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Anantapur

  • CPI wants 10 tmcft water for Penna reservoir
  • High voltage project set to improve quality of power in Anantapur

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • TDP leader ends indefinite fast amid high drama
  • A communication gap saved Naidu
  • Gushing waste
  • Former A.P. police chief's act criticised
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • State accepts Mudragada demand with rider
  • All is well that ends well
  • Expert panel to recommend irrigation needs mooted
  • Case foisted by YSR, says Satish
  • TDP to support ryots' movements
  • Ministers refute Chandrababu's charge
  • Four naxal sympathisers held
  • Collector inaugurates children's film festival
  • Two die of gastroenteritis, medical camps conducted
  • `Women more prone to osteoporosis'

    • Assam

  • Dimasa outfit ready to forget and forgive
  • Union Minister tours Assam, promises more forces

    • Badminton

  • Chopda, Kashyap, Utsav post upset wins

    • Bangalore

  • Ranga Shankara offers bonanza for theatre lovers in city
  • Audikeshavalu granted bail in tax evasion case
  • Land reclamation leaves idyllic home marooned
  • Kambalapalli violence: petition on SPP appointment disposed of
  • Two ticket collectors, four RPF men transferred
  • Officials, Minister visited Telgi in jail, says Jayasimha
  • Rs. 3,000-crore road development project will be launched soon, says Revanna
  • Watchman murdered
  • BDA has no right to take up development works: petitioners
  • Countdown begins for World Cyber Games
  • Theatre instils life into classrooms
  • BMP told not to demolish building in Koramangala
  • Irregularities: JD (U) to move Governor
  • Cabinet sub-committee to draft norms on land to IT firms
  • BMP finds temporary sites for dumping garbage
  • All set for Young World Fest
  • Samajwadi Party wants dam plan dropped
  • `Companies should focus on strengths'
  • Lokesh put to narco analysis
  • Congress's charge against BJP, Janata Dal (S)
  • `Deeptosava' at temple
  • Lorry owner murdered
  • A medal-winning moustache
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Funds yet to be released for `Kittur Utsav'
  • BJP launches attack on coalition Government

    • Bellary

  • Two valves fitted to rising main pipeline
  • SUCI activists stage dharna

    • Bidar

  • Directive issued to farmers to prevent pest attack

    • Bihar

  • It is a homecoming for Rabri Devi in Raghopur
  • RJD leaders treat law with contempt: BJP
  • RJD protests "assault" on party candidate

    • Bijapur

  • Review of horticulture mission project sought
  • NWKRTC official caught

    • Briefly

  • Reddy meets Chidambaram
  • Darashaw buys stake in Tata Share Registry
  • LVB ties up with Prudential ICICI
  • SMERA in pact with SBI
  • BREW 2005 Developers Conference on Oct. 26-27
  • `Syringector' launch on Friday
  • Anti-spam solution for Microsoft Exchange
  • Forbes Yellow's mobile-sourcing directory
  • SaharaOne, FremantleMedia join hands
  • Trigger studio store opened
  • Yahoo's Podcasts service
  • New Vice-President, HR, for Subex Systems
  • Fujitsu's new 8-bit microcontrollers
  • FedEx to expand India operations
  • i-mate unveils pocket PC mobile phones

    • Business

  • Efforts to end barriers for professionals to work overseas
  • Sensex drops 36 points
  • BMW to invest Rs. 100 cr. in Chennai facility
  • TCS buys Australian banking software firm
  • Satyam's Q2 net up 34 p.c.
  • EID to hive off Parryware division into a subsidiary
  • GoAir to sell tickets from today
  • Rupee slips to 11-1/2 month low
  • Foreign carriers can fly bigger planes: Patel
  • I-T survey on IL&FS premises

