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Alappuzha

  • Congress no longer has supremacy in UDF: Murali
  • `Plant mangroves to resist tidal attack'

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Army recruitment racket busted, "Arjuna awardee" arrested
  • Handri Neeva panel seeks more water for Anantapur
  • Scenic beauty
  • Army recruitment racket busted
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Sirimanotsavam celebrated
  • Stray dogs pose grave problems
  • Boom in rice exports from Kakinada port
  • Action sought against private schools
  • LPG to be supplied through 31 outlets
  • Two die in road accident
  • Novel education programme
  • Villagers lock up school

    • Archery

  • Tarundeep , Dola to lead Indian challenge

    • Bangalore

  • Annulment of appointments in Assembly Secretariat stayed
  • High-level panel constituted to monitor disaster management
  • BMP geared up to tackle emergencies, say officials
  • Water bodies have shrunk in past five years
  • Rain affects traffic on major roads in city
  • BJP holds BMP, BDA responsible for collapse of drainage system, flooding in Bangalore
  • Three arrested, firearms seized
  • BWSSB opens control rooms
  • Rural IT Quiz finals tomorrow
  • Traffic jam claims woman's life
  • `Taj Mahal' release next month
  • A simple procedure to correct problem of long sight
  • Many areas remain without power
  • A flood of talent at fest
  • Deve Gowda to attend IT fair
  • Traffic policemen rise to the occasion
  • Only 300 tickets available for plays
  • Ban on bursting crackers from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
  • Caring for Kashmiris in `Silicon Valley'
  • Malati R. Rao passes away
  • Shirt for mother and sari for papa
  • PIB website launched
  • Finals today
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Basketball

  • Schedules upset

    • Belgaum

  • Welfare schemes to be implemented for Dalits

    • Bidar

  • Farmers agitated over low crop-loss compensation
  • 30 fall ill suddenly

    • Bijapur

  • Gauge conversion: Government urged to release its share

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Elite cueists exit on a day of upsets

    • Briefly

  • Infosys compliant with Sarbanes Act
  • GVK Power files draft prospectus
  • Binny to issue preference shares
  • Posco to set up processing unit
  • Jerry Rao joins Royal Orchid board
  • Gangotri Textiles to expand capacity
  • Mastek inaugurates third facility in Pune
  • MRF declares second interim
  • Bank of India in pact with Philips
  • Virinchi's second quarter net up
  • SBT to test biodiesel on more vehicles
  • Satyam solution for Valvoline Cummins
  • Cranes Software to market InventXePM
  • Unitus in pact with ACCION

    • Business

  • RBI revises GDP growth projection upwards
  • `Repo rate hike not to push up lending rates'
  • A thought for the common man
  • Ford unveils Fiesta in two versions
  • TCS' infrastructure solution centre
  • Tata Motors to invest Rs. 6,000 cr. in mini-truck expansion, small car project
  • Harvesting tourist dollars in tea gardens
  • `Drop in airfares from India'
  • Smart recovery in rupee
  • Russian trade team visits Coir Board
  • Anagram opens branch in Thripunithura
  • CAPEXIL award for WIPL
  • Kitex declares 10 per cent
  • Contracting procedures must change: Minister
  • Commodities futures offer fresh opportunity to investors in State

