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Alappuzha

  • Student hurt as chopper does mock drill

    • Anantapur

  • HLC likely to get additional water
  • Fake landmines create tension in Anantapur
  • Negative reports on AIDS will impact the affected, scribes told
  • TDP legistator cries foul over `unanimous' PACS election
  • Patil visits Puttaparthi
  • Two die, eight hurt as jeep overturns

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Two Congressmen shot dead by TDP gunman
  • Gushing waste
  • Fasting TDP leader extends deadline
  • TTD plan on land takeover okayed
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Pilgrim traffic unaffected by RTC stir
  • Rural services hit hard by RTC strike
  • Mudragada extends deadline, tension eases
  • Firing by gunman: TDP demands judicial probe
  • Superstition at work full time?
  • District Collector pulls up bankers
  • YSR to visit Adilabad district
  • Kundu in spate: 11 villages inundated
  • New V-C for Central varsity
  • Awards for schemes under Rajiv Yuva Shakti
  • Man, grandson killed in road accident

    • Assam

  • Violence spreads in Assam
  • NCM team for Mau

    • Bangalore

  • State plans sustained campaign to harness tourism potential
  • Real-estate mutual funds are coming
  • `India Organic 2005' from November 4
  • Koramangala violations: BMP gives residents more time to reply
  • Human rights to be taught from sixth standard onwards
  • Pact signed for conservation of Chandramouleshwara temple
  • You can watch your weight even while at work
  • New plan to bring down infant and maternal morality rates
  • Urban local bodies to get Rs. 1,305 crores this year
  • Centre's help to be sought to curb online lotteries
  • Volunteers from State reach remote quake-hit villages
  • South Australian film festival from today
  • Fall in number of tourists to Bangalore
  • Siddaramaiah group stakes claim to symbol
  • Come up with new ideas, HAL Chairman tells young engineers
  • Three-storeyed building collapses in Kumara Park
  • Customers hoping for fall in gold price this season
  • Six persons killed in road accidents
  • Two flesh trade rackets busted
  • Benjamin the Elephant makes his way to India
  • Bangalore University reduces revaluation fee for B.Ed. exam
  • Corps of Military Police celebrates 66th Raising Day
  • Painting exhibition at Chitrakala Parishat
  • Is this the best alternative?
  • SS Music launches VJ hunt
  • Conviction set aside
  • Get your poems published
  • Southern Spice looking for VJs
  • Appeals dismissed
  • Arrested
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • BJP demands higher price for sugarcane
  • Revision of voters' list in Belgaum

    • Bellary

  • Moily criticises Deve Gowda
  • Congress alone can rule the country, says Kharge
  • Dharam Singh declines to comment

    • Bidar

  • Seer to flag off rally

    • Bihar

  • 43 per cent turnout in first-phase Bihar polls
  • Supreme Court declines to stay Bihar elections
  • Joins RJD
  • Exit polls show mixed trend

    • Bijapur

  • Bagalkot to get broadband by month-end

    • Boxing

  • Sprint queen in the city

    • Briefly

  • Learn from China: Chidambaram
  • Ratan Tata takes charge at TTSL
  • Microsoft to increase headcount
  • Air Arabia connects Nagpur
  • Liberty Shoes clocks 19 p.c. growth in Q2 turnover
  • FEDAI directive to banks
  • Prudential ICICI Services Industries fund
  • Infotech Enterprises conference call
  • Godavari Fertilisers turnover at Rs. 727 cr.
  • BHEL bags PowerGrid contract
  • RIM launches service in Belthangady taluk
  • Karnataka Bank's customer meet
  • Essar to buy Max stake in Hutchison
  • Bridge & Roof keen on joint ventures

    • Business

  • Aim for $100 b, exporters told
  • Hyundai reaches another milestone
  • Improve airport infrastructure: IATA chief
  • TCS wins $847 m deal
  • Sensex goes into a tailspin
  • Bannari Amman Spg. taps market
  • RPG to expand retail business
  • Deutsche Bank forays into retail services
  • CEPC to set up research and development centre at Kollam
  • 8.5 p.c. SNF ensured in milk from Kannur

