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Alappuzha

  • Binish to be in police custody till October 10
  • Remanded

    • Anantapur

  • Action against pharma firm sought

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Congress-Left triumph in Vijayawada civic poll
  • Brahmotsavam begins today
  • 11 down but not out?
  • Time to savour and share the success
  • On a pedestal
  • A peek at the sun
  • Ready for the festive season
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Cooperative societies in for a complete revamp
  • Expedite work on sports school: SAAP official
  • `No shortage of urea in East Godavari'
  • Rs. 1.5-crore aid for self-help groups of disabled in Medak
  • Crop loss put at Rs. 168 cr.
  • National Kabeer Award for Rotarian
  • Navaratri fete at Vijayadurga temple from October 4 to 12
  • Counselling held amid protests

    • Bangalore

  • Research not benefiting farmers: panel
  • Draft law on admission, fee in colleges ready
  • Clouds fail to stop Bangaloreans from watching annular eclipse
  • JD(S) performance review from tomorrow
  • Some made hay when TV screens went blank
  • Boy injured while trying to board moving train
  • Jute makes its foray into fashion wear
  • Government bound to hold zilla, taluk panchayat polls: Minister
  • BangaloreOne centres offer money transfer services
  • Rs. 2.09 cr. missing from finance firm
  • No steps taken yet on trimming of trees
  • 45-year-old woman found murdered
  • Shiv Sena opposes temple takeover
  • Issue of voter identity cards
  • Young World painting contest
  • Arkavathy: court to hear appeals today
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Gandhi Jayanti delayed

    • Bellary

  • Total sanitation programme launched

    • Bidar

  • Varsity develops BT-based technique to fight cancer
  • An organisation dedicated to the eye care of the poor
  • Funds promised

    • Bihar

  • Parties give raw deal to women in Bihar polls

    • Bijapur

  • Rs. 3.75 crores more for flood relief works in Bijapur
  • An artistic message

    • Briefly

  • Core Carbons bags Capexil award
  • Altosys launches TeleHealthCare Systems
  • Corporate excellence award for Orchid
  • Schwing Stetter bags award
  • UTI International's office in Bahrain
  • New President for Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance
  • Natco files ANDA with U.S. FDA
  • Virtusa to expand delivery teams
  • SBH revises NRE, FCNR deposit rates
  • UTI International opens office in Manama
  • Quantum Corp. offers new platform
  • Royal Orchid group buys luxury resort
  • AIF hosts Bowties and Bangles
  • SBH revises NRE, FCNR deposit rates

    • Business

  • SAIL's mega plans to stay ahead of competition
  • Maruti Udyog hikes prices
  • Polaris ropes in Arup Gupta
  • Sensex at new peak
  • SBT hikes interest rates on NRE deposits
  • Toonz JV with First Serve
  • Syndicate Bank renews ties with Omani forex firm
  • Call to invest more in maritime industry
  • JK Paper's Gujarat project progressing
  • World cereal output forecast lowered
  • Mixed performance of CIL, subsidiaries
  • Banks expect interest rate hike
  • Intel Capital's investment plans
  • Rupee slides to five week closing low

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Kalam opens virtual university
  • Eliminating child labour by 2007 a tough task: CAG
  • Clouds mar celestial event
  • A wasteland of swirling smoke
  • Nearly a billion live in slums
  • Sewage solution for suburbs
  • 19-year-old drowns off Marina
  • IIT's annual technical fest from tomorrow
  • Rajnikant, Sivaji Ganesan two of a kind, says Dasari
  • Offering tips for engineering students
  • New Zealand education fair lures students in Chennai
  • Order today on PIL against farmers' meet
  • CAG report contradicts Minister's claim: PMK
  • 41 officers complete training
  • Octogenarian animal rights activist to be honoured
  • 30 per cent wage hike for silk weavers
  • Boys floor the crowd with their wit
  • Case hearing posted for October 18
  • Sand painting of Mahatma Gandhi
  • Sleeping man crushed to death in accident at Port
  • A pledge against alcoholism
  • House burgled
  • Seminar on marketing opportunities
  • He wins a free trip to Kuala Lumpur
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Chess

  • Randhawa to figure in Indian Open

    • Coimbatore

  • Mayor assails Opposition on encroachments issue
  • Army recruitment rally in Erode
  • Keeping pathogens off food
  • Efforts on to get A grade status for panchayats
  • A long wait for eager sky gazers
  • ACC to set up help centre soon
  • Minimising trauma
  • Incentive paid under small savings scheme
  • All for a...
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • BCCI constitutes three-member panel
  • Hasty judgement on Chappell not prudent, feels Mahendra
  • Railways on track to lift Irani Cup
  • Ganguly has been an excellent captain: Hussain
  • Thiruvallur wins
  • Six-wicket haul by Shamsunder
  • Double blow for Australia
  • `Super Series should not be accredited'
  • Vikas scalps seven
  • SZ cricket from today

