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    Anantapur

  • 2005 was all about politics here
  • Revelry takes an ugly turn

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • YSR dedicates first rubber dam to the nation
  • Hyderabad blast: three more picked up
  • Concept of Rythu Bazars deserves full marks
  • It's the time of the year to make resolutions
  • Interview basics
  • Accolades shower on Gomathy School students
  • `Dot.com boom is back'
  • Joint venture
  • New Year gift
  • Enjoying themselves
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Rubber dam dedicated to nation
  • Greeting '06 at the Lord's abode
  • Plea to announce package for handloom industry
  • Factionalism rooted out in Kadapa, says SP
  • Project to eradicate child labour on the anvil
  • CITU speaks out for unorganised labour
  • Students sway to the beat at NSS fest
  • Two youths commit suicide
  • Temple official assumes office

    • Bangalore

  • Is it end of road for JD(U)?
  • A new lease of life for Bhadra, farmers
  • Minority colleges express shock over Cabinet decision on quota
  • `Yoga can help wipe out terrorism'
  • Winners of district-level contests
  • `Ganesha worship still relevant'
  • Revelry tempered with fear
  • Temporary yellow cards for BPL families this month
  • Decision soon on English from first standard: Ramalinga Reddy
  • Not a family entertainer
  • Fashion, music and dance mark New Year celebrations
  • Celebrations go off without any hitch
  • `Naada Vaibhava', an evening of art and music
  • Five killed in road accidents
  • Gas cylinder, cutter found on rail line
  • Group assaults milk vendor in N.K. Palya
  • Man falls off bus in Malleswaram, dies
  • Unique celebration
  • Talk on safety
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Basketball

  • Tamil Nadu puts out Punjab in a thriller

    • Bellary

  • Media's support sought to arrest spread of HIV
  • Youth make Bellary proud

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • TNBSA all set to host National

    • Bridge

  • Semifinalists spotted

    • Business

  • Corporates set to comply with governance clause
  • ULIPs: accent on insurance aspect
  • Why MNCs need to create products for India locally
  • Tax reliefs for HUF may still be available
  • Eventful developments in 2005 strengthen Indian economy

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Industrialist's call to stage music festival in other cities
  • Gadgets on wish list for 2006
  • One million jobs, one lakh entrepreneurs
  • Spurt in pro-Eelam groups' activities
  • Stepped up policing, peaceful celebration
  • On a tricycle, a youth with a mission
  • Focus on preserving water bodies: activists
  • Matching skills with their idols
  • State recorded 77 cm rain in the last three months
  • Civic problems galore at Mathur
  • Reliance Infocomm unveils Re. 1 call
  • Hard work pays off
  • School launches disaster management cell
  • Coffee date with Vishnu over the Net
  • School buildings opened
  • Naatya Padmam award for Kalanidhi Narayanan
  • Annadhanam in churches hailed
  • Exhibition on `life' organised
  • Focus Infotech to hire 500 professionals
  • Small-scale unit fabricates component for nuclear reactor
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Chess

  • No ordinary talent this pre-teen wonder is
  • Anand slips to No. 3

    • Coimbatore

  • TNAU to hold flower show at Botanic Gardens
  • Neighbour's land: everyone's favourite dumping ground
  • District achieves CD ratio of 137
  • Security risks hamper Net transactions
  • Exhibition begins
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Ricky Ponting aiming to continue his good run in 2006
  • India is favourite: Inzamam
  • Latif shines
  • Arun shines
  • Rajahs HSS enters final

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8489
  • Solution to Puzzle 8488

    • Dindigul

  • An attempt to sow seeds of humanism
  • Fraud in IMFL shops detected in Dindigul
  • New year celebrations

