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Alappuzha

  • Candidates to oppose sand-mining
  • Promise of taluk for Kayamkulam

    • Anantapur

  • Farm credit being pruned every year, alleges APRS leader
  • RDT functionary chosen for Fulbright Fellowship

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • ISB students strike it rich
  • One killed in blast in TDP leader's house
  • Ensuring a safe passage
  • Bhoomi puja
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Integrated project for mango exports mooted
  • Concern over lax security for Nagarjunasagar dam
  • Security to be beefed up near projects: Jana
  • From Nuzvid to US market
  • In the company of bats
  • Closure of State Bank ATMs hits banking transactions
  • Krishna Madiga's padayatra begins
  • Integrated hostels in Kadapa soon, says Collector
  • Rajahmundry BSNL clocks Rs. 132-cr. profit
  • Girl commits suicide following tiff with brother
  • Mayor asks prisoners to change their attitude
  • Tributes paid to Jagjivan Ram
  • Vocation training camp for youth inaugurated
  • Dacoits rob finance firm owner
  • 700 houses uprooted due to Congress pressure: TDP

    • Bangalore

  • BMTC told to punish errant drivers
  • Professional education Bill passed amid walkout
  • Fashion school admissions open
  • Minister wants blueprint for infrastructure works
  • Policy to uplift pourakarmikas on anvil
  • It's a boon for people
  • Decks cleared for Greater Bangalore authority
  • Gang robs woman of jewellery, cash
  • Incidence of HIV cases on the decline in southern States
  • Topics about Kannada, Karnataka online
  • HAL airport to get a makeover
  • `Corruption affecting schemes for Dalits'
  • Students display their creative talent
  • Bank employee undergoes hip surface replacement surgery
  • Kalasa-Banduri Nala: Government draws flak
  • Kumble hopeful of making it to the World Cup team
  • Control your food habits this summer
  • New rules on transport for women at night
  • Helping people exercise their franchise
  • Permanency for Council sought
  • Government to look into MLCs' plea
  • Traffic to be hit for Kalam's visit
  • NGEF Employees' Union hails Government move
  • BDA recovers Rs. 2 crore worth properties
  • Photo exhibition by Belgian artist
  • Insurance cover for electrocution, damage to appliances
  • First time applicants may get sites: BDA
  • Canara Bank to launch 12-hour banking
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Government orders probe into irregularities in flood relief works
  • Villagers oppose sponge iron plant
  • A struggle for survival
  • Indefinite fast

    • Bidar

  • Salaries delayed owing to SBI staff strike

    • Bihar

  • SAP launched in Bihar to check crime

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Chitra on top of the world

    • Briefly

  • SIEMA seeks assistance for SSI pump units
  • Recognition for insurance agents
  • Hero Honda sales cross 3 m mark
  • Sasken acquires iSoftTech
  • UTI- Auto Sector Fund declares 40 p.c.
  • Cognos launches business intelligence solution
  • 5VT licenses HelloSoft's VoIP solution
  • Wavesat partners HCL Technologies
  • Infotech expands Bangalore operations
  • RSA Security to open development centre
  • Reliance adds 1.5 m wireless subscribers
  • Jubilant to showcase Audi cars
  • Vijaya Bank CMD assumes charge
  • MindTree gets IC rating
  • South Indian Bank to open more branches
  • Joy Alukkas wedding centre
  • Kalyan Silks to open on April 7
  • GSPC, BPCL to develop gas distribution network
  • Patni looking at acquisitions
  • DCE ties up with EMC
  • NTPC's project bags golden safety award
  • Reliance Petroleum fixes price range
  • Wipro, Zafin Labs in pact
  • LG launches CDMA colour phones
  • Apple unveils software for Macs

    • Business

  • Draft norms on credit information companies issued
  • Y. V. Reddy meets FM
  • Sensex crosses 11700-mark
  • ETA, Taj Hotels to develop resort in Dubai
  • Threat to jute packaging exports
  • BHEL Tiruchi to expand capacity
  • Rupee ends flat against $
  • Indian Bank losses to be written off against capital

