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    Andhra Pradesh

  • Suryanarayana's body brought home
  • Industry-labour harmony needed:YSR
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Maoists' bodies brought to hospital mortuary
  • Beedi leaf collection fetches high returns to tribal families
  • 4-member naxal team uses tiffin box bomb to blast boat
  • `Central aid sought for river bunds'
  • Red Ribbon takes over Phirangipuram district
  • IG denies charges, clarifies naxal encounter
  • Nizamabad district tops in fixing capacitors
  • STU suggests changes in Right to Education Bill
  • Left parties in tie-up talks
  • 20 killed in road accidents
  • `Inhalation therapy best for asthma'
  • Dissident MLA warns TRS president of crossover to Congress party
  • Chief Minister to visit Vallur mandal on May 8
  • CPI Kakinada city office inaugurated
  • `Chaitanya yatra teams cover 1,540 revenue villages'
  • Ponnala expects clearance for Polavaram in two months
  • CITU demands elections in MRF

    • Bangalore

  • Delay in appointment of Minister may affect `Survarna Karnataka'
  • Exercise caution while reporting sensitive issues, media told
  • School students raise their voice against child labour
  • State Government urged to implement welfare schemes
  • Reservation in private sector unlikely, says Deve Gowda
  • Check the footwear for comfort before making your decision
  • IT boom has hit middle class hard, says Kumaraswamy
  • A large number of people in Bangalore suffer from asthma
  • Implement labour welfare schemes: TUCC
  • Construction Workers' Welfare Board to be formed
  • Robbers in the city targeting ATM cards
  • Corporators, officials battle it out
  • Institute of IT law to be constituted
  • Train passengers bound for Chennai have a harrowing time
  • Of problems and self-confidence
  • Disabled woman bludgeoned to death
  • Sex workers form union
  • Miscreants snatch gold chains from two women
  • Concentrate and avoid cutting a sorry figure
  • Police launch drive against drag races
  • I too will release letters, declares Dharam Singh
  • Sri Lanka to launch tourism promotional campaigns
  • City records 37 degrees Celsius on Monday
  • C. Srinivasa Iyengar passes away in Bangalore
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Belgaum

  • `Urban Haat' to be set up in Belgaum

    • Bellary

  • Kurgodu MLA takes exception to BJP's style of functioning
  • Processions mark May Day in Bellary

    • Bihar

  • Remand home official arrested
  • Four injured

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Dott inching towards first title

    • Briefly

  • AUSPI files petition before TDSAT
  • MRP system for drugs from July
  • New Company Affairs Secretary
  • Clarification sought from Hutch
  • Ratnagiri power project begins generation
  • Srinivasan adviser to CII president
  • Audi's first showroom in South India
  • Global E-SoftSys is Microsoft Gold Certified partner
  • Reliance Agro, ITC to set up mandis
  • Kamdhenu ties up with Binju Metals

    • Business

  • Panel identifies locations for seven petrochem hubs
  • BSE indices reshuffled
  • Force Motors, MAN form JV to produce trucks
  • Surana plans steel complex at Raichur
  • Canon rolls out range of products
  • Pick-up in jute exports
  • Air Arabia launches services from Kochi
  • Union Bank of India posts net profit of Rs.675 crores
  • Indiabulls to demerge real estate division
  • `Insurance PSUs losing out on consumer rating'
  • ITC to leverage Exim Bank's services to export agarbattis
  • ATF prices hiked again

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • "Promise of freebies, a challenge to self-respect and dignity"
  • Traffic and parking problems at Egmore elude solutions
  • Pesticide content in wheat cargo "within permissible limit"
  • Sherry on a mission to Chennai
  • Debut novel sells like hot cake, thanks to controversy
  • Popular serials, a heady mix of illegal and unethical practices
  • Delay in diplomatic response leaves 13 fishermen in the lurch
  • Wildlife film festival from May 14
  • Prenatal diagnosis for genetic disorders
  • Model Code of Conduct holds up development works
  • Work to decongest western corridor on
  • Vittal lays stress on professional ethics
  • `Nataka Ratna" title conferred on Nagaraja Iyer
  • Summer music festival a treat for north Chennai residents
  • Election officials ready electronic voting machines
  • An exhibition of arts, crafts
  • Fatal fall from scooter on radial road
  • Film on Narmada dam screened
  • Information security course
  • Juice shops doing soaring business
  • "Tourism flow will increase"
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Chess

