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    Anantapur

  • TDP remarks against Congress flayed

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Congress loses in Asifnagar
  • BJP faults Government's stand on naxalism
  • Government-naxalite talks fail to make headway
  • Majlis on cloud nine
  • YSR reads positive signals from bypoll results
  • Farm labourers threaten direct action
  • Jayati Ghosh's plea spurs YSR into action
  • All set for EdCET
  • Quota for women, BCs in two municipal corporations
  • Be open on World Bank dealings, says CPI(M)
  • Bail out weavers: Barnala
  • Centre blamed for woes of North-East
  • Where looks don't matter to become an anchor
  • Cabinet ratifies excise policy
  • TRS to wait till month-end, says Narendra
  • Report on Tirumala fire exaggerated, says TSR
  • `Land reforms key for development'
  • Advisory council for SSIs suggested
  • Supply of nutrient-rich food through PDS planned
  • No clarity in naxal policy, says Indrasena
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Siddipet by-election: TDP puts up a better show
  • Switching off the darkness
  • `Implement GOs on untouchability'
  • TTD aid for heart patients in SVIMS
  • `Java can be learnt in 60 minutes'
  • Sports stadium readied for army recruitment rally
  • Two youths dead

    • Badminton

  • Saurabh, Thulasi win titles

    • Bangalore

  • It is festival time in Bangalore
  • Five arrested on murder charge
  • Koramangala residents protest, seek better roads
  • Power shutdown
  • Traffic curbs today, tomorrow
  • HAL 3rd Stage residents may boycott poll
  • Sale of alcohol banned in some areas
  • Around the City

    • Basketball

  • Madras triumphs
  • India drubs Macau
  • St. Columba's in semifinals

    • Belgaum

  • Naada Habba begins in Belgaum

    • Bellary

  • Pratibha utsava from October 26

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Joshi spoils Advani's party
  • Girish, Rafath in final

    • Business

  • Information security practices, a critical selling point
  • Electronic security, a growing market
  • Family business: a winning proposition
  • Sri Lanka Telecom, BSNL establish voice link
  • Forex reserves up $20 million
  • Tamil Nadu Newsprint exports up

    • Carrom

  • Carrom stars felicitated

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • When they missed a magic moment
  • Meeting their heroes
  • Bringing up retarded children at home
  • Online diploma courses
  • Caution against buying attached property
  • Man pushed by son, dies
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Winning start for Indian teams
  • Fourteen boys share lead

    • Coimbatore

  • Tirupur Municipality defers receipt of applications
  • Pulse polio immunisation a success
  • Power shutdown
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Australia on the back foot
  • Pleasure and pain for Kaif and Patel
  • Kaif — a committed foot soldier
  • The Australians are feeling the heat
  • Greg Chappell surprised at Chopra's omission
  • Steve Waugh praises Warne
  • Big win for Vizag
  • Sri Lanka is champion
  • `India-Pakistan veteran's cricket match likely'
  • Bashar included in squad
  • Big win for Masters
  • TCC in first phase final
  • Sri Venkateswara College in final
  • Indian Airlines in last four
  • DPS, FAPS advance

    • Crossword

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    • Cuddapah

  • Officials told to inspect mid-day meal scheme
  • Tourism Department funds for development of temple

    • Dharwad

  • Urban development bodies face the axe

    • Erode

  • Villagers flee on rumour of canal breach
  • Rain damages road
  • Commits suicide

    • Football

  • No improvement in quality of matches
  • Ignatious to lead Kerala
  • Semifinal league from today
  • Durand Cup from Oct. 23
  • Assisi Vidyaniketan `B' triumphs
  • Girinagar Bhavan's triumphs
  • City Club holds District Police

    • Front Page

  • Congress-NCP retains Maharashtra
  • Chief Ministership will be discussed, says Pawar
  • SP-RLD wins 8 to get majority in Uttar Pradesh Assembly
  • Australia on the back foot
  • Pleasure and pain for Kaif and Patel
  • Supreme Court rejects plea for regional benches
  • Apang sworn in
  • Congress bags 13 seats in byelections; 7 for BJP
  • I am one hundred per cent responsible for the defeat: Mahajan

    • Golf

  • Ashok Kumar claims title
  • Jimenez ousts Langer

    • Gulbarga

  • Horata samiti may boycott Rajyotsava celebrations

    • Guntur

  • Congress losing touch with masses: TDP

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • A jolt for Congress
  • Virbhadra's resignation sought

    • Hockey

  • Shahabad team retains title
  • South Zone hockey from today
  • State junior hockey from Oct. 22
  • Facile win for MEG
  • American College retains title

    • Hubli

  • New bus fares in twin cities

    • Hyderabad

  • College students as `traffic marshals'
  • MP seeks A-1 city status for Hyderabad
  • OU V-C's death condoled
  • RTC to extend suburban service limits?
  • Expo of Governor's paintings
  • Power cut
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Natwar's visit to turn spotlight on ties with Hanoi

