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    Anantapur

  • Three Maoists surrender
  • Three constables dismissed
  • Moddu Sreenu's remand extended

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Two senior A.P. officials nabbed by ACB sleuths
  • Three Maoists killed in encounter
  • Chief Minister announces three new varsities in State
  • Catch them napping!
  • TTD gears for year-end rush
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Anganwadi workers resent political interference
  • Good response to computer training
  • Union vows to protect RTC
  • Family accompanies Chief Minister
  • Veerasiva feels at home with YSR

    • Bangalore

  • `Festival of democracy' celebrated
  • Government approves draft purchase pact with Nagarjuna Power Corporation
  • BPO employees' union to be affiliated to INTUC
  • New agency to implement Gram Sadak Yojana
  • Private colleges to go ahead with separate test
  • Stress aggravates backache
  • Programmes will get a boost: archbishop
  • Medicines worth Rs. 52 lakhs looted from godown
  • Most bank customers find ATMs safe for transactions
  • Six persons die as car hits lorry
  • Man murdered
  • Cable-car to Vindyagiri not needed: academy
  • Delightful crafts on display
  • Move to curb LPG cylinder diversion
  • Police checks causing hardship, say taxi owners
  • Chain snatched
  • Drive against vehicles
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Government yet to act on bifurcation plan

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Bellary

  • Polling mostly peaceful in Bellary district
  • Woman, daughter rescued

    • Bidar

  • AIPJD candidate assaulted, supporters stage protest

    • Bijapur

  • Panchayat polls peaceful in Bijapur, Bagalkot districts
  • Breach in Alamatti Left Bank Canal

    • Briefly

  • ICICI Bank branch in Dubai
  • Hearing on NTPC-RIL dispute adjourned
  • Mahindra Scorpio prices revised
  • Sasken loses case against 3G.com
  • Pakistan to sell stake in OGDCL
  • Ford plans hike in prices
  • UTI Mutual launches fixed term income fund
  • Ranbaxy settles patent case with Cephalon
  • ITC paper units get energy conservation awards

    • Business

  • Centre to unveil National Tariff Policy next week
  • Tata Chem buys stake in U.K. co.
  • ONGC to pay 250 p.c. interim dividend
  • FBT rules may be simplified
  • Tata Daewoo unveils Novus range in South Korea
  • Ma Foi relaunches operations in Kochi
  • Garment dealers association flays VAT on textiles
  • Decision on road, rail link to Vallarpadam hailed
  • AVT enters coffee market
  • Govt., societies blamed for crisis in coir units
  • Euronet services for ABN AMRO ATMs
  • Tax refunds to be credited through ECS
  • Philips launches range of products
  • Tea industry upbeat on production
  • Rupee posts further gains
  • Sensex dips 115 points

    • Carrom

  • Nataraj, Illavazhagi triumph

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chattisgarh

  • Opposition to boycott meeting

    • Chennai

  • Minister seeks ICAR help to evolve better quality crops
  • A crime that affects the community
  • To school through stagnant water A tough ride for schoolchildren
  • Innovative techniques of a teacher recalled
  • Court fiat to Government on auto permits
  • Stuffing of rolls: filing of complaints by Monday
  • School alumni plan health insurance scheme for teachers
  • A.C. Shanmugam gets anticipatory bail
  • Rotary Club celebrates second anniversary of "Ignite"
  • Appointed Netherlands honorary consul
  • Flood relief distributed at MGR Nagar
  • Reliance Infocomm's Cine Ulagam
  • Government criticised for unsatisfactory tsunami relief work
  • Held on graft charge
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • 27 share lead
  • Indian women in lead

    • Coimbatore

  • Centre agrees to fund city schemes, claims Opposition
  • Marad panel holds sitting in Coimbatore prison
  • Contests for students on road safety
  • Retain 8 p.c. duty on pumpsets, says SIEMA
  • City to host directors' conclave
  • Filing of documents to go online soon
  • Training programme in waste control
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Security behind gold's glitter

    • Cricket

  • Different strategy for India: Inzamam
  • ESPN Star to telecast programme on Tendulkar
  • 1st Computers CC wins
  • Pathan has made significant strides
  • Nike is official kit sponsor
  • South Zone triumphs

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8482
  • Solution to Puzzle 8481

    • Cuddalore

  • In search of certainties
  • When tsunami helped forge human bond
  • When calamity forged human bond

