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  • 55 remote villages to be developed in Anantapur

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Volkswagen for change of location in A.P.?
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    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Religious fervour marks Dasara
  • It's business time for commission agents
  • Brahmotsavam concludes with holy dip
  • Work guarantee scheme in seven districts of State
  • NGO brings a ray of hope for poor with eye ailments
  • District Planning Board to replace review committee
  • Gaiety marks Navaratri fete at Rajahmundry
  • Ex- MLA for DCCB chairperson post
  • MEOs posted to 15 mandals

    • Badminton

  • Lakhani ousted

    • Bangalore

  • Loans: Sindhia's request to Centre an apt step
  • `Canopy management' launched to trim branches
  • Koramangala residents seek time to set right building violations
  • Guidance value of land in city increased
  • Tributes paid to Gandhiji
  • BMP hopes to gain from decision
  • At home, on the busy highway
  • NHAI approves highway linking Electronics City
  • Special Court not for shifting trial venue
  • Of prayer in the form of music
  • Traffic restrictions today, tomorrow
  • Drivers protest proposed `ban'
  • It's all in the greeting
  • Floods in Manjra damage crops in Bidar
  • 24 major projects cleared
  • Woman commits suicide
  • `Ayudha Puja' with a difference
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  • Campus Jottings

    • Basketball

  • St. Joseph's in last four
  • Easy win for Royal Club

    • Belgaum

  • `Durga Mata Daud' in Belgaum

    • Bellary

  • Proposal for six-lane Bellary-Hospet Road submitted to NHAI

    • Bidar

  • Higher compensation sought for farmers in flood-affected areas

    • Bihar

  • Parties go all out to woo Muslims

    • Bijapur

  • Thematic celebrations for Dasara in Bijapur
  • Statewide protests by Shiv Sena on Monday

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  • SAIL, CIL to bid for coking coal mines
  • China-U.S. to discuss currency reform
  • Kazakhstan warning over PetroKaz sale
  • Textile workers demand bonus settlement
  • Quality certification for Arun Textiles
  • Goodlass Nerolac invests in Malaysian venture
  • Weizmann Forex pact with SHCIL
  • Simbhaoli Sugar rights issue oversubscribed
  • Mphasis BFL Q2 profit at Rs. 14 cr.
  • Rasna to set up packaging unit
  • Zenith Computers profit doubles
  • Satyam to provide services to Inco
  • SatNav re-launches CAFM
  • Tata Indicom launches `Indicom Star'

    • Business

  • FDI may be allowed in cruise shipping
  • AI fleet acquisition to be taken up today
  • TCS second quarter net profit up 10 p.c.
  • Boeing to focus on non-jumbo segment
  • Narayana Murthy to retire as Executive Chairman
  • New Mangalore Port posts 12 p.c. rise in traffic
  • Marico's growth plans
  • Microsoft, Yahoo deal on messaging
  • CMC H1 sales up 11 p.c.
  • Infosys Q2 net jumps 36 p.c

    • Cartoons

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    • Chennai

  • Prepare for entrance exam, students told
  • Sriperumbudur set to be telecom hub: Maran
  • Hi-tech wireless hearing aid
  • Sir Annamalai Chettiar Award given away
  • Use fly ash, brick makers told
  • No tsunami-hit family entitled to 2 houses: officer
  • Torrential rain floods the city's streets, leaves three dead
  • Reaching out to those with suicidal tendencies
  • Rain exposes civic bodies' inadequacies
  • Rheumatoid arthritis `lower in India than West'
  • Star tortoises hatch young ones at the Guindy National Park
  • Janata Party working for a third front
  • Problem of plenty for ryots
  • Girl's remains found after 10 months
  • Music therapy institute opened at Apollo hospital
  • Shreya is Rajnikant's heroine in "Sivaji"
  • Concern over fewer south Indians in IAS
  • Aspire classes for BE, MBBS entrance tests
  • Cash looted from TASMAC wine shop
  • Star-studded evening
  • Rasna's new enriched fruit drink
  • World service day observed
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Topalov on course; Anand wins again
  • Kannan triumphs

