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  • Government will take steps to revive cooperative sector Minister promises steps to revive cooperative sector

    • Anantapur

  • AIYF activists stage `rail roko' in protest against fuel price hike

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Manmohan's promise on SC categorisation in A.P.
  • Legal notice to TDP chief
  • Befitting honour
  • Crowd puller
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Tribals up in arms against bauxite mining project
  • Rs. 15 cr. for repairs to tanks near railway tracks
  • Pulse polio rally
  • Steps afoot for consensus on Telangana, says Pranab
  • Mahanadu works to begin today
  • Village celebrates success of medicine topper
  • Efforts on to begin classes at RIMS
  • Collector to be flexible on stay at workplace norm
  • Washermen warn of staging novel protest
  • Seven Maoists surrender
  • Twelve-day summer camp for children gets under way
  • Bank staff stage protest

    • Athletics

  • `Ushas' launched

    • Bangalore

  • Montessori: trend has caught on
  • Demand for U.S. student visas is growing: Christopher Wurst
  • Let the private sector decide on reservation
  • Cabinet approves funds for circuit Bench building
  • Speed main cause of rise in number of pedestrian deaths
  • Achieving better results through teamwork
  • Corridors of Vidhana Soudha witness `transfer mela'
  • Sindhia rules out leaving Janata Dal (S)
  • Janata Dal (S) announcement on alliance hasty, feels BJP
  • The Hindu Opportunities Job Fair from today
  • Habitual offenders may lose driving licence
  • ICSE top scorers in some city schools
  • Gold chain snatched from woman
  • ABVP for wider debate on quotas
  • Kharif sowing gets under way in State
  • Jairaj pays surprise visit to customer service centre
  • Protest against `attack' on minorities
  • Bangalore University to rethink dress code
  • Girl commits suicide
  • Correction
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Bellary

  • Rs. 137.25-crore action plan for Bellary Zilla Panchayat
  • Seven taken ill

    • Briefly

  • TDSAT directive on differential tariff
  • RBI expands coverage of database
  • Doha Bank to open branch in Mumbai
  • Rejects plea of Saudi co.
  • IOB launches sale of gold coins
  • Unichem pact with Pliva of the U.S.
  • CyberMedia profit up 40 p.c.
  • Siemens division, Huawei-3Com tie-up
  • PNB net profit at Rs. 1,439 cr.
  • Corporation Bank hands over dividend to Govt.
  • New ED for Bank of India
  • Yamaha unveils new bike, Gladiator

    • Business

  • SBI posts higher net
  • Mittal sweetens bid for Arcelor
  • Court orders Administrators for M P Birla estates
  • Sensex drops another 450 points on selling
  • Bajaj Auto net profit up 47 p.c.
  • Tata Motors net at Rs. 1,728 cr.
  • J&K Bank profit up
  • Legal process outsourcing market share to grow to 6-7 per cent
  • Quality seed nuts being selected to control root-wilt disease
  • Federal Bank's operating profit up by 13 per cent
  • Rupee tumbles
  • Rs. 7,000 cr. investment for shipbuilding

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chennai

  • Congress demands a share of power
  • Singapore business team arrives tomorrow
  • Police burdened with unsolved cases
  • Police bust gang of robbers
  • Special displays on Museum Day
  • New Secretary for Urban Development
  • TNPCEE: no surprises in mathematics paper
  • Railway colony now a picture of neglect
  • Police zones to get new IGs
  • Education and Career Expo targets students who have cleared Plus-Two
  • Government not doing enough to fight HIV
  • Showcasing handcrafted products
  • Non-surgical procedure to lose weight
  • Telemedicine facility for rural diabetes project
  • Sivanandi challenges his demotion
  • Forty huts destroyed as fire ravages Mullimma Nagar slum
  • Deva's success story continues
  • "Delay in introducing VAT causing concern"
  • L. Ganesan seeks trolley path at Mambalam station
  • Second round of polio immunisation
  • Rotary Club honours K.J. Yesudas
  • BSNL official language meet
  • Rice scheme to be inaugurated on June 3
  • Facelift for Marina playground
  • `Crazy' Mohan's book released
  • JAVA courses offered
  • Crude sport
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Anand loses to Topalov