    • Editorials

  • Rebuilding trust in Parliament
  • Relying on remittances

    • Eluru

  • CPI(M) leader condemns attacks against officials
  • Congress, TDP in unanimity on aquaculture protection

    • Erode

  • Rs. 5-cr project to develop Erode railway station
  • Rs. 17 crs. for road repairs in Erode
  • `Doctors must provide quality treatment'
  • Temple renovation work to begin soon, says Minister

    • Football

  • Vivek stars in NFC's win
  • Osasuna downs Atletico Madrid
  • Titanium in semifinals

    • Front Page

  • 11 MPs expelled for cash-for-questions scam
  • Power project gathers steam
  • 13 sailors killed as LTTE blows up convoy
  • Permanent shelters ready for tsunami hit
  • The pick of 2005
  • Speaker orders inquiry against 2 BSP MPs
  • Delhi's earthquake hazards are now mapped out
  • 65 per cent cast votes in second phase of panchayat elections
  • Eight new schemes for the tsunami-hit
  • Fog leaves thousands stranded at airport, railway stations
  • Chasing the goddess of luck
  • High Court Bench acquits Sri Lankan youth in Mayurini murder case
  • Plea for more trains in busy Tiruchi-Thanjavur section
  • State may enact law to ensure quota
  • Congress, TDP men clash at project site
  • Security in Hitech city stepped up
  • Two senior officials nabbed by ACB
  • Three Maoists killed in encounter
  • Two killed, 3 injured in police firing

    • Golf

  • Mukesh Kumar wins title

    • Gujarat

  • VHP wants to create Hindu vote-bank

    • Gulbarga

  • Re-polling ordered in six booths in Gulbarga district
  • Ministry will be expanded next month, says Dharam Singh

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • `Introduce Hindustani music in curriculum'
  • Handicrafts fair `Arambh' begins

    • Hyderabad

  • Nanomedicine holds promise for cancer treatment, says expert
  • Land record system to go digital
  • Make `dosti' at your own risk
  • A touch of Telugu at the Oscar awards
  • In Hyderabadis' view, ATMs are as safe as banks
  • Power bills to come down for next 2 months
  • Proposal for more dental colleges under study
  • Revenue staff plan agitation
  • Mala Mahanadu chief passes away
  • Stone laid for biotech block on the premises of CBIT
  • Panel to suggest steps for akademies' revival
  • RTC's New Year gift to passengers
  • TDP demands white paper on AICC plenary
  • Rich tributes paid to PV
  • Security at court complex ordered
  • Tenali girl strikes gold
  • State ready to offer 20,000 acres to Reliance
  • Naidu alleges raw deal to BCs
  • Police custody for blast case accused
  • Airtel Prepaid for lifetime
  • Eviction move flayed
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • Taliban still operating in Pakistan: U.S. report
  • European arrest warrants for CIA agents
  • Hwang's stem cell research declared fake
  • Archbishop joins row on Christmas
  • China allays fears over military might
  • Poland's President sworn in
  • Duma passes controversial bill
  • Medical equipment gifted to Sri Lanka

    • Kannur

  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Man stabs housewife, attempts suicide
  • Karimnagar school students excel

    • Karnataka

  • Karnataka approves draft pact with Nagarjuna Power Corporation
  • INSAT-4A placed in intermediate orbit
  • 70 per cent polling recorded in Bidar district
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • JD(S), Congress workers clash at Devarabelekere, Lakshmipura
  • 65 per cent polling recorded in Davangere
  • Re-polling ordered in two places in Chitradurga district
  • Workshop on child labour today
  • Kalasa-Banduri project: MPs seek approval
  • `Nadoja' presented to six persons
  • Integration camp

    • Kerala

  • Kerala may enact law to ensure reservation
  • CPI(M) denies reports of schisms
  • Measures needed to check cruelty towards animals
  • Measures needed to check cruelty to animals
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • `Encroachments, CRZ violations on beaches'
  • Guruvayur Devaswom gives money for ad
  • Thousands seek Mata's darshan in Chennai
  • Al-Shifa Nursing College loses exam centre
  • NCC camp inaugurated
  • Edassery birth centenary fete begins
  • Newborn faces citizenship issue
  • Mani to open Keralotsavam

    • Kochi

  • Measures needed to check cruelty to animals
  • ADB aid: special council to discuss loan terms
  • Beach tourism mela
  • `New reservation Bill a disaster for Dalits'
  • Tsunami: 238 houses rebuilt
  • DYFI activists gherao Cusat Vice-Chancellor
  • Cusat to set up seismic station
  • Hunger free project
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Tsunami: houses for victims to be ready by February
  • Government employees to strike work