    • Editorials

  • LTTE is an anti-India force
  • In a state of confusion

    • Equestrian

  • Ranvir Nanda triumphs

    • Erode

  • Handloom expo begins today
  • Plea to extend water supply for 15 more days

    • Front Page

  • Sustain rate of growth: Chidambaram
  • Woman, 5 children burnt alive in Bihar
  • MDMK aims at respectable representation in Assembly
  • Examiners face stern action for lapses
  • India for adding greater substance to ties with China
  • New resolve
  • "Asia brimming with confidence"
  • Train derails
  • Ponting's rise from the backwaters
  • Rubber dam dedicated to the nation
  • CPI(M)'s march begins from Manjeswaram
  • U.S. planning to strike Iran's nuke facilities: report
  • Employees' future bleak as sun sets on KIOCL
  • HC Bench may dispose of more cases this year
  • Six New Year revellers killed in road accidents
  • Task Force office blast: three more picked up
  • ESI hospital: land acquisition process begins in Tirupur
  • Terrorist attack: probe on the right track, say police
  • New Year shame: Married woman assaulted in a moving car
  • India, Pakistan exchange lists of nuclear facilities
  • `Narendran panel report will be implemented'
  • Fears of fresh violence in Nepal as ceasefire ends today
  • New tariff plan
  • Five naxalites `killed'
  • Juveniles flee

    • Generalia

  • Railways, Services triumph

    • Gulbarga

  • Use psycho-oncology to treat cancer, says expert
  • Completion of Upper Tunga Project by 2007
  • `Vaidya Shree' Award given to N.G. Narayan

    • Haryana

  • Experts favour low water crops for Haryana
  • Fee structure fixed for seeking information

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • 'White New Year' eludes Shimla

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Karnatak varsity syndicate to decide on handing over patent row to CBI

    • Hyderabad

  • Partygoers taken for a ride
  • Jaipal Reddy inaugurates Industrial Exhibition
  • BITS to have third campus at Hyderabad
  • Roadmap for free traffic flow
  • White card holders not to be touched
  • Newly-wed woman commits suicide
  • `Global events will boost development of State'
  • Olympic body's plainspeak rattles SAAP
  • New Year gift for city shuttler
  • Row during cricket match triggers group clashes
  • YSR makes surprise visit to Gandhi Hospital
  • Little boy desperately in need of a lifeline
  • Koneru to take up Madiga issue with Manmohan Singh
  • Ministers, officials greet YSR on New Year
  • YSR launches `Mr. Clean'
  • No serious effort made to curb terrorism: BJP
  • Good response to jewellery exhibition
  • Alternative plan for Polavaram suggested
  • Amateur photographer recounts rare encounter with Dalai Lama
  • Naidu advised to refrain from `dividing' people
  • State's move on user charges draws flak
  • Lure of filthy lucre
  • Your neighbourhood and you
  • Girijan Sangham flays Minister's remarks
  • Outsourcing of teachers opposed
  • No power
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • India & World

  • India, Pakistan exchange lists of nuclear facilities
  • `Churchill was willing to let Gandhiji die'

    • International

  • Russia cuts off all natural gas supplies to Ukraine
  • Web sites bugged despite ban
  • MI6 agents were present: officials
  • Archdiocese loses suit
  • China launches Web site
  • Centreal Park will be quieter now
  • The misused, overused and the useless
  • Churchill wanted Hitler executed
  • Probe into alleged rapes "rubbish"

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Bid to boost education in J&K in a big way

    • Kannur

  • Fair draws crowds
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Singareni mine sets record

    • Karnataka

  • Employees' future bleak as sun sets on Kudremukh
  • Investigation on the right track: Bangalore police
  • Extend train
  • New Year greetings
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Jain mathaji favours sustained fight against female infanticide
  • A new beginning for these girls
  • Jain scholars resolve to open two varsities at Shravanabelagola
  • Cable-car arrangement only temporary, says swamiji
  • `Subsidies, only a temporary solution'
  • Marikamba Jatre

