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  • Setting right a wrong done to Kunchan Nambiar

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Sonia's word on Telangana is final: Rajasekhara Reddy
  • ADB to discuss Asian market integration
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Comprehensive development plan for farmers soon: YSR
  • Landing her land after the fight
  • TDP cadre urged to gear up for Mahanadu
  • Loans disbursed among rythu mitra groups
  • Third Front inevitable, says Yerrannaidu
  • Locals oppose ACB bid to trap hospital chief
  • Farmers told to adopt modern technology
  • Maoists torch three buses
  • Signature campaign against move to remove taps
  • Two financiers arrested

    • Badminton

  • Herculean task for India
  • Herculean task for India

    • Bangalore

  • KSRTC, BMTC have emerged as leading State-run transport corporations
  • Bangalore-based public sector banks mull rate hike on home loans
  • Lower Agaram Road turns a dangerous stretch for motorists
  • Chief Minister inspects Puttenahalli, BTM Layout
  • House burgled; cash, jewellery stolen
  • `Temping' is the new job market mantra
  • `Suvarna Karnataka' plans yet to get off the ground
  • Acharya to meet Chief Minister on hospitals' power charges
  • BMP plans action against illegal use of basement parking
  • Women need more nutritional supplements than men
  • Sudden showers bring relief to people
  • Ministry to be expanded by month-end
  • Minister inspects three petrol outlets in city
  • Jammu massacre condemned
  • BJP questions BMP role in metro rail project
  • Medicos stage dharna against OBC quota
  • Senior police officials discuss naxal menace
  • Workshop on draft law on e-waste
  • Bail plea rejected
  • Kandyan dance
  • Minister inspects petrol outlets
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Good show by NAL Colony

    • Belgaum

  • Belgaum: Only a slew of promises for border areas

    • Bellary

  • Pragathi Grameena Bank records profit of Rs. 42 cr.

    • Briefly

  • HC stays SEBI order on Karvy
  • TERC to review FTAs' progress today
  • Tea Board files caveat
  • William Arthur joins Wipro's board
  • Seminar on 5S
  • Hero Honda April sales up
  • Aksh Optifibre to merge broadband arm with itself
  • UTI-Basic Industries Fund renamed
  • Tax-free dividend from Franklin Templeton
  • Syntel's investment plans
  • Micro Tech launches Secure-Bank Black Box
  • Scandent launches innovation centre
  • Partha De Sarkar elevated to COO of HTMT
  • BEML achieves record turnover
  • Mangalore Chemicals declares dividend
  • Sierra Atlantic bags $1 million deal
  • Virinchi Technologies posts higher revenue
  • Suven Life's net up 100 p.c.
  • Satyam's new global marketing VP
  • Zarges forays into Indian markets

    • Business

  • Cut cement prices: Govt.
  • Review spectrum policy, says Ratan Tata
  • Sensex at new peak
  • Timex introduces new collection
  • Murugappa group's capex plan
  • Rupee rises further
  • It is CDMA that is favoured: COAI
  • ICICI Lombard directed to stop marketing Loan Shield policy
  • L&T floats ship building venture
  • Tata Tea to acquire Czech tea co.

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chennai

  • Rise in childhood asthma cause for concern
  • `Field workers' in a close fight
  • Spurt in chain snatching in western suburbs
  • Vaiko serves legal notice on Karunanidhi
  • Diabetes is preventable: study
  • Court stays judge's order invalidating G.O.
  • Trains cancelled; many people opt for mofussil buses
  • Power cuts routine in southern suburbs
  • Court directive to Government
  • Police hold flag march
  • To empower disadvantaged children
  • Debut novel sells like hot cakes, thanks to controversy
  • "DMK and AIADMK have ruined democratic fabric"
  • Show of skill and strength
  • Promises of freebies `a violation of model code'
  • Treat for north Chennai residents
  • CRY's mouthpiece for children
  • Residents protest delay in construction of halt station
  • Physics meet
  • `Language Labs' launched
  • Office-bearers elected
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Ramesh finishes joint fourth

    • Coimbatore

  • End crimes against us, says `Children's manifesto'
  • Contest still wide open in Thondamuthur
  • AIADMK has failed to attract investments, says Chidambaram
  • CODISSIA plea on raw material prices
  • Karunanidhi promises holiday for Onam
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Parle awards distributed
  • Tendulkar to start batting drills soon

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8593
  • Solution to puzzle 8592

    • Cuddalore

  • Treat all farmers equally, urges BJP
  • BHEL taking steps to cut costs: Executive Director

