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  • `Panchayats unable to function as local governments'

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Congress retains Vizag Assembly seat
  • Telangana by next month, says KCR
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Taking loan from MFIs was their sin
  • `Raw deal' for ryots flayed
  • HIV positive cases down in East Godavari district
  • CPI decries paltry crop insurance
  • Rs. 300 crores for Kadapa
  • House sites for displaced soon
  • Two sugar units set crushing record
  • Passport info centre at Sangareddy
  • Sterilisations: Medak district stands fifth

    • Bangalore

  • PGCET: students' plea rejected
  • Over seven lakh adolescents in city suffer from asthma
  • Infrastructure project aided by ADB gets approval
  • `Uncontrolled anger can lead to illnesses'
  • BMTC seeks raise in fare to fund mega plans
  • Ramesh Kumar granted interim anticipatory bail
  • Government taking steps to eliminate corruption in panchayats, says Udasi
  • Deve Gowda asks BJP to exercise restraint
  • State to prepare response to Maharashtra petition
  • Celebrating it with blood donation
  • Pay-and-park panel notified after deadline ends
  • Governor flags off trekking expedition
  • Soon, cruise on signal-free road
  • Three arrested after a chase
  • Inquiry panel submits report
  • Undertrial escapes from police custody
  • Registration of vehicles at dealership level sought
  • Metro will be a reality, says MD
  • Scheme already on?
  • Exhibition of paintings for four days
  • `Remarkable, enlightening'
  • COMED-K, St. John's test dates clash
  • Sri Sri Ravishankar Guruji's message
  • `G.V. Atri Savinenapu 2006' on May 1
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Bellary

  • Minister directs officials to curb illegal mining
  • Kurgodu samiti decides to intensify agitation
  • Three killed, six hurt in two road accidents

    • Briefly

  • ATI Tech to go in for major expansion
  • Zavata opens new facility
  • SumTotal inks $13 m pact
  • REPCO Bank launches special scheme
  • Lifetime Healthcare to add 200 pharma stores
  • Microsoft grants Rs. 8 cr. to four NGOs
  • Bharti Tele-Ventures bags award
  • `SBI Card' now in Salem
  • CREDAI organises Property expo in Hong Kong
  • ICICI Bank to remain open on Akshaya Tritiya
  • Oudh Sugar to expand capacity
  • Banswara Syntex bags bulk export order
  • IOC sells stake in ONGC
  • Jet to levy fuel surcharge
  • Infrastructure growth dips
  • Nasdaq files listing standards

    • Business

  • SEBI bars 24 operators
  • Reliance profit reaches $2 b
  • OVL to pick-up stake in Brazilian oil field
  • Sensex drops 104 points
  • Sical consortium to build Nagpur airport rail terminal
  • Reliance extends talk messaging across all phones
  • Grasim's major capex plan
  • IOB net at Rs. 783 cr.
  • Latin America alone to be Focus Market
  • Honda Shine sale launched in Kollam
  • Forest Industries (Travancore) makes record profit
  • Rating to facilitate growth of SMEs
  • Rupee rallies

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Corporation lists `link centres' for voter cards
  • Special trains and buses prove inadequate to tackle summer rush
  • Sri Lanka situation causes concern in State
  • Wealth case: directive to small causes court
  • Arts and science students need special skills: CII
  • Play to win but don't play dirty, Godrej tells MBA graduates
  • A.K. Chettiar's film on Gandhi screened
  • Angry residents slam door on candidates
  • Man held on cheating charge
  • `Link rivers to create 1.5 crore jobs'
  • Chennai reels under heat wave
  • Summer sees kids throng Marina pool
  • Quarry workers demand wage hike
  • Deputy Mayor returns to office, after a hiatus
  • Orissa handlooms and handicrafts fair
  • BIHER signs MoU with UK varsity
  • An exhibition of herbal plants
  • Jayalalithaa denies Elangovan's charge
  • Propaganda material for party workers
  • Changing contour of campaigning
  • New receiver set launched
  • Vaiko's new-look campaign van
  • Water main issue in Villivakkam
  • CII objects to new norms for import of medical devices
  • Study on impact of tsunami throws up interesting findings
  • Nagaswaram genius remembered
  • Funds to tackle Chennai's water problem unused
  • DMK students wing campaigns for Stalin
  • Ponniah takes charge
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Anil stuns Faruk

