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    Anantapur

  • Elaborate security for key ZPTC by-election
  • 43 SIs transferred in Anantapur

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Talks with naxalites progressing, says DGP
  • Naxals kidnap four; free one
  • Stage set for cloud-seeding in north Telangana
  • Clarity on Telangana issue soon: Narendra
  • Languages make Indian nationalism unique: theorist
  • Yanamala predicts increase in tax burden
  • Elitist tinge to writers' conclave denied
  • Top naxal leader surrenders
  • Reschedule ryots' loans, says CPI
  • Scribe `no' to role in peace talks
  • Bypoll to 10 ZPTCs today
  • Former Speaker passes away
  • Additional consumer fora constituted
  • 3 students drowned
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    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Loans distributed to over 55,000 farmers
  • Be bold, Governor tells farmers
  • 51 SIs transferred in Adilabad

    Athletics

  • Pramila fails to make it

    Badminton

  • Nivetha, Kirran bag titles

    Bangalore

  • Committee issues guidelines to colleges
  • Four arrested on robbery charge
  • Plan on sustainable development ready
  • ABVP threatens to disrupt counselling
  • Results today
  • Power shutdown
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Time to rally against demonstrations on roads

    Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    Basketball

  • SAI Hostel moves up
  • ONGC beats ICF
  • YMCA `A'- Tirupur BC final
  • Mar Ivanios College triumphs

    Belgaum

  • Vice-Chancellor favours Uniform Civil Code

    Bellary

  • Govt. urged to take up work on canals
  • Triplets born at VIMS

    Billiards & Snooker

  • Wilson triumphs

    Boxing

  • Parvinder Singh in semifinals
  • Silver for Solanki

    Briefly

  • Tata Motors' new Turbo truck
  • ABN Amro enters mutual fund
  • Cluster programme for SMEs
  • Indian Bank loan camp
  • Office-bearers elected
  • BHEL bags another STG order
  • Silicon Graphics pact with Redington

    Business

  • Crude prices soar despite OPEC's promise
  • Factors behind inflationary spiral
  • Moderation likely after mid-August, says Lahiri
  • Sensex tumbles on oil worries
  • Rupee remains firm
  • Ambani's website for public interaction
  • Outsourcing helps gain control, observes survey
  • Awareness programme in services sector
  • Hyundai hikes car prices

    Cartoons

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    Chennai

  • The Whitaker guide to Indian snakes
  • Common sense approach `can resolve toilet row'
  • No water in Veeranam lake, says Veerasamy
  • Tamil scholar gets Muthiah Chettiar award
  • Special trains for Onam
  • Navjivan Express rescheduled
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Scant regard for rules, lives

    Chess

  • Anand takes lead
  • Kunte draws with Simacek
  • Mohd Hussain triumphs

    Coimbatore

  • Steps to promote bio-fuel farming
  • Siruvani Dam overflows
  • `Instal caller ID'
  • Home for senior citizens inaugurated
  • No power
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Fixing accountability

    Cricket

  • Tiruvallur triumphs in style
  • BCCI prize money for tournaments
  • Dravid to keep wickets in one-dayers: Ganguly
  • Shib Sankar, Bhandari sparkle
  • Kapil flays tendency to highlight personal achievements
  • Ponnappa is the day's hero
  • Hat-tricks by Syed and Arun
  • Akshay shines
  • Gopikrishna shines
  • Good knock by Madhu
  • Unbeaten 105 by Iqbal
  • Madhusudan scalps five

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8056
  • Solution to puzzle 8055

    Cuddalore

  • Jobs denied under food-for-work scheme: CPI(M)
  • No more new chemical units: Cuddalore council

    Cuddapah

  • Two die in road accident

    Dharwad

  • New water-supply schedule for twin cities getting ready

    Editorials

  • OVER-THE-TOP PROPOSALS
  • CLONING WILD ANIMALS

    Erode

  • Electric crematorium coming up in Erode

    Football

  • Ancheri injured, camp off to bad start
  • 2-1 win for Garhwal Heroes
  • Bhartendu to lead