    • Dharmapuri

  • Jayalalithaa assures Hogenakkal water supply scheme

    • Editorials

  • End the killings now
  • New find strengthens Darwin's theory

    • Eluru

  • Naidu does some `soul-searching'

    • Erode

  • Electioneering hots up in district
  • Don't get carried away by Jaya's freebies, warns Prakash Karat
  • Candidates assure drumstick industry
  • Jayalalithaa will keep her word, says Sarathkumar

    • Football

  • Budding stars eye World Cup glory
  • Mahindra downs Al Ahed
  • Akshat stars in SPV's win
  • Churchill keeps winning

    • Front Page

  • J&K peace process will roll on: Patil
  • Drop in number of TNPCEE candidates
  • Man burnt alive in fresh violence in Vadodara
  • Pramod Mahajan's condition worsens
  • Buddhia enters Limca book
  • Inbathtamilan joins DMK
  • BMRDA proposal for five satellite towns approved
  • Delhi students march against reservation move
  • Elaborate security arrangements for polling in Kannur, Kasaragod
  • ADB meet to commence today
  • Telangana: Sonia Gandhi's word final, says YSR
  • Deemed universities under quota net?
  • Supreme Court orders election to Sivagiri Board
  • Inquiry ordered
  • Wheat: Centre may revise quality norms
  • Nepal to talk to Maoists
  • India, Pakistan hold cross-LoC talks

    • Globescan

  • Raid on paper in Jaffna
  • Prescott faces more charges
  • Berlusconi resigns

    • Golf

  • Ashok in lead

    • Gulbarga

  • Proposal to name Gulbarga University after Basaveshwara draws flak
  • Capturing beauty of historical monuments
  • Life sentence for three in murder case

    • Guntur

  • ANU results out: girls fare better than boys
  • Teenager drowned in Krishna river

    • Haryana

  • Hooda ready for CBI probe into murder
  • Hooda reiterates demand for separate High Court
  • Haryana launches vulture conservation project
  • New tourism policy soon

    • Hassan

  • Work on KSRTC training academy to begin soon
  • Hassan stands first in saving power

    • Hockey

  • Azlan Shah probables

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • ABVP stages protest against Kashmir killings

    • Hyderabad

  • State may lose over 7,000 engineering seats
  • Suryanarayana cremated with State honours
  • NGOs building homes for AIDS-hit children to get land free of cost
  • Tearful farewell to Suryanarayana
  • Round table favours amendment to G.O. 86
  • Give correct answer and be there
  • Going all out to woo ADB meet delegates
  • Nod for Hinduja project in Vizag
  • Reservation for panchayat polls to be finalised by May 25
  • Hitex campus turns into a fortress
  • ADB loan: forum faults Minister
  • SSC results tomorrow
  • Trouble brews for beer in State
  • Jupiter is going to be there on the horizon!
  • BJP seeks probe into land allotment
  • BJP burns effigies of Taliban
  • `Highest prevalence of AIDS in State'
  • Partial stay on SEBI orders against Karvy
  • APPCB to reward informants
  • City weather turns sultry
  • Two employees suspended
  • Dattatreya's plea for funds
  • Revised milk prices
  • State aviation corporation takes off
  • Jailed for defrauding bank
  • No decision on APCOCA revival: Jana
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • Curb terrorism, Pakistan told
  • Indian hanged in Kuwait

    • International

  • Pakistan not to follow U.S. on Jamaat ban
  • Villepin accused of attempt to slander Sarkozy
  • U.S., Japan for action on Iran

    • Karnataka

  • Move to link satellite towns near Bangalore approved
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Periodontology workshop in Virajpet from May 5
  • Goa may take over organisation of international film festival from 2008
  • Goa may ban use of khajan lands for non-agriculture purpose
  • Government warned against amending labour laws
  • Unions oppose disinvestment

    • Kerala

  • Supreme Court orders election to Sivagiri Board
  • Air-India Express to fly to Bahrain and Doha
  • Revenue deficit to be eliminated
  • High demand for Kaavya's book
  • Digital voice logger for police
  • 80 per cent turnout in repoll held in two booths
  • Appeal against order on Smart City project admitted
  • Blast victim's body to be brought tomorrow
  • Ensuring fair polls
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Ravi to study problems of Indian diaspora

    • Khammam

  • Government slammed for delay in Dummugudem project

    • Kochi

  • Landowners asked to sign deal with Corporation
  • Probe ordered into complaints against presiding officers
  • Young talent selected
  • Mischievous SMS
  • Sankara Jayanti fete concludes
  • Surgeons' meet to be held in city
  • Cashing in on Akshaya Tritiya
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Panic as tuskers run amok

