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Anantapur

  • Farmers lock up HLC offices
  • Handri-Neeva: farmers favour increased compensation
  • Issue of ration cards in rural areas soon
  • Bail plea of accused persons in Paritala case rejected

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • High expectations from Pravasi meet in Hyderabad
  • Diwani? What's that!
  • Ship away the blues
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Dedicated drainage channel to be redesigned
  • Medak set to achieve major strides in childcare
  • Rs. 100 crores for SHGs in Mahabubnagar
  • Standing Nandi statue a big draw
  • `Counselling is a way to settle family disputes'
  • A dance to invoke divine blessings
  • India forging alliances with imperialist nations: CITU
  • RTC Sankranti specials
  • Call for merger of Left trade unions
  • Bulgarian envoy visits Paradip port
  • Collector inspects road-widening works
  • Rajahmundry-bound plane forcelands at Sholapur
  • ABVP silver jubilee conference from today

    • Badminton

  • No stopping the PSPB teams

    • Bangalore

  • Magsaysay Award winner stresses on academic merit
  • Citizens should also cooperate with police
  • KSRTC adopts foolproof selection system for drivers
  • Minister: steps initiated to renovate two cinemas
  • Take private sector on board for accelerated growth: report
  • Telgi stashed away currency notes in his cell
  • Change of Governor by month-end?
  • Empowerment comes at a price, women told
  • Youth diverts attention of car driver, escapes with Rs. 2.2 lakhs
  • IISc. attack: `all links will be unearthed'
  • Four new judges take oath of office
  • Congress keeps its options open
  • Bringing the world of books to students
  • Asthma in 80 p.c. of cases caused by allergens
  • HAL stresses on safety features of Dhruv
  • AICC promotes Hariprasad
  • Police begin tests on tinted glass of cars
  • Power shutdown in several parts of city today
  • Bengali music today
  • Gujarat to implement VAT
  • A lacklustre affair
  • Bad state of road irks BJP
  • Jedarahalli Krishna held
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Lack of help from kin affects investigation in murder cases

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • SIT posts win

    • Belgaum

  • Chidambaram hopes to return to the Bar

    • Bellary

  • Movement of mine lorries banned in Bellary city during daytime

    • Bidar

  • `Rumours baseless'

    • Bridge

  • Ramesh, Aloke win Holkar Trophy

    • Briefly

  • SEs to inform SEBI on Cl-49 compliance
  • DGH says no delay by Reliance
  • Dadiseth to join Goldman Sachs
  • Exim Bank's Line of Credit to Cote d'Ivoire
  • Steep fall in forex reserves
  • Tunisia to host Medelec 2006
  • KVB raises FCNR, NRE deposit rates
  • LVB raises domestic, FCNR(B) deposit rates
  • OBC ties up with Franklin Templeton
  • Birlasoft's development centre in Hyderabad
  • NIIT Tech assessed at CMM Level 5
  • Shekhar Dasgupta joins Solix

    • Business

  • Strategic crude reserve gets nod
  • IPO scam: RBI seeks explanation from banks
  • Bycell JV for cellular services
  • Guilty will be punished: FM
  • LVB ties up with i-flex, Wipro Infotech
  • India may clock 7.7 p.c. growth
  • ADB sees lower Pak growth
  • Shasun to acquire Rhodia's business
  • Settlement rates for Tulip shares
  • Sensex gains 23 points
  • Rupee hits new 3-month closing peak

