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  • Pothireddypadu: MLA asks TDP to change its stand
  • Irregularities in teacher transfers alleged
  • Passenger train derails, none hurt

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • A.P. to set up agricultural planning commission
  • Passenger train derails, none injured
  • This `life' is quite disappointing
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Amaravathi gearing for Buddhist festival
  • It's time to be with family for Chief Minister
  • `Indiramma' survey nearing completion
  • TTD gives nod for ropeway project
  • Crop insurance for sericulture
  • Olympic Association plans to promote sports in State
  • CI, constable in ACB net
  • KVIC move to encourage rural industries
  • Teacher's killing: 2 police officials suspended

    • Bangalore

  • One department has two boards of examiners
  • Law prevented State from using EVMs in panchayat polls
  • Seminar backs call for quota in private sector
  • BMTC to introduce Volvo buses from new year
  • Two girls drown in Ulsoor Lake, police suspect suicide pact
  • Hurried purchase and prayers on Christmas eve
  • This fight against corruption fails on the screen
  • Facelift for Bannerghatta Park soon
  • All old eggs in one basket
  • INSAT-4A orbit raised further
  • Roads: fiat to committee
  • Re-polling to be held in 83 booths tomorrow
  • Youth delegation meets Sindhia
  • Leaders extend Christmas greetings
  • For a bleak afternoon
  • Abu Salem to be brought to Bangalore for narco test
  • BDA clarifies on CA site in HRBR Layout
  • RGUHS announces M Pharm I year results
  • Woman's body found in Venkatala
  • Man killed in accident
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Bellary

  • 71.44 p.c. voter turnout in Bellary district
  • Re-polling ordered in three booths

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Bhaskar takes honours

    • Business

  • Organised retailing set for big leap
  • AIG looking at realty sector
  • Rangamurthy elected CAMPCO president
  • Commodity exchange records regular delivery
  • Capacity utilisation falls in some manufacturing sectors
  • Petronet LNG reviews progress of the project to be set up in Kochi
  • Book released
  • Sun Pharma closes Able Lab acquisition
  • A clarification
  • Birla Corp ramps up cement capacity

    • Chennai

  • A community on way to recovery
  • Tax above minimum is illegal, says Supreme Court judge
  • At 19, she croons for the best in music industry
  • A film that delves deep into human relationships
  • Call to work for AIADMK's victory in Assembly election
  • False claims, misappropriation of tsunami relief reported
  • More cyclonic systems witnessed during monsoon
  • Central, Egmore to get facelift
  • Sankara Iyer honoured
  • Police investigative skill `on the decline'
  • Natakhapriya's drama festival
  • BJP distributes relief materials in city, suburbs
  • 100 scientists to attend workshop on tsunami
  • Spurt in diarrhoea cases
  • Governor calls for fostering peace, harmony
  • Centre for managing waste coming
  • `Annadanam' at churches too
  • Plan to renovate Church of Loyola
  • Stories from the Bible released on CD
  • Rs. 3.48 crore sanctioned for computerising High Court Benches
  • Man run over on Radhakrishnan Salai
  • Sudha Raghunathan, Urmila Sathyanarayanan honoured
  • "Ignite" annual day celebrated
  • Brahmins' rally next year
  • IAF conducts AIDS awareness campaign
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Padmini, Rama Kumari among leaders
  • Vietnam holds India
  • Hari Krishna draws with Timman

    • Coimbatore

  • Towards giving the mentally ill a new lease of life
  • Hopes of sewer scheme implementation resurface
  • Concern over non-revision of meter fare
  • Move to relax pension age of physically challenged
  • Arivoli employees' plea to implement continuing education campaign
  • Fiat against festive bash
  • Man held under Goondas Act
  • Alumni meet at PSG Tech today
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • An upgrade for Irfan Pathan
  • Andhra banks on its top-order
  • Maharashtra confident
  • New Kids posts win
  • TN takes on tough Mumbai
  • Prince of Kolkata is a happy man
  • Sujanendra sparkles
  • Youngmen CC registers win
  • Experience provides a lifeline
  • `Ganguly deserves his place'
  • It's do-or-die for Kerala
  • Hyderabad looks to Laxman
  • A grim possibility
  • Racism: Richards calls on ICC and FIFA
  • Shortened run-up helped me: Zaheer
  • Ranji fifth round from today
  • ICC urged to help Zimbabwe players