    • Carrom

  • ONGC, BPCL have it easy

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chennai

  • Lessons from the Cauvery spate
  • Rains hit normal life
  • In U.S. schools, an eclectic range of subjects
  • Adding oomph to auto industry
  • Collector okayed land transfer for subway
  • Wider roads, new bridges for Chennai
  • Better Births Initiative project all set to cover new ground
  • Proposed amendments to Information Technology Act "anti-women"
  • An ecological problem in the making
  • "At least 12 tsunami models needed"
  • Chennai to get seismic monitoring network
  • CD-ROM to the aid of neurologists
  • Shanta calls for forging voluntary cancer network
  • Triplicane residents show the way in conservation
  • Medical Council Bill opposed
  • Nominations invited for literary award
  • Play time for these young ones
  • After a gap of three years, Karan is playing the lead
  • Man held for alleged murder of infant son
  • Teacher trainees display works of art
  • Free cycles given
  • PNB launches savings plan for students
  • Kamal Hassan's take on HIV/AIDS
  • Exchange offer on old furniture
  • Film chamber appeal to release subsidy
  • Relief to flood victims should continue: Vasan
  • Past, present and the future
  • EPF slips distributed
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Velammal `A' takes lead
  • Harikrishna jumps into joint lead

    • Coimbatore

  • Special arrangements to handle Deepavali rush
  • Account-less Internet facility from BSNL soon
  • Eight acquitted in murder case
  • Recruitment of physical education teachers
  • `Drink boiled water'
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Vidur Sethi hits 70 n.o
  • Laxman pulls out
  • Murali, Pasha shine
  • A pat for Vaughan from the coach

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8432
  • Solution to Puzzle 8431

    • Cuddalore

  • Flow into Vadavar canal stopped
  • Vadavar canal closed to avoid flood situation
  • Doctor, industrialist get doctorate

    • Dindigul

  • Bottles of IMFL seized, 10 persons arrested

    • Editorials

  • Inflation fears and tighter money
  • Internet governance and development

    • Erode

  • An incubator for entrepreneurs
  • `Credit-linked subsidy scheme making rapid progress'
  • Centre urged to extend IT benefits under TUFS
  • Urea scarcity irks ryots in Erode
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • Peevees thrashes Padma Seshadri
  • Golden Ball award: 10 Brazilian nominees

    • Front Page

  • Let's have our turn, say Congress MLAs
  • Ready to send relief material but our engineers cannot go: Pranab
  • Shoot-at-sight orders in Bihar
  • India outplays Sri Lanka
  • India flies high on Tendulkar's wings
  • India flies high on Tendulkar's wings
  • Rain claims 11 lives in districts, widespread damage to crops
  • RBI signal on lending rates
  • Rain kills nine, triggers a deluge of problems in Bangalore roads
  • Public Prosecutor's plea dismissed
  • A brand new landmark soon for the Capital
  • Chandy seeks Sonia's intervention for aid
  • Army recruitment racket busted
  • First consignment of onions arrives
  • Court upholds dismissal
  • Peacekeepers a model of discipline: Saran
  • Iraq statute ratified
  • Unmanned aircraft for State police soon
  • LNG imports in jeopardy
  • Polavaram project gets clearance
  • Sri Lanka ban
  • `Fire at tyre factory
  • Pranab to make a sales pitch in Chile
  • AGM date settled
  • Holiday

    • Globescan

  • Singapore sees India, China as pace-setters for economic growth of other Asian countries

    • Golf

  • Randhawa predicts an Indian victory

    • Gujarat

  • Gujarat elections largely peaceful

    • Gulbarga

  • Dalit Sena protest in Gulbarga

    • Guntur

  • Need for revising road laws emphasised
  • Three Maoists killed in encounter

    • Hassan

  • Kalabhavan auditorium lacks basic facilities

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • `India ready to open up LoC on humanitarian grounds'
  • Shivraj Patil urges Punjab, Haryana for dialogue to resolve water issue

    • Hockey

  • Young Stars beats Naveen
  • Ajayan scores hat-trick

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Relief sought for crop losses in three districts
  • Samiti opposes grant of land to dargah committee
  • Project to improve water supply in Hubli, Dharwad
  • State against import of onion, says Horatti
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Hyderabad

