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Alappuzha

  • Computerised inventory system in hospitals soon

    • Anantapur

  • Congress unable to speed up development: CPI
  • Collector opens Ranji match
  • CC TV sets installed at railway station
  • Seven arrested

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Former Minister, 7 others get life-term
  • A setback to Telugu Desam Party
  • Naidu to hit the road next month
  • Group I aspirants' rally a dampener
  • The knot joins two generations
  • Huge pilgrim influx at Tirumala
  • Deaths haunt farmer's family
  • TDP fears scrapping of free power
  • Cabinet for modification of free power scheme
  • Congress joins issue with critics on tenders
  • Six held on charge of kidnapping auto driver
  • A big pat for YSR
  • Congress leaders lobby against Telangana
  • Yeleru panel serves notice on IAS officer
  • Guntur boy wins bronze in Asian Youth Chess
  • Drowning: bodies of victims retrieved
  • Irrigation projects: Minister turns to non-resident Andhras
  • Pension info now a call away
  • Ramasubba Reddy told to challenge court verdict
  • Man suspected of causing girl's death held
  • Eerie silence in Jammalamadugu
  • Cell phone stolen from accident victim
  • High tea by YSR
  • `Expedite Godavari water to VSP'
  • Briefly
  • Crime watch

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Review meet conducted

    • Athletics

  • Kerala is overall champion
  • Cheptot to take part in Mumbai marathon

    • Bangalore

  • 56 elected to BMP standing committees
  • Narayana Murthy happy with decision on airport
  • Roads around Vidhana Soudha to be widened
  • BJP MPs demand implementation of rehabilitation package
  • Timeframe set for streetlight maintenance
  • Archdiocese to focus on AIDS awareness
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Campus Jottings: Work experience mandatory for TASMAC MBA

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Belgaum

  • Janata Dal (U) ratifies move to end alliance

    • Bijapur

  • Funds crunch stalls gauge conversion work

    • Briefly

  • Safer credit cards
  • UTI Bank extends CMD term
  • LG India MD elevated
  • Sanmar takes stake in ICL
  • Plea on VAT
  • Entrepreneurship development programme
  • Bay-Forge modernises facility
  • Ramco Systems partners Sigmasoft
  • Solectron Centum wins award
  • HTMT to set up BPO centre in Mauritius
  • Monster renews tie up with Sify
  • Wipro to set up centre in Bhubaneswar
  • Interra to expand India presence
  • Kodiak to offer value added services
  • Syndicate Bank ties up with RCTC
  • Canara Bank's festival offer
  • IOB shifts branch
  • Novel scheme to promote vanilla
  • TVS opens new showroom
  • Four Soft's joint venture in China
  • SoftPro in pact with Jboss

    • Business

  • `Law needs more teeth to take on counterfeiting'
  • New product from IDBI Bank
  • Bhushan's galvanized steel mill on stream
  • IOC-IBP swap ratio approved
  • Transfer of stake in SBI MF
  • Sensex drops 38 points on selling
  • L&T to acquire 50 p.c. stake in Valdel Engineering
  • Satyam launches grid computing practice
  • Rupee weakens against dollar
  • Panel examining raising FDI cap in telecom
  • Duty-free pepper imports banned
  • PC sales record 1.7 m
  • Marginal fall in infrastructure growth
  • `VSNL curbing access on FEA'

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • Commuter stress on the rise
  • Population enumeration flawed, say residents
  • House burgled at Kottivakkam
  • `Stage plays at venues closer to audience'
  • Environmental activist questions police action
  • Anna University to ban camera phones on campus
  • Foreign currency seized, two held
  • Nod for upgrading national highways
  • 575 gm of heroin seized
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Amanov stuns Fillipov
  • National under-13 tournament from tomorrow

    • Coimbatore

  • Cyber cafes to be brought under scanner: IGP
  • Central nod sought for industrial clusters
  • Painting course
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Sunil Joshi scalps five
  • Dhiraj's century props up Maharashtra
  • Binny happy to promote the game in SEA
  • Delhi has Bengal on the mat
  • Sreekumar Nair to the rescue
  • Rajvir rocks Hyderabad
  • Another Aussie win
  • Facile win for TN
  • Poor start by Railways
  • No compromise on run-up: Shoaib
  • West Indies likely to tour Australia
  • Lele, Gaekwad slam Mongia's ouster
  • Gibbs and Langeveldt in SA squad
  • Maruthi has the last laugh
  • Nothing wrong with Harbhajan's doosra, says Muralitharan
  • Unbeaten 117 by Avtar
  • Vellore, Tiruchi in final
  • Narrow win for Delhi CC
  • Brendan bats well
  • TCC in quarterfinals
  • Unnikrishnan's knock in vain
  • Murali XI posts win
  • Delhi, Jamia Millia in final
  • Mithun and Rakesh sparkle

