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Alappuzha

  • Cremation held

    • Anantapur

  • Major drinking water crisis looms large over Anantapur district
  • Director of Medical Education gheraoed
  • Sacrifice for son's future
  • Three killed in road accident

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Venkat Reddy surrenders, sent to jail
  • `Operation dengue' to eradicate mosquitoes
  • In the dock
  • Prayer time
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Autorickshaws `pollute' Adilabad
  • Credit card holders unaware of rights
  • Market yards will be modernised, says Minister
  • Railway contractor held on cheating charge
  • Police upgrades communication network
  • `White Field' inks pact with Singapore firm
  • Ashok Gajapathi Raju held
  • Three burglars nabbed
  • Two killed in accidents

    • Archery

  • Mediocre show by Indians

    • Athletics

  • Srikar, Shalini emerge best athletes
  • Bharath betters his own record

    • Bangalore

  • Turnaround in small-scale sector
  • People in rural areas favour English teaching
  • IISc. takes science to rural students
  • Minister pays surprise visit to many areas
  • Process of selecting Rashtrakavi yet to start: Javare Gowda
  • Avoid taking the roads around railway station this evening
  • Patil: no dialogue with Chief Minister
  • Two steal auto, rob passengers
  • Providing better working conditions for people living with HIV
  • Electric cart for the disabled at railway station inaugurated
  • Work from home, part-time
  • Kannada schools in Mumbai on the verge of closure: samiti
  • A club for arthritis patients
  • Petition against Bar Council's boycott call
  • Cricket betting racket busted, six arrested
  • Three die as lorry hits MUV
  • Premji for more schools in `IT corridor'
  • High Court admits students' plea
  • Man murdered at gymnasium
  • Landmark Quiz on November 1
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Course in Astrobiology

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Forbes overwhelmed by the interest

    • Bidar

  • `Frequent transfers affect staff'

    • Bijapur

  • H.K. Patil's suggestion to Government

    • Briefly

  • Swiss Re buys 3.57 p.c. stake in Yes Bank
  • Parry Enterprises ties up with Taiwanese co.
  • GMR group achieves financial closure
  • No key personnel of MF on the board of AMC
  • Yahoo! India launches Indichat
  • Shamsuddin new MD of Southern Agrifurane

    • Business

  • Wipro Q2 net profit rises 46 p.c.
  • Govt. looking into voting rights in private banks
  • Hindalco's improved showing
  • Maran favours extension of incentives under STPI
  • Bajaj Auto net up
  • Robert Bosch's investment plans
  • Sensex declines
  • Hutch offer for cricket season
  • ESI hospitals to have adequate stock of medicines
  • Shareholder moves court against merger of LKB
  • Rupee weakens
  • Biocon `s Q2 net edges up

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • A day abuzz with anticipation
  • Child's parents say school misled them
  • In 17 days, one lakh tonnes kuruvai procured in delta districts
  • Japan, India plan to improve personnel exchanges
  • Defeated, yet not disheartened
  • DMK, allies bag a majority of posts in suburban civic bodies
  • City students savour `semester at sea'
  • I am not what I look like: Manivannan
  • `Self mastery program' for students aspiring to do courses in IIT
  • "Privatisation deprives port workers of their rights"
  • State police team leaving for AP
  • Hospital plans expansion of telemedicine network
  • SS Music contest for `bathroom singers'
  • Training centre gets ISO certification
  • Container terminal employees strike work
  • Eye camps held to mark World Sight Day
  • Sweets in store for Deepavali
  • Film musicians honoured
  • Baalu reviews on-going flyover projects
  • Meeting on `e-filing'
  • Tata Indicom's Deepavali offers
  • Repoll in 27 booths tomorrow
  • Stress on techniques to tackle `burning problems'
  • Fatal pond throws up disturbing questions
  • Executive chair car
  • Seven held, pirated CDs seized
  • Complaints galore at meeting on `e-filing'
  • Bonus announced
  • IGNOU programme
  • Bomb threat calls turn out a hoax
  • Anxiously
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Coimbatore

  • DPA surges ahead in western region
  • Defence seeks to nullify "chance witness" account
  • Blasts case: defence seeks to nullify "chance witness" account
  • DMK set to win Corporation
  • Special buses for Deepavali
  • Bank helps them celebrate Deepavali
  • Over eight lakh saplings planted
  • A new beginning
  • Ooty train service cancelled
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Warne incident prompts Ashes TV coverage debate
  • Alappuzha denied outright win
  • Deepak dazzles
  • Tyagi shines
  • Ignorance is no valid defence
  • Lara, Morton to the rescue
  • South meets West in Duleep opener
  • Azharuddin issue: BCCI criticises Speed
  • Pakistan has the last laugh
  • Chinmaya Vidyalaya in last four
  • Bisht, Manav in big stand
  • Pitch expert Atkinson roped in

