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Alappuzha

  • Golden jubilee fete to conclude at Ambalappuzha
  • NGO Association to go on strike

    • Anantapur

  • Failure in love drives student to suicide
  • Unofficial power cut in Anantapur district
  • Rs. 13 lakhs worth paddy destroyed in fire

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Bhabhatron-II, a boon to cancer patients
  • Winsome antics
  • `Igniting' young minds
  • Sending a clear message
  • Make earth a safe habitat, Kalam asks scientists
  • Plan to regulate fee in corporate colleges
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • NRI's benevolence ensures safe drinking water to villagers
  • Enhanced Nabard credit for Medak
  • Gnana Gayatri tower to come up in Rajahmundry
  • Tribals being neglected, says Gadar
  • End water crisis: Congress, TDP
  • Players chosen for National School Games
  • TDP joins issue with Collector
  • World meet at Icrisat
  • Villager killed
  • Workshop for artisans today

    • Archery

  • Disappointment for Dola Bannerjee

    • Assam

  • Uproar in Assam House

    • Athletics

  • Gold for Vadim Menkov

    • Bangalore

  • Life has been a constant battle for these nomadic families
  • A way out of the State's lengthy CET admission process
  • Number of fatal accidents in city comes down
  • Ensuring quality healthcare to rural people at a low cost
  • Satellite images to be used in study of monuments in State
  • Judge favours use of Kannada in courts
  • Farmers oppose acquisition of land for Bidadi township
  • A glorious moment for 18 cadets
  • Children's gram sabhas to be made an integral part of panchayats
  • Action against former KSBC chairman
  • Train services partially cancelled
  • Meet on chromatin biology begins
  • Another centre for virology studies in city
  • A fascinating insight into handicrafts
  • Four killed in accidents
  • Motorcycle expedition for a cause
  • Stree Vikas inaugurated
  • `Biotech sector should innovate products'
  • Petition adjourned
  • Book on vachanas released
  • Identity cards for senior citizens
  • Autorickshaw stir on Thursday
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Basketball

  • Kannur advances

    • Belgaum

  • Farmers stage rasta roko

    • Bellary

  • Water sources in Bellary show high content of fluoride
  • Two-day celebration to mark Suvarna Karnataka

    • Bidar

  • Police action prevents tension

    • Bihar

  • Bihar Assembly stalled

    • Bijapur

  • Fake transport racket busted, one arrested

    • Briefly

  • BoI to buy stake in Indonesia bank
  • Deutsche Bank to infuse capital
  • Reliance brokerage firm suspended
  • India Telecom 2006 from December 14
  • NCDEX's discounts for new contracts
  • Idea files draft red herring prospectus
  • India willing to pay more for Iran LNG
  • Central Bank revises NRE, FCNR (B) rates
  • Tata BlueScope's second facility on stream
  • L&T wins Delhi Intl. airport contract
  • Ascott and Rattha to build more properties
  • Alcan recognition for Indian NGO
  • CCS Infotech bags BSNL order

    • Business

  • No cause for worry: Chidambaram
  • LG launches `Time Machine TV'
  • CII team for Japan to explore new areas of cooperation
  • Swiss Re to buy 26 p.c. in TTK Healthcare
  • Jet to operate flights to Bangkok
  • Rupee extends losses

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chennai

  • Promoting France as a filming destination
  • Bank staff come under police scanner
  • Bridge in place, but track crossing continues
  • Bharathi's patriotic fervour recalled
  • Helping children hone their communication skills
  • Singapore teachers observe teaching methods in city schools
  • Lyngdoh calls for reforms
  • Passengers claim airline left them in the lurch
  • New CA curriculum gets thumbs up from students
  • Anti-piracy, anti-counterfeiting measures to be strengthened
  • NGOs get Japanese grants
  • Tamil animated movie to hit theatres soon
  • Tamil refugee students take O level examination in city
  • Botswana pitches for Indian investment in leather sector
  • Venue of annual book fair changed
  • Coast Guard initiative to create awareness to safeguard marine life
  • Denim fabrics seized for customs duty evasion
  • M.S. Subbulakshmi's `Meera' now available in dance form
  • Rs. 3.18 crore from Road Safety Fund
  • Workers list demands
  • President makes an unscheduled visit to city
  • Hindu Makkal Katchi functionary arrested
  • Postings
  • Two held for cheating bank
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Dairy

