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Alappuzha

  • In Alapuzha Today

    • Anantapur

  • Paritala case: one more arrested
  • New district judge takes charge

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Sonia visits flood-ravaged areas in Andhra Pradesh
  • V.P. Singh for early decision on Telangana
  • Reaching out
  • Touch of devotion
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Sonia moved by victims' plight
  • Flood-hit villagers begin salvage operation
  • A chance encounter
  • Epidemic threat looms large
  • TDP seeks re-poll, arrest of DSP, MLA
  • `Assault' on tax men will not be tolerated: official
  • Naidu hits out at Congress
  • Milk to be supplied to flood-hit: Collector
  • Ministers fail to reach inundated villages
  • Traffic movement resumes on NH - 7
  • Spirit of brotherhood hailed
  • Breaches: CPI blames irrigation officials
  • Stranded Sri Lanakans to resume journey today
  • Chandrababu Naidu visits flood-hit areas
  • Special package for ryots sought

    • Athletics

  • Obikwelu retains 100m title

    • Bangalore

  • Cola ban evokes mixed reaction
  • Big industrialists figure in encroachment: Panel
  • Australian university offers MBA through MATS School
  • Rewards programme for consumers launched in Bangalore
  • New law may be enacted for mass rapid transport
  • Deve Gowda: bribery charge aimed at decimating JD(S)
  • Burning up those calories
  • `State will go ahead with Kalasa-Banduri Nala project'
  • Telgi seeks more time to confess
  • Water supply to be hit
  • Bangalore Gayana Samaja to organise music festival
  • Scuffle at artiste's house: man held
  • Student cheated
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Show concern for north Karnataka, Government urged
  • Raise height of roads, bridges in flood-hit areas: Union Minister
  • Centre not discriminating against State: Oscar

    • Bellary

  • `Priority given to water, power supply schemes'

    • Bidar

  • Trees planted to mark Quit India anniversary
  • Four accused of sacrificing boy acquitted

    • Bihar

  • LJP, Left sharpen attack against Nitish Govt.

    • Bijapur

  • Increased water discharge fuels anxiety in State

    • Briefly

  • Aurobindo Pharma gets MHRA authorisation
  • Mu Sigma to strengthen Bangalore operations
  • TVS Victor GLX with electric start launched
  • Kaml Nath's assurance to traders on FDI
  • Cholayil launches Medimix sandal
  • ITC Infotech gets Danske Bank contract
  • Global Meet
  • IBA to take up PLR issue
  • QuEST in pact with MAG Industrial
  • Areva T&D gets NLDC contract
  • No hike in home loan rates: ICICI Bank
  • Power, steel pull down infrastructure growth
  • Tata Sons raises stake in VSNL
  • Training programme on export marketing
  • Hitachi sets up new business unit
  • JM Financial launches private equity fund
  • Gitanjali Gems pact with Modern India
  • Motor insurance software from Insurance Assist
  • BhOB raises deposit rates

    • Business

  • BIMSTEC meet sets early deadline for FTA
  • ONGC clears Dahej investment
  • SBI's first full-fledged branch in China
  • `Hedge funds offer scope for tapping foreign capital'
  • Mahindra Gesco's biotech SEZ cleared
  • Ford rolls out all-new Fusion
  • TCL plans unit in India
  • Whirlpool records 30 p.c. jump in sales
  • Three vessels launched from Cochin Shipyard
  • Rupee moves up further
  • Sensex gains further

