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  • Action taken against speeding tipper lorries
  • Second phase of canal cleaning begins

    • Anantapur

  • BSNL cell connections available on demand
  • Need for awareness on job assurance law emphasised

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Three naxalites killed in exchange of fire in A.P.
  • YSR defends Tirumala ropeway plan
  • Lure of filthy lucre
  • In service of Lord
  • Spiritually elevating
  • Fair demand
  • Mass fury
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Industries told to comply with safety norms
  • Relief package for oustees of Polavaram the best: YSR
  • DGP reviews arrangements for Kalachakra
  • Farmers urged to take up sericulture
  • `Power supply timings will be extended to protect crops'
  • Utility of info tech in daily life emphasised
  • Model ryots to be rewarded
  • Woman ends life in the Godavari
  • Plea to power consumers

    • Bangalore

  • Governments are to blame for attack, say BJP leaders
  • Attack shatters `safe city' image
  • It will be R.K. Hegde Road from Mehkri Circle to Hebbal flyover
  • Police plan crackdown on drunken driving on New Year's Eve
  • Money matters — talk it out with your spouse
  • Corporators slam BMP engineers for bad roads
  • Infosys recognises staff role
  • A calendar of simplicity
  • Promote your language always, Minister tells Kannadigas
  • Wake-up call: IT forum
  • K. Raja Rao dead
  • Man gets life term
  • Riders with a mission
  • How to keep `inTouch'
  • Child prodigy
  • Weaving handloom magic
  • All set for New Year eve bash
  • Switch over to LPG, industries told
  • Only 400 potholes left to be filled?
  • A devastated godown
  • On high alert
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Modern School in semifinals
  • Karnataka men and women post wins
  • TN-Kerala final

    • Belgaum

  • District officials' disrespect `upsets' KNA chairman

    • Bellary

  • JD(S) suffers setback in Bellary

    • Bidar

  • AHINDA eats into votes of JD(S)

    • Bijapur

  • Many a first-timer in Bijapur zilla panchayat

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Sandeep posts win
  • National championships from Monday

    • Bridge

  • Easy for top teams

    • Briefly

  • Wockhardt ties up with Cigna
  • BOBL launches `no frills' savings account
  • BNA Technology's web-based tool
  • ECS services for Bank of Rajasthan
  • Workshop on software estimation
  • New president for TV Sundram Iyengar & Sons
  • Multi-Arc, UCT to form venture
  • 1:1 swap for Gujarat NRE-FCGL merger
  • SBI never raised fresh money for IMD: Purwar
  • Union Bank to raise Rs. 500 cr.

    • Business

  • Draft policy for excise cut in drugs
  • Cabinet nod for changes in tax laws
  • UTI AMC plans to acquire stake in tech firm
  • Sensex gains 66 points
  • Saneron plans stem cell centres in major cities
  • Rupee drops three paise
  • India to help South Africa upgrade skills in key areas
  • India Info acquires Marchmont
  • Demand for LCD meters
  • BPCL sets up task force
  • Modern ayurveda centre opened at Kadavu Resorts
  • Keeping pace with the march of digital evolution

    • Carrom

  • Unbeaten century by Naveen

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chattisgarh

  • Naxalite violence, tribal movement dominate events in Chhattisgarh

    • Chennai

  • Spotlight on Chennai institutions after Bangalore terror attack
  • A tri-junction for infiltration
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder among tsunami victims low, says study
  • Hospitality sector in the pink of health in Chennai
  • Technology fusion charts new course in interventional gastroenterology
  • Ramadoss for Assembly session to scrap common entrance test
  • Navadaniya idols are a hit
  • Anna varsity writes to Government on CET
  • Telgi ran racket like corporate, says CBI
  • Security beefed up in city
  • Child's right to clean environment in focus
  • Song and dance cheer up children
  • Welcome to `Chennai 365'
  • VAO arrested on forgery charges
  • Star hotels, clubs to be under police scanner
  • Venkateshwara temple planned in Chennai
  • Book on maritime trade
  • Warming up to the city
  • Teachers selection list released
  • Guide to this season's dance performances
  • Highway to hell
  • DMK, AIADMK councillors clash
  • Customs rules have been simplified: commissioner
  • Desilting drains
  • No costly toys for them
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Harsh Karnati wins title in Singapore
  • Bitan Banerjee wins title
  • Ponomariov in sole lead
  • Negi starts with a win

