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Alappuzha

  • `Take steps to save paddy farming'

    • Anantapur

  • Three killed in accident

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • YSR's land issue rocks Andhra Pradesh Assembly
  • Homecoming
  • Winter is here
  • Students' rally turns violent
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • TDP warns of stir for IIT at Basar
  • Stage set for Srujanotsav
  • Management scholars study `Akshara Deepam' programme
  • Plea to declare all 50 mandals `drought-hit'
  • Purna-Adilabad train likely by January-end
  • ZP chief exhorts youth to take up service activities
  • Bank staff to join strike

    • Archery

  • Archers bag a bronze medal

    • Bangalore

  • Essential services to be kept out of strike
  • Very little public sympathy for autorickshaw drivers' strike
  • Rs. 20 crore earmarked for biofuel development
  • CET may be completed in one day next year
  • A vaccine to prevent heart attacks
  • BMP road project turning into wasteful expenditure
  • It's not enough that just roads get better
  • HAL to deliver first Hawk in March 2008
  • Suvarna Karnataka sports day at Jyothi Vidyalaya
  • 25 cars recovered from inter-State gang
  • Budget to have new schemes for backward taluks
  • A live jam to remember
  • Spreading fragrance of sandalwood through mail
  • India was a revelation to these students
  • Better waste management system sought
  • Concern over preference for English
  • Helping people plan a holiday
  • Hearing on NGEF case adjourned
  • `Net-centric warfare capabilities required'
  • Mining lease: Union Government seeks time to file objections
  • Slum dwellers demand possession certificates
  • Drug information centres planned
  • Alain Aspect to deliver lectures
  • Police foil bid to steal sandalwood
  • `UPA Government not adhering to common minimum programme'
  • Schools to function as usual
  • CMC accused of doing work without tender
  • Five arrested on charge of assaulting court officer
  • BMTC to operate extra buses today
  • Extra buses
  • Not to join stir
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Basketball

  • Sathyabhama advances

    • Bellary

  • `Book cases against firms that employ children'
  • Farmers will not get full benefit of milk price hike, says federation
  • Several trade unions to join strike today

    • Bidar

  • Dalit groups against CoD inquiry

    • Bijapur

  • Congress protests `misrule' in State
  • Persons with disabilities demand ration cards
  • Worker dies of injuries

    • Briefly

  • More flexibility to importers, exporters
  • Maruti to raise car prices in January
  • ONGC-Mittal JV bids for blocks in Trinidad
  • VSNL ties up with F-Secure for security solutions
  • Subhiksha to open stores in Maharashtra
  • NEG Micon is now Vestas Wind Technology
  • SRM Infotech ties up with Caterpillar Animation
  • Workshop for senior management

    • Business

  • `CRR hike not to hit profits of banks'
  • Right time to decide on sugar export: Sharad Pawar
  • ICICI Bank raises deposit, lending rates
  • Coal India's plan to reach non-linked consumers
  • Citibank launches small business service network
  • Maruti to expand service outlets
  • Pyramid Saimira taps market
  • Havas to exploit sports marketing potential
  • NCDC loans for fisheries coops.
  • Toonz Animation and KINFRA sign MoU
  • MPI to increase meat production
  • Rupee moves up
  • Sensex recovers 186 points in volatile trading

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chennai

  • What I am today I owe to KB sir, says actor Kavithalaya Krishnan
  • Call for maritime cooperation among Indian Ocean Region nations
  • Oriented towards joyful learning of English
  • 1000 km on a tricycle to create HIV/AIDS awareness
  • Top brass concern over bad apples in the force
  • Fire directorate can enlist public volunteers
  • Thiruvengadam health care award for D.K. Srinivasan
  • ``Single women face discrimination''
  • Call to allow children to speak out freely
  • A trip down memory lane off East Coast Road
  • Court declines to interfere with Bar Council order
  • `Nrithya Kala Nipuna' conferred on Chitra Visweswaran
  • Centre for Exceptional Children celebrates anniversary
  • College students hold self-made products exhibition
  • Autos likely to go off road today
  • Swamy seeks bifurcation of town panchayat in Vellore
  • Quiz competition for students
  • TRB examination on January 21
  • Renovated AC chair car in Sapthagiri Express
  • "Don't oppose VAT"
  • Mayor visits T. Nagar
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • India assured of chess gold
  • Tania causes biggest upset of tournament
  • Kateryna Lahno arrives

