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    Andhra Pradesh

  • Transco bid to rein in power developers
  • 4 held on charge of duping bank of Rs. 28.75 lakhs
  • Law to check land compensation scams on the anvil
  • APCLC cries halt to Pulichintala
  • Pesticide-free village shows the way
  • Pulichintala threat to ancient temple
  • Transco denies move to burden consumers
  • Naxals accuse YSR of developing cold feet
  • It's up to TRS, say two Ministers
  • Shinde swearing-in today
  • Water from Polavaram in three years
  • Fond farewell to Barnala
  • Keshava Rao lashes out at Naidu
  • Government holidays for 2005
  • ICRISAT bags two awards
  • Court verdict soon
  • US activist discusses democratic reforms
  • Expose corruption, says Dora
  • Harrowing time for Air Deccan passengers
  • 25 DSPs transferred
  • More curbs on tapping groundwater
  • SFI, PDSU, coaching centre students clash
  • Subsidy for free power released
  • IPS officers shuffled
  • Stabbed student succumbs
  • Prudential depositors' protest continues
  • BJP to stage dharna with farmers' kin
  • Quality award for HAL
  • Office-bearers
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  • Crime Watch

    • Badminton

  • Speed, stamina key areas: Sachdeva
  • Maharashtra, A.P. are champions

    • Bangalore

  • `Pune experience' may benefit Bangalore
  • IT can make smaller cities shine too
  • `e-Panchayat' steals the show
  • Rivalry led to murder?
  • Power shutdown in several areas today
  • Traffic to be regulated tomorrow
  • Four arrested on murder charge
  • `Date with .Net' from Friday
  • An exemplary act
  • Water Adalat
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • ICFAI sets up academic excellence centre

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
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    • Basketball

  • Exciting win for NAL
  • Chirec PS enters final
  • SB College in final
  • Narrow win for BHEL

    • Bihar

  • Pappu Yadav's visit to jail illegal: court

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Rao posts win

    • Briefly

  • STC to sell Swiss gold coins
  • JB Chemicals to diversify
  • Microsoft's online business centre
  • Lodha exits from Birla Global
  • Training programme on sales and marketing
  • Canara Bank loan for industrial sector
  • Cooperative society's lending effort
  • Durga Bearings in pact with NSK
  • Sify's DomainKey authentication system
  • Appointed to Life Insurance Council
  • Airtel partners 6 Asia Pacific mobile operators
  • Abhinav opens offices in Punjab
  • Rajesh Exports to invest Rs. 500 crores
  • Tata Motors, Andhra Bank sign pact
  • V-Empower's sites for election analysis
  • Goa offers sops to IT industry
  • Seshasayee Paper Q2 net declines
  • Federal Bank first half profit at Rs. 48 crores
  • Citizen Watches' plans
  • South Indian Bank revises rates
  • Lord Krishna Bank raises interest rates
  • Kerala CM to meet IT industry chiefs
  • PCMM Level 5 certification for US Software

    • Business

  • VSNL launches new Singapore-India link
  • Projections of win for Bush lift Sensex by 88 points
  • Minimum support price for wheat, other crops hiked
  • Oil price decision deferred again
  • Rupee hits new peak
  • HCL BPO's Europe plans
  • Carl F. Bucherer's India plans
  • Anti-dumping measures on Bangladesh battery lifted
  • Chemical units must create brand image, says Paswan
  • New board for revival of sick units
  • Order reserved on Reliance plea

    • Carrom

  • Naveen in last four

    • Chennai

  • Rain spells fear for residents near Pallikaranai marsh
  • Bank at fault in A.R. Rahman case, forum rules
  • Perungudi trains will have to wait awhile
  • Are groynes the solution?
  • Triplicane MLA moves court on welfare projects inauguration
  • U.K. universities spot admissions
  • Student `beaten up' by teacher
  • Pirated CDs seized, 2 held
  • In north Chennai, a small battle won against the sea
  • Yatra spearheads human rights drive
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • World Youth Festival: Weary Indian team reaches Greece
  • Anand on track for fifth Corsica title
  • Ramakrishna slips to second place
  • Purushothaman draws with Somesh
  • Atish Das Sarma, Sudheer in joint lead

