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Alappuzha

  • NTU State meet begins today
  • Jawan cremated with State honours

    • Anantapur

  • Call for efforts to check viral fever

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Builder boulder
  • Clarification
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Black marketing racket in Tirumala tickets busted
  • Huge potential for Kadapa seen
  • Official word on Telugu use
  • CPI(M) opposes move to privatise urban amenities
  • `9,000 houses sanctioned under Rajiv Grihakalpa'
  • Congress workers embarrass Ponnala, MP and MLA
  • TTD to take over temple at Devunikadapa
  • Medak first in farm loan disbursement
  • SEZ: decks cleared for land acquisition
  • RTC chief asks KCR to fulfil promises
  • Ambulances to attend trauma cases
  • Plea to set up powerhouse
  • Man accused of practising banamati ends life
  • Uninterrupted power supply urged

    • Athletics

  • Krishnamurthi and Rajkumar bag double

    • Bangalore

  • Plan to make State an economic power in five years
  • Mandate of the people has been honoured, says Venkaiah Naidu
  • State to seek special court to try Tamil activists
  • Work gives me more happiness than awards, says Sudha Murthy
  • TRAI debates `lifetime validity' offer of mobile companies
  • `Confidence coaching' for managers
  • `Increase in natural calamities indicate decline in dharma'
  • SJP Road turns into `dust bowl'
  • Kumaraswamy may fill all slots in one go
  • Janaagraha suggests neighbourhood business centres in new areas
  • Improve ties with U.S.: Chaturvedi
  • VTU inculcates `enterprise culture' in students
  • Work gives me more happiness than awards: Sudha Murthy
  • Three killed in as many road accidents
  • An `audiovisual treat' for Bangaloreans
  • Former police officer acquitted in robbery case
  • Promoting classical music
  • 150 huts gutted in `Gulbarga Jopdi'
  • `Appoint Kannadiga as Archbishop'
  • Career fair at Christ College
  • Van knocks down three cricket fans
  • Bangalore University to host Sadbavana 2006
  • 150 huts destroyed in fire
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • `Modernisation of powerlooms is inevitable'
  • 334 cases of matka registered in Belgaum in one year

    • Bidar

  • Farmers in distress as prices fall

    • Bihar

  • Shahabuddin's Hizb links come to the fore

    • Briefly

  • FEDAI to display LIBOR rates
  • Tatas offer rental-free fixed wireless
  • NCAER pegs GDP growth at 7.8 p.c.
  • Pfizer sues Teva, Sandoz
  • Century Textiles' new cement unit
  • IBM India revenue up 55 p.c.
  • Mastek signs agreement with Capital Life
  • Servion partners with Microsoft
  • Honeywell Automation declares Rs. 8 per share
  • Symphony to hire 2,000 employees
  • Glenmark's research unit gets ANVISA nod
  • Brodeur expands branded operations in India
  • Jubilant seeks shareholder nod for stock split
  • Williamson Magor venture with U.K. firm

    • Business

  • SEZs Act comes into force today
  • Coal India seeks nod for IPO
  • Kinetic ties up with Taiwanese firm
  • IT, ITES revenues to touch $36 b
  • SemIndia to locate $3 b fab facility in Hyderabad
  • Tata investment in Bangladesh hits roadblock
  • Tata Motors Q3 net up by 45 p.c.
  • Cognizant repatriates $60 m of earnings
  • Withdrawal of tax on DEPB income sought
  • Easun Reyrolle plans greenfield unit in Hosur

