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Alappuzha

  • 10 injured in fireworks accident
  • Family drugged, robbed on train

    • Anantapur

  • Agencies told to prepare plan for supplying seed
  • Mobile rice sales counter opened
  • Delay in completion of Chagallu reservoir
  • 3 killed, 9 injured in road accident

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • TDP, Left upset over TRS support to NDA
  • Third Front chances bleak: BJP leader
  • Potter’s tale
  • Directive on textbooks
  • Bike-happy ‘gods’
  • HIV positive housewife wants to live, save foetus
  • Water turns life-threatening, 60 taken ill
  • Hungry simians
  • Record feat
  • From telly to a wider canvas Out of the Box
  • Looking for comfort
  • Joy ride
  • Good news to jetsetters
  • DD live phone-in programme
  • Urban challenge
  • A touch of comedy
  • Awesome performance
  • Summer science camp
  • Power shutdown in some areas today
  • CI lodged in police station
  • Man held, ornaments recovered
  • Ayur Sukha branch anniversary
  • Osteoporosis camp
  • Seer’s advice
  • Prizes given away
  • Health matters
  • Free LAWCET coaching
  • IPE enters top league
  • Training classes for children
  • Third Front chances bleak, says BJP leader
  • TDP, Left upset over TRS’ open support to NDA
  • Kudos to CEO, DGP - Reader's Mail
  • Create online booking for accommodation - Reader's Mail
  • More bus services needed - Reader's Mail
  • Omissions in electoral rolls - Reader's Mail

    • Athletics

  • St. Joseph’s Sports Academy wrests overall championship

    • Badminton

  • Verma elected BWF Vice-President

    • Bangalore

  • Rising despite deprivation
  • New gift store in Bangalore
  • Hear! Hear! Here comes a special college
  • Students feel evaluation was tough
  • Training
  • Poster contest
  • He has a nice line of work
  • ‘Terrace-farming’ of a different kind
  • A restaurant that makes you feel red
  • Kannada translation of Anand Teltumbde’s book released
  • Power shutdown tomorrow
  • Fake documents racket unearthed
  • ‘Soak pit individually owned as area does not have UGD’
  • People volunteer for tests to rule out flu
  • Aim is to engage more people in public life
  • Chains snatched in three cases
  • Autorickshaw driver found dead
  • Conference
  • Training course
  • Welcomed
  • Dies of injuries
  • Substandard drugs
  • Saplings given away at marriage ceremony
  • Water supply to be hit in most areas today
  • Speech, hearing camp
  • Integrated M.Sc
  • No more case status through mobile phone
  • There is no change in tobacco crop size for 2009-10
  • Four hospitals planned on outskirts of Bangalore
  • Looking to recharge his batteries
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Basketball

  • Chhattisgarh beats TN

    • Bellary

  • 11 Congress members of Raichur ZP join BJP
  • ‘Steps not taken to curb illegal mining’
  • Letter to suspend mining in abeyance: Minister

    • Bidar

  • Debt-ridden farmer commits suicide
  • Pass percentage in Second PU examination improves in Bidar
  • Toppers attribute success to hard work

    • Bridge

  • Boaz team is champion

    • Cartoons

  • POCKETWATCH/Keshav
  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Panel to select best teacher
  • BSNL launches BlackBerry services for post-paid users
  • Nursing staff take a pledge to serve society better
  • “Successful Independent candidates have vital role”
  • Digital time boards not yet popular
  • Girl dies in accident
  • Delhi girls among four abducted, freed
  • May 13, a holiday with wages
  • Computerised service for giving complaints
  • NGOs evolve novel ways to raise funds during recession as corporate support dwindles
  • Kids cheer their mothers to win this competition
  • Shortage of goods transport drivers persists
  • Hyundai employees returning to work after an agreement on wage revisions
  • Jewellery stolen
  • New line maintenance building at Chennai airport ready
  • Visually impaired suggest inclusion of party symbols in Braille
  • Poll security arrangements
  • Traders doubt whether fire safety measures are adequate
  • Residents want better environment in T. Nagar
  • Man arrested for cheating computer firm
  • Youth killed in gas boiler blast
  • Protesters held
  • Four held on charges of kidnap, rape
  • T. Nagar residents unable to cope with commercialisation
  • N.S. Murali built VHS as a flagship institution, says Swaminathan
  • “Germany keen on taking more Indian students”
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • RoW triumphs

