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Alappuzha

  • Bardhan's statement uncalled for: Pinarayi
  • Gazetted officers' meet begins today

    • Anantapur

  • Rural Employment scheme launch on February 2
  • Surrendered Maoists told to make proper use of benefits
  • Hostels on SKU campus reopened

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • AICC plenary to focus on rural employment scheme
  • New versions of BrahMos planned
  • Baiting big shots
  • Day of the saint-composer
  • Twin task
  • All set for plenary
  • Grand finale
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • CPI(M) fears phasing out of free power scheme
  • Orissa's annual plan fixed at Rs. 3,500 cr
  • Kakinada to have four-lane road
  • Labour laws: CITU opposes exemption to SEZ
  • MLA disburses cheques to rain-affected farmers
  • Autorickshaw driver stabbed to death
  • Conspiracy against Telugu, says OLC Chairman
  • SC youth urged to upgrade skills
  • Surveyors suspended
  • NRI cell opened at SBI branch

    • Bangalore

  • Welfare schemes to get a push
  • BJP boycotts Governor's address, wants Dharam Singh's resignation
  • Republic Day show to throw light on lesser known fruits, flowers
  • `Prakash is JD(S) legislature party leader'
  • Part of BMIC peripheral road to be ready in a few weeks
  • Bangaloreans unimpressed by tug-of-war
  • Helping people fight stress in a simple way
  • BSNL launches new plans
  • Special court puts off trial in Telgi cases
  • Microsoft academy to train schoolteachers
  • I won't oppose my father: Revanna
  • Woman kills three-year-old daughter, commits suicide
  • Tourism fair begins today
  • Thippanna seeks official status for group
  • Industry leaders favour a change
  • Bryan Adams coming next month
  • Deve Gowda's hand seen in political crisis
  • Netherlands Prime Minister inaugurates ATM outlet
  • Gurudas Mann concert
  • How a young boy finds friendship
  • Airhostess student dies in accident
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • A drug that can minimise bleeding during delivery

    • Bellary

  • Leptospirosis cases reported in Siddammanahalli

    • Bidar

  • Preparations in full swing for Kannada Sahitya Sammelana

    • Bijapur

  • Bijapur farmers' protest against Government `apathy' continues

    • Bridge

  • Tolani Shipping to represent India

    • Briefly

  • ICAI opposes move
  • PIO investment in airlines
  • HCL's co-sourcing deal with DSG
  • SEBI raps 14 brokers
  • AIG's COO Kanak resigns
  • Servion buys 5by5 Networks
  • Lason to increase headcount
  • Airwide Solutions starts India operations
  • Chola MF launches Contra Fund
  • Quintegra reconstitutes board
  • Aztec Software opens centre in Hyderabad
  • Afilias enhances registry services
  • Payment gateway for West Bengal coop bank
  • LG Electronics to invest Rs. 400 cr.
  • HP's launches mobile inkjet printer
  • ING Vysya Bank to open self-bank outlets
  • Microsense to offer voice solutions
  • New MD for ING Vysya Bank
  • Ramapuram Holiday resort in Kabini
  • Emart opens retail outlet `Next'

    • Business

  • Jet Airways acquires Air Sahara for $500 m
  • ONGC-Shell tie up in oil and gas sector
  • Sensex zooms 212 points
  • Pan-Asia fund to target $100m size
  • Rupee rallies smartly
  • Good show by South Indian Bank
  • VAT still a matter of concern for many tax-payers
  • SBT to assist over 20,000 self-help groups this fiscal year
  • Adopt conciliatory approach to settle disputes, banks told
  • Focus on the flip side of `Kerala model'
  • IPCL Q3 net up
  • IFC to focus on infrastructure
  • CCI to scrutinise mergers, takeovers

