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Alappuzha

  • 7 rank-holders do Alappuzha proud

    Anantapur

  • TDP plea to Congress to maintain peace

    Andhra Pradesh

  • BJP undermining people's verdict, says APCC
  • AICC clears 22 Ministers for YSR's team ?
  • Irrigation projects: fund-raising channels identified
  • People's War kills pastor
  • Tobacco Board to tap global market
  • MP-elect vows to develop Cuddapah
  • Master plan for Cuddapah on the anvil
  • Need for greater transparency in TRAI functioning stressed
  • Oldest phone subscribers honoured
  • YSR urged to spell out stand on education system
  • YSR family lends a helping hand
  • Official shot at in bank robbery bid
  • MP-elect's contribution to free power concept
  • "BJP undermining people's verdict"
  • TDP not to join BJP protest
  • APCLC hails initiative on naxal issue
  • Rs 1 lakh for kin of TDP activist
  • Private doctors' plea for protection
  • Hoax SMS creates confusion
  • Man kills wife, attempts suicide
  • New PR Commissioner
  • Pensioners seek arrears
  • Akbaruddin elected MIM floor leader
  • Inter withheld result today
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • NHAI to acquire 800 acres for four-lane highway
  • Bank employee alleges sexual harassment

    Assam

  • Blame game on in crude oil pilferage scam

    Athletics

  • Anju happy with Doha show
  • Gregorio takes gold
  • Federation Cup junior athletic meet

    Badminton

  • Bhargava defeats Sarvan Singh

    Bangalore

  • 47,600 candidates to take CET in city
  • Two killed, one injured in road accidents
  • BSNL gives awards to employees
  • Owner of chit-fund company murdered
  • Police custody of Tanvir extended
  • Held on charge of demolishing buildings
  • Flights rescheduled
  • Tight security for laboratory
  • Water adalat
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Dairy

    Barometer

  • Stock Market Index
  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    Basketball

  • DLW wins thriller
  • Alappuzha, Kannur triumph
  • Teams for youth camp
  • Easy for Sports School
  • New Jersey Nets wins

    Bidar

  • I am like a rock, says Veerappa
  • Protest against Sonia Gandhi assuming office
  • Eight-hour blackout in Bidar district

    Bijapur

  • Bijapur Lok Sabha result, an eye-opener for BJP, Congress

    Briefly

  • Interest rates on FRBs
  • BusinessObjects, Wipro in tie up
  • Kotak Mahindra to consider bonus
  • Mastek approves share buy-back
  • Casio's new range of digital cameras
  • Lord Krishna Bank PAT up
  • Nevis Networks raises $10 million
  • Handicrafts exports on the rise
  • Shanthi Gears to consider bonus issue

    Business

  • Sensex hurtles down 565 points
  • Credit Policy may define regulatory roles
  • Market will stabilise: SEBI
  • RBI dollar sales prop up rupee
  • First floating hotel in Kolkata
  • Jalan for fiscal empowerment
  • No need to panic: chambers
  • Availability of rupee and forex liquidity

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    Chennai

  • Officials inspect cholera-hit North Chennai areas
  • Indian painted roof turtle breeds in captivity
  • Moderate rainfall in city
  • Land dispute solved
  • Painting contest
  • Three held for possessing gutkha
  • `Arrhythmia treatment inexpensive'
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Chess

  • Do or die battle for Kruttika, Tania
  • Konguvel remains on top

    Coimbatore

  • Houses damaged, 11 arrested
  • Coonoor infant gets his thumb right
  • IN COIMBATORE TODAY
  • Amrita varsity to offer course in journalism
  • Ettimadai telephone exchange inaugurated

    Cricket

  • Another stroll in the park for Sri Lanka
  • Cricket cannot turn a blind eye to wider issues
  • Smith authors West Indies' series win
  • Zimbabwe's suspension not on the radar, says Ehsan Mani
  • BCCI endorses ICC contracts
  • Sangram, Yeshwanth shine for Sarojini CFA
  • FSCA conducts trials
  • Madhusudan scores century
  • Youngsters Club wins
  • Raju XI wins

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 7986
  • Solution to puzzle 7985

    Cuddapah

  • Growth rapid, says official
  • Rs. 30 cr. loan for women SHGs

    Cycling

  • Two golds for Dhanurbha

    Editorials

  • BLACK MONDAY
  • SILENT REVOLUTION IN KERALA

    Football

  • Eugene Gray nets winner
  • Zakir Hussain College posts win
  • Nilgiris in semifinals
  • Ramesh nets winner

    Front Page

  • President invites Sonia Gandhi
  • High drama at 10 Janpath
  • Left not to join government
  • Stock market recovers a little after record crash
  • Iraqi leader killed
  • `Bio Visa' to U.S. from July
  • Raja Bhaiya granted bail
  • 6 BSF men killed in Tripura
  • Kerala lottery rule stayed
  • Governor's move
  • Monsoon ahead of schedule
  • 14th Lok Sabha constituted
  • `Sushma violating her oath'
  • Chapra DIG, SP shifted
  • Paintings missing