    • Coimbatore

  • Remuneration
  • Measures to increase cotton acreage mooted
  • Micro units seek relaxation of norms
  • Two foreigners held
  • Stressing reforms at all levels Elections 2009
  • Trekking expedition in Himachal Pradesh
  • ‘Elected representatives have not followed-up on projects’
  • Wooing North Indian voters
  • Programme
  • TNAU to set up Market Intelligence Centres
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Arockiyaraj shines
  • ‘Pay fine even after resigning from ICL’
  • VMCA (Dharwad) wins opener
  • Sreejith hits century in VSSC’s win
  • Clarke advocates rotation system
  • Focus on one match at a time:Yuvraj
  • Gilchrist hopes to get even with Warne
  • ICC to discuss day-night Tests
  • ‘Batting was tough’
  • ‘I am among the top wicketkeepers in India’
  • Hayden-Warne clash was engrossing
  • Tendulkar attributes win to team effort
  • Fantastic start for Symonds: Gilchrist
  • Amit Singh reported again
  • Unbeaten 112 by Shivaraman

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 9529
  • Solution to puzzle 9528

    • Dharmapuri

  • Two arrested
  • Convocation held
  • STF personnel honoured
  • Poll observer seizes vehicle

    • Dindigul

  • “An alternative foreign policy essential”

    • Editorials

  • Taxing times for outsourcing
  • Redefining museums

    • Erode

  • Candidates seek votes at a feverish pace as end of campaigning nears
  • Where attendance becomes a factor

    • Football

  • Barca close to title win as Real loses
  • West Bengal in last four
  • Chelsea thumps Arsenal; Man United beats City
  • Ledley King arrested

    • Front Page

  • Nitish shares stage with Modi in Ludhiana; TRS joins NDA
  • Delhi missed chance to resolve Nepal crisis
  • Heavy casualties reported in northern Sri Lanka
  • “Equal rights for Tamils, Congress goal”
  • ‘The government is going about it the wrong way’
  • Left unhappy with TRS sharing dais with NDA
  • I have never considered India a threat, says Zardari
  • India faces risk of another terror strike: Obama aide
  • Nitish has shown his true colours, says Raghuvansh
  • Was this election really fair and free?
  • Mumbai snaps 3-match losing streak
  • Daredevils moves to the top with easy win
  • State to have 41 special police stations
  • RCB ambassador Katrina on hurricane tour
  • Nepal President’s directive
  • Multi-disciplinary health care village planned
  • 230 Taliban militants killed
  • Toll from consumption of contaminated water 11
  • Heat wave claims four more lives
  • Killed in police firing
  • Varun barred from holding rally

    • Golf

  • Jeev slips further

    • Guntur

  • UN award for website
  • ‘Child rights issue not priority of parties’
  • Good response to model test

    • Hassan

  • Fee structure for PU courses
  • Hassan records pass percentage of 49.94
  • Two killed in separate accidents

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • BJP on a strong wicket in Shimla
  • OBCs may tilt the scale in Kangra
  • Villagers threaten to boycott poll

    • Hockey

  • Pakistan beats India; assures itself a semifinal berth

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Of children, restrictions and expectations
  • Conclave discusses regulations for framing syllabi for law courses
  • ‘Make education student friendly’
  • HDMC takes steps to tackle chikungunya
  • Action sought against ‘Dalit’ leader
  • Tournament begins

    • Hyderabad

  • Naidu sees Third Front at Centre
  • TRS’ stand hardly matters: Lagadapati
  • Books on rare coins released
  • State not hit by Bollywood-multiplex row
  • Chiru woos fans with promises
  • ‘Quality research need of the hour’
  • ICAR to set up three institutes
  • ATA elects a new committee
  • Poor Sikh couples tie knot in mass marriage
  • APSCHE moots new public relations, journalism courses
  • Stress on social hygiene
  • Power shutdown
  • AISF objects to UGC decision
  • GHMC cracks the whip on skin trade
  • Student’s death triggers protests
  • ‘Flu’ patient in chest hospital
  • ‘Rainbow Vistas’ launched
  • No leave for civic staff
  • Bholakpur a breeding ground for diseases
  • Forum orders ICFAI to refund fee Consumer Notes
  • A record-winning tribute to Annamayya
  • HCU professor to join IISc
  • Fire on OU campus
  • Acid victim succumbs
  • ‘Government lethargic in tackling cholera outbreak’
  • Focus on better security, jewellers told
  • Residents give a thumbs down to water board
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • India, South Africa to bolster economic ties
  • India’s profile becomes bigger in South Africa
  • Mumbai terror victim from U.K. feels ‘let down’
  • Matrimonial portals a hit with Pakistanis

