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Anantapur

  • Ryots seek aid for withered orchards
  • Special loan mela for SHGs from tomorrow
  • MRO held by ACB on corruption charge
  • Qazi's selection opposed

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Central team inspects tanks near Tirupati
  • DA relief sought for pensioners
  • Former Minister quits TDP
  • `Fruits of labour' taste bitter for these ryots
  • Balakrishna's film ahead in box-office battle
  • Kalam launches Apollo-DRDO technology partnership
  • Power reforms: TDP refutes Opposition charge
  • Tension over farmers' bid to divert water
  • Opposition charge vindicated: D.Srinivas
  • Government-medicos talks fail
  • Double-murder case solved
  • Robber gang kills jewellery shop watchman
  • Two novel schemes for SHGs
  • BJP to hold series of mass contact programmes
  • Statute clear on rights of caretaker Ministry: Yanamala
  • 10-year RI for husband of NTR's granddaughter
  • Girijan Corporation draws up new plan
  • Hoax bomb calls at airport create flutter
  • Six-year-old killed for paltry amount
  • `Uphold purity of Telugu'
  • Austrian team holds talks on irrigation projects
  • Chaos at awards function
  • World Bank meeting on rural development
  • Dattatreya promises help to Veerashaivas
  • Mongolian PM visits eSeva centre
  • Found guilty in sex harassment case
  • Doctors alerted against breakout of diseases
  • Naxals `hijack' high-level survey team
  • No major setback, says TDP
  • `TDP will get more than 200 seats'
  • Boy falls to death
  • Final electoral rolls on January 20
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Stage set for `Rythu Garjana'
  • Cyclone-hit farmers seek sops
  • Award for East Godavari Collector
  • Police training centre opened

    Badminton

  • Smooth sailing for seeded players

    Bangalore

  • Gang murders singer, stabs student
  • Admissions to course in P.E.S. College to be probed
  • Work on airport from February 15: Revanna
  • Land acquisition was no easy task
  • Mayor to help resolve residents' row with BDA
  • Oil tanker owners to continue stir
  • Youth arrested on charge of selling fake stamp paper
  • Garden festival inaugurated
  • Results declared
  • Park closed
  • Around The City
  • Reporter's Diary
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates
  • Stock Market Index

    Bellary

  • Bellary CMC President, councillor disqualified
  • SUCI stages dharna seeking better amenities

    Bidar

  • Separate CADA for Bidar mooted
  • College to offer course in biotechnology
  • Woman commits suicide

    Bihar

  • Shahbuddin granted bail
  • Thakur's effigy burnt

    Briefly

  • Essar Oil allowed to go ahead with project
  • PTC to go public in February
  • Birla Sun hikes capital
  • Thermax sets up subsidiary in Hong Kong
  • Bose Corporation enters southern markets
  • U.S. FDA nod for JB Chemicals' API facility

    Business

  • Further amendments to ECB norms
  • India, E.U. for resumption of WTO talks
  • Drop three Singapore issues from WTO agenda — FICCI
  • Cairn strikes huge oil reserves in Rajasthan
  • M. V. Subbiah relinquishes office
  • Increasing lines of credit to be routed via Exim Bank
  • Equities stage smart recovery
  • Board Meeting
  • Rupee edges up
  • CNG for urban cities
  • Karnataka Power may take stake in Sikkim hydel
  • Indian Rayon Q3 net at Rs. 28.5 cr.

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    Chennai

  • `No mechanism to check quality of everyday products'
  • MTC engineer dies in freak accident
  • `Overcome hatred'
  • `Padayatra' for road link
  • `Adopt Japanese management concepts'
  • Underground electric cable catches fire
  • Probe begins into `roughing up episode' at Chennai airport
  • `Help the disabled children contribute to society'
  • `No mechanism to check quality of everyday products'
  • Around The City
  • Reporter's Diary
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Anand in sole lead

    Coimbatore

  • India will shape world culture, says Indologist
  • Interpretation centre at Aliyar to be developed
  • 2 held for murder of college girl
  • Training in food production
  • 9 sentenced to two life terms for murder
  • Knitwear exporters seek Rs. 50 cr. aid
  • Meeting
  • Walkie-talkie found
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Ganguly eyes the big prize as Zimbabwe struggles to stay competitive
  • Court orders detention of Sumathipala
  • Kanitkar stars in West's exciting win
  • Asia Cup: India begins well
  • Hookes became instant celebrity in one over

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7884
  • Solution to puzzle 7883

    Cuddapah

  • Congress observers talk it out with aspirants
  • Government indifferent to medicos' strike: CPI(M)
  • Declare Khajipet drought-hit: BJP

    Dharwad

  • No life without imagination: Bhyrappa

    Dindigul

  • Crop competitions for farmers

    Editorials

  • THE T-90 AND THE SECURITY CALCULUS
  • STAMPING OUT POLIO

    Football

  • Salgaocar, Dempo split points

    Front Page

  • Krishnamurthy is next CEC
  • They saved minors from the `jaws of marriage'
  • North-East People's Forum to support NDA
  • Supreme Court stays execution of Parliament attack case accused
  • Reshuffle in Congress
  • T.N. seeks Cauvery water
  • Sensex up by 118 points

