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    Alappuzha

  • Coir strike likely to spread to yarn spinning sector

    • Anantapur

  • Congress is still in search of candidate for byelection

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Axe may fall on many a senior official
  • Grandiose irrigation plan set in motion
  • Over 100 Maoist cadres surrender
  • Home alone elders easy prey for criminals
  • SC panel chief justifies court verdict on subcategorisation
  • Maoist party speaks of `impending ban'
  • Bring out the `Invisible CEO' in you
  • Telemedicine network system launched
  • Axe may fall on many officials
  • Foundation stones laid by YSR damaged
  • Was the Ongole blast victim an SSC student?
  • Siddappa stable
  • `Praja Patham is more important'
  • Trader robbed of jewellery, cash at knifepoint
  • Incest: victim exploited since five years
  • Hallmark of pure gold!
  • Two held on murder charge
  • MRPS rally in Delhi seeks Scheduled Castes' categorisation
  • Drop in CEEP pass percentage
  • History-sheeter arrested
  • Suri remanded to judicial custody in explosion case
  • Nominee issue: Naidu declines comment
  • Training for Seva Dal volunteers
  • Two sides of the coin
  • Briefly
  • CRIME WATCH

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • YSR worships at Tirumala
  • Non-committal on ban

    • Archery

  • Dola, Reena advance

    • Athletics

  • Beenamol to tie the knot
  • Junior athletics meet

    • Bangalore

  • Police to buy more cranes and tigers to check parking violations in city
  • Two waylaid, robbed of cash, electronic gadgets
  • City to get 50 more condom vending machines
  • KFCC felicitates Parvathamma
  • Attempt to sensitise people about lesbians,transsexuals
  • Delayed SSLC exam results
  • Diabetic eye care facility launched
  • Contractors to provide maids at apartments
  • When Raj met Parvati
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • IOB, SR reign supreme
  • MEG (Bangalore) in semifinal league
  • SZ Police in last eight

    • Bellary

  • Auto drivers block roads

    • Bidar

  • Man killed in group clash

    • Briefly

  • Today's Writing Products bags U.K. order
  • Nicholas Piramal's 1:10 rights issue
  • Ucal Fuel to invest in U.S. firm
  • PNB cuts NRE, FCNR(B) rates
  • JVSL board to consider acquisition of 3 cos.
  • Venus Remedies ties up with Themis Medicare
  • HP launches new digital cameras
  • IBM to cut up to 13,000 jobs

    • Business

  • Banks' dividend payout ratio cap raised to 40 p.c.
  • Shell, BASF to sell plastics joint venture
  • ONGC makes three new oil and gas finds
  • Lupin ties up with Cornerstone
  • Tata Motors' ACE mini-truck unveiled
  • 'Import liberalisation will boost economic growth'
  • Indian call centre wages nearing U.K. levels: FSA
  • Thailand keen to import Assam tea
  • MindTree acquires Linc Software
  • HDFC records 22 p.c. higher net profit
  • Rupee gains further
  • Bank shares in limelight

    • Carrom

  • Surya Prakash bags a grand double

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • All government schools to take `playway' route
  • `Need to check sexually transmitted infections'
  • HR consultant rates Chennai top in job opportunities
  • A flood of mangoes as mercury shoots up
  • Shuttle services sought from Red Hills to Padi
  • Missing child's photograph identified
  • Adikesavan case: One more held, electronic goods seized
  • Vacations are hectic for teachers
  • Video piracy is theft: message from film
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Nisha, Mary-Ann draw
  • Appeal dismissed

    • Coimbatore

  • Steps being taken to increase Photo ID Card holders
  • Dalit activists removed by police
  • An efficient method to boost paddy yield
  • Basic amenities planned for approved layouts
  • Power shutdown in Madampatty on May 9
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • SCF Blues clinches title
  • Ravikumar, Appa Rao hog the limelight
  • Panel soon to select new coach

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8286
  • Solution to Puzzle 8285