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • Sister cities celebrate anniversary
  • A second desalination plant for Chennai
  • Microbicides clinical trials await Centre's nod
  • Can there be reservation on the basis of religion in Tamil Nadu?
  • Pay packets notwithstanding, IT jobs take their toll on health
  • Bharatiar varsity working towards R&D park
  • Tsunami rehabilitation inadequate: study
  • Anna University to restructure syllabus to suit industry needs
  • Jaya group signs MoU with Korean varsity
  • EB lists precautions for accident prevention
  • Exemption sought from transaction tax
  • Sea trip, courtesy Rotary
  • Stem cell bank gets off the ground... slowly
  • Race on to "capture" compound walls
  • Special trains to Kumbakonam, Madurai
  • Transport corporations put it on paper
  • 15 young leaders to visit China
  • Income Tax sleuths spread dragnet for lottery agents, builders
  • Ex gratia for TNEB contract workers
  • Reservoirs in the city receive widespread rain
  • Lifeline Group to launch a speciality hospital
  • Court stays summonses issued to three lawyers
  • Free Aptitude Test for engineering students
  • Sewage overflows in Law College hostel
  • My music changes with every film: Rahman
  • Namitha goes to `Subway' for meal
  • Indian Bank adopts village
  • Half of women over 50 have osteoporosis, says specialist
  • Kattapanchayats: 21 cases filed
  • Court moved against magazine
  • Law student wins moot court contest
  • Tuticorin villagers stage protest
  • Congress not giving Vanniyars their due, says Ramamurthy
  • Meet on industry's role in development
  • EPFO plans to increase membership coverage
  • Salt testing in schools
  • Fifth international meet on AIDS commences
  • Seminar on cultivating and marketing herbs
  • Food outlets inspected
  • Delimitation Commission meeting postponed
  • Student arrested for `harassing' girl
  • Sudoku contest for students
  • Film chamber plea to Jaipal Reddy
  • Kuwait Airways to add one more flight
  • Stocks training
  • Workshop planned on radioactivity
  • Congestion
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Coimbatore

  • Focus on number plates of vehicles
  • More buses planned to meet heavy rush
  • Proposal for research programmes cleared
  • Teams formed to probe idol theft
  • Home loan mela
  • `Diabetic retinopathy major cause of blindness'
  • Talent show
  • U.K. varsities to conduct interviews
  • Workshop on e-resources
  • Announcement
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Spinners restrict South Zone
  • Bowlers call the shots on opening day
  • Sri Lankan team arrives in India
  • Nikhil sparkles
  • Himmat Ramka scalps five

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8428
  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8427

    • Editorials

  • The hard climb for relief
  • Germany's political uncertainties

    • Erode

  • Rainwater, sewage enter houses
  • `Dalit Christians' plea to be considered'

    • Football

  • Lyon maintains clean slate
  • Lyon maintains clean slate
  • Mahindra United manages a win
  • Indian under-20 football team

    • Front Page

  • Army modernisation drive will go on: Manmohan
  • Notice to Paswan for ``violation''
  • Cabinet nod for 74 % FDI in telecom sector
  • India yet to receive Pakistan proposal
  • Narrow escape for 61 on board plane
  • SHG women's success stories amaze Rahul
  • No bidders again at auction of Telgi property
  • Moya to defend Chennai title
  • Match-simulation exercises mark camp
  • A very special family affair all the way
  • DD gets telecast rights
  • Right to Information Act: Kerala still lags behind
  • Narayana Murthy resigns as Chairman of BIAL
  • Hope of returning home keeps them alive
  • MCH evolves strategy to tackle solid waste
  • To help them climb up independently
  • TDP leader and nine others remanded
  • Ready for a probe: Dharam Singh
  • KSEB bifurcation ruled out
  • Tribal burnt alive in Madhya Pradesh
  • ``Chance meeting does not mean links''
  • Race on to "capture" compound walls
  • Trinamool protest
  • Mau limping back to normality
  • Mudragada ends indefinite fast amidst high drama

