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  • Attack on councillor: CPI(M), Congress trade charges
  • Crime Branch investigation sought in murder case

    • Anantapur

  • Spurious fertilizer seized

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • All-party meet on irrigation project in A.P. on Dec. 21
  • Cyber fraud exposed in Hyderabad
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Boat Club in Kakinada to get facelift
  • Lobbying for Council seats begins
  • Harbinger of prosperity
  • RTC's Sunday package tour begins today
  • State to provide houses to all police personnel
  • TRS rebels plan meeting after Sankranti
  • PUCL submits report on starvation deaths to Collector
  • APPSC denies discrepancies
  • Exporters' meet held
  • Students lathicharged

    • Badminton

  • Al-Ameen, Mount Carmel are champions

    • Bangalore

  • BMP to enable online payment of property tax
  • Prathiba's murder makes BPO staff more cautious
  • `Employer not criminally liable'
  • The heart of the beast
  • Patrolling needs to be strengthened: Singh
  • Will BMP meet its target?
  • BPO firms may have to struggle to hire women staff
  • Bellary to be headquarters of India Reserve Battalion
  • A nicely made formula film
  • Campaigning for first phase ends
  • Be a role model, cadets told
  • It was a real treat to watch
  • A mirror that gives a true reflection of modern-day society
  • Revoke ban on police recruitment: Raghupathy
  • Staff security prime concern: Hewlett Packard
  • `Vehicle operator not a member of association'
  • Students robbed of cellphones
  • Live band joint raided
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Belgaum

  • All set for panchayat polls in Belgaum district
  • Government did not violate poll code: Patil
  • Liquor worth Rs. 10 lakhs seized, three arrested
  • Rare eye surgery performed

    • Bellary

  • Man arrested on kidnap charge

    • Bidar

  • Farmers in Bidar, Gulbarga elated at news of water release
  • More candidates in the fray

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Chinese duo reigns supreme

    • Business

  • Bill to confer autonomy on Forward Markets Commission
  • Focus on disclosure of institutional investors
  • Upward revision in rail freight
  • GAIL's major plans for Orissa
  • Forex reserves rise $845 m

    • Chennai

  • Tsunami memorial concert slated for December 26
  • Industry worried about isolation in Value Added Tax
  • Bavarian State Orchestra to present tsunami memorial concert
  • MoU signed with Suez Canal Authority for Sethu project
  • Taking higher education to Africa
  • No Tamil movie at Chennai festival
  • 10 per cent growth forecast in auto, textiles
  • Tirumudivakkam estate on road to nowhere
  • Speed puts them ahead of others
  • Centre for special children celebrates anniversary
  • Automobile has tremendous potential: Mashelkar
  • "Include rural women in the ICT revolution"
  • Centre urged to revise norms for calamity relief
  • Tamil music "alternative to film songs"
  • Newer technologies needed "to keep India flying high"
  • Array of coins on show at expo
  • An attempt to create user manual for the brain
  • Certificate course in Bioinformatics
  • `Hanumath Gana Siromani' title conferred on T.K. Govinda Rao
  • A human touch to disaster management
  • Man who escaped from custody back in jail
  • Meeting healthcare needs of slum dwellers
  • Special trains for Christmas, New Year
  • Meet on applied stochastic processes
  • Call for industry, medical fraternity link
  • "Real ambassadors" of hospitality sector
  • Scholastic aptitude test awareness campaign
  • Rotary Club honours cardiologist Chockalingam
  • Diploma in airlines
  • Musician honoured
  • A fond reunion after 40 years
  • Intercity Post service launched
  • Interaction with Vithanage
  • City drenched again
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Coimbatore

  • India through the camera lens
  • Landowners renew stir against AAI for land possession
  • UPASI seeks Plantation Stabilisation Fund
  • Field turns into classroom
  • Breakthrough in burglaries
  • Diabetes-2006 to start on December 19
  • Man held for burglary
  • NTC in State set to make profit
  • Programme
  • Gathering support
  • Christ...
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Trivedi, Makda rock Delhi
  • Abhirup's knock in vain
  • Good haul by Neela Raju
  • Rohan Gavaskar hogs the limelight
  • Canara Bank cruises
  • Anirudh's knock props up Hyderabad
  • South Africa collapses
  • Amit, Anand bat well
  • Ganguly's appeal to fans

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    • Cuddalore

  • A break from bloody past

    • Cycling

  • Koreans dominate

    • Dharmapuri

  • Power Plan SMS to be introduced

    • Dindigul

  • Collector inaugurates computerisation of Regional Transport Office
  • `Technology vital to make nation stronger'