    • International

  • Yadav’s call to Nepal’s parties
  • U.S. tightens H-1B visa norms
  • Suu Kyi is not well, says party
  • Obama to address Muslims from Egypt
  • Quake reconstruction ahead of schedule: China
  • British MPs abusing expenses claims?
  • Hindraf leaders to be freed in Malaysia
  • Obama takes a jab at himself
  • Relief in California
  • Oprah Winfrey’s home evacuated

    • Interviews

  • ‘India should have defended civilian supremacy in Nepal’

    • Jharkand

  • Three suspected ultras lynched

    • Kadapa

  • Ancient status for Telugu welcomed
  • Training postponed
  • YSR reviews works in Kadapa
  • Two killed, 20 hurt as tempo overturns
  • Jagan’s presence justified
  • Rahman prays at Pedda Dargah
  • ‘Snapana Thirumanjanam’ held at Tallapaka

    • Kalpetta

  • VS opens mobile ayurvedic unit
  • Arrangements for vote counting
  • Charge against CPI(M) workers

    • Kannur

  • Swimming without strokes
  • NMGB posts 20.28 per cent growth

    • Karimnagar

  • Australian award for Singareni official
  • Mothers Day celebrated
  • Teachers asked to equip themselves to face competitive scenario

    • Karnataka

  • Four major hospitals to come up on Bangalore outskirts
  • President worships at Sringeri
  • Four hospitals near Bangalore
  • Coming out with flying colours
  • Rural students fare well in Chitradurga district
  • ‘Accused in jewellery theft case will be arrested soon’
  • Acharya for master plan to develop Sonda
  • Congratulated
  • 50.33 pass percentage in Chamarajanagar
  • Tourism development
  • Explosive richness
  • Assistance
  • Applications
  • Melody reigns

    • Kerala

  • No demand for Chief Minister’s resignation, says Veliyam
  • Meet on port strike today
  • Stir delaying notification
  • Watch your step
  • About the beauty of shared space
  • Wedding bells
  • Lean period
  • In holy matrimony
  • Mobile medical unit opened
  • Tapping a source
  • Medicine on wheels
  • Festival colours
  • Water woes
  • Against all odds

    • Kochi

  • Remembering a musical legend
  • ‘Curb money power’
  • Vedanta course
  • Premium buses from September
  • Residents oppose conversion of park to sewage station
  • Neelakurinjis are not alone
  • Gold shopping mall at Vyttila
  • Passport office staff trade charges
  • Found dead
  • Chief Justice calls for more research into mental health
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Catholic forum celebrates Mother’s Day
  • Seawall issue splits residents
  • Call for a national policy on Ayurveda

    • Kozhikode

  • NIT-C to hold workshop on unconventional electronics
  • Fewer distress calls following SSLC results
  • Felicitated
  • Expo on Gandhian literature
  • Host of programmes for ‘praveshanotsavam’
  • Work on Thusharagiri project to be expedited
  • Bridge course
  • Four injured in Onchiyam clashes

    • Kurnool

  • Astrologer predicts TDP government in State
  • Sri Sri, Tilak remembered
  • Two killed in accident

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Capitalism & the economic crisis

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Misuse of NSA
  • Shocking
  • On ragging
  • Shabana's remarks

    • Madurai

  • Two more police officers shifted
  • AIADMK petitions Election Observer
  • New president for MADITSSIA
  • Water level
  • “Give paid holiday”
  • EPF cover for foreign workers
  • Helpline set up for H1N1 flu at Directorate of Public Health
  • All 10 candidates from DMK front will win, says Azhagiri
  • Congress, BJP silent on economic crisis: Yechury
  • In Madurai Today

    • Malappuram

  • A walk through Islamic history
  • Darul Huda meeting concludes at Chemmad

    • Mangalore

  • Unwed mother to marry her partner today
  • PU results leave many students disappointed
  • Five get Global Konkani Music Award
  • Panchayat kept in dark about MRPL drinking water facility
  • For once, parents let them have their fill

    • Mysore

  • A trying experience for their caregivers
  • Exhibition at DFRL
  • More colleges coming forward to offer PG courses
  • Mysore district registers PU pass percentage of 53.91
  • Reaching out for his dream
  • Internet bus in Mysore
  • Procedure simplified

