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Alappuzha

  • Tourists held for manhandling crew of houseboat

    • Anantapur

  • Ministers review Praja Patham arrangements

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Panel inspects temple jewellery
  • Holy sight
  • Importance of English stressed
  • TTD to conduct Srinivasa Kalyanam in foreign countries
  • Free medical camp held
  • Momentous occasion
  • Mavala tank in Adilabad faces extinction
  • On a mission
  • Loud, unrealistic film
  • Taking no chances
  • Cool respite
  • British Airways flight cancelled
  • Rosaiah may visit New Delhi again
  • Pro-Telangana activists protest as Jagan's yatra surges on
  • Shoaib Malik's case adjourned
  • Court issues reminder to NIMS seeking report on Raju's health
  • Rajakumari creates flutter in TDP
  • Naidu exudes confidence of returning to power
  • Easy target
  • Pension for building workers
  • National status to more State highways to be considered: Minister
  • Centre's nod for Pranahita-Chevella
  • ‘Avoid political speeches at Praja Patham'
  • Prasad's appointment as CS upheld
  • Plan outlay fixed at Rs.36,800 cr.

    • Bangalore

  • KAT vacation benches
  • SWR Bangalore gets Efficiency Shield
  • ‘Make Survey of India report public'
  • NABARD encourages best use of natural resources
  • Candlelight vigil held
  • How the worm turned for him
  • Crossword now in J.P. Nagar
  • Driver dies as branch crashes on van
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange Rates
  • Bullion Rates

    • Bellary

  • ‘Conduct mining survey based on approved sketch'
  • Money the motive behind Sriramulu death threat: police

    • Bijapur

  • One arrested on murder charge
  • ‘We are working hard on rural development'
  • ‘No malaria cases in Bijapur'

    • Briefly

  • IndusInd Bank pays Rs. 1.80 dividend
  • New Director-HR for Aviva Life
  • Krishidhan Seeds gets funding
  • Videocon launches new prepaid plan
  • Avon to set up unit in Himachal Pradesh
  • Samsung introduces Corby TV, Metro TV
  • International retirement resort in Kodaikanal

    • Business

  • Renault sells stake to M&M in the joint venture
  • RIL to invest in Deccan 360
  • United States Regulator sues Goldman Sachs for fraud
  • Stress on IT adoption in MSMEs
  • GDP to grow by 8.6 % in Q4
  • 3G: price crosses Rs. 5,000 crore
  • CPCL to invest Rs. 10,000 crore on expansion
  • TTK Healthcare to make foray into ortho business
  • ‘Interest rates may not rise sharply'
  • Meet on export of seafood
  • Record turnover for Supplyco
  • Geojit revenue crosses Rs. 300 crore
  • Sensex snaps gaining streak

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Youth alleges fraud
  • Meeting discusses issues on retailing of firecrackers
  • Nalini's plea adjourned
  • Call for change in attitude towards people with disabilities
  • Community certificate request remitted back to Tahsildar
  • “Protection of caves with inscriptions a continuous process”
  • Summer camp to develop scientific temper in children
  • World experts treat kids
  • London shopping fete from April 30
  • ‘Green Zone' inaugurated on Chettinad Health City premises
  • Award for Lakhoni
  • One more civil supplies zone to be formed
  • College for women to be set up in Vyasarpadi
  • Fun and frolic at Science City
  • Five held for murder
  • CMDA seals T. Nagar building
  • Power shutdown
  • Work of widening bridges soon
  • Cash missing
  • Man wanted in murder cases arrested
  • Held for operating spurious liquor unit
  • Petitions against Bar Council admitted
  • Cooperative institutions' deposits have gone up: Minister
  • Onboard housekeeping in trains
  • IIT alumni honoured
  • School education outlay crosses Rs.10,000 crore
  • “Inclusion of disabled in Census a milestone”
  • Leaders of Left parties, Vaiko call on Jayalalithaa
  • In Chennai Today

    • Coimbatore

  • Wide range of construction materials on display
  • Education fair begins today
  • Career guidance seminar
  • TNAU moves course contents online
  • Council clears projects for Tamil conference
  • Toddy movement plans agitation on May 14
  • Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative launched for increased productivity
  • Data on orphans of ex-servicemen
  • Summer computer camp
  • Training programme at TNAU
  • Franklin studying opportunities in India
  • Women constables complete training
  • Government Order on water connections opposed
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • It's not in our hands now: Dhoni
  • Sehwag and Lara catch the headlines
  • Ganguly exudes optimism
  • Good knock by Milind
  • No difference of opinion, says Modi
  • Nehra looking forward to the WC
  • India has to fulfil obligation: Lorgat
  • Lara for Surrey?
  • Dhoni praises Vijay, Ashwin
  • Absolom, Quadri bowl well
  • Rohit revels in Chargers' win
  • Can the Royals bounce back?