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    • Dindigul

  • Minister reviews flood relief works in Dindigul district
  • Exhibition of khadi products
  • Two petitions against AIADMK man, others

    • Eluru

  • Officials counter CPI(M) claim with `evidence'

    • Erode

  • Farmers urged to use organic manure
  • 890 teachers appointed in Erode district
  • Two injured in blast

    • Front Page

  • Manmohan hints at tax, labour reforms
  • Ganguly back in team
  • PM to visit tsunami-hit areas
  • All eyes on Rajnath
  • Clubs can stage musical events: court
  • Killing of three Bodo students sparks violence
  • The ghost of tsunami haunts them
  • Veteran actress Banumathi passes away
  • Air India to buy 68 Boeing aircraft
  • LTTE asked to ensure peace
  • Oommen Chandy fails to keep his promises
  • Fog grounds a hundred flights, dozens of trains
  • Police forward 18 suggestions to Government on security to women
  • The black Sunday still haunts her
  • IT parks to come up at Rushikonda
  • Three labourers electrocuted
  • Agricultural plan panel on the anvil
  • Is Coimbatore ready for MRTS?
  • Tension prevails in Bidar district after election-related violence
  • Violence in Sri Lanka: Patrol intensified along coast
  • Many stranded as fog in Delhi affects flights
  • Koyilandy harbour work from January
  • 20 trapped in under-construction mall, 5 bodies recovered
  • Delhi Metro announces fare hike
  • Seven militants gunned down in J&K
  • Orbit raised
  • Minister denied entry

    • Gulbarga

  • Gulbarga, Raichur brought under job guarantee scheme
  • `Our aim was to prevent the BJP from gaining a foothold'
  • Good voter turnout in Gulbarga district
  • District Science Centre to celebrate 22nd anniversary on January 6
  • Students seek better amenities at their hostel in Gulbarga

    • Haryana

  • Chill winds lash the North Western region
  • Raids conducted

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Mixed response to shifting of H.P. Assembly

    • Hockey

  • Hat-trick by Deepak Thakur

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • New-look Kittur Channamma Circle by January-end
  • Dharna for reservation

    • Hyderabad

  • Land dispute hits tank beautification
  • Sending across a message of hope
  • Students in an engaging battle of brains
  • This `life' is quite disappointing
  • Shattered by the killer wave
  • White cards by March-end
  • Station road to be made two-way
  • Panel to suggest steps for akademies' revival
  • Central Government staff stage dharna
  • Judicial probe sought into lathicharge on Telugu Desam men
  • DMK leaders under fire at open house
  • Tragedy strikes family on boy's birthday
  • Four-year-old boy run over by van at Amberpet
  • Here we go! Jana, MSR shower praise on ATA
  • FM Rainbow radio channel launch today
  • Move to convert schools into English medium opposed
  • Shinde, YSR, Naidu greet people
  • Interview for loans under Rajiv Yuva Shakti
  • Serial on Venkateswara in the making
  • HC directive on cable wiring
  • Training programme for medical technicians
  • `Economic growth bubble may burst'
  • Appeal for aid to ailing student
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • Contaminated French warship to leave for Gujarat yard shortly
  • Indian student stabs professor

    • International

  • Ayman Nour jailed for forgery
  • Hopes of faster reconstruction in Aceh
  • LTTE asked to ensure peace
  • Cryptic crosswords, an accessible pastime for all
  • The problem with planting trees
  • Rajapakse determined to start talks soon
  • Blair to quit next year?
  • Journalist on trial
  • Entire editorial staff of newspaper resign in Sindh
  • Russia's offer to Iran

    • Kancheepuram

  • Installation of warning systems need of the hour
  • Pudupattinam residents neglected in tsunami rehabilitation work

    • Kannur

  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Markfed to bail out distressed weavers
  • Police to train girls in self- defence techniques

    • Karnataka

  • Tension in Bidar district after poll-related violence
  • Use of voting machines in panchayat polls barred
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Changes sought in MPLAD scheme implementation
  • Neri Rodrigues sworn in Minister
  • Goa set to usher in Christmas
  • A colourful spectacle at Malpe
  • KSRTC to introduce online booking in taluks
  • Call to involve gram panchayats in combating child labour
  • Goa MP moves Private Member's Bill
  • Advocate murdered in Haveri
  • `Telephone density high in Chikmagalur district'
  • Naxal activities under control: Dharam Singh
  • Authority favoured to act against errant MPs, legislators
  • Re-polling in six booths

