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Anantapur

  • Sonia urged to ensure Muslim quota
  • Two-day-old infant lifted from hospital
  • Dacoit gang busted
  • Dead lizard in mid-day meal creates panic
  • DPRO's office gutted

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Mood upbeat on eve of Congress plenary
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • TDP launches `padayatra' against GOs on Pothireddypadu
  • Central grant sought to develop Kadapa
  • Log on to find a blood donor
  • Touring talkies hold the sway
  • Maoists warn Congress leaders
  • Bank awaits relaxation of curbs
  • Mayor opens urban health centre

    • Archery

  • Inter-varsity archery championship

    • Badminton

  • Anup Sridhar felicitated

    • Bangalore

  • `Consultation process has been ignored'
  • Two suspected LeT operatives arrested
  • Tamil Nadu-bound passengers find it tough to locate bus bay
  • India Post launches instant money order service
  • Travel and Tourism Fair begins in Bangalore
  • 10 injured in violence on college premises
  • Madivala case: CBI report unlikely
  • Popular drives that did not last long
  • `The young are willing to take up community service'
  • Toyota Kirloskar lifts lockout
  • Woman robbed of gold bangles
  • Bryan Adams coming
  • Live bands: plea for interim order rejected
  • Timeless beauties to take part in rally
  • Mobile phones recovered
  • Highlighting the importance of water
  • CPI(M) to stage dharnas today
  • Three sentenced to life for dowry death
  • Uma Bharti to attend Mutalik felicitation
  • Seeking better amenities
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Bio-statistics meet begins in Belgaum
  • Reforms `anti-people': CITU

    • Bellary

  • Plan to develop industries in Kudligi, Sandur

    • Bidar

  • Bidar, a land of literature and arts

    • Bijapur

  • Removal of encroachments continues in Bijapur

    • Briefly

  • TRAI directive on traffic minutes
  • `No probe into Jet-Sahara deal'
  • Infosys to participate in WEF meet
  • World Bank loan for PowerGrid
  • Software for filing shipping bills
  • 3i Infotech bags Kazakh bank order
  • ISA to organise Vision Summit
  • Oudh Sugar plans expansion
  • GHCL ramps up production at Romanian plant
  • Kenexa solution for Ritvik Software
  • Orix ties up with Dhulagarh Logistics
  • Goldstone Tele bags Delhi Metro Rail order

    • Business

  • U.S. lifts barrier to high-tech trade
  • Sun, Adlabs key FM players
  • Scooter outlet for women
  • Ma Foi diversifies into IT, floats subsidiary
  • Samsung to expand range of products
  • Reliance Info launches new recharge voucher
  • Satyam Q3 net at Rs. 270 cr.
  • Gujarat State Petronet to tap capital market
  • Matsyafed processing plant makes profit
  • CII suggests reforms for boosting investment in agriculture
  • Focus on medieval ports of South
  • RRL gets ISO certification
  • Special fares by Silk Air
  • MUL Q3 profit at Rs. 339 cr.
  • ICICI Bank Q3 net up
  • Sensex extends gains
  • Rupee gains further

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • State on track to meet fiscal targets
  • IGNOU to train doctors in community cardiology
  • "Government has not fulfilled promises"
  • Corporation to outsource streetlight maintenance
  • High Court acquits four of rape and murder charge
  • Spurt in small-time poaching of wild birds
  • Work begins on mega drainage project
  • Towards customising education system
  • Opening new vistas in home-making
  • Energy-efficient vehicles "will reduce pollution"
  • Monsoon has withdrawn: Met department
  • Technological boom causing poor health, say researchers
  • Students' performances add to charm of music season
  • Tough call, says an overwhelmed jury
  • Government staff unions welcome lifting of ban on recruitment
  • Two die in Port Trust wall collapse
  • `Abirami' S. Ramanathan elected general secretary of film federation
  • Vocational service awards presented
  • Anna varsity suspends four students
  • `Netru Indru Naalai' to be held on February 5
  • Fire in CBI office at Rajaji Bhavan
  • Computerised post office for Flower Bazaar
  • Expedite clearance of the desalination project: Ponnaiyan
  • Opposition criticises budget
  • PMK exults in lifting of ban
  • Cricket tournament for the visually challenged
  • State-level road race today
  • Corporation budget to be tabled on February 1
  • Operational snag
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Anand crushes Leko, regains lead
  • Fedorov wins, maintains lead
  • Muralikrishnan clinches title

    • Coimbatore

  • Sewage, piggery turn tank into an eyesore
  • Bharathiar University scam: six face action after a decade
  • Drive against vehicles using LPG as auto-fuel
  • New high-risk zones
  • Birth control surgeries performed on stray dogs
  • Philatelists' delight
  • Trains delayed following electrocution
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Sehwag playing the short ball much better
  • Easy win for Australia
  • Australia's tour cancelled
  • Kiran and Paul take day's honours
  • U.P. grabs the initiative
  • Himmanth hits century
  • Easy win for RBI

