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Anantapur

  • Congress, CPI accused of violating election code

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Flood threat to delta; Krishna, Godavari in spate
  • Charismatic as ever
  • Wading woes
  • Survival of the fittest
  • Four Maoists killed in A.P.
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • District machinery gears up for civic elections
  • TDP hopes to regain minorities' support
  • ISRO to set up 1,000 weather stations across the country
  • Stranded people rescued
  • BJP demands dismissal of TRS Ministers
  • Dharna staged

    • Bangalore

  • Mysore to be projected as an investment destination
  • State has no hangman to carry out death sentence; person to be trained
  • Real estate boom led to emergence of land mafia
  • High Court directs pontiff to hand over boy to his mother
  • Trucks to be banned for eight hours in Bangalore city
  • BEML, HMT roped in for Metro project
  • KIOCL finds alternative site
  • Housing loans reduce tax burden
  • Two robbed of cash, cellphones
  • Telgi's certificates: `procedure ignored'
  • Planners not thinking of future needs: expert
  • Court turns down plea of Deendar activist
  • Vacant seats: fiat to Government
  • Device to dispel the darkness
  • Fight between couple leads to man's death
  • Venues issuing voter cards
  • Baragur Ramachandrappa to inaugurate Dasara festivities on October 4
  • Jeevan Bima Nagar 6th Cross to be made one-way next month
  • Dasara festivities from October 4
  • Cricket memorabilia for a good cause
  • CET seat selection
  • A test of physical fitness
  • Translating ideas into action
  • Student's gratitude
  • Auction of costumes
  • Goat crossing?
  • Trains cancelled
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Rewards promised for Ganesh mandals
  • Belgaum photographer wins award

    • Bellary

  • Congress leaders unite to organise Bellary convention

    • Bidar

  • Saigaon villagers seek compensation for crop loss

    • Bihar

  • BJP-JD(U) talks on seat-sharing for Bihar polls fail

    • Bijapur

  • Broad gauge project to be completed by March-end

    • Boxing

  • Thoi Thoi stuns Jay Bhagwan

    • Briefly

  • ICICI Bank UK enhances its presence
  • Idea crosses seven-lakh subscriber mark in Delhi
  • HTMT technical support for Tally Solutions
  • NDC, Moscow chooses TCS depository product
  • Reappointed member of Powerloom Board:
  • Sethna becomes chief of UPASI
  • Benchmark's units listed on NSE
  • Shriram Holdings' share acquisition
  • M & M receives logistics award
  • Energex meeting in Tiruchi
  • New President for Tamil Chamber of Commerce
  • Avesthagen launches subsidiary
  • SAIL, VSP eye equity stakes abroad
  • NMCE records 8 p.c. delivery in pepper
  • Marlabs' Global Delivery Head
  • SAP's tech education conference
  • Panel opposes bauxite mining
  • L&T, DUBAL to set up alumina refinery
  • UB Group consolidates spirits businesses
  • Fiat, Tatas explore alliance prospects
  • Tata Indicom launches prepaid plan
  • Vijaya Bank Hindi Week
  • Federal Bank Manjeri branch shifted
  • Elected to Cashew Export Promotion Council

    • Business

  • Sensex takes a plunge
  • SEBI plans to allow short selling of shares
  • Subsidy for SSIs raised
  • `Independent evaluation of independent directors'
  • Bharat Forge buys Swedish company
  • Centre clears Nokia's SEZ
  • Rupee drops against dollar

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Tax officials zero in on builder
  • Will `Captain' succeed in finding a berth for DMDK?
  • `Golden hour' treatment helped save her life
  • Pavements not for pedestrians
  • Surya brings back the smiles to their faces
  • Walkout in State Assembly
  • SHG concept: claims and counter-claims
  • Exporters of leather products aim for moon
  • Students of management courses looking for plum offers
  • Aerobics for teaching autistic children
  • Focus on value-based organisation
  • His way of expressing loyalty
  • Tsunami relief: 60 per cent of land acquisition over
  • Apply for approval, schools told
  • SRM Medical College to open toxicology unit
  • College head alleges attack on students
  • A vibrant display of artistic talent
  • Anna did not indulge in machinations, says DMK
  • Indian Airlines tourism quiz
  • Technology `is defining values today'
  • Chain snatched from woman
  • A film on Siddha shot in just two days
  • AAI official's prompt gesture
  • Trained to handle them all
  • Jewels, cash stolen at Thorappakkam, Kolathur
  • Power breaks down, BSNL mobile phones go dead
  • Train drivers, guards stage protest outside General Manager's office
  • Rahman inaugurates dargah annual day
  • An event for music lovers
  • Justice Natarajan assumes charge
  • Chief Minister offers support for renovation of Press Club
  • Course in cyber forensics
  • Sportstar Read
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Coimbatore

