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Anantapur

  • 4.5 cr. sanctioned for drinking water schemes
  • Gram panchayat election rescheduled for August 20
  • MROs told to speed up process for input subsidy
  • Development master plan for Puttaparthi approved

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Flood-ravaged Andhra seeks Army's help
  • SHRC bans Pepsi, Coke on campuses in A.P.
  • `Biotechnology will help develop better crops'
  • Congress bags majority seats in Palakonda
  • Safety first
  • Reaping the benefit
  • Eyeball-to-eyeball sight
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Loksatta youths lose the electoral battle at Charlapally village
  • Godavari continues to play havoc
  • YSR talks tough on encroachments
  • MLAs question quality of food airdropped in flood-hit areas
  • Ex gratia sought for kin of flood victims
  • Flood aid continues to be elusive
  • ONGC `Crisis Management Team' deployed
  • 130 villages marooned in Konaseema
  • Orissa opposed to Polavaram project
  • 600 transformers burnt in East Godavari
  • Man found dead in police lock-up
  • In service of old women
  • Youths threaten stir

    • Assam

  • Six CRPF men injured in ULFA attack

    • Bangalore

  • Tight security for Independence Day
  • Court upholds students' plea on fees
  • Students shine at Prerane 2006
  • Aiming big in the world of music
  • Minister to go on tour to study problems of small industries
  • Manpower shortage hits intelligence wing's work
  • 13 new buses join KSTDC fleet
  • High Court orders maintaining of status quo in land dispute
  • Factory worker caught in machine; crushed to death
  • `Draft bill on regulating cable TV content ready'
  • Blasts in Mumbai a senseless act, says Rahul Dravid
  • Tree census on roads marked for widening
  • Zee Astitva Award for classical dancer
  • VTU signs pact with Honeywell, introduces M.Tech. in avionics
  • Niranjanananda Puri is new head of Kanaka peetha
  • Academy's diploma course to promote Urdu
  • `Sushma obstructing commission's probe'
  • Keeping intact the rich history behind them
  • No dearth of funds for drinking water supply, says Minister
  • Master's course in international business to be launched
  • People stone bus after it knocks down pedestrian
  • Zee Astitva Award for classical dancer
  • Seminar on library services to be inaugurated tomorrow
  • Symposium to focus on seeds, planting material
  • All-party team to meet Manmohan today
  • Murder accused escapes from custody
  • Snatched
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Geethu is Player of the Month

    • Belgaum

  • Involve elected members in relief works, says MLA
  • MES members stage dharna
  • Let-up in flood situation in several places in Belgaum

    • Bellary

  • Low-quality work: action against five irrigation officials

    • Bidar

  • Minister visits rain-damaged villages in Bidar
  • Crop loss due to scarcity of rain in July estimated at Rs. 70 cr.

    • Bijapur

  • Krishna still in spate

    • Bridge

  • Raju, Malhotra win

    • Briefly

  • Pantaloon, Manipal Health in healthcare JV
  • Bhagyanagar Metals shareholders' nod for bonus
  • Kinetic to export Blaze to Japan
  • No proposal to ban iron ore export
  • Karnataka Bank revises FCNR (B) rates
  • Seaways acquires second container vessel
  • Tech Mahindra fixes IPO price at Rs. 365
  • Take Solutions launches OneClinical
  • Infosys director on IPE board
  • GMR fixes IPO price at Rs. 210
  • Satyam forms alliance with U.S. firm
  • Panacea obtains patent for Nimesulide
  • Orientation programme on e-filing
  • Take Solutions launches OneClinical
  • Kansai Nerolac Q1 profit up 23 p.c.
  • Franklin Templeton ties up with Karnataka Bank
  • iGate Global merges its U.S. arm with itself
  • Hero Honda opens riding school in Nagpur
  • Sambandam Spinning turnover and profit up

    • Business

  • Policy statement on short-selling soon
  • No review of RIL gas decision: Deora
  • Ivory Coast seeks mining cooperation with India
  • Indiabulls gets NSE, BSE nod for de-merger
  • Bunge unveils new Dalda range
  • Tata BlueScope's Pune unit on stream
  • Nokia launches `Eseries' devices
  • BP shuts down biggest oil field in U.S.
  • Tata Tea looking at new business model
  • Sensex drops 54 points
  • Rupee declines