    • Coimbatore

  • MP seeks special plan to develop Coimbatore
  • New Year revelry on roads prohibited
  • Foreign universities should offer only recognised courses: AICTE vice-chairman
  • Reliance Infocomm launches lifetime-valid prepaid facility
  • Abandoned
  • As dawn breaks
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Tendulkar already on the job
  • MP enters semifinals
  • Karnataka retains title
  • One-day venues switched
  • Ntini injured; Botha called in as cover
  • Easy win for Friends CC

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8487
  • Solution to Puzzle 8486

    • Dindigul

  • District Forest Office to adopt 31 villages
  • Bank comes to their relief

    • Editorials

  • New targets of terror
  • Wise King Jigme Wangchuk

    • Equestrian

  • Nilay Kumar takes the honours

    • Erode

  • Nallakannu blames encroachments for flood havoc
  • Solid waste management: Thindal shows the way
  • `Shift tanning units to SIPCOT'
  • Two babies handed over
  • Carts, sand seized

    • Football

  • Cole nets Chelsea's winner

    • Front Page

  • A terrorist strike: Dharam Singh
  • Terrorist attack was predicted
  • IISc incident puts TN police on alert
  • Rs. 714 crore aid for Sikh riot victims
  • Dhanasekaran detained under Goondas Act
  • `Exhumed bodies' case: CBI probe ordered
  • Jaipur airport granted international status
  • Cabinet clears SAFTA
  • Vajpayee to keep off 'politics of power'
  • Government's response on cable-car at Vindhyagiri adds to ASI fears
  • KSRTC employees' strike throws life out of gear
  • Three naxalites killed in encounter
  • YSR defends Tirumala ropeway plan
  • Tearful farewell to Dronamraju
  • City to sport new look in 2006
  • Vision 2010: universities to get Rs.10 crores
  • Six crushed to death as van rams truck
  • Bihar promotions case: BPSC Chairman, 8 others held
  • Metallic boxes sighted

    • Golf

  • Sorenstam makes it three-in-a-row

    • Gulbarga

  • Government takes steps for solid waste management in urban areas
  • Forest Department move to regularise daily wage earners
  • 20-foot small intestine removed from patient through surgery
  • Central unions threaten strike
  • Tata Indicom hub opened
  • Tension prevails in Jewargi taluk

    • Haryana

  • Haryana defers decision on bus fares

    • Hassan

  • Tributes paid to Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Legislators hail Dharamsala session

    • Hockey

  • Prabhjot hat-trick takes IOC into semifinals

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • `Dollu Hadu' competition

    • Hyderabad

  • Attack on Sileru project spurs Genco into action
  • Work on houses for victims of fire accident apace
  • Many firsts to Indian Science Congress
  • Film industry urged to rethink on cinema rates
  • Farmers' body hails move to sue Monsanto
  • Draft guidelines on stem cell research to be released for debate
  • Protest against change in ORR alignment
  • SFC, Andhra Bank, SBH join hands to extend aid to small, medium sectors
  • Tributes paid to Dronamraju
  • Industrial expo to be more attractive
  • Deft `operators' with a difference
  • Free power: it is TDP's spadework, says Naidu
  • Special trains for Sabarimala
  • Teenaged girl `converts' to marry lover
  • `Maharashtra resuming work on Babli'
  • Security beefed up in city
  • New areas for research mooted at proposed NIMS university
  • Nagam accepts Congress' challenge
  • Award for scientist
  • Spreading dragnet
  • Court sets aside GO on ZP chief's removal
  • Interruption in power supply
  • New Volvo service for Chennai
  • Hizbul activist's remand extended
  • NMU set to become recognised union of RTC
  • RBI to issue new Rs. 500 notes
  • MCH's new device
  • Textile bandh postponed
  • SBH training institute inaugurated
  • Centre for atmospheric sciences inaugurated
  • Court directive
  • Transco's recovery move stayed
  • Mass fury
  • Court directive on encroachments
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • Indonesian army withdraws from Aceh
  • Case dealt with insulting army
  • Gas line work will start in 2007: Pakistan
  • Plea to curb Shariat courts' powers in Malaysia
  • HIV: Zambia struggles with the power of witchdoctors
  • Outlook worsens for Enron bosses
  • A recipe for trouble
  • Beware `sober worm'
  • Padilla: focus on President's powers
  • U.K. considered free medical treatment to Saddam
  • Baloch gas contract for state-run firm
  • Glitter pays compensation
  • Four dead in grass fires

