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    Alappuzha

  • Electricity employees' confederation meet from Saturday
  • Hospital workers' meet tomorrow

    • Anantapur

  • Autonomous status for college

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Gadar, others taken into preventive custody
  • TDP neglected rural economy: YSR
  • Traders take advantage of loopholes in VAT
  • 980 doctors to be appointed to PHCs
  • Transport scheme for pregnant women in 22 districts
  • Inspiring endeavour An inspiring endeavour
  • Over 10,000 unrecognised schools flourishing in State
  • DNA training academy to be set up in Hyderabad
  • TDP, BJP stand on projects flayed
  • JNTU centre set to use satellite data
  • Nagarjunasagar crest gate arm damaged
  • Orders to retain services of contract health staff issued
  • MRPS disrupts address
  • Stir threats will not help, says RTC Chairman
  • Speaker lays stone for LI scheme
  • `Congress, TRS creating confusion'
  • Impressive show by VSP
  • Congress callous towards ryots: Telugu Desam
  • Three burnt alive in freak mishap
  • Bajrang Dal criticises Arjita seva price hike
  • V-Cs for four universities appointed
  • In high spirits
  • Cause for concern
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Galeru-Nagari irrigation project to cover Kodur, Rajampet
  • Poster brought out by ryots' body
  • Team focuses on hospitality tourism

    • Bangalore

  • Worker's death sparks protest
  • Schoolchildren make Pulse Polio campaign a success
  • Two employees of software firm arrested on robbery charge
  • Death snatches a bridegroom
  • Five PU colleges derecognised
  • MICO employee among three killed in road accidents
  • Water adalats to be held in three areas
  • Around the City
  • University allowed to fill vacancies

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Indian Bank and IOB enter final

    • Briefly

  • 15 p.c. final from Union Bank
  • Century Textiles pays 25 p.c.
  • Sify solution for TotalFinaElf India
  • US Technology Resources' Chennai centre
  • Ucal Fuel to invest in U.S. firm
  • BVITV pact with Zee Network

    • Business

  • VSNL, C&W tie up for high-speed connectivity
  • Industry fears worsening of power crisis in Maharashtra
  • IBM Products among FDI proposals
  • Sutherland plans centre in Manila
  • Pharma exports to grow to $6 b
  • Visual computing solution for research from Silicon Graphics
  • Eveready getting into property deals
  • Pakistan allows private sector to import cattle
  • Air Deccan unveils new mascot
  • SIMA welcomes value based drawback rates
  • Sri Lankan Cargo starts service from Coimbatore
  • Rupee surges to 3-month high
  • Sensex jumps 73 points

    • Cartoons

  • Weather
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    • Chennai

  • Second synchronised elephant census begins in southern States
  • No vacation for teachers
  • Tsunami proves to be a blessing to Olive Ridleys
  • Enumeration completed in 39 Assembly seats
  • Court directive on disaffiliation of engineering college
  • Cable operator for CBI probe into criminal cases
  • PIL against film shooting inside temple
  • Cinemas to screen short film on video piracy
  • Exhibition of photographs
  • Crime branch to handle child kidnap case
  • AIADMK's complaint against Palanimanickam
  • Man slits his neck at police station
  • CPI plea to electorate
  • Gang abducting children busted
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Nisha makes a significant move

    • Coimbatore

  • Operation clean-up faces trouble
  • Reservation centres run short of train ticket stationery
  • Man held on charges of defrauding mill owners
  • Three-day workshop
  • Broadband services extended
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Fourth Test drawn
  • No sense of victory: Dalmiya
  • BCCI to standardise off-season training
  • Records galore at Antigua

    • Crossword

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  • Solution to Puzzle 8284

    • Dharmapuri

  • Army recruitment starts

    • Dharwad

  • Water supply schedule
  • No consensus on separate corporation for Dharwad
  • Special training programme

    • Dindigul

  • Special buses

    • Editorials

  • Three words still mean divorce
  • Safe roads and sane cities

    • Erode

  • Animal census begins in Erode today
  • NPA of Canara Bank registers decline
  • Ryots seek water for Kongur tank
  • Three-day education expo from May 7
  • Desilting of Amaravathy canal sought

    • Football

  • Liverpool enters final
  • Air-India steers clear of trouble
  • Travancore Titanium in final
  • Mahindra United posts decisive home win
  • Dudu leads from the front

    • Front Page

  • ``Fernandes okayed IAF aircraft for Phukan's travel''
  • Labour in the driving seat
  • NDA will not relent on boycott issue
  • Launch pad dedicated
  • Mukesh Ambani meets Manmohan
  • 50 killed as militants target Kurdish city
  • Zee moves Court
  • WTO agreement on tariffs

    • Haryana

  • Haryana to set up utility services at entry points

    • Hubli

  • NWKRTC optimistic

    • Hyderabad

  • HUDA in top gear on master plan
  • Tourism corporation told to vacate bus bay
  • Foundation to celebrate Venkatesh birth anniversary
  • Matrix Labs gesture to mishap victims
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Bangladesh mourns Gen. Aurora

