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Anantapur

  • Eight arrested on extortion charge
  • Congress, CPI demand probe into political killings
  • Doctors charged with discrimination
  • SW hostel Principal in ACB trap net

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Bogus voters: EC teams to tour State again
  • India urged to invest in reconstruction of Iraq
  • Congress to focus on four key areas
  • TDP, BJP plead EC not to exclude genuine voters
  • Congress committed to welfare: Azad
  • CM stresses need to reduce diagnosis costs
  • Develop rural libraries, says Governor
  • 37.7 lakh fake voters deleted from lists
  • Rape of minor: State pays compensation
  • Call to co-relate philosophic ideals with scientific methods
  • Emergency medical services not hit: Kodela
  • CII urged to set up working group
  • Head constable arrested on graft charge
  • Transco begins work on 4 sub-stations
  • CDR cuts rates of investigations
  • Illegal constructions: court orders action against erring officers
  • TTD takes possession of 24 shops in Tirumala
  • Ex-mirasidars criticise TTD
  • Medical courses exam schedule released
  • Food poisoning: 52 RTC staffers hospitalised
  • CRPF officials claim ignorance about `paper leakage'
  • Three of family found dead
  • Nine killed in two road accidents
  • AP woman dies in Thiruvananthapuram
  • Unaccounted cash found in ACB raid
  • National executive: cream of BJP leaders to descend on city
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Congress promises to double old-age pension amount
  • Sankara Eye Hospital for Guntur district
  • Collector's caution to officials

    Athletics

  • Sridharan rewrites hurdles record

    Bangalore

  • General Packet Radio Service providers poised for growth
  • Bid to rob bank's branch in Peenya
  • Hearing on plight of contract pourakarmikas tomorrow
  • BESCOM ordered to pay Rs. 32,935 to NGO
  • UGC's scholarship to benefit 1,000 students
  • Contractor lodges complaint against CMC Commissioner
  • Tension near Vidhana Soudha
  • MEPEX 2004 begins
  • `Quack' arrested
  • Power shutdown in several areas
  • IIT, Kharagpur to boost sponsored research
  • Special train to Melmaruvathur
  • Water Adalat today
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Stock Market Index
  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    Bidar

  • TP members threaten to end life

    Bihar

  • Infighting surfaces in Congress
  • Retired police official rescued from captivity

    Bridge

  • Semifinalists spotted

    Briefly

  • Modi takes over as FICCI President
  • 40 p.c. interim from GAIL
  • Cranes to buy Sigma

    Business

  • Sensex at historic high
  • Industry hails Centre's new measures
  • Early elections to help disinvestment process
  • Duty cut brings cheer to aviation industry
  • Rupee firms up further
  • Develop technology in wireless sector — Shourie
  • Digital's de-listing approved
  • Nalco plans Rs. 4000 cr. expansion
  • MAIT welcomes excise cut

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon - I

    Chennai

  • Gujarati couple to be prosecuted for `impersonation'
  • A new lease of life for nadaswaram artiste
  • Police Commissionerate building to get facelift
  • Computer terminal installed at Provident Fund office
  • Worker dies of suffocation
  • Girl succumbs to injuries
  • Cameras stolen from train passenger
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Anand to play in Olympiad

    Coimbatore

  • Norms flouted in town panchayats
  • Media studio soon at PSG College
  • APEC plans for post-quota period
  • Fatal fall
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • India looks to extend formto one-day series
  • More runs don't mean better quality
  • Ian Healy's words of wisdom
  • Tamil Nadu, Karnataka post wins again
  • Innings win for TN
  • Ramesh, Muralikannan sparkle

    Crossword

  • Solution to puzzle 7875
  • Hindu crossword 7876

    Cuddalore

  • Roll back hike in tax on farm land: CPI
  • Boat ride in Silver Beach before Pongal: Collector
  • Collector orders action against two engineers

    Dharwad

  • Lack of national agricultural policy affecting farmers: expert
  • Seer invites Tejaswi for debate
  • Suggestion to resolve temple row

    Editorials

  • A BUDGET BY OTHER MEANS
  • A NEW BEGINNING

    Front Page

  • Excise, customs duties cut ahead of polls
  • More runs don't mean better quality
  • NDA leaves it to Vajpayee
  • Coal and Mines for Mamata
  • CRPF question paper leaked

