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  • Fiji Prime Minister visits coir factory in Alappuzha

    • Anantapur

  • Dalit woman's death: hand of landlord suspected
  • `Decision one-sided'
  • TDP workers injured in group clash

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Blast: suicide bomber theory gains strength
  • YSR offers wage hike to RTC staff
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    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Kakinada civic body seeks site for dumping yard
  • Heavy rain in Chittoor
  • CPI wants G.O. 170 on Pothireddypadu amended
  • Undeterred by bullets
  • Confusion marks teachers' counselling
  • New Mahila Congress panels to be constituted in a month
  • Record income for Tirumala temple
  • Meet with famers on G.O.will be convened soon: Congress
  • Woman dies after consuming pesticide
  • East Godavari, Prakasam districts share kabaddi titles
  • Three councillors charged with violating whip
  • Lok Satta releases posters on Right to Information Act

    • Badminton

  • Sravani stuns Vaishali
  • Sravani stuns Vaishali

    • Bangalore

  • Spurt in conversion of agricultural land for housing around Bangalore
  • Sankey Tank overflows
  • For youth participation in policy-making
  • Selection of films for State awards to be contested
  • Centre plans to levy cess on projects
  • `Sangharsha Yatra' begins today
  • Bank officers' association celebrates silver jubilee
  • Viniv Inc. helped association for the blind
  • Coop. societies should focus on loan recovery: Satyanarayana
  • College to get show cause notice
  • Bangalore railway stations will be upgraded, says Minister
  • Chain snatched from woman
  • Fiji for more investments from India
  • Canal to divert water mooted
  • `Corruption has hit healthcare services'
  • Incessant rain in city
  • Of aspiring aviators
  • Gang attacks man
  • Two constables suspended
  • Cash, valuables taken away
  • Exhibition on bridal jewellery
  • Workshop on gear technology
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Belgaum

  • Official residence of Belgaum commissioner attacked

    • Bellary

  • As Dasara ends, focus shifts to Hampi Utsav
  • BJP's Sangharsha Yatra a publicity stunt: Thippanna

    • Bidar

  • Farming without harming the land
  • Varsity may drop plans to buy forest land

    • Bihar

  • Not aware of leadership change in M.P.: Uma

    • Briefly

  • PIB clears AI's fleet acquisition plan
  • New York Life picks up stake in JBC India
  • Sterling Bio MoU with Torrent Gujarat
  • Citigroup CEO meets FM
  • Apeejay acquires 100-year-old U.K. brand
  • Kores to market Plasmon's products
  • Reliance Infocomm slashes rates on overseas calls
  • Ma Foi establishes subsidiary in New Jersey
  • IDBI's property exhibition
  • Pitti Laminations' second quarter earnings up
  • TVS Automotive Europe in pact with German firm
  • TMB first half net profit at Rs. 32.61 cr.

    • Business

  • Bio-diesel policy announced
  • HPCL, BP ink pact for Bhatinda refinery
  • FFE Minerals lands Kuwaiti order
  • Tata Tea's subsidiary to buy U.S. brand
  • Three shipping firms bid for Petronet LNG deal
  • Mastek buys Entegram
  • Sensex sheds 164 points
  • ICICI Bank to issue ADS
  • Rupee at new low

    • Cartoons

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    • Chennai

  • "Long-term policy needed for technical education"
  • Torrential rain in city leaves tsunami-hit families reeling
  • SAE meet to showcase frontier technologies
  • Rain halts work at industrial estate
  • "TNPSC must select persons with humanitarian outlook"
  • In the metros, interest in bilingual books is picking up slowly... but surely
  • Thanks to the rain, water table goes up
  • A rare sight: Water flows in the Adyar ... and into the sea
  • 500 students to take part in Managemantra
  • From the Governor's easel
  • National Service Scheme units in ITIs
  • AIMS to offer training for national and State-level entrance tests
  • `Saris of India' exhibition unveiled at Poompuhar
  • Off-campus recruitment drive by Anna varsity
  • Special export award for TNPL
  • SASTRA Ramanujan Prize announced
  • Two die of electrocution
  • Buddhadeb Dasgupta films to be screened
  • Six suffer burns in Taramani blaze
  • `Fly Singapore consumer contest'
  • PMK slams platinum jubilee fete of "defunct" Commission
  • Film on child sexual abuse
  • Office-bearers of DMDK
  • Bosskey all set to launch new play
  • 88 face charges for breaking pumpkins on the road
  • CPI demands flood relief panels
  • Shreya is Rajnikant's heroine in "Sivaji"
  • Rasna's new enriched fruit drink
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Still a lot at stake for the players
  • Asian youth chess championship

