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  • Ryots buoyed by move to allocate water to PABR
  • Police given a day's custody of Moddu Sreenu

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Reliance seeks 25,000 acres of land near Hyderabad
  • A.P. irrigation officials face no resistance from farmers
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • YSR's four-day tour to Kadapa begins today
  • Irate villagers stop Speaker's convoy
  • Yanamala questions need for SEZ in Kakinada
  • Rajiv Yuva Shakti to cover 1 lakh youngsters
  • Teacher's murder: action against police sought

    • Badminton

  • Latest stringing machine set up at Chennai
  • Latest stringing machine set up at Chennai

    • Bangalore

  • Coalition formed to tackle graft
  • Come, take a look at fabrics of silk
  • KERC told to reconsider issues raised by ESCOMs
  • Rs. 6,744 crores given in loans to farm sector by public-sector banks
  • Polling in Itagi Taluk Panchayat deferred
  • One-way rule on some important roads modified
  • AIPJD demands dismissal of Excise Minister
  • PGCET to be held on February 12
  • No tie-up with JD(S) in panchayats: KPCC
  • Symposium on coops. from December 28
  • Woman found murdered
  • On roller skates, from Mumbai
  • More funds sought for Information Department
  • Six held on charge of plotting to kill rivals
  • They are back again this year
  • Festival of Smita Patil films
  • Ensuring visibility
  • It's no mean feat
  • Season for quizzes
  • Playing Santa
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Bellary

  • Gandhian for formation of `Vishala Karnataka'

    • Bidar

  • Money-doubling company cheats villagers

    • Bijapur

  • Banjaras given fair deal: Congress MLC

    • Briefly

  • SEBI bans nine cos., one OCB
  • Reliance fixes Jan. 25 as record date
  • Sasken opens centre in Mexico
  • First lady President for PHDCCI
  • Emirates' Internet check-in facility in India
  • Tata Teleservices approves rights issue
  • UTI-GSF-Pharma declares 25 p.c. dividend
  • Polaris ties up with Interwoven
  • Arham Plastics to set up new plant
  • Bluechip launches range of software products
  • Mahavir Spinning plans major expansion
  • Ucal Fuel to disinvest stake in Engelhard
  • New marketing manager for DHL Express
  • Philips launches new range of products
  • Bhawani Textile eyes Rs. 400 cr. turnover in 2006-07
  • LogicaCMG gets BS7799-2:2002 certification
  • Sahara India Mass Communication renamed
  • Sasken CFO bags award
  • Liberty Shoes to set up unit in HP
  • SELCO Solar figures in 2005 Tech Museum Aards
  • Himatsingka Seide raises $60 m
  • Symphony Services names Jerry Smith as CTO
  • Cost control award for BEL
  • Laser Soft develops `Panacea' CBS system
  • HUDCO appoints director
  • Rishabh Digha Steel to modernise its Taloja units
  • Vista pharma to manufacture two ANDA drugs

    • Business

  • Sugar decontrol at the right time, says Pawar
  • Exports fall in Nov.
  • Stanchart buys ICICI Bank NPAs worth Rs. 1,300 cr.
  • Motorola unveils new mobile
  • SBI Mutual launches Blue Chip Fund
  • Banks project Rs. 2,422-crore credit disbursement for Kannur
  • Uravu project among those chosen for Exim Bank support
  • Banks see signs of economic revival in Wayanad
  • Avesthagen to raise 25 m euro
  • GAIL-BPCL plan piped gas projects
  • Rupee posts mild recovery
  • Sensex gains fresh ground

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chennai

  • Time Government announced decision on TNPCEE-2006
  • Film fete can do with more money
  • Order on chancellor's bail plea on Friday
  • BJP hails announcement on relief distribution
  • Sand quarrying comes to a halt
  • Land, housing rights sought for tsunami-hit
  • DMK councillor moves sessions court for bail
  • Industry today `in a competitive era'
  • Big discounts at furniture show
  • Magazine moves High Court against PMK complaint
  • Police arrest bicycle thieves
  • Unauthorised buildings in Tiruverkadu demolished
  • Stories from the Bible released on CD
  • Over 9,000 entries for IMG Chennai Open Tennis contests
  • Reshuffle of district judges
  • A well informed Miss Universe
  • Stampede debate sought
  • Fatality on GST Road
  • Donations for flood relief
  • Extra kerosene for flood-hit families
  • Music, dance festival kicks off
  • Additional coaches for special trains
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Seeds have little trouble
  • Easy for Indian men

