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Alappuzha

  • Good harvest in Kuttanad despite odd conditions
  • Signs of a barbarian society: Azhikode

    • Anantapur

  • Poor families occupy 25 acres of State lands
  • Paritala case: court defers verdict on CBI plea
  • SKU to felicitate Shinde
  • Three killed as van hits auto
  • Campaign for `Rythu Chaitanya Yatras'

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Hindustan Shipyard launches India's largest ship
  • A.P. Cabinet to focus on achieving targets
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Manmohan `insulted' Telugus, says Naidu
  • Sarpanch, brother `killed' by rivals
  • Heat wave claims 5 in Khammam district
  • Kin of stillborn baby `assault' nurse
  • Preparations on for `chaitanya yatras'
  • No hike in power tariff: Minister
  • Chief Secretary holds meeting with civic officials
  • Fake notes in bundles disbursed to ryots?
  • Municipal workers to intensify strike
  • Heat wave grips Rajahmundry
  • Official rules out irregularities in Army recruitment rally
  • Lok Satta regrets row over water resources
  • Free medical check up for children

    • Bangalore

  • Noon meal staff on indefinite strike
  • Chennigappa wants two Ministers to resign
  • Hebbal set to be transport hub
  • Expert for setting up SEZs for farm commodities
  • Software engineer's flat looted in city
  • The Hindu Opportunities Fair is back
  • `BMRDA master plan prepared unscientifically'
  • `Janapada Jaatre': committee to be formed soon
  • All set for teaching English in State schools
  • Petals from the lives of flower people
  • Pension for widows, aged and disabled doubled
  • Even the Oxford has its bad moments
  • A mixture of entertainment and filmmaking at film city
  • Six arrested for home loan fraud
  • Fish kill in Lalbagh again
  • `Mungaru Male' still tops the charts
  • Pre-counselling guidance on May 21
  • Murder accused arrested in Gulbarga
  • NGOs resume hunt for stray dogs
  • Samiti hails appointment of Bhimappa
  • Don't privatise KSTDC, says union
  • Woman ends life, dowry harassment suspected
  • Nominations invited for farm awards
  • Ex-Minister's daughter missing
  • Nok Air services from Bangalore
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Campus Jottings

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • JSC, Beagles reign supreme

    • Belgaum

  • Nodal officers for gram panchayats

    • Bellary

  • Water supply staff to go on dharna

    • Briefly

  • No service tax on entry, exit load
  • OECD to explore membership for India
  • RBI buys $27 b forex in 2006-07
  • Abhijit Sen panel gets extension
  • B C Khatua is new FMC Chairman
  • Invensys to invest $20 m in Hyderabad
  • Toyota launches Corolla Limited Edition, 2007
  • Dalmia Cement (Bharat) net profit up
  • Senior appointments

    • Business

  • United Spirits buys Whyte & Mackay
  • A host of work areas in grip of stress: survey
  • Anantara gets $6.5 m funding
  • Retail payments: MPs' panel wants consensus
  • Reduction of cover under ULIP allowed
  • Bharat Pumps' revamp plan in place
  • Royal Sundaram premium income up 30 p.c.
  • Bank shares in limelight
  • Rupee rebounds

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Master plan silent on source segregation of waste
  • "Those opposing Sethu project are acting against State"
  • Changing lifestyles and premature aging
  • Government giving big push to computerisation, says Chief Secretary
  • Daylight murder shocks Madipakkam residents
  • Not many from State make it to Civil Services
  • Pattabiram residents likely to get bus bay
  • A fun-filled jamboree for Aruwe residents, courtesy Marriott
  • Chaos mark issue of forms for engineering courses
  • Crackdown on ganja trade successful, say police
  • Stormwater drains in Velachery by July
  • Garbage burning returns to plague Kodungaiyur residents
  • Get live email updates now on your mobile phone
  • Residents' appeal to government agencies
  • 4 flyovers at Chennai junctions in two years
  • Two held for trying to sell TASMAC beer at a premium
  • Fort Museum to showcase the ceramic heritage of south India
  • Trusts have to apply for income tax exemption by May 31
  • `Exnora Gem' award presented
  • Canadian academic meets Madras varsity professors
  • Radars shut down for maintenance
  • The Hindu Property Plus meet on master plan
  • Re-emergence of diphtheria worries authorities, experts
  • Protests continue over free colour TV distribution
  • Security sought for advocate
  • Indian Bank goes in for mass banking
  • Farmers' plea to Karunanidhi
  • Discussion on draft master plan for Chennai
  • Representatives of UK varsities in city for admissions
  • Motorola opens first Motostore in city
  • Actor Srikanth all set to tie the knot in June
  • Tsunami relief projects opened
  • Man clubbed to death by wife
  • Government puts its order on hold
  • Write about your vacation, win prizes
  • MEMU service to Melmaruvathur
  • Weekly e-zine launched
  • Second phase of medical counselling
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Fourth win for Vijayalakshmi
  • Yashaswat, Pallavi win
  • Shruthi upsets Valden

