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Alappuzha

  • A tough fight for the coveted trophy

    • Anantapur

  • Wind energy gets a fillip in Anantapur
  • Second convocation of JNTU-A tomorrow

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Spirit of unity
  • Relay fast by State TDP SC cell president
  • Plantation drive
  • All-party meet opposes thermal plant at Sompeta
  • Welcome, freshers!
  • ‘Ration being supplied to all on time'
  • Police open fire in old city of Hyderabad
  • President's medal for 3 State police officials
  • Rakshana Steels poser to Chiranjeevi
  • Young guns
  • CPI for anti-liquor stir from August 20
  • Salaries of 5 medical officers stopped
  • Computer teachers allege raw deal
  • Novel greetings
  • Tension at Rajolibanda project site
  • A passable film
  • Change in timing of colleges
  • Ministers wary of Adilabad?
  • NSP farmers decry water diversion
  • Causeway washed away
  • Rare tribute to Mother India
  • Srikrishna panel consultant studies farmers' problems
  • Auto driver returns gold ornaments to owners
  • Relief for farmers
  • Man axed to death
  • APIIC blasts Emaar MGF Land Ltd.
  • Rosaiah unfit to lead party: Ambati
  • Firms shortlisted for transport study
  • 16 snakes confiscated
  • President's Fire Service Medals to be presented
  • Governor, Chief Minister extend greetings to people on the occasion of Independence Day
  • Chiru alleges propaganda against blood bank
  • ‘Smart cards' to be introduced soon: Rawat
  • Fighting fit

    • Athletics

  • Gay sprints to season's best in damp conditions
  • Kyathi betters own record; Bineesh Jacob vaults to a new high

    • Badminton

  • Double for Srikanth, Sindhu
  • Shreya triumphs
  • Priya and Raghavan post thrilling win, enter semifinals

    • Bangalore

  • Handicrafts on sale
  • Cartoon exhibition gets under way
  • Floating waste polluting Ulsoor Lake
  • Healthy aging? Work towards it early
  • Industrialists fume over power cut
  • Congress leader: let there be one stand on road-widening
  • A(H1N1): court notice to Sriramulu
  • Data operators have been paid: KEONICS
  • High Court advocates to get new canteen
  • But he didn't conquer them all
  • ‘Quit Honking Movement'
  • Veteran journalist Sridhar Achar dead
  • Assembly bypolls on September 13
  • Illegal mining dominates Rahul Gandhi's talks with leaders
  • Champa, a playwright and poet too: Ananthamurthy
  • 18 from State to receive awards
  • Colleges irked by BU deadline
  • Inaugurated
  • Sale of BMTC day pass falls after hike in rates

    • Basketball

  • IOB storms into final

    • Bellary

  • Decision on census of SC households lauded
  • Grandparents' day out

    • Bijapur

  • Speed up justice delivery system, say Dalits
  • Panel to study flood control plan

    • Business

  • Pranab asks public sector banks to hold lending rates
  • Cairn-Vedanata proposal under Centre's scrutiny
  • HM to restyle Ambassador
  • SEBI Chief hails RTI Act
  • Coir industry sets record in exports
  • MARG Q1 profit at Rs. 11.40 cr
  • Sharp rise in Nalco's profit

    • Chennai

  • “Give top priority to social sector lending”
  • Maithri '10 off to a grand start
  • Lending charm to Botanical Garden
  • Property fair on at Valluvar Kottam
  • Focus on awareness of peripheral vascular disease
  • Electrical exhibition under way
  • Russian language programmes through video conferencing
  • Panel to study prevention of alcoholism, Centre tells Court
  • Last date extended
  • Stamp on Vethathiri Maharishi released
  • Call to fight prejudice against transgenders
  • Meet to ensure work on Ennore Manali road project
  • Good chance of losing diabetes after bariatric surgery: experts
  • Distance mode course for opticians
  • Book on Semmangudi released
  • Delay in disbursing funds to be addressed
  • Drive against mosquito menace stepped up
  • Job fair for persons with disability organised
  • Photo exhibition on temples of Chennai inaugurated
  • Mayor refutes Jayalalithaa's charge
  • Woman injured
  • Physical tests
  • ‘Madras Week' programmes today
  • “Growth rate can be increased to 12 p.c.”
  • Strategies to prevent diabetes require more allocation, says study
  • 13 police officials to get CM's medals
  • Leaders greet people on I-Day
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Vishnu beats Halkias
  • Western triumphs
  • Negi bows out of contention
  • Prasanna shocks another GM
  • Favourites have it easy

