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  • Proposed river-linking project to benefit Tamil Nadu farmers

    • Anantapur

  • Ex-naxal leader killed
  • Moddu Sreenu to be sent to CBI custody

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Power purchase deals rock A.P. Assembly
  • For an equitable trade policy
  • No place to ride
  • Like a beacon
  • All for livelihood
  • All for a new look
  • It's Left turn now
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • `Sugar town' in grip of pollution
  • Computerisation of district library on the cards
  • Shocking state of affairs, says member of first Lok Sabha
  • Farmers stall Mattadivagu project work
  • Artistes resent poor pay, facilities for `kala jatas'

    • Bangalore

  • More State cities and towns can be renamed, says Ananthamurthy
  • Contractors, BMP laxity blamed for bad roads
  • Bangalore region third in direct tax revenue
  • BMP panel members elected
  • `Compromise on truth has led to erosion of ethics in journalism'
  • Keep yourself active, live longer
  • Two arrested in connection with theft at bank ATM
  • Governor calls for efforts to stop production, sale of fake Mysore silk
  • Pay more, ready to work more
  • Apex court order vindicates our stand, says NICE
  • Two constables injured in assault by warring groups
  • Two held, nine gold chains recovered
  • Merger of CMCs, TMC with BMP likely next year
  • Second PU examination from March 24
  • International conference on intelligent sensing
  • Stamp cases: special court unhappy with delay in appointment of prosecutor
  • Government commended by KAT
  • A contest for women
  • Vatal Paksha releases manifesto
  • One killed, 18 hurt in accident
  • It's Christmas time
  • Public cautioned
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • MES demands action-taken report

    • Bellary

  • Hampi can be second capital, says Prakash

    • Bidar

  • No threat to any leader from naxalites, says Sial

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Chinese cueists on song

    • Briefly

  • FMC proposal to allow FIIs
  • OVL, CNPC make joint bid for Syrian assets
  • Bharti creates fresh bandwidth
  • HMIL's new MD
  • Raw material expo in Coimbatore
  • Quadra Systems receives award
  • City Union Bank fixes new rates for NRE deposits
  • Amara Raja's foray into home electronics
  • Database for independent directors
  • Xerox launches laser printers
  • HCL Tech solutions for Exa Corp
  • Bajaj Hindusthan net up 130 per cent
  • Sierra Atlantic launches SCMnet
  • Software firm offers virtual class room
  • ELSS of MFs issued after April eligible for tax relief

    • Business

  • Parliamentary panel approves two bills
  • GM Bangalore lab develops new technology
  • RBI gears up for smooth redemption of IMDs
  • Honda to invest Rs. 700 cr. in Indian subsidiary
  • State Bank eyeing overseas acquisitions
  • McLeod Russel buys Doom Dooma from HLL
  • Akai Consumer's gameplan to raise market share
  • Rupee firms up further
  • Sensex crosses 9200-mark
  • SriLankan Airlines announces special package
  • Kochi brokerage house ties up with UAE group
  • Bid to give commercial shape to herbal dyeing concept

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • ggg 15 months' water supply let into sea
  • Volkswagen holds second round of talks with State
  • PFC to fund power utilities of two States
  • Salem rail division to be operational in two years
  • In Kilpauk, overflowing conduit adds to residents' woes
  • Soulful music for a cause
  • University ties up for peace studies
  • Sharing what they learnt about AIDS
  • More blood donors needed, says Governor
  • Allopathy, Ayurveda link-up
  • Chevalier title for Loyola professor
  • Taking `kutcheri' fever across the country
  • Rotary clubs take the lead
  • India should retain its nuclear capability, says expert
  • Two held on forgery charge
  • Protest against India's participation in WTO meet
  • SBI launches gold metal loan for jewellers
  • Jayalalithaa "taking confrontationist course"
  • Held for jewellery theft
  • Focus on mobile computing
  • Shoulder arthroscopy performed on American national
  • IT offices to play FM music
  • Charge sheet filed by CBI in stamp paper case
  • Talent search exam date
  • Alleged chain snatcher handed over to police
  • Hyundai Motors donates Rs. 1 crore to flood relief fund
  • Industry urged to adopt modern warehousing system
  • Another chance for polytechnic students
  • Correction
  • Mock GATE on December 18
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Gelfand draws first blood

