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  • Distribution of land to tribal people to be completed soon: Rajendran
  • Supplyco outlets at IOC petrol pumps

    • Anantapur

  • Fund crunch may hit water schemes
  • Phule remembered

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Muslim quota likely to be reduced in A.P.
  • Assigned lands in A.P. to be regularised
  • Selling woes
  • Anxious moments
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • TDP Mayor candidate ready; four aspirants for Congress
  • Squeezing out money from pongamia seed
  • Raghuvansh lauds State on rural schemes' execution
  • Turmeric ryots' maha dharna peaceful
  • All set for counting of votes
  • Use labour, not machines, for job scheme: Collector
  • `Murder for insurance' racket busted; 3 held
  • Budget lets down people, says BJP
  • SP suspends D.K. Aruna

    • Athletics

  • Anju George bags javelin, shot put gold

    • Badminton

  • Tatas to sponsor Prakash Padukone Academy

    • Bangalore

  • What do you do if you are short-changed?
  • Experts should deal with water disputes, say writers
  • Electronic meters in autos are not tamper proof
  • Motion against Speaker rejected
  • Don't blame Congress for tribunal verdict: Kharge
  • `Several Dalits will lose land for SEZs'
  • Expert allays apprehensions on licences for U.S. patents
  • `PSU jobs eluding Kannadigas'
  • Teachers seek pay panel report early
  • Rs. 200 cr. sought for upgradation of SRTCs
  • Yelahanka bandh total
  • Recovery agents attack defaulter
  • Ambareesh agrees to lead apolitical agitation
  • Consumers must assert their rights
  • Small things we can do to help
  • `We don't mind paying... '
  • Students pick loopholes in cooperative movement
  • Segregation of waste at source favoured
  • 44 p.c. of estimated revenue realised till September 30
  • ABVP activists storm RGUHS, lock VC's office
  • BBMP employees call off strike
  • Officials told to remove unauthorised vendors
  • Muslims to march to Parliament
  • Governor's office demands CD
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • District basketball meet
  • Top teams for basketball meet

    • Belgaum

  • Major issues in district neglected, says vedike

    • Bellary

  • 32 villages in Bellary selected under project
  • MSPL gets award for `employing fair business practices'

    • Bidar

  • 1,012 villages come under gramodaya scheme
  • `Spread of AIDS due to lack of awareness'

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Devendra Joshi clinches title

    • Briefly

  • DLF fined Rs. 1 cr. for trading in BFSL
  • Flexibility to ULIPs investment plans
  • Ranbaxy to submit bid for Merck (generics)
  • AETL gets process patent
  • Sony Pictures picks up equity in FrameFlow
  • Maveric Systems ties up with U.K. consultant
  • IndiGo announces promotional offer
  • Nexxoft acquires eZeesoft
  • Bentley gets DCGI nod for Nasulin Phase II trial
  • Aurobindo Pharma gets nod for making Lisinopril
  • Andhra Bank to get `mobile' ATMs

    • Business

  • First major FDI in refining
  • HLL net profit up 32 p.c.
  • Board approves name change
  • CGN ties up with TPI
  • Apollo plans to take over U.K. hospitals
  • Essar Global buys Bermuda-based BPO co.
  • Indian Bank opens branch in Dharavi slum
  • Sensex sheds 150 points
  • Rupee posts further losses

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • "Conspiracy behind move to sack UP Government"
  • Karunanidhi condemns attack on train
  • Some tense moments at counting centres
  • Promote Tamil arts and culture: Karunanidhi
  • Human Rights Commission sends notice to Collector
  • Clean chit to Minister Samy
  • Varsity team to find means to fight pollution of waterbodies
  • Suburbs spruced up for Kalam's visit
  • Call to introduce courses in garment manufacturing
  • A rousing and colourful start
  • Air passenger held with foreign currency cache
  • Showcasing film technology
  • International programme for primary students
  • Protect interests of licensed porters, court tells Railways
  • Karunanidhi to flag off Garib Rath today
  • Port Trust has limited information on explosives-laden boat
  • Hurt in LPG cylinder blast
  • Armed gang murders youth
  • Next phase of scheme for unemployed to be launched
  • Counselling session for B.Ed.
  • FLO to present a series of programmes
  • Employees to stage dharna in State capitals
  • Two more MTC services
  • Technical festival
  • Mega matrimony meet
  • An experience of a lifetime
  • Railway e-ticketing facility
  • Exclusive job fair for women
  • College students' social service camp
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Anand in joint lead
  • Harika's dream run continues