    • Coimbatore

  • Nursing council moots code of ethics
  • Residential areas reel under impact of rain
  • INTUC seeks SHRC's intervention
  • Opposition submits memorandum to CMA
  • Educational assistance for MBC students
  • No power
  • Four held in job racket
  • Shot in the arm for small spinning units
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Warne's best tour ends on a dismal note
  • Two physios needed: Lepius
  • Guntur 221 for eight
  • `Umpires made right decision'
  • Bangladesh squad for second ODI
  • Seven-wicket haul by Naveen
  • TN off to a good start
  • Bhavan's wins
  • Mohan Meakins wins
  • Big win for Ganga IS
  • Big win for MSRIT
  • Karnataka Central Excise & Customs take cricket title

    • Crossword

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  • Solution to puzzle 8130

    • Cuddalore

  • Be vigilant, transparent, officials told
  • Crop losses blamed on poor water management

    • Cuddapah

  • Sugar unit will be revived, says MLA
  • No Dalit presence in CPI(Maoist) panels: SP
  • `Service helps police get closer to people'

    • Dharwad

  • Legal service camps held
  • Burial grounds to be improved

    • Editorials

  • Mr. BUSH'S TRIUMPH
  • A SUCCESSFUL DECADE

    • Football

  • Kerala fans have much to celebrate
  • Mohun Bagan gets back to business
  • Kerala triumphs
  • Chelsea, Inter advance
  • Big win for Mallya Aditi
  • KSC to honour players
  • Chelsea makes official complaint to UEFA

    • Front Page

  • Bush retains the White House
  • America must heal divisions: Kerry
  • Zahira retracts statements
  • Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos ready to join Navy
  • Fuel price hike deferred
  • Govt. raises support price for wheat
  • Market soars
  • Govt. reiterates offer for unconditional talks
  • Five ultras gunned down in J-K
  • World Bank clears loan to Orissa
  • Rain plays spoilsport
  • New Rabies vaccine launched

    • Globescan

  • Women bishops likely
  • Both sides suffered, says Queen
  • Police down weapons in protest

    • Golf

  • A new landscape for Tiger Woods
  • PGA Tour makes peace with Els

    • Gulbarga

  • Police training must be upgraded: Dharam Singh

    • Guntur

  • Statues of luminaries to be installed
  • Assumes office
  • Collector returning from US

    • Haryana

  • State power supply increases
  • Old-age pension raised
  • Congress to unveil chargesheet against Chautala regime

    • Hassan

  • Provide details of scheme, KPCL told

    • Hockey

  • FIH meet to decide on third umpire
  • Emphatic win for TN
  • UPIC runs riot
  • SAI (Kollam) in last eight
  • BHEL (R&D) posts win
  • Easy win for Union Christian

    • Hubli

  • `Private city buses a dangerous trend'
  • `Simplify work procedure to check corruption'
  • Midday meal scheme extended to 300 more children
  • CME programme today

    • Hyderabad

  • Penalty waiver for property tax defaulters
  • Helmet rule: police drive home the point
  • Water board to expedite laying of distribution lines
  • Rally against child labour organised
  • Prohibitory orders lifted
  • Around the City

    • India & World

  • Arundhati Roy on the war criminals

    • International

  • A clear winner on any count
  • Republicans hold on to Congress seats
  • Machine breakdowns test voter patience
  • When a party turned into a wake
  • A campaign that left America divided
  • Bush wins Florida amid row
  • Fear was the key
  • Kerry `wins' in Chennai polling
  • Russian engines for Pak-bound Chinese fighters
  • Bobby Jindal elected to Congress
  • `Let us put the past behind us'
  • Barack Obama is lone black Senator
  • Media wary of repeating mistakes
  • Attack strategy consistent in Bush campaign
  • Threat to hand over CARE official to Al-Zarqawi
  • Europeans call for a fresh start

