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Alappuzha

  • VS reaches out to Kuttanad farmers

    • Anantapur

  • Orchard felling rears its ugly head again
  • 108 ambulance service for rural areas inaugurated

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • No privatisation, says Railway Minister
  • Seven killed in road accident
  • Camera traps for tigers soon
  • Training for job scheme on
  • CITU condemns `victimisation'
  • CPI(M) condemns Botcha's statements
  • Kanna lashes out at Telugu Desam
  • Fire Service week
  • APNA picks holes in Arogyasri
  • Beedi row back in focus
  • For a fair deal
  • Joys of childhood
  • Summer adventure
  • Groupism in Congress to the fore
  • Season's special
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • State's plan finalised at Rs. 30,500 cr.
  • Prajapatham is social audit, say Ministers
  • Telugu Desam Party gearing up for elections
  • Beedi row back in TDP's focus
  • No change in tobacco prices
  • Dharna by village servants in front of MLAs' houses
  • Houses to be allotted to white ration cardholders
  • 50,000 beedi workers plan dharna
  • `Galeru Nagari compensation higher than other projects'
  • Anganwadi workers seek ouster of ICDS project director
  • Power shutdown
  • YSR to take part in Praja Patham
  • Kadapa division tops in VAT collection
  • Rs. 360-cr. loan linkage for SHGs

    • Badminton

  • Mahima, Deepali in title clash

    • Bangalore

  • Pay-and-park may be confined to commercial areas
  • Now, power will flow from Punjab
  • Government clears list of members of five permanent lok adalats
  • High Court: rework quota for urban elections
  • Business visa for Belgium in 48 hours
  • Biography of `renaissance man of Indian science' released
  • S.P. Balasubrahmanyam chosen for Basavasri Award
  • Girl's lottery addiction leads to mother's murder
  • Dam project cleared without survey
  • PU students can't change colleges in the same city
  • BJP's Vikas Yatra will backfire, says Congress
  • Speaker calls for laws to punish child abusers
  • Vivekananda College to celebrate silver jubilee
  • Hiccups dog new drive
  • Remembering a stalwart
  • Around The City
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Call for united struggle on Cauvery

    • Bellary

  • Budget hotels, food plazas to be set up at railway stations
  • `Rasta roko' hits vehicle movement
  • `Rename Jindal steel plant'

    • Bihar

  • Centre providing less foodgrain for BPL people: Sushil Modi

    • Bijapur

  • Harvesting of surplus cane unlikely
  • Dharna by family enters ninth day
  • V.B. Patil takes charge

    • Briefly

  • IFFCO exits Godavari Fertilisers
  • Indo-Russian joint venture
  • Reliance Money trading at kiosks
  • Futures trading in polymer commences

    • Business

  • Rupee climbs to nine-year high
  • Air Sahara to be renamed Jetlite
  • TCS revenues cross $4 b
  • India, China ask developed countries to relent on farm issues
  • Sensex up 311 points
  • Cap on MFs' deposits with banks
  • HP unveils products of Edgeline technology
  • Essar to buy Canada's Algoma Steel

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chennai

  • Dog days spark anxiety about water scarcity
  • At Pulicat lake, an ecological turnaround
  • Keeping neighbours happy is good business sense
  • Open prison to come up in Sivaganga district
  • New property tax cards being distributed; bid to widen net
  • Rs. 1-lakh relief for the kin of van accident victims
  • American Library keen to expand service domain
  • Delineation of BPL families list poses a set of problems
  • The benefits of attractive packaging
  • Court refuses to declare Petroleum Employees Union strike call illegal
  • Packaged water sells like hot cakes
  • A platform to discover, experience new talents
  • Four international conferences at Sathyabama varsity
  • Cutting water use in gardens, aquariums
  • Justice Sathasivam disposed of 36,550 cases during tenure
  • Mock fire drill held at CMDA building
  • Tambaram Municipality to improve water supply
  • What they say
  • Alpha group's initiative
  • White Paper sought on administration of reserved panchayats
  • Mock drill to test preparedness of fire safety officials
  • Gopal Srinivasan meets Karunanidhi
  • Musical programme in memory of stalwarts
  • Sathyaraj and his 10 roles
  • Youth drowns, body washed ashore
  • Employability training programme
  • Visual arts school inaugurated
  • Dharna by railwaymen
  • Adventure sport
  • Circus arena?
  • Blood camps
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Seeded players win