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • Leaders hail Nallakannu as man of toiling masses
  • Check dam to harness rainwater
  • Afternoon rain deluges roads
  • Sub-inspector told to pay compensation
  • He exemplifies `service before self' motto
  • Official held in land grab case
  • A. R. Rahman takes a trip down memory lane
  • Southern Railway asked to update gauge conversion plan
  • Japan aware of India's importance
  • He swam his way to fame
  • Efforts on to highlight advantages of Sethu project
  • Nanotech paper fetches them an invitation to visit the U.S.
  • Civic body holding up subway completion, court told
  • `Poison factory' takes the life of one more worker
  • Laser zaps unwanted hair
  • Student killed as motorcycle hits median
  • Human chain on Anti-Poverty Day
  • Hospitality industry seeks infrastructure status
  • Maintain Indian culture, youth told
  • State Government employees' meet postponed to December
  • Ramadoss accuses AIADMK Government of trying to break opposition DPA
  • Corporation destroys 3,000 kgs of `unhygienic' meat
  • Krishnasamy flays denial of permission for meet
  • ICF installs touch screen facility
  • Case against DMK chief posted to October 31
  • Tamil grammar encyclopaedia
  • International cooperation in shrimp management stressed
  • Prayers for quake victims
  • Holistic medicine meet begins Friday in city
  • Lok adalats settle 55 cases
  • TNCC plans protest
  • 14 years and set for 1,500th show
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Coimbatore

  • Free textbooks distributed
  • Poor shape of Vilankurich Road torments residents, motorists
  • Employment racket: two women held
  • Power supply to be disrupted
  • Drop-in-centre for school dropouts
  • Inter-school programme
  • BSNL festival offer
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • It's back to the basics
  • ECB suspends Kirtley for suspect action
  • King confident ahead of tour
  • Renewal of Players' Contract may be delayed
  • Inzamam comes under fire
  • Bangladesh's tour uncertain
  • Streak quits international cricket
  • Narrow win for Ponnagar CC
  • Shabbir can play again, confirms ICC
  • Ganguly declared fit to play
  • C.S.I. HSS in final

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8426
  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8425

    • Dharmapuri

  • Milk production high in composite Dharmapuri district

    • Dindigul

  • Need to protect environment
  • Demonstration for water supply

    • Editorials

  • Murder & militancy in a shaken State
  • China's major leap in space

    • Erode

  • Road works taken up at a cost of Rs. 34 crores
  • Work on bridge comes to a standstill
  • Army recruitment rally begins in Erode today

    • Front Page

  • J&K Minister Lone shot dead
  • Sailing in tandem: India-Russia exercises
  • Pakistan ready to open LoC for quake relief
  • Electoral officers directed to file complaints
  • 20 feared killed as bus falls into pond
  • 43 per cent turnout in first-phase Bihar polls
  • Supreme Court admits appeal in Bofors case
  • Sabharwal is CJI
  • Ansari, BJP leader booked for inciting riots in Mau
  • Federation Cup all set for kick-off
  • A lacklustre affair
  • A very special year in the history of Duleep Trophy
  • 43 per cent turnout in first phase of Bihar polls
  • Krishna happy to be Governor of `well-administered' Maharashtra
  • Anamalais awaits Project Tiger
  • A check on disaster-time preparedness
  • Violence in Pulivendula: two Congress men killed
  • Strike near-total; private vehicles operated
  • Private banks shun education loans
  • C.K. Padmanabhan is BJP candidate for byelection
  • A venturesome journey ends in good company, at last
  • Six Additional Judges
  • Self-Help Groups hone marketing skills
  • Emergency landing

    • Globescan

  • 10-year jail term for human rights activist
  • U.K. officer faces trial

    • Goa

  • Kalam's vision for developing Goa

    • Gulbarga

  • ICRISAT scientist selected for environmental biology award
  • CoD team begins investigation into youth's death

    • Guntur

  • Making the most of a `spatial' tryst
  • Fake drug dealers go scot-free in Guntur
  • Continuous rain damages crops
  • Strike partial in Guntur
  • Competitions for students