  • Strive to improve agricultural productivity, YSR tells scientists
  • Geeks go all out at World Cyber Games 2005
  • Three ex-convicts held, Rs. 15 lakhs recovered
  • Green glory makes a sturdy comeback on city roads
  • Plan for international airport in Visakhapatnam to be revived
  • Global bids invited for MRTS project
  • Power-packed play to the fore
  • Sajid can smile, at last
  • Centre urged to fix price for levy rice soon
  • `Mobile' show floors all
  • Anti-Coca Cola campaigner has her moment of glory
  • Congress denies bid to split TRS
  • Veera denies plan to join Congress
  • Newborn baby girl abandoned in hospital
  • Telugu film industry platinum jubilee fete from November 21
  • Bad debts hit Minority Finance Corporation
  • Government moots sports development fund
  • One-man panel to identify anomalies in pay scales
  • Heavy rain floods roads
  • More scribes to come under insurance cover
  • Writ plea on poll adjourned
  • Government staff salaries on Oct. 29
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • Pakistan for "just resolution" of Kashmir
  • Natwar Singh in Moscow
  • India aims to become a hub for stem-cell research

    • International

  • Gurdwara provides shelter to quake-hit
  • Global aid falls short of Pakistan's relief needs
  • Iraqis approve new constitution
  • Galloway challenges U.S. Senators
  • Protest over sacking of rebel professor
  • Nuclear talks before mid-November
  • Two U.S. Marines killed

    • Kannur

  • Battalion to take up welfare activities
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Government doctors stage dharna in Karimnagar

    • Karnataka

  • Unabated rain triggers a deluge of problems for Bangaloreans
  • Senators on a Bangalore visit
  • Bangaloreans confront a deluge of problems
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Dengue situation not alarming: expert
  • Goa tourism gets Chinese attention
  • Liquor sale permitted in beach shacks

    • Kerala

  • Plea to delete former Minister's name from charge sheet dismissed
  • Eyes glued to television screens, they cheered him
  • Of development and the malaise of corruption
  • MT fine after minor surgery
  • At the cost of patients
  • Out of the cupboard
  • Briefly
  • Reader's Mail

    • Kerala - Others

  • Air-India Express launches services to Sharjah
  • AI to link State with Europe via Bangalore
  • Job-seekers cheated
  • Dubai airport to refuse bags weighing above 32 kg
  • Insurance scheme to benefit Indians
  • Around the City
  • Around the City

    • Kochi

  • City police gear up for hectic schedule ahead
  • Petition challenging order dismissed
  • Minister Muneer's woes
  • Central nod for cruise terminal project in Kochi
  • Plea against dissolution of municipality adjourned
  • Kochi celebrates Sreesanth's big day
  • Man of `letters'
  • Refresher course
  • take as second promo with mani pic
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kozhikode

  • Special prosecutor threatens to quit
  • BJP asks LDF, UDF to join hands in Palakkad
  • Air-India offering more seats now
  • Official gets rigorous imprisonment for accepting bribe
  • Ramzan fair begins

    • Kurnool

  • Improve functioning of PHCs, says MP

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Uses of domestic dissent in foreign policy

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Court's observation
  • Assuming leadership
  • Economics & politics

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • `Doubts over Indo-U.S. nuclear pact'

    • Madikeri

  • `Bring Kodava language under Central Sahitya Academy list'
  • 18 TB cases detected among tribal people

    • Madurai

  • Rainwater surrounds villages; vigil stepped up
  • Flood threat in Madurai dt.
  • Effort to find a `righteous man'
  • Bench stays case against actress Khushboo
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Mangalore

  • KUIDFC asked to take up restoration work of roads or pay back fee
  • Arecanut shortage leads to price hike
  • District administration urged to ease fishermen's problems
  • Meet on human rights on Saturday
  • Spirit worth Rs. 1.5 lakh seized
  • KSIA meeting today
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Visual treat for lovers of astronomy
  • Plan to prevent flood damage at zoo

    • Nagapattinam

  • Flow in Coleroon being monitored: Nagapattinam Collector
  • Rain hits construction of permanent shelters