    • Kottayam

  • K.T. Chandy dead
  • Doctors' meet focusses on health sector

    • Kozhikode

  • Top academics to attend IIM-K programme
  • Road survey nearing completion
  • World AIDS Orphans Day to be observed on May 7
  • Award for P.V. Gangadharan

    • Kurnool

  • Collector lends the HIV-positive an ear
  • 31 lift irrigation schemes for Kurnool, says Minister

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Of hi-tech, low efficiency, and malls

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Reprehensible act
  • India's troubles
  • Offer of sops
  • Ill-conceived move

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Sick textile mill handed over to workers

    • Madikeri

  • Delimitation Commission's move on Kodagu opposed

    • Madurai

  • Popular incumbent faces tough fight
  • Call to end discrimination of women
  • MGR's niece alleges threat to life
  • Golden chance to join the celestial wedding
  • CD for medical entrance examination
  • "Form special committee to link rivers"
  • His age was the `rage' in Australia
  • 10 get life term
  • Missing Independent candidate returns
  • Their long stint with English
  • Observers recalled
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Varsity to send circular to colleges on teachers' salary
  • Last date for demarcation of autorickshaw zones extended
  • `Preserve Shantinagar ground for public use'
  • Bendorewell robbery: five arrested
  • Minister promises to look into grievances of beedi workers
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • `Bhoomi' project to be extended to hobli level
  • Shettar promises action against land grabbers in Mysore
  • An eagerly awaited cultural event
  • House burgled, valuables stolen
  • Rain brings relief to Mysore

    • Nalgonda

  • Scribes lose their way in Maddimadugu forest
  • Bodies of slain naxals cremated

    • National

  • Give us weapons or we will migrate, say Doda survivors
  • Social groups, rights activists condemn Kashmir killings
  • 31 die as bus falls from Thane bridge
  • West Bengal fourth phase polls today
  • "Appropriate message" to Pakistan at "right time"
  • Oil price hike cannot be deferred for long: Chidambaram
  • LNG deal not possible: Iran
  • CBI to probe J&K sex scandal
  • Suryanarayana may have disregarded security drill
  • Hitches in implementing job scheme in naxal-hit areas
  • DGP posting for Pande challenged
  • Malhotra reappointed PAC chairman
  • ``Air India follows proper procedures for filling up positions''
  • Shreekumar case: proceedings before CAT stayed
  • AI, Indian merger by year-end: Patel
  • NHRC releases handbook
  • Strike call withdrawn
  • Advisory panel for groundwater recharge
  • Strike call in Manipur
  • Dastardly act, says Jayalalithaa

    • Nellore

  • History on the verge of collapse
  • YSR to visit Nellore twice this month

    • New Delhi

  • Power situation likely to improve
  • CSIR told to provide information on promotion to scientist
  • Chaos at MCD office over sealing drive
  • `Little input' from Councillors, MLAs for new Master Plan for Delhi
  • Open school sees bigger role for States
  • Move to curb powers of Ministers opposed
  • Congress MLAs meet Minister
  • Spotlight on legendary poet Jayadeva
  • Long power cuts again
  • Getting kids into World Cup fever
  • Zeroing in on the calamitous events of Kashmir
  • PM urged to convene meeting on water crisis
  • A contest for students
  • Arrested for pirating books
  • Two arrested for conspiring to kill Roorkee politician
  • A visual treat in store for Delhi
  • Summer problem
  • Medha regrets delay in Supreme Court decision
  • 10 per cent seats not feasible this year, pleads Centre
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • "White supremacy" or racism?
  • The return of the Hong Tou A-San
  • A belated but welcome move
  • Corrections and clarifications
  • There are no British intellectuals

    • Nizamabad

  • Panel `selects' site for university in Nizamabad
  • No rift with TRS leaders: APCC chief
  • Education needs more focus, says APCC chief
  • Congress groups clash

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Police identify Maoists killed in encounter
  • `Golden bracelet' for film writer

    • Palakkad

  • In Palakkad Today

    • Perambalur

  • Flag march in Perambalur

    • Racing : Horse

  • Yes Es Yes Ses pleases

    • Raichur

  • Modernisation of Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal to begin soon
  • Procurement centres to be opened on May 12
  • 25 families seek jobs for land acquired

    • Rajasthan

  • Govt.-aided schools, colleges observe bandh
  • "Hindi service honour'' for Nagendra Sharma

    • Religion

  • True renunciation

    • Salem

  • `No shortcut to success in life'
  • Kharge seeks EC probe into promises during campaign

