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    Anantapur

  • Do not misuse house-site pattas, says Minister
  • `Less than 10 p.c. assigned land under cultivation'
  • Julakanti remains elusive

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • New policy envisages more liquor shops, bars
  • Six women of family commit suicide
  • Two broad gauge railway lines inaugurated
  • CNG stations by May for Vijayawada
  • `Rajiv Gruhakalpa': registrations to begin on February 10
  • Efforts on to develop vaccine against cervical cancer
  • Transco, discoms submit revised tariff proposals
  • YSR raises `raw deal,' Velu promises `justice'
  • Naxals blast mandal office
  • Moves afoot to bail out Godavari delta ryots
  • Naxal issue is back to square one: CPI
  • Girijan Sangham for re-survey of lands
  • VAT: State to lose over 600-cr. revenue
  • Contractors trying to form syndicates, say TDP leaders
  • Power tariff cut for industries from April 1
  • Extend SCR GM's service: Madhu Goud
  • Probe killing from all angles: Congress MP
  • APCC chief unhappy with section of media
  • CBI seeks slain MLA's post-mortem report
  • Police officers ask Maoists to mend ways
  • Four beaten up on charge of Banamati
  • IAS trainees' team visits Karimnagar
  • Naidu asks MLAs to raise Paritala murder in House
  • Hectic schedule for YSR in Delhi
  • YSR-Plan panel talks on Feb. 10
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • `Congress will not neglect handicrafts'
  • D. Mohan tipped for standing panel post
  • Nagoba jatara begins today

    • Bangalore

  • Airshow: disaster management plan ready
  • Army to acquire 197 helicopters
  • BMP may levy new cess this year; budget next month
  • BEL to display products at airshow
  • Truck movement to be restricted for five days
  • Water Adalat tomorrow
  • Exam cancelled
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Bellary

  • Bank staff stage dharna for better deal

    • Bidar

  • AyuSoft for Ayurvedic doctors on the anvil

    • Briefly

  • TAKE Solutions acquires 4Bsoft
  • SBI to pay $8 m for bank buyout
  • Gokaldas Exports' IPO
  • Jaiprakash files draft prospectus
  • Punj Lloyd raises $50 million
  • DRL starts clinical trial of cardiovascular drug
  • PNB completes computerisation of branches
  • Wipro Tech ranks in `fast followers' category
  • International Chemtech World Expo 2005

    • Business

  • Economy to grow at 6.9 p.c. in 2004-05
  • India, Finland to step up bilateral trade
  • Merger of cooperative banks on anvil
  • HDFC Bank, NAFED join hands
  • Abhilash Chemicals to produce bulk drugs
  • NBFCs asked to create floating charge
  • Rupee loses further ground
  • Sensex drops 83 points on profit taking
  • Airbus eyeing Indian market
  • Imports of sensitive items decline
  • United Bank chases post office rates
  • South Africa to partner engineering fair
  • Chamber wants lower PLR

    • Chennai

  • Digital film projection: good and bad news
  • Arivoli Iyakkam volunteers left in the lurch
  • Arthroscopy `cheaper, less painful'
  • Fisherwomen get a helping hand
  • Zeroing in on diabetes prevention
  • Renovated school opened at Parrys
  • Schoolboy's kidnap story a stunt to avoid exams
  • School displays disaster management techniques
  • Andhra police arrest two in murder case
  • SBI chips in for Senate House renovation
  • Watermelons flood the city
  • Cobbler murdered
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Chess

  • Harikrishna in joint lead
  • Three share lead

    • Coimbatore

  • Bus stops turn accident zones
  • Burglars strike at shops in suburbs
  • Steps to reduce accidents
  • Research should meet society's needs
  • CellOne bills dispatched
  • Aid for conservancy workers
  • Around the City
  • Readers' Mail

    • Cricket

  • Gibbs' shift likely to be permanent
  • Pakistan team to be announced on Feb. 18
  • Unbeaten century by Vasudeva Das
  • Easy win for Golden Chariot
  • Shane Warne Foundation to help tsunami victims
  • India Cements beats Majestic CC
  • Unbeaten century by Krishna Chandra
  • Pathan out of Challenger Series
  • India tour: Saqlain ruled out
  • Ravi shines
  • Emphatic win for SBM Jain
  • Triple century by Upadhyay
  • Akash hits hundred
  • Five-wkt. win for Pankajakasturi
  • Facile win for SBT B
  • Vizag Blues defeats Galaxy

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8211
  • Solution to puzzle 8210

    • Cuddalore

  • Changing the BSNL mindset
  • Boats in disrepair, but boat-builders are jobless

