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Alappuzha

  • CPI(M) stand anti-growth: Sivakumar
  • Hassan's resignation demanded

    • Anantapur

  • Little weightlifter in need of a boost
  • Paritala case: judicial custody extended

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Bomb blast: splinter group's role suspected
  • Beat the deluge
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Irregularities detected in Kalwakurthy lift scheme
  • Tractors turn death traps
  • Naidu demands fair compensation for farmers
  • 11 killed as tractor falls into canal
  • Over 43,000 ration cards distributed
  • Media must help in fighting crime: Jana Reddy
  • Botcha above blame: PCC president
  • Several BJP leaders join TDP

    • Athletics

  • Shaheen is still sultan of steeplechase
  • Ram Singh bags title

    • Badminton

  • Tough draw for Indians

    • Bangalore

  • Jayalalithaa questions prosecution memo
  • Building leaders of the future
  • Scholars' League will hold CAT-based test
  • Special trains to clear holiday rush
  • Deve Gowda urged to resolve differences with Siddaramaiah
  • Recreating patriotic fervour
  • BDA will refund deposits to short-listed applicants
  • Burglars loot jewellery from software engineer's house
  • Caught unawares by the drop in temperature
  • New auditorium at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
  • MoU signed to promote talent generation
  • Dalits support English in primary schools
  • Governor's directive to varsities opposed
  • Deve Gowda, Sonia discuss political developments
  • Foundation stone for circuit Bench to be laid on Sunday
  • Venue for electoral card
  • Tax official's house raided
  • Car set ablaze
  • Bomb hoax at SJR College
  • Parade of stolen properties today
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Basketball

  • Ignatius sizzles in St. John's win

    • Bellary

  • Elected to APMC

    • Bijapur

  • Krishna continues to flow above the danger mark at Padasalagi
  • Eight held, stolen goods recovered

    • Boxing

  • Jyotsana in final

    • Briefly

  • Ramraj Cotton to introduce high-end innerwear
  • Eli Lilly launches analog insulin pen
  • TCS, MetricStream in strategic tie-up
  • Manipal Hospital ties up with Delhi hospital
  • Ashok Leyland July sales up
  • China unveils currency basket
  • GAIL, Hinduja group firm sign pact
  • CESC to set up power plant in West Bengal
  • Exide puts on hold joint venture
  • LG Electronics' new handset with R-World
  • Masters programme in automotive engineering
  • Hughes India lowers broadband prices
  • Kale bags contract from Philippines Airline
  • Nucleus software pact with BHW Birla
  • Ford India appoints new VP
  • IDBI Commercial Banking's service
  • Elected to Kerala Management Association
  • Avineon bags $1.5 m contracts
  • Cisco Systems wins $2 m deal from Symphony
  • Wind River's Country Manager

    • Business

  • Policy package for SMEs announced
  • BSNL introduces low WI-FI tariffs
  • `LML to return to profit in Q4'
  • New concept in owning fraction of an aircraft
  • Sundaram MF launches new scheme
  • Riddhi Siddhi to use Pondy unit as R&D hub
  • Philips completes merger of Indian subsidiaries
  • Phased opening of retailing to FDI favoured
  • Urban Indian shopper's spending goes up, says ACNielsen study
  • Rupee weakens against $
  • Lufthansa to increase flights
  • Sensex zooms 134 points on FII buying