    • Coimbatore

  • `All street lights will function by month-end'
  • SSA focuses on Activity-Based Learning
  • Prisoner dies
  • Bharatgas announcement to LPG consumers
  • Ration shops raided
  • Applications invited for FoP
  • Letter writing contest
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • Dahiya retires
  • Madras triumphs
  • Tumkur bowls out Shimoga cheaply
  • S. Africa to seek bouncy pitches
  • Anirudh to lead
  • Samuels guides West Indies to victory
  • Indian women begin with win

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8784
  • Solution to Puzzle 8783

    • Dharmapuri

  • Works reviewed by Agriculture Production Commissioner

    • Dindigul

  • Panel for dam across Nallathangal Odai
  • Two child workers rescued

    • Editorials

  • A persisting weakness
  • Protecting rain forests

    • Erode

  • Help Government implement VAT
  • Bedspreads as money-spinners
  • Textiles exhibition begins on Friday
  • TCS to hold campus interview
  • Meeting venues of President inspected
  • In Erode Today

    • Front Page

  • Manmohan arrives in Japan with heavy economic agenda
  • `No territorial claims on Kashmir'
  • Tributes to Parliament attack victims
  • Can England bounce back?
  • South Africa can be beaten
  • Dramatic win for Bhupathi-Paes duo
  • Indian women bring home a bronze
  • Indian hockey: hope barely lives amidst mediocrity
  • Tsunami-hit still in make-do shelters
  • Blame the roads for poor bus service
  • Nationwide strike today
  • Five labourers killed, seven injured as scaffolding collapses
  • Afzal Guru files curative petition in Supreme Court
  • Assembly rocked by YSR's land issue
  • Inquiry into death of schoolgirl
  • Ordinance for preventive detention soon
  • All flights from Kolkata cancelled
  • CM coming to Madurai tomorrow
  • Two modern methods to treat sewage
  • SFI rally turns violent, activists caned
  • Bank's centenary gift to villagers
  • India, Russia to sign deal to upgrade MiG-29 jets
  • Manipur Speaker's residence attacked
  • Securitymen killed in naxal attack
  • Police question Salman Khan

    • Golf

  • Shruti still in lead

    • Gulbarga

  • Government will not achieve plan target, says Kharge
  • Kendra to hold `Krishi Mela' on Friday
  • Eight-day cultural event in Gulbarga

    • Guntur

  • Focus on water conservation

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Hubli teenager cured of toluene dependency
  • Couple booked for extortion

    • Hyderabad

  • Majestic sentinels of the Raj lose character
  • ORR package termed eyewash
  • Conspiracy hatched against me: Krishna Yadav
  • Rich medal haul has SAAP in a fix
  • YSR liable to legal action: Naidu
  • MCH invites bids for 14 FOBs
  • Officials asked not to register assigned lands
  • Genpact to hone soft skills of students
  • Lathicharge on students condemned
  • Hyderabad records lowest child sex ratio in State
  • Software professional's murder: cousin held
  • Court refers distance issue to PCB
  • Thirty more public conveniences to be built
  • Congress party demands apology from Opposition
  • Hectic lifestyle promoting infertility, says expert
  • Metro rail bids: time frame extended
  • Automated petrol station launched
  • Call for speedy completion of lift schemes
  • Categorisation: Mala Mahanadu's plea to YSR
  • `Nuclear pact part of broader partnership'
  • RTI Act implementation costs worry police
  • Humpy, Harikrishna reign supreme
  • TDP SC Cell to take out `Chalo Assembly' rally
  • Power shutdown
  • Beedi leaf collection charges hiked
  • Tigress dies of old age in Nehru Zoological Park
  • Workshop on creative writing
  • Land worth Rs.30 crores seized
  • Panel sought on Telangana
  • Shopping time
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • War not an end in itself: Kasuri
  • U.K. rights group lauds Tamil Nadu