    • Cuddapah

  • Government to promote rural sports: SAAP Chairman
  • Deputy Collector dies of heart attack

    • Dharmapuri

  • No power supply

    • Dharwad

  • Water supply schedule for twin cities

    • Editorials

  • India's growing space launch prowess
  • Mamata's moment of reckoning

    • Erode

  • Milk production up in Erode district

    • Football

  • HAL flattens Indian Bank
  • Kanyakumari DFA posts big win
  • Sporting Clube's amiable go(al)-getter
  • No clear favourite in final
  • Newcastle ends victory drought
  • Five-year deal for Mourinho

    • Front Page

  • Another perfect launch by ISRO
  • President at home
  • NDA making false charges: Manmohan
  • Manipur encounter deaths: Army orders probe
  • India, Pakistan to hold talks on Siachen, Sir Creek
  • Erring companies liable for criminal prosecution, rules Supreme Court
  • U.S. announces 20,000 more visas in H1B category
  • Vajpayee calls for BJP meet

    • Haryana

  • Meningitis alert in Haryana

    • Hockey

  • PSB in final
  • Boys are responding well, says Harinder

    • Hubli

  • Steps to protect public property
  • 40 in fray for APMC polls

    • Hyderabad

  • The elusive `dream home'
  • Mayor's powers questioned
  • RTC increases frequency to Ghatkesar
  • Court stays housing board works
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • After bus service flights on the agenda, says PoK Prime Minister
  • Manmohan to attend V-day celebrations in Moscow

    • International

  • Blair set to win third term despite voter anger over Iraq
  • Blasts at British consulate in New York
  • Back to the future
  • Vietnam, Australia accord on ties
  • "Jews can only rely on themselves"
  • Violence continues to rock Iraq
  • New Zealand introduces tax on greenhouse gases
  • Bush asks Italy to end row over officer's killing
  • "Napoleon died of stomach cancer"

    • Karnataka

  • Law on fee before next academic year
  • Deve Gowda dares NICE to sue him
  • Stay on order against layout continued for three weeks
  • What collective effort can do
  • `It is for the Govt. to take action on my report'
  • Exceptional performance by scheduled commercial banks
  • `Govt. has an agreement with COMED-K'
  • Gram panchayats to be helped to handle water schemes
  • A colourful bouquet is part of the reward
  • Diesel Loco Shed capacity being doubled
  • Hearing of plea against seat matrix adjourned
  • Power for pumpsets: more time ruled out
  • Closed spaces also cause asthma
  • `Arrest helped solve kidnapping'
  • Transfer of teachers opposed
  • `NICE yet to submit plan for highway'
  • Model code of conduct forgotten?
  • Mutt to celebrate Shankar Jayanti
  • Bus service upgraded
  • Honouring the couple
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • `Project to divert rivers under study'
  • Puttur sub-regional transport office upgraded to RTO
  • Efforts on to ban two-digit lottery, says Horatti
  • Eight hurt in lathicharge
  • Order soon on leasing land to store ore
  • Students take out protest
  • Action plan approved for Chamarajanagar
  • Rs. 120 cr. needed for additional compensation
  • Govt. to recruit 10,000 teachers
  • Bank posts profit

    • Kerala

  • Kerala Congress (J) quits United Democratic Front
  • Health insurance for below poverty line families mooted
  • Hand tool units of Shoranur form cluster
  • NC(I) decision on bypolls on May 11
  • IT boom awaits Kochi
  • Pampa Action Plan a non-starter
  • KSRTC to augment fleet strength
  • EVMs to be used in civic polls
  • Scheme for quality power
  • Bank robbed of Rs.1.22-cr. gold, cash
  • Japanese city scouting for Indian IT talent
  • Kannur
  • Karunakaran's move suicidal, says BJP
  • KYF(Jacob) campaign rally begins today
  • KOLLAM
  • Karunakaran to head NC(I) panel
  • Thrissur
  • Azhikode seat for CMP likely
  • Credit plan for Lakshadweep
  • Court seeks explanation from Murali
  • NSS to follow `equi-distance' policy in bypolls
  • A happy violation of rules
  • Trawling ban from June 15
  • Bahadur award for Madhu
  • Changing tracks
  • Opposing delimitation
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Four held with fake currency
  • Man sentenced for wife's suicide
  • SYS zonal meet begins
  • Air-India Express to fly to Muscat on May 9