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8172
  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8171

    • Cuddapah

  • DCCB staff launch strike

    • Cycling

  • Hercules Mumbai-Pune race on Dec. 26
  • Harpreet takes honours

    • Dharmapuri

  • Unending woes of a tribal hamlet

    • Dharwad

  • Manjunath, Horatti differ on ceiling on engineering colleges

    • Editorials

  • USE AND ABUSE OF THE INTERNET
  • FOR LIBERTY'S SAKE

    • Equestrian

  • Good show by Anant Rajpurohit

    • Erode

  • 500 women to be trained in tailoring
  • `Patronise solar energy'
  • Life sentence for murder

    • Football

  • Manipur to clash with Orissa in final
  • Big win for Indian Navy

    • Front Page

  • Cases filed against RJD activists
  • Zahira was paid money, claims Tehelka
  • No comment, says Modi
  • No one gave me money: Zahira
  • Sahitya Akademi award winners
  • ESPN told to telecast ODIs on Doordarshan
  • Ex-Minister convicted
  • Schoolboy gets bail
  • PMO denies interference in Ayodhya case
  • World's tiniest baby

    • Gulbarga

  • Arrest of accused in Dalit's murder demanded

    • Guntur

  • `Mega Campaign' by Andhra Bank
  • Assumes charge

    • Haryana

  • Congress complains to EC against Chautala: `Painting State green'

    • Hassan

  • JD(S) confident of regaining control in Hassan ZP
  • Shivaram firm on reducing imbalance in development

    • Hockey

  • French team visits Charminar
  • Suresh simply superb

    • Hyderabad

  • Group-I aspirants' rally a dampener
  • Hostile `run' continues
  • Hathway plays truant, blackout stumps cricket lovers
  • Plea to preserve drinking water reservoirs
  • Report sought on `violations' by mill
  • Court stay on auction of Government buildings
  • Metro rail: joint venture to be floated soon
  • All posts to be filled, says Chief Minister
  • Police rapped for `shoddy' job
  • Official held on graft charge
  • `Vaikunta Ekadasi' rush at temples
  • Plea to YSR
  • AP Express to leave at 11 a.m.
  • Appointed
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Pakistan welcomes Manmohan statement

    • International

  • U.S. toll 18; curfew clamped in Mosul
  • Jewish settlers adopt badge of Holocaust
  • Riyadh recalls envoy in protest against `Tripoli plot'
  • Blair for new peace move in West Asia
  • New fish, insect species found
  • Iran detains `10 nuclear spies'
  • Benazir alleges `double standards'
  • Blunkett's career in doubt
  • Toxic gas in mine kills 13
  • E.U. strikes deal on fishing

    • Karimnagar

  • All-party meet sought

    • Karnataka

  • Manmohan apprised of progress in airport project
  • Think-tank for tourism development
  • Kuvempu varsity finishes second in youth fete
  • New Ministers hunting high and low for bungalows
  • Badawi for greater integration among Southeast Asian nations
  • JD(S) criticises Vaijnath Patil for allegations against Deve Gowda
  • Krishna Temple is public property, reiterates Vishwanath
  • Narayana Murthy calls for increase in exports
  • Convention centre to come up near hi-tech city
  • Govt. to set up think tank for tourism development
  • Demolitions stayed
  • `I am ready to head KPCC'
  • Briefly
  • From the Districts

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Seer calls for end to social boycott
  • Minister promises to take up cause of weavers
  • Zilla panchayat chief withdraws resignation
  • Lovers commit suicide
  • Delegation to meet Chief Minister

    • Kerala

  • Government not to allow online lotteries
  • New guidelines for entrance tests
  • Chandy, Thennala to look into Kunhalikutty issue
  • A writer must grow beyond tradition: Zacharia
  • VIPs' queue causing inconvenience
  • Government not to allow on-line lotteries
  • BJP seeks CBI probe into Marad massacre
  • Christians moving away from Christ, says K.T. Thomas
  • Uniform tariff for HT power sought
  • RSP seeks House panel probe
  • Former bank manager convicted
  • Rural NGOs Forum launched
  • Briefly

