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  • CYM demands ban on Da Vinci Code

    • Anantapur

  • Collector upbeat on job guarantee scheme

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • GAIL directed to refund Rs. 607 crore to AP Transco
  • Pleasure to the eye
  • SEC to review complaints of missing voters
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Rs. 30,000 crores budgeted for irrigation projects during next three years, says Chief Minister
  • Farmers demand infrastructure for mango export
  • Public meetings become forum for Congress campaign
  • Jagan's public participation raises eyebrows
  • Government schemes seek people's participation
  • New bike released in Rajahmundry

    • Athletics

  • Anju drops to No. 6

    • Badminton

  • RSC triumphs

    • Bangalore

  • More regions in State affected by chikungunya
  • Dental student allowed to write examination
  • Corporates in Bangalore lose Rs. 47 crore to hangovers
  • Increasing the seats is no solution: IIM students
  • 27 child labourers rescued from embroidery unit in Bangalore
  • Take the benefits to marginalised sections of society, say academics
  • Bhavan launches weekend management programme
  • Make a fashion statement
  • Provisional anti-dumping duty imposed on silk fabrics from China
  • Teenager ends life after failing in CBSE exam
  • COMED-K to allow students to rectify mistakes in applications
  • 69,116 students to take COMED-K entrance test
  • BMP wakes up to chaos at junction
  • Cases against two IAS officers to be reopened
  • Eye check-up camps to be held in all government schools
  • Retaining the attention of the audience
  • Admissions to LLB course open
  • Two IPS officers promoted
  • Vidyashankar visits Kidwai institute
  • Mobile distribution outlets for directory
  • CET cell asks candidates for age proof
  • Government land recovered near Kengeri
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion Rates
  • Exchange Rates

    • Basketball

  • ICF beats HAL

    • Belgaum

  • AIPJD questions silence of parties on anti-reservation agitation

    • Bihar

  • Inter-linking of rivers must to solve floods and drought: Nitish

    • Bijapur

  • MP Yatnal launches `save BJP' campaign

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Khizar Baoof posts win

    • Boxing

  • Fed Cup boxing from today

    • Briefly

  • TRAI paper on broadband quality
  • GAIL to invest Rs. 5,460 cr.
  • Saudi, U.S. sign $6 b refinery deal
  • Panel to consolidate service tax circulars
  • Microsoft launches Windows Vista, Office-2007
  • NBFAL to raise funds for expansion
  • Exim Bank study on Indian leather industry
  • SQL Star acquires SolutionNet Group
  • Recruit Alliance launches web-based solution
  • TV18 Group gets SAIF Partners funding
  • Symphony Services gets new heads

    • Business

  • Telecom-specific special economic zones planned
  • Unitech may foray into southern India
  • Plans to boost exports from northeast region
  • Pantaloon's venture with Generali for insurance
  • Samsung partners Tata Indicom
  • Intel Capital invests in Real Image
  • ABN Amro enters retail broking
  • Rupee plunges to 5-month low
  • SriLankan Airlines to launch services from Goa
  • SBI branches under CBS
  • CIAL celebrates 7th annual day today

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Satellite towns, metro rail and desalination plant for city
  • Plea to retain seats reserved for women in same constituencies
  • Telemedicine is the best medium for the mental ill to seek help
  • Happy with AIEEE scores
  • Residents demand action against transporters
  • Pammal civic body move irks residents
  • I prefer to be in films, says Vadivukkarrasii
  • Consumer forum rejects IOC, TUCS appeals
  • Education must ensure balanced growth, says Governor Barnala
  • Political parties, unions hail announcements
  • Crescent Engineering students win honours at national meet
  • Jayalalithaa assured of adequate protection
  • Corporation council to discuss compost plant
  • 2 women held for forgery
  • Man collapses, dies in court premises
  • Fee structure is the forte of this college
  • Football fever catching up with children
  • 20 huts gutted in slum fire
  • "Pudupettai" has many firsts to its credit
  • Textile Committee inks pacts with 65 partners
  • Y.G. Mahendra's drama festival
  • Officials from UK varsities to meet students
  • Security measures for examinations
  • DGP denies scaling down security
  • Psychometric tests for students
  • `Talking SMS' service
  • Four youths arrested
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Modwal stays ahead
  • Indian men drub Mongolia

