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    Alappuzha

  • Pest attack: financial aid sought for paddy farmers

    • Anantapur

  • 36 shops, four houses destroyed in fire

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • No headway on Austrian aid for Godavari-based projects
  • Nayudamma award for ISRO chief
  • Food processing industry to grow by 15 p.c.: survey
  • Expert wants farm graduates trained in agri-business
  • Bullock-cart wheel set to `light up' rural lives?
  • State eyes 30 p.c. share in IT market
  • UPSC candidates at their wits' end
  • Nayudamma award for ISRO chief
  • Price bids for 12 Nettampadu project packages put off
  • Chilli traders clarify on low purchase price
  • Higher allocations for irrigation projects
  • Budget: Rythu Sangham sees `less' World Bank influence
  • Committed to IIT at Basar: YSR
  • Budget misleading, says BJP
  • Ex-naxal vows to take on Maoists
  • Youth killed in accident
  • Call to spread IT
  • Head Constable suspended
  • Saidabad fire: sabotage ruled out
  • Six injured in clash
  • Hotel worker dies in freak mishap
  • Workshop on bamboo
  • Dinaz operated upon
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Resurvey of ration cards from March 1
  • Congress corporator elected MCH standing panel chief
  • Bank robbery foiled

    • Assam

  • Assam Forest Minister slams Maneka

    • Athletics

  • Double for Rajalingam
  • Hariprasad wins hurdles event

    • Bangalore

  • Interlocking system commissioned at Cantonment station
  • Old woman dies as hut catches fire
  • Sathyu against imposition of tax on theatre activities
  • Power shutdown in many areas today
  • `Health awareness needs to be raised in rural areas'
  • Man killed in road accident in Bangalore
  • Art can promote peace process: Governor
  • Vegetable carving classes
  • Illicit liquor seized
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Belgaum

  • 10 villages to boycott gram panchayat polls
  • Fairs, festivities banned on Feb. 25

    • Bellary

  • Kurgodu follows tradition, elects members unopposed

    • Boxing

  • Hopkins goes after 20th title defence at 40
  • Mohit in final

    • Business

  • NCAER forecasts 6.5-6.7 p.c. GDP growth
  • NRIs keen on `.in' domain name
  • FTAs: India may go in for more comprehensive economic cooperation
  • Kingfisher to buy 3 more Airbus aircraft
  • Nod for Oriental Bank's second public offer
  • Forex reserves up $1 b

    • Chennai

  • Fishermen turn to inland waters for a living
  • Physically challenged, but unbowed in spirit
  • Avadi objects to Ambattur dumping garbage in its backyard
  • Run for a cause
  • Solar hot water systems `have cut power consumption'
  • Building owners to challenge demolition drive
  • Traffic modifications for marathon
  • Some lorry owners not to join strike
  • Award for Sudha Murthy
  • Youths give themselves up after killing
  • Showdown between container terminal workers, management continues
  • Poor awareness of helpline for noise pollution
  • Rotary project: panchayat school renovated at Padi
  • Young Indians Summit will focus on educational reforms
  • `Screening helps to reduce disabilities'
  • `Awareness programme on eye donation needed'
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Sasikiran tastes success, at last
  • Laxman posts win
  • Banerjee, Bedekar take honours

    • Coimbatore

  • Police crack the whip on parking rule violations
  • Public can contact Commissioner directly: Corporation
  • Petitions panel to visit city on Feb. 22
  • Panchaloha idols stolen from temple
  • GCT old students' annual rally
  • Plan to improve wet grinder sale under cluster development
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Umar, Arshad Khan recalled
  • Akhtar's withdrawal triggers heated debate
  • Finding sponsors, a difficult task
  • Best available team picked for India tour: Zaheer Abbas
  • Wright to watch Duleep Trophy match
  • Punkaj stars in MCD's narrow win
  • WICPA to sue newspaper for slander
  • Big win for Mysore Gymkhana
  • Bangladesh team arriving today
  • Intelli Group XI posts win
  • Easy for National
  • Vipin Lal slams century
  • Rakesh Thapliyal to lead
  • Three-wicket win for Trivandrum CC

