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  • LDF chiefs for majority of local bodies
  • Tamil Nadu bus stoned

    • Anantapur

  • New cooperative project to cover 9 districts in State

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • YSR defends decision on Pothireddypadu regulator
  • Farmers attempt suicide near Assembly
  • 11 down but not out?
  • End to long-pending row
  • Navaratri celebrations
  • Decked up
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    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Children take the lead to stir villagers' conscience
  • Resettlement of displaced persons under Telugu Ganga by January
  • Probe into TRS leader's death promised
  • Tirumala blossoms with flower spread
  • TTD expects heavy influx of pilgrims for Garuda Seva
  • Governor to open meet on agriculture development
  • Huge turnout for Devi Navaratri pooja
  • Rs. 20-cr. outlay from NCDC sought
  • Model EdCET on October 16

    • Archery

  • National ranking meet from today

    • Athletics

  • Vivek makes semifinals

    • Bangalore

  • Supreme Court verdict comes as a big relief to candidates
  • A campus where birds chirp and machines hum
  • Judge: implement pay panel recommendations
  • Remembering two centuries of valour
  • Lokayukta names 60 legislators
  • An adventure lover who is in peak form
  • `Make India a cancer-free country'
  • BDA's complaint system yet to achieve its aim
  • Telemedicine: ISRO signs MoU with hospitals
  • Panchayat polls: problems to be sorted out
  • Diabetic retinopathy may leave 41,000 people in State blind
  • BMP notices stayed
  • Films on natural disasters
  • A helping hand to tailors
  • Bangalore to get a session with Sharma
  • B.Ed. results withheld
  • Vahan Yatra
  • Woman electrocuted
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today

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  • Exchange rates
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    • Basketball

  • Campion, BVM `A' advance
  • Campion, BVM `A' advance
  • SIT reigns supreme
  • Nava Nirman triumphs

    • Bellary

  • 30,000 visit exhibition

    • Bidar

  • Bidar sees quick exit of deputy commissioners
  • Illegal structures demolished in Bidar
  • Farmers to get compensation

    • Briefly

  • Indian Bank hikes NRE, FCNR deposit rates
  • Karur Vysya Bank raises rates
  • Glenmark launches new division
  • Dabur Foods and Amul bag awards
  • Taj hotels ranked among best in category
  • Rajasthani Chamber (S.India) gets new President
  • First Chief Information Commissioner
  • SBI bags licence to open branch in Saudi Arabia
  • DDA cancels Escorts Hospital lease

    • Business

  • Panel for changes in IRDA norms
  • Aiyar favours network of gas pipelines
  • Call for expanding intra-Asian trade
  • Sensex tumbles by 196 points
  • Tourist transport operators favour regulation to govern the industry
  • A cluster to weave coir industry dreams
  • Supplyco to launch organic pepper, powder next month
  • Scheme to promote kerosene distribution
  • Spice tourism in for major boost
  • Green group launches Singapore arm
  • Airtel extends BlackBerry to Nokia, Sony devices
  • Iris gets IBM award
  • Citigroup announces Micro Entrepreneur Award
  • ExlService bags BPO contract from British Gas
  • AppLabs is a `company to watch'
  • Karnataka Bank ups NRE deposit rates
  • Canara Bank raises rates
  • Lenovo launches new desktop
  • LKB to take a final view on merger
  • Jataayu solution for Kazakhstan firm
  • SQL becomes Red Hat's preferred partner
  • AppLabs is a `company to watch'
  • PS India 2005 inaugurated
  • Flextronics to shift back office work
  • Mittal Steel to sign MoU with Jharkhand
  • Hunt on for full time head for Indian Airlines
  • Autodesk to acquire Alias
  • Interest rates to remain stable: bankers
  • Rupee little changed