  • Fighting back cancer with fortitude
  • BSNL cellular subscribers caught in a spot of bother
  • Now, Opposition latches on to eviction issue
  • Train services rescheduled
  • Get your LPG card endorsed
  • Police recruitment tests on October 1
  • Hall tickets to be issued for SSLC examinations
  • Research project
  • Awareness programme on heart care
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • BCCI election: the plot thickens
  • Easy for Sri Lanka
  • Madras High Court dismisses Netaji Cricket Club's petitions
  • All-round show by Roshan
  • A learning process for coach Prasad
  • Pathak slams century; IOB in last eight
  • Good knock by Gaurav
  • ICC umpires for Super Series
  • Classic and DCW in final

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8405
  • Solution to Puzzle 8404

    • Dharmapuri

  • Illicit liquor brews border row at Hogenakkal

    • Editorials

  • JEE needs wider reach
  • Time of reckoning for King

    • Eluru

  • Yarra Kalva plays havoc in Nidadavole
  • Flood toll reaches 13 in West Godavari district

    • Erode

  • MP criticises nationalised banks
  • `Focus on Central schemes'
  • Heated discussion in council

    • Football

  • Karnataka meets T.N.
  • Customs, Chennai in semifinals
  • Govt. Boys blanks CMP

    • Front Page

  • BCCI chief adjourns meeting
  • 2-year minimum tenure for six top posts
  • Congress conclave to be held in Chandigarh
  • Court won't review verdict in Parliament attack case
  • Income Tax raids on 7 top brokers of Gujarat
  • Tax officials zero in on builder
  • Central scheme to benefit girls from single child families
  • India ends a 19-year wait
  • Prakash to play first
  • Flood threat to delta; rivers in spate
  • Bad roads hamper economic growth of Hosur
  • DIC(K) aims at `welfare coalition'
  • NOC granted to power plant quashed
  • Four Maoists killed in two encounters
  • Narayanan to visit China for boundary talks
  • Ban quashed
  • Sensex drops
  • Bihar poll notification today
  • Netto case: former Minister convicted
  • Kumbakonam-Thanjavur train from today
  • Plan makes industry withdraw threat to boycott trade show
  • Long after the rollback, there is no rollback
  • Suspended
  • Trained to handle them all

    • Golf

  • Ranjit Singh in the van
  • Harmeet Kahlon ahead of other Indians

    • Gulbarga

  • `Bidar model' check dam inaugurated in Gulbarga

    • Guntur

  • MLA's charge against Collector over relief operations
  • BJP will emerge as a decisive force: Dattatreya
  • TDP expels eight rebels

    • Haryana

  • Police deny report on caste conflict

    • Hassan

  • Siddaramaiah accuses Dharam Singh of joining hands with Deve Gowda against him
  • Father accuses school authorities of harassment, seeks justice for daughter

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Their awards came from jaws of death

    • Hockey

  • Indira Gandhi Gold Cup from Oct. 1
  • Korea holds India

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Water supply schedule for Hubli and Dharwad today
  • M.S. Nadgir, an expert on Russian aircraft
  • `Dharma can prevent a person from committing an offence'
  • Ban orders at exam centres
  • Cooperative banks told to focus on job generation
  • 15 students hospitalised for suspected food poisoning