    • Kannur

  • Chennithala, Aryadan deny rift over SNC Lavalin issue

    • Karimnagar

  • Naxal violence on the decline: Karimnagar SP

    • Karnataka

  • Karnataka Government response adds to ASI fears
  • Six killed in road accident in Shahapur taluk
  • Sad end
  • Alert at vital installations
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Rane orders probe into murder
  • Officials inspect residential school for drop-outs
  • Small-scale units seek execution of Goa industrial policy
  • `Motivate philanthropists to be part of mission to provide education'
  • Rally promoting Indian breed of cattle to reach Davangere tomorrow
  • Waiting for another round of polls
  • A Congress show in TPs
  • `Church will build a just society'

    • Kerala

  • Congress MLA to join Oommen Chandy Cabinet
  • Sabarimala temple opens today
  • No difference of opinion, they say
  • A problem of distance
  • Train passengers' woes
  • Against privatisation
  • Empowering women cadres
  • Seeking their due
  • KSRTC employees strike near-total
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Forest staff seize tusks, tiger skin
  • Body found

    • Khammam

  • Tribal battalion to be set up in Khammam
  • YSR to visit Khammam district tomorrow

    • Kochi

  • CIAL registers high growth
  • Cochin stock exchange celebrates Silver Jubilee
  • `City yet to prepare for Metro project'
  • CUSAT submits revised proposal for upgrade
  • Installation of speed governors may be delayed
  • Good response to solar energy promotion scheme
  • More firms to provide toll-free service to Child Helpline
  • Kochi set to scale greater heights in investment
  • `Nurture selfless service to boost nation-building'
  • Cusat betters record in placements
  • Window to the world around us
  • Spreading a message through film
  • SP directed to inquire into charge of police atrocity
  • Kalamassery municipality to implement TQM scheme
  • Sastra Sadas concludes
  • KSRTC strike total in district
  • SNDP Yogam-NSS tie-up to continue, says Vellappally
  • When old friends met in the city
  • Celebrating the arrival of New Year
  • Working hours of insurance offices increased
  • Excitement in the air
  • Sainik Vihar inaugurated
  • Preparations begin for youth festival
  • Hindi Fortnight celebration concludes
  • Reaching out
  • Living life the Kochi way
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Bodies of two missing fishermen found

    • Kozhikode

  • Plea to fill college teacher vacancies
  • Railway zones not State-centric: Velu
  • Plea to fill vacancies
  • Training programme in basic life support
  • Fee through ATMs

    • Kurnool

  • Row over move to divert water to PABR
  • Move to retrieve rare manuscripts
  • Medical reps hail price reduction

    • Leader Page Articles

  • A tangled web called the Bharatiya Janata Party

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Terror attack
  • Security lapse

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • 50,000 M.P. villages electrified

    • Madikeri

  • `Siddaramaiah factor aided Congress victory'
  • `Janaspandana' to be held from January
  • Yuva Morcha leader Uthappa announces plans to quit BJP

    • Madurai

  • Decision on changing entrance/exit of Mattuthavani bus stand opposed
  • Special teams for preservation of manuscripts
  • Sanitary staff yet to get CM's sop
  • Quality, the watchword
  • Kalasa yatra taken out in city
  • City sways to blast
  • Case registered against Usilampatti MLA
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • A New Year gift for Ulhasnagar

