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  • Aksharasree SHGs to celebrate anniversary
  • Kuttanad farmers yet to get money
  • Boy missing case: probe takes a new turn

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Orissa objects to Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh
  • Gift from God
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • NEDCAP to extend subsidy for setting up bio-gas plants
  • Government launches action plan to curb landgrabbing
  • TDP leader threatens to go on padayatra
  • Offensive launched against Maoists
  • Defying death in `maut ka kuan'
  • Police organise free medical camp for tribals
  • Mattadivagu works to begin today
  • Priority for dairy units
  • Visakha Utsav to be commonman-friendly
  • HAL medical officers' meet
  • Rajahmundry MP speaks in Telugu
  • Legislative Council bill to be tabled today
  • Export zone for tobacco in State mooted
  • Industries asked to protect workers' lives
  • Naxal surrenders
  • Scribe dead

    • Athletics

  • Soumya sets a new mark

    • Bangalore

  • BDA plans steel overpass on Seshadri Road
  • Pune boy undergoes liver transplant at Hrudayalaya
  • Three pre-paid autorickshaw stands set up, two more planned
  • Cash bag stolen from woman in HSR Layout
  • Around the City
  • `In-Bloom' begins at Christ College tomorrow

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Coalition partners' stand surprises voters in Belgaum
  • Chief Minister visiting Belgaum
  • Three killed in road accident

    • Bellary

  • Panchayat elections, an acid test for parties in Bellary district

    • Bidar

  • Government plans to popularise horticulture in Bidar district

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Kopkit puts Thailand ahead

    • Briefly

  • Indirect tax collections up 16 p.c.
  • Raman Roy partners Sri Lankan company
  • Airtel to launch 3G in Seychelles
  • India to host Oracle OpenWorld
  • Infomedia joint venture
  • ITC launches Candyman Cofitino
  • 24/7 Customer strengthens partnership with Aviva
  • CavinKare forays into washroom segment
  • HCL launches regional language software
  • SAAG RR bags BEML order
  • Dhanalakshmi Bank gets new MD
  • BoB opens Mumbai data centre
  • IDS opens centre in Bangalore
  • Marlabs' new development centre
  • EDA, Cadence launch RF design kit
  • MeriTrac's growth plans
  • AZE selects Wipro Tech as preferred partner
  • EA signs pact with Indiagames
  • Accenture centres get ISO 27001
  • NFCL Kakinada facility gets GAIL award
  • DuPont receives low carbon leader award
  • Adobe to recruit more engineers in India

    • Business

  • Bill for tax relief on DEPB passed
  • India backs demand to resolve cotton issue
  • Indian Hotels acquires Australian hotel
  • Sensex touches 9300-mark
  • Women constitute only 6 p.c. of total workforce in industrial sector
  • Innovation must drive manufacturing
  • Tata Motors to shrink supplier base
  • ECHC to focus on repositioning human talent
  • MindTree licenses Bluetooth IP
  • Rupee hits one-month closing high

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Fish variety dwindling in Gulf of Mannar
  • Time has come to redefine the role of urban lakes
  • Quality treatment now made possible for insured employees in State
  • An actress who plays her roles with aplomb
  • State pollution control board gears up to tackle e-waste
  • Where innovative concepts could translate into working prototypes
  • Veerasamy moves court to stop Siruseri land sale
  • Long-term solutions to flooding
  • In Mugalivakkam, a residential colony that is under two feet of water
  • `Healthy' food pipe offers hope
  • Chevalier title for Loyola professor
  • Soulful music for a cause
  • Spurt in diarrhoeal cases in suburban areas
  • Youth held for chain snatching posed as courier boy
  • Rain impacts on MTC: services curtailed, revenue down
  • `The Last Tiger' set for Chennai release
  • Trust honours artists
  • MTC staff get a hearing check
  • Vocalist, dance exponent honoured
  • CBI probe sought into fake FIRs
  • Court allows students to appear for exams
  • A date with Kong
  • Resource centre opened at Bala Mandir
  • Computer award for Velammal group of schools
  • Bakery employee found murdered
  • Presentations on graduate education in U.S.
  • Housewife robbed at `gunpoint'
  • Actor Karthik to enter politics
  • Vice-Chancellor, Registrar appointed for sports varsity
  • Melmaruvathur specials
  • TNCC welcomes setting up of Salem railway division
  • Pannisai Manimandram music festival
  • Meet on cluster college concept
  • Funds for hostel block
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Aronian makes final
  • Indians corner 21 medals