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8506
  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8505

    • Dharmapuri

  • Pest attack upsets farmers
  • Financial aid for farmers

    • Dindigul

  • Call for decentralisation of power

    • Editorials

  • One party, two visions
  • Acquisitions and alliances in the air

    • Eluru

  • Boycott threat to ration card distribution

    • Erode

  • Evicted, but it is business as usual on Brough Road
  • Illicit water tapping hits supply in Erode district
  • On second Friday, they throng job exchange
  • Lungi, in its new avatar, to storm down under
  • Symposium on CAD, CAM on January 24

    • Football

  • AP Sports School in semifinals

    • Front Page

  • Karnataka MLAs moved out
  • A contingent lands in Chennai
  • Safeguards for breeder reactors a key obstacle
  • 10 injured in blast near Guwahati refinery
  • Don't accept court notice: all-party meet
  • Lifeless surfaces kill the contest
  • Time for Pakistan to come out of its defensive shell
  • High Court stays CBSE circular
  • 55 die as bus falls into gorge in Rajouri district
  • Jayalalithaa lifts ban on recruitment
  • No new taxes in budget
  • Mood upbeat on eve of Congress plenary
  • I have an option to step down from my post, says Dharam Singh
  • Lahore-Amritsar bus service begins with song and dance
  • Supplyco to continue paddy procurement
  • Cabinet defers decision on Narendran report
  • Bush coming in March
  • IIM to adopt amendment to go global
  • Budget session
  • Kuwait's Premier to take charge

    • Golf

  • Atwal in 19th place
  • Indians continue good show

    • Gulbarga

  • Congress wins posts in Yadgir Taluk Panchayat
  • It's a bumpy ride along this inter-state highway
  • Work on Hippargi irrigation project picking up pace
  • Blood bank to celebrate silver jubilee
  • Technical clearance for Kempwad scheme

    • Guntur

  • Pat for Guntur from SC panel member
  • Two women commit suicide
  • Priest done to death

    • Hassan

  • JD(S) unhappy over Kumaraswamy's move

    • Hockey

  • Delhi Dazzlers toils to win
  • Big win for Rock Fort

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Children oppose kiosks in front of schools
  • Cartoons make readers think, says Khajapeer
  • Congress team demands more trains to be run from Hubli

    • Hyderabad

  • Plenary to focus on party's poll promises
  • Metro Water Board goes all out to deliver at the doorstep
  • The session then and now
  • Private bus speeds away after crushing youngster to death
  • OU to have a 24x7 learning centre
  • Energy demand shoots up
  • Hectic schedule awaits Sonia
  • Uma too chants Telangana mantra
  • YSR launches eJustice portal
  • Techies must watch their backs, always
  • BRAOU to offer new courses
  • Formalities may delay Krushi bank chief's extradition
  • Mala Mahanadu, MRPS call off stir
  • Two girls accused of theft attempt suicide
  • Protest staged against suspension of 2 doctors
  • Oxford University Press holds orientation classes for teachers
  • Revival of Peacemaking Mission sought
  • Revenue strike not to hit ration card distribution
  • Axe falls on 7 dairy units
  • Hosts under pressure
  • Top Congress leaders arrive
  • Central staff plan indefinite strike from March 1
  • Railway surgeons meet
  • BHEL annual drama event in May
  • Exclusive clinic set up
  • Ready for the big day
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Couple of Indian origin burnt to death in South Africa

    • International

  • Greenpeace activists meet French officials
  • Iraqi leaders explore formation of national unity government
  • Russians defy frost
  • Straw denies CIA cover-up
  • For that perfect smile
  • Top Nepalese leaders placed under arrest
  • Berlusconi hogs airtime
  • Migrants feared drowned

    • Kancheepuram

  • Police inspector interrogated for `misconduct'

    • Kannur

  • Kannur dairy fete begins today
  • Conspiracy to thwart growth alleged
  • Teachers oppose selection of lecturers
  • Scribe injured in accident

    • Karnataka

  • Bangalore police nab two more suspected Lashkar operatives
  • Pact on biotechnology signed with Irish company
  • Patents granted for Konkan Rly.'s anti-collision devices
  • Kingfisher Airlines to launch Mangalore-Bangalore service
  • Colleagues' counsel
  • Hale and hearty
  • Voicing their demands
  • A special occasion
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • ASI undertakes project to protect rock inscriptions at Shravanabelagola
  • Restoration work nearing completion
  • Change education system to protect literature: Bhyrappa
  • Political developments in State cast a shadow on Mahamastakabhisheka
  • How did BJP leaders secure ballot papers? asks official
  • Seminar on `infrastructure finance' begins
  • Government urged to implement Bhadra project

