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Anantapur

  • Spurt in diseases worries officials
  • CPI(M) seeks scientific identification of Backward Classes

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • `India has the right to a permanent U.N. seat'
  • Cloud-seeding likely to be taken up in Srikakulam district
  • Off to colourful start
  • After Srisailam, it's Sagar's turn
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Agriculture polytechnic for Nellore
  • `Dead man' comes to life
  • Digvijay trains guns on Naidu
  • Devotee flays `commercialisation' of Tirumala devasthanam Trust Board
  • `BJP to give ticket to committed people'
  • Rotary Club to focus on rural development
  • He floats his way to Limca record
  • Naidu's campaign ends on upbeat note
  • Gold recovered from two gangs
  • Central official happy with development works
  • Naidu asked to test poll waters in US

    • Athletics

  • Justin Gatlin starts favourite
  • Mangalore University sports calendar

    • Badminton

  • Sankar P. Gopalan, Thulasi take titles

    • Bangalore

  • Why this fuss over having English as a subject?
  • Siddaramaiah to go to the people
  • Government to name Alamatti dam after Lal Bahadur Shastri
  • Revanna against outsourcing KPTCL stations' maintenance
  • Prosecution accuses Jayalalithaa's counsel of suppressing facts
  • Illegal activities keep people off several parks
  • Single authority for mass rapid transit system proposed
  • 600 villages will be inundated if Alamatti outflow is increased
  • Dorekere, a fresh water lake, now a morass of wastewater and debris
  • My priority will be to ensure smooth running of Government: Prakash
  • A dream come true
  • Painter found murdered
  • Two held for cheating banks using fake documents
  • Applicants can now show PAN card for ECNR endorsement
  • Mahila Congress wants quota Bill passed
  • Baldwin cadets visit Sneha Nilaya
  • Sindhia opens electronics expo
  • Revanna against outsourcing KPTCL stations' maintenance
  • Seers come out in support of Siddaramaiah
  • A brain trainer you will always remember
  • Anjali Gupta's plea on proceedings disallowed
  • Builders' meet in the city today
  • Two kidnappers arrested
  • BJP deputes V.P. Goel to resolve differences
  • High Court upholds magistrate's dismissal
  • Voter ID cards
  • BMP lorries stranded, garbage piling up
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Officer beaten up for delay in relief work

    • Bidar

  • Jungle lodge and resort likely in Bidar Forest Division
  • Archaeological Survey plans facelift for Bidar monuments
  • Heavy crop loss in Bidar district
  • DSS to protest on Monday

    • Bihar

  • Revolt brewing in Gujarat BJP

    • Bijapur

  • Maharashtra held responsible for floods

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Manan scores win

    • Briefly

  • Classic Polo to open more showrooms
  • Monnet Ispat Q1 turnover up 60 p.c.
  • KVB revises FCNR, NRE deposit rates
  • L & T consortia bag Tata Steel contract
  • Dubai to host Global Village Festival
  • Unichem net doubles
  • Adea International gets security certification
  • Chola MF launches Floating Rate Fund
  • Henkel SPIC, Henkel India merger complete
  • Group accident policy from ICICI Lombard
  • IVRCL order book increases by Rs. 600 cr.
  • SAT directive to SEBI, UBS
  • Rise in tele-density
  • Inflation hits two-year low
  • No annual fee for ICICI Bank card

    • Business

  • RIL gets 38 p.c. stake in REL
  • TN, W.Bengal in race for landing station for cable
  • CLB refuses to stay allotment to IOC
  • Market snaps 9-day gaining streak
  • States may be allowed to frame own labour laws for export zones
  • Rupee firms up further
  • UPS to expand in Asia
  • Cognizant looking to expand its employee base
  • Boeing brings Worldliner
  • All States will follow uniform taxation system: Elangovan
  • `Slopes in KIOCL need modification'

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • Veeranam tank set to receive Cauvery flow next week
  • Government should develop universities, says Kulandaisamy
  • e-training programme for dispute resolution
  • Addressing aspirations of youth key to poverty alleviation: Kamal Nath
  • Jayalakshmi case: CBI for action against police officials
  • High Court revokes censor certificate for S.J. Surya's `New'
  • Andhra Pradesh urged to release Krishna water
  • Tamil scholar honoured
  • Varsity staff seek Vice-Chancellor's resignation
  • Off to see the Eiffel Tower
  • Breastfeeding is the best bet
  • Paper leak: court for action against guilty
  • Dinakaran case: ED plea against order
  • Call to sign free trade pact with China
  • MPs meet Prime Minister on Haj issue
  • AVM ropes in Ajith
  • St. John's school planning R&D facility
  • Governor to take up pensioners' grievances
  • Kamal Nath calls on Karunanidhi
  • Versatility is Kushboo's forte
  • Theatre workshop
  • Counselling for B.V.Sc on August 18
  • Best debut director award for Shonali Bose
  • Two-day puppet show from August 18
  • IELTS mock test today
  • PG teaching programme
  • Puthiya Tamizhagam stir
  • Social awareness walk
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Balasubramaniam regains title
  • Youngsters continue to impress
  • Kidambi outwits Popchev
  • Harish wins title

