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Alappuzha

  • Will Chengannur have a clear winner this time?
  • In Malappuram Today

    • Anantapur

  • Naidu accuses Congress of indiscriminate use of money, muscle power for poll victory
  • YSR reviews position of party in Anantapur district

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Naidu Government's land allotment deal cancelled
  • Swords out, lathis ready...
  • Straight from village
  • On the right track
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Paddy fields along Polaraju major drain damaged
  • Congress, TDP main rivals in Adilabad district
  • YSR tells engineers to ensure quality in works
  • TTD gears up for annual Brahmotsavam
  • Takeover of Palakol bank likely
  • Suravaram lashes out at TRS leaders
  • Parties search for suitable chairperson
  • Students add local flavour to epic play
  • 88 polling stations identified as sensitive
  • SC declines to entertain plea against APCC chief
  • Training classes for election staff
  • Carpenter found dead under mysterious circumstances
  • DEO criticised
  • Postal officials told to meet target
  • Naidu seeks commitment on ration cards
  • MIM charge against State
  • Tribals donate blood

    • Bangalore

  • Course in travel BPO launched
  • Naval chief: ensure pilots are not over-stretched
  • Seven robbery cases reported in city
  • Traffic affected as students take out procession, block road
  • Deve Gowda goes one up in row over reservation
  • KSPCB asked to monitor water quality at Thippagondanahalli
  • College buildings progressing
  • Shraddananda's conviction confirmed
  • Fiat to notify all members elected to Wakf Board
  • Protest against attempts to grab trust's land
  • Close watch on Gwadar port
  • Inquiry ordered into appointment of teachers in Gulbarga varsity
  • Atherosclerosis vaccine round the corner
  • Woman's murder comes to light
  • Another engineering student ends life
  • Emulate Tamil Nadu, Government told
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Belgaum

  • Government keen on sending right message
  • People seek better civic amenities
  • `Media should be the eyes of people'

    • Bidar

  • Work on Bidar medical college building under way

    • Briefly

  • Equity exposure of NBFCs, Coops
  • TRAI keeps price cut in abeyance
  • Sun Pharma buys facility in U.S.
  • WTO chief's appeal to EU, U.S.
  • U.S. Pharmacopeia centre in India
  • SIMA office-bearers elected
  • Indian Bank attaches assets of defaulters
  • United Air Express' plans
  • Union Bank of India plans second public issue
  • Fortis Securities opens second branch in Chennai
  • Southern Online Bio enters capital market
  • Bartronics India plans IPO
  • SBH offers retail Internet banking and core power
  • Infotech bags GIS contract
  • CSG Systems to offer new solution
  • ABB expands relationship with SSA Global
  • Joint venture to provide solution to energy supply
  • WLE plans to place shoes under own brand name
  • Rex-Rotary India expands operations
  • Visa International launches Visa Bill Pay
  • Railtel plans fibre optic network
  • 3i Infotech to hire 300 more this fiscal
  • Club Mahindra gets quality certification award
  • Rourkela plant completes Rs. 118 cr. project
  • Kinetic Engineering to issue rights shares
  • Cummins India to set up new facility

    • Business

  • TRAI for automatic licensing for cable operators
  • Six final bidders for airport projects
  • GDR/FCCB norms eased
  • SkodaAuto India plans to expand capacity
  • Cheque truncation system by March next
  • Dubai invites Indian investors
  • Nokia may take to co-branding
  • Infosys to train students from China
  • Programme on futures
  • VFPCK makes record sales during Onam
  • Cable TV networks bring in digital technology
  • Air Deccan to fly to Kochi soon
  • Rupee edges up
  • Market snaps 10-day gaining streak
  • Centre open to exiting MUL
  • MFs put on par with FIIs in derivatives
  • Fuel price hike will have moderate effect on inflation: FM