    • Coimbatore

  • Spurt in real estate business leads to shortage of stamp papers
  • Healthy life for the diabetic
  • Corporation holds discussions with consumer bodies
  • 10-year RI for raping five-year-old girl
  • Grievances submission
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Sachin is remarkable: Chappell
  • Dhoni — find of the season
  • Yuvraj deserves his place: Sehwag
  • World Cup 2007 my goal: Ganguly
  • Saurashtra wins
  • Change in game plan helped Harbhajan
  • Gujarat to meet Punjab in final
  • I will welcome Sourav Ganguly back into the Indian team: Dungarpur

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8481
  • Solution to Puzzle 8480

    • Cuddalore

  • Tsunami victims of Devanampattinam owe it to self-help groups

    • Dharmapuri

  • MLA sees disparity in flood relief

    • Dindigul

  • Bio-fuel plantation farm set up
  • SBI to install 15 more ATMs in Madurai zone
  • Two killed as lorry overturns

    • Editorials

  • India's cricket resurgence
  • Towards further progress on VAT

    • Eluru

  • Tribals in two mandals in the grip of fear

    • Equestrian

  • Bhagirath takes gold

    • Erode

  • Cooperative banks still popular in rural areas
  • Transport Dept. nets Rs. 25 cr. as revenue
  • Agri expo to be held
  • Surgery to be performed

    • Football

  • Big win for Maisram
  • Real Madrid suffers sixth defeat of the season
  • Much harassed FIFA referee returns
  • Sixth loss of season for Real Madrid

    • Front Page

  • Parliament passes reservation Bill
  • Lok Sabha may expel 10 members
  • Kumble spins India to victory
  • Election Commission not under political pressure: Naresh Gupta
  • ``Excessive dehydration" claims three more lives in Kancheepuram town
  • Parties for MPLADS with better safeguards
  • Minister allays fears over misuse of concessions
  • Karnataka High Court stops NGEF land auction
  • Probe on into source of `fake' orders
  • Delhi demolition drive losing steam
  • Inundation continues to raise a stink in suburbs
  • Reliance seeks 25,000 acres of land
  • Flights and trains hit hard by fog
  • Soldiers gravitate to corporate world
  • State concedes illegal felling of trees
  • Woman accuses traffic Inspector of misbehaviour
  • Police too cool to Khammam bloodbath
  • Vallarpadam: Centre promises more help
  • CBI told to file supplementary charge sheet
  • Militant attack injures three, encounter on with forces

    • Gujarat

  • Centre directed to file affidavit

    • Gulbarga

  • Students to be involved in hostel management

    • Guntur

  • Call for united fight against Sun network
  • Sports fete opened
  • Toddler falls to death
  • `Injurious' attraction

    • Hockey

  • CRPF edges out Northern Railway

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • An effort to preserve a brave boy's memory
  • Keep abreast of the latest, doctors told
  • Parshwanath statue to be consecrated today
  • Vidhana Soudha Chalo on Monday

    • Hyderabad

  • Kalachakra arrangements in full swing at Amaravathi
  • We will never do it to others: rescued children
  • Japanese team in city to evaluate ring road project
  • Mid-year syllabus change worries B.Com students
  • `Morning Raga' to lend a Telugu touch at the Oscars
  • TDP: State lacks clarity on Pothireddypadu
  • Zooming his way into the big league
  • HIV positive person can join police service: court
  • Suicide bid by megastar's fan
  • Tandur TRS leaders join TDP
  • BJP flays walkout by TDP, TRS
  • Kidnapped by `business' partner in Nasik, rescued in Vikarabad
  • Welfare programme for weaker sections shortly
  • Increase capacity of other projects: CPI (M)
  • Woman tonsured on charge of witchcraft
  • Sahitya Akademi award for Abburi Chaya Devi
  • UGC NET on Dec. 31
  • Villagers fear loss of land
  • Cyclones play truant
  • Cable `trouble'
  • Man succumbs to burns
  • Court hears arguments on Polavaram
  • Cable operators' fast enters day four
  • Mass congregation of Sikhs
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • International

  • LTTE attacks Navy boats
  • Erdogan refutes criticism on Pamuk trial
  • Alaskan oil plan stalled
  • Saddam alleges torture in custody
  • Doubts over bird flu drug
  • `Famous Five' tops favourite books poll
  • The Internet gets a sixth sense
  • Mexican teacher retires at 102
  • Forum launched in Colombo
  • Pakistan to build big dams

    • Kancheepuram

  • Three more dehydration deaths reported in Kanchi

    • Kannur

  • Ecumenical Christmas celebration held
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karnataka

  • Karnataka High Court stops auction of factory land
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Industry worried as Goa is facing power shortage
  • Teach human rights in schools, says Shivaraj Patil
  • Confer classical language status on Kannada: Ananth Kumar
  • Concern over delay in disposal of consumer grievance cases
  • Student dies
  • Malbarao Sardesai dead