    • Nagercoil

  • 14,000 ha. to be covered in rabi season

    • Nalgonda

  • People up in arms against proposed uranium project

    • National

  • India expresses concern over Gilgit situation
  • Uphold labour laws in IT sector: CPI(M)
  • T.S. Krishnamurthy appointed observer for BCCI polls
  • 13 killed in West Bengal floods
  • Assam peace talks today
  • You won't be discriminated against, Kalam tells children
  • Adventure on the road
  • Kolhapur charts an independent course
  • LNG imports in jeopardy?
  • Bus service to PoK will be delayed
  • None of us occupying bungalows illegally: BJP
  • A spate of FIRs
  • Verdict today on Kanchi Acharya's case transfer plea
  • Relief eludes survivors with damaged houses in Tangdhar
  • Novel course in IIM-A attracts students from abroad
  • Navy to survey Mauritian coast
  • A shy monkey discovered
  • Plan to tackle monkey menace in West Bengal
  • Report sought on compensation paid to farmers
  • All accused in riot case acquitted
  • Defaulting Ayurveda drug producers warned
  • Relief panel to be formed
  • IAF plans modernisation of its fleet
  • Noise pollution relaxation: court reserves orders
  • Taking caste issue to U.S. panel defended
  • "Funds crunch delays rail projects"
  • Samajwadi Party to meet Kalam
  • Meet discusses Naga peace

    • New Delhi

  • Afghan heroin reaching drug users world-wide via Delhi
  • Nigerians arrested with heroin
  • High Court refuses bail in fraud case
  • Promoting safe motherhood
  • Premchand fellowship instituted
  • A game of cash boxes
  • Metro shootout case solved
  • Obsessive concern for "Men in Blue''
  • VRS benefits for BSES employees: Ram Babu
  • Sheila, colleagues unhappy with power situation
  • Notice to Delhi police in Shivani murder case
  • Dengue cases on the rise
  • `Say no to crackers'
  • Festival time
  • Reports of appalling working conditions in call centres denied
  • Connectivity problems for MTNL mobile phones
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • New Delhi - Others

  • BJP team to meet Kalam
  • Around the City

    • News Analysis

  • Britain's new racial divide
  • Practical action needed against proliferation
  • Moscow, Teheran, and Washington
  • Will Syria benefit from Iraq's lessons?

    • Nizamabad

  • 2 Maoists surrender

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Bankers told to help flood-hit farmers

    • Palakkad

  • Panel to supervise paddy procurement
  • 55 villages to be modernised
  • Plea to implement Disability Act
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Work on Chalakkayam-Pampa road nearing completion
  • Appeal to SHRC on child marriage
  • Proceedings against JPS functionary deplored

    • Pondicherry

  • Delimitation order enforcement sought
  • Interaction

    • Punjab

  • "Terror issue being raised to divert attention from failures"

    • Racing : Horse

  • Flashing Star excels
  • Hesperus pleases
  • Secret Silence catches the eye
  • Rahil expected to score in Ganges Plate
  • Flying Knight appeals most
  • Smarty Pant shines
  • Peaceful Paradise triumphs

    • Raichur

  • Coalition will collapse soon: Siddaramaiah

    • Rajasthan

  • Rajasthan Congress gets a new team
  • Campaign to collect funds for quake victims
  • New industrial areas approved for desert State
  • Cheaper power for Gaushalas

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Time slots for paying homage at Thevar Memorial

    • Religion

  • God's easy accessibility

    • Salem

  • Delay in announcing holiday to schools irks parents, managements
  • Corporation starts desilting Vellakuttai Odai
  • Life sentence for seven
  • Rain in Salem
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • Congress meeting in Shimoga as scheduled
  • Depositors block road seeking legal protection
  • Compensation may be given for crops damaged by rain also: Kagodu Thimmappa
  • Jatha arrives in Shimoga

    • Sport

  • India flies high on Tendulkar's wings
  • Pathan — an all-rounder in the making
  • Anwesha claims title
  • Salgaocar enters semifinals