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Jayalalithaa inaugurates phase-I of Ascendas technology project
  • Little support for scrapping Standard X public examination
  • Baalu announces road development works
  • IIT-Madras plans satellite campus in Tiruchi
  • LIC to commercially exploit its property
  • Madras University hosts Red Ribbon Club workshop
  • Breaking through the glass ceiling
  • Farm sector needs greater insurance cover: Narayanan
  • Cauvery Crafts Bazaar a feast for the eyes
  • Singapore educators visit city schools
  • Dug-up roads make life difficult in city
  • Case against Karunanidhi adjourned to October 3
  • Maternal mortality rate drops
  • Director-General to his force: Your behaviour should be exemplary
  • Livelihood options for tsunami-hit in focus
  • Who are these authors writing for?
  • IT corridor welcome but we want good roads, say locals
  • Fake engine oil unit unearthed
  • Touch-screen facility at Central removed
  • Samprokshanam at Parthasarathy temple
  • New health drink launched
  • Crazy Mohan's plays in CD format
  • Importance of private detectives' role underlined
  • Tuticorin Port Trust moves High Court
  • Venezuelans on expedition
  • In aid of the tsunami affected
  • Houses burgled in Avadi, West Mambalam
  • Barnala, Jayalalithaa greet Keralites for Onam
  • Prince of Arcot calls for end to dowry
  • Raising living standards is my goal, says Jayalalithaa
  • Drama festival from today
  • Book fair
  • Commuter travails
  • Freed fishermen to be brought back home
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Deepan helps MKU keep the lead
  • KV National chess meet qualifiers

    • Coimbatore

  • Siruvani dam continues to overflow; no cheers to suburbs
  • Scaling up production capacities, must: SIMA
  • Tourist taxi operators seek sops for survival
  • Private airstrip at Karunya soon
  • Seminar on music
  • BMS opposes general strike called by the Left
  • Power shutdown
  • Seminar on musicians
  • Meet on trauma management
  • Music programme from Sept. 16
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Lara back in WI squad
  • Chemplast has an edge
  • England closes in on Australia in Test ratings
  • Dravid in contention for ICC award
  • Media speculation inaccurate, says ICC
  • Tendulkar to prove fitness by Sept. 21
  • Asia Cup: India to play Oman
  • Duleep Trophy schedule

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crosword 8398
  • Solution to Puzzle 8397

    • Cuddalore

  • DPI men pick up quarrel with nurses

    • Dindigul

  • Thousands of people witness Mahakumbabhishekam
  • Preliminary examinations conducted for fireman posts
  • In Dindigul Today

    • Editorials

  • Testing commitment to multipolarity
  • End of Australia's cricket hegemony

    • Erode

  • Development works worth Rs. 35 crores taken up in Erode
  • Poor roads deny tribals access to medical aid
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • Real zipped and zapped by French firepower

    • Front Page

  • Fully committed to nuclear deal: Bush
  • We must nip terrorism in the bud, Bush tells U.N.
  • ``Domestic issue taken to Bush''
  • Death sentence for Sarabjit well deserved: Pakistan apex court
  • Probe ordered into custodial torture
  • Mouse as engine of e-governance
  • AGP splits, Mahanta floats new party
  • Remarks on Vajpayee clarified
  • Delhi has a date with the Commonwealth Games
  • Probe ordered into custodial torture
  • Land allotment to IMG Bharata, five others cancelled
  • High Court quashes MCI norms on eligibility
  • Infiltrators killed
  • Chennithala blasts CPI(M)-DIC(K) alliance
  • School mapping project to be taken up
  • KSRTC's debt paid from IOC's dues
  • No rift with IT firms: Dharam Singh
  • Denies links
  • `Captain' reels off objectives
  • TRAI suggestion
  • `Food' for thought Food for thought and stomach
  • J&K: Musharraf seeks U.S. help
  • Heavy rain in Visakhapatnam; seven killed
  • 3 students riding moped hit bus, sustain injuries
  • Woman `raped' in Safdarjung hospital

    • Golf

  • Two-stroke lead for Jyoti Randhawa

    • Gujarat

  • Ugly scenes mar last day of Gujarat session

    • Gulbarga

  • Provide basic amenities in rehabilitation camps: Kharge
  • Dharam Singh unhappy with relief operations
  • Quota issue no threat to Govt.: Dharam Singh

    • Guntur

  • Training for polling assistants advanced

    • Haryana

  • Lecturers allegedly found duping Haryana Govt.
  • Revenue Department renamed in Haryana

    • Hassan

  • Four of 13 accused in councillor's murder identified

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Another spell of snowfall in Himachal