    • Coimbatore

  • Congress weighed down by feud
  • Coimbatore division of LIC registers record performance
  • It is not all rubbish; but science and art
  • All set to conduct election
  • Transport Dept. nets record revenue
  • Trade unions' appeal to electorate
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Champions Trophy: India plays England in opener
  • BCCI geared up for significant legislation
  • Chawla needs to flight more: Maninder
  • Lee responds to Waugh
  • Zaheer Khan shines again
  • Five-wkt. win for India
  • Pankaj shines
  • Afridi reverses decision

    • Crossword

  • Solution to Puzzle 8588
  • The Hindu Crossword 8589

    • Cuddalore

  • Veeranam, a major poll plank

    • Dharmapuri

  • Three sentenced to double life imprisonment

    • Dindigul

  • 7,015 officials for election duty in Dindigul district
  • Students and teachers undertake novel campaign

    • Editorials

  • Strengthening a partnership
  • Getting serious on rehabilitation

    • Erode

  • Avanashi-Athikadavu scheme is candidates' key promise
  • DMDK candidate piggybacking on Vijayakant's charisma
  • Collector orders to cut off power to five textile units
  • Schoolchildren used for campaigning
  • All candidates' meet on May 3
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • Scolari taking over as England coach?
  • Chuaugo nets winner
  • JCT posts win

    • Front Page

  • Parties gear up in Nepal
  • Medicos suspend agitation
  • Send reply by Friday: EC
  • Azad romps home with record margin
  • CBI chargesheet ready against 5 Army personnel
  • Complaint against Karunanidhi
  • Drop Dayanidhi Maran, demands Jayalalithaa
  • India, Pakistan agree to work to finalise "Border Ground Rules"
  • Minister denies allegation
  • SEBI bars 24 operators
  • 70 per cent polling in West Bengal
  • Nepalis keep up the pressure
  • A roadmap for peace takes concrete shape
  • Centre gives green signal to Bangalore Metro Rail project
  • Campaign for second phase of polls ends
  • Medical students threaten nationwide strike "in case Government goes back on its word"
  • Congress retains Vizag Assembly seat
  • 14 CPI(M) activists get life term
  • Telangana by next month, says KCR
  • Security guard attempts suicide in Kashmir
  • Extension okayed
  • Freeze on petrol stations
  • You still don't know Iran's power: Ahmadinejad

    • Golf

  • Mundy, Mukesh end day with identical scores
  • Johl in eighth place

    • Gulbarga

  • Fasting leader of daily wage workers shifted to hospital

    • Guntur

  • Excess rainfall recorded in kharif
  • FCR Act to be amended this year

    • Haryana

  • Hooda visits his alma mater

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • A chance to assess their strengths, weaknesses
  • `Government should decide on NABARD proposal for cooperative banks'
  • Road closed for traffic from today
  • No power