    • Coimbatore

  • `Media should be fully briefed on new technologies'
  • Suicide attempt
  • Raids conducted
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • No sweat for Railways
  • IOB (Tirunelveli) retains first division title
  • Woolmer made no difference: Razzaq
  • Choudhury sparkles in Bengal's win
  • Painful eliminations of the past worrying South Africa
  • Sarwan looking to finish WC well
  • Chitraarasan shines
  • Dell India triumphs

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8889
  • Solution to Puzzle 8888

    • Davanagere

  • Focus on election, Congressmen told

    • Dharmapuri

  • Online system of filing petitions launched

    • Editorials

  • A new deadline for Doha?
  • Doctors for the villages

    • Erode

  • Construction of building for Bhoodapady market committee commences
  • `Demand high for admission to information technology courses'
  • Assist police in detecting crimes, says SP

    • Football

  • Ngernilal is Army XI's hero
  • Chelsea downs a fighting Blackburn

    • Front Page

  • "1931 census not basis for OBC list"
  • Positive movement in resolution of issues with India: Musharraf
  • Extradition pact with Belarus
  • India's "real motive" is out: Pakistan
  • Bracken, Hogg put the skids on Sri Lanka
  • Ireland scores an easy win in battle of the giant-killers
  • Chase on for final semifinal berth
  • Test of man-management skills
  • LNG supply: Iran seeks private partner in India
  • Trilateral naval exercise in Pacific Ocean
  • 11 die at Kancheepuram level crossing
  • BJP assails Manmohan statement on Rahul
  • Rahul Gandhi talked about facts of history: Congress
  • Congress cadre bewildered at Rahul's statements
  • Declare Nepal republic, demands Prachanda
  • Killing of civilians in shootout triggers protest in Kashmir
  • Colombo, LTTE trade charges of killing
  • Star News office ransacked
  • Air Sahara to be renamed Jetlite
  • Delhi budget proposes all-round relief
  • TCS revenues cross $4 b
  • Municipal elections put off
  • ``Attack on India's cultural ethos''
  • Ponnala grilled by Lok Ayukta
  • Interpol issues notice
  • e-District project for two districts
  • GHMC comes into existence
  • Tomato farmers in a jam
  • VS assails lethargy of employees
  • Foreign origin issue: notice to Centre
  • No privatisation, says Railway Minister
  • Court allows Amarmani to file nomination

    • Globescan

  • Militants torch schools
  • Dies in varsity shooting

    • Goa

  • Goa accepts doctors' `prescription'

    • Guntur

  • Guidance just a phone call away
  • Get set for `wedding of the decade'
  • Class 7 examination gets under way
  • Placements for Vignan students
  • Gram sevaks are on the warpath

    • Haryana

  • Entrance test for polytechnics on June 2
  • "Officials caught red-handed"

    • Hockey

  • Punjab Police advances
  • Anantapur advances
  • Patiala shocks Karnataka

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • `Change attitude towards women who approach police'
  • Seers urged to set up `goshalas'
  • `Money-minded should not opt to be doctors'
  • `Placement week' for BBA, BBM students

    • Hyderabad

  • Residents vent their ire at `Praja Patham' programme
  • Rs. 40 cr. for revamp of HMWSSB installations
  • Detractors leave YSR on the back foot
  • Major boost for State's AIDS programme, to get $14 million
  • Uncertainty looms over dog sterilisation plan
  • State urged to expedite steps to resume assigned lands
  • Crucial HCU meet today
  • S = success in his dictionary
  • Injury time over, Mirza returns
  • Woman's hand in LIC agent's murder revealed
  • Man throws son into Hussainsagar
  • Lanco Hills Park notified as SEZ
  • TRS to mobilise huge crowd
  • ABVP activists oppose summer coaching classes
  • Paladugu breathes fire against Centre
  • Heritage Day for students at observatory
  • Honour for city model in Gladrags contest
  • MLA arrested
  • Brahmotsavam from tomorrow
  • K.V. Ranga Reddy's wife dead
  • Bank account of Sarasa's son under scrutiny
  • Tipper runs over man, set afire
  • Harsh truth
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Height of pessimism
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • Uganda killing: four held
  • Sunita Williams runs her version of the Boston Marathon

