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  • PSC has lost its credibility: Kodikkunnil

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Top police officers shifted
  • Singapore Deputy PM sees investment potential in State
  • `Investment scope in State great'
  • Manjira pipeline `blasted'; police register damage case
  • Five held after seizure of 2.30 kg. of stolen gold
  • Mandal president aspirant kidnapped?
  • Five youth hostels to come up in State
  • `Check pollution to minimise impact on biodiversity'
  • Land-grab menace unabated
  • Health insurance cover for farmers soon
  • Pipeline burst: SP suspects sabotage
  • Congress denies favouritism
  • Spirituality and culture inseparable, says scholar
  • Russian tourist, 5 others robbed on city buses
  • Officials' absence irks House panel
  • Naxals denied permission for meet
  • Naxals' attitude unhelpful: Minister
  • TDP free to scrutinise tender records: Ponnala
  • Maoists grill officials
  • TDP seeks probe
  • Youth dies in lock-up
  • YSR promises all help to film industry
  • No disrespect intended to Sir Kroto: Rosaiah
  • 2 held, stolen property recovered
  • When promise fulfilled in a jiffy
  • `Greater demand for herbal medicine in West'
  • Mystery blast in college bus
  • Maoists thwart Transco drive
  • CRPF has big plans
  • `Land occupation' drive stepped up
  • Trader's laptop stolen
  • Manmohan to launch special FFW scheme
  • Former ACTO sentenced for graft
  • Around the City
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Macharam villagers show the way
  • Surplus lands to be distributed in Mahabubnagar
  • Women's development reviewed

    • Athletics

  • Amudha corners glory

    • Bangalore

  • IT firms push for more, better facilities
  • No let-up in killing of elderly citizens
  • New system unlikely to hit taxpayers under SAS
  • NICE expresses displeasure
  • Rs.10 lakhs to promote Hindi
  • Woman sets son afire
  • House burgled
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Mixed luck for Girideepam schools
  • Three-in-a-row for KSP
  • SAAP posts win

    • Bidar

  • Govt. honours senior photographer

    • Bihar

  • Bihar asked to computerise treasuries

    • Boxing

  • Thirty years on, you can still hear the rumble

    • Briefly

  • Consumer price index up
  • Fiscal deficit
  • Essar Shipping refinances ECB
  • Costa Coffee's India plans
  • Roots Multi Clean's investment plans
  • New range of pumpsets launched
  • Karur Vysya Bank half-year net at Rs. 54 cr.
  • Standard Electricals' new launch
  • Siemens' research centre in Bangalore
  • CSR award for Sunlet Systems
  • FDA nod for Dr. Reddy's' depression drug
  • AirTel launches GPRS service
  • India Semiconductor Association formed
  • UbiNetics bags award
  • Satyam plans centre in Brazil
  • State Bank of Travancore's festival offer
  • Siemens' research centre in Bangalore
  • India Semiconductor Association formed
  • IVRCL net profit up 29 p.c.
  • Horlicks dream team finals
  • Garmentech India 2004
  • Singapore Deputy PM visits Satyam facility
  • India Semiconductor Association formed
  • Madhucon Projects net profit at Rs. 4 crores

    • Business

  • Centre may allow foreign banks to acquire private banks
  • Inflation remains static
  • ITC profit up 14 p.c.
  • Tata Steel inks deal with L&T for Orissa port
  • Sona Koyo Chennai EoU on stream
  • Rise in global air traffic forecast
  • GAIL net profit at Rs. 456 crores
  • Tata Tea group net up
  • HPCL net drops 34 p.c.
  • Tata Motors profit jumps
  • SAIL profit zooms
  • OfficeTiger buys U.K. firm
  • Hindalco's higher net
  • Steep rise in rupee
  • Uptrend halted on BSE

    • Cartoons

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    • Chennai

  • Walkouts, evictions galore
  • Rain leaves lakes, temple tanks full
  • Traffic diversion for felicitation function
  • Nehru stadium wears a festive look
  • BG track gets safety clearance
  • Man electrocuted
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Deepavali keeps them on their toes

    • Chess

  • Indian men out of medal contention
  • Aditya triumphs
  • Pradeep holds Himanshu
  • Sravan wins title

    • Coimbatore

  • Corporation must act: Councillors
  • Special counters for IT returns
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Beware of pickpockets!