    • Coimbatore

  • Bandh in Coimbatore passes off peacefully
  • Residents throng housing board office for sale deeds
  • Lightweight callipers given to polio-affected
  • Panel sought to study working conditions of mill workers
  • Rural postal insurance business touches Rs. 14 cr
  • Association golden jubilee celebrations
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Hayden may miss warm-up games
  • Gilchrist criticises timing of NZ series
  • Women's quadrangular series from today
  • Gopinath hits century
  • It's time for action, says Dravid
  • No. 1 spot won't distract the side: Smith
  • Sandeep, Crasto shine

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8842
  • Solution to Puzzle 8841

    • Cuddalore

  • Two die in accident
  • Accent on off-site disaster management

    • Dharmapuri

  • Proposal to include Dharmapuri under Cluster Development Programme

    • Editorials

  • Tax buoyancy and fiscal challenges
  • China and African economies

    • Eluru

  • Lensman ends life

    • Erode

  • Bus service to SIPCOT sought
  • Cauvery continues to be polluted
  • 15 tribals get compensation
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • Chennai is champion

    • Front Page

  • Pakistan awaiting report on train attack: Kasuri
  • Sketches of suspects released, death toll 68
  • Hunt for bombers gathers momentum
  • Kasuri: urgent need for anti-terror cooperation
  • Seized LTTE boat destroyed
  • With the spectre of inflation haunting, it is a tightrope walk for Chidambaram
  • How interrogation threw up concealment of explosives in LTTE boat
  • New Zealand does the incredible again
  • New team clothing unveiled
  • The two giants of the one-day game
  • Internet is beyond political control: Cerf
  • E.U. agrees on cut in emissions
  • PMK urges Government to check rising non-Plan expenditure
  • "Conspiracy behind move to sack UP Government"
  • Karunanidhi condemns attack on train
  • DMDK springs a surprise in 5 wards
  • 13 children, 3 teachers drowned
  • Unprecedented chaos in Assembly
  • Secure biomedical waste disposal near-total
  • Mulayam alleges plot to oust his Govt.
  • Effluent treatment plant commissioned
  • Certain assigned lands to be regularised
  • High alert along Ramanathapuram coastal areas following arms seizure
  • Muslim quota likely to be reduced to 4 p.c.
  • 3 children rescued
  • Threatens to quit
  • Total lunar eclipse
  • Quake in Indonesia

    • Golf

  • Solaris Global Green Open from tomorrow

    • Gulbarga

  • Preparations on for Kalam's visit to Gulbarga
  • JD(U) withdraws plans for dharna

    • Guntur

  • Toll-free Child Line `1098' in Guntur soon
  • Entry at Guntur General Hospital restricted
  • Dal millers open special counters

    • Haryana

  • Municipal body office-bearers elected

    • Hassan

  • Police find skeleton of third trekker

    • Hockey

  • Veerans blanks Lions
  • Warriors pips Sultans
  • PHL matches rescheduled

    • Hyderabad

  • High amounts paid for better marks
  • Poll: Congress, TDP clear lists
  • Delimitation exercise to end by March
  • Kashmir festival off to a colourful start
  • MCH to construct more public conveniences
  • RTA recruitment drive for improving services
  • Minimum wages for domestic workers soon
  • Every breath you take is deadly
  • Hoarding pushes up prices of pulses
  • Garibrath Express from Feb. 21
  • TDP upbraids tall claims on farming
  • Muslim quota from next year
  • Talks on combined rail-bus ticket soon
  • Speaker concerned over budget debate
  • EC directive baffles teachers
  • Western Australia-Icrisat project set to continue
  • State urged to stop closure of industries
  • Mortgaging of sports infrastructure cleared
  • Two major ports to go on stream next year
  • `Conmen' arrested
  • Raw deal to twin cities: BJP MLA
  • Foundation stone laid at city varsity
  • Man attacked with sword
  • 80 nominations filed for Council poll
  • Accused in threat case identified
  • It's spring time
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • E.U. agrees on cut in emissions
  • Woman Minister shot dead
  • "King Gyanendra's statement grossly irresponsible"
  • Japan irked over U.S. Congress move
  • Pakistan Assembly for joint probe
  • 46 visas issued so far to victims' kin
  • Fiji poll in 2010
  • U.S. condemns terror attack
  • ``A heinous crime''

    • Kancheepuram

  • Party youth wing unearths arrack

    • Kannur

  • Technical fete
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Hospital with a `vision'
  • `Admission to Karimnagar JNTU college next year'

    • Karnataka

  • Unprecedented chaos in Karnataka Assembly
  • Vijaya Bank to increase prime lending rate
  • Remains of trekker
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Sonda to host cultural festival on February 24, 25
  • `Combo card' for varsity students
  • `Release of water from reservoir insufficient'
  • Ruling: devasthans are public authorities
  • `Literature must highlight concerns of common people'
  • Okkuta demands clarifications on award
  • Official language controversy resolved