    • Hassan

  • `Excess' water discharged from Yagachi dam

    • Hockey

  • Birsa Munda girls win Nehru hockey tournament title

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Panchayat raj institutions have become more powerful than before
  • Chamber forms panel on airport
  • Water meters compulsory
  • Two killed in lorry-tempo collision

    • Hyderabad

  • RTC strike hits students hard
  • Women on write track
  • TRS in for more trouble
  • TDP condemns Pulivendula incidents
  • Police urged to adopt people-friendly policies
  • `Lost' boy traced after eight years
  • BSP backs demand for separate Telangana
  • Dinesh Reddy's writ plea on protocol issue dismissed
  • Conspiracy behind crisis, says TRS
  • 30-year-old killed over business rivalry
  • Legislative bills to be in Telugu
  • Court stays work on Polavaram
  • Temple faces demolition threat
  • Cash stolen from plastic shop; insider role suspected
  • MCH keen on Japanese bank grant for lake clean-up
  • Singur cheer for residents
  • State's stand on projects decried
  • Man held with fake passport
  • Revised schedule for revision of poll rolls
  • 2-lakh reward announced in blast case
  • Survey work on canal project begins
  • TDP accused of fanning violence
  • Power shutdown today
  • Rift at the top?
  • Four hurt in gas leakage explosion
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • India, U.S. sign science and technology pact
  • Pakistan condemns killing
  • Climate change issues: Japanese leader's call

    • International

  • Bird flu is global threat, says European Union
  • Iraqis indifferent to trial of Saddam Hussein
  • Saddam's day in court
  • Poll selects Noam Chomsky as world's top intellectual
  • Over a million jobs may have been lost in Pakistan
  • Rajapakse promises new approach to conflict resolution
  • China puts on hold visit by Japanese Foreign Minister
  • Chicken toy raises hackles
  • A gorilla gets cracking
  • Bangladesh Government bans Harkat-ul-Jihad
  • U.S., U.K. in unholy alliance, says Mugabe
  • Ship collision: pilgrims rescued
  • Immigrants "robbed, dumped in Sahara desert"
  • George Weah faces run-off

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Mufti, Governor lead in paying tributes to Lone
  • Central team visiting Srinagar today

    • Kannur

  • Congress campaign from October 26
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Row between upper castes, dalits ends

    • Karnataka

  • Krishna happy to be Governor of `well-administered' Maharashtra
  • New lease of life for temple
  • Rahul Gandhi visits Dharmasthala
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Sangh Parivar adopts aggressive posture on Dattatreya Peeta
  • Delirious devotees brave cold weather
  • Seven employees of Konkan Railway presented awards
  • Awards for tribal people

    • Kerala

  • Private banks shun education loans
  • Providing an interactive platform
  • Mellifluous, melodious
  • Draw for celebrity filmmakers
  • Harry Potter comes alive at Kalabhavan
  • Mistaken identity
  • Sensing earthquakes
  • Spicing up ties
  • Roads and potholes
  • What the telephone can do
  • Media, in a different role!
  • Looking back on those `dark days'
  • Next issue
  • Straight bat
  • Plachimada activists seek NHRC help
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Achuthanandan for impartial probe
  • Quarry accident exposes lack of safety measures
  • PAC team visiting Sabarimala today
  • Samastha results today
  • Global meet on education to be held in January
  • Plachimada activists seek NHRC intervention
  • O.K.R. Menon dead
  • Not office-bearers, says MCI

    • Khammam

  • RTC strike hits services

    • Kochi

  • Notice to Government, Civil Supplies Corporation
  • Natural gas to provide solution for pollution in Kochi city
  • Government order may affect road projects
  • Chandy urged to give up Home portfolio
  • KWA bid to juggle supply draws flak
  • Performing artistes oppose Government move
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Meet on civil engineering
  • State-level arts festival of TTC students from tomorrow
  • Awareness class on mental health

    • Kottayam

  • George forestalled a major coup?