    • Kerala

  • Supplyco paddy procurement to continue this season
  • V.K. Bali, new Chief Justice of Kerala High Court
  • Smuggling of weapons rampant in Malabar
  • Mirroring the world around
  • Twin danger
  • For a cause
  • Young talents to the fore
  • In true party spirit
  • Festival scenes
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • CPI(M) activist, wife attacked
  • Bribery charge: head constable held
  • Musical evening held
  • Couple run over by sand lorry

    • Khammam

  • Farmers keen on new varieties of flowers

    • Kochi

  • Kozhikode leading in Kalotsavam
  • `Polls, the solution in Palakkad'
  • K.C. Vamadevan dead
  • Public support for budding talents
  • Mayor criticises KWA for failing to solve water crisis
  • Schedule of the festival for Saturday
  • Uphill task for scoreboard team
  • Lorry, tanker owners to strike work
  • PCB slaps fine on four companies
  • Ensuring smooth conduct of festival
  • KSSP State conference in Paravur
  • Vypeen residents plan agitation for bus service
  • Minister convenes meet
  • Festival scenes
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Criminal killed in police encounter
  • Theft: three held
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kottayam

  • Orthodox Church protests against Government stance

    • Kozhikode

  • Steps to conserve Kottuli wetland; phase I by March
  • Tribal families to get title deeds on February 17
  • HSS youth festival begins on Friday
  • IIM-K organising `Backwaters 2006'
  • Entries invited for award
  • Rape accused remanded
  • Workshop on safe driving today

    • Kurnool

  • Scores of MRPS activists held
  • Insurance cover for SHG members

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Ensuring equitable development through reforms

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Karnataka politics
  • On child marriage
  • On Jallikattu
  • Comedy is as bad

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Chauhan takes stock of development works

    • Madikeri

  • `Janata Dal (S) stands exposed'

    • Madurai

  • No escape from eve teasing
  • "Self-sufficiency of villages lost due to centralised administration"
  • State Government urged to lift ban on toddy tapping
  • DEC tablets to be given today
  • Power shutdown
  • Whose wonders these are...
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Slums mushrooming in port city
  • MESCOM to improve strategy to reduce T&D losses
  • David tried to enter Kerala, says SP
  • `Take over of Air Sahara will not affect Kingfisher Airlines'
  • Kerala State Kannada Sahitya Sammelana on January 29
  • A special occasion
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Experts call for research in food processing industry
  • Take delight in the company of the winged beauties at Ranganathittu
  • Rajashekar Murthy keeps everyone guessing
  • Three fined for power theft

    • Nagapattinam

  • Kids orphaned by tsunami shifted to new building

    • Nagercoil

  • Warm reception to students' project on wetlands

    • National

  • When President Kalam gave Government anxious moments
  • Will Sonia and Deve Gowda meet?
  • Deal unlikely during Bush visit, says Nicholas Burns
  • NDA delegation meets Kalam on Quattrocchi issue
  • ``IAEA inspections will compromise breeder research''
  • Rajnath Singh hints at return to Hindutva
  • Lahore-Amritsar bus service begins
  • Solidarity with Cuba will help fight imperialism, says Sitaram Yechury
  • ``No judicial scrutiny of Parliament powers''
  • Protest against EPF interest rate cut
  • CPI (M) condemns `repression' in Nepal
  • A new beginning, says Vajpayee
  • Parliamentary board of BJP to be expanded

    • New Delhi

  • No land to private bodies for running schools: L-G
  • Beyond the call of their duty
  • Why bulldozers are not targeting Sainik Farms, asks Ram Babu
  • Well within my rights, asserts Speaker
  • Bid to cover up corruption: BJP
  • Protests against EPF rate cut
  • Showcasing the latest in plastic goods
  • U.P. police restrained in phone tapping case
  • Honouring the men in khaki
  • `MCD chief shielding Sheila, son'
  • Calling budding painters
  • New ITBP chief takes over
  • Two held for fake passports
  • High drama
  • The Republic rolls on
  • Rendering a saga
  • Paswan seeks job quota for Dalit Muslims, Christians
  • Fernandes writes to Sonia
  • H.P. Plan fixed at Rs. 1800 crores
  • Supreme Court confirms stay on High Court order
  • Around The City
  • Briefly

    • News Analysis

  • Why economic reforms are unpopular
  • A grand revolution in the Andes
  • China, India stay the dialogue course
  • A lesson learnt the hard way

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Municipality rattled by GO on market complex

    • Palakkad

  • Convention calls for closure of Coke plant
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Publish ATR on Narendran panel report: Pinarayi
  • Cardiology centres closed before Sabarimala pilgrim season ends
  • Sabarimala temple closed

