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Anantapur

  • Congress wins four civic bodies in Anantapur
  • Independent candidate's supporters attack rivals

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Landslide win for Congress in A.P. municipal elections
  • Here's the mantra Charm them out of their hideouts
  • `Congress made a mockery of democracy'
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Vizianagaram voters spring a surprise for TDP
  • Congress activists go into celebration mode in Tenali
  • Rebels fail to make a mark in Repalle
  • Thota Gopalakrishna not to go back on resignation, boycotts magisterial probe into lathicharge
  • Where even proposer did not vote for them
  • Parity for Telugu Desam despite Congress wave
  • BJP in a dilemma at Pithapuram
  • Congress retains Kakinada
  • Congress creates history in Tuni Municipality after 22 years
  • Close call for Congress nominee
  • Father of dacoity accused ends life

    • Badminton

  • SFWRC wins

    • Bangalore

  • Private buses flout rules, eat into Government coffers
  • An administrator and teacher
  • NHAI to decide on elevated highway on October 10
  • 23 bus stops to be relocated
  • Deve Gowda misleading people: BJP
  • Better office interiors can be a stress-buster
  • Bar on using children at public functions
  • Relax, you can kick the habit of smoking
  • Sri Kumaran's School emerges winner at science quiz
  • Planners not thinking of future needs: expert
  • Preparations in full swing for Rahman show
  • Air Deccan launches daily flight services to Kochi
  • Six persons commit suicide in the city
  • Leaders mourn Nanjundappa
  • Two robbed near City Railway Station
  • Three killed in road accidents
  • Basavanagudi revenue offices shifted
  • Auto strike on Thursday
  • Stamp paper racket case adjourned
  • Of high moral standards
  • Getting set for Rahman concert
  • Traffic restrictions on Airport Road from tomorrow
  • Trial in blast cases
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Basketball

  • Winning script by Writers

    • Belgaum

  • Bypoll to 168 gram panchayat seats

    • Bellary

  • Pragati Grammena Bank begins operations
  • Held in graft case

    • Bidar

  • Decision on relief for farmers in flood-hit areas soon: Prakash

    • Briefly

  • Hutch buys BPL's stake from Essar for $1.15 b
  • Next generation IPv6 platform
  • Competitive bidding in power transmission
  • Caparo group signs MoU with MP Govt.
  • New service counter at State Bank of Mysore
  • SIEMA welcomes announcement for SSIs
  • GoldPlus showroom in Erode
  • Russian gear at defence industry fair
  • U.S. firm's outsourcing pact with iSoftTech
  • New norms for textile parks
  • Singapore Airlines' holiday offer
  • Avesthagen launches subsidiary
  • Integreo firms up $10 m expansion plan
  • Seafood Exporters Association office-bearers
  • Unistal's new centre
  • MusicWorld to shift from Chennai
  • Vishal Mega Mart selects SAP solution
  • IT excellence award for Bharti Tele
  • Outsourcing awards for ICICI OneSource

    • Business

  • States restrained from levying sales tax on VSNL
  • Sensex rebounds 256 points on fresh buying
  • Strategy to accelerate manufacturing sector
  • Hyundai, Maruti to hike prices
  • Sharp fall in rupee
  • Stock boom a boon to the Exchequer
  • Merchants seek long-term export policy on rubber
  • IIMK programme for middle-level managers
  • Oil sector workers to join strike
  • Long-term measures urged for economic stability
  • United India pays Rs. 769 cr. to ONGC
  • New revamp scheme for Dunlop
  • BSE Notes

