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    Alappuzha

  • NCC camp to begin tomorrow
  • Training camp for social workers

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • More job chances for locals under `open quota' in A.P.
  • Image makeover top on Telugu Desam's agenda
  • Four major APSRTC unions serve stir notice
  • Chittoor district craves for drinking water
  • Attack on Naidu: TDP blames YSR
  • Call to work for economic growth of South Asian nations
  • NTR health varsity's PG re-counselling from today
  • Vijayashanti's exit is a loss: BJP
  • Maoists kill constable, naxal dies in encounter
  • Ponnala flays Deshmukh's statements
  • `Postpone transfer of PPAs to discoms'
  • Move to amend Official Language act
  • Road to reality show
  • Minister calls for steps to preserve traditional art forms
  • Engineer from State killed in blast on ship
  • Missing pastor last seen at telephone booth
  • YSR blamed fo nothing, says Congress
  • World Bank award for ICRISAT
  • Rosaiah ridicules Naidu's tour
  • SAEF Secretariat to be set up in city
  • Will Volkswagen zoom on Andhra roads?
  • Probe ordered
  • Move hailed
  • Home guard seriously hurt
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    • Athletics

  • Hargovind Rai sets new mark

    • Bangalore

  • Downpour brings traffic to a grinding halt
  • Attempt to kidnap live band artistes
  • Hospital conducts mock drill on disaster management
  • Honoured for 23 years of service to mentally challenged
  • Flight test crew memorial inaugurated
  • Around the City
  • Many murder probes reach dead end

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Narrow win for KSEB

    • Belgaum

  • `Power loom bandh' call gets support
  • Reservation of ZP seats: JD (S) sees lapses on part of poll authorities

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Vinay drubs Umakanth

    • Briefly

  • TTK Healthcare divests stake in TTKHSPL
  • Karur Vysya Bank maintains dividend
  • Tamil Nadu Newsprint pays 27.5 p.c.
  • Hitachi signs agreement with IBM
  • SBT sets up retail loan processing centre
  • Orissa to sign deal with Posco
  • Inflation slips further to 5.55 p.c.
  • D&B names Indian CEO
  • China to provide 3G mobile services

    • Business

  • Oil retailers, ISMA to sign pact on ethanol supply
  • L&T profit up 18 p.c.
  • Royal Sundaram premium income rises 28 p.c.
  • Natural gas prices to be hiked for industrial consumers
  • GE targets $5 b revenue
  • TAFE to build on Eicher brand
  • Parryware to set up new facility in TN
  • ITC proposes bonus issue
  • Sensex ends above 6700-mark
  • Rupee ends shade lower

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • "Students must go for courses that match their aptitude"
  • Where have all the taxis gone?
  • Majority approval for model `nikahnama': Shariat council
  • Opportunities galore at fair
  • Chandramouli is new IT Secretary
  • Aptitude test
  • Rights group to go into adoption scam
  • IIT, Frontier Lifeline sign MoU for medical biotech course
  • School dropouts find their feet
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Being data conscious or callous?

    • Chess

  • Deepan in sole lead
  • Great show by Anand

    • Coimbatore

  • DMK's two-day zonal conference begins today
  • New SP takes charge
  • Bank staff stage dharna
  • On a rainy day
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Fixing accountability for accidents

    • Cricket

  • Trescothick and Vaughan dazzle
  • Lara slams century
  • BCCI likely to bid for 2011 World Cup
  • Good knock by Mongia

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8305
  • Solution to Puzzle 8304

    • Cuddapah

  • Collector warns shopkeepers against littering roads with garbage
  • Protest against lease of park
  • Contract workers lock SE office
  • Photo exhibition on Pandit Nehru inaugurated

    • Editorials

  • A positive turn in Assam
  • For common labour standards

    • Erode

  • Decrease in yield due to pollution, say farmers
  • Official apathy criticised
  • Rs. 50 lakhs for drought relief works

    • Football

  • Air-India in elite division
  • Dempo SC takes on Sporting Clube

    • Front Page

  • U.N. envoy Clinton conveys world's solidarity
  • `Funds not a problem now'
  • Vajpayee warns Centre against dislodging Modi Government
  • High Court sets aside election of two Goa BJP MLAs
  • Siachen talks make no headway
  • Strike total in Valley; top Hizb militant killed
  • 'Pinaka' test-fired