    • Coimbatore

  • Campus recruitment
  • Training
  • Marriage meeting
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • `There has been a noticeable difference'
  • Very special, very pleasing, says Chris Gayle
  • Shahjahan sparkles
  • Renji CC posts win
  • Easy for Gateway

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8608
  • Solution to Puzzle 8607

    • Cuddalore

  • Killer brew claims three lives in Cuddalore

    • Editorials

  • Clearance and the Code
  • Market mayhem and clueless investors
  • Corrections and clarifications

    • Eluru

  • Utility of twin projects under scanner

    • Erode

  • Vegetable arrivals to Uzhavar Sandhais on the rise
  • Traffic congestion a common sight on Sathyamangalam Road
  • Karnataka police seize cloth worth Rs. 50 lakh
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • D. Kannan passes away
  • Traditional powerhouses will rule the roost: Bhutia
  • Kerala storms into semifinals
  • Football tournament

    • Front Page

  • GoM formula for increasing seats
  • Distributor not for second disclaimer
  • "Even in a running race, the handicapped are given concessions"
  • Elections to cooperative societies soon: Karunanidhi
  • Sensex drops another 450 points on selling
  • Congress demands a share of power
  • U.S.-based agency to fund desalination plant
  • Yet another successful chase by India
  • Netaji's daughter expresses relief
  • E.U. to freeze LTTE assets
  • IITs neglected, says C.N.R. Rao
  • Framework for talks approved
  • Achuthanandan retains Vigilance, IT
  • Constitutional validity of Bill on demolition moratorium challenged
  • Manmohan's promise on categorisation
  • City firm offers chartered flights to MNCs
  • Erode may get water every day
  • Pleasure boating service withdrawn
  • Delhi High Court orders find echo in Lok Sabha
  • Governor returns Bill
  • Plan to launch `open sea cage farming'
  • 24-hour power supply from next week
  • Alleged 'sati'
  • Five die as maxicab rams tree near Anekal
  • Tension in Gujarat town
  • PU results likely on Monday
  • War games
  • Five killed in road accident near Kalghatgi
  • Framework for talks approved
  • Indonesia rocked

    • Globescan

  • Separatists may win vote
  • 28 fishermen die in storm
  • Film on Beslan crisis

    • Golf

  • Jeev makes the cut

    • Gulbarga

  • On the other side of the fence
  • Gulbarga medicos boycott work
  • Statement of Chief Minister draws flak
  • Arrangements made for Pulse Polio campaign

    • Hassan

  • Revanna criticises Government stand on monorail project
  • Rs. 2.47 crore released to help farmers in Hassan district

    • Hockey

  • Orissa blanks Mizoram
  • Chola Sports Club in last eight

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Information Technology Park in Hubli to be evaluated by firms
  • Health officials on alert in Dharwad
  • KLE Society Polytechnic's intake increased to 435
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Hyderabad

  • Focus on security systems
  • Delimitation exercise likely to be delayed further in State
  • Make road safety a people's movement, says Governor
  • RBI urged to probe violations by MFIs
  • Reel honour for champs
  • Make EAMCET valuation report public: ABVP
  • Look, this universe rocks
  • HMWSSB goes on a metering drive
  • Three more held in dacoity case
  • Kothagudem unit given coal linkage
  • KVPS on cycle yatra phase 2
  • Fight over biryani leads to murder
  • Packaged drinking water with fake ISI mark seized
  • UPA fails to keep promises: TDP
  • HMWSSB clarification
  • A `special' cultural programme
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Russian scholar gets Padma Bhushan

    • International

  • Labour to join Qarase Cabinet
  • U.N. report asks the U.S. to close Guantanamo jail
  • E.U. to freeze LTTE assets
  • Three Gorges crosses a milestone

    • Interviews

  • "Even in a running race, the handicapped are given concessions"

    • Kancheepuram

  • Prospect of revival of `Uzhavar Sandhai' raises farmers' hopes

    • Kannur

  • Kannur University B.Sc. results published
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • DGP goes on combing operation

    • Karnataka

  • Nuclear deal a surrender to U.S., says Rajnath
  • Do not ignore Indian language films: Adoor
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • `Cluster-based model will benefit SMEs'
  • Film unit declares lockout
  • `Special mosquito nets' for the poor
  • Adichunchanagiri institute's jubilee valedictory function on May 25
  • Meeting on Tadari to be held today
  • `No ban on State lottery'

