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    Alappuzha

  • Move to convert fishermen's loans into grants

    • Anantapur

  • TDP plans dharna seeking input subsidy for ryots
  • Congress leader held under PD Act

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • NHRC directive to State police
  • Talks only if naxalites are freed: PW
  • Reaping health through organic farming
  • Modern farm practices push blue jay into oblivion?
  • Soft loans for women, BCs, Dalits: YSR
  • `Golden Rice' variety under scanner
  • Autonomous council to protect ryots' interest likely
  • TV adds pep to Majlis campaign
  • Endowment lands: BJP for white paper
  • Mental health services in general hospitals sought
  • Nagendar intensifies campaign
  • Copious rain on the cards
  • FAPCCI to set up defluorination plants in two villages
  • Police launch search for husband of Guntur girl
  • MSR to grant archakas' plea
  • Persons cured of leprosy seek rehabilitation
  • Change Pulichintala site: KCR
  • Janashakti names leaders for talks
  • Preparations on for Ramzan: Ministers
  • Congress leaders flay TRS
  • Tiruchanoor Brahmotsavam arrangements reviewed
  • Selections for Bal Bhavan awards
  • State takes over Sagar left canal schemes
  • Fitting tribute to literary titan
  • TDP demands status report on crop loans
  • TDP plays it safe on Congress-TRS war of words
  • Plea for kindness to animals
  • Discount on books, CDs at special expo
  • Torrential rain in north coastal area, one dead
  • BJP protests against assault on Sub-Inspector
  • DEO's warning to schools
  • All for a petition
  • Babukhan to join Congress on October 7
  • NHRC calls for report on Muslim girl's `marriage'
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • TRS, Telugu Desam step up campaign in Siddipet
  • Crash in oil cake prices deals a blow to millers
  • Officials told to caution ryots against middlemen
  • Villagers thrash pastor

    • Assam

  • Six shot dead

    • Athletics

  • Awards for Shobha, Geetha

    • Bangalore

  • IIM staff, others block Bannerghatta Road
  • Couple robbed of jewellery
  • Traffic curbs for Test match
  • BMP wants `darshinis,' hotels to get cleaner
  • Subedar's body found
  • Water adalats today
  • Power shutdown from October 5 to 9
  • K.N. Subramanyam dead
  • New BDA chairman
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Basketball

  • Dr. GRD College `A' retains title
  • Girideepam in quarterfinals

    • Belgaum

  • Contribution of Kundangar hailed
  • Souvenir on floriculture

    • Bellary

  • Four killed in road accidents

    • Bidar

  • CoD probe sought into suicide case

    • Boxing

  • Klitschko wins

    • Briefly

  • IFFCO's expansion plans
  • SAP to hold SMB Forum
  • KLM-Northwest's additional flight
  • BoI launches innovative card
  • IOB's extension counter
  • ACC in Superbrands list
  • UTI Mid Cap Fund's maiden dividend

    • Business

  • Sensex zooms 91 points on institutional buying
  • India-Korea trade set to cross $5 billion
  • Unix is here to stay
  • Tecumseh compressors for China
  • Railways designs new bogie frame for export
  • Rupee gains further
  • Kelkar to head IDFC AMC
  • Nasscom office in Chennai
  • Draft norms for tariff-based power purchase contracts

    • Chennai

  • Desalination project, a non-starter yet
  • I lived only for her: Stephanie's mother
  • Innovative solutions to urban problems
  • Conservancy inspectors learn leadership skills
  • Chain-snatchers targeted children
  • Train diversion
  • Notorious for their behaviour
  • Opening up Chennai's hinterland
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Chess

  • Karthika takes honours
  • Ramana Babu among leaders
  • Neha shocks Nisha
  • Dhzumaev remains in lead
  • Kramnik draws with Leko
  • Sujeesh triumphs

