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    Alappuzha

  • Congress (S) meeting in Mavelikara from April 29
  • Tension at Alappuzha Medical College

    • Anantapur

  • Minister vows to tackle water woes
  • Life term for six in murder case
  • Police charged with harassing Telugu Desam Party leaders

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Demand for change causes stir in TDP
  • Environmental clearance for Pulichintala project
  • Fracas over selection of Vijayawada Congress chief
  • Chilli prices far above break even
  • Choice of district Congress team left to high command's discretion
  • Huge arms dump unearthed
  • Tollywood thriving across the seven seas
  • YSR charge of inciting agitators refuted
  • New hope for cancer patients
  • Dhaka-based pharma unit for tie-up with Indian firm
  • Plea to include removal of untouchability in Praja Patham
  • Former MLA takes on top brass
  • Separate PCC for Telangana ruled out
  • Fire safety: NOC to be made mandatory
  • APSP constable guns down colleague
  • Eco nod for Pulichintala
  • Two policemen injured in naxal attack
  • Hearing on CBI plea today
  • Maoists blast old police station building
  • Naxals kill sarpanch
  • Joining hands
  • What's cooking...
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Lukewarm response People not enthusiastic
  • Manjeera leaves water scheme dry
  • Desilting work begins
  • Tirupati

    • Badminton

  • Diganth posts narrow win

    • Bangalore

  • Road maintenance comes to a halt
  • Bangalore to have woman police commissioner?
  • Air-conditioned buses to ply on 10 routes
  • New badge for Pioneer Corps
  • BDA awaiting directive from Government
  • So what if there is no rain?
  • Extra coach
  • Power shutdown
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Belgaum

  • Nagappa proposes to set up park of statues
  • Six-day industrial, trade exhibition from today

    • Bellary

  • Capacity of Tungabhadra dam shrinks

    • Briefly

  • Syndicate Bank files prospectus
  • `Broadcast News' formed
  • CommunicAsia 2005
  • U.S. Mint to make new gold coin
  • Tata Tiscon ad bags award
  • IOB audited results on April 27
  • GE Hotel: more time for ERS
  • Taiwan bank to implement i-flex suites
  • Greek bank opts for Finacle
  • GE Shipping to sell VLCC
  • Indus Pharma gets Star Export House status
  • eLitmus.com signs up with recruiters
  • Matrix Lab unit gets USFDA nod
  • IBS' management development programme
  • Greek bank opts for Finacle
  • KSFC net profit at Rs. 2.50 crores
  • Ernst & Young to assist Rajesh Exports
  • New National Channels Director for Hitachi Data

    • Business

  • TCS revenues cross $2 b mark
  • India-Pakistan trade: nine areas identified
  • Notification on export of services
  • SEBI chief visits Nasdaq
  • Rupee rallies
  • Early gains not held on BSE
  • Sify reduces losses
  • Hexaware Tech revenue up
  • HCL Info's third interim
  • Royal Classic to focus on forward integration

    • Cartoons

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    • Chennai

  • Office-goers bear the brunt of DMK protest
  • Corporation by-poll marred by violence
  • A straight fight in Assembly bypolls
  • 78-lakh tonne paddy target set
  • DPA members protest in Parliament complex
  • BSF constable latest victim of `biscuit bandits'
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Sasikiran stuns Hansen

    • Coimbatore

  • Call taxis get space
  • DMK men block road
  • No power supply
  • Special buses for TNPCEE examinations
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • India's rating at an all-time low
  • Sehwag's batting is phenomenal
  • WC itinerary on July 19
  • Pakistan media all praise for cricketers
  • Veterans' tournament

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8272
  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8271

    • Cuddapah

  • 4,000 houses for poor near Cuddapah: MLA

    • Editorials

  • Global cooperation to manage the oil shock
  • Promote altruism, not trading

    • Football

  • Venkatesan on the rampage
  • Fransa beats Churchill

    • Front Page

  • Ratzinger is new Pope
  • ``South African arms firm paid money for confidential papers''
  • Defence deals: affidavit issue rocks Parliament
  • Nothing to hide: Manmohan
  • Let Advani decide: Vajpayee
  • Right replacement for Wright needed
  • Indians need rest and a fresh start
  • Violence mars council byelections
  • B.B. Tandon, next CEC
  • Jail term for cow slaughter upheld
  • Cabinet meet deferred

    • Gulbarga

  • Examinations rescheduled

    • Haryana

  • Hooda's assurance on power supply

    • Hassan

  • `Govt. committed to empowering panchayats'
  • Try to bridge urban, rural divide: Mahadevappa

    • Hubli

  • Joshi accuses Morey of being partisan

    • Hyderabad

  • Work on four flyovers by month-end
  • They pedal on, nonchalantly
  • Multi tap system to check water wastage
  • French classes
  • AA+ rating from CRISIL
  • Put an end to debate on Telangana: APCC chief
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderbad Today

