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Alappuzha

  • `Accord top priority to alleviation of poverty'
  • Houses destroyed in tidal wave attack
  • Indian secularism a model for the world: Shekhawat

    • Anantapur

  • CPI(M) predicts rout of `separatist' parties

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Andhra Pradesh to get 10 armoured vehicles: YSR
  • Shifting loyalties
  • Heavy rains lash north coastal districts in A.P.
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Blissfully unaware of manifestos, candidates go about their campaign
  • TDP stages protest
  • Officials on full alert in East Godavari district
  • Providing food, job security for tribals is top priority for State
  • Congress alone has a development plan, says Dasari
  • Post-poll, TRS will be in limelight: KCR
  • Three cheers for the trio!
  • Only 13 polling booths in Kadapa trouble-free
  • 180 stranded in islands
  • TDP workers pin hopes on Chandrababu Naidu's visit
  • Naidu admits some mistakes were committed during TDP rule
  • More powers for local bodies sought
  • Jakkampudi refutes Naidu's charges
  • Keen contests on the cards
  • BJP's charge against Congress

    • Athletics

  • Sourabh heaves to a new mark
  • Gatlin wins 100m

    • Bangalore

  • Ban on registration of revenue sites may be revoked
  • `Art from waste' to generate jobs
  • Of convicts on death row
  • It pays to see the bright side of things
  • Hospitals in Iraq still lack infrastructure, say doctors
  • Street plays that seek solutions to social evils
  • A rendezvous with Sangliana
  • Property registration in many parts of city held up
  • Financier kidnapped, robbed of cash, valuables
  • IAF to restart court of inquiry
  • Funds meant for rural development wasted: MP
  • End of a long and frustrating battle
  • UB Group seeks reimbursement of costs for ELRTS plan
  • Three youths killed in road accidents
  • Engineering student held on theft charge
  • Embroidery making its mark in fashion clothing
  • Ganjam expo in Singapore
  • Reward for effort
  • Dangling dangerously
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Belgaum

  • Concern over neglect of ethical values

    • Bellary

  • 91,091 jobs to be created through DRIP

    • Bidar

  • Mutalik not to contest polls
  • Khandre wants caste-based reservation to be scrapped

    • Bijapur

  • BIMUL releases new milk products, turns the corner after making losses for years

    • Boxing

  • Good start by Sonu

    • Briefly

  • Seyyone Software expands operations
  • Cypress plans $10 m innovation centre
  • Artech opens IT facility
  • Piramyd Retail files draft prospectus
  • Tatas to move SC against TDSAT order
  • Deutsche Post buys Exel

    • Business

  • BSE issues Dos and Don'ts for investors
  • SAFTA will be on schedule: Pak. Minister
  • Tariff cut not to deter Indo-Thai trade
  • Eveready buys BPL's Mysore unit
  • Rupee turns weak
  • Kingfisher Airlines studying options for funding expansion plans
  • Smart pick-up in commodities futures
  • Mobile credit card launched
  • EMC bullish on India plans
  • Italian firms line up investments
  • Cement, refinery sectors achieve July target
  • Prices of 15 bulk drugs cut

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • A brief Assembly session set to begin tomorrow
  • Sri Lankan firm, SRMC in tie-up to train nurses
  • Lawyers associations keep off proceedings
  • Global demand for trained Indian nurses skyrocketing
  • Sourcing talent for the stage
  • A glittering, star-studded wedding reception
  • "Rights must reflect spirit of living"
  • Elangovan's plea draws fire
  • Chennai Telephones to add 272 towers
  • HIV awareness drive for teens launched
  • Opportunities fair from September 24
  • Devayani, Venu Aravind get awards
  • Unskilled migrant workers lack HIV awareness: experts
  • Apollo beefs up cardiac diagnostic facilities
  • Singapore Minister visits Kendriya Vidyalaya
  • Star tortoises rescued
  • Posts of firemen to be filled shortly
  • Safe water from a handpump
  • Diversity `best bet to counter terror'
  • Ramadoss: let States fix quota
  • Diploma courses in ultrasonography, cytogenetics
  • Cooperative bank staff plan agitation
  • Adikesavan associate held
  • DMK draws attention to road mazdoors' plight
  • Records destroyed in AIR fire
  • Maoist leader detained under NSA
  • Model centre for education
  • All in a day's work
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Chess