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8414
  • Solution to Puzzle 8413

    • Dharmapuri

  • Arrival of big industries will not help rural people, says MP
  • Sales target of Rs. 40 lakhs fixed

    • Editorials

  • Renewed terror in Bali
  • An unrealistic prescription

    • Eluru

  • Sir C. R. Reddy College to have `English lab'

    • Erode

  • Rs. 1.5 crores sanctioned for BC students' hostel
  • Businessman murdered
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • Chelsea keeps record perfect
  • Ashwin nets winner

    • Front Page

  • India, Pakistan sign accord on pre-notification of missile tests
  • 16 die as train crashes into signal cabin
  • Medicine Nobel for two Australians
  • Police officer, Jayalakshmi get 7-year RI in suicide case
  • Court order stayed; State to hold panchayat polls
  • Congress wins VMC poll
  • Raise retirement age for doctors, Centre tells States
  • Superstition eclipses science
  • Stone for LNG terminal to be laid on November 1
  • Woman found charred to death; 34-year-old son held
  • Tanker lorry strike in State suspended
  • TV channels on air as operators call off stir
  • Brahmotsavam begins today
  • Team inspects Medical College
  • Underground drainage work compounds road-users' woes
  • Device to track hot spots in cardiovascular system
  • FIR against Armymen
  • `Akash' test-fired
  • Notice to BSNL
  • Non-judge observer preferable: court
  • Women in khaki prove their mettle
  • Five villagers beheaded in Assam

    • Generalia

  • Ganesh, Sushan clinch crowns

    • Golf

  • Montgomerie putts it right

    • Gulbarga

  • Tribunal asked to dispose of factory case
  • Teachers stage protest seeking regularisation of service

    • Guntur

  • District-level youth festival to be held in Guntur from Oct. 8
  • State ranking table tennis tournament from today

    • Hassan

  • Farmers urged to supply sugarcane to factory
  • Road widening to be resumed shortly

    • Hockey

  • India Light Blues records victory

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Slum dwellers to get free water

    • Hyderabad

  • Fillip to urban development projects
  • Big leap in emergency service
  • TRS leaders stall proceedings of Assembly
  • Anxious wait for completion of road overbridge
  • Poll debacle rocking the TRS boat?
  • SFI urges State control on private college admissions
  • Bill on quota for Muslims introduced in House
  • Revenue Minister turns down TDP demand to increase flood aid
  • Clouds play killjoy in eclipse `show'
  • MLAs highlight civic problems during rain
  • Dreaming big `n' living it too
  • Reviving a green tradition
  • Transco chief pats staff
  • University to retain Telugu name
  • Suicide threat gives police anxious moments
  • Man robbed of Rs. 7 lakhs
  • Need for influenza vaccination stressed
  • `Trade in medicinal plants growing'
  • Street cricket proves fatal for youngster
  • Court directs State to give society the nod for D.Ed college
  • SFI meet in city next month
  • RTC to run Dasara specials
  • Property worth 5.22 lakhs recovered
  • Malaysian held on molestation charge
  • IAF safety camp held
  • MoU signed on IT expo
  • Group II exam hall-tickets despatched
  • Woman foils robbery attempt
  • Super Series on mobile
  • Civil defence volunteers' course
  • ALEAP trade fair from Oct. 8
  • No power supply
  • Persuade Centre to set up IIT at Basar: Bandaru
  • Best teacher awards for 3
  • Student hits divider, dies
  • Change in school timings
  • On a pedestal
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Of multi-tasking and different connotations

    • India & World

  • India for liberalisation of visa regime
  • Six Indians figure in intellectuals' list
  • Natwar, Kasuri discuss Siachen

    • International

  • Pioneering study conquers a disease
  • Hunt for key Bali suspects
  • Amazon rain forests drying out in worst-ever drought
  • Turkey approves E.U. terms
  • Keep your cool in cyberspace
  • A spectacle, after 200 years
  • A behemoth library planned on the net
  • Sri Lankan forces arrest four LTTE suspects
  • Blasts in Bangladesh
  • 21 die as boat capsizes
  • Bush picks aide for Supreme Court

    • Kannur

  • LDF plans protest rally
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Central team studies water supply scheme
  • Bathakamma festival influenced by eclipse
  • Auto drivers warned of action if they flout rules
  • Ganja, gold recovered from highway robbers' gang

    • Karnataka

  • Court allows Karnataka to hold panchayat elections
  • Mysore Dasara celebrations from today
  • Clearing the air
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Tourism potential of Davangere untapped
  • Janata Dal (S) is ready for mid-term polls: Horatti
  • Manipal academy to offer more twinning programmes
  • Goa being promoted as gateway for better ties with Latin America
  • 1,000 students have a crack at New Yorkers' record
  • `100 Mahatmas' to create an awakening
  • Beach beautification sheme kicks up a controversy