    • International

  • 50 killed as militants target Kurdish city
  • Strain on fighting power, says U.S. General
  • Alarm as polio virus spreads
  • Firefighter's recovery amazes doctors
  • Head of Al-Qaeda in Pakistan captured
  • China gifts two giant pandas to Taiwan
  • Dhaka proposes dates for SAARC

    • Kancheepuram

  • Vaiko, Vasan seek votes for DMK

    • Kannur

  • Hill demolition changes midland landscape
  • Welfare board to give coir ratt to workers

    • Karnataka

  • Lokayukta asked to probe security breach
  • Atrocities: BJP for White Paper
  • Deve Gowda prefers to keep mum on BMIC verdict
  • Oppose amendment to APMC Act: KPRS
  • KPCL to import coal to maintain power supply
  • 25 `vital installations' in Bangalore may be provided security
  • `Take steps to prevent spread of epidemics'
  • Revanna rubbishes quit demand
  • XIMB PG course now online
  • IAF rally in Mysore from May 12
  • BPCL dealers to sell SIM cards also
  • `JD(S) should change its ways'
  • On the horns of a dilemma
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Need to encourage allied farm activities emphasised
  • Workshop on fashion design

    • Kerala

  • Pillai quits ruling alliance, Jacob may follow suit
  • Mobile Kerala's techno-surge
  • Vigilance findings baseless, says KDB chairman
  • Miserable conditions in labour camps in UAE, says Chandy
  • Move to sell four public units condemned
  • Tourism Ministry flays M.V. Raghavan's stance
  • Case registered for impersonating CUSAT Registrar
  • Entrance test for super-speciality courses notified
  • Development council for Kozhikode city
  • Rice for SGRY scheme seized from godowns
  • Society's challenge
  • MYL seeks special recruitment drive
  • Project to improve power supply
  • Achuthanandan disputes Vakkom's claim
  • Alappuzha
  • Ordinance to take over castle soon
  • CPI(M) to hold Secretariat march
  • Man killed in building collapse
  • Keltron opens animation campus
  • `Split in Congress will help BJP'
  • Testing times
  • In search of solution
  • Malappuram
  • Season of pageantry
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • 50,000 delegates for Mujahid meet
  • Mujahid merger easy: Madavoor
  • Festivities at Kollangana under way
  • Panchayat staff to go on strike
  • Applications invited
  • Illicit liquor: eight hospitalised

    • Kochi

  • GCDA prepares design for commercial complex
  • Sanskrit university campus in a jubilant mood
  • Land-acquisition office to be opened today
  • Five new city wards in draft list
  • Calf elephant recovering
  • Port workers to boycott ships with toxic wastes
  • In Kochi Today
  • CAMPUS NOTES

    • Kollam

  • Sex scandal victim's brother back with family
  • KTSS State meet

    • Kottayam

  • KYF(M) conference begins today

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Junctions and roadblocks in Arab politics

    • Letters to the Editor

  • A rare soldier
  • Gift for senior citizens
  • Karunakaran's gamble
  • Cut their pay
  • LTTE's brutal ways
  • Rapist's ploy
  • A step forward
  • Battle of brothers
  • VAT issue
  • `Beauty in our midst'
  • Child marriages
  • Science & theism

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Con man arrested

    • Madikeri

  • RTO's revenue collection exceeds target for 2004-05
  • Rs. 5-crore package announced to improve quality of education

    • Madurai

  • Cramped space gives no room for seized vehicles
  • Madurai Bench sets aside decree against power board
  • Are court `commandments' on arrest procedures followed?
  • `Dalits in Keeripatti still remain ostracised'
  • Mercury level down, mood upbeat
  • Tributes paid to Deputy Mayor
  • Constitution of Planning Board for Kamaraj varsity approved
  • "Electoral roll revision in Madurai district satisfactory"
  • Revision by Election Commission
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Opposition to Gundia hydel project grows
  • 'Groundwork must to introduce Tulu as medium of instruction'
  • ZP concerned about new vented dam at Thumbay
  • `PU colleges violating admission norms'
  • Free surgery for cleft lip
  • On the horns of a dilemma
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Mysore's greenery under threat
  • Children to bring alive Mahabharata
  • Water supply: MATF refutes statement
  • Zoo invites entries for youth club

    • Nagapattinam

  • NGOs show keen interest in constructing permanent houses
  • Fishermen return to shore with good catch

    • National

  • Manmohan's assurance to AIDWA on Women's Reservation Bill
  • No summons to Narayanan: Nanavati
  • Zahira deposition ends abruptly
  • CEC favours law to enforce model code
  • Assam rewards 10 tax officials
  • Manmohan intervention sought on tigers
  • Dwindling tiger population: plea for probe
  • Supreme Court reserves verdict in Parliament attack case
  • Atomic Energy Board clears raft construction
  • India receives $465 million tsunami aid from World Bank
  • National highway opened
  • Labour Minister meets Manmohan, Chidambaram
  • University to get replicas of Tagore's medal on Saturday
  • Shekhawat to examine NDA leaders' letters
  • CBI questions Jaya Jaitly
  • Efforts on to unite Hurriyat factions
  • Venkataswami report can be made public: Congress
  • `Need to pick questions at random'
  • No evidence of stone-throwing, says forensic lab
  • I never asked for a VVIP aircraft: Phukan
  • Airbus cannot question Air India decision: Boeing
  • Final CAG report awaited on Centaur disinvestment
  • ``Make 100 p.c. reusable launch vehicle''
  • NDA justifies continuation of boycott
  • Judges' allowance raised
  • Life term to ward boy in rape case
  • Banking sector set for major reforms
  • Cabinet clears 11 Bills