  • Maiden IM-norm for Sethuraman

    • Coimbatore

  • Karunanidhi promises educational aid to wards of unorganised workers
  • Residents prevent garbage lorries from entering yard
  • Saving every drop of water
  • Fellowship for TNAU student
  • Spurious ISI-marked water packets seized
  • Around the City
  • Reader's Maial

    • Cricket

  • Australia's Ashes discards in mix for next series
  • Laxman hopes to get back into one-day team
  • Taylor gives WI 2-0 lead
  • England may surrender Ashes: Steve Waugh
  • Malaysia to host under-19 WC in 2008

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  • Solution to Puzzle 8591

    • Editorials

  • India's troubles in Afghanistan
  • Ensuring children's right to food

    • Eluru

  • Naidu trip to boost cadre's confidence

    • Erode

  • Ration rice at Rs. 2 a kg feasible, says Chidambaram
  • Union Ministers, leaders campaign in Erode
  • Karunanidhi denies charge
  • A prestige fight for AIADMK
  • Woman, daughters charred to death
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • Maradona stars in Argentina's victory
  • Favourite tag can be quite a millstone
  • Army XI rallies to down HAL
  • Lennon fires Tottenham's winner
  • Karnataka records victory

    • Front Page

  • Serial terror strikes claim 35 lives in Doda and Udhampur
  • Four killed in Vadodara
  • Supreme court stays Sankararaman case
  • Mahajan develops respiratory problem
  • Seven killed in "LTTE attacks"
  • Plan to revive Madras Flying Club takes off
  • Kasula Suryanarayana's body brought home
  • Campaign for third phase of polls ends in Kerala
  • Rs. 835-cr. package for 5 HMT units cleared
  • YSR calls for harmony between industry, labour
  • NSSO to verify rehabilitation effort, Centre tells Court
  • Mysore software exports touch Rs. 400 crore
  • 3,051 killed in road accidents in 2005
  • CAT stays action against Shreekumar
  • Interest rates up
  • Large parts of the Capital go powerless
  • Mirwaiz to lead team
  • Nepal: Cabinet formation delayed
  • Passport revoked

    • Globescan

  • Racial tensions in Fiji
  • Focus on Thai poll
  • "Most influential people"

    • Golf

  • Jeev on top

    • Gulbarga

  • Police commissionerates to be formed in three cities
  • Centre asked to declare 13 districts naxal-hit: DGP
  • DSS opposes proposal to rename varsity
  • Kanta urges Government to end practice of contract labour
  • `Police ready to face threats by extremists'

    • Guntur

  • Lightning kills two

    • Haryana

  • New Chief Secretary for Haryana
  • Haryana to hike minimum wages for labour

    • Hassan

  • MLC concerned over proposals of delimitation panel
  • Colourful rally marks May Day celebrations

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Meetings, rallies mark May Day
  • World Laughter Day celebrated in Hubli
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Hyderabad

  • A knotty issue to the fore
  • YSR seeks plan to rehabilitate beggars
  • Foodgrain target is 205 lakh tonnes
  • It's payback time for Sarvail school alumni
  • All set for ADB meet
  • A campus hostel is still foreign to them
  • Institute to churn out high-fliers
  • Raj Bahadur Gour given Yudhvir Memorial Award
  • Hinduja brothers call on YSR
  • Deadline for fixing capacitors extended
  • Security tip goes unheeded: employer
  • MFI says lending rates will be brought down
  • Government reduces VAT to 4 p.c.
  • Crafts Bazaar thrown open in Shilparamam
  • Call to people to oppose US imperialism
  • Electrical Safety Week begins
  • TDP takes YSR to task on farmers' issue
  • Plea to increase carrying capacity of autos
  • Venkaiah roots for Telugu
  • Judicial officer fined for not wearing seat belt
  • EAMCET on May 4
  • 40-day Telugu film festival from today
  • High drama near Suryanarayana's house
  • Review energy portfolio: Greenpeace
  • Workshop on music
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Baffled by `Baramati'
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • ASEAN to discuss relative functions of members
  • Injured Indian dies in Nepal

