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Alappuzha

  • 10 CPI(M) members ousted from party

    • Anantapur

  • Viral fever-hit patients have symptoms of malaria, dengue
  • Burglar arrested; booty recovered

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Volkswagen car unit for Vizag
  • Stress on quick issue of biometric ration cards
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Thousands throng Medaram
  • Ponnala performs `bhoomi pooja' for phase-II of Devadula
  • Call to resist move to amend labour laws
  • Sammakka Sarakka jatara begins
  • No paucity of funds for medicines, says Kadapa Collector
  • Neurological disorders more in rural areas
  • Dance festival enthrals
  • Stir would lead to closure, says NALCO
  • Memorable birthday for Ponnala
  • Villagers attack police station
  • BJP's Praja Pilupu from February 25
  • Laser, fashion show to be Kadapotsavam highlights
  • DYFI launches 24-hour protest
  • Ryots told to install capacitors by March-end
  • Killed in accident

    • Athletics

  • Anthony Raj shines

    • Bangalore

  • `City beautiful' captured in all its hues
  • BWSSB ready for third party inspection of works
  • Is Sania shying away from the media?
  • Catholic schools to adopt quota in admissions
  • No monopoly over Ambedkar, says Governor
  • BJP's agenda for governance on the anvil
  • New government at Centre by May: Subramanian Swamy
  • IAF corporal commits suicide
  • Water scarcity unlikely in city this summer
  • Young fashion designers display their talent
  • Proceedings against Bharati Urs stayed
  • Narayana Murthy favours flexi policies for working women
  • Proceedings against professor dropped
  • BESCOM will soon adopt automated supply
  • Centre's nod for Metro expected by March 15
  • Two persons killed in road accidents
  • Indiawood 2006 from today
  • Behind boardroom meetings in the corporate world
  • BMTC buses for Art of Living silver jubilee
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Campus Jottings

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • SRM Deemed University triumphs

    • Belgaum

  • Policies sought on water resources management

    • Briefly

  • Edible oil base import price raised
  • India, Italy sign new air services pact
  • Dabhol project to restart from May 15
  • HPCL to raise $200 m through ECBs
  • SBI to decide on lending rates soon
  • Megasoft to launch VOISE in Spain
  • AB Mauri bets on yeast and bakery business
  • TAKE's foray into content supply chain domain
  • Wockhardt recommends 100 p.c.
  • Gail India declares 20 p.c. interim
  • Godrej and Boyce introduces new range of A/cs
  • Avalon Tech's cable harness plant on stream

    • Business

  • India takes up Mittal bid with EU
  • IT, ITeS exports set to cross Rs. 100,000 cr. in 2005-06
  • Reliance Petroleum raises $1.5b
  • Tata group, State Bank launch credit card
  • Gitanjali Gems IPO opens today
  • Pratibha fixes price band at Rs. 100-120
  • SICAL's investment plans
  • Salim's two-wheeler unit in Bengal
  • Rupee weakens
  • FMCG sector leads turnaround

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Humanities an option too
  • Granite waste to be used for groynes
  • Jeeva wants to prove himself
  • Eight months on, toilets remain unusable
  • Diabetologist seeks Rotary help in promoting research into the disease
  • Computer centre at police quarters
  • Karunanidhi wants EC to take note of poll-eve sops
  • Joint effort soon to bio-fortify crops
  • Flash strike by staff
  • Two-day meet showcases the wide, wide world of statistics
  • Research agreement signed
  • Vidya Sagar felicitated
  • University Senate House inauguration postponed
  • 17 professionals file job racket complaint
  • Vishwa Thulasi, a big festival hit
  • Southern Railway staff warn of strike
  • 241 temple cars to be renovated
  • Sankara Nethralaya doctors hailed
  • Schoolboy knocked down by lorry
  • Sankara School, Adyar celebrates annual day
  • College founder dead
  • Lions Club award for achievers
  • Computer teachers hold demonstration
  • Cash, jewels stolen at Met centre quarters
  • Sindhi association to conduct free medical camp
  • Firm raided
  • Pirated VCDs seized
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Madras HC restrains AICF (TN) from collecting funds
  • Sasikiran holds Akopian

