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Alappuzha

  • Arrangements for elections complete
  • Vettikkode temple festival from September 27
  • `CPI(M) determined to preserve unity'

    • Anantapur

  • 866 in fray in Anantapur district
  • TDP cautions candidates on `misleading' polling staff
  • Arrangements in place for polling
  • 6 killed, 18 hurt as lorries collide
  • Plea to revive NET centre

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • All set for civic polls in State
  • Telangana report after BJP's views: Pranab
  • TDP alleges kidnap of candidate in Ongole
  • Posters everywhere
  • Defence opens wings to FDI
  • All geared up
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Candidates' fate to be decided today
  • Election of Chairpersons on September 30
  • Municipal elections a suspense thriller for residents of Vinukonda
  • All set for municipal polls in East Godavari district
  • 3,114 polling employees drafted
  • Highway marooned; traffic movement hit
  • TRS to take up `cases issue' with Sonia
  • Parties engrossed in poll strategies
  • Cyclone loss put at Rs. 9.78 crores
  • Curbs on movements of outsiders
  • 2 TRS leaders charged with distributing money
  • Congress, TDP declare chairperson candidates
  • Four tribals killed in landslip in Agency area

    • Bangalore

  • We need metro sooner rather than later
  • IT boom presents new challenges for the police
  • BJP now goes to slum dwellers
  • Of waistline and heart disease
  • Slum dwellers wait for land ownership documents
  • Department of medical research on the anvil
  • CBI seeks nod to produce cassette
  • Suspicion comes true
  • E-Lib to be one-stop shop for information on legal issues
  • `Kaigarika Vikas' in 39 backward taluks
  • Scooterist dies in accident
  • Illicit liquor case: accused seek bail
  • Nage Gowda cremated
  • Cash stolen from hotel
  • Anjali Gupta fails to appear before inquiry team
  • A festival of talents
  • `Mission Heart Life' launched
  • Bilingual theatre catching on
  • Woman loses chain, cash
  • African treat
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Bad roads causing hardship to people

    • Bellary

  • People urged to support stir by Left parties
  • 10 teachers felicitated

    • Bidar

  • Manjra level subsides
  • Train derails

    • Bihar

  • BJP, JD(U) may have separate manifestos
  • Bihar third front attempt fails
  • RJD spokesman, former Minister file papers

    • Bijapur

  • Siddaramaiah's admission left to High Command: Koujalgi
  • 300 quintals of rice seized

    • Boxing

  • Vikas stuns Asian junior champion Thoi Thoi

    • Briefly

  • New norms for textile parks
  • Union Bank opens retail mart
  • Amara Raja opens PitStop
  • LG to invest Rs. 150 cr. in new DVD facility
  • SBT board approves augmentation of Tier II capital
  • Hexaware wins contracts in N.America, Germany
  • Hindustan Construction bags two contracts
  • Ceat to raise Rs. 53 cr. through rights issue
  • Eureka Forbes launches Euroclean Ace
  • McDowell shareholders approve borrowing
  • ICF in pact with Solidworks
  • American Apparel Association team for India
  • OVL to invest $150 m in 7 oil and gas blocks in Cuba
  • Information Officer for RBI
  • Ranbaxy enters Canadian market
  • China widens yuan's band
  • Alfa Laval acquires Dover division
  • Infosys Q2 results on October 11

    • Business

  • Fiscal relief in offing for biotech sector: Sibal
  • Licence for oil blocks signed
  • Market stabilises above 8200-level
  • 'Unrecorded trade' with India: Thailand official
  • Sugar co-operatives to benefit from Centre's revamp scheme
  • Toyota unveils new Corolla
  • Rupee recovers against $

