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Alappuzha

  • Artiste regrets lost chance to play before the President

    • Anantapur

  • Panther census mooted
  • CPI activists gherao RDO's office

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • YSR promises incubation facilities for IT companies
  • Beauty care everywhere
  • Two `pseudo-naxals' held
  • Love ke liye kuch bhi karega!
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Flood alert sounded in four Khammam mandals
  • Rain brings mixed fortunes for farmers
  • Penganga in spate, 25 villages affected
  • TTD plans rituals across country
  • Rain hits pilgrim inflow from Mumbai
  • Better utilisation of Kakinada gas reserves sought
  • One point hike in price index at 6 urban centres
  • 34-acre land in Endowments' kitty
  • 500 houses collapse
  • Suspended

    • Bangalore

  • India Post launches express cargo service
  • Attend hearing, wealth case accused told
  • Check corruption in mining: Opposition
  • Govt. approves autonomy to only six colleges
  • T-shirts are hot in corporate world
  • Reconstitution of KPCC after legislature session: Kharge
  • 150 medicine cartons taken away from pharma company's godown
  • Court orders removal of encroachments on beach
  • Licence display system for autorickshaws launched
  • She is aiming for unique record
  • `Bring BMP under purview of accounts committee'
  • Beautician aims for world record
  • Petition challenging site allotment disposed of
  • Cash, gold ornaments stolen from house
  • Autos cannot use domestic LPG cylinders
  • Another firm raided, director arrested
  • Revival plan for Mysore HOPCOMS
  • Venues issuing voter's cards
  • Cauvery: Vatal stages walkout
  • `Sound of Music' today
  • `Sound of Music' play today
  • `Japan ahead in materials research'
  • Keyboard wizard
  • Marathon time
  • Floodgates open for film-stars
  • Illegal shed removed
  • Fighting for a parking slot
  • Minister's reply draws praise
  • Consultation
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Belgaum

  • Bill will help Govt. complete projects: former Minister
  • Rain damages property worth Rs. 17 crores

    • Bellary

  • `Effective' law on Hampi needed

    • Bidar

  • Crucial railway link delayed by many years

    • Bijapur

  • 21 community halls to come up in Tikota

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Manan sweeps past Thawe Oo

    • Briefly

  • IRDA to drop panel of auditors
  • BHEL bags Rs. 900 cr. Oman contract
  • DaimlerChrysler CEO to step down
  • IOB to open office in China
  • TN Tele posts Rs. 37 lakhs profit
  • Course in steel technology
  • iGATE appoints new global HRD
  • Sierra Atlantic to expand operations
  • Matrix Labs posts Rs. 25 cr. net in Q1
  • Zen Technologies net up 33 p.c.
  • Dabur Pharma net up by 23 p.c.
  • Nitayanand to head Scicom U.S. operations
  • Sharma re-elected chairman of NCHF
  • More Hutch orders for Schema
  • McDowell Q1 net up 90 p.c.
  • C. R. Kamath, new director of Corporation Bank
  • Mangalore Chemicals sales up 14 p.c.
  • Subex Q1 net up 110 p.c.

    • Business

  • Maran urges VSNL to cut bandwidth prices
  • Acer India introduces new notebook
  • PNB profit up 11 p.c.
  • Financial closure for GMR airport project shortly
  • Cognizant Q2 net rises
  • Two Shriram group cos. merge
  • Relocation of CLC gets under way
  • SBI net rises to Rs. 1,223 cr. in Q1
  • HCL Tech rejigs pricing strategy
  • Higher tax outgo prunes SAIL's net
  • L&T's smart showing in Q1
  • 40 p.c. jump in M&M's net
  • India top FDI destination on higher RoI: KPMG