    • International

  • LTTE will be driven out of Eastern province: army
  • Bush to unveil new Iraq strategy early next year
  • Truce still valid: Norway
  • Australia plans "citizenship test" for immigrants
  • Panic over serial killings
  • Two Buddhists killed
  • Nepal meet inconclusive
  • E.U. adopts new chemicals regime
  • U.S. team in China for strategic talks
  • FDA warns Nestle

    • Interviews

  • "In terms of numbers, a tsunami hits Congo every six months"

    • Kancheepuram

  • Rift at the top hits functioning of civic body

    • Kannur

  • Adivasis to take out march to Secretariat on Tuesday
  • FCI employees to join strike
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • TDP chief told to change stand on Telangana

    • Karnataka

  • Alternative fuels: India looking at 10 p.c. target by 2010
  • Power of music
  • Showing anger
  • Victory parade
  • Rousing welcome
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Kumaraswamy concerned over recurring violence
  • Damaged road in Karwar to be repaired in a week
  • Plea to provide job security to midday meal workers
  • People are being misled, says Chief Minister
  • Project to provide amenities to Chamarajanagar
  • Goa to grant licence to three offshore casinos
  • Konkani film-maker seeks distributors
  • Women want arrack shop closed
  • Briefly

    • Kerala

  • Kerala ordinance soon on preventive detention
  • Pious occasion
  • Greetings
  • At Sabarimala today
  • Government files affidavit in Lavalin case
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • CBI case against former HUDCO chief and NGO

    • Kochi

  • Environmentalists protest against cutting of trees on Marine Drive
  • No Cabinet decision for CBI probe in Lavalin case: affidavit
  • Enhancing lifestyle digitally
  • Shortage of lorries hits waste disposal
  • Riyan Studio alleges conspiracy behind raids
  • Baby presents Pylee award to journalist
  • Three held with gold ornaments
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Medical facilities to be upgraded
  • Energy conservation day to be observed today
  • Bank employees to join strike

    • Kottayam

  • Plantation Corporation plans expansion
  • In Kottayam Today

    • Kozhikode

  • Environment Congress begins tomorrow
  • Violence marks hartal in Vadakara

    • Kurnool

  • Distribute YSR's lands among the poor: CPI
  • `Declare Kurnool second capital'
  • TDP launches a tirade against State

    • Leader Page Articles

  • India may lose control of its nuclear future

    • Letters to the Editor

  • The Kashmir puzzle
  • A shame!
  • Ruling on obscenity

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Maintain dignity of Raj Bhavan, BJP tells Jakhar
  • Malaysia to explore IT hub in M.P.

    • Madurai

  • Some unusual fare at this fair
  • Employees can't be "terminated from service after retirement"
  • Photo poll rolls to be ready by February
  • Madurai Bench adjourns hearing
  • DRDO to fund research in basic sciences
  • Nataraja idol found
  • Errors egg you on sometimes
  • Infosys coming for recruitment
  • UGC-NET on Sunday
  • Change in temple timings
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • Civic polls in Mumbai, other cities

    • Mangalore

  • `BJP-JD (S) will share power in panchayat'
  • Demands made on child rights
  • Applications invited
  • Birth centenary of RSS leader
  • Manjappa Ullal dead
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • JNNURM: funding subject to reforms in governance
  • Parangothsava 2006 to be held from December 17
  • IASC conference begins today
  • Protest against defiling of statue
  • Fake note racket busted, two arrested
  • Hearing aids at a concession
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • Home for the elderly to be set up in Nagapattinam district
  • Collector receives 474 petitions at mass contact programme
  • Panel to visit Nagapattinam

