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Alappuzha

  • Gouri to open distribution of Kisan credit cards
  • IFDP leaders resign

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Cabinet empowers YSR to take decision on ban
  • Thirteen women die in A.P. boat capsize
  • Police officials suspended
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Narsi Reddy, son cremated
  • Police band plays on despite depletion in strength
  • Bridges in place of punts sought
  • Andhra Bank to open 20 ATMs
  • Three killed in road accidents

    • Badminton

  • Rohan , Ashwini win
  • Peter Gade trounces Pedro Yang

    • Bangalore

  • BESCOM proposal for revision of power tariff opposed
  • Committee formed to press for passage of women's quota Bill
  • Lack of career growth forcing people to leave BPO firms
  • 25 monuments to be restored
  • Congress members to persuade Kharge on China tour
  • Major hotels training staff in security management
  • Baragur to take exhibit `Shanti' around the city
  • A dream to provide insurance for the poor
  • All set for the sky with a tennis scholarship
  • BWSSB levies cess on apartments for using groundwater
  • `Siddaramaiah might be expelled'
  • Heritage hunt to promote tourism
  • Special court puts off framing of charges against Telgi
  • Gayana Samaja award for Srikantan, Gangubai
  • Elderly woman murdered, jewellery stolen
  • Farooq praises lower courts
  • Waiting for the 20/20 cricket tournament
  • Digital viewing for cable subscribers in Bangalore
  • Hectic political activity
  • Hindustani vocalist to perform in city on Thursday
  • Jayachandra wants Upper Bhadra project expedited
  • Kodavas demand self-governing rights
  • Unit of Hope anniversary
  • `Pocket Penguins' to hit bookstalls
  • For a glimpse of Aamir Khan
  • Andhra Bank deposit utsav
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Basketball

  • St. Andrews, St. Pious win

    • Belgaum

  • Bad weather upsets Manmohan's plans
  • 10 die in two accidents

    • Bellary

  • M.P. Prakash urged to regularise services of daily wage workers

    • Bidar

  • DSS for change in law on admissions
  • Untouchability Eradication Day observed

    • Boxing

  • Lakra advances

    • Briefly

  • Ranipet BHEL wins international award
  • Help Centre at Bangalore Chamber
  • Novell's new initiative
  • Scandent inks ELS deal with Singapore Airlines
  • IBM to implement CRM solution for ING Vysya Bank
  • Hinduja TMT MD to operate from Bangalore
  • I-flex's banking solution for Vietnamese bank
  • LG Electronics' Onam offer
  • Lifestyle credit card from Stanchart
  • Sasken joins ARM design centre programme
  • Dena Bank signs MoU with SIDBI

    • Business

  • Surge in exports and FDI flows
  • Bill on banking sector reform introduced
  • Luxury cars, high-end cycles identified for export thrust
  • Sumantran quits Tata Motors
  • Kalam for relaxation of norms in animal experimentation
  • Unichem to step up R&D activity
  • ITC's massive outlay on paper plant
  • Rupee edges up further
  • Focus turns to small cap, mid-cap stocks

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chattisgarh

  • Integrated plan needed to tackle Maoists: Raman Singh

    • Chennai

  • A first-hand look at the American way of life
  • Sun Foundation distributes aid
  • Out here, the pavements are not for pedestrians
  • First shelters for tsunami-hit by December 26
  • Keeping a dying tradition alive
  • State must develop eco-tourism, says top Forest official
  • Lifetime achievement award for D.K. Pattammal
  • Leptospirosis: the challenge for doctors
  • A festival of sorts for quizzers
  • Awareness high, but knowledge scanty
  • Surya readying himself for new roles
  • Welder dies as LPG cylinder explodes
  • Attitudinal change `holds key to Indian dominance'
  • Seven-member con gang arrested
  • Awards introduced for excellence in coconut farming
  • Nasser's interaction with students
  • Special gear for fire-fighters
  • CBI order in Lexus car case challenged
  • Govinda's son in three-language film
  • Painting contest for children
  • Student protest
  • Asin goes online
  • Foundry workers' skills to be upgraded
  • Skies open up, rain lashes the city once again
  • Autism teacher training programme
  • Bachchan's voice
  • Workshop on child protection
  • Plea to accept quota Bill report
  • Voyage to Shangrila
  • P.B. Srinivas bags `Vidwath Siromani'
  • Bomb hoax keeps schools on tenterhooks
  • Rock, classical fusion
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Coimbatore

  • Siruvani overflow brings no cheer to suburbs
  • Novel venture strikes gold in villages
  • Unusual venture strikes gold in Coimbatore villages
  • COINDIA signs pact with Si'Tarc
  • Indian Academy of Paediatrics conference
  • PGM for BSNL assumes office
  • Deport Bangladeshis: BJP
  • Award instituted
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Andrew Flintoff is a man with a consumed soul
  • Andhra enters semifinals
  • Batsman's day out
  • Hashim guides Khurshid Jah to victory
  • Astle puts Kiwis in command

