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Alappuzha

  • `Poor students should be able to pursue higher studies'
  • `Coir Board to promote domestic sales'

    • Anantapur

  • Judicial custody of 13 accused in Paritala case extended
  • Call to educate rural women on importance of breastfeeding

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Manmohan to undertake aerial survey in A.P. today
  • Road link snapped
  • Taking on Government
  • Marooned
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Godavari recedes, another flood not ruled out
  • TDP chief wants ex gratia doubled
  • Relief yet to reach Adilabad mandals
  • Lending a helping hand to craftsmen
  • YSR assures ordinance staff of more orders
  • `Money no constraint in providing succour'
  • Four mandals still left in the dark
  • Floods: official reviews relief operations
  • Ensure remunerative prices for crops, officials told
  • CPI seeks steps to check outbreak of chikungunya
  • Rajiv Gruha Kalpa houses to be ready by October
  • Three-day `Aradhana Mahotsavam' begins
  • Telugu Desam's plea to Centre

    • Archery

  • Talukdar betters National mark

    • Bangalore

  • Digital transfer of FIRs from police stations to courts planned
  • Lake development authority's schemes get poor response
  • `Problems affecting home stays will be addressed'
  • Special express cargo service flagged off
  • Cabinet nod for two judicial panel reports
  • Institute for treating kidney diseases to be established
  • Government aims at achieving 100 per cent literacy by 2012
  • Old markets will soon get new look
  • Subhiksha to open 60 stores in State
  • Elephants stray into Channapatna village
  • Ramachandra Gowda releases `Pride of India'
  • `Evidence' not convincing
  • Cyclist's death triggers protest in Adugodi
  • Kumaraswamy receives petitions
  • Power shutdown in many areas
  • Auto drivers go on strike
  • Save heritage campaign
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • MSP moves up

    • Belgaum

  • Change in norm on payments to sugarcane farmers sought
  • Two judges to meet flood-hit people

    • Bellary

  • Evidence will be made public: Janardhan Reddy
  • BSNL employees stage dharna
  • Witnesses examined

    • Bidar

  • Prohibitory orders around dargah in Bidar
  • More compensation needed for victims of caste violence

    • Briefly

  • Interactive session on Special Economic Zones
  • Actuaries Bill gets Parliament nod
  • Motivation campaign on plastics based industries
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji airport gets new logo
  • Popular Vehicles to open 50 outlets
  • Land for Tata car project
  • Pyramid Saimira in pact with Spirit Global
  • AirTel announces contest based on reverse auction
  • Calsoft's subsidiary gets funding
  • Producers' guild announces third year of EM2
  • New CTO for Sify

    • Business

  • IRDA issues draft norms for non-life products
  • Action on cola companies dangerous: chambers
  • RBI steps for calamity-hit areas
  • Jet signs codeshare pact with Qantas
  • IBM unveils new software
  • Coal India gets new Chairman
  • Ajuba Solutions to set up third centre
  • Birla Sun Life to launch multiple yield fund
  • Bookings on Air Deccan flights
  • PNB offers anywhere banking
  • Dhanalakshmi Bank launches MoneyGram
  • Waste minimisation programme found profitable in fertilizer unit
  • Sreesanth is brand ambassador for Muthoot Group
  • FACT aiming for JV project in Egypt
  • Rupee continues to rise
  • Sensex ends flat

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chennai

  • Learning to identify symptoms of child sexual abuse
  • New facilities inaugurated at VHS
  • A well-knit transport network needed
  • Staggering of school timings a way out?
  • Hoarding comes crashing down in West Mambalam
  • Eye surgery on Pakistani girl
  • Eco-restoration project for lakes
  • Entire police strength of Adambakkam station transferred
  • SHGs urged to venture into new markets
  • Namitha stars in English film
  • CMDA to decide on commercial development of space
  • Minister promises early solution to problems in land acquisition
  • Multiculturalism and more
  • Colourful handlooms, handicrafts on show
  • Showers lash Chennai for the second consecutive day
  • `Pink alert' by AIADMK member
  • Sports event for visually impaired persons
  • IIT student found dead
  • Airtel's "budget-plan" for prepaid customers
  • Bill payment outsourced
  • Action on canteen contract: Speaker
  • Hectic time
  • Train services held up
  • Telugu film director bags award
  • Fire in Income Tax office
  • Kalpana Chawla Award for IIT scholar
  • Four held for kidnapping youth
  • Stalin to inaugurate water pipeline project in Madurai
  • Plastic processing units struggle to stay in shape
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Anand wins rapid title
  • Negi destroys Landa

