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  • State Virology Institute takes up study on arbovirus

    • Anantapur

  • Congress leaders accused of neglecting cadres
  • Shepherd found hanging
  • Land identified for Indiramma scheme

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • 15 killed in flash floods in Andhra Pradesh
  • Last-ditch efforts to persuade TRS chief
  • Ganja farms on Karnataka-A.P. border raided
  • Business as usual
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • `Palle Nidra' revives hopes of villagers
  • Cinema theatres' strike called off
  • `Hot property' shifts to outskirts
  • Professors, doctors to be recruited soon
  • Mittal enjoys overnight stay
  • Campaign for HIV prevention, sex workers told
  • Colleges to have anti-ragging panels
  • Doctors shifted to agency area PHCs
  • PCC leader condemns attack on Congress MP
  • Sonia to open medical college in Kadapa
  • Driver killed as lorries collide
  • Three die as bus rams into van
  • Police constable recruitment test

    • Athletics

  • SZ meet: rain may play spoilsport
  • `Jones should quit now'

    • Badminton

  • Jwala-Shruti pair advances

    • Bangalore

  • BMIC work going on at a brisk pace
  • Congress dares Janata Dal (S) to go in for Assembly elections
  • Panel favours naming corrupt officials in CAG reports
  • Cheques given to kin of 22 dead staff of transport corporations
  • Another FM channel for Bangalore by mid-October
  • Rajyotsava fete venue may be shifted
  • Judicial panel no substitute for investigation: Janardhan Reddy
  • Part of corridor project work going on at brisk pace
  • PIL filed for steps to curb acid attacks
  • Lokayukta is a grievance redressal institution: Hegde
  • Emirates Holidays to tap leisure market
  • Shankaramurthy on the offensive against Tipu Sultan
  • High Court quashes Hindu Endowment Act again
  • `LCA's fifth test flight in 10 to 15 days'
  • Spot exchange to be set up
  • Popularising Lok Adalats
  • Of pains, struggles and realities
  • `Help students discover their own ways of learning'
  • Government withdraws order on closure of schools
  • Elderly woman murdered
  • Three murdered
  • Police open fire at two fleeing men
  • New auditorium at Gokhale institute
  • Essay on R.R. Diwakar
  • Young achiever award to be presented next month
  • Water Adalat
  • Burgled
  • Pet care health camp
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Australia in quarterfinals
  • Title for St. Joseph's

    • Belgaum

  • Belgaum session to focus on the backwardness of border areas
  • Ban MES rally, say Kannada groups

    • Bellary

  • Immunisation drive reduces brain fever cases
  • Congress continues dharna

    • Bidar

  • Congress wants Bidar ZP chief, deputy to go

    • Bijapur

  • Divisional-level sports meet inaugurated in Bijapur

    • Briefly

  • Concern over revenue loss from SEZs remains
  • National platform for horticulture products
  • Goldman Sachs to invest $1 b in India
  • Eli Lilly to launch anti-cancer drug
  • Knit fair at Tirupur
  • ICSI Coimbatore chapter bags award
  • IIHAA Solutions partners Microsoft
  • Matrix Partners invests in Seventymm
  • Northern Ireland trade mission to visit Kolkata
  • Telelogic to expand operations in India
  • Lenovo unveils PC with AMD chips
  • MedRP International launches Kochi operations
  • Infosys' Finacle momentum accelerates in Europe
  • Vignani completes Series A funding
  • Nirlep Appliances ties up with HPCL and BPCL
  • Riverbed launches new solutions
  • Indian Railways to use Nortel wireless tech
  • Decorative painting contractors form association
  • Niranjan Maka to head RSA centre
  • Praj acquires U.S. engineering firm
  • Laureates' Academy starts functioning
  • New Senior VP for HP's services business
  • Recruitment drive for graduate engineers
  • Bank of Ceylon offers tax saving deposit scheme

    • Business

  • ONGC's huge outlay for Mangalore SEZ
  • `Textile exports on track'
  • Agriculture to get top priority in XI Plan
  • Shriram Properties to sell SMPL assets online
  • UB group plans expansion
  • National Asphalt rejigs business strategy
  • Direct selling units seek realistic law
  • Rupee gains six paise
  • Sensex plunges 101 points
  • RBI to launch financial literacy drive
  • Kochi maintains lead in tea auctions
  • Demand to exempt rubberised coir from sales tax