    • Coimbatore

  • Clean-up operations in Mettupalayam
  • From eyesore to enricher
  • Change in BSNL booking numbers
  • Jewellery, cash stolen
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • Dalmiya cries foul
  • We let ourselves down, says Moody
  • Third one-dayer today

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8474
  • Solution to Puzzle 8473

    • Cuddalore

  • Three suspended for malpractices in relief distribution
  • BSNL launches new Internet service

    • Dharmapuri

  • Assistance for delivery and MTP
  • 14 PDS salesmen placed under suspension

    • Dindigul

  • Road connectivity to 2 villages snapped
  • Rainwater mixed with sewage floods four anganwadis at Bharathipuram in Dindigul

    • Editorials

  • A new regional architecture
  • A digital bridge for the world's children

    • Erode

  • Water - now a source of misery
  • `Horticulture development in full swing'
  • Many dyeing, tanning units yet to erect RO plants

    • Football

  • Sporting Clube in final

    • Front Page

  • India, China can move faster to resolve border dispute: Manmohan
  • East Asia Summit forum for dialogue on strategic issues
  • Bill on quotas deferred
  • Ganguly dropped
  • Cold wave grips north India
  • EPF: Minister to meet PM
  • IT raids on the premises of hospitals, doctors
  • Eviction drive along the Cooum course soon
  • Cabinet nod for feasibility report on budget airline
  • Orissa Government objects to Polavaram project
  • MCD told to demolish all illegal constructions
  • Scramble for B.Ed. seats commences
  • Car goes under hammer
  • Lokayukta to prosecute officials
  • Centre not to reduce flood relief aid
  • Dawood aide killed
  • Ordinance issued to check crime
  • Massive breach in Big Tank plugged
  • Life-term for 11 in post-Godhra riots case
  • Doctors being trained to treat HIV/AIDS
  • Motorists to get major relief on Delhi roads
  • Preliminary enquiry
  • Muslim quota: State moves apex court
  • Order on mill land sales stayed
  • Moderate quake hits North India
  • Four killed in encounter

    • Golf

  • Vinod sets course record

    • Gulbarga

  • Head constable pours out his tale of woe to Sial

    • Guntur

  • No drinking water woes in Guntur district?
  • Artificial limb for quick walk post-amputation
  • Veterinary health camps from today

    • Haryana

  • House passes Industrial Promotion Bill
  • Cold wave unabated in Punjab, Haryana

    • Hassan

  • Discontentment brewing in Hassan District Congress
  • Two injured in elephant attack in Arkalgud taluk

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • CPI(M) demands arrest of MP

    • Hockey

  • We missed our chances: Rajinder

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Call to use renewable energy sources
  • Two arrested, goods recovered
  • 584 booths in Dharwad