    • Globescan

  • Graft: Pinochet stripped of immunity
  • Malaysian Premier bereaved

    • Golf

  • Randhawa tied 12th, Jeev 27th

    • Gulbarga

  • Marked increase in area under kharif crop this year
  • `Hand over probe into lapses in UKP to CBI'
  • A befitting honour
  • Flood relief works reviewed
  • Women voters outnumber men in four Gulbarga taluks

    • Guntur

  • CRISIL ranks Transco best in the country
  • Vigilance team finds irregularities in works
  • Two-day symposium on human rights
  • Physiotherapists' conference
  • Book on Vedas
  • Two killed in road accident

    • Haryana

  • Haryana plans big outlay in irrigation
  • CBI questions Chautala

    • Hassan

  • Erratic power supply hits life in Hassan district
  • Two die in road accidents

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Mini-micro power project for rural Shimla opened

    • Hockey

  • First full session held
  • Hat-tricks by Joseph, Vishnu

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • South Western Railway website launched
  • Managing director of firm held

    • Hyderabad

  • RTC strike: who has gained?
  • Custard apples flood city
  • Andhra Bank MoU for finance to ryots
  • Light at the end of the tunnel
  • State allots 100 acres of land for Wipro
  • State to buy lands for losers under Polavaram canals
  • Explosion handiwork of fundamentalists: DGP
  • YSR calls for stringent enforcement of tax rules
  • KCR, Santosh Reddy busy in their own camps
  • National medical conference in city from today
  • Arguments on petition over Pothireddypadu adjourned
  • DGP criticises Dinesh Reddy's action
  • Probe sought into FFW works
  • Chennai flight lands at Tirupati
  • A hearty gesture from employees
  • Orientation course for lecturers
  • Body of `bomber' to be preserved for 3 more days
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • Indian, Chinese teams meet

    • International

  • Wilma roars towards Mexico; 13 killed
  • Stepped up security for Sri Lankan contestants
  • Iran has imposed trade embargo on Britain?
  • Fears of irregularities in Constitution vote
  • U.K.: Indian workers face an uncertain future

    • Interviews

  • "Judicial activism is a misnomer"

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Villagers allege discrimination in relief

    • Kancheepuram

  • Three held for forgery

    • Kannur

  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Peace rally taken out

    • Karnataka

  • Dharam Singh `ready' for probe
  • Narayana Murthy resigns as BIAL Chairman

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Grasim Industries workers' strike continues as talks fail
  • Five, including three policemen, injured in communal clash
  • National manuscripts campaign in Davangere
  • Government pulled up for not implementing provisions of Act
  • Bandh call evokes good response
  • Jain Kashi getting ready to hold annual literary meet
  • Agitation planned
  • Recognition sought for Roman script

    • Kerala

  • Right to Information Act: Kerala still lags behind
  • Now, health check from Kudumbasree
  • Metcon TMT bars
  • Political peace
  • Waiting for `Hanuman'
  • Just another day for Achuthanandan
  • A quiet visit
  • No ordinary strike, this
  • A nook for senior citizens
  • Cultural fete at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
  • Cynosure of all eyes
  • Good response to SS Music's hunt for VJs
  • No bifurcating KSEB: Aryadan
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • RSS and CPI(M) workers stabbed, tension at Palloor
  • PG course in virtual media
  • Sharjah flight cancelled

    • Khammam

  • Balotsav to begin on November 4

    • Kochi

  • Proposal for eco-township project near Mangalavanam causes a flutter
  • Writ petition to dissolve Palakkad council dismissed
  • Zone-wise distribution of water can be introduced in city
  • Book on Subramanium Potty released
  • Engineering students to launch stir
  • `Develop technology indigenously'
  • Railways to carry relief materials free of cost
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • NGO Association factions clash at Kollam office
  • Comprehensive master plan for development of Punalur mooted
  • Call for sustainable development

    • Kottayam

  • Varghese admits he held talks with Joseph

    • Kozhikode

  • Free dental check-up extended
  • BJP-CPI(M) clash: tension prevails at Perambra
  • Seminar on power quality issues
  • Sex racket case: court rejects revision plea
  • Juvenile homes lacking facilities: Assembly panel
  • Akshaya training programme inaugurated
  • Draft voters' list published
  • LENSFED seeks withdrawal of order
  • New NIT-C director

    • Kurnool

  • Economy measures at Srisailam yield result
  • Providing a roof for the abandoned lot

    • Leader Page Articles

  • India-U.S. deal: negotiating the nuclear fine print

    • Letters to the Editor

  • LoC proposal
  • Isolate terrorists
  • A shame
  • Dissidence in BJP
  • Saddam's trial
  • Higher education
  • Disturbing

    • Madikeri

  • Embarrassment in the offing?