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chennai

  • Rustic board game scores at Swiss scholarly meet
  • Krishnasswamy accuses Moily of interference
  • Amenities yet to be put on the rails
  • Cluster approach for wasteland project
  • Hong Kong firm to set up footwear unit
  • High Court breather for Maoist leader
  • Advertisement near hospital stirs hornet's nest
  • He has a classic rapport with students
  • Standard Motor employees to receive Rs. 10 crore as arrears
  • External study courses being monitored
  • Flying high with pride
  • Sify iWay cards distributed to underprivileged students
  • English teachers get a look at cutting edge research
  • Masked robbers strike in Neelankarai
  • Measures against chikungunya
  • That top-of-the-world feeling
  • JIPMER: Jayalalithaa to write to Kalam, Manmohan
  • Renamed as Entry Point
  • An evening of melodies
  • Diplomat enjoys Kamal film
  • Bid to rejuvenate crafts
  • Hungarian film festival begins today
  • Man's death shrouded in mystery
  • Two women held under Goondas Act
  • Panchayat augments water supply
  • Neglected north
  • In full bloom
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Padmini Rout outwits Aparajita Gochhikar
  • Nine share lead
  • Anand to skip Asian Games

    • Coimbatore

  • "No evidence against accused from Kerala"
  • Chikungunya camps begin in slums
  • CBI arrests two over false insurance claim
  • Bringing charm of Bengal to Coimbatore
  • Investment and insurance expo from Thursday
  • Minimum wages: Government urged to form committee
  • City getting ready to celebrate peace
  • Strike at gas refilling plant
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Chemplast, Hyderabad joint-winners
  • Dope tests for Champions Trophy
  • CAP moves High Court
  • Arun hits century

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8712
  • Solution to Puzzle 8711

    • Dharmapuri

  • Palacode sugar mill all set to increase crushing capacity
  • 1,600 attend BSF camp

    • Dindigul

  • More funds for major transport corporations
  • In Dindigul Today

    • Editorials

  • Basking in the glory, deservedly
  • Reforming in parts

    • Eluru

  • Collector reviews flood situation

    • Erode

  • Seven held on charges of highway robbery
  • Yarn price will come down: Minister
  • `Employing children as domestic helps punishable'
  • `Terrorism a rights violation'
  • Take steps to contain chikungunya: councillors
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • Goals galore
  • Services makes it to pre-quarterfinals

    • Front Page

  • Thai military stages coup against Thaksin
  • Musharraf exudes confidence on peace process
  • Help to end conflicts afflicting Islamic world: Musharraf
  • An unprecedented capitulation, says BJP
  • Terror module busted: police
  • A mission lost in petty politicking
  • Jharkhand village group clash claims 8 lives
  • Left wins Katwa, Purulia seats
  • European Union not to mediate on Kashmir issue
  • Israeli troops to leave Lebanon by weekend
  • Local body elections will be held on October 13, 15
  • MTC plans terminus near Chennai Central station
  • India has a job on its hands
  • Forget the stardom, embrace the sweat
  • "Delhi bandh" today in protest against sealing drive
  • `Naayi Neralu' best film; Shivrajkumar best actor
  • 15 killed in Karimnagar floods
  • Self-financing colleges to be barred from holding entrance
  • Quake rocks Jawa
  • OGH orthopaedic wing lacks basic equipment
  • Getting ready for IT boom
  • Officials optimistic about Smart City
  • Their sense of gratitude grows
  • Chikungunya fear grips villagers in Tiruchi district
  • Bid to make KCR withdraw resignation
  • AI jet forced to return
  • Oil dealers end strike

    • Gulbarga

  • Seven thermal plants in pipeline
  • 3,000 km of roads to be improved: Revanna
  • Foundation stone laid for three power stations in Afzalpur taluk

    • Guntur

  • Swarnabharati Nagar residents take out rally
  • College holds blood donation camp

    • Hassan

  • School secretary murdered in park
  • Plan to give sites to school teachers at subsidised rate

    • Hockey

  • Thyagaraja EC (Madurai) wins

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Drive against stray pigs to begin today
  • A `wordless language' that conveys many feelings
  • Police official harassing vehicle owners, say DSS activists
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Hyderabad