    • Coimbatore

  • DMK claims on Corporation schemes misleading, says AIADMK
  • Do not acquire agricultural land, say farmers
  • Book fair begins in Coimbatore
  • Death of man triggers protest
  • Raids planned to rescue child workers in Coimbatore
  • `Vehicles should be sold with helmet'
  • Rotary to organise job fair
  • BSNL landline phone offer
  • AFAC inks MoU with BU
  • Pricol workers' plea to Government
  • Lifestyle expo from tomorrow
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • Kirmani not averse to joining Zee Network
  • Positive aspects of the survey not highlighted, says ICC
  • A welcome extension for R.P. Singh
  • `Aussies keep striving for perfection'
  • Cordiant TCC `B' has it easy
  • PCB probe committee draws flak
  • Akhtar available for Afro-Asia Cup
  • Easy for Mechanics CC
  • SAG, SDMCA win
  • State-level Twenty-20 tournament
  • Jayakumar scalps five
  • npower series on ESPN

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8915
  • Solution to Puzzle 8914

    • Cuddalore

  • Tamil hymns in temple permitted

    • Dharmapuri

  • Medical negligence: villagers block road

    • Dindigul

  • AIADMK cadres up in arms against illegal sand quarrying

    • Editorials

  • Musharraf's crisis of legitimacy
  • A successful drive

    • Eluru

  • 12 striking municipal workers arrested

    • Erode

  • Revenue of transport corporations rising: Minister
  • Avoid cell phones, bus drivers told
  • Discharged effluents stagnate in colony
  • Too much garbage

    • Football

  • Dream FA Cup final looming
  • India holds fancied Iraq
  • Assam beats Delhi
  • Setback for Mahindra
  • Ronaldinho too tired for Copa America

    • Front Page

  • India warns against curbs on IT sector
  • Put down ragging with an iron hand, apex court tells educational institutions
  • High Court orders notice to State in case against Azhagiri
  • Everest record broken by history-making team
  • Hindu organisations back Sikhs against sect leader
  • ULFA kills 3 more traders
  • 11-member panel to probe misuse of MPs' privileges
  • Sarkozy vows to defend the French identity
  • Wolfowitz's resignation imminent
  • Ganguly upset with media-spread rumours
  • England delays decision on Flintoff
  • Federer struggles to beat Monaco; Hewitt moves up
  • Flyovers to come up at four city junctions in two years
  • Crime Branch to probe forgery of title deeds
  • Kumaraswamy seeks report on encroachment of forests
  • Cabinet to focus on achieving targets
  • Don't launch stir, YSR tells MRPS
  • Photo rolls released
  • Sukhdev Rajbhar to be U.P. Speaker
  • More facilities for blood bank
  • PU results likely tomorrow
  • Proceedings against Paloli stayed
  • EAMCET results today
  • 22 killed in road accident in U.P.
  • Twenty two killed in road accident in U.P.
  • Laos rocked
  • Sanjay Dutt plea to be considered tomorrow

    • Golf

  • Zhang eyeing a hat-trick

    • Gulbarga

  • `Dal' cluster may soon be a reality

    • Guntur

  • Tepid response to cricket coaching camp
  • World Museum Day competitions
  • Top Kids gets new premises
  • Agitating civic staff held
  • New bike from Yamaha stable

    • Hassan

  • 3-day music festival from tomorrow
  • Probe into `lapses' in GP sought
  • Sugar factory: delegation to be taken to Chief Minister
  • `Details of works taken up not furnished'
  • Congress takes out rally