    Front Page

  • India, Pakistan agree to continue talks on Siachen
  • Bilkis case transferred from Ahmedabad to Mumbai
  • Hostage issue: Kuwaiti firm official meets Al-Dulaimi
  • Inflation shoots up to 7.51 p.c.
  • Kalyan in charge of U.P.
  • Landslip kills 11
  • Wife appeals
  • Curfew relaxed
  • Oil prices soar
  • Terrorist held
  • Crosses danger mark
  • Back on top

    Generalia

  • Will Leander and Mahesh rise to the occasion?
  • Anju to be flag-bearer
  • J & K in final

    Guntur

  • ZP NRI Cell's gesture to poor students
  • ZP building gets facelift for YSR visit
  • ITC official found dead

    Haryana

  • Central team visits flood-hit areas
  • PM directive on Chautala's complaint

    Hassan

  • Incessant rain may affect pepper crop
  • SBI launches credit facility for women
  • Reservoir levels go up
  • CRPF jawan cremated with State honours

    Hockey

  • Malaysia, Japan teams to tour India
  • Easy win for ASC `A'
  • Sports School back to winning ways
  • Narrow win for Mohd. Sporting

    Hyderabad

  • ITI building caught in red tape
  • Road users dread this stretch
  • Central scheme extended to Medak district
  • ATM centre guard held on cheating charge
  • Trains cancelled
  • Survey of power consumers on
  • CME programme
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • 'Chinese, Indian diplomacy in 1962 was immature'
  • BDR, BSF agree to defuse border tension
  • 11 Indian stowaways found in Finnish freighter are from Punjab, Haryana

    International

  • Top militant arrested, says Riyadh
  • New chief for Sri Lanka's ruling alliance
  • N-plans will be upgraded: Musharraf
  • 2 U.S. mosque leaders held
  • 'Georgia not for confrontation'
  • Bomb attacks rock Bangladesh
  • A wooden stamp from Swiss Post
  • Venezuela fears violence
  • McDonald's bid to mollify critics
  • Fears of Shia uprising after Najaf battle
  • California to tap solar power
  • E.U. chief structuring his Cabinet
  • Israel reopens border with Egypt
  • Sudan bows to global pressure over Darfur

    Karnataka

  • Engineering counselling from today
  • KRS water level touches 115 feet
  • JD(U) volunteers to lead students' agitation
  • Daily wage for unskilled labourers increased
  • Theft due to flaws in RBI system?
  • Water level touches 115 feet in KRS dam
  • Land acquisition: Deve Gowda writes to Dharam Singh
  • Potholes: notice to Govt., BMP
  • Salary of illegally appointed teachers to be withheld
  • Chinese silk firm scouting for partner
  • Centre urged for law on professional education
  • New guidelines for Food-for-Work
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • `Better marketing strategy needed for silk industry'
  • `Settle sugarcane dues by Monday'
  • Programme on organic farming
  • Congress rebel elected Puttur TMC chief
  • Hostel wardens reprimanded
  • Gold medallist felicitated by Murugha Math

    Kerala

  • Left should join UPA Ministry, says Antony
  • Safety check
  • Antony cancels Delhi trip
  • LDF panel on Lok Sabha poll spares none
  • Aging dams posing threat
  • Filling of reserved posts declared illegal
  • Special trains to clear Onam rush
  • Antony lauds contribution of Non-Resident Keralites
  • Thenmala Dam shutters may be opened
  • Order to verify safety of check-dams
  • Block panchayats redundant: Antony
  • Kerala model in labour welfare
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • A shattered Gulf dream

    Kochi

  • Medians turn death-traps
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Campus Notes
  • Special drive brings down crime rate

    Kollam

  • MP seeks reopening of KSCDC factories
  • Alert engine driver averts accident

    Kottayam

  • MGU decision on self-financing courses

    Kozhikode

  • KSSP's campaign against Express Highway ends
  • Demand to include boys in legal literacy programme

    Kurnool

  • Minister's assurance on paper mill
  • NCC official inspects college unit
  • Suicide by girl

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  • Mixed messages on arms from U.S.

