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    Anantapur

  • Joint Director `inspects' DEO office
  • Constable swoons at punishment drill

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • A.P. deputes engineers' team to Babli project
  • Maoists wanted to blast Sileru dam
  • Look who's in the crowd?
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Tourists back at Manginapudi beach
  • Indian Railways registers growth in freight, passenger transportation
  • State Government stand on corporate colleges flayed
  • Ancient language status for Telugu sought
  • Home Minister breathes fire against naxalites
  • Farmers oppose closure of vent in KC Canal barrage
  • Civic body contemplates privatisation of streetlighting
  • Amitabh Bachchan offers prayers at Tirumala temple
  • YSR concludes four-day Kadapa tour
  • ING Vysya Bank staff go on strike
  • `Medicare not reaching poor'
  • New bike launched

    • Bangalore

  • Bangalore to host theatre festival from January 4
  • An eco-drive propelled by children
  • No significant increase in violent crimes, say police
  • Telgi case: Special Court asks CBI to submit details in City Market case
  • Governor revokes decision of health varsity
  • Shopping fever reaches its peak in Bangalore this season
  • Helping the tsunami affected
  • All set for counting of panchayat votes today
  • Bangalore varsity defends two boards of examiners
  • Canada to help India on ASTROSAT, says Kasturirangan
  • Overcoming the resistance to change
  • Kidnapped nine-month-old child restored to parents
  • Police hold meet with bankers on security
  • Official rules out CNG for vehicles in city
  • Foreign nationals detained at airport
  • Watchman murdered
  • Two boys drown
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Organisers ready for the challenge

    • Belgaum

  • Protest against privatisation of midday meal scheme

    • Bellary

  • Use of condoms on the rise in Bellary
  • Re-polling in three booths peaceful

    • Bidar

  • A German nun's passion for Kannada

    • Bihar

  • A year of great political churning for Bihar

    • Bijapur

  • Countdown for counting begins

    • Bridge

  • It'll be a test of mental and physical ability

    • Briefly

  • Glenmark acquires South African firm
  • Titan fixes rights issue price at Rs. 350
  • Reliance clarifies on record date
  • Revised Banking Ombudsman scheme
  • Nicholas Piramal signs pact with Pfizer
  • Narmada Cement amalgamation
  • Seven & I Holdings to buy Millennium
  • Hutch's new recharge service
  • Sree Sakthi Paper to tap market
  • Central Bank launches retail-lending schemes
  • L & T bags Rs. 411 cr. order

    • Business

  • Tata Chemicals in top league of global players
  • SFL set to gain a foothold in Germany
  • Investors advised to opt for automatic route
  • Scope for increasing content for new digital technologies
  • SAIL's merger plan hits roadblock
  • Sensex plunges 171 points

    • Carrom

  • Carrom championships

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Queuing up for Zubin
  • A year on, tsunami survivors are still struggling
  • Rehabilitation of affected fishermen proceeding at rapid pace: Jayalalithaa
  • Towards a practical approach to diagnosing respiratory disorders
  • At Kanathur, a community back on its feet
  • Remembering the past and moving on
  • Accident witnesses must help victims: Barnala
  • Complaints filed against Ministers, MPs
  • Flood-damaged roads in city to be relaid
  • `Gurukula' system of education is giving way to `shishyakula'
  • Crop on 2.02 lakh hectares damaged
  • Call to review Sethu project
  • A time to reflect, learn and acknowledge
  • Court orders councillor's release
  • `Naada Kovida' title for Sudha Ragunathan
  • Burglar makes off with 70 sovereigns
  • Tributes paid to Rukmini Devi Arundale
  • Glad tidings from Akkaraipettai health sub centre
  • Dates for relief distribution
  • Best Postman award for Kotteeswaran
  • DPA to hold demonstrations in State on December 30
  • Karthik Fine Arts honours Balamuralikrishna
  • Children pay homage to tsunami victims
  • At Kanathur, a tsunami-hit community gets back on its feet
  • CD on students' role in relief released
  • For lensman Haksar, more accolades
  • Youth arrested
  • High Court declines to stay demolition of two varsity blocks
  • Drama festival on at Rajaji Vidyashram
  • Beat stress with `Yoga Nidra'
  • Constable dies as gun goes off
  • AIADMK trying to create rift in Congress: Vasan
  • Overcautious
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Chess