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • Constructive projects are always welcome, says Jayalalithaa
  • Back-to-back computer will boost interactive conferencing
  • Waste-to-power plant now feeding electricity grid
  • First the dress code, then l'affaire Kushboo
  • Swedish help sought to usher in e-governance in villages
  • Canada ready to share expertise with India
  • Observer appointed for holding elections to Music Academy
  • Detect prostate disorder early to avoid surgery, say experts
  • Chief Minister defends SAP for sugar cane
  • Jayalalithaa rules out reduction in sales tax on fuel
  • Healthy diet for a healthy heart
  • This `adda' is all about art
  • Out-of-school teens target of this HIV drive
  • Tsunami experience on celluloid
  • Promoting `Brand India' with inter-collegiate quiz
  • Don't look at marks in school, recruiters urged
  • Karnataka told to shun controversy
  • Words Work series can help you master English
  • Questions about B-School answered here
  • A fiesta to display talents
  • Police boy's clubs get play kits, reading materials
  • Fishermen demand tax-free diesel
  • A state-level workshop for NGOs
  • Building workers seek pension hike
  • Seminar on child protection
  • Star tortoises seized at airport
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Coimbatore

  • A journey for River Noyyal revival takes shape
  • Swamy calls for single admission test
  • Self-immolation bid foiled
  • Meet on health sciences education
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • Ganguly should not be captain anymore: Raj Singh Dungarpur
  • McFadyen praises Indian Colts
  • Easy win for Vandana
  • Anand sparkles
  • Harbhajan to appear before PCA committee
  • Five teams in the fray
  • Ganguly's grandfather dead

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8408
  • Solution to Puzzle 8407

    • Cuddalore

  • Spread cardiac awareness: Collector
  • Migration of engineers `inevitable under WTO'

    • Dharmapuri

  • Rs. 250 lakhs sanctioned for maintenance of roads

    • Dindigul

  • Have voluntary social service mindset, students told
  • A petition that draws attention

    • Editorials

  • The dispiriting parallelism
  • Indian Airlines set to take off at last

    • Eluru

  • Congress humbles TDP in West Godavari district

    • Erode

  • Over 1,000 illegal water lines disconnected
  • Students complain of breathing problems
  • `Erode stands second in cocoon production in Tamil Nadu'
  • Desilt Orathupalayam reservoir: PWD

    • Football

  • Kochi to host final phase of Santosh Trophy
  • Indian Bank posts win
  • Rawat nets winner

    • Front Page

  • Charges framed against Lalu, Mishra
  • India spoke for Iran: Saran
  • BCCI panel to discuss Chappell's charges
  • Bit of a shame for the game
  • Special Committee meets today
  • Army cannot force us into talks: ULFA
  • Mazdoor issue sparks walkout
  • Dai, Narayanan hold talks
  • States restrained from levying sales tax on VSNL
  • Capturing women's essence
  • Landslide for Congress in local polls
  • Deve Gowda comes in for attack at AHINDA meet
  • It's a positive vote for us, says Rajasekhara Reddy
  • 61.75 p.c. polling in second phase
  • Voter apathy marks local body elections
  • FBT: Bench stays proceedings
  • Murmurs of protest at JNU over `moral policing'
  • Detained
  • Paheli for the Oscars
  • Saying it through SMS
  • Reliance staff shot dead
  • Plan to re-lay damaged roads

    • Golf

  • Americans clinch the Presidents Cup
  • Facile win for Sainik School
  • Atwal finishes tied 53rd
  • Prakash triumphs

    • Gulbarga

  • Bennethora evacuees living in deplorable conditions
  • Agency accused of postponing work on food park
  • Freedom from illiteracy for jail inmates
  • Report on Hogenakkal controversy soon
  • Minister donates Rs. 1 lakh to organisation

    • Haryana

  • Girls outshine boys in supplementary exams
  • Hooda's silence disturbing: INLD

    • Hassan

  • Many promises, little action

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Another soldier's body recovered

    • Hockey

  • Korea keeps title

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Power supply to be disrupted

