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  • Teachers' association seeks dismissal of official
  • Tourist drowned

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • A.P. Cabinet nod for three more varsities in the State
  • Polytechnic student commits suicide in A.P.
  • Influx of pilgrims
  • A mess of mangled metal
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Two MLAs contest Naidu's claims on free power scheme
  • YSR vows to transform face of villages and towns
  • Move to wean away tribals from CPI(M)
  • Hotels, youngsters gear up for New Year celebrations
  • Probe into darshan ticket issue
  • `Indiramma' scheme launched
  • Daily telegram stir for Kakinada main line
  • DEO under fire at ZP meet
  • Municipal council's nod for road widening

    • Badminton

  • Chetan Anand high on confidence

    • Bangalore

  • Maintain standards, ensure peace on the campus
  • Bangalore prepares to celebrate New Year amid tight security
  • Hoax bomb calls create panic in Bangalore
  • Terrorists fired at four other places on IISc. campus, says Horatti
  • State intelligence wing in a shambles
  • `Cooperative sector has to take on challenges'
  • 1.1 crore ration cards will be computerised, says Minister
  • You can bank on their compassion for children
  • Woman delivered of quadruplets
  • Woollens add colour to year-end activity
  • Quotas in panchayats should be fixed by poll panel: Horatti
  • `Congress, JD(S), BJP violated poll code'
  • Additional price concession on interest rates to SMEs
  • Resolve to be trim and fit
  • `IISc. attack part of global crisis'
  • Woman commits suicide
  • Conference on ageing
  • Programme on coffee curing
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Narrow win for Bhavan's
  • Uttaranchal deflates Kerala

    • Belgaum

  • JD(S) win boosts Umesh Katti's morale in Hukkeri

    • Bellary

  • BJP forced to eat humble pie in Bellary

    • Bidar

  • Results surprise political parties in Bidar district
  • Janata Dal (S) to file petition against Congress leader

    • Bihar

  • President has a vision for Bihar
  • Nitish Govt. on the job to make roads as smooth as dream girl's cheeks

    • Bijapur

  • State-level science exhibition from Monday
  • BJP will play a constructive role: MLA

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Raunaq qualifies

    • Bridge

  • TN teams cause major upsets

    • Briefly

  • Consumer index up 5 points
  • Petroleum Ministry, ONGC sign MoU
  • Enrolment for independent directors
  • Intel unveils new logo in brand overhaul
  • IndusInd, State Bank group to share ATMs
  • Plustek launches scanners
  • Merger of 5 cos. with HLL becomes effective
  • Hutch, Airtel launch promotional schemes
  • Sabols to enter Kerala market
  • Britannia launches Pepper Chakkar
  • KVB to offer additional interest on term deposits

    • Business

  • Maxis and Reddy family join hands to buy Aircel
  • No extension of Clause 49 deadline
  • `No change in ownership of Raj TV'
  • TV18 promoter divests stake
  • External debt up at $124 b
  • Special trading session for Reliance Industries
  • `SAFTA will boost regional trade'
  • Sensex ends 2005 at new closing peak
  • Sharp rally in rupee

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chattisgarh

  • Maoist leader 'held' in Chhattisgarh

    • Chennai

  • Bangalore attack sparks a security debate
  • Tata to complete projects for tsunamit hit by June
  • Stress on sustainable waste management
  • Villupuram-Tiruchi section electrification in 3 years
  • Taking ghatam and kanjira to the West
  • Pallavaram Municipality approves land for subway
  • DPA deplores DMK councillor's detention
  • Former Inspectors-General among four charge sheeted
  • Workshop for translating theory into practice
  • Expert regrets decline in interest in pure sciences
  • Techniques to become super learners
  • New Chennai project remains a non starter
  • Commuter woes in North Chennai
  • Call to intensify AIDS awareness
  • Need to spread computer literacy in villages stressed
  • Crafts of Orissa exhibited
  • Metrowater presents proposal to World Bank
  • Forum calls for cleaner environment
  • Website for drivers launched
  • Customs rules have been simplified: commissioner
  • Foreign currency seized
  • Life sentence for youth
  • Star hotels, clubs to be under police scanner
  • Bank launches credit schemes for villagers
  • Vocalist Arun honoured
  • Nadaswara vidwans honoured
  • Frank Moraes lecture on January 7
  • Students can write exams under new syllabus
  • In a shambles
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Negi stuns Hebden, shares lead
  • Ministry of Railways retains title
  • Ponomariov wins title

