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Andhra Pradesh

  • More bullet-proof vehicles for VIPs
  • Naidu trains guns on officials
  • Another structure bites the dust
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Work on Mada streets to be completed soon: TTD
  • World Bank agrees to grant 1,800 cr. for roads in State
  • Probe sought into lapses in irrigation works
  • `Assembly resolution on Telangana a formality'
  • State Bank of India opens cell for speedy loan disbursement
  • Woman held on charge of killing husband
  • Woman kills son, self

    • Athletics

  • Amit Ray sets new meet record in 200m
  • Shilpa leaps to new mark
  • 49-member team for Asian championships

    • Badminton

  • It's Thomas vs. Aneesh final
  • Denmark opens the doors to Indians

    • Bangalore

  • Growth of multiplexes inevitable
  • Encroachments along storm water drains to go
  • Cellphones have helped in crime detection too
  • Provisional sanction for building plans likely
  • Rajendra Babu to settle dispute between BWSSB and private company
  • NACO sanctions 1,705 condom vending machines to be installed all across State
  • Women in State age early, says report
  • Australia adopts eVisa system for students
  • AHIND leaders rebuke Jayakumar
  • Sri Lankan national's flat burgled
  • Back home with fond memories
  • Defence Ministry sanctions 100 acres for metro rail project
  • Panel on film city to be formed
  • UAE keen on investing in State
  • `Tamil Nadu did not offer cooperation'
  • VETA to teach spoken English to underprivileged students
  • Police hand over recovered gold ornaments, vehicles to owners
  • Shop and test your luck here
  • Birth centenary of two writers celebrated
  • Domestic help dies of burns
  • Jalappa refutes JD(S) charge
  • Opium seized, two from Rajasthan arrested
  • After the blast
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Belgaum flood victims to get medical relief for one more month
  • `Adopting latest in technology is inevitable'

    • Briefly

  • BoI ties up with SAS Motors
  • Ayyanar Mills bags safety award
  • CD ratio of banks in Perambalur district
  • Plea to exempt Sidha drugs from sales tax
  • New President for Reliance Entertainment
  • IBS' next-generation air cargo system
  • Restaurant chain opens new branch at Kowdiar
  • New President for Reliance Entertainment
  • Havell's India gets KEMA certification
  • Job portal `clickjobs.com' launched
  • NHPC declares highest ever dividend of Rs. 140 cr.

    • Business

  • SEBI's new norms for QIBs in public offerings
  • Sensex extends gains
  • New panel to relook at merger of oil firms
  • Cell operators `not opposed' to IndiaOne tariff
  • BHEL to expand range to 800 MW
  • Volatile atmosphere at Birla Corp AGM
  • Novell sees big opportunity in India
  • CSB opens branch at Bhubaneswar
  • Food and Hotels India show
  • Spices exports down during first four months
  • IBS launches 'next-generation air cargo system'
  • Efforts to revive village economy
  • Rupee firms up further
  • Talbros Automotive to tap market

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Job scheme may benefit 6 districts
  • Political parties vie for SHG pie
  • Tiruvottiyur High Road: city's cinema street
  • Police gearing for Chathurthi rallies
  • Frequent power cuts a nightmare for Ambattur residents
  • 55-year-old woman killed in road accident near Sunkuvarchatram
  • Chevening's Chennai connection
  • The North Chennai learning experience
  • Inter-collegiate quiz contest
  • Detention of "video pirate" under Goondas Act quashed
  • Four arrested in fake document case
  • Diploma course in garment design
  • At the Utkalika exhibition, an array of eye-catching products
  • Blind group lists its demands
  • Speedmath programme to tackle CAT
  • Vaiko hails Ken and Betwa link proposal
  • Clean-up time at Christian College
  • Father, son killed in tragic road accident
  • Hearing on discrimination against Dalits in tsunami camp
  • Free mock test for GATE aspirants
  • Sarath sings again
  • CSC merit scholarships
  • `Sigaram' awards presented
  • Scheme for artistes
  • Youth empowerment programme
  • Quiz contest
  • Admission for MCA
  • Maid held for stealing money from employer
  • A facelift for the city
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Coimbatore