    • Hyderabad

  • Congress reigns supreme in several districts
  • Slum dwellers show the way
  • Make science exciting as career: Nobel laureate
  • Keshava Rao revels in `value-based' verdict
  • Where `cell' does not mean phone
  • Gun licence: files move fast for official
  • APTDC flouts State's diktat
  • IGP to probe attacks on scribes
  • Party specials
  • PIB website launched
  • Mystery shrouds death of woman, two children
  • Housewife found murdered
  • Provide education loans, AISF urges State
  • Clueless in khaki
  • Man charged with killing wife
  • Bus passes for physically challenged
  • Polytechnic counselling
  • TDP's overreaction spelt its doom: Left
  • Krishna Reddy new Endowments Commissioner
  • Play on Mahatma
  • Not on expected lines: BJP
  • French language classes
  • MPs' standing panel visits BDL
  • Training for `space settlement architects'
  • Monetary dispute led to cable operator's murder
  • Two Maoists picked up from city
  • Sonia congratulates YSR for triumph
  • No power supply
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Smitten by Hussainsagar
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • Dialogue needed to strengthen India-Bangladesh ties
  • India festival in Moscow
  • Indian shot dead in New York
  • Dai, Narayanan hold talks
  • Bring Doha agenda back on track: Chidambaram

    • International

  • Koizumi pledges to press for U.N. Security Council reform
  • Typhoon slams into southern China
  • Irish Republican Army gives up weapons
  • Israeli offensive despite Hamas pledge to halt fire
  • Prisoner says U.S. told him to spy
  • Temperature-controlled sand
  • Teachers killed in Iraq
  • Journalist hurt in car blast

    • Kannur

  • Ballots destroyed in three booths

    • Karimnagar

  • MSR blames it on `interference' factor
  • It's a hung verdict in Karimnagar

    • Karnataka

  • Gowda comes in for attack
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Meet on TBT pollution begins today
  • Two-day seminar to assess status of iron ore industry
  • Gadag schools to have all facilities by November 14
  • Deve Gowda worried over `political murders' in State
  • `Innovation necessary for society's progress'

    • Kerala

  • 61.75 per cent polling in second phase in Kerala
  • Focus on a new wildlife sanctuary
  • Briefly
  • In Kannur Today
  • In Kottayam Today
  • In Kozhikode Today
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kerala - Others

  • Heavy turnout in Malappuram
  • Polling peaceful in rural areas
  • Action against violence: Chandy
  • Budget airline launches services from Kochi
  • Municipal results by noon
  • 65 per cent turnout in Wayanad

    • Khammam

  • Three municipalities go the Congress way in Khammam

    • Kochi

  • Arrangements in place for counting today
  • Now, a novel on the bard of Edappally
  • A mela for professional theatre
  • Training centre for health services staff
  • Block-level counting for panchayat polls
  • Pilgrimage tourism gains ground
  • Abhaya case: CJM for inspection
  • Block Development Officer suspended
  • Court directive to police
  • CBSE youth festival
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • National technical meet at Kollam
  • Tension at Ezhukone, Anchalumoodu
  • Five of a family found dead near Paravur
  • Rs.1 crore worth brown sugar seized
  • Police resort to lathi-charge at Ochira Lathi-charge at Ochira
  • BSNL pre-paid SIM cards
  • Technical meet to be held

    • Kozhikode

  • Polling percentage put at 59.52
  • DIC(K) working out modalities for sharing power with LDF

    • Kurnool

  • Resounding victory for Congress in Kurnool

    • Leader Page Articles

  • The unravelling of India's Persian puzzle

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Abject surrender
  • End the controversy
  • On the coverage

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Gaur off to U.K., U.S.

    • Madikeri

  • Rain damage in Kodagu put at Rs. 42.65 crores
  • Rally on Thursday against Centre's 'anti-people' stand
  • Couple end life

    • Madurai

  • Proving secular credentials of Temple City
  • Fair deal sought for women SHGs
  • Meera, a `conscience of his period'
  • Telemedicine through Reliance WebWorld
  • Steps to supply fertilizers through coop. societies
  • Arrested for road roko
  • Inspection conducted
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • 82 and still going great guns

    • Mangalore

  • Mangalore getting beautified
  • CAMPCO President told not to relieve Managing Director
  • Social work students visit school for special children
  • `Loading' on policies irks bus owners
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • `Special guests' will return to Dasara
  • Body set up to monitor felling of trees
  • Steps to check misuse of LPG cylinders
  • Medical, nursing students take out procession to mark World Heart Day
  • Mysore trade unions to take part in strike
  • A grand platform for young artistes