    • Kerala

  • Kerala annual Plan size fixed at Rs.6,950 crore
  • Clearance for rice mills
  • Effective steps needed to check price rise
  • Kochi to host world maritime meeting
  • European cities ready to partner with Kochi
  • Hoping to see some more cricket action
  • Deriding TV addiction
  • Landowners told to give consent letters
  • False alarm: 30 injured in stampede
  • Evicted people plan dharna
  • Next issue
  • Riding to the sunset
  • Turning a blind eye
  • Correction For NE
  • Briefly

    • Kochi

  • PCB's Save Periyar Action Plan raises fears of marine pollution
  • EDRAAC joins drive against contagious diseases
  • Film festival brings post-revolutionary Cuba to town
  • Tapasya's anniversary fete
  • Land reforms failed: Gouri
  • Kochiites' gesture, CJI's response
  • Rustic charm
  • Caught unawares
  • Holiday for schools
  • Beauty and the beast
  • Deemed registration for units
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Minister urges unions to be more responsible
  • Temple fete revived after 26 years
  • 30 injured in stampede

    • Kozhikode

  • Farook College maintains lead in university arts festival
  • Achuthanandan to inaugurate history congress
  • Scholarship test for students
  • `Purify water let off into Canoly Canal'
  • Ombudsman's directive
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Selling the tiger to save it: will it work?

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Act of cowardice
  • Mischievous
  • The helmet rule

    • Madurai

  • The continuing saga of humanistic approach
  • Medals intensify his thirst for achievement
  • Two employees of hospital dismissed
  • Groundwater level has improved
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Women at the helm of Dakshina Kannada ZP
  • Mangalore city to go without water for at least a week
  • `Jatha' for the Cauvery cause
  • `Brahmakalashotsava' from today
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Cauvery row: religious heads extend support to State's cause
  • Swamijis demand Manmohan's intervention on Cauvery issue
  • Cutting across religious barriers
  • `Mob violence': RAF in action
  • Amend Inter-State Water Disputes Act, says Made Gowda
  • Magazine on state of education
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • 8,113 permanent houses for tsunami-hit people
  • Children plant saplings along coast

    • Nagercoil

  • Development works inspected

    • Nalgonda

  • 28 girls rescued from brothels
  • Man kills girlfriend, attempts suicide
  • Budget is anti-poor: CPI(M) leader

    • National

  • Maoists to resist formation of SEZs
  • He saw five of his six children die
  • Editors Guild of India condemns "moves" to raid offices of Eenadu
  • BJP team visits site of blasts
  • Special security for Lahore bus
  • Gateman, station master averted bigger tragedy
  • Mulayam sees BJP-Congress hand
  • Comprehensive security plan for Samjhauta
  • Dismiss U.P. Government: V.P. Singh
  • Congress fails to convince Karat
  • Rajnath: control inflation
  • Foreign policy not decided in Delhi : Natwar
  • Chittabrata Majumdar passes away
  • Criminal case against Taslimuddin to continue
  • `No' to reservation for Dalit Muslims, Christians
  • BJP's allies not with it on U.P.
  • Opposition to industries unfair, says Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
  • Kalam sees greater role for nurses
  • "Handiwork of Pak. militants"

    • Nellore

  • The Hindu Business Line Club inaugurated

    • New Delhi

  • Talkatora Stadium to sport a brand new look for the Games
  • A sleepless night for blast victims
  • Project is neither on nor off, says Sheila Dikshit
  • Multi-arts festival in honour of Raza
  • NDMC may levy `service charge' on embassy buildings
  • `Get traps for monkeys ready in 10 days'
  • High Court denies bail to ACP
  • "We have a right to live"
  • Jha's family seeks death penalty for Shibu Soren
  • Stage set for SAARC meet
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • New Delhi - Others

  • Farmers get ready for yet another showdown
  • Haryana Cabinet condemns Samjhauta Express blasts
  • Uttarakhand goes to polls today amid tight security
  • Social audit for jobs scheme carried out
  • Madhya Pradesh pays tribute to S.C. Shukla
  • Jamaat seeks detailed probe
  • Around the City

    • News Analysis

  • Positives from the peace process
  • Corrections and Clarifications

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Renovated district police office building inaugurated
  • Rosaiah joins issue with Opposition

    • Orissa

  • Varsity decision on polls triggers row
  • Congress leader seeks fair deal for State in rail budget
  • Ten hurt in clash
  • Panchayat polls last phase today
  • Marriage season adds to residents' woes
  • Examination centres to be opened on jails' premises
  • Depiction so natural
  • Training institute for jail staff mooted