    • Eluru

  • Plan to train SHG members in bee-keeping

    • Erode

  • Increase in bank deposits in Erode district
  • `Do not curtail creativity of students'
  • House burgled

    • Football

  • Army XI wins maiden Durand Cup

    • Front Page

  • Modest progress at WTO talks
  • India, Pakistan agree on gas pipeline project
  • Amitabh out of hospital
  • Alert after Bangalore murder
  • Widespread rain likely in Tamil Nadu
  • Colombo move a ploy to isolate us: LTTE
  • Police find company guilty of lapse
  • Massive demolition drive launched across Delhi amid protests
  • New drug for cancer patients
  • Soaring material cost upsets contractors
  • Now, students can choose additional degrees by correspondence
  • Manmohan optimistic
  • Intense cold wave claims 36 lives in Uttar Pradesh
  • Air show held
  • Age no bar for him
  • 6.2 quake in Japan
  • Tech-savvy con game ended
  • Council: Government may go slow
  • President Kalam begins State visit
  • Special security for elections in Malnad
  • Alternative school for flood-affected
  • Onion not to be listed as essential commodity
  • Centre-Naga talks end on optimistic note

    • Golf

  • Gurbaaz Mann has the last laugh
  • Shiv falters

    • Gulbarga

  • Congress has to cross many a hurdle in Gulbarga district
  • Dharam Singh keen on session in northern region

    • Hassan

  • `Panchayat elections will not affect Government'
  • JD(S) banks on development works to woo electorate

    • Hockey

  • A Dutch show all the way
  • New tournament on the anvil

    • Hyderabad

  • ZP meet hit by row over Joint Collector's `action'
  • `Social control' over private educational institutes favoured
  • Road between Sankar Math and railway track to be widened
  • Stage set for shifting maternity hospital
  • Over 2,000 NRIs may attend Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
  • All-party meet on projects on December 21
  • New commissionerate of law mooted
  • Transport Minister launches traffic complaint cards
  • Awards without honour
  • Public enterprise staff scales ratified
  • CPI(M) to wait for Manmohan's response
  • Sur, Tal and Hina!
  • Garden Festival from January 1
  • YSR takes part in Christmas celebrations
  • Five districts included under national employment scheme
  • Reforms should reach poor, says Naidu
  • Online exam system introduced in JNTU
  • MP sanctions Rs. 13.2 lakhs to hospital
  • IAF officers told to be up-to-date
  • MSO association threatens fast against Sun TV
  • High Court official in ACB net
  • More perks for women's panel members
  • Your neighbourhood and you
  • Bheemanna's death condoled
  • GCC hails VAT exemption
  • Van goes up in flames
  • Businessman dead
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • WTO revised draft evokes mixed response

    • International

  • Northern Ireland leader says he was a British spy
  • Colombo move a ploy to isolate us: LTTE
  • Bush authorised surveillance on U.S. citizens, says report
  • Butterflies and guns in Mexico
  • UNESCO certificate for Mostar bridge
  • Dam to shield Russia from river slick
  • One killed in Malawi food stampede
  • Mona Lisa was "happy"
  • Actor Spencer is dead

    • Kannur

  • Siamese twins develop infection

    • Karimnagar

  • TV Nandi awards on December 26

    • Karnataka

  • Murder: police find BPO company guilty of lapse
  • Greeting a visitor
  • Seeking justice
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • BJP, Janata Dal (S) give a tough time to Congress
  • The going getting tough for Congress
  • KIOCL workers' plea dismissed
  • Do not overburden anganwadi workers, says Minister
  • Medical representatives protest
  • Free cleft-lip and palate surgery
  • Naval exercise conducted off Karwar coast

    • Kerala

  • Rajiv Gandhi Centre develops cancer drug
  • Awareness needed
  • Ensure voluntary compliance
  • New Zealand wooing Indian research scholars
  • Award for dancer
  • Fourth estate's freedom
  • Celebrating a milestone
  • Next issue
  • Survives a scare
  • National Pension Day
  • Call for social security
  • Preparing for Christmas
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • UDF for consensus on panel report
  • Murder convict, mother found dead in house

    • Khammam

  • Khammam District Court celebrates golden jubilee
  • Court's golden jubilee fete gets under way

    • Kochi

  • Country has sufficient number of professionals: President
  • They bowled Kalam over with a smile
  • Document diseases cured by Ayurveda: Kalam
  • Proposal to build road connecting railway stations
  • Nomination of trustees set aside
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Portrait of President as a role model
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Security for Kalam's visit tightened
  • Unique ritual to protect environment
  • Smart Cards for Defence canteens
  • Library Council jatha to enter Kollam district on Monday
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kottayam