    • Jharkand

  • Govt. to amend Panchayati Raj Act

    • Karnataka

  • State Government staff threaten stir
  • National meet on nutrition from November 5
  • Mayors seek five-year term
  • `Ours will be a pro-people Govt.'
  • State may set up human rights commission
  • Jalappa saves the day for Congress
  • IT can make smaller cities shine too
  • Ordinance to amend property tax rules
  • `Probe causes for downfall of empire'
  • Murder accused held after two-hour drama
  • Land mafia behind K.G. Halli violence: JD(U)
  • Beware of middlemen, Army aspirants told
  • Centre adopting NDA's policies: Karat
  • College principal mourned
  • Krishi Mela from Friday
  • `Yatra to liberate Baba-Datta Peetha'
  • Major parties are `manuvadis,' says BSP
  • Man killed in road accident
  • Briefly
  • From the Districts

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Sugar factory begins crushing
  • `Privatisation used as tool to exploit people'
  • Chitradurga Yoga Institute inaugurated
  • Around the City

    • Kerala

  • Government orders judicial probe into attack at airport
  • Mystery shrouds Halcyon Castle
  • Talks on Karipur airport development today
  • Sudheeran flays UDF silence on Kunhalikutty issue
  • Poor marketing derails sale of `train songs'
  • INS condemns attack on journalists
  • Steps for medical care at Sabarimala
  • Journalists' union welcomes probe
  • Ombudsman order on hospital waste
  • Action against airport officials demanded
  • Plea against spraying of insecticide dismissed
  • `UDF discussing sex scandal'
  • Banks revise interest rates
  • Gold traders seek a fair tax regime
  • Steps to avoid delays in court proceedings
  • SBI staff to join stir
  • Karunakaran criticises UDF Government
  • Amir asks Chandy to help Maudany
  • Two killed in accident on NH
  • DYFI workers detained
  • IFFK delegates pass
  • Chandy leaves for Bangalore
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Scribes' protest march to police station

    • Kochi

  • Outsourcing likely to continue: U.S. official
  • Online trading in coconut oil launched
  • FACT cuts losses in first half
  • Classes begin for fresh batch at CMC
  • Pollution: expert committee formed
  • Insurance staff dharna
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • CAMPUS NOTES
  • Treading a different path

    • Kollam

  • Perceptions on terrorism have changed: Ninan Koshy
  • Watchman found murdered
  • Samudaya Ratna awards announced
  • Scientific awareness programme
  • `Bank parliament' on November 16

    • Kurnool

  • Less water available in Tungabhadra dam
  • Joint Collector promises to `free' Nayi Brahmins
  • Erratic rainfall hits kharif crops
  • Police kennel coming up
  • 14 arrested

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Summit time for Manmohan
  • Bush's second coming

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Not a surprise
  • Governor's transfer
  • U.S. presidential polls
  • It's not tailored
  • Remembering Indira
  • Gandhi's assassination

    • Madurai

  • `Lawyers' grievances will be redressed expeditiously'
  • Echo colour doppler opened at Govt. hospital
  • Commissioner admits mistake in detention order
  • Rain-damaged pipeline being repaired
  • LIC officers stage dharna
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • KMC to host national meet on paediatric oncology
  • `BJP has yielded to imperialist forces'
  • 11 arrested following communal clash
  • `Panchayat katte' system must be encouraged: MLA
  • Spectra 2004 in December
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Highway improvement work begins

    • Nagercoil

  • New school buildings inaugurated

    • National

  • Law to tackle communal violence soon: Patil
  • Twist in Best Bakery case: Modi declines to comment
  • 'I am pained and shocked'
  • BJP's national executive to meet in Ranchi
  • FDI in domestic carriers not ruled out
  • NDA meet soon on Hindutva: Fernandes
  • Attack on scribes condemned
  • 'BJP will play constructive role'
  • Kalam calls for a `second green revolution'
  • CPI plans agitation for hike in EPF interest rate
  • IA fare discount to business class
  • UAE has lost its father figure, says Kalam
  • CPI(M) opposes proposed disinvestment in private banks

    • Nellore

  • BJP for consensus on Ayodhya issue
  • Student's murder: police team for Yakidi
  • Rare surgery restores vision

    • New Delhi

  • JNU debate warms a chill night
  • Bid to make Delhi the sports Capital
  • Bush, yes, but Delhi is for Kerry
  • A vital thread in terror network
  • Working for Mughals for generations
  • Yoga to keep Metro staff fit
  • Fake documents racket smashed
  • Death sentence in bomb blast case
  • Held for fraud
  • A jolt awaits molesters
  • Campaigning ends for JNU polls
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital today
  • A new struggle begins