    • Cuddapah

  • Fresh tenders to be called for civic works
  • Cater to health needs of poor, NGOs told
  • Youth run over by RTC bus
  • Protest against FDI hike in telecom sector
  • `Irregularities' in voter lists: TDP to move court

    • Dharwad

  • Water supply schedule for Dharwad

    • Editorials

  • THE NEWS ABOUT AL JAZEERA
  • WORLD ECONOMY IN 2005

    • Erode

  • Insurance scheme from IFFCO
  • Horticulture loans distributed to SHGs
  • PDS shop at Periyavattam
  • Residents' plea
  • Farmers plan demonstration

    • Football

  • Another perfect season for Patriots
  • Assam Rifles keeps winning
  • Rising Sun holds Rovers
  • Mahindra United downs Vasco
  • Zakir Husain College rallies to post win
  • Tamil Nadu on top
  • Hat-trick by Suresh

    • Front Page

  • Rane asked to prove majority by March 4
  • Batticaloa LTTE leader killed
  • Court notice on unsolicited calls on cell phones
  • Kalam fine after treatment for shoulder injury
  • ``Venue is for cricket boards to decide''
  • Sania capable of handling anyone
  • U.K. proposes tough immigration controls
  • Economy to grow at 6.9 p.c. in 2004-05
  • Pop singer being deported
  • AIDS vaccine likely in eight years: Minister
  • Duplicate mark sheets for tsunami-hit students
  • Six ITBP jawans killed, eight missing
  • Tehelka: CBI files 2 more cases
  • Police stations, hospital hit in Iraq
  • BJP for Central forces in sensitive booths in Bihar
  • Contributions to The Hindu Relief Fund

    • Golf

  • Mickelson earns five-stroke victory
  • Top professionals for Hero Honda Open West

    • Gulbarga

  • Samiti to intensify agitation if Article 371 is not amended
  • Vaijnath Patil to remain in Janata Dal(S)

    • Guntur

  • Transformation from drain to playpen

    • Hassan

  • Deve Gowda to make Haradanahalli a model village

    • Hockey

  • DAV in last four
  • W. Railway confirms semifinal berth

    • Hubli

  • It is not easy to insulate GP polls from political influence: Poojary

    • Hyderabad

  • Breakthrough in Sakhi's murder case
  • Two MMTS stations inaugurated
  • Mandapam row: HC directive to State, TTD
  • Probe into activities of SI, CI
  • No auto strike: JAC
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • India & World

  • Hyderabad woman gets new lease of life
  • U.K. proposes tough immigration controls

    • International

  • Japan to set up e-defence warning system
  • U.S. to send peace monitors to West Asia
  • Report baseless, says Pakistan
  • Iran vows to develop nuclear technology
  • Pakistan honour for Wolfensohn
  • Police stations, hospital hit in Iraq
  • Bush cuts domestic spending
  • Chandrika on three-day visit to Pakistan
  • Deadly sins get an update
  • Beating drunkenness in Britain
  • Japanese failing at own language
  • Demystifying Bach, Bruckner
  • "Muslim vote a wake-up call"
  • Progress in debt relief talks
  • A price to pay

    • Kannur

  • All-India meet of SBT staff union from February 12

    • Karimnagar

  • Naxal bandh: politicos told to avoid villages

    • Karnataka

  • Probe ordered into Chikmagalur encounter
  • A severe blow to the naxal movement
  • He called it a movement against exploitation
  • Gram panchayats have more powers now
  • Tanveer's associates challenge detention
  • A severe blow to movement in State
  • NHRC unhappy with replies to queries on Sadashiva panel report
  • `A brilliant student and a good human being'
  • The tragedy did not break her
  • `Rights confer duties on citizens'
  • Scientist for joint action on global warming
  • BJP welcomes police action
  • `Panchayat polls should be on non-party basis'
  • Hukkeri seeks medical varsity in Belgaum
  • `Govt. will tackle naxal problem'
  • `Prevent youth from taking to violence'
  • Cremation in Bangalore
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Find alternative uses for areca: expert
  • Govt. asked to keep promise on interest waiver
  • Villagers stop work on irrigation project
  • Awaiting compensation for a decade
  • `Develop heritage village as a pilot project'
  • JD(S) to go it alone in Uttara Kannada