    • International

  • Declare Nepal republic, demands Prachanda
  • Colombo, LTTE trade charges of killing
  • Fresh row at radical seminary
  • Speculation over Benazir deal with Musharraf
  • 32 killed in varsity shootout
  • Khaleda's youngest son arrested
  • Scrap Internet, begin anew: researchers

    • Kannur

  • SMS-based tracking system launched
  • New track in Karnataka to benefit North Malabar
  • 7.6 lakh BSNL telephone connections in Kannur SSA
  • MYL holds seminar on extremism
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Housing: toll free number soon for grievances
  • Ryots held for staging rasta roko

    • Karnataka

  • Karnataka to get 400 MW of power from Punjab
  • Rework quota for urban polls: Court
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • `Get States to implement security agency Act'
  • Ulhas Buyao dead

    • Kerala

  • e-District project for two Kerala districts
  • Court directive on Domestic Violence Act
  • Operation Suraksha being implemented in city
  • Murali rules out NCP-Congress merger
  • A tale of revenge
  • PIANC to promote maritime and recreational navigation
  • NUALS, University of Paris sign MoU
  • `Nandigram symbolises people's resistance'
  • Four-member gang arrested on theft charge
  • Time for celebration
  • Heart's delight
  • Ravaged
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Around The City
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • `Kasaragod district lagging behind in development indices'
  • Proper guidance to the youth must for development: Aiyar
  • No move for Thai rubber import
  • Course

    • Kochi

  • In love with mathematics
  • Kodiyeri moots passenger ship between Vizhinjam, Sri Lanka
  • Court directive on Domestic Violence Act
  • TOC H school students on visit to Singapore
  • Four arrested for burglary
  • A shoulder to write on
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Thousands witness Kollam pooram
  • Make KMML more profitable: Ravi

    • Kottayam

  • Teachers resume SSLC valuation

    • Kozhikode

  • Revival package to benefit coir cooperatives
  • Clubs in schools to encourage learning of English
  • Tsunami relief: fund sanctioned
  • Plea to remove `anomalies' in LLB semester system
  • INL seeks special Parliament session
  • Temple fete begins today

    • Kurnool

  • YC to propagate welfare schemes

    • Leader Page Articles

  • ULFA and the politics of separatism

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Rahul's remarks
  • Irresponsible
  • Congress' reaction

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Creation of Bangladesh not due to Indian intervention alone: Taslima

    • Madurai

  • Efforts to `bind' them with books
  • Plea to protect Ramar Bridge
  • Commissioner turns mentor
  • Madurai Police Commissioner turns mentor
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • A towering problem for pilots
  • Identification of tourism destinations begins
  • Improve condition of Koragas, says Okkoota
  • Paediatric Centre to start work in September
  • Mangalore Commissionerate faces shortage of staff
  • Villagers seek action on illicit arrack units
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Emergency pump at KRS offers big relief for Mysore residents
  • Five from city killed in accident
  • Taking up the cudgels for Cauvery
  • Protest planned against price rise
  • 150 villages reeling under water crisis
  • Women take out rally against Cauvery award

    • Nagapattinam

  • Train students in decision-making: VC

    • Nalgonda

  • Farmers gherao Nalgonda Collector

    • National

  • Foreign origin issue: notice to Centre
  • Parliament can enact law for advancement of backward classes: Centre
  • Antony's call to Army officers
  • `Educational backwardness stands on different footing'
  • Milon Banerjee's tenure extended
  • Red Corner notice for suspect in Mumbai train blasts case
  • No role for State in land acquisition
  • Campaigning ends for third phase
  • AMSU to re-launch stir against foreigners
  • Kerala ranks first in education index
  • NGO for ban on incandescent bulbs
  • Stalin elected Commonwealth panel treasurer
  • NCTE quashes regional committee's order
  • Nandigram: Sonia criticises Left Front
  • Court allows Amarmani to file nomination
  • Deshmukh moves resolution for scrapping urban land ceiling law
  • Sri Lankan Minister offers prayers at Tirumala
  • Centre bans fishing by deep-sea vessels

