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Alappuzha

  • KVNS meet from May 22

    Anantapur

  • Police trap vehicle thieves
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Government to review tie-ups with power plants
  • Congress promises a `good Cabinet': YSR
  • PW threatens renewed violence
  • Five more farmers commit suicide
  • Pollution: villagers launch protest against NTPC
  • Pending projects: Government may seek foreign aid
  • New regime may bid adieu to Janmabhoomi
  • Picking up the human thread in a theft case
  • Government urged to focus on debt burden issue
  • BJP attributes defeat to organisational lapses
  • Government staff worked against TDP: Kodela
  • Visually challenged hostel inmates stage dharna
  • Naidu congratulates Manmohan
  • Andhra Bank to finance LPG connections
  • Attack on Dalits over land dispute alleged
  • Rosaiah hits out at BJP
  • Stop loan recovery from poor ryots: CPI(M)
  • Town planning officer held on bribery charge
  • Girl's murder mystery solved
  • AITUC for halt to privatisation move
  • BSNL to revise deposit rates
  • Canadian national arrested
  • Dronam hails Sonia's decision
  • Donation for CM relief fund
  • Fire at power plant
  • YSR condoles Nayanar's demise
  • Naidu for Kuppam today
  • Handloom weavers demand relief
  • Death condoled

    Athletics

  • Anmol, Gurkirat Singh set new records

    Bangalore

  • Rs. 1,300 crore to be invested in BSNL infrastructure
  • Businessman robbed of Rs. 5 lakh
  • Worker in Kuwait seeks Lokayukta's help
  • CET Cell holds Kannada test
  • New Leader of Opposition in BMP Council
  • ISO certification for silkworm seed centre
  • Water adalat today
  • Police accused of harassing jewellers
  • PU results likely to be out by Tuesday
  • KSEEB directive to students
  • Pup adoption
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Stock Market Index
  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    Basketball

  • ONGC downs IOB

    Bellary

  • `Improve, modernise Tungabhadra canals'

    Bidar

  • Area under soyabean expected to increase

    Bijapur

  • Three involved in attack on undertrial arrested

    Briefly

  • CIBIL to publish defaulters list
  • Partnership for clinical research
  • Shree Cement's Rajasthan unit
  • Tata Honeywell bags orders
  • Bexel completes Phase 1 trial of anti-diabetic molecule
  • Electrolux unveils fridge with power back-up
  • MphasiS BFL gets RBI nod for raising FII investment
  • Century Plyboards enters laminates segment
  • Canon launches 20 new products
  • USFDA audits Granules' facilities
  • Topsgrup to focus on South
  • BHEL's EVA vaults in 2003-04
  • TVS Motor's plans
  • Concorde Motors' maiden dividend
  • Global IT business helps Wipro's growth
  • Siemens introduces flip phone

    Business

  • Tata Steel posts record profit, to consider bonus
  • Tata Motors plans to expand capacity
  • Oil industry incurs huge losses on sale of products
  • `New economic agenda will quicken pace of development'
  • Sensex loses 74 points
  • Rupee drops 9 paise against $
  • Polaris launches Intellect Suite
  • Indian BPO firms to focus on improving quality
  • IDBI Bank to open more branches
  • Airtel's talktime transfer service

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    Chennai

  • Pallavaram colony residents complain of water contamination
  • A breathing space for crowded North Chennai
  • Corporation Bridges department may get some work at last
  • Work on sewage diversion will be completed by September
  • Officials confident of finishing Veeranam project work in a week
  • `Archaeological impact assessment must for heritage preservation'
  • Man dupes boy, escapes with money
  • Stalin visits the cholera-affected in hospital
  • Derailment hits Egmore-Tambaram section services
  • Manali refinery to set up desalination plant
  • Clinic instals instrument to detect retinal nerve fibre layer damage
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Jananipriya holds Raghavi
  • Ranjitha shocks Priya
  • Ramakrishna, Praveen to represent MCA in National `B'
  • Koya is FIDE appeals panel member

    Coimbatore

  • Wildlife census to help in planning forest management
  • Summer showers a saving grace
  • Over Rs.2 lakh relief for clash victims
  • 9 held for burning effigy of Sushma Swaraj
  • Governor in city
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Gavaskar appreciates BCCI's gesture
  • Akshay sizzles
  • Hero's welcome for Murali
  • Richardson, Astle steady New Zealand
  • Windies makes it a clean sweep
  • Benjamin steers CCF to second successive win
  • Anshul hits 144
  • Unbeaten 111 by Srinivas
  • MSRIT in final
  • Raghav stars in Herons' win
  • Jain shines for L.B. Shastri Club
  • Hopkins named in Kiwi one-day squad