    • Hyderabad

  • Widened roads fail to ease traffic congestion in many areas
  • YSR sees Vizag victory as sign of popularity
  • Vocational courses in Urdu varsity stressed
  • Satellite phones for district Collectors
  • City-based firm develops critical components for Agni, GSLV
  • Hire linemen to stop short-circuit deaths, YSR tells Transco
  • Writ plea seeking declaration of city a free zone dismissed
  • Revamp of MPTCs by May-end, says Diwakar Reddy
  • Group I: provide 3 per cent quota for physically-challenged, says court
  • Arrested on charge of robbing two old women
  • Reshuffle impacts irrigation wing functioning
  • Power shutdown in some parts today
  • Rural job scheme stalls labour migration
  • Rebel MLAs skip TRS meeting
  • Exclude creamy layer among Muslims from quota: Minister
  • YSR to give away FAPCCI awards today
  • CPI(M) nod for local tie-ups with Congress
  • Congress is deceiving people on Telangana, says BJP
  • Creation of new value system favoured
  • Metro Cash & Carry to launch activities in city
  • Man held with `tapanchas'
  • Four patients benefit from organ donation
  • Murder at advocate's office: two arrested
  • Krushi Bank chief to be extradited soon?
  • Court has not approved IMG deal: Congress
  • Held on rape charge
  • Train halt at Manchiryal
  • Police clueless about missing youth
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Plea against Indian films dismissed

    • International

  • Iraqi leader's sister killed
  • Signs of normality in Sri Lanka
  • China for talks to end Iran nuclear issue
  • France accused of overcharging E.U.
  • Blair regime hit by "triple whammy''
  • Thai bypolls on schedule
  • Probe reveals more secret CIA flights
  • Flood victims stranded
  • Judge slips a code into verdict
  • No U.N. observer for Fiji
  • For some karaoke in church
  • Where robots slug it out

    • Kannur

  • No plan to withdraw support to UPA Government: CPI(M)
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Tough ask for TDP president

    • Karnataka

  • Centre approves Bangalore Metro Rail Project
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Kendriya Sahitya Akademi courts controversy over choice of secretary
  • Software exports up by 51 per cent in Andhra Pradesh
  • GSL to commission ship, launch two vessels today

    • Kerala

  • Campaign for second phase of polling ends in Kerala
  • Absence of anti-incumbency factor will help UDF: Mani
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • A replay of the 1987 election
  • The battle is purely a political one
  • Constituency with a socialist legacy
  • When two first-timers try to win over voters
  • Kerala candidates get Bangalore exam centre

    • Kochi

  • Election preparations complete
  • Vytilla car accident: forensic laboratory yet to submit report
  • Identity proof for casting vote
  • Adi Sankara Jayanthi fete
  • Camp for Sea Cadet Corps
  • AKPCTA hails decision
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Ayur liquor tragedy victim dies in hospital
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kozhikode

  • Campaigning ends after high drama
  • UDF resorting to false propaganda: DYFI
  • Date for renewal of trader registration extended
  • Apologise to Muslims, Jamaat told
  • George backs Achuthanandan as Chief Minister
  • NDF flays Rajnath Singh's remarks
  • People should reply through ballot: Sarat

    • Kurnool

  • Vacation Bible school at Kurnool

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Confusion and chaos in professional education

    • Letters to the Editor

  • People's victory
  • Renewed violence
  • Peace with Pakistan
  • Tamil Nadu elections
  • Courier versus post
  • Wake-up call

    • Madurai

  • Vote for DPA in the interest of future generations
  • Sporting a casual look, they play ball now
  • Maoists have a role in Nepal politics: CPI
  • Matric schools incur wrath of textbook sellers
  • University on alert after `paper chasing' reports
  • Speciality clinic for diabetics
  • Free vacation training for students
  • Power shutdown
  • CMP desirable for State: Raja
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Flight services to Dubai likely to start from Bajpe airport on May 21
  • A treat for film buffs in Mangalore
  • Three assaulted
  • Power shutdown

    • Mysore

  • U.S. law firm to offshore services from Mysore
  • Slow growth among lion-tailed macaques may lead to loss of genetic diversity
  • Slum dwellers stage protest, seek rehabilitation package
  • DDPI issues notices to 15 private schools
  • Litany of complaints during MLA's padayatra
  • Cotton farmers protest against `delay' in supply of seeds
  • Children discuss astronomy with science writer
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • Parties cautioned against violating election norms
  • Voters' awareness campaign