    • Kerala

  • Work on Koyilandy fishing harbour from January
  • Heavy rush at Sabarimala
  • Helping the infertile
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Consumer bodies urged to strengthen activities
  • SAFI launches M.Sc. bioinformatics
  • Air passengers stranded

    • Khammam

  • State promises all help to Polavaram-displaced

    • Kochi

  • A film on Kamala Surayya
  • Bus workers on the warpath
  • Setting Koodiyattom in the new age
  • Krishna Iyer's plea to NHRC
  • `Love without discrimination'
  • Surabhi Awards presented
  • Expose parties with ISI link, says George
  • Court order to complete railway culvert work
  • Warehousing zone planned
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Tsunami victims remembered
  • Kakkanadan not elated at winning award

    • Kottayam

  • Well water in Kumaranallore ward found contaminated

    • Kozhikode

  • INL to hold talks with parties
  • Government order blow to Homoeo tutor rank-holders
  • Kozhikode to host VHSE youth festival
  • INL meet elects new office-bearers
  • Thunchan Day to be observed

    • Madikeri

  • Officials pulled up for `tardy' stadium work at Madikeri
  • `Be alert while making purchases'

    • Madurai

  • "Socio-cultural interaction, the best way to script success"
  • Achieve PMRY target by December end, Collector tells bankers
  • What ails scholarship scheme?
  • Attitude of officials callous
  • Fake appointment orders made for jobs in HC Bench
  • Ashtami Chapparam taken out from Meenakshi temple
  • "Home Guards, part and parcel of police department"
  • Principals congratulate MKU, Vice-Chancellor
  • MUTA seeks increase in EPF interest rate
  • Focus on basic science
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Wetlands need to be protected
  • Mangalore varsity to re-introduce semester scheme
  • S.R. Rangamurthy elected president of CAMPCO
  • Police review security of BPO, call centre employees
  • Christmas celebrations at jail
  • `Steer clear of mindless consumerism'
  • Appeal to Union Minister
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Permanent employees of open varsity boycott work
  • `Audience also to blame for violence in films'
  • Scholarships for students
  • European cyclists reach Mysore A tour of Asia on bicycles
  • Scavenging still prevalent in city: mahasamsthe

    • Nagapattinam

  • Tsunami-orphaned children paint on 72-foot canvas

    • Nagercoil

  • Rs.66-cr. proposal to renovate water bodies damaged by tsunami

    • National

  • Prepare to face globalisation: Manmohan tells industry
  • Expelled MPs may move court
  • India fast becoming global player: Advani
  • Why Rajnath is preferred
  • Use of force
  • Indians behind "amazing invention"
  • Fighting Hollywood with India
  • 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Mongolia
  • Bajrang Dal assailants may be held under NSA: police
  • Tsunami-hit people still need help: Steinmeier
  • "Treat communal violence as genocide"
  • BSNL to offer full talk time on recharge coupon
  • Open more points on LoC: Tarigami
  • Awareness on information law sought
  • Government not to issue White Paper
  • Amar Singh's brother to join Congress
  • Amar Singh's brother to join Congress
  • TDP welcomes expulsion
  • Explain follow-up action after expulsion: Raja
  • Govindacharya opposes POSCO project
  • Crushed by elephant
  • Prepare for challenges, airmen told
  • Educate truckers to check AIDS: study
  • IGNOU's venture to create "cadre" of heart specialists
  • Rickshawman dies following kidney removal
  • Narayanan: India hopeful of resolving nuclear issues
  • Dedicated freight corridors coming, says Lalu Prasad
  • Kanshi Ram's mother cremated

    • New Delhi

  • Rich and poor, laughs and tears, same old mixture... .
  • Sheila Dikshit marginalises her detractors
  • Speaker gives clean chit to MCD Commissioner
  • Attempt to create "cadre" of heart specialists
  • Housing scam accused in judicial custody
  • 10 years' RI to young man for raping minor
  • Extortionist, associate arrested
  • RWAs oppose mixed land use policy in Master Plan
  • DMRC announces increase in fares
  • Demolitions go into low gear
  • Kishan Pehalwan in Australia, aide nabbed
  • Around the City
  • Briefly

    • Nizamabad

  • Movement for university in Nizamabad to be intensified

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • Fare meter made compulsory in autos
  • Quiz for mentally challenged children