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 7989
  • Solution to puzzle 7988

    Cuddapah

  • Awareness camps on hygiene mooted
  • Traders asked to sell quality goods
  • MoU to finance tractors signed

    Editorials

  • REFORM WITH A HUMAN FACE
  • MAN OF THE PEOPLE

    Football

  • A novel way of training
  • Valencia clinches UEFA Cup
  • Fransa FC suffers first defeat
  • OBC blanks RBI
  • National FC in semifinals
  • Kanyakumari advances
  • Pricol defeats United

    Front Page

  • `We will focus on the poor'
  • Manmohan's stand positive: Left
  • Lobbying on for Cabinet berths
  • Sensex stabilises
  • MS back home
  • Hindujas' plea upheld
  • Telgi brought to Delhi
  • Monsoon in two days
  • PIL against Sushma, Naqvi

    Gulbarga

  • Concern over fall in number of Muslim MLAs

    Guntur

  • Tsundur case to be heard at scene of offence
  • Second daylight robbery in three days
  • Two persons arrested, ganja seized
  • Environment Day agenda discussed

    Haryana

  • Haryana steps for pulse polio drive

    Hassan

  • Sudden fall in price dashes hopes of chilli farmers

    Hockey

  • CAS rejects Greece's plea
  • Vasanth nets four goals

    Hyderabad

  • This is anything but a playground!
  • BIE extends examination fee date
  • No power supply in many areas
  • Applications invited for national service workers
  • 12 more colleges get AICTE nod?
  • Autorickshaw drivers' appeal
  • Bus frequency increased
  • Berths on special trains
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • Manmohan Singh, an instant hit with the media in U.K.
  • Indian star cast for IIFA event
  • U.S. keen on working with new government
  • Pakistan terms Manmohan's remarks `positive'
  • Pakistan protests killing of fishermen

    International

  • More photos of abuse emerge
  • U.N. Council criticises Israel
  • Systemic abuse of women prisoners
  • Marwan Barghouti convicted; Rafah incursion continues
  • Chen for `new ties' with China
  • Prehistoric period named
  • Swiss' apology for air crash
  • Convicted for leaking secrets

    Kancheepuram

  • Assistance to self-help groups

    Karimnagar

  • Welfare panels for farmers on the anvil
  • Pop singer to perform
  • Sikhs celebrate Singh's appointment
  • Don't resort to suicide, MLA-elect tells ryots

    Karnataka

  • Restlessness in Janata Dal(S)
  • Rajashekaran, Muniyappa in Ministry?
  • Wedding Bells: A time to exchange vows
  • PSF has few takers in Kodagu
  • Hampanagouda, Prakash secure record victory margins
  • Panel seeks time to finalise fee structure
  • BJP breaches Congress fortress of Haveri
  • Channigappa confident of JD(S) forming Govt.
  • Deve Gowda creates a record in Hassan
  • Dalit groups divided over next Chief Minister
  • Directive to jail staff on prisoner release
  • Adopt result-oriented approach, students told
  • Four crushed to death in accident
  • Meet of Indian Society of Pedodontics begins today
  • Appeal to make Kharge Chief Minister
  • Women score 2/10 in Lok Sabha polls
  • Pregnant woman set on fire
  • Forum penalises bank's branch
  • BMP told to clean roads
  • Raising Day celebrated
  • E.K. Nayanar mourned
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Agitating villagers dispersed

    Kerala

  • Thousands bid farewell to Nayanar
  • Kannur loses politician of a rare breed
  • Kozhikode was dear to Nayanar
  • A single rose in a child's hand said it all
  • `An irreparable loss'
  • Funeral with full State honours
  • Monsoon advances over State
  • President condoles Nayanar's death
  • Admission certificates
  • Payment of CellOne bills

    Kerala - Others

  • A potential tourist spot in a state of neglect

    Kochi

  • Corporation asked to check flooding
  • City mourns Nayanar's death
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • Garbage piles up in Kollam city
  • Anti-rabies vaccination programme
  • Thousands pay homage to Nayanar
  • Training course for doctors

    Kozhikode

  • Changes in Consumer Protection Act flayed
  • Entries invited for SSI awards
  • Briefly

    Kurnool

  • DEO reviews SSC results
  • Loans disbursed to women groups

    Leader Page Articles

  • Democracy, state, and reform
  • Temples and colours

    Letters to the Editor

  • Sonia stands tall
  • Sushma's threat
  • No renunciation this

    Madhya Pradesh

  • Anti-polio drive making its mark in M.P.