    • Coimbatore

  • Race Course walking track to become friendly for regular joggers
  • Handloom weavers to form a consortium
  • Bridge submerges after heavy rain
  • Modernisation of ginning units to pick up
  • Cocoon rearing a lucrative option now
  • BSNL to hold adalat
  • Found dead
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Police to get tough with illegal arbitrators

    • Cricket

  • Unbeaten 138 by Jayanth
  • West Indies needs to pull up its socks
  • Nimbus Sport bags rights for Afro-Asia Cup

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8365
  • Solution to Puzzle 8364

    • Dharmapuri

  • Implement Hogenakkal Drinking Water Scheme immediately: JMK

    • Dindigul

  • Regional Transport Offices to be computerised

    • Editorials

  • Just acquittal, unjust suspicion
  • Sidelining the disarmament agenda

    • Eluru

  • AIDWA for gender-based R&R package for tribals
  • Godrej Agrovet to clone oil palm plants

    • Erode

  • Contaminated water to be released on Sunday
  • `No incidences of anthrax in State'

    • Front Page

  • Bid to break deadlock on Women's Bill
  • Assets cases against Jayalalithaa stayed
  • Remove names of absconders: EC fiat to Bihar
  • Divestment in BHEL on hold
  • Put on hold
  • Apology not sought
  • Master plan for agency area, says YSR
  • It's defamatory, says Somnath
  • `Rail Alert' to ensure safety of passengers
  • Dream big, Kalam tells children
  • Officials find the going challenging
  • 325... and still hungry for more
  • Langer steadies Australia
  • Villupuram-Tiruchi section electrification proposed
  • No `break darshan'
  • IITians win prize
  • New Pakistan missile
  • Kang returns
  • Nagarjunasagar crest gates lifted
  • Siddaramaiah, two others dropped
  • Trinamool Congress MLAs court arrest

    • Globescan

  • Underground quake observatory
  • U.S. spreading lies, says Chavez

    • Gulbarga

  • Bridge in Afzalpur submerged, road links cut

    • Guntur

  • Man ends life over petty quarrel?

    • Hassan

  • Administration puts rain damage at Rs. 83 crores in Hassan
  • Backward classes protest in Holenarsipur, Arsikere

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Uproarious scene in Himachal Assembly

    • Hockey

  • Big win for St. Germain

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Corporation simplifies procedure to get completion certificate
  • Eye surgery on boys with heart problem successful
  • Corporation teams commence marking road encroachments
  • Centre offers support price for chilli if State meets half the cost
  • Hubli-Dharwad water supply schedule

    • Hyderabad

  • Get to the heart of the problem, says Kalam
  • Exploiting solar energy to the optimum
  • President fears social instability
  • Vintage beauty rides to peak of fitness
  • Unmasking pretenders
  • State Central Library to sport a grand look again
  • VHR opposes Greater Hyderabad move
  • Suresh Reddy turns PR guru
  • JAC sets one-week deadline to State Government
  • Panel to tackle problems of engineers sought
  • Savour the Sahara dessert
  • Showcasing bond of love
  • Convincing communication is the key
  • GOs on teachers' service rules withdrawn in huff
  • Prizewinners of Bala Shree - 2005
  • `A prospect that is not far off'
  • Rescued children sent home
  • President given send-off
  • Kalam's vision partly realised
  • Debate contest winners
  • TRS MLA complains against two Ministers
  • Telugu Desam's memorandum on agency deaths
  • S. Radhakrishna mourned
  • Aye Sir!
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • International

  • Time running out for submarine crew
  • Court opinion will not deter us: NWFP
  • Blair unveils anti-terror measures
  • Israel braces itself for riots
  • Italian river flowing with cocaine: study
  • Shoot and Scoopt: citizen as journalist
  • DPRK, U.S. fail to narrow differences
  • E.U.: Turkey rebuffs French demand

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Political unity in Leh under strain ahead of elections to Hill Development Council
  • Protest in Kashmir against Supreme Court verdict

    • Kannur

  • Kannur town lacks basic facilities
  • Kannur University to honour best college, teachers

