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Alappuzha

  • A fresh lease of life for Alappuzha bypass project

    • Anantapur

  • ‘Rights of working class curbed'
  • Minister inspects works at ‘Praja Patham'
  • Officials told to finish road works before rainy season

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Solve problems of students: Chiru
  • Children of policemen feted
  • Spirit of May Day
  • The lion roars again!
  • TUs vow to fight anti-worker policies
  • Solve workers' problems: AITUC
  • ‘Steps afoot to solve water problem'
  • Cash awards for labourers
  • Water woes
  • Mules smuggling illicit liquor auctioned!
  • Win people's trust, Governor tells officers
  • Go for better options
  • A Sheikh's tryst with Urdu poetry
  • Learning curve
  • ‘Taxing' problem
  • Gujarati Samaj holds blood donation camp

    • Athletics

  • Shameer, Manisha emerge fastest
  • A mediocre show on the first day

    • Bangalore

  • The obsession with profitability
  • Akademi's activities come in for praise
  • ‘Government doing little to curb illegal mining'
  • Of gram panchayats and political grooming
  • IPL is metaphor for India of tomorrow: Kapil Sibal
  • Wage limit for ESI benefits raised
  • Coming together for a cause
  • Man commits suicide after murdering wife, child
  • Workers voice their concerns
  • Bus Day again on May 4
  • Mayor, BWSSB officials inspect problem areas
  • Bangalore Today

    • Basketball

  • Double for Thrissur

    • Belgaum

  • Workers take out procession

    • Bellary

  • Two hotel management colleges planned

    • Bihar

  • 10 lakh looted from bus passenger

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Sourav, Manan post wins
  • Catholic, Century post wins
  • Dott leads Selby
  • Robertson in final

    • Business

  • NTPC-BHEL joint venture targets Rs. 7,000 crore orders
  • TI net rises to Rs. 81 cr
  • New 5 Series from BMW
  • Louis Philippe to make foray into footwear
  • Infopark's expansion gains momentum
  • SIB net profit rises to Rs. 234 crore
  • Muthoot to launch gold loan scheme in U.K.
  • Hinduja Foundries makes profit
  • Uptrend in auto sales

    • Carrom

  • Three-Test carrom series begins today

    • Chennai

  • Chennai students set for Germany as part of exchange programme
  • Raja Ravi Varma portrait unveiled
  • Minor fire
  • Sarath Kumar backs caste-based census
  • Solatium for kin of dead worker
  • Swamy warns government
  • Prominence must for views of statutory bodies in education, says Court
  • Deep-sea mission completed
  • You can walk down ‘London Bridge'
  • Details of the mentally ill to be put on Corporation website
  • Karunanidhi writes to Virbhadra Singh
  • Showers bring relief
  • Autorickshaw driver held for murdering woman
  • Karunanidhi attends film audio launch
  • Science should benefit the poor: Raja
  • MPs honoured
  • “Promotion is subjective in most schools”
  • Rallies, meetings mark May Day celebrations
  • “More Japanese firms planning foray into State”
  • Appointment orders given
  • Summer vacation for Madras High Court begins
  • Artisans' shortage stalls effort to preserve murals
  • Writ of quo warranto sought against AICTE official
  • Chances of life-threatening problems post-amputation high
  • Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Karthikeyan loses
  • Girish annexes rapid title
  • Anand blacks out Topalov's ambitions
  • Game six ends in a draw

    • Coimbatore

  • Entrepreneur shares experience with children
  • Coin exhibition gets underway
  • Rasigan Express comes to Coimbatore
  • Industries invited to start facilities at SEZ
  • Complete road works in May itself
  • Man injured
  • Training in bakery products
  • Fight against naxals will continue: Chidambaram
  • Regulatory orders
  • Programme
  • Woman tests A (H1N1) positive
  • Eight persons arrested
  • Capacity building training for SHGs
  • Fight against naxalism will continue: Chidambaram
  • Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Genuine CC stuns Kids CC
  • Chetan stars for FCI
  • BCCI academy inaugurated
  • IPL issue: BCCI panel to meet today
  • Nowhere to hide for South Africa: Smith
  • Pavan and Mengji shine
  • Good knock by Harish
  • MRC ‘B' is IV div. champ
  • Clarke wary of Pakistan pitfalls
  • Nathan McCullum stars as New Zealand wins opener