    • Coimbatore

  • Making Government school premises disabled-friendly
  • `A' grade awarded to Government Arts College
  • Bank covers 81 villages under financial project
  • TNAU to take up rural health project
  • Monumental effort
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • Easy for TigersXI and GMCC
  • AP, West Bengal in final
  • Punit bats well

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8612
  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8611

    • Cuddalore

  • Steps to improve performance of Uzhavar Sandhais
  • House site patta scheme to be revived

    • Dharmapuri

  • NCC annual camp

    • Editorials

  • A fair balance on reservations
  • Learning democratic lessons

    • Eluru

  • Operation Kolleru worries bankers
  • Cigar workers seek hike in minimum wages

    • Erode

  • Scavengers to be provided gloves
  • Uzhavar Sandhai spruced up

    • Football

  • Ronaldo practises alone
  • RCF in quarterfinals
  • Two coaches present their credentials
  • Doctor treating Rooney leaves club
  • Japanese u-20 team on acclimatisation tour
  • Kolkata to host National final of Adidas Challenge
  • Can Bengal do it again?

    • Front Page

  • Let's build a prosperous J&K: Manmohan
  • Siachen: no breakthrough
  • V.R.V. Singh, Raina, Powar get the nod
  • Sarwan steers West Indies to victory
  • Kalam's advice to students
  • TESMA, law on conversions to go
  • 38 injured in series of grenade attacks in Kashmir
  • Somnath's poser to poll commission
  • Lalu's relatives detained
  • Delays hold up new Delhi Metro railway line
  • Government hospitals facing staff shortage
  • Amarnath yatra to begin on June 11
  • Sensex drops 250 points on late liquidation
  • Transmission charges: GAIL asked to refund Rs. 607 cr. to Transco
  • Rs.5 crores more for districts to provide drinking water
  • Three lakh new power connections this year
  • Work on Bangalore metro rail to begin in September
  • Audacious daylight strike by robbers
  • Patients forcibly discharged in Manipur
  • Indians deported from Dubai
  • Kalam to fly in Sukhoi fighter plane
  • 3 killed in Sri Lanka mine blast

    • Goa

  • Chartered accountants to meet in Goa
  • MoU signed

    • Gulbarga

  • Council elections: Congress confident of bagging fourth seat
  • Krishna Grameena Bank crosses a milestone
  • Plan to computerise all bank branches

    • Guntur

  • Mahila Pranganam to set up hostels for working women
  • Jawahar Knowledge Centre praised
  • Guntur boy tops in NIMCET-06

    • Gymnastics

  • Krishna gymnasts excel in south India meet

    • Haryana

  • Policies should be NCR-centric: Hooda
  • `Probe against Chautala free and fair'

    • Hassan

  • Rs. 1.38 crore released for purchase of seeds in Hassan
  • Five injured in group clash in Arkalgud taluk, 10 held
  • Two arrested on cheating charge

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Jewellery, cash stolen from house in Hubli