    • Coimbatore

  • Lives of 2,000-odd workers at risk
  • TNAU signs pact with American university
  • Consumer body moves court against `double' penalty
  • Website on Bharathi launched
  • Phototherapy to cure skin problems
  • Raids on customs duty paid shops
  • Workshop on jute bag making begins tomorrow
  • Celebrating with lights...
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Pakistan recalls Afridi
  • Mysore in semifinals
  • New format will be tough for Indians: Gopi
  • Problem of plenty for selectors
  • Tight security for Ahmedabad Test
  • Tamil Nadu team

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8473
  • Solution to Puzzle 8472

    • Cuddalore

  • Residents face a bridging problem

    • Dharmapuri

  • Watershed scheme in Nagarkoodal village gaining ground

    • Dindigul

  • Saleswoman in trouble
  • Residents picket road demanding flood relief

    • Editorials

  • The cash for questions scandal
  • Is it Iraq's army or militia?

    • Eluru

  • Teachers' body on stir

    • Erode

  • Blue tongue disease in Erode district under control
  • Upparu reservoir water released into canal
  • Night patrolling stepped up
  • Tie-up

    • Football

  • JCT pips East Bengal, enters semifinals

    • Front Page

  • Manmohan: we'll be flexible on FTA
  • Consensus may elude WTO
  • Tremor rocks Kashmir, Pakistan
  • Sweeping victory for BJP in Gujarat civic polls
  • Breach in Gundur lake bund, Chengalpattu town inundated
  • Deemed varsity buildings cleared for demolition
  • NICE allowed to sell, alienate BMIC lands
  • Now help from abroad for Delhi bomb blast hero
  • PPA issue rocks Assembly
  • State's annual Plan size fixed at Rs.6,210 crores
  • Draft IPRs policy to be released today
  • IAF fighter plane crashes
  • No vaccine in State hospitals
  • Rajya Sabha suspends BJP member
  • No electrical fencing
  • From one police station to the other, with a body
  • Saran meets Gyanendra
  • FOBs in city to have escalators
  • 3 BJP MLAs suspended
  • Congress retains Makthal seat
  • 8 hurt in freak train accident

    • Golf

  • Guleria's team triumphs

    • Gulbarga

  • Parties intensify campaigning in Gulbarga district
  • Three-day strike by medical, sales representatives
  • Vikas Bhavan roads relaid

    • Guntur

  • Call to implement 3-language formula

    • Haryana

  • Govt. for separate High Court

    • Hassan

  • JD(S), Congress straight fight in Channarayapatna

    • Hockey

  • FIH felicitates Ramachandran
  • Vogels — relishing a challenge
  • We expected a tougher match: Dancer

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Government may amend Panchayat Raj Act
  • Ministers violating model code, complains Shettar
  • Cell phone users stage demonstration

    • Hyderabad

  • OGH badly in need of facilities
  • Government official booked for child labour
  • New look for Ravindra Bharathi
  • Drainage problems dog SBH Colony residents
  • Renewed effort to clear Hyderabad Central
  • Question mark over LASIK surgery
  • Sensational APHB auction falls flat
  • Encroachers put on notice
  • Amendments proposed to GO on Pothireddypadu
  • Police nab ATM trickster
  • Filing of commercial tax returns to be computerised
  • Backward classes welfare: YSR ridicules Telugu Desam claim
  • Synthetic track will be protected: SAAP
  • Centralised admissions favoured
  • SC/ST Commission chairman, members' age limit fixed at 65
  • Plans to market aromatic plants aggressively
  • Volkswagen team to skip State
  • Dance echo on Assembly floor
  • Eviction move opposed
  • Felling of tree leads to clashes
  • TRS disrupts House proceedings
  • IA introduces new flights to Pune
  • BJP decries YSR remarks on deputy Chief Minister post
  • Traffic police to introduce complaint card system
  • Two held on charge of stealing 48 two-wheelers
  • Colour Chips second film to feature Suniel Shetty
  • Labour holidays for '06 declared
  • Newspaper employee assaulted
  • Never Never Land!
  • Trekking programme to Araku Valley, Borra Caves
  • Profession tax on village-level societies
  • Nasr School turns 40
  • Your neighbourhood and you
  • AISF conference
  • Congress urged to stop efforts for SC categorisation
  • Osmania Hospital technician in ACB trap
  • Like a beacon
  • Tiger dies at zoo
  • SIO stages protest
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Manmohan discusses nuclear cooperation with Koizumi, Roh
  • World Trade Organisation talks begin amid huge protests
  • India forms core group on non-agricultural market access
  • English is your asset, says Koizumi