    • Nagapattinam

  • Brahmin support

    • Nalgonda

  • Two youth killed in road accident
  • Mystery shrouds death of woman
  • Huge stock of rice unearthed

    • National

  • “700 civilians escaped from LTTE-held area”
  • Pro-poor Third Front only alternative: Buddhadeb
  • Not in touch with Left: Nitish
  • Amendment to Divorce Act suggested
  • From HR to politics
  • “Himachal Pradesh has had step-motherly treatment”
  • Hypertension threat for workforce
  • Politics now resembles marketing: new book
  • Vimla Dang passes away
  • Clenched fists The Modi way
  • BITSBYTES
  • Congress will not need Left support: Mamata
  • Reaching out to people
  • Plea of state employee on promotion dismissed
  • Two women militants held
  • Gogoi for Army action in North Cachar
  • Repolling peaceful
  • India-Kazakhstan nuclear deal by June
  • “I will send Army to Sri Lanka”
  • Inside Punjab
  • Buddhadeb, senior officials review situation in Nandigram
  • One killed in police firing in Rajasthan
  • “I miss Somnath”

    • Nellore

  • $ 5,145 paid for building a college?
  • One person killed in accident
  • New PG courses offered
  • SEZ victims to decide fate of candidates

    • New Delhi

  • Pay compensation for police not registering FIR: Supreme Court
  • Akali Dal protests against Taliban atrocities
  • Safeguarding Delhi for the Games
  • Dance festival begins
  • Last date extended
  • Free heart check-up camp organised
  • Matri Shree award presented
  • Need for medical clearance for athletes
  • Film-making for a cause
  • Policemen injured in attack by mob
  • Kidnapped boy rescued
  • State told to pay compensation for police not registering FIR
  • A small stretch, but a big leap
  • Over 65 per cent turnout in repoll
  • Mishap at metro site; none hurt
  • Relative assaults six-year-old
  • Engineer commits suicide
  • Rain leaves the Capital cooler
  • Wanted man gives police the slip
  • Man crushed by speeding truck
  • Greens protest metro entering Yamuna floodplain
  • In the Capital Today
  • Not fair - Reader's Mail

    • News Analysis

  • Studying the new flu virus
  • It is the basics that need attention
  • WHO’s tally of A(H1N1) influenza cases is 4,379

    • Nizamabad

  • One killed in road accident

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Orissa

  • Impressive show
  • Series of festivals to woo tourists
  • Music, dance festival from June 1
  • Water supply in summer a daunting task for officials
  • Two naxals held
  • Three held for group clash
  • Office-bearers of Press Club elected
  • Teachers skip Matriculation evaluation duty
  • Unique celebration
  • Woman alleges harassment by police official
  • Illegal collection of prawn seed goes unchecked
  • Cracker unit fire: one succumbs to burns
  • Take steps to save groundwater - Reader's Mail

    • Palakkad

  • Assistant Motor Vehicles Inspectors to go on strike today
  • State yet to clear plan for old-age homes

    • Puducherry

  • Pondicherry University plans new courses
  • Film directors may campaign today
  • Medical fraternity worried over rise in ischemic heart diseases

    • Punjab

  • Punjab candidates a mix of ‘crorepatis’ and criminals

    • Racing : Horse

  • Quest Of Victory wins

    • Racing : Motor

  • Button, Barrichello make it a Brawn 1-2 yet again
  • Toyota’s threat

    • Rajahmundry

  • Political parties gear up for D-Day
  • Undaunted by a crippling disorder

    • Rajasthan

  • One dies in firing during Rajasthan re-poll

    • Ramanathapuram

  • 16 women police personnel injured

    • Religion

  • Transmission of truths

    • Salem

  • Cyclist killed
  • 1 dead, 1 hurt in accident
  • Micro observers to monitor poll process
  • Engagements - Salem
  • Security arrangements in place for elections
  • Poor children roped in for campaigning

    • Shimoga

  • Government urged to repair damaged barge

    • Sivaganga

  • Last ditch effort to woo voters in Ramnad and Sivaganga

    • Sport

  • Mumbai snaps 3-match losing streak
  • Daredevils moves to the top with easy win

