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    Andhra Pradesh

  • Supreme Court notice to Andhra Government, CBI
  • Hypersonic cruise vehicle test flight planned in 2007
  • Maharashtra plea rejected
  • Rosaiah goes candid, says ministerial job is highly demanding
  • 10 units of Kothagudem thermal complex trip
  • Traditional games lose sheen
  • `Telangana interests being taken care of'
  • Germans wooed with spiritual tourism
  • Operation Blackbuck can be completed in three years: official
  • Vacuum at top for many naxal groups
  • Struggle panel to take up Statewide campaign
  • DRDL opens doors to public on tech day
  • Month-long Praja Patham ends
  • `Akash can be used in disaster management'
  • `State repressing revolutionary forces'
  • Cheltenham council succour for tsunami-hit
  • TDP petitions EC against 2 Ministers
  • RSP opposes Telangana
  • BJP demands all-party meet
  • Municipal poll process to be completed by September 27
  • YSR permits land sale for BHPV revival
  • Unruly scenes at TDP meet
  • GO waives market fee on egg for a year
  • Children's seminar
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Bouquets all the way for YSR
  • Praja Patham morale-booster for Danampalli residents
  • Minister sanctions Rs. 5 lakhs for bridge
  • MCH drive to clear debris on road

    • Badminton

  • India begins with a win over Wales

    • Bangalore

  • Acid attack on 45-year-old maid in Sadashivnagar
  • Three arrested on charge of cheating job applicants
  • How safe is it to travel in contract vehicles?
  • `Akshaya Tritiya': a precious day for jewellery lovers
  • `Barricades helped nab 20 criminals'
  • PU results on websites
  • Florence Nightingale Award for 10 nurses
  • Around the City

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Bellary

  • Goldsmiths oppose `dumping' of jewellery

    • Bidar

  • Zardozi shows them the way

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Ashok Gupta moves up

    • Briefly

  • Jubilant Organosys to issue FCCBs
  • Sanjiv Goenka joins Eveready board
  • New Chief Executive for LIC Housing
  • Sharma appointed SJVNL director
  • Marginal rise in Ashok Leyland's April sales
  • Mercator allots shares to employees
  • Bajaj Allianz's gross written premium up
  • Ishi's Jewellery expands
  • PNB debit cards cross one million-mark
  • Alstom to pay 17.5 p.c. dividend
  • HPCL to market FABER products
  • Zylog in pact with Singapore firm
  • Wipro to allot shares under ESOS
  • Opto Circuit EGM clears GDR issue
  • Study on semiconductor industry
  • Tanishq's third showroom
  • Natco ties up with Temple University

    • Business

  • Oil companies' losses mount since April
  • CAG pulls up Indian Oil Corporation
  • SEBI reverses stand on SAT hearings
  • IDBI to collect VAT, other taxes
  • Malladi Drugs acquires U.S. firm
  • LML to launch new models
  • BoA injects $175 m in India operations
  • KPR group plans Rs. 370-crore expansion
  • Rupee rallies against $
  • Uptrend halted on BSE

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • 1 lakh children employed in brick kilns
  • International terrorism worse than fascism, says Lakhera
  • Only 3,000 names in 999 category: Naresh Gupta
  • Pressure on Government to end poll `farce' in reserved panchayats
  • Jayalalithaa should cooperate with special court: BJP
  • Controversy clouds removal of Nehru statue at Kathipara
  • Mission Book Fair opens in city
  • Petition against POTA committee order admitted
  • Part of slum tenement collapses
  • Teach Dravidian parties a lesson in bypolls, says Swamy
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Three declared joint winners

    • Coimbatore

  • Stall of SHGs draws crowd
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Siva, Jaishankar hit centuries
  • League winners felicitated by HCA
  • Akhtar demands explanation from PCB
  • Coach's post: Candidates asked to give presentation
  • Pakistan hopes to restrict Lara
  • Easy for FUCC (1)

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8290
  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8289

    • Cuddalore

  • Pollution kills off fish
  • Tsunami gives fillip to indigenous boat building
  • Village-level panels set up to prevent child abduction, abuse

    • Cuddapah

  • Maoists using youth as mercenaries, says SP
  • Three killed in two road mishaps

    • Dharwad

  • Water supply schedule for Dharwad, Hubli

    • Editorials

  • Tiger Thackeray in Congress robes
  • Trade, foreign inflows and the rupee

    • Erode

  • New building for Sathyamangalam taluk office soon
  • Camps for voter name inclusion

    • Football

  • SBT begins in style

    • Front Page

  • Manmohan Singh defends Election Commission
  • Mayawati questioned in assets case
  • Court agrees with Lalu
  • High Court orders probe against Health Minister
  • Amritsar-Lahore service: Pakistan sees no hitch
  • Here comes the no-frills, mobile computer system
  • Answer sheets case: 2 more engineering students held
  • Appointment set aside
  • U.S. award for website
  • Maharashtra ends free power to farmers