    • Madurai

  • Former CBI Director for fixed life term
  • "Withdraw riders in Food Safety and Standards Bill"
  • MK varsity proposal to establish science centre
  • `Sympathy' to be watchword at GRH
  • `Admission to MBBS course under quota improper and illegal'
  • Power shutdown
  • Anniversary of Marudhupandiar brothers planned
  • B.Ed admission counselling from today
  • Collection is not their right
  • Special training course
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • Maharashtra not to appeal in NTC land sale case
  • Women activists seek action against erring policemen
  • Gaur meets Singhal, Togadia

    • Mangalore

  • More funds sought for higher education
  • Alliance formed for `holistic' management of Nethravati waters
  • Students asked to help fight drug trade
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Rs. 200 crores released towards Revolving Fund
  • Distance education to get a boost in 11th Five-Year Plan
  • Mysore set to emerge from the shadows of Bangalore
  • Genetically engineered groundnuts a boon to diabetics: Minister
  • Call to create opportunities for disabled
  • Survey of castes next year
  • Workshop on WTO regime from today
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nalgonda

  • Amenities: novel protest staged

    • National

  • Court reserves verdict on Acharya's case
  • Sharing feed with DD made mandatory for rights holders
  • Higher compensation likely for 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims
  • Court for interim deal to telecast Sri Lanka series
  • BCCI given time to reach consensus
  • A fountainhead of inspiration for police
  • New 4-year CA course likely from next year
  • Higher relief sought in death cases
  • A communication gap saved Naidu
  • Sadashiva panel report, responses to be sent to complainants
  • Telecom officers to approach tribunal
  • Centre asks States to finalise Below Poverty Line lists
  • RJD leaders treat law with contempt: BJP
  • BJP for Govinda's resignation
  • Meet on `cultures of knowledge' begins
  • Reciters of Quran from Egypt call on President
  • Farm coordination panel formed

    • New Delhi

  • The great Indian bulge is on an expansion spree
  • Many twists in the PAC tale
  • Sadashiva report copies for complainants
  • Congress leaders, MLAs hit the streets
  • Privatisation of water opposed
  • `Ecstasy' seized for the first time
  • One more dengue death
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • The war on terror and medical ethics

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • Chandy protecting policemen: Murali
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Work on Nilackal base camp progressing at fast pace
  • Medical amenities for Sabarimala planned
  • `Karunakaran's clout cannot be underestimated'

    • Perambalur

  • Special steps taken to augment drinking water supply

    • Polo

  • India to take on South Africa

    • Pondicherry

  • Wage hike for Revenue staff soon
  • Reunion islanders to help with tsunami rehabilitation
  • AIADMK opposes plea for bus fare hike
  • Meet on `cultures of knowledge' begins

    • Punjab

  • Steps to bring down distribution losses

    • Racing : Horse

  • Snow Tiger for main event
  • King Cobra, Ocean Blue impress
  • Flashing Star excels
  • Netstar wins feature
  • Desert Lightning works well

    • Racing : Motor

  • APRC: Seventh leg from today

    • Rajasthan

  • Poverty project to be extended in Rajasthan

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Desalination plants to be established

    • Religion

  • Contentment, a virtue

    • Rowing

  • Chinese dominate

    • Salem

  • Deepavali special sale begins
  • Blood donors' directory released

    • Shimoga

  • Three colleges get autonomy
  • Shopkeepers stage dharna

    • Sport

  • Sharing feed with DD made mandatory for rights holders
  • Moya to defend Chennai title
  • Match-simulation exercises mark camp
  • DD gets telecast rights