    • Chess

  • Five players in joint lead

    • Coimbatore

  • Project presentation takes them to the President
  • Stray dogs unleash terror on roads
  • Traffic signal commissioned
  • Shelter for stray dogs mooted
  • National symposium on cancer
  • Training in mechanisation for farmers
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • Karnataka in a tight spot
  • Kerala triumphs
  • Tehlan, Bhatia make merry
  • A thrilling finish in the offing
  • TN restricts Orissa
  • Innings win for Assam
  • All-round show by Shravan
  • Innings win for Mysore
  • TN concedes first-innings lead
  • Hyderabad in serious trouble
  • Only specialists to open: Vengsarkar

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8782
  • Solution to Puzzle 8781

    • Cuddalore

  • Rs.2 cr. for giving facelift to Chidambaram
  • Mentally challenged require unconditional love, says expert

    • Dindigul

  • Centre's job guarantee scheme eludes villagers

    • Editorials

  • When death cheats justice
  • Little tolerance, no reason

    • Erode

  • Goods carriers put up a good show
  • Stalin lauds SHGs
  • Corrective surgery for 25 children

    • Football

  • Valencia drubs Deportivo
  • Parikrama in last four

    • Front Page

  • End talks on deal: CPI(M)
  • BJP, Sena stall Parliament
  • Pakistan says it never claimed Kashmir as its territory
  • Does India have the pace arsenal to make inroads?
  • Sania Mirza makes semifinals
  • Jaisha wins women's 5000m bronze
  • Bronze within reach despite loss
  • Free cooking gas scheme from Bhogi day
  • Crocodile strays into house at Peerkankaranai
  • Forward Bloc plea to Manmohan on Netaji ashes
  • Sensex crashes 400 points
  • CSN outbids Tatas' new offer for Corus
  • Ruling front shows NCP the door
  • BJP mum over "Prime Minister" Advani
  • Special task force soon to recover encroached land
  • Spreading love for books among poor children
  • Body mooted for industrialisation of southern districts
  • Milk to cost Re. 1 more from Friday
  • Web site on research papers, a hit
  • Two Lashkar men held in Delhi with RDX
  • Telangana: new strategy to sustain sentiment
  • Plan to regulate fee in corporate colleges
  • Communication gap led to delay, says Kodiyeri
  • Six held in TDP leader's murder
  • 212 mandals declared drought-hit
  • Court directive
  • Student attacked
  • Transformer blast injures 22 children
  • India wins silver in golf

    • Goa

  • Bodies of victims yet to be found in mining dump collapse

    • Golf

  • Kyung-Tae claims men's golf title

    • Gulbarga

  • Activists demand classical status for Kannada
  • Overloaded trucks blamed for bad condition of highways
  • Organisations lend support to strike on December 14

    • Guntur

  • University sports meet from Dec. 27

    • Haryana

  • Ex-servicemen colonies in the offing: Minister
  • Ex-MLA dead

    • Hassan

  • A nostalgic trip down memory lane
  • Activists observe `black day' in Hassan
  • Funds released for horticulture

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Shimla has season's first snowfall

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • 1,009 ponds to be built for irrigation
  • Hubli will get another polytechnic, says Shettar
  • In Hubli Today