    • Kozhikode

  • An unusual nesting site for Olive Ridley
  • Accord to develop Beypore Port being worked out
  • Documentary on Wayanad farmers
  • Folk dance festival from Tuesday
  • IKSS festival
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • General Hospital in for revamp
  • Be aware of child rights, officials told
  • Aim at high pass percentage in SSC, headmasters told

    • Leader Page Articles

  • India at Hong Kong: more give than take

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Convincing argument
  • Retrograde step
  • Meerut incident
  • Withdraw it
  • Not fair
  • Resurgent India
  • Smoking in films

    • Madikeri

  • Novel tiger census to take off from January 16

    • Madurai

  • Pleasure boating, boon for the entertainment-starved
  • Stay on bank scam proceedings vacated
  • Senate resolutions on CED will be implemented: VC
  • A riot of emotions
  • MK University plans Geology, Psychology departments soon
  • Moved his coins right
  • Taxing no more
  • School correspondent held guilty of contempt of court
  • `Revive democracy in Dalit panchayats'
  • `Discipline starts at home'
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Accused come into image building exercise

    • Maharashtra

  • Municipal corporation authorities resume demolition drive in Ulhasnagar
  • M.P. Assembly adjourned after paying homage to leaders

    • Mangalore

  • Water supply to be restored soon
  • Official wants dredging research centre set up
  • A prayer before the launch of every ISRO satellite
  • `Information technology has changed banking'
  • Website of diocese launched
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Temporary employees abuse university Deputy Registrar
  • A rewarding experience for 70 tribal children
  • High voter turnout for repolling in Mysore, Mandya
  • Spot billing introduced for water supply connections
  • Conference to study State's rural framework
  • Small-savings agents take out protest march

    • Nagapattinam

  • TAHDCO ready to provide all assistance to SC and ST
  • TMSSS to construct 3,248 houses in Nagapattinam district

    • Nagercoil

  • 15-day business programme evokes good response
  • Infrastructure in 56 special grade village panchayats to be improved

    • National

  • A show of MPs' collective will
  • Shekhawat, PM endorse action
  • Caritas India provides houses to tsunami-hit
  • Centre to set up consumer product testing mechanism
  • Vaiko briefs Manmohan over Sri Lanka situation
  • Union leaders discuss IT sector with Buddhadeb
  • Colombo should adopt federal Constitution: Swamy
  • Tolerance Prize for Frontline journalist
  • ``No order needed on Kanshiram family plea''
  • Don't interfere with policy decisions: High Courts told
  • BJP for referring issue to privileges panel
  • Near-unanimity in RS
  • Policy approved for persons with disabilities
  • Expelled MPs make themselves unavailable
  • Lodha defence untenable: ethics panel
  • Two held for cheating
  • Rajnath, frontrunner for BJP president
  • Congress open to electoral tie-up with Trinamool

    • Nellore

  • Rs. 67 cr. for development of land, infrastructure

    • New Delhi

  • Delhi Govt. charged with not extending Lal Dora
  • Trying to live as a writer
  • Grandeur of South Indian art
  • Metro may reach Dwarka this month
  • Illegal structures have to go: Sheila
  • CBSE's circular on new system
  • Demolitions, protests continue
  • Khurana demands suspension of demolition drive
  • "Mathematics plays a key role in all sciences''
  • Ten held for college brawl
  • MCD school in deplorable condition
  • Heavy fog disrupts power supply
  • High Court moved for anticipatory bail
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Efficacy of preventive actions

    • News Analysis

  • Can DTH compete with cable?
  • "India has done a good job on rehabilitation"
  • That's no way to treat the sick

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • Folk dance festival to be inaugurated
  • Decennial celebrations in January
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Holy water from the Netravati collected for Bhagavatha Sathram
  • Christmas programme inaugurated

    • Pondicherry

  • Farmers Union demands waiver of electricity tariff dues
  • Hold civic polls along with Assembly election: Anbalagan
  • Delimitation: DMK seeks clarification

    • Punjab

  • Race for three Chandigarh Mayoral posts hots up
  • Pension scheme for Panjab university employees
  • National entrance test for Haryana admissions

    • Racing : Horse

  • Iberian may score an encore
  • Khaleels Pride, Muir Of Ord and Shelly Green impress
  • Romantic Getaway wins feature
  • Supreme Princess appeals most
  • Caprese shines
  • Berlioz pleases