    • Golf

  • Johl tied for 10th

    • Haryana

  • Hooda announces projects for Rewari

    • Hassan

  • High incidence of fluorosis in Arsikere taluk High incidence of fluorosis in Arsikere taluk

    • Hubli

  • `More investment from EU in next three years'
  • Water supply schedule in Hubli
  • Water supply schedule cannot be changed, says KUWSDB

    • Hyderabad

  • Workshop on tribal dances
  • Maruti rolls out `Swift'
  • Metro Board bill collection drive
  • Telecast of Teja, Aditya resumed
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Probe into murder gets nowhere

    • India & World

  • Kalam brushes aside protocol
  • Switzerland remains non-committal
  • We were upset when Vajpayee lost: Kasuri
  • Caucus to appeal for Manmohan's address

    • International

  • Suicide blast close to Premier's residence rattles authorities
  • Senate delays vote on John Bolton
  • BBC staff call off planned strike
  • Pretoria to be renamed Tshwane
  • British system "stripping sub-Sahara of health staff"
  • Chirac makes final bid to swing E.U. vote
  • "LTTE's air assets a threat to Sri Lanka"

    • Karnataka

  • The Hindu Opportunities Fair takes off today
  • Government will clamp down on lotteries, says Basavaraj Horatti
  • Coffee growers disappointed with aid package, says Deve Gowda
  • `Development of infrastructure ignored'
  • Wealth case: Prosecution blamed for not filing written submissions
  • People not too happy with performance
  • Model police control room inaugurated
  • Modi accuses Congress of being soft on naxals
  • `Govt. has been well managed'
  • Ecological disaster looming, say experts
  • 2,000 chemists likely to attend convention
  • Literary meet for the common man
  • Medical colleges told to admit students
  • KOSU puts off exam
  • Five die as lorry overturns
  • Federation welcomes package
  • Briefly
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Arrangements complete for APMC elections in Chitradurga, Hassan
  • Minister for package to compensate farmers
  • Heavy rainfall throws life out of gear in Chitradurga

    • Kerala

  • Smart City: Chandy refutes Achuthanandan's charge
  • No end to illegal recruitment of women for the Gulf
  • `Crime Branch did not get evidence on the role of any organisation'
  • RSP(B) sees Congress, IUML, BJP tie-up
  • NC(I) will ensure defeat of UDF: Karunakaran
  • Fuel outlets: writ plea on distance norms
  • Directive on filing of tax returns
  • Reports on pepper imports misleading, say spices exporters
  • Photo-affixed voters' list for bypolls
  • Meet on paddy procurement
  • Canadian ship calls at Kochi port
  • Sackful of woes
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Call to make software products fit for future
  • Newspaper boy electrocuted
  • `Dairy farming registers growth '

    • Kochi

  • Unexpected thunderstorm disrupts power supply in city, suburbs
  • Be honest, U.S. visa aspirants told
  • Registration on for pre-counselling programme
  • Entrance test for nursing management seats
  • CPI rally
  • Nehru remembered
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Physicians' meet to be held in Kollam
  • Rape victim cremated
  • Juvenile offenders being tortured: Assembly panel

    • Kottayam

  • DYFI to form human chain

    • Kozhikode

  • Ramashramam awards presented

    • Kurnool

  • 8,000 farmers to attend rythu sadassu

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Security Council reform: a bridge too far?

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Divesting equity
  • Indelible scar
  • Accountable judiciary
  • Inspiring saga

    • Madikeri

  • Arrangements for APMC elections

    • Madurai

  • No gauge conversion on Pamban bridge
  • Power shutdown today
  • Four killed in freak mishap
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • It's not a minor offence

    • Mangalore

  • Abolish contract carriages KSRTC workers urge Govt.
  • Yuva JD (S) to take out `Bangalore chalo'
  • Man fatally stabbed over water row
  • Railways conducts Kabaka-Subrahmanya speed trial
  • People's appreciation
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Cubs of white tigress healthy

    • National

  • "Delay in replacing submarine fleet a serious matter"
  • Harsud residents weighed down by displacement and loss of livelihood
  • No bailout, EPFO board may suggest lower rate
  • No Iraqi leader raised the issue of India sending troops, says Chinmay Gharekhan
  • On the road, for a universal employment guarantee Act
  • Hurriyat leaders should not go beyond PoK, says Mufti Sayeed
  • "Bihar polls not feasible before November"
  • Jaipal Reddy proposes visa-free travel for journalists, newspaper proprietors
  • Clinton: India has done commendable relief work
  • Bakery case: judge visits `scene of crime' twice
  • Kashmiri photojournalist bags 3 awards

    • New Delhi

  • Admission software for the disabled
  • Don't raise power tariff: BJP
  • "Glaring gap in HIV aids programme''
  • Liberal admission policy to continue
  • "One world'' audio studio to be launched
  • NHRC seeks explanation from State Govt.
  • Rape accused remand extended
  • VIP gathering
  • Aiyar writes to Sonia Gandhi
  • Mega FDI projects in the pipeline
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Rising corruption in police force

    • News Analysis

  • No welcome for them in Assam
  • America's broken nuclear promises
  • What's happened to hitchhiking?