    Haryana

  • Demands of Govt. staff to be considered: Chautala

    Hockey

  • Losing start by inexperienced India

    Hubli

  • Yatnal accused of ignoring State's interests

    Hyderabad

  • Hike in MCH budget outlay approved
  • Lack of police security stalls SCB demolition
  • CM seeks speedy probe into student's murder
  • Bandaru seeks project report on slums
  • Retired OU professor smothered to death?
  • Man surrenders after killing brother
  • SFI seeks IIT in State
  • `Systems' owner held on cheating charge
  • Information sought on illicit liquor
  • A.P. Express departure delayed
  • Don't shift slaughterhouses: corporators
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • India, Pakistan to enhance mission strength
  • Wishes of Kashmiris will not be ignored, says Musharraf
  • Russian Minister coming to sign Gorshkov deal

    International

  • Eight die as U.S. helicopter crashes
  • Blair offers to quit if probe proves he lied
  • Bush for overhaul of immigration system
  • Terror alert in France
  • Charles may be questioned
  • China warns Taiwan again
  • Many countries state inability to meet U.S. deadline on passports
  • Prodi seeks to mollify E.U. Jews
  • Putin woos Kazakhstan in great oil game

    Kannur

  • Varsity staff plea

    Karnataka

  • Work on water scheme to start soon
  • Shettar links a former police chief with Telgi
  • Deve Gowda shuts door on merger
  • Call back Roshan Baig, says Tanga
  • Raise advances to farm sector, State tells banks
  • Investments made in firms on Telgi's behalf: Yediyurappa
  • Three senior police officers on PW hit list
  • BJP stages walkout in Council
  • High Court issues notice to Govt. on Telgi's appeal
  • No plan to stop pension, says Krishna
  • Kharge refutes allegations by Opposition
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Goa police network to be computerised
  • Students want stadium at Tarikere
  • Deputy Commissioner inspects fort area
  • Steps sought to curb pig menace

    Kerala

  • Is polio immunisation risk-free in State?
  • Kannur handloom cluster to get a boost
  • Pollution of Erumely Canal continues unabated
  • Woman alleges custodial torture
  • FACT proposes to cut staff strength
  • Trans-shipment terminal: CPT officials plump for Puthuvypeen
  • Consensus eludes Congress
  • Kinfra park expected to usher in industrial development in Kasaragod
  • Math ready to construct more houses
  • Court directive for takeover of estates
  • `I' group reiterates demand for Antony's removal
  • JD(S) questions veracity of report on water resources
  • Vigilance case against former MD of Kelpalm
  • Rs. 100-crore aid lying unutilised
  • Plea to stop licences for mini-buses
  • Tax practitioners seek better deal
  • CPI demand
  • Karunakaran explains stand to supporters
  • Strive to restore lost credibility, politicians told
  • Beeran innocent, says former Lok Ayukta
  • Bus strike from January 22
  • Bus owners threaten stir
  • Consensus eludes Congress
  • KSEB to be bifurcated
  • Hindu Aikyavedi's protest
  • P.C. Thomas rushes to Delhi
  • Awareness campaign against TB
  • At Sabarimala today
  • Period extended
  • Briefly

    Khammam

  • Panel discusses steps to check corruption

    Kochi

  • School fete: Aluva maintains lead
  • Dairy Department to hear consumers
  • Lakshadweep students protest against `neglect'
  • Youth beaten up, dumped by roadside
  • Steps afoot to acquire land for bus stand
  • Shops, house gutted at Fort Kochi
  • Murali's candidate allotted Congress party symbol
  • Panel discusses UGC directive
  • Briefly
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • LDF demands MLA's resignation

    Kottayam

  • District schools' festival concludes

    Kozhikode

  • Unfilled vacancies hit patient care at MCH

    Kurnool

  • NCC authorities' ultimatum to college
  • Political parties organise medical camps

    Leader Page Articles

  • Plane to Pakistan
  • A vote for federalism

    Letters to the Editor

  • Momentous
  • Not balanced
  • Congress moves
  • River waters
  • Welcome decision
  • Reprehensible
  • An insult

    Madhya Pradesh

  • Irrigation projects to come up

    Madikeri

  • Scouts and Guides convention in Kodagu
  • Vanilla growers seek loans from NABARD
  • Applications invited for scholarship

    Madurai

  • Scientific study in mother tongue successful: Kalimuthu
  • TWAD Board decision draws flak
  • Additional flight to Chennai from today
  • 3 held on usury charge
  • Plea for trains up to Guruvayur
  • Rajaji Hospital to be renovated
  • Raid on IMFL shops, 7 arrested
  • 10-year RI for rape
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Sahakara Bharati to set up 1,000 cooperative societies
  • Beedi industry accused of violating rules
  • Computer festival takes off
  • Base terminal station commissioned
  • Move to sell land opposed
  • Youth camp
  • BSNL introduces Direct Internet Access Service
  • In Mangalore Today