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8374
  • Solution to puzzle 8373

    • Cuddalore

  • NLC mines get quality certification

    • Cuddapah

  • Rs. 5.55-crore package for Cuddapah

    • Dharmapuri

  • Huge turnout at Gram Sabhas

    • Dindigul

  • `Technology vital to make nation strong, powerful'
  • An I-Day to remember for ever
  • Barricades to be erected as per norms:DIG
  • RTO directive to bus operators, crew
  • Constable murdered

    • Editorials

  • Moving to protect students' interests
  • Railways must remain competitive

    • Eluru

  • Parirakshana Samithi seeks action against errant officials

    • Erode

  • Value-added coir products in demand, says Collector
  • Panchayats told to remove encroachments
  • Community FM Radio service inaugurated
  • In Erode Today

    • Front Page

  • Committed to reservation, says Centre
  • Sale of stakes in 13 PSUs called off
  • End anomalous situation: Jayalalithaa
  • Cobra eggs hatch in earthen pot
  • Rs. 300 crores more Central assistance for rehabilitation work in flood-affected areas
  • Equal rights for women in parental property
  • Chandy seeks Central law on private unaided colleges
  • Clashes as settlement evacuated
  • Cusat likely to get Kinfra land for IIT
  • Memorable masterpieces
  • 13 women die as punt capsizes in Krishna canal
  • India, China to join hands against old killers
  • Ricky Ponting redeemed himself
  • Armed with mental strength
  • Inaccessible police station irks public
  • YSR empowered to take decision on re-imposing ban
  • MLA's killers give the slip to police
  • Woman `kills' two children, sets self afire; battles for life
  • FSI goes up in Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills
  • Indian-American shot dead in Houston
  • Court calls for traffic action plan
  • 160 killed in plane crash
  • Gogoi rejects report
  • Nod for Citizenship Bill
  • Ban challenged

    • Gulbarga

  • Protest against introduction of English in government schools
  • Temporary houses for people affected by floods

    • Guntur

  • Andhra Bank to launch deposit utsav
  • Urban Land Ceiling Act is being grossly misused: CPI-ML leader
  • Murugappa group chairman visits Karuchola

    • Hassan

  • Government committed to uplift of backward classes, says Revanna
  • AHIND leaders to take out protest march today

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Nathpa Jhakri project shut again

    • Hockey

  • IA beats PNBA

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Water supply schedule in Hubli-Dharwad
  • A struggle ends on a happy note
  • Government might issue Ordinances
  • Don't meddle with education, says Puttappa
  • Vision restored to three persons at free eye camp

    • Hyderabad

  • Dawn of prosperity
  • The Hindu job fair beckons
  • Journalists not above law, says YSR
  • Touching hearts across the ocean
  • Well-deserving plaudits for the adventurous twosome
  • NCC cadets upbeat after camp
  • Police moot staggered school timings
  • `Heroic snorers', beware!
  • Bid to loot Canara Bank, ATM centre
  • Driving Miss. Beauty
  • IIM team to submit report by October
  • Gas consumers asked not to panic
  • Look forward to Ganesha's `vishwaroopa'
  • Cabinet for administrative solution
  • Water for PABR soon, says YSR
  • Gorge on biryani for a prize
  • It's for State to decide, says Digvijay Singh
  • Mystery shrouds death of Naveesh Murthy's friend
  • Neelkanth Jewellers
  • The Hindu photographers win State-level prizes
  • World Bank chief coming today
  • Manmohan's `visit' sends police into a real tizzy
  • Postcard campaign against Apex court ruling
  • CBI seeks police custody for Ahok Jain
  • A veil of secrecy
  • IIM asked to study RTC's woes
  • Employers cautioned
  • No power supply
  • Work on flyovers postponed
  • Shamili's condition improves
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • India, Russia ink $350m aircraft engine agreement
  • Ranil to deliver lecture in New Delhi

    • International

  • Quake triggers small tsunami
  • North Korea invites Kim
  • Thousands gather for Pope's home-coming
  • Freedom from spectacles
  • Sri Lankan Parliament to extend emergency
  • Correction
  • Our flag was forcibly lowered, says U.N.

