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Anantapur

  • `We will focus on education, health'
  • `Miracle Saibaba idol' attracts crowds
  • Top Maoist killed in encounter

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Congress MP Rajagopal manhandled in Hyderabad
  • High command may intervene in bickering in A.P.
  • Festive mood pervades
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • `Bandhan' attracts youth to development programmes
  • Uranium project: another public hearing sought
  • Pallamraju focuses on rural schemes
  • Kadapa placed fourth in rural job scheme
  • TRS knocks on tribals' door
  • Rare honour for Koraput tribal girl
  • Land grievances day on September 23
  • Lok Ayukta orders regularisation of temple lands
  • 18 held on charge of pledging fake jewels
  • Nari Saksham to strive for HIV prevention
  • Free heart screening camp held
  • Congress cadres told to ensure success of Sonia's visit

    • Athletics

  • Asian relay team finishes last

    • Badminton

  • Persson advances

    • Bangalore

  • BEML to take over factory
  • New Chief Secretary to be named soon
  • Over 400 private primary schools told to close down
  • Illegal connections lead to severe water scarcity
  • Pruthvi Krishna's `Naked Nature' on show from September 21
  • KASSIA: a great transformation
  • State directed not to compel CBSE students to learn Kannada
  • BJP city unit discusses strategy for civic body elections
  • Bangalore likely to get A1 grade in six months
  • Musical talent search on Zee Kannada
  • Staff to be transferred back to rural hospitals
  • Reforms panel report to be submitted this month-end
  • `Governor's office demeaned'
  • KSTDC announces conducted tours from Saturday
  • RTI Act violation: 11 engineers asked to pay fine
  • Violations: residents' plea adjourned
  • Oil firms accused of violating norms
  • Man killed in road accident in Peenya
  • Jewellery, silver articles, silk yarn taken away
  • Lawyers not to defend accused in Pushpalata murder case
  • Veena Seshanna Award for M.S. Gopalakrishnan
  • `Colleges should teach project management'
  • Power corporation workers' dharna
  • Radio station launched
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • U.S. in last eight

    • Belgaum

  • All eyes on Belgaum for session
  • ZP president, CEO in a spot
  • Military School sports meet begins

    • Bellary

  • My fight against graft will go on: Reddy
  • `File contempt plea against mining in border areas'

    • Bidar

  • JD(U) to revive third front
  • DSS holds protest

    • Bihar

  • Nitish orders probe into laxity in arresting MLA

    • Bijapur

  • Slum dwellers hold protest, seek ration cards
  • Farmers' fast continues

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Move to make cue sports more spectator-friendly

    • Briefly

  • 7 Indian cos. in S&P global challengers list
  • DGH penalties on ONGC, Reliance
  • Hearing on Jet Airways on Sept. 21
  • Zee pact with China Central Television
  • Malaysian compact car project in India
  • Online electronic map of Dubai
  • Central Bank cuts retail lending rates
  • KVB hikes domestic term deposit rates
  • Moveo Systems pact with CavinKare
  • Sundaram Finance raises deposit rates
  • SlashSupport signs MoU with AKCE
  • BHEL bags Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskars
  • SBI opens specialised centre
  • Reliance selects Approva's BizRight
  • CCS Infotech gets ISO certification
  • Harvel India forms JV with Spanish firm
  • Yasu Tech-Jarus tie up
  • TCS pact with Agitar Software
  • Dresdner Bank eyes affluent class
  • Satyam's MoU with University of Melbourne
  • Trilogy to enter Indian market
  • Adecco MoU with Tata Institute of Social Sciences
  • Royal Orchid forms JV with Jungle Lodges
  • Visteon appoints new MD
  • Motorola appoints Chandra Kintala as director
  • Van Heusen launches new categories

    • Business

  • Hyundai set to bring in $700 m fresh investment
  • Mitsubishi Chemical's WB project cleared
  • Huawei's concern over pending FDIs
  • Suzlon to invest Rs. 1,500 cr.
  • OECD advises India to ease regulation
  • Tetra Pak trains its eyes on dairy industry
  • Carrera Holdings' investment proposals
  • PCL's expansion plans
  • Rupee ends lower
  • Sensex gains further ground
  • Federal Bank pays 35 per cent
  • SEBI signs MoU with Chinese regulator