  • India outplays Iran `A'
  • Hari Krishna stays in joint lead
  • Samrat shocks Vigneshwaran
  • Four share lead
  • CPAI to host grand simultaneous display
  • Easy for seeded players

    • Coimbatore

  • Water, hygiene top the list
  • Consumer body contests TNSTC's point-to-point service
  • TNAU to conduct workshop on mango supply chain management
  • MLA seeks planetarium in Coimbatore
  • Quiz for schoolchildren
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • Hyderabad takes lead
  • It's advantage Karnataka
  • Nagpal hits century
  • Prasad and Venugopala Rao put Andhra in strong position
  • Delhi registers win
  • Kerala enforces the follow-on
  • Mehboob sizzles
  • Young Challengers finishes fourth
  • Kaarthick lets his bat do the talking
  • Sehwag to Delhi's rescue
  • Pelican beats Mohan Meakin
  • Easy for Civil Services
  • OCHOA posts win

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8484
  • Solution to Puzzle 8483

    • Cuddalore

  • A day of mourning and rituals
  • USAID commits $18 million for relief
  • A swimming feat, with hands tied

    • Dharmapuri

  • Four-laning of NH 7 to begin shortly
  • Rs. 17 crores given for mango cultivation

    • Dindigul

  • Criminal petitions against AIADMK, DMK functionaries

    • Editorials

  • Shouting brigades in Uttar Pradesh
  • The perils of science fraud

    • Erode

  • 3 hamlets to get walls to prevent inundation
  • Crime graph down in Erode, says DIG
  • Stress on quality, farmers told
  • Man kills wife, children

    • Football

  • Hat-trick by Gopinath
  • Doctors waiting for Stefano's condition to improve
  • TFA in final

    • Front Page

  • Advani: BJP has made history
  • Zubin Mehta enthralls Chennai
  • Mass mourning for tsunami victims by the sea
  • Beethoven balm for tsunami scars
  • Gentle seas listen to grief over tsunami
  • Government seems to be intent on tripping itself, says Bardhan
  • 37 illegal properties razed, two sealed amid protests
  • Delhi airport landing system upgraded
  • KSRTC: Left unions firm on agitation
  • 2 Ministers visit Medaram braving naxal threat
  • Maoists wanted to blast Sileru dam
  • Mahamastakabhisheka preparation work on track
  • Rumblings heard in BJP
  • Short session of legislature likely after Sankranti
  • Five Alapad fishermen feared drowned at sea
  • A clear day, but flights hit
  • IEDs defused near railway track in Jammu
  • New Year a second late
  • EC ready for bypolls
  • Emergency landing
  • Terrorist arrested

    • Gulbarga

  • Red gram growers set to reap rich
  • Additional police force deployed for re-polling
  • Mystery shrouds watchman's murder

    • Guntur

  • Man found dead under mysterious conditions

    • Haryana

  • `Take inspiration from freedom fighters'

    • Hassan

  • KIOCL's new move triggers anxiety
  • Parties anxious as counting is set to begin today
  • Shravanabelagola to host Jain meet from tomorrow
  • Students take out procession

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • A historic session begins in Dharamsala

    • Hockey

  • Bharat Petroleum humbles Indian Airlines
  • Akram, Arun sizzle

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Workshop on quality initiatives on Thursday
  • `Go Yatra' to reach Hubli tomorrow
  • Haj pilgrims given farewell
  • Burglary bid foiled; man arrested
  • One killed, three hurt in road accident