    • Hockey

  • Gagan and Rabbani sparkle

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Water supply in Hubli, Dharwad
  • Three railway projects in jeopardy
  • Arrangements made for Ganesha idol immersion
  • Legislators to meet on Monday
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Hyderabad

  • Citizen groups cry foul over road-widening drive
  • French astrophysicist wants `two proofs' on discovery of 10th planet by scientists
  • APSRTC may switch over to bio-diesel
  • Ganesh fete helps maintain communal amity: Narendra
  • Sensitive municipal bodies come under SEC scanner
  • Russian envoy for business-level ties
  • Bodies of film duo fished out of lake after five-hour search
  • Sub-Inspector charged with beating up three youngsters
  • Government urged to constitute election tribunal
  • TRS outbursts aimed at covering up its inefficiency: CPI(M)
  • Mobile phones vulnerable to hacking, says expert
  • Engineers Day award for NMDC chief
  • Russian Ambassador favours business-level ties
  • Mahesh Goud's murder: prime accused surrenders
  • Veteran scribe passes away
  • Plea to expel KCR's party from UPA
  • Marathon recruitment drive by firm
  • Overhead power line crossings removed
  • Russian envoy visits OU
  • No change in Dasara vacation for schools
  • Students' induction programme
  • Holiday for schools, offices on September 17
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • Death sentence for Sarabjit well deserved: Pakistan apex court
  • `Smuggler' shot dead on Wagah border, allege Pakistan Rangers
  • Troop cut in J&K: Musharraf seeks U.S. help

    • International

  • Blasts to avenge U.S. attacks on Iraqi town, says Al-Qaeda
  • We must nip terrorism in the bud, Bush tells U.N.
  • U.K. row over racial profiling order
  • Sri Lankan Tamil soldier dies in grenade attack
  • Japanese MPs' plea
  • "Poverty targets will be missed"
  • Hu Jintao, Bush agree to enhance bilateral relations
  • Mirror to light up village
  • High yield rice strain

    • Kannur

  • Fierce campaign on the cards in LDF strongholds
  • Onam spirit grips Kannur town
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karate

  • `Karate' Thiagarajan's distinction

    • Karimnagar

  • Govindacharya plans padayatra

    • Karnataka

  • Naval chief: ensure pilots are not over-stretched
  • Quota issue no threat to Government: Dharam Singh
  • Fighting for their rights
  • A high-level review
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Be firm on Alamatti water-level issue, Government told
  • Bottled Ganesha in wax
  • Disruptions in BSNL's mobile service
  • Programme for nurses

    • Kerala

  • Coca-Cola case: Kerala moves Supreme Court
  • Retaining a century-old flavour
  • Story of a Good Samaritan
  • Stately splendour wrapped in Onam fiesta
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Scientific spirit of the season
  • The festive spirit is on
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • `Indians were not good at documenting history'
  • Sunni faction seems to be wary of IUML offer
  • Kerala moves apex Court in Coke case
  • Sale of fake calling cards detected in Malappuram
  • `Karunakaran to blame for Emergency excesses'
  • IA may resume Agathy flight today
  • Probe against official

    • Kochi

  • Vigorous campaign in Thripunithura
  • Patrolling planned before polling
  • A symbol against pollution
  • Man freed by Pakistan to reach home today
  • Action against illegal display of elephant
  • Onam fair
  • Flies ALH
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Candidate held on rape charge

    • Kottayam

  • Fall in inflow into Idukki dam

    • Kozhikode

  • Onam shopping picks up as rain keeps off
  • Two DIC(K) leaders join Congress
  • Daylight murder in city
  • Man murdered
  • Mohiniyattom postponed
  • Large team for State convention

    • Leader Page Articles

  • C.N. Annadurai's mission incomplete

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Differences are healthy
  • Sarabjit's case
  • Detrimental
  • A misplaced charge

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Congress, RJD in tight spot: Uma
  • Special project for mapping residential areas in villages

    • Madurai

  • Vijaykanth floats party
  • Bench reserves orders on PIL against patta transfer procedure
  • Govt. Siddha OP wing requires more amenities
  • School mapping project to be taken up
  • Indian music wafts over cultural barriers
  • Usage of `imminent' not necessary: Bench
  • Vijaykanth floats party in Madurai
  • `Education makes development complete'
  • Power shutdown
  • Passenger train to be regulated
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • After Solapur, muster roll irregularities in Satara