    • Nellore

  • Water woes to be ended
  • Trail of devastation in Nellore

    • New Delhi

  • Auto-lifters nabbed
  • Disability rights activist threatens fast over dismissal
  • Pakistani surgeons on `mission advancement'
  • Move on to raise MLAs' pay
  • Meningitis claims another victim
  • School chairman fined for felling trees
  • Rain welcome but sweltering days ahead
  • Four held for robberies
  • Plea for probe into dwindling tiger population
  • Couple killed in wall collapse
  • PM intervention sought on tigers
  • Regularisation of shops demanded
  • Jal Board call centre
  • Veteran journalist passes away
  • Caught in the rain
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today
  • Focus is on pure sciences

    • News Analysis

  • Reaping what it sowed
  • The dough is in the land, not the bread
  • Elaborate weddings
  • Islamabad looks to calm domestic tension
  • Nuclear double standards

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Pathanamthitta

  • BSNL to launch two WLL mobile schemes soon
  • PSC rank-holders to move court

    • Polo

  • Bangalore keeps winning

    • Pondicherry

  • Pondy prison inmates stage protest
  • Retain seats without alteration: Ramadass
  • Andhra Pradesh to waive water cess dues
  • Monthly assistance for aged increased by Rs. 75

    • Punjab

  • Punjab plans `model city' in Muktsar

    • Racing : Horse

  • Rainbow Fleet triumphs
  • Zooming, Rambus please

    • Racing : Motor

  • Tendulkar to cheer Narain at Barcelona

    • Rajasthan

  • Rs. 1,012 crores for education project

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Work on upgrading Uchipuli naval air station expedited

    • Religion

  • Sankara's tradition

    • Shimoga

  • University to launch choice-based system

    • Table Tennis

  • China lands first gold

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Removal of AIADMK banners ordered
  • IIT-M creates digital `backbone' to aid learning
  • Coming soon: D-cinema technology
  • New-look `Tamirabarani'
  • Time to make helmets compulsory
  • HPCL told to vacate leased property in two months
  • Making management students employable
  • Trade unions to stage dharna against foreign direct investment in core sectors
  • Brochure to allay fears of tourists
  • Garbage dumping goes on unabated here
  • `Vast scope for EEE students'
  • `Central forces for bypolls'
  • President in city on way to Sriharikota
  • `Give the underprivileged their due share in national prosperity'
  • Gruelling wait
  • No stray incident this
  • Unorganised workers list demands
  • Vedic mathematics for CAT aspirants
  • `Syllabus revised to meet present-day needs'
  • Drive at the push of a button
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Tirupur Municipality Chairman presents Rs. 3-crore deficit budget
  • MTC bus crashes into airport compound wall
  • Lokayukta asked to probe security breach
  • AIADMK worker held in assault case
  • Gadar, others taken into preventive custody
  • Four more hospitalised
  • Helmets to be made mandatory by June 15
  • 10 of family killed in road accident
  • Two dyeing units to reopen
  • Music festival

    • Tennis

  • Belgians hold centrestage again
  • Roddick masters clay and Costa
  • Sriram reaches final

    • Thanjavur

  • Collector asks women SHGs to utilise Internet facility

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Tele-medicine unit mooted for MHC
  • KSRTC to augment fleet strength
  • Award ceremony sans audience
  • KSRTC bus runs over motorist
  • Students taken ill
  • Around the City
  • CAMPUS NOTES

    • This Day That Age

  • dated May 5, 1955: Goa situation grave: Nehru
  • dated May 5, 1955: State Bank by July
  • dated May 5, 1955: Andhra Minister dead

    • Thrissur

  • Devaswom to review ban on shirts
  • Tributes to Swami Ranganathananda
  • Vigilance probe sought

    • Tiruchi

  • Corporation gyms at four places to be opened for public use soon
  • Strive for social development, lawyers told
  • Park maintenace given to bank
  • New Collector takes charge
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Making entrepreneurs out of tribals pays dividends
  • Forum demands adequate damages for tsunami-affected people

    • Tirupati

  • Flutter at Praja Patham

    • Tuticorin

  • Artificially ripened mangoes seized from four Kovilpatti shops

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • U.P. not to implement VAT this fiscal year
  • Abducted students rescued from Uttar Pradesh
  • Rains, storm cool Uttar Pradesh

    • Vijayawada

  • Protest against Polavaram works
  • Farmers fear loss of land
  • No power in some areas
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Government has kept major poll promise, says Minister
  • Release of phone directory in Oct.
  • New V-C to take charge tomorrow
  • Body washed ashore
  • New ship built by HSL flagged off
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

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