    • Hyderabad

  • Elevated expressway likely to become longer soon
  • They have much to laugh about
  • Telugu film industry in doldrums
  • Congress leaders conduct post-mortem of byelection
  • Plans on track for US Consulate in city
  • Foolproof security measures mooted for museums
  • Function hall lights distract pilots
  • Traditional breakfast hosted by Speaker a pleasant affair
  • KCR victory causes ripples in Congress
  • MCH to re-introduce litter collection bins
  • Stormy start to winter session
  • Assembly to be Wi-Fi enabled
  • Motorists taken for a ride
  • Anantapur TDP legislators take out rally
  • Rare butterflies spotted in State
  • Send greetings on a rose
  • Embankments: tenders to be finalised in January
  • Resolution on beedi label
  • `Shakti' for march towards mega status
  • State urged to invoke Land Reforms Act
  • When traffic stays put...
  • Two women killed in road accident
  • Compensation assured for loss of pumpsets
  • Annual day celebrated
  • Government to procure onion to help farmers
  • Loans for BPL minority students
  • Bangladesh team arrives in State
  • IGNOU offers aquaculture course
  • Krishna Yadav released from prison in Pune
  • No power in some areas in city
  • Photo ID cards for journalists
  • `Drive without drinking'
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • It is time for `doctor' at the helm to intervene
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • Pakistani journalists walk out of briefing
  • `Verdict has to be within the scope of Indus Treaty'

    • International

  • Fierce battles in Sri Lanka
  • Children of Abbas' aide killed
  • Russian detectives for London
  • Four Advisers resign in Bangladesh
  • Six-party talks to resume
  • Whalers, greens set for clash on high seas
  • Squirrels and their survival craft

    • Kannur

  • DYFI to fight moves to reverse social progress of the State
  • Raidco to launch new pump sets
  • Relief fund handed over
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karnataka

  • Charge against Kumaraswamy: BJP MLC moves Supreme Court
  • Who is to blame?
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Supreme Court moved against Chief Minister, two Ministers
  • Charges against District Forest Officer to be probed
  • Sthree Shakti members block road in Katenahalli for hours
  • Kannada activists stop train for half an hour at Belgaum station
  • Acharya collapses, taken to hospital
  • SHGs stage protest
  • Goa State Pollution Control Board to file cases against municipal councils
  • Dharna staged

    • Kerala

  • LDF shows the door to NCP
  • Cinema a weapon of resistance for Palestinians
  • `Dhoom 2' a success in Kerala
  • Environmental fundamentalism affecting industrialisation: Karim
  • NCP calls LDF decision illogical
  • Tourists skipping backwaters
  • Achuthanandan blasts UPA Government
  • Protest against DD's neglect of serious cinema
  • History on canvas
  • No-trust move passed against vice-president
  • LDF decision a betrayal, says BJP
  • IG issue a communication gap: Minister
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • More investment in farm sector sought
  • Man convicted for killing son

    • Khammam

  • Bhadradri decked up for `Mukkoti' festival

    • Kochi

  • Reform process at port reviewed
  • Treasure leaves saved
  • Hospital waste disposal poses problems
  • Mukundan issue: notice to Government
  • Time to tackle the plastic menace
  • Garbage removal: notice issued to Corporation
  • Adfest in January
  • Fast by visually challenged
  • Jacobites seek reopening of churches
  • Meet on managing agriculture
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Ksheera project launch on Wednesday
  • Contractors' federation meet in Kollam
  • Jubilee fete at TKM college
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kozhikode

  • Chemancherry residents take pledge to keep panchayat clean
  • Malabar shopping fete to feature fish expo
  • Shopping fete: concurrent audit sought
  • Farmer's suicide marks hartal in Wayanad
  • Muslim bodies float front
  • Campus recruitment

    • Kurnool

  • Relief package sought for ryots

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Reservation or affirmative action?

    • Letters to the Editor

  • PM's remarks
  • Well done Santhi!
  • The statue issue
  • Empowerment?

    • Madikeri

  • Official to be given notice

    • Madurai

  • Singapore students show interest in our tradition
  • Extending a helping hand to the handicapped
  • Books on a wide range of subjects up for grabs
  • Internet training programme for underprivileged children
  • Increase procurement price of sugarcane, say farmers
  • "Treat domestic violence as a social problem"
  • Bharathi's birth anniversary
  • Explosives seized from house
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Mangalore

  • Partition riots blamed for plight of Muslims
  • Revenue department, ZP adopt CUG system
  • 10 girls with malaria admitted to hospital
  • Bangera offers to resign
  • Decennial graduation day
  • `Take steps to control inflation'
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Mysore's infrastructure to get a boost under JNNURM
  • AIDSO opposed to bringing education under GATS
  • `Probe poll code violation'
  • Treat for theatre enthusiasts
  • Plea to start paddy procurement
  • Railway order on destination boards condemned
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • 4,000 houses to be given to the tsunami-hit during Pongal