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Book fair draws good crowd
  • Arcot Veerasamy's brother's plea dismissed
  • IT students showcase their talent
  • I will face it legally, says Karunanidhi
  • It turned out to be a successful experiment
  • Students federation opposes common dress code
  • Class action complaints before consumer fora, tools to check unfair trade practices: Shah
  • Centre awaiting details of flood relief package sought by Tamil Nadu, says Dasmunsi
  • New GPO building to be ready in four months
  • Concern over increase in cattle smuggling
  • Residents list grievances to Minister
  • Vijay Amritraj calls for eye donation
  • Focus on cost reduction as ICWAI meet begins
  • Special trains for Pongal
  • Another Judge for Madras High Court
  • Celebrating Triplicane's historical significance
  • `Saasanam' all set for release
  • From quaint jewellery to kitchenware, find them all here
  • Framing interactive science lessons
  • Burglars strike in Triplicane house
  • Honour for Bombay sisters
  • Vasan condemns case against DMK chief
  • One arrested for sales tax evasion
  • Campus recruitment
  • Workshop held
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Break-ins destroy morale of George Town traders

    • Chess

  • Another feather in Negi's cap

    • Coimbatore

  • Learning more on cotton farming
  • Spinners sign pact with Textiles Committee
  • Free eye camps to be conducted
  • Bharathiar University results
  • Rs. 25 lakh grant
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Bond, Patel break Sri Lanka
  • Unbeaten century by Kale
  • MCC honour for Shepherd
  • BCCI settles players' dues
  • Karnataka scores another win
  • Andhra denies Punjab a win
  • Challenging task for Woolmer
  • Scrap the Champions Trophy
  • BCCI directive on pitch preparation

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8494
  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8493

    • Cuddalore

  • Trainee woman SI slaps police head constable

    • Dindigul

  • Residents observe fast in Dindigul

    • Editorials

  • A ship we can refuse
  • A new ruler for Dubai

    • Erode

  • Finance Commission discusses steps to augment revenue
  • Gingelly cultivation on
  • Robbery bid

    • Football

  • State ranking football from Sunday
  • Legends relive golden era

    • Front Page

  • French ship must not enter India
  • Commission can decide minority status
  • Four new faces in CWC
  • Ponting points the way for Australia
  • Indian campaign begins today
  • Ganguly's selection defies logic
  • Jayalalithaa opposes reservoir across Palar
  • Students' start-up bags $ 100,000 venture capital
  • High expectations from Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
  • Chief Secretary rebuts charges raised by officials
  • Writ plea against promotions in police dept.
  • New bid to undo air traffic jams at Delhi airport
  • Prison adalat a godsend for undertrials
  • Rail service to resume
  • Collect only half fare for children
  • 3 militants held
  • 2 MLAs quit Sena
  • Trader's son kidnapped
  • Rs. 500-crore Adidas unit for Nellore
  • 2 cr. worth cotton gutted
  • Leh airport to be named after Kushok Bakula Rimpoche
  • Ten Gulf-bound women from city held at Mumbai airport

    • Golf

  • Shiv Kapur eyes `Major'

    • Gulbarga

  • Disabled girl prays for facilities at temples
  • Students seek good food, basic amenities in hostels
  • This street lighting system helps save power
  • `Planetarium will enhance scientific temper of students'
  • Implement midday meal scheme properly: samiti

    • Guntur

  • Ten held on trafficking charge
  • 3 women killed in accident

    • Haryana

  • Six IPS officers transferred in Haryana
  • Haryana Govt. enhances budget for technical education

    • Hassan

  • Revanna promises to set up State Reserve Police battalion at Hassan
  • Trial run on rail line between Hassan and Shravanabelagola

    • Hockey

  • Raghunath stars in Veerans' win

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Coaching centres told to register with authorities
  • Making calculations within a few seconds
  • Include music in curriculum, says Gangubai Hangal
  • Special trains to Chennai and Hyderabad
  • Four constables suspended for collecting money from truck drivers
  • History Congress begins