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chennai

  • State Government staff on the centre stage
  • Communist parties not for 2001 formula
  • Over 4 lakh have applied for job scheme
  • All important reservoirs in State brimming with water
  • Subordinate judiciary concern over appointment of other State officials
  • Techofes `06 ... four days of non-stop fun on the cards
  • "e-Age Print 2006" exhibition from today
  • Gaming alive and kicking in Chennai
  • Japanese crafts with Indian materials
  • With polls looming, cloth merchants ready their wares
  • Manuscript preservation `a big challenge'
  • Make waste management profitable, local bodies told
  • Woman robbed at knifepoint
  • NCC cadets on an AIDS drive
  • Metro has edge over monorail: Dattatreya
  • Keeping fit, courtesy the railways
  • Energy theft `mainly by power intensive units'
  • At Poompuhar, an art fest
  • City girl wins Young Visionary Award
  • Internal auditors urged to be more professional
  • Videoconferencing under study in stamp paper case
  • Vendors plea to lift ban on lotteries
  • Helping students crack engineering maths and mechanics
  • Producers, actors back Vijay
  • Course on ear surgery
  • Grandparents' day out
  • Teachers seek better terms
  • Exam results
  • Temple tank can be taken over: court
  • T. Rajendhar meets Jayalalithaa
  • Ex-servicemen rally
  • National art and crafts fair on
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Negi gets off to a flier

    • Coimbatore

  • Tiruchi, Mettupalayam roads stay neglected
  • Man detained under Goondas Act
  • Baalu to lay foundation for road works
  • Working hours extended
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Srinath on ICC panel
  • Subbaiah Pillai Trophy from today
  • North Zone league: chance for youngsters
  • It was not unsportive, says Rahul Dravid
  • Nimbus bags rights
  • USA makes Australia sweat
  • Indian eves leave today
  • SBT `B' posts victory

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8523
  • Solution to Puzzle 8522

    • Cuddalore

  • Major demands still pending, says union
  • Over 3 lakh tonnes of paddy procured

    • Dharmapuri

  • `92 p.c. of works under IWDP over' `Expedite development works'
  • Expo on Wheels for farmers flagged off

    • Editorials

  • Challenges before new regime
  • Science journals and safeguards

    • Eluru

  • `Confinement' of Intermediate girl by corporate college snowballing

    • Erode

  • Rs. 199 crores spent on schemes for farmers: Collector
  • Minister's appeal to ryots

    • Football

  • Zaragoza routs Madrid
  • The Fransa suspense continues

    • Front Page

  • Counter-terrorism forces in Kashmir not reduced
  • Rajnath for all-party meet on Iran
  • AIDS: 15-49 age group most vulnerable
  • Curfew imposed in Leh after clashes
  • Wal-Mart and Monsanto on Indo-U.S. Agriculture Initiative board
  • Rs. 13,500-crore chip facility for Hyderabad
  • Policy soon to promote making of semiconductors
  • Moily rules out Karunakaran's return
  • Sharp fall in infant mortality rate in Karur
  • Work on Chennai-Bangalore petroleum pipeline begins
  • Labour Department issue ultimatum
  • Tirupur to get sub-contracting exchange
  • Populist measures likely in Budget
  • Today's newspaper can save a life tomorrow
  • Actress Nadira passes away
  • TV actress found dead
  • Hindutva will not be imposed on JD (S), says Venkaiah
  • Two charred to death as car, tanker collide
  • Explosion in pharma unit leads to worker's death
  • Four more DD channels in U.S.
  • Sania loses

    • Generalia

  • MPT surprises Kerala

    • Golf

  • Muniyappa in sole lead
  • Smriti slips
  • Shiv Kapur outscores Fred Couples
  • Simarjeet, Siddikur ousted

    • Gulbarga

  • CoD to get 35 more specialist detectives
  • Three dead, five hurt as jeep hits wall

    • Guntur

  • Training programme for farmers conducted

    • Hockey

  • Tejbir case back in IHF lap

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Tussle on for control over Anjuman-E-Islam in Hubli