    Golf

  • Garcia hangs on to win Byron Nelson Championship
  • Sunlager Cup for Pinky

    Gujarat

  • Rebel Corporator may face action

    Gulbarga

  • Farmers get set for sowing operation
  • Dalits protest against attacks

    Guntur

  • BSNL proposes major expansion
  • Jewellery shop burgled

    Hockey

  • Tuticorin in last four
  • Penalty corners: New interpretation to come into effect from June 1
  • It's India vs. South Korea
  • SBI holds Nav Bharat

    Hyderabad

  • Choked nala poses health hazard
  • New MLAs to seek revival of constituency fund
  • No power supply in some areas
  • Sticking to tradition
  • Murder mystery unravelled
  • 2 power society employees in ACB net
  • BIE warning to colleges
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • Nuclear CBMs: Pakistan team arriving next week

    International

  • IRAQI RESISTANCE: Governing Council head killed in blast
  • U.K., U.S. planning `exit' strategy
  • Russian hostages freed
  • Sri Lankan peace talks likely in July
  • `Malicious writing'
  • Moore's latest sigh
  • Curtain falls on Iranian comedy
  • Fire in jail kills 90 inmates
  • Gay marriages legalised
  • Tribal army to launch operation against Al-Qaeda fugitives
  • Who commands the private soldiers?

    Kannur

  • Kannur result demolishes UDF claim of bogus voting: LDF

    Karnataka

  • Governor invites party leaders for talks
  • New govt. by Saturday, says Deve Gowda
  • Protests held against `foreign rule'
  • Seer clarifies stand on non-vegetarianism
  • Girls bag top honours in SSLC exam
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • `Preserve essence of Kodava culture for posterity'
  • Test put off as activists of Goa Manch stage protest
  • Abandoned boat towed back to shore
  • `We can provide service of global standards'

    Kerala

  • Little to cheer about on many fronts
  • Illegal recruitments go unchecked
  • SSLC toppers prefer medical profession
  • Distress calls flood helplines
  • KC factions on a rethink mode
  • Results create record of sorts
  • BSNL to implement projects worth Rs. 1,270 crores
  • Chacko leaves for Delhi; Kozhikode meet called off
  • Custodial death: SI, four constables suspended
  • HSE, VHSE results today
  • IFDP yet to take stand on Sonia
  • Film industry crisis: talks fail
  • KPCC for review of poll debacle
  • `Kalabhabhishekom' at Sabarimala
  • Chandy responsible for poll debacle: MECA
  • LDF has little to boast about: SUCI
  • ABVP to launch agitation against Sonia
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Thiruvananthapuram not up to the mark this time

    Kochi

  • Ernakulam puts up a good show
  • Technology upgradation unavoidable: DGP
  • Speed tracers to be put up on highways
  • Efforts on to identify body
  • Water logging: meeting soon
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi today

    Kottayam

  • Diocesan Day on Thursday

    Kozhikode

  • `Pay bill service' to be relaunched at post offices
  • Mani should quit, says IFDP
  • Antony must resign: Kadannappally
  • Demolishing a myth

    Kurnool

  • Andhra Bank to extend network
  • Man washed away in flashflood
  • Poll violence: cases against 29

    Leader Page Articles

  • Towards a common programme
  • British media and the Iraq war

    Letters to the Editor

  • Working a coalition
  • The verdict
  • In bad taste

    Madikeri

  • Woman kidnapped, cash taken away

    Madurai

  • DPA cadres stage protest in southern districts
  • MADITSSIA buyer-seller meet from June 3
  • Urban mapping of Madurai begins
  • BSNL introduces new schemes
  • 60 vacancies to be filled in govt. schools
  • Mayor greets rank-holders
  • Around the City

    Mangalore

  • Corporation may not be able to put off tax scheme for long
  • Greens opposing industries in coastal areas deplored
  • BJP to observe `Black Day'
  • New bus service
  • Youth Congress leader's house attacked
  • Congress condemns call for `Black Day'
  • Woman, child drowned in river
  • 17 injured

    Mysore

  • BSNL's prepaid SIM cards to be available from June
  • Poor voter turnout in urban areas hits BJP
  • Many new services in the offing
  • Forest watcher trampled to death

    Nalgonda

  • MLA-elect inspects ongoing works

    National

  • Left blames BJP for panic at bourses
  • BJP, allies to boycott Sonia's swearing-in ceremony
  • Uma Bharti not to resign on Sonia issue
  • Irate investors threaten mediapersons outside BSE
  • Left trying to hijack mandate, says Jaitley
  • Laloo assails rumour-mongers
  • 14th Lok Sabha constituted
  • `States cannot frame rules on Central Act regulating lotteries'
  • U.S. to fingerprint visa applicants
  • Respect people's mandate, Mahila Congress tells BJP
  • Congress asks Trinamool leaders to return
  • A positive gain for J&K, says Mufti
  • Maharashtra BJP has no protest plan
  • Hurriyat ready for talks with new government
  • Jagmohan to write memoirs
  • Petition against Sonia becoming PM
  • IA sets another record
  • Govindacharya to lead protest march to Parliament
  • The oldest and the youngest
  • IAF rules out joint exercises with Pakistan, China
  • Constitution does not make any distinction among citizens on ground of place of birth: Shanti Bhusha
  • SP, RLD extend support to Congress-led coalition
  • AGP not for boycott
  • Mehbooba unlikely to join Union Cabinet
  • Ruling reserved on bail plea in Bilkis case
  • President wishes M.S. Subbulakshmi speedy recovery
  • Indo-Sri Lanka archaeological programme mooted
  • ISCE exam results today
  • Bid to rob gold from airport warehouse foiled

