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    Alappuzha

  • Sonia misguided, says Jacob
  • Transport staff union meeting on May 21, 22
  • Tension over sealing of Congress Bhavan

    • Anantapur

  • Army recruitment rally in Anantapur in July

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Huge haul of explosives in two districts
  • Three sick dairies to be revived
  • Eco clearance for Pulichintala in sight
  • Housing scheme pilot project launched
  • Apex court norms fail to check sexual harassment at workplace
  • TDP contradicts YSR's claim on obtaining loans
  • Heat wave on, two die of sunstroke
  • A delightful reunion with parents
  • CLP to Naidu: say sorry to ryots' kin
  • Own up responsibility for ryots' suicide, Naidu told
  • Minister's dismissal sought for `objectionable remarks'
  • Call to involve students in space programme
  • DCP hands over lathi, couple beats assaulter
  • Steps urged to protect girl child
  • `Make Telugu medium of instruction in private schools'
  • `Assembly right forum for debate'
  • Congress ahead in Penukonda bypoll campaign
  • Plea to increase iodised salt production
  • Vigilance wing begins probe into temple affairs
  • Promote rural tourism: Minister
  • Villagers shut the door on naxals
  • Top naxal surrenders
  • AISF opposes semester system at degree level
  • Four killed in road accidents
  • CPI(M) caution on transfer of PPAs
  • CPI seeks details of talks with World Bank official
  • Malakpet ACP suspended
  • DJS activists block traffic
  • Fire accident
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Complaints galore at samara bheri

    • Bangalore

  • Refresher courses for teachers
  • AIDWA bats for Anjali Gupta
  • Low-sulphur diesel makes it a bumpy ride for BMTC
  • Lokayukta raids Shivajinagar Sub-Registrar's office
  • Angry traders take to streets
  • Youth chased, arrested; chain recovered
  • V.P. Thirumurthy dies in accident in New Zealand
  • BDA opens counter to give refund cheques
  • Power shutdown in many areas today
  • City students excel in ICSE examination
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Bank teams in semifinal league

    • Bidar

  • Applications invited
  • DSS complains about false caste certificates

    • Bijapur

  • Rs. 75-crore action plan approved for Bagalkot

    • Briefly

  • Rs. 4,962 cr. ST demand on GAIL quashed
  • Sun Micro in pact with Portwise
  • GSK launches Crocin Quik
  • HDFC Bank joins Euronet's ATM network
  • Acer opens four malls
  • Allowed to bring in FDI
  • Deveshwar new CII president
  • IDFC files draft prospectus
  • SEBI nod for HT Media's IPO

    • Business

  • No bar on FIIs issuing PNs: SEBI chief
  • Low cost computer maker to work with software community
  • Diversion of U.S.-bound Chinese textiles into EU feared
  • Sensex declines further
  • Rupee strengthens
  • KRBL revamp completed
  • Hasbro Clothing to expand operations
  • Rane demerges manufacturing
  • KSL & Industries' capex plan
  • SpiceJet opens account

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • Jet Airways launches flight from Chennai to Kuala Lumpur
  • `State will reap mid-term benefits from VAT regime'
  • TNEB for competition in phases
  • `Steps on for speedy disposal of loan applications of tsunami victims'
  • `No prima facie case against Paavanan'
  • Free for all at Corporation Council meet
  • Tone up service to face telecom competition, BSNL employees told
  • Cancer awareness drive from today
  • Thinksoft, Bharathidasan Institute sign accord on software testing programme
  • Three arrested, rice seized from lorry
  • Council passes 41 resolutions without debate
  • Panchaloha idols seized, 4 held
  • Authorities of three engineering colleges summoned
  • Mayne case: CBI counsel examines nine witnesses
  • Schoolgirl missing
  • Applications for polytechnic courses
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Anand plays Topalov in sixth round

    • Cinema

  • Indian films a `nonentity' at Cannes

    • Coimbatore

  • Girls fare better than boys in Plus Two exams
  • BSNL to augment cellular service
  • Parts of city to go without power on May 21
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Tactical substitutions proposed
  • It's for BCCI committee to decide, says Ganguly

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No: 8297
  • Solution to Puzzle 8296

    • Cuddalore

  • Fire scare on train

    • Cuddapah

  • 16 PR roads transferred, says TDP MLA

    • Dharwad

  • Water supply schedule for Hubli-Dharwad
  • Dharwad girls do better than boys in PU exam

    • Editorials

  • No sting in Mayajaal
  • China's turn to press for free trade

    • Erode

  • Erode records 85.6 per cent pass
  • Villagers oppose gram sabha meeting

    • Football

  • KSEB ends SBT's four-year reign
  • Bagan steers clear of relegation

    • Front Page

  • UPA, Left focus on Gujarat affairs
  • Do not rely on the Left: Advani
  • NCAER projects 7.2 p.c. GDP growth
  • Onset of monsoon may be delayed
  • Maharashtra ordinance coming to ban dance bars
  • ONGC faces delisting
  • New coach must be multi-dimensional