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chennai

  • From MGR to Vijaykant, the film-politics nexus continues
  • Left-out voters can now obtain ID cards
  • Little to look ahead during summer holidays
  • Know the killer in your stimulant
  • S.Ve. Shekher, down to earth and intense
  • Deemed varsities must "comply with AICTE norms"
  • Officials violating poll code: DPA
  • Congress releases list of 48 candidates
  • Court reverses acquittal of three in murder case
  • Workshop on molecular biological techniques begins
  • Help computerise police stations, Nataraj tells students
  • BJP ties up with 14 parties
  • Candidates interact with civic activists, residents' welfare fora
  • Residents seek better roads
  • Rotary awards presented to nine persons
  • Teaching children to have fun with mathematics
  • True autograph hunter
  • TV channels running out of fresh movies to air?
  • Tirunelveli chosen for water management programme
  • I hold Sarathkumar in high regard, says Karunanidhi
  • Cricket match for a cause
  • Man held for cheating unemployed persons
  • Paramount Airways eyes Boeing-787 jets
  • Doctors stage protest
  • From Russia, information
  • Meet on teacher preparation institutions
  • Tanker drivers cautioned
  • Worth the risk?
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Humpy continues winning run

    • Coimbatore

  • Candidates may have a tough time in unapproved layouts
  • Students show the way for a green cover for city
  • Education fair to highlight courses and facilities
  • Demonstration of EVMs in city
  • All under one roof
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Voter ID card

    • Cricket

  • Gillespie recalled
  • `We won't deviate from our plans'
  • Railways downs an in-form Uttar Pradesh for title
  • All-round show by Manpreet, Pankaj
  • Venue not decided: ICC
  • Dhruv scores century
  • Easy win for R.R. Gymkhana

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8570
  • Solution to Puzzle 8569

    • Dindigul

  • Poll materials despatched
  • Strong voice of dissent in Congress

    • Editorials

  • Time to heed Medha's message
  • Tackling Thailand's crisis

    • Eluru

  • Her hunt for the killers goes on

    • Erode

  • 2,003 booths to be set up in Erode
  • From spare parts to jute products
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • Seek financial guarantee from teams: Zee
  • Birmingham moves to safety zone
  • Royal Challenge State Football
  • Raul to make World Cup squad, says coach
  • AC Milan, Villarreal enter semifinals
  • India in last eight
  • Fans pessimistic about Germany's chances

    • Front Page

  • Police remove Medha to hospital
  • Rice seeks Congress nod
  • MBA students get good job offers
  • Russia proposes to be partner in gas pipeline
  • Varanasi blasts mastermind, 5 accomplices arrested
  • DPA launches election campaign
  • Economics of DMK's poll promises
  • Strike to continue, conciliation process fails
  • Sonia's third resignation
  • New line proposed to put Nehru Stadium on Delhi Metro railway map
  • Three held, kidnapped boy freed
  • ISB students strike it rich
  • Naushad released from Saudi jail
  • Swoop on illegally run home for the mentally challenged
  • Bangalore metro put on the fast track
  • Many nominations rejected on scrutiny
  • Prank phone calls keep police on their toes
  • Chief Ministers to meet on farmer suicides
  • Vijay Nambiar joins Kofi Annan team
  • Emergency landing

    • Globescan

  • DeLay steps down
  • Militants killed in battle
  • Interim Premier for Thailand

    • Golf

  • Digvijay in lead
  • Digvijay in lead
  • Woods ready for his U.S. Masters title defence

    • Gujarat

  • Gujarat Plan pegged at Rs. 12,503 crores

    • Gulbarga

  • Tributes paid to Jagjivan Ram
  • Ugar Sugar Factory plans to set up unit in Jewargi
  • Pulse Polio immunisation drive to be launched on Sunday
  • Decoding of LeT operative's email messages on

    • Guntur

  • Official tips on civil services exam
  • Girl sold by parents brought back home
  • SBI staff continue protest

    • Haryana

  • Centre to consider Haryana N-power unit

    • Hassan

  • Price rise brings no respite to coffee growers in State

    • Hockey

  • Army XI swamps Karnataka XI

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Tributes paid to Jagjivan Ram
  • KIMS gets advanced CT scan
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Hyderabad