    • Cinema

  • 'Psycho' star Janet Leigh dead

    • Coimbatore

  • Action plan to resolve Vellalore dump yard issue
  • Wet grinder makers plan common facility
  • Arrested for blocking train
  • Railway staff seek pay commission
  • The Hindu NIE programme launched
  • Chinmaya Mission fete
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Our lead-up has been very good
  • Challenges facing a stand-in skipper
  • First Test holds the key
  • Pathan and Clarke, budding talents
  • A milestone beckons Kumble
  • Madan Lal retained coach
  • Tendulkar is way ahead: Warne
  • Big win for Kakatiya CC
  • City lifts trophy
  • Vinoth sparkles
  • Bradman's statue destroyed
  • Abhishek, Praveen score centuries
  • Ishan Bakshi excels
  • Narrow win for GRI
  • Mohan Meakin in semifinals
  • Bal Bharti Air Force moves up

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8106
  • Solution to puzzle 8105

    • Cuddapah

  • Tent put up by church members set ablaze

    • Cycling

  • Oscar Freire wins world title

    • Dharmapuri

  • Gram sabhas focus on education, sanitation
  • Wasteland conversion at a brisk pace

    • Dindigul

  • Rain brings cheer to Kodaikanal tourists, anxiety to traders

    • Editorials

  • BEYOND THE TERROR
  • STALEMATE IN NEPAL

    • Erode

  • Interest rate on crop loans reduced
  • Pipeline burst hits water supply

    • Football

  • Juventus, Arsenal remain unbeaten
  • Hat-trick by Kannan
  • Sri Lankan side makes its exit
  • St. Joseph's College regains title
  • Southern Blues beats BWSSB
  • Thiruvananthapuram beats Kozhikode for title

    • Front Page

  • Tehelka Commission wound up
  • A humbug, says Fernandes
  • No intimation: Phukan
  • Food-for-work scheme soon: Manmohan
  • Justice will be done to Vidarbha: Sonia
  • Bank stir plan off
  • Set aside erroneous POTA court order, says Vaiko
  • Security alert in N.E.States
  • Sensex zooms past 5 month high
  • Nilamani Routray dead
  • Railway unveils new bonus plan
  • 21 killed in Baghdad blast
  • Pak beats India in hockey series
  • Gilchrist column from today

    • Globescan

  • Khmer Rouge leaders to face trial
  • Giant pinhole camera in space planned
  • Moscow candidate likely to win
  • Plutonium protesters arrested

    • Golf

  • Prakash triumphs
  • HT pro tournament from tomorrow

    • Guntur

  • DRC to discuss irrigation, crop credit
  • Office-bearers

    • Haryana

  • Haryana sets new rabi production target

    • Hassan

  • Rs. 3.7-cr. proposal to develop wasteland in Arkalgud

    • Hockey

  • Pakistan outplays India
  • Easy for UAS Club

    • Hyderabad

  • City deserves A1 status: CPI(M)
  • Row over student's death
  • What police records say?
  • Cases registered
  • Medicos `threaten' mediapersons
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • A case of `loyal' laughs

    • India & World

  • `Work in progress to resolve Kashmir issue'
  • India expected to help with Iraq elections: Hoon

    • International

  • 21 dead in Baghdad blasts
  • `Bush regime knew of WMD doubts'
  • Yudhoyono to be President
  • Gaza incursion may go on `for weeks'
  • In search of wives
  • U.K. terror law challenged
  • Kerry surges ahead

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Soften borders, say Pakistani scribes
  • Help end gun culture through pen: Pandits
  • Boycott them, says Andrabi

    • Kancheepuram

  • Rural Internet centres a hit, says Collector
  • House burgled

    • Karimnagar

  • Civic body proposes 333 works
  • Doctors observe `black day'
  • Collector suspends village secretary

    • Karnataka

  • Government to hold talks with naxalites after bypoll
  • Special attention to heritage buildings
  • Nanaiah for code of conduct for judges
  • State to name four for Bharat Ratna
  • Cinema `problem' will be solved by Saturday: KFCC
  • Centre urged to set up varsity for Kodavas
  • Lack of political initiative has stunted Bidar's growth
  • Govt. stable, says Dharam Singh
  • Speaker to overhaul Assembly secretariat
  • Man, daughter die in hospital
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Panchayat members upset over delay in executing works
  • Meal scheme workers plan `Bangalore chalo'
  • Importance of nature in good health stressed
  • The three `Qs' of success