  • Mangalore players make the right moves
  • Harikrishna draws with Mamedyarov

    • Coimbatore

  • Paramount's first aircraft touches down in Coimbatore
  • Talks on privatising traffic signals in city
  • Textile industry plea to Centre
  • Fire Services caution public on Deepavali gifts
  • Age no bar... .
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • Shikha Uberoi begins in style
  • India, Pakistan may have five-Test series from 2007
  • Indians huff and puff to two-wkt. win
  • Lanka keen on winning Jayasuriya's 100th Test
  • KSCA to propose three-member national selection panel
  • England names new players
  • Silambarasan sparkles
  • Yousuf Youhana embraces Islam
  • Unni is skipper
  • Robert to lead Central
  • Sourashtra triumphs

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8402
  • Solution to Puzzle 8401

    • Dharmapuri

  • Farm loans waived

    • Dindigul

  • Schools, anganwadis, ICDS centres get aid

    • Editorials

  • Roadblocks to judicial appointments
  • Germany's inconclusive verdict

    • Eluru

  • Naidu visualises polarisation of political parties soon
  • `Family ties' come to play in Eluru

    • Erode

  • Transporting children to school
  • Heavy crowd for grievances day
  • Seminar on agriculture
  • Python rescued

    • Football

  • Atletico Madrid beats FC Barcelona
  • East Bengal , Dempo SC & Dias fined
  • Delhi Police qualifies
  • 15 in the race to become National football coach
  • 2-0 win for Sports College

    • Front Page

  • States firm up measures to combat naxalism
  • Twin track policy effective against naxals
  • Presidential assent for rural job guarantee bill
  • Anti-terrorism: Natwar for U.N. agenda
  • "Any secular party can jump on our bandwagon"
  • Storm moves towards A.P.
  • Ganguly issue: Greg Chappell's attempt to clear the air
  • Leander Paes happy to have Harsh Mankad in the team
  • Back to on-field battle
  • Shraddananda's death sentence confirmed
  • Tirupur exporters to have warehouse in Antwerp
  • AICTE cracks the whip on business school
  • Fillip to literacy mission in Pudukottai district
  • They shore up the fight to save `dugong dugons'
  • State to get ten armoured vehicles
  • Making a fresh start
  • Edayaranmula and Poovathoor East winners
  • Pondy schools to stagger their hours
  • India-Bangladesh talks get under way
  • PIL filed in Bofors case
  • Heavy rain lashes north coastal districts
  • Sri Lankan polls
  • Lalu clarifies
  • IUML is solidly in the UDF, says Kunhalikutty

    • Generalia

  • Madame Tussauds to open in Shanghai

    • Globescan

  • Call for apology to Iraq
  • Lifer for Saddam's kin
  • Appeal to combat bird flu

    • Goa

  • Congress seeks committee on Mopa airport

    • Golf

  • BGC posts win
  • Hussain is the champion

    • Gujarat

  • Dissident Gujarat BJP MLA suspended

    • Gulbarga

  • Open university to have a building
  • Yediyurappa shocked over Deve Gowda's stand
  • Koyna Dam capacity being increased, says Yediyurappa
  • Chancellor turns down Gulbarga varsity proposal
  • Artist attacks academy for neglecting painters

    • Guntur

  • `BJP will be No. 1 party in State soon'

    • Hassan

  • KPSC adopts new system of recruitment

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Himachal may withdraw professional tax

    • Hockey

  • Sindh Qalanders wins SHL
  • Gagan hurt; not keen to play in SHL
  • A goalless draw
  • Australian team