    • Mangalore

  • SEZ: Government to constitute special purpose vehicle
  • Cooperative body ventures into tourism sector
  • Five sentenced for raping woman
  • Congress blamed for BJP's growth
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Deve Gowda's caste politics has come a cropper: Siddaramaiah
  • Security tightened in Mysore, `nakabandi' being enforced
  • Arora, Pinakpani Chakrabarti receive Thathachari Award
  • Policeman accused of raping woman of Italian origin
  • Public hearing organised on domestic violence
  • AIPJD leaders to tour State to strengthen party
  • Star-studded show for a cause
  • Noted scientists skip function
  • MICR facility of Punjab National Bank inaugurated
  • Three held on charge of chain snatching

    • Nagapattinam

  • Election official reviews revision of poll rolls

    • Nagercoil

  • Eco-sanitation programme for five villages in Kanyakumari dt.
  • Pandyan Grama Bank to open branches in Dindigul, Kanyakumari

    • Nalgonda

  • Philately festival today
  • State-level seminar on physics
  • Tributes paid to Ragya Naik

    • National

  • Action being taken to counter security threat: Dharam Singh
  • Centre does not rule out terror angle
  • More security cover for defence scientists
  • Lashkar-linked magazine calls for attacks
  • Scientific community, IT professionals shocked
  • Did IISc ignore police advice?
  • Bomb threat to Bangalore
  • Aamir Khan's guards, scribes come to blows
  • Memorable feat
  • Pillow will tell you story
  • Salem undergoes brain-mapping test
  • Army moots disaster alerts through mobiles
  • J&K passes anti-defection Bill
  • Supreme Court's indelible record
  • UPA Government suffering from `policy paralysis': BJP
  • Cash-for-query scandal: BJP expresses `regret'
  • Gas pipeline project on course despite pricing differences
  • Nod for farm sector schemes
  • Cabinet to proceed further with contempt of court
  • A sombre moment, says Sonia Gandhi
  • Stick to expenditure norms, Commission tells parties
  • No two power centres: Sonia
  • Kalam's "no" to honorary degree
  • UPA Government suffering from `policy paralysis': BJP
  • Maoist leader 'arrested' in Chhattisgarh
  • Centre urged not to extend military aid to Sri Lanka
  • No "pressure group" in UPA

    • New Delhi

  • Master Plan to be finalised soon: DDA Vice-Chairman
  • "No respite to properties being demolished''
  • Attempt to link heritage of South Africa and India
  • Para-medical staff shortage hits Govt. hospitals
  • Changes in bureaucracy cool down tempers of rival group
  • Four-member panel to find demolition solution in Capital
  • An interesting Russian portrait of India
  • "Fidayeen" attack explosive smuggled in from Dhaka
  • Judicial inquiry demanded
  • Mediation cell at Tis Hazari disposes of 234 cases
  • 16 commercial properties demolished
  • A new arrival at the Zoo
  • Vyas Samman for Hindi novel
  • Spotlight on treatment of children with cancer
  • Garbage collection
  • Decoration for a new beginning
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today

    • New Delhi - Others

  • Around The City

    • News Analysis

  • Chance to lobby Putin
  • Concern in Russia over Chinese toxic spill
  • Air traffic management foggy
  • Of holocausts, past and future
  • How the Web will link us all

    • Nizamabad

  • Manala encounter a major blow for naxals this year
  • State to consider varsity for Nizamabad

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Speeding tipper lorries a cause for concern
  • Hundreds throng Thiruvalla
  • In Pathanamthitta today

    • Pondicherry

  • Skills upgrade for fishermen
  • Substantial rise in service tax collection in Pondicherry

    • Punjab

  • Cold wave sweeps Punjab, Haryana

    • Racing : Horse

  • Sharp N Smart in fine form
  • Fly The Fury, Wafadar excel
  • Greyhound pleases
  • Magic Touch shows out
  • Fabulous Emperor wins