    • Kerala

  • `Ultimate control' of Government rests with me, says Achuthanandan
  • Fireworks display: need to enforce safety measures
  • List of portfolios
  • Theft of jewellery on the rise
  • Canara Bank proposes to raise Rs.3,000-crore capital this year
  • Chandy demands White Paper on State's finances
  • Measures to create more IT jobs
  • Ice-cream parlour sex scandal case: hearing adjourned
  • Pinarayi: Khalid panel findings strange
  • Action against sandalwood mafia
  • Laws governing local polls to be unified
  • Pledge against terrorism
  • Felicitated
  • Lensview
  • Briefly

    • Khammam

  • Alternative needed for Congress, BJP at national level: Telugu Desam president
  • CPI(M) for review of 1/70 regulation cases

    • Kochi

  • Streamlining traffic at junctions
  • Survey for Coastal Highway link to begin next week
  • Call to promote rainwater harvesting projects
  • IMA to step up drive against polio
  • Mass run for Pulse Polio
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Pulse Polio tomorrow
  • Minister visits Alapad

    • Kottayam

  • Malankara Orthodox Church to elect Catholicos-designate

    • Kozhikode

  • Theft of jewellery on the rise
  • Four youths killed in road accident in Vadakara
  • Students demand AIIMS status for medical college
  • Houses to be built for the poor
  • IMA Kozhikode bags award

    • Kurnool

  • Teams conduct raids on cottonseed processing units

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Iran-U.S. tussle fuels anxieties in oil heartland

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Da Vinci Code
  • Welcome move
  • Think again
  • Priestly opportunity

    • Madikeri

  • Congress is our friend, says A.K. Subbaiah
  • Renovated temples consecrated

    • Madurai

  • Prisoners take to gardening
  • Nod for disbursal of arrears to MKU non-teaching staff
  • Farmers keep fingers crossed
  • A temple tank in deep water
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • IGP stresses need to reorient officers to meet priorities
  • BJP ready with list of new Ministers
  • BJP shelved core issues owing to political compulsions: Rajnath
  • Get your priorities right, IGP tells police officers
  • `Nuclear deal a surrender to U.S.'
  • Pulse polio immunisation on Sunday
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Association urges MUDA to expedite allotment of sites
  • Rain wreaks havoc in city, many trees uprooted
  • Plan to attract more butterflies at park
  • Prominent athletes participate in Asian Grand Prix 2006 torch relay
  • New library building for college
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • Farmers' market to be revived in Nagapattinam

    • National

  • Yechury: ensure 27 per cent quota for OBC students
  • UPA decision `disturbing'
  • IIM-A rules out increased intake
  • Admonish Kashyap: privileges panel
  • Gogoi-led coalition Ministry sworn in
  • No need for Nepal resolution: BJP
  • Coalition meet on women's quota
  • Identification parade ordered
  • Tight security in Gujarat town
  • Supreme Court notice to NHRC on compensation
  • "Female foeticide will be tackled"
  • ``High Court can suggest shifting of lower courts''
  • He was not in plane: `driver'
  • India clarifies stand on religious rights
  • Stay plea premature: HC
  • Second round table in Srinagar
  • UPA not to invite MDMK
  • Chidambaram must quit: Swamy
  • Centre launches energy labelling programme
  • Shahdara DC draws High Court's ire
  • BSNL reduces tariffs
  • Ban on non-feature film reversed
  • NHRC seeks report on rescue of child labourers
  • Naxalites a threat to internal security: panel
  • Office of Profit Bill opportunistic: Fernandes

    • New Delhi

  • Demolition controversy spells trouble for Sheila
  • Minor girl abducted, raped
  • Students to be involved in designing future cities
  • New case filed in Uphaar trial
  • High Court orders report on Jama Masjid spruce up
  • New guidelines for release of maps for civilian use
  • 1,000 bikers to vie for title
  • A hope for Board students
  • Haryana officials nabbed in petrol pump allotment case
  • "Back to Nature" on canvas
  • Sheila visits displaced slum dwellers
  • A unique initiative for the deaf
  • Engineer's house raided
  • An exhibition with a difference
  • Protesting sex-determination
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Criminals are going places

    • News Analysis

  • Verify, but trust, is the best formula for Siachen pullout

    • Nizamabad

  • 2.90 lakh children to be administered polio drops
  • New Collector of Nizamabad assumes charge

