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Alappuzha

  • Chief Minister to flag off Nehru Trophy Boat Race
  • Politics not to hamper tourism projects, says Kodiyeri

    • Anantapur

  • Plea for women's quota bill in current Parliament session
  • BJP unhappy with measures for flood relief in State

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Godavari recedes, yet no respite from floods in A.P.
  • Sonia to visit flood-hit areas today
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Number of marooned villages in Konaseema reaches 350
  • Godavari flood banks in urgent need of strengthening
  • Hundreds of flood-hit families face scanty relief
  • Shoring up floodbanks only way out
  • Chief Minister promises compensation to ryots
  • Andhra Bank introduces online rail ticket booking
  • Four-lane road work will be expedited, says engineer
  • Chikungunya: DMHO's remarks draw flak
  • An administrative calamity: Dattatreya
  • Vizag briefly
  • In adversity, he dons role of saviour
  • Plagued by postal problems
  • Drive against child labour

    • Athletics

  • Ohuruogu's dream in tatters
  • Gebrselassie has a date with Delhi
  • Athletics meet

    • Bangalore

  • State asks Centre for Rs. 20 crore to fight chikungunya
  • Tata acquires Eight O'Clock Coffee
  • No action yet against officials employing children
  • Shoppers add to chaos on roads
  • CBSE, ICSE students allowed to take part in competition
  • BJP threatens stir over grade separator
  • Board for construction workers' welfare planned
  • Lane system to be enforced in Cubbon Park
  • Two arrested on charge of murdering youth
  • Notification on internal quota for OBCs soon: Deve Gowda
  • Bangalore airport handled 41 lakh passengers in 2005, says report
  • Advocates protest against soft drinks
  • Increase in quantum of education loan for minority students
  • Four arrested on charges of robbery
  • Man injured in attack
  • Give a `missed call' to get information on city
  • Court upholds externment order
  • Editor of magazine arrested
  • Creating awareness
  • Correction
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Rains: officials on their toes

    • Bidar

  • Minister accused of being `anti-Dalit'
  • Compensation

    • Bijapur

  • Bhima swells above danger mark, farmland flooded

    • Boxing

  • Mixed luck for India

    • Briefly

  • Zurich Banking to deploy Finacle
  • Lanco Infratech files draft prospectus with SEBI
  • S B Global Educational signs up Sreesanth
  • Induj enters into marketing deal with Israel Co.
  • SEZ board approves more zones
  • Liqwid Krystal's solution for corporate learning
  • Seminar on study skills
  • IST to form subsidiary, sets up SEZ in Gurgaon
  • Floods force ONGC to shut Hazira plant
  • Management leadership award
  • NJPC secures ISO 14001:2004 certification
  • ADAG, Karvy tie-up
  • KFC to lend Rs. 32 cr. in Thiruvananthapuram dt.
  • Hindustan Construction bags NTPC contract
  • Tata-AIG enters micro insurance market
  • Cheviot shareholders' nod for bonus issue
  • Development Bank of Mauritius selects Flexcube
  • Lanco Infratech files draft prospectus with SEBI
  • Zenith Birla's subsidiary to be transferred
  • Spinnaker funds raise stake in Sanghi
  • Kandagiri Spinning achieves higher net profit
  • Mode Group ties up with German institute

    • Business

  • India making efforts to revive WTO talks, says Kamal Nath
  • Hero Honda to set up new plant
  • Tatas plan to raise holding in group cos.
  • Goa opposes excise exemption for hilly States
  • Caution on scans
  • Raymond forms joint venture for denims
  • Tata Sky launches direct-to-home services
  • Rupee ends higher
  • Sensex recovers 202 points
  • Re-elected AAAI President
  • South Indian Bank launches new product
  • Natural rubber exports to continue

