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Alappuzha

  • Corruption thrived under UDF rule: Thamarakshan

    • Anantapur

  • Praja Patham goes on the rails

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Supreme Court tells two States to resolve Babli barrage dispute
  • Business as usual
  • Taking up farmers' cause

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Environment Ministry clears uranium project at Nalgonda
  • `Praja Patham will address various administrative issues'
  • Rs. 1 crore for school buildings, infrastructure
  • Apex Court tells states to resolve Babli row
  • More power cuts in urban areas likely: Minister
  • Maoist machinery poorer with top gun's encounter killing
  • Bt cotton has failed farmers, says study
  • Krishna Madiga collapses, hospitalised during padayatra
  • Municipal corporators told to respond to people's call
  • Focus will be on a `united' Andhra Pradesh, says Gade
  • Minister inaugurates Vattivagu canal repair works
  • Bid to rob housewife in broad daylight foiled
  • Mayor launches Praja Patham
  • Ministry to deal with problems of NRIs likely
  • Former MLA quits Telugu Desam
  • Rural policemen lauded

    • Bangalore

  • Helpdesk launched for assisting senior citizens to get pension
  • Indiscriminate tree felling in Western Ghats banned
  • Mouth-watering dishes at Oxford
  • Minister's resolve on projects
  • Fewer fatal road accidents in Bangalore last year
  • I have no problems with Nariman: Uday Holla
  • Poor response to Concerned Neighbourhood Scheme
  • Workshop on processed food industry from April 15
  • When losing weight, it pays to be persistent
  • `BJP dictating terms to Kumaraswamy'
  • Volvo rolls out its 1,000th bus in the Indian market
  • It's business as usual at SBI branches
  • BDA warns people against `imitation' websites
  • Woman set ablaze
  • Sea level may rise by one metre by 2011: scientist
  • Helpdesk for senior citizens
  • Withdraw budget, BJP tells BMP
  • Bank accused of collecting money as deposits for sites
  • Government hospitals to have Unani, Ayurveda, homoeopathy practitioners
  • Authorisation for Khandre
  • Rs. 450 crore worth road works to be completed by May 31
  • 21 branches open today
  • Golden jubilee programmes of High Court on the Net
  • Helping students prepare for the job market
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Barometer

  • Exchange Rates
  • Bullion Rates

    • Basketball

  • KBA selects 32 players for camp

    • Belgaum

  • Make first aid certification mandatory for drivers: Minister
  • Consensus on seat matrix still possible, says Acharya

    • Bellary

  • Minister promises aid to varsity to take up study on tourism

    • Bidar

  • Trading through commodity exchange hailed

    • Bihar

  • Rabri elected RJD House leader
  • CRPF, SSB team to patrol Indo-Nepal border

    • Boxing

  • State novices boxing championship
  • State novices boxing championship

    • Briefly

  • AV Birla accepts Tatas' offer in Idea
  • Opto Circuits prices FPO at Rs. 270
  • 18 cos. in race for BSNL's GSM tender
  • Arcelor-Jindals JV starts facility
  • Consortium clears Sompo as partner
  • EU sets May 19 for ruling on Mittal bid
  • CII welcomes foreign trade policy
  • Central Excise's Coimbatore zone collects Rs. 1,867 cr.
  • LVB raises NRE and FCNR (B) rates
  • Satyam Computer to consider bonus
  • Yes Bank offers debt financing to Take Solutions
  • Nod for CIAL's rights issue
  • LG unveils new range of products
  • Nagpal Builders' new project
  • ICICI Bank announces `Swarnotsavam'
  • Value added service from Aircel
  • Subex GDRs listed on Luxembourg Exchange
  • Jataayu introduces jB5 technology
  • NEC unveils two-spindle notebook
  • Fresh and Honest enters Karnataka
  • SCDCC bank constitutes 27,022 SHGs
  • Goldstone, SPL Innotech woo Telugu NRIs
  • STC signs MoU with Ministry of Commerce
  • Kirloskar Brothers bags Rs. 120 crore order
  • M. V. Nair, new CMD of Union Bank
  • New ED for Siemens