    • Sports : General

  • DMRL defeats AP Police, moves into final
  • KDO posts win

    • Srikakulam

  • Ryots promised good price for kharif

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Book on south Indian art released
  • Monsoon rains, flood fury ravage Rock City
  • `Building plan'
  • A chance to portray their privileges
  • With piety
  • In floods
  • Awards for women scientists
  • Tracking buses at the touch of a button
  • Women's industrial park to get new approach road
  • Sathanur dam is near full
  • Floods bring down bridge, destroy causeway
  • Hi-tech weaving parks will be ready in six months, says Textiles Minister
  • Chennai to get seismic monitoring network
  • Doctors want TNPSC exam cancelled
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Of handshakes and etiquette
  • TNEB circulars on pension quashed
  • `e-learning helps strengthen education'
  • `Instil national pride in students'
  • Credit policy welcomed
  • Sathanur dam is near full
  • BG rail line across Pamban planned
  • Krishnagiri seeks Rs. 40 crores
  • Bonus demanded
  • `Collect family cards before October 31'

    • Tennis

  • Gaudio rallies to beat Clement
  • Marquis stuns Suresh Krishna
  • Isha has it easy against Phadke

    • Thanjavur

  • Registration of birth, death emphasised
  • 75,000 cusecs discharged into the Coleroon

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • State Government yet to make its stand clear on raw salt ban
  • One-stop Net shop for State-related news
  • State-wide Revenue adalats planned
  • Centre gives nod for second stage of JBIC project
  • SBT net profit put at Rs.103.88 crores
  • Plantations add spice to the fun
  • Rs.16.7-crore drinking water project for Kovalam
  • PSC has no role in appointments to TDB: NSS
  • Charge against CPI(M), DIC(K) leaders
  • Water supply to many areas hit
  • Theft of timber: panchayat president, six others arrested
  • Shyamal murder: police leave for Malappuram
  • Life and works of a Kathakali maestro
  • Gouri denies graft charge
  • Politics or development?
  • Hope for the physically challenged
  • SBT Intelteen quiz
  • Next issue
  • Elected
  • Take as second promo with mani pic
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 27, 1955: China supports India
  • dated October 27, 1955: Dasara in Mysore

    • Thrissur

  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Call to restore health and education to State Government
  • Panic grips Srirangam, many residents flee
  • ``Bridge gaps in academic contents coherently''
  • Hale and hearty, thanks to free cardiac care
  • Making it into a flat form
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirupati

  • SVIMS to go ahead with its medical college move
  • 1.5 lakh saplings to be planted in Tirumala forests
  • Row over burial ground site

    • Tumkur

  • Congress to hold workers' meet in Turuvekere

    • Tuticorin

  • Fisticuffs, noisy scenes mar municipal council meet

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Incessant rain uproots trees in the Nilgiris
  • Notice issued

    • Udupi

  • Officer opens fire after attack injures constable in Udupi

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Absconding MLA Mukhtar Ansari surrenders
  • Cong. slams Amar Singh for remarks on Governor

    • Vellore

  • CMC gets WHO recognition

    • Vijayawada

  • 35,000 acres of paddy submerged
  • Row over CNG outlets
  • Imagination takes wing, the scientific way
  • `Qualified' maids in the making
  • CPI(M) to oppose privatisation moves
  • BJP leader quits
  • Congress following Prophet's principles, says Lagadapati
  • NCC Kakinada Group comes tops
  • Excise inspector hurt in attack
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Shifting of airport outside city limits favoured
  • Cadets put up a cracking show
  • CPI (Maoist) makes changes in Andhra-Orissa Border zone
  • The road to misery
  • Flooding of airport hits city's image
  • A splash of colours on Adam's garb
  • Kerosene supply on new ration cards
  • AU drive for failed students
  • Decision today
  • Low pressure over Bay
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Weather

  • Weather

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