    • Coimbatore

  • Think twice...
  • More concessions for windmills sought
  • Scam in employment training scheme unearthed
  • Wetgrinder manufacturers form export consortium
  • Henkel SPIC keen on expanding in West, North India
  • AFAC passing out parade held
  • DIG of Prisons assumes office
  • No flood this
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Zaheer Khan— a different bowler now
  • Pradeep hits 93
  • Fine century by Nithin
  • Easy for Karamana
  • Kerala puts up a decent show
  • Badrinath to lead TN Ranji team
  • Prithvi, Devashish hit centuries
  • Jamie How set to make one-day debut
  • Innings win for Karnataka
  • TN beats Karnataka

    • Crossword

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  • Solution to Puzzle 8487

    • Dindigul

  • DPA cadres take out rally

    • Editorials

  • Enhancing institutional security
  • Towards greater enlightenment
  • 2006 — Year of Agricultural Renewal

    • Equestrian

  • India `B' wins team event

    • Erode

  • Polluted water affecting crops, says farmers leader
  • `Yarn price hike has hit production badly'
  • Raids on tanneries to be stepped up

    • Front Page

  • Hunt on for terror suspects
  • "Terrorism an impediment to peace process"
  • Incidence of AIDS alarming in Tamil Nadu prisons
  • MTC awaits court permission to procure new buses
  • Two lectures in the New Year
  • "Back to basics" to change nation is BJP's message
  • Mulayam alleges phone tapping
  • BSNL cuts rentals
  • A lively and varied attack
  • Annan expresses grief at Indian peacekeeper's death
  • Delhi gets new Metro line in record time
  • Vajpayee's remark keeps partymen guessing
  • Sivagiri pilgrimage begins
  • Cabinet nod for three more universities in State
  • Weaving park looking out for buyers
  • Army feels Bangalore is particularly vulnerable
  • Two from Tiruchi selected for TCS award
  • KSEB proposes cut in power tariff
  • Man with 54 lakhs held at airport
  • 2006 late by one second
  • Cyriac Joseph is Chief Justice of Karnataka HC
  • Salem speaks out
  • Bar girls arrested

    • Golf

  • Achanta invited to Asian Tour

    • Gulbarga

  • AIPJD takes wind out of JD(S) sails in Gulbarga

    • Guntur

  • Plan to build `stupa' at Amaravathi
  • Make Legislative Council broadbased, says CPI

    • Haryana

  • Haryana takes giant strides in industrial sector
  • Focus on developing smaller towns
  • Hooda cautions people

    • Hassan

  • Naturalists too help save Kudremukh
  • Three held

    • Hockey

  • IA to meet PSB in final

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Excise officials injured in stone-throwing

    • Hyderabad

  • Nizam's jewellery is set to sparkle at Salar Jung Museum
  • Buddha's relic to add attraction to State Archaeological Museum
  • Mayor has first-hand experience of violation of building norms
  • Rumours gain ground as TV channels pick them
  • Enchanting sight in store
  • Flawless workmanship in miniature art
  • Free treatment for cleft lip
  • Invite happy, accident-free New Year, say police
  • Son's bid to prove his worth
  • Chief Minister joins issue with Naidu
  • Necklace road, Tank Bund out of bounds for vehicles tonight
  • Defamation case: Kodela appears in criminal court
  • Cabinet pats itself for `good work'
  • Look into lift scheme issue: Nagam
  • NGO to set up molecular biology laboratory
  • New V-C for Central varsity
  • A flick for action buffs
  • New typing record
  • BC United Front to take up agitation
  • Jeweller attacked; gold, cash stolen
  • Sudesh Bhosle to perform at Chiraan Fort
  • Police to grill Muzeeb
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Baglihar issue: Pakistan denies media reports

    • International

  • Russia threatens to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine
  • Decks cleared for French ship's departure for India
  • Indonesian military admits being paid by U.S. mining firm
  • Panel to probe torture allegations against MI6
  • The old and the beautiful
  • Libraries against the unwashed
  • Poll boycott call in Nepal
  • Lights to defuse violence
  • More detenus on strike

    • Kannur

  • `BJP leadership gives nod for UDF-BJP alliance'
  • Plea for new entrance to Kannur railway station
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Polytechnic student ends life
  • Lifer for dacoit gang members

    • Karnataka

  • Army feels Bangalore is particularly vulnerable
  • Cyriac Joseph is Karnataka Chief Justice
  • Rooting out corruption
  • Threat to vital installations
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Davangere CMC revises property tax rates
  • Celebrities descend on Goa for New Year celebrations
  • A glimpse of fisherfolks' life
  • Komu Souharda Vedike opposes attempts to commercialise Bababudangiri
  • Rane to attend investors' meet
  • Espouse Jain way of life, scholars told
  • Spat between Congress councillors turns unruly
  • Consumer body to observe Road Safety Week from January 2
  • Man accused of raping minor