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pondicherry

  • DMK delegation meets Lakhera
  • Lt. Governor urged to convene Assembly

    • Racing : Horse

  • Scintilating Skill well tuned
  • Great Strides claims main event
  • Coral Gables pleases

    • Raichur

  • Sangha to protest for funds to procure paddy

    • Religion

  • The ideal of inaction

    • Sailing

  • National laser coastal championship from today

    • Salem

  • Collector promises to remove encroachments on water bodies
  • Doctors' forum warns of agitation
  • Damaged channel to be cleaned up soon
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • Raitha sangha continues stir
  • Wild elephant wreaks havoc

    • Sport

  • India upbeat
  • A just reward for Les Bleus
  • Nice to see Gayle back among runs
  • Brazil stands tall in Group F
  • Yet another successful chase by India

    • Sports : General

  • Jai Durga wins finweight gold
  • Rakesh triumphs
  • Easy victory for Waltair Cub

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Child survivors to be retained in their natural environment
  • Avudaiappan, Duraisamy assume charge
  • Sudarsanam elected CLP leader
  • End sought to annual ordeal for elephants
  • Sivapunniam CPI leader in Assembly
  • Coast Guard rescues 31 refugees
  • Jangid posted as new ACP, Chennai
  • New DMK district secretary
  • Submerged in water
  • Busy road in tatters
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • It's a battle for life
  • Da Vinci Code sparks wave of resentment
  • Elaborate arrangements for distribution of textbooks
  • Quality seeds to be sold through private outlets
  • Golden `kavacham' for temple deity
  • Privatisation of street light maintenance working well
  • K-MAT to be held on July 2
  • Uma Bharti for schools to train temple priests
  • Promises to keep

    • Tennis

  • Rashein triumphs
  • Indian juniors bow out
  • Sanjana in final
  • Stepanek advances
  • Poojashree, Rushmi bow out
  • Soniyaa sails into final

    • Thanjavur

  • Anti-Terrorism Day pledge
  • Polio drops to be administered on Sunday

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Left Democratic Front improves its share of votes in 125 Assembly constituencies
  • Rs.45-lakh property dispute settled
  • Youth arrested in Mata's ashram
  • Honour for city schools
  • `IUML responsible for UDF defeat in polls'
  • Visa cheating: two arrested
  • Steps to check stray dog menace
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated May 20, 1956: Advice to local bodies
  • dated May 20, 1956: Greatest Indian in history
  • dated May 20, 1956: Bertrand Russell 84

    • Thrissur

  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Lectureship aspirants buoyed up by UGC decision
  • Preventive detention, a regular feature
  • Objection to construction of foot overbridges
  • A creative summer science camp
  • Child gets eyesight after `rare surgery'
  • Plea to set up vigilance committees
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • AIADMK cadres allege conspiracy by `insiders'
  • One killed, seven injured in road accident
  • Anti-Terrorism Day pledge

    • Tirupati

  • CPI(M) cycle rally against Sathyavedu SEZ
  • BC status sought
  • In Tirupati Today

    • Tumkur

  • Complaints against PHCs in Tumkur

    • Udhagamandalam

  • All set for floral carnival today
  • Magic of Blue Mountains on screen

    • Udupi

  • Bus stand, market complex to be inaugurated tomorrow

    • Union Territories

  • High Court issues notice to Selja in Brar murder case

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Doctors' stir continues
  • CAG finds irregularities in Mulayam's favourite scheme

    • Vellore

  • Allotment of B. Tech seats
  • 93 allotted B. Tech seats
  • Training camp for village priests inaugurated

    • Vijayawada

  • Spikers in the making
  • Turning out smart men is hot and happening
  • Panel inspects Prakasam Barrage
  • Power supply improves
  • Experts panel inspects Prakasam Barrage
  • Railway workers want residential quarters
  • `Attack' on professor: no case filed
  • Nothing juicy about it
  • Warrants issued against two
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • A cool and pleasant cruise all the way
  • City decks up for Prime Minister's maiden visit
  • Novel scheme set to bring postman closer to customers
  • Another feather in VSP's cap
  • Congress leader issues legal notice to TDP chief
  • Police impose traffic curbs
  • Chit depositors `duped'
  • Kidney patient looks for financial aid
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Central Michigan University to sign MoU with Kakatiya varsity

    • Weather

  • Weather

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