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Bill on Madras varsity name withdrawn
  • Banks asked to redefine strategy
  • Buoyancy in Tamil Nadu revenue offsets increased spending
  • Caring for animals their pet project
  • First supplementary estimates presented
  • Water problem persists here
  • Weight, shape key to a healthy heart
  • After blackout, it's shutdown at Velachery
  • Flyover to replace railway underpass at Vyasarpadi
  • Getting ready for the mega show
  • Court orders inspector's suspension
  • A different queue at Secretariat
  • Create more jobs for the disabled: Navin Chawla
  • Andhra rains push up vegetable prices
  • Adam Khoo to address Chennai kids
  • Subsidy for jatropha ryots sought
  • Documentary on student politics in India, Germany screened
  • Woman accused of running job racket
  • A positive reply after a long wait
  • Impersonation: student gives the slip to flying squad
  • Symposium on Sensex on September 27
  • Seminar on emerging technologies
  • IAS Officers and the Internet
  • Greeting cards to raise funds
  • Congress leader criticises tattoo culture
  • SPASTN seeks funds for projects
  • Dargahs not place of worship: Prince of Arcot
  • Two killed in accidents
  • Quicksand claims lives of two girls
  • Fire in jewellery shop
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • SC declines to stay AICF meeting

    • Coimbatore

  • CMCH bars carry bags on its premises
  • Lions Club to organise free eye camp on September 25
  • Behold the charm...
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Police now turning computer savvy

    • Cricket

  • BCCI poll: rival camps reach agreement
  • Dravid replaces Tendulkar

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8406
  • Solution to Puzzle 8405

    • Dharmapuri

  • 40 PDS salesmen under suspension

    • Dindigul

  • Power shutdown
  • Villagers picket Palani-Dindigul road
  • Teacher arrested

    • Editorials

  • Making injections perfectly safe
  • Pulling urban India out of chaos

    • Erode

  • `Supply water to residents every day'
  • 71 child labourers rescued
  • Textile dyeing factory sealed
  • Campus interview today at Vellalar College for Women
  • Control room to function from Oct. 1

    • Front Page

  • BCCI meet adjourned
  • New terror tactics cause worry
  • Bihar election process set in motion
  • Apex court stays criminal case against Lapierre
  • Ration facility for forest guards on the cards
  • Telangana report after BJP gives its views, says Pranab Mukherjee
  • Finally, time for a new look at a 145-year-old law
  • Tiruchi district to be declared child labour-free in hazardous industries
  • Chappell fires another salvo
  • Bjorkman too good for Amritraj
  • CPI(M) takes stand based on political situation, says Pinarayi
  • Road map to improve cotton production
  • `CPI(M) taking revenge on Karunakaran'
  • Police book cases against KCR, Narendra
  • Excise revenue has increased: Chennigappa
  • Polls rescheduled in 14 Vijayawada divisions
  • "ID cards issued to 70 p.c. of voters"
  • Ganguly not fit: Chappell
  • Ajay Chautala quizzed by CBI
  • Madrasas' decision
  • HIV vaccine trial
  • Review petition likely
  • Court finds Audikeshavulu guilty of tax evasion
  • Watch your diet to avoid anaemia

    • Goa

  • Rain continues in Goa

    • Golf

  • Ashok and Chowrasia share top spot
  • All Indians make the cut in Taiwan

    • Gujarat

  • 20 killed in Gujarat torrential rains

    • Gulbarga

  • Seminar on intellectual property rights held
  • Distribute houses, sites to poor, mahila sangha demands

    • Guntur

  • Kidnap charge against TDP legislator
  • Cheap liquor claims four lives?

    • Haryana

  • Haryana seeks better images for better crops
  • `Need to boost Distance Education Council'

    • Hassan

  • Suspension illegal, says Siddaramaiah

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • 20 injured in bus-lorry collision near Hubli
  • Ensure access to justice to weaker sections, says judge
  • State's health accounts to get a fillip
  • Water supply schedule in Dharwad today
  • Time extended