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • No going back on promise to grant land for rail shed: Morey
  • Will Sankeshwar be able to garner votes for the Janata Dal (S)?
  • Water supply schedule
  • Ring road proposal sent to Centre: Minister
  • State lacking financial sustainability?
  • Dharam Singh to attend Congress meet

    • Hyderabad

  • State human development report delayed
  • Avoid personal attacks, says SEC
  • Motorists on defensive
  • Cheating case against three, including court employee, advocate
  • Officials wary of taking tough line on IMG deal
  • Keeping alive the tradition of `K' circle
  • Women's panel to hold hearings
  • Road closure adds to commuter woes near Punjagutta
  • When courage takes wing
  • Speaker presents awards to quiz contest winners
  • Varavara moves State rights commission
  • Important laws in Telugu soon
  • Intermittent drizzle affects normal life in city
  • MIM shocked at Narendra's statement
  • Lakshmi Parvati's plea against Naidu closed
  • Cobras let loose a witch-hunt
  • BJP for closure of all liquor shops on September 24
  • Breakthrough in bank robbery case
  • Post-doctoral fellowship
  • Polavaram project gets site clearance
  • Scholarship for children in field of art, culture
  • Elected chief of minorities' welfare body
  • MP promises funds for city hospital
  • Meet of senior citizens on October 1
  • Special buses for show at Hitex
  • Space constraint
  • Hippopotamus dies at zoo
  • Teluguvani clarifies
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Promoting feel-good

    • India & World

  • Ties will be turbulence-free: Musharraf
  • No air crash: U.S.
  • Sarabjit may not be hanged, says Natwar

    • International

  • Japan, South Korea hail China's decisive role
  • Pakistan for border fencing with Afghanistan
  • Pakistan wants West to treat it on par with India
  • Verdict sparks instability
  • Sri Lanka presidential election scheduled for November 17
  • Moves on for face transplant
  • "Let me go to the house of the Father"
  • Divers survive six hours in shark-infested waters

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Give Kashir channel to Srinagar, demand writers
  • Huge cache of arms seized in Kashmir

    • Kannur

  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Security beefed up ahead of poll

    • Karnataka

  • Death sentence upheld
  • Discussing patent information
  • No time for people's problem
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Government accused of adopting dual policy on Bhadra project
  • State favours CPI (Maoist) on banned list
  • Joint survey to be taken up to solve border row
  • Colleges urged to focus on research
  • Arya Edigas oppose demand to review reservation policy
  • Deadline fixed for cinemas to remove obscene film posters
  • Truck, bus owners threaten stir against insurance firms
  • `Declare extension as slum area'

    • Kerala

  • Army personnel complain of police maltreatment in Kerala
  • Mukkom's tribute to a litterateur
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • All proceeding smoothly
  • Captivating the audience
  • Red message
  • On campaign trail
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Battle royale between LDF, UDF in Malappuram
  • Poll scene hots up in Attingal
  • CPI(M)-DIC(K) tie-up giving Congress a run for its money
  • Will UDF get back Guruvayur?
  • Kalpetta: heightened interest in polls
  • Agatti service: IA seeks to replace aircraft
  • Around the City

    • Khammam

  • Godavari in spate in Khammam
  • Action sought against Congress leader
  • Phone bill comes to Rs. 2.20 crores!

    • Kochi

  • Panchayat residents protest against proposed rock sand-mining unit
  • Kochi has already exceeded capacity: Cusat VC
  • Involving students in preserving monuments
  • Candidates interact with school students
  • LDF banking on achievements
  • Classes for polling officers held
  • Chakki the beautiful kite is their friend
  • Vice-President urged to help State
  • Navy agrees to Corporation plea
  • Heavenly spectacle
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • LDF stalled development projects: Chandy

    • Kottayam

  • Karunakaran `responsible for raking up controversy'