    • Cartoons

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    • Chennai

  • Catheters replacing drugs in treating heart problems
  • Near schools, traffic snarls
  • Controversy swirls round Sivananda statue
  • Corporate houses urged to help out the elderly
  • Water resources in city fringes drying up: study
  • Xpress workout for people on the go
  • 105-year-old Gandhian calls for probity in public life
  • This school's kolu is about patriotism
  • Spicy, but these Danes now like the idlies here
  • Firms save Rs. 450 crores through energy management
  • Online payment facility to give a boost to SHGs
  • SHGs to handle sanitation at tsunami relief camps
  • Jayalalithaa hands over trophy to Chief Minister's XI
  • CLP leader seeks judicial probe into break-in at house
  • Police academy project gets 4 bids
  • Thyagarajan's wife moves court for protection
  • State NCC girl cadets win first prize
  • Dial 100 to help the homeless mentally ill find shelter
  • Day One sets the pace for mega tech fest
  • 12 accused of forging loan papers
  • Expert explores revenue risks and transfers in federations
  • Relax bar rules, say hoteliers
  • Asan poetry award
  • A theme painting by children within two hours
  • Tata Indicom to hold kolu competition
  • A programme for a cause
  • Mrs Chennai finals
  • Run over
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  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Sasikiran meets Gnusarev

    • Coimbatore

  • Bioinformatics poised for rapid development: VC
  • Colouring their imagination
  • The Hindu Young World contest entries
  • Rs. 23 lakhs collected in a day
  • Opposition resents Mayor's remarks
  • Landfill site inspection likely today
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Confusion marks opening day of camp
  • Tendulkar to lead West
  • Australia has come out firing
  • All-round show by Sanjay
  • Ganguly has a long workout
  • Big win for President's XI

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8417
  • Solution to Puzzle 8416

    • Dharmapuri

  • Stretch from Old Dharmapuri to Karimangalam, a death trap
  • Water Commission team visits Biligundulu

    • Dindigul

  • A positive `begging'
  • Jayalakshmi, Rajasekar denied bail

    • Editorials

  • The monsoon — still unpredictable
  • Recasting priority sector lending

    • Erode

  • Medical teams to examine infertility claims in Kalingarayan ayacut
  • Vigilance panel formed in Erode

    • Football

  • Thapden Lepcha sparkles

    • Front Page

  • BJP leader shot at, injured
  • Return to coordination meetings: Sonia
  • Flextronics to set up unit in State
  • Supreme Court orders today in Bihar case
  • Katju shifted
  • Bending it like Beckham at 16
  • Militants blow up bank vehicle
  • New leadership assumes charge in local bodies
  • Shift U.P. Chief Secretary: Supreme Court
  • CPI laps up Vijayawada Mayor post
  • Stage set for upgrading of Mysore airport
  • Pothireddypadu decision defended
  • IPS-IAS officers' protocol row takes serious turn
  • The postman comes calling
  • Supreme Court clears decks for recruitment of officers
  • Jayan Babu sworn in as Mayor
  • Vijayawada Mayor post for CPI
  • Additional D.A.
  • Fishing boat seized
  • Blast in Colombo
  • 16 killed in Iraq
  • Removed
  • Naga talks in Bangkok
  • Sentenced
  • Compensation paid

    • Gulbarga

  • Fifth gate of Narayanpur Dam cracks open, water spews out
  • University to sign pact to start new course this academic year
  • Inter-university sports events suspended
  • Chancellor urged to reconsider decision on distance education

    • Guntur

  • Drop in sale of pesticides
  • Decks cleared for setting up bio-control lab
  • Nine months salary pending for Panchayat secretaries

    • Haryana

  • Haryana will get several projects, says Hooda

    • Hassan

  • National Highway in Shiradi ghat section in danger
  • Four killed in accident

    • Hockey

  • India under-18 team tests Lahore club

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Banks in Dharwad exceed targets for loan disbursement
  • Panchayat polls: BJP on shaky ground
  • KVGB reckoned as best regional rural bank
  • Winners of painting competition
  • Water supply schedule in Dharwad

