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Alappuzha

  • Social welfare gets top priority

    • Anantapur

  • SK varsity row turns murkier

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Ryot found dead in police custody
  • Clashes in old city: Opposition for probe into ‘conspiracy'
  • Brinda wants NREGP norms amended for tribals
  • Gifts for the Goddess
  • Religious fervour
  • Credit plan of East Godavari released
  • Achieve better targets, bankers told
  • Poaching takes ‘organised' form
  • Funds sought to tackle water crisis in district
  • Proud moment
  • Sand-lifting going unchecked
  • Suicide sparks tension
  • Army recruitment rally
  • Special day
  • PRC: JAC sets deadline
  • State dodged debate on public issues, says Naidu
  • CAG objects to release of ads to two dailies
  • Appropriation Bills passed sans debate
  • ‘Opposition failed to play its role'
  • Rosaiah rejects ‘conspiracy' theory
  • OU exams postponed
  • Minister offers to quit over mining lease issue
  • Governor asks Collectors to adopt villages

    • Athletics

  • State athletics trials
  • Semenya not allowed to run

    • Badminton

  • Guru-Harsha duo triumphs

    • Bangalore

  • Five arrested
  • Protest against cow slaughter ban
  • Minister clears his own investment proposal
  • YMCA to hold camp for children
  • Ombudsman can settle insurance claim disputes
  • KBA to purchase books worth Rs. 85 lakh for free distribution
  • Karnataka seeks Rs. 1,500 crore under SSA
  • Silk Air's daily flights to connect city with Singapore
  • All roads lead to Dharmarayaswamy temple
  • New admission plan for undergraduate courses deferred
  • Credit plan outlay increased for Bangalore Urban, Rural districts
  • Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange Rates
  • Bullion Rates

    • Belgaum

  • ‘We will approach RBI for more coins'

    • Bellary

  • Bellary has become sensitive: IGP
  • Armed security provided for Tapal Ganesh

    • Bijapur

  • Census plays vital role in development: expert
  • 27,216 to write SSLC exam in Bijapur

    • Briefly

  • Nokia enhances ‘email on the mobile' service
  • A Rangaswami quits Sundaram Finance
  • Sistema-Shyam gets Rs. 500 crore loan
  • Patni appoints new HR Director - EMEA region
  • EdServ to acquire Sparkling Minds
  • Rolls-Royce, HAL form joint venture

    • Business

  • Stanchart to raise $750 m through IDRs
  • Tata Motors divests 20 % in Telcon
  • Murugappa to buy out DBS Bank in JV
  • U.S. Treasury seeks to offload Citi stake
  • Bharti signs deal with Zain
  • Re-imposition of import duty on sugar sought
  • Reliance General eyes stake in Royal Sundaram
  • Airtel offers HTC Smartphones
  • Tata gesture
  • Sensex surrenders 121 points
  • Crompton Greaves buys U.K. firm for Rs. 200 crore
  • Bridgestone to invest Rs. 2,600 crore
  • Rupee snaps gaining streak

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • ‘Technology in Education Awards' presented
  • Stolen jewellery restored
  • Principal District Judge to probe alleged lathi-charge
  • Rich tributes paid to Muthuramalinga Sethupathy
  • Passenger services on new BG line in a month
  • ‘Lorry tracking system' launched
  • Prisoners in Puzhal refuse to take breakfast
  • Gearing up for implementation of RTE Act
  • Children's portraits of schools, parks and malls
  • Doctors exhorted to maintain records
  • Model teacher training institutions sought
  • Residents, industries oppose proposed power tariff hike
  • New equipment bought to clean up Marina beach
  • Eight persons held for kidnapping students
  • Special trains for cricket match
  • Three get one-year RI in call switching case
  • Stolen bikes recovered
  • TASMAC salesman held
  • DVAC check reveals irregularities at Royapuram government hospital
  • Dooming Kuppam residents decline reconstruction offer
  • Power shutdown today
  • Three subways closed
  • Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Chander, Anjali win

    • Coimbatore

  • Ford Figo comes to town
  • Rescued
  • Commandoes complete training
  • Women panel chairperson visits textile mills
  • Produce low-cost briquettes: VC
  • Science workshop for children
  • Law college students block road
  • Ground Water Augmentation Award for Siruthuli
  • Micro units' plea
  • ACP envisages 12 per cent increase in outlay
  • Exhibitors throw up opportunities for ambitious students
  • Corporation to reduce duration of Siruvani water supply in city
  • Ford Figo in town
  • ‘Technical fest'
  • Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Morgan, a good finisher
  • Pakistan will miss Yousuf: former players
  • ‘Nightmare' comment was a joke, says Warne
  • Ganesh Satish hits hundred
  • Kiwi batsmen falter
  • Vignesh excels
  • Thanigaivel hits century
  • Lee included in WC squad
  • Yog Sports signs deal with IPL
  • Can Daredevils stop the Royals' march?