    • Kerala

  • New package a step in the right direction
  • Next issue
  • Nimble steps towards unity
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Our priority is truce: Rajapakse
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Priority to ceasefire: Rajapakse
  • Women composers in Carnatic Music
  • Demand to bifurcate Malappuram district
  • Chandy rules out backing out from Air Kerala project
  • Villagers `detain' panchayat president, members
  • Sabarimala special trains
  • District school youth fete to begin on Monday
  • Chartered Accountants' meet
  • Four of family found dead in Wayanad

    • Khammam

  • Indirasagar lift irrigation scheme to benefit three districts
  • CPI hails initiative on Dummugudem

    • Kochi

  • Security measures tightened in city
  • Administration clueless on tackling beggary
  • Substantial improvement in capacity utilisation in FACT
  • House panel seeks details of postings
  • Kochi underwater cruise project awaiting nod
  • New lease of life for Abdul
  • SFI plea for legislation
  • Kumbalanghi fete begins
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Body of one more fisherman found
  • Royal family member killed in accident
  • Boats handed over to fishermen

    • Kottayam

  • Knanaya global meet concludes
  • DIC(K) to chart out course soon

    • Kozhikode

  • Marad commission getting ready to submit report
  • Council to accept loan from ADB
  • Shopkeepers fined under Minimum Wages Act
  • 17 shopkeepers fined under wages Act
  • Doctors warn of indefinite stir

    • Kurnool

  • Minor in custody for `selling' ID liquor

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Exemplary
  • Time to act
  • Wise decision
  • Eye-opener
  • Casual attitude
  • Farmers' suicides

    • Madikeri

  • Consortium formed to help horticulture farmers in State

    • Madurai

  • India's bio-diversity under threat: expert
  • New Year revelry may keep cops on their toes tonight
  • "Question paper pattern change will hit engineering aspirants"
  • Special teams for preservation of manuscripts
  • A reverberating move, making women proud
  • Varsity to open placement office in Mumbai
  • DPA protest against `tardy flood relief'
  • MKU publishes exam results
  • Burglar at it after 20 years
  • Collect books with shower of discounts
  • Flood victim's kin receives relief
  • Mizoram Governor visits Chamber
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Kerala will release subsidy of Rs. 54.6 lakhs due to CAMPCO
  • People have rejected BJP in favour of secular parties: Prakash
  • Krishnapur Mutt swamiji's `purapravesha' on January 4
  • Karavali Utsav begins
  • Protesters stop train bound for Mumbai from Mangalore
  • Police issue guidelines for New Year eve celebrations
  • `Let mining go on in Kudremukh'
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Police chief convenes meet to review security in city
  • Showcasing the potential of indigenous industries
  • Mayor seeks corporation commissioner's transfer
  • Industrialists urged to be part of Hannover Fair
  • Rape case: woman inspector suspended

    • Nagapattinam

  • Samba harvest begins in Nagapattinam

    • National

  • Flaws in counter-terror practices
  • Not apprised of threat perception: IISc
  • Stay away from media, BJP members told
  • Public transport only way of decongesting cities: Manmohan
  • ``Sreedharan, a role model''
  • Mothers of children to supervise mid-day meals preparation
  • Rly. GMs appointed
  • Fatal fall for tourist
  • Ordinance likely to decide on minority education status
  • India, Sri Lanka deplore violations of ceasefire by LTTE
  • Vajpayee's announcement `sad news'
  • Funds for ports and tonnage acquisition
  • Back channel diplomacy taking up proposals on Kashmir: Musharraf
  • BSNL employees to go on strike
  • Vajpayee's remark keeps partymen guessing
  • Abu Salem undergoes test

    • Nellore

  • India among top nations in space technology: expert

    • New Delhi

  • Preventing, managing disasters
  • New turn to controversy over finalisation of PAC report
  • Many firsts on Metro Line III
  • A `lean, mean' film about conflicts and GenX
  • Builder mafia to face action
  • 18 illegal constructions demolished
  • Wide range of choice for Delhiites on New Year's Eve
  • Special arrangements by Excise Department
  • Former IIT professor cremated
  • Restive riot victims
  • Veeru's choice!
  • Judicial probe into Jasola tragedy sought
  • Many firsts on Metro Line III
  • Delhi doctor drowns in sea
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • U.S. versus Iran in Iraq
  • Minority rights and responsibilities
  • The trend of re-wilding
  • Sri Lanka: towards an enduring solution