    • Business

  • Select items face withdrawal of duty exemption
  • Ruia plans industrial products facility at Ambattur unit
  • Panel on fiscal issues in jewellery sector set up
  • RPL's IPO gives option to retail investors
  • Rupee turns weak
  • Sensex recovers 73 points
  • Trade gap widens in 2005-06
  • LG to focus on Plasma TVs

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • CPI(M) for land reform, creation of more jobs
  • NABARD aid to Tamil Nadu, Pondy crosses Rs. 2,345 cr.
  • Residents protest land acquisition for airport
  • AIFB promises steps to tone up rural infrastructure
  • Staff shortage in medical courses
  • Consumer Commission modifies order
  • Jayalalithaa's charge of Opposition planning to unleash violence absurd, says Chidambaram
  • Biography of Vittal offers glimpses of a thinker
  • Tooth implantation now in an hour
  • "Piracy, a political response to monopolistic practices"
  • Scientific fish farming launched in Tirumalai Nagar
  • `Vibrant Indian' award presented to Inderjit Kaur
  • "Crisis brings out the best in human beings"
  • Actor Simran joins poll campaign
  • DMK's promise to provide gas stove ridiculed
  • Rotary Club honours Priya sisters
  • Returning officers for polls
  • Stay Justice Raman panel proceedings: councillor
  • Tamil Isai Kalluri anniversary celebrations
  • Additional Judge retires
  • Excessive sleep may affect efficiency: expert
  • A package of films on international football
  • Fabulous prizes to be won at Business Line corporate quiz
  • Students receive certificates
  • Magarpatta city, a model for urban settlements
  • Two run over by trains
  • Janata Party-BJP can change culture of politics, says Swamy
  • Awareness campaign
  • Walking for votes
  • Kickstarting the day
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Chess

  • Deepan — taking a big stride forward

    • Coimbatore

  • Air pollution on the rise
  • Kurichi-Vellalore residents irate
  • `Education should keep pace with technological advancement'
  • Advanced intra-ocular lens enhances quality of vision
  • Event for grandparents
  • Liquor shops will remain closed today
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • Zoysa earns a recall for England tour
  • `Keep spectators informed'
  • Teams arrive in Jamshedpur
  • Big payout for Cricket Australia
  • Modi promises better deal for scribes

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8574
  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8573

    • Cuddalore

  • Star upstages superstar
  • Jayalalithaa has done injustice to Dalits: Chidambaram

    • Dindigul

  • Poll observers appointed for Dindigul district
  • Relatives of suicide victim demand probe into death

    • Editorials

  • Protecting islands of excellence
  • Will it or won't it?

    • Erode

  • AIADMK to lock horns with DMK in five Erode seats
  • Hundreds queue up for transactions in SBI
  • Plea to shift sewage tank

    • Football

  • State league from today
  • Bhowmick to coach Sporting
  • Rooney does the star turn

    • Front Page

  • Congress close to majority in Assam
  • 50 die in fire at Meerut fair
  • Lashkar operative remanded for 10 more days
  • Exit polls point to Prodi victory
  • Over 70% vote in Assam final phase
  • Differences over Sethu project can be sorted out, says Vaiko
  • BCCI suspends Dalmiya
  • Let us fight terrorism together: Manmohan
  • Five-year jail term for Salman Khan
  • `DIC(K) will play crucial role in post-poll period'
  • Package to prevent suicide by farmers
  • Hubli lawyers told to convince High Court on Circuit Bench
  • Karunanidhi launches campaign in Chepauk
  • MLA's father detained
  • Summons issued to Raghavan, Sudhakaran
  • Court permits medical colleges to conduct counselling
  • `Operation Kolleru' likely again from April 20
  • Bhopal gas tragedy survivors step up agitation
  • SBI open today to clear backlog
  • Briefly

    • Globescan

  • Peru poll goes into run-off
  • 19 dead in hospital blast

    • Gulbarga

  • Government accused of ignoring Opposition
  • Work on Jewargi food park likely to begin soon
  • Students stage `rail roko'
  • BDP stages dharna against `social boycott' of Dalits
  • College students stage `rail roko'

    • Guntur

  • Farmers stage dharna for over 17 hours

    • Haryana

  • Solid waste project for Ambala
  • Follow Lord Mahavira's teachings: Hooda

    • Hassan

  • Srikantappa is president of sugar unit
  • Residents protest delay in completion of project

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • A nostalgic trip for Anand Sharma