    • Kochi

  • Polytechnic breaks new ground in community-based initiatives
  • Advantages of alternative dispute resolution stressed
  • FACT unions to back any Central proposal for revival
  • New chief for Southern Naval Command
  • Website launched
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Title deeds likely for land of aided educational institutions
  • Probe sought

    • Kottayam

  • Truckers' stir: stalemate continues

    • Kozhikode

  • Coir welfare board moots modernisation of industry

    • Kurnool

  • 250 blackbuck caught to check crop loss

    • Leader Page Articles

  • A boycott call shakes up British academia

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Model nikahnama
  • Close the issue
  • Kudos to ISRO
  • Finance Bill 2005
  • A drama
  • End this boycott
  • Karunakaran's moves
  • Not a new theory
  • Muslim Personal Law Board responds

    • Madikeri

  • Number of zilla panchayat seats in Kodagu increased to 29
  • Woman shot dead in Kodagu

    • Madurai

  • DMK, Left parties flay ban on recruitment of staff
  • Eight MK University staff members to face action
  • Vacation sittings modified
  • Corporation gym opened
  • Giraffe crossing
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Mulky people to protest against court location
  • Medico's charge against bank
  • Manipal Arogya Card introduced
  • 125 water projects energised, says MESCOM
  • Honouring the couple
  • Youth ends life
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Rangayana to hold more camps
  • Armed gang escapes with cash, jewellery
  • `Delimitation exercise not above board'

    • Nagapattinam

  • 35 per cent subsidy for building `pettis' sanctioned

    • Nagercoil

  • Village Information Centre inaugurated
  • Coolie commits suicide

    • Nalgonda

  • Jana defends decision to hold talks with Maoists

    • National

  • Carving out State no solution to Telengana woes: CPI (M)
  • TDP breaks ranks with NDA, attends Parliament
  • Centre promises electoral reforms
  • "Ready to face probe into Centaur disinvestments"
  • Model `nikahnama' a step forward, says AIDWA
  • Orders reserved on mill owners' plea
  • Manipur women waging a war on the ubiquitous brew
  • Sangma to return to NCP
  • Search for war prisoner in Pakistan: Court
  • Tamil Nadu still a base for smuggling by LTTE
  • Another milestone, says Shekhawat
  • New GM
  • ``Parliamentary proceedings coverage poor''
  • Rapist agrees to marry victim, acquitted
  • "PM's statement short on truth"
  • ISRO getting ready for next PSLV launch by October
  • "We will reconsider if withdrawal tax objectives fail''
  • Manmohan's assurance on implementation of Assam Accord
  • Nation bids farewell to war hero Aurora

    • Nellore

  • Big turnout for the spectacular event

    • New Delhi

  • Banking sector set for major reforms
  • Cabinet clears 11 Bills
  • Six suspended after Tihar expose
  • High Court issue notices to Centre, IHF chief
  • Nine hospitals fined for flouting fire safety norms
  • Panels to look into power woes
  • Vietnam seeks ASI help to preserve common link
  • New measures under way to check rabies
  • Cattle drive fails to deliver much
  • Anara pleads for justice
  • Abidi begins fast-unto-death against GAIL action
  • Tie-up to facilitate third-party testing of electronic meters
  • Delhi High Court summons two police officers
  • Northern Railway to open 28 new reservation centres
  • Bail plea hearing in Shivani murder case
  • "Make Braille books available"
  • Reshuffle in Delhi Government
  • Cultural festival at Russian Centre
  • United we stand...
  • Sufi singer not averse to Bollywood
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • A prelude to the main battle
  • A peep into history
  • An almost irreversible process
  • When will Tony Blair step down?

