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Alappuzha

  • Seminar on human rights
  • Cooperative society formed

    • Anantapur

  • Bank officer `confines' borrower's family members

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • `I will quit as MP after Telangana is formed'
  • Police, naxalites exchange fire
  • Congress upset, boycotts meeting
  • Farmers' panel moots `distress fund'
  • `Allowing euthanasia will have far reaching consequences'
  • Shrinking forests drive big cats to `concrete jungles'
  • Lower Polavaram project height: CPI
  • Clear the air on tenders: TDP
  • Congress leaders boycott TRS meeting
  • Doctors urged to help poor
  • Industrial power to be cheap from April 1
  • Group I mains, final interviews by May 2005
  • Lift schemes to cater to ID crops only, says YSR
  • Move forward on Telangana: RPI
  • Gangi Reddy dead
  • Congress hits back at Naidu
  • TRS fumes at TDP petition against KCR
  • Man waylaid, robbed of Rs. 3.8 lakhs
  • Engineering student killed as bus hits autorickshaw
  • Janashakti seeks release of Maoist leader
  • OU Registrar warns colleges
  • Power snapped to 40 tribal villages
  • Naidu assigns tasks to party leaders
  • Stop wasting House time, BJP tells Congress, TDP
  • President of Singapore worships at Tirumala
  • Exchange of fire: law will take its own course: YSR
  • Report sought on lecturer's attack
  • Wakf Inspector visits `disputed' site
  • YSR enquires about PV's health
  • Hot gruel proves fatal for boy
  • Kin held in Hashma killing case
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Wild animals survive drought in Pocharam sanctuary
  • Police keen on reaching out to people
  • City has lost clean and green image: Bandaru
  • Farm education course for input dealers launched
  • Police warn naxals against carrying arms
  • YSR's assurance to CCI staff

    • Athletics

  • St. Thomas, Assumption emerge champions

    • Badminton

  • Gopichand prevails over Arvind
  • Semifinalists spotted
  • Vidyadhar upset

    • Bangalore

  • Problems galore on day one
  • Student commits suicide
  • Excellence should be a habit: Premji
  • Water adalat tomorrow
  • Ornaments recovered
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Sandalwood thefts difficult to stop, say police

    • Bellary

  • Former Bellary CMC president attacked
  • JD(S) wants support price for cotton

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Srinivasa upset

    • Bridge

  • DSM takes lead

    • Business

  • Exports rise 26 p.c. in November
  • Crude oil futures plunge
  • Consortium to buy stake in Idea Cellular
  • Canara Bank aims at becoming a global bank
  • Forex reserves surge $3.75 b
  • Anil Ambani adjudged `CEO of the year'

    • Chennai

  • 225 `scientists' in the fray
  • Renovated San Thome basilica opening today
  • Meet to highlight benefits of spectrophysics
  • Turning `schools into smiles'
  • Rally for Bill on free, compulsory education
  • NRI music festival inaugurated
  • Rs. 1 lakh for temple tank renovation
  • Quarrel ends in wife's death
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Gopal still in lead
  • Ganguly in sole lead

    • Coimbatore

  • Close watch on eye ailments
  • Good response to employment melas
  • Chain-snatchers arrested
  • Construction workers seek enhanced aid
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Century No. 34 for the Master Blaster
  • Handling pressure the Tendulkar and Kumble way
  • The exciting journey with Sachin Tendulkar
  • I'm extremely happy: Tendulkar
  • Australia wins
  • Tendulkar is more precious than Kohinoor: Gavaskar
  • Tendulkar's milestones
  • Easy for Bangalore
  • Hemang Badani injured
  • Kirti Azad sparkles
  • Rajilal hits century
  • Pakistan loses again
  • ICICI in final
  • Tamil Nadu team for Ranji Trophy

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 2584
  • Solution No. 2583

    • Cuddapah

  • Panel orders speedy relief to kin of ryots
  • Godrej Agrovet to set up banana nurseries
  • Girls urged to excel in sports
  • Arrest of rights activists decried
  • 12-yr-old dancer bags award