    • Nagercoil

  • Call to protect heritage of Kanyakumari district

    • Nalgonda

  • Woman, 45 sheep run over by van

    • National

  • Afzal Guru files curative petition
  • Supreme Court summons nine Chief Secretaries
  • Row over remark on boundary talks
  • India tops SAARC nations in human rights protection
  • Supreme Court reiterates norms for death sentence
  • India, UAE sign deal
  • Lok Sabha urges Mamata to end fast
  • Trinamool's call to boycott Tata products
  • Manmohan may intervene in deal debate
  • Gowda fires another salvo at dissidents
  • Group formed on water authority
  • UGC channel on the Net
  • Vala back in Modi Cabinet
  • R-Day parade venue not to be shifted
  • Congress concern at price rise a farce: BJP
  • Nod for bill on subsidy to mobile operators

    • New Delhi

  • Fighting their biggest battle
  • A peep into world's most spectacular events
  • Fog plays spoilsport with air passengers in Capital
  • New hope for honest power consumers
  • A slice of history from the Buddha to Nehru
  • Record weddings in Delhi
  • Three policemen convicted for custodial death
  • MoU signed with universities for research in policing
  • Congress accused of misleading people
  • Re-developed Central Park to open today
  • Congress blamed for sharp increase in prices
  • Flights disrupted
  • `Make Domestic Violence Act impartial'
  • Young man arrested for threatening MPs
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Pinochet gone, but his methods are still with us
  • Intelligent Design is creationism
  • Saudi plan offers a lifeline
  • Corrections and Clarifications

    • Nizamabad

  • Nizamabad gearing up for centenary fete

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • Patent for endodontic instrument for root canal sterilisation
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • College union elections tomorrow

    • Perambalur

  • 6,650 kg of ration rice seized

    • Puducherry

  • Houses allotted to 225 tsunami-hit families
  • Coast Guard, fishermen salvage sinking boat
  • "Don't go back on boycott decision"

    • Punjab

  • Farmers disrupt rail, road traffic
  • PM to lay foundation for airport in Ludhiana district

    • Racing : Horse

  • Annot has an edge
  • Rising Rays pleases
  • Star Angel in rousing form
  • Star Memories wins main event
  • Time Is Life claims feature

    • Raichur

  • Contractor told to maintain quality in roadworks in Raichur
  • Process of transfer of school teachers suspended

    • Rajasthan

  • Dalits enter temple amid tension
  • A `pack house' near airport
  • History books lack credibility, says Shekhawat

    • Religion

  • Seek holy company

    • Sailing

  • Indian sailors get silver

    • Salem

  • Farmers to be helped in marketing

    • Shimoga

  • Reports of funds crunch for sammelana denied
  • Need to preserve native culture from outside influences stressed

    • Shooting

  • Shooters aim for World Cup berths

    • Sport

  • Can England bounce back?
  • South Africa can be beaten
  • Dramatic win for Bhupathi-Paes duo
  • Indian women bring home a bronze
  • Indian hockey: hope barely lives amidst mediocrity
  • Can China upset Korea?
  • It's TN vs Mumbai

    • Sports : General

  • Results at a glance
  • Medals tally
  • Puneet advances
  • Ten-wicket win for Colts Cricket Club
  • Bagan in final
  • Lottery sale through educational institutions
  • Annamalai retains title