    • Hyderabad

  • Heated exchanges witnessed
  • Hyderabadi biryani, gongura pacchadi... umm... one heady mix this!
  • Private FM channel likely for city
  • Spate of complaints from Pravasi Bharatiya Divas delegates
  • Parties raising Polavaram bogey unnecessarily: YSR
  • `Harness forensic science to thwart terror plans'
  • A `Bharat Rekha' in the land of opportunity
  • Manmohan arrives in city
  • Safety first, Kanna tells RTC drivers
  • A `Bharat Rekha' in land of opportunity
  • Love-struck boy ends life by consuming pesticide
  • Patent for innovative farmer's model
  • CLP flays TDP move for padayatra in Telangana
  • President for State on January 8, 9
  • Road-widening works apace: Jaju
  • Enforce ban on cow slaughter strictly: DGP
  • Court directive on booksellers' eviction
  • Now, PC for Rs. 3,500!
  • Shinde gives away pravasi community service awards
  • Improve the lot of STs, says NHRC member
  • Lathicharge condemned
  • No power
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • Hurriyat leaders call on Musharraf
  • Media attention on Clemenceau

    • International

  • Japan to consult U.S. on U.N. Council seat
  • Sharon undergoes emergency surgery
  • Admits to "drink'' problem
  • Blair regime exploiting soldiers' deaths: families
  • Iran scuppers deal with West on uranium tests
  • Third child dies of bird flu in Turkey
  • U.S. envoy escapes attempt on life
  • Yao Wenyuan dead

    • Kannur

  • MoU signed between Kannur and Calw universities
  • e-Pay system at Federal Bank
  • KSYF State meet from Sunday

    • Karimnagar

  • Teachers asked to stay put in villages
  • Boys' day out at rangoli contest
  • MSR: mobilise funds for development of temples

    • Karnataka

  • IISc attack: madrasa head in custody?
  • Court poser to Karnataka on steps against terrorism
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Engineering colleges to evaluate flood relief works
  • Tribal people reject resettlement package
  • Former Minister interacts with KIOCL staff
  • `Make youth aware of need for water conservation'
  • Goyatra enters Bhadravati

    • Kerala

  • PF claims likely to be processed in 3 days
  • Country must reduce maternal mortality rate: Anbumani
  • Concerted effort needed to tackle accidents
  • Security of life under threat
  • Next issue

    • Kerala - Others

  • Hong Kong accord a sell-out to U.S. and E.U., says Ramachandran Pillai
  • Sanghom rues failure to prevent suicides
  • Government helping culprits, says Pinarayi
  • Mata visits Kottakkal
  • 10 CPI(M) workers get jail term
  • Importance of biotechnology stressed

    • Khammam

  • CPI(M) to organise anti-Polavaram rally

    • Kochi

  • Ernakulam educational sub-district leading
  • Official told to appear before court
  • Chandy urged to come clean on Piravom incident
  • `Reduce maternal mortality rate'
  • Demand to revamp PCB
  • PESO office inaugurated
  • Bakrid prayer
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Programme to sterilise stray dogs launched in Kollam
  • AKPCTA calls for probe into internal marks row
  • Protest against move to give land to DCC
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kottayam

  • High schools to be under EDUSAT net by July
  • Foundation stone laid for visual science institute

    • Kozhikode

  • Industrial centre at Mavoor mooted
  • Project to grow medicinal plants soon: Sujanapal
  • Wedding on a barge
  • Tourists tie the knot on a barge

    • Kurnool

  • Kurnool forest officials to launch tiger census from January 18
  • Euro Kids Sports Day celebrated
  • Raghavulu's effigy burnt

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Why are they running scared of ideology?

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Order a probe
  • Phone tapping
  • Strike now
  • Gross injustice
  • Hopes dashed
  • Politics of intrigue
  • Science and farming
  • Public health ignored
  • Shocking shallowness

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • `I was not served any court warrant'

    • Madikeri

  • Scheme to develop forests to be implemented

    • Madurai

  • Contractor moves HC Bench against Minister
  • Road Safety Week, a long drawn out affair
  • Best of products made by handicraft artisans on display
  • Court order to sugar mill
  • Distance education enrolment goes up
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Acrimonious scenes mar meeting on ADB-funded projects
  • Allergy cases have become common
  • `Inculcate culture of obedience in students'
  • Workshops to create awareness on schemes
  • Madrasas agree to provide information to police
  • Milk procurement price hiked
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Private firms maintaining infrastructure at Nanjangud
  • Sericulturists flock to Krishi Mela
  • Mysore unit of Congress keen on tie-up with AIPJD
  • 50 years in the service of Carnatic music
  • Chaukanahalli is first to achieve total sanitation
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • Tsunami victims to get permanent houses by April
  • 20 SHG members trained in paper, brick making
  • Two more desalination plants set up

