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Alappuzha

  • Where sand-mining, tsunami will have an echo
  • The political barometer of the State

    • Anantapur

  • Condition of Muslims better in BJP-ruled States: Advani
  • `BJP, TDP still have tacit understanding'
  • Job scheme wages revised

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Cases against MLAs: Naidu to take issue to Delhi
  • All the pluses of US, minus the cost
  • The CAT code went CRAA... CK
  • EMRI taking up recruitment drive
  • ... and Rs. 50 lakhs was waiting for her
  • Ace it with the first impression
  • NET, JRF on June 25
  • This yatra different, says Advani
  • YSR promises more schemes for women
  • Lightning claims 10 lives across A.P.
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • German team visits tsunami-hit villages
  • Archakas in protest mode
  • Centre mulls allocating surplus grain to poultry
  • Power crisis won't hit rabi: YSR
  • Water scheme sanctioned
  • Nine persons killed in two accidents
  • Easter celebrated with fervour

    • Bangalore

  • State's gherkin output, exports triple
  • `Urban local bodies should learn from village panchayats'
  • She is out to conquer the world of modelling
  • `Press demand for according classical status to Kannada'
  • Decentralisation process largely unfruitful in Bangalore: study
  • Medication and meditation to beat depression
  • An `image makeover' for making the right impression
  • Memorial to B.M. Sri receives a boost
  • Rs. 5 lakh released for State Haemophilia Society
  • Summer is no more just vacation time for them
  • Rajkumar's sons blame anti-social elements for violence in city
  • Deve Gowda exposed: Ravi
  • British Airways to support trust
  • Literary awards given away to Pradhan Gurudutta, Nagappa
  • Bag containing cash snatched from woman
  • Violence: police take stock of situation
  • A city out of sync with aesthetics
  • Homoeopathy well suited for India: Rajasekharan
  • Law books for the layman to be released
  • Mutyalamma Devi Karaga today
  • `Garuda Vahana' at ISKCON leaves devotees spellbound
  • Man arrested, valuables recovered
  • A sight to behold
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Belgaum

  • Two arrested, goods recovered

    • Bellary

  • Plot to kill ex-CMC chief unearthed

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Shaun Murphy begins well

    • Business

  • A new facet to debate on convertibility
  • Semiconductor industry poised for dynamic growth in India
  • Poor nations need a change in strategies to guard trade interests
  • Gift from non-relatives: cash or kind?
  • New conferencing tool

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Poll manifestos tread similar grounds on education Manifestos come up with similar plans on education
  • Battle royal in The Hindu Business Line corporate quiz
  • Chidambaram indulging in double speak, says Vaiko
  • Frequent power cuts in many parts of city
  • Maxi cab mows down motorcyclist
  • Residents get training in grey water recycling
  • Excel in all spheres, students told
  • Contempt plea against private university
  • Do not ridicule our schemes, Karunanidhi tells opponents
  • Audition hunt for best voice of Tamil Nadu
  • Pedestrian fatally hit by mini-lorry
  • "Capital account convertibility should be approached cautiously"
  • Hi-tech hospitals to provide eye care in rural areas
  • Court directive to Government on land acquisition
  • Campaign moves into top gear
  • Renovated St. Mary's Church reopens for Easter
  • Mylapore Club conducting sports camps for children
  • Chennai Food Bank to provide 13 lakh meals
  • Over 5,000 register for model test
  • At the service of the disabled for 20 years
  • Swamy demands action against those responsible for stuffing rolls
  • Clinic on wheels to be launched
  • Graduation Day at Madhuram Narayanan Centre
  • MoU signed for training, placements
  • Convocation ceremony
  • City Cinema
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reader's mail

    • Chess

  • Impressive wins for Humpy and Ganguly
  • Sreejith wins title
  • Anilkumar triumphs

    • Coimbatore

  • Varsity will hold aptitude tests for students
  • Aptitude tests for varsity students
  • `Pregnant women need to be aware of gestational diabetes'
  • Revised plan for Coimbatore
  • Hike in raw material prices hits engineering units
  • A master plan for the city
  • Hip resurfacing puts marine engineer on course again
  • Students wing of TPDK hails decision on quota
  • Free coaching for law entrance
  • Permission for placards
  • Veg delight
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Yuvraj tops the report card
  • Team leaves for Abu Dhabi
  • Sri Kaliswari College tops group
  • Gloster to assess Sachin's recovery
  • Jitender stars in Delhi Club's win
  • KDCA camps from May 1
  • Good batting by Jaideep, Surinder

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8579
  • Solution to Puzzle 8578