    • Coimbatore

  • 35 firms ink pact with City Police
  • Textile mills take to Chinese machinery
  • Residential area flooded as wall chokes water flow
  • Workshop
  • Corporation emergency service
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Charged up for the big Test
  • Ganguly avoids the media
  • Dharmani dazzles in AIAB's thumping win
  • Rain still hampers play
  • Big win for St. Columba's
  • Tremlett out of Pakistan tour

    • Crossword

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  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8421

    • Cuddalore

  • With candles in their hands and prayer on their lips
  • Women stage protest
  • NLC bags Corporate Social Responsibility Award

    • Dharmapuri

  • Karnataka must work with Tamil Nadu over Hogenakkal, says BJP leader

    • Dindigul

  • PDS rice seized

    • Editorials

  • The rupee is back in focus
  • A burgeoning health problem

    • Erode

  • Two women killed as wall collapses
  • 180 veterinary hospitals to be built
  • Groundnut, gingelly yield will go up

    • Football

  • Karnataka to represent SZ
  • Nobel Academy (Kathmandu) claims the Subroto Cup
  • World Cup: field almost ready

    • Front Page

  • Left to attend coordination meetings
  • Pakistan denies reports of Indian soldiers crossing LoC
  • Troops gave only tools, says Army
  • A day for Kalam to translate his vision
  • Criticism should fuel world stars
  • Dravid appointed captain for ODI series
  • Rain spell may last till tomorrow
  • Nine inmates escape from juvenile home in Tiruchi
  • Bio-diesel policy announced
  • Colourful `Jamboo Savari' brings the curtains down on Dasara celebrations
  • Explosion: suicide bomber theory gains strength
  • Steps soon to implement Right to Information Act
  • Pawar quits panel
  • Minor surgery
  • Government hopeful of Volkswagen unit
  • Man with pistol held
  • Woman suicide bomber
  • Coimbatore missing out on revenue, expertise
  • Plane towed away
  • Hassan alleges conspiracy behind lock-up murder
  • Curbs on media will be counter-productive: India

    • Gujarat

  • 23 get jail term in Godhra riots case

    • Gulbarga

  • M.R. Tanga not to contest Council polls again
  • Rally to spread awareness on rainwater harvesting

    • Guntur

  • Priority for drinking water
  • 2,500 youths to be given vocational training
  • `State fails to check activities of Narsa Cobras'

    • Haryana

  • Nine firms show interest in Haryana's `Vision Document'
  • Haryana, Himachal send relief for quake victims

    • Hassan

  • Controversy surrounding Channapatnakere ends
  • Four killed in as many accidents

    • Hockey

  • Vivenda strikes thrice

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Time of sighting the lunar eclipse

    • Hyderabad

  • Effective transport system needed
  • Police baffled over motive behind blast
  • Holy month goes hi-tech
  • Rising fruit prices turn sour for retail vendors
  • Two national health schemes soon
  • Police to battle `banamati' deaths
  • Cabinet expansion not now, says YSR
  • Activists group invokes RTI Act?
  • Delimitation: Congress, TDP to appeal to panel
  • `Deadly' Dasara for home guard
  • Rain lashes coastal Andhra, Telangana
  • Traffic restrictions in place for President's visit
  • UK global doctors' meet to be held in city
  • Rs. 5 application fee for seeking information
  • Security alert in city
  • Who's the top gun?
  • LPG shortage: indefinitely on hold
  • Police postings
  • Hoax call or close call?
  • Exam fee last date Oct. 27
  • Eye screening camp
  • Anti-tobacco rally
  • Rowing coach feared drowned
  • Case against IRS officer
  • Cabinet meet today
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • An event in Singapore