    • Hyderabad

  • Karting his way to global circuit
  • Narrow escape for them from flying pieces of rock
  • Sonia likely to visit flood-affected areas
  • Japanese national `molested'
  • Centre releases Rs. 194 crores as non-plan grant for State
  • Government rating for schools mooted
  • Indore team all praise for MCH
  • UNICEF official's call to educate girl-children
  • Acquisition of lands stayed
  • Meandering on a heartless route
  • Dishing out music masala
  • Drainage system in State to be modernised
  • Naidu sure of party win in civic polls
  • Boy! this flick is all bad direction
  • YSR nails TDP chief's criticism
  • NIRD to study naxalite problem
  • Franchisee clinics to be set up in State
  • NRSA to launch three satellites in two years
  • Memo serves as memento
  • Vegetable vendor attempts suicide
  • Congress must spell its stand on Telangana: BJP
  • A place to get lost in `space'
  • Police book cases against KCR, Narendra
  • Cobras let loose a witch-hunt
  • New facility for bio-medical research soon
  • Journalist flays Congress
  • Holiday today
  • Entry-level camera launched
  • CIMAP training programme
  • Court seeks State Government's response on mining operations
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Whose concern is it?

    • India & World

  • Manmohan's `advice' to Iran
  • Sarabjit's lawyer may file review petition
  • `Smart cards' to protect Indian workers abroad

    • International

  • Hurricane Rita: highways become near-death traps
  • Breakthrough in Down's syndrome research
  • 7/7 suicide bomber was brainwashed, says wife
  • Nepal to hold polls in two years
  • Asterix, again
  • Video games now go mainstream
  • Wiesenthal laid to rest

    • Kannur

  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Campaigning lands constable in trouble in Karimnagar
  • Case against independent candidate
  • Road connectivity cut off due to flood water

    • Karnataka

  • Industrialist Audikeshavulu found guilty of tax evasion, sentenced
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Paswan to meet Dharam Singh on VISL request for land
  • New lease of life for arts college
  • Action plan ready for flood relief in Chikmagalur
  • Relief eludes people of Jugul
  • Diagnostic centre directed to pay damages for wrong findings
  • `Books are still a popular medium of communication'
  • Man cheated of Rs. 2.5 lakhs
  • Official unhappy with banks' work
  • Fibre-optics sensors gaining popularity
  • Teachers picket zilla panchayat office
  • Workshop on business schools
  • Kannada literary meet in Sirsi

    • Kerala

  • Kerala civic polls today
  • Loudspeaker ban: verdict general, says Krishna Iyer
  • Are Onam festivities taxing the common man?
  • Next issue
  • Full throttle
  • The call of duty
  • Snaky affair
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Electioneering picks up pace in Vadakara
  • Campaigning peaks in Wayanad
  • IUML facilitated `nexus' with BJP in 1991, says Murali
  • Accreditation for Marthoma College
  • Poll duty: one held, another on the run

    • Khammam

  • Voters in 7 municipal wards threaten to boycott elections

    • Kochi

  • Early detection of hearing impairment
  • CBI probe sought into Lavalin
  • Skills of Indian, U.S. Navy divers put to test
  • Everything in place for polling today
  • Additional stops for trains
  • Collector submits report on police action
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Curbing the flow of spirit

    • Kollam

  • Amritanandamayi Math plans major project for suicide prevention
  • Premachandran predicts historic win
  • People told to ensure fair polling

    • Kozhikode

  • Former DGP deposes before Marad panel
  • Change in train services

    • Leader Page Articles

  • New challenges for power plant industry

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Court's observation
  • RSS-BJP ties
  • Equal rights

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Govt. concedes demands of striking teachers

    • Madikeri

  • All politicians are not bad: BJP leader

    • Madurai

  • Mission ISO-certification: Traffic police aiming high
  • Training for SHG members in ornamental fish breeding
  • Bench says `no' to officials insisting on permit for transporting sand
  • "BSNL shifting service tax burden to customers"
  • Training SHG members in ornamental fish breeding
  • VC for making MKU encroachment-free
  • Cancer need not be fatal
  • Hear Imam Ali case on daily basis, says Court
  • Lawyers stay away from Bench
  • A dance like no other
  • Fiat to schools
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • Ex-Minister quits BJP

