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    Alappuzha

  • NWDA centres functioning in reserve forests
  • CPI(M) adopting double standards: Congress leader
  • UDF refutes allegation of Alappuzha municipal chief

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Andhra C.M. rededicates Nagarjunasagar project
  • Two top naxalites killed in encounter
  • A `blue' plot, deftly handled
  • Flight of fancy
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Stop murder politics: Naidu
  • Experts for locating SEZ away from Kakinada Port
  • Driving home the message
  • AISF cries foul over reforms panel
  • Reliving Sagar memories
  • Artisans urged to be more innovative to cater to market needs
  • We will take to the streets, says Narendra
  • 53 p.c turnout in Makthal bypoll
  • State-level Science Congress from today
  • Book on Bipin Bihari
  • State funds sought for rail overbridge
  • No LPG shortage: Minister
  • Plea for justice at `Dalit Durbar'
  • Yerran writes to CBI chief on Paritala case
  • TTD promises more transparency

    • Badminton

  • Anand's first major final
  • Anand's first major final

    • Bangalore

  • Three arrested on cheating charge
  • Eight students chosen to attend international science exhibition
  • A sophisticated comedy
  • Cure in sight for diabetes?
  • Film city to come up in Bidadi Industrial Area
  • BJP favours planning panels
  • Bangaloreans treated to a cocktail of music at Habba
  • Mumbai to Kolkata, on a kayak
  • No tie-up with Congress: Ibrahim
  • Airport security: `Deregulation has thrown up new challenges'
  • Aerodrome India to be annual affair
  • `Move to take back flood aid will not hit development'
  • Airline plans direct flights to U.S.
  • Two arrested, calves rescued
  • Ivory idols seized
  • Order discharging woman from service set aside
  • Biomarker involved in brain tumours found
  • High Court reserves order on petition
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Belgaum

  • Vedike criticised for `trying to divide workers'
  • `VAT is trader-friendly'

    • Bidar

  • Congress is a divided house in Bidar district
  • Chief Minister's rallies under SEC scanner
  • Classical ragas on a 16-string guitar

    • Business

  • FM for revamping coal and power sectors
  • Efforts to raise share of farm sector in economic growth
  • New phase in `search industry'
  • BOI to open representative office in Beijing, Doha
  • Xerox to strengthen distribution portfolio
  • Indian ICT spending to exceed Rs. 1,000 b, says Gartner study
  • IP Rings bags award
  • Gold prices rise further
  • Bank of Baroda extends duration of loan festival
  • Implement task force decisions: SSI Association
  • ECS takes up power-saving campaign
  • Korean universities evince keen interest in ayurveda
  • Leela Group ready to acquire 74 p.c. equity in Kannur airport project

    • Chennai

  • Driving on these roads can be a nightmare
  • `Fanoos' finally opts for Nagapattinam district
  • 10 Division Benches set up to handle judicial backlog
  • Encroachments blocking flow of Cooum river removed
  • Rape victim gets Rs. 5 lakh compensation
  • 17 High Court Judges sworn in
  • Chief Minister grants aid to two students who lost their parents
  • Honoured for contribution to cancer treatment
  • Representatives of British universities to visit Chennai
  • Special trains to Kerala
  • Textiles Minister distributes relief to kin of flood victims
  • Work on Chromepet bridge almost over
  • Early intervention may help mentally challenged children
  • Thailand keen on accessing Indian expertise in IT
  • Rising Sun re-launched
  • Groups of people seeking flood relief block traffic
  • Pathways to peace and harmony
  • `TAAL 2005' draws to a close
  • Court stays demolition
  • Discharge from reservoirs reduced
  • Amruthavarsha to revive Sanskrit
  • Hodgking partnership award
  • Inter-collegiate festival
  • 129 Myanmarese fishermen repatriated
  • Test for junior research fellowship
  • Constable run over by lorry
  • They too are in the race
  • Silver jubilee of welfare association
  • "Apply for sewerage connections"
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Pranav Shetty upsets Sethuraman, takes lead
  • Pranav Shetty upsets Sethuraman, takes lead

    • Coimbatore

  • Zoos urged to adopt advanced systems
  • Opposition plans New Delhi visit
  • Divergent views expressed on adjourning Council meetings
  • Gearing up for more entertainment
  • `Fill vacancies in public sector banks'
  • Impart legal awareness to women SHGs: Judge
  • Undertrial enters wedlock on parole
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Rain stops Tamil Nadu's progress
  • Fine century by Prithvi
  • Raiphi Gomez slams century
  • Nation is proud of you, Kalam tells Tendulkar
  • Master Blaster's best centuries
  • Tehlan's half-century shores up Delhi
  • Parida turns the tide in Railways' favour
  • Tendulkar applauded
  • Shabbir Ahmed, Malik show considerable improvement
  • MP bowled out cheaply

