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Alappuzha

  • e-learning in schools under Alappuzha diocese

    • Anantapur

  • One person dies of gastroenteritis
  • Man `kills' two persons

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Polavaram: wall to protect villages from submersion
  • World Bank nod for aid
  • TTD digital library director invited for Egypt meet
  • Rain brings relief to Nellore
  • Devout gathering
  • Grand welcome awaits Manmohan
  • Sad state of affairs
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Return of Naidu to power predicted
  • Marine police station will be a model, says Commissioner of Police
  • 10-day awareness camps for ryots
  • Anaesthetists' meet begins tomorrow
  • Id celebrated with fervour
  • Precious metal is putty in his hands
  • Kothakota spruced up for Prime Minister's visit
  • Kadapa Yellow Pages released
  • Chittoor district tops in rural employment
  • Three killed in road accident

    • Bangalore

  • Environment: the cup is half, nay, a quarter full
  • Words in Ganesh form
  • `Judiciary must move with the times'
  • `Set up more schools for visually impaired'
  • Woman robbed of cash, jewellery near J.P. Nagar
  • Decision on metro rail alignment along C.M.H. Road likely tomorrow
  • Shivakumara Kalasangha to hold theatre festival
  • Exclusive buses for BMTC pass holders
  • Another star achiever from the IT city
  • Maths urged to establish cattle shelters
  • Crash delays rollout of new Dhruvs
  • Common entrance test for PG courses under study
  • Meet on management education in November
  • Students told to inculcate spirit of sharing
  • Central aid sought for BMRDA ring roads
  • Boy murdered in HRBR Layout
  • Cluny Convent completes 50 years
  • Young Achiever Award presented
  • Organic products to be displayed
  • Former Hosur councillor murdered
  • Volunteers clean burial ground
  • MLC moves High Court
  • Gutka: Congress to write to Manmohan Singh
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Satellite-based educational programme for doctors, students

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Sree Kerala Varma in semifinals

    • Bidar

  • 27th Sharana Kammata begins tomorrow
  • Bengal gram and red gram infested with pod borer
  • Many Dalits to convert to Buddhism

    • Bihar

  • Two police officers test HIV-positive
  • Traders block road to protest killing

    • Bijapur

  • Meeting of Kadkol villagers called

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Easy for Varun

    • Briefly

  • Palm oil duty cut extension questioned
  • Mittal's plan to buy Arcelor shareholders
  • EU rules on airlines' carbon trading soon
  • Lotte acquires land in Chennai
  • Makino of Japan opens technology centre
  • Manthan Systems opens new facility in London
  • L. Ganesh becomes Chairman of Rane Madras
  • Dena Bank net profit up 41.3 per cent in Q2
  • Punj Lloyd acquires the Sembawang stake
  • New financial adviser for DVC

    • Business

  • Marginal drop in Hero Honda's net
  • Samsung launches new printers
  • Murugappa Group: Alagappan to head Corporate Board
  • Nelson to push for mergers and acquisitions
  • Usha Martin to set up unit in Chennai
  • Rs. 100 crore sought for tea research
  • TVS Motor turnover up

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Navalur Panchayat Union Middle School given a facelift
  • Banyan residents recall success stories of overcoming mental illness
  • Protests at a few places mark swearing-in of councillors
  • Film on mental illness planned
  • I am always comfortable before the camera: actor Reema Sen
  • Councillors take oath in Ambattur, Avadi
  • Commuters left at the mercy of rain
  • Nokia concerned at lack of infrastructure
  • Railways asked to make special arrangements for disabled
  • ``Engineering and medicine are not the only options''
  • November 15 deadline for number plates
  • Crossword opens second shop in city
  • SS Music contest for `bathroom singers'
  • 153 councillors sworn in
  • Councillors take oath in Alandur
  • Expelled members join DMK
  • Musical treat on Friday
  • Denial of permission for meeting condemned
  • BSNL offers festival bonanza for students
  • Click that perfect picture to win cash prizes
  • Man arrested, seven cars recovered
  • Lower noise levels during Deepavali
  • R.K.Swamy is new OTA Commandant
  • `Vallavan' is now 1,000 feet shorter
  • Soon, you can send messages in Tamil
  • Janata Party plea on Mullaperiyar dam
  • Symposium on education
  • Caught in the rain
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Indians eye biggest medal haul at World youth meet