    • International

  • Seven killed in "LTTE attacks"
  • Travel ban on Baloch leaders
  • Immigrants on the warpath
  • Maglev train test successful
  • Bush's day out with his `clone'
  • Mangled by the cut-and-paste culture
  • Iran, Pakistan sign pact

    • Kancheepuram

  • Candidates lodge police complaints

    • Kannur

  • LDF trying to improve its tally in its citadel
  • Election campaigning ends in Kannur district
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Dogged determination in pursuit of education

    • Karnataka

  • Rs. 835-crore revival package for five HMT units
  • Software exports from Mysore touch Rs. 400 cr.
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Deadline for repayment of crop loan extended
  • Cooperative bank's success story
  • Leopard yet to be found, alert sounded
  • New industrial policy to be announced in a week's time
  • More focus needed on sports sciences, says Javagal Srinath
  • Employees protest `anti-labour' policies

    • Kerala

  • Campaign for third phase of polls ends in Kerala
  • Women turn up in large number for voting
  • Death of Dawood's nephew: car traced to cheating case accused
  • Wait for results proves agonising to candidates
  • Natural drinks to beat the heat
  • Women outnumber men in voting in second phase polls
  • 58 Indian labourers `jailed' in the Maldives
  • 10 per cent seats not feasible this year: Centre
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Various factors at work here
  • Development issues hog the limelight
  • Tug of war between loyalties and development issues
  • Heated campaign in Mahe and Palloor constituencies for Pondicherry polls
  • Amitabh in Munnar
  • Ahamed should quit: BJP

    • Khammam

  • Rallies mark May Day

    • Kochi

  • Kalady spice tourism project to begin soon
  • A crime thriller from I.V. Sasi
  • Workers urged to put up united fight against imperialist forces
  • A feast for art lovers in Kochi
  • French naval personnel to participate in fete
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Colourful rallies mark May Day celebrations
  • Anniversary meet today

    • Kottayam

  • Left a crucial force in national politics: Balanandan

    • Kozhikode

  • Kozhikode shows less than one percentage point dip in turnout
  • Spices Board nod for organic pepper processing unit in north Malabar
  • In memory of a pioneer playwright
  • Death of kites: Veterinary Department on high alert
  • Sankara Jayanti

    • Kurnool

  • `Asthma not a serious liability'

    • Leader Page Articles

  • For Nepal & India, the road ahead is difficult

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Gruesome killing
  • Plagiarism charge
  • Kali Bein

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Campaigning ends for Budhni by-poll
  • High Court issues notice to Chauhan

    • Madikeri

  • Kodagu is being ignored by political parties, feel legislators
  • Hasyotsava: the beneficial effects of laughter

    • Madurai

  • Electioneering cold in the face of summer
  • This election, loudspeakers go silent
  • `Jayalalithaa empowered to decide on coalition government'
  • Educating public on prevention and treatment of asthma
  • Freebies are part of `cinema culture'
  • Distress call from tinsel town 'tigress'
  • 6,000 appear for AIEEE
  • Make a note of this compilation
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Mangalore

  • University revises draft regulations on credit-based semester scheme
  • Mangalore city needs better water supply management
  • `Inhalation therapy perfectly safe to combat asthma'
  • Dakshina Kannada leads in coverage of sanitation project
  • Teachers in aided colleges yet to receive March salary
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • `High pollution level, lifestyle changes leading to rise in asthma cases'
  • Plan to set up Karnataka cultural authority
  • Factory employees take out march
  • An attempt to raise awareness among people on environment
  • Forum says land mafia is thriving in Mysore
  • Cultural authority in the offing
  • Sex workers take out procession
  • In Mysore Today