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 2583
  • Solution No. 2582

    • Cuddalore

  • NLC plans to improve water sources
  • Integrated water supply scheme soon for three villages
  • Allow Prabakaran's mother into State: BJP
  • Centre forms task force to address problems of small units

    • Dindigul

  • Torrential rain rocks Dindigul; Theni records sporadic rainfall
  • “Tanks, supply channels need to be protected”

    • Eluru

  • Concern over falling living standards of poor

    • Football

  • Mohd. Sporting holds ONGC
  • Mumbai FC beats Viva Kerala
  • Birmingham beats Burnley

    • Front Page

  • India keen to engage ‘empowered' Gilani
  • New team to pursue Headley case
  • Differences in JMM over leadership
  • BJP worried on several counts
  • Madhuri Gupta sent to judicial custody
  • Self-regulation for media must to stop external regulation, says Ram
  • In China's far west, a bumpy road to development
  • Capital put on high alert after intelligence reports
  • Daimary held, handed over to BSF
  • Apple beta version of iPhone OS 4
  • It's time for businesses to think about printers
  • West Indies too good for Ireland
  • India overpower bold Afghanistan
  • 12,000 additional engineering seats expected this year
  • Driving licence, RC in smart card format soon
  • Cabinet may take up PSC proposals
  • IAEA seeks details of radiation
  • Another Indian attacked in Australia
  • Apple beta version of iPhone OS 4
  • Jammu bandh peaceful
  • Escort vehicle hits Acharya's car; none hurt
  • 5 policemen granted bail in fake encounter case
  • Human error causes accidents on NH in Krishnagiri
  • Bills on higher education to be tabled in Parliament

    • Golf

  • Randhawa and Kapur miss the cut
  • Woods crashes out

    • Guntur

  • Women cricketers raring to go
  • Master Minds students shine
  • Student drowns

    • Haryana

  • Criminal cases against 410
  • Wheat procurement

    • Hassan

  • Drive to clear encroachments around Devikere commences
  • Hundreds hit by chikungunya

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Dhumal writes to Badal on ropeway

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • ‘Jagadish Shettar behind no-confidence motion'
  • Approval given for second phase of work on tank
  • Buzzing May Day in twin cities
  • ‘Jihad needed to wipe out terrorism'

    • Hyderabad

  • Sub-registrar fined for failing to provide information under RTI
  • NREGP benefits for unorganised sector: Rosaiah
  • Officials told to gear up for sixth phase land distribution
  • TDP to submit three reports to Srikrishna panel
  • Naidu seeks all-party meet on DSC-2008 posts
  • Mahanadu at Gandipet
  • Rosaiah pats BIE officials
  • Protect Kolleru lake, says CPI
  • UNICEF launches TV serial
  • Prosecute beggars, says NGO
  • Interviews for Cultural Talent Search Scholarship
  • Two-day education fair concludes
  • Mountaineer shares his experience
  • Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan courses
  • Police intensify hunt for terror suspects
  • State hospitals told to be patient-friendly
  • ATVMs' installation faces technical glitches
  • Ramaiah entrance test today
  • Physiotherapist stabbed
  • “Curb Cable TV operators' piracy”
  • Rising costs worry Telugu film producers
  • Vacation officers nominated
  • Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • Prachanda warns India
  • BP to blame for spill, says Obama
  • 1 killed in North Caucus attack
  • Iran, Syria for regional economic bloc

    • Jharkand

  • ‘Girl raped for leaving Maoist ranks'

    • Kadapa

  • Musician Sivamani prays at Pedda Dargah
  • Rallies, meetings mark May Day
  • Kadapa DRO for expediting cases

