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Anantapur

  • NGOs chip in to make engg. students employable
  • CPI (M) stages protest

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • MLA takes part in Prajapatham
  • CPI(M) alleges land-grab bid
  • Aditya students' feat
  • Seer's visit
  • Leading by example
  • ‘Dial Your SP' every Monday
  • Stands 4th in small savings
  • Tribals resort to distress sale of cattle
  • Pontiff's visit
  • NREGS: hike in wages during summer assured
  • TRS not to have alliance with any party
  • ‘Naxal movement has roots in Medak'
  • Crying for help
  • Rs. 8 crore to tackle drinking water problem
  • ‘3 colleges given only conditional affiliation'
  • India-EU Free Trade Pact likely by year-end
  • Naidu for criminal cases against land-grabbers
  • Diamond crown for Goddess
  • DS takes a dig at party leaders
  • Rosaiah assures full support to ACB
  • Country bombs hidden in kitchen attic explode
  • Five killed in road accident
  • ‘IT fuelling growth in other sectors'
  • Scribes protest Anjaneyulu's posting
  • Online health record launched
  • Move to curb smuggling in forests
  • Rs. 5.46 lakh stolen from car
  • BJP plea to State on small Telugu films
  • TDP flayed for attack on Municipal Chairman
  • Move to regulate Bt cotton prices lauded
  • State to inspect all blood banks
  • ‘Women not given importance in TRS'

    • Bangalore

  • Israeli companies interested in joint ventures with Indian firms
  • Minister's magic potion
  • Steps planned to check sale of drugs to students
  • ‘Restore kerosene quota for State'
  • NAVIKA meet in July
  • Commission seeks clarity from DCs on Sadar Lingayat controversy
  • Water woes: councillors to protest today
  • Scrap UID project, say people's organisations
  • Census 2011 has teachers on their toes
  • D.Ed. students on the back foot
  • Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange Rates
  • Bullion Rates

    • Basketball

  • Thrissur downs Kottayam

    • Belgaum

  • We're investigating only two cases booked against Nithyananda: CID
  • Two police officers booked in online money doubling scam, says DGP
  • Model code in force
  • Helplines for Census

    • Bijapur

  • ‘Rasta roko' against poor water supply
  • Seminar at KSWU today

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Robertson takes out Davis

    • Boxing

  • Shiva, Bhaskar in pre-quarterfinals
  • SSPB reigns

    • Bridge

  • Vijay & Kannan win

    • Briefly

  • Reliance Industries makes fourth oil discovery
  • Greaves Cotton declares third interim
  • Sobha Developers raises dividend to Rs. 2.50
  • RCom in pact with GetJar
  • Cholamandalam declares Re 1 interim
  • Hinduja Global pays Rs. 20 per share
  • GEMAC Energy ties up with Chinese firm
  • Lanco Industries pays Rs. 1.50 dividend
  • Bharat Electronics pays 60 % interim

    • Business

  • Sensex tumbles on Greek debt crisis
  • Expert group to study T&D losses
  • Luring investors in PSU IPOs
  • HP unveils new integrity solutions
  • Bharti Airtel Q4 net dips 8 %
  • IT spending to grow 14 %
  • Canara Bank net profit up 46 %
  • Siemens commissions Aurangabad railway bogie unit
  • Godrej Interio opens franchise store
  • Tata-BP opens new line
  • Suzlon to form venture with Bulgarian firm

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Visually challenged face difficulties in finding scribes
  • Abandoned mentally ill to be identified
  • ‘Invitingly' creative trend in Tamil film industry
  • No wrongdoing in allotment of fly ash, says Durai Murugan
  • Sri Lankan refugee wants special camp in Poonamalle closed
  • A.K. Viswanathan files plea to restrain probe
  • Petition against Kamal Haasan treated as closed
  • High Court Bench, Bar bid farewell to Gokhale
  • Appointment orders given
  • C. Jacob passes away
  • Red sanders logs seized
  • “State doing well in enrolling children in schools”
  • Two arrested
  • Man held
  • An able worker on a quest
  • Stormwater drain project inaugurated
  • Warm smiles camouflage hard work and patience
  • Not to forget pets
  • Summer turns out to be a bother for plants too
  • Woman murdered
  • Policeman held
  • Border Thottam welder's death spotlights safety concerns
  • Human development initiative will help to counter divisive forces, says K. N. Panikkar
  • “Farmers will get their due in full under insurance scheme”
  • It is not a problem for me: Alagiri
  • Mushrooming business and shrinking space
  • Compensation, jobs promised for families that gave land for steel plant
  • Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Bakshi prevails over Varsha
  • Linda in lead
  • Anand crushes Topalov in fourth game