    • Kerala

  • LNG terminal foundation to be laid on November 1
  • Execution of five CPI (M) workers stayed
  • Elephantine problems
  • Playing host
  • Celestial show
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Panchayats likely to have new councils this month
  • Tension eases in Kasaragod town
  • Folklore Congress concludes
  • Task force for veterinary varsity
  • Mullaperiyar level at 126.1 feet

    • Kochi

  • Fine lift-off for adventure tourism
  • Promoting leisure-boating
  • The Hindu Young World Quiz today
  • Sikkim's plea on lotteries admitted
  • Campaign to donate blood and save a life
  • Two women run over by lorry
  • LDF clears Mayor nominee
  • Welcome back those who have left UDF: MVR
  • Greens take pledge to protect rivers
  • Sky-watchers have a good time
  • Pact on Smart City in December
  • Kulkarni to head workers' federation
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • `I am proud of what I have achieved'
  • Stress on development of core engineering industries
  • SBT quiz contest
  • KSEB move leads to tension
  • Campaign on value-based society
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kottayam

  • BJP a deciding factor, says Sreedharan Pillai

    • Kozhikode

  • Bhaskaran tipped to be Kozhikode Mayor
  • Plan to set up auditorium at medical college
  • Competition on technological exhibits
  • Sky-watchers have a gala time
  • Dasan likely to head Koyilandy municipality
  • Navaratri fete at Azhakodi Devi Temple
  • Poster competition

    • Kurnool

  • `Nano-materials can change the face of the world'
  • Opposition to Srisailam canal widening flayed

    • Leader Page Articles

  • The day Britain lost the plot in Iraq

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Face of terror
  • Political game
  • Moral policing
  • Lawyers and strikes
  • India's vote

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • FDI worth billions likely in M.P.: Gaur
  • Junior doctors go on indefinite strike in M.P.

    • Madikeri

  • Kodagu declared a horticultural district

    • Madurai

  • Poverty eradication, a challenge: Naresh Gupta
  • High Court Bench quashes Madurai Collector's order
  • Diocese proposal to start medical college
  • `Upgrade airport'
  • Overcast sky outplays a cosmic-drama in Madurai
  • BSNL launches value-added service
  • No eclipse of devotion
  • Celestial shadow
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Course in arecanut processing on anvil
  • Civic staff abstain from work
  • Wildlife Week begins in city
  • Drawing competition for schoolchildren
  • Registration begins
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Mysore Dasara celebrations from today
  • Information on Dasara just a phone call away
  • Tourists descend on city for festivities
  • Wrestlers to be selected for national competition
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • Novel campaign for sanitation

    • National

  • Swiss expert continues inspection of Baglihar dam
  • Kalam should seek explanation, says BJP
  • Minister announces relief
  • Anti-Iran vote an "abject lesson" for India, says Lantos
  • Annular eclipse witnessed by thousands
  • States can relax noise pollution norms: court
  • Tribals reconverted
  • Left to campaign for independent foreign policy
  • Centre gets time to give views on college polls
  • Correction
  • TRAI idea to boost phone use in rural areas
  • Vasisht Wahan project: warrant against one more person
  • "Suggest observer for BCCI polls"
  • Independent probe sought into firing at golf course
  • India, U.S. ratify treaty on legal aid
  • Congress demands probe into Gandhi Jayanti incident
  • High Court sets aside single-judge order
  • Satellite channel banned
  • Minorities float party in Assam
  • "Reverse decision on Iran"
  • Rane charges NCP with favouring Shiv Sena

    • Nellore

  • Stock-taking exercise begins in Nellore after civic poll result

    • New Delhi

  • DDA's indifference to Master Plan criticised
  • A dedicated cadre for VAT Department sought
  • Problem of plenty grips Delhi Zoo
  • Appointment of 34 new arbitrators stayed
  • Court summons DDA Secretary
  • Contracts for cremation jobs cancelled
  • Two students, five teachers injured in accident
  • The IIC Experience is back
  • Student union elections: SC asks for guidelines
  • Campaign to be launched for electoral reforms
  • Trial court order in murder case set aside
  • Metro train services disrupted
  • The Day of the Winners
  • Students from Delhi varsities to canvass for Bihar polls
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    • News Analysis

  • Nobel prize's changing landscape
  • Encroaching on individual freedoms
  • Viewing health as an inalienable right
  • For real trade justice

    • Nizamabad

  • Government to open purchasing centres for maize
  • Farmers seek Pocharam water for the rabi season

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Keep word on prohibition, says POW

    • Palakkad

  • UDF not in race for chairman post
  • Minister to visit Attappady today
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • BJP, independents' stand may prove crucial
  • Navaratri festival at Pandalam begins today