    • Nagercoil

  • Facelift for Thirparappu Falls
  • Budding scientist invents hygienic drainage system

    • Nalgonda

  • Agonised man `prescribes' the right medicine
  • Colony residents nab dacoit gang member
  • Protest against move to set up uranium units

    • National

  • Problem will be in India, not in France, says Technopure
  • Clarify stand on nuclear plan: BJP
  • Navy's first UAV squadron in place
  • Central nod for OBC list modification
  • "Phone tapping a rights violation"
  • Cabinet nod for agreement to combat ship piracy
  • Holding the banner of harmony aloft
  • West Bengal is not Bihar, says Jyoti Basu
  • Issue price of foodgrains raised
  • Anti-poor step, says CPI(M)
  • Second rail link from February 1
  • "No PMO official involved in phone tapping"
  • G-4's resolution tabled again
  • Journalist-MP behind phone tapping, says Amar Singh
  • Next meet at Noida
  • BJP will not withdraw support to Naveen
  • Anil Biswas seeks Rs. 45 crore in damages
  • Road links restored in Kashmir
  • Maintain roads, J&K told
  • Manmohan's concern over Sharon's health
  • Plea to publicise cricket selection meeting minutes dismissed
  • Three with arms, detonators held in Mumbai
  • Support price of copra increased
  • Somnath on Speakers panel
  • Swamy demands inquiry
  • Security tightened at Kharagpur IIT
  • "Immunisation weeks" to be held
  • Essential commodities reach Kashmir Valley
  • Three with arms held in Mumbai
  • Next science congress at Noida
  • Software tools in more languages

    • Nellore

  • Delay in MPLAD works irks Union Minister

    • New Delhi

  • MCD to attach accounts of property tax defaulters
  • New district courts inaugurated amid protests
  • DDA bid to implement Right to Information Act
  • Out to build cross-cultural bridges
  • Top cop presents Delhi police report card
  • Probe smart card deal: BJP
  • New technique for total knee replacement
  • Foundation laid for N-E girls' hostel
  • Delhi Youth Congress gets new chief
  • New plan for road rejected
  • More demolitions
  • Protest against Orissa firing
  • High Court extends stay on order on Kohli's extradition
  • Gujarat leaders meet Sheila
  • Cold wave intensifies
  • NHRC demands reply from AIIMS on hiked charges
  • One held for fraud on Net
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Spotlight on safety of women

    • News Analysis

  • LTTE testing the waters in Tamil Nadu?
  • Africa's only woman head of state
  • Despite the obituaries, newspapers refuse to die
  • Sharon leaves no heir
  • Bush defends Iraq policy

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • MROs told to list all aqua farmers
  • Kalyana Rao creates flutter
  • Ongole railway station to be a model one

    • Palakkad

  • Unions demand inquiry into KSEB technician's death
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Mini-airport project kicks up a row
  • Thiruvalla leading in youth festival

    • Pondicherry

  • Ministerial staff intensify stir, observe fast
  • NCC cadets on trekking expedition
  • Yoga contest
  • Karaikal Carnival from January 14

    • Punjab

  • Farmers in Punjab, Haryana switching to zero-tillage sowing

    • Racing : Horse

  • Friendly Fire appeals most
  • Mystical for main event
  • Flashing Star and Jersey Pride please
  • Yes Es Yes Ses and Maximise impress
  • Refreshing claims Bangalore Oaks
  • Romantic Liaison catches the eye

    • Raichur

  • `Start single window service centres in rural areas'
  • Two houses burgled in Lingsugur taluk