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    • Cuddapah

  • Consumer clubs set up in schools
  • High Court Judge to open Kodur court

    • Cycling

  • Bos wins men's World Cup sprint

    • Dharwad

  • Water supply in Hubli, Dharwad

    • Dindigul

  • Own buildings soon for 9 Adi Dravida hostels

    • Erode

  • Grievances day

    • Front Page

  • Remarks beneath contempt: Election Commission
  • Indian team to visit Iran for talks on gas pipeline
  • Quake jolts Indonesia
  • McGrath's late burst takes Australia through
  • Snag forces pilot to abort takeoff
  • 14 killed in avalanches
  • Mobile phone virus
  • Ex-Minister externed
  • Taslima's plea for citizenship being considered: Patil
  • JD(U) activist shot dead
  • 27 killed in Baghdad
  • Contributions to The Hindu Relief Fund

    • Golf

  • Second-level coaching camp for juniors a big success
  • Rain holds up play; three-shot lead for Campbell
  • Nippy Dhillon wins

    • Gulbarga

  • Cement workers' union demands settlement of dues

    • Guntur

  • Overflowing drains a bane
  • Vacant land source of all woes: corporator

    • Hassan

  • GP elections: 7,829 candidates in the fray
  • Muslims urged to pursue education

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • 18 new industrial units for Himachal

    • Hockey

  • Anish scores hat-trick
  • State meet: 13 teams in fray
  • SAI edges out MLI

    • Hubli

  • North Karnataka entrepreneurs get awards

    • Hyderabad

  • Two-way again at Telugu Talli junction
  • Cash counters open today
  • Seven-seater ban: RTC to run more buses
  • Shinde for concerted effort to rehabilitate the disabled
  • RTC union hails decision
  • Prudential depositors' meet
  • Convicted in corruption case
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • Attacks on Shias continue in Iraq; eight killed
  • "Terror threat to tsunami aid workers"
  • Bush denies plans to attack Iran
  • Bush on bridge-building visit to Europe
  • Naipaul, Rushdie not on Man Booker International shortlist
  • Spain to vote on E.U. Constitution today
  • Nuclear issue: Chinese envoy for North Korea
  • Islamabad asks PoK to speed up road repairs
  • The most cultured Europeans
  • Diseases kill more than 120 Afghan children
  • Hubble pictures `like Wild West landscapes'
  • Fraud causes a setback to anthropology
  • Diana is now the subject of a ballet
  • Infant survives open-heart surgery
  • Shaukat Aziz to visit Iran

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Heavy snow halts trek to Vaishno Devi temple

    • Kannur

  • Women cautioned against sedentary lifestyle

    • Karnataka

  • Police launch search for naxal hideouts
  • State to import coal from China
  • Special public prosecutor appointed in wealth case
  • Pavagada can't be neglected for a day more: Tumkur MLA
  • Austrian President visits ISRO satellite centre
  • Japanese delegation in Bangalore on exploratory mission
  • Funds for broad-gauge project awaited
  • Varsities urged to take up campaign against social evils
  • `Sankalp' to help stop spread of AIDS
  • `Stop pursuing reforms recklessly'
  • Ministers highlight importance of cooperative sector
  • `Congress leader assaulted by JD(S) MLA'
  • Public Prosecutor appointed in Jayalalithaa case
  • 13 candidates elected unopposed in Tumkur
  • Govt. urged to seek sanction for poppy cultivation
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Konkanis told to protect their language
  • `Use available grants for development works'
  • Natural fertilizers suggested for coconut palms