    • Dharmapuri

  • Bad road turns into a nightmare

    • Dindigul

  • Time has come to decide future of Tamil Nadu, says CPI(M) leader

    • Editorials

  • People's needs over party politics
  • Securing our cities

    • Erode

  • Campaign hots up in Erode district
  • Water released for irrigation
  • Residents block road
  • Annual day celebrated

    • Football

  • Pires, Bergkamp score in Arsenal's win
  • East Bengal bounces back to beat Dempo
  • Titanium storms into last four

    • Front Page

  • GoM's confidential report
  • Manmohan studying Soz report on dam issue
  • Rehabilitation work shown only on paper: GoM report
  • Dhoni ranked second
  • Oram leads New Zealand's recovery
  • India should not peak too early
  • 11 policemen killed in Chhattisgarh naxal attack
  • LTTE suspends participation in Geneva talks
  • Consortium to stake claim for conducting CET
  • Thiagarajan joins Congress
  • Madhya Pradesh's rehabilitation claims exposed
  • KPSC selects 153 officials in eight months
  • Role of Lashkar militants in Delhi blasts not ruled out
  • `LDF win will mean policy reversal'
  • Cases against MLAs: Naidu to take issue to Delhi
  • Chavakkad civic chief stabbed to death
  • Nitish has failed to check crime: Lalu
  • CID registers cases
  • Jaish chief killed
  • Indian envoy meets Nepal King
  • Sonia nomination today
  • Cancellation plea rejected
  • ONGC net profit
  • Fire at SBI building

    • Golf

  • Atwal drops to tied 20th
  • Jeev ends a seven-year drought

    • Gulbarga

  • New law demanded on admission to professional courses

    • Haryana

  • Synthetic hockey surface to be opened
  • Training programme for disease surveillance

    • Hassan

  • Hassan literacy group selected for UNESCO seminar
  • Four killed, nine hurt in accident
  • Four die in accident

    • Hockey

  • Korea posts easy win
  • India off to a disastrous start

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Walking with a message
  • Regularise services, say daily wage employees
  • `Win people's confidence'

    • Hyderabad

  • Park with Rajiv Gandhi tag at Vanasthalipuram in 6 months
  • Defence, civilian research work must be coordinated: Minister
  • Case against MLAs: TDP breathes fire...
  • 11-day medicos' strike called off
  • Water policy puts State in 5 basins
  • But for sizzling Katrina, it's a jaded love story
  • MFI harassment: 60 suicide cases reported
  • Get stoned for some quirky fare
  • Chasing the IIT dream with zeal
  • Policemen held on extortion charge
  • Moving picture on child labour
  • Sudden downpour brings huge relief from scorching heat
  • Hiked pension from May
  • Children to educate factionists!
  • Steps to dispel bird flu fears yield result
  • Singapore Telugu cultural festival from April 29
  • ... but CLP is all for it
  • Thunderbolts claim 10 lives
  • Harrowing time for students
  • Man found murdered
  • COVA to the rescue of quake-hit in Uri, Karnah
  • 8-year-old boy killed in thunderbolt strike
  • Woman's suicide case: kin stage dharna
  • Principals back JAC agitation
  • Sheep-rearers' protest on May 15
  • Steps to cut Monsanto royalty sought
  • Is the helpline helpful?
  • For that cutting edge
  • Ex gratia announced for labourers' kin
  • Glam `n' glitter
  • No power supply
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • 10.2 p.c. GDP growth in 1st quarter: Hu Jintao
  • Deadlock persists over Iraq Premier post
  • Nepal parties intensify agitation
  • Singapore poll soon: Premier
  • Third bird flu case confirmed in Pakistan
  • LTTE suspends participation in Geneva talks
  • Archbishop attacks "Code"
  • Gaza: severe food shortage
  • Quake rocks Taiwan

    • Kancheepuram

  • DMK-AIADMK direct fight in Uthiramerur, Alandur
  • Police remove Ambedkar statue

    • Kannur

  • Tearful adieu to C. Kannan
  • In Kannur today

    • Karimnagar

  • Rain dampens closing of centenary fete
  • Brisk sale of products at Dwcra Bazaar
  • Corporation flayed for failure in collection of house taxes
  • Mid Manair Dam oustees assured rehabilitation

    • Karnataka

  • A record of sorts by the KPSC
  • Briefly
  • Reader's Mail

    • Karnataka - Others

  • An intrusion against the interests of wildlife
  • Kuvempu should be made known to other regions as well: Kumaraswamy
  • Cementing ties through hockey
  • A model village for total sanitation
  • Kumaraswamy defends police action in Bangalore
  • Village in Davangere hit by chikungunya
  • Textile units suggest contract farming for cotton farmers
  • Public debate likely on pre-marital HIV test

