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Alappuzha

  • Cricket revelry leads to murder in Alappuzha
  • Alappuzha debacle another lesson for Congress

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Joining the celebrations
  • Kiran government in for trouble: Dattatreya
  • Roll back petrol price: BJP
  • Girijans say ‘no' to china clay mining
  • Naidu asks ryots to topple government
  • The making of athletes
  • A portrait of the poet as a filmmaker
  • ‘Burden on middle and low income groups'
  • In agitation mode
  • KCR warns of Telangana agitation peaking again
  • No-confidence motion ruled out
  • HR activist Burra Ramulu passes away
  • All set for Jagan's ‘Rythu Deeksha' at Guntur
  • No decision yet on SI written exam: DGP
  • 50 new municipalities soon
  • Government failed to win people's trust: Botcha
  • State lifts ban on staff transfers
  • Rs. 618 crore as input subsidy
  • Petrol price hike: bonanza for State
  • Fire at Mahboob Mansion
  • Girl dies after falling into tank
  • Listen to public grievances patiently: DGP
  • 4 held, 301 mobile phones recovered
  • Vivekananda meets Kiran

    • Athletics

  • Thara on a record run
  • Gowda qualifies for Olympics

    • Bangalore

  • Petrol costlier by Rs. 5.47 in State
  • R.V. Deshpande's biography released
  • Explore new forms, young writers told
  • ‘Use education to take charge of your life'
  • There were many questions, many answers
  • Testing their aptitude
  • Off the beaten track too
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion Rates

    • Basketball

  • Pushpagiri, Amrita in final

    • Bellary

  • ‘All 16 MLAs with Yeddyurappa'
  • Parents' association formed
  • Action sought against three former officials

    • Bidar

  • ‘Perseverance is key to success'

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Prabhu posts win

    • Business

  • China halts diesel exports to prevent domestic shortage
  • Firefox Bikes enters Bhutan market
  • RCom draws second tranche from China bank
  • INKEL City coming up in Angamaly
  • Heavy arrival in wholesale market
  • Cashew arrivals pick up
  • Industries for higher rubber production
  • Kirloskar Brothers to sell arm for Rs.47 cr
  • Canara Bank, Indian Bank revise deposit rates
  • PlayNetwork partners Office 2000
  • HDFC raises lending rates
  • TMB net up 36 %

    • Chennai

  • A day of brisk sale for vendors
  • Rise in Ambattur Municipality revenue
  • AIADMK sweep in Chennai
  • Chennai Shopping Festival on
  • When history unfolded
  • Study shows 96% reduction in HIV transmission with early oral ART
  • Vijayakant to be the Leader of Opposition
  • Youth Congress candidates, handpicked by Rahul, lose
  • WLL phones serve as stop-gap solution in Chennai suburbs
  • Stalin declared winner amidst uncertainty at counting centre
  • 17 ministers lose at the hustings
  • Homemade squashes a smash hit this summer
  • Lodging facility for Buddhist pilgrims
  • Thangkabalu to quit as TNCC president
  • Training in preparing masala powders
  • Electrician murdered
  • Identical number plates leave owners bewildered
  • Surgeries help remove tumour in 18 month-old child
  • Stalin declared winner amid uncertainty at counting centre
  • Russia beckons medical students
  • Attack on house of S.Ve. Shekher
  • New petrol prices
  • Almost all Youth Congress candidates handpicked by Rahul lose
  • 17 Tamil Nadu ministers voted out
  • Jayalalithaa asks police to withdraw additional security
  • In Chennai Today

    • Coimbatore

  • Free TANCET coaching
  • Passport office closed on May 17
  • AIADMK to make its presence felt in Coimbatore Corporation Council
  • “Climate change a major challenge in rainfed areas”
  • Industries seek focus on issues
  • Shooters' camp
  • Road dividers should not distract
  • Ritual
  • Western belt still AIADMK bastion
  • Tea stall turns bar: 1 held
  • Build knowledge base of agriculture, says V-C
  • Candle light ceremony marks road safety campaign
  • Storage solution
  • Namesakes worry candidates
  • In Coimbatore today