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • Comprehensive education policy sought
  • Delimitation process may be futile now
  • Selling Australia to students from India
  • Biding time with code till B-school
  • Will, not brilliance, needed to make waste useful: innovators
  • College choice guided by placements
  • Official apathy to laws on weights flayed
  • AIADMK protests against non-release of Cauvery water
  • Encounter deaths: High Court orders notice to police
  • Residents take to streets
  • EC teams review verification process
  • Lessons in film appreciation for children
  • Karunanidhi objects to Jayalalithaa's remark
  • Red Ribbon Express to spread AIDS awareness
  • IT returns: no extension of deadline
  • Fourth episode of film on tigers
  • Police told to consider school's complaint
  • Bank loans for unemployed farm, veterinary graduates
  • Jayalalithaa comes to the help of MBBS aspirant
  • Drowning grief in alcohol
  • Cops reach for the helmet
  • A car for a multi-millionaire
  • He is a lucky Airtel contest winner
  • New primary school coming up at Kalpakkam
  • Rotary to focus on literacy projects
  • Model village plans tree planting drive
  • 54 writers honoured
  • Police unravel crime, in reverse
  • Court curbs on decisions at Sterling Resorts meeting
  • Show cause notice to Congress MLA
  • Madhavan back in style
  • Three-in-one musician
  • Ban on movement of animals from TN lifted
  • World youth meet in Caracas
  • Ad agency wins awards
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Sasikiran keeps winning
  • Karthikeyan still ahead

    • Coimbatore

  • Poor rainfall, but no water scarcity
  • Dyeing units: risks do not deter investors
  • Shantanand Saraswathi passes away
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Luck favours Salem
  • Rain hampers Sri Lanka's practice match
  • Comfortable win for ACA
  • Ian Chappell plans to raise funds for Gilmour
  • Akshay, Saurabh sparkle

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8358
  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8357

    • Cuddapah

  • ARS to use Israeli know-how for drip, sprinkler irrigation

    • Dindigul

  • AIADMK workers observe fast
  • Bank constructs overhead tank at colony

    • Editorials

  • Maharashtra's trial by rain and fire
  • Time for peace and healing in Indonesia

    • Erode

  • `Sharp decline in Maternal Mortality Rate in district'
  • Administration recommends LBP water release from August 15
  • Body of headmistress recovered
  • In Erode Today
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • Bhutia to play for Malaysian club

    • Front Page

  • Rs. 500 crores for Maharashtra
  • Charges framed against Advani, seven others
  • Meet to focus on improving research
  • No dam burst: police
  • 10 killed in train blast
  • Top Maoist leader, 3 others killed
  • State will not give in to pressure: Prakash
  • Naidu disagrees on NHRC nominees
  • IRA ends thirty years of armed struggle
  • Colleges too go for dress code
  • Eight policemen hurt in naxal attack
  • President Kalam gives Kerala 10-point agenda
  • Partial resumption of Mumbai flights
  • Delhi-Mumbai flights resume; train services still hit
  • Gurgaon bandh peaceful
  • Demarche to Italy
  • DMK gesture
  • In Erode Today
  • In Palakkad Today
  • In Kannur Today
  • In Tirupati Today
  • In Thrissur Today
  • In Pathanamthitta Today
  • In Mysore Today
  • In Mangalore Today
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • In Madurai Today
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • In Kochi Today
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • In Chennai Today
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Gulbarga

  • Villager stages dharna seeking action against medical officer
  • Red alert sounded in villages on banks of the Krishna
  • 1,442 gastroenteritis cases reported in Gulbarga district
  • Competitions for schoolchildren

    • Guntur

  • Project for reproductive, child health
  • University session on ragging

    • Haryana

  • Haryana gears up to tackle flood

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Water suppply schedule for Hubli, Dharwad
  • Railway staff told to be alert during monsoon
  • Lions Club to focus on rural areas