    • International

  • 2 more survivors airlifted
  • Ranil's stress on joint efforts to end strife
  • Bird flu at Europe's borders
  • Dozens die as Islamist militants raid Russian city
  • Foul play in Syrian Minister's death?
  • State funeral for Obote

    • Kannur

  • Raids to unearth explosives

    • Karimnagar

  • Alert sounded in Karimnagar district
  • 134 cooperative societies go to polls
  • He scales peaks with ease
  • Lok Satta seeks info on status of parks

    • Karnataka

  • Elephants' procession marks end of Dasara
  • Briefly
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today
  • In Mysore Today

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Panel to monitor development works in Chikmagalur
  • Chikmagalur district Congress workers' meet on November 9
  • Probe ordered into development works in Tabakada Honnalli
  • Meet to decide on action against corrupt officials
  • Officials criticised for not providing facilities in Dalit colonies
  • Approval sought to build vented dam at Kemthur
  • Rane promises support to pharma industry
  • `Bhoomi puja' for second phase of road works held
  • State to provide marketing facilities for SHG products
  • Man killed as train hits tractor

    • Kerala

  • More facilities for Sabarimala pilgrims
  • Kerala stand on Right to Information Bill flayed
  • Cleansing job
  • On wheelchair, he came to recite a poem
  • Muslim League's Iftar package for hospital
  • Briefly
  • In Thrissur Today
  • In Kannur Today

    • Kerala - Others

  • for adolescents
  • Ex-servicemen for probe into `irregularities'
  • IA flight delayed

    • Khammam

  • Polavaram: tribals detain officials
  • Police clueless on twin murders
  • Continuing a tradition

    • Kochi

  • GCDA study finds sewage polluting water bodies
  • Fiji evinces interest in importing farm technology
  • Teachers protest against KRL move to lay SBM
  • Teaching students to cope with stress
  • Celebrating a celestial occasion
  • Kinfra invites applications for textile parks
  • Tips on hospitality
  • Capturing the women's market
  • Charting a new course
  • Bomb hoax in school
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Police action against greens decried
  • `DIC(K) emerging as strong force'
  • `Aavishkaar-05' begins tomorrow
  • Surabhi plans exhibitions

    • Kottayam

  • CBSE youth festival gets under way

    • Kozhikode

  • Copy of first book printed in Kerala released
  • Focus on new treatment drugs
  • Railways publish list of information officers
  • When music brought joy to their hearts
  • Alarm over water level in reservoir
  • Residents alarmed over water levels in reservoir
  • Seminar on classical homoeopathy
  • Philately exhibition today

    • Kurnool

  • Hundri-Neeva canal works launched
  • 120 persons injured in clash at temple
  • Doctors to screen students of blind schools in Kurnool

    • Leader Page Articles

  • The great Indian laughter challenge

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Assistance to Pakistan
  • Bihar dissolution
  • Laudable ruling
  • Disconcerting

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Airtel to invest Rs 250 crores in M.P.- Chhattisgarh circle

    • Madikeri

  • Debate on mini hydel projects in Kodagu continues

    • Madurai

  • Learn the rope trick
  • Inter-circle calls to BSNL mobiles charged at STD rates
  • Blindness: "Society has a role to play"
  • Not just another bread-and-butter day
  • Power shutdown tomorrow
  • Painting contest last date extended
  • Complaints allowed to gather dust
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Common language textbooks for degree courses opposed
  • Dakshina Kannada police to improve website
  • Wenlock hospital acquires CT scan machine
  • Meet to focus on unaided institutions
  • Targeting system, not individuals: Maoists
  • Girl struck by lightning in Bantwal
  • MESCOM announces linemen recruitment list
  • Bank to launch housing scheme
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Tableaux, folk troupes regale crowds at Dasara procession
  • Traffic jams during jamboree
  • Balarama's mahout throws a tantrum
  • Disrespect to dancer shocks Mysoreans
  • Motorcyclists, horsemen brave rain to put up impressive show
  • Vintage car rally enchants Mysore
  • Fiji Prime Minister to visit sugar factory at Nanjangud