    Golf

  • Atwal finishes 18th

    Gulbarga

  • Amend Article 371, Centre told
  • Contract employees seek better deal
  • Agitations add to people's woes
  • Daily wagers demand payment of dues
  • People of Mahagaon stage `rasta roko'

    Haryana

  • Assembly election as scheduled: Chautala

    Hassan

  • Minister suggests free sites for landowners
  • Revision of voters list by month-end

    Hubli

  • Rail roko called off midway in Hubli
  • Several trains regulated or cancelled

    Hyderabad

  • Eradicate blindness on a war footing: Kalam
  • Big B steals the show
  • Kalam calls on ailing associate
  • Prudential depositors seek Dattatraya's help
  • TRS reiterates stand on alliances
  • Quite un-VIP-like
  • Auto drivers' offer
  • Dream big - President tells students
  • No power in some areas
  • Leaves for Delhi
  • Selections
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • Talks will not succeed without us: Pakistan

    International

  • Iraqi Shias demand early direct elections
  • N-links: Pak. probe at 'conclusive stage'
  • A tense wait in Iowa
  • `Musharraf has failed to check extremists'
  • Belgian move to ban scarves, crosses
  • Global meet calls for equitable trade regime
  • Extension unlikely for 9/11 panel
  • First cloned baby on the way, claims doctor
  • SLFP, JVP to sign pact today

    Karimnagar

  • BJP chief for Karimnagar
  • CM to lay stone for bridge across Godavari
  • Satavahana Kalotsavam concludes

    Karnataka

  • Projects worth Rs. 5,000-cr. approved in Cauvery Basin
  • Notice to Govt. against decision to build Janata houses in Bellary
  • Veerappan has remained a sore issue: Krishna
  • Crucial AIPJD meet today
  • `AIPJD prefers tie-up with Janata Party'
  • Unscheduled load shedding in several districts from today
  • Authorisation limit of funds for works raised
  • Cabinet panel to consider draft pact on airport
  • More leaders will join BJP: Ananth Kumar
  • Bank offers low interest rate on home loans
  • Knowledge that will stand them in good stead
  • Krishna commends State police
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Jaundice affects over 1,000 in Sagar
  • Goa Govt. to corporatise power department
  • Rs. 75 crore road project funds used

    Kerala

  • Move to patent tribal knowledge
  • Temporary truce in Congress likely
  • Soopy comes under fire in House
  • Congress leaders speak cryptic language
  • Tourism award for Thankam Philip
  • Schools youth festival begins today
  • Vote on account: State may put the blame on Centre
  • Community policing only in phases
  • Court directive on press briefings by officials
  • Plea to cut ST on aviation fuel
  • Sankaranarayanan loses chance to get budget passed by March 31
  • Eligible colleges denied NOC: court
  • CM promises steps to restore PSC's credibility
  • Sabarimala season ends
  • Call to create awareness on river protection
  • Endosulfan victims provided treatment
  • No decision on Coca-Cola firm
  • Briefly

    Khammam

  • Tribal students gherao Tummala

    Kochi

  • Session to discuss Ombudsman report
  • Call to conserve water, natural resources
  • FACT: contract workers' meet on January 23
  • Engineering student yet to be traced
  • District Farm Club meet in Muvattupuzha
  • Uniform hoardings to be introduced
  • Reporter's Diary
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • DYFI charge against Youth Congress

    Kottayam

  • UCO Bank to give aid for contract farming
  • Bishop Savarios assumes charge

    Kozhikode

  • Antony to inaugurate State Science Congress
  • Postal employees stage protest
  • Talks on Malabar Spinning Mills fail

    Leader Page Articles

  • Premature polls — then and now
  • Cosmetic changes?

    Letters to the Editor

  • The `jehad' call
  • Pawar play
  • World Social Forum
  • `Hindi chauvinism'
  • Ban the sport

    Madikeri

  • Uproar in panchayat meeting over landholders' rights

    Madurai

  • Villagers throng Collectorate, stage dharna
  • Vaigai dam water release helps to stabilise supply
  • Madurai rly. division set for record earning
  • `Patronise Tamil writers'
  • Power shutdown
  • New drinking water connections
  • Prohibitory order
  • Case against former RYL activist
  • Accused nabbed
  • In Madurai Today

    Maharashtra

  • SIT questions Sameer Bhujbal

    Mangalore

  • Involve students in spreading education: Sayeed
  • College planning tie-up with U.S. varsity
  • Karavali Utsav exhibition to begin on Thursday
  • Four held on charge of threatening man
  • Painting competition
  • Lorry carrying iron ore set ablaze
  • Engagements

    Mysore

  • `Birla Sun Life has recorded 200 p.c growth'
  • 2.5 lakh Ashraya houses to be built
  • Students fall ill after breakfast at hostel
  • NCC to organise Air Mela on Sunday
  • Tribal people to help control forest fires

    Nagercoil

  • Blood bank coming up
  • Loans disbursed
  • Funds for second phase of desilting