    • Pondicherry

  • Subsidy for women entrepreneurs: Rangasamy
  • Pondicherry varsity convocation today
  • Row over jurisdiction of public prosecutor
  • Rs 25-crore housing scheme for the poor
  • Teachers to get higher pay scales
  • Law college classes to begin

    • Punjab

  • Relief from cold in Punjab and Haryana
  • Amarinder's remarks annoy Akalis

    • Racing : Horse

  • Cannon Glow shines
  • It's Diomedes vs Florican
  • Fire Brigade appeals most
  • Sarabande triumphs

    • Raichur

  • Forum asks drinking water firm to pay compensation
  • Woman held; illicit toddy seized
  • Held on charge of gambling

    • Rajasthan

  • `Equip students for global level competition'
  • Special schools for tribal kids

    • Ramanathapuram

  • "Community policing, the right way to combat new challenges"
  • Injured whale let into sea
  • 32 more refugees arrive

    • Religion

  • Man's true identity

    • Salem

  • Encroachers warned of stringent action
  • `Be wary of middlemen'
  • NYK to recruit volunteers
  • Collector warns of action against encroachers
  • Bomb threat proves to be hoax, patrolling intensified

    • Sport

  • Lifeless surfaces kill the contest
  • Time for Pakistan to come out of its defensive shell
  • All eyes on the skies and pitch
  • Serena dethroned
  • Railways men and women reign supreme; Punjab and Andhra take third place

    • Sports : General

  • NEF Zone clinches title
  • TNSP claims title
  • Fernandes stresses on scientific training

    • Srikakulam

  • Eight persons charred to death in accident

    • Swimming

  • Bangalore varsity retains title

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Postal department launches three new schemes
  • Income Tax raids point to evasion by distillery: official
  • Madras High Court stays National Tax Tribunals Act
  • Made to fall at village elders' feet
  • Court directive to film unit
  • Children orphaned by tsunami shifted to new building
  • Railway to set up packaged drinking water plant
  • Six face action after a decade, in Bharathiar University scam
  • Cognizant signs agreement with Anna university
  • Large Tax Payers Units within a few months
  • CII signs MoU for training
  • Farmers move court to get reservoir repaired
  • "India needs audacious steel policy"
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Colourful ceremony marks launch of `Destination India'
  • Row over jurisdiction of public prosecutor
  • New water connections to be given in Namakkal
  • Pongal with a political flavour
  • TANWABE implemented in 757 villages
  • Two elephants found dead
  • Four of family injured
  • Palani `panchamirdham' by post

    • Tennis

  • Top-seeded boys bow out

    • Thanjavur

  • Bank achieves higher growth in deposits and advances
  • The weather now sets you shivering

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • MCH to be made tobacco-free zone
  • Violation of Foreigner's Registration Act
  • Mobile squads to check traffic violations
  • Second phase of rail alert launched
  • Man killed in accident
  • SFI activists observe hunger strike
  • Probe sought into move for land acquisition
  • For the talented ones
  • Nominated
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated January 21, 1956: Take-over of life insurance
  • dated January 21, 1956: No peace through slogans

    • Thrissur

  • Parties urged to clarify stand on Goonda Act
  • Short film festival in Thrissur
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Call for specialised study of geography
  • College signs MoU with US varsity
  • Agricultural University stocking saline resistant paddy seeds
  • Severe measure pays dividends
  • TNCSC to set up DPCs at 11 places in Tiruchi district
  • Spreading the tentacles of terrible coolness
  • Mettur level at 113.54 feet
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • "24 per cent of net sown area of Nellai dt. under horticultural crops"
  • 7-year RI for rape

    • Tirupati

  • Tirupati plenary -- down the memory lane
  • The show will go on and on

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Ooty may not face water scarcity
  • Campaign held

    • Udupi

  • Trade unions protest cut in PF interest rate

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • U.P. doctors call off stir

    • Uttaranchal

  • Dehra Dun bandh evokes partial response

    • Vellore

  • BSNL cell phone subscribers complain of delay in calls

    • Vijayawada

  • Exuding positive power
  • Police campaign for protection of valuables
  • `Don't be a slave to technology'
  • Traffic diversion for 10K run tomorrow
  • Baiting big shots
  • Youth crushed under school bus
  • Case registered against woman
  • Rainbow on road
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Trade unions want EPF interest rate restored to 9.5 p.c.
  • All BSNL cell towers to be ready by March: Vizag telecom district GM
  • CARD launch today
  • More growth on tourism front: district Collector
  • `Music therapy for ailments will provide a soothing effect'
  • Maharashtra team visits GCC
  • Some realtors selling unauthorised plots: VUDA
  • Make Rushikonda-Pavuralakonda area `no construction' zone: FBV
  • Yamaha launches `New Crux'
  • Special trains to clear rush
  • Dronamraju Srinivas meets APCC chief
  • New VUDA secretary
  • Plugging into the future!
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Weather

  • Weather

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