    • Nagapattinam

  • 50 steel-bodied boats under various stages of construction: Collector

    • Nagercoil

  • Councillors lock service centre in municipal office

    • Nalgonda

  • Resounding win for CPI(M); Majlis draws a blank

    • National

  • Plan to boost secondary education
  • Explain foreign policy shift: Jaswant Singh
  • No tie-up with RJD: Paswan
  • Manmohan Singh turns 73
  • Sethu project not to be stayed
  • "Understanding Vajpayee difficult"
  • Women rise to the challenge on hills of militancy-infested J&K terrain
  • Journalist donates war memorabilia
  • Evergreen hero turns 82
  • Gujarat BJP seeks details of Rajkot Dalit meet
  • BJP, JD(U) reach seat-sharing pact
  • Remarks condemned
  • BCCI polls: apex court moved
  • I did not act inappropriately: Justice Sen
  • Paswan to make announcement on seats soon
  • Congress defends vote, JD(S) criticises
  • Restore phone link with Pakistan: Mufti
  • Andamans: mixed results
  • We will abide by statute, says Cooch Behar leader
  • Mahesh Bhatt challenges ban on smoking scenes
  • AAI strike may disrupt schedules
  • Bail cancelled to former Minister
  • Focus on Asian cinema at festival
  • Goa to enforce ban on tobacco products from October 2

    • Nellore

  • TDP prevails in Gudur, Congress in Kavali

    • New Delhi

  • Scam alleged in delaying of industrial notification
  • A new way to deal with disabilities
  • T.N. bag lifting gangs descend on Delhi
  • Set up grievance cells, Govt. hospitals told
  • Jal Board Bill referred to House panel
  • Multicultural food court with the spirit of London
  • Left writes to PM on water privatisation
  • Cop held on extortion charge
  • Sainik Farms' illegal houses razed
  • "Sur Ka Rishta" to bring Mumbai, Karachi closer
  • POTA Court rejects Delhi Govt. plea
  • ED's appeal against Tribunal dismissed
  • Canara Bank all set to enter Centenary Year
  • Dengue cases on the rise
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    • News Analysis

  • Belkhed: the riots & wrongs of caste
  • Riding out the pain of costly oil

    • Nizamabad

  • Congress comes out in flying colours in Nizamabad

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Congress has it easy in Prakasam

    • Palakkad

  • CBI probe sought into seizure of sandalwood

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Deadline for postal votes extended in Pathanamthitta
  • Mismanagement of poll process alleged

    • Pondicherry

  • Your wait at the bus stop just got comfortable
  • Health Institute students go on strike
  • Hindi day celebrated
  • 60 students selected for Singapore

    • Racing : Horse

  • Angel Star excels
  • Inquisitive, King Of The Turf shine
  • Auberge pleases
  • Rudraksha wins feature
  • Avtaar for main event
  • Always Champ wins Arur Plate

    • Racing : Motor

  • No stopping Nelson Piquet Jr.

    • Raichur

  • T&D losses to be brought down in Raichur
  • Trade unions pledge support for strike

    • Rajasthan

  • Uproar in Assembly over alleged rape
  • Conservationist honoured
  • Experts for coherent policy on grasslands

    • Ramanathapuram

  • `Extend Vaigai water release'

    • Religion

  • Pinnacle of devotion

    • Salem

  • Security tightened along Salem district border
  • `Permit Salem Internal Container Depot to handle iron and steel materials'
  • Cases against BJP cadre
  • Underprivileged kids' day out
  • Periyar varsity revises syllabi for UG courses
  • Corpn. to take up development works

    • Shimoga

  • Protest staged against sale of spurious liquor, alcoholism
  • Gram panchayat stands by decision on permission to petrol station
  • We have forgotten our traditions: scholar