    • Hyderabad

  • Drive to fill SC and ST backlog vacancies
  • It's simple living for the `swamis'
  • State women panel members' visit to prison ends in fiasco
  • Monsoon recharges city groundwater table
  • MLAs favour quota for BCs in legislature
  • State to go ahead with Polavaram, says Ponnala
  • A high-energy retort by YSR
  • House critical of Indrasena's remarks
  • Synthetic track at GMC Balayogi Stadium will be protected: SAAP
  • A high-energy retort by YSR
  • Plans to market aromatic plants aggressively
  • Vandemataram centenary fete contests from December 24
  • Plan to showcase investment opportunities in State
  • Now, Harry Potter on R World
  • New system for joint replacement surgeries
  • Autorickshaw driver's protest creates flutter
  • State penalised for failure to file counter
  • Walkout over panel report on ryots' suicide
  • Diabetes expo from today
  • Never Never Land!
  • Radio awards to be presented
  • Your neighbourhood and you
  • Body identified
  • Writ plea dismissed
  • Chaos at crossroads
  • Two more members for Haj panel
  • Dharnas planned
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Kamal Nath seeks level playing field
  • India-Sri Lanka naval exercise ends
  • Swaminathan suggests creation of `rice refineries' for Sri Lanka

    • International

  • Sri Lankan helicopter hit by gunfire
  • Blasts: Britain's move evokes fury
  • Iraqi elections unlikely to quell violence
  • Lebanese Editor's murder plunges country into crisis
  • Pakistan, Iran for early gas pipeline
  • Europe spy agencies linked to CIA flights
  • Kathmandu doubts Maoists' intentions
  • Banking on coca tea
  • China on bird flu alert
  • Australia braces itself for more violence

    • Kancheepuram

  • Create assets in implementing job scheme, panchayats told
  • Send officials to `supervise sand quarrying'

    • Kannur

  • `Mahe harbour project to benefit local fishermen'
  • Aralam sanctuary rich in plant diversity
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Students target suspended constable
  • Student of Karimnagar school selected

    • Karnataka

  • Karnataka High Court pulls up Government over factory revival
  • Prohibitory order in Chikmagalur
  • Conference on disaster management
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Schools to get power by 2007
  • New meeting hall for Davangere Zilla Panchayat
  • Kharge confident of Congress win in polls

    • Kerala

  • Apex court's notice to Coke on Kerala panchayat's plea
  • Kakkanad is the cynosure of all eyes now
  • Reaching out to parents of the intellectually challenged
  • Plan your Dream Home
  • Starry nights are here again
  • Next issue
  • On a new mission
  • Flames of divine passion
  • Long drive ahead
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Supreme Court issues notice to Coca-Cola
  • Seminar concludes

    • Khammam

  • e-panchayat project for Khammam
  • Maoists gun down CPI(M) leader
  • NEDCAP organises energy walk

    • Kochi

  • `Films should generate debate'
  • Supermarket for vegetables, fruits planned
  • Vets to check surviving camel
  • `Expedite probe in Bishop's House attack case'
  • In winged company
  • Solar solution to energy problems
  • SNDP poll will witness a wave of anger: Vidyasagar
  • Cruise vessel reaches Kochi
  • Search and rescue exercise held
  • History association to celebrate jubilee
  • Bribery case: customs inspector gets bail
  • Concern over sexual harassment of girls on campus
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • District Keralolsavam starts tomorrow

    • Kozhikode

  • IIM-K signs MoU with Victoria University on scientific cooperation
  • Dental students protest against `illegal' order
  • Students clash with police; three injured
  • Three injured in clashes
  • Muthukad told to unfold `tricks' behind prediction

    • Kurnool

  • Medical representatives launch stir against new drug policy
  • Call to tap alternative sources of energy

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Towards an upheaval in Jammu & Kashmir?

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Protests at WTO meet
  • Attack the disease
  • A growing trend

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • On tiger trail

    • Madurai

  • Improved technology has done wonders for orthodontic surgery
  • Essaying the magnificence and historicity of Madurai
  • Discontent brewing over relief disbursal
  • Ad hoc judges may be appointed to clear pending cases
  • New model Plus-Two question papers distributed
  • Bench summons forest official
  • Declare Tamil Nadu calamity hit: DPI
  • `Strive for overall development'
  • Towering beauty
  • Former MLA to undergo DNA test
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Vedike demands legal benefits for daily-wage workers employed in Water Supply Department
  • Renovated shrine to open soon
  • Directors want action against CAMPCO board
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Citizens oppose water tariff hike
  • Police Department launches afforestation programme
  • Bahuroopi depicts facets of society
  • Man arrested