    • Palakkad

  • NAAC team to visit college

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Maramon: PCB flays norms violation
  • Sree Vallabha Temple fete begins
  • National workshop on education

    • Perambalur

  • Sessions Court orders attachment of bus

    • Puducherry

  • Total survey of industries urged

    • Punjab

  • Municipal body office-bearers elected

    • Racing : Horse

  • Almandine works well
  • Elusive Prince in fine fettle
  • Fawn Princess hard to toss
  • Man Of Honour triumphs
  • She's Sexy bags main event

    • Rajasthan

  • Rajasthan to create separate cadre for tribal development
  • `Major transition in aviation sector'

    • Religion

  • God's compassion

    • Salem

  • `Improve power plant productivity'
  • Warping workers demand aid
  • Junior Engineer of TNEB arrested
  • TNEB engineer arrested
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • `Poetry should move the soul'
  • Residents demand title deeds for alternative house sites

    • Sport

  • New Zealand does the incredible again
  • New team clothing unveiled
  • The two giants of the one-day game
  • Dubai Open: Schnyder battles into the second round
  • Elusive birds of Mumbai

    • Sports : General

  • Radhakrishnan scores match-winner
  • Zainab outplays Vennela, makes quarterfinals
  • SSOS (Sankari) clinches title

    • Srikakulam

  • Arrangements reviewed for Council polls

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Survey of BPL families in urban areas of State still continuing
  • PMK concerned at rising non-Plan expenditure
  • Court declines to quash defamation proceedings against Vijayakant
  • Head constables set to track naxalite activities
  • Suggestions to check ragging invited
  • Glimpses of protest
  • Department of legal studies re-transferred
  • Celebrations start
  • Getting ready
  • Not child's play
  • Exclusive unit planned for business houses to pay tax
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • A ravishingly rhythmic evening
  • Suganya's volley to fame
  • Namakkal exceeds target in food grain production
  • Sothuparai dam-Agamalai road work to be over soon
  • Over 5 lakh farmers under welfare scheme
  • Police working on leads in aluminium ingots case: IG
  • Cold storage facility for eggs likely
  • Flying squads to check child labour
  • Three arrested, five motorcycles seized
  • Workshop on maternal health
  • Sambar found dead in dam

    • Tennis

  • Tennis training programme

    • Thanjavur

  • Students prove their mettle
  • "Work on region-based requirements"

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Gang leader killed in armed attack
  • KWA yet to plug major pipeline leaks
  • Call to improve quality of neonatal care
  • SHRC directs officials to take action
  • Anchuthengu: Minister promises speedy relief
  • Awards for science writers announced
  • New chief for Western Air Command
  • Steps to check diversion of LPG cylinders
  • Special grama sabha fails to take up no-confidence move
  • Ten injured in accident
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated February 21, 1957: Ministers and officials
  • dated February 21, 1957: Pak. parties' demand
  • dated February 21, 1957: Lion for canvassing

    • Thrissur

  • Asian theatre festival planned
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Plan to declare Tiruchi a banana export zone
  • CPI against use of Article 356, says Raja
  • Right place to know your rights
  • Withdraw new pension scheme, says association
  • Team spirit, their key to success
  • "Handle water issues decisively"
  • Keep updating practical knowledge, students told
  • A parade of all-time beauties in Tiruchi
  • Transfer orders issued
  • "Update knowledge"
  • Child labourers rescued during surprise raids
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Students vaccinated against Hepatitis B and Rubella
  • One-year jail term awarded to bank manager
  • In Tirunelveli Today

    • Tirupati

  • Farmers interact with scientists at IFFCO programme in Tirupati
  • Mega plans to mark 1857 revolt
  • In Tirupati Today

    • Tumkur

  • Government neglecting Tumkur, says Congress

    • Tuticorin

  • Inflation, infrastructure figure in wish-list
  • Plan to increase area under cotton cultivation
  • Four held for attempt to smuggle sea cucumbers
  • Meet on `Pervasive computing' at Kovilpatti

    • Vellore

  • Medical ethics committees to be regulated

    • Vijayawada

  • Runway expansion reduces scope for high-rise structures at IT Park
  • Down Under, an attractive destination
  • Missing boy found dead
  • Congress leaders hail Ilapuram's candidature
  • PROMO
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • GVMC poll result today
  • Land pooling for planned development
  • Drive against hoarding on
  • Only 26 candidates to appear for BCA exam!
  • Awareness empowers consumer: V-C
  • Seminar on gender discrimination
  • Founder of Buddhist society dead
  • Only 26 to appear for BCA exam!
  • Jailed for stocking foreign liquor
  • Rural ambience
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Chemistry seminar in KU
  • DCC president to contest MLC polls

    • Weather

  • Weather

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