    • Carrom

  • Carrom tournament

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chennai

  • How safe are the city roads for children?
  • "Help make India tobacco-free"
  • `Home composting' is the norm in Moulivakkam panchayat
  • Karunanidhi will talk to lawyers
  • A home for spastics and others
  • Six doctors honoured
  • Seminar to analyse global trends in road safety
  • Fishing hamlet gets solar fish drier
  • Rotary to set up gasifier-based crematoria in all districts
  • "Imsai Arasan" a box-office hit despite piracy
  • Poster competition
  • Traffic diversion for I-Day rehearsal
  • AIADMK members stage walkout
  • Chocolates stuffed with ganja seized
  • Former Law Minister's brother found hanging
  • Constables suspended for extortion
  • Commuters' stir
  • Results of teacher's course today
  • Job racket: one held
  • `Valley Song' at Music Academy
  • Sisters perform at `Kutcheri in the Park'
  • High Court order upsets advocates
  • U.S students takes up programme
  • `Expressions of Freedom'
  • School buildings inaugurated
  • Abstaining from work
  • M.K. Narayanan to meet Karunanidhi
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Barua upsets Landa
  • Nithila wins

    • Coimbatore

  • Silt robs pedestrians of space
  • Project Vision covers over 60,000 students
  • BSNL introduces new tariff plan
  • Karunya varsity upgrades English curriculum
  • Ayurveda medical camp for prisoners
  • Order on BPL enumeration
  • Lawyers' boycott
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Indian colts have the edge
  • Tiruvallur posts emphatic win
  • Champions Trophy: Pakistan names probables
  • WIPA, WICB thrash out differences
  • Coimbatore in quarterfinals
  • Ankit scalps four
  • Easy win for JJ
  • Siddharth shines
  • Jones tenders apology

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8677
  • Solution to Puzzle 8676

    • Cycling

  • I don't expect a fair deal: Landis

    • Dindigul

  • Efforts on to rehabilitate reformed offenders
  • More polling stations

    • Editorials

  • Distress compounded
  • Now a development agenda for WIPO

    • Erode

  • Garment exporters to participate in France textile fair
  • Encroachers continue to occupy Erode bus stand
  • Local body polls: Collector seeks parties' cooperation
  • KVB's new facilities for exporters soon
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • Mohun Bagan loses opener
  • DSA tournament

    • Front Page

  • Natwar suspended from Congress
  • NDA boycotts Lok Sabha
  • Manmohan to visit Gujarat, Maharashtra
  • J&K police kill two militants
  • Supreme Court nod sought to place advertisements on notice to Sasikala
  • Long-term addicts go for injectable drugs
  • High alert in Kolkata airport after threat
  • MBC, BC can't be clubbed: court
  • LTTE lifts waterway blockade
  • Rent or lease STBs, says TRAI
  • Reject Maharashtra's claim over our villages, State urges Prime Minister
  • Godavari recedes, no respite from floods
  • Two quit Dam Safety Authority
  • Forest department begins "bio-fencing"
  • YSR rejects water board's proposal
  • Dues to be collected from lottery operators
  • School mapping project over in 10 districts
  • Costs imposed on Collector for defying order
  • TRS-Congress tug of war on Telangana
  • Lufthansa to resume operations from Kolkata
  • The deluge

    • Golf

  • Tiger — 50 and still going strong

    • Guntur

  • An Indian awakening for NRI students
  • Name centre after freedom fighter: TDP
  • Seminar on management education from today
  • Two students drowned
  • Training classes in yoga

    • Haryana

  • Scholarship for bright students
  • Bhajan Lal, son allege `surveillance'

    • Hassan

  • Teachers yet to be appointed in 18 colleges in Hassan

    • Hockey

  • Probables for women's World Cup hockey named
  • Delhi Audit wins

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Railways plans to plant 30 lakh jatropha saplings
  • 20 injured in clash in Gadag village
  • NGOs vital for success of schemes: Srikar
  • Man hurt as poles crash
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Hyderabad

  • YSR satisfied with relief operations
  • Microsoft to launch online games
  • CPI(M) seeks white paper on ORR land acquisitions
  • Work on expressway to begin on August 20
  • SCB vice-president post: contest hots up
  • Visually-challenged killed in accident
  • Two found dead on Musi river bed
  • YSR calls for expeditious land acquisition
  • Subbarami Reddy seeks Rs. 500 cr. for relief activities
  • Man `robbed' of Rs. 3.17 lakhs
  • Sri Ramnagar residents seek probe
  • SETWIN to help candidates find placements
  • `Propagate concept of energy conservation building activity'
  • Storm water drains to be improved
  • Government flayed for inviting Sonia Gandhi
  • Counselling today
  • 35 tolas gold ornaments stolen
  • Mala Mahanadu meetings
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • Lee hails economic momentum of India, China
  • India, a responsible nuclear actor: U.S.