    • Hyderabad

  • The oil trick Catch 'em unawares when they are in the `act'
  • CPI meet warns against labour reforms without consulting Left
  • YSR reviews arrangements for Kalachakra event
  • State deputes engineers' team to Babli project
  • Ten MMTS trains cancelled
  • Government to hold meeting to discuss problems of archakas
  • Congress party dares Telugu Desam MLA to prove charge
  • Hizbul activist admits to links in city
  • Jaycees fete begins today
  • Three killed in accidents
  • Lure of filthy lucre
  • Your neighbourhood and you
  • 19 conferred degrees at MCEME convocation
  • Senior scribes form body
  • CPI decries bid to create row on Pothireddypadu
  • Disruption in power supply
  • Weavers' leader threatened
  • Reservation zone for ring road
  • Expo on organic architecture
  • Technology vs. tradition
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • So easy yet so difficult
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • India, Pakistan composite dialogue to be held on January 17, 18

    • International

  • Rajapakse to oversee tsunami reconstruction
  • Despicable act: Tamil parties
  • Congress did not debate wiretaps: ex-Senate chief
  • U.S. troops to leave Pakistan in March
  • Marxism academy founded
  • Shoppers poisoned
  • GLONASS system by 2008: Putin
  • Retrial of nurses ordered
  • Hope transcends despair

    • Kancheepuram

  • Legal action initiated
  • Silence observed

    • Kannur

  • Workshop on Anthropology
  • Brothers killed in accident
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Befitting honour for Bapu's Bhavatham
  • Karimnagar dazzles with telly glamour
  • State wrestling championship in Karimnagar from tomorrow

    • Karnataka

  • Mahamastakabhisheka preparation work on track
  • Joint session of Karnataka Legislature likely after Pongal
  • Nod for `temporary' cable-car at Shravanabelagola
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Exquisite cake models to go on display
  • `Exhibitions-cum-sales' enrage Goa traders
  • Report on Secretariat building submitted to Goa Government
  • Congress will win 80 p.c. of seats, says Nagappa
  • Meet on organic farming today
  • Official asked to drop road work
  • Sammelan inaugurated
  • All set for counting of votes
  • Goyatra to reach Bhadravati

    • Kerala

  • Tragedy strikes Alapad on tsunami anniversary
  • Sabarimala temple closed after Mandala puja
  • Writer as entrepreneur
  • Art for a cause
  • A year after the wave of death
  • Hunting together
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Arrangements complete for National Integration Camp
  • BJP will be rejuvenated: Rajagopal

    • Khammam

  • BSNL on network expansion spree
  • Constable hurt in exchange of fire

    • Kochi

  • Paddy processing complex at Kalady
  • GIDA announces projects worth Rs.125 crores
  • Tsunami victims remembered
  • Changing topography, mounting hazards
  • No user fee at CIAL from 2006
  • Metaphors from everyday objects
  • Camel to be taken to Gujarat
  • RSS route march in January
  • Youth succumbs to injuries
  • Vasantholsavam begins
  • CSE Silver Jubilee
  • Spiritual meet
  • On the prowl
  • Guidelines sought
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • A prayer for tsunami victims
  • Yogam office-bearers take charge

    • Kozhikode

  • ADB aid for urban development
  • Infrastructure development slow in State, says ADB
  • Lack of facilities, qualified teachers hit B.Pharm. course
  • PG medical students to go on 48-hour strike
  • Federation of the Blind plans stir from today
  • Collector issues warning to grama panchayats
  • Army recruitment rally in Kozhikode

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Towards universal guidelines on water use

    • Letters to the Editor

  • LTTE denial
  • Shocking trivialisation
  • A deterrent
  • Unsavoury episode
  • Right views
  • Huge burden
  • Inimitable Bhanumathi

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Congress questions case withdrawal

    • Madikeri

  • Row over Abbi Falls project takes new turn
  • Directive to register home stay facilities in Madikeri
  • Dutch national found dead in lodge
  • `Indicom 10' launched

    • Madurai

  • 83 units booked for deploying child labour
  • More than a homecoming for the B-school alumni
  • Bench on interference with rights
  • Irate residents resort to road roko near Collectorate
  • Homage paid to tsunami victims
  • Two killed in separate accidents
  • Student ends life
  • Seminar on packaging
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Mangalore