    • International

  • Britain permitted CIA flights, admits Straw
  • Woman rescued two months after quake
  • Policemen injured in Sri Lanka blast
  • Quake located deep under earth's surface
  • A leap for the `barefoot' graduates
  • Mice with human brain cells
  • Suspended sentence for mercy killing
  • "Reformed" gangster executed in U.S.
  • Lebanese Editor's murder condemned

    • Interviews

  • "Fight terrorism, but be mindful of human rights"

    • Kancheepuram

  • Flood victims block traffic on ECR
  • Ration card renewal

    • Kannur

  • Hartal partial in Kannur
  • District Keralolsavam begins today
  • IUML leaders join DIC(K)
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • SFI activists protest against WTO accord
  • Mathematics Day celebrations
  • Medical camp from December 16

    • Karnataka

  • Supreme Court directive on Bangalore expressway
  • Santa calling
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Police fire in the air to disperse aggressive mob in Davangere
  • President to inaugurate hospital on January 22
  • Campaigning picks up in Uttara Kannada
  • Work for poor, Dharam Singh tells politicians
  • Datta Jayanti begins peacefully
  • Deve Gowda criticised for `misusing' reservation issue
  • Briefly
  • Dharam Singh appeals for unity in party
  • Goa to launch online lottery
  • Spice Telecom to invest in network upgradation
  • Dharam Singh sure of victory
  • KIOCL workers seek review of closure order
  • `Goa has not sought shifting of naval base'
  • `Funds of food-for-work scheme misused'
  • Surcharge on liquor

    • Kerala

  • Proposed river-linking project to benefit T.N.
  • Metro rail must
  • Concerned book lovers predict bleak future for International Book Festival
  • Canvas with world's hues
  • Kochiites can now very well breathe easy
  • Chances of TRL revival brighten
  • Nanotechnology all set to soar high
  • Nedumbassery set to become a township
  • Kudumbasree to set out on a poultry mission
  • A novel examination
  • Defying diktat
  • KSSIA opposes seizure operations
  • Wooing people to aerial sports
  • Of demand and supply
  • Not a sweet deal
  • Ritual of lights
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Quota for NRI students likely
  • Corporation councillors briefed on ADB loan terms
  • Chandy meets Sonia Gandhi
  • A memorable Sunday for RPF constable
  • Around the City

    • Khammam

  • Tap foreign markets, artisans told
  • Collector takes stock of tribal hostel functioning
  • Knowledge centre for college

    • Kochi

  • Hartal affects life in city
  • Order to give effect to Lok Adalat awards for tsunami victims State asked to honour Lok Adalat awards
  • ADB to consider loans for cities this week
  • Wireless Net connectivity to be a reality soon
  • Making the choice of a lifetime
  • Gita as guidance manual
  • People trap crocodile
  • Apologise to people, Hassan tells CPI(M)
  • Charting a new course
  • Vidyasagar: ID proof needed for SNDP poll
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Tender postponed
  • Wood seized
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Akshaya scheme inaugurated
  • Call to cut down power consumption
  • KGOU meet begins today
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kozhikode

  • Pottekkatt Cultural Centre opens on Friday
  • Hartal partial in Kozhikode district
  • IIM, university to ink MoU
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • Ryots oppose change in site of Hundri-Neeva canal reservoir
  • Kurnool girl for national congress

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Celebrating Christmas by other names

    • Letters to the Editor

  • A shock to the nation
  • Kudos to Aaj Tak
  • Setback for BJP
  • Tip of the iceberg?
  • What's in a name?
  • Commendable
  • Congratulations!