    • Kerala

  • Wives of fishermen held in Pakistan launch stir
  • Marad panel: IG files affidavit
  • KSEB yet to realise loss in power theft cases
  • Sachithanandan new TDB commissioner
  • `Mainstream media getting divorced from reality'
  • Corruption rife in public life: Sudheeran
  • Ganesh Kumar hits out at Balakrishna Pillai
  • CITU criticises Chandy's stand on PSUs
  • Attack on nuns: Crime Branch to take over case
  • `Dissidents could apologise'
  • RSP mulls over entry of former members
  • Best Global community award for Vayalar centre
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • CPI(M) has lots to answer: Ravi
  • Around the City

    • Kochi

  • Mayor files writ petition against Ombudsman
  • Private bus workers' strike today
  • Productivity Awards given away
  • Lok Janashakti meeting
  • Elephants' Day observed at Kodanad centre
  • In Kochi Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Kollam

  • Stir for reopening cashew factories
  • KVS State meeting begins on October 9
  • Protest day observed

    • Kottayam

  • `Chandy should monitor probe into sex scandal'

    • Kurnool

  • Assess crops damaged by chemicals: CPI(M) leader
  • Panel sought to study industrial pollution
  • Kurnool, Anantapur range CIs shuffled

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Beyond the Khyber Pass
  • America is at war with itself

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Terror attacks
  • Egg on its face
  • Laudable
  • A gimmick
  • Where are we heading?
  • Gudiya's choice
  • Cricket affairs
  • Ganesh festival

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Film festival opens in Bhopal

    • Madikeri

  • Philatelists told to popularise stamp collection in Kodagu

    • Madurai

  • 25 lakh children to be immunised in 10 districts
  • Maintain status quo on canal: HC Bench
  • Girl's fast leads to constable's suspension
  • `Koodankulam project going on ahead of schedule'
  • Release water in Tirumangalam canal: AIFB
  • Girl `cheated by constable', begins fast
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • Maharashtra polls: `Muslim' factor crucial in 30 seats
  • Congress to address naxal problem in Maharashtra
  • Chhota Shakeel's fiancee convicted
  • Cases pending against many candidates
  • A helping hand from the home front

    • Mangalore

  • Varsity reconstitutes Syndicate, Academic Council
  • Idinabba decries demand for separate State
  • Studies on human values could be part of curriculum
  • Pulse polio programme on Sunday
  • IUML criticises stay on mosque construction
  • Endowment lecture at NITK today

    • Mysore

  • Network of Inter-State poachers at work?
  • Gopalkrishna Iyer dead

    • National

  • Insurgency-hit North-East asked to appoint nodal officers
  • BCCI gives telecast rights to Prasar Bharati
  • Second phase of joint naval exercise from today
  • Sahitya Akademi fellowship for Amrita Pritam, Anantha Murthy
  • Government callous towards internal security, says Advani
  • Not a violation, Congress tells Election Commission
  • Tehelka issue: Politically motivated, says BJP
  • Interconnect post offices to expand services: Manmohan
  • Notice on plea to derecognise parties with religious names
  • UPA policies blamed for spurt in terrorist acts
  • Government urged not to scrap Press Note 18
  • Support price for 25 rabi crops to be announced in two weeks
  • Notice on plea to derecognise parties with religious names
  • Quota for women under Job Guarantee Act sought
  • Cases pending against many candidates

    • Nellore

  • Government focus on `Haritandhra': YSR

    • New Delhi

  • Cabinet nod for new road tax Ordinance
  • Abattoir politics far from over yet
  • Higher revenue receipts due to stamp duty
  • DNA testing to check ivory trade
  • BJP to highlight Sheila's `failure'
  • Heads roll over Raj Ghat lapses
  • Hospital staff identified in kidney racket
  • Focus on coercive population control
  • Showcasing talent of tribal children
  • Woman, child found dead
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    • Nizamabad