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chennai

  • Special courts needed to deal with child abuse cases: Chief Justice
  • Needed: a well-knit, secure transport network
  • Super products for the haut monde
  • A beautiful example of hard work paying off
  • ``Hard work is in tune with success''
  • Feed, medicines for non-existent animals
  • Four held for kidnapping youth
  • CAG findings on Veeranam scheme to be perused
  • Learning to identify symptoms of child sexual abuse
  • `Pulikesi' a box-office hit despite piracy
  • Thiruvallur Collectorate to source vegetables from `uzhavar sandhais'
  • Transsexuals seek voter ID cards
  • Student-dancer's gesture to cancer institute
  • Accent on media role in information age
  • Telugu film director bags award
  • MTC to launch new services
  • Award for IIT scholar
  • Meet on risk management
  • Fire in Income Tax office
  • Permission denial condemned
  • Party joins AIADMK alliance
  • Refugees now arriving during daytime too
  • "Great leaders' lives carry hope message"
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Sree Kumar in sole lead
  • Barua, Negi among leaders
  • Gajendran wins

    • Coimbatore

  • "Circular issued for speedy disposal of suits"
  • Projects on ecological concerns
  • Bus stand opposite GH to get a facelift
  • Arrested
  • Regulatory orders
  • Book fair
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • Indian eves restrict England
  • Australian newspapers slam Jones
  • Dinesh Mongia out to prove a point
  • Imran takes a dig at Inzamam
  • Ganguly's inclusion thrills Kolkata
  • Sumit Sharma misses century

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8678
  • Solution to Puzzle 8677

    • Dindigul

  • "Violation of traffic rules will be viewed seriously"
  • Hundreds take part in car fete

    • Editorials

  • Avoiding annual floods
  • Bravo Sri Lanka

    • Erode

  • Gram Sabha to popularise non-conventional energy
  • Villagers block road demanding graveyard
  • CPI to conduct `save Bhavani, Cauvery' rally
  • Life sentence for two
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • Lampard seals Chelsea's win

    • Front Page

  • If pressure continues, Iran can change mind on NPT
  • Maharashtra flood death toll 118
  • Natwar Singh faults Pathak
  • India will not intervene directly in Sri Lankan peace process: Narayanan
  • Feed, medicines for non-existent animals
  • Ganguly makes it to the probables' list
  • Killing of youth sparks strong protests in Srinagar
  • Long-awaited judgment today in 1993 Mumbai blasts case
  • Government clamps down on 12 brands of soft drinks
  • Sonia visits flood-hit areas, consoles victims
  • Kerala to impose total ban on Pepsi, Coke soft drinks
  • "Panchayat presidents can suspend subordinates"
  • Court asks State to file statement on parole
  • Power cuts, traffic jams spoil festive mood in Capital
  • Railway Police gear up to get ISO certification
  • Kumaraswamy for new norms for royalty on ore
  • Manmohan skips tea hosted by Kalam
  • Pact reached

    • Haryana

  • Haryana plan for district-level bomb disposal squads
  • Alleged ISI agent arrested

    • Hassan

  • MLA unhappy with officials' failure to take up development work
  • Record production of silk cocoons in Hassan

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Lahaul Valley blooming with tree plantation

    • Hockey

  • Jamal Mohammed College triumphs

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • `Officials giving wrong information on project'
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Hyderabad

  • How to find your decorating style and know where to begin
  • MCH draws up plans to improve sanitation wing
  • Online tracking to monitor congenital heart surgeries
  • 990 villages still remain under water
  • `African nations striving to depend less on UN and EU'
  • Harrowing time for bus passengers in city
  • Congress MLA wants GO 72 cancelled
  • Cola ban for all State Government institutions
  • Satyam Foundation to help streetchildren become computer literate
  • `Government sincere in taking up relief work'
  • Apprenticeship training selections for Intermediate vocational course students
  • Lok Satta party launch on Oct. 1
  • Removal of `pendrol clips' on track found
  • Central team to visit Andhra Pradesh soon
  • Transport Department ban on plying of over 15-year-old buses
  • Demolition of illegal structures begins
  • Traffic diversions in some parts of city today
  • Tajikistan President arrives
  • Jail authorities told to provide treatment to prisoner
  • Irrigation projects: Sonia assures help
  • Power shutdown
  • Rosaiah justifies Sonia's visit
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Ahmadinejad keen on energy ties with India
  • Tamil Nadu's decision to send back Sri Lankan police officers hasty, says Anandasangaree