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Alleged culprits punish victim for filing complaint

    • Madurai

  • `Island sections' may compromise on rail safety
  • MK University suffers a loss of Rs.50 lakhs
  • Vaigai dam likely to touch full level after 7 years
  • Festival of brightness enthuses devotees
  • Glass panel planned for Meenakshi Temple Car
  • Judge directed to look into complaint
  • New judges felicitated
  • Classic chance to prove music talent
  • Moment of pride
  • Senior DVAC official dead
  • For flood relief
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • Call to expand horizon of handicrafts sector
  • Call for overhaul of education

    • Mangalore

  • Change in language curriculum to be referred to IUB
  • Explosives found in train
  • Government urged to impose restrictions on imports
  • Valedictory of institute's celebrations on Sunday
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Corporation office ransacked
  • Mentally challenged man stabs doctor at hospital
  • One-woman play draws accolades at Bahuroopi
  • Not a big change: Javare Gowda
  • Students stage demonstration

    • Nagapattinam

  • TNCSC proposes to open 25 DPCs in Nagai district
  • TCMF to sell fertilizers directly to delta farmers

    • Nagercoil

  • Rain lashes Kanyakumari district

    • Nalgonda

  • Nagarjunasagar jubilee fete ends tamely

    • National

  • Rajya Sabha suspends MP
  • Government will await parliamentary action
  • Parliament pays homage to attack victims
  • Advani warns party MPs against misusing privileges, perks
  • Right to recall will be deterrent: CPI
  • Pakistan conducts dry run of bus service
  • Knowledge is the key to prosperity, says Sam Pitroda
  • Dialogue with Hurriyat will resume soon: Azad
  • No monkey business this
  • Amritsar-Lahore bus will reinforce human bonds
  • Tearful farewell to Ramanand Sagar
  • JD(S) opposes Manmohan's statement on FDI
  • Bill on quotas in colleges runs into hurdles
  • Woman's hand cut off
  • Rajya Sabha nod for amendments to criminal law
  • Gujral for harmony among organs of State
  • Bannerjee panel tenure extended
  • "Anti-naxalite operations displace 15,000 villagers in Chhattisgarh"
  • Female foeticide raised in Rajya Sabha
  • Red Cross releases study on customary law
  • Salem aides remanded
  • Official fined for furnishing incomplete information
  • Plea on board exams
  • "Workers' rights being violated"
  • Chauhan seeks Centre's help for highways
  • Thackeray feels Pawar can become PM

    • Nellore

  • APSRTC EDs to stay at zonal headquarters
  • Postal greeting cards give way to hi-tech wishes

    • New Delhi

  • Resentment clouds Sheila's 7 years in office
  • Taking classes to the doctors' doorstep
  • Girls dominate campaigning in Jamia
  • Cong. accused of not providing temporary night shelters
  • Six girls barred from entering JNU hostel
  • Regunathan relieved of Power charge
  • Arrest all accused in housing scam: High Court
  • Raising a toast to American `desis'
  • President of Kids Republic
  • Four convicts seek suspension of sentence in Red Fort case
  • Two die in illegal perfume packaging unit fire
  • Interiors open inside, outside
  • 63 post-graduate constables recruited
  • `Power Dept. has failed completely'
  • Court notice to Centre
  • One arrested for cheating
  • Plea against two CRPF officers
  • Man and the machine
  • Headway in Jessica murder case
  • Aaround the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Equal access to education: the last chance
  • An ultimatum to Ukraine
  • Balance shifts between secular and Islamist Iraq
  • Why the arts matter

    • Nizamabad

  • Pucca houses to be built under Indiramma scheme
  • Officials told to curb tests of sex determination
  • Three nabbed on robbery charge

    • Ongole

  • New Democracy alleges police repression

    • Palakkad

  • Rs.13 crores sanctioned for road
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Catholicos given rousing reception

    • Pondicherry

  • Nine tsunami-affected families get new houses in Pondicherry
  • Pondicherry's credit need put at Rs 359.89 crores

    • Racing : Horse

  • Seis Corona impresses
  • Our Own Girl for feature
  • Lyra expected to score
  • Ocean Blue pleases
  • Berlioz catches the eye

    • Raichur

  • Centre's decision to bring education under WTO, GATT opposed

    • Rajasthan

  • Rajasthan Govt. accused of neglect
  • Rajasthan MLA's driver arrested with illicit liquor
  • Strict action sought

    • Religion

  • Spirit of renunciation

    • Salem

  • Move for Salem Railway Division hailed
  • Film on discrimination wins global acclaim
  • Balcony of house at TNHB Colony collapses
  • Joint Election Commissioner reviews roll verification
  • Applications invited

    • Shimoga

  • BJP seeks apology from Dharam Singh
  • Stree Shakti groups urged to help SHGs
  • BJP has overcome crisis, says Shankaramurthy