    • Karimnagar

  • Congress campaign off to a sedate start
  • Digvijay kicks off civic poll campaign

    • Karnataka

  • Siddaramaiah, two others dropped from Cabinet
  • Flood situation grim along three Karnataka districts
  • A difficult road ahead
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Taking administration to the village-level
  • Goa ready for film festival
  • Army personnel called in for rescue operations
  • Sowing delayed in Chitradurga district
  • GESCOM suffers heavy loss owing to floods

    • Kerala

  • Tamil Nadu asked to clear debris in dam
  • Storage in hydel reservoirs comfortable
  • Next issue
  • Troubled waters

    • Kerala - Others

  • Raliway line electrification work progressing well in State
  • Scholarship for children
  • Briefly

    • Khammam

  • Boy kidnapped, attacked

    • Kochi

  • Panchayati Raj institutions to be strengthened, says Aiyar
  • Suburban train system mooted
  • Proposal for PWD to take over city roads
  • Delinking of local bodies: G.O. quashed
  • Next issue
  • Meet on FACT on August 29
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Crackdown on air-horn abusers

    • Kollam

  • Buffalo farm out of the red
  • SPCA members rescue cobra
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kozhikode

  • Efforts on to tackle shortage in LPG supply
  • NCC launches green campaign
  • Life term for murder

    • Kurnool

  • Tungabhadra in spate, low-lying areas inundated in Kurnool
  • Meet on road safety
  • Several schools install water purification plants

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Significant ruling
  • Deplorable
  • Dress code

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • M.P. BJP bosses caught in controversies

    • Madikeri

  • Release Rs. 30 crores for relief, Government urged
  • Mission to help revive forests in Kodagu

    • Madurai

  • Slaughters in public places give the creeps
  • Water comes glistening with hopes
  • Awarded for service to Tamil literature, music, drama
  • Boy refuses to live with parents
  • Almost ready to carry its divine passenger
  • Vaigai dam water raises hopes
  • Arrangements for correction in ration cards
  • MKU's part-time courses
  • IAS official charge sheeted in graft case
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • The fury of the monsoon smothered the hillside
  • Government relief not reaching flood-hit areas

    • Mangalore

  • Mangalore varsity is part of project on historical atlas
  • Minor setback for KSRTC in Mangalore-Udupi sector
  • Builders oppose implementation of National Building Code
  • Yakshagana from Sunday
  • KSRTC to start service to Velankanni
  • Strong voices
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Corporation asked to end misuse of basements
  • City of Palaces getting decked up to welcome Dasara tourists
  • Hearing impairment issues must be included in syllabus, says expert
  • Siddaramaiah's supporters stage rail roko, departure of train delayed
  • Government urged to set up organ banks
  • Technical survey at Mandakalli airstrip
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • Farmers happy over Mettur water release

    • Nagercoil

  • Mental health scheme handed over to NGO
  • Regional Transport Offices to be computerised
  • Businessman gets Best Exporter Award

    • National

  • African Union pours cold water on India's campaign for U.N. seat
  • Criminal action against doctors only for gross negligence: apex court
  • Government relief not reaching flood-hit areas
  • Leh's medicinal herbs to the aid of troops
  • Campaign for review of TRIPS to be launched
  • BJP opposes quota within quota
  • Political will needed to implement river linking
  • BJP deliberates on Karnataka situation
  • Karisma restrained from taking daughter abroad
  • Supreme Court suspends imprisonment

    • Nellore

  • AIDWA accuses State of breaking poll promises
  • Farm polytechnic for Nellore

    • New Delhi

  • Treading a path of his own
  • Spotlight on corruption in Govt. departments
  • Two nabbed for duping businessmen of lakhs
  • `Black Day' today in protest against increase in power tariff
  • `MNCs should obey laws'
  • The Hindu launches NIE in Delhi
  • Glittering jewellery all the way
  • Chief Justice given warm send-off
  • Petition dismissed in Ilyasi murder case
  • Power woes continue
  • Celebrating Teej
  • Briefly
  • When faith pursuance becomes nuisance

    • News Analysis

  • Al-Qaeda is now an idea
  • Where are the "native" Brits?
  • The bombing of Hiroshima was policy
  • Don't trust the headlines

    • Nizamabad

  • Telangana Sena spells trouble: Naidu

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Farmers told to reduce cultivation of cash crops
  • State to check sale of spurious fertilizer

    • Palakkad

  • Old couple found murdered
  • Award for scholar

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Project to promote cultivation of herbs
  • BSNL to provide 80,000 cellular phone connections
  • Rural water supply scheme to be launched