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 9804
  • Solution to puzzle 9803

    • Dindigul

  • Three link ART centres to come up
  • “Result of by-poll on expected lines”
  • “Special thrust to floriculture”

    • Editorials

  • Right decision
  • Lawless state

    • Eluru

  • Comprehensive plan for fisheries development, says Collector

    • Erode

  • Over one lakh attend ‘Kundam festival' at Bannari Amman temple
  • Identification of beneficiaries under Kalaignar Housing Scheme begins
  • Accent on effective control of HIV/AIDS

    • Football

  • Arsenal takes on Barca
  • Brace by Mahender
  • Mohun Bagan coach quits
  • Golden Threads holds BEML
  • Samuel stars for Govt. Press
  • DBAY-Arrows play out a goalless draw

    • Front Page

  • An experiment at conditions nearing those after the Big Bang
  • Curfew in more areas as clashes spread in Hyderabad
  • 20.02 lakh tonnes of sugar for April
  • Death for five in Haryana honour killing case
  • Beant Singh case: life term for Bheora
  • Deora: ready to talk to Iran, Pakistan on pipeline project
  • India rejects bid to include caste in U.N. norms for racial bias
  • U.S. can suspend reprocessing if ‘national security' is threatened
  • 123 agreement reflects “deepening relationship”
  • DMK wins Pennagaram by-election
  • Land acquisition for restoring canals begins
  • India needs more “role models”
  • Japanese architects win Pritzker Prize
  • Sania: I will support my country and would-be
  • Victorian legend returns to Taj
  • Disposal of bodies: action against police
  • Pirates holding dhows with Indians
  • Heritage regained
  • India to help 17 on death row
  • Coimbatore needs to improve IT ecosystem
  • Land to Satyam: CAG raps State
  • Rs. 5 crore for Nagercoil railway station
  • SIT to probe Marad massacre
  • Ernakulam-Tiruchi train extended up to Nagore
  • Justice Srikrishna postpones committee's visit to city

    • Golf

  • Richard Karlberg in the van

    • Gulbarga

  • MLA seeks ouster of police officials

    • Guntur

  • Three students top ICWA course
  • Amara students excel
  • Two killed in road accident
  • Intermediate student found murdered
  • Senior citizens demand separate ministry

    • Haryana

  • British High Commissioner keen on education in Haryana
  • ‘Honour killing' verdict hailed

    • Hassan

  • ‘MGREGA not reaching the poor'
  • Hassan credit plan of Rs. 1,710 cr. released

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • CBI probe sought into Himachal suicide case

    • Hockey

  • Ramesh stars with a brace

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Tech fest to be held in May
  • Company theatre still alive, says Enagi Balappa
  • 62 couples get married
  • Theft at temple
  • Dalit organisations stage protest
  • ‘Ensure survey is carried out in a fair manner'

    • Hyderabad

  • SKU V-C to face action: Minister
  • Suicide bid foiled
  • Life thrown out of gear in curfew areas
  • Garbage collection affected as violence continues
  • Sanitation staff warn of agitation
  • District commuters in for a surprise
  • Shadow cast on marriages in old city
  • All fingers point to police inefficiency
  • City panics as rally turns violent
  • Annual Credit Plan launched for RR district
  • Policeman comes to the rescue of school children
  • Curfew hits medical services in old city
  • BJP blames MIM for fomenting trouble
  • GHMC notifies Council poll schedule
  • Osmania University comes in for criticism by CAG
  • SCB begins work at crash site
  • Bedlam in House over old city riots
  • Badshahi Ashoorkhana roof caves in due to rain
  • I have known Shoaib for past seven years: Sania
  • NJR's brother seeks protection
  • ‘Delhi visit only after peace returns'
  • Jagan appeals for peace
  • SSC exams postponed in city
  • VAT Bill passed amid TDP walk-out
  • Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • Setback to French move to ban veil
  • U.S. militia charged with conspiracy
  • Blasts may have Pakistan link: Moscow
  • U.N. delays Bhutto assassination report
  • A new economic model in Malaysia
  • Berlusconi turns the tables on rivals