    • Coimbatore

  • Education for employment will be credo of Bharathiar varsity
  • Aim for self-improvement, students told
  • Water! water! They have hopes after 7-year wait
  • Quality certification for five RVS colleges
  • `Electric sweater' for defence personnel
  • Collector's order on conducting exhibitions
  • Tamil Nadu Open University admissions
  • Airtel's new scheme
  • `Spot and catch them young' contest
  • Indian announces Bangkok package
  • Police passing out parade
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • England women fight back
  • Kumble, Dravid only Indians in top 10
  • Indian colts win
  • Sreesanth concentrating on length
  • Pawar rules out politics in Ganguly's selection
  • Bradman Cup from today
  • BCCI meeting to be held as per schedule

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8679
  • Solution to Puzzle 8678

    • Cuddalore

  • Temporary government staff form union

    • Dharmapuri

  • Industrial estate to come up in Dharmapuri district
  • 88 watershed programmes getting ready in district

    • Dindigul

  • Hybrid variety of tomato floods market
  • In Dindigul Today

    • Editorials

  • Unedifying behaviour
  • In a bind in Iraq

    • Eluru

  • BSNL offers a slew of schemes

    • Erode

  • Molakavundampalayam residents complain about stagnant pool
  • Kasipalayam Municipality to streamline garbage collection
  • Hopes on Erode getting Corporation status soar
  • Cases of `mysterious' fever on the rise
  • ICFAI to concentrate on small towns
  • LBP water to be released
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • Former champions keep their hopes alive

    • Front Page

  • U.K. foils plot to blow up U.S.-bound planes
  • Shekhawat: Natwar's notice not admissible
  • We have some specific plans: Chappell
  • LeT commander killed in Kashmir
  • High Court orders removal of unauthorised hoardings
  • JIPMER to upgrade its facilities
  • Flood-battered Surat limps back to normality as rain relents
  • Judgment in 1993 blasts case postponed
  • Supreme Court stays Govt. notification on de-sealing
  • Flood situation grim in Bijapur, Belgaum
  • Manmohan's aerial survey today
  • Bench raps Municipal Commissioner
  • N. Dinakaran to be Chairman of State Human Rights Commission
  • Four-month VAT collection in Kerala up by Rs.600 crores
  • Plan ready to rid Coimbatore of slums
  • Strategy to tackle major issues in Assembly
  • Bangalore-Mysore railway line doubling work to begin soon
  • Tiruchi hospital likely to be upgraded
  • Alleged Lashkar terrorists held, RDX seized
  • Maoists abduct two Orissa Government employees
  • 2 killed in BDR attack
  • Case files accessed

    • Gulbarga

  • Special lecture series on freedom fighters
  • DPI members stage protest against State Government
  • Floods: schools to remain closed till situation improves

    • Guntur

  • Sonia's visit to districts a futile exercise: TDP
  • Training to hone software skills
  • Move to shift cheque-clearing house opposed

    • Haryana

  • `Centre of Excellence' status accorded
  • Haryana set to get more power

    • Hassan

  • Wild elephants destroy crops in Sakleshpur taluk
  • `Declare Channarayapatna taluk drought-hit'

    • Hockey

  • Dilip Tirkey exudes confidence
  • Super Division league from Aug. 28

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Devotees take part in `jala rathotsava'
  • Daily wage workers take out procession
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Hyderabad

  • No let-up in land registration in the city despite increase in fee
  • Speedsters with a mean streak
  • Work on five key SCB roads to begin in a week
  • `Declare flood a national calamity'
  • Ganesh immersion: temple's awareness campaign finds many takers
  • From toil to textbooks
  • Fears over Polavaram design are unfounded, says Chief Minister
  • APTDC to set up interactive portal
  • Students for ban on colas
  • Ritika's smile still lingers on
  • Democratic set-up way out for sports body
  • Court seeks details on temple land acquisition
  • Naidu politicising relief work, says Congress
  • Punjagutta flyover work to be expedited
  • Watchman killed in freak accident at Banjara Hills
  • Bus goes missing!
  • 50 p.c. subsidy on seed announced
  • Row over petty issue ends in murder
  • NMDC pays all-time high dividend
  • In God's hand or man's hand?
  • Alert at Begumpet airport
  • Sleepless in Hyderabad
  • Girl power in SCB
  • Rakshabandhan rush on the roads
  • Power shutdown
  • Cordoning off danger
  • Around the City
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • Pakistan has cracked down on Kashmir militants: report
  • LeT founder Saeed detained in Lahore
  • "Indian system relevant to Sri Lanka"