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chennai

  • "Two-thirds of poll promises will be fulfilled this year"
  • Naval officers discuss firing at Indian fishing boats
  • Goutham Menon lets students in on what makes him tick
  • Police custody for weapons seizure case accused
  • Compulsory internships for PG students
  • Rs. 4 cr. for upgrading facilities at Guindy park and Vandalur zoo
  • Joint campaign to protect girl child
  • Protection ordered for working BPCL staff during strike
  • Persian language classes begin
  • St. John's Academy observes World Literacy Day
  • Panel to monitor multi-storeyed constructions in city yet to meet
  • U.S. diplomat enjoys `Vettaiyadu Vilayadu'
  • Baalu dedicates welfare works
  • Crematorium shut for lack of wood and water
  • Re-arrest of Nepalese Maoist leader challenged
  • Incentives for nurses training courses
  • Charge sheet copies given to Jayalalithaa's counsel
  • Student leaders suggest improvements to curriculum
  • After the swearing-in
  • Cultural extravaganza at Air Force celebration
  • Persian classes begin
  • NGOs to hold workshop
  • Baalu dedicates welfare works
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Chess

  • Top seeds post wins
  • National women's `B' chess from today

    • Coimbatore

  • Creating a forum for discussion
  • Students to help in chikungunya prevention
  • "Charges against Maudhany lack proof"
  • Cotton production expected to go up
  • Peravai to organise competitions
  • Around the City
  • In Combatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • Manipulative mechanism in selecting umpires is very obvious
  • `Extras cost us the game'

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8711
  • Solution to Puzzle 8710

    • Cuddalore

  • Gifted lands cannot be sold for 30 years: Minister

    • Dindigul

  • Dindigul gearing to receive President
  • Residents lay siege to Dindigul municipal office

    • Editorials

  • Papal akrasia and apology
  • Making science attractive

    • Erode

  • AIADMK councillors walk out of meeting
  • `Measures against chikungunya up'
  • Foundation laid for water scheme
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • Sudip Chatterjee passes away
  • Easy for Mizoram
  • Sevilla remains Spanish pacesetter
  • Bengal blanks M.P.

    • Front Page

  • A good beginning, says Manmohan
  • No shift in India's stand: Manmohan
  • Memorable meeting: Manmohan
  • A rich discovery of underwater species
  • Supreme Court clears Haj subsidy for 2006
  • 1993 Mumbai blasts: two more convicted
  • Legislative initiatives against media undemocratic: Jacob Mathew
  • Hormusji N. Cama elected INS president
  • Chirac prefers talks to sanctions on Iran
  • Madhu Koda sworn in
  • 11 Muslim civilians killed in Sri Lanka
  • Discriminate between refugees, anti-social elements: Karunanidhi
  • Lara's artistry sees West Indies through
  • Munaf Patel has made rapid strides
  • The Italians have the last laugh
  • Martina Hingis breezes past Melinda Czink
  • Success has made Sania more responsible
  • Supreme Court slams Centre, Delhi Govt.
  • `We are ready for President's rule'
  • Opposition stages walkout over farmers' suicides
  • Congress MP Rajagopal manhandled
  • Congress not amused by MPs' bickering
  • Manmohan returns

    • Gulbarga

  • KRRS seeks free power for farmers
  • Different tariff for ESCOMs likely from next year

    • Guntur

  • Seminar on pattern recognition
  • Breach in NSP right canal

    • Hassan

  • Accident at level crossing; 3 killed

    • Hockey

  • `Players refused to learn from mistakes'
  • India's show: a bitter pill to swallow

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Rail accident averted near Hubli

    • Hyderabad

  • ORR: HUDA, APIIC charged with violating human rights
  • Shopaholics are falling for malls
  • Major changes in GRE from next year
  • 9/11: post-jail, justice still eludes them
  • Electrocution cases tell a shocking tale
  • TDP believes in integrated State: Naidu
  • Sarve asks Lagadapati to observe restraint
  • Poor night sanitation works irk Jaju
  • Pothireddypadu row: PJR against taking hasty action
  • Deadline on fire safety set for cinema halls
  • Haunted by telly `terrors'
  • Huge price likely for errors behind wheels
  • Opposition gives war cry on ORR realignment issue
  • Recruitment of teachers through APPSC defended
  • YSR to launch campaign on development
  • Works of city cartoonists displayed in Frankfurt
  • M.S. Subbalakshmi's birth anniversary celebrated
  • Rational price control sought
  • Canadian honour for social worker
  • Secretariat dispensary shifts to new premises
  • Rs. 30 lakhs sanctioned for college building
  • `Fake' journalist charged with extorting money
  • TRS denies role in attack
  • TRS considering postponement of Warangal rally
  • Two arrested, firearms seized
  • Raghuveera allays fears over seed corp.
  • Workshop held for teachers
  • Plea against animal sacrifice
  • Ponnala trains guns on TRS, TDP
  • Power shutdown
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • It's back to square one for this `rescued' baby
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • India sees a `risk' in World Bank's strategy
  • IMF approves reform plan
  • Pakistan papers want result on substantive issues