  • Action against Corpn. sought
  • Festivities mark Janmashtami
  • Training for Children's Science Congress
  • Award for doctor
  • For an extra buck
  • Yoga class
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Police now focus on quality

    • Cricket

  • KCA to re-introduce Jacob Trophy
  • High-flying Flintoff cracks century
  • Lalith hogs limelight in drawn match
  • Badrinath's century takes SPIC-TNCA to big total

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8383
  • Solution to Puzzle 8382

    • Cuddalore

  • Fake bail orders case shifted to CB-CID

    • Dance

  • Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowship for Chandralekha

    • Dharmapuri

  • Five salesmen suspended

    • Editorials

  • A liability called Buta Singh
  • Manoeuvring an election

    • Eluru

  • Domestic help's death: wife of accused produces `suicide note'

    • Erode

  • Panic grips Karungalpalayam
  • Sale of Vinayaka idols goes up

    • Features

  • U.K. warned on human rights

    • Front Page

  • BJP to demand Chidambaram's resignation
  • Sri Lanka Presidential poll this year: apex court
  • Pakistan agrees to give consular access to Sarabjit Singh
  • India for a stronger Afghanistan
  • Anura meets Manmohan, Sonia
  • Safety gadgets case kicks up a stink
  • Arjun Munda gets a reprieve; rebels to work under him
  • Sania sails into semifinals
  • It's a Bond show at Bulawayo
  • Australian supremacy is over
  • Close ranks, Congress leaders told
  • State Government to buy more bullet-proof vehicles
  • Take the bitter pill, says Sheila: "No rollback of hike"
  • Ninety schoolchildren suffer food poisoning
  • Tiruchi gets a TREAT with land for fabrication unit cluster
  • Floriculture scheme for small farmers on the cards
  • Decks cleared for Sabarimala project
  • Plan to groom guardian angels at schools for Mannar waters
  • Always on the move
  • IFDP to merge with Kerala Congress(J)
  • Counselling drawing to a close
  • 12 p.c. bonus for Singareni Collieries staff
  • BSP to go it alone in Bihar elections
  • Twelve injured in north Kashmir blasts
  • Blast rocks JD(S) office
  • Delivery in a bus, again!
  • Strengthening the relations
  • Crisis blows over

    • Globescan

  • Dip in popularity
  • Civets die of bird flu

    • Goa

  • Bill gives immunity to MLAs

    • Golf

  • Irina has the last laugh
  • 9-ball Nationals from today

    • Gulbarga

  • Foundation stone for circuit Bench next month
  • Naxals' stay in Gurmitkal gives police a rude jolt
  • Religious heads take out `padayatra' for project
  • People urged to celebrate Ganesha festival peacefully

    • Haryana

  • Greater role for private sector in power

    • Hassan

  • People unhappy as Hassan does not get medical college

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Water supply schedule in Hubli-Dharwad
  • Third phase of demolition drive in Hubli ends
  • Reports on bus operators refuted
  • KCCI platinum jubilee celebrations on Monday
  • M.S. Srikar takes over as Deputy Commissioner
  • Two die in accident

    • Hyderabad

  • Government is all for employees' welfare: YSR
  • A shot at the bigger picture
  • Overcrowded autos have a free run on city roads
  • Engineering colleges violating AICTE norms, teachers' associations claim
  • Piled up garbage: KV students bear the brunt
  • `Papers' trouble city police at airport
  • Marriage bureau bags ISO certificate
  • Schools not open to RTCoffer
  • Farm hands back at work in Mahabubnagar district
  • National HR conference to deal with hiring costs
  • Two old buildings come crumbling down; none hurt
  • Woman kidnapped and gangraped
  • YSR carrying on false campaign, says Telugu Desam
  • Celebrating the Lord and `leelas'
  • TDP demands elections to SCB
  • No entry for brains
  • Fantastically silly flick
  • A failure on all counts
  • Indian media must go global: Sanjay Baru
  • Crackdown on rule violators
  • Suicide of ryots, weavers: aid package extended
  • Church heads unite on AIDS
  • Chief Minister to launch `irrigation mission' today
  • Youth pledges support to fight AIDS
  • Two-day seminar on power
  • LG's offer
  • DD progamme on Telugu
  • AIDWA members stage protest
  • School promises parents of all amenities
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Tunda alive in Pakistan