  • Dalits, Adivasis oppose Bill
  • Statue of Sukumaran unveiled

    • Kozhikode

  • `Library initiative will set a new trend'
  • CITU blockade of offices on Tuesday
  • Good response to book fair
  • Banks achieve loan target
  • Traders to stage march against opening up of retail sector
  • Library opened at Ulliyeri school
  • Traders oppose opening up of retail sector
  • Marad panel to examine Maudany
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • ANM course students allege harassment by caretaker
  • Regularise services, say Anganwadi workers
  • Plans afoot to develop bird sanctuary at Rollapadu

    • Madurai

  • They put up a good show and made their parents proud
  • MK University ropes in Sanmar Group for placements
  • `Psychiatry and neurology go together in mental health'
  • 15-year jail term for Sri Lankan
  • Demand for direct flight services
  • Need for `ideal education policy' stressed
  • Power shutdown
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Tight security for polling in Dakshina Kannada
  • Zeroing in on trouble spots
  • Mobile malaria treatment unit proving to be a success
  • `Support for Congress will translate into votes'
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • AIPJD queers electoral pitch in Mysore
  • Commissioner to convene meeting of IT companies
  • Mysore, Chamarajanagar ready for zilla, taluk panchayat elections
  • Prathiba's murder shocks IT employees in Mysore
  • `Bangalore incident will not affect BPO firms in Mysore'

    • Nagapattinam

  • Bridge across Kaduvaiyaru nearing completion in Nagai dt.
  • TCMF reduces price of fertilizers
  • Bhoomi puja performed for permanent houses

    • Nagercoil

  • Land acquired to build permanent houses for tsunami-hit fishermen
  • Section objects to opening of prayer hall near Nagercoil

    • Nalgonda

  • Two commit suicide

    • National

  • PM calls for academy in honour of Tansen
  • Fight terrorism, save democracy: Shekhawat
  • College teacher, students among 11 picked up for e-mail threat
  • E-mail threat more than a "mischief"
  • Intense cold wave claims 36 lives in Uttar Pradesh
  • No intelligence failure: Gujarat
  • Restoration work under way at St. Mary's Church
  • New schemes soon for panchayats: Montek
  • Centre, States faulted for `failure' of PDS
  • PDS: Centre, States faulted
  • Our scientists match the best in world: Manmohan
  • Nanavati panel discussion inconclusive
  • Manmohan for constructive dialogue
  • Lottery agents can move High Court in inter-State row
  • Environmentalists oppose changes in Forest Rights Bill
  • Accountability in education system called for
  • Civil society groups criticise Communal Violence Bill
  • ``Onion not to be listed as essential commodity''
  • NGOs shift focus to rehabilitation in Kashmir
  • Soon, you can call any phone from your PC
  • I cannot share dais with Advani, Pranab tells Mamata Banerjee
  • New Presiding Officer for SAT
  • Midnapore villagers live in fear
  • Kuldeep Singh wants to take his family to Vaishnodevi
  • A lost hero reclaimed
  • "NDA action affected quota for SCs, STs"
  • Survey indicates positive hiring activity
  • Manmohan witnesses air manoeuvres

    • Nellore

  • National ST Commission member pulls up officials

    • New Delhi

  • MLAs demand Sheila's resignation
  • Power privatisation review urged
  • Call centre industry admits there is a loophole
  • 5 of a family killed in wall collapse
  • AIIMS doctors seek withdrawal of hike in charges
  • Delhiites reclaim a lost hero
  • DMC ropes in police to check quack menace
  • CBI files FIR against 10 in housing scam
  • NDA criticised over right of reservation
  • NIFT to impart training to weavers
  • Sparing a thought for slum children
  • The drive goes on
  • Credit card agent arrested
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • Nizamabad

  • Nanded-Secunderabad train sought
  • Sugar unit official denies pollution
  • Collector releases book

    • Palakkad

  • Bar hotels oppose move to hike licence fee
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Sabarimala Mandala puja on December 26
  • A new star is born in Mallappally
  • Bribery: KSEB engineer held
  • Pilgrim dies of cardiac arrest

    • Pondicherry

  • Lakhera reallocates subjects among IAS officers
  • Ministerial Staff put indefinite stir plan in abeyance
  • Ramana Jayanthi celebrations
  • Power shutdown
  • Renewable Energy Agency formed
  • Rangasamy' s assurance to fishermen
  • A welcome transformation for fish vendors in Karaikal