    Nalgonda

  • CPI(M) stage dharna for release of Sagar water
  • Fire destroys redgram crop

    National

  • Digvijay and Gehlot, special invitees to CWC
  • Vajpayee, Advani review election issues
  • No compromise on ideology, says Sonia
  • `Samyukta' presented to the Army
  • Reformers, radicals lock horns
  • Carnival of the unlettered and dispossessed
  • Agricultural activism, Bove's style
  • South African judge held on rape charge
  • Those young bravehearts and their tales
  • Cauvery: Karnataka asked to respond by January 26
  • Venkaiah Naidu all set to be re-elected
  • Taslima undaunted by `fatwa'
  • India, U.S. to collaborate in disaster management support
  • No hike in Railway fares: Nitish
  • Supreme Court to hear plea against CVC Act curtailing CBI's powers
  • Janata Party to oppose BJP, Congress
  • Shirin Ebadi deplores Gujarat violence
  • Women's group condemns threat
  • Revived ties with Pakistan may help BJP in elections: Mahajan
  • Shinde turns up at World Social Forum
  • `PM's trip put off due to domestic preoccupations'

    New Delhi

  • ASI bid to revive a `forgotten' city
  • Discoms report heavy losses
  • Youngsters held for kidnapping, killing child
  • Traffic regulations for R-Day Parade rehearsals
  • Gang of cheats busted
  • Held for robbing passengers
  • Training for Councillors
  • Advani inaugurates police station building
  • Living in fear for their lives
  • Statehood issue to be taken to PM
  • Vice-Governor of Jakarta visits Metro
  • IPR Board begins hearing patent cases
  • Parents to have choice of more schools
  • Around The City
  • In The Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    Nizamabad

  • Drama festival concludes
  • CM to inspect flood flow canal works
  • CITU protest against user charges

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Pathanamthitta

  • Seminar on biodiversity from January 22
  • Maramon convention from February 15

    Pondicherry

  • CPI (M) calls for early civic polls
  • Sonia Gandhi urged to contest from Pondy

    Punjab

  • HC reserves order in Bhattal case

    Rajasthan

  • Khurana lists Govt.'s priorities

    Religion

  • True path to God-realisation

    Tamil Nadu

  • Seat-sharing talks satisfactory: DMK
  • I am not in the race for PM: Jayalalithaa
  • CM gets time to reply to Karnataka affidavit
  • `Outsiders interfering with tradition'
  • Apex Court allows special court to give verdict in SPIC case
  • Next stage of transport restructuring notified
  • 10-year RI for husband of NTR's granddaughter
  • Ready to enter active politics: Natarajan
  • Maudhany wants to go to Thiruvananthapuram for calliper replacement
  • It's Vajpayee vs. Sonia, says BJP
  • Supreme Court will not stay order on licence for IMFL vendors
  • INL demands due share in seat allocation
  • Wedding reception of Prince of Arcot's sons
  • Free dhotis, sarees for more people
  • Support for any party recognising Dalit force: DPI
  • CPI(M), PMK leaders meet
  • CPI (M) protests depiction of `trishuls' on army tanks
  • Take vow to make Sonia Prime Minister: Vasan
  • D.V. Vasudevan dead
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Panel to assess Madurantakam tank storage
  • Efforts intensified to send wild elephants back to jungle
  • Power shutdown
  • Tirupur Municipality plans more tax collection counters

    Tennis

  • Shruti shuts out Takagishi

    Thanjavur

  • A tame affair at Thirukanurpatti
  • Confusion in free dhoti, sari distribution
  • Gram sabha meeting on January 26

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • All set for the flower show
  • Colourful start to varsity union youth festival
  • Helpline for ex-servicemen
  • Man waylaid, robbed of Rs. 3.8 lakhs
  • Army recruitment rally from January 30
  • Around The City
  • Reporter's Diary
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    This Day That Age

  • dated January 20, 1954: India And Ceylon
  • dated January 20, 1954: Comets Resume Flying
  • dated January 20, 1954: Honour For Mountbattens

    Tiruchi

  • Works to be completed by March, 2005
  • Farmers urge Vajpayee to convene CRA meeting
  • Passengers scouting for buses in Tiruchi
  • Rs. 1.50 crores for improving amenities
  • Collection of deposit stayed
  • Cooperative society makes profit
  • Old man dies
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • `Recruit local youths in power project'
  • RDO warning to fishermen
  • Members of SHGs seek free sarees, dhotis

    Udupi

  • Dare to dream, students told

    Uttar Pradesh

  • BJP seeks Governor's intervention on abolition of districts

    Vijayawada

  • Call for due patronage to folk arts
  • The vanishing trick!
  • Evangelist to visit Bapatla on January 24
  • `Women on Wheels' on January 26
  • Indica new version launched
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Pat for Election Commission team
  • NSDRC resolves to double turnover by 2006
  • Accused in dacoity arrested
  • `Value engineering must for VPT operations'
  • Efforts for HSL-Russia ship repair pact hailed
  • VUDA to acquire land in Vizianagaram
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Volleyball

  • S. Railway women rally to beat SCR

    Warangal

  • Two houses burgled

    Weather

  • Weather

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