    • International

  • Europe steps up security
  • Israel's ground move on hold
  • "An offensive punch for Pakistan Navy"
  • Gates' mite for AIDS
  • Battle rages in Sri Lanka

    • Kancheepuram

  • Ekambaranathar temple consecration arrangements

    • Kannur

  • Azhikode calls for strengthening renaissance spirit in the State
  • KSU leaders attacked
  • Call for creativity in education
  • Workshop on music, dance
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Road connectivity between Karimnagar, Adilabad snapped

    • Karnataka

  • Flood situation grim in Bijapur, Belgaum districts
  • Doubling railway line between Bangalore and Mysore soon
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Tussle between traditional fishermen and owners of mechanised trawlers in Goa
  • Art should be preserved for posterity, says seer
  • Situation in Halakere village returning to normal
  • Signature campaign against State Government
  • Efforts on to identify victims of train accident
  • 130 PU colleges sanctioned: Minister
  • Rare occurrence near Sonda

    • Kerala

  • Kerala to revise VAT collection target
  • Relief for endosulfan victims likely
  • Rediscovering the ritual heritage
  • Young poet to launch his first collection
  • A surprise act
  • Rare show of unity among the fisherworkers
  • Of concern to the common man
  • Against the ban
  • Festival opens
  • In action
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Kerala MPs accuse Baalu of indulging in parochial politics
  • Security tightened at airport
  • Priority for farm sector, says Paloli
  • Rally taken out against Israeli attack on Lebanon
  • Around the City

    • Kochi

  • History of the defeated
  • Custodial deaths: Government for judicial probe
  • Own and conserve
  • Vallarpadam rail alignment: samiti continues protest
  • South African team calls on Mayor
  • Leather godown gutted
  • Land acquisition work to begin soon
  • SSLC case: CBI given three more months
  • Signal woes dog traffic authorities
  • The cola war rages on
  • Helmets and defence personnel
  • A surprise Mohanlal act
  • Kochiites sold on Bollywood movies
  • Of trials and tribulations
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • `Measures to check offences during Onam'
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kozhikode

  • Extension of trawling ban unjustified: study
  • IT management seminar at IIM-K
  • Probe sought into delay of flight
  • Call for training centre for Green Chemistry
  • Calicut motor show to begin on August 18
  • Onam celebrations to focus on indigenous art forms
  • Koya laid to rest
  • Planetarium show

    • Kurnool

  • Brahmakumaris campaign for world peace
  • CITU observes `anti-repression' day

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Beirut: time for another requiem?

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Natwar Singh's reaction
  • Israel's aggression
  • Kerala education Act
  • A welcome ban
  • Neglect of schools

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Minorities form new Council in Madhya Pradesh
  • Tribals plan stir over forest land right

    • Madikeri

  • 6,454 drawing pension from district treasury
  • Number of ration cards goes up under PDS in Kodagu district

    • Madurai

  • "Panchayat presidents can suspend subordinates"
  • Police revive ambulance services
  • New measures to decongest hospital
  • Key points to get a job
  • Allow private practice: Doctors
  • Hiroshima Day observed
  • An eyesore at the entry point
  • Chubby and cute
  • Fellowships available at MKU
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Medicated mosquito nets mooted to fight malaria
  • Principals want vacancies filled
  • Committee demands protection of working women's rights
  • Federation opposes move to divert rice
  • Railway Action Committee stages dharna
  • Engineer's house burgled
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • A big boost to industrial growth
  • Good response likely for CAT in Mysore
  • Shivanna seeks probe into smuggling, poaching
  • Symposium on `Global peace and civil action'
  • National meet of civil engineers in Mysore
  • In Mysore Today