    • Dharmapuri

  • `AIDS deterrent to country's growth'

    • Dharwad

  • A musical harmony

    • Football

  • Doctor's services were not sought, says hospital
  • AG's beats ICF
  • Jharkhand thrashes Rajasthan

    • Front Page

  • M.S. subbulakshmi passes away, aged 88
  • "You sing like an angel"
  • A voice that enchanted
  • Epitome of bhakti
  • Untouched by fame
  • Hurriyat leaders allowed to go to Kathmandu
  • Tendulkar equals Gavaskar's world record
  • Indira Goswami writes again to Manmohan
  • Mukesh leaves all `settlement issues' to mother
  • Rao stable
  • Aamir Khan in Pakistan
  • Fast attack craft
  • Colombo blast kills 2

    • Golf

  • Randhawa surrenders lead
  • Sanjay Singh on top

    • Gujarat

  • Sibal favours CBI probe into Gujarat riots cases

    • Gulbarga

  • Owners, officials clash over demolition of stalls
  • Rs. 50 cr. sought for red gram board

    • Guntur

  • Couple confesses to killing son
  • Two youngsters attempt suicide
  • Site inspected for Anupu LI scheme

    • Haryana

  • New Haryana schemes to woo voters

    • Hassan

  • Desi Sammelan aims to revive traditional knowledge
  • Rs. 2.68 crores for Sarva Shikshana Abhiyan in Hassan

    • Hockey

  • Chance for India
  • Annamalai has it tough
  • Titanium rallies past SECR

    • Hyderabad

  • `Allowing euthanasia will be disastrous'
  • Hard choice for a mother
  • Dutch cover
  • Scrabble tourney today
  • EAMCET to be held on April 29
  • CIEFL courses
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • Pro-unification party wins Taiwan election
  • U.S. soldier jailed for killing Iraqi teenager
  • Nominee for Homeland Security post opts out
  • Islamic nations discuss reforms
  • Monks call off stir over Bollywood show
  • Houdini is caged
  • Pakistan arrests head of militant organisation
  • The lawyer and the tissue writ
  • Berlusconi cleared of corruption charge
  • In denial on global warming
  • Fortune for a cat's gravestone
  • Kenya re-taking land looted by leaders
  • The new face of hi-tech detection
  • Colombian fighters lay down arms
  • Human chain across Bangladesh
  • Yushchenko was poisoned, say doctors
  • U.S. launches new offensive in Afghanistan

    • Karimnagar

  • `Groundwater Department needs strengthening'

    • Karnataka

  • Thousands of disabled people to get prostheses in February
  • Yediyurappa predicts mid-term polls
  • Special initiative to help disabled people
  • BDA to implement high-tech city project
  • Deve Gowda leading JD(S) to disaster, says A.K. Subbaiah
  • Hoteliers seek single window agency for granting licence
  • Finance firm to return deposits soon
  • Minister for extending ESI scheme to unorganised sector
  • Better deal sought for contract doctors
  • Congress delegation seeks KPCC revamp
  • `JD(S) Govt. with BJP support welcome'
  • Passing-out parade at Military School
  • Artistes left in the lurch
  • Rs. 7.2 crores to upgrade six ITIs
  • Officials accused of selling civic amenities sites
  • Special train to Kottayam
  • Auspiciously late
  • Man abducted by naxals near Sringeri
  • Drive against vehicles causing air pollution
  • Two labourers killed in road accident
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • `Involve teachers in legal aid movement'
  • Bangarappa urged to stay with BJP
  • Teachings of sharanas still relevant: seer
  • A rare achievement
  • Women urged to become economically independent
  • Three persons die in two accidents