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Olympic Games

  • Ireland's Olympic doping scandal proving stranger than fiction

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Management meet at Thiruvalla
  • Minister opens panchayat complex

    • Pondicherry

  • Government staff seek enhanced rent allowance
  • 3 injured in cylinder blast
  • Part ways with BJP, allies urged
  • Provide cash to rain-hit poor, says MLA
  • Voters' list claims date extended
  • Cavity in middle of road

    • Raichur

  • Irrigation staff protest against `assault' by farmers

    • Rajasthan

  • Day curfew lifted; water released

    • Religion

  • Nature of the Self

    • Salem

  • Private firm to maintain bus stand

    • Shimoga

  • Move to raise property tax criticised
  • `Urulu seve' for Bangarappa's elevation

    • Sport

  • Home captains must have a say on pitches
  • The Aussie juggernaut rolls on
  • Australian pacemen mean business

    • Sports : General

  • Chef-de-Mission's report on Indian Olympic contingent
  • Trials cum inter-college tournaments
  • Vimal shines
  • Double delight for Chennai
  • State Govt. job for Jincy

    • Table Tennis

  • Nishank triumphs
  • Ernakulam men advance

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Palani cable car gets off the ground
  • Barnala sworn in Governor
  • Focus on intellectual property rights
  • Madras High Court order summoning VC's son quashed
  • Madras University proposes Ulster tie-up
  • Court stays defamation cases against MDMK secretary
  • Ramadoss takes a dig at ex-governor
  • Opposition members felicitate Barnala
  • Writ petitions seek improvement of temples
  • 70-80 per cent samba crop lost, say officials
  • Eggs, milk and dates for HIV children
  • Centre sanctions Rs. 156 crores
  • Cut fees to fill up seats: Ramadoss
  • DMK chief challenges Jayalalithaa
  • It may soon be `park and walk' in Ooty
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Multi-purpose building for fishermen coming up

    • Tennis

  • Hewitt dashes Monfils' hopes
  • Napaporn wins
  • West Bengal to fight it out with Tamil Nadu

    • Thanjavur

  • Farmers keep their fingers crossed

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Project to beautify Ponnara Sreedhar park
  • Spanish woman's death: four held
  • LIC staff protest against curtailing of benefits
  • `Attack on scribes threat to freedom of press'
  • LLM entrance test result declared
  • Two killed in accidents
  • Smuggled motorbike seized
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • CAMPUS NOTES
  • Kudos to State on social protection

    • This Day That Age

  • dated November 4, 1954: Jan Sangh chief quits
  • dated November 4, 1954: U.S. elections
  • dated November 4, 1954: Security of Suez zone

    • Thrissur

  • Kalamandalam award function on Monday

    • Tiruchi

  • Mainguard Gate to get facelift
  • Complaints against finance firms declining, says ADGP
  • Trailer tumbles into Coleroon
  • Mettur level
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Irrigation tank breaches
  • Lawyer tried to molest me: Dalit woman

    • Tirupati

  • TTD promises to develop temple

    • Tumkur

  • Bride has lucky escape
  • Eight-year-old goes to police

    • Tuticorin

  • In Tuticorin, salt pans are drying up fast

    • Udupi

  • SMSP Samskrita College to celebrate centenary
  • 402 cases of cheque bouncing in Udupi

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Labourer's son becomes state's youngest undergraduate
  • Change of guard in U.P. BJP soon

    • Vellore

  • Watershed development project sheds `top down' approach
  • Arasu salt safe, tastes good: Collector

    • Vijayawada

  • A platform for airing views
  • "No evidence of MLA's hand in dispute settlement"
  • TDP MLAs walk out of DRC meeting
  • Minister rules out early election to civic bodies
  • Visalandhra book fair from tomorrow
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • PDS consumers not satisfied: study
  • DTH finally comes to city
  • Incentive for CFL staff
  • Zoo getting ready for picnic time
  • VPT job-seekers stage unique demonstration
  • Visakha Dairy to pay bonus
  • Rangaraju to visit UK, Egypt
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Villupuram rallies past Madurai
  • SPS overcomes SNPS
  • Delhi Administration beats YMCA

    • Weather

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