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Alappuzha

  • Writ of social organisations failed to influence voters
  • `Confusion in candidate selection cost UDF dear'
  • DCC chief alleges Left violence

    • Anantapur

  • Government has failed on all fronts, say TDP leaders
  • Central team assesses damage to groundnut
  • SKU degree results out
  • One killed, two hurt in clash

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Concern over protection of temple lands outside A.P.
  • TRS rebels encourage party workers to join Congress
  • `Aasha' in her life?
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • YSR accorded `sweet' reception
  • Plan to provide houses for all in three years, says YSR
  • Parties extend support to Lok Satta training programme

    • Bangalore

  • Encroachers on government land must be evicted, officials told
  • BDA's move raises hackles of landowners
  • Look at long-term benefits
  • Heavy rain lashes city again
  • Social service by nurses to be recognised
  • Adidas opens Sport Performance Centre
  • Concern over meagre allocation of funds for basic services under JNNURM
  • It pays to listen in corporate world
  • `Perfect academic record not essential to succeed in life'
  • College teachers will be paid salary on time, says Shankaramurthy
  • SSLC exam results to be available this afternoon
  • Rain forces postponement of function to felicitate maestro
  • Jewellery park may come up in Bangalore
  • Lokayukta directs SPs to conduct public contact programmes
  • Dharam Singh wants all-party meet
  • An ocean of sound
  • Ranganath to be new Vice-Chancellor?
  • Sandalwood seized
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Law & Order

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Kurnool, Anantapur in last four

    • Belgaum

  • Campaign against UPA Government

    • Bellary

  • Officials told to complete work on two water projects in two months

    • Bihar

  • MLA comes under scanner for child marriages
  • Flood scam investigator receives threat

    • Boxing

  • India wins bronze

    • Briefly

  • Intel CEO to visit India on May 23
  • Taiwan mulls FTA with India
  • Inflation up
  • DLF files draft prospectus with SEBI
  • RBI clarification on OCBs
  • Unitech Board approves bonus and share split
  • Blue Star recommends dividend and stock split
  • Dhandapani Finance to divest stake
  • IDBI raises interest rate on Suvidha FD
  • IOB hikes PLR
  • India Cements signs MoU with HP Government
  • Nagman gets recertification to ISO/IEC 17025

    • Business

  • Sensex surrenders another 150 points
  • Schneider plans to make India an export base
  • Industrial growth slows down in 2005-06
  • Centre wants cement prices rolled back
  • Tata Motors likely to set up unit in West Bengal
  • Veecon ties up with Kuraray of Japan
  • Air India bags IATA-IOSA certification
  • Central Bank business crosses Rs. 1-lakh crore
  • Rupee stages recovery

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • List of Ministers and their portfolios
  • Ancient artefacts on display
  • `Minority' DMK Government will not last even one year: Jayalalithaa
  • Construction of shelters nearly complete in Cuddalore
  • Tamil Nadu again scores impressively in Civil Services
  • Industry drawing up wish list for new government
  • Meet for India, China synergy in trade
  • Nurse's alertness key to timely and correct treatment: experts
  • Traffic diversion for the swearing-in ceremony
  • Civic problems galore for Alandur, Tambaram MLAs
  • "Managements must adopt humane approach towards workmen"
  • Lok Paritran pleased with its performance
  • Trouble again on Satyabhama campus
  • We will function as a strong Opposition, says Jayalalithaa
  • IIT students donate money for social cause
  • Bridge rural-urban divide, says M.S. Swaminathan
  • `Handlooms of India' showcased
  • Masquerade to organise theatre workshop
  • Lecture on Brahmi inscriptions in South India
  • Website for National Biological Association for Students launched
  • Best Educationist Award given away
  • Agonising wait at level crossing
  • Vijayakant party's impressive show
  • Lab standards under the scanner
  • The reactions on the street
  • Valarmathi defeated by DMK's Anbarasan in Alandur
  • DMK retains Tambaram seat
  • Contests were close in Harbour and Perambur
  • V.R. Krishna Iyer congratulates Karunanidhi
  • CAT training for employed aspirants
  • A parent education programme
  • Pillion rider killed in road accident
  • Dharmendra as brand ambassador
  • Book bank
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Law & Order

    • Chess

  • Anand brushes aside Etienne Bacrot
  • First win for Sasikiran

    • Coimbatore

  • Malaravan springs a surprise
  • Showing the way to a secure future
  • SBBJ focuses on medium segment
  • Workshop on journalism
  • It's a lovely pattern
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Law & Order