  • Start direct flights to the Gulf: NRIs
  • Forum seeks tsunami warning system in Indian Ocean
  • Cruise liner anchors in Mangalore
  • 3-day regional film festival opens
  • Outstanding subsidy for small units to be cleared
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Drivers stage protest against Prathiba's murder
  • Helping needy students financially
  • Prohibitory orders in Mysore district during counting of votes
  • Budding chess player
  • `Bring all currency printing presses under Act'

    • Nagapattinam

  • Construction of houses will be completed by April: Collector

    • Nagercoil

  • Silent marches, prayers mark first tsunami anniversary
  • Expo of eco-products

    • Nalgonda

  • His broad `vision' is a revelation, indeed

    • National

  • "Tsunami-hit still need counselling"
  • BJP-RSS differences to the fore
  • Mayawati expels 4 MPs
  • Kalam to open Children's Science Congress
  • Rumblings heard in the BJP
  • Airlines' pact
  • "Back wages to retrenched workman not automatic"
  • Instrument landing system upgraded at Delhi
  • Mufti Mohammad Sayeed not to join Union Cabinet
  • Approval for Tirumala ropeway
  • Rabri Devi protests against police action
  • CPI for cautious approach on Sri Lanka
  • Government seems to be intent on tripping itself, says Bardhan
  • Economic issues to dominate Rajapakse's agenda
  • Letters Rogatory issued in Denel case
  • U.N. peacekeeper from India killed in Congo
  • Bringing out the talent in tsunami-affected children
  • Hyderabad STF office blast: three militants arrested in Delhi

    • Nellore

  • Writers' concern over fall in human values

    • New Delhi

  • ISI adopting new tactics
  • "Educate truckers to control AIDS virus in the country''
  • Three militants arrested
  • Differences within Delhi BJP may hurt party's prospects
  • Pick-and-choose policy of MCD hampering demolition drive
  • High Court refuses to stop demolitions
  • A step into the future for ASI
  • Make registration of all builders mandatory: BJP
  • Different facets of women and nature
  • BSES to target advertisers stealing power
  • A world with seamless mobility
  • PNG supply to be disrupted
  • Admission racket smashed
  • Landmark to be replaced
  • Who's the best?
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    • News Analysis

  • Safe blood remains a distant dream
  • Combating communal violence

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Buying safety with a bowl of rice
  • MLAs allege irregularities in estimation of crop losses

    • Palakkad

  • Study finds large-scale use of Endosulfan in Palakkad
  • National Folk Dance Festival begins today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Row over special queue
  • Hundreds of devotees witness Mandala puja
  • Heavy turnout for Bhagavatha Sathram
  • In Pathanamthitta Today
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Perambalur

  • Union Minister commissions five cell phone towers
  • Insurance cover for Home Guards

    • Pondicherry

  • No discrimination shown in giving relief to victims, says Lakhera
  • Tsunami victims remembered

    • Racing : Horse

  • Khaleels Pride claims main event
  • Lady Challenger appeals most
  • First Emperor triumphs
  • Patricia takes the honours
  • Royal Sleek runs with a good chance
  • Haunting Memories excels
  • Shaolin, Seis Corona please
  • Jockeys fined

    • Raichur

  • Re-polling peaceful in Raichur and Bidar

    • Rajasthan

  • Vikas Parishad convention begins

    • Religion

  • The soul's awakening

    • Salem

  • Seminar on impact of new economic policy
  • Cases filed against party functionaries

    • Shimoga

  • Arecanut merchants upset over tax department raids
  • DYFI, SFI extend support to computer teachers' stir
  • Student organisation refutes charge of naxal activity
  • Books given away to children

    • Sport

  • BCCI not to ask for explanation
  • Nadal pulls out of Chennai Open

    • Sports : General

  • Kaleemuddin dazzles
  • Pay TV firm Premiere sues over losing German soccer rights
  • National kabaddi from today
  • EIL and IPCL post victories
  • Shabir, Roopa to lead