    • Cricket

  • Australia conquers the `Final Frontier'
  • An extraordinary triumph
  • Pigeon and Dizzy: a lethal combo
  • Sehwag, Kapil among most explosive batsmen: Wisden
  • New Zealand sweeps series
  • Flawless century by Younis Khan
  • `Wicket-keepers should be groomed adequately'
  • Easy for SJBHS
  • St. John's Church enters final
  • Delhi to meet Punjab
  • Virat makes merry
  • Siddharth bats well
  • City wins return match, bags title
  • Match drawn
  • Home defeats

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8127
  • Solution to puzzle 8126

    • Cuddapah

  • Dharna against obscene films
  • DPRO office supervisor dies of stroke

    • Dharwad

  • Action ordered against practice of untouchability

    • Editorials

  • AN IRREPLACEABLE LEADER
  • ARMS AND THE MIDDLEMEN

    • Erode

  • Duo arrested for writing alarming letter

    • Football

  • Punjab enters final
  • Bhutia's arrival boosts camp
  • BSF qualifies for Durand Cup
  • Paul Jayakumar's day out

    • Front Page

  • Tamil Nadu Governor quits
  • Court rejects Tamil Nadu's plea again
  • Vilasrao Deshmukh is Congress choice
  • Australia conquers the `Final Frontier'
  • An extraordinary triumph
  • Israeli stand delays Arafat's arrival in Paris
  • General among three feared killed in copter crash
  • Centre may allow foreign banks to acquire private banks
  • Rajasthan towns peaceful
  • 16 injured in Vadodara refinery blast
  • 13 shot dead by dacoits

    • Golf

  • Jeev, Jyoti slip to tied 17th
  • Sluman takes lead

    • Gujarat

  • `Modi decided most police transfers during riot period'

    • Guntur

  • Cable operators keen on thrashing out solution
  • Mandapam issue: panel meets seer
  • Rotary Club honours RTC employees

    • Haryana

  • Gurgaon to be no-power-cut zone
  • `Dosti' show from November 3

    • Hassan

  • Loss at Dyapalapura estimated at Rs. 1.98-cr.
  • Shivraj Patil to open college building

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Shimla: No longer a paradise

    • Hockey

  • South Korea out to settle scores
  • Big win for Lyallpur Khalsa
  • Jawahar HS posts win
  • Impressive win for Southern Command
  • Australia routs India
  • Vasu SC in last four

    • Hubli

  • Ban orders imposed on twin cities
  • Suggestions sought for improving water supply

    • Hyderabad

  • Still saying `no' to helmets?
  • Shopping carnival begins today
  • House panel visits Imax complex
  • Protest against screening of obscene films
  • Training camp for Haj pilgrims
  • `Do not segregate the disabled'
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • A hard nut to crack

    • India & World

  • India asks Pakistan to suggest dates for pipeline talks
  • `No proposal was given by Musharraf on Kashmir'
  • Hope India has conveyed world's concern to Than Shwe: U.S.
  • Dhaka protests `push-in' attempts
  • Gorbachev lauds India's development policy

    • International

  • God willing, I will come back: Arafat
  • Keep away from hotel, U.S. citizens told
  • `Al-Qaeda threatens U.S. with bloodbath'
  • `100,000 Iraqi civilians dead since invasion'
  • U.S. election heading for a tie?
  • A village goes to the rats
  • A new chapter in European integration
  • U.S. not sure when weapons were moved
  • China to host ARF security meet
  • New angle to Halliburton probe
  • `80 suicide attackers ready to strike in Russia'
  • A return to `apartheid era'
  • Lift embargo on Cuba, U.S. told
  • Blasts target security forces
  • Probe into war massacre

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Replace guns with talks, appeal Pak. pilgrims

    • Kancheepuram

  • Displaying their interest in science

    • Kannur

  • Government for Bill to give title deeds to small land-holders

    • Karimnagar

  • 100 residential schools for girls soon
  • Weavers' families seek rehabilitation

    • Karnataka

  • Task force may search Kollegal forests
  • 14 more to get Rajyotsava Award
  • Rs. 10 lakhs to promote Hindi
  • Parishat polls likely to see keen contest
  • Free power to Bhagya Jyothi connections
  • Veerappan's diary likely to have been handed over to court
  • Task force may comb Kollegal forests
  • Rs. 10 lakhs to promote Hindi in State
  • Work on 11 new jails begins
  • Notification on Krishna Math stayed
  • 14 more to get Rajyotsava Award
  • `Explain delay in expanding Ministry'
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Tough task ahead for Bandipur forest staff
  • Vijayanagar-Jindal airport to be ready soon
  • Good response to `Gayathridevi Ratha Yatra'
  • Two Rajyotsava award winners not `very happy'
  • Missing schoolboys found at Mayakonda