  • Use of official language found unsatisfactory
  • Two murdered

    • Perambalur

  • Council seeks transfer of two clerks

    • Pondicherry

  • JIPMER employees go on relay fast
  • Bill collectors abstain from work
  • Officials suspended

    • Punjab

  • Supreme Court stays proceedings against Badal in assets case
  • CII's Amritsar office inaugurated

    • Racing : Motor

  • Top stars for National karting
  • Narain finishes fourth
  • Rizwan, master of slow race

    • Raichur

  • DSS rally tomorrow for ban on arrack

    • Rajasthan

  • Gujjar assembly `backs' accused

    • Religion

  • Need for detachment

    • Shimoga

  • Report court proceedings with caution, scribes told

    • Sports : General

  • Bhavya steals the show
  • Indian team in Colombo
  • Yakub adjudged Mister Madurai
  • Delhi, Karnataka triumph

    • Swimming

  • Fancied names set to shine
  • Nisha happy with her form

    • Table Tennis

  • Athreya wins title

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Set aside erroneous POTA court order, says Vaiko
  • `Release families of bonded labourers from rice mills'
  • Disbanding committees irresponsible act: Vaiko
  • `Mechanism soon to counter inter-State infiltration of criminals'
  • Disaster management blueprint being readied
  • Notice to Chief Secretary on groundwater extraction
  • Western districts better placed
  • Opening up Chennai's hinterland
  • Paddy crops submerged at Orathanadu
  • Centre approves Rs. 4,192-crore NLC expansion plan
  • Interpersonal problems high among urban residents: study
  • Villagers resolve to go green in a big way
  • Ooty food fair evokes good response
  • Rural health mission from next month
  • Congress launches membership drive
  • Mobile radiography facility
  • Rural internship model for MBBS students
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • 96,380 to get polio drops in Karur dt.
  • Illegal sand transport
  • Rural Internet centres popular, says Collector

    • Tennis

  • Upset wins for Tushar and Karan
  • Junior Davis Cup team finishes eighth
  • Sania sails into second round

    • Thanjavur

  • Selection of women constables begins
  • `Take care of the visually impaired'

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Lawyers to observe `black day' today
  • Minister visits MCH theatre
  • Matsya Board to disburse pension dues
  • Five injured in DYFI-Sena clash
  • Constables suspended
  • ISRO plans village resource centres
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 5, 1954: Eden may replace Churchill
  • dated October 5, 1954: Indo-Pak differences
  • dated October 5, 1954: French India's future

    • Thrissur

  • Cultural programmes galore at book festival
  • Heavy rain triggers landslip in district
  • Man hacked to death

    • Tiruchi

  • `Self-help groups can boost village economy'
  • Award for Tiruchi botanist
  • Women constable selection
  • Halting migration to the cities
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Selection of women constables
  • Women SHGs to sell Aavin milk products

    • Tirupati

  • Taskforce to get tough with land sharks
  • CPI(M) alleges fraud in patta distribution

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Yechury's help sought to revive HPF

    • Udupi

  • `Union, State governments have failed on all fronts'
  • `Seer's statement on Kanakana Kindi, gopuram confusing'

    • Uttaranchal

  • Report on Hardwar violence submitted

    • Vellore

  • AIDS message to hit the highways
  • 2 women killed as lorry hits scooter

    • Vijayawada

  • Taking urban police closer to people
  • Move on water meters runs into trouble
  • VMC to spend Rs. 7 cr. on colonies
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Just the right tribute!

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Scrapping of six-point formula sought
  • SBI loan mela from October 10
  • AIR to launch DTH radio channel
  • Collector visits rain-hit coastal villages
  • VMC action plan to tackle flooding
  • Collector reviews follow-up of petitions
  • Two electrocuted
  • Held on theft charge
  • Around the City
  • In Viskhapatnam Today
  • A much-maligned bird

    • Volleyball

  • Fine win for SAI
  • SIT, Kariapatti takes title

    • Warangal

  • Villagers protest girl's abduction

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • 30-year hoard set to burn

    • Wrestling

  • Ganesh, Abu Baker joint winners

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