    • Cricket

  • Pietersen rips apart Lankan attack
  • Windies, India to play in North America
  • Northamptonshire hopes Ganguly will join squad
  • Indian team signs contract
  • Jayasuriya set to arrive in England
  • Nine-wkt. match haul by Zaheer

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8602
  • Solution to Puzzle 8601

    • Dharmapuri

  • Four AIADMK cadres arrested

    • Dindigul

  • A good performance by DMDK in Dindigul, Theni districts

    • Editorials

  • On Rae Bareli and sycophancy
  • A wake-up call on food security

    • Eluru

  • Tight security marks YSR's Eluru visit

    • Erode

  • Elected candidates reiterate promises
  • Summer helps mat sales go up
  • `Lift ban on sale of lottery'
  • 108 candidates lose deposit
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • Ghana names World Cup squad
  • Bagan beats Mahindra

    • Front Page

  • Congress seeks Bodo front's support
  • Karunanidhi Ministry to be sworn in today
  • DMK chief calls on Governor
  • Winning margin of 17 was below 1,000 votes
  • Cauvery Tribunal releases assessors' reports
  • One militant killed, infiltration bid foiled
  • Five former Nepali Ministers arrested
  • Paneerselvam AIADMK egislature party leader
  • Reliance urged to unveil K-G basin plan
  • One-year moratorium on Delhi demolitions; Bill passed
  • Congress not to review alliances now
  • Two boys killed in shell explosion
  • Supreme Court dismisses PIL against demolition of jhuggis
  • Three injured in blast at building site
  • TRS rebels encourage workers to join Congress
  • Manmohan to lay stone for VSP expansion project
  • Murthy is most admired business leader
  • Budhia coach warned of arrest
  • MP convicted in rape case
  • Protest against demolition
  • Over 150 die in blast
  • Lakshya test-fired
  • Naik quits
  • U.S. nod for Mittal

    • Golf

  • Ashok Kumar in complete command
  • Kapur, Randhawa make good starts
  • Lahiri closes with a five-under 67

    • Gulbarga

  • High Court admits plea opposing multiple CETs

    • Guntur

  • Teachers launch relay hunger strike
  • Giving up mega bucks for IPS
  • Jana promises house sites for policemen

    • Hassan

  • `Government has failed on all fronts'
  • Panel fixes potato seed price at Rs. 1,100 a quintal
  • Tight security for Kumaraswamy's Hassan visit

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • British woman falls to death

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Officials warned for delay in paying teachers' salaries
  • Junior doctors take out protest march in Hubli
  • ABVP for streamlining admission to professional courses

    • Hyderabad

  • Drive against packaged drinking water units
  • Surveillance system for four more stations
  • 3 hurt in blast at building site in Hyderabad
  • Two twists to Chilkur temple tale in one day
  • Of devils and magic
  • CITU exhibition lampoons YSR's rule
  • Traffic curbs for plenary
  • Teachers forum flays transfers sans counselling
  • Major setback to grid
  • MRPS for bill on Scheduled Castes categorisation
  • Couple commits suicide
  • Fiscal management a big letdown, says Telugu Desam Party
  • Lampooning via toons
  • Case against corporator, brother
  • Objections called on electoral rolls
  • Trouble erupts in marriage procession
  • CDs on rare Annamayya keertans
  • Woman crushed to death
  • `Expedite desilting works'
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Sir Creek: India confident of progress

    • International

  • New Pakistan envoy to U.S.
  • Annan asks U.S., Iran to hold talks
  • LTTE asserts claim on airspace, sea
  • Racist killings shock Belgium
  • A museum piece like no other
  • Now, the chopsticks crisis
  • Denies role in abduction
  • Call to Muslim leaders
  • SAARC Ministers pledge to fight terror

    • Interviews

  • "We are looking forward to increased cooperation with India in space"

    • Kannur

  • Debacle puts UDF in introspection mode
  • Nurses' Day celebrated
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karnataka

  • Narayana Murthy is most admired business leader
  • Panchaloha idol recovered, 3 held
  • Remembering Rajkumar
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Navy promises help for upgradation of Dabolim airport in Goa
  • 200 hectares to be brought under organic farming
  • Rs. 21 crore released for farmers

    • Kerala

  • Kerala Congress calls for review of poll results
  • Four die of asphyxiation in Idukki district
  • Police initiate steps to curb burglaries
  • Poor performance by BJP
  • Emerging victorious
  • Boosting spirits
  • Garbage trail
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Computerised train control charting system launched
  • Big fall in UDF votes
  • Emigration official suspended
  • Indian flight grounded