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • ABVP activists held; protest plan foiled
  • This is 90.4 FM, for farmers
  • `Design website for Scouts and Guides of SWR'
  • Bribery charge: official in Lokayukta net
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Hyderabad

  • Jalavihar to have country's biggest wave pool
  • Metro project: special purpose vehicle comes into existence
  • Survey to identify urban lands
  • Financial powers for regional boards
  • Water being pumped out from Katora Houz
  • Police gather fresh info on passport fraud case
  • Chittoor farmer stages suicide drama again
  • New airport to have automated parking system
  • Struggle for land enters 10th day
  • IAS toppers from State meet YSR
  • Income-Tax collections up in State
  • GHMC chief's nod for new works
  • Boy's charred body found in house
  • The Hindu career counselling on June 4
  • SCR to run special trains
  • YSR wants traffic action plan by May 27
  • All India Radio to hold music competition
  • CIEFL to offer part-time courses in Japanese, Arabic
  • Tata Indicom's `most-dialled' plan
  • HCC to build Veligonda tunnel
  • Speeding car knocks down woman
  • Case against company
  • Headmasters suspended
  • Building workers' plea
  • Loans for Ganesh idol makers
  • Idols seized
  • Nipuna ties up with Phoenix
  • Yoga camp from May 17
  • Around the City
  • In the Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • 7/7: Indian immigrants freed
  • Pasadena website defers outsourced coverage, but plans more India-based reporters

    • International

  • Sarkozy vows to defend the French identity
  • Wolfowitz's resignation imminent
  • 32 die in chlorine bomb attack in Iraq
  • Prince Harry not to go to Iraq
  • Sri Lanka not for aid with strings: Rajapaksa
  • Musharraf set on re-election plan
  • 17 killed in Gaza fighting
  • All set for trial run

    • Kancheepuram

  • Meeting on gender development

    • Kannur

  • 1.5 lakh new phone connections in Kannur SSA
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • IKP to fight crime against women
  • Official inspects sites for housing scheme

    • Karnataka

  • Kumaraswamy seeks report on encroachment of forests
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • ZP officer walks out of meeting
  • Row over ticket leaves Congress with no candidate in Taleigao
  • Follow Gandhian path of non-violence: Digvijay Singh

    • Kerala

  • Kerala Minister flays Central Bill
  • Maternity ward in `unfit' building
  • Stop Sarovaram project: KSSP
  • Films to suit all tastes
  • Muslims, Christians are not minorities: Swamy
  • Rituals performed at Sabarimala
  • Preparing for monsoon showers
  • In the net
  • Instant portrait

    • Kerala - Others

  • Inline baggage screening system soon at Calicut airport
  • Ailing and lonely at the top
  • Hard work inside the `war room'
  • Woman doctor for Kadmat PHC
  • Congress office, shops vandalised
  • Call for joint movement against land mafia
  • Kisan Mela to be organised
  • Seminar on campus morality
  • Around the City

    • Khammam

  • CPI(M) to intensify land struggle
  • Collector suspends school head master

    • Kochi

  • Monopolisation of media decried
  • Land acquisition to be notified soon
  • `Social justice kernel of statute'
  • National fruit fete in Kochi
  • Corporation moves to clear encroachments
  • Choreography workshop for dancers
  • Tree-plantation drive from June 25
  • Ship-handling simulator launched
  • Muslims, Christians are not minorities: Swamy
  • Alluring
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Krishnadas demands Minister's resignation
  • Kerafed plans value-addition unit at Karunagapally
  • Programme to propagate reading
  • Minister's decision welcomed
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kottayam

  • All encroachments to be cleared

    • Kozhikode

  • Health squad seizes plastic bags
  • Stop Sarovaram project: KSSP
  • `CPI(M) should apologise for disrespect to martyrs'
  • Surasu memorial drama festival
  • Farmers to stage dharna
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • 72 couples united in wedlock
  • Seed firms urged to eradicate child labour

    • Leader Page Articles

  • 123 as countdown to CTBT by the backdoor

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Fourth innings
  • Attack on artist

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Mangoes from M.P. to lure American buyers
  • Fresh entrance exam for Bhopal law institute on May 29