    • International

  • U.S. army unit in Iraq 'revolts'
  • Tsvangirai is back in action
  • Platoon under investigation
  • Fresh row over U.K. troop deployment
  • British Muslims `deprived'
  • Tennis as spectacle: 'ball models' to the fore
  • Top Bush aide questioned
  • Pay war debt, Qadhafi tells Germany
  • Soyuz docks with space station despite glitch
  • Money to be made in carbon trading
  • Violence erupts in Haitian capital
  • Pope crosses a landmark
  • Police force tested in rape probe

    • Kannur

  • Youth camp evokes good response

    • Karimnagar

  • `ZP Chairman should seek fresh mandate'
  • Rally in support of police

    • Karnataka

  • Bidar victory, a triumph for Dharam Singh
  • Ambarish criticises attack on theatres
  • Yediyurappa bereaved
  • Historic victory, says Dharam Singh
  • Kalam for quality healthcare in rural areas
  • Non-Kannada films to be screened after Monday
  • Anganwadi staff stage demo for salary
  • JD(S) happy with performance
  • Six of nine candidates lose deposit
  • Cable TV operators upset
  • `A victory for Sonia Gandhi'
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • District on verge of severe water scarcity: Manjunath
  • Maintain people's faith in judiciary: N.K. Jain
  • `Give importance to scholastic achievement'
  • `Goa byelection a mini-referendum'
  • Lokayukta team raids govt. offices
  • When a surgeon taught political science
  • Manta ray caught in Karwar
  • Water level rising in Suvarnavathy
  • Man electrocuted

    • Kerala

  • Government to monitor conduct of grama sabhas
  • Coalition partners should implement UDF agenda: Mani
  • Liquor policy will destroy cultural fabric: VS
  • ACP denies sexual misconduct
  • School row: court orders fresh board meeting
  • 8,651 posts in KSEB to be filled
  • Naval Chief visits Kunhali Marikkar Memorial
  • Travel concession for youths
  • KMML refutes reports on lay-off
  • Action against erring lotteries
  • Trade unions condemn SCMC directive
  • Valiathan calls it quits?
  • Panchakarma hospital
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Corruption charges likely to dominate proceedings

    • Kochi

  • BSNL to clear pre-paid booking by month end
  • Theera Surabhi project inaugurated
  • Cardinal flays new liquor policy
  • KSRTC bus services through Goshree bridges inaugurated
  • GIDA General Council sets up panel to oversee land sale
  • CIFT-DST project centre inaugurated
  • Medical students warn of continuing strike
  • Serifed takes over silk reeling unit
  • `Money dominates Kerala's public life'
  • Attack on daily condemned
  • Hawala money seized
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • O. Madhavan's play kicks up a row
  • Varkala team wins cricket tournament for the blind
  • Railway level-crossing reopened

    • Kozhikode

  • `Gahan' system to be introduced in coop. banks
  • INL lashes out at Kunhalikutty
  • PDP fast on October 18

    • Kurnool

  • `Priority to Pulichintala may lead to conflict'
  • Expedite work on summer storage tank, officials told
  • Corporators say `no' to meeting on investment projects

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Congress wrests BJP seat

    • Madikeri

  • Unhealthy trends in media criticised
  • RTO directive on speed governors

    • Madurai

  • Panel to assess vacancy position in varsity departments
  • Scholars to felicitate Karunanidhi today
  • Dental college in Madurai sought
  • Two freedom fighters get pension orders
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • `Biotechnology should help ensure food security'
  • NGOs chosen to help develop bio-villages
  • Two killed in road accident
  • Four held on charges of illicit liquor sale
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • A tribute to the erstwhile rulers of Mysore
  • Hotel Metropole open to tourists
  • `Dasara Half-Marathon' route changed
  • Vintage vehicles lend a touch of elegance to Dasara

    • Nagapattinam

  • Awards presented to artistes

    • Nagercoil

  • All help to transport staff for utilising govt. schemes
  • Farm operations for `kumbapoo' begins

    • National

  • A shot in the arm for Manmohan
  • Aftershocks continue for BJP
  • India-European Union summit to be held on Nov. 8
  • `National Commission for Women looking into complaint'
  • Good work by Government: Sonia
  • PM speaks of `something big for Mumbai'
  • Shinde turns emotional
  • Candidates with underworld links win
  • PDP-Congress wins byelections
  • Gujarat bypolls: BJP wrests 2 seats, Congress retains 3
  • Congress wrests Moran from AGP
  • Muslim forum hails Maharashtra results
  • Victory indicates approval of policies: Mufti
  • BJP wins bypoll in Goa
  • A 'setback' to Rajasekhara Reddy
  • S. Govind Swaminadhan — a tribute
  • Award presented
  • Remanded to judicial custody
  • BJP, Congress wrest each other's seats in Rajasthan
  • Greenpeace to document Olive Ridley `phenomenon'
  • Pappu Yadav wins
  • Army Chief visits Assam
  • Love in America: Ratan Tata looks back
  • Child sex ratio to be monitored on monthly basis
  • Kalam for providing NSG with new technologies
  • Left Front retains seats in West Bengal
  • SP-RLD victorious in Uttar Pradesh
  • Centre to set up FTAs Cell: Kamal Nath
  • 'Big ticket' Konkan Rail savours its 14-year track record
  • Congress charge against Fernandes' supporters
  • Bill in next session: Paswan
  • Winners, losers
  • Quota in private sector: Chidambaram's assurance
  • CPI(M) sees victory for secular forces
  • Sena loses seats in its bastion
  • Karunanidhi congratulates Sonia, Pawar
  • Vidarbha disappoints BJP
  • Congress wants to rework 1999 formula?