    • Coimbatore

  • Pre-departure meet of Mizpah
  • BJP plea to Collector
  • Three-tier security for Independence Day
  • Celebrations
  • A salute to Kovai Gandhi
  • Age cannot wither his passion
  • Workshop at RIM
  • Sharp fall in crime rate in Tirupur
  • 12 engineering colleges asked to upgrade infrastructure
  • Amrita University team's algorithm to help doctors in diagnosis
  • Bilateral trade with Colombia set to grow
  • CIT alumni showcase business acumen
  • Measures to control pests
  • Guidance centre opened
  • Youth Task Force to provide identity cards
  • Training in masala powder making
  • ‘Joint efforts must to combat child trafficking'
  • 2 hacked, robbed of Rs.8 lakh
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Chalapathi, Man Singh to fight for secretary's post
  • Kaneria cleared by ECB to play for Essex
  • President's XI springs surprise
  • Ernakulam bundled out
  • Sarfraz shines
  • Players unhappy with split-innings
  • Fitness is an attitude: Upton
  • Dhoni unhappy with practice pitches

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 2598
  • Solution No. 2597

    • Cuddalore

  • High-level bridge inaugurated

    • Dharmapuri

  • CPI (M) demands probe into reported honour killing case

    • Dindigul

  • Traffic regulation, law and order to be the focus areas for new SP
  • Slump in export lowers onion prices
  • “RTI is the hall mark of democracy”

    • Football

  • Chennai Customs begins well
  • Goalkeeper Hart saves the day for Manchester City
  • Wenger stays as Arsenal coach

    • Front Page

  • Games: Manmohan orders probe into ‘irregularities'
  • Omar: we will engage 50,000 youths in public service
  • Two killed in CRPF firing
  • Kerala police to help execute warrant against Maudany
  • Pranab calls on Mamata
  • Now, viruses target mobile phones too
  • Reading about the spill is one thing, but seeing it is different, says Jairam
  • All authors ‘approved final version' of superbug report: Lancet
  • Come for talks, Pratibha tells Maoists
  • “DMK regime anti-farmer”
  • Delhi T3's carpet not so welcoming
  • 78-year-old robber in police net
  • Recreating the spirit
  • FREE INDIA IS BORN: UNION CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ASSUMES POWER
  • A RED-LETTER DAY
  • MR. NEHRU’S MESSAGE
  • Four of 61 missing trucks found
  • Riot victims want judge changed
  • Four killed in Buffalo shooting
  • Jawan's body found in Leh

    • Golf

  • Atwal misses cut

    • Gulbarga

  • Ensure free and fair byelection, says Kharge
  • Protests greet Rahul Gandhi in Gulbarga
  • ‘Workers will benefit from changes to labour Act'
  • Youth urged to cleanse rot in political system

    • Hassan

  • Hassan peaceful; five held for stone-throwing

    • Hockey

  • Neelesh shines for Excise
  • Bhagesh and Sunil shine
  • Keen contest on the cards in the final

    • Hyderabad

  • Cause of gallstone in Indians found to be genetic
  • Weavers' body urges Rosaiah to implement loan waiver
  • We tried to expose PR chief: actor couple
  • Colourful Queen's Baton Relay
  • Spice up your life at The Hindu-Eenadu lifestyle show
  • 3-member probe panel to be constituted
  • Chorus to sack sixteen Ministers gets louder
  • Rs. 2025 cr. WB loan for Sagar modernisation
  • Damage to RDS shutters condemned
  • Resume Beela lands, sack Dharmana: Naidu
  • Rousing reception for Commonwealth Games express
  • Victim turns fraudster; makes Rs. 45 lakh
  • Woman jumps into well with infant
  • APREDA to help in tree translocation
  • ‘Laptops will become outdated'
  • Former V-C of ANGRAU dead
  • TTD conducts mass marriages
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • We are not affected by sanctions, says Iran
  • Islamist group leader killed
  • Rajapaksa endorses ruling
  • Zardari calls for change in mindset
  • Fires: U.S. aid for Russia
  • Obama supports “Ground Zero mosque”
  • Obama greets India
  • It's now ‘body shops'

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • First Dogri film in colour released

    • Kadapa

  • Chiru prays at Brahmamgari Matham

    • Kalpetta

  • Evoking the spirit of free India
  • Autonomous status for engineering colleges soon