    • Hyderabad

  • Solemnity marks Muharram
  • Delay in new course may cost Intermediate students dearly
  • When marriage brought continents closer
  • Biotechnology parks in 6 states by 2010: official
  • Potent advice to be dispensed on cruiser
  • YSR has big plans for old hospital land
  • Youth electrocuted on switching on television
  • Get going on ORR, Chief Minister tells officials
  • Minister wants ration cards distributed by March-end
  • Proposal to upgrade 17 State highways
  • Five persons killed in road accidents
  • YSR pats MCH for bagging national award
  • Cancer conference from tomorrow
  • Officials to go ahead with Pushpanjali demolition
  • Shop till you drop
  • Better late then never
  • Don Bosco Society celebrates centenary
  • `TDP padayatra political stunt'
  • Menayya is BSP State chief
  • `Government committed to promotion of Telugu'
  • Swami Ramdev inaugurates yoga class
  • The list gets longer
  • Bus services restored
  • Jalayagnam: BJP wants white paper
  • Death of princess condoled
  • Power shutdown in some areas
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • U.N., Kenya appeal for aid as drought decimates livestock
  • New stars and systems dazzle
  • Surprise move to repeal anti-women law
  • Japan's whale meals
  • Chandrika to return plot
  • Minutes from another era of science
  • On the dinosaur trail
  • India can contribute to peace: Israel
  • Talks to focus on meaningful ceasefire
  • Cartoons: press code planned
  • Sweden planning for oil-free future
  • 23 die in Pakistan sectarian violence
  • Malaysia shuts down paper

    • Interviews

  • "Multiparty democracy in Nepal will be message to Indian Naxalites"

    • Kancheepuram

  • 50 treated for `food poisoning'

    • Kannur

  • Kaderkutty memorial lecture held

    • Karnataka

  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Helping `khalandars' take up alternative livelihood
  • Enlightenment can be achieved through gamaka: Anantharama Rao
  • Statue of Bahubali anointed with 504 kalashas on second day
  • Jamir to open session of Konkani parishat
  • `Mahamastakabhisheka losing spirituality'
  • Use technology to protect environment, says seer
  • Akademi strikes a discordant note
  • NCP alleges discrepancies in electoral rolls

    • Kerala

  • Veerappa Moily rules out Karunakaran's return
  • Jacobite Church plea for new bishops
  • Ensure safety during fireworks display
  • Vigilance probe ordered against Deputy Controller
  • New emulsion to soften coir fibre
  • C-DAC develops quake-warning system
  • Gold rally shows no sign of abatement
  • KUNNAMANGALAM
  • Private bus workers oppose `collection batta'
  • Perumbalam bridges project awaits Government nod
  • Captive elephants to sport microchips
  • IEM failed in its objective: AKPCTA
  • School library modernisation project to continue
  • Seafood export units to go on strike
  • Mobile disability medical board in Ernakulam soon
  • Over 2.27 crore shares on offer
  • Jacobite Church plea for new bishops
  • Insurance for 25 lakh poor families
  • DIC(K) scores a political point
  • Farm journalism workshop concludes
  • Book fair with a difference
  • Usha pursues her dream
  • CPI(M) excludes CPI, forms new front with DIC(K)
  • `Revenue Tower' to be opened today
  • AIR Director comes under attack
  • The debate rages on...
  • Vellappally Natesan calls for more aided institutions
  • Photo show on Jesudas
  • Untouched by fame
  • Rocking with Christian music
  • Jaleel flays IUML's stance on reservation
  • Equipped to the times
  • Suresh Gopi dons the uniform yet again
  • Award for jurist
  • `Tender for Guruvayur not to be cancelled'
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • IUML begins political campaign today
  • KSTA State meet begins tomorrow
  • Darunnajath anniversary celebrations begins
  • Moot court

    • Kochi

  • Cochin Flower Show draws good crowd on opening day
  • Treat for Kathakali aficionados
  • Governor calls for tie-up between universities and industries
  • Rare books under one roof
  • CPI(M) gives green signal for ADB aid
  • `Create global companies'
  • How to handle exam phobia
  • Passenger arrested on forgery charge
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • UDF policies anti-people: Gurudasan
  • Pharmacists' State meet
  • Bank employees' protest today
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kottayam

  • Karshakashri award announced

    • Kozhikode

  • Dance, jugalbandi mark the beginning of Mahotsavam
  • Indian classical dances spiritually elevating, says Shovana Narayan
  • Protecting wetland system
  • Total cleanliness drive in Karassery
  • Doctors remove chicken bone

    • Leader Page Articles

  • A classic novel and the literary view from below

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Needless controversy
  • BJP-JD (S) combine

    • Madikeri

  • Greens criticised over tree rights
  • Elephant driven back into forest

    • Madurai

  • Expedite BG line doubling : MPs
  • LIC achieves 58 per cent of policy target by January
  • A fair deal to those on a buying binge
  • "Entertain petition to declare a lawyer as proclaimed offender"
  • Here fortune didn't favour the brave
  • No bar on State to invoke NSA
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • Actress Nadira passes away