    • Kalpetta

  • Antony inaugurates DCC office in Wayanad

    • Kannur

  • Campaign rally by SNDV
  • Yogam observes fast against attack bid
  • Two-day palliative care volunteers' meet begins

    • Karimnagar

  • Inchampalli: detailed project report sought

    • Karnataka

  • Four Bills on higher education to be tabled in Parliament tomorrow
  • Fractured screenplay, inconsistent dialogues
  • Entertaining only in short spurts
  • Plenty of laughs along the way
  • Protest against transfer of doctor from Kumta
  • ‘Provide PDS foodgrains to all'
  • Stop eating frog meat, activists urge people
  • Forest officer robbed of Rs. 1.5 lakh
  • Undertaking an arduous journey to keep the faith
  • Children's evidence results in life term for father
  • KIABD action condemned
  • Peddling the idea of a cleaner environment
  • Trains cancelled
  • It may have been a routine visit by official: Reddy
  • A joyride
  • No candidates for 10 seats in Kuderu GP
  • Udyavar has been a Congress bastion
  • ‘Inter-State border yet to be demarcated'

    • Kattappana

  • Fourth anniversary of LDF government
  • Crop damage in rain

    • Kerala

  • Saluting workers
  • May Day rally
  • No moderation in SSLC exam marks
  • Kite festival
  • Medicinal plant cultivation project for households
  • Job scheme for women launched
  • May Day scene
  • More space
  • Boosting tourism

    • Kochi

  • EducationPlus international education fair in Kochi
  • Government doctors' plea on pay
  • Development rally by NCP
  • CIAL golf course to be opened today
  • Amar Singh finds a new role for himself
  • LIC employees to resist privatisation
  • Differing views at discussion on curtailing highway width
  • Route change put on hold
  • Rallies mark May Day
  • Tiruvarur accident victims laid to rest
  • Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Baby denies Joseph's charges
  • Baputti's friends to get a home
  • ESIC hospitals to be computerised by August

    • Kottayam

  • Trade unions told to forge unity

    • Kozhikode

  • Collective flutter over Kappad
  • Kite festival begins
  • Fined for dumping chicken waste
  • KPCC will have the last word: Antony
  • Literary award

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Centre to spend 25,000 crore on M.P. highways

    • Madikeri

  • ‘Benefits evade working class as they remain unorganised'
  • Annual flower show begins

    • Madurai

  • New hotel inaugurated
  • Meet on medical radiological safety
  • High Court orders provision of basic amenities to Dalits
  • Tips for success in career and life
  • Allow children to study what they like: VC
  • Defunct ambulance; Collector pulls up staff
  • Masons honoured on May Day
  • “Choose computer science and IT courses”
  • CPI (M) flays ‘cash for vote' trend in Tamil Nadu
  • For a darshan
  • Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • NDMA asks Delhi Government to screen Mayapuri residents
  • Maharashtra should be one: Chavan

    • Malappuram

  • Spurt in leprosy cases among tribals in Nilambur
  • Film fete in memory of Sharatchandran
  • State told to rescue alternative schools

    • Mangalore

  • Government blamed for labour law violations
  • Many workers ignorant about May Day

    • Mysore

  • KPCC elections
  • Holiday rush causes traffic snarls
  • Tiger found dead
  • Film fest from Sunday
  • Use hospitals to train healthcare personnel, says Oscar Fernandes
  • ‘Deconstruct Your Supper' at this film festival
  • Newspaper vendors have a field day

    • Nagapattinam

  • Nagapattinam villagers voice concern over power plants
  • 75,621 huts listed for housing scheme

    • Nalgonda

  • Constable held for ‘deceiving' woman
  • Need for joint struggles: CPI (M)