    Letters to the Editor

  • Dhananjoy case
  • Doctors' liability
  • Noble gesture
  • Astrologer's brew
  • Hostages' issue
  • WTO decisions
  • Inhuman law
  • Life on the fringes
  • A great teacher
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    Madhya Pradesh

  • Gas victims' body demands panel for better coordination
  • Rise in crime against women in M.P: Congress

    Madikeri

  • Rain damage put at Rs. 4.6 crores in Kodagu
  • Officials asked to be prepared for emergencies
  • Timber worth Rs. 3.6 crores seized

    Madurai

  • Conduct rules arbitrary, say advocates
  • Remanded to judicial custody
  • Power shutdown
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Focus shifts to night patrolling

    Mangalore

  • Empowering girls for a better future
  • Hassan-Mangalore line likely by March
  • Saldanha laments reticence in judiciary
  • Oscar Fernandes confident of NITK getting IIT status
  • In Mangalore Today

    Mysore

  • Despite odds, outlook for growers looks bright
  • Special drive to produce quality silk

    Nagapattinam

  • Delta farmers want Mettur water release by Aug. 15
  • Velankanni festival begins on Aug.29

    Nagercoil

  • Rs. 5.77 lakhs for computerisation of Nagercoil library

    Nalgonda

  • Pandemonium at Nalgonda ZP meet
  • Velugu survey comes under attack
  • Don't politicise water issue: MP

    National

  • President's vision for economic uplift
  • RSS 'pracharaks' made BJP regional secretaries
  • Jayalalithaa complains to CAG
  • Defamation cases withdrawn, Tamil Nadu tells Supreme Court
  • Blasting of rocks could have caused Katra landslip
  • Chidambaram defends large social sector outlays
  • Narmada crosses danger mark
  • Abloom in the Garden City
  • Duty, price hikes leading to inflation: Sinha
  • Steps to counter suicide attacks discussed
  • Arjun roll-out from Avadi factory today
  • 'Lack of equipment to blame for inaccurate monsoon forecast'
  • 'A move to mislead the public'
  • Orchids for Holland, tuberoses for America
  • Resolution opposes inclusion of Assam areas in `Nagalim'
  • Wife of kidnapped Indian returns
  • New groundnut, pearl-millet varieties developed
  • Coming, an Asian film festival
  • Central Advisory Board of Education to meet next week
  • Over two years to Sialkot
  • TTD planning information centres at embassies
  • Lufthansa-TAAI row ends
  • Advocate jailed
  • Unions to fight 'inconsistencies' in Government policies
  • Dhananjoy's family not to move Supreme Court
  • Repeal of "anti-democratic" laws sought
  • Norms for child feeding
  • Army denies ceasefire violation on LoC
  • Supreme Court notice on price of cancer drug

    Nellore

  • Collector's directive on funds to handloom societies

    New Delhi

  • DDA team returns from Australia tour
  • Congress MLAs stall changes to Municipal Act
  • DVB's reconstruction sought
  • Wanted criminals nabbed
  • Fake credit card racket smashed
  • Diabetes education project launched
  • Held for promising admission to medical colleges
  • Old man stabbed
  • New method to correct diseased veins
  • IAS officers reshuffled
  • Sayeed, Diwedi all set to get elected unopposed
  • Supreme Court sets up panel for Red Fort renovation
  • Two killed by relatives
  • DUSU poll dates announced
  • Exhibition on Geelani's time in prison
  • SFI seeks more seats
  • Congress-NCP alliance for Maharashtra elections
  • IOC may take over Oil India Limited
  • Thaw in Congress-SP relations?
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today
  • Tourist police a welcome step

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Olympic Games

  • Indian contingent confident

    Palakkad

  • `Restore tribals' alienated lands'

    Pathanamthitta

  • Economist calls for augmentation of productive employment
  • BSNL to clear prepaid connections by Onam
  • MLA calls for review of fee structure
  • NRI forum meet today

    Perambalur

  • Anonymous calls: one held

    Polo

  • India loses a controversial match

    Pondicherry

  • Chandirakasu orders loan schemes probe
  • Lakhera invites President to address special session
  • Common entrance test postponed
  • Join NCC, Rangasamy urges students

    Punjab

  • Chautala is lying: Amarinder
  • 'People of Punjab seek justice'