    • Kochi

  • Widening of Sahodaran Ayyappan Road delayed
  • `Jamaat help was critical'
  • GIDA plan to connect island to the city
  • Nurses take out rally
  • Kunhali Marakkar Stupa to be unveiled
  • `DIC Left's stand vindicated'
  • Water shortage at port
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Law & Order

    • Kollam

  • Major spirit haul in Sooranad
  • Buddha Poornima fete today
  • Birthday fete of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kozhikode

  • DIC(K) confounded by debacle in Koduvally
  • Closure of textile shop ordered
  • LDF victory margin on the rise
  • People have shown they are the masters: Janata Dal(S)
  • Kunhali Marakkar Stupa to be unveiled
  • Memorial for Kunhali Marakkar to be unveiled
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • Officials discuss water contamination

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Policy expectations in a changing polity

    • Letters to the Editor

  • `No' to UDF agenda
  • Win-win for all?
  • Hats off to voters

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Shivraj takes oath as MLA

    • Madikeri

  • Delimitation Panel urged not to reduce Assembly seats

    • Madurai

  • Clarion call through harsher realities of `normal' village life
  • It's a long journey like no other
  • Three lakh children to be immunised in Madurai dt.
  • Vizhiyagam offers trade training programme for visually impaired
  • Thousands of devotees participate in `Ethir Sevai'
  • Subdued celebration
  • Abolish resale tax, says trade body
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Law & Order

    • Mangalore

  • Second dam across Netravati may be delayed again
  • Medical, dental students take out procession
  • A growth-oriented cooperative society
  • Credit-based semester scheme syllabi approved
  • MESCOM to hold public grievance meetings
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Buffer zone sought around Chamundi Hills
  • `Shortage of staff posing problems in providing healthcare facilities'
  • Employees of urban co-operative banks protest
  • Convict throws footwear at judge in Mysore court
  • Weekend threatre will be one-day affair
  • Preparing a roadmap to promote tourism
  • Bridegroom as artist
  • In Mysore Today

    • National

  • Protests over sex scandal gather momentum
  • Congress to study losses
  • Water requirement fixed on the basis of crop patterns: assessors
  • Achuthanandan meets Karat
  • IMA calls for strike
  • `Indian' to get in-flight entertainment
  • Award for ICRISAT
  • Experts' panel asked to submit report on entry of Blue Lady
  • Uma to take out `yatra'
  • Notice to Dalmiya on Maharashtra's appeal
  • Expunge High Court remark: BCCI
  • Probe ordered into Manipur killings
  • Increase number of seats in centres of higher education: Abdul Kalam
  • "U.S. must ensure civil nuclear cooperation"
  • One-year moratorium on Delhi demolitions
  • BJP charge over imported wheat
  • Full-fledged discussion on wheat import
  • Buddhadeb natural choice as Chief Minister
  • MP convicted in rape case
  • "Kashmir issue needs immediate attention"
  • Maheshwar dam: affected families stage protest
  • Fodder varieties identified for drough-prone areas
  • Rehman Khan re-elected
  • Sea version of Lakshya tested successfully
  • Arrest warrant in war room leak case
  • Catholic groups oppose release of films
  • India plans missions to Mars, Venus
  • CBI registers graft case against its official

    • Nellore

  • Maoists trying to lure jobless youth
  • Office of profit issue: poll panel directive to TD leaders

    • New Delhi

  • Medicos hit streets with anti-reservation rally
  • `Delhi loses power worth Rs. 613 crores to gadgets on standby mode'
  • Russia offers medical, engineering options for students
  • No gas to spare for Delhi: ONGC
  • Young film-makers show a new India
  • Leaders hail passage of Bill
  • Metro to start feeder buses on 24 more routes
  • Doctors strike work in support of agitating students
  • MCD to continue sealing, demolition drives
  • Legislator initiates Breach of Privilege against Delhi Jal Board CEO
  • Celebrating the magic of colours
  • Plea for security to yoga guru dismissed
  • Chandraswamy's plea turned down
  • Water is what the waterless want
  • Bomb scare
  • Overhaul the system before e-governance: Pitroda
  • We did not organise Budhia run: CRPF
  • Maheshwar dam displaced families seek justice
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Law & Order

    • News Analysis

  • Angela Merkel's growing popularity
  • Corrections and clarifications
  • Left Front's support base widens

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Pedestal for Mother Theresa statue demolished
  • Move on to bail out farmers displaced by projects