    • Kochi

  • Minister to open X'mas celebrations tomorrow
  • Touch screen kiosk inaugurated
  • Carols: warning to extortionists
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • In Kochi Today
  • Campus Jottings: Back to its roots

    • Kollam

  • Crackdown on video piracy in Kollam
  • Counterfeit currency racket busted
  • VHSS youth festival

    • Kozhikode

  • Call to promote adoption of children
  • CPI(ML) Red Flag to observe anti-WTO day

    • Kurnool

  • Congress, TRS creating confusion: CPI(M)
  • Lorry cleaner dies in mishap

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Third front: a non-starter
  • Parliament on television

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Lalu & Parliament
  • CEO's arrest
  • MMS scandal
  • Unfortunate
  • Humility personified

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Digvijay leads protest against demolition
  • Centre, M.P. accused of criminal neglect

    • Madikeri

  • Campaign to fight trafficking in children

    • Madurai

  • `Vaira Netripattai' for Meenakshi Sundareswarar
  • 103 lecturer posts being filled in varsity
  • Sampath panel to visit Madurai dt. again
  • B.Litt, BBA results
  • Valuables recovered
  • Thousands throng Vaishnavite temples
  • New advocates' outfit
  • UGC test centres
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Varsity council accepts resolution on PG course in Education
  • Officials blamed for ignoring tribal people
  • Their performance was special
  • MESCOM detects power theft
  • In Mangalore Today
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Management teachers urged to achieve global standards
  • Prisoners being short-listed for release on Republic Day
  • Negligible damage in Chamundi Hills
  • Prisoners to stage play on Saturday
  • Two paddy purchase centres opened
  • Krishna to open Kuvempu centenary celebrations

    • Nagapattinam

  • `Prawn farms sustained workers during drought'

    • Nalgonda

  • Collector warns Anganwadi workers
  • A bright way of instilling confidence
  • Nine arrested in murder case
  • Women power bends him

    • National

  • Truth is out on Zahira's flip-flop: MP
  • Lalu rejects resignation demand, asks Modi to quit
  • `Conspiracy hatched by Setalvad'
  • Madhu Srivastava denies bribing Zahira
  • No drift in policy on Pakistan: Natwar Singh
  • NHRC notice to Rajasthan
  • Research scientist dead
  • Army Chief in China
  • The pink pond of Hyderabad
  • Congress hopes Supreme Court will take note
  • "Women's day" in the Rajya Sabha
  • With a bindi, from Bangladesh
  • Protests erupt over rape charge against Army unit
  • Railway enquiry services to be integrated
  • "Move Kanchi Acharya to guest house"
  • ``Non-Hindi candidates discriminated against''
  • Witness is evasive, says judge
  • `Acting Chief Justice can discharge functions of Chief Justice'
  • Plan to spread quake awareness through schoolchildren
  • Panel recommends eight-hour roster for rail running staff
  • Sky Bus Metro resumes after 3 months
  • Draft law on rights to forest produce ready, says Minister
  • Patil rules out `hot pursuit' in Bangladesh
  • Azad for flexible approach to number of Parliament sittings
  • Humour breaks the ice
  • Schoolboy ordered released
  • ``Independent judiciary indispensable''
  • Nod for ISRO satellite

    • Nellore

  • 2 killed in mishaps
  • Man done to death

    • New Delhi

  • Six AIIMS-like institutions to be set up
  • MCD trifurcation: Divide within Congress comes in the open
  • Fog disrupts flights, trains
  • CAT imposes fine on ICAR officials
  • New VAT regime from April
  • Govt. planning to sell Jal Board to MNC: Khurana
  • Engineer commits suicide
  • CINEMA
  • Uttaranchal police team in Capital
  • Scribes demand new wage board
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • In the Capital Today
  • Campus Jottings: Degrees up for grabs? Not quite

    • News Analysis

  • The latest act in the tragedy that is Zahira

    • Nizamabad

  • Arrangements in full swing for Army recruitment rally

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Contractors plan fast in front of Chandy's house
  • Three injured in accident
  • Handicrafts fair begins today

    • Perambalur

  • Complete all development works soon: Collector

    • Pondicherry

  • Where ruling partymen criticise their own Government
  • `Squabbles in Congress affecting Government'
  • Panel to take up staff shortage at reservation counters

    • Punjab

  • Amarinder's son cleared of hawala charges

    • Rajasthan

  • Vasundhara admits Govt. overlooked farmers' stir
  • `Neglect of children is cause for concern'
  • Rajasthan seeks Centre's help on irrigation waters

    • Religion

  • Essence of sacred literature

    • Salem

  • `Awareness alone can arrest AIDS'
  • Rehabilitated workers return to bondage in five districts
  • Lorries, tractors seized from mining site

    • Shimoga

  • Sharavathy area residents threaten stir
  • Arrest BJP leaders, forum tells Govt.