    • Coimbatore

  • Paying for living perilously
  • IRDA plans health insurance for all
  • Four killed in landslip
  • Heavy rain lashes district
  • Industries hail L&T plans for Coimbatore
  • Drive against overloading
  • Four construction workers injured
  • SP assumes charge
  • 4 construction workers hurt
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Flintoff and Kallis share top honours
  • Yuvraj, Rao see India Seniors through
  • Dravid set to take over
  • Cricket likely to return to Commonwealth Games
  • Sunil scalps seven
  • Thiruvallur to meet Thiruvarur
  • Shrey sparkles
  • Rain spoils play

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    • Dindigul

  • Need to reduce stress, strain stressed
  • Steps to improve lot of the disabled

    • Editorials

  • Globalisation of research
  • A monarch's desperate acts

    • Erode

  • `Over 500 illegal water connections in Chennimalai panchayat'
  • Water release into LBP canal reduced
  • Bhavani water for dry areas soon

    • Football

  • Sub-junior title for Army Boys
  • Rain affects crucial tie

    • Front Page

  • Lack of access, rain hamper rescue and relief in Pakistan
  • Aid eludes the worst-hit in Tangdhar
  • Northeast monsoon arrives early in Tamil Nadu
  • Big disappointment for the fans
  • India obsessed with permanent seat in U.N. Security Council: N. Ram
  • A solution to `chucking' problem
  • All set for `Jamboo Savari' in Mysore today
  • Powerful blast in Task Force office at Greenlands: home guard, another person killed
  • It's Durga Puja with a difference in the Capital
  • Avoid policy decisions, says Opposition leader
  • Infrastructure in primary schools to be developed
  • State receives widespread rain
  • Information Act
  • Volkswagen for change in location of car unit?
  • PWD to save `bounded-water,' thanks to rain
  • Mahajan flays Advani
  • Gyanendra orders polls
  • IA to hike fares
  • Learn from the Dragon Land
  • President coming tomorrow
  • Four killed

    • Gulbarga

  • 'Projects to use surplus Krishna waters cannot be taken up now'
  • Navy divers to help replace dam gate
  • CPI(M) asks Government to lift ban on recruitment
  • Seers to take part in meet on Mallabhadi project

    • Guntur

  • `Right to info act a bold step'
  • Harassment for dowry even before marriage?
  • JAC accused of misleading RTC employees

    • Haryana

  • Bhajan retained as PCC chief
  • Haryana appoints directors

    • Hassan

  • Caste Hindus, Dalits clash in Hassan district
  • Rs. 2.86 crores released as crop-loss compensation
  • Deve Gowda visits Dyapalapura
  • Role of media in democracy highlighted

    • Hockey

  • Probables for Champions Trophy
  • Imphal school wins
  • Karaikudi HC wins

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • `Zero tilling' method used for rice cultivation
  • There was no political agenda, says Horatti
  • Accused arrested 27 years after crime
  • Accident victim dies

    • Hyderabad

  • Will the real hi-tech stand up and deliver?
  • KCR names 87-strong executive
  • Doubts crop up over ORR alignment alterations
  • BJP alleges irregularities in land acquisition process
  • Veerappa Moily in favour of putting administration on "autopilot"
  • The decisive triumph of good over evil
  • Right to info Act comes into effect
  • Fatehnagar road set to be on track
  • Another major quake in Himalayan region?
  • Volkswagen for change in location?
  • Strike: MD's appeal to RTC employees
  • State in for one more spell of rain
  • Panel constituted to oversee birthday fete of Sathya Sai Baba
  • Was the stranger a suicide bomber?
  • Harjot Singh Pelia adjudged `best officer'
  • Ashwamedha Yagam in city
  • Leaders' call to cancel PG medical admissions
  • Who's the top gun?
  • Entries for Mehdi Nawaz Jung Award invited
  • Foundation stone laid for police transport building
  • Workshop organised on Pranayama
  • Vavilala centenary fete
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • India obsessed with permanent seat in U.N. Security Council: N. Ram
  • Indians in PoK get helping hand
  • Musharraf thanks Manmohan