    • Nagercoil

  • A multi-cornered contest in Nagercoil
  • `Ensure free, fair election'

    • Nalgonda

  • Rift between MLA, Home Minister widens further
  • Tight security for Jana following hoax call

    • National

  • LTTE attack jeopardises ceasefire: CPI (M)
  • Left hails developments
  • Brajesh blamed for Kandahar fiasco
  • Advani accuses Congress of `mischievous propaganda'
  • Delhi medicos call off agitation
  • Philanthropist's gesture
  • Clarification sought from AIIMS
  • Panel recommends authority for development of rainfed areas
  • Kashmir bronzes in focus
  • Naxal-hit States to get 9 more battalions
  • Release of 4 youths sought
  • Minister takes up Indian doctors' problems in U.K.
  • Zahira, mother get time to reply to show-cause
  • Submit demands to Centre, militants told
  • New net banking opportunity
  • Insurgents kill 3 in Manipur
  • Reservation of jobs will lead to flight of labour: ADB
  • Office of profit: Jaswant writes to Pranab
  • Shunglu panel calls on PM
  • M.P. takes exception to GoM visit
  • Quota: EC says Cabinet Secretary must reply by Friday
  • Rajasthan bans book
  • Clarify Iran stand: Natwar
  • More time for Pathak panel
  • Developments in Sri Lanka, Nepal discussed
  • Discrimination alleged in Jaya, Sonia cases

    • Nellore

  • Two Sri Lankans found dead near SHAR coast?

    • New Delhi

  • Delhi Government adopts new welfare policy for senior citizens
  • Apex Court to hear Centre's plea today
  • MCD plan to revise property tax rates
  • Making history more interesting
  • A green solution to pollution blues
  • Registrar of Societies accused of issuing "misleading statements"
  • Court seeks status of NBW issued against Bharti Yadav
  • The truth about December 6, 1992
  • International honour for documentary film-maker
  • Relief for flat owners
  • "Restore glory of the Aravallis"
  • Give impetus to cooperative housing: MLA
  • Commercial complex razed
  • A visual delight for art lovers
  • Remove encroachments, orders court
  • Fresh hope for Krishnadevaraya's Capital
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Gender inequality in book awards
  • Windfarms drive wedge between green activists
  • Corrections and clarifications
  • Caught in a trap of its own making
  • `Urbanisation of poverty a big challenge'

    • Nizamabad

  • TRS celebrates 5th anniversary

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Gundlakamma project: Government turns down main demand of displaced villagers

    • Palakkad

  • Campaigning ends in Palakkad, Malappuram
  • `LDF capable of deciding its leader'
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Mar Chrysostum turns 89

    • Pondicherry

  • Rebel candidates expelled
  • 65 bags of rice seized in Ariyankuppam
  • Women voters outnumber men in Karaikal
  • Excise collection exceeds target

    • Racing : Horse

  • Irish Noble in fine nick
  • Balance De Power and Almandine excel
  • Natural Blitz cilnches Nilgiris Fillies Trial Stakes

    • Racing : Motor

  • Naren Kumar close to his dream

    • Rajasthan

  • Controversial book banned in Rajasthan
  • Public vigilance helps to minimise corruption in rural employment guarantee scheme
  • Sariska awaits a tiger and a tigress

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Teach a lesson to AIADMK: Vasan

    • Religion

  • Acme of devotion

    • Salem

  • `Withdraw all cases against POTA detainees'
  • Political parties upset over Salem Corporation's instruction
  • 160 booths identified as `sensitive'
  • Four-day job fair commences
  • Advaitha Ashram Road to get a new look

    • Shimoga

  • Open air theatre built near protected temples in Kote
  • Homam performed

    • Sivaganga

  • Bungalows notwithstanding, Sivaganga still remains backward
  • `Elect DPA candidates for development'