    • Sport

  • India has Sri Lanka staring down the barrell
  • Karel Klaver fighting for a cause
  • Anil Kumble — never short of ideas
  • The World Cup's hold on us
  • Nirupama ensures India's first gold
  • Australia leaves India in a tizzy
  • Two meet records bettered on opening day

    • Srikakulam

  • Rs. 100 cr. for houses to Vamsadhara oustees
  • Processing issue snowballs: 100 cashewnut units closed

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Now they are `swayed by a wave of joy'
  • Wanted: a fishing harbour
  • Roosting on the tree
  • IOB branch inaugurated
  • Potholes challenge motorists on Arcot Road
  • Two villages marooned as tank overflows
  • Hyundai Motors donates Rs. 1 cr. for flood relief
  • Fast track court sets a record in murder case
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Demand for passenger train to Dindigul from Karur gathers pace
  • Supreme Court orders release of Chaturvedi
  • Life term for four policemen
  • Homage to Annamacharya
  • Poll official counsels caution on deletion of names from roll
  • Karthigai Deepam festival celebrated with fervour
  • 10 lakh devotees witness Tiruvannamalai Deepam
  • Pondicherry seeks Rs. 200 crore more as rain relief
  • Road roko demanding flood relief
  • Shepherd, 7 goats killed
  • Two villages marooned

    • Tennis

  • Nandan Bal's camp in Thrissur
  • Impressive wins for Shivang, Vinod
  • Rachana posts upset win

    • Thanjavur

  • Vennar bridge needs urgent repairs
  • E Music festival: "Reliance Infocomm's tribute to Indian culture"

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Rail Europe eyeing South Indian movie industry
  • `Rules being framed to check video piracy'
  • `Rules soon to check video piracy'
  • `Social scientists must begin by trying to understand India'
  • Better show by PSUs under Industries Department: Minister
  • `Dreaming Lhasa' termed homeless film
  • Sandra case: first accused awarded capital punishment
  • CPI(M) stand on free software hailed
  • Award for scientist
  • Missing school girls traced
  • KSRTC pensioners plan rallies, dharnas
  • Rain plays spoilsport
  • Life holds no magic for them
  • Auspicious occasion
  • Another spectacle for them
  • Crossing swords
  • SAT counter reopened
  • Against money power in education
  • Ritual of lights
  • Woman found murdered
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated December 14, 1955: TTK on foreign aid
  • dated December 14, 1955: "Goa is part of India"

    • Thrissur

  • Hartal near-total in Thrissur district
  • Corporation to apprise Government of its views
  • E.K. Ezhuthachan dead
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Breach on right bank of Cauvery at Vengur being plugged
  • Devotees throng temple for `deepam' festival
  • For a free flow of traffic
  • Wooing viewers with `Vanakkam Tiruchi'
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirupati

  • Anatomists' meet stresses on need for more teachers
  • India should come out of WTO, says SJM leader

    • Tuticorin

  • Plan to set up cold storage plant for chilli in Tuticorin
  • "Urban populace more prone to heart attack"
  • Welfare assistance distributed

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Clogging of stormwater drains causes concern in Udhagamandalam
  • Forest officials suspended

    • Udupi

  • Udupi District Kannada Sahitya Sammelana on December 28

    • Union Territories

  • Severe cold wave conditions envelop Northern India

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • After Noida, Greater Noida, U.P. plans Dida
  • Textile units in Mau to be closed down
  • Employees threat

    • Uttaranchal

  • Bank made him crorepati by mistake
  • Block Pramukhs on the warpath

    • Vijayawada

  • UHS expansion awaits final nod
  • A beacon of hope for local software professionals
  • State conference of Jana Vignana Vedika
  • Mail your views
  • Energy conservation week
  • Jain Swamis visit city
  • For an equitable trade policy
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Minister urges journalists to call off their agitation
  • Revolutionary change
  • Dusty roads leave everyone gasping
  • `Animal behaviour can give clue to natural disasters'
  • Energy Conservation Week to be observed from today
  • Fake certificate racket busted
  • WTO meet: LIC staff takes out rally
  • Dhanurmasa Utsavam from December 16
  • Dowry harassment
  • Neglect of study circles alleged
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Velugu proves a boon for SHG members

    • Weather

  • Weather

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