    • Golf

  • Hole-in-one by Surya Prakash

    • Gulbarga

  • Chief Minister defers decision on daily wage workers

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • H.P. order on DA soon
  • Tiger reserve in Himachal Pradesh mooted

    • Hyderabad

  • OU exam wing in for overhaul
  • Police to help authorities keep non-boarders at bay
  • No power supply today
  • Prudential depositors hail ruling
  • EAMCET key today
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • "India still sending child jockeys"
  • Amritsar-Lahore service: Pakistan sees no hitch

    • International

  • Russia, E.U. sign pact
  • Jurassic tree enthuses botanists
  • Sharon delays Gaza Strip withdrawal
  • The grading software is here
  • Wall Street Journal to go tabloid
  • Haiti's 1994 coup verdicts overturned

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Ladakh releases blueprint for development

    • Kancheepuram

  • Bypoll, a fight for democracy: DMK

    • Karimnagar

  • TDP plea to stop work on Godavari projects

    • Karnataka

  • `Samarpana' rituals of `Kanaka Gopura' begin
  • Ordinance demanded on admissions
  • A boon for a drought-hit region
  • BJP office-bearers, legislators to hold meet in Bangalore
  • Education Dept. transfers to be completed by May 15
  • Action against criminals is a direct impact of advice: Dharam Singh
  • Basavakalyan Board yet to be formed
  • Court criticism not good for Govt., says Moily
  • RTPS to step up generation of power
  • Academy to promote science being set up
  • Put Metro Rail project on hold, says MLC
  • New plant species found
  • Three held, vehicles seized
  • JD(U) undecided on fielding candidate
  • Floriculture trade fair in July
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Three persons held on murder charge
  • BJP MLAs upset over function protocol
  • Preparations made for Pulse Polio in Chitradurga
  • Statement war disgusting, says Shivashankarappa
  • Freedom fighter felicitated
  • Around the City

    • Kerala

  • CPI(M) hints at pro-active stance to National Congress(I)
  • Pinarayi Vijayan hints at proactive approach to NC(I)
  • Fake lotteries of other States flood the market
  • Karunakaran and T.M. Jacob get closer
  • Entrance: all in ranklist may not get admission
  • Move to withdraw cases illegal, says BJP
  • B.Ed. case: Chandy told to be present on August 2
  • Coast Guard rescues 4-member boat crew
  • Hearing on B.Ed. college bribery case adjourned
  • 10 p.c. wage hike for coir workers
  • 3 from Kerala killed in accident
  • Hajira case: FIR referred to Public Prosecutor
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Around the City

    • Kochi

  • Mattancherry gets new police station
  • Stone laid for KINFRA park
  • KSRTC office at Vyttila opened
  • Chandy holds talks with Italian team
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • AIYF demands judicial probe into custodial death of youth
  • Quarries resume operations
  • Church consecration rituals at Kundara

    • Kottayam

  • KC(J) to draw up Vision 2020

    • Kurnool

  • Praja Patham concludes
  • Garuda service halt at Kurnool

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Strengths of a weak Prime Minister

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Arms to Nepal
  • Fitting indeed
  • Make a fresh pledge
  • Charge against ECs
  • Right perspective
  • End this acrimony
  • Not convincing
  • EMS' action

    • Madikeri

  • Wage pact between Govt., plantation owners opposed
  • CNC satyagraha from May 18

    • Madurai

  • Bench quashes detention order of 11 `gangsters'
  • Cable operators protest telecast of `Thamizh Thirai' channel
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Mangalore

  • Parties get into poll mode in Dakshina Kannada
  • Pulse Polio drive from Sunday
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Concern over scarcity of water in Mysore
  • Officials flayed for pig menace
  • Basava Jayanthi celebrations begin in city today
  • Three killed as tower collapses

    • Nagapattinam

  • `We are yet to get tsunami relief'

    • Nalgonda

  • BJP leader flays State on handling fluorosis problem
  • Minister inaugurates SC, ST hostels
  • Two naxalites surrender

    • National

  • Mirwaiz offers to quit for sake of unity
  • "Whatever is in the pipeline for Nepal cannot be held back"
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction Bill
  • Uma Bharti likely to be accommodated in Delhi
  • Special Economic Zone Bill passed
  • Show-cause notice to Saptharishi
  • Banish religion from politics, minorities panel urged
  • Fit for a monarch
  • "Indians contributed to Nazi defeat"
  • High Court rejects Anjali's petition
  • Fresh appeal to Opposition to end Parliament boycott
  • Court sets aside appointment of UGC Chairman
  • Centre confirms resuming arms supplies
  • CPI, CPI (M) oppose decision
  • SP, RLD stage walkout over handling of meningitis
  • Private security agencies Bill introduced
  • "Increasing seats only way out for more women to enter legislature"
  • 3 shot outside mosque in Kashmir
  • New AICTE chairman
  • Distortion in Plan allocation has led to regional imbalances, says RSP
  • Lokman startles all
  • Army's call to dreamers
  • The helium pointers
  • "1,000 knowledge centres in every State by next year"
  • Rajasthan to educate farmers
  • A view of the battlefield in the planning room
  • Taj scam: CVC submits opinion to apex court
  • Land rights of tribals will be protected: Minister
  • Transmission of 4 channels prohibited