    • Kerala

  • `Kerala March' led by CPI(M) flagged off
  • NSS plea to Kerala Government
  • Auspicious occasion
  • At Sabarimala today
  • Spotted wonder
  • Hopes of a new dawn
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Give legitimate share of quota to every backward community: NSS
  • BSNL officers flay NTP proposals
  • SSF to webcast district conference
  • `MSF played vital role in social development'
  • Tepid response to football film fete
  • Two killed in explosion at cracker unit

    • Khammam

  • `Polavaram possible without displacement'

    • Kochi

  • ADB for cut in unbilled water
  • Cochin Carnival concludes
  • KWA project: Jacob against inauguration at Thripunithura
  • PCB asked to probe colour change in Periyar
  • Music fete inaugurated
  • Killed in accident
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • U.S. firm to donate boats to tsunami victims

    • Kozhikode

  • Development works marked last year
  • Vadakara municipality to take up waste collection
  • Municipality to take up waste collection
  • Music therapy centre
  • Data entry operators needed
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Expelling Members from Parliament

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Fine example
  • RSS agenda
  • Worthy principle
  • Guard our institutions

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Jakhar, Shivraj urge people to work for M.P.'s progress

    • Madikeri

  • State Government orders halt to work on hydel project at Abbi Falls
  • KLAC submits Rs. 4.4-cr. plan to develop stadium
  • Race for panchayat presidentship hots up

    • Madurai

  • Medical benefit package for SHG women soon
  • Devotees have a hassle-free darshan at Meenakshi temple
  • Gayatri Aswamedha Mahayagya concludes
  • Madurai varsity to get new auditorium
  • LIC plans to foray into New Zealand
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Mangalore

  • Dharam Singh writes to Baalu on road upgrading
  • Showcase local potential to woo investors, KCCI told
  • `Jalabhagya' scheme extended
  • In Mangalore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Mysore

  • Concern expressed over impact of anticipated IT boom on Mysore
  • Debate on Devaraja Market continues
  • Contractors refuse to clear garbage
  • AIMSS to protest against obscene hoardings, posters
  • Elephant calf dies in Mysore zoo
  • Man killed in accident
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • Huge turnout of devotees at temples

    • Nagercoil

  • Proposal for irrigation schemes

    • Nalgonda

  • Key role for stakeholders in water management, says Ponnala

    • National

  • Left observes protest day across West Bengal
  • Evidence of Lashkar link with IISc attack mastermind
  • Petroleum Secretary assumes office
  • Patil to inspect India-Bangladesh border
  • India Inc. pays more corporate tax: study
  • Reliance Info launches new tariff plan
  • Economy likely to grow over 7 per cent: CII
  • Cold wave toll rises to 101
  • Snowfall brings cheer to tourists in Kashmir
  • Miniature marvels on lead
  • Commerce Ministry expects better market access
  • Balochistan: India defends comment
  • 2006 ushers in a craze for portable media player
  • ULFA men allowed to meet families
  • New CBDT chief takes over
  • Phone-tapping: detective agency owner being quizzed

    • Nellore

  • Smiles at New Year, thanks to rain

    • New Delhi

  • Breathing green, thinking ahead
  • Time ripe to split MCD into smaller bodies, feel leaders
  • Five buildings selected for retrofitting project
  • Action plan ready for security of call centre workers
  • MTNL plans 10 lakh mobile phones yearly
  • Rush on new Metro line continues
  • Two women allegedly beaten by neighbour
  • Road Safety Week to focus on over-speeding
  • Detective being quizzed in phone tapping case
  • New DG of Army Air Defence takes over
  • Woman `raped' in Dilshad Garden
  • Time for celebrations
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • News Analysis

  • New Year resolutions
  • A BJP without Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  • Law and justice

    • Nizamabad

  • Nizam Sagar water released for rabi crops

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • UTF to launch agitation from January 4
  • Directive issued to MEOs

    • Palakkad

  • Agriculture Department asked to help stop use of Endosulfan

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Spiritual meet ends with message of peace
  • Minister opens MOCYM fete