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Pathanamthitta

  • A children's park steeped in neglect
  • 123 new wards for panchayats in Pathanamthitta
  • Yajna at Aranmula temple
  • CPI(M) workers stage march to taluk offices

    • Perambalur

  • Rs.91.32 lakhs for providing basic amenities

    • Pondicherry

  • Revamp central prison: CPI
  • Unorganised sector survey launched

    • Punjab

  • `Punjab should review decision'
  • MP, administration lock horns again

    • Racing : Horse

  • Holding Court shines

    • Racing : Motor

  • A chance to exhibit driving skills

    • Rajasthan

  • Boost for Jaipur-Agra rail link
  • Rajasthan plans insurance cover for pregnant women
  • Early passage of Right to Information Bill likely

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Work on East Coast Road project begins

    • Religion

  • Eternal principles

    • Salem

  • Only the fittest survive here
  • Another building waiting to collapse in Salem

    • Sport

  • Fletcher plumps for Pietersen
  • Mohun Bagan blanks Tollygunge Agragami
  • AC Milan makes final on away goal

    • Sports : General

  • Indian roller skaters for Korea
  • IOA, BCCI protest against State legislations

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Detention of Raghu, 10 others quashed
  • Election observer cracks down on violations
  • Water shortage, lack of bus facilities top people's concerns
  • In Gummidipoondi, a walking election advertisement
  • Pammal shows way to tackling garbage
  • Mapping ground ozone levels in Chennai
  • Pattabiram residents upset over frequent power cuts
  • Postgraduate programme through `virtual classrooms'
  • Paramilitary forces arrive in Kanchi
  • An acid test for ruling party: Ramadoss
  • Remove encroachments at Pallavaram, says CPI(M)
  • Hawaii centre donates to tsunami relief
  • Drugs donated
  • Lecturer killed in accident
  • A ride at what cost?
  • Veeranam tank `has good tourism potential'
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Company planned to develop Pollachi cluster
  • Tirupur contractors continue to keep off tender process
  • Rural works inspected
  • More resource centres sought for physically challenged persons
  • Karnataka asked to stop Swarna project

    • Tennis

  • Maria Sharapova sails past Shuai Peng

    • Thanjavur

  • Traders seek more train service to Chennai

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Delay in shifting utility lines holds up road widening work
  • Ensure excellence in library services: Vice-Chancellor
  • Free treatment for dog-bite victims
  • Plea to postpone entrance examination
  • Two killed
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • CAMPUS NOTES

    • This Day That Age

  • dated May 6, : Marriage Bill passed
  • dated May 6, : Whipping to go

    • Thrissur

  • `Education should help students face changes'
  • Award for Foster Foods

    • Tiruchi

  • A child labourer turns into a bright student
  • Tsunami-hit students to be assessed
  • Top EC officials review poll roll revision
  • Celebrate `Arulalar' Day
  • Two inmates of Juvenile Home escape from Tiruchi
  • Two held with illicit arrack
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Traffic orderliness thrown to the winds
  • Draft poll rolls of Nellai, Palayamkottai to be released on June 16

    • Tirupati

  • Councillors have a grievance

    • Tuticorin

  • Toddy seized, two held

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • SP will not give tickets to criminals: Mulayam

    • Vijayawada

  • CPI(M) stages dharna, seeks release of leaders
  • `TDP levelling baseless charges to gain mileage'
  • Sops for installing solar equipment ruled out
  • BJP backs NMR employees' stir
  • UDA firm on fiscal discipline
  • Health workers told to check outbreak of epidemics
  • 1 killed, 12 hurt in road mishap
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Japan rejects shrimp consignment
  • Two missile boats decommissioned
  • Three killed in road accident
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Indian Senior `A' asserts its supremacy
  • YITC bags volleyball title

    • Weather

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