    • Hyderabad

  • Poverty and working children, a vicious cycle
  • Developers for integrated townships to be finalised soon
  • Now, fundas of physical fitness for high school students
  • Municipal playgrounds in for major facelift
  • Pillion rider succumbs to injuries; old city tense
  • Little girl typing her way to set a record
  • Schoolgirl all keyed up to set a record
  • Housewife to be booked for lodging `false complaint'
  • Truckers agree to booking of drivers
  • Government's claim on single window draws flak
  • MD of Venkat Pharma arrested with two others
  • Two-day conference on terrorism from tomorrow
  • Narayana students bag good ranks in AIEEE
  • Two innovative schemes soon for infant care
  • TDP lashes out at TRS chief
  • Cantonment board polls on August 6
  • High Court bans ads of educational institutions
  • Demand for fresh PG medical counselling
  • Be courteous, railway staff told
  • Injured policeman airlifted
  • SEC to review complaints of missing voters
  • OBC forum hails 27 p.c. reservation
  • Old man arrested on charge of raping minor
  • Telangana `dhoom dhaam'
  • APSRTC to operate additional trips
  • Impressive sight
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • Afghanistan, Pakistan seek to defuse rising tension
  • TNA welcomes Karunanidhi's election
  • Seven held in Britain over terror plot
  • Huge fire engulfs Istanbul airport
  • Fighter plane collision risks crisis
  • Bush backs Israel's border plan
  • U.S. strategy will endanger Iraqi journalists, says IPI
  • Now for an iPod run
  • Fiji Opposition joins Cabinet
  • Protest against Nepal declaration

    • Kancheepuram

  • Villagers prevent PWD officials from reviving sand mining

    • Kannur

  • Kannur University starts five-year LLB course
  • CME programme on vector-borne diseases
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Poverty comes in the way of his ambition
  • KCR humiliated Telangana sentiment: TDP leader

    • Karnataka

  • Work on metro rail to begin in September
  • Rare spectacle
  • Nominated members
  • Attending to devotees
  • Duty imposed on silk fabrics from China
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Good corporate governance evident in India, says Irani
  • Appeal to set up textile park in Davangere
  • Rally taken out

    • Kerala

  • Three lakh new power connections in Kerala, says Minister
  • IT firms to be wooed to Tier 2 cities in State
  • Members of new Assembly sworn in
  • Exploring male-female relationships
  • Dial the cellphone to know your way around
  • A local game gains popularity
  • Rigorous imprisonment for former MLA
  • Jaleel dismisses IUML unrest
  • SNDP Yogam president dead
  • The celebrations continue
  • Men at work
  • Too precious a gift
  • Rs.5 crore to provide drinking water in Kerala
  • Briefly

    • Kochi

  • GI registration for Pokkali: farmers' meet today
  • Lending his voice to save a lifeline
  • Treasured dates for the monetary system
  • Virtual playing fields come alive
  • ISTD Kochi chapter to be launched on May 31
  • Anti-reservation stir: media bias alleged
  • Viral fever cases on the rise in Ernakulam district
  • Army man arrested on charge of bribing CBI inspector
  • Guidance on visas to the U.S.
  • Productivity Council awards
  • Gathering clouds!
  • PVS digestive-health camp
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • LDF should rule State for more years: Mayor

    • Kottayam

  • Plea to cancel MGU postings
  • KAHSTA expresses concern

    • Kozhikode

  • `Schizophrenia most common psychotic illness in State'
  • Passport office in Malappuram soon
  • Passport office faces shortage of employees
  • Viral fever scare: health authorities on high alert
  • Miscreants attack house of Mukkom grama panchayat member
  • Applications invited for youth camp

    • Kurnool

  • Right to Information manuals yet to be drafted
  • Child labour elimination programme inspected

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Why the political parties are losing it

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Quota for OBCs
  • Creative solution
  • Two years of UPA
  • Round table
  • Fighting terror
  • Market mayhem

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Doctors close hospital gate

    • Madurai

  • Are private security agencies a safe bet?
  • Regulating operations of security agencies `must'
  • From miseries to a magnificent future
  • With special offers, they win `palm full of money'
  • Call to shift police station
  • `Jamabandhi' schedule
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Draft regulations of new degree scheme approved
  • Milk society secretaries to attend gram sabhas
  • Civil works: contractors seek revision of rates
  • Shankaramurthy files papers
  • Jadugar Anand plans magic academy in Bangalore
  • Jatha to create awareness on women's education
  • Elections to the Upper House
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • A new high in their determination
  • Sugarcane growers stage protest against Kumaraswamy
  • Slum children from three districts demand their share of education
  • Plan to set up four satellite towns to decongest Mysore
  • Doctors' strike affects functioning of hospitals
  • Junior doctors' strike hits hospitals
  • 2,700 children brought back to school: Census