    • Coimbatore

  • Hydropower projects to get fresh impetus
  • A `burning' issue eludes solution
  • T.V. Swamy Road to get a facelift soon
  • Public seek bi-lingual boards on buses
  • Students get to learn more about Nature, the fun way
  • A clinic aims to tackle women issues
  • A new series begins
  • No power
  • Shortage of faculty in frontline areas
  • Management games
  • Programme on textile management
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • India storms into the final
  • India should guard against complacency
  • No giving up on attack: Pietersen
  • Pathan moves up
  • DDCA selection panel sacked
  • Narrow win for Seventh Day Adventist HS
  • Madurai Law College wins cricket event
  • Watson, Johnson included
  • Shine named England's bowling coach

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8528
  • Solution to Puzzle 8527

    • Cuddalore

  • Congress must seek 60 seats: Ramamurthy

    • Dindigul

  • Diversify your activities, SHGs told

    • Editorials

  • Stifling democratic discussion
  • A progressive direction

    • Eluru

  • CPI(M) plans to launch padayatra in West Godavari on February 19

    • Erode

  • Surampatti Municipality to have compost yard soon
  • `Good response to Total Sanitation Programme'
  • Over Rs. 1 cr. sanctioned for micro farming
  • Use of pesticide containers in tea shops causes concern
  • Villagers demand burial ground
  • Body of student found in pond
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • Christ College in semifinals
  • HAL on a roll
  • Egypt leapfrogs to 17th spot
  • Luis Garcia hits late winner for Liverpool

    • Front Page

  • Chirac orders Clemenceau back home
  • Ready for discussion: Manmohan
  • Jaitley's wife made donation to trust
  • Jagat Singh's passport impounded
  • Poll funding: consensus elusive
  • A crunch match for Pakistan
  • Pakistan lacks strategy
  • No solution within unitary Constitution, says LTTE
  • Camille `Pins' down Sania
  • Krishnaswamy new State Congress chief
  • Major fire at Kellys telephone exchange
  • A historic day all the way for Indian Railways
  • More die in Pakistan protest
  • Centre for Corporate Excellence to be set up
  • CBSE students can now "cool off" before exams
  • State imposes 4 per cent entry tax on coconut oil
  • Political controversy over creamy layer proposal
  • Bench directive to Pollution Control Board on soft drink unit
  • Yashwant Sinha, supporters held
  • Study on evolution of rolling stocks in railways
  • Charge sheets filed
  • Final voters' list on February 27
  • Volkswagen car unit for Visakhapatnam
  • Traffic rules: focus on women, students
  • Beaten to death

    • Golf

  • Gast Ram shuts out Arjun Singh

    • Gulbarga

  • BJP urged to fulfil promise on electricity dues of farmers
  • Kala Utsav a hit in Gulbarga
  • `Regularise services of cooks, helpers'

    • Guntur

  • Leaders interact with cotton farmers at market yard
  • Honour for Guntur doctor

    • Haryana

  • Haryana targets 10 p.c. green cover

    • Hassan

  • Revanna under pressure from Hassan leaders to join Ministry

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Snowfall continues

    • Hockey

  • Pakistan team arrives
  • Canara Bank stuns SAI

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Consultations on WTO in Hubli on Monday
  • Trains to stop at Chinchili station
  • Women told to gain knowledge of farming
  • Workshop on stoma care
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Hyderabad