    • Hockey

  • Players are in great spirit: Baskaran
  • PSB lifts Beighton Cup

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Belur Industrial Estate may be declared an SEZ
  • Railways to get land to shift goods shed from Hubli station
  • Kumaraswamy felicitated in twin cities

    • Hyderabad

  • Add beer and biryani to the IT bait
  • Czech firm inks $ 1-billion pact for port city complex
  • Roadside eateries face action
  • Residents resent delay in works
  • YSR promises health insurance for ryots
  • Neglect tells on MMTS bus stop at Borabanda
  • No power cut in twin cities
  • Afghan President for city today
  • India needs 1 lakh tonnes uranium, says Kakodkar
  • Choose your camp this summer
  • Poultry farm owner held on theft charge
  • Bus cleaner held; jewellery recovered
  • Congress throws challenge to TRS Cabinet members
  • IAS officers reshuffled
  • Congress CDs for panchayat polls
  • YSR flayed for ignoring farm sector power demand
  • Sikhs gear up for Baisakhi festivities
  • Water board nets highest ever revenue in March
  • Telugu Desam seeks Rosaiah's resignation
  • Cheating, rape case against two youths
  • 98-year-old gets pacemaker
  • Medicos intensify agitation
  • Report sought on wine shops near schools
  • Vroom on `Heat'
  • YSR blames it on `communication gap'
  • Another jewellery shop burgled
  • Business as usual
  • SCR union plans dharnas on April 18
  • 22 SBI branches to function today
  • Dies in accident
  • Clarification
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Blame it on protest

    • International

  • Exit polls point to Prodi victory
  • Standoff likely on sea passage
  • Israel boycotts inquest into death of peace activist
  • Not His Majesty's Government, say Nepal democracy activists

    • Interviews

  • `Pragmatism, not opportunism'

    • Kancheepuram

  • Three councillors relieved of their posts

    • Kannur

  • Eight more file nomination
  • Plea to revive value-based politics
  • Man killed

    • Karimnagar

  • SP vows to get tough with tipplers
  • Closing ceremony of Karimnagar centenary celebrations from April 14
  • DSC-2002 qualified candidates call off relay hunger stir

    • Karnataka

  • Convince court on location of Circuit Bench, Hubli lawyers told
  • In rapt attention
  • Show of affection

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Botanical garden to be ready in Goa in two years
  • IT hub to be set up for journalists
  • Polls: district Congress leaders' grouse over selections
  • Goa Government rules out scrapping VAT on liquor
  • Aviation rolling trophies given away in Goa
  • Burn victims' condition critical

    • Kerala

  • Venkaiah Naidu demands Arjun Singh's resignation
  • Kite flying on the beach
  • Rainy ride
  • Respects to the Prophet
  • Chalking out strategy

    • Kerala - Others

  • Package to prevent farmers' suicides in two months
  • Delegation from Switzerland visits Gundert school
  • BSNL to hold adalat in May

    • Kochi

  • 92 remain in fray in Ernakulam district
  • Overbridges becoming traffic bottlenecks
  • `Illegal posters, banners should be removed before tomorrow morning'
  • Wushu gaining popularity in State
  • Pulse Polio achieves 96.25 per cent of the target
  • Technical issues delaying underpass project: MLA
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Swiss team
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • PDP leaders quit in protest against support to LDF
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kottayam

  • `UDF trying to tarnish Achuthanandan's image'

    • Kozhikode

  • Candidates lock horns over drinking water crisis
  • It is an uphill battle for DIC(K) candidates
  • Uphill battle for DIC(K) candidates
  • An Arabic singer from Kerala
  • Major Khasi of Kozhikode dead
  • Call to combat terrorism
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • Fingerlings introduced in Srisailam, Velugodu reservoirs
  • New coalition in the offing: Naidu

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Congress and coalition realpolitik

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Mockery
  • Regressive move
  • Progressive
  • Unfortunate

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Sonia Gandhi's a rare example, says Jyotiraditya Scindia

    • Madikeri

  • Minister promises steps to develop Raja Seat
  • Disease surveillance project being implemented in Kodagu
  • Pulse Polio: 83 per cent success achieved in Kodagu