    • International

  • Chirac prefers talks to sanctions on Iran
  • 11 Muslim civilians killed in Sri Lanka
  • Painted elephant as art exhibit cleaned
  • Global rally for Darfur peace
  • World Bank to push good governance
  • Iran, Venezuela to deepen relations
  • Trash as souvenir
  • Neo-Nazis win seats
  • Persson voted out

    • Kannur

  • Call to develop industrial infrastructure
  • Madras Regiment get-together
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Karimnagar to host cricket tournament for boys

    • Karnataka

  • We are ready for President's rule, says Deve Gowda
  • Contempt petition filed against Karnataka
  • In rival territory
  • Demolition squad
  • The poor take to the streets
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Kali bridge may be closed for heavy vehicles
  • Contempt plea against State in Supreme Court
  • Hubli to be part of cleanliness scheme
  • `Allow drugs import through Mormugao'
  • Role of humour in pointing out mistakes stressed

    • Kerala

  • Kerala: Opposition walkout over farmer suicides
  • Achuthanandan writes to Centre against bank merger
  • Kerala formation golden jubilee planned
  • Unconditional return possible for Karunakaran, Murali, says Antony
  • Aluva murder case: High Court confirms death sentence
  • Hindu religious institutions Act to be amended
  • Sivagiri math poll: apex court declines to interfere with election process
  • Jacobites for interim steps to open churches
  • ITI staff to submit memorandum to Prime Minister
  • Krishna Iyer decries security for ex-Ministers
  • I got a raw deal, says former Health Minister
  • Marine wealth and modern technology
  • Overcoming a challenge
  • Confluence of art
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • For enlightened spirits
  • Briefly

    • Kochi

  • Periyar discolouration: PCB suspects foul play
  • Nature's treat for trekkers
  • Cooperative Medical College in financial crisis
  • Recreating Draupadi's saga
  • Towards corporate social responsibility
  • Bypolls to local bodies today
  • Directive to Corporation secretary
  • High Court admits plea on toll issue
  • One killed in road accident
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Achuthanandan denies remarks against college managements
  • Farmers' union plans Collectorate march
  • DIC(K) men urged to return to Congress
  • Dry days declared
  • Opposition to High Court Bench flayed

    • Kozhikode

  • Congress to see power struggle
  • Ration dealers want quotas restored
  • `Literary works should have a soul'
  • HelpAge India quiz contest winners
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • College students told to banish ragging
  • Shortfall in water at Tungabhadra
  • Protest against transfer of official

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Crowded skies and congested airports

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Welcome decision
  • A charade
  • Stockholm Syndrome?
  • Pope's regret
  • Inter-caste marriages

    • Madurai

  • India to host international meet on mediation next year
  • A tangible transformation in personality
  • Polythene bags, plastic cups banned inside GRH
  • If dolls come, can Navaratri be far behind?
  • Forum plea on dam issue
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Mangalore

  • Funding allocated to naxal-affected areas re-designated
  • Bajpe airport to run ten daily flights from October
  • MoU with Gulf nations soon, says Vayalar Ravi
  • Minister urged to grant Rs. 63 cr. for projects
  • Use of Kannada still not strictly enforced, says Siddalingaiah
  • Minister sees need for more universities
  • `Karunakaran's return to Congress left to Sonia'
  • `Congress will come back to power'
  • Rain toll, put at 11
  • Raid: 139 kg of beef seized
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Dasara Gold Cards get good response, may run out
  • Law against child labour to become more stringent
  • Chief Minister lays foundation stone for development works
  • Siddaramaiah group heading for showdown with Chief Minister
  • Global summit on organisation development commences
  • Exhibition on the art form of Ganjifa
  • `Alternative session in Belgaum will be a failure'
  • New scheme to provide toilets
  • Chief Minister hears people's grievances
  • Gold card facilities
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • Broad gauge conversion work to commence soon