    • Coimbatore

  • In with a mandate - third time
  • Grit brings her to the Council
  • Corporation councillors sworn in
  • Heartburn in DMK over Mayorship decision
  • The Hindu Young World painting competition date extended to November 8
  • Painting contest: date extended
  • New Police Commissioner assumes charge
  • Meeting on pension issues
  • District panchayat councillors take oath
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • South Africa wins
  • Central has North on the ropes
  • Dhaval scalps six

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8742
  • Solution to Puzzle 8741

    • Cuddalore

  • Over 15,300 members take oath in Cuddalore, Villupuram

    • Dindigul

  • Representatives of local bodies assume office
  • "Institutional reforms vital for equitable water distribution"

    • Editorials

  • Finally, a Foreign Minister
  • A warming planet

    • Eluru

  • Concern over `disintegration' of Dalit outfits

    • Erode

  • Elected local body members assume office
  • AIADMK to lose chairman post in Gobi
  • Poor sales in textile shandy

    • Football

  • Mizoram enters final
  • Malaysian coach hopeful

    • Front Page

  • We are for peace: Pranab
  • Jammu and Kashmir autonomy working group proves stillborn
  • Simranjit Singh Mann, others injured as Akali factions clash
  • NC pulls out of working groups
  • I'll tread cautiously on new turf: Antony
  • ISRO moots manned mission to space
  • Stephen Fleming — an inspirational captain
  • Dravid hopes to pass the Windies test
  • A spirited performance
  • Skipper Fleming guides New Zealand to a competitive total
  • DMK announces candidates for Mayor, Deputy Mayor posts
  • Palanisamy is Rural Industries Minister
  • Let talks be held in a timeframe: Colombo
  • Pakistan presses U.S. for civil nuclear energy pact
  • MRTS routes await approval
  • Marginal drop in Hero Honda's net
  • Samsung launches new printers
  • New concept in Budget preparation
  • Turtle migrants find haven off Tamil Nadu
  • Murugappa Group: Alagappan to head Corporate Board
  • Polavaram: wall to protect villages
  • Mayor selection: impasse persists
  • Fire in RIL refinery unit
  • More schools under scrutiny
  • CBI to probe wider conspiracy: Kodiyeri
  • "Police can't refuse to register FIR"
  • 100 Shiv Sainiks arrested
  • Government plans to revise house tax
  • `Garib Raths' to link capitals
  • `World Bank against free power for ryots'
  • Domestic Violence Act takes effect today
  • UNESCO adviser
  • Three boys drowned in sea
  • Traders plan three-day `Delhi bandh'
  • Seven die as van, lorry collide

    • Globescan

  • Shock over skull photos
  • Anti-graft forum

    • Goa

  • Do not rent out houses to strangers, Goa citizens told

    • Golf

  • Sam Gunaratne and Ian Tait in the lead
  • BILT Open tees off today

    • Gulbarga

  • Special prayers mark Id-ul-Fitr in Gulbarga, Bidar districts
  • Parishat meet on October 27
  • Mudnal rejects Ekikarana Award

    • Guntur

  • Textile park: two MLAs decry TDP remarks
  • Uproar over change in `Delta' schedule
  • 21 dengue cases so far in Guntur

    • Hassan

  • Proposal to translocate wild elephant approved

    • Hockey

  • TN qualifies

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Ultimatum issued to commercial building owners
  • Thousands offer mass prayers on Id-ul-Fitr
  • Postgraduate departments should be made more independent: VC
  • Farmers stage `rasta roko'
  • Civic body's zonal office housed in illegal structure
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Hyderabad