    • Kadapa

  • Grandeur marks Sitarama kalyanam
  • Rs. 1.43 cr. for tackling drinking water scarcity
  • “Siluva Yagam”

    • Kalpetta

  • Mobile phone shop burgled
  • Debt relief panel sitting

    • Kancheepuram

  • Red Ribbon Express arrives at Chengalpattu
  • Call to revive “break-in-driving” system

    • Kannur

  • CPI(M) bid to grab land alleged

    • Karimnagar

  • High alert sounded
  • Congress, TDP legislators betrayed Telangana people: Etala

    • Karnataka

  • Mason found dead in Goa
  • Gaiety marks Shikaripur jatra
  • Congress leader threatens to stage dharna in Karwar
  • Arrested on the charge of abetting gambling
  • Schoolgirl dies in freak accident
  • Regional Plan 2021: people urged to exercise caution
  • Chitradurga ranks third in State in prevalence of TB
  • ‘Raise AIDS awareness '
  • High Court rejects Swami Nithyananda's plea
  • Two babies charred to death
  • Seminar on Big Bang and particle physics
  • Agriculture gets priority in Davangere credit plan
  • Helpline for SSLC students, parents
  • ‘Restore glory of traditional medicine'
  • Environmentalists launch awareness campaign
  • Call to preserve folklore
  • In good faith
  • Ballal laments shortage of doctors
  • 51 students debarred
  • Punctuality not a creed in Secretariat
  • Government to decide on milk price hike soon
  • Frenzied mob attacks police in Tarfail slum

    • Kerala

  • Self-help books finding many takers
  • Risky ride
  • Against eco-tourism project
  • Set for a cool shower
  • Entrance Exams for MBA
  • SmartCity: Sarma defends stance
  • Plea against court vacations dismissed
  • Privileges panel hears SCIC and SIC
  • Treasure house

    • Khammam

  • Hike beedi-leaf collection charges: New Democracy

    • Kochi

  • Panel to decide on tree cutting
  • Directive to conduct inquiry
  • Workshop on fisheries eco-labelling
  • Film on Kayyur struggle launched
  • Interactive voice system for provident fund queries
  • Seminar
  • Nod for projects worth Rs. 158.68 crore in city
  • Corporation budget passed amidst protest
  • Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Selected for awards
  • Hindu Aikya Vedi State meet
  • LDF plans agitation
  • State's IT sector best in country: MP

    • Kottayam

  • Tourism project needs Central nod

    • Kozhikode

  • Glimpse of celestial beings from the beach
  • Meet to discuss land acquisition for airport
  • Petition for prosecution of police officers
  • Caution advised against rat fever
  • Calicut University likely to get ‘B' grade in assessment
  • Suspended MPs to be felicitated
  • Return of stranded Malayalis delayed
  • CPI(M) stir a gimmick: KPCC
  • SmartCity delay has exposed incompetence: Kunhalikutty

    • Kurnool

  • Red Ribbon Express

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Your riot was worse than mine

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Well done!
  • Hyderabad violence
  • Interesting
  • Moscow blasts
  • Live-in relationship

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Varsity V-C resigns

    • Madikeri

  • Kodagu PU colleges employees' association comes into being
  • Kodagu farmers urged to take to dairy farming
  • Aided schools employees' association oppose new rule

    • Madurai

  • “TNEB must shed Chennai-centric approach”
  • Rush result
  • Results published
  • “Every Bar deserves the good or bad judges it has”
  • 9 mobile towers commissioned
  • New surgical technique
  • Standing ovation to a honest, humane and hilarious judge
  • A peek into the Indian way of life
  • Police ‘no' to obscene songs at temple festivals
  • Madurai lorry owners to take part in strike
  • Re-registration: last date today
  • Elected to Syndicate
  • A system should be in place, says Bench
  • Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Bar Association seeks CBI probe into lawyer's disappearance
  • Extend PDS to all: CPI(M)
  • Credit plan gives rubber bounce
  • AIR: Dalit employees complain of harassment

    • Mysore

  • Examinations by KSOU
  • A project to meet the present and future needs of society
  • Varsity announces ‘earn while you learn' scheme
  • ‘Mangala Kempamma' gives back
  • Elephant succumbs to injuries