    • Kozhikode

  • DYFI demands judicial probe into rights violations
  • BJP takes out protest march
  • LDF, DIC(K) reach accord on sharing posts
  • Kanthapuram's stand welcomed
  • `UDF-BJP alliance will continue'
  • Cycle rally to mark MEG anniversary
  • Kidney racket: probe sought
  • Bishop condemns attack
  • Cycle rally
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • More hospitals to distribute drugs to fight AIDS

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Fusion to improve higher education

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Fair umpire
  • Welcome ruling
  • Centre's `no'
  • School reform
  • Be more vocal

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Dissident leaders start oust-Gaur campaign

    • Madikeri

  • `World Bank aid will be used to upgrade health services'
  • Children's film festival from Friday

    • Madurai

  • Craft bazaars planned to help artisans market their products
  • Tourism cultural festival begins
  • LIC launches `Jeevan Plus' policy
  • Varsity mechanism to prevent malpractices in mark statements
  • Distribution of starter packs of pre-paid Excel cards
  • Write about your city to win prizes
  • Corpn. launches single-window system today
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Maharashtra

  • Sugarcane farmers in dire straits after floods

    • Mangalore

  • All prisons in State to be upgraded
  • `Joyous moment', `will power' paintings to go on display
  • MCC goes back on its promise to plant trees
  • Konkani Bharati Prathamika released
  • State-level yoga competition for students at Dharmasthala
  • Konkani Parishad's silver jubilee meet at Panaji in February
  • Man killed in accident
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Srinivas Prasad to inaugurate AHINDA rally in Bidar
  • Mysore varsity ties up with Thailand university group
  • Promoter of holiday resort company indicted of deficiency in services
  • Pourakarmikas stage dharna
  • New composition on the Cauvery enthrals audience in Mysore
  • Two arrested on charge of burglary
  • Kannada activists protest in front of Infosys office
  • Prasad to inaugurate AHINDA rally

    • National

  • Mufti, Governor lead in paying tributes to Lone
  • Central team visiting Srinagar today
  • Maran announces plan to computerise all 26,000 departmental post offices
  • A creditable performance at Kalpakkam
  • High security number plates: notice issued
  • Nicholas Burns to discuss civilian nuclear matters
  • A barrier India is yet to overcome
  • India, Pakistan get quake on the IPU agenda
  • Time to write epitaph for red letter box
  • Left condemns militant attack
  • India hails Musharraf's offer
  • Support job scheme, PM tells CMs
  • Telecom link
  • Chinese Red Cross donates Rs. 23. 71 lakhs

    • Nellore

  • Tirunalatippa gets face-lift
  • Counselling goes haywire
  • Novel protest by sanitary staff

    • New Delhi

  • Ministers, MLAs flouting Sonia's directive on ethics
  • `Patients First' launched for safe medical care
  • Old woman murdered
  • School education may become costly
  • DDA officials to have say in their own promotions?
  • `Civil dispute given the colour of criminal offence'
  • `World needs to follow the path of non-violence'
  • A modern hospital in the sky
  • Two more dengue deaths in the Capital
  • DPCC constitutes Ethics Committee
  • Japanese delegation calls on Sheila Dikshit
  • CBI asked to probe phone tapping case
  • Jilted lover shoots woman
  • Ill-treatment forced victim to leave home
  • High Court orders probe
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Black farce, bleak prospects
  • Baglihar: the points at issue
  • A change of guard

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Poor maintenance of tanks irks Minister

    • Palakkad

  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Tension in engineering college
  • DYFI protests against `police atrocities'

    • Pondicherry

  • Government plans grand monument at Kizhoor
  • Watchdog uncovers funds misuse, avoidable losses
  • Rangasamy inaugurates an archway at Mullodai
  • Kamban Chair for Bharathiar school
  • Bus operators seek hike in fares
  • CPI(M) flays Congress `silence' on civic polls

    • Punjab

  • Nation-wide campaign against AIDS launched

    • Racing : Horse

  • Perpetuate, Premier Star catch the eye
  • Dilaawar and Zaran show out
  • Flying Knight, Aaja Aaja please
  • Fearless Princess, Arizza shine
  • Wonder Of You claims feature

    • Racing : Motor

  • It was good to do well: Armaan

    • Raichur

  • Complicated surgery performed in Raichur
  • LIC launches `Jeevan Plus'
  • Farmers gherao officials, stage dharna in Raichur