    • Mangalore

  • Central approval for projects expected: Poojary
  • CAMPCO Board appoints new MD
  • Antiques exhibition a success
  • Wenlock Hospital gets CT scanner
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Mysore set to emerge as an IT hub after Bangalore: Minister
  • Take a `Heritage Ride' in Mysore this Dasara
  • Marginal incresae in silk production
  • Pet animals show on October 8
  • Kannada version of `Dream Play' today
  • Minister apprised of poor condition of K.R. Hospital
  • SBI Card launched
  • DSS support to AHIND meet

    • Nagapattinam

  • Farmers demand water supply in tail-end areas
  • `Implement total sanitation in temporary shelters'

    • Nalgonda

  • Parties make last-ditch effort to woo voters

    • National

  • 20 killed in Gujarat torrential rains
  • FDI welcome in defence sector: Pranab
  • New Police Act to tackle issues of terrorism and rights violations
  • Anti-AIDS vaccine under clinical trial
  • Autonomy sought for vigilance panels
  • Manmohan calls for special campaign against female foeticide
  • Three-phase road improvement project for North-East cleared
  • Fee waiver for single-girl family not to be insisted upon this year
  • Reach out to smaller cities: Patel
  • Apex court order on engineering seats
  • Notice to spinning mills on IT dept's appeal
  • Kurush Grant, new ABC Chairman
  • Congress' charge against Paswan
  • Minister clarifies on medical curriculum

    • New Delhi

  • Law unfair to the fair sex
  • DERC has lost its autonomy, credibility: PAC
  • Capital faces power crunch
  • MCD feels the heat of inflated power bills; nexus alleged
  • Making the choice to voice
  • Govt. ready to take action against discoms: Minister
  • Cong. MLAs threaten to resign
  • Court sets deadline for settlement
  • Jaish militant held in South Delhi
  • Demystifying the myth
  • Exception on basis of religion opposed
  • Bid to eradicate polio virus
  • Two cases of rape in Delhi
  • Living it up
  • Bag-lifters' gang smashed
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Iran must work to rebuild confidence
  • Invoking the third party
  • Mortgages are out, land grab is in
  • The logic of colonial rule

    • Nizamabad

  • Telugu Desam exudes confidence ahead of poll
  • Heavy inflows into Sriram Sagar Project
  • Youth carrying liquor on eve of polling day held
  • 4 held; liquor, toddy seized

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Magunta favours Yadava candidate for chairman post
  • Ensure Congress defeat says TDP

    • Palakkad

  • Sandalwood worth Rs.5 crores seized
  • Woman killed in blast in house
  • Achuthanandan asks Karunakaran to apologise
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • All set for smooth polling
  • Fronts hopeful
  • Polling staff put to hardship

    • Pondicherry

  • Schoolchildren to get free milk from October 2
  • Assessment of rain havoc in Yanam on, says Rangasamy
  • Rs. 554 crores-loan for projects
  • Declare Nov. 1 holiday: freedom fighters

    • Punjab

  • Warm welcome to Manmohan

    • Racing : Horse

  • Set Example wins
  • Flashing Star claims Mysore 2000 Guineas
  • Integrate works well
  • Oyster Cove appeals most
  • Lanark impresses
  • Flying Glory pleases

    • Raichur

  • Government urged to strengthen Shaktinagar bridge

    • Rajasthan

  • A novel concept of computer aided learning
  • Jaipur landmark to get a face-lift

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Two child labourers rescued

    • Religion

  • A useful proposition

    • Salem

  • Good response to Govt. expo
  • Support from unexpected quarters for director
  • Plea to remove charge-sheeted steel plant staff
  • Interview for posts of noon-meal organisers, cooks

    • Shooting

  • Gagan thanks SAAP

    • Sport

  • Chappell fires another salvo
  • Bjorkman too good for Amritraj

    • Sports : General

  • Sanjay Patel and Jitender Goud sparkle
  • Sahil, Pranav and Kanishk shine
  • Jayanagar beats SAI (Dharwad)
  • South Western keeps title