    • International

  • Kadirgamar, "a true cosmopolitan in spirit"
  • E.U. backs plans for more aid, debt relief to Africa
  • Uphold SLFP principles, Chandrika tells Rajapakse
  • Irish stylist springs Booker surprise
  • China for socialist rural approach
  • Hobbit-like ancestors were cooks
  • Qatar donates stadium to Israel
  • Nepal King for elections in 2007
  • Danish Premier faces Iraqi suit

    • Kannur

  • Bus workers' strike continues in Kannur
  • Heavy rush in temples for `Vidyarambhom'
  • Meet on Indian theatre

    • Karimnagar

  • Naxal surrenders due to ill-health
  • 12-hr power supply to farm sector sought

    • Karnataka

  • Mysore spruced up for grand finale to the ten-day Dasara celebrations
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today
  • In Mysore Today

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Toilets in vehicle owners' houses may be made mandatory
  • Sachivalaya: notice issued to officer
  • `Fishermen's interest will be protected'

    • Kerala

  • Kerala not to permit river-linking project
  • Briefly
  • In Thrissur Today
  • In Palakkad Today
  • In Kozhikode Today
  • In Kannur Today

    • Kerala - Others

  • Hundreds initiated into the world of letters at Thunchanparambu
  • UDF's base improves since 2004 Lok Sabha polls
  • Fijian delegation arrives

    • Kochi

  • Thousands enter world of letters
  • On protecting the coastal area
  • Cleaner fuel of the future
  • Showcasing young talent
  • No decision on standing committees
  • Children's theatre to stage new play
  • Plea to issue receipt
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • CPI(M) will not be allowed to exploit election results, says BJP chief
  • Dharna against foreign policy

    • Kottayam

  • CBSE youth fete begins today

    • Kozhikode

  • Children's meet hardens resolve to protect nature
  • Protest against Delhi court verdict on marriage age
  • Hundreds of children initiated into the world of letters
  • `Social stigma attached to leprosy should go'
  • Kerala Soaps employees to renew stir
  • Employees to renew agitation
  • Youth from Andhra Pradesh recuperating
  • Usman Koya is KPCC's district minority cell chief
  • Lecturer dead

    • Kurnool

  • Rayalaseema Paper Mill reopened
  • Security beefed up at temple

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Seize the moment in Jammu and Kashmir

    • Letters to the Editor

  • An opportunity
  • Paradox
  • Unfortunate

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Gaur scotches speculation about change of guard
  • MP, UP to discuss dacoity menace, river water issue
  • New Rohtak MP to focus on infrastructure

    • Madikeri

  • Madikeri all set to observe grand Dasara
  • Union Government to provide land for rehabilitation of tribal people: Minister

    • Madurai

  • He has helped many a patient breathe easy
  • Kamaraj varsity to revive planetarium
  • Inter-circle calls to BSNL mobiles charged at STD rates
  • It's a matter of dignity for them
  • MP's plea for more kerosene to T.N.
  • Free medical camp
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Colourful procession marks Vijayadashami in Mangalore
  • New road to airport likely
  • Changes to ease traffic
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • `Oscar stars' to add colour to Jamboo Savari
  • Dasara celebrations by Wadiyars conclude
  • Government ready to hold panchayat polls, says Dharam Singh
  • `Fist fight' still draws a crowd
  • Online puja at the hill shrine
  • White tigress dies at zoo
  • Tickets being black-marketed?
  • Training programme for unemployed

    • Nagapattinam

  • Collector inspects temporary shelters

    • Nalgonda

  • Woman killed on suspicion of practising sorcery
  • Four killed, 8 hurt in road accidents
  • Maoists kill hotel owner