    • Coimbatore

  • Dairy farmers seek hike in procurement price
  • Now traffic offenders cannot go scot free
  • Job Fair at ITI
  • Poly green house cultivation helps farmers increase yield
  • Lawyers' plea to Chief Minister
  • Cognizant Foundation donates laparoscopy unit to tribal hospital
  • Summer camp for children
  • New office-bearers
  • Bright prospects for SRI in State
  • Elderly couple robbed of cash
  • Youth held for rash driving
  • Corporation launches works on scheme roads
  • Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Dilbir makes the cut
  • Ernakulam takes points
  • Dempo SC drubs Bagan
  • ‘India, Pakistan joint favourites'
  • ESPN, STAR Cricket to telecast WC
  • Lee to miss World T20
  • IPL will survive, say Dravid, Dhoni
  • Golden Threads in final
  • Pune FC holds Mahindra United
  • Rahul, Himmat score centuries for Modern CC
  • Cricket is a team game
  • Triplicane SC wins Pattabhiraman Shield
  • Shrinivas slams century
  • Aparajith shines for St. Bede's
  • Nothing ‘unnatural' in balance sheets: Khurshid

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 9829
  • Solution No. 9828

    • Dharmapuri

  • Gram sabha meetings

    • Dindigul

  • Aavin to launch new protein-rich milk
  • Villagers surrender ration cards
  • Dialysis equipment to be commissioned shortly

    • Editorials

  • Cleanup at IPL
  • Uneven recovery

    • Erode

  • Fast observed
  • Youth drowns

    • Football

  • Brazil overtakes Spain
  • Al Nejmeh drubs East Bengal
  • Liverpool aims to overturn Atletico's lead

    • Front Page

  • SAARC meet begins in Thimpu on introspective note
  • Opposition seeks Raja's resignation
  • Notice
  • Supreme Court quashes criminal proceedings against Kushboo
  • Speaker: privilege notice under consideration
  • Dismiss Raja, says Jayalalithaa
  • Manmohan, Gilani meeting today
  • No phone talks recorded: CBDT
  • Hills around historical monuments to be declared as protected areas
  • Kushboo thanks Supreme Court
  • ‘India will find it tough to go beyond 2020 commitment'
  • 26/11: fresh evidence ahead of verdict
  • Sania-Shoaib's Lahore reception cut short
  • Sensex tumbles on Greece debt woes
  • IPS officer held in Sohrabuddin case
  • ‘India to get access to Headley soon'
  • Smartcards to be issued from today
  • Socio-economic condition of SCs in State depressing: Buta Singh
  • ELCOT sure of leasing out entire IT Park space
  • Orissa heatwave death toll 110
  • ‘Seshadri cannot be with TTD'
  • Celebrating Father's Day

    • Goa

  • IT road map for Goa in 6 months

    • Golf

  • Tarundeep in lead

    • Gulbarga

  • Close Nemmadi Kendras in Gulbarga taluk: vedike
  • Judicial probe sought into ‘police atrocities'

    • Guntur

  • NCAS invites applications for internship programme
  • Parties urged to spell out environment policies

    • Hassan

  • Daily wage workers in Hassan protest against their dismissal
  • ‘Government schemes must reach people'

    • Hockey

  • S. Railway and SAI post wins
  • Veer Singh to lead

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • A treat on a legend's birth anniversary
  • Illegal mining: organisations to focus on official ‘inaction'
  • We are not opposed to industrialisation: SUCI
  • Sloth bear beaten to death

    • Hyderabad

  • Minister for compulsory admission of 6 to 14-year-olds in schools
  • Be a pro at making people play ‘games'
  • Nehru Zoo to get zebras
  • Shilp Bazaar
  • Eye care awareness campaign today
  • Rain offers respite from heat
  • One-stop destination for studying abroad
  • Four modern slaughterhouses within city on the anvil
  • SCB to set up solid waste management wing
  • Power shutdown
  • Agitations may impact performance at IIT-JEE
  • International awards for four children from State
  • Website soon to link organ donors, recipients
  • Weaker sections demand scholarships
  • BJP cautions against Bangla intruders
  • Reserve SI booked for threatening motorcyclist
  • GHMC inks sister city pact with Indianapolis
  • Commercial spaces gathering dust
  • Minister's kin was strangled to death
  • Woman jumps into sump with 2 children
  • No need to panic: Khan
  • Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • Sort out disputes, India, Pakistan told
  • Dump Brown, get support: Lib Dems
  • NRI doctor couple convicted
  • Chavez to join Twitter!
  • Pakistani pleads guilty to terror charges
  • One dead in Thai clashes