    • International

  • Israel set to broaden offensive
  • Pact signed on arms in Nepal
  • Lebanese youth flock to Hizbollah
  • Five killed in Sri Lankan violence
  • Twins separated
  • Crackdown on madrassas
  • Suharto case closure
  • Journalist held over royal bug
  • Aziz faces no-trust vote
  • Indonesian bird flu toll 45
  • Stamp on Kadirgamar

    • Interviews

  • "We are still interested in dialogue based on justness and fairness"

    • Kancheepuram

  • CB-CID may probe preacher case

    • Kannur

  • Constitute human rights courts, says Chennithala
  • `Quit India opponents acting against progress'
  • Seats vacant for music course
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Check corrupt politicians, says Lok Satta

    • Karnataka

  • Karnataka bans sale of soft drinks
  • In the company of tyagis
  • Wall collapse
  • Rain effect
  • Shelter at last
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • IAF officer's son dies in road accident
  • 101 arrested in connection with clashes in Halakeri
  • All government buildings to have rainwater harvesting structures
  • Congress seeks dismissal of coalition government
  • Mini-hydel project across Kali opposed
  • Goa Government prepared to tackle floods
  • Rs. 45 lakh released for naxal-affected villages
  • Villagers stage protest in demand of better bus services
  • Technology to facilitate progress
  • Parties oppose Upper Bhadra Project
  • Congress seeks dismissal of coalition government

    • Kerala

  • Kerala to impose total ban on Pepsi, Coke softdrinks
  • Two Afghan students missing from Kozhikode
  • Security at airport to be strengthened
  • Recruitments: call to create conducive atmosphere to execute laws
  • Seafood exporters' forum seeks one-time settlement
  • `Non-violent struggles are more relevant'
  • It is festival time in Kozhikode now
  • Taxi operators plan march to RTA
  • Meet on ration distribution during Onam
  • SNDP Union to distribute Rs.1.5 crores
  • Cusat: 810 get B.Tech. admission
  • Protest against university's stand
  • Doing brisk business
  • Retaining tradition
  • Auspicious start
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • From Irumbuchola, for peace in Lebanon
  • Conversion: `Government sanction for prosecution not required'
  • Probe on into Bachu's call

    • Kochi

  • Call for a unique water caring policy in State
  • Forays into the wonders of filmdom
  • Setting the festive spirit
  • Sobha John's bail stayed
  • One held on charges of cheating
  • Cable TV rates to go up
  • Next issue
  • Dheevara Sabha denies expulsion
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • End in sight to mining issue
  • Rs.890-crore profit for BSNL
  • SETO alleges moves to upset bonus benefits

    • Kottayam

  • Mani asks Baby to step down
  • 17 students debarred

    • Kozhikode

  • Two Afghan students missing
  • Civic body initiative to save water for summer months
  • Koyilandy municipality to manufacture salt
  • `Consensus the only solution'
  • Speedy computerisation of grama panchayat offices sought
  • Panchayat staff seek speedy computerisation of offices
  • `Evolve consensus on self-financing colleges issue'
  • Faculty positions
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • Kalyanotsavam celebrated with fervour
  • Plea to protect Bharat Alloys factory

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Food security: China's success story

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Surprising
  • The CSE's findings

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Exhibition of random sketches

    • Madurai

  • Traffic congestion has become order of the day
  • Inter-linking of rivers will ensure food security: VC
  • What is boon to Sellur is a bane of other areas
  • Refund of deposits
  • On a dramatic tour with Kunthi
  • INL demands quota for Muslims
  • 35 petitions received at grievance day meet
  • Honey haul
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • `Customer confidence important for banks'
  • Setting up of NFDB welcomed
  • Mangalore student wins `Creating Life Story' contest
  • Samajwadi Party threatens to block roads
  • Minister attends panchayat meeting
  • Guest teachers to be paid more
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Gajapayana begins on August 18
  • Procession taken out to mark Quit India movement
  • Factories to pay Rs. 1,100 a tonne of cane
  • Corporation's drive against encroachment criticised
  • Displaying diverse art and crafts
  • Man held, sandalwood seized
  • Symposium on `Global pursuits of children's theatre'
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nalgonda