    • Mangalore

  • More daily flights from Bajpe airport likely
  • Focus on resource conservation, researchers told
  • College staff, teachers not paid on time
  • Man arrested in connection with cellphone thefts
  • Arrangements in place for Mata Amritanandamayi's visit to Mangalore
  • Couple held on cheating charge
  • Seminar on future of socialism
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Commissioner counters NGO's charges
  • Farmers to meet Chief Minister
  • Getting ready for the big climb
  • Airport project develops a snag
  • A burial befitting their status
  • Garage sale in Mysore

    • National

  • CPI (M) discusses poll strategy
  • TTD proposes steps to tackle pilgrim rush
  • Children in PoK orphaned by the earthquake face an uncertain future
  • Wayanad adalat cannot order killing of stray dogs: Maneka
  • The key to Dispur is in BJP's hand, says Mahajan
  • ``Reinstated staff can't claim back wages''
  • Centre to promote semiconductor manufacturing sector
  • V.V.K. Mani passes away
  • Internet Explorer has a new version with many new features
  • Now, "fun" chips fuel "serious" computing
  • "Examinees not entitled to answer paper copies"
  • Employee on contract is no government servant: apex court
  • Lalu's assurance to the physically challenged
  • Kumaraswamy-led coalition wins vote of confidence
  • MoA signed with U.S. for exchange of energy data
  • Wal-Mart, Monsanto on Indo-U.S. Agriculture Initiative board
  • Raj Babbar to form manch
  • Mahajan urges CEC not to allot work to Chawla
  • BJP fears hike in fuel prices
  • BJP not shy of alliances in States: Rajnath
  • Ceasefire opens up old routes in PoK
  • Arrested with fake currency
  • Tejinder Khanna may head the committee on demolitions
  • Kalam plans undersea sortie
  • Insulting cartoons: `violent acts' condemned
  • I want to be remembered as a good fellow: Kalam
  • Loans for MLAs to buy cars
  • Warrants against Geelani, Malik

    • New Delhi

  • Sheila owes a public apology: Bidhuri
  • Sheila's `Ordinance' generates a new controversy
  • Stage set for glittering show of Nizam's jewellery
  • AMU girl narrates tale of woe
  • Senior faculty members of AIIMS raise objection
  • Delhi Govt. should file a review petition: Ram Babu
  • Small units allowed in residences
  • BJP seeks steps to check prices
  • Move to check plastic degradation
  • Kidnapped boy rescued; four held
  • "Congress shielding its leaders"
  • Traffic policemen shifted to lines
  • French showman is here
  • New technology for detection of cancer
  • College teachers plan stir
  • Piracy racket busted, 1 arrested
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • The metro-monorail debate
  • Jaswant and Jinnah

    • Nizamabad

  • Teachers urge State to redress grievances

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • TDP leader charged with politicising dairy units

    • Palakkad

  • Rs.6 crores for Malampuzha tourism projects
  • Kerala a strong contender for World Tourism Award
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pondicherry

  • `Sit in strike' hits services at government hospitals in Pondy
  • ILO charts out plan to rid world of forced labour

    • Punjab

  • Bid to activate Modern Terminal Market of Punjab
  • New thermal plant to be set up at Goindwal Sahib
  • Land route trade with Pak to benefit Punjab
  • Principal, teachers suspended in girl's assault case

    • Racing : Horse

  • Sprinters' Trophy on February 12
  • Oyster Cove pleases
  • Jersey Pride, Aspinalls and Parthenon excel
  • Maximise shines

    • Raichur

  • Seeds company, dealer asked to pay compensation

    • Rajasthan

  • Centre urged to expand public sector banks
  • Industries turn to Rajasthan for investment
  • Pink City remains frozen in a rare frame

    • Religion

  • Path of devotion

    • Salem

  • Exporters shocked at decision to close down textile panel office
  • Exhibition on Bible draws good crowd
  • `Create awareness on Tamil literature'
  • Election Grievances Cell opened

