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  • Call for change in attitude towards money power

    • Anantapur

  • CPI stages protest against price rise

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • `Necessary assistance' to cyclone-hit in A.P.: Patil
  • Bail granted to Krishna Yadav
  • Long sermon in the cinema hall
  • Symbiotic relationship
  • Making their presence felt
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Patil's assurance to cyclone-hit
  • Revenue staff asked to protect Government land in Medak
  • Poor storage facilities decried
  • Bobbili result declared under pressure, say TDP leaders
  • Infant operated upon for cataract
  • 14-month-old operated upon for cataract
  • Expedite Indiramma works, says Collector
  • Dacoit gang busted
  • District plan panels soon: Minister
  • Clear pending cases: SP
  • Houses promised

    • Badminton

  • USV tournament

    • Bangalore

  • Special package for acid attack victims in limbo
  • Many looms in Bangalore have fallen silent
  • Dispute over price holds up sugarcane crushing
  • `Improve teaching of clinical medicine'
  • JD(S) legislators repose full faith in Kumaraswamy
  • Power shutdown today
  • High Court seeks details on checks on downlinking
  • `Live up to the tradition of Indian Army'
  • Police lathicharge unruly mob
  • Calcified lump in patient removed
  • Laws on girl child remain on paper, say experts
  • Concise writing in good English is still required
  • Varsities Act needs changes: Minister
  • Assets of officials being assessed
  • Straight from a musical heart, again
  • Kamalanath gets award
  • BMTC launches special services
  • Guidelines to bylaws on advertisements
  • Software engineer's laptop snatched
  • BDA contention upheld
  • Punters go on a rampage
  • Doctor robbed of cash, mobile phone
  • O. Sreedharan dead
  • Showcasing culture
  • Disruption in phone services
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Needed: sustained traffic awareness programme

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Karnataka leads in tax mobilisation: Yediyurappa
  • Ekikarana Award presented to Shivabasava Swami posthumously
  • School valedictory gets off to a sober start

    • Bidar

  • Traders protest against violence by Dalit groups
  • Two cases of dowry death registered in Bidar district

    • Briefly

  • ICICI board to consider Sangli Bank merger
  • Inflation rate declines to 5.30 p.c.
  • Forex reserves up $2.707 b
  • Oracle raises open offer price for i-flex shares
  • Meet on Mobile, Ubiquitous Computing
  • Spentex consolidates Uzbekistan presence
  • UTV Software buys majority stakes in 2 firms
  • Compulink Systems opens office in Singapore
  • Kun Exclusive to showcase BMW cars
  • Amex Information is now Tutis Technologies

    • Business

  • CRR up by 50 basis points
  • Transporters oppose premium hike in third party insurance
  • JK Cement's new plant in Karnataka
  • Schwing Stetter's third unit to go on stream
  • Cognizant to invest Rs. 140 cr. in Hyderabad
  • Rupee loses eight paise
  • Sensex plunges 173 points
  • ST Microelectronics unveils `designed-in-India' chip

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Places of worship attacked; 38 arrested throughout State
  • Sathyagraha mooted to make hunger history
  • Real estate sector asked to act responsibly for sustaining boom
  • Jute saris and dresses resurrect Anakaputhur
  • Super show by super canines
  • Display of genius, passion and camaraderie
  • More revenue from MTC counter sale
  • Orders reserved on plea filed by Panneerselvam
  • Village resource centres launched
  • Two persons attacked near Ayodhya Mandapam
  • Another PIL against installing Periyar statue in front of temple
  • Special trains for winter
  • Reservation details available at a glance
  • Seminar for executives of nationalised banks held
  • Seshagopalan offers to teach music to differently abled
  • Wake up, Allsec is conducting a job fair
  • Christians plan protest over church murder
  • A celebration of women empowerment
  • Foreign cadets at Officers Training Academy
  • Few takers for desalination project report tender
  • Makkal TV gets in tune with music season
  • Liver clinic opened at government hospital
  • Handwritten Koran
  • High Court directive to State Express Transport Corporation
  • School's attitude blamed for student's death
  • Music programmes with a difference
  • Furniture fair on till December 11
  • It's time for the Christmas pantomime
  • `Involve locals in relief'
  • Houses burgled
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Choked roads spell trouble for ambulance drivers