    • Racing : Horse

  • Tallahassee has an edge
  • Mystical for Indian 2000 Guineas
  • Aperitivo wins Calcutta Gold Cup
  • Randsberg claims Stewards Trophy
  • The Bee pleases
  • Aura, Slavic and Blairgowrie work well
  • Dance Diva shows out

    • Raichur

  • Three killed in accident

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Government expedites tsunami emergency reconstruction

    • Salem

  • Pensioners' demands will be considered, says Collector
  • Blood donation camp held
  • Judge visits prison

    • Shimoga

  • Triangular fight likely in many constituencies
  • 5,420 officials drafted for poll duty
  • KRRS to lay siege to Deputy Commissioner's office
  • Illicit liquor worth Rs. 16 lakhs seized

    • Sport

  • Dravid takes ill; Sehwag to lead
  • A turbulent week
  • At Motera, it's advantage medium-pacers
  • Sharath stands tall amid ruins
  • Sanam takes title
  • Grand finale on the cards
  • Making it a family affair
  • Arjun serves a stunner

    • Sports : General

  • Two wins for AP Police

    • Table Tennis

  • Sharath Kamal remains India's best bet

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Implementation of PMRY not satisfactory: Collector
  • Helping hand
  • Green canopy
  • Tsunami memorial concert slated for December 26
  • `Judicial Commission can prevent interference'
  • Bench to the rescue of handicapped bus conductor
  • Title conferred on Aruna Sayeeram
  • Gauge conversion work begins
  • Making Kovai a city of jeans
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • `Winged' visitors draw curious onlookers at Sattur
  • Rs. 107-crore crop loans waived in Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri districts
  • A mechanic's penchant for Bharathi poems
  • Gauge conversion work begins
  • `IT firms should keep a profile of drivers'
  • Prepare project for marine discharge, MP tells CM
  • A mechanic's penchant for Bharathi poems
  • Officials meet quarry owners
  • Jeans firm to step up production
  • `Wages not paid properly'

    • Tennis

  • Wild card for Sanam, Jeevan

    • Thanjavur

  • Vennar bridge needs urgent repairs
  • `Sanskrit is a computer-friendly language'

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Row among departments highlights damage to Cardamom Hill Reserve
  • Medical Council's circular affects DNB admissions
  • No differences on ADB loan, says Minister
  • Bhargavi Thankappan, former ADM acquitted
  • CPI (M), CPI oppose move to set up railway division at Salem
  • Government yet to hand over funds to corporation
  • Emirates to start flights to city from February
  • Kalam to address medical students
  • President's visit: traffic regulations announced
  • DYFI activists gherao DMO
  • A prayer to the first citizen
  • Labour of love
  • Five hurt in accident
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • Thrissur

  • Pinarayi has accepted party's contribution, says Muraleedharan
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • `Keep it small' is his catchphrase
  • Principals of self-financing colleges "disillusioned" with varsity elections
  • Meeting to encourage interest in literary works
  • Wrestle for sponsors
  • SHGs have proved their mettle: Mayor
  • Contributions pour in for construction of sports complex
  • A heart-rending scene at medical camp
  • Poll roll verification
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirupati

  • BJP Tirupati unit backs Uma Bharti

    • Tuticorin

  • Call to equip country for facing calamities
  • 80 CPI cadres held, released

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Sustained action sought against encroachers

    • Udupi

  • MLA confident of BJP win in Udupi
  • Congress ready to contest Assembly polls: Poojary

    • Vellore

  • Mock flood rescue drill held in Palar

    • Vijayawada

  • Facilities at hospital new block floor Mayor, MLA
  • Time to pick your choice
  • `Special' programme for a cause
  • GGH likely to have trauma centre, cancer unit
  • CPI (M) flays curbs on fund allocation for Central scheme
  • Vijayawada book fest from January 1
  • Mail your views
  • No power supply
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Plea to develop interior villages
  • NGO adopts novel method to create AIDS awareness
  • Bank union opposes privatisation
  • `Gag' orders on newspapers withdrawn
  • Media told to be impartial and fearless
  • Botcha, MLAs to keep off Dronam's birthday fete
  • Politicians reaction on Ganguly's exclusion from Indian cricket team decried
  • SC Judge to speak on arbitration today
  • ICWAI likely to be renamed
  • Housing Board asked to construct houses for fishermen
  • Exemption for shops
  • It's Christmas time
  • Naxals destroy belt shop
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Cochin Port Trust retains title
  • IOB, IB set up title clash

    • Warangal

  • Hunger strike by TDP activists
  • Suspended SI stages dharna

    • Weather

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