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 9819
  • Solution to puzzle 9818

    • Cuddalore

  • Oil firm launches mobile clinic
  • Differently abled to donate organs

    • Dharmapuri

  • 200 candidates get jobs at special camp
  • BSNL launches 3G services in Dharmapuri

    • Dindigul

  • Early intervention will cure mental disorders: lecturer

    • Editorials

  • Learning from failure
  • Doing science in a new way

    • Erode

  • Grievances Day
  • College day celebrated
  • Residents refuse to vacate dilapidated TNHB apartment
  • SITMA seeks ban on cotton yarn export
  • Man fatally knocked down

    • Football

  • Shenbagapandi shines
  • Manchester derby
  • Hat-trick by Nitin
  • Ramesh, David do it for Chennai
  • SR, MSU play it safe
  • Dempo posts win

    • Front Page

  • Tharoor must quit or be sacked: Opposition
  • ‘Manmohan should explain'
  • Maoists tracked CRPF men for three days before ambush
  • Depending on utility, West Bengal may use UAVs
  • Tharoor has hidden agenda, says Modi
  • BRIC declares 2010 deadline for World Bank, IMF reform
  • From IBSA to CHIBSA? BRIC to BRICS? Not yet
  • Europe-bound flights from India grounded
  • Volcanic ash brings Manmohan to Africa
  • We took 40 minutes to set up the ambush, says Maoist mastermind
  • Why didn't the cryogenic engine ignite?
  • Benazir's death was preventable: U.N.
  • Obama sets Mars target for NASA
  • Renault sells stake to M&M in the joint venture
  • Saina Nehwal enters semifinal in style
  • United States Regulator sues Goldman Sachs for fraud
  • ‘Commodore had links with Russian'
  • Flights cancelled
  • BRIC calls for reforms
  • Cartosat-2B to be launched on May 9
  • Bajrang Dal men held
  • SMS ban withdrawn
  • Old pipelines, leakage affect water supply in seven cities
  • Cobalt-60 found in a person's purse in hospital
  • Three fire tenders inducted
  • Another sea cow washed ashore
  • ‘Pragnya did not have heart attack'
  • Prabakaran's mother deported
  • Social audit of ration shops to start soon
  • Ahmedabad zoo crocodile comes to city

    • Gujarat

  • Narendra Modi had no role in IPL bidding: Gujarat Cricket Association

    • Gulbarga

  • Conductor among 11 arrested gangsters
  • Corporation to monitor functioning of its offices
  • RTO exceeds target

    • Guntur

  • Nannapaneni hits out at TDP senior leaders
  • Summer camp on English grammar
  • Nagarjuna University gears up for NAAC peer team visit

    • Haryana

  • Hooda to redress grievances on-the-spot
  • Chandigarh BSP leader joins BJP

    • Hassan

  • Balakrishna is DCCB bank president
  • Hassan residents look to Chief Minister to address their woes

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Himachal fares poorly in rural health
  • Himachal staff support Punjab counterparts

    • Hockey

  • Warangal, Srikakulam post wins

    • Hyderabad

  • Futile wait to meet Chief Minister
  • ‘Jadugar' Anand to perform in city
  • Month-long shopping fest
  • Portico collapses in UoH
  • GHMC standing panel poll postponement creates a flutter
  • Hindi journalist passes away
  • Former MLA found dead
  • Yashoda hospital clarifies
  • Constables stage protest
  • Unending ordeal for applicants at RPO
  • Elderly person dies in accident
  • Woman found murdered in lodge
  • Two held for ‘cheating'
  • Contempt case against State closed
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • Benazir's death was preventable: U.N.
  • Obama sets Mars target for NASA
  • Tehran conference to call for elimination of atomic weapons
  • 10 killed in Quetta blast
  • China quake toll rises to 791
  • 17,000 flights expected to be lost
  • Bakiyev steps down from President post
  • Clegg beats Brown, Cameron in debate
  • Leonardo back on space shuttle
  • Sri Lanka, U.S. hold humanitarian exercise