    • International

  • Lebanon offer boosts ceasefire diplomacy
  • Maliki slams U.S.-led attack on Shia base
  • Two journalists killed
  • 29 Thai provinces bird flu-hit
  • Martha Stewart to pay fine
  • U.K. plans ethnic "quotas"

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Mehbooba disputes Azad's assertion

    • Kannur

  • Elocution series on drug menace to end on Saturday
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Withdrawal of gunmen causes concern

    • Karnataka

  • Reject Maharashtra's claim, Karnataka urges Manmohan
  • Coalition dynamics
  • On the horns of a dilemma
  • Raksha Bandhan
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • BJP told to stop atrocities against weaker sections
  • Protest held over delay in completing drinking water project
  • Goa set to seek court's nod for towing vessel
  • Month-long agitation against coalition Government
  • Minister defends new rule for panchayats

    • Kerala

  • UDF members resign from Dam Safety Authority
  • Kerala Minister's appeal to Maharashtra
  • Ramayana month observance
  • Tribute to women filmmakers
  • Remembering Pottekkat
  • Confusion over ban on plastic carry-bags
  • Pathetic condition of national highway
  • Farmers' darling
  • Invoking the God
  • A milsetone
  • Enjoying the surf
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Around the City

    • Kochi

  • Clearance for waste treatment plant delayed
  • Plight of the parakeets
  • Action council demands rail overbridge at Eroor
  • `Tsotsi' to be screened in Kochi
  • To keep adulterants at bay
  • Programme to focus on shaping young minds
  • Changing times
  • Glorious reminiscences
  • Cold storage facility at EU market
  • Inspection squads constituted
  • Idyllic calm
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Power workers' union flays suspensions

    • Kottayam

  • MG University cancels examination centre

    • Kozhikode

  • Medical college gearing up for jubilee fete
  • Fish-workers to protest against extension of trawling ban
  • Hartal peaceful in district
  • `Civic body cannot run waste treatment plant'
  • Woman sentenced in drugs case
  • Hartal in Kozhikode peaceful
  • Seminar on sexuality

    • Kurnool

  • More SC hostel seats sought

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Europe and Israel's acts of unilateralism

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Pathak report
  • Overdue indeed
  • Neglect of schools
  • On reservation

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • M. P. Pollution Control Board without a head

    • Madikeri

  • 1.1 lakh tonnes of coffee production likely in Kodagu
  • Internal quota sought for Kodava women

    • Madurai

  • 100 per cent growth for Madurai Aavin
  • Night shift for women: Move to amend Act flayed
  • Plan to hand over water schemes to local bodies flayed
  • Non-utilisation of services for long tantamount to retrenchment: Bench
  • On a dramatic tour with Kunthi
  • Walkers' woes overflow to road
  • World Social Forum meet on August 12, 13
  • Chain snatched
  • Agony of the aged
  • CM thanked
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Farmers to use organic manure for Kharif crop
  • Corporation Bank to centralise processing of agricultural loans
  • `Support of NGOs essential to eradicate malaria'
  • Maravoor hill may disappear making way for houses
  • Youth federation stages protest
  • Akshata death case: one held
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Point system for Ashraya scheme to be withdrawn
  • Sound and light show at Mysore Palace runs into rough weather
  • Mysore city fails to get Rs. 50-cr. tourism grant
  • Project launched to improve condition of slums in Mysore
  • MCC removes encroachments in Devaraja market area
  • Preparations under way for Dasara fete
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • Tsunami shelters lack basic facilities