    • Nagapattinam

  • Self-help group members get Rs.4.30 lakh as matching grant

    • Nagercoil

  • Complaint boxes to be set up in tourism centres

    • Nalgonda

  • Effort, dedication can take one places: I-G

    • National

  • Manmohan Singh tells security forces to be firm but humane
  • 27 p.c. quota from next year
  • Ramadoss' appeal to students to call off anti-quota stir
  • Opposition never prevented from having its say: Speaker
  • Anti-quota groups to intensify stir
  • "Modi should protect cinema owners"
  • Court denies Centre more time to implement CAS
  • Scale down Army's role: Mufti
  • `BJP in favour of reservation'
  • Opposition given fair deal: Speaker
  • Kalam to fly aboard Sukhoi
  • Siachen talks not a failure: Pakistan official
  • Get the accused for identification parade, court orders police
  • "Office of Profit" book released
  • Schoolgirl typing her way to record
  • Non-Aligned Movement has a role in U.N. reform: India
  • Panel wants IAF squadrons made combat-worthy
  • Proposed amendment will affect us, say sex workers
  • Congress criticises BJP for targeting Speaker
  • Parliamentary panel on Tribal Bill tables report
  • Junior doctors cease work in Kolkata
  • DNA test may put Gujarat police in a fix
  • Fanaa: Congress, BJP support decision

    • Nellore

  • Voters list full of irregularities, alleges Telugu Desam Party Nellore unit
  • He does his parents proud

    • New Delhi

  • New measures for students at Delhi University
  • Centre offers package for infrastructure in NCR
  • `Cabinet note moved on regularisation of colonies'
  • A very special festival from the very heart of India
  • A taste of World Cup football matches at the cinema and on TV
  • De-sealing drive in Delhi gains momentum
  • 150 power theft cases detected
  • Five arrested for burglary worth Rs. 1 crore
  • DDA pulled up for wrong affidavit
  • MCD to deploy more doctors
  • Steps for greater CSIR-industry interaction
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Quota and the Tamil Nadu experience
  • Pakistan debates democracy
  • Israel must halt crisis among Palestinians
  • Tricky transition
  • Corrections and clarifications

    • Nizamabad

  • Rs. 500-cr worth works taken up: ZP chairman
  • Eight-member pseudo naxal gang busted

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Rs. 10 lakhs worth jewellery recovered
  • Dalits demand more compensation

    • Palakkad

  • Deadlock continues in Palakkad municipal council
  • In Palakkad Today
  • Kathakali festival

    • Pondicherry

  • Government to be expanded on May 29
  • Declare Karaikal backward: PMK
  • Private colleges not honouring Government quota: AIADMK

    • Punjab

  • Coop sugar mills' staff protest against shutdown

    • Racing : Horse

  • Iberian shines
  • Infinite Glory in fine fettle
  • Thunder On triumphs

    • Rajasthan

  • High quality gas reserves found in Jaisalmer area
  • `Enforce quota from this academic session'
  • No violation of Centre's norm: Rajasthan official
  • Diclofenac banned, to be phased out in three months

    • Ramanathapuram

  • 137 more refugees arrive from Sri Lanka

    • Religion

  • Divine nature

    • Sailing

  • Selvam does well

    • Salem

  • Salem Corporation begins cleaning Tirumanimutharu River channel
  • Minister distributes compensation to rain-hit families
  • Special camp concludes
  • Employment office to conduct coaching classes

    • Shooting

  • Sultan placed second

    • Sport

  • V.R.V. Singh, Raina, Powar get the nod
  • Sarwan steers West Indies to victory
  • Can England do better on its favourite ground?
  • Lara set to play last ODIs at home ground