    • Kannur

  • Campus radio ignites young minds
  • IRDP fair begins on Tuesday
  • Experts: innovation key to expansion of textile sector
  • Association formed

    • Karimnagar

  • School celebrates Freshers Day
  • Telangana food fete attracts enthusiasts

    • Karnataka

  • Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
  • You'll scream for help
  • The brawn does the talking
  • Guess who's coming to dinner?
  • Some goofy good-natured guy bonding
  • Amend Panchayat Raj Act: RTI activist
  • Officials clean offices
  • Convention on computer-related topics
  • ‘Set up women's and children's court'
  • Health Department steps up efforts to check epidemics
  • Congress devalued democratic institutions'
  • 800 bottles of IMFL seized in Kasaragod
  • Yelagod to be brought under SGSY
  • Focus on welfare plans: Paloli
  • CPI(M), BJP offices attacked
  • Selected for fellowship
  • Rare plant species nurtured
  • Checking the parade venue
  • Congress, JD(S) men clash in Maddur
  • We are firm against cattle slaughter, says Eshwarappa
  • Will Rahul Gandhi talk of illegal mining in A.P., asks Yeddyurappa
  • ‘Discrimination within India is a serious issue'
  • CBI probe sought into illegal mining
  • Government slammed over neglect of flood-hit
  • Colleges to have access to digital library network
  • 16 villages cut off in Bhalki taluk
  • Kavitha visits coal workers' hunger strike camp

    • Kattappana

  • Strengthen family bonds: Minister
  • Crop loss, low price worrying cocoa farmers
  • Independence Day parade

    • Kerala

  • ‘Drop move to take over temples'
  • Named for award
  • Heralding Onam
  • Preparations on for Tharoor's wedding
  • Honour
  • Boat race souvenir
  • Kumarakom honours President
  • Judicial probe sought into lottery issue
  • Amol Palekar to open programmes
  • Call for tourism master plan for Alappuzha
  • ‘Royal' ride
  • ‘U.S. returnees keen on investing in State'
  • President returns to Delhi after three-day visit to State

    • Khammam

  • Gold chain, cash recovered
  • ‘Selection of right course key to success in career'
  • Collector allays farmers' fears over supply of fertilizers

    • Kochi

  • Strong police force at Anwarssery
  • Debate contest for students
  • Pageantry marks Atham celebrations
  • Jurist to open Janavedhi meet
  • Railway move challenged
  • Mamata speech vindicates CPI(M) stand: Yechury
  • Police issue look-out notice
  • Best wishes for speedy recovery
  • Phased polls may result in poor voter turnout, increased cost
  • Automation system in fuelling stations
  • Subsidised oil, vegetables for Onam
  • Plea on NH widening
  • Drinking water projects completed
  • 10 more low-floor bus services launched on city routes
  • Chellanam fishing harbour commissioned
  • Sarma to hoist national flag

    • Kollam

  • NGO Sangh calls for liquor-free Onam

    • Kottayam

  • Video conferencing facility

    • Kozhikode

  • KSSP book fair
  • Health seminar
  • Demand for inter-city train
  • IGNOU plans regional centre at Vadakara
  • Kodiyeri to review parade
  • A tribute in words and pictures
  • Priority to land issues: Minister
  • Railway union to intensify agitation
  • Industrial fair begins today

    • Kurnool

  • Moily with family visits Mantralayam
  • CPI to protest delay in Hundri-Neeva project today
  • Demand for Greater Rayalaseema

    • Madikeri

  • ‘Kodava language must flourish to keep culture alive'
  • Speaker, MLA ask police to provide security to doctors working in district hospitals
  • Remembering those who fought for freedom

    • Madurai

  • Meet to discuss medical education
  • Safeguard residents from stray dogs, says Bench
  • “Get UG drainage connections by September 30”
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Railway Minister flooded with demands
  • State to buy 1,000 MW more from next month
  • Fishermen want jetty at old port restored
  • Fire breaks out in warehouse
  • Woman killed

    • Mysore

  • Of Sriramulu's slip of the tongue and Venkaiah's witty remarks
  • Ex-servicemen reiterate demand for 14 guntas of land in Mysore
  • KSRTC skeleton service affects bus commuters

    • Nagapattinam

  • Idol found
  • DYFI men stage protest
  • Attempted burglary at Indian Overseas Bank detected