    • Nagercoil

  • Treatment for addicts

    • National

  • U.S. got NSG inspection rule tightened for India
  • Singur issue: Buddhadeb renews appeal to Mamata
  • NSG rule gives U.S. firms `level playing field' with India
  • CPI (M), SP assail disruption
  • ``Centre eroded NCW autonomy''
  • "Only commitments in accord will bind India"
  • BJP maintains silence on Advani remarks
  • NDA lifts boycott on meetings with Speaker
  • Defence Ministry set to sign offset agreements
  • BJP `undermining' Speaker's office
  • Amar Mani Tripathi's bail plea dismissed
  • No need to apologise: Dasmunsi
  • 2 LeT `conduits' held in Delhi
  • TRS chief takes oath as LS member
  • "I share the misgivings of our colleagues"
  • CWC to discuss nuclear deal
  • Disqualification of former MLAs upheld
  • Notice to Railway Board
  • Youths raise pro-ULFA slogans

    • Nellore

  • A boon for cancer patients

    • New Delhi

  • Showcasing Indian culture in Greece
  • Delhi Cabinet nod for new guidelines
  • BJYM protests against demolition of Hindu temple in Kazakhstan
  • MCD harassing citizens: BJP
  • Reservation for Dalit Christians sought
  • Court directed to return passport to Bharti Yadav
  • "Terrorists roping in Govt. personnel"
  • "Capitalists have existed in every civilisation"
  • Rally against "anti-worker" policies
  • Antique idol seized
  • Residents march in protest against water crisis
  • Lawyer sentenced to 7-year RI in spying case
  • Court orders departmental inquiry
  • MCD officers summoned
  • Paying tributes
  • "Mercy will encourage terrorists"
  • Disqualification of former MLAs upheld
  • CBI files fresh FIR in housing scam
  • Vajpayee may not return the favour, says Advani
  • KVIC to get status of export promotion council
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    • New Delhi - Others

  • Around the City

    • News Analysis

  • Singur and political posturing
  • Ascent of the Left in Latin America
  • Vietnam's gender equality
  • Corrections and Clarifications

    • Nizamabad

  • Plea against changing IIT venue from Basar
  • ZP vice-chief killed in road accident

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Collector talks tough on voter list
  • Defer property tax hike: TDP
  • SFI for probe into scholarship muddle

    • Palakkad

  • Chief Minister visits site for IIT off-campus centre
  • Decision on NCP hailed
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • `Work to reform society'
  • Youth Congress campaign against Government launched
  • Mani flays decision on anti-piracy raids
  • Minister to launch project
  • Heavy rain in Sabarimala

    • Puducherry

  • Rangasamy pays tributes to Subramania Bharathiar
  • Karaikal MLAs to boycott Assembly
  • CITU protests acquisition of fertile lands for SEZ
  • Sharp showers affect normal life

    • Punjab

  • Congress, Akalis cross swords on promises

    • Racing : Horse

  • Refreshing pleases
  • Dilnawaz may score an encore
  • Gentlemans Deal wins main event

    • Raichur

  • Raichur District Civil Hospital lacks hygiene, basic amenities

    • Rajasthan

  • Decline in cases of atrocities against SCs/STs: Minister
  • 8 lakh patients treated at health camps
  • A new Tata joint venture opened

    • Religion

  • Highest wisdom

    • Salem

  • Market at Old Sooramangalam to have daily business
  • Beware! You are answerable to them
  • Over 5,000 students visit science fair
  • `Knowledge sharing among entrepreneurs will enhance skills'

    • Shimoga

  • A visual treat awaits sammelana delegates
  • Wanted man dies in shootout
  • Panchayat workers' association demands framing of cadre rules

    • Sport

  • Does India have the pace arsenal to make inroads?
  • Sania Mirza makes semifinals
  • Jaisha wins women's 5000m bronze
  • Bronze within reach despite loss
  • Can Ganguly play the saviour?
  • India keeps winning