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chattisgarh

  • Chhattisgarh bans soft drinks
  • Chhattisgarh BJP chief removed

    • Chennai

  • A full-fledged music director at 19
  • Public hearing favours continuation of CET
  • High Court order upsets advocates
  • Building contractors shun Corporation projects
  • Students can look at Railways as a career option, says Velu
  • Mohanlal dissociates himself from `Aran'
  • MNC engineer uses fake e-ticket to enter airport
  • Multi-institutional collaborations in nurturing water bodies emphasised
  • Karunanidhi to speak to Rajasekhara Reddy on Palar issue
  • Japan hoping to improve ties with Manmohan Singh's visit
  • Early treatment can save your eye
  • Breastfeeding awareness efforts successful: expert
  • Will Vishal do a hat-trick with "Thimiru"?
  • Three new bus routes launched
  • 7 teams to probe alleged bogus insurance claims
  • "Anti-nationals will not go scot-free"
  • New management programmes
  • Fast for better amenities
  • Chair for Railways in varsity likely
  • Sankara students sweep music awards
  • Maudhany's bail plea: Government to reply by Friday
  • Students demand ban on cola drinks
  • Boy eats contaminated biscuit, dies
  • New traffic arrangement at Vadapalani junction
  • Little Theatre programme
  • Pondy Express speeded up
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Chess

  • Nimmy retains title
  • Rajeev holds Preetham

    • Coimbatore

  • New wave of attack A new wave of attack
  • `Al-Umma deputed human bombs to meeting venue'
  • Teachers focus on leadership skills
  • Preparations begin for local body polls
  • Seminar
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • McGrath in provisional squad
  • TN emerges champion
  • Cricket-skills camp begins
  • Wright's comment draws sharp reaction
  • Need for former players to re-engage with the game
  • Sukumar slams century
  • Innings lead for North Zone II
  • Being unfair to the selectors
  • Another feather in Lara's cap
  • Srivastava propels Indian colts

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8676
  • Solution to Puzzle 8675

    • Dharmapuri

  • Village panchayats to conduct gram sabha meetings on Aug. 15

    • Dindigul

  • Take immediate action on petitions: Collector
  • Medical cell established at Dindigul Collectorate

    • Editorials

  • A blow to autonomy
  • The continuing neglect of schools

    • Erode

  • Poor state of houses scares residents
  • Water supply after midnight
  • Sterilisation: the end to stray dog menace
  • In Erode Today

    • Front Page

  • Oil allotted to Sehgal to oblige Natwar: Pathak
  • I'll continue to fight, says Natwar
  • Not a shred of evidence against Congress: ATR
  • Legislation on reservation for Christians, Muslims coming
  • Underworld don arrested near Nepal border
  • Over 1,500 marooned rescued by Army
  • Tension in Patna varsity after shooting incident
  • Supreme Court issues notice to private college managements
  • LeT planned to bomb Bangalore
  • Probe in Mayawati case complete: CBI
  • Flood-ravaged State seeks Army's help; death toll 100
  • Only half the truth revealed, says Jaitley
  • SHRC bans Coca Cola and Pepsico on campuses
  • Suicide by farmers in Vidarbha region
  • Rise in airfares
  • Peace talks in danger
  • Grenade attack

    • Gulbarga

  • Gulbarga district faces flood threat again
  • `Fill up posts of drawing teacher in government schools'
  • Campus placement in engineering college

    • Guntur

  • Row over installation of Rajiv Gandhi statue
  • Infant's death triggers protest

    • Haryana

  • Ten IAS officers transferred
  • Haryana's proposal
  • Hooda for more joint venture projects with Uttaranchal

    • Hassan

  • Complaints of illegal extraction of steatite in Arsikere taluk
  • Two killed in separate accidents

    • Hockey

  • Set up exclusive coaching centres, says Baskaran
  • Pakistan powers to victory

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Government urged to develop Dharwad-Goa highway
  • A valiant fight and a sad end
  • `Information Act has provisions to protect honest officers'
  • JD(S) takes out procession against `wrong information'
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Hyderabad