    • Hyderabad

  • Chief Minister promises incubation for IT companies
  • Singur water for Medak may hit city supplies
  • Environmentalists oppose waste treatment plant at Damaracherla
  • Qurrah for Haj in August first week
  • Rain recedes, but leaves illness
  • Fevers in agency: Rosaiah disputes Naidu's claims
  • Karnataka Chief Minister woos investors from State
  • SAAP officials in a fix over sports quota admissions
  • Speaker proposes Assembly online
  • Karnataka woos investors
  • CMC's new courses for engineering students
  • No sign of nostalgia as Naidu visits Secretariat after a gap of 15 months
  • Banks eager to give education loans
  • Bonalu: wine shops closure for two days
  • Congress decries Naidu's campaign
  • Counselling: 1,346 more students admitted
  • OU to allow clearing of backlog papers
  • Auction cancelled
  • Stamp duty reduced
  • JAC boycotts meeting on pay revision
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Negative statements won't deter us: Aziz
  • Asia-Pacific nations plan to reduce global warming
  • Indian doctor accused of killing mother

    • International

  • IRA ends thirty years of armed struggle
  • Rajapakse named for President
  • Slain Brazilian's kin refute police version
  • Clashes in Nepal
  • Hacker fights extradition
  • Pig-borne disease vaccine
  • Decoding mammal genes

    • Kancheepuram

  • BPL cards at post offices

    • Kannur

  • Collectorate properties attached, returned
  • Special medical schemes for weaker sections
  • SFI to launch agitation on university campuses
  • In Kannur Today
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • No inflows into Upper Manair
  • Naidu to launch civic poll campaign

    • Karnataka

  • 8 policemen hurt in naxal attack in Udupi district

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Dharam Singh promises to put power projects on hold
  • All India Radio pitches in to help farmers
  • Rally against conversion launched
  • Corporation told to act according to law
  • Better water management is needed: expert
  • Officers told to be ready to tackle eventualities
  • Compensation given

    • Kerala

  • President gives Kerala a 10-point development agenda
  • When the House was Kalam-struck
  • Cheruvannur
  • From strength to strength?
  • President's pat for Health Department
  • A passion for theatre
  • A Taj Mahal for the President
  • Verdict an eye-opener
  • To do or not to do
  • Science quiz
  • Save water
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Kodungallur all set to welcome President
  • Chennithala's poser to CPI(M)
  • NAAC team to visit Unity College today
  • Air services hit
  • Ubaid memorial inaugurated
  • Heavy rain in Mumbai: AI flights may be delayed

    • Kochi

  • Plea to stop self-financing college admission
  • President Kalam accorded warm welcome in city
  • Snag leaves students disappointed
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • ONV poem being filmed

    • Kottayam

  • President to inaugurate RRII jubilee fete
  • Landslips continue in Munnar, traffic hit

    • Kozhikode

  • Revised plan for Kappad tourism
  • Ombudsman's direction on solid waste handling
  • Entrust education portfolio to national parties, says AISF
  • Village assistant convicted in forgery case
  • Indian Airlines flights cancelled
  • KPCC panel to draw up plan
  • Death anniversary

    • Kurnool

  • Heavy inflows into Krishna, Tunga forecast

    • Leader Page Articles

  • The truth behind the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Fire at Bombay High
  • Nature's fury
  • Triumph of truth
  • Dangerous signs
  • Unfair
  • Malls of the few
  • Kalam's vision

    • Madikeri

  • Rs. 4.8 crores for sanitation scheme in Kodagu district
  • Board not to buy White Stem Borer-infested coffee stems

    • Madurai

  • Panel pleased with development works
  • Vocational course for rural youths
  • Probe into `embezzlement' of money disbursed to SHGs sought
  • Will his efforts go to nought?
  • Total Sanitation Campaign at an outlay of Rs.14 crores
  • AIADMK fast for Cauvery water
  • Book fair starts today
  • Carnatic music wafting through
  • Aavani festival
  • Camp for students
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • `Kannada in courts can make litigation easier'
  • `Akshaya Patra' at Kavoor
  • Sandbags fail to arrest sea erosion at Hosabattu
  • Bus operators welcome hike in city service fares
  • Academy to observe `Konkani Day' on August 20
  • Varsity promises to ensure early election to students' unions
  • In Mangalore Today
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • City Corporation Council backs demolition drive in Mysore
  • Traffic on Jhansi Lakshmi Bai road to be synchronised
  • Mysore zoo to draft plan for development
  • The pain of being
  • Workshop on prevention of human trafficking
  • Man from Mysore killed in Bombay High tragedy
  • Central team to visit KRS reservoir today
  • In Mysore Today
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • Rs.30 cr. for road development in Nagapattinam dt.
  • UNICEF training for ICDS volunteers