    • Hyderabad

  • Problems aplenty in Bholanagar basti
  • SCR schedule for express, passenger trains
  • Students from an alien land set to delight the natives
  • YSR pledges more teeth for civic bodies
  • A major boost to women's education
  • Misery stalks Palamur labourers, come rain or shine
  • End in sight for traffic chaos in school zones
  • MCH told to take up transplantation
  • It's curtains for poll campaign
  • Be agile to put ageing at bay
  • Passport process just gets easier
  • Just SIP their talent
  • Three held at airport on charge of carrying forged documents
  • No postponement of polls in flood-hit areas
  • Medical students allege harassment
  • Mob targets electricity offices
  • SCR seeks police help against extremist acts
  • MCH plea to citizens on property tax
  • 62,000 policemen for poll duty
  • Juggling roles with ease
  • Meet stresses on need for organ donation
  • Steering clear
  • Disruption in water supply likely tomorrow
  • `Neglected' infant dies
  • Hotel manager robbed
  • Cobras let loose
  • `Kalakaarz' talent hunt launched
  • CISF constable strikes gold
  • Saying it with flowers and smiles
  • Water board bill collection centres
  • Railmen stage dharna
  • Space constraint
  • Crooning glory
  • TDP seeks action against MLA
  • British Deputy High Commissioner calls on YSR
  • Paving the way for a new look
  • Blood donation camp
  • Cloth showroom inaugurated
  • APPSC exam to be held on Dec. 4
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Hindus in Pakistan allege humiliation
  • CBI director elected Interpol vice-president
  • ``India an excellent role model''

    • International

  • Over a million flee as hurricane nears Texas
  • Heat wave fuelled global warming
  • Police chief wanted to quit over Menezes' killing
  • Six killed in Pakistan blasts
  • Yushchenko ally confirmed Premier
  • Mid-air drama live on TV
  • Now, to dumb down the Bible

    • Interviews

  • A timetable now for withdrawal of U.S. troops is not in our interests: Talabani

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Geelani's Hurriyat suffers setback
  • Nod for conservation plan for Srinagar lakes

    • Kancheepuram

  • Penal action against employers using child labour

    • Kannur

  • No election to Cantonment Board in Kannur
  • UDF, LDF focus on political issues in Kannur
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karnataka

  • Dharam Singh for solving infrastructure issues
  • Siddaramaiah suspended from membership of Janata Dal (S)
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Rs. 7.62 crores for sanitation project in Gadag district
  • Contractor locks all classrooms
  • Receipt of premium as good as insurance certificate: RTO
  • Three get life term for murder
  • Dalalara sangha opposes Upper Bhadra project

    • Kerala

  • Jail term for former Minister in sexual harassment case
  • Ensuring free and fair elections in Kannur
  • Husband's manifesto for better half ?
  • Election coinages
  • `High-spirited' Onam
  • Development is the buzzword
  • New modes of campaigning enliven the poll scene
  • Heavenly company
  • Till the next elections
  • Thirty-five organisations support strike
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Neck-and-neck fight in Alappuzha
  • Trains rescheduled for doubling work

    • Khammam

  • Eight mandals bear the brunt
  • Congress has an edge over TDP
  • Poll fever at peak in Khammam
  • Rescue chopper reaches after two days

    • Kochi

  • Polling arrangements nearing completion in Ernakulam district
  • UDF banks on development initiatives
  • `Test by coop. medical colleges unauthorised'
  • Mix-up in submission of letter
  • Onam fete in a different hue
  • CPI(M) has ties with BJP: Chennithala
  • Promoting jute cultivation
  • When poll graffiti makes an exit
  • "Why not Interpol'
  • Not always that `broad'
  • Paul Manvettom dead
  • Press Academy office-bearers elected
  • Kothamangalam church festival from Sunday
  • Pension for the Emergency-affected
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • CPI(M) utilising DIC(K), says DCC president

    • Kottayam

  • UDF, LDF see better prospects

    • Kozhikode

  • Close contest on the cards in strife-torn Marad
  • Antony accuses CPI(M) of stalling development
  • Pazhassi Raja martyrdom celebrations
  • SIT seeks help to retrieve boat
  • State going Bihar way: CPI

    • Kurnool

  • Rallies, roadshows mark end of poll campaign
  • Arrangements in place for civic poll in Kurnool