    • Kerala

  • They have no other weapon, says Kunhalikutty
  • Women's organisations want Minister to quit
  • Government's image takes a beating
  • Widespread demand for Kunhalikutty's resignation
  • Government will not protect the guilty, says Chandy
  • VS seeks probe into resort sale
  • Kiliroor sex scandal: court directs doctors to file report
  • Medical reallotment list published
  • Kerala Forest Research Institute
  • Committee to study death of cattle
  • House panel had discussed it, says Gouri
  • Old timings, halts restored for West Coast Express
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Staff shortage at airport emigration wing

    • Kochi

  • Advertisement boards may be removed
  • Re-tender: high bid for GCDA land
  • Legislative panel for appointment of munsiffs through PSC
  • Bridge action council to be dissolved
  • New chief for INS Venduruthy
  • Reception
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Stepping up vigil

    • Kollam

  • Protest against ban on use of jackhammers
  • Brahmana Sabha meet

    • Kottayam

  • Government to meet medical college's demand
  • Education bandh affects college union election

    • Kozhikode

  • Political conspiracy

    • Kurnool

  • Panel likely on Valmikis' status

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Indira Gandhi — 20 years on
  • Iran's nuclear programme

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Advani-speak
  • Government at last
  • Inspiring
  • Gandhi's assassination
  • Supreme Court bench
  • Festival woes

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Dhrupad to get a home in Bhopal

    • Madikeri

  • Farmers demand rights over land
  • Bribe givers will be penalised: Lokayukta

    • Madurai

  • `Nothing wrong in deputing doctors to medical colleges'
  • Live cardio-thoracic surgery workshop from today
  • Kidney transplant facility likely in govt. hospital
  • Traffic diversions
  • `Combat threat to Tamil culture'
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Now security is the order of the day

    • Mangalore

  • `IR professionals should work towards employee welfare'
  • 89,000 students to be acquainted with Internet
  • `Finding a career hard in new century'
  • BSNL scheme for landlines
  • Invitation for Konkani Catholics' convention released
  • Engagements

    • Mysore

  • `We planned in advance to jump into Kabini dam'
  • Four held on charge of burglary
  • Chamundeshwari Rathotsava celebrated
  • Railways launches drive against ticketless travel
  • Man murdered

    • Nagapattinam

  • Collector inspects women SHG units

    • Nagercoil

  • Farm operation in full swing in Kanyakumari
  • `Streamline functioning of SHGs'

    • Nalgonda

  • Permission denied

    • National

  • "Are you consulting me or are you informing me?"
  • R.R. Patil elected NCP Legislature Party leader
  • Keep pace with global trends, adjudicators told
  • Plan panel pegs growth at 6-6.5 per cent
  • No lobbying to elect me: Deshmukh
  • Barnala to be shifted to Tamil Nadu?
  • Uma Bharti, Ananth Kumar, new BJP general secretaries
  • Balasingham not backtracking: Peiris
  • Blast kills constable
  • Manmohan, Mckinnon discuss India's role in Commonwealth
  • Defamation suit against Arjun Singh dismissed
  • Singapore backs India for U.N. Council seat
  • Manmohan wishes Arafat speedy recovery
  • NRI's daughter appeals to Reang community for father's release
  • Why Shinde lost the race
  • India supports early transition to democracy in Myanmar
  • E.U. planning `strategic ties' with India
  • `India has stake in liberalisation of services'
  • Ibobi orders probe into killing of tribal youths
  • `Re-look' at food-for-work scheme urged
  • New Delhi, Dhaka to discuss border firings
  • Terrorism, nuclear threat factored in new war doctrine
  • BJP criticises decision to retain IMDT Act
  • CPI(M) condemns police firing
  • NRI investment sought in infrastructure sector
  • New Secretary-level appointments
  • Paswan sets pre-conditions to JD(U) on tie-up offer
  • Jharkhand JD(U) may sever ties with BJP
  • Rs. 1,400 cr. allotted to States to cut power transmission, distribution losses
  • Commonwealth gold medal for Gujarat quake reconstruction project
  • Committee submits report on road transport sector
  • Ban on revised reprint sought
  • Women groups oppose bid to introduce `hazardous contraceptives'

    • Nellore

  • Post-Nellore, panchayats scurry for `promotion'
  • GO issued for Somasila water release
  • Rain hits normal life in Nellore