    • Sports : General

  • Nagarjuna crowned champion
  • Indian golfers claim silver
  • Dakshina Kannada teams rule the roost
  • Medals Tally
  • Results at a glance
  • Vinay upsets Praveen
  • Amar emerges champion
  • KMC wins

    • Srikakulam

  • Accolades for dance troupe

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Innovative policy to improve sugar cane production
  • Repair bridge
  • Damaged road
  • Door delivery of pension
  • Baalu inaugurates dredging work at Adam's Bridge
  • Death of inmates cause for concern in Madurai prison
  • Revive task force on interlinking of rivers, says Ramadoss
  • Status quo ordered in transfer of village officers
  • Kerala should abide by Supreme Court order: Ganesan
  • Periyar statue: PIL plea transferred
  • Wet day
  • SHI-BA Sangeetha Sabha confers awards
  • Siberian Huskies steal the show
  • Photo exhibition
  • Briefly
  • In Tiruchengode Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Rs. 565 crore allotted to uplift Adi Dravidars, STs
  • Musical tribute to Bharathiar
  • Loans distributed
  • Making learning a joyful experience
  • "Revenue staff link people with administration"
  • "People must know the impact of population explosion"
  • Grievance meet

    • Thanjavur

  • Sticking to a folk festival in a traditional style
  • Core banking service in all IOB branches in Thanjavur

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Vouching for digital films
  • Baby opens herbal park
  • It is political isolation for Karunakaran: UDF
  • Greens to step up protest against clay factory at Thumba
  • Deaths could have been accidental, say police
  • Seminar on stress management
  • Japanese donates blood at SCTIMST
  • The fine art of juggling
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated December 12, 1956: British bases in Ceylon
  • dated December 12, 1956: Use of AIR by parties
  • dated December 12, 1956: National Film Board

    • Thrissur

  • Hassan Abdullah killed in road accident
  • KILA director quits
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Balancing modernity and tradition is her fashion
  • Back on the turf with a bang
  • SHG women to carry out segregation of waste
  • "Watch the speech to boost your word power"
  • Workshop gets order for wagon supply
  • Statue issue: NSA invoked against five
  • Pat for Karunanidhi
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tirumala

  • Hectic arrangements on Tirumala

    • Tirunelveli

  • "Threat to Mayor's life"
  • "Control spread of chikungunya"
  • Nanguneri MLA, Congress cadres arrested

    • Tirupati

  • The word I dislike most is `impossible': Kalam

    • Tuticorin

  • Don't smuggle PDS materials: Collector
  • BSNL commissions cell tower
  • Pomp, gaiety mark birth anniversary of Bharathi

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Citizens observe fast demanding good roads
  • Polls to Udhagamandalam municipal committees put off

    • Udupi

  • Puttige Math performs `baale muhurta'

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Assembly slams V-C's decision
  • `Varsity will remain closed'

    • Uttaranchal

  • Gangster killed

    • Vellore

  • CMC urged to play role in herb-based drugs production

    • Vijayawada

  • It pays to form a group, says BSNL
  • Nuzivid set to be home to largest sports complex in disctrict
  • Tennis takes centre court in Bhimavaram
  • Anji Reddy chosen for Pinnamaneni Award
  • Students asked to do their bit
  • `VMC employing backdoor tactics to raise property tax'
  • Students asked to protect human rights
  • Audio released
  • Holy ritual
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Dealing with cell paradox

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Strike opposing UPA policies on December 14
  • A symphony of song and dance
  • Cairn India goes public
  • Old building of VUDA makes way for shopping mall
  • `Train students in communication skills'
  • Foreign delegates visit EPDCL facilities
  • Open-air stage at Selvee World
  • Dies of snakebite
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • What makes them vote?

    • Volleyball

  • China in volleyball semifinals

    • Warangal

  • Gift from Police Department for tribal youths
  • Children's science exhibition concludes

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Weightlifting

  • Anita Kumar and Soma Rani triumph
  • Fourth weightlifter tests positive

    • Wrestling

  • Geetika fetches wrestling silver

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