    • Kadapa

  • Cultural fete in Kadapa
  • Praja Rajyam seeks closure of belt shops
  • Taxi gutted in fire
  • Telugu Desam Party, Congress functionaries in verbal duel
  • BSF jawan cremated with military honours

    • Kannur

  • Nadukani textile centre inaugurated

    • Karimnagar

  • Red Ribbon Express to arrive in Karimnagar

    • Karnataka

  • GP polls in Kolar in first phase
  • Mahila Okkoota stages dharna
  • ‘Namma Angadi' opens in Manipal
  • Boy dies under mysterious circumstances in factory
  • Bescom officials inspect site of accident
  • Parents in protest mode for LKG admission
  • Vigilance team assures farmers
  • Free health check-up camp
  • All corporations to get machines to clean drains
  • Medical college for NRIs planned
  • Escoms allowed to buy 750 MW of power at more than Rs. 6 a unit
  • BJP buoyant about panchayat poll prospects
  • Old pipelines, leakage affect drinking water supply in seven cities
  • Hutti Gold Mines keen on higher production
  • The icon obliges his fans
  • A thing of beauty

    • Kerala

  • It's about luck
  • Close the loan if you have extra cash
  • Conserving water and nature as development races ahead
  • Rock Garden to be opened in May
  • Stellar contribution
  • Relook into a few cases
  • Ration supply in Kerala may be disrupted, says VS
  • Fake passport: one held
  • Counting on
  • Celebrities who inspired a generation honoured
  • Governor seeks clarification

    • Khammam

  • Jagan continues to draw crowds

    • Kochi

  • Plea against education consulting agencies
  • Corporation resents KSRTC move on premium service
  • Marina to be opened on April 24
  • Civic reception accorded to Archbishop Kallarakkal
  • Case against conductor
  • All steps to ensure fair polls, says CEC
  • Conference on free software from April 19
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Office-bearers elected
  • Kollam Pooram drowns in rain

    • Kozhikode

  • Yechury to inaugurate seminar today
  • ‘Milk bandh' in Kozhikode today
  • Aid for HIV positive students
  • 3 bombs thrown at Chombala police station
  • Assistance distributed to HIV-positive students

    • Kurnool

  • Uncertainty over water from Tungabhadra dam

    • Leader Page Articles

  • How to feed your billionaires

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Move on
  • Murky IPL
  • Khap panchayats

    • Madikeri

  • Hockey players put up with meagre facilities at hostel

    • Madurai

  • Jayalalithaa visits injured party workers in hospitals
  • A unique expo chugging towards history
  • High Court Bench directive to recruitment board
  • “ICAI committed to expedite disposal of fraud cases”
  • Varsity to focus on IAS coaching
  • Allay fears of students, Bench tells Tiruchi DEO
  • Hall tickets to be issued today
  • Chithirai fete begins
  • First oil-fired steam loco to roll out in December
  • Mock evacuation drill at airport
  • BSNL 3G services to be available from today
  • Toll free number for registering complaints
  • “Implement policy for urban street vendors”
  • Entries invited for awards
  • Stress on human rights education
  • “Raise goods flow to Madurai”
  • Loco running staff wing of mazdoor union stage protest
  • Efforts to counter fake note menace in country
  • Plea seeking BCCI takeover dismissed
  • Power shutdown at many places
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • ‘Knife seized from Susairaj's home can cut a body'

    • Mangalore

  • 46 cases of malaria reported from NIT-K campus this month
  • Concern over rising levels of carbon emission
  • Koushik, Gangamma emerge champs
  • Congress members stage protest

    • Mysore

  • Minister visits SSLC evaluation centres
  • Mysore, Tumkur pilot districts for issuing unique identification numbers in State
  • Students rally for a noble cause
  • Police move closer to the public
  • Mysore Division wins Commercial Shield
  • 26 arrested for Honnalagere violence
  • 36 cattle rescued; two die in transit
  • Complainants' Day every third Sunday
  • PU, SSLC results on May 10, 20