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    • Cuddalore

  • Evacuated people in Cuddalore return home

    • Eluru

  • Getting their act right

    • Erode

  • Flood affects water supply in Dharapuram
  • Tank breach plugged in Erode
  • Brinjal scarce in Erode now
  • Meet on product design from tomorrow

    • Football

  • Draw — the unofficial kickoff completed
  • Draw — the unofficial kickoff completed

    • Front Page

  • Tendulkar on top of the world
  • Focus on India, Manmohan will tell ASEAN
  • A sigh of relief as storm crosses coast
  • `Z plus' security for Nitish
  • 56 killed in plane crash
  • `Fanoos' weakens into depression
  • French Sikhs lose right to wear turban
  • India struggles to make a match of it
  • Tendulkar keeps his date with history
  • Special day for the maestro
  • Rs. 1,000-crore science foundation awaiting Parliament sanction: C.N.R. Rao
  • Hear now: A daring new voice for the voiceless
  • Left must have greater space in polity, says Ramachandran Pillai
  • And the title goes to... Miss Iceland
  • Chief Minister rededicates Nagarjunasagar project
  • Nitish seeks special status for Bihar
  • Centre accepts demand to include NRIs in voters' lists: Hassan
  • Two-and-a-half-year-old raped, murdered in Borabanda
  • Officers of oil firms should be given protection: Mani Shankar Aiyar
  • Two top naxals killed in encounter
  • Nirupam seeks apology from Mahajan
  • 12 killed in two road accidents
  • Rash driving case: bail for Saif

    • Guntur

  • Ghantasala's statue to adorn Guntur
  • `Government makes changes in patent law'

    • Haryana

  • A pre-nuptial parting at wedding venue

    • Hassan

  • Rebels frustrating Congress in Holenarsipur

    • Hockey

  • `Forwards need to work much harder'
  • Nilesh scores hat-trick
  • Nilesh scores hat-trick
  • Akbar — a perfect team man

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • No secret pact with Congress: Deve Gowda
  • New industrial policy will focus on most backward areas: Sindhia
  • Move to include education in GATS opposed
  • Escort vehicle hits man
  • Workshop ends
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Hyderabad

  • Onyx - the marvel from Pakistan
  • Touching is believing, verily
  • Janardhan Reddy ruffles a few more feathers
  • Sports importance dawns on SCB
  • Raid on house employing child
  • The Key to the most unexpected
  • Rose show: riot of colour, fragrance
  • LifeSpring Hospital opened
  • Congress lashes out at TDP chief
  • Info on tourist destinations under one roof in city
  • Fire at Society Collection exhibition
  • All about guy-meets-girl stuff
  • Big B no stranger to pulling it through
  • 20,000 visitors flock to the Lifestyle show
  • Bus passengers robbed
  • Plea to set up farm regulatory authority
  • A `blue' plot, deftly handled
  • Mild tension in Madannapet
  • P.V.'s death anniversary ceremonies begin
  • Madhucon has big plans for Kukatpally
  • Your neighbourhood and you
  • Aswamedha Yaagam
  • Stone laid for hostel
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • International

  • Draft formula for East Asia summit
  • Rajapakse for separating roles of facilitator and monitor
  • Police may face charges in Menezes case
  • How plane spotters turned into the scourge of the CIA
  • Nuclear weapons a threat to mankind's survival: ElBaradei
  • Sonia should resign: Swamy

    • Kancheepuram

  • Silk saree manufacturers to increase price by 10 per cent

    • Kannur

  • Chandy not serious on pay revision: NGO Sangh
  • CPI(M) highlighting UDF's agenda: Aryadan
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • MSR lashes out at naxals
  • Plan to irrigate 7.82-lakh acres

    • Karnataka

  • Science foundation project awaiting Parliament nod
  • A well-packaged entertainer
  • Remembering a leader
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Yediyurappa dares Government for debate on its achievements
  • `Two-party system will help in development'
  • Urdu education neglected in State, says teachers' association
  • Assistance to set up coconut processing units
  • `Tirumala a symbol of integrity'