    • Nellore

  • Two die in road accident
  • Water to Chennai likely to figure in IAB meet

    • New Delhi

  • Now piped gas for Ghaziabad and beyond
  • Twin-win likely to strengthen Sheila's hands
  • Leaders-babus tiff takes its toll
  • Tree helpline doesn't help
  • NDMC evicts homeless
  • Seven held for stealing cheques
  • Two arrested for woman's murder
  • Development charges unjust, says Harsh Vardhan
  • CINEMA
  • Alleged gangsters held
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • War, peace and the people
  • "Students have been coming to us"
  • Spreading tentacles
  • Some expectations
  • "A first step"
  • The questions remain

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Pilgrim amenity centres in limbo

    • Perambalur

  • Transfer revoked

    • Punjab

  • Pact on exchange of scientists soon

    • Racing : Motor

  • Good show by Ashok Jadhav
  • Ganesh has it easy
  • Narain grabs the pole

    • Raichur

  • N.K. Kulkarni is dead

    • Rajasthan

  • BJP, Congress make a dent in rival dens
  • MNIT staff demand director's removal

    • Shimoga

  • India capable of facing globalisation challenge: VC
  • Naxalite menace not nipped in the bud, says MLA

    • Sports : General

  • Bishop Hebber triumphs
  • Pratima case: Delhi HC issues notices
  • Dasara games

    • Squash

  • Vikram in sight of a double

    • Table Tennis

  • Abhinav, Anju triumph
  • Raja stuns Rajath Kamal

    • Tamil Nadu

  • BSNL cuts tariff for Sri Lanka calls
  • Protect maritime interests in Indian Ocean: Naval Chief
  • Train self-help groups in ventures: women's federation
  • Massive restoration work under way at Raj Bhavan
  • Job-seekers shortlisted
  • `Archaic labour laws will not help in competitive economy'
  • Kumaramangalam family's role in development remembered
  • Puja special trains
  • Protect State's interests, Jayalalithaa tells partymen
  • Kamaraj rule not far away: Vasan
  • Ryots form Veeranam irrigation protection panel
  • `Diesel price hike causes loss to transport corporation'
  • First day of Ramzan
  • Make use of concessions, Minister tells ryots
  • Homage paid to Shyama Sastri
  • 'Sensitise youth to discourage obscenity in films'
  • Special awards to bank officials for service to farmers
  • Cuddalore pharma unit facing closure
  • Special trains to Nagercoil, Bangalore
  • Gnanam panel moots external review
  • National inland waterways soon, says Baalu
  • Rain in Karnataka brings copious inflow into Mettur
  • 'Focus of media science should change'
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Centres opened to prevent mother-child HIV transmission
  • 11 hostels coming up for SC boys
  • 300 high schools upgraded in three years
  • Entrepreneurship development programme

    • Tennis

  • Myskina to meet Dementieva
  • Vivek advances

    • Thanjavur

  • Plea to write off loans of farmers

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Four airlines to increase frequency of flights to city
  • Imitation gold: four held for cheating pawnbrokers
  • Vallathol award presented
  • Call for quality checks in health sector
  • Tension at Manacaud
  • Steps against food adulteration
  • Classes for B.Tech course
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • CAMPUS NOTES

    • Thrissur

  • Revised schedule of AIR programmes
  • Plea to boost rice production
  • Symposium on police training on Monday
  • All set for mass contact programme

    • Tiruchi

  • `Community participation must for development of schools'
  • Stress on better coordination between police and lawyers
  • Transport staff get bonus
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Manual scavenging still in vogue in parts of Nellai
  • Pension orders handed over to freedom fighters
  • Keezhapalayam residents warn of agitation

    • Tirupati

  • Central team coming today
  • Freemasons' call for amity
  • Red sanders worth Rs. 2 lakhs seized

    • Tuticorin

  • Police stations to be shifted to new buildings

    • Udupi

  • Steps taken to end overloading of lorries: RTO

    • Vijayawada

  • Mohankrishna keen on realistic films
  • 60,000 devotees throng Durga temple
  • SBI `loan maha ustav' from tomorrow
  • BCs seek quota in promotions
  • Medical camp
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Dalit woman fights for ancestral land
  • Job aspirants taken for a ride
  • Seminar on Agri Export-processing Zones to be held at Gitam
  • Compensation for displaced fishermen
  • NJR criticises Sanghma's remarks on Sonia
  • Blood bank raided
  • Tata-Egmore puja special from today
  • Bajaj launches new 125 cc bike
  • Face-to-face on jobs in IT sector today
  • Ramzan timings
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • KSP rallies to down LIC
  • ICF scores win
  • SNV HS lifts trophy

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Wrestling

  • Ramanna Thoravi moves up

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