    • Nagercoil

  • Patients undergo hardship
  • Construction worker murdered

    • Nalgonda

  • Weavers protest in Nalgonda
  • Steps on to ensure purchase of NLR 34449 paddy variety

    • National

  • Let JPC probe IPL affairs: Yechury
  • Tharoor not out of the woods
  • Total EPIC, photo roll coverage by year-end
  • Another man killed in Purulia, Maoist hand suspected
  • SMS ban order withdrawn in a day
  • Probe reveals Navy officer's links with Russian woman
  • I-T team visits PCA office
  • Two militants killed in gun battle in Kashmir
  • Olive Ridley carcasses sighted near rookery
  • Storm victims complain of inadequate relief supply
  • Gujarat questions SIT powers to issue summons
  • Canada police suspect foul play
  • “Death of six children not due to HPV”
  • Farooq: curb Lalit Modi's powers
  • First convocation
  • Maoists continue efforts to gain control over Narayanpatna
  • Police officer again seeks bail
  • Akola, Nagpur sizzle, heat wave grips Vidarbha region
  • Belgaum issue rocks Maharashtra Assembly
  • Congress worried over Tharoor issue
  • ‘FCI leaves wheat to rot in open'
  • Court moved for use of mikes
  • Court declines to interfere with book ban order

    • New Delhi

  • North India reels under heat wave
  • A carnival for special children
  • Big time hassles for small town girls
  • Pain drove former ambassador to tragic suicide
  • Spotlight on radiation mishap
  • Tributes paid to former AIIMS doctor
  • Rights activists oppose repression of tribals by police
  • Court reserves order on Sajjan Kumar's plea
  • 1996 Delhi blast case sentences likely today
  • Summer's here
  • DU students, faculty condemn JNU incident
  • Council to monitor schemes for the aged
  • Bluelines get an extension
  • IPL to promote literacy
  • Srikrishna panel interacts with KCR
  • FICCI celebrates women of substance

    • Nizamabad

  • Relay hunger strike for Telangana enters 100th day

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Engineers told to complete RIMS works in 2 months
  • CPI for conditional allotment of gas to private power stations

    • Op-Ed

  • Tribute to a true Ambassador
  • Iceland's rage at bankers is yet to erupt
  • Internet: signs of agreement between U.S. & Russia
  • Corrections and Clarifications

    • Orissa

  • Baisakhi Mahotsav gets under way
  • Taking a breather
  • Oil spill: fishermen seek compensation for loss
  • Naveen launches land settlement campaign
  • Annual film fete from April 22
  • Government gearing up to face doctors' stir
  • Two held in bombing case

    • Palakkad

  • Rs.18 crore for renovation of Malampuzha tourist site
  • Accolades for Palakkad rail division

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Catholicos to lead church consecration
  • Acute water scarcity in Upper Kuttanad

    • Perambalur

  • University students take part in trekking expedition

    • Puducherry

  • CME on thyroid disorders at JIPMER
  • Puducherry fishermen to get cash as relief
  • Thirukalyanam tomorrow
  • Moily to attend bhoomi pooja
  • Nalankulam renovation on
  • Farmers seek incentive

    • Punjab

  • Army Chief lays foundation for nursing college complex

    • Racing : Horse

  • King's Envoy for main event
  • Dante Rossetti runs with a good chance

    • Racing : Motor

  • Hamilton sets top time

    • Raichur

  • ‘Come clean on Food Security Bill'
  • Daily wage workers want dues
  • KRV activists detained

    • Rajahmundry

  • I advised Chiru to join Congress, says Audikesavulu Naidu
  • Rich tributes paid to Kandukuri

    • Rajasthan

  • Court orders appointment of panel on Gujjar issue

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Coast Guard strength will not be downsized: Commander
  • Synthetic badminton court inaugurated

    • Religion

  • Why God is sought

    • Salem

  • Farmers asked to provide proper documents for patta
  • No power supply
  • ‘Near revolution in higher education'

    • Shimoga

  • Honour for Mahatma Gandhi trust for serving the cause of rural development
  • Rs. 10 cr. for supplying potable water to all villages in Shimoga