    • National

  • Politics and practice of communal massacres in Jammu and Kashmir
  • Medha regrets delay in Supreme Court decision
  • Take steps to control situation, Centre tells Gujarat
  • An attempt to derail peace process: Centre
  • India for early nod for nuclear agreement
  • ``Left should extend their influence beyond 3 States''
  • Notice to two States on Monica's plea
  • IAF bids emotional adieu to MiG-25s
  • Wheat import will hit farmers, says BJP
  • Doda massacre part of ethnic cleansing: BJP
  • Beginning of the end for BJP, says Congress
  • Mirwaiz to lead team for talks with Manmohan
  • Notice issued to 1,372 manufacturing units
  • Indians create self-help tools for solving for plug `n' play problems
  • Centre can't change stand before Liberhan, says BJP
  • Kalam calls for global mechanism to prevent terrorism
  • Three national research professors appointed
  • Advani's "Bharat Suraksha Yatra" enters Rajasthan
  • AI violated norms, says Raut
  • Call for new human development strategies
  • V.P. Singh seeks votes for Left Front
  • Manmohan sanctions aid to Suryanarayana's children
  • Gruesome act: Vayalar Ravi
  • Quota won't dilute quality of students: Chidambaram
  • Support for children
  • Centre: 10 p.c. seats not feasible this year
  • Speed up probe, says Natwar

    • New Delhi

  • Bill likely for moratorium on sealing
  • Eight arrested on charges of extorting money
  • Cheeping pheasants in Delhi Zoo
  • Jhuggis removed, but problems remain
  • MCD sacks 180 health workers 180 health workers sacked
  • Colouring myriad hues of life
  • Students plan meeting on May 6
  • MCD steps up demolition drive
  • A special Ramayana all the way
  • DDA directed to remove slums
  • CBI conducts searches
  • Rallies mark May Day
  • TRAI revises data submission schedule
  • Sheila blames multiple authorities for Delhi ills
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    • News Analysis

  • Rahul Gandhi in Maya land?
  • Are Indians getting the right treatment for asthma?
  • Plea against quota amendment withdrawn
  • Corrections and clarifications

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Cops take out rally on safe driving

    • Palakkad

  • Entries invited for film festival
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Perambalur

  • Impersonators nabbed
  • EVMs handed over to Returning Officers

    • Pondicherry

  • DMK manifesto released
  • Digital cameras for all polling booths
  • May Day celebrated
  • Power shutdown

    • Racing : Horse

  • Khaleels Pride and Coral Gables shine
  • Pune season from Aug. 5
  • Great Strides triumphs

    • Raichur

  • Raichur, a neglected city
  • Raichur achieves record grain output
  • Sangha threatens to stage dharna

    • Rajasthan

  • Call to eliminate factors hindering social transformation

    • Religion

  • Essence of Brahma Jnana

    • Salem

  • It is just a literary reference: Karunanidhi
  • Piles of silt causing health problem to traders
  • Workshop on neuro linguistic programming techniques
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • `India's inherent strengths have astonished Western thinkers'
  • Enthusiastic participation in May Day celebrations

    • Shooting

  • Indian shooters disappoint

    • Sport

  • Singhs rip through UAE
  • NCA under-15 camp launched
  • Fiat's offer to Naren