  • Little enthusiasm over setting up of three new varsities
  • Mass Rapid Transit System set to turn ultra-modern in city
  • Ramadasu `Karagruham' in Golconda fort vandalised
  • Doctors cry foul over service tax rule
  • Sale of farm varsity land opposed
  • Final hurdle: city lad Karunya pins hopes on hometown crowd
  • SCB website full of goof-ups
  • Migration takes a toll on children
  • Confer Bharat Ratna on Jagjivan Ram: Naidu
  • Technical team deputed to Babli
  • 1,500 RAJiv Internet kiosks by July
  • Rosaiah's plea to Opposition parties
  • SBI stir: harrowing time for salaried class, pensioners
  • TDP against handing over of ANGRAU land
  • All-party delegation to meet YSR on bird flu
  • Delay in surgery on conjoined twins
  • Confer Bharat Ratna on Jagjivan Ram: Naidu
  • BHEL unit nets record profit of Rs. 609 crores
  • Student drowned in Treasure Island pool
  • Pulse polio programme from April 9
  • HUDA decides to restore three more lakes
  • Medicos to boycott classes from today
  • Archaka Samakhya's plea on temple trust boards
  • City buses to have better facilities
  • Dharna in front of Uppal police station
  • Rytu chaitanya yatras an election stunt: CPI(M)
  • Many seek ancient language status for Telugu
  • Teachers permitted to undertake inspections
  • E-filing for registration of companies
  • Give us land
  • Change in holiday
  • Making a statement!
  • No power supply
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • Has Sarabjit Singh converted to Islam?
  • Rice: we cannot do much on pipeline project

    • International

  • Kathmandu clamps night curfew
  • Disappointed, says LTTE
  • Evidence is fake, says Saddam
  • Looks like a missing link
  • Furore over Berlusconi's comment
  • Crisis over "spy" murder
  • Iran test-fires missile

    • Kancheepuram

  • Parties exploit loophole in model code of conduct

    • Kannur

  • Election scene livens up in Kannur
  • Management meet from Friday
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • State Bank of India strike enters third day

    • Karnataka

  • Bangalore Metro put on the fast track
  • Endless wait
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Coastal regulation zone violations rampant
  • Davangere RTO exceeds annual revenue target
  • `Centre will uphold Goa's stand on Mahadayi'
  • Inauguration of Ambedkar Bhavan opposed
  • Drive against plastic bags launched
  • Rally by SBI employees today

    • Kerala

  • Naushad heads home after release from Saudi prison
  • UDF ensured security net for the poor: Chandy
  • In parents' company, Sreesanth revels in his home turf
  • Throwing new light on Edakkal Caves
  • Early exit
  • Entering a noble profession
  • Siamese twins born
  • A common platform
  • Walking tall and flying high
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • IUML candidates file papers
  • 26,850 voters in Mahe for May 3 polls

    • Khammam

  • Funds for Jagjivan Ram Bhavan soon

    • Kochi

  • Brahmapuram: plea for CBI probe dismissed
  • Unauthorised constructions: investigation to be conducted
  • Playing vibrant tunes
  • HPC to achieve Rs.3,000-crore turnover by 2011
  • 17 more candidates file nomination paper for polls
  • Call to strengthen maritime education
  • Shot dead
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Kundara constituency always stood by the winning side
  • Kollam Pooram on April 15
  • 24 nominations rejected

    • Kottayam

  • UDF has ensured security net for the poor: Chandy

    • Kozhikode

  • Clearing operations affected by SBI staff strike
  • Jama'at to support LDF
  • `Make public Marad commission report'
  • KVVES to back candidates favouring trade

    • Kurnool

  • Babu Jagjivan Ram's birth anniversary function turns a forum for grievances
  • Maid killed in bomb blast
  • `Right to information will benefit people'

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Fukuyama's take on Islam and Islamists

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Indomitable spirit
  • Shocking
  • Regrettable
  • Thanks for a good paper

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Record turnover by Bhopal unit of BHEL

    • Madikeri

  • Kodagu seeks funds from State
  • Over 62,000 children in Kodagu to be given polio vaccine

    • Madurai

  • Concern over teaching vacancies in colleges
  • Contempt application against SP, Tahsildar
  • `Hold talks with Government, withdraw indefinite strike'
  • It's all in the mind, folks
  • AIMMK to contest five constituencies
  • Training for officials in EVMs
  • Water level in dams
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • All houses will have toilets by March 2007: panchayat official
  • People urged to help prevent marine pollution
  • Body-building contest to be telecast live in Mangalore
  • Idgah Maidan: Poojary for status quo to continue
  • Order to regulate live bands soon
  • Traffic on NH 48 hit following accident
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • KIADB acquiring 6,500 acres of land
  • Officer appointed to oversee airport upgrading work at Mandakalli
  • 16 two-wheeler riders killed in accidents in first quarter
  • Minister revives park land controversy
  • Meet on higher education
  • Vairamudi festival of Lord Cheluvarayaswamy tomorrow
  • Man held, vehicles recovered
  • Hunger strike in support of Medha Patkar
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagercoil

  • 30 link centres established

    • National

  • Manmohan's assurance to Haryana
  • Infighting hurts party, says Advani
  • Congress rejects Advani's offer
  • Bihar, Jharkhand to seal borders with West Bengal
  • Migrants and minorities
  • EC, Constitution and a `grey area'
  • Have aircraft, will campaign
  • Sex workers show the red light to politicians
  • `Law and order has broken down'
  • Hurt, but not retired
  • Mandatory I-cards keep would-be voters away
  • Karunanidhi's arithmetic versus Jayalalithaa's chemistry
  • Poll zero
  • Memorandum to President
  • Indian worker killed in accident
  • Jharkhand to print NCERT textbooks
  • Vijay Nambiar joins Annan team
  • EC files FIR against West Bengal Minister
  • Burns: Deal good for non-proliferation regime
  • French honour for Honorary Consul
  • Polygraph, brain mapping tests done on Shah
  • Court: third party insurance will not cover gratuitous passengers
  • Plea to declare SBI staff strike illegal rejected
  • Rama Navami greetings
  • No compromise on agriculture, industry at WTO: Kamal Nath
  • Maharashtra grant to onion farmers
  • Cabinet nod on compensation to Bhopal victims
  • A torrent of words, jargon
  • Jehadi propaganda drew me to terrorism: Varanasi blast accused

    • Nellore

  • Telugu Desam to oppose SEZ in Nellore, Chittoor

    • New Delhi

  • Focus on JNU's cultural clubs
  • For the kids of a lesser god
  • Congress MLAs demand Ordinance
  • MCD squads seal 458 illegal shops
  • `No Ordinance now'
  • Some film, some music, some controversy
  • High Court notices over power privatisation
  • Of Lepchas and their way of life
  • No consensus on Metro security proposal
  • Advani urges PM to intervene
  • New paradigms in visual art
  • Fashion Week is here
  • Shekhawat calls for simultaneous polls to Parliament, Assemblies
  • Bina Ramani questioned in Jessica case
  • In the Capital Today

    • New Delhi - Others

  • Around the City

    • News Analysis

  • All the tea in China
  • Will the grand merger take off?
  • The dangers of uncritical support
  • Corrections and clarifications
  • Marx's reserve army of labour going global

    • Nizamabad

  • Mismanagement resulting in water wastage, says ex-Minister
  • Raghunatha Alayam all set for Rama Navami

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • TDP, Left back farmers'stir

    • Palakkad

  • People will foil mafia gang bid to defeat me: Achuthanandan
  • 28 file papers in Palakkad district
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Development issues in focus at Pathanamthitta

    • Perambalur

  • Observers appointed for Perambalur, Thanjavur

    • Racing : Horse

  • Petronella, Premier Star work well
  • Moon Beam for main event
  • Mr. Darcy wins Wind Song Cup

    • Rajasthan

  • Violence in Sikar over Jat leader's murder
  • Journalists boycott Rajasthan Assembly
  • Respond to NBA demand, says Rajendra Singh
  • `No deviation from reservation in judiciary'

    • Religion

  • Exemplary devotees

    • Salem

  • Work on installing rly. signals begins
  • `Arrangements in place for polls'
  • Consumer grievances day
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • MPM action is in violation of law: environmentalists
  • `Jagjivan Ram's life of values is an inspiration to the young'
  • `Only two States have reported polio cases'
  • Follow the ideals of Jagjivan Ram, youth told

    • Shooting

  • Manavjit misses bronze

    • Sivaganga

  • My Government fulfilled all poll promises: Jayalalithaa

    • Sport

  • India aiming to seal series against England
  • England must come up with surprises
  • Sampras' tips to beat Federer

    • Sports : General

  • Jung presented David Dixon Award
  • Two champions, one goal
  • I foresee a bright future for Indian sports: PM
  • London will be ready for 2012 Olympics: Tony Blair
  • Nazim sparkles
  • Amit Tewatia scalps five