    • Kerala

  • `No room for concern over SSLC computer exam'
  • Lottery: Government asked to file counter-affidavits
  • Kozhikode, Kannur vie for honours
  • Budget reflects distorted priorities: Isaac
  • Jaundice: State-level monitoring panel set up
  • New power tariff policy next month
  • Stop appeasement of IUML: NSS
  • `Sky bus metro is totally safe'
  • Pepper being dumped in Kerala: Gouri
  • Six killed in three accidents
  • Minister injured in car accident
  • Karunakaran men warn Chandy
  • Thanks to Guruvayoorappan
  • `I' group boycotts debate on budget
  • BJYM alleges communal bias
  • Admission to MDS course
  • Children rescued from child labour racket
  • `Abuse' of dead body: action promised
  • Unification of trade unions soon, says HMS chief
  • High command to be apprised of Karunakaran's stance
  • LIC agents' State meet begins today
  • Fee for transporting liquor
  • Briefly

    • Kochi

  • Work on new High Court complex nearing completion
  • High-voltage campaign to conserve Mangalavanam
  • `Village on Wheels' arrives in Kochi
  • Achuthanandan flays Antony
  • Brahmapuram project: work to begin soon
  • Road medians: notice issued to Government
  • Preparations on for Prime Minister's visit
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • In Kochi Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Kollam

  • Protest against withdrawal of KSRTC services
  • `Poor turnout at S.N. Trust polls'
  • `Id sangamam' in Kollam

    • Kozhikode

  • Korapuzha dispute settled
  • Cases of cancer in bile duct on the rise
  • CPI district convention begins in Vadakara

    • Leader Page Articles

  • For effective employment guarantee
  • A guilty past in Africa

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Veiled threat?
  • Goa affairs
  • Sad commentary
  • Ironical
  • No-work-no-pay
  • Think again
  • Mystery persists
  • Deplorable
  • Music musings

    • Madikeri

  • Officials urged to stop black granite quarrying
  • SAI criticised for delay in laying synthetic hockey surface

    • Madurai

  • Training programmes for women SHGs
  • Major drive against encroachments
  • Efforts to rebuild `goratham' for Goddess Meenakshi
  • `Accused facing prosecution cannot adduce evidence'
  • Revision of voter list
  • Free plastic surgery camp
  • Discussion on solid waste management
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • College teachers to go on fast on Feb. 15
  • Political intervention in panchayat polls condemned
  • `Encounter' with naxalites condemned
  • Bantwal facing water crisis
  • Cured without surgery
  • Company complains of diesel pilferage
  • In Mangalore Today
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Provide basic amenities in layout, officials told
  • `Adopt micro-irrigation for optimum utilisation of water'
  • Use local bodies to popularise Ayurveda: Minister
  • `Coinex Mysore 2005' from tomorrow
  • Give priority to science: Moily
  • LPG cylinders: department to act tough
  • `Allow mini-lorries to ply on city roads'
  • Encounter criticised

    • Nagapattinam

  • 234 ha of land identified for temporary shelters
  • Training programme for tsunami victims

    • Nagercoil

  • Trauma counselling centre

    • National

  • It was murder of democracy: Jamir
  • Left protests against raising FDI in telecom sector
  • Infiltration has come down, says Pranab
  • BCCI official flies to Lahore
  • AIFB joins issue with Krishna Bose
  • IAF seeks aerospace commission
  • Vinod Pandey dead
  • Emergency landing
  • Manmohan calls on Kalam
  • Love and concern for Kalam in hometown
  • J&K civic polls record 81 p.c. turnout
  • Voters in border towns brave inclement weather
  • Narayan Sanyal dead
  • Boeing offers to sell 50 aircraft to Air India
  • Constable killed in blast in Jharkhand
  • Prosecution witness turns hostile in Best Bakery case
  • Rainfall augurs well for rabi: experts
  • 17 projects for North-East cleared
  • Croc attack in Andaman village
  • Mayoral poll may throw up new alliances
  • M.K. Narayanan gets MoS status
  • `Disability Act observed more in the breach'
  • Tax breaks planned for efforts to protect monuments
  • Protest over shootout death
  • Review IAF promotions: court

    • Nellore

  • Agitating fishermen caned
  • Bear chases hunters

    • New Delhi

  • High Capacity Bus system faces roadblocks
  • BSES grabbing Govt. land, alleges Mukhi
  • Stir for water holds up traffic outside Keoladeo Park
  • Resentment over status of Rajasthani language
  • Centre for Dalit, Minorities Studies opened
  • ATM guard, landlord held
  • Family alleges doctors' negligence
  • Good news on the economy front, says Jakhar
  • West Bengal Plan put at Rs. 6476 cr.
  • Speed up projects, says World Bank
  • A date with history
  • First Punjabi news service
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • In the Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    • Nizamabad

  • Chamber of commerce plea to extend train services

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Ayurveda college to open next year
  • Ordination ceremony