    • Nagercoil

  • Team visits de-addiction centre in Naduvoorkarai

    • National

  • Over 2.5 lakh evacuated as floods wreak havoc in Gujarat
  • It was not expected of Vajpayee: Dasmunsi
  • Parliament passes Juvenile Justice Bill
  • Azad announces relief for flood-hit areas
  • Sonia's call to oust Mulayam Government
  • Four States seek Central funds to fight chikungunya
  • No links with Ravi Shankaran, says Navy Chief
  • Court asks for status report on Tehri
  • Manmohan approves RAW reforms
  • BJP to take on Government on Pathak Inquiry Authority report
  • West Bengal to conduct tests on soft drinks
  • Sri Lankan pilgrims stranded
  • Maharashtra seeks Rs. 500 cr aid
  • Chandra Prasad Saikia dead
  • Walkout over leak of Pathak report
  • Chidambaram should quit, demands AIADMK
  • Iran objects to Boucher's remarks

    • Nellore

  • `Indiramma' proves lucky for Congress

    • New Delhi

  • "Construction in Vasant Kunj ridge environmentally unsound"
  • Lovely seeks advice from Health Ministry on cola issue
  • Sonia Vihar plant releases water
  • Illegal constructions at Sainik Farms alleged
  • Students seek security for girls in Delhi varsity campus areas
  • Demand to dissolve MCD
  • Of postures, gestures, rhythms and much more
  • One nabbed for online fraud
  • Sheila expresses concern over declining sex ratio
  • Toons take charge on literacy front
  • Supreme Court takes MCD to task on abattoir
  • Metro to increase frequency today
  • Rahul moves court to go abroad
  • Raining malls in Punjab
  • Encounter case registered against policemen
  • A clarification
  • Protest rally
  • V.P. Singh felicitated on Reservation Day
  • Sorry, says Anbumani
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • New Delhi - Others

  • Around the City

    • News Analysis

  • You cannot kill ideas with guns
  • Corrections and clarifications
  • Racism by other means
  • Keeping a watch for the big one
  • Let us join hands to reclaim feminism

    • Nizamabad

  • YSR asks officials to curb outbreak of epidemics

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • High-level technical team inspects second summer storage tank
  • Get cracking, Collector asks officials

    • Pathanamthitta

  • `Pandalam-Sabarimala ties being overlooked'
  • Water supply hit in Upper Kuttanad
  • In Pathanamthitta Today

    • Pondicherry

  • Proposed SEZ approved by Centre: Rangasamy
  • U.N. commission sends list of `untraced claimants'
  • Rs.10-crore flood relief sought
  • Flood relief announced for Yanam region

    • Punjab

  • Rodrigues opens Juvenile Home

    • Racing : Horse

  • Tactical Advantage appeals most
  • Aashirwaad, Parthenon shine
  • Greyhound, Sixth Element please
  • Hugo Bsoss and Aspinalls impress
  • Basra bags feature event

    • Raichur

  • Alert sounded in villages along the banks of the Krishna river
  • Medical college to function from next academic year
  • Residents protest, demand more anganwadi centres
  • Two constables suspended

    • Rajasthan

  • Stage set for rehabilitation of Pong dam oustees
  • Court restores registration of EMI societies
  • A case of public, private participation in education

    • Religion

  • Control the mind

    • Sailing

  • Rajesh bags a double

    • Salem

  • Police on doorstep to assist women in distress
  • Parties urged to give views on poll booths
  • Sand price down: civil engineers thank State Government
  • Lawyers stage agitation
  • Three teachers of `Smile' adjudged the best
  • District toppers in Plus Two, Class X honoured
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • Organic farming alone can save soil fertility, says zilla panchayat CEO
  • `LIC settles 43,000 claims every day'
  • Rainfall uneven in Shimoga

    • Sivaganga

  • Four automatic signals to be installed

    • Sport

  • England wraps up the series
  • Sri Lanka pulls off a dramatic win, sweeps series
  • A day for simulated match practice
  • Sania can make it to top 10: Amritraj