    • International

  • Many of French fire victims are children
  • China, Russia to hold more exercises
  • U.S. States bypass Bush; set to sign pact on freezing gas emissions
  • Some questions about homeopathy
  • Musharraf claims setback for extremists in local polls
  • Odorous orchid
  • Five sentenced to death for assassination plot
  • Uzbek demands U.S. pullout
  • A transition Down Under

    • Kancheepuram

  • Women's college proposal cleared

    • Kannur

  • Wide range of products at handloom exhibition
  • 4,000 landless Adivasis to be given land soon
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • IMA to hold regional meet tomorrow
  • DCC leaders hail YSR's sops for Karimnagar town
  • Gold medal for Muddasani Rami Reddy

    • Karnataka

  • Dharam Singh urges Congress leaders to close ranks
  • For education
  • Taking the salute
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Prakash for barrages across Tungabhadra
  • BJP MLAs criticise Prakash for ignoring party MP at function
  • Siddaramaiah welcome to join Congress, says Kharge
  • Nod for proposal to set up second unit at BTPS
  • Chikmagalur farmers forced to change cropping pattern
  • Publishers acquitted of defamation charges
  • `Government committed to Upper Bhadra Project'
  • Congress ready to face polls: Dharam Singh
  • Rain disrupts Congress meet
  • Koppal bandh peaceful
  • Dharna enters 11th day
  • Protest against burning effigies

    • Kerala

  • Permission granted for Sabarimala development
  • Following a tradition
  • Devotion to Lord Parthasarathy
  • Mathew made in charge of HP Morcha
  • IFDP to merge with Kerala Congress(J)
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Yatra a shot in the arm for Congress: Chennithala
  • Ashtami Rohini celebrated with traditional gaiety in Guruvayur
  • Doctors in Kasaragod continue agitation
  • Farmers' meet in Malappuram today
  • Coop. bank staff to get more
  • Protest against transfer of SI

    • Khammam

  • BSNL to add 14.5 lakh cell connections

    • Kochi

  • When laws fail to prevent child marriages
  • Controlling festival `spirit'
  • Bus strike withdrawn
  • Dumping: Tamil Nadu may seek Kerala police assistance
  • IATO meet gets under way
  • Plan now for a better career
  • Sobha Yatras, special pujas mark Ashtami Rohini
  • Technical fete
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • CPI(M) to have `understanding' with NC(I)
  • Proposed Central law should ensure social justice, says Bishop
  • Man killed

    • Kottayam

  • Youth told to fight global challenges with compassion

    • Kozhikode

  • `Improve functioning of medical college hospitals'
  • Better facilities at airport sought
  • Flights rescheduled
  • Mani distributes assistance
  • SAFI courses inaugurated

    • Kurnool

  • Insurance firms refuse to renew vehicle policies
  • Poll staff to be exchanged among revenue divisions

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Brand IIT: the people behind the image

    • Letters to the Editor

  • A milestone
  • Reduced to a farce
  • Well balanced
  • Not in good taste
  • Posco venture
  • Condemnable
  • Echoing Rajaji

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Women protest rising crime against them
  • NBA welcomes order on Indira Sagar

    • Madikeri

  • Forest Act relaxed for development
  • Steps being taken to pay wages to forest watchers
  • Man found murdered

    • Madurai

  • Southern Railway commissions Unreserved Ticketing System
  • To help detect communication disorders
  • Welcome aboard for a free roller coaster ride
  • Time for teachers to show off their talents
  • Rain continues
  • Splash of surrealism in a passing show
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Do you know where they go?