    • Shooting

  • India misses a medal narrowly

    • Sikkim

  • Academics increasingly inter-linked: President

    • Sport

  • Both teams to take the match seriously
  • Saina Nehwal enters semifinal in style

    • Sports : General

  • Coaching camp
  • Rynold Timothy moves up
  • Ashok Kashyap, Prajwal take titles
  • Gunasekaran's hold continues
  • Broadcasters meet opens

    • Squash

  • Saurav goes down fighting

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Speed kills
  • Training for social audit team members
  • Part of school building demolished
  • Free land distributed to landless farmers
  • 11 held; many cases solved
  • Stable currency need of the hour: exporters
  • Panchayat president arrested
  • Initiative to organise unique summer camps
  • Heritage markets take you down memory lane
  • Fraudster relieves businessman of Rs. 10 lakh
  • Youth critically injured in police firing near Mettur
  • Summer special
  • Virudhunagar town gets drinking water fortnightly
  • Double-murder poses a challenge to police
  • Towers to help scale up vigil
  • Caring leader
  • Rolls revision: field verification and data entry work over
  • Census on marine fisheries begins

    • Tennis

  • Fatehdeep battles past Boniface
  • Ronit Bisht sails into final
  • AITA to launch IPL-style Indian Tennis League
  • Nadal to meet Ferrer in semifinals

    • Thanjavur

  • 1.5 lakh enumerators to be involved in census exercise
  • There should be unity among youth Congress men: Minister
  • G. K. Vasan takes part in padayatra

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Training programme for boat employees
  • Thachankary removed from northern range post
  • Rice at Rs.2 a kg from June
  • 1.83 lakh candidates for entrance exams
  • Plea to include NRIs in census
  • MEMUs from early-2011
  • Cattle rearing viable in cities
  • 14,741 projects in district under rural employment scheme
  • Vizhinjam project: MoU with Barcelona port likely
  • Children oppose move to close down schools
  • New rail line to Kochuveli
  • Compensation for rain-hit farmers
  • LDF flays highway, lottery policies
  • IUML backs Right to Education Act
  • DME refutes charges of quota violation
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated April 17, 1960: Tibetan refugees
  • dated April 17, 1960: Afro-Asian conference
  • dated April 17, 1960: The Hindu Fifty Years Ago

    • Thrissur

  • New bishop for Irinjalakuda Diocese; consecration tomorrow

    • Tiruchi

  • IOC organises emergency response drill
  • SIHMCT bags national award
  • Early pension revision sought
  • Noisy scenes mar District Panchayat Council meeting
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • “Quality of education more important”
  • Three policemen suspended

    • Tirupati

  • Differently-abled to protest in Delhi
  • JCI president inaugurates facilities
  • Pride of Telugus showcased
  • Pensioners demand benefits
  • PCP urges TTD to set up separate counter for gold donation

    • Tuticorin

  • Emergency mock drill conducted
  • Family cards: special drive in Tuticorin

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Special award for engineering staff

    • Udupi

  • Tribal sammelan from today
  • Gram panchayat polls to be conducted in two phases

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • ‘Make immediate payment for rabi'
  • Two arrested for Mathura blast
  • BSP expels Mokhtar Ansari and his brother

    • Vellore

  • Minister calls upon doctors to do duties properly

    • Vijayawada

  • Veteran stage artistes feted on Telugu Theatre Day
  • Address real problems of people at Prajapatham, says Raghavulu
  • Furore over housing at VMC meet
  • Officials draw flak on taxation
  • Six held on charge of betting
  • Panic over move to close unrecognised schools
  • Truck owners hopeful of ‘friendly' permit policy
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Steel plant does its bit for road safety
  • Synergies bags prestigious Toyota awards
  • GITAM Admission Test begins
  • Gujarat handloom expo begins
  • Innovative dining option
  • Man ‘accidentally' sustains bullet wound
  • ‘One in 5,000 suffering from haemophilia'
  • Columbus varsity offers MBBS course for Indians
  • ECoR claim on diversion of trains falls flat
  • Best show by Waltair Division
  • Viswanath vows to continue his mission
  • More than one lakh appear for IIST exam
  • Few turn up to watch Natakotsavam
  • 5000 personnel to be recruited, says RPF DG
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • ONGC posts victory

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • West Bengal rules out hike in bus, taxi fares

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