    • Punjab

  • Cong. sweeps Chandigarh Mayoral polls

    • Racing : Horse

  • Romantic Fire wins feature
  • Greyhound in fine fettle
  • Dancing Image triumphs
  • Thundering Power excels
  • Scintilating Skill claims Golconda Oaks
  • Glory of North may score an encore
  • Races advanced

    • Rajasthan

  • Central nod for Rajasthan road work

    • Religion

  • The Revelation

    • Salem

  • Drought or floods, delta farmers' cup of woes overflows
  • Roads in Salem still have gaping potholes
  • They lived it up on the day

    • Shimoga

  • Alliance with any party other than BJP: Bangarappa
  • MP calls for discouraging narrow-mindedness

    • Sport

  • Ponting's rise from the backwaters
  • Negi stuns GM Erenburg
  • Chennai Open begins today

    • Sports : General

  • Munsiff XI posts win

    • Table Tennis

  • Ghosh in final

    • Tamil Nadu

  • The mood was gung-ho...
  • Temples come under tight security
  • PMK' s role vital to defeat AIADMK, says Ramadoss
  • Automatic weather station at Ervadi
  • High Court Bench may dispose of more cases this year
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Rs.12.2 crore for repairing roads
  • Development works at a brisk pace in Salem district
  • Union Ministers "tried to block Central funds": Ponnaiyan
  • Subsidy for buyers in Namakkal expo

    • Tennis

  • United States opens with a win
  • Building bridges, the Federer way
  • Rupesh, Sanaa are favourites
  • Muller aiming to break into top twenty
  • Fitness is Paes' priority
  • Fitness is Paes' priority

    • Thanjavur

  • Delta farmers pin their hopes on Mettur storage
  • Cheques given to 278 farmers
  • Over 11 lakh screened for TB last year

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Leading a children's theatre movement
  • Bekal is all set to enter world tourism map soon
  • Government to resolve row over road widening
  • Kerala University department bags RIL project
  • Tariff cut likely for commercial units
  • BJP to decide on alliance against CPI(M) later
  • Crime spree: DYFI `human chain' today
  • Six-member gang arrested on burglary charge in capital
  • Ethnic artefacts steal the show
  • One killed in bike-van collision
  • Entries invited for film, TV awards
  • Natyotsavam from Wednesday
  • Course in nature-friendly living
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Reader's Mail
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated January 2, 1956: Common script suggested
  • dated January 2, 1956: The blessings of solitude

    • Thrissur

  • Bringing smile to deformed faces
  • Communities have a major role to play, says Chandy
  • Rs. 246 crores for projects in tsunami-affected areas
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Need for teachers with motivation, competency
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Tirunelveli

  • EPFO initiates action against defaulting employers
  • Versatile weather station set up at Ervadi
  • Taking the bull by horns, artistically

    • Tirupati

  • Water beats odds to Perur tank
  • A padayatra aimed at conserving water
  • Flowery reception to New Year at Tirumala

    • Tuticorin

  • AIDS awareness campaign, medical camps conclude
  • Minister inaugurates welfare measures for SHGs

    • Udupi

  • It was no great showing by BJP, Congress in Udupi

    • Vijayawada

  • Vijayawada Book Festival opened
  • Punishment and its impact on schoolchildren, methods being used come under scanner
  • State-of-the-art multi-purpose stadium at Mylavaram
  • Expansion of library mooted
  • Bars ring in 2006, play host to parties
  • Plea to reprint Buchibabu's works
  • Lorry owners' meet in Bangalore
  • Pilgrims throng Kanakadurga temple on New Year day
  • APCLC concern over encounter deaths
  • Remembering the Guru
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Gear up future challenges, VSP employees told
  • Welcoming New Year with a bang
  • A record beginning for Vizag port
  • Elders exchange greetings
  • Spreading the message of Bhagavad Gita
  • Visakhapatnam city has a bright future, says YSR
  • Vidyut Adalats to be held today
  • MIS in marketing launched
  • CITU opposes HSL privatisation
  • Quack convicted for storing drugs
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Weather

  • Weather

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