    • National

  • Security heightened at airports
  • NDA to meet Kalam on nuclear deal
  • UPA, Left, TDP to raise Speaker issue today
  • Two women killed in BDR shelling
  • Pranab's charge against Natwar
  • Student thrown off balcony
  • Karnataka Lok Ayukta decries tendency for trial by media
  • Rs. 1,000 cr. for Assam under SSA this year
  • DPA MPs want quota Bill in current session
  • Ruling reserved on Reliance appeal
  • Postpone disciplinary panel meet, BCCI told
  • Court stays unsealing of commercial premises in Delhi
  • Manmohan's assurance on Women's Bill
  • Special cell to implement health programme
  • CISF officials rush to Kalpakkam
  • Eminent persons express concern over Narmada valley situation
  • Information panel to peruse Narayanan-Vajpayee letters
  • Elders press for countrywide ban on colas
  • Political will needed to tackle HIV/AIDS, says survey
  • International meet on law
  • 39th Jnanpith award conferred on writer Vinda Karandikar
  • PETA plans protest outside KFC outlet
  • Two Left MPs to visit Lebanon
  • Fixed tenure for top bureaucrats
  • Alleged Lashkar terrorists held, RDX seized

    • Nellore

  • Children of debt-ridden farmers to get NRF aid

    • New Delhi

  • 39th Jnanpith award conferred on writer Vinda Karandikar
  • A peek into emerging India on the small screen
  • Curtains for banquets, commercial activity in residential areas
  • Six arrested with firearms
  • Delhi facing power shortage again
  • MCD takes stock of the situation
  • Sharing experiences in use of RTI Act
  • Capturing myriad hues of existence
  • Bidhuri demands notification of new Master Plan
  • Helping people help themselves
  • Robbery accused flee from custody, arrested again
  • DTC plan to induct women conductors for school buses
  • Police oppose bail plea of Vikas Yadav in Katara case
  • Two-day meet on law begins today
  • 'Bungling in DUSU funds'
  • Soaring high
  • Punjab's sacred heritage
  • CNG supply to hotels stopped
  • Race for Delhi BJP chief hots up
  • Delhi police seek details on Fazlu from Gujarat, Mumbai
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • New Delhi - Others

  • Online registration for senior citizens

    • News Analysis

  • Cost of Israel's disproportionate response
  • Women re-enact march against apartheid
  • Corrections and clarifications
  • This impasse must be broken
  • A `final' note on credit
  • An ASEAN-India standoff

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • Pepsi workers demand rehabilitation
  • Demand for Tamil medium classes
  • Seminar on Indian heritage
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Where Kathakali is a daily affair
  • Joint team inspects Pampa, Nilackal and Cheriyanavattom
  • No lock-up death in State: Kodiyeri
  • Reconstitution of Planning Board draws flak

    • Pondicherry

  • Draw up curriculum to improve vocational skills: Lt. Governor
  • AIYF stages dharna seeking ban on colas
  • "Members should present views within stipulated time"
  • Rs. 14 crore a year for assistance to disabled
  • Industrial effluents `ruining farmland'

    • Punjab

  • Fifth Punjab pay panel to be set up

    • Racing : Horse

  • Aashirwaad in fine nick
  • A new sponsor
  • Storm Regent works well
  • Republic Day pleases
  • Warrior Spirit, Oprah impress
  • Celtic Princess triumphs

    • Racing : Motor

  • MAI, FMSCI merger not in sight
  • K-1000 begins with Super Special Stage
  • Major boost for motor sports

    • Raichur

  • M.Ed. course introduced in Raichur PG centre

    • Rajasthan

  • Resignation of Minister sought
  • ABVP men create ruckus
  • Travel, tourism mart opens today

    • Religion

  • Knowledge of the Self

    • Salem

  • Live up to public's expectation: ADGP
  • Revised BPL list to be read out on August 15
  • `Give Childline number proper display'
  • Over 1,500 apply for teachers recruitment exam
  • Applications submitted
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • Call for evolving need-based education
  • Two arrested, five vehicles seized
  • Anti-rowdy squads set up in Shimoga, Bhadravati

    • Sport

  • We have some specific plans: Chappell
  • Give Twenty20 some time: Dravid
  • Gevaert runs away with women's 100m title
  • It's eight-in-a-row for Navin Shirodkar
  • Federer eases past Grosjean

    • Sports : General

  • Big win for AG
  • Good show by Sujal
  • Sreesanth is brand ambassador of Muthoot Pappachan Group
  • Inter-district meet from today