  • Mayor chants old city growth mantra
  • AICTE urged not to permit new engineering colleges
  • This `son rise' eclipses merit `Son stroke' hits Hyderabad cricket
  • Education survey reveals startling facts
  • Wakf Board tightens purse strings, vows fiscal discipline
  • FAB City to get Krishna water
  • Teegala vents ire against `lack of powers'
  • Chinnatalla Kunta turns into a beautiful park in 9 months flat
  • Rebel activity continues in TRS
  • Flyover at Langer Houz soon
  • Motorcyclist rams vehicle into police inspector on duty
  • Tension prevails in Shamshabad
  • Compounding fee doubled for regularising ceiling lands
  • B.Ed admissions from March 2
  • Scholarships for minority students
  • Jala Sadhana is political yatra: Congress
  • Chief Minister pulls up Secretaries
  • 2.54 lakhs fraudulently withdrawn from HDFC Bank in old city
  • Illegal structures in cellars demolished
  • Court admits writ plea challenging order on Pothireddypadu
  • ABVP technical festival for students from March 9
  • `Meat' served by hotel was beef: CCMB
  • Cheque power of sarpanches restored
  • Tributes paid to Dronamraju
  • MoU on FAB City today
  • Mineral water plant raided
  • "For now, it's focus on development"
  • Duty exemption sought for SSI units
  • Collector to visit MRO offices
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • India extends visa offer to 250 Pakistani journalists

    • International

  • No solution within unitary Constitution, says LTTE
  • More die in Pakistan protest
  • Nuclear diplomacy picks up momentum
  • Pakistan ratifies SAFTA
  • Jakarta meet urges respect for faiths
  • Chinese engineers killed in Balochistan
  • U.K. to become no smoking zone
  • New photos on abuse
  • Europe cautious over America's Long War plan
  • Major hunger crisis in East Africa
  • Hijack law overturned
  • Social disaster warned

    • Kannur

  • `Attitudinal change must for success of entrepreneurs'
  • University staff call off fast
  • Selection trial for athletes
  • Rally organised
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Awareness meet to be held for entrepreneurs

    • Karnataka

  • Top priority to widening of national highways: Ahluwalia
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Crafts Bazaar opens in Mysore
  • Priority to widening of highways: Ahluwalia
  • Workshop on bee-keeping
  • Laxman is Karnataka's gift to Maharashtra, says Krishna
  • MP warns of action against errant officials
  • 15 lakh pilgrims, tourists visit Shravanabelagola
  • Dalits seek BSNL cellphone connections

    • Kerala

  • Four p.c. entry tax on coconut oil
  • A birthday gift for Kannur University
  • Campus Notes

    • Kerala - Others

  • Pondy to earmark Rs.2,500 crores as Plan allocation
  • Congress `mum' on Antony's invitation to Karunakaran
  • One more dies in family suicide pact

    • Khammam

  • 40-hour protest by DYFI

    • Kochi

  • Second phase of DFID-scheme in 45 days, says Minister
  • The joys of gardening
  • Assault on journalists: three held
  • A celebration of diversity
  • Funds mismanagement: order to file affidavit
  • Goa suicide: family hails from Thripunithura
  • Send-off to Kambara Narayanan
  • Traffic curbs in city today
  • City girls win national awards for singing
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Karat to inaugurate hospital tomorrow
  • State employees stage demonstration
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kottayam

  • Two die as boat capsizes
  • Municipal workers' meet tomorrow

    • Kozhikode

  • CB-CID begins probe into resort owner's murder
  • `Women engaged in waste collection get a raw deal'
  • Thyagaraja music festival gets under way
  • Teachers' forum alleges bias
  • Directive to RTOs
  • Workshop on tribal music
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • Arrangements for Sivaratri at Srisailam reviewed
  • Amway in Kurnool

    • Leader Page Articles

  • What's love got to do with any of this?

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Surprising
  • Marriage registration
  • Avoidable controversy
  • Inspiring
  • Fooling fish

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Farmers hit by Bt cotton seeds, says Madhya Pradesh Opposition

    • Madikeri

  • Execution of housing schemes in Kodagu lax
  • GPs told to gear up for summer

    • Madurai

  • World University Service Centre committed to development of society
  • Bristle worms throw light on seawater pollution
  • Paddy cultivation: Madurai district crosses its target
  • NABARD team to visit Madurai schools
  • Pictorial exhibition on Dandi march
  • Sports meet for rural youth
  • Partial cancellation of trains from today
  • University announces semester examination dates
  • Cut-off date
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Building fire sparks concern over safety norms
  • Builders seek amendment to zoning rules
  • Accused in murder case arrested
  • Equip students to face challenges, college told
  • Silver jubilee fete of temple
  • `Credit insurance essential in export management'
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Entry of big firms into agarbathi industry affects small units
  • Mayor inaugurates meal scheme
  • Workshop on bioactive peptides begins today
  • Protests against Yediyurappa continue; traffic disrupted
  • Core group to hold session
  • Complaint against ITC upheld
  • Plea against Jayakumar
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nalgonda