    • Hyderabad

  • TRS threatens stir on Pothireddypadu
  • Residents turn emotional on link road proposal
  • Rare surgery performed
  • YSR defends referring projects to Centre
  • Not quitting TRS, says Santosh Reddy
  • Plea to defer environmental public hearing on Polavaram project
  • Goud-YSR spat over `raw deal'
  • Judicial probe into IDL accident urged
  • Telugu Desam raises furore over BC scholarships
  • Domestic child labourer rescued
  • YSR asks cadre to get ready for coop. polls
  • Court clears civic chief's election
  • Mystery shrouds murder
  • Ryots attempt suicide near Assembly
  • It is women's university after all!
  • Tragedy piles on
  • Telephone call termination racket busted
  • 3 held on charge of selling fake certificates
  • Engineering seats added
  • Bihari held, arms seized
  • New NIIT centre at Ameerpet
  • Initiatives from Hutch
  • True-life whodunit
  • Fire extinguishers with fake ISI mark seized
  • Bill passed
  • No power supply
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • Lee for better investment climate in India

    • International

  • Britain accuses Iran of supplying weapons to militants in Iraq
  • Scientists resurrect virus that killed 50 million
  • Israeli Supreme Court bans human shields
  • 12 killed in two car bomb attacks in Baghdad
  • Nelson's gold pocket watch
  • Devananda's aide escapes bid on life
  • Fujimori to run for Peruvian President
  • Taliban spokesman captured

    • Interviews

  • "Trying to reduce poverty is not in contradiction with promoting growth"

    • Kannur

  • Narayanan elected district panchayat president
  • UDF gets 3 grama panchayats
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Woman faces utter ignominy in Rudrangi

    • Karnataka

  • Agreement to upgrade Mysore airport signed
  • Court clearance for recruitment of officers
  • In all its splendour
  • Cynosure of all eyes
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Amendment to TCP Act may trouble Rane Government
  • Panchayat chiefs to be held responsible in cases of misappropriation of funds
  • Zilla panchayat committee looks into sexual harassment complaint

    • Kerala

  • Kerala High Court orders CBI probe into SSLC question paper leak
  • Ensuring success through self management
  • A handbook on capital city
  • Good news for prospective VJs
  • Mobilising funds
  • Lack of infrastructure in focus
  • TCS IT quiz is back
  • Cynosure of all eyes
  • Awaiting a reply
  • Nature's pastime
  • SMSing it right
  • Of images and reality
  • New beginning
  • In a world of their own
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • KC(M) nominee is new Kottayam district panchayat chief
  • Custodial death: Murali seeks judicial probe
  • Chandy, Ramesh meet Sonia
  • Move on Siachen hailed
  • Sarasamma new Wayanad district panchayat chief
  • Chandy, Baalu discuss inland waterways
  • Vidyarambham fete from tomorrow
  • CPI(M) man to head Kasaragod panchayat

    • Khammam

  • Floods dampen watermelon growers' spirits
  • ZP chief gheraoed
  • Rajivsagar tenders shortly

    • Kochi

  • Mercy Williams elected new Mayor of Kochi
  • Order to produce child before court
  • SSLC: CBI probe ordered
  • Focus on housing and health
  • P.S. Shyla elected district panchayat president
  • Treat for music lovers
  • Stealth ready for release
  • Violation of court directive
  • Lone man in a women's bastion
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Padmalochanan sworn in as Mayor
  • HelpAge aid for tsunami victims
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kozhikode

  • Mayor, Deputy Mayor sworn in
  • New facilities at RSC to be inaugurated today
  • Sex scandal case: charge-sheet filed against 16 accused
  • In support of non-iodised salt
  • Elected office-bearers of district panchayat
  • T.P. Chandran Vadakara municipal chief
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • Police hunt on for fake godman
  • Special drive to clear lands of bushes soon
  • Trade union seeks subsidised power for factory
  • Ex-Mayor's gesture to weaver

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Right to Information — path to Swaraj

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Progress on Siachen
  • Welcome decision
  • Ironical
  • Millennium Goals
  • Uncalled for

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • LPG shortage in M.P.