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8736
  • Solution to Puzzle 8735

    • Cuddalore

  • Victory deepens rivalry, three sustain injuries
  • AIADMK wins majority in Panruti municipality

    • Dharmapuri

  • DPA leads in Dharmapuri

    • Dindigul

  • DMK emerges victorious in Palani Municipality

    • Editorials

  • Unprecedented intrusion
  • A President in disgrace

    • Eluru

  • Chlorine leak: 1 killed, 150 hospitalised
  • New act not to interfere in missionaries' working

    • Erode

  • DMK, allies lead in five municipalities
  • BSNL bills through postmen

    • Football

  • Haryana draws with Goa
  • Man United stays perfect

    • Front Page

  • Pakistan's intentions will be on test: Manmohan
  • LTTE attack on Galle repulsed
  • BSF, BDR exchange fire
  • Sanjay Dutt case verdict likely after Deepavali
  • Lashkar-e-Taiba founder released
  • Dengue: 107 deaths confirmed
  • Iraq to hold unity meet
  • DPA ahead in local body polls
  • High Court permits counting of votes
  • Windies holds its nerves
  • Younis Khan, the committed leader
  • Pitches not batsmen friendly
  • It's time for digital campuses, says panel
  • Traders get further relief from sealing
  • Assembly nod for Neyyar water pact
  • State to modify Kalam's agenda
  • Venkat Reddy gives up, sent to jail
  • Cyberabad police launch eSeva initiative
  • `Operation dengue' to eradicate mosquitoes
  • Grain ceiling fixed for ration card holders
  • Kodagu SP's wife killed in road accident
  • Taylor-made
  • Security for VIPs reviewed
  • Indian fishermen held

    • Golf

  • Ample hope for the Indians

    • Gulbarga

  • Talks started with private managements on one entrance test, says Acharya

    • Guntur

  • TDP, Congress served show-cause notices

    • Haryana

  • Investment tour a success, says Hooda
  • More DA for pensioners

    • Hassan

  • Angadi to be made a major tourist destination

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam declares dividend

    • Hockey

  • SGNP Girls' School wins title

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • `Fix minimum basic pay of Rs. 6,500 for D group staff'
  • Rousing reception for `dibbana'
  • KERC decision to reduce power tariff welcomed
  • Spotlight to be on `Tridarshana'
  • `Government has failed in disbursing drought relief'

    • Hyderabad

  • US consulate to clear visa backlog
  • Expo focuses on eco-conservation
  • Call for better retail payment systems
  • CLP petitions Centre to reopen Kodela case
  • MCH seeks citizens help to control mosquito menace
  • Kanbay campus in State
  • 24 lakh houses by March
  • Jaju pulls up civic officials
  • Software firm MD arrested
  • `10K run' on November 26
  • Lifer for Mayank Bohra
  • Banned DDT back to fight dengue
  • Borewells in Patel Nagar closed
  • Sale of gold coins
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Chinese translation of Kalam's book released
  • Lashkar-e-Taiba founder released

    • International

  • Iraq to hold unity meet
  • Mystery injuries after Israeli attacks in Gaza
  • Merger: Colombo to seek legal opinion
  • Defence Minister to fight Royal
  • N. Korea: U.S., Japan for "swift" action
  • A failed project: U.K.
  • A first in Bahrain

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Intellectuals rally behind Afzal

    • Kancheepuram

  • DMK wins four town panchayats in Kancheepuram

    • Karimnagar

  • KCR launches by-poll campaign
  • 3 get 10 years RI
  • TRS promises Muslim quota

    • Karnataka

  • It's time for digital campuses, says Oversight Committee
  • Coastal Management Zone worries fishermen
  • Keeping alive a rich tradition
  • Worship
  • Bonhomie
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Fear of dengue outbreak in Koppal
  • Teertodbhava occurs at Talacauvery
  • Felling of sandalwood trees on the rise
  • Opposition to firecracker stalls on school playground
  • SHGs to be given sick silk filatures
  • Areca growers, traders stage demonstration
  • Prakash calls on Shivraj Patil