  • Clash in college: police take all precautions

    • National

  • Kashmir situation is improving: Home Ministry
  • JKLF accepts invite for talks
  • We are keen on averting oil price hike: Murli Deora
  • Mulford exceeded brief: Buddhadeb
  • Russia, India designing interceptor fighter
  • Provision of data: Army may have over-reacted
  • JKLF accepts invite
  • SP threatens no-trust motion
  • BJP stand: Left `not surprised'
  • Survey only for database: Pranab
  • Pinheiro: no `megaphone diplomacy' in Myanmar
  • Medha slams Mumbai Urban Transport Project
  • India, Pakistan to discuss pipeline project
  • U.S., Indian air force officials visit Kuttanad
  • Defamation case: Swamy discharged
  • AIMMM expresses shock over BJP's charge
  • No need for annual application for starting medical colleges
  • Rising temperatures might affect standing wheat crop
  • Growth should carry rural people along with it: Jaggi Vasudev
  • Non-tribal can't claim benefits of ST on marriage: Supreme Court
  • Lapierre to write on `forgotten people' of the Sunderbans
  • Involve private sector in afforestation: Raja
  • Priority for hydropower projects: Shinde
  • Ruling on registration of marriages welcomed
  • Award for Seema Anil Sehgal
  • Survey only for database: Pranab
  • NHRC seeks comments
  • Mulayam is still Raj Babbar's leader
  • DD not to seek telecast rights
  • U.S. extends duration of student visas
  • A record for the CBSE
  • Kurien's nomination rejected

    • Nellore

  • BJP leader's poser to Congress on funds for projects

    • New Delhi

  • Sheila Dikshit and her MP son in trouble
  • Select Committee rejects NDMC Amendment Bill
  • Of a town called Dilli
  • ITC to sponsor fashion week
  • Court summons eight SHOs
  • CISF constable shows the way
  • Chief Secretary, Commissioner of MCD summoned
  • Slaughter house official suspended
  • Villager's fridge
  • Fashion designers withdraw petition
  • Shortage of manpower hits CBI probe into housing scam
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today
  • Campus Jottings

    • New Delhi - Others

  • Prisoner shot in court premises
  • INLD protest
  • Gautam Budh Nagar on the top

    • News Analysis

  • Vidharbha suicides: a scenario of post-mortems 24x7
  • Once liberal Denmark has lurched to the far Right
  • English threat to U.K.?

    • Nizamabad

  • 148 more anganwadi centres sanctioned in the district: ICDS official

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • MRPS threatens to intensify agitation

    • Palakkad

  • CPI to spell out its stand on CAG report soon
  • Collectorate march
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Maramon Convention begins on Sunday
  • `UDF, LDF duping people'
  • Mani to open IT fete in Mallappally

    • Pondicherry

  • Pondy to earmark Rs. 2,500 crore as plan allocation
  • Junior Acharya seeks discharge from Sankararaman case
  • Ministerial staff to resume stir today

    • Punjab

  • Irrigation programme announced

    • Racing : Horse

  • Notable Guest wins Advertising Cup
  • Bold Raider claims Assam Plate
  • International Star for feature
  • Parthenon, Aspinalls impress
  • Adams Madame pleases
  • Dreaming excels
  • Proteus in good shape

    • Raichur

  • Dharna in Raichur

    • Rajasthan

  • Court boycott spreads to various districts
  • Centralised kitchen inaugurated
  • Graveyard land dispute settled