    • Sports : General

  • Chandramouli puts out Vamsi Mohan

    • Srikakulam

  • Naidu blames Government
  • Woman naxalite held in Palasa hospital

    • Tamil Nadu

  • "Circular issued for speedy disposal of suits"
  • 54,460 houses for the tsunami-hit by December: Minister
  • Quota sought for rural students in professional colleges
  • Villagers perform role of lawyers
  • 24,000-tonne fall in PDS rice offtake in July
  • Sri Lankan refugees now arriving during daytime too
  • Explosives seizure: one more arrested
  • Enhanced extra time remuneration for jail warders
  • `Statue installation is contempt of court'
  • Toppers honoured
  • Risky venture
  • Boy eats contaminated biscuit, dies
  • Students can look at Railways as a career option, says Velu
  • Bahrain fallout: Two moneylenders held
  • Court bars hymn recitation at temple
  • Right to Information Act "will check corruption"
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Local body deplores encroachments
  • `Kalithogai' discovery
  • Submit quarterly returns, establishments told
  • Amaravathy Sugar Mills to exceed full crushing capacity
  • 50 persons test positive for STD at Sempatti in a single day during special campaign
  • Free spectacles distributed
  • New Lions Club inaugurated
  • Serving patients with a clear vision
  • Audition for trainee dancers

    • Tennis

  • Jeevan outplays Navdeep
  • Davide Sanguinetti surprises David Nalbandian

    • Thanjavur

  • Training programme in tailoring for differently-abled persons
  • Gram sabha meetings to be held at 589 village panchayats on August 15

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Government steps in to resolve garbage crisis
  • Murder case: Crime Branch in the dark
  • Government to impose strict control on sand-mining
  • Non-availability of seats posing problems to travellers
  • Bid to sabotage RTI Act alleged
  • SIET to extend project to primary classes
  • International flavour for Nehru Trophy boat race
  • Cheating, forgery: one held
  • St. John's School fete begins
  • Woman's death: husband under investigation
  • `Media should avoid character assassination'
  • Abysmal record
  • Countdown machines
  • Inspired by the muse
  • RSP(M) stages `evening dharna'
  • Next issue
  • Preparing for big Onam shows
  • Impersonation: stern action warned
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated August 9, 1956: India to attend Suez talks
  • dated August 9, 1956: Dr. H.C. Mukerjee

    • Thrissur

  • Home for elderly seeks inmates
  • Village officer convicted
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Need for more train services during daytime
  • Sanction to fill vacant posts enthuses aided institutions
  • Synthetic diamond units in Tiruchi and Pudukottai down shutters
  • Where hawkers take to the roads
  • Farmers say `no' to bus stand at Devadhanam
  • Fervent appeal to fans of Vijay
  • `Surprise visit'
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • `Aadi Thavasu' festival held at Sankarankovil

    • Tirupati

  • Conversion: Congress takes the fight to RSS
  • Eco-friendly Ganesh idols a big draw
  • Celestial wedding to be held today
  • Effigy of Bollywood actress burnt
  • TDP protests against mutt land deal

    • Tuticorin

  • Move to allocate funds for Chairman's tour opposed
  • Four lakh larvae of painted spiny lobsters sea ranched

    • Udhagamandalam

  • INDCO workers seek wage hike
  • In Udhagamandalam Today

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Meerut mall `flouted' building norms
  • `Gulabi gang' on the prowl in Banda
  • Cong. implicating Natwar Singh, says Mulayam

    • Uttaranchal

  • Action ordered against malls that ignore safety norms

    • Vijayawada

  • Devolve powers to local bodies or face stir: CPI
  • Boating activity in Krishna from today
  • Crest gates operated to maintain level
  • Flood-affected families set to return home
  • Student jumps into Krishna
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • `Kursura' saga continues
  • Vizag Conservator of Forests chants the green mantra
  • Fire damages records in LIC building
  • In the Lord's service
  • Student loses arm in ragging
  • Several child labour cases detected in city
  • Girijan students stage sit-in
  • Flood relief meagre, says CPI(M)
  • Australian varsity team visits AU
  • Pays with life for not wearing helmet
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • DRC meeting advanced
  • Rs.45 cr order for BHPV
  • Around the City

    • Volleyball

  • Loyola, Sethu score wins

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Weightlifting

  • Bharathiar varsity is champion

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