    • Sports : General

  • TN finishes third
  • Tributes paid to former DGP
  • Vizag boxers for Federation Cup
  • Aiyar is chairman

    • Tamil Nadu

  • AIADMK MLAs stage walkout
  • It's back to school for DMK MLAs
  • Puthiya Tamizhagam plans to merge with BSP
  • Vacation training for students
  • "Role of perfusionists no longer restricted to operating room"
  • City students record 156 centums in mathematics
  • Suicide bid by students an alarming trend
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • BSNL chalks out plans to extend broadband facility in a big way
  • Medals and cups speak of her success story
  • Increase credit flow to fruit processing units: Collector
  • Collector reviews Summer Festival works
  • District topper
  • Biriyani, dosa mela

    • Tennis

  • Shantanu continues his good run, dumps Yash
  • Roddick injured; U.S. beaten
  • Inexperience lets Balaji down

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Monsoon fishing: concern over lack of safety measures
  • Train services to be affected for nine days
  • State Library Council to set up Balavedi Kendras, hold arts festival
  • City schools fare well in Plus Two, CBSE examinations
  • Priority to revenue generation: Achuthanandan
  • `Anganwadis lack basic facilities'
  • A simple story presented with elan
  • Chandy elected CLP leader
  • Lifeline service to prevent suicides
  • MS programme in computational science
  • Heroin seized
  • Entrance test postponed
  • Adieu visitors, welcome monsoon
  • Water levels in dams drop
  • Waterlogged
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated May 25, 1956: Singapore CM meets Nehru
  • dated May 25, 1956: Plebiscite no solution
  • dated May 25, 1956: Godavari Pushkaram

    • Thrissur

  • Workshop on gender-sensitive hygiene facilities
  • Idol installation
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Women's movement on a crusade against social evils
  • Girl students to get concession in fees
  • Collector, IG assume office
  • Construction of new DIG office apace
  • Work on construction of DIG office apace
  • Two-day auto fair begins tomorrow
  • IG assumes office
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • `Withdraw decision to establish Ayurvedic College'
  • Spurious water packets seized

    • Tirupati

  • Concern expressed over blue tongue prevalence
  • Showcasing `doli', the only transport mode of yesteryear!
  • TTD to appoint lecturers on contract

    • Tuticorin

  • Steps to contain `mysterious' fever
  • New Collector assumes office

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Thousands enjoy boat pageant in Udhagamandalam
  • Ooty Rose Park gains global recognition
  • Rose Park is `Garden of Excellence'

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Anti-quota doctors continue strike in Lucknow
  • Congress alleges scam in Noida land auction
  • Power cuts continue in U.P.
  • Centre misleading nation on quota issue: Mulayam
  • Jaya Bachchan quits U.P. film corporation

    • Uttaranchal

  • Three pilgrims killed as bus falls into khud

    • Vijayawada

  • Trains flooded with summer rush
  • Seven-storeyed CGO complex to be opened soon
  • Presence of leopards, wild dogs detected in Krishna forests
  • Implementation of RTI Act reviewed
  • Road users flummoxed by signal lights at Alankar Centre
  • Deal with Real Energy final: VMC chief
  • Videocon to open office at Visakhapatnam
  • House catches fire, one killed
  • Vijaya milk prices
  • Around The City

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Awards presented to Navy staff
  • Andhra varsity reinstates sacked staff
  • Another naval base in the offing
  • City students sparkle in AIEEE
  • Distance mode instant examination on June 4
  • Plea for trade-friendly handling of Service Tax
  • Homoeo physicians to meet in June
  • Underground drainage ready
  • Arasam wants ancient language status conferred on Telugu
  • Constable arrested for firing in the air
  • PF adalat to be conducted on June 10
  • Indira Gandhi University entrance tests for MBA, B.Ed. in August
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • SP warns against funding naxals

    • Weather

  • Weather

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