    • Jharkand

  • Minor partners in Jharkhand adopting ‘wait and watch' policy

    • Kadapa

  • Scribes stage protest

    • Kalpetta

  • Court panel visits Wayanad

    • Kancheepuram

  • Man sets himself ablaze
  • PMK plans stir on July 28

    • Kannur

  • CITU opposes ‘nokku kooli'

    • Karimnagar

  • Paddy procurement centre launched

    • Karnataka

  • Power cuts a boon for some
  • Poser to Government on power crisis
  • Lokayukta raids mines stockyards
  • ‘Knowledge potential will make India a superpower'
  • Centre to set up more mega food parks
  • Global financial district planned near Devanahalli: Nirani
  • MSP for tomato and copra fixed

    • Kattappana

  • Devotees throng Mangaladevi temple on Chitrapournami

    • Kerala

  • Annual festival
  • Comedy play ‘All the Best' set to enthral the audience
  • Experts assess damage
  • Fight for space
  • Four killed as car rams lorry
  • Tackling drought
  • Festival of fruits

    • Kochi

  • ‘Orthic' award to be presented
  • Applications invited
  • Cooperative Medical College to cut fee: Sudhakaran
  • Students produce electric power from exercise cycle
  • Health quiz for school students
  • Open house at CIFT
  • Golden jubilee fete of film
  • FACT hopeful of Centre's aid
  • CSL delivers platform vessel
  • Demand for more staff
  • Trial run of recycle plant soon
  • CSEZ turnover
  • Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Kollam-Punalur rail line to be opened on May 12
  • Headmasters' State meet from today
  • Cash awards for cashew workers' children

    • Kottayam

  • Muttathu Varkey award for P. Valsala

    • Kozhikode

  • Toilet facilities: Ombudsman cautions Corporation officials
  • Tourism treats in store at Kappad
  • Chandy calls for quality education
  • Bridge work may delay trains
  • Steps soon to solve water crisis
  • Patients unhappy with Thalolam scheme
  • Congress not aware of move: Chandy

    • Kurnool

  • Workshop for adolescent girls
  • New DIGs take charge
  • YSR memorial park at Nallakalva

    • Leader Page Articles

  • The perilous strife within

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Failed cut motions
  • Phone tapping
  • ‘Spy' diplomat
  • Shun strikes
  • ‘Serial killers'
  • Relocating cheetahs
  • Keep them away

    • Madikeri

  • New bus service to Mallapuram begins
  • Stranded elephant driven back into forest
  • More funds sought to complete work on new RTO building
  • Order granting land to masjid president quashed

    • Madurai

  • Air fare skyrockets on Madurai-Chennai sector
  • Rape accused directed to undergo DNA test
  • File annual returns, employers told
  • Sea of humanity on the riverbed
  • Court confirms conviction for rape
  • Gold chains snatched
  • “Provide quality education to the poor”
  • “Collect uniform fee at toll plazas”
  • Madurai Today

    • Malappuram

  • Documenting local history
  • Logo invited for Kerala Youth Forum-2010
  • Health, legal awareness camp for tribal people
  • Councillor drives home a green message

    • Mangalore

  • ‘Void created by Samaga's death will be difficult to fill'
  • Seemant Kumar Singh to take over as Police Commissioner
  • KIADB acquires land in Bala village
  • Examinations rescheduled
  • Two arrested for theft of petroleum products
  • Fishermen not being allowed to build houses on the coast

    • Mumbai

  • I-T Dept. seeks documents from BCCI

    • Mysore

  • SJCE team wins regional finals
  • Two dozen trees brought down on KRS Road
  • ‘Poor worst-affected by climate change'
  • KSOU exam from May 3
  • ‘Traffic ban has checked hawala transactions'
  • Work to begin on Lalithadri layout
  • Police resolve to check inter-border crimes