    • Kerala

  • State favours entry of foreign universities
  • Mutt to build 2,500 houses for tsunami victims
  • Fall in domestic tourist arrivals
  • Demand to promulgate sandal Ordinance
  • State favours entry of foreign universities
  • Uncertainty over supply of psychotropic drugs
  • Chandy's assurance to local bodies
  • Mutt to follow guidelines on relief
  • Renovated palace to be opened today
  • Follow independent foreign policy, says Karat
  • NIT-C champions at Ragam fete
  • `CPI(M) trying to whip up caste feeling'
  • Eco-friendly industries to be promoted: Chandy
  • CPI(M) admits to factional tendencies
  • Recovery of limbs: murder suspected
  • Kannur Maholsavam begins today
  • Record small savings collection likely this year
  • V.P Menon awards
  • Plea to high command
  • Briefly

    • Khammam

  • 3 hostel officials face suspension?

    • Kochi

  • Rs. 30-crore scheme for pokkali rice farming
  • `Corruption rampant in public service'
  • Create awareness on IPRs: Mani
  • Cusat gets aid for project
  • Eminent doctors honoured
  • Training for care of torture victims
  • Traders protest against VAT
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Minorities drawing closer to Left, says Veliyam

    • Kottayam

  • Redesignating post in MGU: flouting of norms alleged

    • Kurnool

  • NAAC panel visits Kurnool college
  • Cottonseed-growers stage protest

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Scindia concerned over rising crime graph

    • Madikeri

  • Rs. 77 lakhs spent on solar fencing, elephant-proof trenches
  • Kodagu Abhivridhi Vedike to back Congress
  • Stir to press for law on admissions
  • Bank manager suspended

    • Madurai

  • Applications pour in for Kendriya Vidyalaya admissions
  • Centre urged to drop levy of service tax
  • Drive to enrol child labourers in schools
  • Eviction drive gains momentum
  • Special medical camp inaugurated
  • Empty rake hits compound wall
  • Suicide attempt
  • Tsunami relief
  • Rs.12-crore project to revamp traffic system in Madurai
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • High-rise buildings to be banned near airport
  • `Hore kanike' procession on Monday
  • Govt. urged to declare `Khadi Day'
  • 7,500 candidates to contest GP polls
  • Engagements
  • Engagements

    • Mysore

  • Merchants oppose Ring Road bisecting APMC yard
  • Mysore hospital may train European doctors
  • Fire breaks out at four places on Chamundi Hills
  • Farmers seek workshop on VAT
  • Austrian President arrives

    • Nagapattinam

  • Desalination plant opened

    • Nalgonda

  • `Rely on law, not village courts'

    • National

  • Defence spending not in excess
  • Political bickering over tsunami relief
  • `SC/STs retain status even after migration to another State'
  • MRTS for Kolkata soon: Buddhadeb
  • Parties differ on free movement across LoC
  • Oceans provide clinching proof of global warming
  • Cast votes with wisdom, Sonia Gandhi tells people
  • Pappu Yadav lodged in Tihar jail amid high drama
  • Divided families wait
  • No compromise on Common Minimum Programme: Surjeet
  • BJP factionalism shows up in Gujarat
  • Unfettered rights sought for minorities in admissions
  • Notice issued to police in Anara case
  • Centre, States chalk out ways to deal with naxal menace
  • Plan panel to address healthcare issues
  • Elephants to promote nature tourism
  • `Pace of National Highway construction stepped up'
  • Not yet ready for peace?
  • It's a do-or-die situation: Sujata Koirala
  • FAO puts fisheries, aquaculture losses at $520 millions
  • Manipuri script: Ibobi asks agitators to come for talks
  • Goa Speaker shielding MLA: Congress
  • Training for tsunami-affected in apparel making

    • Nellore

  • Seven hurt in mishaps
  • CPI(M) to take out padayatras

    • New Delhi

  • MCD may launch drive against illegal dairies soon
  • Country's first pre-cast station at Chawri Bazar
  • SI cremated after police chief's assurance
  • Escaped in Lucknow, caught in Delhi
  • Jagjit Singh is goodwill ambassador for mental health
  • BJP's dharna against liquor shop
  • Mobile shop held guilty of selling defective handset
  • Mughal Gardens a hit with visitors
  • 17 new categories in household industries
  • Six cops acquitted in custodial death case
  • DDA to construct flats for JJ dwellers
  • CINEMA
  • AIIMS neighbourhood scheme
  • Special court at Tihar
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today
  • In The Capital Today