    • Sport

  • Pathan is the find of the season
  • Dhoni likely to don the big gloves
  • McGrath topples Harmison
  • Incisive spells by Rakesh and Jesuraj

    • Sports : General

  • Karnataka boys, Maharashtra girls triumph
  • SAAP sanctions equipment for academies
  • Uttaranchal men post win
  • KRL Marathon

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Campaign to scrap Collectors' power to sack panchayat chiefs
  • Post offices stop revenue stamp sale, thanks to row over commission
  • `Women from Andhra Pradesh are most exploited'
  • Police custody extended for Appu
  • Court orders sale of defaulting finance firm's property
  • ENGAGEMENTS
  • Notice to Anna University on affiliation fee
  • Tamil Nadu shows the way in procurement of drugs: World Bank
  • Thousands worship at Srirangam temple
  • `Milestones are for tourists'
  • `Police engaging in false propaganda'
  • BSNL's new schemes for customers
  • `Government should acquire rights of M.S.' films'
  • `Campaign needed to recruit more disabled people'
  • NLC allays fears over health check-up scheme
  • Rs. 3-crore plan to protect Gulf of Mannar biosphere
  • `Give representation to tribals on district planning panels'
  • Briefly
  • Campus Jottings: On digital signal processing
  • Campus Jottings: Tapping talents of students
  • Campus Jottings: Noble service never goes in vain

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Delay of G.O. on tax worries hosiery manufacturers
  • Accelerate credit flow, banks told
  • Power shutdown in Tirupur

    • Tennis

  • Yamini rallies to beat Nisha
  • Sacheti squeezes past Siwach
  • ONGC triumphs
  • Vikas Chauhan advances
  • Koubek hit with doping ban

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Endosulfan: rehabilitation measures necessary
  • Large-scale flouting of building rules detected
  • Development bodies to be strengthened
  • Speeding, overload caused accident, says probe
  • Rights panel to summon IGP
  • Youth held on murder charge
  • Three to be vaccinated against rabies
  • Museum on freedom struggle planned
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Jottings: On going to the polls

    • This Day That Age

  • dated December 23, 1954: Standards in music
  • dated December 23, 1954: Memorial to music trinity
  • dated December 23, 1954: England beats Australia

    • Thrissur

  • `Garba is being degraded in Bollywood'
  • Support to panel chief withdrawn
  • Bhagavatha Satram begins

    • Tiruchi

  • Engineering goods export touches an all-time high
  • NABARD project to promote banana-based products
  • 9 workers injured as pumping station well roof caves in
  • `Give adequate flood relief to farmers'
  • Crisis management training for teachers
  • Training for women SHGs
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Rs. 4 crores allotted for `food-for-work'
  • Dynamic lock facility for seven exchanges
  • MLA stages dharna
  • Ganja seized, two held

    • Tirupati

  • TUDA chief denies role in land-grab
  • Gallery on `Our Sun'

    • Tuticorin

  • UPSC exam forms must be sent before January 3

    • Udupi

  • Scholar sees crisis facing social sciences research
  • Panel gets 60 petitions on `Kanaka Gopura'
  • Samiti opposes coal-based thermal plants in Udupi

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Nothing wrong in Vajpayee's statement, says Mulayam

    • Vijayawada

  • Sanchar awards presented
  • Drainage system in a bad shape
  • Good response to dispute resolution forum
  • `Achievements galore'
  • BSNL to set up more cellular towers
  • Concern over rise in AIDS cases
  • IVRS facility for three railway stations
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • CPI(M) seeks probe into illegal mining
  • Rs. 35-lakh equipment donated to KGH
  • Meet to focus on La Fond's works
  • Massive publicity for Visakha Utsav proposed
  • Trauma care centre to be set up at KGH
  • Fisticuff ends in death
  • Fervour marks Mukkoti Ekadasi
  • Railway unveils future plans
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • SCR begins on a winning note
  • Kannur advances

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Wrestling

  • Thiruvananthapuram men, Kottayam women triumph

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