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • DMK members evicted from House
  • Stress on long-term rehabilitation
  • Changed publicity tack on AIDS gets a positive response
  • Four-wheeler Falcon Flight 2006 is ready for takeoff
  • Entrance test scrapped, CBSE students in a fix
  • Jesuit members meet tomorrow
  • Tantavi 2005: a fusion of classic combinations and convenience
  • Anti-leather campaign gets off the ground
  • Withholding public hearing minutes strange: court
  • Syllabi has changed, but the end-product has not: former VC
  • Chief Minister's allegations against PMK baseless: Ramadoss
  • At IIT festival, waste culture trashed
  • Monsoon over, but complaints over relief distribution continue
  • Free model AIEEE planned
  • Students write to Kalam
  • Drug resistance to typhoid a challenge to doctors: paediatrician
  • `Abirami' S. Ramanathan elected general secretary of film federation
  • Letter to Manmohan on custodial death of worker
  • Instil values in youth: Barnala
  • Seminar for IT professionals
  • Jayalalithaa threatens to sue Karunanidhi
  • Culture of violence against women in films condemned
  • Pedestrian, cyclist killed in accidents on GST Road
  • Plea to shift venue of Sankararaman case trial dismissed
  • Boiler explodes in industrial estate
  • Urban coop banks to observe strike
  • Complaint against chit fund operator
  • Cricket tournament for the visually challenged
  • Traffic chaos
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Himanshu Sharma becomes International Master

    • Coimbatore

  • When those little-known facts mattered a lot
  • Refund of advance deposit to consumers under way: TNEB
  • U.S. polytech varsity officer to counsel students
  • New syllabus for March exam private candidates
  • Around The City

    • Cricket

  • India's tour postponed
  • Jayasuriya recalled
  • Jharkhand enters semifinals
  • Zimbabwe withdraws from Test cricket
  • U.P. bubbling with young talent
  • Baroda has edge over Bengal
  • KRL in semifinals
  • Goa in command
  • Yognath in good nick
  • Colts' camp begins

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8505
  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8504

    • Cuddalore

  • Revenue officials face punishing schedule

    • Dharmapuri

  • Applications invited for Chairperson of Child Welfare Committee

    • Dindigul

  • Flood relief issue sparks uproar at Dindigul municipal council meeting

    • Editorials

  • Tragicomedy in Karnataka
  • Latin America veers Left

    • Eluru

  • `Government keen on increasing student enrolment rate'
  • HUDCO water project for Eluru likely by March

    • Erode

  • Shortage of conservancy workers hits garbage collection
  • Draft voters list to be ready by January 23
  • Residents complain against slaughter
  • Vegetable prices slump in Erode

    • Football

  • American `B' bags title
  • Kolkata in final
  • Brothers Uchil beats Merchants

    • Front Page

  • Floor test by January 27
  • No offer to Kumaraswamy: Congress
  • Saran, Burns hold talks on nuclear deal
  • Palar issue: Government to move Supreme Court after ascertaining facts
  • Error-prone Sania makes her exit
  • AIR commentary
  • Clemenceau: media interest in France
  • I will adhere to rulebook, Governor tells BJP
  • Plenary to focus on rural job scheme
  • Police nab two in Mayapuri gang-rape case
  • Colourful start to school arts festival
  • City girl rescued from brothel in Pune
  • West Bengal polls as scheduled, says Tandon
  • Taxi, auto fares revised; stir called off
  • One dead, three hurt in roof collapse
  • 15 Indians in Saudi jails
  • HAL clears `Dhruv'

    • Golf

  • Indians dominate
  • Randhawa tied 22nd

    • Gulbarga

  • Red gram purchase from ryots begins
  • Women hold the key to development: Shinde
  • Call to make Kannada sahitya sammelan a success

    • Guntur

  • CPI(M) releases plan for development of Guntur
  • Nagarjuna University plans combined programme for Republic Day

    • Haryana

  • New Gurgaon to Delhi bus service

    • Hassan

  • Five channels to telecast Mahamastakabhisheka

    • Hockey

  • Veerans downs Dazzlers
  • Veerans downs Dazzlers
  • Chennai Veerans keeps title hopes
  • Chennai Veerans keeps title hopes

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Technique to treat disc lesion done
  • Seer inaugurates `dharmashala' at SDM Medical College
  • Meet on Dalit uplift, promotion of khadi
  • Promotee officers not to take part in stir

    • Hyderabad

  • Uma Bharti to `re-establish' BJP
  • KCR hints at quitting UPA Government
  • None grumbles about these housing schemes
  • ID cards to have security hologram
  • Positive turnaround for sex workers
  • Police throw security blanket over Gachibowli stadium
  • `Power'-packed plenary, this
  • 100 p.c. placement for JKC students
  • Traffic curbs
  • Get tough with tax defaulters, police told
  • Collectors' meet to focus on job scheme
  • Czech Republic plans to invest $1 billion in State
  • OPDR alleges killing of tribals in police custody
  • BJP to field nominee for Vizag bypoll
  • Presentations made on MRTS technical bids
  • It's a race against time to complete arrangements
  • Homoeo meet to be held in city
  • MRPS leader to meet YSR today
  • Proposal for leather park cleared
  • Prudential depositors seek insurance sum
  • Congress shower for NTR!
  • Koneru opens water board stall at exhibition
  • New Director for Urban Forestry
  • Probe panel's term extended
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Indian named "Inventor of the Year"
  • India-born Tellis is Adviser to Burns