    • Mangalore

  • BSNL, HCL tie-up to offer broadband service
  • Konkani Gaon taking shape
  • A spectacular show at Kadri
  • Farmers want subsidised power
  • Inquiry demanded into youth's death
  • Konkani Academy seeks suggestions on textbooks
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Congress preparing for mid-term elections, says Yediyurappa
  • Colourful creations from Gujarat
  • `Indians too lazy to learn yoga'
  • Efforts on to get city museum ready before Dasara festivities
  • MATF seeks mapping of sites
  • Poll fever grips Ittigegud, parts of Nazarbad
  • Two cases filed against ex- Minister's son
  • Six persons surrender
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagercoil

  • Two arrested on charges of cheating jobseekers

    • Nalgonda

  • Friendship saplings' swaying is music to the ears
  • Probe ordered into Inspector's `misbehaviour'

    • National

  • Planned state violence: reports
  • Stockholm Water Prize for Sunita Narain
  • Implement report to arrest malnutrition deaths: High Court
  • Vested interests, political pulls hurting progress, says Ratan Tata
  • Focus on reviving sick PSUs, says Karat
  • Bank action ``unconstitutional''
  • We have a good understanding: Karat
  • CBDT regrets `embarrassment'
  • Sonia's charge on women's Bill baseless, says Sushma Swaraj
  • Manmohan's remarks `disappointing'
  • Swamy demands Chidambaram's resignation
  • Nod for thermal power plant
  • NAC backs reform package for rural credit

    • Nellore

  • No truth in Telugu Desam's charge: Anam

    • New Delhi

  • Ajay Maken writes to Ghulam Nabi on DDA
  • Attack suggests State violence, say reports
  • Korean health department comes shopping for a book
  • A journey through Asia for the sake of art
  • More work than charm, the new NSUI mantra
  • Delhi police stopped from awarding contract
  • Showcasing young talent
  • ICAR national conference to focus on patents issue
  • Mukhi seeks CBI probe into DVB privatisation
  • Japanese honour for `MOSAI'
  • Power tariff hike unjustified, unnecessary, says Maken
  • Four MoUs signed to boost investment
  • Encouraging girls to excel
  • Transcending boundaries
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today
  • Role of `super-cop' under scanner

    • News Analysis

  • Are wild birds villains or victims?
  • Into election mode
  • "Storm threat has doubled"

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Defeat Congress in civic polls: Naidu
  • Credit camps to be held at 18 places this year

    • Palakkad

  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • TDB to submit its views to court soon
  • Government to swoop on sand mafia
  • BSNL awards to be presented today
  • LDF district convention today
  • In Pathanamthitta Today

    • Pondicherry

  • Mega kitchens for mid-day meal scheme
  • Interventional programme to develop coir industry
  • Namassivayam to attend Delhi meet
  • More specialty departments to be opened in GH: Rangasamy
  • Rs.100 cr. plan for development works in tsunami hit areas

    • Racing : Horse

  • Puissant pleases
  • Exalted and Ashwaraaj excel
  • Hunting Hawk impresses
  • Excellento expected to score in Majestic Eagle Trophy
  • Always Champ poised for hat-trick
  • Al Qamar takes the honours in Madras Race Club Cup
  • Compassionate triumphs

    • Racing : Motor

  • Narain makes the wrong call

    • Raichur

  • Report on reforms in Police Department being prepared

    • Rajasthan

  • Dutch team to visit Jaipur
  • JDA to earmark separate land for hotels in Jaipur
  • Nod for thermal power plant

    • Religion

  • Transcendental love

    • Salem

  • Labourers rescued from bondage
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • Do not leave education to market forces: Governor
  • Interaction is essential, Governor tells academics
  • University seeks land to set up science centre