    • Nellore

  • Friction between Nellore MLA, Mayor to the fore

    • New Delhi

  • Appeal to take action against YMCA hostel
  • Coping with climate change
  • The form and the formless frozen in frame
  • Call centre worker, friend held for assaulting former's wife
  • Plan, non-Plan outlays for Delhi almost equal
  • Delhi still facing power cuts
  • Young man gets seven years' RI
  • Jal Board gearing up to face hot summer
  • Traffic cops buoyed by the drive
  • Forging alliances
  • Two MLAs of BJP expelled from Assembly
  • `No solution to problems'
  • Metro train operations extended by an hour
  • Notification on discoms' performance soon
  • Charges to be framed against cop
  • 51 properties sealed
  • Theatre comes calling
  • Height of protest
  • Students suffering due to Principal-school row
  • Delhi is major contributor of pollution in Yamuna
  • CBI files fresh case against ex-Punjab MLA
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    • News Analysis

  • A bizarre turn in the war on terror
  • Shaoxing — little India in China
  • Corrections and Clarifications
  • MySpace hijacks the race for President

    • Nizamabad

  • `Skull mark fiat will affect seven lakh families'
  • `Loyalty to party rewarded'

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Flutter at Collector's bungalow

    • Orissa

  • `Guru-Shishya parampara' to conserve folk art forms
  • Keeping law and order from `falling'!
  • `Silk ring' tourism package mooted in Ganjam district
  • Baisakhi cultural fest off to a colourful start
  • Workshop on district resource group
  • Two employees robbed of Rs 2 lakhs
  • Suspended inspector deposes before probe panel
  • Fishermen demand fishing jetty near Gopalpur
  • 54-year-old woman bid to end life
  • POSCO project suffers jolt
  • Opposition plea to PM

    • Palakkad

  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • 2 pilgrims drowned in the Pampa
  • Sahasrakalasom at Sabarimala

    • Perambalur

  • Beautification work in full swing at Perambalur

    • Puducherry

  • Issue of integrated certificates to school students begins
  • Scheduled Caste farmers to get free farmland
  • Thengaithittu residents stage dharna
  • Two new paddy varieties to be released in Puducherry on April 23
  • Govt. plans Electricity Board
  • Power shutdown announced
  • Don't hold people to ransom, Rangasamy tells striking staff
  • Village chiefs' body seeks probe into Thengaithittu caning
  • Anti-seaport protests not necessary: Chief Minister

    • Racing : Horse

  • Adams Obsession shines
  • God's Own wins feature
  • Spectacular Win for main event

    • Raichur

  • Daily wage workers stage dharna seeking salary
  • Where life is dampened and damned

    • Rajasthan

  • Rajasthan Govt. revokes ban
  • School kids to become computer-savvy

    • Religion

  • The spiritual quest

    • Salem

  • Delegation from Maldives visits Salem Child Line centre
  • 82 village panchayats to be covered under govt. scheme
  • Found dead
  • Two months time sought to pay compensation

    • Shimoga

  • `Kaginele Vidyapeeth should lay more emphasis on education'

    • Sivaganga

  • This man proves his fitness with élan

    • Sport

  • Bracken, Hogg put the skids on Sri Lanka
  • Ireland scores an easy win in battle of the giant-killers
  • Chase on for final semifinal berth
  • Test of man-management skills
  • Quality the key consideration: Blatter

    • Sports : General

  • Parimarjan Negi for Sigeman tournament
  • Cistron defeat Veva to lift title
  • Cup of surprises
  • Formidable reigns
  • Double delight for Chennai
  • SDAT camp
  • BSNL wins title