    • Nagapattinam

  • Gram sabha meetings to be held
  • Grievance day

    • Nagercoil

  • Revised load shedding timings

    • Nalgonda

  • A perfect place to beat the summer heat

    • National

  • BJP withdraws support to Shibu Soren
  • An evolving situation: Congress
  • For the BJP it is always win-win, whatever the outcome
  • Radioactive material came from Delhi university lab
  • Food inflation softening, says Pranab
  • Pranab: will respond to issues today
  • Sohrabuddin case: CBI arrests police official
  • Stephen Court: a month later, some residents allowed to return home
  • Mayawati's gesture won't undercut Congress campaign
  • India shows the way in RTI in South Asia
  • Report on comment attributed to Narendra Modi denied
  • Protest against sentence
  • Congress refuses to react
  • “EVMs can be tampered with”
  • Indian systems of medicine: decline in patent claims reported
  • NBA objects to new advisory panel
  • The last ‘snan'
  • Graft case against Home Ministry official
  • Madhuri arrest a serious issue, says Krishna
  • Creature comforts in and out of office
  • Prince of Arcot to continue on Ajmer Dargah Committee
  • Anthrax outbreak kills two persons in West Bengal
  • Acting Governor
  • Australia puts carbon trading scheme on hold

    • Nellore

  • Tricksters arrested
  • Impersonator ‘works' at spot valuation centre for 3 days

    • New Delhi

  • Radioactive material came from Delhi University
  • No second term for JNU V-C
  • Lawyer chosen to inspect night shelter
  • DDA Vice-Chairman, MCD chief summoned
  • Filtering machine makes CP's air cleaner
  • Man held for extorting money from woman
  • NSE takes Rajdhani route for investors
  • Walled City to get major facelift
  • Seeking justice
  • Fake doctor's bid to practise foiled
  • Centre directed to refund 80 lakh to Gayatri Devi's kin
  • 4500-cr. Himachal plan for power transmission
  • No ban, but users may have to pay more for plastic bags
  • Upset at frequent disruptions, Hamid Ansari wants to shift question hour
  • Free coaching at Jamia

    • News Analysis

  • Corrections and Clarifications

    • Nizamabad

  • Journalists stage protest
  • 25 per cent loan waiver for farmers
  • Lovers commit suicide
  • Residents complain of poor services at PHCs

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Op-Ed

  • The colour of water
  • Experts seek hike in global water price
  • Banks trying to kill Obama's reform bill
  • Hollywood sign saved

    • Orissa

  • Andhra Bank offers special debt relief scheme for farmers
  • Youth killed in attack by group
  • 3,000 college teachers demand UGC pay scale
  • No nod from State to prosecute 69 officials
  • Tribal outfit takes out rally
  • Meetings mark birth anniversary of Madhusudan Das
  • Call for halt to repressive measures in Kalinganagar

    • Palakkad

  • Trains to be delayed due to bridge work
  • Row over waste removal ends

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Eco-tourism project work to begin soon
  • Book release
  • Team visits lightning-hit areas

    • Puducherry

  • Increase in tax revenue
  • Medical college construction work reviewed
  • Artists depict their perspective on women's rights
  • Simple measures advocated for curbing mosquitoes
  • Villianur to get dhobi ghat
  • Protest rally planned
  • “Speed up issue of permits”
  • Funds sought for grants to research projects
  • Funds released even as unused grants mount: CAG

    • Racing : Horse

  • Head Over Heels takes Nilgiris 2000 Guineas

    • Raichur

  • Work on bridges yet to begin

    • Rajahmundry

  • Focus on code for council members
  • Nod for funds to Nyapati statue

    • Rajasthan

  • Three killed in Jaipur mishap
  • Patil gets additional charge of Rajasthan
  • Court rejects petition against Raje, Modi

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Fisheries Institute produces fingerlings for cage farming
  • Hundreds gather to witness Lord Kallazhagar entering the Vaigai
  • One killed, four injured

    • Religion

  • Ramanuja's teachings

    • Sailing

  • Rajesh, Hussain dominate in National Championships

    • Salem

  • Drunken driving responsible for many fatal accidents in Salem
  • The Hindu Education Plus Education Fair on Friday

    • Shimoga

  • ‘People have developed aversion to politics'
  • Exhibition of plays
  • Anganwadi workers, assistants hold protest
  • Students protest delay in release of grants

    • Sport

  • Zimbabwe stuns Australia
  • Olic's hat-trick fires Bayern Munich into final
  • Amitav Ghosh wins the $1 million Dan David Prize

    • Sports : General

  • Mixed luck for Kishen
  • Lalit Modi consults top lawyers
  • Hyderabad to host carrom ‘Tests'
  • FCI scholarship scheme