  • Water logging: MCH finds a `concrete' solution
  • SCB polls: Congressmen bag three wards
  • Cyber cafes caught in the terrorist web
  • Photo exhibition on royal women opens
  • HMWSSB's daily water supply plan delayed
  • MCH wins award for best practices
  • Triple murder: role of injured kin suspected
  • Gone are the days of bunking classes
  • Model code not to hinder relief work, says SEC
  • Secret behind bacterial growth unearthed
  • Housewife killed in car crash in Rasoolpura
  • Children with heart diseases to be screened
  • Telugu Desam raps tardy relief measures
  • Tourism agreement likely with Gujarat
  • Utsav Samiti wants immersion only in Hussainsagar lake
  • Singur receives heavy inflows
  • Two-day garment fair to begin on August 12
  • Bandaru Dattatreya for withdrawal of G.O. 272
  • IGNOU: last date for re-registration is October 1
  • Rest house for police to come up
  • Floods: YSR urges Centre to release Rs. 180 crores
  • Nursery mela to be held from August 12
  • Photo exhibition opens
  • Rural bank staff arrested for staging dharna
  • Apprenticeship programme
  • TDP politicising flood relief: Congress
  • Best choice for dear brother
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • `Sagar-gate' scandal
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • "India offered to restore J&K to pre-1953 status"

    • International

  • 40 killed in Israeli blitz
  • Renewed shelling on LTTE positions
  • 15 NGO workers killed
  • U.N. warns of Iraq-like situation in Lebanon
  • Christopher Columbus, the bully-tyrant
  • Try Bush, Blair for crimes: Iran
  • Chad switches recognition to China
  • Eruption imminent
  • Castro recovering: Chavez

    • Kannur

  • Paying tributes to a social reformer
  • B.Tech. results published
  • Onam Khadi fair begins today at Kannur
  • Rotary to launch aid schemes
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Memorable evening for KIFT students
  • Rain brings bounty to fishermen
  • Torrential rain claims six lives
  • Panchayat polls: Congress regains lost ground in Karimnagar

    • Karnataka

  • Lashkar plan to bomb Bangalore?
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Ban on recruitment of college teachers goes
  • Official Language Act: Congress to maintain status quo
  • Education should be made more meaningful: Shankaramurthy
  • Broadband services to be introduced in all taluk headquarters soon

    • Kerala

  • Guided development of Sabarimala mooted
  • Supreme Court issues notices to managements
  • A concrete jungle in the making
  • Jurists call for fair criticism of courts, judgments
  • Guided development of Sabarimala complex mooted
  • Ban on online lotteries to stay
  • Probe sought into death of accused
  • Congress plans stir against custodial deaths: Chennithala
  • Guidelines for local bodies
  • Fresh bids for Vizhinjam project soon: Chief Minister
  • Death of a prisoner
  • United stand
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Indulekha survives gutters and bandicoots
  • Baby's remark against rule of law: Chandy

    • Kochi

  • Campaign to end child-begging
  • Cultivating reading habit
  • Brain research facility inaugurated at Cusat
  • Islanders protest against delay in starting bus service
  • Institutions run by churches hold meet
  • Central Bank staff to strike work on August 10, 11
  • Plea for action against dumping of toxic waste
  • Registration for telefilm shooting
  • Police policy flayed
  • Rally of street children on August 14
  • Court directs Sanskrit university to take steps to end strike
  • Award for poet
  • `Power for all homes in 5 years'
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Fishermen to violate ban
  • SNDP Yogam opposes high fee for NRI seats
  • Goraksha scheme's third phase begins
  • Stake nets removed from Paravur Lake
  • State meet of KTSS
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kozhikode

  • Ex-servicemen to help boost tourism in State
  • Steps to curb hooch trade in Kozhikode
  • Government told to reveal expenses incurred on medicos
  • Applications invited for bravery awards
  • Ration dealers seek payment
  • Office-bearers elected

    • Kurnool

  • Child labour rampant in Adoni

    • Leader Page Articles

  • When self-defence becomes lawlessness

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Diplomat's expulsion
  • Pathak report
  • Overdue ban
  • Cola controversy

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Protests against rising prices planned