    • Raichur

  • Elections suspended in five places in Raichur, re-polling on Monday

    • Religion

  • Excellence incarnate

    • Salem

  • Government to monitor activities of NGOs
  • No incidence of blue tongue disease in Salem: Collector
  • Officials review civic works
  • Bus burning case trial resumes
  • Allow toddy tapping, demands farmers
  • Electoral rolls: action likely against five persons

    • Shimoga

  • `Denial of medical college has caused anguish in Shimoga'
  • Areca traders boycott operations at APMC yard
  • BJP workers' meet inaugurated

    • Sivaganga

  • Heavy rain in Sivaganga district

    • Sport

  • The pick of 2005
  • Ganguly selection a major issue

    • Sports : General

  • DCC `fails WADA test'
  • Swamy defeats Subrahmanyam
  • Commonwealth Games 2010: venues finalised
  • Team preparing for kabaddi Nationals
  • Alappuzha in semifinals
  • Manipur picks three golds

    • Srikakulam

  • Anti-BC policies draw flak
  • CPI (M) demands funds for backward districts

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Time Government announced decision on TNPCEE-2006
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Fundamentalists send out signals of regrouping
  • Poll officers file plaint
  • Tirupur Municipality hikes drinking water charges
  • Eminent people felicitated
  • Memory of the disaster still lingers
  • Adequate aid assured for rain hit States
  • Time to say it with flowers
  • PMK hails Bill on quota in self-financing colleges
  • Solid waste management programme for 13 panchayats
  • Photo exhibition attracts huge crowd
  • Over one-lakh fans seized in Tirupur
  • ID cards issued to 398 disabled persons
  • Complaints against Tirupur MLA
  • Bomb threat to schools in Namakkal

    • Tennis

  • Sania — darling of the nation
  • Vishaal Uppal tames Rastogi

    • Thanjavur

  • Archaeological Survey of India reproduces Chola paintings
  • Thanjavur dt. has wide scope for agro-based industries: Vaidyalingam

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Steps to ensure security of working women
  • `Anti-goonda law, a threat to human rights'
  • Bid to evolve consensus on development
  • Protect the dignity of womanhood: Medha
  • 5 more of Mukundan group quit posts
  • Corporation to prepare for Attukal Pongala
  • Burglaries on the rise in city
  • CPI(M) denies reports of schism
  • Attempt to molest: girl injured
  • Charge against Minister
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes
  • Reinvestigating a `submerged' case

    • This Day That Age

  • dated December 24, 1955: Causes of indiscipline
  • dated December 24, 1955: Study of languages

    • Tiruchi

  • Roads in flood-hit colonies still in a shambles
  • Unemployed welders undergo 10-day training
  • On posthumous life
  • First rake of low container flat wagons flagged off
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Fast against soft drink unit
  • Computer lab for corporation school
  • Officials seize 61 kg of heroin; two held

    • Tirupati

  • Amara Raja bags `5S excellence award'

    • Tuticorin

  • Minister distributes welfare assistance
  • Bogus applications detected

    • Udupi

  • Seer inaugurates cultural festival in Udupi

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • `Nyaya Yatra a censure on U.P. Govt.'
  • Case against SI in Meerut beating case

    • Uttaranchal

  • Snowfall, light rain in the hills
  • Uttaranchal on the road to development

    • Vellore

  • A fund-raising ballet for an NGO project
  • Baby delivered in running train

    • Vijayawada

  • Budameru diversion channel needs immediate attention
  • Minister's pat for Senior Citizens Forum
  • Mega prizes await foodies
  • Novel protest by BC students
  • Former AIR Director to be feted today
  • Mail your views
  • Cable operators stage protest
  • Collector flags off AIDS rally
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Maoists to celebrate Dandakaranya fight
  • Cable operators take out rally against Sun Network
  • Three of fishing boat crew missing
  • Qatalys plans IT- enabled service centre in Vizag
  • CPI plans rally for its 80th anniversary
  • Unauthorised layouts identified
  • Rich tributes paid to P.V. Narasimha Rao
  • VR Chits' victims meet Home Minister
  • Panel to inspect properties of missionaries
  • Appeal to wait-listed passengers
  • Youth held in dowry case
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • Delivering mail across the Indo-China border

    • Wrestling

  • Ad hoc body: FILA writes to IOA

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