    • Kerala

  • Vizhinjam terminal: final decision on bids in January
  • Wage revision in general insurance sector
  • Koyilandy
  • Plain speaking on Ayurveda
  • In good humour
  • Hot favourites
  • Next issue
  • The search is on
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Ensure cultural university status for Kalamandalam, says Governor
  • Syndicate members held hostage
  • Media should seek facts

    • Khammam

  • Hunt for dacoit gang launched
  • What began as fun turns into profession

    • Kochi

  • Connecting people through books
  • Sex scandal: order reserved
  • Call to form judicial commission
  • Stop new recruitments, says TELK union
  • `Non-teaching staff pattern not workable'
  • Monitoring air pollution in city
  • Nod for wage revision in general insurance sector
  • `Interest in learning science subjects waning'
  • Police to hold interactive meet
  • Warning to latecomers
  • Caught in the mobile
  • House panel's sitting
  • Destitute woman rescued
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • People of Alapad still living under tsunami fear
  • Prakash Karat calls for steps to combat natural disasters
  • Returning officer for YC polls to be named today

    • Kozhikode

  • Lending a helping hand to artists
  • Police intensify operations
  • Sentenced to life imprisonment

    • Kurnool

  • Vent in KC canal barrage closed in 6-hour exercise
  • Raithu Sangham meet to focus on irrigation projects
  • Tension grips Devanakonda mandal
  • Jignasa-2005 begins today

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Corruption undermining democratic governance

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Meerut police action
  • Scrap the scheme
  • Reservation Bill
  • Avoidable tragedy

    • Madikeri

  • Order on annual wage increment comes under the scanner

    • Madurai

  • High Court Bench vacates stay on bank scam proceedings
  • Need for proper knowledge transfer system to boost rural units stressed
  • MKU to start Psychology, Geology departments
  • Celebrations goes king-size
  • Dept. of Management Studies to start business enterprise
  • Stress busters are here
  • Heavy rain in city
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • Startling details about tsunami

    • Mangalore

  • Kavoor lake to be revived
  • Firms to hire people with disabilities
  • Church to celebrate platinum jubilee
  • Single-cow dairy pays rich dividends
  • BJP criticises WTO declaration
  • Government clears new bus routes in Mangalore
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • State will require one million IT workers by 2010
  • Find another mining site for KIOCL, Government told
  • Chennai's loss is Mysore's gain
  • `Electronic City' planned

    • Nagercoil

  • Rs.121-cr. proposal to desilt Pazhayar basin
  • Rs. 76.67 crore disbursed to tsunami victims

    • National

  • Evidence incriminating: Bansal
  • Sonia calls for introspection among MPs
  • "Do not scrap MPLADS"
  • Sangma wants the scheme scrapped
  • 23, including 4 novelists, get Sahitya Akademi award
  • INSAT-4A launched successfully
  • Strike hits transport on NH 39
  • Net search throws up documentary on Gandhi
  • First snowfall of the season in Shimla
  • ``India fared well at Hong Kong''
  • U.S. and India likely to finalise new farm plan
  • Suspect's image in e-mail case developed
  • "Maintain dignity and decency in conduct"
  • Major progress on a problem of Ramanujan
  • Probe ordered into alleged rape incident in train
  • Sports infrastructure needs to be remedied, say members
  • Left walkout in Lok Sabha
  • Probe ordered into `Operation Majnu'
  • Police action wrong, says Mulayam
  • Railways drops satellite imaging project
  • Futile to go to privileges panel, says Sezhiyan
  • Mother's cremation awaits Kanshi Ram's arrival
  • Cabinet gives `in-principle approval' for state funding of elections
  • Expose on alleged passport scam

    • Nellore

  • Mayor's visit sparks dharna

    • New Delhi

  • `Regularisation of colonies in final phase'
  • MCD Commissioner issued notice of contempt by Assembly
  • Ravana set to beat a hasty retreat from Lohani's tomb
  • Recovering stolen cars a thankless job for police
  • Demolitions rock Assembly
  • Krishna devotees in myriad moods
  • It may not rock on New Year's Eve
  • Bhojpuri joins the pop music club
  • Metro Line III safety inspection over
  • School disaffiliated
  • Three injured in college fight
  • U.P. Annual Plan fixed at Rs. 19,000 crores
  • An eventful year for RK Mission
  • Viagra comes to India
  • Airports modernisation discussed
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Why exempt minority institutions?
  • The lesson from Lula for South America
  • Two bus routes and a few questions
  • A subversive story of self-sacrifice
  • British soldiers' shameful impunity

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Government should give up its `anti-people' policies: Raghavulu
  • CPI(M) hails decision on Pothireddypadu issue

