Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Monday, August 08, 2005
Google

Today's Headlines
News Update

News
Front Page
National
States:
• Tamil Nadu
• Andhra Pradesh
• Karnataka
• Kerala
• New Delhi
• Other States
International
Opinion
Business
Sport
Miscellaneous
• Cartoons

Today's Headlines

Specials
In Focus
Photo Gallery
Events 2004

Features:
Life
Magazine
Literary Review
Open Page
Metro Plus
Business
Education Plus
Book Review
SciTech
Entertainment
Young World
Quest
Property Plus
Folio

Stocks
Quotes
SE Diary

 Advts
Classifieds
Employment
Obituary

 Archives
Yesterday's Issue
Datewise

Google

Group Sites
The Hindu
Business Line
The Sportstar
Frontline
The Hindu eBooks
The Hindu Images

Home

Anantapur

  • `TDP-BJP split eyewash'
  • Maoist dump unearthed
  • 3 killed, 14 injured in three accidents
  • Trader robbed of Rs. 50,000

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Rajasekhara Reddy reviews flood situation in A.P.
  • Taking no chances
  • River of sorrow
  • Briefly
  • Reader's Mail
  • Reader's Mail

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Komram project: displaced seek rehabilitation package
  • Quota for Muslims in elected bodies under study, says YSR
  • Visitors flood Nagarjunasagar
  • TTD Chairman conducts checks
  • No food, no water, just chaos
  • Six former naxalites arrested
  • Kanda in Annavaram

    • Athletics

  • Shanthi wins 800m
  • Ivanova walks away with gold and world record
  • Marion Jones no longer the diva

    • Bangalore

  • Much hyped meet ends tamely
  • Learning the ropes of effective parenting
  • Aspiring scientists showcase their talent at exhibition
  • Rain: BMP yet to learn its lessons
  • Aamir Khan is now accessible to bloggers around the world
  • This bright `SPOT' can be seen criss-crossing city roads
  • Rise in number of accident victims in city
  • Anti-haemophiliac factors to be distributed free in two hospitals
  • Weight reduction crash courses may lead to complications
  • Court goes out of public glare
  • RSS leaders reining in Yediyurappa
  • Children take scientifically designed test at Infosys
  • Independence Day horticulture show begins today in Bangalore
  • Government, police accused of laxity
  • Old woman murdered, robbed of jewellery
  • Five more colleges added to MCA seat matrix
  • Deve Gowda asks workers to keep their cool
  • BMTC forms panel for improving services
  • Two die in roof crash
  • A weekly journal for young people
  • Police begin probe into issue of fake passport
  • A cross-cultural experience
  • Plea to nominate educationists to Syndicate
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Belgaum

  • Of heroes and distressed villagers
  • Reconstruction of flood-hit villages, a major challenge

    • Bellary

  • Flood damage put at Rs. 7.5 crores in Bellary district

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Siddharth Rao rallies to beat Aditya Mehta

    • Business

  • India Inc hype stands exposed
  • Deluge takes heavy toll of industry
  • Eligible savings for tax relief: is there any change?
  • Changes in SEBI Act: comprehensive and balanced report by Kania Committee
  • Web feed merging service

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • Bio-medical waste disposal system finally comes of age in State
  • The man who sold camera software to Nokia and others
  • Take benefits of IT to rural masses, says Governor
  • Students get a feel of natural vegetation
  • DMK seeks White Paper on economy
  • Cauvery water flows into Veeranam tank
  • The Vedic route makes mathematics easy
  • Dialysis with herb extracts found effective in treating hepatitis
  • Call to give States full charge of education
  • Counterfeit notes seized, three held
  • Pune students triumph at All-India Moot Court Competition finals
  • Bhagyaraj, Dhanush come together for `Asokamithran'
  • Postgraduate programme in e-publishing
  • A Congressman invokes Gods
  • Leadership awards for four
  • Poor turnout at Students' Book fair
  • Job-generating Rotary project
  • Physics series in Tamil for schools
  • Top posts vacant in consumer panel
  • St. John's school planning R&D facility
  • Inter-collegiate commerce festival
  • A programme for company executives
  • A new thriller at VGP
  • Alex magic does him proud
  • Metrowater warning
  • Traffic chaos
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Chess

  • Rahul Shetty among 11 leaders
  • Balasubramanian among the leaders

    • Coimbatore

  • Happiness returns to their lives
  • Work on IT park yet to begin: Chamber
  • Sub-station, underground drainage planned for Palladam
  • British Council to launch online facility
  • Cocoon rearing a lucrative option now
  • Her determination pays off
  • SBI credit cell opened
  • Crossing the limit
  • For amity
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Moody muses on the loss and the gains
  • Amalgam of perseverance and shrewdness
  • Lucky Laxman conquers Konguvel; Ramesh beats Kamble
  • Prasad slams century
  • McCullum, Vettori slam hundreds