    • Sports : General

  • Letters
  • Anurag Reddy cracks century
  • Gopi shines

    • Srikakulam

  • Processions mark May Day

    • Table Tennis

  • Double delight for China
  • Double delight for China
  • Manika bags title

    • Tamil Nadu

  • DPA enjoys edge over AIADMK, says Moily
  • Parties increase firepower as campaign enters final phase
  • Vaiko criticises Karunanidhi promise to cut kerosene price
  • Poll panel permits 13 alternative documents for voting
  • Services paralysed as goods train jumps track
  • Choose a Government that cooperates with Centre, says Chidambaram
  • Ramadoss alleges conspiracy to instigate violence
  • RI for ex-policeman
  • Book on Saivism released
  • Bright headlights a major cause of accidents
  • "General Practitioners have vital role to play"
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Caste factor to fore in Sivakasi
  • Residents look to new government for improving living conditions in Tiruttani
  • Mango price likely to shoot up
  • Situation is evenly poised in Karur
  • Political power, key to eradicate poverty: Mayawati
  • Vote out Congress-led government: Vaiko
  • It's a tragi-comic regime, says Chidambaram
  • Villupuram Collector suspends poll officials
  • EPIC issued to 76 per cent of voters
  • Textile traders float an umbrella forum
  • Meeting people's expectation is DMK's manifesto: Karunanidhi
  • DMK manifesto released
  • Supreme Court admits State's plea on CET
  • May Day celebrated
  • Promises half-sovereign gold

    • Tennis

  • Sania climbs to No. 39
  • Nadal takes title

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Rickety bus shelters add to commuter woes
  • `Pather Panchali' translated
  • `Filmmakers should address the sensibility of viewers'
  • Rallies, meetings mark May Day fete
  • Pedestrian killed in accident
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated May 2, 1956: Ticketless Travel
  • dated May 2, 1956: State trading in cement
  • dated May 2, 1956: Cochin case for shipyard

    • Thrissur

  • Thrissur Pooram festivities begin
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Rural youth receive the right sort of guidance
  • Its summer holiday rush; read this before you board the train
  • Rallies, meetings mark celebration of May Day
  • Court directs police to permit public meet of an association
  • Date extended
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tirunelveli

  • Miraculous escape for mini-bus passengers

    • Tirupati

  • CITU takes out massive rallies on May Day
  • `Angry young man' picks up seven lucky winners at TMC draw
  • SVU inks pact with NGRI
  • In Tirupati Today

    • Tuticorin

  • EVMs despatched to constituencies
  • Tuticorin known for keen contests

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Green issues ignored in election promises
  • Jenmam lands issue is the dominant factor here
  • Efforts on to make rose show grand
  • Graduation ceremony at defence college

    • Udupi

  • `Make public inquiry reports on police encounters'
  • Training for unemployed

    • Union Territories

  • No respite from heat wave
  • High Court orders ex-gratia for Malta boat tragedy victims
  • Shiv Sena demands increase in bonus for MSP of wheat

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Meerut fire death toll rises to 57
  • Mukhtar Ansari appears in court

    • Uttaranchal

  • 15 killed in Uttaranchal factory explosion
  • `Office of profit' ghost still haunts Cong. legislators
  • Badrinath, Kedarnath to reopen on May 4

    • Vellore

  • "Government with clear majority alone can provide stability"
  • Ex-servicemen invited for poll duty

    • Vijayawada

  • Do not emulate Nepali Maoists: Varavara Rao
  • Telugu Desam upbeat over party chief's visit
  • Anthology of poems `Kavitha-2005' released
  • Limited role likely for autonomous body
  • Mangalagiri stadium works to begin by November
  • Mumbai-bound Garuda service fails to take off
  • Workers asked to rebel against `capitalist forces'
  • Education expo at Swaraj Maidan today
  • Taking the help of religious teachings to fight a scourge
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Lands in the right district

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Fishermen forum wants Gangavaram pact made public
  • All set for conduct of EAMCET on May 4
  • Struggles for worker rights recalled
  • The king comes to rule the fruit market
  • Indiramma programme to begin in Vizag villages on May 3
  • Timing holds the key to their performance
  • All-party forum will be involved in Gangavaram talks later, says Minister
  • Project to sensitise tribal children on HIV/AIDS
  • `AISF will resist hike in engineering fee'
  • Velugu project coordinators on protest leave
  • Boy killed in lightning strike
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Television shows add to gold rush

    • Warangal

  • Sitanagaram wakes up to harsh reality
  • 4 held on murder charge

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