    • India & World

  • Lukewarm response to joint statement
  • Top leaders alone can do it, says Musharraf
  • "Media has not set terms for India's foreign policy"
  • "Bright outlook for India's news media"
  • Tribute to Indian relief work

    • International

  • Russian regions merge to speed up growth
  • The powerful face power cut in Pakistan
  • Blair aide quits over Iraq
  • U.S. fears terrorist base in Bangladesh
  • Vanunu's travel ban extended
  • Mother battles on in Jackson trial
  • Halt at North Korean nuclear reactor raises bomb fear
  • Leaders split over death penalty for Saddam
  • A big step forward for women in Kuwait
  • Berlusconi refuses to quit despite pressure
  • A happy worker is a healthy worker
  • Woman admits to starting hotel blaze
  • Thousands going home after volcanic eruption in Comoros Islands
  • Defiant Mugabe comes down on Western nations
  • Showdown vote for Bolton

    • Kancheepuram

  • Hands over charge

    • Karimnagar

  • Tight security for strike call in coalmine area
  • TDP leaders' charge against YSR

    • Karnataka

  • Devanahalli airport work to start next month
  • Govt. blamed for tribal unrest
  • Good progress on projects in Cauvery basin
  • Pure sciences have no takers in hi-tech city
  • State, Tamil Nadu in race for biotech park
  • Tamil Nadu police `raid' causes quite a stir
  • Amendments have made BDA a real estate agent: HC
  • Minister wants Bijapur in list of world heritage sites
  • Tulasidas Dasappa, former MP, passes away
  • State team to meet Prime Minister soon
  • Govt. appoints principals for new medical colleges
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Briefly
  • Chamarajanagar CMC gets surplus budget
  • Bangarappa sees indication of mid-term polls in State
  • Bus stand at Subramanya ready
  • One killed in accident
  • Deve Gowda's remarks against Congress flayed

    • Kerala

  • ISD call rates to the Gulf may be slashed
  • American Cancer Society to join hands with RCC
  • State planning low-cost airline to Gulf countries
  • Question paper leak
  • Government in favour of fireworks
  • A-I Express to operate 31 flights a week
  • ISD call rates to the Gulf may be slashed
  • Pooram Gala in a Nut Shell
  • Nearly 400 buyers to attend B2B meet
  • Thrissur
  • Cartosat to be launched in May
  • Milk to cost more from tomorrow
  • Khadi workers meet ends
  • Leading from the front
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Air Sahara's scheme for travellers

    • Kochi

  • Activists gherao General Hospital Superintendent
  • Protest against delay in completing work
  • Illegal telephone exchange unearthed
  • Traffic awareness camps for public
  • Seeking divine intervention
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Elaborate arrangements for Nabi Day celebrations
  • Women's panel settles six cases
  • Kollam Mayor's dharna plan flayed
  • Tsunami relief: Matsyafed finalises draft list

    • Leader Page Articles

  • The great game for Caspian oil

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Musharraf visit
  • No mention of PoK
  • Geo-economics
  • Appropriate gesture
  • Why such treatment?
  • Challenge for Karat
  • Immigrants in U.K.
  • Timely call
  • Laudable
  • Ban on dance bars

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • No problems with Gaur: Uma Bharti
  • Gaur for rapid development of urban areas
  • Hypnotism as alternative therapy

    • Madikeri

  • Flower show inaugurated

    • Madurai

  • Security beefed up for Chithirai festival
  • Non-surgical closure of heart defect
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Mangalore

  • `Do not take Government for granted'
  • New Mangalore Port trust plans passenger cruise services
  • Ambedkar studies centre opens
  • SCDCC Bank posts record profit
  • V. R. Bhat

    • Mysore

  • Mysore to benefit from circuit tourism
  • Mysore to get more milk outlets
  • Very few from State in armed forces
  • Three held on theft charge

    • Nagapattinam

  • SHGs petition Collector seeking revolving fund

    • Nalgonda

  • Mallesh Goud set to become DCC chief
  • Maoists torch poclain, lorry at thanda

    • National

  • Discussion only after reports are tabled: BJP
  • `Membership can be restricted to a religion'
  • Denmark asks India to return toxic vessel
  • Awards conferred on Armymen
  • Award for Vikram Seth
  • Dissidents to wait till May 1
  • Need to re-orient civil services: Manmohan
  • Indian forced into Bangladesh and abducted
  • Prince of Arcot thanks Centre
  • Nationalist Congress Party candidate set to win Rajya Sabha byelection
  • Crop bio-diversity needed to reduce hunger, says M.S. Swaminathan
  • Malaria hits policemen in Jharkhand
  • Cartosat to be launched in May
  • New breeding hopes for the endangered turtles

    • Nellore

  • Five hurt in mishaps

    • New Delhi

  • Bid to impose penalty on defaulting officials
  • Experiments made easy
  • Total health care under one roof
  • Global classrooms becoming a reality
  • DJB launches new complaint scheme
  • Good news for Delhi Metro
  • Agenda sidelined to attack CM
  • Expressing solidarity with a comrade
  • Held with cloned credit cards
  • Kashmiri Pandits see a ray of hope
  • Maid arrested in kidnapping case
  • Police, RWAs join hands
  • BJP dharna over civic amenities today
  • Petition against tourist operators rejected
  • Former Minister denies charge
  • Briefly
  • Around the City
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • India-Pakistan trade set for a quantum leap
  • The battle for bauxite in Orissa
  • Bringing rebels into the mainstream
  • Will French vote throw EU into turmoil?