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • Palakkad Plan to give a boost to paddy cultivation

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Forest Department not to interfere in development works at Nilackal

    • Perambalur

  • Execute Jayamkondam power project: committee

    • Pondicherry

  • Plea for apparel park will be considered: Vaghela
  • Manmohan following `tainted Ministers' agenda, says Jaitley

    • Punjab

  • Digital library in Panjab University

    • Racing : Horse

  • Queen Of Fashion in fine nick
  • Silken Star, Scintilating Skill please
  • Rahil claims Silver Dale Plate
  • Next Asian Conference to be held in Dubai

    • Racing : Motor

  • Alex Wurz sets early pace
  • Mysore Safari flagged off

    • Rajasthan

  • It is tiger mania in Ranthambhore
  • BJP leader kills wife, grandmother, shoots self

    • Religion

  • Faith and devotion

    • Sailing

  • Johal clinches his first title

    • Salem

  • Leak in pipeline

    • Sport

  • Federer downs Gonzalez, meets Moya
  • Chappell lists core group
  • A commendable recovery by India

    • Sports : General

  • Hat-trick by Gopinath

    • Tamil Nadu

  • "I feel good about how far you've come"
  • DMK looks forward to Assembly polls
  • Madras varsity to offer parallel courses
  • Rajaji's contribution to freedom struggle recalled
  • Setting standards for water won't do
  • AICC decides against holding party elections in State
  • Court orders draining of dam water
  • Councillors divided over Tambaram bus stand location
  • `Sri Lanka has its roots in India'
  • 38 persons arraigned as accused in flyover scam
  • Subramani panel orders in June
  • Cash, jewels burgled from houses
  • Lessons on ill-effects of smoking
  • Trial ends in record 19 days
  • Baby stolen from bus
  • Drivers' nightmare
  • Natural coolers
  • `Indian students do well in Russia'
  • Subramani committee to deliver orders in the second week of June
  • Rain lashes Kanyakumari villages
  • Tidal waves trigger panic
  • Adikesavan's son surrenders in court
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • `Help farmers increase production'
  • Placement letters distributed to students
  • Presidency College gets Grade A

    • Tennis

  • Prakash in semifinals

    • Thanjavur

  • Farmers walk out from grievance day meeting

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Large turnout for public contact programme
  • Three of a family found dead
  • Plenty amidst shortage
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes
  • City gang leaders look to Dubai

    • This Day That Age

  • dated May 28, 1955: Soviet leaders meet Tito
  • dated May 28, 1955: Ali Akbar Khan in London

    • Thrissur

  • Writers never retire, says Sethu
  • Velappaya panchayat to be declared blood-literate

    • Tiruchi

  • State should expedite land acquisition for highways development projects: T. R. Baalu
  • 19 persons injured in mishaps
  • Mettur level
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Arrangements to procure red chillies from farmers
  • Draft poll rolls released

    • Tirupati

  • 458 liquor shops put on auction 458 liquor shops put on auction
  • SVU inks pact with Empee Sugars

    • Tuticorin

  • Indiscriminate dumping of solid waste, sewage make Buckle channel harmful

    • Udupi

  • Primary, high schools to re-open on Monday
  • RUDSETI to hold training camps

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Girls outshine boys in U.P. Board exam
  • Pre-Medical Test postponed
  • Heat toll 10 in Uttar Pradesh

    • Vijayawada

  • Alarm at market yard over diarrhoea
  • They are sitting ducks to diseases
  • Neglect of higher studies decried
  • Announcement
  • Party posts: TDP backs Gadde camp
  • Girl dies after eating stale rice
  • Ex-servicemen, kin to get training
  • VMC starts survey of traders
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Videocon directed to repay
  • Towards making Government schools more competitive
  • CPI(M) charge against MLA
  • Drive against erring motorists
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Weather

  • Weather

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