    • Kerala

  • Kerala Assembly nod for Neyyar water pact
  • New Melsanthi for Sabarimala temple
  • Bioresources park in Nilambur
  • `Youth prevented from writing exam'
  • Rain throws life out of gear in Kochi
  • Painful protest
  • Packing in good times
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Eswaran Namboodiri selected new Sabarimala Melsanthi
  • Thousands turn up for Ramzan prayers
  • Muslims flock to mosques for Lailathul Qadr

    • Kochi

  • Talks with Korean firm end in stalemate
  • `Identify minority institutions'
  • Harlem Globetrotters coming to Kochi
  • Entries invited for video film festival
  • Painting using sand is this artist's forte
  • Discussions on Kochi metro rail today
  • Venmani Haridas memorial meet on Saturday
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Bad road: PWD officials held hostage

    • Kottayam

  • Bank burgled; gold, cash missing
  • In Kottayam Today

    • Kozhikode

  • Panchayats told to set up waste management facility
  • Students eager to master life skills
  • Music contests for visually challenged students
  • Gangadharan flays Chandy
  • Chemancheri panchayat embarks on clean-up drive
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Leader Page Articles

  • For an equitable rehabilitation policy

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Judiciary vs. legislature
  • Mattoo murder case

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • A people's record

    • Madikeri

  • `No case of dengue reported in Kodagu'

    • Madurai

  • DMK, allies dominate in municipalities
  • DMK major winner in Madurai Corporation
  • Surveillance units to tie up with private hospitals
  • Madurai Mayor bids adieu
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • Activists protest against police action on play

    • Mangalore

  • Entrepreneurs told to protect their intellectual assets
  • Mahamastakabhisheka at Dharmasthala from January 28
  • FM radio gaining popularity: M.V. Kamath
  • Two airlines change winter schedules
  • BJP-backed candidates win polls
  • Delegation to Railway Minister
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Kin of brigand's victims seek relief
  • For Deepavali sans noise pollution
  • Teams to create dengue awareness
  • ITI students stage demonstration
  • `KPTCL should not be allowed to move court against KERC ruling'
  • `Privatise power supply in Mysore district'
  • RiiT signs pact with Cambridge varsity press
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagercoil

  • DPA candidates, Independents victorious

    • National

  • Shift needed in farm policy: Manmohan
  • Law put in IX Schedule beyond judicial review: Centre
  • Venugopal given two weeks to reply to charges
  • High Court refuses to stay AIIMS meeting
  • "Fixed package" collected for surgery at AIIMS: report
  • Hearing today on CNN-IBN plea against U.P. House resolution
  • Mayawati launches campaign
  • CEC holds talks with Manipur political leaders
  • New policy for Alang yard
  • 11th Plan aims for 10 p.c. growth
  • Plan panel for cuts in subsidy
  • Tourism Ministry for "visa on arrival" scheme
  • Curfew relaxed in 2 Rajasthan towns
  • Seven FM channels for J&K
  • Mizoram achieves 90.27 per cent literacy
  • Kalam: my stand on office of profit Bill vindicated
  • CBI raids highway officials' premises
  • A people's record
  • 3 more held guilty

    • New Delhi

  • Centre swings into action to finalise Master Plan
  • Cultural ambassadors come calling from New York
  • DDA again fails to deliver
  • 94 fresh dengue cases registered
  • A peek into "a traveller's palette"
  • "Irregularities in allotment of plots in Ghogha dairy project"
  • A show with a difference
  • Drugs worth crores seized, seven arrested
  • `Celebrate Diwali, but don't shock stray animals'
  • Bonus for DTC staff
  • M.P. Prakash calls on Patil
  • Boys rescued
  • Meal scheme guidelines revised
  • Centre snubbed over Bansagar project
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • JNU gearing up for the battle of the ballot

    • News Analysis

  • The end of a long friendship?
  • U.S. finally waking up to failure in Iraq
  • U.N. set for the long haul
  • Self-delusion of carbon-trading
  • Corrections and clarifications

    • Nizamabad

  • Police martyrs remembered

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • CPI(M) hails State's decision
  • Ex-DSP, son held in dowry case

    • Pathanamthitta

  • TDB to begin work on cardiology centres soon

    • Perambalur

  • DMK front captures all three municipalities

    • Puducherry

  • Free rice and sugar for Deepavali
  • Air wing cadets win medals at Bangalore meet

    • Punjab

  • India joins global move for police reforms
  • Alleged KLF terrorist arrested in Punjab
  • Centre refusing to help Punjab farmers: BJP