    • Perambalur

  • Lorry driver held

    • Pondicherry

  • New classrooms, amenities coming
  • Raise compensation, demands DMK
  • Power shutdown
  • Food adulteration awareness drive
  • Electricity Act 2003, `a landmark'

    • Religion

  • Duty well done leads to God awareness

    • Salem

  • Head constables appear for exams

    • Shimoga

  • Demand for new bridge across the Tunga
  • Slum-dwellers seek better amenities

    • Sport

  • Sania capable of handling anyone
  • Peer sends Panova packing
  • Yuvraj sizzles for Seniors
  • Vijay Alphonso is Warriors' hero

    • Sports : General

  • GITAM claims overall title
  • Randhir Singh honoured
  • M.D.T. Hindu College bags two titles
  • M.P. Kurien passes away

    • Table Tennis

  • Double delight for Thirunavukkarasu

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Was Manmohan's letter deliberately delayed, asks Jayalalithaa
  • Demolition of building stayed
  • Proceedings stalled
  • Reconsider rejection of STF promotions: Jayalalithaa
  • Resettlement policy by month-end
  • Thirukkurunkudi death probe surprising
  • Veerappan killing: HC seeks report within a month
  • `Scientific analysis can help in crime prevention'
  • Vayalur checkdam work likely to begin by April
  • Consider six sub-inspectors for promotion: court
  • Madhavan assault case: 2 surrender in court
  • 7 held for triple murder
  • `Nothing wrong in police prayer'
  • Two more detained under Goondas Act
  • Law varsity results
  • House adjourned sine die
  • Vayalur checkdam work likely to begin by April
  • Digital film projection: good and bad news
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Open house at SRM Engineering College
  • Police clash with PMK activists
  • Policeman killed in road accident
  • Nepali students robbed at knifepoint
  • Youth held

    • Tennis

  • Vivek Shokeen starts well
  • Maiden ATP Tour title for Malisse
  • Eastern Railway posts win
  • Today's matches

    • Thanjavur

  • DPCs swamped with samba paddy
  • Adventurous programmes for youth

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Groundwater level falling in State
  • Vocational schools youth fete gets under way
  • Rs. 4.25-crore incinerator for Kottayam MCH soon
  • Probe sought into disposal of bodies
  • Luxury tax proposal flayed
  • Palayam underpass to be completed by June
  • Killi incident: identification parade held
  • Prime Minister to visit Kochi
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Reporter's Dairy

    • This Day That Age

  • dated February 08,1955: Accession Day in Kashmir
  • dated February 08,1955: U.S. type Govt. for Pakistan
  • dated February 08,1955: Ministry-making in France
  • dated February 08,1955: PM may cancel Paris trip

    • Tiruchi

  • Concern over non-release of water in channel areas
  • Varsity to offer off-campus courses in hotel management
  • Transparency will help to fight corruption: VC
  • Medical camps planned
  • Train driver's cabin made `crew-friendly'
  • Undertrial escapes from custody
  • Crocodile found in temple tank
  • Mettur level
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Encroachments choking Tirunelveli Bypass Road
  • 313 tsunami-hit women SHGs given Rs.1.56-cr. loans
  • Train mishap averted

    • Tirupati

  • Civic body to focus on development
  • Mala leaders criticised for ignoring clan
  • SVUCET notification soon
  • SVU college, hostels to reopen on Feb. 10

    • Tuticorin

  • `Remedial teaching' programme for teachers

    • Udhagamandalam

  • `Globalisation has thrown up several challenges'

    • Udupi

  • Encroachments dominate Udupi CMC meet

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Fake currency racket busted

    • Uttaranchal

  • Disaster management authority soon

    • Vellore

  • NCC exams schedule
  • Hindi Prachar Sabha exams in Vellore
  • New PF officer

    • Vijayawada

  • Canal bund dwellers on the brink
  • Left parties protest against FDI hike
  • UGC conference on federalism from Feb. 10
  • Engineering college to team up with US varsity
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Gift of life through kidney transplant
  • Central staff seek VI Pay Commission
  • Girl dies of burns as hut catches fire
  • Rally against FDI in telecom sector
  • Youth Congress meet to rebut TDP criticism
  • Garbage before nursing homes cleared
  • `Many opportunities for statistics students'
  • Destruction of shop: 4 more held
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Volleyball

  • Junior National volleyball meet from today
  • Double for Karnataka spikers
  • CPT & S. Railway emerge winners
  • Karnataka posts its second win

    • Warangal

  • APSCHE panel to visit Kakatiya varsity today

    • Weather

  • Weather

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