    • International

  • U.K. "kidnap'' group disbanded
  • Sri Lankan parties for resumption of talks
  • Al-Qaeda leaders killed in U.S. attack?
  • Cold wave in Russia hits supply of gas to European countries
  • U.S. professors under scrutiny by Right-wingers
  • U.K. House under cyber attack
  • Blasts in Baghdad kill 23
  • 3,000 still listed missing
  • Death for murderers
  • Violence rocks Ivory Coast
  • Monitors find minor violations

    • Kancheepuram

  • Country still vulnerable to natural disasters, says expert

    • Kannur

  • Website on Pamburuthi
  • DYFI activists gherao KSRTC ATO
  • Karivellur school wins Poorakkali

    • Karimnagar

  • Arrangements for college golden jubilee fete
  • 3 MRPS leaders in custody

    • Karnataka

  • Karnataka Governor tells BJP that he will adhere to the rulebook
  • Dhruv will be back in the skies
  • It will be a riot of colours
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Accord classical language status to Kannada: parishat
  • Preparations on to implement rural job scheme
  • Kalyani at Shravanabelagola to be beautified soon
  • UPA draws flak for economic polices
  • Corporation Bank unveils development schemes
  • Kadambotsava in Banavasi from today
  • Elections in Goa

    • Kerala

  • JD(S) chief condemns rebels' move
  • Floriculture scheme for Alappuzha
  • 114 takers for Vazhiyoram project
  • City police tighten net around cyber cafés
  • Children's day on M.G. Road
  • Attack on clergy: Orthodox group alleges Government inaction
  • A change for the better
  • Serving food for thousands
  • Week-long tourism survey launched
  • Promoting entrepreneurship among educated women
  • Kudumbasree thrift savings touch Rs.38 crores in district
  • College plans mangrove conservation
  • Schedule of Kalotsavam programmes
  • Small-scale units complain of continuing VAT troubles
  • Magic is in the air
  • `Bishops, caste leaders should keep off politics'
  • Education meet: Cusat Registrar clarifies
  • TRL revival: meet on January 24
  • Biggest pandal at youth festivals
  • Screening of participants needed
  • Court comes to students' rescue
  • GCDA, other agencies asked to help boat owners
  • Wresting an undertaking
  • Award for Vakkom Vijayan
  • Call against quacks
  • All dressed up
  • Briefly
  • In Palakkad Today
  • In Kannur Today
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Kerala - Others

  • Campaigning for road safety

    • Khammam

  • Khammam festival: Taruni Haat comes alive
  • Six killed in road accident

    • Kochi

  • Land Revenue Department to demolish illegal buildings
  • Chandy to launch tourism scheme on Monday
  • Petition alleges ploy to help constables get bail in custodial death case
  • City corporation to crack down on begging from today
  • No move to permit foreign varsities in State: Minister
  • Kalotsavam contest results
  • Officers to get training on Act
  • Wage hike
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Commissioning of Kollam port soon
  • Chandy inaugurates Njaankadavu bridge
  • Pinarayi playing hide and seek, says MVR
  • Kerala March to enter Kollom tomorrow

    • Kottayam

  • Accused in Praveen murder case in police net

    • Kozhikode

  • North Kerala seen as good market for natural gas
  • Minister holds talks on Swapna Nagari eco-tourism project
  • City Corporation seeks clarification on funds
  • NBA workshop on biodiversity tomorrow
  • North Kerala a potential market: BPCL chief
  • No conflict with RSS, says BJP chief
  • IIM-K finance seminar ends
  • PWD staff plea
  • NBA workshop

    • Kurnool

  • Development first, politics next, says CPI (M)
  • Surabhi drama festival to begin today

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Afghanistan: Qanooni's moment of triumph

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Shameful
  • He should indeed go
  • Tamil Nadu politics
  • Iran vote
  • New era
  • Haj subsidy