    • Madurai

  • Barnala flags off Paramount Airways' inaugural flight
  • `Farmers can supply sugarcane to mill at Alanganallur'
  • "Youth should work for transformation of society"
  • Train journey not cheap anymore
  • An energetic endeavour
  • Call to increase allowances
  • A dime a dozen
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Mangalore

  • Cooperative bank sets up record number of SHGs
  • Autorickshaws being put under urban, rural categories
  • Mangalore corporation to seek Rs. 2.5 crore for road repair
  • IT exemption for credit cooperative societies
  • Pathala Award for Kadaba Santhappa
  • Pulse Polio drive
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Mysore-Chamarajanagar gauge conversion to be completed soon
  • Conservation education programme in schools
  • Illegal sale of diesel unearthed

    • Nagercoil

  • ``Develop dam site as tourism point''

    • Nalgonda

  • MLAs bristle over unequal benefits
  • `TDP forming third front to oppose Bill on Telangana'

    • National

  • The substantially fragmented vote in Assam
  • Narmada: team meets Manmohan
  • Pool experience to fight terrorism: PM
  • Why is Sonia Gandhi silent on Volcker issue, asks Advani
  • No poll code violation by Prime Minister, says Election Commission
  • Paddy, politics and the Kerala farmers
  • At sundown, campaigning goes `underground'
  • Captain's man in Tiruchi
  • A subtle change in style and strategy
  • In West Bengal, the Left plays the industry card
  • The binding factor

  • CAT slated for November 19 this year
  • Fighting terror not an easy task, says Kalam
  • Kalam, Shekhawat greet people
  • SBI saff to get 50 per cent of average pay as pension
  • Cauvery Family committee to spread goodwill
  • Case, bailable warrant against Husain stayed
  • Court declines to modify sentence for Zahira
  • Petition seeks new guidelines for deemed varsities
  • 100 tsunami shelters planned

    • Nellore

  • Programme to focus on four core issues

    • New Delhi

  • A runaway success
  • MLAs seek L-G's intervention
  • A new name doing India proud abroad
  • Two different plays of, by and for children
  • Customers make a beeline at SBI branches, ATMs
  • 11 Councillors hand over resignation to DPCC chief
  • Bhopal victims step up agitation
  • MCD engineers hold dharna; demand reinstatement
  • Sheila meets Shinde on U.P. water
  • Exhibition to build up culture of peace
  • Court sentences rusticated student to life term
  • Kalam's intervention sought
  • Court moved to knock out spray
  • Engineer held on cheating charge
  • Ode to fashion
  • Around The City
  • In The Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • A trip to talk it out on trade
  • U.K. journal sparks trans-Atlantic spat
  • Corrections and clarifications

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Transfer row: United Teachers' Federation asks for re-counselling

    • Palakkad

  • Explosives seized
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Pathanamthitta has seen steady growth: MLA
  • Arat at Sabarimala today

    • Pondicherry

  • Politics of wait and watch pays dividends for PMC
  • PMK unhappy over allocation
  • List of Congress candidates will be ready on April 12, says Shanmugham
  • Valsaraj files nomination from Mahe
  • New Returning Officer appointed
  • Tamil Maanila Congress legislator joins Congress

    • Punjab

  • Amarinder's assurance to Army authorities
  • Five new courses introduced

    • Racing : Horse

  • Cocaine shows out
  • Julia triumphs

    • Raichur

  • Rs. 14-lakh surplus budget for Raichur city approved

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Rival candidates promise to execute water scheme

    • Religion

  • Prophet of peace

    • Salem

  • EPIC distribution in Salem - II and Veerapandi Assembly constituencies
  • SBI employees resume work
  • Villagers threaten to boycott election

    • Shimoga

  • CMC plans changes in water supply to ease crisis
  • Replacement of transformer sought
  • Briefly

    • Sivaganga

  • "Take action against erring vehicles"

    • Sport

  • Suresh Raina — India's rising star
  • Dravid - a work of art in progress
  • BCCI suspends Dalmiya
  • Humpy bounces back, shares lead

    • Sports : General

  • Paes is special
  • County CC chalks up win
  • Cuddalore men take title
  • Powerlifter Xavier dies of heart attack
  • Briefly