    • Srikakulam

  • TDP MP, ex-minister submit separate representations

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Where architectural styles meet
  • Students eager to attend virtual classroom sessions
  • Malnutrition-free status State's aim, says Minister
  • Air show set to return to Chennai
  • AIADMK members stage walkout
  • Double-track to be ready by March
  • VIP darshan at Tirumala thrice a week
  • Slurry explosives seized in Tiruvannamalai district
  • BSNL drivers demand time-bound promotion
  • No increase in special darshan fee: Minister
  • Exam toppers
  • Bodies of VAOs handed over to family members
  • Grievance day meeting today
  • Forecasting more rain
  • Deadly network
  • Agriculture college planned at Aduthurai
  • Re-transfer pay commission arrears to interest-bearing account: court
  • Dalit woman panchayat president airs her woes
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • A plethora of styles, mediums
  • Goa accepts doctors' `prescription'
  • NCTE quashes regional panel's order
  • Stress on team work
  • Review plan to set up medical college in tank, activists plead
  • Music school to get own building soon
  • Minister flags off bus services to Chennai
  • Spotted deer rescued

    • Tennis

  • Easy for India
  • Karlovic claims maiden ATP crown
  • Sai Kartik shines in India's victory
  • Varun upsets Vishwanath
  • Sania back on the court
  • Agassi-Graf `face-off'

    • Thanjavur

  • Tamil New Year expo gets under way at Poompuhar

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • This vacation, learn while you play
  • Surya Kiran, Sarang teams to perform tomorrow
  • Receive your mail the eco-friendly way
  • Reliance, Gammon in the fray
  • No hurdles to Athirappilly project: Balan
  • No need for exclusive legislation: Yesudas
  • Yesudas: no need for exclusive law
  • Average price rise of IMFL only 7 per cent
  • Private agency to maintain 3 parks
  • Minimum wages for medical representatives soon
  • IMA units protest against appointment of lecturers
  • Maharashtra to fund tsunami rehabilitation
  • Youth Congress march to Paloli's house
  • Teenager killed in road accident
  • Family fete
  • Temple panel to discuss issue
  • Coconut festival from May 3
  • Winners of `Little Masters'
  • Temple committee to discuss issue
  • Water barrier
  • Flights rescheduled
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated April 17, 1957: Nehru reappointed PM
  • dated April 17, 1957: Voroshilov in Peking
  • dated April 17, 1957: State film awards

    • Thrissur

  • Kainur: Azhikode threatens to stage fast
  • Call to focus on education, culture
  • Journalist laid to rest
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Funds for railway workshop
  • Training in imitation jewellery
  • Three murdered in Tiruchi district
  • Plantains damaged at 16 places in Thottiyam block
  • Scholar gets `Tamil Mamani' title
  • Constable arrested on murder charge
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tirupati

  • BJP opposes move to demolish `Rama Varadhi'
  • Seven killed in road accident
  • Junior NTR performs `Rahu Ketu' puja
  • No change in Inter syllabus
  • `Annamayya Jayanti' poster

    • Tuticorin

  • Whale washed ashore in Tuticorin

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Weather change brings cheer to farmers
  • JD (S) expresses concern over illegal buildings

    • Udupi

  • Health mela to start tomorrow
  • One killed

    • Union Territories

  • North reels under heat wave

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Campaigning ends for third phase of polls
  • Some ministers "protecting terrorists"

    • Vijayawada

  • A night of `masti', in true Punjabi style!
  • Police prepare sketch of Chaitanya's murderer
  • Loan linkage to SHGs: Krishna sets Rs. 300 cr. as target
  • Hectic schedule awaits YSR
  • Three-member team to administer women's cricket
  • APNA picks holes in Aarogya Sri
  • `Praja Patham a ritual'
  • Crafts fair inaugurated
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Visakhapatnam

  • It's vacation time for fishing boat operators in Vizag
  • UGD to cover more areas of city
  • Haemophilia patients find the going tough
  • `King of Fruits' arrives in city
  • Panel okays more projects
  • Sankara Jayanti fete gets under way tomorrow
  • Mystery shrouds death of housewife
  • Lecturer commits suicide
  • Beating the heat
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Warangal

  • Social awareness campaign
  • Management event begins today in KU

    • Weather

  • Weather

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