    • Chess

  • Rahul Shetty triumphs
  • India in sole lead

    • Coimbatore

  • `Conserve for the future'
  • Police stations get computers
  • `Foundry sector must strive to create trained human resource'
  • Do not bring all works under Central scheme, councillors tell Corpn.
  • Top brands on display
  • `Tests reduce AIDS complications'
  • Proposal submitted for jute bank
  • Disruption in BSNL service
  • Bogus family cards
  • On the street
  • Heralding Christmas
  • Run for health
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • TN badly needs a win
  • Martyn announces retirement
  • Assam holds the edge
  • Adam Voges gets a call
  • Voges gets a call
  • Hyderabad eyes outright victory
  • Andhra banks on its batting
  • `Chappell is perhaps going overboard'
  • Martyn: delivered less than he promised
  • Pacemen call the shots

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8780
  • Solution to Puzzle 8779

    • Dindigul

  • HM activists held

    • Editorials

  • A glass half-empty

    • Eluru

  • RTC buses to sport new colours

    • Equestrian

  • India awarded bronze

    • Erode

  • No anthrax, chikungunya deaths in Erode district
  • For weavers, December is warm
  • Sales touch Rs. 1.10 crore at uzhavar santhais
  • Demand for ring road

    • Football

  • Shenzen in semifinals

    • Front Page

  • Stage set for implementing nuclear deal
  • Extraneous provisions: India
  • Bill takes into account concerns of Congress, India
  • Future test will end U.S. civil nuclear deal
  • Prime Minister unveils Maran's statue in Parliament complex
  • Jaspal Rana answers critics in style
  • Indian men trounce Oman
  • Mayawati meets Kalam, seeks dismissal of Mulayam Singh Government
  • Shuttle launch put off
  • CRR up by 50 basis points
  • Chief Minister pulls up DGP
  • Bidadi township: 32 consortiums submit requests for qualification
  • My victory is a warning to coalition partners, says Siddaramaiah
  • Property tax in the Capital to be doubled?
  • Splendid start to film festival of Kerala
  • To control malaria people must eliminate breeding centres: expert
  • Sindhia suspended from Janata Dal (S)
  • Inter marks for EAMCET ranking
  • Probe against Abhishek Verma to go on
  • 3 naxals killed in encounter
  • Bangladeshis crossing into Pakistan nabbed
  • ASEAN summit put off
  • TRAI directive to cable subscribers
  • Airports on high alert

    • Gulbarga

  • Opinion divided over categorisation of quota among Scheduled Castes
  • Traders, farmers up against FDI in retail sector
  • ENT surgeons to meet at workshop today
  • DSS seeks fresh trial into Kambalapalli incident

    • Haryana

  • Haryana to assist more than 12,000 women

    • Hassan

  • It is a people's victory: CPI(M)
  • Bankers' action plan prepared
  • Tension in Holenarsipur after rally

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • `No need to panic over water tariff'
  • Seven-day notice issued to commercial buildings
  • In Hubli Today

    • Hyderabad

  • Post-bypoll Telugu Desam Party rethinking strategy on Telangana?
  • TRS `palle baata' to step up separate Telangana movement
  • Stamp of joy at Yadav's house
  • State to usher in `Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' era
  • Sermon in cinema hall
  • This one takes the cake
  • Hospitals, clubs found evading taxes
  • Meet to review Inter education commences
  • YSR to seek Central funds
  • Shower of hope for water board users
  • Scouts and Guides display skills at jambooree
  • Painting contest aboard cruiser
  • Rs.9 lakhs missing from autorickshaw
  • TDP cries foul
  • Moghalpura tense after Friday prayers
  • Bid to end life at Secretariat
  • Food Bazaar opens outlet
  • Businessman rescued, hunt on for kidnappers
  • SCR current booking counters to be closed
  • Notices to ryots criticised
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch
  • Ganging up to kidnap