    • Kozhikode

  • Congress, DIC(K) lock horns
  • `Anti-Naxalite drive brought peace'
  • Attempts to retrieve remains of boat fail
  • Candidate put up to highlight waste disposal issue
  • Gandhians to be honoured
  • Government failed to honour promises, says Karunakaran
  • Leather puppetry workshop from October 12
  • Changes in train services
  • Trains cancelled
  • Body handed over to relatives

    • Kurnool

  • 13 killed in lorry accident

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Maritime security: preparing for the unexpected

    • Leisure & Recreation

  • `Everybody Loves Raymond' pips favourite for Emmy

    • Letters to the Editor

  • BJP affairs
  • Politics of fatwas
  • In students' interest

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Mayawati's clarion call to fight injustice

    • Madurai

  • The curtain's rung up today
  • New building sought for District Munsif court
  • It is all for burning problems?
  • Reservation sought for minorities
  • Passenger amenities to be improved in Madurai rly. division
  • Take corrective measures, officials told
  • Metro Water chief sees no scarcity
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Panchayat chiefs form association against corruption
  • Mayor hauls up corporation engineers for slow pace of work
  • BJP plans movement to block overloaded trucks
  • Union wants representation in academic council
  • Vehicle carrying LPG overturns on highway
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • 4,000 acres of land to be acquired in and around Mysore
  • Golden throne to be on display again
  • Special programmes to make Dasara a success
  • Mysore lacks infrastructure: MATF
  • Seven held on murder charge
  • Schedule of performances at Durbar Hall
  • MUDA criticised for flouting High Court orders
  • Award for teacher

    • Nagapattinam

  • State proposes judiciary development projects
  • Farmers sell only 6 tonnes of kuruvai paddy to DPCs

    • Nalgonda

  • Deal with Cobra gangs firmly: Devender Goud

    • National

  • Presidential assent for rural job Act
  • Supreme Court concerned over student union elections
  • CBI lets deadline pass, advocate prefers appeal in Bofors case
  • It's to malign Third World, says Congress
  • All-India bank strike on September 29
  • Dabhol power will cost more
  • Panel probing Netaji's disappearance to leave for Moscow
  • Additional Solicitor-General appointed
  • UPA owes an explanation: Venkaiah
  • UPA cannot dictate on State-level stance: CPI
  • Verdict reserved

    • New Delhi

  • Online school admission reduces drop-out rate
  • New helmsman has new priorities for Delhi Zoo
  • "Half Lives'' at increasing pace in black and white
  • `Scrap water privatisation plan'
  • Four held for currency racket
  • Corporate quiz for benefit of children
  • Charges framed against Bar Association chief
  • `Clarify on commercial use of farmhouses, parks'
  • Safdarjung case handed over to Crime Branch
  • Compensation doubled
  • 14th Yog Diwas held
  • No breakthrough in murder case
  • Italian Minister goes on Metro ride
  • Promoting tourism
  • Centre to help the disabled in a big way
  • Arrested man not real culprit: rape victim
  • Prostitution racket smashed
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Seeds of doubt in Maharashtra
  • Waiting for a government in Germany

    • Nizamabad

  • Congress waging a lonely battle
  • Alliance: CPI(M) blames Congress

    • Palakkad

  • Bid to end CPI(M) rule
  • Accused in Ottappalam old couple murder case held
  • BJP to back anyone who stands for development
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Call for new social order

    • Pondicherry

  • Aid distributed for tsunami-hit students
  • Apex court rejects plea by colleges

    • Racing : Horse

  • Master Prospect wins main event
  • Manikato may score
  • Taanush shines
  • Alejandros, Green Bax, Awesome Royal please
  • Star Emblem and Simply Special impress

    • Rajasthan

  • School kids die in mishap, mob burns bus

    • Religion

  • The ultimate knowledge

    • Salem

  • Amend rules, doctors tell MCI
  • Encroachments razed
  • Compound grant for sports ground, residents gesture

    • Shimoga

  • There is none to emulate Devaraj Urs: Ayanur
  • Cooperatives to discuss their problems
  • Apt answers to a volley of questions