    • Pondicherry

  • MoU for building houses for tsunami-affected people signed
  • Government to promote forest cover
  • Planning Commission team meets Rangasamy

    • Punjab

  • Punjab gets best overall performance award
  • Probe plea against Amarinder, son dismissed

    • Racing : Horse

  • Venus Arising catches the eye
  • Intrinsic Value appeals most
  • Princess Gabriella runs with a good chance
  • Republic Day, Libertador and Red Key Point impress
  • Aashirwaad pleases
  • King of Hearts takes the honours in the Governor's Cup

    • Religion

  • The Lord's accessibility

    • Salem

  • Minister reviews ongoing schemes
  • Village Administrative Officer identifies accused in Dharmapuri bus burning case
  • `India emerging a leader in technology'
  • Handloom weavers stage demonstration
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • Let-up in rain in Shimoga
  • Attempts to revive Upper Bhadra Project opposed
  • Yediyurappa's stand comes as a surprise to party workers

    • Sport

  • 325... and still hungry for more
  • Langer steadies Australia

    • Sports : General

  • Book on World Cup cricket released

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Ignited minds...
  • A challenge to environmentalists
  • Behold the... ...
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • 117 children received through cradle baby scheme in Theni dt.
  • Two held for cheating banks using fake documents
  • Documentaries on HIV to be aired on national channel
  • `Do not alter nature of cases'
  • `No partiality in solving people's problems'
  • Irregularities detected at rehabilitation centre
  • Coir and broiler units gutted near Palani
  • Corrections in family cards can be made today
  • Indian Bank opens ATM at Palani
  • Review meeting
  • Applications invited for post of lecturers

    • Tennis

  • Harsh-Mustafa duo loses in quarterfinals
  • Sania falls to Morigami again
  • I adore the way Sania plays: Amritraj

    • Thanjavur

  • `Coins, authentic identity of culture and tradition'
  • Over 4.62 lakh PDS cards distributed
  • Award for three SASTRA students

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Rainwater harvesting blamed for landslips
  • Steps taken to solve cooking gas shortage
  • Storage in hydel reservoirs comfortable
  • Government blamed for spurt in crime
  • `Local body elections being delayed'
  • Next issue
  • Straight from the farm
  • Women's panel suggests amendments

    • This Day That Age

  • dated August 6, 1955: MPs to join satyagraha
  • dated August 6, 1955: Soviet-Indian cooperation
  • dated August 6, 1955: Puri passenger derails

    • Thrissur

  • Meeting to devise ways to strengthen local bodies
  • Bank staff to join general strike
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Driving home a message on road
  • Social activists will be honoured, women's welfare programmes implementation reviewed
  • Corpn. to inform Govt. of problems
  • Set on fast track with star performance
  • Elaborate security marks `Adi perukku' festival
  • Playing hardball with cable operators pays off
  • The blame game just won't stop
  • Sturdy and aesthetic
  • DPI cadres observe fast
  • Change in train service
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Garbage removal launched
  • Bank facilitates payment through credit cards

    • Tirupati

  • Probe into FFW works begins
  • VIP darshan suspended
  • In Tirupati Today

    • Tuticorin

  • Electronic Clearing System introduced at Tuticorin Treasury Office
  • Financial aid given

    • Vijayawada

  • `Modern day mothers ignoring breast-feeding'
  • `Nagara Bheri' a non-starter in city?
  • Congress leaders highlight Telugu Desam's `failures'
  • Number of students obtaining passport in absentia on the rise
  • More teeth for Lok Ayukta institution sought
  • Police set-up reorganised
  • Showcasing the bond of love
  • Operation pest control
  • American consulate to hold exhibition on AIDS
  • Reshuffled
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Chief Minister lays stone for desalination plant
  • Chirpy lovebirds: an ornithologist's delight
  • RTC told to open training school for private drivers
  • Tripartite pact on Gangavaram port
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Bangle show at Vaibhav Jewellers
  • Malarial deaths due to lack of protected water: CPI(M)
  • Chief Minister rebuts Telugu Desam charge
  • VUDA to auction Rushikonda plots
  • Andhra University teachers petition YSR
  • Showcasing bond of love
  • Manjulatha appointed Telugu varsityV-C
  • Shouting brigade no `match'
  • Burma repatriates' plea
  • Special Olympics inaugurated
  • Simply magnificent
  • Master plan for agency area development
  • Around the City

    • Volleyball

  • Grand start to volleyball tourney
  • Russia, Brazil look formidable

    • Warangal

  • Braving odds and out to prove a point or two
  • Only 7 deaths due to fever in agency area: says Minister

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • Left parties still fighting imperialism, says Basu

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