    Racing : Horse

  • Kaiser hard to toss

    Racing : Motor

  • K-1000 rally from today

    Rajasthan

  • Notice to Minister in sati case
  • MLAs' allowances raised

    Ramanathapuram

  • Biomass gasifier plants to be set up in four Ramnad villages

    Religion

  • Shunning bigotry essential

    Sailing

  • National laser class from today

    Salem

  • Two killed in roof collapse
  • Student held for bomb hoax

    Shimoga

  • Jog Falls presents a splendid view

    Sports : General

  • Olympic Maharatna award
  • Athens: Members from Bangalore felicitated
  • Anuja in last four
  • Nagapattinam in final
  • CM wishes Andhra athletes well

    Swimming

  • Another challenge for Bula

    Table Tennis

  • Puneeth, Poojitha win
  • Balaji, Meenu given top billing

    Tamil Nadu

  • Decks cleared for medical counselling
  • No stay in admission matters: apex court
  • Kakodkar cautions against missing research-technology connectivity
  • `No court should yield to pressure'
  • Lawyer protests snowballing in Tiruchi
  • Counselling for veterinary, fisheries science courses
  • Fourfold increase in Mettur inflow
  • Mission will not go unnoticed: Vaiko
  • Advertisements a waste of government money: Karunanidhi
  • Special concern for elephants
  • Suicide bid for forced haircut
  • Bomb hoax in school triggers panic
  • 52 advocates arrested in Thanjavur
  • Rain cheers up delta ryots
  • Keep off Hogenakkal: advisory to tourists
  • Gnana Ratham in Thanjavur
  • Rally, prayer mark Erwadi fire anniversary
  • Postgraduate degree results on August 9
  • Salem plant-displaced families seek return of land
  • Veeranam project cost effective: Jayalalithaa
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Illegally confined woman rescued
  • AVC College plans to celebrate golden jubilee next month

    Tennis

  • Roddick overwhelms Srichaphan
  • Divija in final
  • Dinesh makes final
  • Sania in semifinals

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Steps on to restart work on satellite terminal
  • Essay contest winners
  • Plea to cancel sale of ITDC property
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • CAMPUS NOTES
  • When hoardings turn a hazard

    This Day That Age

  • dated August 7, 1954: Indian Institute at Oxford
  • dated August 7, 1954: Chou thanks Nehru
  • dated August 7, 1954: Dangerous phrase

    Thrissur

  • Maithri to strengthen its services

    Tiruchi

  • Design centre for fabrication units coming up
  • `Watershed development projects progressing well'
  • Students learn to utilise educational loans
  • Nine students injured in stampede
  • Working hours of service centres extended
  • Power shutdown
  • IA to operate additional flights
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Mediapersons stage demonstration
  • 2,900 more SIM cards to be issued

    Tirupati

  • Naxal talks progressing: DGP
  • Be courteous to pilgrims, TTD staff told

    Udhagamandalam

  • `Exclude silver oak from timber transit rules'

    Udupi

  • Admar seer wants textbook withdrawn
  • Congress bags Kundapur TMC posts

    Uttar Pradesh

  • U.P. withdraws Urdu University Bill

    Uttaranchal

  • U.P. resolution unfortunate:Tiwari

    Vellore

  • Canadian educational consortium opens office
  • Voorhees college will help promote sports talent
  • Scudder hospital gets a helping hand

    Vijayawada

  • Pushkarams: Minister cautions against wasteful expenditure
  • Struggle committee leaders go on relay fast
  • Cell for counselling couples
  • RTC union to stage dharna today
  • Hiroshima victims remembered
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Textile dealer asked to pay damages
  • eSeva helps swell VMC coffers
  • Peace, the keyword on Hiroshima Day
  • Youth held on theft charge
  • `Own your theatre' scheme launched
  • Respond to public, VUDA told
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Volleyball

  • Good day for Chennai
  • Its JNMC vs VIMS
  • Beach volleyball team
  • India loses

    Warangal

  • Nurse goes to advocate's rescue
  • Burglars nabbed
  • Man done to death
  • 198 strays killed

    Weather

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