    • Nalgonda

  • Kanagal bridge: stone laid for reconstruction
  • CPI(M) lays siege to Transco SE office

    • National

  • Conversions the real threat: RSS chief
  • Anti-terror mechanism will not work, says BJP
  • Railway Chair for IIM-A
  • Court notice on Salem's petition
  • Talbott: BJP had a lot to do with groundwork for deal
  • It's me, not Nitish, who put it on track, says Lalu
  • Strike in Valley over Pope's remarks
  • Mulayam kicks off campaign
  • Streamline SC/ST admission procedure, Arjun tells IITs
  • Oversight panel to submit report on September 30
  • M.Ct. Muthiah passes away
  • Bharat Petroleum staff to go on nationwide strike
  • Ajit Singh very much with us: Mulayam

    • Nellore

  • Iffco's mega plans on setting up a plant at Nellore fail to `fertilise'
  • Student ragging: one held; three others at large

    • New Delhi

  • President Kalam signs Office of Profit Bill
  • A fusion of Eastern and Western cultures
  • MCD sealing drive continues
  • Carrying forward a music tradition
  • `High turbidity would not affect Sonia Vihar plant'
  • Toxins found in unbranded soft toys
  • `Ensure speedy trial'
  • Murli Deora appeals to striking oil dealers
  • A centre for effective health solutions
  • Sonia mum on sealing, demolition
  • Court stays arrest
  • Party on the road
  • On a fact-finding mission
  • TRAI fiat to cable operators on CAS
  • Oil major penalised
  • Sonia Gandhi dedicates Sonia Vihar water plant to the Capital
  • Japanese aid for mini hospital at Gandhi Ashram
  • India Inc needs model code of conduct: CII
  • Panel likely to evaluate bids for coal bed methane blocks
  • In the Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    • New Delhi - Others

  • Mulayam woos voters with doles
  • Cop dies in Allahabad bomb attack
  • Kashmir politicians hail Musharraf-Manmohan talks
  • BSF to raise women's battalion with 7 units
  • 15 injured in Jaipur clash
  • Principal quizzed in Professor's death case
  • Barnala's son gets bail
  • Tributes to Bansi Lal
  • Congress leaders form union
  • Around the City

    • News Analysis

  • The Kaczynskis of Poland
  • It is not the economy but race
  • Corrections and Clarifications

    • Nizamabad

  • `Expose failures of Congress'
  • TDP dares DCC chief to debate on development

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • IAS officials join issue with TDP MLA
  • Groundswell of support for Prakasam Collector
  • Spat with Collector: MLA surrenders

    • Palakkad

  • Kottayam leading in CBSE youth fete
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Move for adventure tourism in Chuttipara evokes protest
  • Damaged signal post causing traffic snarls
  • In pathanamthitta Today

    • Pondicherry

  • Centre's decision to make JIPMER autonomous arbitrary: BJP leader
  • Stalemate continues in JIPMER
  • Inter-State gang `behind RC book forgery case'

    • Racing : Horse

  • Master Prospect wins
  • Dazzling Win fancied
  • Alinski and Forza please

    • Raichur

  • Sowing affected in TLBC tail-end areas
  • Woman ends life

    • Religion

  • Embodiment of Sri

    • Salem

  • Parents display their talents
  • 100 saplings planted on RTO premises

    • Shimoga

  • Implement only approved works, officials told
  • Shimoga to get indoor stadium
  • Yediyurappa expects second instalment of aid from Centre
  • Five arrested, many cases of theft solved

    • Sport

  • Lara's artistry sees West Indies through
  • Munaf Patel has made rapid strides
  • The Italians have the last laugh
  • Martina Hingis breezes past Melinda Czink
  • Success has made Sania more responsible
  • Ernakulam wins maiden title

    • Sports : General

  • Mohamed Sathak EC wins kabaddi title
  • Aneesh stars in HPS' convincing win
  • Sportspersons honoured
  • Urumu Dhanalakshmi College is champion
  • Lessons from defeat
  • Sri Krishna College posts two victories
  • Sunil, Shiju wreck North Zone
  • Rajeev, Lakshmi clinch titles
  • Maharani College in semifinals