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • Madras High Court's unenviable record
  • Create ministry for disaster management: Krishna
  • Once degraded forest now throbs with life
  • In these slums, self-help is the order of the day
  • Actor on the move with a mission
  • Train teachers to change classroom ambience: expert
  • MTC bus bay to come up near Tiruvanmiyur MRTS station soon
  • Higher stake sought for States in wildlife conservation
  • Budding orators win prizes
  • Bhagyaraj's daughter makes her debut
  • High Court stays CAT order on transfer of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal official
  • Digital revolution to allow simultaneous screening of movies
  • After hours, this school sells kerosene
  • A sophisticated vehicle to combat chemical disasters
  • Cervical cancer screening drive launched
  • Maths with and without abacus
  • "Demand for Manmohan's resignation will hurt Sikhs"
  • New approach to corneal disorder
  • Travelling expo focuses on archaeological treasures
  • College students receive books
  • Boaz centre 40th anniversary
  • Jayalalithaa donates salary to temples
  • Plea to provide assistance to farmers in delta districts
  • Two convicted in rape case
  • Jewellery stolen from Choolaimedu house
  • Kamban Vizha on August 12
  • Go wild and feel the jungle...in 3-D
  • Hall tickets for law entrance
  • I-Day rehearsal
  • City contrast
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Poor day for Indians
  • Superb display by Ramesh
  • Anand starts title defence today
  • Balasubramanian remains sole leader

    • Coimbatore

  • Selvampathy Tank breach turns focus on encroachers
  • Do not misuse mobile phones, says SP
  • An estimation and...
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Bangladesh team for Sri Lanka tour
  • No need for changes in team, says Chappell
  • Warne set for 600-wicket record at favourite haunt
  • Arun puts Coimbatore in second stage
  • Vishwak hits unbeaten double hundred

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8369
  • Solution to Puzzle 8368

    • Cuddalore

  • Water released from Keelanai
  • NLC labourer dies at work site

    • Cuddapah

  • Teachers agitate for higher pay
  • APNGOs threaten to intensify stir

    • Dindigul

  • Marching terrorism out of the country

    • Editorials

  • Breaking the ice with Bangladesh
  • How much longer will the shuttle fly?

    • Erode

  • useful A positive act worthy of emulation
  • Laboratory modernised
  • Constable killed in road accident

    • Football

  • Easy win for Manchester United
  • Bangalore assured of semifinal spot
  • Mohammedan Sporting keeps winning
  • Sankar all set for another landmark
  • India starts on losing note

    • Front Page

  • Jagdish Tytler resigns bowing to pressure
  • Hyderabad firm bags contract
  • Manipur students suspend blockade
  • Australia must rain on England's parade
  • Iran removes seals on nuclear facility
  • Discourage listing religious groups as minorities: court
  • Protesters hurt
  • Reservoir level to be kept at 136 feet
  • Interim relief for Government staff
  • Flood relief: industries asked to help
  • Concept of textile park picking up
  • Mysore airport project cleared
  • Bringing business discipline to rehabilitation
  • YSR to seek Central help for completing irrigation projects
  • A legacy called Chettinad saris
  • Bomb blast: splinter group's role suspected
  • Chiranjeevi's fans left high and dry
  • YSR to seek Central help for completing projects
  • Naga students to suspend Manipur blockade
  • One killed in stampede at cinema hall
  • Sabarmati Jail raided
  • Nicobar rocked

    • Gulbarga

  • Rs. 72-crore worth crops damaged in floods in Gulbarga district
  • Water-level in Bhima recedes
  • Gynaecologists' meet to be relayed live
  • Kharge to visit Gulbarga

    • Guntur

  • `Quota for Muslims in Assembly affects Backward Classes'
  • CPI seeks distribution of ULC lands among the poor

    • Haryana

  • Haryana plan for two IT corridors
  • Kurukshetra Shrine Act to be repealed, says Hooda
  • Hooda for time-bound plans

    • Hassan

  • Standing tall in troubled waters
  • Widening of road to be completed by end of February
  • Kuruba leader supports Deve Gowda
  • AHIND members stage protest

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Opposition seeks probe into musical night `bungling'

    • Hockey

  • One Indian player for each Pakistan Super League team
  • Madras Engineering joins IOB in semifinal league

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Water supply in Hubli-Dharwad
  • Poor response to bandh call in twin cities
  • Naga Panchami celebrated with traditional fervour
  • Seeds sown in 1.97 lakh hectares in Dharwad
  • Extension sought for filing tax returns
  • Bus passenger ends life