    • Kerala

  • Left must have greater role in polity: CPI(M) leader
  • Centre extends all help to Haj pilgrims: Ahamed
  • `Officers of oil firms should be given protection'
  • Choir set for Christmas carol service
  • Commanding wireless technology
  • `Content generation a challenge'
  • Making it easy for commuters
  • For better traffic management
  • Pilgrimage with a difference
  • In keeping with tradition
  • Paving way for a safe journey
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • `Cabinet approval likely for purchase of 68 aircraft'
  • Centre has gone extra mile to ensure facilities for Hajis: Ahamed

    • Khammam

  • College celebrates golden jubilee

    • Kochi

  • Tax the rural rich in agrarian sector: Yechury
  • Preparations begin for State school art festival; venues being identified
  • Thiruvananthapuram-Ernakulam rail electrification to be over by January
  • Celebrating 40 years of St. Paul's College
  • Adoor opens `Double-Enders'
  • Over 400 people take part in Ayurveda camp
  • Shop owners voice protest
  • Training for traffic police personnel
  • Next issue
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Minister to launch Akshaya scheme in Kollam on Tuesday
  • `Self-financing colleges welcome in higher education'
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kozhikode

  • Call for public awareness on rights of criminals
  • CBSE issues notification for B.Tech. admission in NITs
  • Milma bid to enhance milkproduction
  • Canara Bank to organise EDP for women
  • No disbursal of EPF pension from post offices

    • Kurnool

  • Clamour for water at ZP meeting
  • Holiday for eSeva centres

    • Madurai

  • Doping issue lies heavily on his mind
  • On a winning spree
  • Normal life hit in many districts
  • Bench for amending mineral concession rules of State Govt.
  • "Adopt criminal law against torture"
  • Yet another spell of rain
  • Car with ganja seized, three held
  • Recitation competition
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • Rash driving case: actor let off on bail

    • Mangalore

  • `Modern science cannot dismiss homoeopathy'
  • Polls: Poojary confident of Congress win
  • Couple commit suicide
  • Mangalore debaters prove their skill
  • B.V. Baliga dead
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Devaraja Market traders to launch stir on Tuesday
  • Bahuroopi 2005 helps renew public interest in theatre
  • Centre should not be the one to accord classical status to languages, says U.R. Ananthamurthy
  • Tongas are back
  • Four drown as tractor falls into canal
  • In Mysore Today

    • National

  • Sonia pledges her support to rehabilitation of Kashmir quake victims
  • Chidambaram's arithmetic not acceptable, says Bardhan
  • Judiciary a partner in national development, says Kalam
  • Protests, hunger strikes mark Human Rights Day in Kashmir
  • See India as an opportunity, says Saran
  • Legislation sought to protect rights of unorganised workers
  • AIDS prevention: China to adopt Railway programme
  • Fresh survey of AIDS victims mooted
  • NCERT to promote creative arts in schools
  • Woman alleges assault by constable
  • `Health bonds' for the poor
  • Farm trade reform benefits may not reach poor
  • Cut in allocation for irrigation control flayed
  • `Guruvayur Kesavan' remembered
  • Akash missile achieves a milestone
  • Flaws alleged in tribal rights Bill
  • Somnath wants awareness of rights created
  • Decline seen in average farm landholding: CSO
  • Vijay Shankar to take charge as CBI Director
  • Exercise caution while quashing FIRs: apex court
  • Nitish, Mahajan seek to end row
  • Protest day planned
  • Fernandes operated upon
  • Sanjay Nirupam demands apology from Mahajan
  • Nitish Kumar seeks special status for Bihar
  • Retired judges to clear backlog

    • Nellore

  • Minister hints at sweeping reforms in school education
  • Member lists ST panel's `powers'
  • Rain damage: Minister seeks details
  • Storm spares Nellore

    • New Delhi

  • From good old days to not so good days ... .
  • Hooda proposes a `global corridor' around Delhi
  • Power-cut threat to VIP areas
  • Increase interface with citizens, Sheila tells departments
  • Held for duping people with job offer in Libya
  • Wind up NDMC if it can't recover power dues of VIPs: High Court
  • Making healthcare accessible to poor
  • Mahajan should apologise, says Congress MLA
  • UGC `nod' for autonomy proposals
  • New NCERT deparment to promote creative arts
  • `DERC's surcharge settlement order a hogwash'
  • Woman alleges assault by cop
  • I'm an `accidental politician': Sheila
  • Sex-workers see dim chances of survival
  • Our rights end... .
  • Come December
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • New Delhi - Others

  • Farmers' loans in six districts declared null and void

    • Nizamabad

  • Speaker calls for 'order' in politics

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • `River linking will destroy Kuttanad'
  • Software technology meet ends
  • `Development' meet criticised