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Of Byzantine plots and saffron twists

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Unwept & unsung
  • Cautionary signals
  • Equal rights to Dalits
  • Responding to naxalism

    • Madurai

  • `Uzhavar Sandhais' getting a raw deal now?
  • Transport employees in Madurai division get wage arrears
  • "BSNL shifting service tax burden to customers"
  • Competitions for school and college students
  • Power shutdown
  • Elemental ecstacy
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Officials to study causes for rat fever in Sullia
  • `Peace panel should have women representatives'
  • Koragas to agitate by entering social forest area on October 2
  • Functional independence sought for traffic police stations in Mangalore
  • CAMPCO to get new Managing Director
  • Five accused in dacoity case arrested
  • Essay contest in general science
  • Fishermen's delegation to meet Oscar Fernandes tomorrow
  • Student counsellor for Canara College
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Manipur

  • 2 BSF jawans killed in ambush

    • Mysore

  • A time for artisans to innovate
  • A treat for adventure enthusiasts
  • Support to save Chamundi Hills increasing in Mysore
  • Two-day seminar on IPR from Monday
  • CSI chapter to observe World Heart Day on Sunday
  • Survey on to ascertain defence colony viability
  • Doctor arrested

    • Nalgonda

  • Do-or-die battle for Telugu Desam

    • National

  • Governor was anxious not to allow distortion: Centre
  • Court expresses anguish
  • Microsoft unveils India-specific cooperation initiatives
  • No ceasefire without ground rules: Pranab
  • NGOs expose thriving market for tiger skins in China
  • Cabinet nod for expansion of nuclear power stations
  • Narayanan to visit China for boundary talks
  • Cr.PC to apply to offences under Domestic Violence Act
  • Minorities panel can go into ceiling on reservation
  • Review training methods, Shivraj Patil tells BSF
  • NGOs get Japanese aid
  • ICDS to cover all community development blocks, urban slums
  • Implementation of ban on smoking scenes may be deferred
  • Satish Dhawan's concern for nature lauded
  • Congress poll alliance with BJP in Kerala shameful: Karat
  • Swamy seeks probe into KGB links
  • Look into the fundamentals, Ministry tells small investors

    • Nellore

  • One killed in group clash
  • RI for `financier'

    • New Delhi

  • PAC report rocks Assembly
  • Mystery surrounding 24 x 7 schemes deepens
  • Ray of hope for flat owners
  • Task force on health tourism
  • Senior Cong. MLAs decline to defend Govt.
  • Bag-lifters' gang smashed
  • Have a ball Viennese style
  • A tribute to Bollywood "naach-gaana" tradition
  • Protest march by JNU students
  • Protest by BJP near Assembly
  • South-bound trains remain affected
  • `Bill on senior citizens should apply for all'
  • Fake paint factory smashed
  • A date with Mahatma
  • A festival of music and drama
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Donors and debtors
  • The world must stand firm on diplomacy

    • Nizamabad

  • Never violated law, says KCR
  • KCR fumes at detractors of Jagarana Sena

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • Focus on Perumatty, Pudussery
  • Chandy starts campaigning

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Last-minute bid to garner votes

    • Pondicherry

  • Students on the warpath to improve quality of mess food
  • Ramadoss criticises demand for re-introduction of POTA
  • Training for masons
  • Government dental college upgraded postgraduate institute
  • Modernise Pondicherry mills, labour union demands

    • Punjab

  • Bid to crush stir by teachers: Jamuna

    • Racing : Horse

  • Star Trustee claims feature
  • It's Flashing Star vs. Hesperus
  • Red Cordon triumphs
  • One Tough Guy impresses
  • Oyster Cove excels
  • Arabian King fancied

    • Racing : Motor

  • National championships on October 1 & 2

    • Raichur

  • Raichur MLA seeks inquiry into hostel management

    • Rajasthan

  • Muslim girls' fight against odds

    • Ramanathapuram

  • `Enrol farmers under protection scheme'

    • Religion

  • The eternal conflict

    • Sailing

  • Muthu-Anjani emerge overall winners

    • Salem

  • Paramedical training for SHG members begins
  • Special camp to distribute community certificates
  • Textile industrialists invited to Uganda