    • Madikeri

  • Number of wards in Kodagu to go up
  • Snake rescued

    • Madurai

  • Plan to hand over water schemes to local bodies flayed
  • Move to protect college students
  • Redeploy Kumbakonam schoolteacher, says court
  • Varsity to launch Masters course in journalism
  • Film review in a different angle
  • Complex surgery performed at city hospital
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Mangalore

  • Corporate model not an ideal management practice for hospitals, says Hegde
  • River garlanding project to be revived: Minister
  • Distance education: rural women set an example
  • Election for Mangalore Mayor still uncertain
  • Notification to regulate live bands made official
  • One more held in murder case
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Classical language status sought for Kannada
  • Sharief vouches for Deve Gowda's secular ideology
  • Unique conservation education
  • `Install statue of K.M. Cariappa'
  • Call to convene meeting to revise development plan
  • New attraction at zoo

    • Nagapattinam

  • Ryots' forum plea

    • National

  • Report "leak" rocks Parliament
  • "Natwar's move unbecoming of his position"
  • Dasmunsi decries disruption
  • It's a matter of privilege of House: Yechury
  • Only half the truth revealed: Jaitley
  • Sorry, says Anbumani
  • Capturing the aftermath of a tragedy
  • Task force on Panchayati Raj submits report
  • Manmohan to meet trade unions
  • RPF to be strengthened
  • Army against rescue mission in abandoned coal mine
  • Arab television channels not banned: Minister
  • JD(S) leaders plan conventions
  • India rules out violation by 2 firms
  • Left will not vote with BJP, says Basu
  • Probe in Mayawati case complete: CBI
  • We understand postponement of talks with Pakistan: Boucher
  • Somnath asks Vajpayee to reconsider boycott decision
  • Election Commission's notice to Anbumani
  • Many Gujarat towns swamped by floods
  • Pakistan out for confrontation: BJP
  • Centre urged to ban soft drinks
  • Backward classes commission chief
  • Rajasthan fails annual urs pilgrims from Pakistan

    • Nellore

  • Congress winning streak continues in Nellore

    • New Delhi

  • Water to flow from Sonia Vihar plant today
  • Mastermind behind Aligarh riots arrested in Delhi
  • To spend or not to spend, MLAs in a fix
  • All about spinning a story
  • `Conspiracy' to save Councillor, says Harsh Vardhan
  • A medley of vibrant colours
  • Computer professionals held
  • Inflated bills a ploy to install new meters: RWAs
  • MLA sticks his neck out for Sonia Gandhi
  • Safai Karamchari panel to be set up
  • A brand new treat for film lovers
  • V.P. Singh felicitated on Reservation Day
  • Fellowship for ONGC director
  • Life term for six
  • Protestors go `euphoric'
  • NCC team for Singapore
  • Sitting tall
  • Three arrested for beating bus driver
  • Rajnath Singh to lead farmers' agitation
  • Plastic waste to be used to lay Delhi roads
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    • New Delhi - Others

  • Around the City

    • News Analysis

  • Corrections and clarifications
  • "Give us a price, not a package"
  • War and war crimes
  • Waiting for the General's story

    • Ongole

  • Drive on to make Ongole town dustbin-free
  • A `challenging' mission indeed

    • Palakkad

  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Vehicular traffic on TK Road resumes today

    • Perambalur

  • Draft list ready

    • Pondicherry

  • Government keen on promoting Tamil literature: Rangasamy
  • "Yanam flood situation under control"
  • Physically challenged persons take out rally
  • Rangasamy seeks Pondy-Cuddalore rail link
  • Law on `government quota' seats coming
  • Panel recommends Statehood for Pondy

    • Racing : Horse

  • Jalapeno shows out
  • Shaolin, Axara impress
  • Arctic Mist for main event
  • Mirbat Battle bags main event

    • Raichur

  • Taluk panchayats demand separate grants for development works

    • Rajasthan

  • Congress MLA dead

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Sub-Registrar arrested

    • Religion

  • Devotion only matters

    • Sailing

  • Navin Shirodkar hogs the limelight

    • Salem

  • Insurance claims scam: CBI conducts raids
  • Soft drinks, but hard facts
  • Motorbike expedition launched NCC expedition flagged off
  • Draft list of wards prepared

    • Shimoga

  • Women stage dharna seeking closure of liquor shops
  • Brothers attacked, one dies
  • Demonstration against attacks on Dalits