    • Madikeri

  • Coffee growers' society allowed to auction land

    • Madurai

  • These AIDS victims are made of sterner stuff
  • Affordable eye care makes people give Ambasamuthiram a second look
  • HC to be moved against companies' prize contests
  • Farmers, scientists to discuss amla cultivation
  • Free lunches!
  • PDS supply extended
  • Recruitment drive for Army
  • Motorcyclist dies in accident
  • ISC students' wing inaugurated
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Roads to New Mangalore Port to be made four-lane
  • BSNL awards presented
  • New telephone numbering system for police
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • `Concert in the sky' to enthral Mysore
  • Golden throne kept covered after unsavoury incident
  • Cable TV subscribers urged to shift to DTH
  • Yuva Dasara begins; stars of the evening keep away
  • Flower show from today
  • Two `poachers' surrender before forest staff

    • Nagercoil

  • 4.26 acres acquired for construction of houses for tsunami-affected

    • Nalgonda

  • Contractor held with electric detonators

    • National

  • Shift U.P. Chief Secretary: court
  • No compromise with terror, says Manmohan Singh
  • India to build six French submarines under pact
  • Kashmir, Taiwan and North Korea are potential hotbeds: John Reid
  • Court decision will be honoured: Mulayam
  • Follow ethics code, Sonia tells party workers
  • Congress, BJP condemn attack on Prasad
  • ULFA-nominated group to meet Manmohan
  • Minor marriage cannot be nullified, says court
  • Summons to Mukesh Ambani, others
  • Cabinet nod for 'Shiksha Kosh'
  • Explain holiday magistrates' powers, Tamil Nadu told
  • Domestic fares of Jet and Sahara to go up
  • Aligarh student community to fight it legally
  • NCW wants Centre to appeal against judgment
  • Community radio issue for GoM
  • No document on Netaji found in Russia, says probe panel
  • We want UPA Government to work within the CMP: Karat
  • Cabinet refers community radio issue to Group of Ministers
  • Nod for tsunami warning centre in Hyderabad
  • No pressures in defence purchases: Tyagi
  • Brahmotsavam blossoms
  • Lack of pricing policy cause for crisis: BJP
  • LPG crisis will be resolved by October 10: Aiyar

    • New Delhi

  • Four held in forgery case
  • Delhi reels under power crisis
  • Call to check the LPG malaise
  • Capital faces stray cattle menace
  • Vishal Yadav granted bail in Katara murder case
  • JNU to tap "very best" of teaching talent
  • `Man of substance' returns to Capital
  • Left parties take centre-stage in Delhi politics
  • The power of bead
  • Amity student commits suicide
  • Katju shifted from Madras High Court to Delhi
  • Ugandan national arrested with heroin
  • Police asked to give details on VIP security
  • Judge issues clarification
  • Navarathri is here
  • The show is back
  • New addition
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Breaking America's grip on the net
  • What's the value of friendship?
  • Russia-EU ties — a time of change

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • LDF chiefs in 89 local bodies, district panchayat
  • BJP captures Palakkad municipality

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Pathanamthitta municipality to have CPI(M) chairman
  • New office-bearers take charge in Pathanamthitta
  • LDF bags 34 panchayats, UDF 17
  • UDF retains Thiruvalla

    • Pondicherry

  • Blood donation awareness up
  • Hospital permitted to start senior residency courses
  • Hospital permitted to start residency courses

    • Punjab

  • Amritsar to host Indo-Pak expo

    • Racing : Horse

  • Barbados Skies shines
  • Psychic Strength and Aspinalls please
  • Flashing Star, Amazing Striker excel
  • Aryanoush catches the eye
  • Splash Of Class appeals most
  • On The Run has an edge
  • Havana Goodtime wins main event
  • Havana Goodtime wins main event
  • Silver Hope triumphs

    • Rajasthan

  • Rajasthan, U.P. pact on inter-State bus services
  • IT park for Jaipur
  • Plan to train farmers on marketing strategies