    • Kancheepuram

  • Sankararaman case posted to August 19

    • Kannur

  • Delimitation of wards unscientific: DCC chief
  • NH engineer gheraoed
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Land occupation bid runs into trouble

    • Karnataka

  • Rs. 300 crores flood relief announced for Karnataka
  • Petitions in Uma Bharti case dismissed
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • MP seeks funds for Tungabhadra canal modernisation
  • India has 94 per cent of global workforce of diamond industry: gemmology official
  • AHIND bandh total and peaceful in Chitradurga
  • MAHE doctorate for Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
  • Samiti to offer `Bayalu seeme bagina' to Bhadra
  • Government urged to implement Bhadra project

    • Kerala

  • Chandy seeks legislation on unaided colleges
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Young World Quiz starts today
  • Chembai award for T.V. Gopalakrishnan
  • Call to strengthen Sino-Indian ties
  • Students' sports meet

    • Kochi

  • Waste disposal: Corporation told to make interim arrangements
  • Sessions court directed to complete Marad trial
  • Church dispute: discussions on August 28
  • Film festival begins today
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Images of a deprived childhood
  • Sub-station for Ezhukone
  • Cattle melas banned in Kollam
  • School van rams lorry, eight injured
  • Ganja seized at KSRTC depot

    • Kottayam

  • `T.M. Jacob to be NC(I) leader in the Assembly'

    • Kozhikode

  • KSEB to consider cut in power tariff: Aryadan
  • Timber traders to observe hartal today
  • Union Minister to look into complaints
  • PNB branch shifted
  • Traders' demand

    • Kurnool

  • TDP organises meeting of minorities

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Renewable energy sources coming of age

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Dastardly act
  • Politics of apology
  • A brave soldier
  • Supreme Court verdict

    • Madikeri

  • Coffee growers welcome tax exemption
  • Codava council members to go on fast tomorrow

    • Madurai

  • `Conservation of energy is the need of the hour'
  • Use intensification technique, ryots told
  • Drawing creative comparisons between Orissa and the US
  • Awareness camp for students on `waste recycling'
  • Indian Airlines makes access to information easy
  • Marching ahead
  • Bench directs Collector to ascertain public view
  • Plethora of habeas corpus petitions irks court
  • Helmets made must for policemen
  • TAHDCO training programme
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Mangalore

  • Narayana Murthy to inaugurate `pride of Mangalore' tomorrow
  • Waiting for a helping hand
  • Consider outcome of growing population, people told
  • Konkani textbooks likely to be ready by next year
  • Bajpe airport: final notification issued for land acquisition
  • Fishermen's convention to be held in December
  • KCCI's plea on power hike
  • Two arrested for hoisting national flag upside down
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • A few moments of freedom in the air
  • Irrigation experts to visit Tamil Nadu

    • Nagapattinam

  • Expedite housing project, NGOs in Nagai dist. told

    • National

  • Abolition of quota in unaided private colleges justified
  • Citizenship Bill passed
  • Left suggests six points for inclusion in rural job Bill
  • Manmohan's remark draws flak
  • Rebels rally behind Keshubhai Patel
  • Plea against Muslim Personal Law Board setting up parallel system
  • Dara Singh moves Supreme Court
  • Centre to hold talks on widening of NH 53
  • "Policy on export of minerals needs review"
  • Baglihar diversion tunnel blocked
  • Night shifts for women: Bill introduced in Lok Sabha
  • Minister hints at increase in oil price
  • Speaker yet to decide on privilege notices
  • Assam winds up Commission on "secret killings"
  • Mumbai death toll is 142
  • Uddhav, Raj rift causes ripples in Shiv Sena
  • Safeguard rights of poor students: Elders
  • Sick PSUs being identified for revival
  • IT industry irked at Australian TV expose

    • Nellore

  • Pat for honest constable

    • New Delhi

  • Dalits at the receiving end, says report
  • U.P. defers ban on DTC buses
  • Touts a big problem, admits Delhi Govt.
  • He was the `Man Friday' everyone looked for
  • Cop cheated by chit fund operator
  • The making of a wife-killer
  • Notices issued over closure of primary school
  • Revised development norms for SC/ST areas
  • A story that gels with his kind of music
  • Govt. directed to hand over mural to Sehgal
  • Students' march to Parliament today
  • Two held for robbing bus passengers
  • Visually-impaired hold rally
  • 11 more allowed to take part in B.E. counselling
  • Jamia Millia students hold demonstration
  • Phone call sends police into a tizzy
  • Health workers on hunger strike
  • `Code of conduct' for DUSU polls issued
  • Rihand project begins commercial operations
  • Lifer for robbery, murder
  • CPI (M) calls for law to tackle communal violence
  • Forest-dwellers take to the streets
  • Gallantry awards for 17 Delhi policemen
  • Apex Court pulls up varsity for casual approach to CET
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • A nationalist to the core
  • Race, Islam, and terrorism
  • "We need inviolate spaces for tigers"
  • Endangered animals for sale on the Web
  • A life with no purpose