    • India & World

  • House vote clears procedural hurdle

    • International

  • 7 hotel workers test positive for polonium
  • Bangladesh reschedules poll for January 23
  • Nepal accord signed
  • Doors wide open for talks, says Colombo
  • ASEAN meet postponed

    • Kancheepuram

  • Panchayats sign MoU with Empowerment, Poverty Reduction Project office

    • Kannur

  • Folklore akademi to extend activities to Adivasi areas
  • Sports, cultural events as part of DYFI meet
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Special study camps proposed

    • Karnataka

  • Electorate have sent a clear message: Siddaramaiah
  • P.G.R. Sindhia suspended from Janata Dal (S)
  • Eliciting opinion
  • Festival begins
  • Celebration
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Bypoll result is a warning to the coalition Government: Kharge
  • Talk of split in JD(S) dismissed
  • Poll proves Congress' strength, says MLA
  • ICICI Bank cheated of Rs. 1.5 crore
  • Call for Davangere bandh on December 14
  • DSS activists stage dharna
  • Goa wants more power
  • Cash stolen

    • Kerala

  • VIP darshan: apex court tells parties to sort out difference
  • Need to intensify AIDS awareness campaigns
  • Bypoll result a wake-up call for LDF
  • Pandhe cautions against opening up crucial sectors
  • NMM proposal to preserve manuscripts
  • KSTP: contract to be extended
  • Anti-piracy raid on video rental outlets
  • Kerala demands Central university
  • Next issue
  • Accident-prone area
  • Marching for a better world
  • Leading lights
  • Preserving a tradition
  • Mahout killed
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Payyannur maintains lead
  • Sacred Heart bags overall championship
  • Main accused in sex racket case surrenders
  • Broadband soon for special grade panchayats

    • Kochi

  • Government defends Marad commission report
  • Raid in focus
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Government Model HSS leading
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kottayam

  • `Bypoll verdict a warning to both fronts'
  • Elephant kills mahout
  • In Kottayam Today

    • Kozhikode

  • Christmas carols at St.Paul's church today
  • KSEB union warns of intensifying agitation
  • CME on general medicine begins today
  • Stir to be intensified
  • Medico-legal association meet

    • Kurnool

  • Pongamia preferred for bio-fuel
  • Special study camp for Pongal holidays proposed
  • Four cases under Domestic Violence Act

    • Leader Page Articles

  • The quality of India's higher education

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Fear of democracy
  • Welcome ruling
  • Repeal the Act
  • Next Rashtrapati

    • Madurai

  • Bench quashes Collector's order
  • A missionary for the masses
  • Lack of basic amenities is a big handicap for this school
  • Now, management of paediatric HIV easier
  • Now, managing HIV infection among children becomes easier
  • Employable training for rural youth
  • Kerala makes false propaganda: forum
  • Results published
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Putting them on right track

    • Mangalore

  • Yediyurappa's announcement on dam welcomed
  • Karnataka Bank signs MoU with Orb Energy
  • Six held in community hall explosion case
  • `IAS officer', `assistant' convicted of impersonation
  • Painting competition on Tuesday
  • Homoeopathic conference
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Festival rekindles interest in theatre
  • `Theatre personalities must do more to bring in audience'
  • Seminar on high-rise structures today
  • New attraction
  • `Theatre personalities must bring in audiences'
  • Four die in road accident

    • Nagapattinam

  • Irish Government's gesture to Gurukulam at Vedaranyam
  • Semi-auto analysers for PHCs

    • Nagercoil

  • Credit plan released

    • Nalgonda

  • Police recover 30 stolen motorcycles; three held
  • Two college students meet a watery grave