    • Nagercoil

  • Heavy rain

    • National

  • Death toll up to 12 in Bombay High fire
  • Accident will not weaken energy security: Aiyar
  • Search on for missing persons
  • 200 feared trapped in landslip
  • I had no hand in hotel deal: Bhattacharya
  • No threat to Karnataka coalition: Deve Gowda
  • "Consistent with Kyoto Protocol"
  • Death toll is 513 in Maharashtra
  • A nostalgic homecoming for Kalam
  • Coping with the Siachen
  • G-4 remains focussed on the African Union
  • For hours they battled the sea
  • "Centre monitoring Gurgaon situation"
  • Gurgaon bandh peaceful
  • Congress demands CBI probe
  • Proceedings on telecast issue stayed
  • Nathu La infrastructure by September-end
  • Centre, Army to file affidavits on plea to produce missing ULFA leader
  • Talks outside Imphal out of the question
  • Reply on Citizenship Bill deferred
  • Medical programme
  • Boy lost from relief camp still missing
  • Ministry evolving draft Civil Aviation policy
  • President's vision for space missions
  • The perils of melting polar ice
  • CPI warns of `serious repercussions'
  • Left Front to support August 1 protest
  • When Ahmed turned the tables on Sinha

    • Nellore

  • Nellore Thermal Station will be closed, says YSR
  • Plot allotment: Revenue Services body meets YSR

    • New Delhi

  • Roshan Seth fires at Government over power mess
  • BJP for special Assembly session
  • `DJB run by World Bank'
  • In aid of needy animals
  • Government accepts proposals on Scheduled Castes
  • DDA plans new housing scheme
  • `Examine functioning of police'
  • Tired of being `strong'
  • Eyeing the silver
  • 2 get lifer for killing woman
  • Taxing time for taxpayers at Pragati Maidan
  • PDT Achary new Secretary-General of Lok Sabha
  • Some Arjun systems not up to the mark: Pranab
  • Dehra Dun doctor performs rare surgical feat
  • Schoolboy stabs senior to death
  • In the Capital Today
  • Around the City
  • Briefly

    • New Delhi - Others

  • Gaur hits out at Maoists, cautions against cult of violence
  • Life term mooted for brewing spurious liquor
  • `Private schools ignoring poor'
  • Total sanitation campaign soon

    • News Analysis

  • The business ethics of J.R.D. Tata
  • From conflict to politics
  • Eroding women's rights

    • Nizamabad

  • All gates of Sri Ram Sagar Project opened

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • In Palakkad Today
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Parumala set to receive Kalam
  • Doctors to intensify protest
  • KSEB drive to restore power supply
  • In Pathanamthitta Today
  • In Pathanamthitta Today

    • Pondicherry

  • New Karaikal Collector appointed
  • Training for non-technical posts to be revived
  • Following NHRC guidelines to the core
  • Court orders awaited on private medical college admissions

    • Racing : Horse

  • Fire Brigade wins main event
  • Sanskara has an edge
  • Great Strides shows out
  • Amazing Velocity excels
  • Jockeys fined

    • Racing : Motor

  • Twisty track ahead of Fernando Alonso

    • Raichur

  • Power generation at RTPS brought down

    • Rajasthan

  • Rajasthan to host meet of Information Ministers

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Wasteland project to cover 2500 ha

    • Religion

  • Path to liberation

    • Salem

  • Red Ribbon Clubs in Periyar varsity
  • Building surveyors' plea to Corporation
  • AIADMK observes fast

    • Shimoga

  • Major mishap averted, breach in tank plugged
  • Naxalite menace in Shimoga under control
  • Agumbe awash in monsoon magic

    • Sport

  • Jayasuriya licking his lips in anticipation
  • Harbhajan up to the task ahead
  • ICC to bid goodbye to Lord's
  • Lin Chen, Feng Yalan win with ease
  • Megha and monsoon mayhem