    • Nagapattinam

  • School building, community hall rebuilt in village

    • Nagercoil

  • Fishermen seek Assembly segment

    • Nalgonda

  • PMGSY: officials pulled up for lapses
  • Seven held in murder case

    • National

  • I am on a personal visit: Buta Singh
  • Fending off naxalites, a challenge to poll panel
  • Uri awaits word on relatives in PoK
  • Flood of aid causes new fissures in Tangdhar's rural communities
  • Rane may face local opposition in electoral battle
  • `Advise' Manmohan to quit, NDA urges Kalam
  • High-level team to oversee quake relief
  • Industry pledges Rs. 25 crores
  • Information Commission set up
  • Bihar poll to have revolutionary impact: Advani
  • RSS meet may discuss `collective leadership' issue
  • India, Russia to hold joint exercises
  • NDA, RJD blamed for fresh Bihar elections
  • Man arrested at Lalu's meeting
  • Relief too little
  • ITS cadre officers file a caveat in Supreme Court
  • I.G. Patel, an icon in policymaking: Manmohan Singh
  • India sending more relief material
  • Gender-based violence reflects inequities: report
  • Strike to protest against "custodial killing" in Thoubal district
  • Vietnam team meets Somnath
  • Case registered against journalist
  • Clean Goa Initiative
  • Many of the 450 million farm workers in dire conditions, says FAO
  • Record income for Tirumala temple
  • Anti-press ordinance in Nepal criticised

    • Nellore

  • Heavy rain hits normal life

    • New Delhi

  • Residents up in arms over dumping site
  • Wanted gangster from Bihar killed in police encounter
  • Go aggressive, Minister tells industry
  • President for `extremely fast' implementation of e-governance
  • New hope for disaster victims
  • Shahjahan's dream captured in print
  • Court won't stay criminal proceedings against lawyers
  • "Nisshabd'' going places
  • Cop suspended for indiscipline
  • Get water from Haryana, Sheila told
  • More dengue patients admitted
  • `Don' gets parole to release book
  • EC notice to Jaya Bachchan
  • Donate generously for quake victims, appeals Manmohan
  • Draft curriculum framework for `quality teacher education'
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Doing business the Boeing way
  • Iran's heritage deserves respect
  • Fuss about obesity does a fat lot of good
  • Fallout of Plame affair

    • Nizamabad

  • Credit to farm sector up by Rs. 5,000 cr: Minister

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • Lalithasahasranama Sathram on October 23

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Concern over sand smuggling

    • Perambalur

  • Rs.76 lakhs for housing loans for SHG members

    • Pondicherry

  • Make public details of tsunami related expenditure: DMK leader
  • Board meeting provides guidelines on framing annual plans
  • Groupism in Ministry hits work, says MLA
  • Karaikal Struggle Group plans agitation before Parliament
  • Conservancy workers go on strike
  • Rs 2.75 crores for road improvement

    • Racing : Horse

  • Sea Legend claims Fort William Cup
  • Romantic Forever vs. Romantic Count
  • King Cobra, Dama Grande catch the eye
  • Aquilo and Flareon excel
  • Rainbow Spirit bags Dhillingham Plate
  • Siberian Warrior runs with a good chance

    • Rajasthan

  • Hanumangarh to be developed under cooperative scheme

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Praise from the President

    • Religion

  • Surmount desires

    • Salem

  • Politicians' dilution of ideology irks Dalit women groups
  • Minister visits home for children
  • Give him a chalk, a picture is ready
  • STF `victims' want report made public
  • Minister inspects home for children
  • `Settle wage issue for powerloom workers'
  • Free vision screening

    • Shimoga

  • Colourful procession marks end of Dasara festivities

    • Sivaganga

  • Plan career in advance, students told

    • Sport

  • Criticism should fuel world stars
  • India Seniors wins Challenger Series
  • Dravid is captain
  • Can the World XI rouse itself?
  • Shilong takes the sole lead
  • Soumyadeep Roy, Mouma Das make their exit
  • Karan-Vishaal final

    • Sports : General

  • Chandrahawsa emerges sole leader
  • IOA, UNICEF sign MoU
  • G.V. Raja Awards presented to Clinton, Jetty Joseph
  • SZ kabaddi