    • Mangalore

  • MP urges Government to release funds for roads
  • Six students to be nominated to academic council
  • Eight 33/11-kV substations to come up in Dakshina Kannada
  • `CAMPCO's financial position stable'
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • VTU feat in satellite-based education
  • Drive against diversion of subsidised LPG soon
  • Chamarajanagar jinx made Dharam Singh cancel his visit?
  • Plea to ban single, double-digit lottery
  • Restoration of property sought
  • Airtel launches BlackBerry
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • Samba paddy cultivation picking up in Nagai dt.

    • Nagercoil

  • Onam - day of flowers, feast, fun and frolic

    • Nalgonda

  • Collector serves notice on candidate

    • National

  • Manmohan makes pitch for democracy
  • Yatras on the move in Bihar
  • Party's image has been dented: Venkaiah Naidu
  • Mamata assails move to acquire farmland for industrial use
  • Hindi translation software on mobile, Internet launched
  • Ensure aircrews' capabilities are not over-stretched: Arun Prakash
  • Furore in Gujarat House
  • Court calls for records on Raja Bhaiya's arrest
  • IIT test: board to evolve details of new policy
  • Largest nuclear power reactor begins commercial operation
  • Draft guidelines on managing e-mails
  • Cancel MoU between Orissa Government, POSCO: CPI
  • Close watch on Gwadar port: Navy Chief
  • Queen's Baton, one of the longest relays, arrives
  • Supreme Court summons Health Secretaries of five States
  • Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary summoned
  • Relay to showcase Commonwealth diversity
  • "Oil spillage from well under control"
  • Chilka dolphins in peril
  • Coming: interactive television innovations
  • Disaster management policy likely by year-end
  • Encephalitis death toll in U.P. is 745
  • GoM for new law to curb trafficking
  • President's Onam greetings
  • Garlic importer challenges cancellation of licence
  • Reports inaccurate, says ICC
  • No links with bookies: bar girl

    • Nellore

  • Keen TDP-Congress contest on the cards

    • New Delhi

  • Need for a sound mechanism for outstation students' safety
  • A royal welcome to Queen's Baton
  • Shangri-La comes to Delhi
  • Some tiny steps towards better museums
  • Sheila must go, says BJP
  • Making the impossible possible
  • A click away from choicest property
  • Showcasing unity within diversity
  • Shah Rukh show cancelled
  • Preserve DUSU ballots, directs court
  • Alleged extortionist held
  • Teenager jumps to his death
  • Another head rolls
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • The farmer and the festival lights
  • Should the police role be expanded further?
  • German election: Bush may be disappointed
  • U.S. causing Iran nuclear crisis

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • UDF trying to wrest control of Ottapalam municipality

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Thiruvonathoni sets off

    • Perambalur

  • Aid disbursed

    • Pondicherry

  • Rare African tree discovered
  • Anna birth anniversary celebrations
  • Power staff stage protest
  • Ration cards for poor plea

    • Racing : Horse

  • Dedication impresses
  • Soviet Park in rousing form
  • Awesome Royal catches the eye
  • Baracudda fancied for feature event
  • Steinlen takes honours in Monsoon Cup

    • Raichur

  • CPI(M) to organise nationwide agitation
  • Woman drowns

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Concern over delay in giving broadband connections
  • `Produce employable students'

    • Religion

  • The celestial sage

    • Salem

  • Drive against encroachments on water bodies continue
  • Move for hi-tech weaving park in Salem hailed
  • In Salem Today

    • Shooting

  • Arti clinches skeet gold
  • Arti clinches skeet gold

    • Sivaganga

  • MLA remanded

    • Sport

  • Laxman on song
  • Pace effect in England's triumph
  • A marvellous tribute to the game

    • Sports : General

  • Azmath Khan stars in Wesley JC's win
  • Multi-disciplinary sports workshop inaugurated