    • Nizamabad

  • Workshop held on investment credit flow

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Cheques given to surrendered naxals

    • Palakkad

  • 40 injured in accident at Attappady
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • `Bhagavathom teaches how to love and live'
  • Sabarimala Ayyappa temple opens for Makaravilakku

    • Racing : Horse

  • Jockeys fined
  • Connaught Square in fine nick
  • Yousnooze Youloose and Republic Day please
  • Perfect Mover triumphs
  • Aquilo, Romantic Liason shine
  • Colour Bearer, Green Bax impress

    • Raichur

  • Paddy growers set to reap a rich harvest in Raichur

    • Rajasthan

  • Raje welcomes Centre decision

    • Religion

  • Path shown by Jnanis

    • Salem

  • Minister distributes assistance to 750 farmers in Salem
  • Ensure innocents are not punished: Former DVAC director
  • City gears up to greet 2006
  • TNEB vacancy
  • Elected president

    • Shimoga

  • Rights, duties are two faces of the same coin: Vice-Chancellor
  • State `forgets' Kuvempu's birth centenary function

    • Sport

  • A lively and varied attack
  • Australia wins, takes 1-0 lead
  • Croatian hero keen to conquer Chennai

    • Sports : General

  • Eight-wicket win for Andhra Blues
  • Majestic CC beats Sun Brothers
  • No sweat for TN women
  • Pittamber shines in MIT's title win
  • Syed Rehaman pips Abhishek
  • SDAT wins football title
  • SWAB Awards for Pankaj, Shikha
  • Netherlands advances

    • Srikakulam

  • Awareness camp on passports held

    • Table Tennis

  • PSPB and TN corner glory
  • Sharath Kamal, Mouma Das triumph

    • Tamil Nadu

  • End of another day
  • Colourful co-existence
  • Banks lend Rs.8 cr. to SHGs
  • Tourists' patience tested
  • SHG members protest against bank officials
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • SHG members protest against cold response of bank
  • Tirupur rejoices as tank overflows
  • Farmers seek fresh loans through PACBs
  • Blood donors felicitated
  • Sankararaman murder case adjourned
  • Water released from Krishnagiri dam
  • Project for financial inclusion launched
  • Stamping their mark on advertisements
  • Rs. 21 lakhs allotted under Farmers Security Scheme
  • Three get double lifer
  • New bus stand to become operational from tomorrow
  • Conference on ageing in February
  • Official suspended

    • Tennis

  • One-sided matches dominate the day
  • Bahuguna upsets Arun

    • Thanjavur

  • Cadres of DMK, allied parties stage demo
  • Students on a cleaning mission of Chola period icons
  • `Birth deformities can be avoided'

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Achuthanandan urges Kalam to issue order on delimitation
  • FIR through computers
  • Road Safety Authority to be constituted soon
  • Security arrangements stepped up
  • Revenue adalat from January 3
  • A get-together with a difference
  • President's letter spurs university into action
  • No difference with Forest Minister, says Mani
  • Manuscript survey in February: Minister
  • Brown sugar seized at Kovalam
  • Living on the edge
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated December 31, 1955: Russia's support to India
  • dated December 31, 1955: Reception to Soong
  • dated December 31, 1955: Yalta talks of 1945

    • Thrissur

  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • DMK, allied parties stage demonstration
  • Free cancer camp
  • 345 bags of ration rice seized, three persons held
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • DPA cadres stage demonstration
  • Land to be acquired for expansion of industrial estate at Valliyoor

    • Tirupati

  • Sale of cards, cakes soar ahead of New Year eve

    • Tuticorin

  • Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to be set up in Tuticorin
  • Maintenance of Roche Park privatised

    • Udupi

  • Temple town gearing up for the grand Paryaya

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • V.P. Singh against contract farming

    • Vellore

  • Strictly for those who favour handloom

    • Vijayawada

  • Furore over ward budget
  • Son's bid to prove his real worth
  • Handloom expo a big draw
  • Cake shops do brisk business
  • Three arrested on robbery charge
  • More powers for Mayor sought
  • This flick is for action buffs
  • Road Safety Week programmes
  • Caution to revellers on New Year's eve
  • Film Federation of India office-bearers
  • Ex-MLAs' plea on medical services
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Impressive comeback
  • Girijan students catch the eye
  • Police to keep tab on New Year revellers
  • Lure of filthy lucre
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhpatnam Today

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