    • Sport

  • Sania sails into semifinals
  • It's a Bond show at Bulawayo
  • Australian supremacy is over

    • Sports : General

  • Angrej, Gurdeep and Raja set records
  • Indian Bank enters men's semifinals
  • Vijaya Bank enters final
  • Kamala Vardhana Rao assumes office
  • Terrance bags top honours

    • Srikakulam

  • Groupism plagues Telugu Desam in Srikakulam

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Panel to study `equivalence' of degrees
  • Sethusamudram project dredging cost will go up, says scientist
  • 41 labourers rescued from Karnataka
  • To be healthy the Siddha way
  • Take up surgery with a smile
  • 2 more CISF personnel held
  • Head load workers seek welfare board
  • Complaint on bogus voters turns out to be true: Karunanidhi
  • An accident...
  • A shortcut...
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Programme to inculcate reading habit in students
  • `Cooperative cane production alone will help farmers get better price'
  • Russian team to visit Tirupur
  • 10 p.c. more rebate on handloom goods from September 15
  • Back from the dead
  • State allots Rs. 7.7 crores for school infrastructure
  • Get trained in food processing soon
  • Villagers block traffic

    • Tennis

  • Saketh to meet Siddharth in U-18 final

    • Thanjavur

  • ``Borrowers can approach any bank''
  • Divine legend becomes a musical celebration

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Growth rate low in productive sector
  • Achuthanandan slams composition of law university
  • Sonia's visit: traffic diversions today
  • Setback to BJP's poll prospects
  • Sharing a unique bond
  • Centre to promulgate law on self-financing colleges
  • Crackers cause trauma to patients
  • Killi: alleged bid to shield accused
  • Harassment: youth held
  • Re-enacting Krishna
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Drive against surrogate liquor advertisements

    • This Day That Age

  • dated August 27, 1955: Abolition of whipping
  • dated August 27, 1955: MP named in Lok Sabha

    • Thrissur

  • Call for reappraisal of alternative cinema
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • The two who have made a habit of winning
  • ``Water in Cauvery, but no realisation in tail-end areas''
  • Ryots want release of water in all channels
  • NIT, BHELSIA sign MoU to manufacture eco-friendly products
  • 3 policemen suspended
  • Around The City

    • Tirunelveli

  • Canara Bank to start training centre for artisans at Karaikudi
  • One hostel inmate dies, five hospitalised

    • Tirupati

  • Handicapped, still they are game for it
  • No permission for church on Tirumala, says TTD official
  • In Tirupathi Today

    • Tumkur

  • Deve Gowda to open party workers' meet in Tumkur

    • Tuticorin

  • FP shop salesmen told to expand sale of condoms
  • Preparation of students' health data bank under way
  • Case against doctor for youth's death in hospital

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Residents stress need to improve condition in Ooty market

    • Udupi

  • Traditional gaiety marks Krishna Janmashtami
  • SHG members to be trained for campaign

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Encephalitis toll mounts to 211
  • Rescue work in full swing as floods hit Azamgarh

    • Vellore

  • International School Award scheme for more schools

    • Vijayawada

  • Left, TDP cry foul over reservation of divisions
  • Prepare for snap poll, Venkaiah tells cadre
  • Telugu Desam team visits family of Dalit farmer
  • Hutch sets up Mobile Shop
  • Ex gratia payment to be made today,
  • Impressive roadshow
  • A failure on all counts
  • But seriously...
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Education as tool for uplift of poor favoured
  • Sorry! No entry for brains
  • `Bala Krishnas' walk the ramp
  • ACB raid on civic official
  • Get set for Sholay in Telugu
  • Fantastically silly flick
  • Villagers occupy land
  • Steps afoot to promote traditional handicrafts
  • Training for physically challenged persons
  • Held on charge of harassment
  • New star hotel opened
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Class act: Building bridges under the service motto
  • Police official warns against ragging

    • Weather

  • Weather

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