    • Nagercoil

  • Delegates discuss operational lapses of Disaster Management Act

    • Nalgonda

  • Model farmer does it again
  • Strong gales damage mango crop

    • National

  • Quota shadow over State Minorities Commissions meet
  • Remission powers can’t be exercised arbitrarily: court
  • BJP says Sonia will now directly control the government
  • 3G auction: all 9 firms cleared for financial bidding
  • “Amitabh belongs to entire world”
  • Every citizen must oppose communal riots: Modi
  • Fire department comes under fire
  • Advocate can file fresh plea against Quattrocchi
  • IIM-A hikes fees by 9.6 per cent
  • Assessment of MMRCA trials will be fair, says IAF Chief
  • IIM-B PG course fee to be Rs. 13 lakh
  • Census 2011 to begin on April 1
  • Nityananda resigns as head of ashram
  • Govt. clears hospitality area
  • 50 p.c. quota for women in West Bengal panchayats
  • Uneasy calm
  • Over 25 lakh take holy dip at Mahakumbh
  • Confusion prevails over Kishanji
  • Trinamool MP firm on quitting party
  • DoT delays MNP service yet again
  • Robosaurus
  • HRD Ministry overrules UGC on NET exemption
  • ‘Abolish death penalty'
  • CJI, Moily, Vahanvati cancel U.S. trip
  • Shahi snan
  • BJP seeks judicial probe into clashes

    • Nellore

  • Malpractice in presence of invigilators?
  • VSU releases MHM results

    • New Delhi

  • Coming closure to nature with a living art
  • A special honour for two great Indo-Hungarian artists
  • Need to empower youth, says Pranab
  • 1996 Delhi blast verdict on April 8
  • AMU don challenges his suspension
  • Delhi Industrial Bill passed amid protest
  • ‘Sale of reasonably priced goods has helped people'
  • Court order may lead to debate on EC power
  • Making their voice heard
  • Two siblings killed in jhuggi fire
  • DU to hold joint entrance test for business courses
  • Three Jamia students expelled on sexual harassment charge
  • A caretaker JNUSU likely to be formed
  • Seven held for cow slaughter
  • Delhi among the most safe cities: Sheila
  • Murder case sent back for retrial
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Corrections and Clarifications

    • Nizamabad

  • IRCS awards

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Annual credit plan with an outlay of 2,503-cr. released

    • Op-Ed

  • A damaging report
  • Has the recession arrested crime?
  • Fatima Meer: academic and activist

    • Orissa

  • Multi-purpose camp held for physically-challenged persons
  • State draws flak on mining scam
  • ‘Koraput Gandhi' cremated
  • ‘Stolen' macaws found in circus at Gurgaon?
  • Four tribals hurt in lathicharge
  • RTI activist finds no fulltime PIO in Chief Minister's Office
  • Dancer showcases her talent

    • Palakkad

  • Murder case accused dies in custody
  • Crime Branch to probe custody death

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Welfare schemes for dairy sector
  • Vedi leader condemns draw of lots
  • 1,495 Chengara families get land

    • Puducherry

  • Assembly authorises Rs.429-crore additional expenditure
  • Sanitary workers to be trained in catching stray dogs
  • Refresher training for lab technicians
  • Award for Tamil professor
  • Rs. 43 crore for road works
  • Tropical neurology conference held
  • Pack expired drugs in sealed boxes, pharmacists told

    • Raichur

  • Health centres to be regularly monitored

    • Rajahmundry

  • Vice-Chancellor stresses need for Telugu literary revolution
  • Two held, fake notes seized

    • Rajasthan

  • Action against police over ‘sale of bodies'

    • Religion

  • Power of penance

    • Salem

  • SHGs should help take government programmes to the needy: Minister

    • Shimoga

  • Rs. 1,930.06-cr. credit plan for Shimoga
  • NSUI protests against donation menace
  • Film festival in Shimoga from today

    • Shooting

  • Manavjit in lead

    • Sivaganga

  • Collector inspects pharmacies

    • Sport

  • Selection headaches for RCB
  • Mumbai Indians' march continues
  • Franchises have the option, but player has the right
  • Warner stars for Delhi Daredevils
  • IPL final to be screened at Lord's

    • Sports : General

  • Chhattisgarh allotted 37th National Games
  • Kerala finishes runner-up
  • Sania to wed Shoaib Malik
  • Rajeev scalps five
  • Supreeth, Ashita win
  • BTC's gesture
  • Media, sports groups sign code of practice
  • ‘Apply age bar to OC'
  • NSFs declared public authority
  • Thanthai Ganamuthu wins two games