    • Globescan

  • U.S. detains Cuban militant
  • Muttawakil to contest Afghan polls
  • Eiffel tower stunt kills parachutist
  • Case against First Lady dropped

    • Golf

  • Randhawa ahead

    • Gulbarga

  • Economic Census to be end by May 30

    • Guntur

  • School admission for Scheduled Tribes
  • 7th class exam: girls fare better

    • Hassan

  • Congress being sidelined, says former MP
  • Postal Department to provide better service

    • Hubli

  • HDMC to crack down on violation of building laws
  • Students told to take up professional courses at graduate level

    • Hyderabad

  • On the road to pits of despair
  • Bus ride in chill zone
  • Teegala toasts Chitra Ramachandran's reign, reminds Sanjay Jaju of tasks ahead
  • Panchayat Raj Chamber calls on YSR
  • Discom metro zone official promoted
  • Silt removal by water board on May 22
  • Power shutdown
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • Diplomats assess aftermath of Uzbekistan violence
  • Iraqi General assassinated
  • Galloway turns the tables on U.S. Senators
  • Edict against suicide attacks in Pakistan; Kashmir exempted
  • Demand for traditional tea slipping among Britons
  • Sole survivor of Beslan militant group on trial
  • South Asian accord on sharing of information

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • "Separatists adopting double standards"

    • Kannur

  • Kannur University B.Sc, BCA results announced

    • Karimnagar

  • All set for TDP chief's yatra

    • Karnataka

  • STF deployed against naxalites
  • KHDC earns profit of Rs. 1.5 crores after six years
  • Krishna panel advisers go
  • STF personnel yet to get the promised Govt. reward
  • Shimoga byelections: campaigning set to pick up momentum
  • BMP to acquire land for road widening work
  • Schools to start at 8.30 a.m. from June 1
  • IIM-B to conduct viability study for SC/ST corporation
  • BJP kicks off byelection campaign in Chamarajpet
  • Daily wage workers call off bandh
  • I will never beg for any party post: Uma Bharti
  • Recruitment of nurses to start by June-end
  • Suppliers of methyl alcohol to face action
  • Importance of museums highlighted
  • Chief Minister urged to suspend official
  • Team from UNESCO begins town planning work at Hampi
  • Hearing deferred in Idgah Maidan case
  • Government turns matchmaker for her
  • Appeal filed against life sentence
  • Lokayukta to go ahead with probe into security breach
  • Mango mela inaugurated
  • Conference on women's rights
  • BSNL staff get award
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Rs. 16 crores to be used to replenish groundwater
  • Yeshasvini: One lakh members' target set
  • Funds for library

    • Kerala

  • Sonia dominated by a caucus, says Karunakaran
  • TDB to get 110 hectares of land at Nilackal
  • Hepatitis B spreading in Eraviperoor
  • Delimitation followed norms: SEC
  • Smart City: Chandy to order probe in case of complaint
  • Directive to file affidavit on campus discipline
  • Kannur
  • Mani refutes allegation by P. C. Thomas
  • Achuthanandan ready for talks with Chandy
  • Jail panel to hold hearing
  • Thrissur
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Train schedule
  • Spy case: damages suit stayed
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Panchayat president resigns before no-trust vote
  • Inter-caste couple to get assistance
  • 744 get jobs through employment exchange
  • Sand-mining banned
  • Man killed
  • Around the City

    • Kochi

  • Brisk sales recorded for school accessories
  • On the road to IIT status
  • Garbage removal: crisis looms large
  • `Revoke clearance for Athirappilly project'
  • Copybook performance
  • Australian ship coming on goodwill visit
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kottayam

  • Chandy lying in B.Ed. case, says Jacob

    • Kozhikode

  • Congress party polls run into rough weather

    • Kurnool

  • SBI-Mahindra Mahotsav launched
  • SBI to expand contract farming in Kurnool district

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Dangers of the LTTE's air capability

    • Letters to the Editor

  • By-election results
  • One year in office
  • Higher education
  • Ban on soft drinks
  • Model nikahnama
  • Address the cause

    • Madikeri

  • Appaiah Gowda memorial to honour freedom fighter
  • Kerala vanilla growers looking at Kodagu

    • Madurai

  • Madurai dt. repeats 85 per cent pass in Plus-Two examinations
  • Rs.21 crores sought for SSA
  • Probe into calls made by John Pandian
  • CII organises programme
  • Being weighed down by gold
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • Nana Patekar to approach court for bail
  • ``Keep fit to stay in Maharashtra police''
  • Another cricket bookie held

    • Mangalore

  • Car thieves thriving in State
  • CACL begins campaign for children's rights
  • Two held, tiger skin seized
  • `NMPT taking steps to prevent pollution'
  • Gauge conversion: BJP plans rail roko
  • Brahmakalashotsava of daivasthana
  • Funds for malaria, filaria survey re-allocated
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Corporation-MATF rift comes to the fore
  • `Career Expo' from June 4
  • Unemployed teachers call off strike
  • Mysore achieves 89 p.c. target in grain production