    • Srikakulam

  • Collectors urged to take up relief operations on war-footing
  • Congress, Telugu Desam bank on achievements

    • Table Tennis

  • Soumyajit and Ankita triumph

    • Tamil Nadu

  • VAO rescued from locked room, admitted to hospital
  • `Samy' was a turning point in my film career: Trisha
  • Making a goat of itself
  • Two killed as truck rams lorry
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Bad roads hamper economic growth of Hosur
  • Apex court allows State to withdraw application
  • When his ear caught fire
  • Steps on to make district AIDS-free
  • Giving students personality development tips
  • Elephants raze through fields
  • Seawater incursions erode peace in Thanthirayankuppam village
  • Stuffing of rolls: Election Commission seeks details from Chief Electoral Officer
  • Scribe attacked
  • Sufficient water in dams in Palani
  • Award instituted

    • Tennis

  • Shikha succumbs to Myskina's skills
  • Kedriouk gets past Vishaal
  • Piperno lauds Indian players' efforts
  • Davydenko puts Russia ahead
  • Sharapova in last four

    • Thanjavur

  • Disburse more loans, Collector tells banks
  • Samba transplantation on 11,400 hectares completed in Thanjavur

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Confusion over delimited city wards continues
  • Several hurt as UDF, LDF workers clash at Valiathura
  • Voters' `apathy' worries candidates
  • All set for polling in eight districts today
  • LDF hopes for a good showing in the elections
  • Meetings soon on changes in VAT
  • Call for self-reliance in aerospace
  • Employees of AG's office to join strike
  • Sentenced to rigorous imprisonment
  • Free medical camp
  • To the polling stations
  • Special trains
  • Hospitalised
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated September 24, 1955: Floods: PM's advice
  • dated September 24, 1955: Report on UN seat denied
  • dated September 24, 1955: Shipyard for Cochin

    • Thrissur

  • BMS not to join strike
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Plan to get NOC for borewell drilling scrapped
  • ESI norms `crippling' industries
  • Wonder kid with a heart of gold
  • Indian Bank observes Hindi Diwas
  • Treat for the eyes
  • Nothing can stop them?
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Horticulture inputs, micronutrients distributed

    • Tirupati

  • Scientists exhorted to have social sensitivity
  • It's like calm before storm in Chittoor district
  • SVU digital library opened
  • NCC camp concludes

    • Tumkur

  • Exclusion of works from Transparency Act opposed
  • Three huts gutted

    • Tuticorin

  • Maize crop cultivation set to scale new heights in Tuticorin district

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Concern over worsening civic conditions in Coonoor

    • Udupi

  • MLA for closure of arrack shops
  • Funds sanctioned for Udupi-Manipal road

    • Union Territories

  • Kurukshetra gets ready for mela

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Uttar Pradesh scores poorly in checking child labour
  • Morning sweep nets criminals in Lucknow
  • AC buses to connect Agra
  • Plots allotment case hearing

    • Uttaranchal

  • 12 killed as jeep falls into gorge

    • Vellore

  • NAAC accreditation for Voorhees College
  • 92 nursery, elementary schools closed

    • Vijayawada

  • Over 1,500 officials drafted for poll duty in Krishna district
  • Tight security in place for polling
  • `Congress planning to hijack polls'
  • Dattatreya asks election panel to ensure fair polls
  • TRS exposed, says CPI State secretary
  • Material shifted to polling stations
  • Heavy vehicles barred from Indrakeeladri
  • Water in Budameru to recede in two days
  • Girl dies in explosion
  • TDP confident
  • Rivalry takes a backseat
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Boat workers plan agitation
  • Arrangements in place for civic polls
  • More small-scale units likely this year in Vizag
  • A directionless flick
  • Meandering on a heartless route
  • CITU cycle rally
  • Collector visits flood-hit village
  • Dockyard GM flags off ENC rafting expedition
  • Fishermen restive
  • Dasara fete at Lalitha Peetham
  • Trains passing through city cancelled
  • Posters everywhere
  • A new threat

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • No differences on reforms: Buddhadeb

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