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8366
  • Solution to Puzzle 8365

    • Cuddalore

  • Student in hospital for nose injury
  • Harness alternative sources of energy, local bodies told

    • Cuddapah

  • Ties severed with NDA to protect interest of minorities, says TDP

    • Dharmapuri

  • Collector insists on scientific disposal of waste
  • Rs. 1,740 crores sanctioned for water supply schemes

    • Editorials

  • Mamata Banerjee's unending tantrums
  • Coming to terms with the oil shock

    • Eluru

  • Delay in Indira Sagar project works irks Ponnala Lakshmaiah

    • Erode

  • Krishi Vigyan Kendra to open e-learning centre
  • `Exam pattern impeded students' performance'
  • Condoms through ration shops

    • Front Page

  • Russian mini-submarine crew rescued
  • Khaleda accepts invitation to visit India
  • India will go ahead with fencing, says Natwar
  • No truck with BJP: Gowda
  • Engineering student drowned in Sagar water
  • New Bill to replace Goonda Act soon
  • Al-Umma activist held after 8 years
  • England holds its nerves to win a humdinger
  • Surveillance on Babbar Khalsa stepped up
  • Manmohan Singh to make aerial survey of flood-hit areas in State
  • Oratory wins him a trip to London
  • Call for Bihar bandh
  • MSR unhappy over allocation of portfolio
  • Blast on oil pipeline
  • 500 trucks moving towards Manipur
  • Inflation falls
  • 11 killed in landslips

    • Gulbarga

  • Impounding of water not causing floods, says Dharam Singh
  • Bhima level rises, situation grim in Jewargi taluk
  • Disciplinary committee to discuss Siddaramaiah's statements: M.P. Prakash

    • Guntur

  • NGO moves to tackle spread of AIDS
  • Three washed away in Krishna floodwaters
  • Police will be more accessible to people: SP
  • Ryots told to be cautious in pesticide use

    • Haryana

  • Relief on Haryana power front

    • Hassan

  • Gauge conversion: Rs. 34 crores released for land acquisition
  • Government accused of neglecting BSNL

    • Hockey

  • SAI beats PCTC

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • He proved his mettle as Minister
  • Rs. 1 crore for improving roads, drains in Hubli, Dharwad
  • Government urged to reconsider location of circuit Bench
  • `Vande mataram abhiyana' to be launched today
  • Shantadevi Malwad is dead

    • Hyderabad

  • Colonies on Durgam Cheruvu lakebed face inundation threat
  • MCH narrows down on contractors for 2 flyovers
  • Police go for `cultural encounters'
  • Brazilian spikers on a roll
  • Congress debunks TDP claim on malarial deaths
  • No vroom, no fume, just zoom on the new electronic bike
  • Haunted by the `Mayadaari' girl
  • Abolition of Gaddiannaram Municipality raises BJP's hackles
  • Narendra opposes TRCCC demand
  • Special Economic Zone to come up in two years
  • Prasar Bharati can compete: CEO
  • Painter beaten to death?
  • Panchayat Raj staff agrees for less than 30 p.c. scale fitment
  • TDP demands political quota in local body polls
  • MRPS threatens to lay siege to Chief Minister's residence
  • Nod for 110 lift irrigation schemes
  • German trade team coming in November
  • AIDWA for permanent steps in agency areas
  • `Declare sanitary emergency'
  • Transfer of Endowments official triggers controversy
  • World War II veterans take part in rally
  • Stone laid for cyclone shelters in Nellore
  • MRPS seeks white paper
  • Koena kaho...
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • International

  • Korean nuclear talks adjourned
  • U.K. Islamists warn against ban
  • A dominant intellectual force
  • Astronauts make final checks
  • Pollution challenge to China's giant river diversion project
  • Mauritanian Premier resigns
  • Guantanamo detenus may be sent back
  • Zambia deports terror suspect

    • Kannur

  • Chennithala refutes Kodiyeri's charge
  • BJP activist hacked to death

    • Karimnagar

  • `Telugu Desam scared of defeat in municipal polls'
  • Officials told to distribute ration cards to all eligible
  • Keeping pest at bay
  • Horticulture varsity planned in State
  • Villagers beat up two pseudo-naxals