    • National

  • India should help rebuild flood-ravaged Pakistan: Aziz Memon
  • “Give top priority to social sector lending”
  • Categorisation in school admissions will be non-discriminatory: Sibal
  • U.S. steers clear of BlackBerry-India debate
  • India considers legal options over visa fee hike
  • Round II of U.S.-India strategic dialogue in the works
  • Supreme Court asks Parliament to revisit dowry-related legislation
  • Dalit woman says she was paraded naked
  • Exercise maximum restraint, forces told
  • Navi Mumbai Airport: Jairam seeks second opinion
  • We won't allow technology harming security: Pilot
  • E-waste management project launched
  • Clashes in Valley despite curfew
  • Chitra's logs show no response to Khalijia's frantic message
  • ‘This spill is unique, a freak accident'
  • Kumarakom Club regains Nehru Trophy
  • Trivedi for reforms in all health regulatory bodies
  • India offers $5-million aid to Pakistan
  • Major Jyotin Singh awarded Ashok Chakra posthumously
  • “Let's take a pledge to rid society of discrimination”
  • Villagers hand over 4 Maoists to police
  • Kapil's day out
  • Security stepped up in Manipur, Assam
  • ASC Centre-North to be moved to Gaya
  • 40 injured as school bus overturns
  • Mulayam dubs Centre, Mayawati Govt. ‘anti-poor'
  • Non-payment of arrears weighs khadi sector down
  • Nishank asks PM to scrap power project
  • Another Naxalite surrenders
  • Maoist leader arrested in Orissa
  • Notice to Chandigarh official
  • BJP team meets Manmohan over Nepal
  • Maudany moves Supreme Court for anticipatory bail
  • Madras High Court declines to interfere with ICAI's impugned order
  • National birds in pathetic state
  • Flood aftermath
  • Where time stands still
  • Pakistan may accept India's assistance for flood victims if it is routed through U.N.
  • BEL staffer gets Shram Ratna award
  • Slow drift to the earth
  • President's Medal for 2 J&K policemen
  • Succour to the needy

    • New Delhi

  • State gearing up for complete literacy
  • Bollywood gives India a reality check this I-Day....
  • Police officers honoured
  • Two arrested in fake visa case
  • Indian medical journal first documented ‘superbug'
  • Panun Kashmir plans drive against ‘autonomy for J&K'
  • Delhi Govt. accused of dragging its feet
  • Killer buses get yet another extension
  • 18 CBI officers awarded President's Medals
  • I-Day honours for Home Guards
  • Cynicism among young voters should change: CEC
  • Court clarifies application of Domestic Violence Act
  • CAG faults Games Organising Committee
  • 21 CISF men get Police Medals
  • Eleven SSB personnel honoured
  • Celebrating independence
  • Heavy rain lashes North India
  • Hazardous goods still lying at many ports

    • Nizamabad

  • Raman Singh greets BJP MLA

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Women stage demo against excise policy

    • Orissa

  • Sensitise students on swine flu, doctors told
  • Vaxiflu-S runs out of stock; citizens cry foul
  • Biomedical waste: SPCB to file cases against hospitals
  • Maoist leader arrested ahead of I-Day
  • Brown sugar worth Rs. 52 lakh seized in Cuttack
  • Drawing strength from literature and music

    • Other States

  • Review meeting held
  • On the warpath
  • Play time
  • Evening courts set up
  • Spread of A(H1N1) influenza will be contained: Minister

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Adopt nature-friendly lifestyle: Minister
  • Minister: police to be made ‘zero-vacancy' department

    • Puducherry

  • Security tightened for I-Day celebrations
  • Iqbal, Vaithilingam extend greetings
  • Water testing facility to be ready by March
  • Government to pay ryot's share of premium

    • Punjab

  • Dera chief deposes

    • Racing : Horse

  • Kohinoor Wish in great heart

    • Racing : Motor

  • Grishin hogs the limelight

    • Rajahmundry

  • Two held, Rs.1.60 lakh worth silver, gold seized
  • ONGC celebrates 55th Foundation Day
  • Driver found dead

    • Rajasthan

  • Nod for drip irrigation in Chambal basin

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Residents in a tight spot
  • Mechanised boat fishermen protest attacks

    • Salem

  • Risky boat ride across the River Cauvery
  • Donated
  • Tight security for Independence Day