    • Kerala

  • Mullaperiyar: Minister slams Jayalalithaa
  • Students tour Plachimada, Puthussery
  • In honour of a Kathakali exponent
  • Taking a break
  • Traffic hazard
  • LDF win will mean major reversal of policies: Karat
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Campaign gains momentum in Attingal
  • Call to preserve traditions, values

    • Khammam

  • YSR inaugurates new block in medical college

    • Kochi

  • Chellanam reeling under acute water shortage
  • Maradu residents prepare charter of demands
  • `Cellphone has not pushed Ham radio out of range'
  • Colours and dreams of future
  • Swati Tirunal's statue unveiled
  • The widening reach of e-service
  • Easter celebrated with prayers, ceremonies
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • CMP taking it cool, CPI sweating it out
  • LDF will take proper steps if voted to power: CPI
  • Water supply affected in Kollam city
  • Kollam DCC gets ready for Sonia visit

    • Kottayam

  • Puthuppally likely to keep history intact
  • Left victory will not affect UPA stability: Yechury

    • Kozhikode

  • BJP demands White Paper on State finances
  • `Publish White Paper on State finances'
  • Advani to address meeting in Kozhikode
  • Workers `capture' closed down estate
  • Easter celebrated with prayers in Kozhikode city
  • Bid to marginalise ryots alleged
  • Move to marginalise farmers alleged
  • Award for painting to be presented today
  • CCCI team to visit trade fair in China
  • CPI(M) leaders to address election meetings
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • `Strained vocal cords need protection'

    • Leader Page Articles

  • A new kind of history textbook

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Twin blasts
  • Narmada issue
  • Poll survey
  • He deserved better
  • Dance bars

    • Madurai

  • Water for irrigation, the key issue
  • Six new sections inaugurated at Bar Association library
  • Education sector neglected in Tamil Nadu: Vijayakanth
  • "NHRC must intervene in Medha Patkar arrest issue"
  • Plea to clear streets for Chithirai festival
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • Bappi Lahiri to make music with Whitney Houston
  • Court to hear Gawli's bail plea on April 18

    • Mangalore

  • Sport was the true winner
  • College teachers oppose move on salary disbursement
  • Miscreants disrupt prayer meeting
  • In Mangalore Today
  • Readers Mail

    • Mysore

  • People's representatives told to improve rural infrastructure
  • Seed carnival to be held at Amrita Bhoomi today
  • Pulse Polio immunisation drive covers 3 lakh children in Mysore district

    • Nagapattinam

  • Eight candidates file nominations in Nagai

    • Nalgonda

  • Miryalaguda police solve murder mystery

    • National

  • From the underbelly of the beast
  • Modi begins fast in support of dam
  • Victory will help Left fight Centre better: Karat
  • Advani backs Narendra Modi
  • First phase of West Bengal elections today
  • India transfers naval ship to Maldives
  • "Most Pakistanis are for peace"
  • Role of Lashkar militants not ruled out, say Delhi police
  • Fee waiver: CBSE drops clause
  • Guidelines for PHCs
  • NBA activists detained
  • Pedigree is not everything
  • Sight Uranus for three days from today
  • Pakistan to issue 10,000 visas to Sikh pilgrims
  • Shah to hold meet on Kashmir
  • Janata Party to challenge Sonia's nomination
  • Officials turn emotional
  • Political parties trying to bully me: Aamir Khan
  • Venkataraghavan bereaved
  • Centre seeks report

    • Nellore

  • General Motors may prefer Maharashtra to State

    • New Delhi

  • Lending his voice for a cause
  • Steep decline in MCD property tax collection
  • Congress MLAs protest outside Sheila's residence
  • Towards a safer world for women
  • Khanna Committee to submit its report by May end
  • Sheila pinning hopes on Sonia Vihar to tide over water crisis
  • Vocational courses for Tihar inmates
  • Third day of relay hunger strike by Congress MLAs
  • Workshop on advance techniques of PCNL
  • Man shoots wife and himself
  • Easter is here
  • A parrot in a park
  • Council of Boards of Secondary Education cracks the whip
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • GoM's confidential report
  • Narmada project: clearing the confusion
  • The child, the media and the law
  • The cost of 3șC global rise in temperature

    • Nizamabad

  • Thundershowers lash Nizamabad
  • Relief for families of farmers

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • River sand-mining rampant in Pathanamthitta district
  • SPG personnel inspect Parumala, Thiruvalla stadium
  • Valiya Padayani on April 21

    • Pondicherry

  • Disappointed Minister to fight as Independent
  • Congress candidate's supporter attacked
  • Congress candidate versus rebel in Yanam

    • Punjab

  • `No tie up with CPI'