    • Pondicherry

  • Stir by Ariyankuppam women
  • Government has no plans for Karaikal, says Janakiraman
  • Mill workers union demands 50 per cent bonus for Deepavali

    • Racing : Horse

  • Flying Knight impresses
  • Aquilo shines
  • Star Falcon pleases
  • Seis Corona, Camarioca and Mount Royale excel
  • Paladin in rousing form
  • Sonic Power wins main event

    • Raichur

  • Strengthening of canals sought

    • Religion

  • Cultivate devotion

    • Salem

  • Mayor seeks public support for development
  • Science in Tirukkural
  • CD on Tirukkural wins laurels
  • Co-optex begins Deepavali sale
  • 5-year-old student crushed to death

    • Shimoga

  • BJP workers told to prepare for elections
  • Controversy over municipal land takes new turn
  • Training camp in fine arts inaugurated
  • Call for protection of Sharavathy River Valley

    • Sivaganga

  • `Give top priority to eradication of illiteracy'

    • Sport

  • Mighty Australians versus the might of the world
  • Australia struggles to beat Malaysia
  • Anand plays Leko in a crucial game

    • Sports : General

  • West Godavari scores two wins

    • Srikakulam

  • Damage to crops highlighted

    • Table Tennis

  • Shamini and Rajath win titles
  • Shamini and Rajath win titles

    • Tamil Nadu

  • No eclipse of devotion
  • Minimal use
  • Celestial shadow
  • Houses handed over to tsunami-hit in Cuddalore

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Court sets aside order on Tiruvannamalai temple
  • When policemen went on the rampage
  • India Knit Fair in Tirupur tomorrow
  • A warm-blooded example
  • Checkdams to be built in 76 places
  • Highway improvement works sanctioned
  • Students told to create AIDS awareness
  • Briefly

    • Tennis

  • Karanusic overpowers Udomchoke in Japan Open
  • Vivek Shokeen clears first hurdle
  • Veerabadran stuns Prasanna
  • Kiran advances
  • Yuki begins well
  • Sania fans hail Time magazine's honour

    • Thanjavur

  • Rs.17 crores allotted to Thanjavur under SSA
  • More cell towers to be installed
  • `Govt. committed to helping the aged'

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • TDB, Forest Department cross swords
  • CPI(M) district unit seeks probe into custodial death
  • DIC(K) to keep UDF, BJP out of local bodies
  • Information Commission to be set up
  • `Decentralisation not yielding desired results'
  • Clouds swallow partial eclipse
  • Sculpting a peace park
  • Helpline comes in handy for rail commuters
  • Help the hearing impaired child
  • Police question forensic experts
  • Four of family found dead
  • Arrangements made for Vidyarambham ceremony
  • National IT meet
  • Constables surrender
  • Alliance Francaise plans reading festival
  • `Russian' convention with a difference
  • Directive
  • In the driver's seat
  • Around The City
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 4, 1955: PM on merger of Pondy
  • dated October 4, 1955: Mao receives envoy

    • Thrissur

  • Thrissur Engineering College wins championship in `Technofest'
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • A sojourn to serve and study rural populace
  • Pension given to 11 construction workers
  • Steps to boost sericulture cultivation
  • Petitions panel to visit Tiruchi dt. soon
  • Special teams formed to probe murder case
  • DVAC check on medical college
  • Road-users at a loss
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirupati

  • SVIMS employees appeal to YSR to reopen canteen

    • Tumkur

  • Tumkur KMF official issued show-cause notice

    • Tuticorin

  • Farm sector set to gain momentum
  • Welfare aid distributed at grievance day meet
  • 9 child labourers rescued

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Small tea growers' scheme to end soon
  • NCP criticises poor amenities

    • Udupi

  • All set for Maha Navaratri festival at Kollur temple

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Chinese dragon dons a mythological avatar in Varanasi
  • Manorama the lone woman dacoit left in Chambal
  • Encephalitis claims nine more lives in U.P., toll 821

    • Vellore

  • Deepavali sale begins at co-optex showroom

    • Vijayawada

  • Signs are clear; cops need a break
  • Focus shifts to Mayor post
  • All set for Navaratri fete at Kanakadurga temple
  • Telugu Desam seniors taste defeat
  • Phase II polling springs surprises
  • Woman power to the fore
  • Victory rallies galore
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Scoring a hat-trick

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Rs. 26-cr. plan for airport
  • Working towards a public consensus
  • Telgi hearing through video-conferencing
  • Overcast sky eclipses their view
  • Maharaj Agrasen Jayanthi today
  • Call for awareness on insurance schemes among fishermen
  • LG comes out with festival offer
  • Relief to fishermen inadequate: team
  • Handicrafts show under way
  • Around The City
  • In Viskhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • State-level cultural contest in Warangal on October 22, 23

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • Puja themes present a mini-India

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