    • Shimoga

  • Implement pro-farmer schemes, officials told
  • Many posts in boards for party workers?
  • Yediyurappa promises inquiry into settlement of `bogus bills'
  • Suggestions are welcome: Yediyurappa

    • Shooting

  • Indians' poor run continues
  • Indians' poor run continues

    • Sport

  • Pakistan `A' registers easy win against Holland
  • BCCI should reframe the pension scheme
  • Dhoni needs more match practice, says Kapil Dev
  • Agassi to return at Stella Artois

    • Sports : General

  • S. Railway registers win
  • M.L. Jaisimha Academy moves into final
  • MBTA centre launched

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Natural wealth waiting to be tapped
  • Will western region remain an AIADMK bastion?
  • 196 companies of Central forces to be deployed for elections
  • Vaiko notice to DMK chief
  • Why was marriage scheme introduced by DMK discontinued, asks Karunanidhi
  • Curtains for cut-outs, banners?
  • Extra seats for open category this year too
  • 100 institutions seek NCTE recognition
  • No anti-incumbency factor, says Education Minister
  • Election grievances redressal cell
  • Painting exhibition
  • Sherry on a mission to Chennai
  • Karunanidhi promises educational aid to wards of unorganised workers
  • "Promise of freebies, a challenge to self-respect and dignity"
  • Political power, solution to problems of weaker sections: Mayawati
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Keen contest between DMK, AIADMK
  • Polls yes, but business slow
  • Extra seats in professional courses for open category this year too
  • Half the revenue of AIR in Tamil Nadu from Kodai FM
  • Poll observers inspect vote counting centre
  • `Centre-friendly Government, need of the hour'
  • Inbathtamilan's supporters welcome his decision
  • Campus interview at NIFT-TEA from today

    • Tennis

  • Monaco eliminates Srichaphan
  • Nihal Kapoor stuns Parul
  • Fariz moves into last eight

    • Thanjavur

  • 2,130 EVMs despatched to 10 constituencies
  • AIADMK Government harmed interests of farmers, says Vasan

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Chaos prevails at Statue junction
  • Violent elephant keeps police on their toes
  • Encounter with a master filmmaker
  • Shanmughadas injured in accident
  • Bypolls in Thiruvananthapuram district on May 30
  • Remains of the poll battle
  • Tanker lorries to supply drinking water
  • English communication training programme
  • An encounter theme
  • Vellayani Lake, a hot spot for angling
  • Banking on Anju Bobby George
  • Man found dead
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated May 3, 1956: Nepal's new King
  • dated May 3, 1956: Mao at May Day parade

    • Thrissur

  • R.P. Moidutty dead

    • Tiruchi

  • DMK MLA sitting pretty in Tiruverambur
  • Focus on aptitude-based study, students told
  • Advani's `vanakkam' to woo Aranthangi voters
  • `Are they politicians or traders?'
  • Time has come for Jayalalithaa to go: Moily
  • Countless are campaign techniques
  • Assurance on Rockfort Express
  • Even bushes came under check
  • Colourful way of catching voters' attention
  • Still in ace control over the court
  • Fantastic tips for free breathing
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Fixing of ballot papers begins

    • Tirupati

  • Veterinary polytechnics meet to prepare roadmap on content
  • `Mrutyunjaya japam' performed for Majahan

    • Tumkur

  • Tension after bodies are found

    • Tuticorin

  • Polling personnel get training

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Candidates on a campaign-spree
  • `DMK, AIADMK demeaning people'

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Govt. likely to introduce reservation Bill
  • Nehru-Gandhi family neglected Amethi, Rae Bareli: Mulayam
  • Five MLAs oppose notice, say LBD a "non-existent'' outfit
  • Katiyar left without star campaigners
  • Govt. to have power transmission company
  • Combined entrance test for 3 agriculture varsities
  • Govt. concerned over non-availability of wheat under PDS

    • Vellore

  • Odds seem evenly poised in Anaicut

    • Vijayawada

  • Mayor slams Municipal Commissioner
  • Guntur lad who loves to rule the rink
  • Visalandhra book exhibition inaugurated
  • Lorry cleaner done to death
  • Farm implements' exhibition major draw
  • Minister helps out accident victims' kin
  • Krishna Cooperative hikes milk prices
  • Around the City

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Interface with industry in prescribing curriculum mooted
  • Urbanisation triggering growth of asthma
  • YSR's policies stand us in good stead: D. Srinivas
  • `Slew of initiatives to improve healthcare'
  • Perform better, RTC staff urged
  • Housewife missing; husband files complaint
  • Jaykays ice-cream launched
  • Second phase of Asha launched
  • Receives award
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • New ayacut to come under cultivation by end of kharif

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