    • Madurai

  • Empower communities to administer their economies: Bahuguna
  • Facility to issue computer generated patta transfer orders at Collectorate
  • Government enhances its contribution to Special PF
  • `Distribute free bicycles to Adi Dravidar students'
  • This mobile maze
  • Bench calls for records in Mayor's case
  • Seminar on road safety
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Water rates will go up in Mangalore: former Mayor
  • Goods train arrives in New Mangalore Port on trial run
  • BJP in Dakshina Kannada elated
  • Mangalore-Mumbai service begins today
  • Political development may impact ZP also
  • Man charged with theft arrested
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Residents protest against tree felling
  • Latest cure for torn cartilage
  • A cause for concern in the city of palaces
  • Farmers evince interest in drip irrigation
  • Organised struggle for classical status for Kannada favoured
  • Kalam's lecture on Sunday
  • Three Commercial Tax officials trapped

    • Nagapattinam

  • Mass contact programme evokes good response in Neermulai village
  • New school building constructed by NGO declared open

    • Nagercoil

  • Rs.1.50 cr. for road works

    • National

  • Karnataka: breather for the Congress
  • MPs expulsion: all-party meet today
  • Tarigami denied tight security despite attacks
  • `West Bengal polls as scheduled'
  • India, Ireland sign three agreements
  • Brinda Karat warns against postponing West Bengal Assembly elections
  • Cuba calls for closer ties among Latin American nations
  • Breakthrough in facial recognition software
  • Paswan seeks job quota for Dalit Muslims, Christians
  • Fernandes writes to Sonia
  • Aiyar opposes 2-child norm for panchayat polls
  • Can Rane repeat his spectacular Konkan show?
  • Opportunism will cost rebels dear: CPI (M)
  • Rangarajan panel to submit report on petroleum pricing `very soon'
  • Society's `no' to Pakistan High Commission
  • No hike in oil prices now, says Aiyar
  • Tandon in Assam
  • Arjun calls for IIM directors' meet
  • Make public proposals submitted to U.S., says CPI(M)
  • Gyanendra's actions `regrettable'
  • Shekhawat discharged
  • Death penalty: court reiterates guidelines
  • Manch renews plea to confer title on Ambedkar
  • 12 States yet to set up Information Commissions
  • Goa chosen for pilot project on education
  • Ramadoss to discuss on-screen smoking ban
  • Drug authority proposal to be placed before Cabinet
  • AIIMS-type hospitals likely
  • New versions of BrahMos planned
  • "Clean Train Station System" for 12 more stations: Lalu
  • Demolition condemned
  • Decision on food subsidy to stay, says Sharad Pawar
  • Indian troops for Golan Heights

    • Nellore

  • Tourist spots to be identified

    • New Delhi

  • Court orders `complete', not `cosmetic' demolitions
  • Infighting set to reach Sonia's doorstep
  • Report sought on illegal buildings of leaders
  • Republic Day floats speak for themselves
  • It's the season for `Indian Idol'
  • Keeping alive the passion for vintage cars
  • Politicians should show the way: L-G
  • Man held on cheating charge
  • For a public cause
  • New Director-General for Sashastra Seema Bal
  • A pilgrimage for Manmohan
  • Delhi trader rescued from Andhra Pradesh
  • Haryana becomes a hot investment destination
  • Hindujas' charge against V.P. Singh
  • `Q' saga: some questions remain
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • "The Clemenceau is a scandal"
  • Why threats against Iran will not work
  • Fraud nags at Google's grand strategy
  • Pirates threaten lives of Somalia's poor

    • Nizamabad

  • Speaker exhorts Dalits to send children to school

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Plea to include Prakasam in job guarantee scheme
  • Sarpanches differ over merger of panchayats

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Motorists worried over unauthorised hoardings
  • State will not permit water diversion, says Minister
  • Thiruvanchoor for streamlining of health services
  • Sabarimala pilgrim season concludes

    • Pondicherry

  • Sri Lankan Minister impressed with bio-village projects
  • New exchange to be comissioned soon

    • Racing : Horse

  • Jersey Pride expected to score
  • Nitco Million to be run on Sunday
  • Mystical, Psychic Strength and Fabulous Emperor impress
  • Bratz, Jumping For Joy please
  • Yes Es Yes Ses, Republic Day shine
  • Jockeys & trainers fined
  • Starscape claims feature

    • Raichur

  • Forum directs firm to compensate consumer
  • Congress bags Raichur Taluk Panchayat posts
  • Protest against exhibition of Husain's works

    • Rajasthan

  • `Dewas project to be completed on priority'
  • Demolition drive around Ranthambhor Park

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Be aware of welfare schemes, says Minister