    • Kerala

  • Leopard shot dead near Kozhikode
  • Over-dependence on Government broke the new wave: Benegal
  • Congress leaders not too happy with enrolment process
  • DTH service spawns grey market for digital receivers
  • New twist to sex scandal case
  • Building structures in space using force fields
  • Massive show of strength by KC(Jacob)
  • Collector seeks reports of review meetings
  • Benegal calls for focus on the audience
  • Pilgrims put to hardship at Sabarimala
  • Four killed in road accident
  • `UGC recognition for Sanskrit university soon'
  • No more division, says Farooq
  • KSRTC staff to go on strike from December 15
  • Akademi council reconstituted
  • State Attorney's clarification
  • Briefly

    • Kochi

  • GCDA to get more powers
  • `Arangettam' of 66 young artistes held
  • `Communists played key role in freedom struggle'
  • Bishops express concern at divisive forces
  • Workshop on decentralisation of power
  • `Judicial officers in Gujarat disillusioned'
  • Centre working on e-governance action plan
  • `Rights of disabled not being protected'
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Excise Range Office inaugurated
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Anchal school girl chosen Kalathilakam
  • Attempt-to-murder case: 14 acquitted
  • Legal awareness workshop for nurses
  • Campaign against move to bifurcate KSEB

    • Kozhikode

  • Railway development proposals get Centre's nod
  • `No truth in complaint on NCC parade'
  • Khadi exhibition

    • Kurnool

  • Auction of buildings: RDO, MRO suspended

    • Madikeri

  • CPI(M) seeks probe into woman's death

    • Madurai

  • DD studio yet to see the light
  • `Young Talent Scheme,' a boon to govt. schools
  • Red alert sounded about `blue tongue'
  • Bharathi remembered
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • Aiyar's function put off after Shiv Sena protest

    • Mangalore

  • Bus bays, a distant dream in Mangalore
  • Greens criticise Poojary's remark on power plant
  • 550 delegates attending homoeopathy meet
  • Corporation Bank to focus on farm sector
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • `Improving dairy technology imperative'
  • Golden Quadrilateral to help triple GDP
  • Congress leader demands ban on single-digit lotteries
  • Two held on cheating charge

    • Nagercoil

  • Workshop on civil services exams held
  • Chain snatched

    • Nalgonda

  • MIM aiming at becoming third force: Asaduddin
  • Five held on charge of printing fake currency notes
  • Tributes paid to CPI(M) leader

    • National

  • Foreign affairs: a welcome development
  • Livestock Insurance Scheme on the anvil
  • ``Amendment needed to ensure inner-party democracy''
  • Environmentalists reject `carbon trading'
  • Need for more women judges in High Courts, says Lahoti
  • High penalty for overloading
  • Foreign policy has become assertive, says Yechury
  • `India-Britain trade will touch $10 billion this financial year'
  • No second autopsy on Christiano Junior
  • Finance Commission report soon
  • A shortcut to China
  • Wayanad: the cross and the crisis
  • Shimla institute was used to implement RSS agenda: report
  • Parliamentary panel on food raps Government for `casual approach'
  • Financial autonomy to judiciary demanded
  • National Conference playing human rights card: Kashmiri Minister
  • Increase intake in PG medical courses: colleges association
  • Special Economic Zones Bill delayed
  • `Congress to strive for majority in U.P., Bihar'
  • `Modification of boundaries cannot be imposed'
  • PM calls on President
  • `Informal sector needs a new deal'
  • Acquire Reliance, Swamy urges Government
  • ``Security concerns'' over proposal to hike FDI limit in telecom
  • Centre discriminating against BJP-ruled States: Jaswant
  • Congress begins work for Jharkhand elections

    • Nellore

  • Constable `assaulted'

    • New Delhi

  • Khurana's appointment to add more confusion
  • Pirated VCDs seized; two held
  • A move in right direction
  • Bus fare revision put off
  • Film on rainwater harvesting gets award
  • School scandal: police team off to Mumbai
  • Traders' meeting sought
  • Six get life term for murder
  • Chain-snatcher held
  • `Work for development of nation'
  • Tamil Sangam honours scientist
  • Revised syllabi approved
  • Factory-owner stabbed to death
  • Corruption cause of poverty: Shekhawat
  • Seminar on housing
  • NCC cadet to visit Singapore
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • Nizamabad