    • Sports : General

  • Basavanagudi AC triumphs
  • Double for Karnataka
  • Mudassir triumphs

    • Srikakulam

  • Free coaching camp
  • Rhino Circus draws huge crowds
  • Wheat supply

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Against bad habits
  • Toll rises
  • No water, power
  • Seized
  • “Solution to Tamils issue only through talks”
  • People pay homage to N.S. Murali
  • 2 dead, 6 injured
  • Killed in accident
  • In full swing
  • Session
  • Road blocked demanding supply of drinking water
  • Not a ‘balanced act’
  • Ramadoss questions Manmohan’s contention
  • DMDK office-bearers join DMK
  • Arrested
  • Postal ballot for poll officials to be distributed today
  • Waiver helped farmers: Stalin
  • Sad sight
  • Left will realign with Congress: Venkaiah
  • Countdown for candidates begins as campaigning ends today
  • Thai film festival
  • Blood donated
  • Voter awareness campaign
  • Plea for integrated bus stand
  • One arrested on robbery charge
  • Poll code violation cases
  • What they say
  • Strong message
  • Admission for courses
  • Solution to Tamils issue only through dialogue, says Uma Bharti
  • Migration of labourers, Tamil nationalism key issues here
  • I will send Army to Sri Lanka to create Eelam: Jayalalithaa
  • Distribution of money to voters by Congress candidate alleged
  • Three killed, six injured in accident
  • Tamil Nadu people’s verdict crucial: Yechury
  • Road stretch in bad condition

    • Tennis

  • Blake makes final at Estoril
  • Djokovic wins Serbia Open

    • Thanjavur

  • Stop communal forces: Vasan

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Getting to know the riches of the sea
  • SSLC results genuine: KSTA
  • Magic camp
  • E-mail notification of power shutdowns
  • Signs of thaw in film industry row
  • KSEB calls for reduction in peak load
  • DYFI’s ‘protest evening’
  • Revised syllabus
  • Stir, encroachers delaying notification of Kurinjimala
  • FRAME journalism awards announced
  • Teachers protest
  • Higher secondary results tomorrow
  • Scheme to revive forests with bamboo
  • Kovalam beach to be beautified before monsoon
  • Commemoration
  • 100 per cent pass
  • Bus terminus to change face of Thampanoor
  • KSRTC bus runs over student

    • This Day That Age

  • dated May 11, 1959: Flexible approach
  • dated May 11, 1959: Geneva Meet
  • dated May 11, 1959: Defence Science Academy
  • dated May 11, 1959: Red Cross show

    • Thrissur

  • CPI(M) protecting corrupt leaders, says Chandy

    • Tiruchi

  • Athletics coaching ends
  • Pomp may be missing, but money is saved
  • People angry with Congress, says Naidu
  • Mettur level
  • “Public angry with Congress, DMK”
  • Comprehensive bandobust scheme drafted for polls
  • 10 rowdies held during checks
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • PT releases poll manifesto
  • Canvassing by BJP for Krishnasamy opposed
  • Telephone numbers for poll-related complaints released in Tirunelveli

    • Tirupati

  • 20,159 aspirants to appear for Eamcet
  • KCR’s move is unethical, says VHR

    • Tumkur

  • Her hard work has paid off

    • Tuticorin

  • 15-day summer camp for children
  • Final phase of training for poll personnel today

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Cycle tourism begins in Udhagamandalam
  • Campaigning reaches feverish pitch in the Nilgiris
  • Training for micro observers held
  • Curtain comes down on dog shows in Ooty

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Mayawati has fixed ‘donation targets’: Kalyan
  • FIR against Amroha MP for throwing party
  • Woman kills two sons, attempts suicide

    • Uttaranchal

  • Defections may help Rawat in Hardwar

    • Vijayawada

  • APCO ‘summer cotton mela’ gets under way at Governorpet
  • A cricket coach on a mission
  • Traffic curbs at Kanuru on May 16 for counting
  • No escape from heat for them
  • Growing urban culture poses a challenge to VMC
  • Overseas education expo a big draw
  • TD leaders attend review meeting
  • Cotton mela gets under way
  • ‘Little Champ’ steals hearts
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Summer camp ends on a high note
  • Rebel star getting ready to hold success meetings
  • Mother’s Day celebrated
  • Rebel star getting ready to hold success meetings of ‘Billa’
  • VSP interviews postponed
  • ‘Chiranjeevi is next Chief Minister’
  • Wave rider buoy to be installed off Gangavaram
  • Award for IMU official
  • International flights from Vizag next year?
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Farmers resort to distress sale of paddy

    • Weather

  • Weather

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