    • Hyderabad

  • AICTE move to ensure transparency in technical institutions
  • Few organ donors, while hundreds need them
  • It's Nagapanchami day and hiss... tory repeats
  • The last word on history of smallpox
  • Vijayashanti for implementation of G.O. 610, jobs for locals
  • Truck operators to stage dharna on August 13
  • Numbed by shock, they bid tearful farewell to Sai Kumar
  • Chief Minister launches GramIT
  • Urdu schools in city set to go hi-tech
  • Will Transco pass on benefit to consumers?
  • CII, Chinese trade agency sign MoU for economic cooperation
  • Celebrate Hyderabad Liberation Day as State function: BJP
  • Ban on forcible collection of funds for Ganesh fete
  • Saree showroom's anniversary
  • SC panel chief moots quota in judiciary
  • Railway employees' sangh rally behind TTE
  • Cash awards for saviour gangman, two others
  • TRS seeks review of excise policy
  • MoU signed with Aga Khan Development Network
  • Naidu's demand ridiculed
  • LPG backlog to be cleared soon
  • Three women robbed at gunpoint
  • Metro Atlanta Telugus' gesture
  • RTC specials for Nagarjunasagar
  • Yoga teacher training course
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • Iran removes seals on nuclear facility
  • We are not dragging our feet: Musharraf
  • Russia asks Iran to halt uranium work
  • 4 American soldiers killed in Baiji
  • Asians slam U.K. Minister move to "rebrand'' them
  • War criminal arrested
  • Iraq: Constitution talks resume
  • Explosions rock Detroit
  • Genetic code will lead to increase in crop output

    • Kannur

  • Residential colony for Adivasis
  • KUWJ State meet begins in Kannur today
  • Raidco to open super provision store

    • Karimnagar

  • Sports contests

    • Karnataka

  • Education cannot be left to market forces: expert
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Kaup MLA, others held for trying to stall survey work
  • Panchayats told to finish works under Swachacha Grama scheme
  • Horatti criticises protesters
  • Siddaramaiah to address meet today
  • Akashvani, Doordarshan staff demand pay parity

    • Kerala

  • Mullaperiyar water level to be kept at 136 feet, says Minister
  • Bengal weavers' Rang Mahal saris are here again
  • Clarification
  • For a morsel of food
  • The drill
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • UGC sanctions Rs.12 lakhs for ocean studies
  • Seminar on maritime perspectives to be held
  • New British Deputy High Commissioner appointed

    • Kochi

  • Bus strike affects life in city
  • An education initiative
  • High Court upholds GO on inter-caste status of child
  • Himalaya depositors plan to move court to get money back
  • At home in the company of waves
  • Subsidy to be given to set up waste treatment plants
  • `Civil Supplies MD committed contempt'
  • The role of women
  • For a new poultry culture in State
  • Remembering Hiroshima
  • Brahmapuram plant: Kochi Corporation waiting for Government nod
  • Bid to sabotage peace initiative alleged
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Energy clubs at VHS schools soon
  • Class IV staff stage dharna
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kozhikode

  • `Charges by CPI(M) a panic reaction'
  • Private bus strike total in district
  • UDF to boycott `litter-free' declaration programme
  • Seven rescued from wrecked boat
  • Lawyers should be committed to society: jurist
  • Chandy to open overbridge
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • Onion brings more tears

    • Leader Page Articles

  • A new mood of nationalism in Britain

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Commission's findings
  • A permanent blot
  • Stapling woes

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Felling of trees raises voices of protest

    • Madurai

  • The man who sold camera software to Nokia and others
  • Revenue officials protest suspension of three officers
  • `Predecessor hurriedly withdrew case'
  • Get products from all over the country at a bargain
  • IVRS launched on Yadava College premises
  • AP burglar nabbed
  • Former Minister, MLA seek quashing of criminal case
  • Buildings opened
  • Coop. employees stage dharna
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Use of Kannada in lower courts may be a reality soon
  • Nagapanchami celebrated with fervour in Dakshina Kannada
  • Storm brings down compound wall
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Education cannot be left to market forces: expert
  • BJP leader hints at midterm elections to Lok Sabha soon
  • City police to provide uniforms to autorickshaw drivers
  • I am not against distance education, says Governor
  • Protests not aimed at Vokkaligas: Ananthu
  • Dharna for more honorarium
  • Call for research in various fields
  • Novel scheme to promote home remedies
  • Seminar on biotechnology