    • Sport

  • Bit of a shame for the game
  • Special Committee meets today
  • Easy going for Sweden
  • Anju plans a big surprise

    • Sports : General

  • MEG squeezes past Sports Hostel
  • Bhavan's HS wins title
  • Zee Sports buys football telecast rights for 10 years
  • Rahul emerges champion
  • Ram S. Krishnan among leaders

    • Table Tennis

  • Bhatnagar International `A' advances

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Government duty-bound to lend to SHGs, says Minister
  • Seminar on child protection on September 30
  • Separate reservation sought for Muslims
  • Prince of Arcot makes plea for secularism
  • `Sphere' norms to be met in tsunami works
  • When their dreams took wings
  • Kathipara flyover work ahead of schedule: Baalu
  • Proposed social security bill flayed
  • Briefly
  • In Salem Today

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Court stays order on custodial torture probe
  • Traffic snarls, a daily affair here
  • Tiruchengode DMK councillors stage walkout
  • Kiruttinan case trial stayed
  • The `boom boom mattukaaran'
  • Subsidy for replacement of old pumpsets

    • Tennis

  • Rastogi starts favourite
  • Semifinalists spotted
  • Seeds cruise
  • Rahul takes title

    • Thanjavur

  • "Government duty-bound to lend to SHGS"
  • Two panels formed to inspect unrecognised nursery schools

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Prospects good for Kerala tourism
  • Irregularities in postal ballot distribution: CPI(M)
  • TB Hospital employees petition human rights commission
  • Government moves to face strike
  • Keeping pests at bay
  • Rich fare for Navarathri fete
  • Celebrating the art of talking
  • All set for The Hindu Young World Quiz
  • Two held on duping charge
  • MHC inmate found hanging
  • Two Government doctors suspended
  • Smoke in train leads to panic
  • Carmel school plans quiz contest for students
  • Thrust on tourism infrastructure
  • `Install speed governors'
  • Exhibition of swadeshi products
  • Examination
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated September 27, 1955: Goa liberation movement
  • dated September 27, 1955: Lord of the earth
  • dated September 27, 1955: Indian team for China

    • Thrissur

  • Fire and Rescue Services personnel get a raw deal
  • Corporation council holds last meeting
  • Officials inspect counting centres
  • Mishandling of ballot paper: postwoman in custody

    • Tiruchi

  • There is a southern touch about the feast
  • Centre for Nehru Studies set up at varsity
  • Upgrading work
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Gram sabha meet in all panchayats in Nellai dt. on Oct. 2
  • TNTJ plans rally at Kumbakonam in Jan. 29

    • Tirupati

  • TDP routed in Chittoor district
  • Tailor-made for the Lord
  • Uses of blended cement highlighted

    • Tuticorin

  • Welfare assistance distributed

    • Udupi

  • Udupi yet to fully tap its tourist potential
  • Protest against poor condition of roads
  • CPI (M), SFI to support strike

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Judicial custody of Ayodhya case accused extended
  • Parties busy preparing future course in U.P.
  • Cops to get machines to detect fake notes

    • Vellore

  • College consortium plans software park

    • Vijayawada

  • Uncertainty looms over flood-hit residents
  • Congress, Left parties smell victory in VMC
  • Telugu Desam Party wrests Gudivada civic body from Congress
  • Naidu woos voters in flood-hit areas
  • Congress bags Machilipatnam
  • TD nominee wins by two votes
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Officials as punch bags

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Medicos find the path more thorny than rosy
  • Congress makes a clean sweep of the polls in Anakapalle Municipality
  • Congress attributes its victory to good governance
  • MCV suffers Rs. 10.45 cr. loss after recent rain
  • Here's the mantra
  • No hope of tracing fishing boat
  • Many events for World Tourism Day
  • Navarathri Mahotsavam from October 4
  • `Logistics Post' launched
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • A lesson the Congress has to learn

    • Volleyball

  • IOB, Chennai bags title

    • Warangal

  • Jangaon result comes as a shock to Congress

    • Weather

  • Weather

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