    • National

  • Gusto marks Gujarat jubilee
  • Manmohan calls for overhaul of legal education system
  • Left parties prepare to move privilege motion against Manmohan on IPL, phone tapping issues
  • No abnormal radiation levels on campus: VC
  • Surprise find at Pattanam digs
  • 500 BSP men with criminal antecedents expelled
  • “Hot lab in Delhi University was flooded with water at January-end”
  • Two Manipur rebel leaders arrested
  • Sachin honoured
  • Crop loans to be streamlined
  • Satellite used to count Kumbh pilgrims
  • A new innings
  • Kashmiris welcome Indo-Pak dialogue
  • Verdict in second Nithari killings case on May 4
  • Tribals in Orissa take out rally opposing ‘Operation Green Hunt'
  • Woman naxal commander surrenders
  • Indian appointed to United Nations post
  • Coonoor-Mettupalayam service resumes
  • SAU: India eases visa norms for Pakistani students
  • Raids continue in UP; another constable armourer held
  • Another suspect held
  • ATS sees link between Ajmer and Malegaon blasts
  • Pat from President
  • Fourth skeleton, six IEDs recovered from Maoist hotbed

    • Nellore

  • ‘Electronic health profile' system launched

    • New Delhi

  • Little from Bollywood to keep a house full; a lot from Hollywood
  • Abu Salem to be tried under MCOCA
  • Census operation begins in Capital
  • Home Ministry official sent to Tihar Jail in jacket scam
  • Protest march by working class to mark May Day
  • Right to urban employment guarantee demanded
  • Sajjan challenges witnesses' version, claims innocence
  • The Capital gets a chaupal
  • Ketan Desai sent to judicial custody
  • ‘Need to ensure quality service to litigants'
  • Delhi Police directed to provide protection to young couple
  • No abnormal radiation on Delhi University campus: V-C
  • Clarification on Domestic Violence Act sought
  • Foreign mail rates go up
  • Metro services delayed on Line 3 during evening rush hour
  • Rain brings down temperature, demand for power in Delhi

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Orissa

  • State-level summer camp for visually challenged gets under way
  • Teaching mother tongue in a unique way
  • ‘Decision on proposed Coal India Limited strike tomorrow'
  • Jhodias agree to participate in census process
  • Wildlife sanctuaries become Maoists' hideouts
  • Farm pond fraud: State to take action against corrupt officials
  • Woman naxal surrenders
  • Rights of working class will be protected: CJ
  • Tribals take out rally opposing ‘Operation Green Hunt'

    • Other States

  • Cooling off
  • Golden jubilee bonanza for Gujarat employees
  • Some relief
  • Manna Dey turns 91
  • Life term for 7
  • Another man held for Ajmer dargah blast

    • Palakkad

  • Elephants trample farmers' hopes

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Government urged to rectify anomalies
  • 28 elephants paraded at ceremonial Arat at Omalloor
  • Call to give excess land to the poor
  • Pensioners' plea for medical care
  • Trade unions take out march

    • Puducherry

  • Language labs, smart classrooms planned at PG centre
  • Renovated Kamban Kalaiarangam opened
  • JIPMER employees' union seeks G.O. for granting pension
  • ‘Politics needs people with courage of conviction'
  • Activists arrested

    • Racing : Horse

  • Flaming Ace triumphs
  • Steal The Glory in good form

    • Raichur

  • Three units of RTPS shut down

    • Rajasthan

  • Brain behind Ajmer blast identified

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga districts receive heavy rainfall
  • Marine species washed ashore

    • Sailing

  • Derrick takes sizeable lead

    • Salem

  • Farmers' market gets weighing machines
  • Enumeration work for huts to be over by May 15
  • Salem Mayor hurt in accident

    • Shimoga

  • Construction workers likely to get benefits
  • Apex Bank chief to hold SDCC Bank post too

    • Sivaganga

  • Helmets distributed to the public

    • Sport

  • West Indies too good for Ireland
  • India overpower bold Afghanistan

    • Sports : General

  • Bala's knock of 92 ensures Samiarthottam's victory
  • KSP outplays Mysore dist.