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • Demand to check bogus marriages
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • T.K.A. Nair to visit Sabarimala
  • Temple opened for monthly pujas
  • Panel to conduct vallasadya

    • Pondicherry

  • Residents take up clean-up drive
  • High Court directs Pondicherry Government to reinstate employee

    • Racing : Horse

  • Alaskan runs with a good chance
  • Amazing Striker and Aristotle excel
  • Onnu Onnu Onnu, Coral Gables please
  • Moon Emperor, Brush With Fame impress
  • Amazing Power catches the eye
  • Gnostic Eyes claims Independence Cup
  • MRCL elections held

    • Racing : Motor

  • Narain would be considered : Jordan

    • Rajasthan

  • AIDWA alleges police atrocities against women in Rajasthan village

    • Religion

  • Dharma wins finally

    • Sailing

  • Leading sailors for National Laser meet

    • Salem

  • Over 600 applications received for revaluation
  • 1,500 forms obtained for roll revision
  • BJP stages dharna

    • Shimoga

  • Andolan seeks restoration of ban on mining at Ambargudda
  • Bank launches two new deposit schemes
  • Maheshwarappa dead

    • Sport

  • Memorable masterpieces
  • Ashes catches fire in England
  • Ricky Ponting redeemed himself
  • Germany too good

    • Sports : General

  • Now, Maradona as talk show host
  • Bangalore triumphs
  • Stage set for artistic gymnastics meet

    • Table Tennis

  • National-ranking table tennis next month

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Tsunami reconstruction project: permanent shelter taking shape
  • Solar energy, a viable alternative
  • An opportunity for students and practising optometrists
  • Magsaysay awardee chats up children
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Agitating villagers held at Sirumugai
  • This school believes self-help is the best
  • Poor water supply rocks gram sabha meetings
  • High Court order on abolition of SAT upheld
  • Boy dies of dengue
  • Police attack on advocate condemned
  • An appeal to the elements
  • Steps taken to make district child labour-free
  • 10-year RI for retired teacher
  • Logo design contest
  • Ring road sought

    • Tennis

  • Vandan Mehta pips Vishnu Rajam
  • Federer, Roddick advance

    • Thanjavur

  • Plan to generate power from solid waste
  • Where birds become soft targets

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Need to redesign border checkpost areas in State
  • National Congress(I) gears up for local bodies polls
  • CPI(M) State panel meet from today
  • Photography awards announced
  • TTC curriculum approved
  • Treat for film lovers
  • Youth killed in bike accident
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Reporter's Diary
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated August 17, 1955: Satyagrahis shot dead
  • dated August 17, 1955: Parliament tribute

    • Thrissur

  • Major train accident averted near Mullurkara
  • SBI to open new RBO in Thrissur today
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Need to hone entrepreneurship skills of college students
  • Members of women SHG play proactive role
  • Pre-planned boycott or not?
  • Patriotic euphoria grabs all
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tirunelveli

  • Velayuthapuram gets govt. award
  • Call to intensify campaign on breast-feeding for immunity

    • Tirupati

  • Chittoor dairy farmers a disappointed lot
  • Arrangements in full swing for celestial wedding
  • Tirupati municipal workers stage demonstration
  • TTD employees to launch stir from today
  • `Aparichitudu' director feted

    • Tumkur

  • Support for AHIND growing
  • Man killed in road accident

    • Tuticorin

  • Rescued child labourers to receive new uniforms
  • Protests against Sethu project staged

    • Udupi

  • Rs. 1 crore released for naxal-affected areas

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Fear of violence as U.P. goes to panchayat polls
  • Warning against failure to deposit firearms

    • Uttaranchal

  • More funds for urban bodies, panchayats in Uttaranchal

    • Vijayawada

  • Crop damage assessment incomplete
  • Techno greetings -- the new fad SMSing greetings -- the latest craze among youth
  • Unique way to boost employment
  • 318 tmcft of water flows out of Prakasam barrage into sea
  • TDP MLA's padayatra pays off Padayatra by MLA pays off
  • CSI training for teachers
  • Lavanam condemns killing of Narsi Reddy
  • A noble gesture
  • Man dies under suspicious circumstances
  • `Project Ashvamedh' launch tomorrow
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Fresh move to end Gangavaram port row
  • Ready to savour the quiz cuisine?
  • `Court verdict will not hurt junior colleges'
  • Naxal leader calls for restraint on both sides
  • Uncovered drains a cause of worry for residents
  • NEDCAP energises the alternative way
  • Finish VAMBAY paperwork: TDP
  • NTPC contract staff call off stir
  • Contests for Janmashtami
  • Free-do(o)m
  • Special trains to Hyderabad
  • ABVP takes out rallies to mark Vande Mataram
  • Telephone `adalat'
  • Succumbs to burns
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Weather

  • Weather

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