    • Cricket

  • Tendulkar, Indian team to be feted
  • Pakistan fights back
  • Tuskers seeks to settle scores
  • Upbeat Kings XI starts as favourite against Delhi Daredevils
  • Kings XI Punjab remains in contention
  • Role of influential seniors crucial
  • Ajmal rocks Windies
  • Naresh stars with unbeaten century
  • Rising Star records win
  • Unbeaten century by Samson
  • Dravid keeping fingers crossed
  • Royals apologises to RCA secretary
  • Krishna, Abhijeeth shine
  • I'm happy with the way I batted: Dinesh Karthik
  • Charged up Deccan stuns Mumbai Indians

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 2634
  • Solution No. 2633

    • Cuddalore

  • VCK looking forward to civic polls
  • Woman, six children in Old Town area suffer electric shock

    • Dharmapuri

  • Pappireddipatti: AIADMK candidate elected for second time

    • Eluru

  • Historical tank to be beautified
  • Upputeru caught in clash of interests

    • Erode

  • DMK's plan in Erode fails; two KNMK men lose polls to AIADMK
  • Notebooks to be costlier

    • Football

  • Anupam Sarkar to lead Bengal
  • Sporting Clube qualifies
  • Emphatic win for Delhi
  • It's record number 19 for Man United
  • Travancore Titanium posts win

    • Front Page

  • A decisive vote for us: Jayalalithaa
  • Petrol price hiked by Rs. 5 a litre
  • Thangkabalu to resign as TNCC chief
  • Floor test sacrosanct: Bhardwaj
  • Order on Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar bail pleas reserved for May 20
  • Congress yet to take a decision
  • ‘Left will strive for early recovery'
  • Adarsh file missing from Union Ministry
  • Massive swing in AIADMK way sealed DMK fate
  • ‘Unconditional support for Trinamool-led government'
  • Release 5 million tonnes of foodgrains: Supreme Court
  • Gayle settles the issue once again
  • Monsoon likely to set in over Kerala on May 31
  • Arrogance, corruption led to isolation in West Bengal, says Bardhan
  • “Full confidence” in military, ISI
  • BSF jawan killed in Jammu
  • Six killed in Pakistan blast
  • Assembly Poll Outcome 2011
  • Rajinikanth admitted to hospital for tests
  • Congress to look into shortcomings: Chennithala
  • Bride murdered, husband missing
  • Forum orders TNSTC to pay compensation
  • Operations off to a start at Tidel Park
  • Chennai River Restoration Trust to seek nod for Adyar Poonga second phase
  • Mothers kill daughters all for honour
  • Jagan dares Naidu to move no-confidence
  • Bandh in Agency against china clay mining
  • Gali donates precious jewels to Srikalahasti temple
  • CPI(M) alleges attacks by Trinamool workers
  • Eight schools in Dakshina Kannada record zero pass percentage in SSLC
  • Keep out tainted ones from Cabinet, says VS

    • Gulbarga

  • Clearing of Hindi Prachar Sabha premises continues
  • Find your calling

    • Guntur

  • Career awareness programme
  • Rayapati: drop move on land

    • Hockey

  • Pakistan to meet Australia
  • IOB takes on MSP

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Date set for Setty-Horatti debate
  • Co-op. banks' plea against direct tax

    • Hyderabad

  • M.Com. course in Urdu medium
  • City in contention of becoming a superbike hub
  • EAMCET aspirants must fill OMR sheets carefully
  • No more ‘U' turns on flyovers
  • Did Akbaruddin shoot his assailant?
  • Petrol price hike fuels protests
  • ‘Need to create awareness on environment'
  • City records 42.1 degree Celsius
  • Opposition parties criticise fuel price hike, CPI (M) threatens to agitate
  • Haj quota for State fixed at 6,137
  • Dancing duo
  • Azad for Hyderabad tomorrow
  • RTC launches four products
  • Funds to be released for tribal sub-plan immediately
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • “Full confidence” in military, ISI
  • U.S. modulates West Asia involvement
  • Emergency cover for n-reactor
  • Pornography in Osama files, say reports
  • Top Singapore leaders step down
  • Mubarak's wife hospitalised after arrest order

    • Kadapa

  • Kadapa SP presents cash awards to four hundred policemen
  • Congress, TDP image eroded in Kadapa
  • Kadapa DCC chief quits

    • Kancheepuram

  • TASMAC team waylaid

    • Kannur

  • LDF suffers a minor setback in Kannur

    • Karimnagar

  • Harish Rao flays Congress
  • TDP flays Minister for failing to procure paddy
  • Diversion of water to Hyderabad opposed
  • TRS rasta roko: activists block roads
  • SU refutes allegations about marks memos