    • Srikakulam

  • Make farmers partners in water management, says Collector

    • Swimming

  • LIC to sponsor senior aquatics Nationals

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Appoint doctor in GH
  • Problems due to UGD
  • Pondy school makes it to drama festival finals
  • After the swearing-in
  • Health hazard
  • GO on re-registering with job exchanges challenged
  • Colour TV sets for almost all households soon: Stalin
  • Briefly
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Kerala justifies enactment of Act
  • Government sanctions Rs.2.4 crore under maternity scheme
  • `Friendly approach to check a fearsome problem'
  • Councillors welcome rotation in reservation
  • Hoardings: court extends status quo
  • 12 murder accused get life sentence
  • Workshop on fashion industry from Sept. 21
  • High level body demanded
  • Special training for the post of SI
  • Anamalai to become seed village
  • Two of a robber gang arrested
  • Hearing on October 9

    • Tennis

  • Piperno sees a good future for Indian women
  • Upset win for Dhruv Guptha

    • Thanjavur

  • Highway patrol police save youth
  • SHG enters into doll-making trade

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • High-level meet decides to check unauthorised sand-mining in rivers
  • Pariyaram colleges to follow 2004 scheme for admissions
  • Move to withdraw exemption
  • Steps to end impasse over land acquisition
  • Mass transfer of teachers in medical college
  • Nature's treat for trekkers
  • Rash driving raises safety concerns
  • `Drop in illegal felling and smuggling of sandalwood trees'
  • Breach of privilege notice against Agriculture Minister
  • 181 cadets join CRPF
  • Help desks in district lead banks to assist students
  • Help sought for fever victims
  • Project to save rivers on the anvil
  • Gauze material recovered from child's abdomen
  • Essay contest for students
  • St. Thomas School wins literary contest
  • To press their demand
  • YMCA initiative
  • Correction
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated September 19, 1956: Nasser meets Menon
  • dated September 19, 1956: Naga team's talks with PM
  • dated September 19, 1956: Honour for Mankad, Roy

    • Thrissur

  • Probe into death of pigs
  • Houses for all in 3 years: Mayor
  • Worker run over
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Artificial barriers hamper higher education, says VC
  • Lemon growers feel squeezed
  • Learn to handle emotions, students told
  • SASTRA just outshines all its competitors
  • Dinner with the evil
  • No water supply
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tirunelveli

  • Illegal sale of drinking water generates heat
  • Seven burglars nabbed
  • Five Hindu Munnani cadres held
  • Mason kills woman, son and self

    • Tirupati

  • Tirupati airport to begin handling cargo from May
  • Colourful start for `media sports'
  • TTD to hold seminar on Mahabharata in Warangal
  • Dairy farmers plan stir
  • In Tirupati Today

    • Tumkur

  • Girl's death: villagers stage dharna

    • Tuticorin

  • Two `base trans-receiver stations' commissioned
  • The friends now learn to handle communal crisis

    • Udhagamandalam

  • `Only teachers can make people think, perform'

    • Udupi

  • Srinivas Achar is dead

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Pharmacists to stage dharna tomorrow
  • Demand for quotas for Dalit Muslims
  • U.P. to set up 29 sugar mills

    • Vellore

  • Hindi Day celebrated in Vellore

    • Vijayawada

  • Frayed tempers across Krishna district
  • MLAs interact with Mayor on urban renewal mission
  • BSNL offers WiMAX-based wireless internet in city
  • Discussing `facts and opinions' the NIE way
  • Computerised hall tickets to prevent impersonation
  • Infrastructure being built at hospital
  • SBI sets up central processing centre
  • Bhyravabhatla's contribution to film music hailed
  • Power shutdown
  • Former MLA joins Lok Satta
  • Up in arms
  • Around the City
  • It is more than a farce

    • Visakhapatnam

  • `Newspapers, television on the decline in developed nations'
  • Star-studded birthday bash
  • Importance of `non-academic reading'
  • Students' queries focus on key issues
  • TDP files objections to division delimitation
  • Bommalakoluvu starts much ahead of Dasara festival in city
  • Cinema hall strike enters second day
  • Low pressure to persist
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Of laws and loopholes

    • Volleyball

  • Nirmala College in third round
  • Good show by Indian juniors

    • Warangal

  • Soumya Mishra takes charge as SP

    • Weather

  • Weather

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