    • Orissa

  • Over 200 tribals arrested

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Christmas celebrations at Kumbazha

    • Perambalur

  • Stress on livestock protection

    • Pondicherry

  • One killed in group clash
  • Air show in Pondy
  • House burgled
  • Kannan's charge

    • Punjab

  • Congress legislator offers 'help' to CBI
  • "Haryana can generate 1500 MW from biomass"
  • Explain WTO pact to farmers, Badal tells PM

    • Racing : Horse

  • Royal Assault well tuned
  • Six Stars wins Tiger Lily Plate
  • Dedication, Dynasty excel
  • Refreshing and Epic please
  • Red Key Point, Shakira impress

    • Rajasthan

  • New IT link for Rajasthan district departments

    • Religion

  • Path of Self-enquiry

    • Salem

  • Move to set up steel melting facility in SSP hailed
  • Irregularities in distribution of kerosene
  • Ethical values in conducting educational research stressed

    • Shimoga

  • Concern over move to allow mining at Hogarekanugiri
  • Goyatra coming to Shimoga on January 5
  • Raids on mandis

    • Sivaganga

  • Action against panchayat president sought

    • Sport

  • It's all over in 30 minutes

    • Sports : General

  • Harikrishna optimistic
  • Bopanna loses twice
  • Sufficient security for India's Pakistan tour
  • KESPA Chennai City School Games
  • DDA felicitates athletes
  • Assam, Manipur claim top honours

    • Srikakulam

  • Vamsadhara oustees assured of best package by Collector

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Moved his coins right
  • Taxing no more
  • Train departure rescheduled
  • Court directive to accused in stamp paper case
  • Affiliation to Punjab Association school withdrawn
  • Promotional fares come with a catch
  • Governor conveys his Christmas greetings
  • Donations for flood relief
  • Village economy depends on productivity of cattle wealth
  • High Court effects reshuffle of district judges
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Sea erosion, a source of constant worry for fishermen in Kanyakumari
  • The fascinating world of calligraphy
  • State MPs meet Manmohan, seek CBI probe into stampede
  • Micro planning process begins for UNICEF project in Krishnagiri
  • Expedite arrangements for opening DPCS: farmers
  • You can have Madame Tussauds experience without crossing seas

    • Tennis

  • Rohan Bopanna keeps his cool

    • Thanjavur

  • ``90 p.c. of TAHDCO beneficiaries are women''
  • Library to be thrown open to the public

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Driving licences to be SMART cards
  • Decision on Vizhinjam bids in January
  • CPI(M) slams Government
  • A little girl's letter did the trick
  • Fairs, exhibitions on in full swing
  • Two dengue fever cases reported
  • Entertainment time on television
  • UDF panel for subsidised power supply to farmers
  • BJP: five resign from party posts
  • NCC contingent to leave for R-Day parade on Monday
  • Move to pay salary through SBT decried
  • KSRTC bus runs pedestrian over
  • Telephone bill payment
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated December 23, 1955: Advice to film producers
  • dated December 23, 1955: PM's proposal under study

    • Thrissur

  • Cultural festival begins tomorrow
  • Celebrations to mark CPI anniversary
  • Ornaments stolen
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Expedite planting of cashew saplings in Pachamalai, Collector tells forest officials
  • Christmas symbolises joy
  • Poompuhar's gifts exhibition
  • Is targeted section getting relief ?
  • Improve handwriting when young
  • Help for children
  • Taekwondo and fencing competitions
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Heated debate in Nellai Corporation Council

    • Tirupati

  • Laws not enough to check corruption in politics: CEC
  • Learning maths is a child's play

    • Tuticorin

  • Forum for organic farmers set up

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Work to improve sewerage along Etienne's Road begins
  • Govt. gives priority to education: Minister

    • Udupi

  • Students chosen for olympiad

    • Vellore

  • Fund cold storage projects, banks told

    • Vijayawada

  • When the West meets the East
  • e-Survey to be held on traffic islands
  • Nehru reiterates stand on tenure of mayor
  • Government urged not to increase road tax
  • Call to spread consumer awareness
  • TDP to protest against GOs
  • Mail your views
  • Social Service Centre's work lauded
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Two-day management students' meet begins
  • Vizag I-T Department collects Rs. 507 crores
  • Genesis of the Christmas Tree
  • Kanakadhara yagnam from Dec. 26
  • Energy Conservation Week concludes
  • Maoists kill ex-naxalite
  • Fresh restriction on heavy vehicles' movement
  • Special trains to clear festival rush
  • Open air stage inaugurated
  • City police chief sounds warning
  • Award for VSP
  • Public cautioned
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • Security to be tightened for IT hub in Kolkata

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