    • Tamil Nadu

  • MCI inspects upcoming government medical college, hospital
  • Demands attention
  • Celebrating victory
  • Local body chiefs sacked
  • Meticulous task
  • Annual Credit Plan released
  • ECGC settles eight policy claims
  • Uplifting the downtrodden
  • Helping theneedy
  • Respecting elders
  • Empowering rural women
  • A model village
  • Tirupur to get cold storage facility to stock onion; farmers can avoid distress sales
  • Medical camp held for differently abled
  • BSNL exhibition concludes
  • Rs. 58.12 lakh granted for school infrastructure
  • Workshop conducted for panchayat presidents
  • SHG is vehicle of self-respect for women, says Minister
  • Rs. 2.5 lakh donated for building 10-bed male ward
  • Assistance for 47 children with HIV
  • Free distribution of birth certificates
  • Fire destroys vehicles at car service station
  • “Education must reflect in abolition of injustice”
  • Erratic supply
  • Correction
  • A victory for the people: Karunanidhi
  • Owner killed, six injured in blast at cracker unit
  • Bombs seized
  • AICTE scrutiny panel to meet from April 5
  • Tatkal system on pilot basis for issuing ‘Proof of Address' cards
  • U.S. consulate answers visa-related questions
  • New G.O. was issued for appointing retired staff
  • Authorities told to accept B.Ed degree of three teachers
  • Nalini to challenge government order

    • Tennis

  • Tejas in quarterfinals
  • Yuki cruises past Christopher
  • Tejaswani advances

    • Thanjavur

  • Rs. 1466-crore credit plan for Thanjavur district

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Blood donation camp to mark World Health Day
  • Applications invited
  • State to set up disaster management force
  • Meet on April 24 to discuss land acquisition for Railways
  • SmartCity: Opposition stages walkout
  • 27 new forest stations soon, says Minister
  • House concerned over climate variations
  • Cooperative Societies Bill passed
  • Rape of minor: one held
  • Police cane Yuva Morcha activists
  • Council adopts budget amid UDF walkout
  • Action plan to combat vector-borne diseases
  • Better learning spaces for differently abled
  • State weighing legal options, says VS

    • This Day That Age

  • dated March 31, 1960: Nuclear Tests
  • dated March 31, 1960: Nasser looks ahead
  • dated March 31, 1960: Sangeet Natak Akademi

    • Thrissur

  • Fund for recharging of groundwater
  • Swaraj Round footpath to be ready soon
  • Lalur: samithy to continue stir

    • Tiruchi

  • NCC instructor felicitated
  • Ganja packet recovered near Central Prison
  • Plea to stop night trains at Manjathidal
  • Adolescent problems explained in simple terms
  • An interesting ‘journey'
  • Collector distributes assistance

    • Tirumala

  • 1 kg gold donated

    • Tirunelveli

  • Tirunelveli–Hapa Express flagged off
  • Move to introduce core banking in all branches
  • Life term for youth

    • Tirupati

  • New recovery room opened at SVIMS

    • Tuticorin

  • District Rehabilitation Centres to be formed
  • Collector distributes welfare assistance

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Bus fare increase condemned
  • Committee on buffer zone to meet on April 8

    • Udupi

  • Campus Front stages protest
  • Students urged to collect stamps
  • ‘Women are good decision-makers'
  • Konkani will be promoted: Acharya

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • U.P. cracks the whip over rural job scheme

    • Uttaranchal

  • Congress leader threatens fast over Uttarakhand industrial package

    • Vellore

  • Need for entrepreneurship stressed
  • Financial assistance for women SHGs
  • 2 killed as lorry hits motorcycle

    • Vijayawada

  • Reliance Trends comes to city
  • Row over prasadam preparation
  • ‘Undisciplined affairs lead to failure of big companies'
  • Judicial inquiry into communal riots demanded
  • Milk prices hiked
  • CAG picks holes in Masula port works contract

    • Visakhapatnam

  • GITAM varsity to promote research
  • ECoR to run new train from today
  • Hero Honda holds ‘Swyam Upadhi Mela'
  • HSL floats second Diamond series bulk carrier
  • Mr and Miss Amity titles given to students
  • Two girls go missing from ashram school
  • FAPI seeks subsidy for captive power plants
  • Simhadri thermal plant initiative to restrict carbon emissions
  • Varun, Shraddha wow audience
  • You can pay property tax till the eleventh hour
  • Miscreants kill security guard at Ukkunagaram
  • Energy Park at Kailasagiri to have touch-screen console
  • Credit plan for Vizag put at Rs. 4,966 cr.
  • Community health workers lay siege to DMHO office
  • DCI non-executive staff to strike work on April 7
  • Petition filed seeking lift in courts complex
  • Mild tremors in Visakhapatnam

    • Warangal

  • KU Academic Senate approves budget for 2010-11

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Weightlifting

  • Four lifters test positive

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