    • Srikakulam

  • Minister warns against delay in water supply works

    • Tamil Nadu

  • CPI (ML) seeks white paper on Forest Dwellers' Rights Act
  • Gram sabha meetings to focus on housing scheme
  • Huts identified for housing scheme
  • Collector warns against under-age marriages
  • Not a child's play
  • Uncaring attitude
  • MP for panel to study problems faced by Tirupur knitwear industry
  • Laurels to nation
  • Clubs to provide the heritage connection
  • Tiruchi ideal investment destination: Nehru
  • Tirupur district police to get additional posts
  • Kannagi Temple festival draws thousands of pilgrims
  • A ritual
  • 47,777 huts identified
  • TNGEA members stage demonstration
  • House burgled
  • Rs. 5.42 lakh given as welfare assistance
  • “Pudukottai Municipality to have deficit budget”
  • What they say
  • “Policemen will be asked to be armed during bandobust”
  • Thirteen killed in accidents
  • Health insurance is the brightest of all schemes, says Alagiri
  • Nithyananda seeks anticipatory bail
  • Swamy condemns violence at court

    • Tennis

  • Japan outplays India
  • Soderling has it easy

    • Thanjavur

  • “Drinking water supply is sufficient in Thanjavur”

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Lt. General B. K. Chengapa to visit State
  • Online C-Form registration begins
  • ‘Church has no role'
  • Creditable show by local bodies: Paloli
  • VS not to press for Joseph's resignation
  • Cabinet nod for eight new PSUs
  • Centre should allow changes in Right to Education Act, says VS
  • Stir against price rise
  • Engineering students develop all-terrain vehicle
  • ‘Probe Thachankary's foreign bank account'
  • Call to ensure traders' participation in GKSF
  • FRAT lists priority projects
  • City schools facing severe drop in student strength
  • Painting exhibition
  • Kerala Congress(J) all set to quit LDF
  • State to ask Centre to bear cost
  • P. Prabakaran is Chief Secretary
  • Kerala tops in devolving powers
  • Athirappilly: A.K. Balan hopeful

    • This Day That Age

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    • Thrissur

  • Award presented
  • Act bans construction activities near protected monuments
  • Akademi to rope in film actors

    • Tiruchi

  • BHELSIA units prompted to accelerate automation
  • Good response to residential summer programme
  • Summer camp from May 9
  • Rasigan Express reaches Tiruchi
  • Swimming camp from May 1
  • 3,756 candidates to write TNPSC examination
  • Power shutdown today
  • Legal assistance camp held
  • Stern action against illegal suction of water
  • Contractor assaulted on corporation premises
  • Applications invited for awards
  • “Make use of co-op schemes”
  • Prospective entrepreneurs derive confidence
  • Federation to observe fast
  • 43 household toilets inaugurated
  • Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Youth petitions Collector; seeks medical assistance
  • ‘Learn to swim' camp

    • Tirupati

  • SC status for Dalit Christians, Muslims opposed
  • Sri Sri centenary fete comes to a close
  • A ‘solid' waste of exercise

    • Tuticorin

  • Sterlite conducts free medical camp

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Concern over action initiated against unapproved structures
  • Three arrested for fraud

    • Udupi

  • Call for research on regional folk culture

    • Uttaranchal

  • Chipko leader against commercialisation of Ganga

    • Vellore

  • PF Adalat
  • Officials must remember there is a life behind every petition: Collector
  • State plans to supply insecticide-treated mosquito nets

    • Vijayawada

  • The Hindu to observe International Dance Day
  • PG medical counselling progressing steadily
  • Sumadhura's playlet contest in July
  • ‘Unauthorised' places of worship to be removed
  • Fenesta opens exclusive showroom in city
  • BSNL introduces new payment system
  • Accident victims' kin in a state of shock, disbelief
  • Fake currency gang busted
  • History sheeter held

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Package tours to Sri Lanka to begin next month
  • Nagaland students enjoy sea sortie
  • Andhra Bank debt relief scheme to benefit 20 farmers
  • RINL chief calls for cost control
  • NMF to document maritime history
  • LRS for Bhimli begins
  • Stone laid for works
  • China Satyam to be feted
  • EAMCET hall tickets from tomorrow
  • e-muster in NREGS, says Collector
  • Cricket library inaugurated
  • Rosaiah coming

    • Volleyball

  • Kamala invited for Asian meet
  • VDCA summer coaching camp
  • BPCL beats CPT

    • Warangal

  • Tree felling upsets residents

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • 40 lakh more as compensation for Maoist attack victims
  • Trinamool, Congress come up with lists
  • ‘West Bengal municipal polls having broader significance'
  • Boy dies in mishap
  • Maoists kill one more
  • Ardhendu Sen to be Bengal Chief Secretary

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