    • Karnataka

  • Police directed to provide security to Nilesh Gaunkar
  • Modern-day fortification
  • Enthusiastic response to event
  • Sirsi education district bags fourth place in SSLC exam
  • GP members to seek more funds, powers
  • Test your aptitude with The Hindu
  • What career are you best suited for?
  • Spoilt for choice
  • ‘Regularise bagair hukum land in State'
  • Conference on heritage cities begins
  • The Hindu EducationPlus career guidance programme today
  • Pistol packer ends up shooting blanks
  • Ha! Ha! So this is a horror film
  • Frigid fare has nothing to offer
  • This film is rewarding food for thought
  • Frenetic journey right from the word go
  • Award presented to KSRTC
  • Skill development training
  • Yeddyurappa, Bopaiah must resign, demands Congress
  • ‘Officials created false sketches to favour OMC'
  • Shankaralinge Gowda: it is a victory for truth
  • BJP Government should go, says Janata Dal (S)
  • Mysore district's potential for industrial growth stressed
  • Meet resolves to protect biodiversity
  • Drinking water project approved

    • Kerala

  • Rural pastime
  • Religious rite
  • Winning smile
  • Topsy-turvy
  • AITUC protest
  • CPI(M) activist shot dead at Adur
  • Man killed in accident
  • Protest by AITUC
  • Crash-landing
  • Winning combination in Kozhikode
  • Cardamom prices: Spices Board expresses concern
  • Hectic parleys between UDF partners in Kochi
  • Ayyappa temple opens for monthly ritual
  • KC(M) legislature party leaders elected
  • A typical turnaround story

    • Khammam

  • CPI(ML-New Democracy) demands rollback of petro price hike
  • JP to tour Khammam tomorrow
  • Delay in energisation of wells hitting agricultural activities

    • Kochi

  • Young brigade defends Rahul's decision
  • Infrastructure to be given priority: elected members
  • CAP to fill general, reservation quota seats
  • UDF garners more than half of total polled votes in Ernakulam
  • KCBC laity panel to visit Moolampilly evictees
  • Ramachandran blames leaders
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kolkata

  • Writers Building being spruced up
  • ‘Left Front will strive for early recovery'

    • Kollam

  • Kollam DCC blamed for UDF debacle
  • Engineering college of Kollam diocese opened
  • Mid-term elections soon: Vellappally

    • Kottayam

  • A pictorial ode to Nature

    • Kozhikode

  • School to be launched
  • BJP vote share declines in district
  • ‘ANGELS' in Malappuram soon
  • Summer camp for students
  • Seats vacant for programme

    • Kurnool

  • Officials told to speed up Pulikanuma reservoir works

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • 22 IAS officers transferred in Madhya Pradesh

    • Madurai

  • Christian Front hails victory
  • End of things big and brash?
  • Programme for entrepreneurship development
  • B.Ed. selection list
  • “Celebrate Tirumalai Nayak birth anniversary”
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • Mumbai faces water cut for four days

    • Malappuram

  • Ernad result a blot on LDF

    • Mangalore

  • ‘Nothing wrong in multiplexes charging more'
  • Owner of submerged barge fears oil spill
  • ‘Be on a quest for original thinking'

    • Mysore

  • Blood camp in Mysore
  • Science exhibition
  • Adivasis air their demands at meet
  • Government raises compensation for wild animal attacks
  • Applications invited

    • Nagapattinam

  • Postal ballots tell a different story

    • Nagercoil

  • Some solace from Kanyakumari

    • Nalgonda

  • Record water level in Sagar reservoir
  • TRS activists stage ‘rasta roko'
  • Procurement centres to get 26 lakh gunny bags

    • National

  • ‘Results prove success of alliance'
  • Pranab, Digvijay to guide Assam legislators in government formation
  • I have majority, no need for trust vote, says Yeddyurappa
  • Planning Commission asked to revise BPL norms
  • Harshita is no more, yet she lives on
  • Better to throw shoes rather than bombs, says Iraqi journalist
  • India, Pakistan seek early solution to Wullar issue
  • NBA has not acted with a sense of responsibility: Supreme Court
  • NBA to seek review of verdict
  • ISRO to set up several new critical facilities
  • MIC had delayed, recurrent cyanide toxicity, reveals ICMR report on Bhopal gas tragedy
  • Nodal officer to coordinate tribal, child welfare activities in Melghat
  • Indian cultural extravaganza in Iran
  • Identical symbols cost candidates dearly
  • Launch of GSAT-8 set for May 20
  • Nagam takes Telangana battle deeper into TDP
  • Mohan Babu hails Jagan's victory
  • TULF congratulates Jayalalithaa
  • EC withdraws model code of conduct
  • CPI asks government to roll back hike in petrol price