    • Karnataka

  • Manmohan Singh to make aerial survey of flood-hit areas
  • Display bilingual boards
  • Another accolade
  • Briefly
  • In Mysore Today
  • Reader's Mail
  • Reader's Mail

    • Karnataka - Others

  • MLC seeks details about Upper Bhadra Project
  • Flood situation deteriorates in Bagalkot district
  • Compensation for rain damage released
  • Course for panchayat members
  • Freedom fighter invited to presidential banquet
  • Dharam Singh offers prayers to Krishna
  • Around the City

    • Kerala

  • New Bill in Kerala to replace Goonda Act
  • Lawmakers should guide local bodies: Somnath
  • Fuel storage tanks on Cochin Port: High Court seeks report
  • Fascination for insects
  • Catching up with reading
  • In tune with nature
  • In the midst of khaki
  • Briefly
  • In Kollam Today
  • In Kunnamangalam Today
  • In Thrissur Today
  • In Kannur Today

    • Kerala - Others

  • Extending a helping hand to NRIs in distress
  • Observatory will help remove myths about astrology'
  • Minister's grouse
  • Police station, KSRTC sub-depot inaugurated

    • Kochi

  • U.S. scientists hold talks with AIMS for collaborative research on breast cancer
  • Corporation plans project with U.K. city council
  • Relief camps at Vypeen closed; 29 families to be given houses
  • Making craft from waste
  • Golf course, ropeway to come up in port area
  • `Revoke Government order denying quota benefits'
  • Demand for KSRTC bus station at Kalamassery
  • 22 schools take part in contest
  • People's protest
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Academic criticises Prime Minister for agreement with U.S.
  • Chattambi Swamikal's birth anniversary

    • Kottayam

  • Soon, the backwaters will echo with Vanchipattu

    • Kozhikode

  • Call for more development activities
  • Tests confirm anthrax death
  • Plea to revoke transfer order of Akshaya official
  • SAK award for P.N. Suresh Kumar
  • Awareness programme

    • Kurnool

  • Spellbound by Srisailam
  • Flood situation likely to ease today
  • Spell out stand on tie-up, CPI asks Congress

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Flood forecasting: possibilities and problems

    • Letters to the Editor

  • No solution this
  • Geelani acquittal
  • Improper behaviour
  • Employment guarantee

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Feel sufferings of others, says Jakhar

    • Madurai

  • Lending a tinsel charm to a cultural programme
  • MAS lab for developing drought-resistant rice
  • Herbal repellent found effective
  • Importance of social responsibility of Press stressed
  • Plan to establish artistes' village
  • Rally planned to highlight Dalits' rights
  • Part-time courses
  • Dream in flesh and blood
  • `Complete works soon'
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • BJP rift may hit district unit
  • A classic example of apathy
  • New cooperative body may help arecanut growers
  • Campaign against polythene bags
  • In Mangalore Today
  • Reader's mail

    • Mysore

  • Buffer zone imperative around Chamundi Hills
  • Agency to approve land conversion
  • Mysore airport to be upgraded soon
  • Visitors to Mysore throng Krishnaraja Sagar dam
  • Siddaramaiah's supporters stage rallies in Mysore
  • `India should show the path of peace'
  • Lakshminarayana is dead

    • Nagercoil

  • IREL's gesture to tsunami-hit persons hailed
  • TNGEU members to take out cycle rally to Chennai

    • National

  • Janata Dal (S) commitment to Karnataka coalition reaffirmed
  • Buddhadeb warns against genetic slavery
  • CBI to proceed in 24 Defence deal cases
  • Where a bout of fever means death
  • State of primary schooling in Kolkata "grim"
  • Bill on Medical Council reforms in this session, says Anbumani
  • Judiciary should not legislate: Somnath Chatterjee
  • "Award of Lok Adalat is similar to a decree"
  • `Fix time limit for disposing cases'
  • FICCI wants rural job scheme improved
  • 3 more Asoka stupas discovered
  • When Jinnah defended Bhagat Singh
  • Clamouring for attention
  • Prisoner killed in group clash
  • Left parties call for Bihar bandh

    • Nellore

  • Stalls at rythu bazaar destroyed in fire
  • Haystacks destroyed

    • New Delhi

  • Electric shock
  • Moving on with life
  • Resentment against Delhi Government
  • Contaminated water plagues slum clusters
  • Doctors' hail Apex Court ruling
  • DPCC treasurer denies any role in housing scam
  • 157 cases registered during tenant verification drive
  • CME annual convocation
  • Double murder case solved
  • New arrival
  • Three held for cop's murder
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Team Manmohan at work, at last
  • Learning to live with the tiger
  • Joint declarations and `secret clauses'
  • A lifetime passion for politics
  • Our human rights define us