  • TDP demands probe into `land scam'
  • Stem cell transplant: a ray of hope for thalassemic children
  • Telugu educational kit to be launched
  • 386 driving licences suspended
  • Lifelike works of art
  • Awareness lacking about autism
  • Election of State BJP chief put off
  • `No conditionalities for World Bank loan'
  • Conversion by foreigners alleged
  • Nagar Keertan marks Guru Granth Saheb Day
  • Gaiety, charity mark Ramzan
  • Prime Minister on visit to city today
  • World Bank nod for aid of Rs. 3,200 cr.
  • Cancel illegal land registration: BJP
  • `Dial a cardiologist' service at Wockhardt
  • Himalayan beauty
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Change of policy or time-off for tit-for-tat?
  • India, Japan to raise ties
  • An Indian among Rolex Enterprise Award winners
  • Indian public want peace: Musharraf

    • International

  • Let talks be held in a timeframe: Colombo
  • Pakistan presses U.S. for civil nuclear energy pact
  • U.S. bypassing me: Maliki
  • Face-to-face with Putin
  • To carry on round the world
  • Full face transplant
  • Ahmadinejad calls for a baby boom
  • Tension in north, east
  • Iraq a policy disaster: U.K.

    • Kancheepuram

  • Villagers try to stall induction
  • Held under Goondas Act

    • Kannur

  • AKPCTA plea for revised syllabi

    • Karimnagar

  • Bypoll to come as a boon to weavers
  • JNTU college likely at Kondagattu
  • Parthasarathi gold medal instituted
  • Workshop on science practicals

    • Karnataka

  • More schools under scrutiny
  • Three couples among 7 killed in accident
  • This is no gurukula system
  • Silent sufferers
  • Immersed in prayers
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Farmers gherao Eshwarappa
  • Hampi getting ready for three-day cultural festival
  • Child labour at BMP construction site
  • Implement Rajanahalli lift irrigation project, say farmers
  • `Release water into Bhadra canal till December 10'
  • Sringeri temple goes eco-friendly
  • Home appliances damaged
  • Foundation laid for `Karuna' building

    • Kerala

  • Kerala to introduce new concept in Budget preparation
  • Court rejects Kurien's plea
  • Somali national deported
  • Good news for Bollywood fans
  • Government not serious enough on Mullaperiyar: Opposition
  • Marad: LDF finds fault with Antony Government's actions
  • Flaws in procurement to be set right soon
  • `Table contentious report'
  • `Only 9 lakh BPL families in State'
  • Film festival planned as part of jubilee celebrations
  • Education scheme for the physically challenged soon
  • Compensation for custodial death
  • Strengthening bonds
  • Making a point
  • For a cause
  • Assault on nature
  • Divine mission
  • Briefly

    • Kochi

  • Remembering Somnath Hore
  • Focus on cable and broadcasting sector
  • Land deals under lens
  • From the campus
  • Stir at Korean firm called off
  • One killed in accident; bus destroyed
  • Documenting road safety
  • For clean environment
  • Truck workers plan strike
  • Loco running staff meet
  • Probe ordered into dredgers' collision
  • Health survey
  • Vice Chief of Naval Staff arriving today
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Campus Notes

    • Kollam

  • Three dengue cases reported in Kollam
  • Citizens' plea to renovate Kadappakada market
  • UDF members walk out of council meeting

    • Kottayam

  • Paddy farmers detain five persons
  • Kurien's plea turned down

    • Kozhikode

  • `Upgrade security measures in banks'
  • `Vivekananda Puraskar' presented
  • Highlighting a musical stream
  • Bhatia to attend `Kannur Terriers' valedictory function
  • Halt for trains sought at Koyilandy
  • Jamaat plea on minority status
  • Seminar on `woman empowerment'
  • IG injured in accident
  • Workshop on handloom products today

    • Kurnool

  • General hospital in state of ill-health

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Rule of law versus rule of judges

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Cabinet reshuffle
  • The burqa row
  • On reservation

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • New deal for panchayat workers

    • Madikeri

  • Number of wards in Kodagu to go up
  • Samajwadi Party to launch campaign

    • Madurai

  • Dalit president assumes office in Pappapatti panchayat
  • They need only care, not sympathy
  • Councillors take oath
  • Defence claims "basic" flaw in prosecution theory
  • It's time to display loyalty
  • Power shutdown
  • To motivate young talent
  • Panchayat presidents sworn in
  • Bank staff stage dharna
  • Drilling begins on temple premises
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • A 35-crore deal for Hrithik?