  • Pseudo naxal arrested

    • National

  • Criticism of Somnath not in good taste: Gowda
  • Natwar brought "disrepute" to party: Pranab
  • Little respite for Surat, people take refuge on rooftops
  • 10,000 food packets for Surat
  • CPI(M) wants role of Reliance investigated
  • Costs are less in India, but wages are low too
  • Images from Kolkata of yore
  • Amarnath pilgrimage ends
  • Jurists: no justification for not disclosing file notings
  • Parties assure support to women's groups
  • Conversion: "Government sanction for prosecution not required"
  • Alert at Kolkata airport to continue
  • Bilgaon microhydel project washed away
  • Activists launch protest against ADB
  • CIC seeks correspondence between Vajpayee and Narayanan
  • Army evacuates 2000 people in Ladakh
  • Ministers criticise Natwar

    • New Delhi

  • Students unite to improve JNU health centre
  • DDA officers' role under the scanner
  • New Chief Secretary puts Delhi Government in action mode
  • Race for Delhi BJP chief post intensifies
  • Delhi police seeks details on Fazlu from Gujarat, Mumbai
  • MCD directed to start sealing drive soon
  • Showcasing cultural bonds
  • Implement Tejinder Khanna panel report: BJP
  • Designer wedding collection on display
  • When faith and conservation blend
  • Railways to improve menu for passengers
  • CNG supply to hotels stopped
  • Man arrested for stabbing brother
  • Raksha Bandhan in Tihar jail
  • Metro records 6.5 lakh passengers
  • One nabbed for online fraud
  • Students seek security for girls in Delhi varsity campus areas
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Corrections and clarifications

    • Nizamabad

  • Pitlam mandal's role in Quit India recalled

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • Jubilation in Plachimada
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Niraputhari celebrated
  • `Move to sideline Pandalam Palace in Sabarimala affairs'
  • In Pathanamthitta Today

    • Pondicherry

  • Housing scheme for Pondy police soon
  • Death of two persons at railway crossing fuels protest
  • AIADMK MLAs stage walkout
  • Karaikal MLAs highlight sufferings of patients

    • Punjab

  • Punjab disburses Rs. 204 crores to riot victims

    • Racing : Horse

  • Fantabulous Prince pleases
  • Be Vigilant catches the eye
  • Torque excels
  • Celtic Princess for feature
  • Races curtailed

    • Raichur

  • Ophthalmic assistants to stage dharna in Bangalore

    • Rajasthan

  • Bus passengers trapped in swirling waters rescued
  • Former Minister dead
  • Party had no option but to suspend Natwar: Gehlot
  • Act fast against doctors charged with female foeticide, Govt. told

    • Ramanathapuram

  • "Include names in BPL list"

    • Religion

  • The Lord's supremacy

    • Salem

  • Training in skill development
  • Hundreds throng temple
  • Rain lashes Salem, suburbs
  • Valuables, jewellery missing
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • Journalism is in transition period, says Subba Rao
  • Freedom fighter felicitated

    • Sport

  • Ganguly makes it to the probables' list
  • Sajid's fitting response to `traitor' jibes
  • Harihara, Johal share honours
  • No excuses, Mr. Jones
  • Experience accorded due importance
  • Pradipak not deterred by Parkinson's disease
  • Federer, Nadal cruise to victory

    • Sports : General

  • Seshadripuram College wins
  • Park EC enters quarterfinals
  • Lady Doak retains title
  • Vasanth shines
  • Somaya plumps for a psychologist
  • ALC to host five ANU inter-collegiate events
  • Anantapur to host athletic meets
  • Top stars for National ranking archery