    • Madikeri

  • `Jamma' land issue to be resolved soon
  • Officials told to reach out to people in rural areas
  • Chief Minister to be invited for village stay
  • Robbers strike during the day

    • Madurai

  • Court notice to State in case against Azhagiri
  • Application forms run out of stock
  • Madurai gets one more swimming pool
  • BSNL to improve host of services
  • Dalit panchayat chiefs allege discrimination
  • Driving on ring road risky as drivers circumvent rules
  • Get BSNL landline connection for Rs. 100
  • 7-year-old boy dies in hospital; medical negligence alleged
  • Power shutdown on May 19 and 22
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • NHAI to construct three flyovers in six months
  • Election fever in Ullal to hot up from May 19
  • NDMA to hold mock drill
  • Two killed in accidents
  • In Mysore Today
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Move to lease out Sewage Farm irks former mayors
  • `Kakana Kote' as a tribute to Lokesh
  • Proposal to set up panel for effective implementation of projects
  • KRS reservoir drying up fast
  • Krishna Raja Sagar drying up fast
  • `Drinking water contaminated'
  • Four of family commit suicide near Mandya
  • Roof of Yadavagiri High-level Reservoir collapses
  • Debate on hike in entry tax

    • Nagercoil

  • Free TV sets distributed

    • Nalgonda

  • Culture show on the street
  • Dacoit gang strikes in Devarakonda

    • National

  • House adjourned over Sethu Project
  • `Nuclear deal not in jeopardy'
  • Crucial apex court verdict today
  • Consider having a chapter on ragging: court
  • Dispose of ragging cases quickly: court
  • Patil assures help to tackle Punjab situation
  • NCERT orientation for teachers
  • Pension scheme: Left opposes Government move
  • Om Prakash Singh BJP leader in Uttar Pradesh House
  • AIADMK, TDP stage walk-out
  • Candidate must have stature: Left parties
  • Call to involve militant leaders in peace process
  • Rural telephony, my priority: Raja
  • "Mamata's presence a must at all-party talks on Nandigram"
  • Redeploy paramilitary forces: Gogoi
  • Satish Chandra Mishra in U.P. Ministry
  • Shyam Benegal to direct film on Noor Inayat Khan
  • Ashok Desai a legal luminary: Manmohan

    • New Delhi

  • Sreedharan synonymous with DMRC: study
  • Three Indian species in danger
  • A marathon of heavenly bodies
  • Dera clashes reach Delhi
  • Bail plea in human trafficking case opposed
  • Amazing synthesis of art, poetry
  • Delhi High Court order on low floor buses stayed
  • Power demand soars
  • Police ticked off over non-registration of FIR
  • Woman killed
  • Demand to simplify procedures
  • Nurses' Day
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today
  • Campus Jottings

    • News Analysis

  • Under-investment in health costs lives
  • Ahmadinejad seeks to win more friends
  • Bush hits new low
  • Understanding political violence
  • "Anti-terror strategy needs overhaul"

    • Orissa

  • Showing spiritual path to prisoners
  • `Patto' weavers in for better days
  • Ready for talks on any project: Naveen
  • Border dispute: House panel to meet villagers
  • Construction activity in full swing at Gopalpur port
  • Locals prevent temple demolition
  • Chief Secretary 's assurance to PAC
  • Cameras to keep an eye on MLAs
  • Congress seeks probe against IPS officer

    • Palakkad

  • Paddy farmers seek support price of Rs.15

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Maternity ward in `unfit' building
  • `Proper character formation essential'
  • CPI(ML) to launch agitation
  • Rituals performed at Sabarimala
  • Youth missing

    • Perambalur

  • Gram sabha meetings held in 65 village panchayats

    • Puducherry

  • Municipality to computerise birth and death entries
  • Rangasamy to attend NDC meeting
  • Government school gets cash award for 100% results
  • MP's plea

    • Racing : Horse

  • Noble Flash for feature event
  • Wonder Smile excels

    • Racing : Motor

  • Emmanuel siblings for Malaysian event

    • Rajasthan

  • Showing the way to girls
  • Panel to monitor computer education in Rajasthan

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Drinking water crisis in Ramnad
  • Six held, beedis worth over Rs. 2 lakh seized