    • National

  • SP demands Governor's recall
  • Company Law Board disallows changes in UNI shareholding
  • NDA meet postponed
  • Women members call for statement on quota bill
  • Mayawati meets Kalam, seeks dismissal of Mulayam Singh Government
  • Mamata rejects Buddhadeb plea
  • Sizing up the Indian body
  • Union Cabinet: all OBCs should be treated on a par
  • Bill to benefit thousands: OBC forum
  • 1,670 cases of child labour ban violation
  • HAL likely to get `navratna' status
  • Nod for Telegraph Bill
  • `No fresh field trials on transgenic crops'
  • Amendment Bill introduced
  • Bills on waterways introduced
  • Comprehensive bill to cover STs, forest dwellers
  • Assam mine blast kills 5
  • Re-elected
  • Journalists injured
  • Move to unite Dalit leaders
  • Badal's "gift" on 80th birthday
  • Minister's signature forged, one held
  • Enforcement Directorate summons Natwar, others
  • `Do not blame institution for individual's conduct'
  • CPI (M) welcomes move
  • Order on national film awards stayed
  • 1 killed in police firing on farmers
  • Bollywood warned
  • Polls put off, Lucknow varsity closed
  • 10 % growth proposed

    • Nellore

  • Malaysian car unit for Tada?

    • New Delhi

  • BSES bid to curb power theft
  • MCD budget sans new tax proposals
  • `Limited interaction' with parents allowed
  • Workers demand a better deal
  • Vote Congress out of MCD, says BJP to people
  • Showcasing abilities beyond disability
  • Christmas season is here with all the goodies
  • Held for forgery
  • New air-conditioned taxi service launched
  • Engineers protest alleged assault
  • Traders stage dharna at DDA headquarters
  • Man commits suicide
  • 150 years of service
  • A warm welcome
  • Fellowship for Dr. Caroli
  • SAI told to display information
  • All OBCs on a par, says Union Cabinet
  • MPs discuss plight of rickshaw-pullers
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • A new cause for concern

    • News Analysis

  • Neocons finish what the Vietcong started
  • India has little reason to cheer
  • Democracy loses another battle in Fiji
  • Corrections and Clarifications

    • Nizamabad

  • Reliance-SBH tie-up for bio-diesel plantation
  • Congress to be revamped at grassroot level

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Stagnant water poses health risk

    • Orissa

  • Naveen to inaugurate Biju park
  • Stage set for cultural fete
  • Veterinarians' conference calls for proper resource management
  • Oriya, Urdu poets' meet held
  • A rare literary feat
  • Actor cross-examined
  • 269 high schools to get State grant
  • Women seek greater role in decision-making bodies

    • Palakkad

  • `Take up water issue as a package'
  • CITU for confederation of trade unions

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Youth festival: SVGV HSS emerges overall champion

    • Puducherry

  • Government mulls abolition of common entrance test
  • Official honoured
  • Documentary films on freedom fighters urged
  • Humane approach `towards special children necessary'

    • Racing : Horse

  • Appeasing claims feature
  • Secret Memory in fine trim
  • Muscat Ranger, Greyhound impress
  • Amorina has an edge

    • Raichur

  • Lawyers protest against defiling of Gandhi statue in Raichur
  • Renaming of Mouleshwar Circle does not find favour with some

    • Religion

  • The Lord's assurance

    • Salem

  • School at Chinnakollapatti to get new classrooms
  • Association condemns ransacking of mutt
  • Give priority to graded SHGs in granting loans, banks told
  • Training programme

    • Shimoga

  • KDA seeks more powers to prosecute officials
  • KDA not happy with progress of Government departments
  • Residents of Ashok Nagar stage protest

    • Sport

  • Jaspal Rana answers critics in style
  • Indian men trounce Oman
  • Zhang rewrites her own record