    • Rajasthan

  • Hunger pangs in Adivasi houses

    • Religion

  • Hymn for all seasons

    • Rowing

  • Polluted venue adds to organisers'woes

    • Salem

  • Efforts on to promote rearing of bivoltine worms
  • Collector congratulates Revenue officials
  • Black flag protest planned

    • Sport

  • Federation Cup all set for kick-off
  • A lacklustre affair
  • A very special year in the history of Duleep Trophy

    • Sports : General

  • Commanding victory for AP Police
  • HMT upsets CIL

    • Squash

  • Easy win for Maharashtra `A'

    • Srikakulam

  • RTC manages show in face of near-total strike by workers
  • State grant for colleges

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Firing on all cylinders
  • Self-Help Groups hone marketing skills
  • He gets to act with Suriya in `Aaru'
  • Helping have-nots with a big heart
  • Rewarding them with award on the right day
  • An evening of Rafi at the Music Academy
  • Gearing up for a grand celebration
  • Closer to home now
  • Yoga for healthy body and calm mind
  • Seminar on spoken English
  • Festival-crazy marketing
  • Separate board for fisheries sought
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Adapt to changing scenario, universities told
  • Scarcity of Super Phosphate, DAP hits farmers hard
  • Ode to queen of musical instruments
  • Krishna happy to be Governor of "well-administered" Maharashtra
  • Court cases hold up Karur-Salem BG line
  • Tamil groups, family pay homage to Veerappan
  • Collector inaugurates children's film festival in Karur
  • Governor gets a glimpse of Chettinad architecture
  • Proposal to educate 1.88 lakh illiterates in Krishnagiri
  • Police quarters get water connections after 13 years
  • Mettur dam reaches full level
  • Around the City

    • Tennis

  • Sonal Phadke survives
  • Willpower on the wheelchair
  • Ferrer downs Calleri

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • `Conspiracy to defame Government'
  • MCH infectious diseases department in dire straits
  • Rajagopal for judicial probe
  • Crime Branch probing motive behind attack
  • Jet Airways' offer
  • Empowering youth
  • Windscreens of police van smashed
  • Open School registration
  • Keralites cautioned
  • Padmanabhan to be our candidate, says BJP
  • Not office-bearers, says MCI
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 19, 1955: SRC report being studied
  • dated October 19, 1955: Rift in PSP
  • dated October 19, 1955: Pak. recalls envoy

    • Thrissur

  • Panchayats may get staff appointment powers
  • Be people-friendly, police told
  • Nadaswaram artiste passes away
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Panels sought to monitor admission process in self-financing colleges
  • `Encourage grass root level innovators'
  • Confluence of artistic minds, creative instincts
  • Orientation programmes
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tirunelveli

  • Need to regularise garnet sand export

    • Tirupati

  • BJP lashes out at Ministers

    • Tumkur

  • Assault: MLA's supporters block highway

    • Tuticorin

  • Damage to fishing nets leads to mid-sea fight
  • Collector inspects pool complex work

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Stray dogs on roads pose a problem
  • Farmers observe fast
  • NSS camp organised at Kenthorai

    • Udupi

  • `Ethno-veterinary traditions help in effective treatment of livestock'
  • Ganguly, Chappel controversy a closed chapter, says Kirmani
  • Effective implementation of Mental Health Act sought

    • Vijayawada

  • Tough times for RTC's temporary staff
  • Race for co-opted posts hots up
  • `Negative' list baffles industrialists
  • APSRTC strike:official claims minimal impact
  • Commuter rush normal on trains
  • Aussie land beckons with jobs
  • Students up in arms against authorities, plan action
  • Arrested on charge of theft
  • 40 p.c. buses operate in Machilipatnam
  • LI scheme damaged
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • District Judge calls for adoption of alternative dispute resolution
  • RTC manages show in face of stir
  • Air travellers seek measures to control flood
  • `Viable' banking policy favoured
  • VMC union condemns MLA's action
  • Beware, danger agape
  • 9,471 families affected by rain in Vizag
  • Woman succumbs to burns
  • Railway union considering strike
  • Trains to be cancelled
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • A Zone Greens wins
  • ITI beats IB

    • Warangal

  • Reforms in higher education mooted
  • Lessons from the law-keepers
  • Arrangements on for health scheme launch

    • Weather

  • Weather

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