    • Racing : Horse

  • Easy Mover, Al Zahara please
  • Conde Nast, Hawaiian Sunrise shine
  • Most Duraballe for main event
  • Jubilation catches the eye

    • Rajasthan

  • Curfew relaxed in Rajasthan towns
  • Maharashtra police trace missing `miracle' sadhvi
  • Tourism fair at Churu

    • Religion

  • Performance of duty

    • Salem

  • DPA wins 20 seats in Salem Corporation
  • DPA wins in Attur, leads at Mettur, Edapadi
  • Salem divisional office building opened

    • Shimoga

  • Union Government's move to ban sale of gutka upsets growers
  • Rousing reception for `dibbana'
  • Growers protest against steep fall in flower price

    • Sivaganga

  • Independents hold the key

    • Sport

  • Windies holds its nerves
  • Younis Khan, the committed leader
  • Pitches not batsmen friendly
  • Asif wants his `B' sample tested
  • Karnataka blanks Chandigarh

    • Sports : General

  • Purushothaman wins
  • Dr. Ambedkar BC claims title
  • All about therapeutic exemptions
  • Sprint-double for Alameen, sets a new mark in 100m
  • V.K.R. College triumphs
  • Bangalore, Calicut win titles

    • Srikakulam

  • Rs. 40 lakhs for each district to contain dengue
  • Loan mela
  • Naxalite surrenders

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Pappapatti, Nattarmangalam panchayat chiefs elected
  • "Address stigma faced by prostitution victims"
  • "Communication skill vital for engineering graduates"
  • Independents to play key role in two municipalities
  • "Living conditions of Indian engineers in Gulf countries bad"
  • Salem Steel Plant bags award
  • BSNL engineer arrested on graft charge
  • On cloud nine
  • Sales up
  • "Sacrifices vital to bring about peace"
  • Setback for Ponmudi at Villupuram
  • DMK candidates fare well in delta districts
  • DMK-led alliance surges ahead in the western region
  • American expert to collaborate with SASTRA
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Independents get majority of seats
  • DMK likely to get majority in Tiruchengode municipality
  • Majority eludes DPA in Pudukottai, Aranthangi
  • An Oriya poet makes note of literature in the region
  • New equipment for blood bank
  • DPA victorious in Karur, Inam Karur municipalities
  • Setback for Ponmudi at Villupuram
  • In Krishnagiri, Hosur Municipalities too
  • Houses burgled
  • Ex-gratia announced
  • DMK-led alliance wins Tirupur Municipality

    • Tennis

  • Vijayant enters final
  • Nalbandian survives a scare

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Probe finds graft in last year's selection of priests
  • Generating power from waste
  • `No new job exchanges this fiscal'
  • Vice-Chancellors to stay
  • Rs. 40-cr. scheme for tsunami-hit
  • Government to fill vacancies for disabled
  • Train services disrupted
  • CBI raid on Cochin airport
  • Farmers voice protest
  • Rain floods low-lying areas
  • Plight of the pigs
  • Dharna staged
  • Man dead
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 19, 1956: Nehru on Naga issue
  • dated October 19, 1956: New look Golden Temple
  • dated October 19, 1956: Hitler's death

    • Tiruchi

  • DPA romps home in all municipalities
  • Comfortable majority for DMK-led combine
  • Inter-school quiz to be held tomorrow
  • Tips for safe bursting of crackers
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirupati

  • TTD's clarification on accounting system
  • `Software contributes to 25 p.c. exports'
  • SVU launches e-governance

    • Tumkur

  • Farmers continue protest in Tiptur

    • Tuticorin

  • Independents bag 12 out of 18 councillor posts in Kayalpattinam Municipality
  • Conserve forest cover: Collector

    • Udupi

  • Parishat wants Gamaka introduced in schools
  • Woman killed

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Bar on dole

    • Vellore

  • DPA captures most local bodies in Vellore

    • Vijayawada

  • NSM school team makes it to national finals
  • Puzzle-crackers go wild at guessing
  • People warned against commercial use of gas
  • LIC exceeds its targets
  • Honour pact, TNTUC urged
  • Youth drowned
  • By the children, for the children
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Only e-filing for corporate assesses, says official
  • Directive to MLA, officials in Dibbapalem case
  • Five-day `Tyagaraja aradhanotsavam' from January 7
  • Official's son tests positive
  • `Mahanagar sankeertan' tomorrow
  • SP solves land cases
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • `Quality manpower is the need of the hour'
  • Police decline to comment on Tech Madhu's arrest

    • Weather

  • Weather

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