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Spiritual meet begins today
  • Sabarimala temple witnessing heavy rush

    • Perambalur

  • Boat donated to Ramanallur people

    • Pondicherry

  • AIADMK has no right to criticise Pondy Government: Narayanasamy
  • Lakhera, Chief Minister, extend Christmas greetings
  • Course in advertising

    • Punjab

  • Christmas greetings

    • Racing : Horse

  • It's Diabolical vs. Flaming Glory
  • Fines and suspension
  • Aryanoush runs with a good chance
  • Iberian bags Karnataka Police Trophy
  • Supreme Princess triumphs
  • Cedros and Fantasy Moon impress
  • Yousnooze Youloose, Gold Rush please
  • Gaea shines

    • Racing : Motor

  • MRF Supercross final leg today

    • Raichur

  • 61.55 p.c. polling in Raichur Zilla Panchayat elections

    • Rajasthan

  • Call for responsive governance

    • Salem

  • Collector's plea to consumer bodies
  • Encroachments on water bodies yet to be removed
  • Students' cycle rally in Salem on creating AIDS awareness
  • People told to stay away from farmland

    • Shimoga

  • Lend more to farm sector, banks told
  • Consumers being cheated, says Mahila Morcha
  • Committees to monitor fair-price shops

    • Sport

  • Ganguly gets the nod for Pakistan tour
  • Solid show by Ashutosh and Vishaal

    • Sports : General

  • Saleem dazzles
  • Manipur's merry run continues

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Efforts of community colleges earn praise
  • Navy, Coast Guard intensify patrolling
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Daring performance by "Air Devils"
  • Two girls drown in Ulsoor Lake; suicide pact?
  • Welfare schemes given priority in naxal-hit villages
  • Exhibition of tsunami photographs
  • Two more held, more TV sets recovered
  • Complaints filed against poll roll anomalies
  • Course in advertising
  • Competitions for students in `pasurams'
  • Prohibition raids stepped up in Krishnagiri

    • Tennis

  • Home is where his tennis heart is
  • Pyaram Singh qualifies
  • Pyaram Singh qualifies

    • Thanjavur

  • ASI renovating Big Temple gopuram
  • Minister distributes cycles to students

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Government to opt for new HIV testing kits
  • CBI must probe new turn in sex scandal case: CPI
  • `Television serials killing film industry in Turkey'
  • YC campaigns against graft
  • Probe tsunami relief work, says Jacob
  • Meet on alternative medical streams
  • Police to intensify night patrolling
  • Tension at NGO Association office NGO association factions clash
  • British Library plans Science Week
  • Collector visits quarry
  • Wash destroyed
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Offices computerised
  • ICWAI exam
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • Thrissur

  • `Government-private tie-up vital'

    • Tiruchi

  • Cop honoured for winning gold in shooting contest
  • They come a long way from disaster
  • Full-fledged drive to clear drainage channels
  • North Indians observe ritual of ``Phool Varsha''
  • Librarians' plea
  • Plaints in Perambalur
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  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Seven boys injured in explosion

    • Tirupati

  • `Make Sanskrit literature a treasure trove of knowledge'
  • Alipiri to be converted into a spiritual zone
  • TTD plans to host `Tirupati Utsav'
  • People make the most of `108' emergency dialling service

    • Tuticorin

  • "Emulate Japan in tackling natural disasters"
  • Low-cost technology for fattening earthworms

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Preparations on for 2006 floral carnival

    • Vijayawada

  • No decision taken yet on water meters, says Koneru
  • Cyber cafes: norms for licences to be tightened
  • This `life' is quite disappointing
  • Designer products up for grabs
  • Consumers told to be aware of their rights
  • DPL centres to be reopened
  • Minister pats Municipal Commissioner
  • Transco counters open today
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Fighting AIDS, HIV with a cutting edge
  • Quite disappointing `life'
  • CPI stresses need for transparency in redrawing divisions
  • Need for greater awareness among consumers stressed
  • Police `beat up' employee of Kanakamahalakshmi temple
  • AIDWA calls for united struggle for quota
  • Three held in fake certificate racket
  • Maoists attack police station
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Dropout's determination pays off
  • Council revival buoys Congress leaders' hopes
  • ATA cultural meet in Warangal

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Weightlifting

  • IWF hopes to pick new set of lifters
  • IWF hopes to pick new set of lifters

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