    • Nalgonda

  • Three Transco engineers suspended

    • National

  • Nanavati issue: Lok Sabha rejects Opposition's adjournment motion
  • Proceed against Tytler: Left
  • Modi or Tytler, Government should take action: CPI(M)
  • Apologise to nation, BJP tells Manmohan
  • Sibal laments `bid to score political points'
  • Cement crunch hits Kangla Fort work
  • The Salvation Army
  • Citizens forum criticises ruling striking down IMDT Act
  • Rajya Sabha adjourned again
  • India, Pakistan to review agreements
  • ATR evasive, says Gujral
  • Chennai neurologist elected to elite body
  • Two insurgents killed in Manipur
  • A rare directory of a bygone era
  • Coming: one-chip TV-mobile phone
  • Here, polo is a game of the masses
  • Copter operators asked to follow safety procedures
  • Alamatti: Maharashtra to go to tribunal
  • Floods: discord in Congress, NCP
  • EC order to Bihar Government
  • Management programme for IAF officers
  • Gujarat lax in arresting key accused: court
  • IA expands reach of helpline
  • IA extends Monsoon Super Saver scheme
  • Junk food popular among teenagers

    • Nellore

  • Mala Mahanadu members oppose SC categorisation

    • New Delhi

  • JNU teachers demand rational retirement policy
  • Students take a close look at poverty
  • Citizens' forum criticises ruling striking down IMDT Act
  • A blessing in disguise for Sheila Dikshit
  • Caring John pitches in for feathered friends
  • Make a mobile film and win $ 10,000
  • Light goods vehicles to be put on CNG mode soon
  • CBI probe into housing scam
  • Delhi High Court allows participation in counselling session
  • Notices issued in property case
  • Health workers observe `Black Day'
  • `Ownership rights for poor'
  • A hero is remembered
  • BJP wants Manmohan to quit
  • New DG of Forests
  • A new hope for cardiac patients
  • Ministers seek cross-party views on Women's Bill
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • A mismatch of policy and practice?
  • Iran in nuclear showdown
  • Now history has us by the throat
  • Crime of treason in the U.K.

    • Nizamabad

  • `Efforts on for generating 710 MW additional power this year'
  • PRC: PRTU protest in front of collectorate

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • Maruthy murder case: two held
  • Yatra to reach Palakkad on Friday
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • A failed Basmati revolution
  • Vallasadya: TDB seeks support
  • Muneer to open newly built Manackachira Bridge today
  • Sabarimala temple opens for Niraputhari
  • Bridge opened for traffic

    • Pondicherry

  • Karaikal Struggle Group's plea to Pondy Government
  • Lakhera urged to come to the rescue of MBBS aspirants
  • Scheme for rural self-employment
  • Day care centre for senior citizens in tsunami-hit areas

    • Racing : Horse

  • Paladin expected to score
  • Atmosphere shines
  • Aristotle and Salvatore shine

    • Raichur

  • Flood-affected villages limping back to normality, says official
  • Woman dies in accident

    • Rajasthan

  • Arrest of sarvodaya leaders in Gujarat condemned
  • Bid to exclude Dalits from mainstream raises concern

    • Religion

  • Resolute devotee

    • Salem

  • Team from Tokyo University visits Salem
  • Veerappan's widow to raise voice for STF "victims"

    • Sport

  • Australia must rain on England's parade
  • India did not plan well enough
  • Ashes battle resumes today
  • India loses to Cuba