    • Racing : Motor

  • Valimaki, Kalliolepo honoured

    • Raichur

  • Party cadre jubilant as Congress shines in Koppal

    • Rajasthan

  • Rajasthan seeks nod for irrigation project

    • Ramanathapuram

  • IT revolution helps improve image of country: MKU VC

    • Religion

  • From Karma to Jnana

    • Salem

  • UGD revised estimates to be sent for Government approval
  • Students told to realise capabilities
  • Patrolling intensified on highway
  • Three retired police officers depose in bus burning case

    • Shimoga

  • Officials asked to maintain quality in road repairs
  • Ban on movement of heavy vehicles on old bridge sought

    • Sport

  • `Steps' hopes to make a mark
  • South Africa staring down the barrel

    • Sports : General

  • 21-run win for Rajahs HSS
  • Bolarum FC posts win
  • Maharashtra eves have it easy
  • Karnataka retains title

    • Table Tennis

  • North Bengal enters final

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Parched tongue
  • Not quite at home
  • Rs.4.6 crore for tourism projects in Tiruvannamalai
  • Army moots disaster alerts through mobiles
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Bridge widens gap between parties at Karur council meet
  • Helping the tsunami affected
  • Mamallapuram festival begins
  • Tourists' patience tested by speeches
  • Incense stick production units opened
  • Access the Net... at 10 paise a minute
  • Stolen articles recovered
  • `Increase police strength in Tirupur'

    • Tennis

  • Sudharshan, Likitha triumph
  • Megha shocks Akriti

    • Thanjavur

  • 11.50 lakh tonnes of samba to be procured
  • A moment to cherish for Thanjavur artist

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Kerala Telecom scores another point
  • Sujanapal to be sworn in Minister on January 4
  • Race for space
  • Junior doctors' strike total
  • Nominated Syndicates may not get extension
  • New volumes of Kumaran Asan's works released
  • Burglary: four arrested
  • AICC releases list of members from State
  • Admit cards sent
  • Ministers' resignation sought
  • Hoping against hope
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated December 30, 1955: Madame Soong in Madras
  • dated December 30, 1955: Need for education reform
  • dated December 30, 1955: Tribute to Vallathol

    • Thrissur

  • Hartal observed at Puthur
  • Three killed in road accident
  • In Thrissur today

    • Tiruchi

  • Rs.100-cr. loans sanctioned through multi-media campaign
  • Farm credit camp
  • Compensation for ryots sought
  • Mayor springs a surprise
  • When the city sleeps
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Achieve the target, bankers told
  • Relief disbursed to victims of fire accidents
  • Electrocuted

    • Tirupati

  • Chief Minister lavishes praise on CPI publication
  • Need for varsity-industry interface stressed
  • Irrigation projects: YSR decries TDP attitude

    • Tumkur

  • BJP leader talks of support to Congress in Tumkur

    • Tuticorin

  • Steps to promote integrated development of commercial horticulture in Tuticorin dt.

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Trees belonging to the municipality to be numbered
  • Move to bring Mudumalai under Environment Protection Act
  • Call for steps to protect environment

    • Udupi

  • Rs. 3,943 cr. given in loans in Udupi

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • U.P. Govt. forms new farm policy

    • Vijayawada

  • Science conferences to be given security, says Swaranjit Sen
  • Corporators oppose water meters plan
  • BSNL targets 3,000 cr. revenue
  • Quotations not received from any company: Gulzar
  • Hostels for children of HIV-affected patients
  • RTC launches Garuda service to Visakhapatnam
  • Central staff to go on strike in February
  • 17 lakh mobile phone lines by March
  • UHS convocation early next year
  • SCR to run special train between Hyderabad, Vizag
  • Stone laid for TTDC building
  • Stress on proper use of drugs
  • Offering help to fellow devotee
  • Woman found dead
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • 'For him, problems of people were only concern'
  • Gangavaram port work set to start
  • A leader from the grassroots
  • Good job potential in the hotel management sector
  • Indian Americans do their bit for the rural poor
  • `Vista' all set to woo customers
  • New angioplasty method adopted
  • Revolutionary women organisations merge
  • New Year Day celebrations at MGM Selvee World
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • U.P. in semifinals

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Weightlifting

  • Services, Andhra claim top honours

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