    • Shimoga

  • Shimoga cracks down on use of plastic
  • Exhibition of silk saris in Shimoga

    • Sport

  • India triumphs in Asia zone qualifier
  • TV rights: targets, claims vary
  • Matt Kuchar tops the leaderboard
  • Marauding Malinga means menace

    • Sports : General

  • Sathyabama University wins basketball title
  • Organising Committee swings into action
  • Spectacular opening to Youth Olympic Games
  • Shivshankar wins Golf Challenge
  • Bertram tournaments

    • Srikakulam

  • Kruparani criticises Yerrannaidu

    • Table Tennis

  • Spoorthy in third round
  • Time to promote table tennis in a big way, says Uppal
  • Krithika upsets Swetha

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Drop in wind power generation worries TNEB officials
  • Happy Independence Day
  • Evincing interest
  • Roads to be widened in Theni district
  • Use services of District Cooperative Union, functional registrars urged
  • Fatally knocked down
  • Who cares?
  • Police rope in residents to patrol streets
  • 40,000 fake ration cards cancelled
  • Risky
  • Over 40,000 concrete houses to replace huts
  • Science exhibits grab attention
  • Salem Rural Police to seek custody of Sivaguru
  • Proliferation of engineering colleges cause for concern: Anandakrishnan
  • Corporation conducts hearing on development of water bodies
  • Expo provides students insight into medical science
  • Ramadoss' plea on census
  • Domestic workers plan to conduct State-wide stir
  • Mental health programme to cover Tirupur
  • Ban entry of foreign universities: SFI
  • Along the Kabani
  • Rural sports mela from Aug. 16 to 21
  • Spreading awareness about AIDS
  • Four held, 70 sovereigns recovered
  • Man killed in road accident
  • Rally for peace
  • Train services hit
  • Precautionary preparations
  • Factory to use plastic waste
  • Teaching yoga in colleges to be made compulsory: Ponmudi

    • Tennis

  • All India tennis tourney from Monday
  • Federer rallies to beat Berdych
  • Irfan Hussain wins title
  • Davis Cup: ‘Weather an advantage at Chennai'

    • Thanjavur

  • Harnessing technological advancements
  • Street festival kicks off

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • CEC to open exhibition
  • Congress to chalk out strategy
  • ‘Maintain vigil against diseases'
  • Chief Minister to launch first phase of Vizhinjam project
  • A dash for the finishing line
  • Engineers oppose new system
  • Dengue drive: phase 3 from today
  • Looking for answers on the moon
  • New fillip to community policing in city
  • Onam at IAF signals

    • Thrissur

  • Discussion on religious extremism
  • Gates of Lalur dump yard locked

    • Tiruchi

  • E-tracking to monitor PDS goods movement
  • Cadre keep up party spirit

    • Tirunelveli

  • Two medicos placed under suspension
  • Association for establishing ‘policemen welfare board'

    • Tirupati

  • TTD's ‘Nada Neerajanam' turns one-year-old
  • Ashok Singhal performs ‘Maha Yagam'
  • Pensioners seek release of PRC arrears
  • Srikrishna panel cautioned

    • Tuticorin

  • Distribution of smart cards apace in village

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Training for court staff
  • Burgled
  • Grievance meeting for agriculturists in Ooty

    • Udupi

  • Rousing reception for train in Udupi
  • Senior citizens' jatha

    • Vijayawada

  • Rs. 25 cr. to train SHG women in five municipalities in Krishna district
  • Employees State Insurance Corporation ties up with CGHS-approved hospitals
  • Art expo on freedom movement begins
  • Place to be
  • Vedic scholars say ‘no' to nine-day procession
  • Prepare action plan to check diseases, VMC told
  • SBI opens NRI branch

    • Visakhapatnam

  • A vivid depiction of life of streetchildren
  • Brandix ties up with Tata AIG
  • Impressive show by Mahesh Bank
  • Plastic surgeons' meet begins
  • Kalam confers title on ‘mridangam' maestro
  • Coop bank opens branch in Madhurawada
  • Seminar held
  • ‘Immigrants focal points of progress'
  • Caste-based census move divisive, says DV
  • Dare to think different: Kalam
  • Kalam adds a stroke to the painting
  • Ex MP Ramakrishna Reddy passes away
  • Case against Rajahmundry RPF CI and ASI
  • Beach beckons

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Weightlifting

  • Two-member team for Singapore

    • West Bengal

  • Security stepped up in Maoist strongholds
  • Eastern Railway uses novel kit to trace criminals
  • Sonia to visit Kolkata for party meet

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