    • Palakkad

  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Devaprasnom at Sabarimala

    • Perambalur

  • They know what it's to be common folks
  • Women, young voters made the difference

    • Pondicherry

  • Congress legislators to meet today
  • "Special Vigilance squad was effective"
  • Kamba Ramayan transcended time, says Chockalingam

    • Punjab

  • Controversy over Reliance land deal thickens in Punjab

    • Racing : Horse

  • Future Fame triumphs
  • Asiaticus shines

    • Racing : Motor

  • Alonso seizes the initiative on home turf

    • Rajasthan

  • Jatropa variety identified for commercial cultivation

    • Ramanathapuram

  • No impact by `Karthick factor'

    • Religion

  • Mind's tendencies

    • Salem

  • DMDK puts up good performance in Salem, Namakkal districts
  • Agraharam Road near temple in bad shape
  • DEO holds job meet
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan fares well in Shimoga district
  • Government urged to withdraw tax on urban cooperative banks' profit
  • Shimoga Red Cross unit chosen best branch in State

    • Shooting

  • Manavjit wins silver, books Olympic berth

    • Sport

  • Beyond Mumbai and MCC coaching manual
  • Maiden final for sizzling Sandhya
  • David Nalbandian on a roll

    • Sports : General

  • Soujanya downs Shree Sanjana for title
  • Harshitha advances
  • Satish wins putting title

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Disappointment, frustration in Congress
  • Six more getting ready
  • DMK scored over AIADMK in direct contests too
  • Make Women Commission a statutory body: AIDWA
  • Coimbatore will have no representation in Cabinet
  • DMDK makes its presence felt in Kancheepuram
  • K. Ponmudi, R.K. Panneerselvam assigned Ministerial berths
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Women's organisation plays key role in polls
  • DPA wins nine seats in Villupuram district
  • Management programme for executives begins
  • Musical evening
  • Case registered against four
  • Four die as giant wheel collapses

    • Thanjavur

  • DMDK proves it is a dark horse in delta districts
  • Ubayathullah getting ministerial berth welcomed

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Verdict against political elitism
  • Corporation to launch ward-level mapping
  • UDF fails to reverse trend of defeats
  • KPCC calls for review of poll results
  • Further dip in votes polled by BJP
  • Filmmaking revealed to children
  • Steps sought to solve shortage of water
  • Police intensify investigation
  • Chandy bids adieu to staff
  • Equal opportunities for all
  • Colours of nature
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated May 13, 1956: Parliament reports
  • dated May 13, 1956: Farmers' bank

    • Thrissur

  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Business Process Outsourcing set to hit the tier-II city
  • Two heavyweights from Tiruchi dt. get ministerial berths
  • Cadres jubilant over key portfolios to two keymen
  • Rotarians exchange notes on activities
  • Computer training for judicial officers from May 22
  • New exam schedule
  • A cool idea
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Law & Order

    • Tirunelveli

  • Nainar Nagendran's defeat, a shock to AIADMK cadres
  • Ordeal of jawans of Central security forces in Nellai
  • National award for Tirunelveli BSNL

    • Tirupati

  • CPI-M to launch cycle rally on May 19
  • RTC to recruit drivers, conductors on contract
  • Nagara Sankeertana to mark Annamacharya jayanti
  • SV University to offer PG diploma course in consumer education
  • Vasanthotsavam at Tiruchanur begins

    • Tumkur

  • Respect those who serve society, youth told

    • Tuticorin

  • Action plan to augment productivity of crops

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Focus back on tourist season
  • Canine prowess on show

    • Udupi

  • Rs. 60 crore required to rejuvenate Brahmavar sugar factory: MLA

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Big B promises more film shootings in U.P.
  • CBI probe into death of MLA's son sought

    • Vellore

  • Free summer sports coaching camp

    • Vijayawada

  • GGH second block to be ready by Aug. 15
  • A golden deal for investors
  • Of devils and magic
  • Dig into delectable fresh kebabs
  • MLA's development agenda for city
  • ASHA camp held
  • Two run over by trains
  • Terrific trio
  • Medical PG recounselling
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • YSR lays stone for Wipro campus
  • Floating book fair gets under way
  • Quota for Muslims: Chief Minister vows to overcome legal tangles
  • `Bhoomi puja' performed for cancer hospital
  • CPI leaders arrested
  • Post offices to work for seven hours a day
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • S. Rly posts second win
  • TN, Karnataka boys advance

    • Weather

  • Weather

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