    • Religion

  • Lessons for devotees

    • Salem

  • 10 arrested in Salem hospital attack case
  • Measures initiated to improve tourism sector: Collector
  • International Congress on English Grammar from January 23
  • Youths urged to be active in community development, says Collector
  • Sabha's tribute to Saint Thyagaraja

    • Shimoga

  • BJP members lay siege to city municipal office, seek amenities
  • Four killed in road accident
  • R.K. Kalyankar dead

    • Sivaganga

  • Rural job scheme to be implemented in Sivaganga dt. from next month

    • Sport

  • Error-prone Sania makes her exit
  • AIR commentary
  • India needs to address bowling issues
  • Pooja Ghorpade takes day's honours
  • Railways gets past Punjab, meets Services in men's summit clash

    • Sports : General

  • Reward for Cech
  • A shot in the arm for `Sailability'
  • North Zone shocks holder East
  • Annamalai advances
  • Telecast schedule

    • Squash

  • Canara Bank to sponsor Joshna

    • Srikakulam

  • Project to improve living standards of khadi workers
  • Concern over poor availability of commodities

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Thyagaraja linked human to divine
  • Milking consumers?
  • Watch your step
  • Ryots demand mobile procurement centres
  • Books for matriculation students released
  • Meet of specialists for disabled children
  • Meet on radiation physics opens
  • Cyclists and pedestrians pushed beyond the kerb
  • Recognise the brave: CPI leader
  • Why strategies don't get executed
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Security gadget for houses becoming a necessity
  • Nod for bus stand
  • Revive rural India: Governor
  • Five Kalrayan Hills residents die under suspicious circumstances
  • Krishnagiri gets Rs.3.5 cr. under National Horticultural Mission
  • Thangkabalu speech creates rift in DPA
  • Multimedia campaign to begin in Sivakasi on January 24, says MP
  • Six CETPs begin civil works

    • Tennis

  • Rupesh advances
  • Bhupathi-Moodie pair moves up

    • Thanjavur

  • Hundreds of musicians pay homage to Thyagaraja

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • IIED to start functioning in September
  • State eligibility test for appointing non-vocational teachers on April 23
  • Bias in sanctioning medical aid alleged
  • Achuthanandan alleges victimisation of students
  • Carmel School tops in youth fete
  • Construction worker falls to death
  • Demand to end ilmenite shortage
  • Award for Kadammanitta
  • Battle against the bulge
  • Photography competition
  • Fire at Ulloor
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated January 20, 1956: India's fresh note to U.S.
  • dated January 20, 1956: Future of Malaya

    • Thrissur

  • JD(S) chief flays rebels' move
  • `Tax reforms only to help the rich'

    • Tiruchi

  • Rural entrepreneur tastes success in value addition
  • Institute stocking saline-resistant paddy seeds
  • And now a major project for SHGs
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Over 5,000 hectares of wasteland to be developed

    • Tirupati

  • SVU boarders call off stir
  • TTD to renovate ancient temple

    • Tumkur

  • JD(S) candidate is Tumkur ZP President
  • Lokayukta pulls up officials

    • Tuticorin

  • Stress on comprehensive water management plan
  • Call to focus on pest control
  • Water resource management projects sought
  • Orientation programme

    • Udhagamandalam

  • A place so near and yet so far

    • Union Territories

  • Fog disrupts road, rail traffic

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • U.P. doctors' stir declared illegal
  • Sahara opens its biggest outlet

    • Uttaranchal

  • Silviculture conference at Forest Institute

    • Vellore

  • Bedlam in council over hospital land resolution

    • Vijayawada

  • SIT becomes hub for engineering students
  • Things three-wheeler drivers cannot afford not to know
  • International archers for inter-university meet
  • Rotary `Renaissance' from today
  • Nagarjuna University to build sports hostel
  • Mayor, Commissioner inspect mango market
  • Pirated CDs seized
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Bypoll: Naidu to hold talks with party leaders
  • Three more posts of health officers sought
  • India must gain from its culture: NRI
  • Create awareness among fishermen: Congress leader
  • BoI to introduce doorstep banking
  • Part-time M.Phil/Ph.D programmes in AU
  • City Congress president meets Chief Minister
  • Arrested for stealing dollars
  • Brahmakumaris to observe Jan. 21 as World Peace Day
  • Sweet melody
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhpatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Heated exchanges at ZP meet
  • MSR game for separate Telangana

    • Weather

  • Weather

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