    • National

  • Earthquake victims hit by shortage of tents
  • Sundered by borders, united in grief
  • Manmohan appeals for donations to quake victims
  • India's response to possible terrorist attacks on American interests "is satisfactory"
  • CBI to seek Interpol help for extradition of LTTE chief
  • Indian soldiers help rebuild Pakistani Army bunker
  • Mahajan for collective decision-making
  • Ninety per cent of quake-hit areas accessed
  • CBI trying to trace funds in Volkswagen scam
  • EC notice to Jaya Bachchan
  • Why restrict Information Commissioner posts to bureaucrats, asks campaign
  • Uparkar to take on Rane in Malvan-Kankavali
  • Infosys donates Rs. 2 crores
  • Somnath for concerted action against terrorism
  • Full use of Mumbai runway likely today
  • South Asia Foundation aid
  • India ready to send more aid

    • Nellore

  • Four of family killed in gas cylinder explosion
  • Nellore facing black gram shortage
  • Health cover for handloom workers

    • New Delhi

  • Privilege motion against Vats falls
  • It's raining films in the festive season
  • Need for disaster prediction, prevention stressed
  • ASI gets effigies placed away from monument
  • Painting her way from Delhi to Kerala
  • Abandon meter-testing drive: People's Action writes to DERC
  • Mobile thief arrested for making hoax calls
  • Cook held on charge of killing daughter
  • Delhi High Court gets new Chief Justice
  • Water supply to be hit in NDMC areas
  • Ram Babu seeks help for quake victims
  • MCD employee acquitted after 27 years' trial
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today
  • Campus Jottings

    • News Analysis

  • Kashmiris must see that we care
  • Storm over the Man Booker Prize
  • A deadly combination
  • The new economics of ecological capital
  • Pakistan will not forget

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Voters' list: TDP resents delay
  • Community hall inaugurated

    • Palakkad

  • Panel to visit tribal colonies
  • Programme to eradicate curable blindness among schoolchildren

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Government will not permit river-linking project: Minister
  • Vidyarambhom held at Niranom Church
  • Foreigners initiated into world of Malayalam letters
  • Sabarimala monthly pujas

    • Pondicherry

  • Karaikal group to press for Union Territory status
  • Right to information Act comes into effect
  • Lakhera to review implementation of schemes
  • CITU calls for meeting to finalise bonus
  • Don't associate nominated MLAs with government functions: BJP
  • Subbiah remembered

    • Racing : Horse

  • Holding Court shines
  • Greyhound pleases
  • Sixty Seconds, Six Stars impress
  • Space Time, City Zip work well
  • Dark Knight lifts Indian Air Force Cup
  • Autocop has an edge
  • Splendid Gesture and Commanding may fight it out

    • Rajasthan

  • Rajasthan Chief Justice assumes office
  • Globalisation only route to progress, says Swraj
  • Rajasthan to formulate special action plan

    • Religion

  • Influence of wealth

    • Salem

  • Forum wants Govt. to dispose of pending proceedings
  • Policemen trained in first aid
  • Efforts to promote herbal cultivation
  • Government trying to suppress facts: Vaiko
  • Memorandum to remove encroachments

    • Shimoga

  • Einstein and Navaratri
  • Eshwarappa wants district in-charge Minister replaced
  • A ray of hope for women in distress
  • 30 auto drivers donate blood
  • Dasara procession today

    • Sivaganga

  • Enquiry into accident at bottling plant
  • Security for memorial day

    • Sport

  • Big disappointment for the fans
  • Laxman carves a classy century
  • Petroleum sweeps team titles
  • Three-way tie for top spot
  • Vishaal Uppal rallies to enter semifinals

    • Sports : General

  • SBI beats Hyderabad Sporting
  • Ernakulam overall champion

    • Squash

  • Dipika, Anwesha excel

    • Srikakulam

  • `Srikakulam meted out stepmotherly treatment'