    • Rajasthan

  • Help sought to `liberate' Wakf assets

    • Religion

  • Act without desire

    • Salem

  • Finance panel chairman meets Collectors
  • `Strive hard to achieve success'
  • Training programme for lawyers

    • Shimoga

  • Re-survey of those with yellow cards to be taken up from January 20

    • Sivaganga

  • Minister holds review meeting

    • Sport

  • Ponting points the way for Australia
  • Indian campaign begins today
  • Ganguly's selection defies logic
  • Jesuraj too hot to handle
  • Srichaphan crashes out
  • Anuja is champion

    • Sports : General

  • Saketh topples Vishnuvardhan
  • ICC to meet in Karachi
  • Narrow win for Gush CC

    • Srikakulam

  • Farmers promised funds to grow spices

    • Tamil Nadu

  • IT students display their talent
  • Another firm barred from selling property
  • CIT to host seminar on environmental protection
  • Soon, updated term books for school students
  • ICWAI regional convention gets underway
  • Another firm barred from selling property
  • Briefly
  • Alleged rights violations put them in tight spot
  • An easy terrain for criminals

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • FIR hints at misuse of office by Karunanidhi
  • Everything to do with computers is right here
  • Sub-regional office in Hosur a dream still
  • `Set up institutions to support research in biotechnology'
  • Hemmed in by shortage of tailors
  • `Karaikal Carnival 2006' from Jan. 14 to attract more tourists
  • Book on Gandhian couple released

    • Tennis

  • Hingis' run ends in semifinals
  • Double delight for Sanaa
  • Schuettler and Waske in last four

    • Thanjavur

  • 300 DPCs to be opened soon

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Special committees suspended
  • SBT, Canara Bank revise rates for NRE deposits
  • No reply to offer of land for aquarium
  • `Alert independent travellers' to be wooed
  • Lok Ayukta notice: KGMOA submits memo to Chandy
  • KSEB to start work on 16 hydel schemes
  • Gujarat team in State to promote tourism
  • Private FM radio station launched
  • Public Relations Society invites nominations for award
  • PRD staff plea
  • RSP campaign
  • Warning against absenteeism
  • Outreach organisation formed
  • MoU signed to produce `Geet Mahabharat'
  • Change in trunk related services
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Seminar on aerospace structures
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Spurt in accidents causing concern

    • This Day That Age

  • dated January 7, 1956: Three significant events
  • dated January 7, 1956: Record number of films

    • Thrissur

  • Thrissur Corporation defers decision on taking ADB loan
  • Rs.5 crores for development of Thekkinkad Maidan
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Anna University plans web-based education
  • Exposing students to present trend in `job market'
  • ``Sensitise masses to role of plastic surgeons''
  • Special buses to Srirangam temple for Ekadesi fete
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Villagers stage demonstration

    • Tirupati

  • Love for animals makes him a crusader
  • In Tirupati Today

    • Tuticorin

  • Memorial for Umaru Pulavar
  • Youth killed in road accident

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Focus on studies, students told
  • `Bridge across Kallar river has become weak'

    • Union Territories

  • Rodrigues' bid to rejuvenate rural life of Chandigarh
  • Rat menace in Chandigarh locality

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • 135 candidates in fray for U.P. panchayat polls

    • Vellore

  • Verve and energy mark `Riviera `06'
  • Bus drivers get cash prizes for accident-free service

    • Vijayawada

  • The Hindu Education Plus Quiz No. 7
  • Municipal Corporation serves ultimatum on Bandar Road traders
  • `Dhyanaswarupam' inaugurated
  • Vidyut Adalat to be held today
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Major road-widening works taken up by Greater VMC
  • Drop in accident rate
  • `Buon appetito!' Italian style
  • Beach motorcycle race during Visakha Utsav
  • Vinayaka devotees perturbed
  • No water supply
  • Seminar on urbanisation tomorrow
  • NPC team visits VSP
  • Scholars for `Sastragosthi'
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Weather

  • Weather

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