  • Kokapet auctions: State questioned on evictions
  • Congress MLAs lock horns with PJR
  • Floods in seven districts
  • APCC emergency meeting to focus on ending controversy
  • Transco rejects power from municipal waste
  • More rain likely
  • `Diary reveals Maoists are down'
  • Employees of Mecca Masjid to go on strike
  • Concern over flight of bulk drug industry
  • Hospital asks for police outpost
  • Merger of public sector banks opposed
  • IAF platinum jubilee fete on September 22
  • State to pay insurance premium for borewells
  • Five-year integrated course in 3 varsities from next year
  • All set for Military World Games
  • Visvesvaraya industrial award for NMDC
  • Power shutdown
  • Sania's effigy burnt
  • Fracas: TRS denies hand
  • TRS teams to tour flood-hit areas
  • YSR draws lots for staff
  • Baby dies in wall collapse
  • 12 arested on power theft charge
  • Skill development programme
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • Mechanism is a positive development: Pakistan
  • Kashmir: Pakistan for "win-win" solution
  • India to carry forward campaign for IMF reform: Chidambaram
  • Kakodkar meets Russian counterpart in Vienna

    • International

  • U.S. not waging a war on Islam: Bush
  • Israeli troops to leave Lebanon by weekend
  • Bush threatens Iran sanctions
  • Pressure on LTTE to return to talks, says U.S. envoy
  • U.K. terror suspect alleges ISI threat
  • Witness testifies on Anfal attack
  • Province to rejoin Russia

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Sinha accepts resignation of holy Mace custodian

    • Kancheepuram

  • In samathuvapuram areas, new TV sets are owners' pride

    • Kannur

  • Renovated Collectorate to have electronic file movement
  • DIC(K) dissidents flay leadership
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Poor infrastructure blamed for inundation
  • MSR tours flood-hit areas
  • Police rise to the occasion

    • Karnataka

  • Congress dares JD(S) to go in for Assembly polls
  • `LCA's fifth test flight in 10 to 15 days'
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Sports to be made compulsory in schools, pre-university colleges
  • Property sealed

    • Kerala

  • NCP effort to address Left concerns on merger
  • Bill to curb mafia groups soon in Kerala
  • Infopark: decision on land price on Saturday
  • 49 parakeets taken into custody
  • Expressing solidarity with NBA
  • Reading between the lines
  • Improving efficiency
  • Putting an end to plastic menace
  • Memorable moments
  • Briefly
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Kerala - Others

  • Concern over harassment of Dalits
  • Around the City
  • Around the City

    • Khammam

  • Godavari flood warning issued

    • Kochi

  • Campaign on safe driving launched
  • Construction of tanks to store chemicals should follow norms
  • Deer to be released into the wild
  • Workshop on Madhubani painting
  • Drive to check chikungunya planned
  • `Memory walk' held
  • Pre-marital meet for physically challenged
  • Law lecture series from Saturday
  • Unique start to a workshop
  • Transportation crisis
  • Dancing on the edge
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • NCP invitation should not be rejected: YC(I)
  • NSF plea to accept findings on Netaji

    • Kottayam

  • CBSE fete: Marian Secondary School takes lead

    • Kozhikode

  • Alzheimer's Day to be observed tomorrow
  • Chandy's demand flayed
  • Health Mission to be set up
  • Seminar on city's eco problems
  • Women's panel appeal
  • Mullasserry Raju award presented
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • Row over Incharge Principal's transfer

    • Leader Page Articles

  • The Pope and the debate on Islam

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Akrasia & apology
  • Misplaced
  • Spectacular photo
  • On students & teachers

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Heavy tax plagues opium farmers

    • Madurai

  • Stuffed dolls make their presence felt this year
  • Opinion divided on shifting of bus bay
  • Declare Kerala law illegal, says Vaiko
  • Journey to promote national integration, communal amity
  • Treatment `inhuman' in jail: former inmate
  • The lone winner
  • `Healthy' camp for car and owners
  • Madurai varsity keen to confer D. Litt on Chief Minister
  • "VHP takes up service projects all over country"
  • Science Writers' Association to be launched
  • Plea to de-reserve Keeripatti panchayat
  • Special train
  • Free skin treatment camp
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Reach of rural employment programme should be improved, says official
  • Welfare fund for construction workers from November 1
  • Kannada still not used in Government offices, Siddalingaiah
  • Panel to probe setbacks in water supply scheme
  • Nanaiah for CBI probe into allegation of scams
  • Tharanath Kalladka dead
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • A treat for movie-buffs
  • Siddaramaiah refutes charge of neglecting his constituency
  • Zoo receives a pair of jaguars
  • He keeps snakes out of houses
  • An attractive array of Indian crafts on display
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • Expedite rehabilitation works, says panel of MPs
  • Tsunami-hit village gets 50 Ecosan toilets