    • Nellore

  • Fish tanks fetch good profits
  • Corruption issue impacted poll outcome: Joshi

    • New Delhi

  • Himachal Cabinet expansion likely soon, says Dhumal
  • Silver Jubilee
  • BJP gains and Congress suffers losses in by-polls
  • 6 killed as train hits marriage party bus
  • Nina Pillai awarded 20-lakh ‘token compensation'
  • A gutsy and honest stand against ‘honour killings'
  • RSS engineered bomb blasts to defame Muslims: Digvijay
  • Nina Pillai awarded 20-lakh compensation
  • Fake encounters: court recommends death sentence

    • Nizamabad

  • CPI(M) condemns increase in petrol prices

    • Ongole

  • Tributes to Annamayya
  • Many visit Ramaduta Swamiji ashram
  • Rousing reception to Jagan

    • Orissa

  • Banichitra annual awards for cinema presented
  • Orissa weightlifters for national camp
  • ‘Vivek Express' reaches Berhampur
  • Collectors asked to detect “corrupt” officials
  • Bandh hits normal life in south Orissa
  • CESI asked to resolve power disconnection row with ECoR
  • Property prices continue to rise
  • Exchange of fire between security forces and Maoists
  • Award for lyricist

    • Other States

  • Season's flavour
  • Focus on rights
  • ‘Pakistan may sneak in more militants to India'
  • Three pilgrims crushed to death
  • Envoys of 12 nations for enhanced ties
  • Badal Ministry expansion today
  • Thousands appear for AMU test
  • Apple growers accuse Govt. of apathy, demand intervention
  • Change of guard at Jamat

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Sharp decline in BJP's vote share
  • Free cardiac-care camp organised

    • Puducherry

  • Details to be announced shortly: Rangasamy
  • Pat for security forces
  • Power shutdown
  • Interesting facets of elections
  • BJP extends wishes to AINRC

    • Racing : Horse

  • Flashing Star may make amends
  • Sky's The Limit wins feature
  • Carla takes honours
  • It's Couleur Rouge vs. D'Artagnan

    • Racing : Motor

  • Gill third as McRae stages comeback

    • Raichur

  • Man dies of dengue in Yergunta

    • Rajahmundry

  • Lack of ARV: sparks fly at hospital meet

    • Rajasthan

  • Aseemanand's judicial custody extended
  • Bid to strengthen police surveillance in Jaipur
  • BSF team visits helicopter crash site in Sirohi
  • MoU signed for rail project
  • ‘Public servants' should be ‘servants of the people': Justice Singhvi

    • Salem

  • Programmes

    • Shimoga

  • Contribution of service sector lauded
  • NSUI protests against fee hike
  • What career you are best suited for?

    • Sivaganga

  • DMK gets Tirupattur by a margin of 1,584 votes

    • Sport

  • Gayle settles the issue once again
  • I played my part: Gayle

    • Sports : General

  • Eight players share lead
  • Five players share lead
  • MRF National Supercross Championship today

    • Squash

  • Mahesh in final

    • Srikakulam

  • Medical officers face ire of villagers
  • Jagan may return to Congress: Dharmana

    • Tamil Nadu

  • When is my turn?
  • Dogs' day out
  • Learning for perfection
  • Ponjesly College of Engineering
  • Sardar Raja College of Engineering
  • Going with the flow
  • Debutants emerge successful, promise to address key issues
  • House burgled
  • Engineer dies in accident
  • Delicate perch
  • Life in wood
  • The winners
  • DMK's calculations go wrong
  • Plus-Two toppers from government schools honoured
  • What's on in the Nilgiris today…
  • DMK retains Tiruvannamalai
  • Congress cadres held
  • Karur likely to have a minister in the Cabinet after a very long time
  • Man commits suicide
  • School dropout set to enter medical college
  • Wrong selection of constituency causes DMK combine's debacle
  • Three-day summer science camp
  • AIADMK regains lost glory in two southern districts
  • Kattabomman remembered
  • Offside
  • Demolition squad
  • 3 injured in fire accident
  • DMK gets lion's share of postal votes in Virudhunagar district
  • Wave of support for local candidates in Assembly polls
  • Tale of two heavyweights
  • Rangasamy to stake claim to form government
  • Daily wage labourer commits suicide
  • Congress fails in Thanjavur, Tiruvarur
  • Arrival of tourists to Rameswaram doubles
  • Secretariat to move back to Fort
  • Gun misfires, constable dies
  • Stress on lifestyle changes to reduce cardiac problems
  • Farmers hopeful of opening of Mettur dam on June 12
  • Police told to withdraw additional security
  • End of 7-year lean phase for AIADMK
  • Sarathkumar: film industry relieved by regime change
  • Tirupur-North records highest margin of votes