    Nellore

  • BSNL to focus on cell phone network

    New Delhi

  • BJP suffers erosion in support base
  • At last they got their right to vote
  • Sheila to slog it out for slum dwellers
  • Cabinet reshuffle in the offing
  • Man arrested for extortion bid
  • Congress needs to sort out municipal mess
  • `Thieves were aware of market value of paintings'
  • Power cuts hit Delhi
  • Girls get lessons on empowerment
  • Dikshit writes to AICC leaders on Councillors
  • NHRC notice to Delhi police
  • CINEMA
  • Protest against Sonia as PM
  • S-I suspended in assault case
  • Candidates profit from polls
  • Doctor held for assaulting minor girl
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Pathanamthitta

  • All pass in four schools in Pathanamthitta

    Perambalur

  • 13 government schools fare better in Perambalur dt.
  • Escape bid foiled

    Pondicherry

  • `Govt. providing lot of facilities to students'
  • Woman kills son
  • Power shutdown
  • `Confer statehood on Pondicherry'

    Punjab

  • Congress faction demands action against Bhattal

    Racing : Motor

  • Good outing for Karun
  • LSM comes to India after 11 years

    Raichur

  • Congress proves sceptics wrong in Koppal

    Religion

  • Need for a preceptor

    Shimoga

  • BJP asked to refrain from raising foreign origin issue

    Sports : General

  • Assam girls crush J&K
  • Olympic torch to reach Delhi on June 10
  • Kiran, Kavya hog limelight
  • Raj-Ravinder pair posts two wins

    Tamil Nadu

  • Significant drop in TNPCEE performance
  • `Textbooks will be distributed before classes begin'
  • DPA volunteers stage demonstration
  • Unseasonal rain cause of epidemic
  • Jayalalithaa's remark, a challenge to EC
  • Yercaud sitting atop ecological disaster?
  • Question paper leak: report sought from Periyakulam college
  • Big rise in Chennai, Bangalore air traffic
  • Virtual private network for Chennai, Madurai
  • Technology takes over the polls
  • Decline in jasmine prices worries ryots
  • Jayalalithaa trying to divert attention: PMK
  • Accused in wealth case surrenders
  • Probe EVM tampering in Tenkasi, Ramnad: PT
  • Repeal ESMA, TESMA, teachers federation urges Govt.
  • Farmers urged to take up drip irrigation system
  • Statewide DPA protests against deletions
  • Restore free power, ryots tell CM
  • Varsity probe into loss of engineering answer papers
  • TESMA case against Elangovan posted for July 5
  • `Bring water under Food Adulteration Act'
  • Voters' registration cell opened
  • Veeramani's appeal to Left parties
  • S.S. Chandran appears in court
  • Will Sethusamudram project see smooth sailing?
  • `Incorporate child rights in Common Minimum Programme'
  • DPA demands immediate arrest of Inbathamizhan
  • Indian painted roof turtle breeds in captivity
  • Passport applications
  • Lab opened
  • ENGAGEMENTS
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • DPA cadres stage demonstration
  • Noon meal centres to get kitchen sheds
  • Power shutdown in Theni, Dindigul
  • Power shutdown

    Tennis

  • Joachim Johansson's bad run continues
  • Federer pulls away in ATP Champions Race

    Thanjavur

  • Renovation of temple nearing completion

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Health authorities gear up to check filariasis
  • Funds crunch hits district panchayat
  • A young fighter proves his mettle
  • Four-year rigorous imprisonment for murder
  • Poll debacle: probe sought into Congress leaders' role
  • HSC results through BSNL
  • Student commits suicide
  • NCC training camp
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    This Day That Age

  • dated May 18,1954: Nehru's rebuff
  • dated May 18,1954: Military training for MPs
  • dated May 18,1954: India beat Austria

    Thrissur

  • `Politics is not my cup of tea'

    Tiruchi

  • TWAD Board to repair roads dug up for drainage scheme
  • DPA demonstration against deletion of voter names
  • Need for popularising Indian fine arts stressed
  • Voters' registration cell set up
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Agitation before Nellai Corpn. office

    Tirupati

  • BSNL steps to provide update on bills
  • Farmers' body lists out demands
  • SVU college gesture

    Vijayawada

  • Cops at the receiving end
  • It's all in the family for winners
  • Civic woes come in a package here
  • Nagender's election as TDLP secretary criticised
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Sportive players of the poll game
  • MLA-elect to tour Pendurthy constituency
  • VUDA to allow third party registration
  • Sribhashyam memorial discourses from May 21
  • Seven held
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Warangal

  • TDP fears Congress may wrest ZP chief post
  • A family reunion for street children

    Weather

  • Weather

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