    • Nagapattinam

  • Mayiladuturai students bag first three ranks in Nagapattinam district

    • Nagercoil

  • NHRC poser to Collector

    • National

  • Centre stops grants to `one-teacher schools'
  • Cartosat-1 sends high clarity images
  • Collectors' meet begins today
  • Goa bypoll key to government formation
  • `Industry' definition: issue referred to 7-judge Bench
  • "Probe into defence purchases motivated"
  • `Draft Communal Violence Bill unsatisfactory'
  • Six senior IAS officers appointed
  • Foreign origin no longer an issue, says Sangma
  • RV undergoes surgery for fracture
  • Karunanidhi calls for early resolution to Cauvery dispute
  • Third front will become reality: Gowda
  • Swamy's plea against Sonia's citizenship dismissed
  • I will pursue cause of dharma: Uma Bharti
  • Girls outshine boys in ISC, ICSE exams

    • New Delhi

  • Students keep their fingers crossed
  • A new cause of concern for Delhi Government
  • L-G seeks status report from DDA
  • Expert predicts tripolar world by 2050
  • BJP stalls MCD House proceedings
  • Three car thieves nabbed
  • Two arrested with drugs
  • Held for faking tax refund order
  • No female leprosy patient in Walled City
  • Protest against MP, MLA
  • Traffic cops crack the whip
  • Alleged robbers arrested
  • Two more die of brain fever, toll 28
  • Expedition flagged off
  • CAG report ticks off AIIMS
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Small satellites making it big
  • Scripting a solution
  • France on edge over EU Constitution
  • The Congress party's heir apparent?

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Orissa

  • Verdict on Dara Singh petition likely today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Thiruvanvandoor `gajamela' today
  • Joint Council meet today

    • Pondicherry

  • Girls outshine boys in Plus-Two exam in Pondy
  • Prison walls can't dim their spirit
  • Welfare assistance distributed
  • Power shutdown

    • Racing : Horse

  • Estrella shines

    • Rajasthan

  • After RTI success, it's right to work

    • Religion

  • Overcome desire

    • Rowing

  • 22 countries for Asian championship

    • Salem

  • Varsity attains 12B status

    • Shooting

  • Rathore fails to make final

    • Sport

  • Star Wars of another kind
  • Panel to meet candidates today
  • New coach must be multi-dimensional
  • Vishal, Gayatri cause a flutter

    • Sports : General

  • Employment scenario bleak for cricketers

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Jayalalithaa launches tsunami reconstruction programme
  • Marginal rise in Plus Two pass percentage
  • What do poll results mean to the Opposition?
  • Toppers eye professional courses
  • Tsunami failed to deter them
  • Plus-Two examinations: DAV school students hog the limelight again
  • Madras High Court interim order on Sai Samaj restored
  • Reunion at Bangalore
  • Management of radioactive waste
  • Special coaching for rural students in science
  • Anticipatory bail denied to two engineering students
  • Four artistes and a patron honoured
  • PALAKKAD
  • Sify does not disappoint students
  • House burgled
  • Special school performs well in Villupuram
  • Karunanidhi calls for early resolution to Cauvery dispute
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Overall rate declines in Pudukottai district
  • Girls outshine boys in Krishnagiri
  • Girls secure first two positions in Karur district

    • Tennis

  • Sunil Kumar loses doubles semifinals
  • Spain gets past United States
  • Sujith Sachidanand enters final

    • Thanjavur

  • Pass percentage up in Thanjavur

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Chandy lays stone for civil station
  • Library gets automated
  • Water supply to many parts of city hit
  • Farm workers lay siege to Collectorate
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated May 19, 1955: Goa border sealed
  • dated May 19, 1955: Indo-Pak. accord
  • dated May 19, 1955: India House Library
  • dated May 19, 1955: Censorship of films

    • Thrissur

  • A film from the campus

    • Tiruchi

  • Tiruchi dt. topper misses State-level distinction
  • Students to get free textbooks on June 1
  • `Convene Cauvery river authority meet'
  • Leadership camp for NCC cadets
  • Special buses
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Girls outshine boys once again in Plus Two examinations
  • Training camp for NCC cadets
  • Rs.2 lakhs stolen from farmer

    • Tirupati

  • `Tirupati emerging as knowledge hub'

    • Udupi

  • Registration for Arogya Card to conclude on Friday

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • State seeks help to tide over power woes

    • Vellore

  • Vellore records 61.38 per cent pass

    • Vijayawada

  • Officials closely monitoring drinking water position
  • Water project unlikely before civic polls
  • CNG station to begin operations by July
  • Navin Mittal takes charge as district Collector
  • Jewellery stolen
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • ZP co-opted member seeks funds
  • Raw deal to agency: MLA
  • AIDS alarm sounded
  • US Vice-Consul has online chat with student visa-seekers
  • VUDA vice-chief takes charge
  • Doctor's arrest on rape charge decried
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • 12 killed as rain lashes West Bengal

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