    • Shimoga

  • BJP-JD(S) alliance comes under fire
  • Seminar on `forest resource management'

    • Sport

  • Australians planning pace assault on Jayasuriya
  • Indians need to rework batting order
  • Show Murali the respect he deserves

    • Sports : General

  • Panel to look into athletes' disappearance
  • Rajan and Rao in last four
  • SAI maintains its good run

    • Squash

  • Joshna enters quarterfinals

    • Srikakulam

  • LI schemes to be taken up in a big way, says Dharmana
  • State to purchase paddy from farmers

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Policy on indigenous manufacture of medical equipment soon
  • Violence does not solve any issue: Barnala
  • Coming together at the Campion
  • VC not easy at Sharjah
  • Now, Mahatma can see no evil
  • The chosen one
  • "Elect those who are pure in public life"
  • Distribution of photo identity cards soon
  • Piled-up old newspapers can save lives Today's newspaper can save a life tomorrow
  • Telemedicine for rural people stressed
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Trekking made fun with sun, waterfalls and animal sightings
  • "Expo on wheels" flagged off in Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram
  • Police drive home the brotherhood message
  • Stay focused and perform one's duty, students told
  • Agriculture ``expo on wheels'' in Karur dt.
  • ``Give a facelift to Aranthangi rly station
  • Vaiko to take up gauge conversion issue with Lalu
  • MP seeks electronic clearing for phone bills
  • ILO charts out plan to rid world of forced labour

    • Tennis

  • Bopanna, Amritraj to launch campaign
  • Samip stops a fighting Shabaaz
  • Navratilova hopes to carry on
  • Petrova enters quarterfinals

    • Thanjavur

  • Sops help them make herbal soaps
  • Road overbridge work apace in Thanjavur
  • Vasan's gesture

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • India must develop own patent regime: Damodaran
  • Gangland murder: police in the dark
  • Crackdown on tipper lorries found ineffective
  • SAT Hospital: need for help-desk in focus
  • Mushroom fair
  • Poonthura Siraj to quit council
  • Notice to KSU president
  • Youth falls off train, injured
  • Check-up for Chief Minister
  • Pension demanded
  • Eye camp
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated February 10, 1956: Task before Congress
  • dated February 10, 1956: Dismissal of Macarthur

    • Thrissur

  • Sivaratri celebrations at Vadakkunathan temple
  • Collection of stark images
  • Company, saw mill gutted
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Special cash incentive to 213 panchayats in Tiruchi district
  • Electric crematorium to be converted into gasifier unit
  • ``Agri expo on wheels''
  • Inspection of ECOSAN toilets
  • Larger than life zeal
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • `Agri Expo on Wheels' flagged off
  • Nainar Nagendran to contest from Tirunelveli

    • Tirupati

  • CPI(M) identifies priority areas
  • Pilgrim rush: TTD moots crowd management module

    • Tuticorin

  • Voter ID cards to be given

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Distribution of subsidy to tea growers begins next week

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • BJP to go it alone in U.P. Assembly polls: Naqvi
  • Blueprint to free U.P. of open-defecation by 2012

    • Vijayawada

  • Government urged to construct IT building
  • Pothireddypadu: technical panel urged
  • Gunadala Mary Matha festival commences
  • Authorities move to regulate traffic flow at NTR circle
  • Ganjam jewellery expo from Feb. 17
  • Left parties to stage dharna during visit of Bush
  • TDP is stoking regional feelings, says CPI
  • Discom meet
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Security beefed up for President's Fleet Review
  • Better amenities sought in VAMBAY colony
  • Traffic restrictions
  • Vizag-I bypoll will indicate people's pulse: Rosaiah
  • TSR to quit TTD chief post in three months
  • Cylinder blast sparks panic
  • Navy Chief for city today Children's date with President
  • TDP backs fishermen on Gangavaram port
  • EAMCET forms to be received from today
  • Kalam to meet children Children's date with President
  • HCL Infosystems launches new PC
  • `Launch of more satellites on the anvil'
  • Rosaiah rules out fresh taxes
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Hard-fought win for South

    • Warangal

  • Ponnala lays stone for reservoir
  • Six youths injured as gun goes off during training

    • Weather

  • Weather

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