    • Racing : Horse

  • Ajay Kini keeps winning
  • Enaksi shows out
  • Fraud expected to win
  • Simply Special appeals most in Burliyar Plate
  • Campanero takes the honours in Byculla Club Trophy

    • Raichur

  • Action plan to tackle water scarcity ready
  • Raichur ZP standing panels formed

    • Rajasthan

  • Private educational bodies to observe bandh in Rajasthan
  • `Rajasthan violating employment Act'

    • Religion

  • Spiritual experience

    • Salem

  • Be conscious of the present trend in job market, students told
  • Inadequate water supply hits Ammapet areas
  • Anna University expects over 1.8-lakh forms for TNPCEE: VC
  • Woman electrocuted
  • Four arrested

    • Shimoga

  • Yediyurappa scouts for land for first grade college

    • Sport

  • Dhoni ranked second
  • Oram leads New Zealand's recovery
  • India should not peak too early
  • Flexibility is the team's strength
  • Taguchi zips his way to glory
  • British media all praise for Uthappa

    • Sports : General

  • National sub-junior hockey
  • Karan spoils Santhosh's party
  • St. Andrew's wins opener
  • Rashien Samuel, Sharon Paul get top billing
  • Shankar triumphs
  • Bhaskaran, Rahim shine
  • Surendran, Krithika win
  • Bombay Customs prevails
  • Zee Sports to telecast DLF Cup
  • Facile win for Packers CC
  • Indian referee for Asian meet

    • Srikakulam

  • DRDA meeting held

    • Swimming

  • Nandu, Priyanka set new marks

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Degrees for the job market
  • Beating the heat
  • Impending danger
  • Lightning claims three lives
  • Congress, DMK field five sitting MLAs in Karaikal district
  • Medical degree from China
  • Whither transparency?
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Infrastructure, educational facilities lacking in Tiruvallur
  • Veteran leader takes on new contestant in Sattur
  • Many Ministers, little development
  • Book released
  • Jayalalithaa campaigns in Andipatti
  • Congress, DMK field sitting MLAs in Karaikal district
  • AIADMK worker files nomination
  • A homecoming for CM
  • Month-long seafood festival in Pondy
  • Minister to fight as Independent
  • Piling up of applications poses challenge to officials

    • Tennis

  • Sania confident of good performance
  • ATP Challenger from today

    • Thanjavur

  • `Control pest attack on cotton crops'

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Modernisation of Thycaud crematorium picks up
  • ID card must for casting vote
  • World Haemophilia Day on Monday
  • Hassan brushes aside Vellapally's threats
  • Cardiology meet on Friday
  • Citizens' forum seeks safety of pedestrians
  • National CME at RCC
  • Under the shade, by the sea
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated April 17, 1956: Rajendra Prasad's appeal
  • dated April 17, 1956: The democratic method

    • Thrissur

  • R. Venkitaraman given Sangeeta Ratna Award
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Seeking expert guidance to reach greater heights
  • Technology keeps them informed
  • `Avoid English, apply Tamil in daily life'
  • M. Rajasekaran of Congress to take on R. Natarajan of MDMK
  • He occupied a special place in people's heart
  • AIADMK Govt. cannot claim any achievement: Nallakannu
  • Cadres form human chain
  • Respite from raging heat
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Anti-Coke struggle committee formed
  • 300 Dalit women join AIADMK

    • Tirupati

  • Shun cola drinks: JVV
  • MP's plea for more space at Tirupati airport
  • SFI's role in promotion of scientific education lauded

    • Tuticorin

  • Observers to arrive in Tuticorin from April 18

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Minister hopes tea growers will support AIADMK

    • Udupi

  • `Bhoomi' project to be extended to hobli level
  • Acharya promises to facilitate introduction of Konkani in schools
  • Three killed in road accident

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Sonia to file papers today for Rae Bareli by-poll
  • Meerut trade fair organisers file surrender plea in local court
  • Charges against Neera Yadav, others dropped
  • Mulayam blames Centre for power crisis
  • Aligarh curfew relaxed

    • Vellore

  • Training in dramatics

    • Vijayawada

  • Is Irrigation Department planning to sell its lands?
  • An apt choice indeed
  • Mango farmers, traders pin hopes on fresh arrivals
  • An apt choice indeed
  • Girl's body found
  • APCO efforts to improve sales
  • Yellampalli row: TDP hits out at Congress
  • Ration cards seized
  • Around the city
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Visakhapatnam

  • CPI(M) disputes Minister's claim
  • Gangavaram: fishermen promised 600 jobs
  • Master list candidates in VPT to be cleared by June
  • Gangavaram: 600 jobs promised for fishermen
  • No cover
  • Goutu Latchanna in coma
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Weather

  • Weather

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