    • Nagapattinam

  • Bhoomi pooja performed for permanent houses

    • Nagercoil

  • Bumper harvest expected in `Kumpapoo' cultivation
  • Bank allots Rs.3 crores

    • Nalgonda

  • Senior assistant ends life after being suspended
  • Constable dies by hanging

    • National

  • Manmohan for release of Suu Kyi
  • BJP, CPI(M) express reservations on quota Bill
  • Vajpayee blesses `Nyaya Yatra'
  • Offer to upgrade Bofors guns
  • Vijay Diwas to be celebrated tomorrow
  • A hero's welcome, reception for Sachin
  • Bihar girl does India proud in London
  • Alleged bribery: Manmohan feels sad
  • MPs submit replies
  • Uttaranchal rocked
  • Lok Sabha panel to give time to 10 members
  • Millions of children lead invisible lives: report
  • Amendments to Immoral Traffic Act coming
  • Sore throat lets down Shivraj Patil
  • Concern over PDS `collapse'
  • Anti-superstition Bill introduced
  • Chota Rajan's wife held
  • Court grants interim order in mills case
  • Elders concerned over manual scavenging
  • Tsunami response in India `above average'

    • Nellore

  • Medicines distributed to check foot-and-mouth disease
  • Nellore students excel at national science meet

    • New Delhi

  • Court's green signal for electronic meters
  • Metro Depot with a difference
  • It's Sufi and rock at Qutub Fest
  • Demand to refund money of power consumers
  • Two arrested for extortion
  • Sheila's missive to Walia on poor condition of roads
  • JNU divided over beating case
  • Plea for a Buddhist University in Himchal
  • Another quake jolts Capital
  • BSES programme to train neighbourhood electricians
  • High Court notices over encroachments
  • Directive to beautify Maulana Azad's grave
  • Land lease cancelled
  • For the jawans
  • Caring for children
  • JD(S) opposes PM's statement
  • Major reshuffle in Delhi Administration
  • Rajya Sabha okays criminal law amendments
  • Six girls barred from JNU's Jheelum hostel
  • CPI (M) opposes pension fund privatisation
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In Capital Today
  • Jamia's date with democracy

    • News Analysis

  • Water and India's Constitution
  • The Makkah Declaration: rhetoric and reality
  • Ivory Coast's fragile peace
  • Russia looks to Southeast Asia
  • Expansion is only way to cut EU dole queues

    • Ongole

  • Teachers take to the street

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Arrangements at Sabarimala reviewed
  • Kalam to inaugurate paediatric cardiac services

    • Perambalur

  • Remit group insurance, local bodies told

    • Pondicherry

  • SOS Children's Villages project
  • Tone up facilities for livestock: Speaker
  • Pondicherry drive to curb filariasis
  • Work in government departments hit
  • State level AIDS plan on the anvil in Pondicherry

    • Racing : Horse

  • Fearless Princess impresses
  • Star Perfection well tuned
  • Our Own Girl triumphs
  • Pure Gold wins feature
  • Gaea shines
  • Flying Knight pleases
  • Races advanced

    • Raichur

  • Arrangements made for conduct of polls in Raichur
  • Insurance meet from Saturday

    • Rajasthan

  • `India should desist from bilateral agreements at WTO'
  • Gram Sabhas to authenticate BPL lists

    • Religion

  • Significance of life

    • Salem

  • Film on discrimination wins global acclaim
  • `Do not politicise SHGs'
  • Plans on bivoltine rearing

    • Shimoga

  • Residents lay siege to municipal office

    • Sport

  • The love affair with Kotla continues
  • The end of a chequered career?
  • Rahul Dravid retained skipper
  • India's inadequacy stands exposed
  • Freixa: keeping alive a proud family tradition
  • Devout followers of the game