    • Sports : General

  • Indian taekwondo squad
  • Efforts on to make beach volleyball popular
  • 4 AP archers for National tournament

    • Srikakulam

  • A `model' to go by

    • Swimming

  • Nisha joins training
  • Hackett sets world record

    • Table Tennis

  • Pranitha advances

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Baring details of an off-screen romance
  • Nature expedition
  • Posters say it all
  • Eye donation yet to catch on
  • Free gas connections for SHG members
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Wealth case: accused told to appear in court
  • Tirupur utensils industry in dire straits
  • Banks surpass loan targets
  • Accidents a regular affair on this bridge
  • New houses for 31 differently-abled dalits
  • Plea to ensure supply of fertilizers through PACBs
  • `Papa Goubert' anniversary celebrations
  • Typing Tirukkural couplets in five hours
  • Incessant rain continues
  • Cancer hospital acquires hi-tech equipment
  • Assurance panel visit today
  • Collector says no to vegetable market on private land
  • Woman held for stealing baby boy from hospital
  • Water release within a month, says Dharam Singh
  • Three missing in Thirumurthy dam

    • Tennis

  • Sania Mirza falters against Venus Williams

    • Thanjavur

  • `Visit of Central team a delaying tactic'
  • Central law to employees needed, says CPI leader
  • Funds released for project `Atlas of South India'

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • State's prosperity should be the motto: President
  • Burns unit at MCH yet to materialise
  • PCB directed to stop auctioning of waste oil
  • Craze for medical profession amuses Kalam
  • When science and spirituality made common cause
  • Kerala libraries going digital
  • MLAs submit memo pleading protection for Maudany
  • Utilise modern systems to meet housing needs: Kalam
  • Government to invest more in textile sector
  • Palayam underpass to be opened on August 1
  • Make EDUSAT more appealing: Kalam
  • A moment to cherish for Abdul Kalam
  • TIFF begins today
  • Course in Nehruvian studies soon
  • Malayalam edition of Kalam's book released
  • Life term for seven for murdering CPI(M) workers
  • Lottery agents hail court order
  • CAP: 80 get allotment for architecture course
  • One killed in accident
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated July 29, 1955: Brahmaputra in spate
  • dated July 29, 1955: Austria becomes free
  • dated July 29, 1955: Memorial at Tiruvarur

    • Thrissur

  • Proposal for disposing of organic waste submitted
  • Accused in spirit smuggling case in judicial custody
  • In Thrissur Today
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • `Arrest exodus to cities from villages'
  • Education guidance programme for rural students
  • Held with fake passport at airport
  • Rally against `covert' registration of land
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • DMK members to abstain from council meetings
  • AIADMK cadres observe fast

    • Tirupati

  • SVIMS to hold tele-conference with Kalam
  • In Tirupati Today
  • In Tirupati Today

    • Tumkur

  • Dalit women illegally detained: Jayachandra

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Ooty's `warmth' impresses students
  • Awareness campaign

    • Vijayawada

  • This road in need of funds
  • Padmavathi Ghat oustees stage protest
  • Woman `kills' son, `hangs' herself
  • Lorry owners' awareness meet on AIDS
  • Barrage closed
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Belgium state ready to help investors
  • Devices to check adulteration of petroleum products
  • CONCOR sets grand plans for this year
  • Excess rain in all but two districts of the State
  • CPI legislator spells out priorities for agency area
  • Notification issued on Greater Visakha
  • Exclusive ward for fever cases in KGH
  • ORS Day to focus on child health
  • Sahaja Yoga to stoke up `sacred energy'
  • `VPT went back on master-list decision'
  • Special train extended
  • Change in bus timing
  • Woman robbed of jewellery, cash
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Brazil to open campaign against Tunisia in Pool `B'
  • Basaweswara Degree posts win

    • Warangal

  • KUDA proposes two new projects
  • Rajiv Nagara Bheri from tomorrow

    • Weather

  • Weather

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