    • Mangalore

  • Workshop for dowry prohibition officers
  • `Bring Mangalore taluk under industrial Zone II'
  • Survey taken up on state of SSIs: Naik
  • Inquiry ordered into Buderiya blast
  • Special Lok Adalats may be extended beyond October 31
  • State leads in framing anti-dowry rules
  • NMPT scouts for sites for LNG terminal
  • Government notification lets down beedi workers
  • Canara Bank sets target of Rs. 200 cr.
  • Art group to celebrate silver jubilee
  • Test for police constable posts
  • Men at work
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Siddaramaiah writes to EC against bypoll postponement
  • Quota: Centre urged to file revision petition
  • Meet on endangered languages begins
  • Landmarks in line drawings
  • Gopalaswamy Betta crying out for attention
  • Burglars target 12 houses at Kanakagiri
  • Gopalaswamy Betta in a state of neglect
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagercoil

  • DMDK set to play a key role
  • Councillors in 4 municipalities take oath

    • National

  • World will lose if deal fails: Kakodkar
  • Id with a difference in militancy-hit J&K
  • Protect rights of creamy layer: Paswan
  • Age limit relaxation only for the deserving: court
  • Orissa DIG's body taken to his village
  • World Bank may finance Vision Mumbai project
  • Land-use pattern map getting ready in West Bengal
  • `Trafficking of women from Assam on the rise'
  • Study sees no change in people's views about women
  • Software to crack police cases
  • Jaiprakash Yadav renews his stint in Ministry
  • Transparency Seekers files fresh plea
  • Police cannot refuse or delay FIR: court
  • CITU plans unions in IT sector
  • BJP meet to discuss creamy layer issue
  • Dasmunsi, Bardhan discuss UNI takeover
  • More LPG to be imported
  • FIR filed against MLA
  • Tendulkar apologises
  • Manmohan watches Munnabhai
  • "Achieving Bharat Nirman target priority"
  • PCI pulls up 4 publications
  • PM's assurance to Rajnath
  • Sonia's Prime Ministerial choice

    • New Delhi

  • Sheila accused of double talk on sealing issue
  • A date with Indian art and artists
  • It's time for a laugh or two
  • Cong. team meets panel
  • BJP blames Govt. for `black' Diwali
  • Dengue claims another life
  • New arrivals at Delhi Zoo
  • MCD team inspects Yamuna ghats
  • Refund process at I-T office in a mess
  • Stormy scenes at IGI Airport
  • Court orders vigilance inquiry
  • Alleged gangsters arrested
  • Containing a fire
  • "No change in offset policy"
  • Id celebrated, a day after confusion
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Election fever grips JNU

    • News Analysis

  • Maoists make a tactical retreat?
  • When a little money goes a long way
  • Kargil red-hot again
  • Corrections And Clarifications
  • Collapse of ecosystems likely if plunder continues
  • "Under 10 p.c. growth in China next year"

    • Nizamabad

  • NGOs told to adopt slums

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Model village lacks basic amenities

    • Palakkad

  • Magical version of Kalam's vision a big draw
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Police team reviews security arrangements in Sabarimala
  • Parumala church festival begins today
  • NGO Association district meet

    • Perambalur

  • Local body councillors in Perambalur take charge

    • Polo

  • Manupal nets six goals in Horse & Wagun's win

    • Puducherry

  • Puducherry set to join police telecom network
  • IAS officer "did not distort Tagore's poem"
  • Ideal economic growth achieved: Rangasamy
  • Saudi Arabian entrepreneurs invited
  • Industrial motivation campaign
  • Minister's wife alleges torture

    • Punjab

  • Punjab ads generate heat

    • Racing : Horse

  • Bountiful Heights in fine nick
  • Southern Empire impresses
  • Touch Of Gold claims main event
  • Best Of The Blues runs with a good chance
  • Pampered Princess excels
  • Madras season begins on Oct. 28
  • Fly Emirates, Miami Gold please
  • Jockeys fined