    • Nizamabad

  • 10,000 transformers for Nizamabad district
  • Unity in Nizamabad Congress vindicated, says D. Srinivas
  • `Master plan for impetus to tourism'
  • Thirty huts destroyed in fire

    • Pondicherry

  • Centre's consent sought for MBC job quota, says Rangasamy
  • Jobs for kin sought
  • Man murdered
  • Students boycott exam

    • Punjab

  • Punjab to review cases of those detained on terrorism charges

    • Racing : Horse

  • Lady Challenger wins Memories Plate
  • Fragnant Star expected to score in the Summer Cup
  • Supreme Act impresses

    • Racing : Motor

  • Narain is ready for the challenge

    • Rajasthan

  • CAG finds under assessment, non-recovery of revenue

    • Religion

  • Law of Karma

    • Salem

  • `I suffered fits after jumping out of burning bus'

    • Shimoga

  • Banks told to promote rural industrialisation

    • Sport

  • Right replacement for Wright needed
  • Indians need rest and a fresh start
  • Uzbekistan has it easy against Philippines in a Group `II' match
  • Army XI staves off Airlines' challenge

    • Sports : General

  • Armstrong to call it a day

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Registrar issue sparks controversy
  • `Voters have a taste of what lies in the future'
  • Education fair features 45 varsities
  • Tirupur spinning mills enjoy boom time
  • Focus on developing destination tourism
  • Breach of traffic rules the norm in Hosur
  • Environment education in schools gets off to a poor start
  • Free bicycle scheme
  • Organic farming is the way to healthy yields
  • DMK, allies will boycott civic polls
  • Tension mars poll in Erode ward
  • `Stop drawal from Neyveli aquifer also'
  • `Return hotels case papers to prosecution'
  • Fire in electronic goods shop
  • Adequate water supply assured
  • Committee appointed to hold MHAA polls
  • Periyar varsity to provide thrust to research
  • Clean milk scheme for 8 districts
  • Southern Railway bags shields for efficiency
  • Vaiko directed to appear in court on April 25
  • Demos, counter demos in Erode
  • Tiruchi police chief transferred
  • Cancellation upsets SHGs
  • Authorities identify `sensitive booths' in Gummidipoondi
  • City Cinema
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • New scheme for hosiery industry
  • Bypoll passes off peacefully
  • Binny workers, management reach settlement
  • Free insurance for workers

    • Tennis

  • Gayanga beats Sidhanth
  • Grosjean advances to second round
  • Upset win for Nitin Kirtane

    • Thanjavur

  • Expo on medicinal herbs
  • DMK leaders, activists arrested

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Man held in Pattoor church fire case
  • Dry taps in city for second day
  • Electronic goods shop burgled
  • Milk vendor killed in accident
  • DYFI-SFI activists gherao Ayurveda Education Director
  • Injured elephant: case filed
  • Ganja seized: one arrested
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated April 20, 1955: Einstein dead

  • dated April 20, 1955: Bandung conference

    • Thrissur

  • Thrissur all set for Pooram

    • Tiruchi

  • Ward byelection records 56 p.c. polling
  • Peaceful polling
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tirunelveli

  • By-election ends on a peaceful note
  • Sharp showers in Tirunelveli

    • Tirupati

  • TTD planning to turn IT-savvy in a big way
  • Kin fulfil retired official's wish

    • Udupi

  • No move to evacuate fishermen
  • Ramananda Bhat passes away

    • Union Territories

  • CII identifies 10 priority areas
  • An unusual campaign

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Sunni Wakf Board to hear Taj case on May 20
  • U.P. to invite tenders for power project
  • U.P. nod for 1000 MW Anpara C

    • Vijayawada

  • Damp squib
  • Their tales of woe continue to pour in
  • Teachers concerned over delayed salary
  • `Greater need to set up food-processing units'
  • Woman killed in LPG cylinder explosion
  • MLAs' tour today
  • Health camp opened
  • Around the City

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Public hearing on VUDA project
  • Painful transition
  • Tribals' plea to TRIFED
  • Woman ends life in suicide pact
  • Around the City
  • In Vishakapatnam Today

    • Weather

  • Weather

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