    • Tamil Nadu

  • AIADMK to cash in on alliance with MDMK, DPI
  • BJP candidate opts out of Chidambaram seat
  • "Consumer must be alert"
  • "Extend campaign deadline in rural areas"
  • Literary events, a feast
  • Election manifestos fail to enthuse travelling public
  • Researchers share their innovative findings
  • Bhagyaraj joins DMK
  • When the giants fell
  • Ramadoss urges Vaiko to refrain from targeting individuals
  • Cell-phones, SIM cards seized in medical exam case
  • Election process begins in Mahe and Yanam
  • Family cards to be issued till April 30
  • ID cards from April 10 for left-out voters
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Ahead of campaign, candidates call on mentors, well-wishers
  • Candidates call on mentors
  • Candidates face uphill task in Assembly polls
  • Recasting people's view on silver
  • Paramilitary, TSP to be deployed at polling booths
  • Deer carcass recovered, destroyed
  • EPIC distributed to 47 p.c. voters in second phase
  • Applications pour in for inclusion in rolls
  • Expelled DMK leader contests as Independent
  • Panguni uthiram begins at Thiru Avinankudi temple
  • Vaiko visualises mass support for his alliance
  • Gang robs woman of jewellery, cash
  • Recasting people's view on silver
  • Man held for assaulting wife

    • Tennis

  • Injured Ankita pulls out
  • Davis Cup tie: intrigue over the playing surface
  • Kiran enters two finals
  • Sania crashes out
  • Anxious father, amazing son
  • AP in last four

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • No row in LDF over seats: Veliyam
  • LPG distribution disrupted in district
  • Two-round campaign for Sonia Gandhi
  • SBI staff strike continues
  • Protest over eviction
  • New drugs evolving for treating diabetes
  • German vessel calls at Vizhinjam
  • SSLC valuation camps begin
  • Ayurveda students' plea on quota for postgraduate course
  • Police examine remains of black buck
  • KEEC questions SERC's logic
  • Parishad calls for steps to end Medha's fast
  • NCB official named accused in sexual harassment case
  • Guruvandanam programme
  • Vacation classes in computer applications
  • Arat at Sabarimala on April 11
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated April 6, 1956: Rajaji resigns
  • dated April 6, 1956: Speaker pulls up MPs
  • dated April 6, 1956: Manilal Gandhi dead

    • Thrissur

  • Wadakkancherry gets ready for fierce electoral battle
  • 14 more file nomination in Thrissur
  • Chummar remembered
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Parties turn to cultural programmes
  • Congress picks up Jerome Arokyaraj
  • Directory of blood donors
  • Crocodile creates scare
  • Photographing schedule
  • Efforts on for granting accreditation to Vedic courses
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • `Impart quality education'
  • Excise target exceeded

    • Tirupati

  • Too many schemes put State staff constantly on their toes
  • BJP upbeat on Advani's Ratha Yatra
  • In Tirupati Today

    • Tumkur

  • Former panchayat member arrested

    • Tuticorin

  • Zonal officers apprised of poll responsibilities
  • Need blood ? Call Rotary
  • `Priority to drinking water supply'

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Ooty flower show on May 20, 21

    • Udupi

  • Fishermen's conference at Uchila on Saturday
  • `Jagjivan Ram worked for the uplift of the poor'

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Alliances in U.P. cost Cong. dearly, says Gehlot
  • Summer specials for Allahabad, Gorakhpur
  • Bid to set afire train in Etah, rail traffic affected

    • Vellore

  • Nursing students urged to work with dedication
  • Women's college opened

    • Vijayawada

  • Nothing `nice' to talk about here
  • Corporators rally behind Lagadapati
  • Fire safety week to be held from April 13
  • Cyclist knocked down
  • Highway to Hyderabad
  • Boys drowned
  • Together they wade
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Listen to your `atma' for direction
  • Minister's response on Gangavaram 'eyewash'
  • Unannounced visit by Minister
  • `Accountability key to good corporate governance'
  • Gangavaram port works to be suspended today
  • Konathala's `attitude' flayed
  • K-Lounge to open today
  • Vikrant may become floating institute
  • Tributes paid to Jagjivan Ram
  • Youth robbed of Rs. 3.6 lakhs
  • Two youths killed in accident
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Weather

  • Weather

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