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Vets resent discrimination in pay

    • Palakkad

  • IMA decides to set up more bio-medical waste plants in State
  • Mechanisation key to revival of farm sector, says Gouri

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Sanghom convenes meeting of village committees on Vallasadya

    • Pondicherry

  • Pondicherry can admit medical/dental students on basis of CAT: Apex court

    • Racing : Horse

  • Fire Brigade should score an encore
  • Rosenkavalier bags August Handicap
  • Regal Revolution claims Air Command Cup

    • Raichur

  • Activists protest against lack of basic amenities

    • Rajasthan

  • Host of top leaders to take part in Congress rally

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Campaign on iodised salt to begin in ten districts

    • Religion

  • Means to liberation

    • Salem

  • 5 lorries transporting timber logs seized
  • Slum development works worth Rs. 52 lakhs unveiled
  • `Nuclear arms race posing threat'
  • Slum projects inaugurated

    • Shimoga

  • Writer calls for publishing more books on health

    • Sport

  • England holds its nerves to win a humdinger
  • India survives a scare to enter final
  • India goes down fighting in a thrilling encounter

    • Sports : General

  • Unbeaten century by Sundararajan
  • Akkamma, Sohan take top honours

    • Swimming

  • Overall title for Dolphin

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Greater than ever!
  • Rules given the go-by
  • New business school launched
  • Dinakaran case: ED plea against order
  • Dialysis with herb extracts found effective in treating hepatitis
  • Tamil music must reach masses: Muthiah
  • Tindivanam railway station gets computerised reservation system
  • Swaminathan's contributions hailed
  • TTD plans Divya Kshethram in Chennai
  • Initiative launched to create quality learning resource centres
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Rs. 1,000-crore plan to set up trauma care centres off highways
  • `Fresher's Evening' makes them feel at home
  • Aviation university can make use of British era airfield
  • Chidambaram recollects his association with industrialist
  • Rs.83 cr. allotted for enhancing power generation
  • Chidambaram predicts 12 p.c. growth

    • Tennis

  • Monfils pockets title

    • Thanjavur

  • Water released for samba cultivation in delta districts
  • Contests mark Hiroshima Day
  • Rotary club to beautify Grand Anicut canal

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Reaching out to old friends
  • `Government interfering in SEC work'
  • Focus on Silent Valley
  • On track with a handbook
  • UDF in a quandary
  • `Prime Minister's speech an attempt to highlight benefits of British Raj'
  • BJP outlines strategy for local polls
  • The super cop is back in action
  • 154 arrested in combing operations
  • KFRI identified as FAO centre
  • Balagokulam competitions
  • `Government to organise global education meet'
  • Rail service
  • Love knows no bounds
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • This Day That Age

  • dated August 8, 1955: World scientists meet
  • dated August 8, 1955: Role of UNESCO
  • dated August 8, 1955: Acting GG of Pakistan
  • dated August 8, 1955: Standard Ten car

    • Thrissur

  • Lawmakers urged to guide local bodies
  • Illam Nira

    • Tiruchi

  • A drink is all it takes to share a laugh with Vivek
  • ``Introduce VAT''
  • Nothing is challenging for him
  • Software for children with learning disabilities
  • Funds, powers sought for Commission for Women
  • AIDWA role in protecting women's rights hailed
  • Corrupt police officials warned
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Proposal to relay 32.20-km highway
  • Rs.1.27-cr. road-laying works inaugurated

    • Tirupati

  • Free bus service to TTD library
  • Fire breaks out in TTD guest house

    • Udupi

  • Traditional businessmen told to hone their skills
  • Posts of headmaster will be filled soon, says official

    • Union Territories

  • Unity a mirage in Chandigarh Congress

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Minority groups for Muslim reservation in Legislature

    • Vellore

  • Meet demands barrier-free structures for physically-challenged
  • Evolve ideas to solve drinking water shortage, students told

    • Vijayawada

  • People on tenterhooks
  • Pink card eludes many
  • Hypermarket to come up in city
  • Regional PF Commissioner's advice to employers
  • Call to encourage food processing units
  • Collector sounds alert
  • A crowd-puller, verily
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Arrangements for civic elections reviewed
  • District-level cultural councils to be activated
  • APGS to launch padayatra against bauxite mining in agency area
  • Cochlear implants for hearing impaired
  • Political victory for TDP at ZP meet
  • That special feeling
  • Rajayoga training
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatanam Today

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Read Today's supplements: Metro Plus | Business | Education Plus |

    Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com
    Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address

    Yesterday's
    Headlines Page