    • Shimoga

  • When a school turned a market
  • Cultural activities shape students' personality

    • Sikkim

  • Justice B.K. Roy shifted to Sikkim

    • Sport

  • India ends a 19-year wait
  • Prakash to play first

    • Sports : General

  • AP Police starts off in style
  • Bedi re-elected

    • Table Tennis

  • Medha Maitra upsets Narmadha

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Giving them a hand in preparing for exams
  • You could skid to danger here
  • Reliance offers to help you shake the best cocktails
  • Watch your steps...
  • Impatient canines
  • Blood pressure monitoring vital to the management of diabetes
  • Karunanidhi's stand on POTA criticised
  • Hoteliers demand State support to boost trade
  • Management students come out with a guide for recruiters
  • Court order on daughter of convicts in Rajiv murder
  • Anticipatory bail for Thirumavalavan
  • Vaiko promotes his favourite game
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Uncertainty over new bus stand persists
  • SHGs trained to propagate use of natural medicines
  • Sufficient storage in all major dams in Palani block: PWD
  • Orientation seminar
  • Training on IELTS, CGFNS for nurses

    • Tennis

  • Slovakia takes on Argentina
  • Elena Likhovtseva toys with Sunitha Rao
  • Uppal makes semifinals
  • Doubles is essentially a team game, says Ruano-Pascual
  • Maria Sharapova in quarterfinals
  • Sania an inspiration, says PM

    • Thanjavur

  • Web site of Saraswathi Mahal Library at Thanjavur improved, updated
  • Steps to avoid resurfacing of bonded labour discussed

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Ties with DIC(K) only a short-term measure: RSP
  • Parties confident of poll prospects
  • Left-DIC(K) alliance is incompatible, says Thankachan
  • Campaign ends with final show of strength
  • Distribution of polling materials in eight districts
  • Elaborate security arrangements for polls
  • Pinarayi trying to whip up communal passions: Rajagopal
  • Eucharistic congress from Friday
  • CPI(M) activists injured as van overturns
  • 35 organisations support strike call
  • `Son rise' in the music world
  • Pickpocketing: one held
  • Fighting fit
  • On the wrong side of law
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated September 23, 1955: Nehru in Orissa
  • dated September 23, 1955: Laos leaders' talks with PM
  • dated September 23, 1955: New Foreign Secretary
  • dated September 23, 1955: Bus services in Andhra

    • Thrissur

  • CPI(M) claims credit for fall of naxalism in State
  • Parties make a last dash for votes in Thrissur
  • Eachara Warrier to boycott polls
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Bharathidasan University advocates `clustering culture' for self-financing colleges
  • Golden opportunity for all students
  • Harassment of matric schools alleged
  • Contributing their mite for a noble cause
  • DEEO's directive to nursery schools
  • Natural's the way to go
  • Mettur level touches 118.51 ft
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Road roko by SFI cadres
  • Beedi workers stage demonstration
  • Seven held with ganja

    • Tirupati

  • Naidu comes down heavily on YSR Government
  • Tirumala temple to be closed during solar eclipse

    • Udhagamandalam

  • HPF to submit revival package within a fortnight
  • `Strive for economic independence'

    • Udupi

  • Elected

    • Uttaranchal

  • Probe ordered into temple functioning

    • Vijayawada

  • Whirlwind tours mark last day of electioneering
  • Civic polls: contestants turn to hoardings
  • Colourful campaign comes to a close
  • Payakapuram residents refuse to leave marooned houses
  • Aerial survey of flood-hit areas conducted
  • TDP asked to spell out stand on reforms
  • TDP to complain against Congress to State Election Commission
  • Flood in Krishna recedes
  • Out of order
  • Wading woes
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Keen contest on the cards in Anakapalle municipality
  • CII-City Guilds initiative to train jobless youth
  • Jute park plan raises hopes
  • MCV puts in extra efforts to lift garbage after deluge
  • Navarathri celebrations from October 4
  • Seminar for engineering students
  • Jatara rush
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Rail services restored
  • Seminar on Indian writing in English

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • A victory for freedom of speech, says Taslima

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