    • Sivaganga

  • Warning issued against illegal sand miners and ration rice smugglers

    • Sport

  • Jayawardene takes Lanka close to win
  • Strauss hits century, but Pakistan has the edge
  • Hari wins Marx Gyorgy title

    • Sports : General

  • Wright not right
  • Athletics seminar from today
  • CM's Cup from Sept. 30
  • Double for Loyola

    • Squash

  • Mohican Chief wins

    • Srikakulam

  • Naidu visits flood-hit Srikakulam
  • Rs. 15 cr. for relief

    • Table Tennis

  • DTTA left without a venue

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Knowledge centres in 6,00,000 villages by year 2007
  • Remove encroachments
  • VAT Bill to be introduced in current session
  • Insurance claims scam: CBI conducts raids in five towns
  • Apollo Tyres to set up radial unit in State
  • Court directive on MBA, MCA courses
  • Does my name figure here?
  • Correction
  • ECIL bags BrahMos Aerospace order
  • Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme likely to be extended, says Elangovan
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Panel recommends Statehood for Pondy
  • Pandemonium in Theni all-party meeting
  • Second round counselling on August 9, 10
  • Government asked to clarify on the proposed Corporation areas
  • Keeping intact the history behind them
  • `Establish agro-based industries in Pollachi'
  • Students get learner's licence at their college
  • Tamil literature will be promoted, says Rangasamy
  • 4,150 receive applications for water connections in Nallur
  • Entrance test held for research fellowship
  • Balasabha meetings on August 14
  • Fireworks go off due to lightning; one held

    • Tennis

  • Sandra triumphs
  • Tough draw for Sania
  • Ravishankar beats Cheong-Eui Kim

    • Thanjavur

  • Further delay in Thanjavur underground drainage work
  • In Thanjavur Today

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • BFA admissions kick up a row
  • Work on VJT Hall-LMS road to be over by end of the month
  • `No indication of pesticide contamination at Venniyoor'
  • Big banners gear up for Onam
  • Centenary celebrations of Scouts & Guides inaugurated
  • Street vendors set up shop for Onam festival
  • Newspaper in Education programme inaugurated at Vidyadhiraja school
  • One killed, 11 hurt in road accident
  • End stalemate, says Antony
  • Next issue
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated August 8, 1956: Bigger Bombay State
  • dated August 8, 1956: Kachcha Tivu
  • dated August 8, 1956: Appeal to music sabhas

    • Thrissur

  • `Films should focus on dream and pains of ordinary people'
  • `Museum should be named after Achutha Menon'
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • `Modify faculty improvement programme'
  • Stress on simultaneous breastfeeding of twins
  • Training programme
  • Collector holds all-party meeting
  • No privatisation, says Transport Minister
  • Modern cardiac imaging facility
  • Exhibition
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tirunelveli

  • Councillors object to `reservation' of wards
  • 2,037 polling stations for local body elections in Nellai
  • In Tirunelveli Today

    • Tirupati

  • Treat for sports lovers in Tirupati
  • In Tirupati Today

    • Tuticorin

  • Insurance employees take out rally
  • Sanitary facilities dedicated to Tuticorin old age home

    • Udhagamandalam

  • New bishop to be ordained tomorrow

    • Udupi

  • Manorama Madhwaraj takes exception to NPCL claim
  • Congress workers stage dharna

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Notice to U.P. Govt. on fire tragedy
  • Sarod player prays for life of shehnai legend
  • Encouraging students to think past their boundaries
  • `Remove bottlenecks in renovation of highways'
  • Many injured in mob-police clash

    • Vijayawada

  • A tale of two academies
  • `Medical education in China within reach of Indian students'
  • Krishna riverbank to be cleared of encroachers
  • Fun `n' frolic at Nalanda Freshers' Day
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Witty message

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Debate over solution to airport flooding
  • Beckoning bargain hunters
  • No unanimity yet on airport issue
  • Foundation offers cleft-lip repair
  • Relief should come first, says Telugu Desam chief
  • Expansion work apace
  • Two mechanised fishing boats washed ashore
  • World breast-feeding week ends
  • Motorists should carry documents: police
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • An airport with wings clipped?

    • Warangal

  • Need for consumer education stressed

    • Weather

  • Weather

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