    • Sport

  • Ganguly issue: Greg Chappell's attempt to clear the air
  • Leander Paes happy to have Harsh Mankad in the team
  • Back to on-field battle

    • Sports : General

  • Tasleem in rousing form
  • Triple for Fathima
  • State Bank of India beats AGORC

    • Table Tennis

  • RDGA takes honours

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Traffic problem
  • Sun, Moon acquire rainbow halo
  • Youths silhouetted before sea
  • Daily affair
  • In Perungudi, residents protest garbage dumping
  • DRDA employee held for husband's murder
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Celestial sight: ring around the Sun
  • "All parties indulging in power game"
  • Rs. 400 crores allotted to panchayat unions
  • Body builders' assn. plea to Government
  • PDP secretary interrogated
  • Bio-power plant to be set up in two villages

    • Tennis

  • Sania's words of advice for school children
  • Pathanjali Ravishankar makes it to main draw
  • Russia keeps Fed Cup
  • Vaidehi advances
  • Paes slips to 16th in doubles rankings

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Army personnel complain of police maltreatment while on leave in State
  • Soorya fete to showcase the best of talent
  • Road projects hit by technical problems
  • CPI(M) importing `Bengal model:' BJP
  • Poll campaign boards go hi-tech
  • SriLankan Airlines posts modest profit
  • DYFI flays Government
  • VSSC plans space awareness programmes
  • 36,210 polling stations for civic elections
  • Russian film festival from October 21
  • Mimicry artiste Sajan Sagara dead
  • Back to square one
  • Heavenly spectacle
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes
  • Two arrested for theft in bank

    • This Day That Age

  • dated September 21, 1955, there being no issue of the paper dated September 20 : Equal share for daughter
  • dated September 21, 1955, there being no issue of the paper dated September 20 : End of Peron regime
  • dated September 21, 1955, there being no issue of the paper dated September 20 : Holiday return tickets

    • Thrissur

  • No alliance with DIC(K), says CPI(M) leader
  • DIC(K) members will not return to Congress: Murali
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Aiming at development through PLA methods
  • Tank to be set up for irrigation of wasteland
  • First private duty-free shop operator plans expansion of services
  • Devotees throng temples for `Guru Peyarchi'
  • TVI activist held in kidnap case
  • Book fair from today
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirupati

  • Proxy war between YSR, Naidu in Chittoor district
  • Official visits SV zoo park

    • Tumkur

  • Demand for engineers has not diminished: VC
  • State cannot ignore its obligations: Parameshwara

    • Tuticorin

  • New project to recycle solid waste
  • Stop illegal sand quarrying, says port trust

    • Union Territories

  • Grid sub-station switched on
  • Agricultural University farm mela

    • Vellore

  • Housing loans sanctioned for 867 persons by State Bank

    • Vijayawada

  • Naidu's late entry dampens Desam cadre's spirits
  • Rain no bar for road shows
  • Civic poll outcome could be a referendum: Paladugu
  • Left releases manifesto
  • Plea to colony residents
  • Two die in road accidents
  • Case against TDP nominee
  • Youths held on murder charge
  • Shall we splash around?
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Reporter's Diary: Tale of two beards

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Everybody sees red A little bit of brawn, a little bit of brain
  • Housing board colony flooded
  • Reservoir levels increase
  • `Traditional fishermen being displaced'
  • Downpour brings relief to farmers
  • Flooding makes them expert swimmers
  • More rain forecast
  • Civic polls: INTUC leaders campaign for Congress
  • Collector alerts people
  • Treading warily
  • Taking a peek
  • Im Visakhapatnam Today
  • Around the City
  • Situation changes overnight

    • Warangal

  • Congress leaders in upbeat mood

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Weightlifting

  • Manikandan adjudged best

    • West Bengal

  • Tidal waves hit West Bengal
  • You can do it too, Sania tells schoolchildren
  • Americans funded Congress, says Basu

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