    • Sports : General

  • Vijender enters boxing semifinals
  • Darmaseelan steals the show
  • Seema cleared, opts out
  • IBBC notches up two wins
  • Two-wicket win for FCI
  • Results at a glance
  • U.P. takes on Karnataka
  • Delhi faces a belligerent Baroda
  • Venkatesh scores hat-trick
  • Six-wkt. win for Packers

    • Srikakulam

  • Rs.75-crore health plan finalised

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Polluted to the core
  • "Vazhndhu Kattuvom" scheme to be implemented in five blocks
  • Indian agriculture in crisis, says economist
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Bid to avert collection of toll at Amaravathy bridge
  • "Develop curriculum with social relevance"
  • A journey that is not possible
  • Proliferation of mobile phone towers sparks concern
  • "Improve condition of slaughterhouses"
  • Rs. 6.45 lakh sanctioned for developing horticulture
  • Kamalalayam tank will soon be given a facelift
  • Manimeghalai awards for SHGs
  • Demonstration against dumping of waste
  • Petitions Committee to visit Pudukottai
  • Kamalalayam tank to get a facelift
  • Robbery bid foiled
  • Sec Sat on December 9 at Maison Colombani

    • Tennis

  • Tanvi Shah in final
  • Yeshwanth makes a winning return

    • Thanjavur

  • Holy cows arrive from Uttar Pradesh
  • Temple festival

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Kerala University dithers on internal quality assessment
  • Three found dead
  • Call for technological innovation
  • Move to hand over soil survey to private agencies flayed
  • Toonz to produce `Dragonlance'
  • Carmel emerges winner at district youth festival
  • Two die of poisoning
  • Correction in railway timetable
  • Canara Bank modernises branch
  • Display of strength
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated December 9, 1956: Pak. proposal on Kashmir
  • dated December 9, 1956: Nehru's caution
  • dated December 9, 1956: Qutab to be electrified

    • Tiruchi

  • Team assesses proposals
  • His focus is on developing skills
  • A fascinating quiz
  • A shipment that will enthuse bibliophiles Good tidings for bibliophiles
  • "Shifting of statue will be the solution"
  • Train halt
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Warnings don't work

    • Tirumala

  • Sikkim Governor in Tirumala

    • Tirunelveli

  • Training programme for Friends of Police

    • Tirupati

  • Telugu Desam Party dharna on farmers' issues
  • TTD information centre planned at Gangtok
  • BSNL to accept changes in directory

    • Tumkur

  • Vehicle illegally carrying PDS rice intercepted

    • Tuticorin

  • ICAI to help Centre on accounting system
  • ICAI Bhawan inaugurated
  • "Body language matters most for a young manager"
  • NAAC team to visit college
  • Interest rate reduced for term deposit
  • Search on for five in dowry harassment case

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Novel programme for tribals held Programme to redress tribal's grievances

    • Udupi

  • `Form Ministry for Fisheries at Centre'
  • Music provides peace, says seer

    • Uttaranchal

  • Kalam may take rail route to Dehra Dun

    • Vellore

  • `Vazhndhu Kattuvom' in five blocks

    • Vijayawada

  • Human organ sale racket busted
  • NBC shadow over multiplexes
  • A run with a message
  • Schoolchildren have a field day at athletic meet
  • Government urged to save aided system of education
  • A few things for teachers to learn
  • `Brown sugar' seized; eight held
  • Quiz conducted
  • Chief controllers seek gazetted status
  • Audio release tomorrow
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Whale strays into Vizag waters
  • `Two potential research fields'
  • Thousands throng Ross Hill shrine
  • They all cannot afford to get vocal
  • Live workshop on ear disorders
  • Lifetime achievement award for B.K. Agarwal
  • Two new trains to bypass city
  • IGIAT offers new course
  • Recruitment of trainee SIs
  • Discourses on Ramayana
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Concert on Annamayya enticing
  • Zilla Parishad CEO arrested

    • Weather

  • Weather

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