    • Tamil Nadu

  • "Long-term policy needed for technical education"
  • Explaining the techniques of appreciating a good film
  • History department bags rolling trophy
  • Catering to taste buds
  • I am careful in choosing my roles: Surya
  • Four persons killed in landslip
  • Sir Annamalai Chettiar Award given away
  • Inter-circle calls made to BSNL mobiles charged at STD rates
  • Problem of plenty for delta farmers
  • Government trying to suppress facts: Vaiko
  • Briefly
  • In Erode Today
  • In Thanjavur Today
  • In Tirunelveli Today
  • Campus Jottings

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Krishna water reaches Zero Point at State border
  • Waste piles up in residential areas
  • Temple elephant in Pondicherry honoured
  • Special court not for shifting venue of wealth case trial
  • Quarries leased to women SHGs in Pudukottai dt.
  • A word of praise for the Indian media
  • 3 tmcft will be supplied
  • Poonthottam to have drainage facility soon
  • Powerloom workers' plea

    • Tennis

  • Sania rallies past Nagyova
  • Jugal Marfatia enters final
  • Gopinath, Ronak in semifinals

    • Thanjavur

  • Skating rally marks Don Bosco centenary

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • No orders yet on implementation of information Act
  • Craze for insect-embedded plastic curios
  • State beginning to get a better deal
  • Hundreds of children initiated into the world of letters
  • Forum accuses Chandy of scuttling projects
  • `UDF incapable of taking on the Left'
  • Prime Minister urged to drop move to divert water to Tamil Nadu
  • Land yet to be handed over for AI engineering base
  • Celebrating 40 years of a movie classic
  • Youth held on rape charge
  • Amba yagam concludes
  • BSF to set up unit in Kerala
  • Backward class body to contest Lok Sabha polls
  • Campaign to popularise Sanskrit
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Jottings

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 13, 1955: Soviet protest to Iran
  • dated October 13, 1955: Tributes to educationist
  • dated October 13, 1955: Indian film team in China

    • Thrissur

  • Hundreds of children initiated into the world of learning

    • Tiruchi

  • ``Biotech industry set for growth''
  • He has helped many a patient breathe easy
  • Rainfall signals onset of northeast monsoon
  • Rain continues in Tiruchi district
  • HPCL launches Suraksha LPG rubber hose
  • IEEE honour for biomedical researchers
  • Training centre for rural NGOs
  • Rly information assistance system
  • Rlys. arrangement for information assistance
  • `Tiruther' festival at Gunaseelam temple
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • NGO trains tsunami-hit fisherfolk in new trades
  • Department of Posts forays into vehicle insurance

    • Tirupati

  • Reviving book-reading habit

    • Tuticorin

  • Nostalgia pervades Onamfest-2005
  • Chamber urges Centre to set up nodal agency to help SSIs import machinery
  • Nagalapuram PHC gets new facilities

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Residents angry over poor condition of roads, footpaths
  • Heavy rain lashes Udhagamandalam

    • Udupi

  • Irregularities in construction of seawalls will be probed: Minister
  • `Vidyarambha' is highlight of celebrations at Kollur

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Two SP nominees killed

    • Vellore

  • Move to attach ESIC, Vellore with Salem office opposed

    • Vijayawada

  • Digital library inaugurated
  • Will areas near Patamata get Krishna water?
  • Water supply, sanitation prime on Shakuntala's agenda
  • Navaratri fete ends
  • Process of income-tax refund to be expedited
  • RTC makes alternative arrangements for strike
  • Around the city

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Panic over LPG shortage in city
  • Vijayadasami celebrated with fervour
  • Science talent search examinations next year
  • SA Naval officers complete course
  • Indo-Russian joint naval exercise from tomorrow
  • Rich tributes paid to Vavilala
  • Dumping of debris persists
  • Maize processing centre inaugurated in Vizianagaram district
  • Tributes paid to jawans killed in quake
  • Stick to speed limit, autorickshaw drivers told
  • Low-pressure area persists
  • Chains snatched
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • LPG shortage `temporary'

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Weightlifting

  • Chinese women dominate

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