    • Squash

  • Dipika rallies to down Wee Wern

    • Srikakulam

  • Press Academy chief visits Srikakulam
  • Red Cross to the rescue of HIV-hit children

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Free uniforms distributed
  • Officers' Line to be renamed as Anna Salai
  • May Day
  • Gram Sabha meetings focus on Kalaignar Housing Scheme
  • Mini Marathon during third week of May
  • Competitive examinations
  • Rain lashes Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri districts
  • Call for innovative business ventures
  • Two killed, five hurt in accident
  • 10 e-clubs for jewellery sector inaugurated
  • United they stand
  • ‘Time management is essential for success'
  • Pleasant
  • Count on this exercise “thanks to technology''
  • Cool walk
  • On their day
  • CPI (M) demands White Paper
  • Fatal fall for construction worker
  • NIOT completes deep-sea mission

    • Tennis

  • Aditya to meet Sukul
  • Yuki to lead Indian challenge
  • Tennis Centre inaugurated
  • Ferrer in final
  • Nadal takes on Ferrer in final

    • Thanjavur

  • May Day rally taken out in Thanjavur
  • Heavy rain in many places
  • “Gram sabhas facilitate real empowerment”

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Congress, KC(M) cautious
  • Mani flays Left leaders
  • Hassle-free access to SSLC results on the Internet
  • Summer rainfall recorded normal in State till April
  • Proposal for renewable energy unit awaits nod
  • New Pension System can be accessed through post offices
  • Allocation for HIV control activities sought
  • Complaint against P.C. George
  • State roads strewn with ‘black spots'
  • Public health experts renew H1N1 alert
  • Comeback time for campus recruitment
  • Plan to raise availability of vegetables in State
  • LDF to decide on Cabinet berth for lone KC (J) MLA next week

    • Thrissur

  • Body identified
  • Importance of continuity stressed

    • Tiruchi

  • Mock drill held in factory
  • Call to know welfare schemes
  • Cable TV operators let down cricket fans
  • Local holiday declared on May 11
  • “Cholan Express should be run with chair car coaches”
  • Importance of research article writing discussed
  • Reject Sam Pitroda panel report: association
  • Seminar on renewable energy sources
  • Pedestrian killed
  • Standard of teaching deteriorating: Vice-Chancellor
  • Tiruchi Today

    • Tirumala

  • TTD limits Sudarshan tokens

    • Tirunelveli

  • Hundreds of fans cast votes
  • Progress of works reviewed
  • PWD Secretary inspects river linking project
  • Water released for ‘kar' paddy
  • Rallies mark ‘May Day' fete

    • Tirupati

  • Census of a different kind!
  • It's perennial drought in Madanapalle division
  • Srinivasa Kalyanam held in US

    • Tuticorin

  • Veterinary clinic inaugurated

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Stage set for feast of Kandal Cross Shrine
  • Preparations begin for Golden Jubilee of diocesan organisation

    • Udupi

  • Both teaching and research are important: expert
  • Haemophilia not a deterrent

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • One killed in accident
  • Italian girl weds Meerut boy

    • Vijayawada

  • Call to make a career in cricket
  • Not many takers for non-clinical PG courses
  • Hospital gesture to patients
  • Census going on in scientific way: Rajagopal
  • Vaishnavi case: accused taken for narco test
  • Need to augment water supply in hilly areas: MLA
  • Parties, unions celebrate May Day
  • Training camp for medical tests opened
  • UPA Government mired in corruption scandals: TDP MLA
  • Restore seats in IIITs, says BJP
  • No move to join TD: PR leader

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Steel plant bags award
  • Beating the heat in style
  • GRT Jewellers to open showroom today
  • Lack of summer specials hits passengers in Waltair Division
  • Rallies by trade unions mark May Day
  • ‘NIPUNA' organised
  • Narayana students excel
  • Annamayya audio CD released
  • Fashion and dance contest
  • MMTC opens showroom
  • AURPGCET from May 16
  • Sri Sri's prose reflects his sincerity: Virasam leader
  • Completion of Polavaram will end water woes, says irrigation expert

    • Volleyball

  • Central Railway women bag title

    • Warangal

  • Red flags fly high at May Day celebrations

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • Congress-Trinamool pact fails over civic polls
  • ‘Tackling terrorism the biggest challenge'
  • No cause for euphoria: Biman Bose

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