    • Sport

  • Barcelona books ticket to Paris
  • Amritraj, Bopanna bow out

    • Sports : General

  • Easy for Bhavan's
  • Thrissur enters boys' semifinals
  • Suraj shines for KSCA

    • Table Tennis

  • Indian men win; women lose

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Simply symbols
  • Stealing votes instead of hearts for a change
  • Campaigning in new style
  • A mark of respect
  • Jayalalithaa, Minister should resign: Ramadoss
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Plight of migrant workers come to the fore in Tirupur
  • Pallipet voters demand free power, potable water
  • Akshaya Trithiya: people embark on a gold buying spree
  • T-Shirt production at final phase
  • "No bursting of crackers near hospitals "
  • 80 zones formed
  • Hearing in Sankararaman murder case on June 7
  • Colombo responsible for ceasefire violation: PMK
  • CT scan commissioned in Krishnagiri GH
  • Training for poll officials
  • Observer meets poll officers
  • Huts gutted

    • Tennis

  • Nadal eases past Lopez
  • Mohammed, Likitha triumph
  • Sumeet, Jugal in title clash

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Corporation takes steps to control viral fever
  • Redefining the ethos of statecraft
  • Airport: MPs, Government urged to intervene
  • Air Deccan to expand operations in the State
  • 13 Medical College teachers to retire soon
  • Public debt is only Rs.45,000 crores
  • 14 inmates escape from juvenile home, nine held
  • One killed, three injured as motorbikes collide
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated April 28, 1956: Communal parties
  • dated April 28, 1956: Communist support
  • dated April 28, 1956: No solid achievement

    • Thrissur

  • Hope springs eternal
  • Hectic campaigning marks second phase of polls
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Jayalalithaa promises to waive farm loans
  • Improve the quality of faculty — a clarion call to self-financing engineering colleges
  • We have made Tamil Nadu a haven of peace: Jayalalithaa
  • BJP engaged in vigorous campaigning
  • The fight is serious, not symbolic, feels BJP
  • A dogged operation, indeed!
  • Neglected, but polls fire up these tribals
  • Goldenrock workshop reaches yet another milestone
  • Submit accounts, candidates told
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirupati

  • Tumultuous start to Praja Natya Mandali festival
  • SVU procures 72 rare manuscripts
  • SVIMS conducts 100 free medical camps
  • Plea to disband Endowments Department
  • Armed Reserve SI shoots self
  • In Tirupati Today

    • Tumkur

  • Nominations: JD(S) MLA hits out at BJP

    • Tuticorin

  • Representatives apprised of code of conduct
  • Training programme
  • Tight security in Tuticorin

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Do not indulge in character assassination, parties told
  • Development and conservation should go hand in hand: Collector

    • Udupi

  • Many areas in Udupi city facing water crisis

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Governor writes to Mulayam for CBI probe into Mehar murder
  • Rahul steps up attack on Mulayam Govt.
  • Main accused in Meerut fair fire case arrested
  • Traders plan rally to oppose foreign entry in retail sector
  • Another son rises in Rae Bareli

    • Vijayawada

  • Move for closing Besant road to vehicle traffic opposed
  • Critical Machinery Centre to help Autonagar units
  • This wonder kid has a way with Microsoft products
  • Varsity announces entrance test schedule
  • Rythu Sadassu from May 2
  • Man atop lamp post creates flutter
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • World's largest floating book fair to drop anchor in Vizag
  • Congress workers, leaders jubilant
  • Brighter days again for poultry industry
  • BoI aims at 30 p.c. growth
  • Case related to Gangavaram incidents posted to May 3
  • Fishermen lay siege to port site
  • On expected lines, says Srinivasa Rao
  • CII team all praise for VSP
  • IT service provider plans expansion
  • Man gets life term
  • Storm intensifies
  • NJR blames poll panel
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • People stay indoor as day temperature soars

    • Weather

  • Weather

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