    • Nizamabad

  • Furore in council meet over corporation status

    • Pondicherry

  • Bank offers new facility
  • Pre-exam counselling
  • 15,000 set to take test for clerical jobs
  • Bharatidasan college governing body named
  • Linguistics institute to become deemed university

    • Punjab

  • Punjab seeks permission to export wheat directly
  • Badal flays EC for inaction in Ajnala

    • Racing : Motor

  • Driving for the right to belong
  • Improved show by Narain

    • Rajasthan

  • `Fresh water can save Keoladeo Park'

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Adopt family planning, rural people told
  • Collector's warning

    • Salem

  • Action plan to minimise forest fire
  • Rise above petty squabbles, lawyers told
  • Senior council receives letter of appointment

    • Shimoga

  • Dharam Singh to lay foundation stone for medical college

    • Sport

  • McGrath's late burst takes Australia through
  • Isinbayeva breaks record again
  • Indians will be tough to beat
  • Junior National from today

    • Sports : General

  • KSC calls for upgradation of facilities in the state
  • Chennai Marathon today
  • Karnataka in final

    • Swimming

  • BAC emerges champion

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Vigilance raids on Tirunelveli, Pudukottai sub-registrar offices
  • Suggestion of coalition government premature: CPI
  • Digital video surveillance to monitor action at distance
  • DPI favours coalition form of governance
  • `Left should take up economic issues, class struggle'
  • Veerampattinam fishermen resume work
  • Tsunami alert spreads panic in Kanyakumari
  • `Kamaraj laid foundation for revolution in education'
  • Compensation sought
  • Congress for sharing power in State too
  • Building owners plan to challenge demolition drive
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • 2.5 lakh free cycles for students in T.N.

    • Tennis

  • Injured Roddick in semifinals
  • Vinod wins title

    • Thanjavur

  • `UPA failed to keep promises'

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Eco-friendly industries to be promoted: Chandy
  • `Investment in mining sector after eco-study'
  • Tightening of UGC guidelines sought
  • Stolen idol recovered from pond after 11 years
  • Missing man found dead
  • Call to create consumer awareness
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • Tiruchi

  • 1,000 classrooms to get uplink through EDUSAT
  • Land development bank launches farmers' club
  • IA fare for Singapore comes down
  • NLC to set up thermal power station in Orissa
  • FCI hulling agents upset over paddy supply suspension
  • Develop positive attitude, students told
  • Office-bearers of Red Cross Society installed
  • Officials told to expedite development works
  • Property enumeration going on
  • Training programme for officials
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Special medical camps to be held in nine blocks
  • Seminar on `copyright'
  • Diabetic awareness camp under way
  • Single-window centre for farm sector

    • Tuticorin

  • Plan to upgrade Tuticorin railway station: DRM
  • Refresher course concludes

    • Udupi

  • Water supply works nearing completion
  • Insurance employees' union criticises attack on jatha
  • Two get 12-year jail for rape
  • Two held; liquor seized

    • Vellore

  • Intensive revision drive to begin on April 20

    • Vijayawada

  • Row over spending `ward budget' funds
  • Deemed varsity status for Loyola College likely
  • Bandh against VAT tomorrow
  • Ask the CBSE
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • MLAs deplore banks' `anti-rural' attitude
  • Greens decry felling of trees
  • Budget welfare-oriented: Ministers
  • Search panel to select new V-C constituted
  • Godavari waters to reach city in March
  • Avenue trees also not spared
  • Man held on cheating charge
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • KSEB shocks SCR

    • Warangal

  • Traders say `no' to one-way traffic rule
  • Non-teaching staff's gesture

    • Weather

  • Weather

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