    • Nagercoil

  • Free dental camp

    • Nalgonda

  • Priest, friend found murdered in temple
  • YSR's visit postponed

    • National

  • Supreme Court upholds rule on computation of perks
  • One more convicted in 1993 blasts case
  • India yaws-free: Anbumani
  • TNA MPs may meet Manmohan
  • Kumaraswamy regrets mistake
  • Property of War Room leak accused attached
  • Keeping pace with industry dynamics
  • Media urged to exercise restraint
  • Environment groups oppose modifications
  • HAL to build jet fighter engines
  • Centre calls meeting on polio
  • Toxins found in unbranded soft toys
  • Conversions among sects of same faith allowed in Gujarat
  • Stamp paper scam: bail for co-accused
  • 45 p.c. phone coverage under Bharat Nirman
  • Greenpeace: laptops hazardous
  • BSF-BDR talks begin
  • Oil dealers call off strike
  • Minister dares CPI(M) to expel him
  • Gold appraiser of TTD arrested
  • 5 of Chhota Rajan gang sentenced

    • New Delhi

  • Drill to check eve-teasing on Metro
  • `No need to panic'
  • Urban Delhi tops in per capita expenditure
  • Panic in MCD over Court observations
  • PVR heads for smaller towns
  • Indo-Kazakh team scales Mount Nun
  • Return of faith
  • Parents' body supports draw of lots for nursery admissions
  • Passion counts, age doesn't
  • Tribute to the crocodile hunter
  • `Educate school kids about dengue'
  • A matter of style
  • Demanding action
  • Kalam signs Office of Profit Bill
  • In the Capital Today

    • New Delhi - Others

  • Haryana passes Bills on women, private varsities
  • Where floodwaters refuse to go away
  • Development of infrastructure is Chauhan's priority area
  • NCP floats alliance sans Samajwadi
  • Probe against DGP for "forging documents"
  • 25 detained, Jaipur areas still tense
  • Around the City

    • News Analysis

  • A mission lost in petty politicking
  • In Nepal, time to check the dangerous drift
  • Is modern life making children unhappy?
  • Corrections and clarifications

    • Nizamabad

  • Minister Shabbir Ali joins Telangana chorus
  • SRSP project gates lifted

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Karanam remanded

    • Palakkad

  • Record earnings for Palakkad Division
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Kadammanitta's characters come alive
  • In Pathanamthitta Today

    • Pondicherry

  • Government schools to have e-learning system soon
  • PMK leader flays Rangasamy
  • Chikungunya incidence confirmed

    • Racing : Horse

  • Thats The Touch, Jersey Pride excel
  • Buddy Brothers pleases
  • Andalusia, Xian shine
  • Star Phoenix well tuned
  • Balle Balle triumphs

    • Raichur

  • 10 die in accidents
  • State heading for power crisis, says KERC chief
  • `Government should be dismissed'
  • `Farmers neglected'

    • Rajasthan

  • A celebration of America in Pink City
  • Amnesty scheme for revenue dues

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Plan to raise paddy on 1.29 lakh hectares
  • Arrangements discussed

    • Religion

  • Mediating role

    • Salem

  • `Be careful with poll materials'
  • Angry students damage property
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • Yediyurappa criticises officials for delay in distribution of ration cards
  • Medical college at Shimoga from next year
  • Workers of Samajwadi Party, Congress clash

    • Sport

  • India has a job on its hands
  • Forget the stardom, embrace the sweat
  • Indians wary of West Indies
  • `We learnt from our mistakes'
  • Bevan hopes to come back for World Cup