    • Squash

  • Jagtap hogs the limelight

    • Srikakulam

  • Congress will sweep civic polls, says Dharmana Prasada Rao

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Shaping them as entrepreneurs
  • Testing their knowledge of current affairs
  • I am basically serious but outwardly humorous: Vivek
  • Cultivating the `kazhchakkula'
  • Solution eludes sludge disposal
  • Five-time Srivilliputtur MLA Tamaraikani dead
  • Message for youth from Venezuela
  • Need to impart value-education
  • Workshop on teaching skills
  • On a horse-and-buggy ride
  • World Bank loan for Tamil Nadu project
  • M.Phil, Ph.D courses inaugurated
  • Thirumavathur temple kumbabhishekam
  • Cardholders suppress LPG connection details
  • BSNL told to pay compensation to subscriber
  • Court directive to Tamil Nadu
  • Case against Karunanidhi adjourned to October 3
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Sacking highway workers
  • Steps to check pollution of Pugalur Channel
  • Uniformed services no more a male bastion
  • After dull season, Tirupur knitwear units busy again
  • Rs. 10 cr. for horticulture training centre at Thally
  • Interview for assistants in ICDS centres
  • Students stage protest against land grabbing
  • Collector reviews development works
  • Kumbabishekam perfomed
  • Welfare assistance distributed
  • Rs. 70 lakhs for uplift of tribals

    • Tennis

  • Ashmitha surprises Shweta
  • Easy opener for Rafael Nadal
  • Shikha and Neha Uberoi arrive
  • Shikha and Neha Uberoi arrive
  • Chirag storms into final
  • Danielle Jones in semifinals
  • Mankad issue: ball in Leander's court

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Major share of Rs.9.05-crore CapDeck funds spent during the time of UDF Government
  • Stiff electoral fight on the cards in coastal wards
  • Life smiles on children in juvenile homes
  • Polit Bureau should clarify party's stand, says MVR
  • An occasion to revive traditional art forms
  • Police launch special drive
  • BJP promises metro
  • `Confirmation of UDF-BJP ties'
  • Army Southern Command chief calls on Chandy
  • Hospital opened
  • Coastal clean-up drive at Kovalam
  • Programmes chalked out for Gandhi Jayanthi
  • World Space Week contest
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated September 15, 1955: Postal link with Goa
  • dated September 15, 1955: Uproar in Pak Assembly
  • dated September 15, 1955: Music at bus stops

    • Thrissur

  • Church, Left cannot escape blame for Dalits' plight, says Sarah Joseph
  • Both accused in Tom murder case nabbed
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Move to close down road opposed
  • Flexing their knowledge of Hindi
  • Development works inspected
  • Plea to increase retirement age
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Aptitude for science must be created at schools: VC
  • `Maha Kumbhabishekam' performed

    • Tirupati

  • Villagers' issues take a back seat
  • `Rasta roko' against Supreme court ruling on reservation
  • Three killed in accidents

    • Tumkur

  • Congress stages protest in Kunigal against police `excesses'

    • Tuticorin

  • 394 woman SI cadets pass out of PTC

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Tourist flow from Kerala likely

    • Udupi

  • KMC plans to use Government Hospital for clinical facilities
  • SFI rally highlights problems of students
  • Cleanliness scheme to be implemented on October 2

    • Union Territories

  • Badal opposes Assembly for Chandigarh

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • U.P. trade body rebuffs CII report
  • Noida CEO transferred

    • Vijayawada

  • Left takes on TDP in 3 divisions
  • Slum development project transforms lives of people living on hillslopes
  • Movements of 20 candidates under watch
  • Congress-Left confident of winning maximum divisions
  • Joint Collector given fond farewell
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Rain doesn't give them a chance
  • Relief announced to kin of rain victims
  • `Sarvadharma sammelan' in city
  • Hindi use in VPT picks up
  • Keshava Rao kicks off campaign
  • Former V-C's portrait unveiled
  • New oil purification system commissioned at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
  • Three killed in accident
  • 150 shifted to special camps
  • Safety measures lacking at HPCL refinery: BMS
  • APCC president shouted down
  • GCC training institute inaugurated
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Drainage, water supply issues will be addressed: KCR
  • Congress dependent on TRS, says KCR
  • Lok Satta for ward panels
  • KCR accused of deceiving people

    • Weather

  • Weather

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