    • Nellore

  • Water issue rocks mandal meet

    • New Delhi

  • CBI raids houses of MCD official
  • Woman arrested, kidnapped child recovered
  • Capital expertise to clear Kabul pollution
  • MCD plans to blast illegal structures
  • Legislators demand drastic reduction
  • `Consumers being taken for a ride'
  • Dismissed cop killed in encounter
  • Bid to reform adolescent prisoners
  • Reshuffle in Delhi Police
  • HC dismisses review petition in Flex case
  • Scheme to bring talented dropouts back to school
  • Attempt to molest diploma student
  • Sushil Ansal moves trial court for relief
  • Two policemen promoted
  • Prostitution racket smashed, three held
  • Protest march against anti-poor policies
  • Supreme Court stays order on Bhakra, Beas
  • Demand for better safety on DU campus
  • Films for Freedom ready for battle
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Muslim Personal Law Board: a paragon of intransigence
  • The changing face of diplomacy
  • The spirit of 1857
  • Sourcing junk science sources
  • Rightwards is not the route to power

    • Nizamabad

  • With summer returns the robber menace

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Modern Civil Supplies packing units to come up in three districts
  • 3 lorries seized at Pampa
  • Minister to open teachers' meet from Friday

    • Perambalur

  • Stop distraint proceedings: ryots

    • Pondicherry

  • 80 branch libraries to have children's section
  • Kannan to launch party today

    • Racing : Horse

  • Democraticus pleases
  • My Discovery may score an encore

    • Rajasthan

  • New dimension to communal tension in Bhilwara
  • HC order on varsity polls criticised

    • Religion

  • Value of wealth

    • Sailing

  • INSA dominates on second day

    • Salem

  • Mystery of `missing DSP case' resolved

    • Sport

  • Viswanath for use of modern technology
  • Ranvijay takes shot put gold
  • IOA advises two-year bans
  • Indian Bank keeps alive its hopes of qualifying for final round
  • Anand to take part in World championships

    • Sports : General

  • Thiruvananthapuram upsets Kannur
  • Good show by Indians
  • Hobie Cat camp ends

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Handicapped athlete can't afford the trip
  • NGOs shown how to raise funds
  • Protect Act on quota: Ramadoss
  • SMS lands man in trouble
  • Couple dies of burns
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Paritala Ravi case: apex court notice to Andhra Government, CBI
  • Call for bandh in Karaikal tomorrow
  • Stage set for float festival
  • Jothi Nagar residents wake up to a stink
  • Bids invited for water supply scheme
  • City advocate wants to replicate Scottish experience here
  • Accord to set up Rs. 25-crore common recycling plant
  • Councillors threaten to resign over tax hike
  • Ordinance demanded on admissions
  • `Samarpana' rituals of `Kanaka Gopura' begin
  • House burgled
  • Around the City

    • Tennis

  • Soderling surprises Nalbandian
  • Daniel stuns Raker
  • Bharat Bhardwaj enters last four
  • Easy for TN
  • Top seeds advance

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • MCH hit by space crunch, shortage of staff
  • Newborn deer dies at zoo
  • Traffic curbs announced
  • Government medical officers' demand
  • Muslim Youth League rally today
  • Housing Board gets Rs. 55.23 crores
  • Headload workers lay siege to Secretariat
  • Man clobbered to death
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated May 11, 1955: Vinoba Bhave's appeal
  • dated May 11, 1955: Protest to Pakistan
  • dated May 11, 1955: More theatres needed

    • Tiruchi

  • Register for jobs: Vice-Chancellor
  • Lok adalats help banks to recover loans in a big way
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tirunelveli

  • Massive sand smuggling racket unearthed

    • Tirupati

  • Discom provides free power to 95 p.c. ryots
  • RSS cadres take-out rally
  • NGOs' nation-building role underscored

    • Tuticorin

  • Fake notes seized, seven held

    • Udupi

  • Acute drinking water crisis in Udupi

    • Union Territories

  • Congress moves for a better, beautiful Chandigarh

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Minister withdraws name from Jauhar varsity bill
  • Sahara chief in `detention', alleges petition in court

    • Vijayawada

  • Police heighten vigil after explosion
  • RTA cure to the middleman menace
  • BJP likely to go it alone for municipal elections
  • Delimitation exercise rapped
  • Around the City

    • Visakhapatnam

  • YSR lays stone for housing scheme
  • CITU workers try to disrupt meet
  • Foundation laid for eye hospital
  • `Only 15 p.c. of engineering students fit for IT jobs'
  • Get homely with VUDA Secure
  • House burgled
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Man arrested, rifle seized

    • Weather

  • Weather

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