Swamy
  • "Make the peace process visible in Kashmir"
  • Government drags its feet on choosing IDSA director
  • Support from all quarters for Employment Bill
  • Amendments to jobs Bill criticised
  • Ban on dance bars challenged in court
  • Bhagirathi: `fears baseless'
  • Dissidents take it to Delhi

    • Nellore

  • Telugu Desam leader lashes out at Congress

    • New Delhi

  • Lawyer shot dead
  • A Mecca for kite lovers of the Capital
  • Congress hand in uniform scam: BJP
  • No student denied hostel admission: Jamia
  • Man gets death sentence for killing woman, daughter
  • Delhi Book Fair from August 27
  • Capital raises a toast to Shivaji
  • Notice to MCD on shortage of X-ray films
  • AISA stages protest march
  • DTC registers largest single day revenue collection
  • JVG chief arrested
  • NHAI told to prepare action plan
  • IT industry irked at TV expose
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • The Down Under road show

    • News Analysis

  • What after the space shuttle?
  • Global tyranny of mobile phones
  • Videotapes, lies and the London police
  • `He did not run into the station'
  • The importance of being China and India

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • PSS accepts proposal on `vallasadya'
  • Row over flag: apology sought from Chandy

    • Pondicherry

  • Parties appeal to Centre on continuation of quota
  • Karaikal farmers seek incentive
  • Legislation to protect poor students sought

    • Racing : Horse

  • Caprese well placed on weights
  • Aashirwaad, Decmocraticus excel
  • Southern Regent, One Tough Guy catch the eye
  • Anokato clinches Predator Cup
  • 700 horses likely
  • Rainbow Spirit and Precious King may fight out the finish

    • Racing : Motor

  • Lankan drivers for JK Tyre karting challenge
  • Narain hoping to do well

    • Raichur

  • Rain-related damage in Raichur pegged at Rs. 60.12 crores

    • Rajasthan

  • Rajasthan logs in for I-T education in govt. schools
  • Peaceful polling in Rajasthan

    • Religion

  • Nature of the Reality

    • Salem

  • `Adopt scientific methods for profit' VC counsels farmers on profit
  • `Allow PACBs to collect deposits'
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • Consensus elusive on proposal to shift private bus stand

    • Sport

  • Serena survives
  • India to take on Pakistan today
  • Pietersen in need of a hand or two
  • Sachin starts soft practice

    • Sports : General

  • Delhi to host world's richest half-marathon
  • Rathore to get Khel Ratna
  • Kamalakannan's goal sees TCE, Madurai through

    • Swimming

  • Swimming camp concludes

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Couple kills two children, commits suicide
  • Keeping a dying tradition alive
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Karunanidhi dubs Vellore DMK meet "conference of significance"
  • SBI's core banking service launched
  • Popularising renewable energy sources
  • STF combing forests to check naxals
  • Gold jewellery, gadgets worth Rs. 24 lakhs recovered
  • Karaikal farmers yet to start paddy cultivation
  • Award for village panchayat
  • Awareness camp on rural employment

    • Tennis

  • Gomes enters final

    • Thanjavur

  • Municipality move to mobilise deposits evokes lukewarm response
  • Need to develop communication skills of students stressed
  • Recruitment drive by Army evokes good response in Thanjavur
  • Thanjavur ryots demand cooperative credit

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Ordinance to avoid local bodies polls in stages likely
  • From backwaters to cyber space
  • Government can order preventive detention
  • Voters oppose move to scrap Vanchiyoor ward
  • Now, a children's park at Sri Chitra Home
  • Manmohan to unveil statues of Gandhi, Nehru, Ambedkar
  • KC (B) to fight civic polls on JD(S) symbol
  • Show to feature latest in building materials
  • Women's plea to Central panel
  • Pilgrim tourism projects to be taken up
  • BSNL forms core group
  • Malayalam website launched
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes
  • Probe into clash at college

    • This Day That Age

  • dated August 18, 1955: Firing in Bombay
  • dated August 18, 1955: PM on Goa's liberation
  • dated August 18, 1955: Ban on horror comics

    • Thrissur

  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Speaking highly of Sanskrit
  • `Allot more for higher education'
  • SC verdict: teachers upset
  • Poor students get free uniforms
  • Business Line Club launched
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Rescued from throes of death

    • Tirupati

  • TTD employees' stir begins with dharna
  • Srikkanth launches LG GSM handsets
  • Activists canvass for women barbers at Tirumala
  • Ashok Singhal to call on Jayendra Saraswathi

    • Tumkur

  • Siddaramaiah, Basavaraju meeting upsets activists

    • Tuticorin

  • Water crisis and drainage issue mar council meet
  • SP to give priority to traffic management in Tuticorin
  • MCI team at medical college

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Find solution to problems of tea growers: JD(S)
  • Prabhu to lead delegation to New Delhi

    • Udupi

  • Weeklong Krishna Jayanti celebrations from Saturday
  • Technology fair to begin on September 2

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • 90 p.c. voting in UP panchayat polls

    • Vellore

  • Mass death of kites caused by `bacterial infection'

    • Vijayawada

  • Irate women gherao Koneru Ranga Rao
  • BSNL at its wooing best
  • PHCs not in the pink of health in Krishna
  • Plans to make Vijayawada a tourist hub
  • Nursing admissions: male aspirants' quota `meagre'
  • BSNL payment system yet to catch on
  • Architect of battery car dies at 90
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Damanjodi duo retains quiz championship
  • Audience try their luck
  • Fun and frolic rule The Hindu Young World Quiz-2005 Damanjodi duo retain championship
  • Private security guards' plea to VPT
  • Bank launches deposit utsav
  • VIRASAM flays ban
  • Gangavaram talks inconclusive
  • MCV opens zonal office in Suryabagh
  • Collector visits agencies
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Weather

  • Weather

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