    • Tamil Nadu

  • No review of awards for STF personnel: Veerasamy
  • Prosecution completes arguments
  • Demolition of heritage building stayed
  • Boost infrastructure investments to develop EPO sector: Kamal Nath
  • Industrial effluents `ruining farmland'
  • Coast Guard gearing up for northeast monsoon
  • JIPMER to upgrade its facilities
  • Special trains introduced
  • Athithan continues to be "very critical"
  • Minister for collective efforts to tackle pollution
  • Security beefed up at Chennai airport
  • Key points to get a job
  • Timely act
  • Safety awareness week at Tuticorin port
  • Port Trust's record in cargo handling
  • Secrets of the sky
  • All for a VIP's visit
  • AIYF stages dharna
  • Cries for attention
  • Special courts needed to deal with child abuse cases: Chief Justice
  • CB-CID likely to probe preacher case
  • Students fall sick after noon meal
  • Bench raps Municipal Commissioner
  • Scheme to rid Coimbatore city of slums
  • National policy for fishermen on cards, says Swaminathan
  • Briefly
  • In Pollachi Today

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Action against irregularity in fair price shop ordered
  • `Father of Tamil Theatre' comes back in docudrama
  • It dawns on them on New Moon Day
  • Sreesanth, brand ambassador for Muthoot Group
  • Refugees demand better facilities
  • Students fall sick after having noon meal
  • Gram sabha meetings on August 15
  • Bomb hoax creates flutter
  • Bus services to resume soon, says Collector
  • Young couple commit suicide
  • Villagers demand arrest of murder accused
  • Chartered Accountants' meet
  • Pensioners' grievance day meet

    • Tennis

  • Madkekar enters last four
  • New chief coach for Kochi MBTA

    • Thanjavur

  • SASTRA launches three new courses
  • Craft fair highlights beauty of Orissa
  • In Thanjavur

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Land acquisition likely to delay Vallarpadam rail link
  • Redevelopment of temple complex proposed
  • Governor tells MLAs to be voice of the silent majority
  • College girl stabbed to death: youth held
  • Achuthanandan to visit Kasaragod
  • State Agriculture Awards announced
  • Functioning of Consumer Commission disrupted
  • Bishop's stance flayed
  • Plan for exclusive fete of documentary films
  • Eager for information on service matters
  • Documentary on road safety
  • `Vigyanotsavam' exam on Monday
  • AIR programme to empower farmers
  • Celebrity line-up for Onam
  • Two die as auto overturns
  • Hallowed hall of learning
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated August 11, 1956: Nehru deplores violence
  • dated August 11, 1956: The National Anthem

    • Thrissur

  • Church leadership flayed for its stand
  • CPI(M) workers get life-term for murder
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Masons to be sensitised to latest technologies
  • Rotary chief basks in warmth of hospitality
  • Plan to set up crisis management groups
  • Government urged to redress grievances of lemon growers
  • 203 women recruit police constables complete training
  • For harmony among villagers
  • Helping the poor and downtrodden
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Two-wheeler riders skid on road and suffer serious burns
  • University's contact seminars postponed

    • Tirupati

  • BSNL goes all out to attract customers
  • Rally in protest against attacks on missionaries
  • Meet calls for gender equality

    • Tuticorin

  • Scheme to augment coconut production
  • Encroachments on roads removed in Tuticorin
  • Safety awareness week

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Tree garden to become a major tourist attraction
  • Many benefit from career counselling programme

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • A cleaner Ganga for `Ardh Kumbh'
  • U.P. mulls over self-policing to check rising crime graph
  • Four die of diarrhoea, 200 ill

    • Uttaranchal

  • Official shifted after tour `misuse'
  • `Transfer' to be probed

    • Vijayawada

  • Lok Ayukta clears three cases at camp court
  • Riverbank dwellers return to relief camps
  • Fishing in troubled waters, literally
  • Athletic meet at municipal stadium doubtful
  • Fire safety: theatres put on notice
  • Barrage level crosses 13-foot mark
  • Man, daughter killed in accident
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • It's a question of roadworthiness
  • Rehabilitating them a tough task
  • HPCL begins work for refinery expansion
  • Sketching his way to glory
  • National conference of AIESEC in November
  • Anti-Maoist success will be repeated: DIG
  • Maoists surrender in Visakhapatnam
  • VSP chief calls for women's empowerment
  • ICFAI opens regional office in city
  • Upa- sarpanch election on August 18
  • AU hostel student dies
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Yadava College advances

    • Warangal

  • Ten-day NSS camp begins
  • KU to host math congress

    • Weather

  • Weather

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