    • Pondicherry

  • Pondy lakes record copious inflow
  • NGO signs pact for building houses for tsunami affected
  • Annual meet of Physiologists to be held at JIPMER
  • Now no room for baseless charges : Shanmugham

    • Punjab

  • Cold wave sweeps Northern India
  • PAU seeks Rs. 20 cr. for R&D projects

    • Racing : Horse

  • Aristotle bags Calcutta 2000 Guineas
  • Aristotle bags Calcutta 2000 Guineas
  • Democraticus claims Bangalore 2000 Guineas
  • Hesperus appeals most
  • Bratz for Indian 1000 Guineas
  • Diomedes, Slavic shine
  • Petronella catches the eye
  • Eyes Right, Shikra please
  • Chennai races postponed

    • Racing : Motor

  • Naren assured of title

    • Raichur

  • Security stepped up at power stations
  • Swamiji's call to inculcate human values

    • Rajasthan

  • UNICEF official visits Tonk

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Rain claims two lives

    • Salem

  • Corpn. directive on water supply
  • He serves society when in need
  • Salem, Namakkal experience moderate showers
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • Datta defends plea for internal quota
  • `K.V. Subbanna was a democrat'
  • ABVP protests against WTO
  • Teachers to stage dharna in Bangalore
  • Cycle jatha for protection of environment

    • Shooting

  • Dream day for Gavankar
  • Dream day for Gavankar

    • Sport

  • Climbing Mount Tendulkar
  • India struggles to make a match of it
  • Tendulkar keeps his date with history
  • Special day for the maestro

    • Sports : General

  • Sathyamurthi emerges fastest
  • Durga Prasad wins title
  • Sports policy, need of the hour
  • Bangalore varsity in semifinals

    • Srikakulam

  • Protest rally taken out by cashewnut unit workers
  • Ration cards for all eligible persons, says Minister

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Rajaji award presented to Karunanidhi
  • Doping issue lies heavily on his mind
  • Rare manuscripts, books donated to library
  • Against all kinds of discrimination
  • Mysterious phenomenon
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • How floods help inland fishermen
  • Karur district receives widespread rainfall
  • Helicopter Conversion Course: 7 pilots awarded `Wings'
  • Minister gives solatium to kin of flood victims
  • Shortage of doctors deny villagers proper care
  • Importance of potassium explained
  • AIADMK raises rail project issue
  • Illegal mining unit unearthed near Avanashi
  • `Educated people should protect human rights'
  • Special buses flagged off

    • Tennis

  • Jadavpur upsets Punjab

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • People of Attipra on the warpath
  • Survey finds child abuse rampant in State
  • Public sphere is dead in Kerala, says K.N. Panikkar
  • `Water an attempt to highlight problems faced by widows'
  • Aerobatic display by Surya Kirans today
  • Railways to run more special trains to Chennai
  • Call for action plan to fight natural disasters
  • Government plans bonanza for staff
  • Street magic fest begins
  • Uncertainty over screening of film
  • Call to preserve ecological traditions
  • Traffic to be regulated
  • Ravi Varma paintings to enthral IFFK delegates
  • KSRTC unions on the warpath
  • IFFK: audience to select films
  • Man succumbs to injuries
  • Two sentenced
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • Thrissur

  • One killed in accident
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Intermittent rain hits normal life
  • Motivating women to believe in themselves
  • Paddy crop on 16,277 ha damaged
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • PG diplomas receive poor response
  • Three arrested for torturing boys

    • Tuticorin

  • New building opened for Legal Aid Centre
  • Features of Foreign Trade Policy highlighted

    • Udupi

  • Permanent solution to waste disposal needed for Udupi city

    • Uttaranchal

  • Marching past the final steps of IMA

    • Vellore

  • SHG animators get cell phones

    • Vijayawada

  • All set for widening of Bandar road
  • Parties split over Kolleru drive
  • Little soldiers to spread awareness on AIDS
  • Governor to launch vision correction system
  • South Korea offers coaching to archer
  • Xmas spirit grips schoolchildren
  • Give importance to values, youth told
  • Death of student: arrest of college principal sought
  • Road at temple to be widened
  • Army recruitment rally from Dec. 13
  • No power supply
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Focussed approach must for fighting AIDS: Rosaiah
  • Welcome these winged wonders
  • Congress leaders defend seeking house sites
  • HIV-hit resent discrimination
  • `Andolan' well documented
  • Son-in-law's arrest: none above law, says Konijeti Rosaiah
  • Hit rock bottom
  • Career fair organised
  • AIDWA opposes move to hike LPG price
  • Gold rush
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • `Make education accessible to all'

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • Rashtrapati Bhavan solar plant report ready

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