    • Sports : General

  • Top firms for Microsoft Corporate Challenge

    • Swimming

  • Santosh and Vimisha corner glory

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Learning `laws of e-world'
  • Of solid foundation
  • Getting them ready for competitive exams
  • Rain drops keep falling
  • Yin and yang?
  • State plea to transfer Kiruttinan murder case dismissed
  • Splinter group's role suspected in blast
  • Mike Connor named British Deputy High Commissioner
  • A brother-sister duo's sojourn
  • Take up expansion programmes to create jobs, industry told
  • Speed up land allocation: NCC
  • Higher stake sought for States in conservation
  • Train teachers to change their approach: expert
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Assembly panel visits TNPL
  • Ayakudi panchayat residents block road
  • New compost yard for Cumbum
  • Cost cutting and consolidation for survival
  • Plea to modernise powerlooms
  • Giving them tips to succeed in life
  • Adhere to traffic rules, private bus drivers told
  • Woman injured

    • Tennis

  • Sania makes an early exit
  • Harsh enters quarterfinals
  • Mansingh and Mudappa pair triumphs

    • Thanjavur

  • `Laws of conversion, specialisation have changed human life'
  • Cultivation area under alternative crops goes up

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Basheer allays Opposition fears Government allays fears of Opposition
  • Two major tree-planting projects launched
  • Flower show to add colour to Onam fete
  • New traffic reforms on the anvil
  • Flaws in police investigation led to acquittal of rape accused
  • Research should have a higher purpose: UGC vice-chairman
  • MoU for Smart City revised
  • Unidentified body found on railway track at Kochuveli
  • Two tree-planting projects launched
  • Steps to retain doctors in Government service
  • Opposition stages walkout over poll issue
  • Chembai music festival from August 18
  • State Bank employees launch agitation against merger
  • New TV channel launch on August 17
  • Kollam bank employees' society celebrating jubilee
  • `Talent Day' at Christ Nagar School today
  • Temporary permits for private vehicles
  • Model Civil Services Preliminary exam
  • Special guest at Assembly
  • Vakkom moots a `better solution'
  • Workshop on hearing defects in children
  • Panchayati-Raj Act bills passed
  • Yet another strike
  • Award presentation
  • Abode of tranquillity
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated August 11, 1955: TTK's assurance
  • dated August 11, 1955: First atomic power plant
  • dated August 11, 1955: New Pakistan Govt.
  • dated August 11, 1955: Bhakra dam

    • Thrissur

  • Make employment guarantee scheme a success: economist

    • Tiruchi

  • The man who sold camera software to Nokia and others
  • A main source of worry for residents
  • Assembly panel inspects sewage pumping station
  • Check on noon meal centres, FP shops
  • Alumni felicitated
  • Coop employees observe fast
  • Dazzling divinity
  • Around the city
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • New equipment makes diabetes diagnosis easy
  • EPFO plans campaign

    • Tirupati

  • TTD staff to go on hunger strike for house sites
  • Towards rearing high-breed cattle
  • Dramatising to `drive' home a point
  • SVU V-C says `no' to felicitations

    • Tuticorin

  • MCI teams inspect Tuticorin, Tirunelveli medical colleges
  • 11-member gang murders three

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Self-help groups make a mark in the Nilgiris
  • Panchayats told to plant saplings
  • `Devarshola-Machikolli Road in bad shape'

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • IAS officials' move misconduct: Govt.

    • Uttaranchal

  • Resentment over MLAs' behaviour

    • Vellore

  • Encourage research in basic sciences, says DRDO official

    • Vijayawada

  • Raining relief for flood victims
  • Commercial crops hit in 12 mandals
  • Krishna bank being fortified
  • Steps to check outbreak of epidemics
  • It is Maheshbabu's show all the way
  • Seminar on water management
  • Five killed in road accident
  • Naidu to tour Krishna district
  • Congratulated
  • Computer showroom inaugurated
  • Now a familiar sight
  • Girl run over
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Ration cards' issue will be sorted out soon: Minister
  • It is Maheshbabu show all the way
  • Minister flays Karnataka's call for water release
  • Accident drill done to perfection
  • Keshava Rao asks the press to be more responsible
  • Maoists kill two `police informers'
  • PCC chief asks cadre to work for party's win
  • `TDP report on malarial deaths genuine'
  • Touching gesture
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Weather

  • Weather

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