    • Rajasthan

  • Villager hurt in police action dies
  • Dalits resolve to reclaim land

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Oath administered

    • Religion

  • The highest knowledge

    • Salem

  • Members of civic bodies take oath in Salem
  • Bad roads cause concern
  • YWCA meeting on AIDS awareness campaign
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • Folk fair to be held on October 28, 29
  • Vishwa Karma community members told to stand united

    • Sport

  • Stephen Fleming — an inspirational captain
  • Dravid hopes to pass the Windies test
  • A spirited performance
  • Skipper Fleming guides New Zealand to a competitive total
  • Punjab is champion
  • Jincemon and Neethu adjudged the best

    • Sports : General

  • Kurnool wins basketball title
  • Cuddalore rallies to win
  • Ravi, Prithviraj shine
  • MICO in final
  • Innings win for Kerala
  • Pramila to lead
  • K.K. Nagar PSBB triumphs

    • Srikakulam

  • Road-widening begins

    • Table Tennis

  • Manika fights her way past Aashita
  • Sahana wins

    • Tamil Nadu

  • NSS volunteers to the help of mentally ill
  • Their excellent performance
  • Pillar of support
  • On nimble feet
  • Now a more user-friendly loco driver's cabin
  • Europeans plan to outsource garment design
  • Government urged to reconsider SEZ proposal
  • PMK nominees for local body chief posts
  • Biomedical technology institute inaugurated
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Two councillors of DMDK `abducted' in Komarapalayam
  • Be duty conscious, says former High Court judge
  • Administration to crack down on eateries in Krishnagiri
  • Kottakatchiyendal members sworn in
  • Newly-elected local body members take oath
  • It was a grand event in Tirupur
  • 1,944 members assume office

    • Tennis

  • Federer starts off well

    • Thanjavur

  • Elected members take oath in delta districts
  • Roller skating tournament

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Upgradation work at MCH begins
  • Rs.3,000 crore for coastal development
  • Thakaraparambu becoming a haven for anti-social elements
  • Prime Minister to attend four programmes
  • Call to modernise Fire and Rescue Service
  • Novel campaign for Vizhinjam project
  • UN, World Bank books show
  • Intensive vector control drive mooted
  • Animation workshop to be held on Saturday
  • Woman dies in accident
  • Postal employees federation's protest
  • Jewellery show at Bhima
  • Jo Fiesta at St. Joseph's School
  • Raising a demand
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 26, 1956: Haile Selassie in Bombay
  • dated October 26, 1956: Air link with Tibet
  • dated October 26, 1956: New Mysore State

    • Thrissur

  • Rail passengers in dire straits
  • Bid to ensure safe fireworks displays
  • Greens oppose illumination of waterfalls
  • Package of children's films

    • Tiruchi

  • Steps to stamp out child labour
  • Tiruchi Corporation councillors assume office
  • Pedals his way to the council
  • When victory turns sweet
  • "Best occasion to perform"
  • A visit to create awareness of research
  • Blood donation camp
  • More than food
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • New members take charge in Tirunelveli Corporation

    • Tirupati

  • Higher price for sugarcane urged
  • SVU to release ancient works
  • In Tirupati Today

    • Tumkur

  • Kharge assures farmers of action against official

    • Tuticorin

  • 3,936 persons assume office

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Assembly sitting postponed to Nov. 10
  • Abu Salem name not on Mubarakpur voter's list

    • Uttaranchal

  • Kedarnath shrine closed

    • Vellore

  • 7,868 elected members sworn in

    • Vijayawada

  • Railway moves to sort out fly ash issue
  • Making a pitch for archery academy
  • Telugu writers to meet in city
  • Gaiety, fervour mark Id-ul-Fitr
  • Busy schedule for YSR in city on October 30
  • CPI(M) faults Government
  • Meet on Vaishnava bhakti literature
  • Veterinary experts to be honoured
  • Stage set for auto majors' show
  • What a delight!
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • SHRC probe on Gangavaram firing postponed
  • `Golden' skater duo on a roll
  • Three boys drowned in the Bay at Vizag
  • `Vihari' proves to be enchanting for them
  • US naval official at ENC
  • Senior citizens' day out
  • Kalidasa Sahiti Saptaham
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Fervour marks Id-ul-Fitr

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • Demand for separate State

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