    • Srikakulam

  • DGP inaugurates police quarters

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Call to reverse neo-liberal financial policies
  • College donates house to a poor widow
  • Analytical skill test to pick right aspirants
  • Court upholds State decision on age relaxation
  • Review of security arrangements for Kalam visit begins
  • Of computing and simulation
  • Second phase of land distribution from Sunday
  • "Currency notes seized from Serina genuine"
  • Kuruvai procurement almost over
  • Petitioner withdraws PIL plea on CET
  • New abode
  • New technique to spawn catfish species
  • Higher procurement price for copra sought
  • Fire directorate permitted to enlist public volunteers
  • Stray crocodile `not from the wild'
  • New Villupuram Collector
  • Vaiko plans to tour the State to mobilise support for Eelam
  • Tender notification for new DGP office quashed
  • Special trains for Christmas
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Showcasing science in everyday life
  • Free healthcare service for villagers
  • Karur Council against toll collection at bridge
  • `Disburse scholarships to tribal students by Dec. 20'
  • `Focus on civic amenities'
  • NABARD GM inspects works
  • Scholarships for tribals
  • Three get 5-year jail term
  • Students stage protest
  • Students call off stir

    • Tennis

  • End of the road?
  • Aditya in last four

    • Thanjavur

  • Happy Pongal awaits sugarcane farmers

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Call for social control of education
  • Government plans to form Police Complaints Authority
  • `Decision on NCP was taken earlier'
  • On the travails of a minor girl
  • General strike on
  • Rail electrification: inspection begins
  • Bill to amend TCHRI Act soon
  • Novel attempt to replenish greenery
  • Greening drive launched
  • Support for R&D ventures in engineering colleges
  • Mani: Cabinet lacks collective responsibility
  • Kerala formation: President to inaugurate valedictory
  • KSEB accused of fudging figures
  • Programme to enhance milk production inaugurated
  • Photo exhibition at Russian Cultural Centre
  • University youth festival from tomorrow
  • Nursery school competition
  • `Symbiosis' exhibition held
  • Fast called off
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated December 14, 1956: Schedule for elections
  • dated December 14, 1956: UN call to Russia
  • dated December 14, 1956: Netaji Committee report

    • Thrissur

  • Government plans full autonomy for akademies, says Minister
  • Finale of State-level fete
  • `Kunjukuttan Thampuran enriched Malayalam'

    • Tiruchi

  • Coir pith-based biofertilizer being popularised among ryots
  • Students get tips to identify pure silk
  • Special camps on Dec. 16, 20, 23
  • Good response to yoga contest
  • Unmarked museum idol traced to Pallava era
  • Rotary Club gesture for service activities
  • Move to close unmanned level-crossing postponed
  • TNEB engineers' plea to Government
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Mysterious death of cattle triggers panic
  • No revolving red lights on cars: Police Commissioner
  • Assistance for wards of drivers
  • Hockey matches on Dec.22

    • Tirupati

  • Spurt in land scams: CPI(M) for resurvey
  • AISF activists take out rally in Tirupati
  • Rich haul for Chittoor roller-skating team

    • Tumkur

  • Grant-in-aid for maintenance sought

    • Tuticorin

  • "Augment port infrastructure"
  • 55,000 pirated VCDs seized
  • Minister visits Tuticorin hospital
  • 32 houses damaged in rain

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Assist police, SP asks public
  • Stage set for floral arrangements

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Varsity cracks down on students
  • Senior IAS officer quits
  • Four more held for murder
  • BJP renews demand for President's rule in U.P.
  • UNICEF to open nodal centre

    • Uttaranchal

  • `Enrol all eligible voters'

    • Vellore

  • UGC panel to visit Auxilium College today

    • Vijayawada

  • It is curtains for Excel's manure plant
  • Santa Claus comes calling
  • Mangal makes city proud
  • The Hindu Vijayawada celebrates fifth anniversary
  • Pirated CDs seized
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Hindustan shipyard ex-employees cry out for justice
  • `UPA ignoring employees'
  • Hoax call has lecturer in a spot
  • `Quality is the answer'
  • Contractors restive
  • `Nama parayana'
  • BSNL extends payment date
  • Around the city
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Police suspect Maoists are planning large-scale violence
  • Banking Ombudsman scheme launched

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Weightlifting

  • Damodaran creates new record

    • West Bengal

  • Flights from Kolkata cancelled

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