    • Srikakulam

  • VSP donates sanitation material

    • Tamil Nadu

  • "Help make India tobacco-free"
  • "Circular issued only for speedy disposal of suits"
  • Of corporate companies, social responsibility
  • Serial blasts: "focus on credibility of witnesses"
  • 2,230 new buses will be introduced this year: Minister
  • Ratio of accidents to number of vehicles come down
  • AIADMK members stage walkout
  • "Support to Eelam Tamils will continue"
  • Petition to close ICFAI varsity study centres dismissed
  • Enhance communication skills, students told
  • Summons to Jayalalithaa
  • You can't escape it
  • Educational staff to go on strike
  • Specific lakes earmarked to immerse idols
  • Job racket: one arrested
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Water from Tirumurthy reservoir released
  • Farmers seek pattas for wasteland
  • Tanjore art, a big hit
  • Tension in Collectorate following rumour
  • Verification of voter list begins
  • Painting competition
  • Three held while taking bribe

    • Tennis

  • Aditya Madkekar takes out Vivek Shokeen

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Drive to collect tax dues from flats
  • International video film festival begins today
  • Fever cases on the rise in coastal areas
  • Mild tremor creates panic in district
  • Pesticides detected in water samples
  • State Planning Board expanded
  • PCB directive to implement pollution control measures
  • Government urged to expedite Vizhinjam project
  • Two killed in collision
  • Open school admissions
  • KPCC stand on 11th Plan
  • CPI call to observe `Achutha Menon Day'
  • Woman stabbed
  • Theft: one held
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated August 10, 1956: Bilingual Bombay
  • dated August 10, 1956: Suez issue for UN
  • dated August 10, 1956: Death of Netaji

    • Thrissur

  • Threat to existence of Christians: Bishop
  • Thrissur youth wins McGovern award
  • Youth Congress workers arrested
  • Plea against alleged abuse of woman

    • Tiruchi

  • Now, eco-friendly idols being readied
  • Diabetic patients need healthy dietary habits
  • Seed village scheme to be implemented
  • Bogus ration cards being weeded out
  • `Redress grievances of lemon growers'
  • Loyola College bags top honours
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • More yield in cultivation of tissue cultured banana
  • CPI (M) stages demonstration
  • Accused stabs himself inside court hall

    • Tirupati

  • Government likely to enact law against proselytisation
  • Pathak panel report dubbed a `whitewash'

    • Tuticorin

  • Job opportunity for the unemployed poor
  • Three child workers rescued
  • Athithan flown to Chennai

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Streams in Kotagiri polluted: forum
  • Rev. Amalraj ordained Bishop of Ootacamund

    • Udupi

  • Gram panchayats to have libraries
  • Coalition government will not last long: ex-Minister
  • Artists camp to be organised

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Chambal's terror gunned down with paramour
  • End `Mulayam raj': Jan Morcha

    • Vijayawada

  • A junction of chaos
  • Language training to help secure visa to Malaysia
  • Two major roads planned under auto cluster project
  • Stadium gets ready for athletic meet
  • Heavy discharge expected again at Prakasam barrage
  • Youth killed in accident
  • UK-funded educational project for schoolchildren
  • Funds sanctioned for tool design institute building
  • Sonia received at Gannavaram airport
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • A `fine' day for civic staff Civic staff at receiving end
  • MLA unhappy over delay in execution of drainage project
  • Raksha Bandhan goes designer!
  • `Delay' in drainage project irks MLA
  • Delimitation of wards taken up
  • Many witness celestial wedding
  • Plantation drive on Aug. 12
  • Quit India Day celebrated
  • Dowry case booked
  • Labour officials can now inspect houses
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Volleyball title for Loyola

    • Warangal

  • TJS meeting fails to take off

    • Weather

  • Weather

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