    • Srikakulam

  • No free power till capacitors are fixed, says Minister

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Road renovation
  • DMK releases list of candidates
  • Loyola College students set for Guinness bid
  • Peace prevailed during AIADMK rule, says Vaiko
  • Chennai railway division's total earnings up by 11.19 per cent
  • Poll panel, State election machinery at the receiving end
  • World Food Programme: aiming at food for all

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Peace prevails during AIADMK rule, says Vaiko
  • Scorching summer no damper on canvassing
  • Mango yield expected to drop by 40 per cent
  • `Change is opportunity, not a threat'
  • Congress awaits PMK response on Pondicherry seats
  • Sensitive polling stations identified
  • Congress candidate for Theni starts campaign
  • TN will not prosper under AIADMK: Elangovan
  • 45 huts destroyed in fire near Tirupur
  • Two killed in accident
  • Commits suicide

    • Tennis

  • Sania-Huber duo falls
  • Argentina dethrones Croatia
  • Mumbai to host ATP tournament
  • Mumbai to host ATP tournament
  • Veerabhadran shocks Raghavendra
  • Sania moves up
  • Bibaswan made to sweat

    • Thanjavur

  • "Restore telescopic fare structure"

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Stakes are high for RSP in its former bastion
  • Paucity of funds hits disposal of biomedical waste in hospitals
  • Children's manifesto to turn the spotlight on child rights
  • Breakthrough in nine-year-old murder case
  • Arjun Singh should quit: Naidu
  • Expressing solidarity with Narmada oustees
  • 437 in the fray for second phase
  • CPI(M) slams quota norm changes
  • Piano prodigy to perform in capital
  • Sports awards announced
  • Chennithala, Chandy will take UDF agenda forward: Moily:
  • Giant guavas arouse curiosity
  • Plea for change of identity approved
  • Next issue
  • Leading from the front
  • Sangham voices protest
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated April 11, 1956: Children entertain Nehru
  • dated April 11, 1956: Replies in English

    • Thrissur

  • Nomination withdrawn with police protection
  • Murder accused nabbed
  • Man gets life term for killing daughter
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Sustained drive against traffic rule violators
  • Tuesday's schedule for photographing
  • A `fruitful' summer, indeed!
  • "Elections as per schedule"
  • Champions of quality care and service to society
  • Husband of panchayat union vice-chairman found murdered
  • Float festival
  • Free sports coaching camp
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tirunelveli

  • "Karunanidhi's claim on wasteland disbursal absurd"

    • Tirupati

  • Protest against alleged missionary activity in Tirupati
  • A close look into the brain
  • CITU strike in support of construction workers all set to begin on April 17
  • Body found on varsity campus

    • Tuticorin

  • Final phase of EPIC distribution begins
  • Jebachandran, frst Bishop of Tuticorin-Nazareth diocese
  • Plea to implement panel recommendations

    • Udupi

  • Views of Udupi ZP members to be sought on use of rural road funds
  • District planning committee members elected

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Mostly women, children among dead
  • Fresh tension in Aligarh, curfew extended
  • Administrative reshuffle

    • Uttaranchal

  • `Uttaranchal will be number one'

    • Vellore

  • Photographing of voters in 12 constituencies of Vellore district commences

    • Vijayawada

  • Driving will no more be the same for APSRTC drivers
  • Road accidents on the decline
  • Ensure remunerative prices to mango farmers, says Telugu Desam Party
  • Park turns into dhobi ghat
  • Beer sales likely to soar in May
  • Record power consumption
  • VMC asks house owners to remove water motors
  • Use bank loans effectively, members of Self-Help Groups told
  • Taking it too far
  • Power shutdown
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • `Cashing in' on subsidised food

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Conditional offer to end Gangavaram port row
  • IDPS team favours jetty at Nalamaramma Patalu
  • Three arrested in murder case of ex-serviceman
  • Post card campaign planned for separate railway zone for Vizag
  • Hearing in port case adjourned to April 22
  • Annual kalyanotsavam of presiding deity held at Simhachalam
  • Navy adventure camp held
  • Hahnemann's 251st birth anniversary celebrated
  • Government's handling of Gangavaram issue faulted
  • Police organise volleyball match at Gangavaram
  • `10 per cent people need counselling'
  • Ruling the roost
  • Found dead
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • One more empty promise this

    • Warangal

  • MP for pharmacy research institute at Warangal
  • `Infrastructure key to wooing tourists'

    • Weather

  • Weather

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