  • Minister promises funds for stadium
  • Youth urged to declare war on AIDS
  • Senior advocate feted
  • Over 15, 000 acres to be distributed

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Konni bags championship at schools' fete

    • Pondicherry

  • Arivoli Iyakkam to be relaunched in Pondicherry
  • `Adopt humane approach in administration of justice'
  • Temple cars to be renovated

    • Punjab

  • Call for setting up naval institute in North

    • Racing : Horse

  • Polar Force in fine nick

    • Rajasthan

  • Policy to encourage lignite-based power projects
  • The star stripes of Ranthambhore

    • Rowing

  • ARAE regatta from Dec. 14

    • Shimoga

  • `Counselling helps improve performance of workers'
  • 602 sites distributed in Shimoga

    • Sports : General

  • Ashlesha corners glory

    • Squash

  • Double delight for TN
  • World doubles championship from tomorrow

    • Table Tennis

  • Ranbir Das survives a scare

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Another revenue official falls victim to sand mafia
  • Second process selection in BIM not in accordance with law: High Court
  • `India must neutralise Sea Tigers'
  • Law soon on uniform admission norms
  • Gang hacks former TNLA member to death
  • Ongoing projects transferred from Nigam to Southern Railway
  • Centre keen on panel on non-communicable diseases
  • Be patient and do not give up, budding advocates told
  • Envoy denies Sri Lankan Navy fired at fishermen
  • Marginal increase in IMFL rates
  • Raja for CBI probe into Acharya case
  • Title for Gaayathri
  • Students dies in blast
  • CITU to support sugar mill workers' stir
  • Man commits suicide
  • Briefly

    • Tennis

  • Karan Rastogi wins
  • Ankita wins title
  • Double for Singh
  • Samantha qualifies

    • Thanjavur

  • Use available resources, students told
  • Jailer selection test

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Spiritual leader to visit city
  • Two held for murder of youth
  • Santosh murder: two more held
  • South Palace to be restored to its original glory
  • Censoring system unacceptable: Shabana
  • 12 injured in accident
  • NSS anniversary to be celebrated
  • Crackdown on erring motorists
  • Mass petition
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • Thrissur

  • `Shortage' of elephants affects Seeveli in Guruvayur

    • Tiruchi

  • Bus stands keep traders divided into two camps
  • NPIU promoting new culture in technical institutions
  • Stress on NSS role in protection of environment
  • VIP passes for `Vaikunda Ekadasi' festival reduced
  • Rs.28-cr loan for women SHGs
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Repairs to roads in Tirunelveli soon, says Minister
  • Human Rights Day observed

    • Tirupati

  • Jobs abound for `right' candidates
  • AITUC panel elected

    • Tripura

  • Advani assails `casual' handling of internal security

    • Udupi

  • Surathkal college wins IT festival

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • BJP to go it alone in U.P.
  • BJP demands dismissal of Laloo, Paswan

    • Uttaranchal

  • Jobs for State activists

    • Vijayawada

  • Mallu on mission to get irrigation projects cleared
  • Disastrous levels of indifference!
  • Nalanda to hold talent contests for children
  • Andhra Bank loan festival from Dec. 18
  • Human rights campaign by women
  • Need for teacher-student rapport stressed
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • LIC to start phase II of housing project
  • Food programme yields results
  • Andhra Bank to open 50 more branches
  • A.V.N. College pride of city: Mayor
  • A rehearsal for `blackout'
  • AutoCAD course to help students earn and learn
  • Tap Godavari water: Puvvada
  • Ex-MP nominated to Hindi Samithi
  • Dhanurmasa Utsavam
  • Lab inaugurated
  • Body found
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • MGM Hospital to be upgraded

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • `Problems in checking infiltration from Bangladesh'

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