    • Sports : General

  • Fareed stars for Wesley JC
  • Chief Minister's Cup to be held in Jan 2006

    • Squash

  • Tamil Nadu `A' to meet Maharashtra `A'

    • Table Tennis

  • Sharan, Bhavana clinch titles
  • Andhra in final

    • Tamil Nadu

  • An automatic humane touch
  • Explaining social evils, women's style
  • Marina's play revived
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Quiz contest for college students
  • Rahul for emulating Tamil Nadu in eye care
  • Sattur traders oppose four-laning of Bypass Road
  • Guideline value books available
  • Brand-new Tambaram subway develops leaks
  • Supreme Court issues notice to Centre
  • `Stuffing' of rolls: Ramadoss demands action
  • Steps taken to check pest attack on paddy
  • Collector inspects rural development works
  • Heavy rain lashes Krishnagiri
  • Skill training for SHG women
  • Collective prayer for people's welfare
  • Anniversary celebrated
  • Man gets lifer for murder

    • Tennis

  • Vijay Kannan survives
  • Ankita in semifinals
  • Another early exit for Roddick
  • Sitaram, Athare enter boys' final

    • Thanjavur

  • Petitions committee reviews project work
  • Seminar on Tamil novels
  • Best Student Award

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • High stakes in Lok Sabha bypoll
  • `No delay in processing files'
  • SSLC examination schedule announced
  • Police yet to trace missing student
  • Information centres for fishermen
  • Time for Russian fairy tales again
  • Bishop's House attack: more people questioned
  • Water supply to be hit
  • Youth sentenced to jail term for rape of minor
  • Telecom adalat next month
  • Hearing on voters' list
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 21, 1955: Role of libraries
  • dated October 21, 1955: Nobel Prize for Medicine
  • dated October 21, 1955: Ban on some fireworks

    • Thrissur

  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • `Treat degree as a development tool'
  • Schedule to receive new ration cards
  • Nothing succeeds like success
  • AIR phone-in programmes
  • Trade programmes
  • Programme on `all religions prayer'
  • Around the City

    • Tirunelveli

  • Massive water scheme gets under way

    • Tirupati

  • The last glimmer of hope is lost
  • State youth festival concludes on a grand note
  • In Tirupati Today

    • Tuticorin

  • Bank employee assaulted

    • Udhagamandalam

  • `Growing population of stray dogs must be controlled'
  • Winners of competitions

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • NOIDA Authority moves Apex Court seeking stay on order
  • Varanasi airport to be named after Shastri

    • Uttaranchal

  • Uttaranchal House adjourned

    • Vijayawada

  • Kondapalli toys: adding splendour all around
  • `Adarsh Andhra Pradesh' is a sham, says Chandrababu Naidu
  • Assured payment gives some relief to temporary workers of APSRTC
  • Congress activists feel let down by corporators
  • Mayor allays fears on Bandar road widening
  • Maize purchase centres to be opened
  • Home guards recruitment
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Cycling around the globe with a mission
  • Airport inundation likely to hit investor confidence
  • Education workshop to begin today
  • Work on proposed super speciality hospital to commence shortly
  • Sacrifice of Central Reserve Police Force jawans remembered
  • Economical production of coke stressed
  • Land pledged to Government under encroachment
  • Meet on laparoscopy surgery in city
  • Mudragada's decision to call off fast hailed
  • Vizag flights from tomorrow
  • Ban on construction in CRZ urged
  • Rotary Club invites applications
  • Move on water meters flayed
  • Drug withdrawn in city
  • Special trains cancelled
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Easy wins for ASC, MEG

    • Warangal

  • Pasha's sacrifice is an inspiration
  • Youth festival tomorrow
  • Village in fear: officials told to collect water samples

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • Salim Group chief meets Buddhadeb

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