    • Tennis

  • Uthra makes the grade
  • India finishes sixth
  • Rafael Nadal in Rome final
  • Shlomo wins
  • Ramkumar loses

    • Thanjavur

  • Lecture on enzymes at Periyar University

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Annual cultural fete of forum
  • Education UK Exhibition
  • Sai temple at Thonnakkal
  • Teachers to get DVD pack for ICT-enabled teaching
  • Ban on plastic bags at five tourist destinations
  • Trains regulated, cancelled
  • An act of betrayal, says CPI
  • Security guard's murder: police to depend on digital evidence
  • BJP to observe protest day
  • Concern over plight of migratory birds
  • One more disruption in water supply likely
  • Vigilance for winding up graft probe
  • More experience than youth
  • Rebate
  • Chavara, Aruvikkara shocks land RSP in crisis
  • VS: I have an unfinished agenda
  • VS submits resignation to Gavai
  • Poll figures show a close race

    • Thrissur

  • Lalur protest forum to resume agitation
  • Elephants run amok

    • Tiruchi

  • Sanskrit classes end
  • Special poojas at Sankara Mutt
  • ‘Achieve goals with hard work and determination'
  • Tamil book lovers find treasure trove
  • Mood of dejection among DMK men in Tiruchi
  • Air passenger arrested
  • Congress suffers a rude jolt in central districts
  • Panic buying at petrol outlets
  • Consumer forum seeks Tiruchi-Bangalore train
  • Students enrolment rally
  • AIADMK cadre savour moment
  • Postal voters extend support to DMK
  • Impressive win for AIADMK in central region
  • High expectation in Srirangam constituency after Jayalalithaa victory
  • Sand mining comes to a halt in Cauvery, Coleroon
  • Former minister fails to continue winning streak
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirumala

  • 10 pilgrims injured in road accident
  • TTD tackles accommodation woes of pilgrims

    • Tirunelveli

  • Defeat leaves DMK cadre shaken
  • Taking victory to next generation

    • Tirupati

  • Two from Tirupati bag ranks in Civils
  • Gali offers precious jewels to Srikalahasti temple

    • Tumkur

  • New government degree college in Tumkur

    • Tuticorin

  • Brine shrimp, a good fish feed

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Students at war against plastics in Udhagamandalam
  • Tourists flock to Kotagiri for vegetable show

    • Udupi

  • ‘Judicious blend of aspiration, aptitude helps in making a right career choice'
  • All praise for career guidance session

    • Vellore

  • “Silent anti-incumbency wave helped AIADMK”
  • GIT signs MoU with U.S. university

    • Vijayawada

  • Magic-science workshop to dispel myths
  • DSA honours talented athletes
  • Purandeswari's pat for IAS ranker
  • ‘Centre indifferent to plight of ryots'
  • Programme to attract young people to technology
  • Invited to MDRT conference
  • Occupancy ratio in RTC buses goes up
  • YSR Congress decries Naidu's remarks

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Savour the flavours of the Orient
  • RINL finalises annual plan
  • ‘Choice-2011' today
  • Pollution affecting routine of migratory birds
  • Summer camps end
  • Students selected for NASA contest
  • Bikers putting walkers at risk on beach road
  • Panic buying of petrol in city
  • HRF condoles death
  • Mystery shrouds housewife's death
  • CPI (M) for legislation on right to fish
  • GMRIT inks pact

    • Volleyball

  • IVL ticket sales
  • District-level volleyball

    • Warangal

  • STs urge Centre to increase fellowships

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • Winners all
  • Badal Sircar passes away

    • Young World

  • Bronze for Jitender, Santosh

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