    • Religion

  • Listen and learn

    • Sailing

  • Ismail undeterred

    • Salem

  • Students throng Government College of Engineering
  • Mayor promises more facilities at burial ground

    • Shimoga

  • Victims of Handigodu syndrome in Shimoga see a ray of hope

    • Sport

  • Ganguly upset with media-spread rumours
  • England delays decision on Flintoff
  • Federer struggles to beat Monaco; Hewitt moves up

    • Sports : General

  • Artillery Centre moves up
  • WADA accreditation plans for DCC nearly dropped
  • EG, WG triumph
  • Aquatic championships

    • Srikakulam

  • Speed up housing: Collector

    • Tamil Nadu

  • For a bright future
  • Words of comfort
  • Carnival of colours
  • Meet on gender development
  • Ponmudy inaugurates sale of pulses in fair price shops
  • Sri Lankan boat seized
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • The Hindu Opportunities Fair is back
  • Supreme Court notice to State
  • Biriyani festival for gourmets
  • Youth told to take up sericulture
  • A precious green heritage
  • Foundation-stone for ethanol unit laid
  • Rs.1.41 crore allotted for economic uplift of Adi Dravidars and tribals
  • "Performance of Government schools has improved"
  • RBR Garments bags award

    • Tennis

  • Rushmi, Sanaa bow out
  • Srinath upsets Sawadi
  • Ronit advances

    • Thanjavur

  • A success story of women SHG members at Thogur
  • Poompuhar expo inaugurated

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Isaac assails Bill on micro-finance
  • Call to fight threats to artistic expression
  • Vested forests in Mannarkkad taluk facing alienation
  • Drugs Information Centre soon
  • Better people's participation in planning sought
  • Succour for terminally ill cancer patients
  • Airport secures ISO certification
  • Draft policy moots single window system
  • No tree felling to be allowed in estate
  • Lalithakala Akademi awards announced
  • Vembanad Lake to have reserve
  • No concessions offered for Smart City project: VS
  • Move for law to regulate water transport
  • Honour for capital city
  • ISM holds talk on terrorism
  • CBI inspection
  • Security net
  • Awaiting the monsoon
  • Safe behind bars
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated May 17, 1957: The Central Budget
  • dated May 17, 1957: Keynote of proposals

    • Thrissur

  • Accused flees police custody
  • CPI(M) not a party of the poor: KPCC

    • Tiruchi

  • Demand for helmets on the rise
  • Higher education for more youths
  • "Yoga revitalises the mind and body of these youngsters"
  • State's e-governance network to be commissioned by the end of June
  • Jail term for five persons
  • Placement cells, a big draw
  • BSNL special offer for prepaid subscribers
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirumala

  • TTD seeks professionals' role in Sri Vari Seva scheme

    • Tirunelveli

  • Farmers grow with their crops here

    • Tirupati

  • Removal of `Chempa' marks end of folk festival
  • Arrangements apace for Mahanadu in Tirupati
  • 100 heads of cattle perish in fire

    • Tumkur

  • Minimise use of plastic: expert

    • Tuticorin

  • Agricultural college to focus on e-learning
  • Drive against vehicles with dazzling headlights
  • Students can visit exchanges

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Vintage car rally provides a visual treat in Ooty
  • Empower rural women: Governor
  • Governor to inaugurate 111th Flower Show

    • Udupi

  • Nairkere pond in Udupi gets a substantial facelift

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Mayawati's right hand man Mishra joins Cabinet
  • O.P. Singh is BJP leader in House
  • High Court issues notice to former Minister
  • "Only 25 passports legible"
  • Mulayam quits Gunnaur seat
  • Fire in Lucknow Shatabdi
  • 21 more officers shifted

    • Vijayawada

  • CPI (M) activists occupy land
  • A strategy that wears agitators out
  • RTC introduces new services
  • Labourer falls to death
  • Green agenda
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • HSL launches India's largest bulk carrier
  • Civic workers call off strike
  • Float away the summer blues
  • ILS calibration at airport begins
  • Heat wave conditions to persist
  • Teachers face action for poor result
  • SBI Life's portal for insurance advisers
  • Coaching camp for failed SSC students
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Mandeep Singh at the helm

    • Warangal

  • BJP to launch separate Telangana movement soon

    • Weather

  • Weather

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