    • Sports : General

  • Sanjiv scores century, City XI well placed
  • Easy win for Mahabub College High School
  • Beagles Club hoopsters too good for KSP
  • Hmar Venj High School runs riot
  • BSNL, SAI are champions
  • Kerala Sports Council reconstituted
  • Thrilling win for Sri Krishna College

    • Squash

  • Nikita posts easy win

    • Srikakulam

  • Power crisis: TDP leader flays State

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Israel keen on R and D pact with State
  • Meet on fiscal stabilisation, debt sustainability
  • A.P. Shah decries bid to politicise Bar
  • Ganesan emerging as a `consensus' candidate for post of BJP State president
  • CBI arrests two in false insurance claim case
  • Declare Kerala law illegal, says Vaiko
  • Social justice gaining currency, says Anbazhagan
  • For a fool-proof election
  • Stalin's plea to students
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Camaraderie marks end of council term
  • "Over 13 lakh people involved in manual scavenging"
  • Maran promises special economic zone in Villupuram
  • Grand kolu dolls exhibition-cum-sale
  • KSTDC announces conducted tours
  • DMK Trust honour for State topper
  • Vehicle stand gets no support
  • Fillip to All Villages Anna Marumalarchi Thittam
  • Nearly 5,000 throng Udumalpet taluk office seeking free land

    • Tennis

  • Li scrapes past Dushevina
  • Henin-Hardenne out for three weks
  • I am still enjoying the game: Hingis
  • Sania breezes past Rushmi; Sprem, Fedak upset
  • Pyara Singh upsets Kiran

    • Thanjavur

  • Free cardiac camp to be held
  • Kuruvai paddy procurement on
  • Kalam to visit SASTRA on September 24

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Vallakadavu boathouse project in limbo
  • Drunken driving on the rise in Thiruvananthapuram city
  • Clean-up operation conducted at Vizhinjam
  • Justice on wheels
  • Book exhibition at British Library
  • Thampanoor residents stage hunger strike
  • Welfare centres ill-equipped to handle epidemic
  • Plea not to close down enforcement office
  • Exhibition on heart
  • Permanent Lok Adalat
  • Achuthanandan allays people's fears over power line
  • Navaratri festival to begin on Saturday
  • Air Deccan campaign
  • Zooming in on road safety
  • Next issue
  • Balancing act
  • Permanent Lok Adalat
  • Unique start to workshop
  • KSSP demand
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated September 20, 1956: Gold Coast to be freed
  • dated September 20, 1956: Railway electrification
  • dated September 20, 1956: Envoy to France
  • dated September 20, 1956: Frederic Grubb dead

    • Thrissur

  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Councillors bid adieu with a rare display of bonhomie
  • Call to set up committees to redress grievances of construction workers
  • Students get a taste of Mexican dishes
  • National award for Tiruchi education officer
  • "Offences against women rising in tsunami-hit areas"
  • Audio treat to music lovers
  • CII to conduct seminar on marketing strategies
  • 13 welfare boards inaugurated
  • Engineers have to play vital role in natural disaster mitigation and management
  • Certificate course on horticulture
  • Passenger held at airport
  • Man hacked to death
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirumala

  • Thirumanjanam performed at Tirumala temple

    • Tirunelveli

  • President to deliver convocation address
  • Transport corporation buses will soon take up courier service for augmenting revenue
  • In Tirunelveli Today

    • Tirupati

  • Drama over bid to rag student
  • Gold appraiser of TTD in ACB net
  • YSR to begin `zilla baata' in Chittoor
  • Scholarship for chess whizkid
  • In Tirupati Today

    • Tuticorin

  • Farmers to get enhanced credit
  • Accused hacked to death
  • Tips to protect lungs

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Face-off between farmers and municipal market traders
  • CITU conference urges Govt. to set up IT park

    • Udupi

  • Shifting of garbage dumping yard opposed

    • Uttaranchal

  • Thanksgiving rallies

    • Vellore

  • Essay writing competition

    • Vijayawada

  • Latest software key to hassle-free surfing: BSNL
  • Lok Satta founder to tour Krishna on September 22
  • BPL launches slim TVs
  • Bandh partial in three towns
  • Held on charge of lifting motorcycles
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Time for the big buy
  • Karunya hogs the limelight
  • Dasara fete atop Kailasagiri
  • Surreddy in race for mayorship
  • Jeweller found murdered
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Farmers revel in rain

    • Weather

  • Weather

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