    • New Delhi

  • House tax method torn apart
  • Voluntary disclosure scheme for tampered meters
  • Two arrested for extortion bid
  • No penal charges from illegal colonies' residents: Sheila
  • Meet to delve on Dalit issues
  • Two killed in accidents
  • Government bypassing MCD, says BJP
  • Demand to reinstate dismissed newspaper staff
  • Call to revive Ayurvedic pharmacy
  • Global bug hits Indian taste buds
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • Private clinics need cleansing

    • Nizamabad

  • Councillors divided over upgrading of civic body
  • YSR to lay stone for two power stations in Nizamabad
  • More LI schemes will tackle drought, says Speaker

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Polo

  • JSP, Royal Kashmir in final

    • Punjab

  • Bodies of youths recovered

    • Racing : Horse

  • It's Onnu Onnu Onnu vs. Ocean Blue
  • Mumbai season from Nov. 18
  • Races postponed

    • Raichur

  • Govt. urged to withdraw cases against BJP MLA

    • Rajasthan

  • Distressed parents on dharna for five months
  • Vasundhara has mishandled farmers' stir: Congress

    • Religion

  • Role of acharya

    • Salem

  • Remove curbs on harvesting Silver Oak trees

    • Shimoga

  • Meeting on naxalite menace postponed

    • Shooting

  • Anjali finishes ninth
  • Mansher traps gold

    • Sports : General

  • Sreejith hogs limelight
  • Speedster contest
  • Delhi wins overall title
  • Karnataka makes winning start

    • Table Tennis

  • Raman, Poulami get top billing
  • Nikhil rallies to down Pratham

    • Tamil Nadu

  • I went by Constitution, says Ramamohan Rao
  • `Not completing term is my only regret'
  • One-week simple imprisonment for Muthukaruppan
  • `Southern States also cry for attention'
  • Why AIADMK finds Barnala unacceptable
  • `Number of HIV-affected in State may be more'
  • Veerappan's killing: concern over rights activists' inquiry
  • Diary, weapons are court property: Mirji
  • `Give priority for drinking water over irrigation'
  • A spectacle of students' skills
  • Maran to open multipurpose convention centre
  • Move to give up English will make way for Hindi: Vaiko
  • Court refuses to stay function to honour STF
  • A monumental achievement, say IPS officers
  • `Breach of oath'
  • Service tax office to work this weekend
  • A welcome resignation, says Ramadoss
  • Army recruitment to be held in November
  • AIADMK retains Mayilam Panchayat Union
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Rs. 40 cr. crop loans for farmers
  • Report sought on shifting of bus stand in Karur
  • Anna Yojana to cover more persons
  • Heavy rain in Krishnagiri
  • Training programme

    • Tennis

  • Koubek stuns Gaudio
  • Sindhura stuns Neha
  • UPSEB emerges champion
  • Rushmi in final
  • Andhra wins title

    • Thanjavur

  • `Farmers want crop loans in time'

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Winter schedule of AI, Silk Air
  • 3,562 complaints await Chandy
  • Plea to scrap Narendran panel report
  • Missing ring: report sought
  • `Goraksha' scheme defended
  • Spirit seized from scooter
  • Man injured
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes
  • Catching them young

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 30, 1954: New building for SC
  • dated October 30, 1954: PM at Canton
  • dated October 30, 1954: Two more judges
  • dated October 30, 1954: Indian team's tour of Pak.

    • Tiruchi

  • Call to set up IT park
  • Farmers stage walkout
  • Counselling for women lodged in 10 more prisons
  • Development works reviewed
  • Nod for 111 building plans
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchy Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Pilot project to conserve water, electricity
  • Computers distributed

    • Tirupati

  • Central aid to SVIMS likely

    • Tuticorin

  • Noisy scenes at Tuticorin council meet

    • Udupi

  • MLA gets Datta Mala deeksha
  • LIC launches new policy

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Repolling for Uttar Pradesh by-election on November 6

    • Vellore

  • Vellore travellers' bungalow to be demolished

    • Vijayawada

  • Naxal issue: dialogue only way out
  • Transport operators go on flash strike
  • Counselling for nursing courses at Health University from Nov. 9
  • Plans to spruce up K.L. Rao Park
  • CPI(M) seeks pattas for hill slope residents
  • LIC staff walk out for wage revision
  • Inter student found hanging
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Forum directs textile dealer to repay client
  • Student killed in road mishap
  • AICC likely to readmit rebels: Digvijay Singh
  • Visalandhra book expo from today
  • State-of-the-art dental clinic opened
  • 1,460 active members in City Congress
  • Somasekhara panel probe
  • Pat for policeman
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • It's Bihar vs Karnataka

    • Warangal

  • Focus on ryots' issues at DRC meet

    • Weather

  • Weather

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