    • Swimming

  • Rohit sets new record

    • Table Tennis

  • Sub-jr. Nationals from today

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Gone with the sea
  • NLC contributes Rs. 1 crore
  • Curtains come down on film festival
  • Reservation sought for "forward" communities
  • Off to Scotland, thanks to tsunami
  • ICF will not outsource components, says Lalu
  • Permanent houses handed over to tsunami victims at Mandapathur
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • A massive clean-up at Tirupur hospital
  • The annual book fair is under way
  • Rain-battered roads in Yercaud will be restored soon: Collector
  • Poll officers file complaint
  • On tsunami anniversary, songs invoke the divine
  • Rs.575.51-cr. potential linked credit plan for Pudukottai dt.
  • Pollachi chamber plans annual trade show
  • Chamber thanks Baalu

    • Tennis

  • Tournament postponed

    • Thanjavur

  • When raging sea slammed the coast
  • Theft case: Acharya surrenders in court

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Row over installing X-ray machine at cargo complex
  • Excise raid at restaurant in Kovalam; 3 held
  • Juvenile gang behind thefts in Poojappura
  • Scholars on `Mission Calculus'
  • Army's Southern Chief calls on Governor, Chief Minister
  • Keralites' special trait to the fore
  • Tsunami funds: AIYF for probe by House panel
  • Middling story, lilting music
  • Lok Ayukta notice to former Collector
  • Riding the wave of success
  • Four BJP district leaders quit
  • `Step up collection of building cess'
  • Talks on EDUSAT in districts
  • Next issue
  • Veterinarians' meet
  • Call to check burglaries
  • In homage
  • Safer in the zoo
  • Body found
  • Hospital kiosk opened
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated December 27, 1955: Role of religion
  • dated December 27, 1955: PM explains his proposal
  • dated December 27, 1955: Gomateswara statue

    • Thrissur

  • ADB conditions for loan harmful, says Veliyam
  • Minister fields tough posers from students
  • In Thrissur Today
  • Ritual held in Guruvayur
  • Accused in murder case held

    • Tiruchi

  • Men in khakis gain knowledge of kidney care
  • University Technology Park to get operational in January
  • Nothing fishy about it all
  • ``Remove inefficiencies in man and material management''
  • Nursing home delivers goods to get ISO certificate
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tirunelveli

  • Nellai boys to present paper at Orissa meet
  • Tsunami victims to move to permanent houses before Jan.26
  • Action against officials sought

    • Tirupati

  • Mobile phone spoils the element of `surprise'
  • CPI(M) questions need for privileges to MPs, MLAs
  • Naidu's portrait has Raghuveera in awe!

    • Tuticorin

  • Tsunami relief "incomplete"
  • Coastal development scheme launched
  • Youth commits suicide at Thattaparai

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Deplorable condition of roads worries Udhagamandalam residents
  • Bad weather hits normal life

    • Udupi

  • Two killed in road accident

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Mayawati expels four tainted MPs
  • Mulayam terms BJP campaign as `Annyaya Yatra'

    • Uttaranchal

  • Elephant menace in Rishikesh

    • Vijayawada

  • A second diversion channel on Budameru
  • Trade centre coming up in Vijayawada
  • CPI celebrates 80th anniversary; Visalandhra lauded for organizing special exhibition
  • Koneru's stand on meters rejected
  • Traders asked to move to Gollapudi
  • National tennis tournament inaugurated
  • Tsunami victims remembered
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Stooping to conquer on all fronts

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Former MLA favours merger of Left parties
  • From Switzerland and he springs surprises
  • Simhachalam temple ornaments will be put on display: Minister
  • College fete from today
  • RPF constable cremated; job promised to kin
  • Greenery all around
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • A `mudra' of versatility

    • Volleyball

  • TN tastes victory in both sections
  • Alappuzha men keep title

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Weightlifting

  • Chandresori clinches maiden National title

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