    • Religion

  • An invaluable trait

    • Sailing

  • Two Indian pairs for Asian meet

    • Salem

  • Celebrating Platinum Jubilee
  • An end to a cruel temple ritual
  • Tension at hospital as student dies
  • Encourage study of mathematics, teachers told

    • Shimoga

  • Meeting to finalise private bus stand location inconclusive
  • Government urged to revive forestland in Kudremukh region

    • Sivaganga

  • Record savings in a single day

    • Sport

  • Sania shines
  • New Zealand downs Malaysia
  • Anand suffers another reverse
  • Team of champions has to perform or perish

    • Sports : General

  • BDL clinches `A' division title
  • Mysore Dasara Sports from today

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Exhibition of books on spirituality
  • A special garland
  • A stumbling block
  • Special camps planned for differently abled
  • 2 electrocuted at Nanmangalam
  • Woman alleges harassment over deputy mayor's whereabouts
  • Tiruvannamalai municipality jubilant over apex court order
  • Towards quality assurance in silk
  • Rs. 5.24-crore ADB aid for water project
  • Advertisers challenge Airport Director's petition
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Centre to set up 25 integrated textile parks in three years
  • Road works nearing completion
  • An exhibition of talent at science fair in Pondicherry
  • Trainers to be posted for Namadhu Gramam scheme in Karur dt.
  • AEPC and Italian council sign MoU
  • Residents throng municipal office
  • `Take action at once on long pending files'
  • Rs. 35 lakhs target for Deepavali
  • Three forest officials suspended
  • Free training in tailoring
  • Saplings distributed

    • Tennis

  • Double delight for Sansitha
  • Double delight for Sansitha
  • Sudanva Sitaram and Mohit Mayur ensure berths in Indian squad
  • Henin-Hardenne crashes out

    • Thanjavur

  • Public opinion on bed dam construction ascertained
  • `India, key player in space research'

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • KSTP may become financial liability
  • Government breached public trust: Lok Ayukta
  • Panchayat leaders elected
  • `Tsunami victim given Rs.10 lakhs'
  • `City needs perspective'
  • Graft: probe ordered
  • Staggering of school timings mooted
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 7, 1955: Nehru's call for unity
  • dated October 7, 1955: Hindustan Machine Tools

    • Thrissur

  • Bindu elected Thrissur Mayor
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Southern Railway records Rs.184-cr. rise in earnings
  • Two-day QCFI meet begins today
  • The queue never ends
  • Marring the view
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirupati

  • Tirupati Municipal Commissioner gets benefit of doubt
  • Pilgrim safety: SP writes to TTD authorities
  • Tirupati lad dreams to do a Harikrishna

    • Tuticorin

  • Exporters urged to tap Latin American market
  • Consumer clubs for 15 schools
  • CPM cadres observe fast against SI

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Stray horse menace getting out of hand in Udhagamandalam
  • Identity cards to be given to farmers shortly
  • MP visits Hindustan Photo Films

    • Udupi

  • `Science centres should reflect local realities'
  • Action sought against landlords for blocking pathway of Dalits
  • Free heart check-up camp

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • U.P. to approach court over night viewing of Taj Mahal
  • U.P. extends rice export policy for next five years

    • Uttaranchal

  • Shahabuddin barred from entering Siwan

    • Vellore

  • Cultural festival for the differently-abled children

    • Vijayawada

  • Shinde for permanent rehabilitation programme for flood victims
  • Steady increase in liquor sales
  • SFI to oppose FDI in education
  • Child labour eradication programme reviewed
  • Last date for The Hindu Young World painting competitions
  • Cash stolen
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Washermen body directors' threat to boycott meet
  • Diarrhoea in agency area under control: health official
  • FACOR plunges into crisis again
  • CPI(M) seeks steps to curb malaria deaths
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Catholicate, Assumption are champions
  • Catholicate, Assumption are champions
  • KSEB enters semfinals

    • Warangal

  • Mayor sees need for road linking Hanamkonda, Warangal towns
  • Sharing a sound chemistry

    • Weather

  • Weather

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