    • Religion

  • Influence of company

    • Salem

  • Project report for water supply scheme ready
  • Photographs can be taken from February 20
  • Postal department launches same day delivery scheme
  • Plea to repair buildings
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • We will address concerns over infrastructure, says Yediyurappa
  • Yediyurappa to work for revival of sugar factory in Shimoga
  • When power and position mellowed a leader

    • Sport

  • A crunch match for Pakistan
  • Pakistan lacks strategy
  • Camille `Pins' down Sania
  • Indian women stun Thailand
  • Indian women stun Thailand
  • Sureka sets National record

    • Srikakulam

  • Green signal for `permit rooms'

    • Tamil Nadu

  • "Perseverance and hard work essential to succeed"
  • Need for coordinated rescue operations stressed
  • "Prepare for competitive and semester examinations simultaneously"
  • 19 lakh applications for inclusion in electoral rolls
  • How Press acts as a watchdog in the US
  • Singapore holding talks on tourism promotion
  • Police team returns with rich booty
  • Rolls revision, a crisis for Election Commission
  • Salary, benefits restored to bus conductor
  • Bharat Petroleum to go it alone in marketing bids
  • Ability to translate research into real products rewarded
  • Technical symposium
  • Innovative effort to make Chennai greener
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Synchronised tiger census on
  • "Accountability should start at micro-level"
  • Junior Acharya seeks discharge from Sankararaman case
  • Units on verge of creating Karur brand
  • Train services rescheduled
  • Rs. 98 lakhs allotted for village panchayats
  • Dies in accident

    • Tennis

  • Nadal returns with a win at Marseille
  • Naina knocks out Rohini Das
  • Paying and playing for a cause

    • Thanjavur

  • Rare bloom in doctor's house
  • Thanjavur troupe bags prize at R-Day parade
  • Arts and crafts festival from March 3
  • Handloom silk traders down shutters

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • CPI(M) ready for probe in all cases: Achuthanandan
  • Boy dies at Medical College Hospital
  • Pilgrim amenity centre at Beemapally
  • RSS activists get life term for murder of bus conductor
  • PSC to make appointments to public sector units
  • Noisy scenes over Lavalin
  • A sad commentary on a social menace
  • Edusat terminal at technology museum
  • BSNL launches `Plan 140'
  • Tension at Venjaranmoodu
  • Queen of Bhutan visits capital
  • Move to restore PG quota for Government doctors
  • SFI to boycott Khalid Commission
  • `Battleship Potemkin' to be screened on Friday
  • Found guilty of rape
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated February 16, 1956: `Portugal claim untenable'
  • dated February 16, 1956: Khrushchev reports
  • dated February 16, 1956: Storm across face of sun

    • Thrissur

  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Employing innovative methods to reach students
  • Distribution of cash relief to farmers from today
  • Announce admission norms for professional courses, ABVP tells Government
  • Recall the past through priceless collection
  • ``Create literacy among masses''
  • Inter-collegiate campus recruitment
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • `Evolve strategy to combat aquaculture unit effluents'

    • Tirupati

  • `Catering' to sportspersons' needs
  • Villagers stage dharna with farmer's body

    • Tuticorin

  • High-level team inspects airport
  • Seafood processors, marine exporters end strike

    • Udhagamandalam

  • SHGs change the system of life at a little Badaga village
  • Special loan scheme sought

    • Union Territories

  • Chandigarh civic body's budget estimates approved
  • SGPC to organise major centennials

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Allowance for jobless, fund for Metro
  • Bihar mafia rents out Kalashnikovs to UP goons, says Home Secretary

    • Vijayawada

  • Bad design, poor adherence to traffic norms lead to tales of woe
  • A model in child labour eradication
  • Orientation workshop for PETs from Feb. 20
  • Mrudula, Banu get butterfly bats
  • Symposium on communication skills
  • Assault case against constable
  • Bank employees resent privatisation
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • TDP chief hits the road
  • Dalits seek quota in private sector
  • Closure of liquor shops ordered
  • Railway peon ends life
  • Book on Gurdjieff released
  • TDP to take up Collector issue with EC
  • Dream posts up for grabs
  • Training programme
  • Elaborate arrangements for bypoll
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Weather

  • Weather

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