    • Srikakulam

  • Diarrhoea cases on the rise in Srikakulam

    • Table Tennis

  • Veeraragavan and Lavanya clinch titles

    • Tamil Nadu

  • To encourage healthy competition
  • Jewellery design competition
  • Concern over fewer south Indians in IAS
  • Rheumatoid arthritis `lower in India than West'
  • Power supply disconnected to dyeing units
  • SASTRA Ramanujan Prize announced
  • School building, community hall rebuilt in village
  • Off-campus recruitment drive by Anna varsity
  • Briefly
  • In Dindigul Today
  • In Thanjavur Today
  • In Erode Today

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Sand-laden lorries wreak havoc on Karur roads
  • BMP hopes to gain from increase in guidance value
  • Heavy rain in Namakkal
  • Flood relief committees set up
  • Traffic regulations in Tirupur town
  • KSG to stage agitation before Parliament during monsoon session
  • Rain keeps people off Goubert Avenue
  • To create awareness of hygiene among children
  • 141 petitions received
  • Heavy rain in Krishnagiri

    • Tennis

  • Sania Mirza retires hurt
  • Ronak meets Mansingh

    • Thanjavur

  • Flying squad conducts surprise checks in private fertilizer outlets
  • Samba transplantation gathers steam

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Chandy sees design in charge against Government
  • Training programme for local body members
  • One more hearing for students of Mary Matha college
  • Gang leader held
  • Government releases order on Right to Information
  • Achuthanandan alleges graft in KAU appointments
  • Varkala flays State's stand on Information Act
  • Sharing a love for the Muse
  • Mar Gregorios to be enthroned Bishop
  • Kapil Dev has a piece of advice for `techies' in capital city
  • Man Booker prize springs a surprise
  • Development should be technology-driven, says Chief Minister
  • More facilities for Sabarimala pilgrims
  • Jet Airways to offer Web check-in facility
  • Abdul Jabbar gets award for contributions to society
  • Chain snatched
  • New scheme for women
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 14, 1955: CWC debates SRC report
  • dated October 14, 1955: Ike writes to Bulganin
  • dated October 14, 1955: Purse for C. K. Nayudu

    • Tiruchi

  • Plea to remove drawbacks in awarding Ph.D
  • University plans to grant accreditation to schools
  • Now, environmental activity is a subject for college students
  • Campaign throws light on sight
  • Importance of Vedas underlined
  • Rajasthanis take out Dussera procession
  • Road safety campaign at full throttle
  • IEEE honour for biomedical researchers
  • Rain continues
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Re-laid roads develop several undulations
  • Rs.72-cr. housing loan target for Nellai region
  • The Hindu opens office at Palayamkottai

    • Tirupati

  • Now, prepaid cards for Tirumala darshan

    • Tumkur

  • Farmers being harassed at Revenue offices, charges former Minister
  • Workshop on human resources
  • Community hall inauguration

    • Tuticorin

  • Jail inmate dies
  • Mock drill on disaster management

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Rain brings down retaining walls in Ooty
  • Waste management plan for Nelliyalam
  • Probe sought into felling of trees

    • Udupi

  • Implement Mental Health Act in toto, says judge
  • Fishermen seek increase in kerosene quota

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • U.P. to release 200 cusecs of water to Delhi
  • Brain fever claims five more lives
  • Protest against court decision brings AMU to standstill
  • Mandi Parishad to train farmers compete globally
  • `Model code' hampering development

    • Vellore

  • Tirupati-Katpadi rail track to be electrified, says Velu

    • Vijayawada

  • City roads turn hazardous, courtesy errant motorists
  • Thanks to discom, `shocking' power bills a thing of the past
  • IT industry in for major fillip in Vijayawada
  • CPI opposes move to privatise water supply
  • Four killed by lightning
  • Action against LPG dealer recommended
  • Blood bank inaugurated
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Vizag set to emerge textile hub
  • Science talent search examinations next year
  • Small entrepreneurs object to auction of plots in Autonagar Industrial Estate
  • Nau Sainik Camp from tomorrow
  • TVS launches new motorcycle for urban market
  • Arrangements in place for Martyrs Week
  • Eye camp held for pre-school children
  • Public Information Officers of police listed
  • Rain likely
  • Four injured in accident
  • Grant for KGH
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Vellaichamy Nadar to meet Sourashtra

    • Weather

  • Weather

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