    Nagercoil

  • Alleged assault on police constable

    National

  • Congress contests BJP claim
  • Budget, a continuing process: Jaswant
  • Jamaat-e-Islami takes on Hizb
  • Waghela asked to `stop' Shakti Dal activities
  • Thyagaraja aradhana inaugurated
  • Sops aimed at elections: Congress
  • Sonia to tour western Uttar Pradesh
  • Supreme Court rejects plea for CBI probe into Naidu's assets
  • Shiv Sena's volte face spoils NCP plans
  • New air fares
  • Pravasi Bharatiya meet begins today
  • Call to take new technologies to farmers
  • Commerce in kidneys on the rise: study
  • Diabetes cure from plant extracts?
  • India-Pakistan summit meeting welcomed
  • Unhealthy situation in Bengal BJP: Sikdar
  • River diplomacy
  • 800 survey staff to be trained in `verbal autopsy'
  • Welcome to Bollywood, John Woo!
  • Trinamool bandh call criticised
  • TRAI plan to deal with mobile phones theft
  • Supreme Court issues notices on plea against manual scavenging
  • Tributes paid to Kushabhau Thakre
  • New chiefs for Doordarshan, AIR
  • Official manhandled in Orissa secretariat
  • Cricket telecast rights sought for Doordarshan
  • Manmohan questions claim of `India shines'

    New Delhi

  • Govt. reluctant to convert its fleet to CNG
  • Held for running phone exchange
  • L-G, Govt. heading for a clash over new Yamuna bridge
  • Furore over removal of donation boxes from airports
  • VIPs cause massive traffic jam
  • High Court takes a lead in clearing backlog
  • New angle to infant's death
  • CAS hit by misinformation: MSOs
  • Woman killed, brother-in-law held
  • Tributes paid to Thakre
  • Plea to clear doubts on VAT
  • `Go slow on agro marketing reforms'
  • Hi-tech parking plan gets a jolt
  • Around the City

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Pondicherry

  • Govt. will open three mini-stadiums in rural areas'
  • Elected Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences
  • Power shutdown
  • `Recognise STs in Pondicherry'

    Religion

  • The learning regimen

    Salem

  • Steps to streamline traffic in Salem
  • Where athletes face a different hurdle

    Sivaganga

  • Steps to make Sivaganga a clean and green dt.

    Sports : General

  • Tamil Nadu keeps overall title

    Tamil Nadu

  • Case against DMK Councillor
  • `India will be the most populous by mid-century'
  • Employees to challenge dismissals, panel remarks
  • Govt. delaying payment, Vanganur weavers at their wits' end
  • TIDCO rights renunciation arbitrary: CBI prosecutor
  • Two families lay claim to mentally-ill boy
  • Nedumaran released from Cuddalore prison
  • BJP isolated: Sulaiman Sait
  • Release water, CPI tells Karnataka
  • A new tie-up to defeat communal forces, says Manmohan Singh
  • It's no pot of gold
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • 32 temporary police stations for `Mahamaham' fete
  • Major crackdown on sale of banned lottery tickets
  • Egg price hiked
  • Couple consume poison
  • Man gets five-year RI for murder
  • IMFL shop looted
  • Huts gutted

    Tennis

  • Moya overcomes Goldstein
  • Arul bows out

    Thanjavur

  • Road roko

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Youth held on charge of fratricide
  • Daylight robbery at Kilimanoor
  • Zoo to begin macaque breeding
  • Work on bridges to be completed by March
  • Roerich festival from January 11
  • Special magistrates for district
  • Boathouse renovation to begin soon
  • Shibu leaves to join his family in Dhaka
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated January 9, 1954: Badshah Khan pledge
  • dated January 9, 1954: Chittaranjan steams ahead

    Thrissur

  • Pension scheme for unorganised sector criticised

    Tiruchi

  • Bhavanisagar water release `insufficient'
  • Expo to focus on herbal industry prospects
  • Over 200 level crossing gates to be interlocked
  • Prize winners of painting competitions
  • Demonstration for Cauvery water release
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Demonstration for shifting of liquor shop

    Udupi

  • Artists' Forum to hold painting camp

    Vellore

  • Furniture donated to schools
  • `Technicians have key role in avoiding bus accidents'
  • Vellore tannery workers plan strike on bonus issue

    Vijayawada

  • Drive on to curb power pilferage
  • Works inspector suspended
  • Move to `privatise' health sector flayed
  • Grief-stricken farmer dies of shock
  • Efforts on to improve sanitation at railway stations
  • Vijayawada college lifts basketball trophy
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Budget presented in council amid chaos
  • VSP's drive to emerge world class
  • Discourse, yoga camp in city
  • VUDA moots dumping yard for industrial waste
  • Kite festival on January 11
  • Uma Gajapati meets Dronamraju
  • Defence pension adalat in March
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

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