    • Sports : General

  • Balasubramanian shines
  • Bhavan's Junior College in final
  • Cyrus is chief

    • Squash

  • India finishes 11th

    • Srikakulam

  • Special counters to be opened to issue `adangal' certificates
  • DEO's houses raided, assets seized

    • Swimming

  • Aniketh, Shikha fastest

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Explaining the essentials of `technical' English
  • Technology did wonders for orthodontic surgery
  • Easy way out
  • Create assets through job scheme, panchayats told
  • TNPCB tries to tackle e-waste
  • Massive breach in Big Tank plugged
  • Declare Tamil Nadu calamity hit, says DPI
  • Seminar on English teaching
  • Residents stage protest seeking water supply
  • In Kilpauk, overflowing conduit adds to residents' woes
  • Abuzz with winged visitors
  • Where innovative concepts could translate into prototypes
  • Call to improve air connectivity between India and South Africa
  • Award presented to vocalist Vedavalli
  • Inter City Post service from today
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Vocational training programme for rural youths
  • Language is no barrier for them
  • Crops in hundreds of acres inundated in Karur
  • Ryots seek permanent solution to effluent problem
  • Advanced technology set to change the face of education
  • Apex court refuses to stay demolition
  • Final poll roll to be released on January 30
  • Water released from Barur tank for second crop
  • 3 children die in fire
  • Seminar on Vidyaranya

    • Tennis

  • Shokeen shocks Sugiyama
  • Memorable day for Varun Gopal
  • Seles hints at comeback

    • Thanjavur

  • Sanctuaries draw winged visitors
  • Exhibiting uncurbed enthusiasm

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • `Films should generate discussion among viewers'
  • Plan panel to give more aid for Vision 2010
  • `Kerala Piravi' Golden Jubilee programmes set for grand finale
  • Garbage plant: demand for Mayor's intervention
  • Make police people friendly, says Speaker
  • `Present an alternative development model'
  • Higher allowance for SC/ST hostelers
  • Draft IPRs policy released
  • Drive against illicit liquor
  • Prisoner dies
  • Vehicle theft: 3 held
  • On the warpath
  • Proud achievement
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated December 16, 1955 : India's protest to US
  • dated December 16, 1955 : New members of U.N.

    • Thrissur

  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Insurance scheme, a boon to farmers
  • Their tale of woe yet to recede
  • Stamping their mark to win prizes
  • Campaign on energy conservation
  • Seeking flood relief
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Residents' welfare associations to be involved in Corporation works

    • Tirupati

  • Low pressure in Bay of Bengal makes Chittoor farmers jittery
  • SV University to host bioinformatics workshop
  • TTD diary released

    • Tuticorin

  • Relief materials distributed

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Call for effective traffic management plan
  • Rally marks end to AIDS campaign

    • Udupi

  • St. Aloysius College emerge champions at college meet

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Mayawati sees Mulayam hand in sting operation

    • Vellore

  • CMC to organise symposium
  • Free eye camps
  • Christian Medical College to organise symposium

    • Vijayawada

  • GGH outshines corporate hospitals
  • City Post from today
  • Light in child workers' lives
  • Road widening `saves' Government Rs. 4.5 cr.
  • Andhra Bank to organise three-day gold fair
  • Tata Indicom True Value Hub
  • Minister to flag off temple works
  • Mail your views
  • Never Never Land!
  • CPI (M) accuses police of bias
  • Around the city
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Andhra University gets into expansion mode
  • VSPCA to adopt new techniques to contain dog population
  • Walking for a `united India'
  • Birthday bash for Dronam planned
  • Tricycle gifted to physically challenged
  • Neurological Society of India conference today
  • College building inaugurated
  • Title for Sanskrit scholar
  • Utsav spirit pervades
  • Two arrested
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • IOB keeps winning

    • Warangal

  • Campaign on right to info Act to be launched today

    • Weather

  • Weather

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