    Madurai

  • Foolproof exam system by September
  • `Online tax accounting system' to be introduced
  • Plus-Two mark sheet distribution from today
  • Accused nabbed, valuables seized
  • Parties condole Nayanar's death
  • IGNOU sub-regional centre
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Teachers want modification in semester scheme
  • Police to be trained in first aid
  • Brahmakalashotsava at Mariamma temple
  • `Xtrapremium' launched in Mangalore
  • Lecturers begin pen-down strike
  • Food items for cardholders
  • Meet on media education begins
  • Applications invited
  • In Mangalore Today

    Mysore

  • NSUI launches signature campaign
  • `Build Arch 2004' from today

    Nalgonda

  • Irked villagers detain officials
  • Woman found murdered
  • 19-yr-old dies in fire mishap

    National

  • BJP heaves a `sigh of relief,' wishes Manmohan well
  • Pakistan team coming to discuss nuclear CBMs
  • A sop for farmers in Gujarat budget
  • Frame charge afresh in Bofors case: court
  • Seeks `friendly ties' with Pakistan
  • Not for free power to farmers as a general policy: Manmohan
  • Laloo talks tough
  • I could not believe it, says Gursharan Kaur
  • Vajpayee congratulates Manmohan
  • Swamy's appeal to secular forces
  • Laloo hints at conditions for participation
  • Pro-Israeli tilt being corrected?
  • `Bones of human bomb flew like missiles'
  • Jayalalithaa's decision welcomed
  • 3 Tarapur employees `exposed' to radiation
  • MLA takes oath in Sanskrit
  • Navy Chief for early decision on submarines
  • Japanese PM's greetings
  • RSP to take a stand after finalisation of CMP
  • Mulford greets Manmohan
  • Court stays probe in case against Laine
  • `Excellent choice': Sangma
  • Natwar lauds Sonia
  • Be on the wings of imagination, Dev Anand tells photographers

    New Delhi

  • Delay in flyover projects irks Sheila
  • Errant Councillors expelled
  • DU set for student-friendly admissions
  • Noida Metro work from next year
  • No takers for healthy food in schools
  • Heat and dust grip Delhi
  • Important dates for Delhi University admissions
  • New B.A course from this year
  • Three get 10-year RI for possessing RDX
  • A new centre for genomic research
  • Fighting the AIDS menace in Pakistan
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    Pondicherry

  • Varsity to extend scholarship for poor students
  • `Rajiv Jyothi' reaches Pondy
  • Pondy CPI, CPI (M) condole Nayanar's death

    Punjab

  • Salute for Sonia, praise for Singh

    Racing : Motor

  • Schumacher first in practice

    Rajasthan

  • More fund for Indira canal project
  • New panel for PM road project

    Religion

  • Orient all actions to God

    Sikkim

  • Chamling swearing-in today

    Sports : General

  • Nataraj takes title
  • Ameerpet Playground in semifinals
  • Thrilling win for Delhi boys
  • Exciting win for West Bengal women
  • Kaif honours community workers
  • U.P. boys beat Orissa

    Squash

  • Otters Open from May 23

    Tamil Nadu

  • Summary revision of rolls only way out?
  • `Take a relook at TNPCEE'
  • Singapore still the most preferred tourist destination
  • SHG product to boost nutrition content
  • It's busy time for farmers
  • Counselling for MBBS admissions rescheduled
  • `Fix date for Jayalalithaa's personal appearance'
  • Only facelift, no additions at Courtallam
  • `No scope for raising kuruvai paddy unless Mettur storage improves'
  • Openness of U.S. institutions to foreign students assured
  • IMFL sale, revenue up after govt. takeover
  • Kodaikanal summer festival from tomorrow
  • ENGAGEMENTS
  • PMK assures support to Manmohan Singh
  • `Govt. move will erase minority fears'
  • Annual Jamabandhi in June
  • Poultry farmers hail Govt. move
  • Buses for Ooty flower show
  • Weavers protest against cut in wages
  • Grievances day meeting tomorrow
  • Two killed
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • School enrolment campaign begins in Tirupur
  • Awareness programme

    Tennis

  • French Open: Bhupathi hopes to play
  • Smashnova sails into semifinals
  • Divya shocks Snigdha

    Thanjavur

  • Govt. schools' performance in Plus-Two remains static
  • Encroachments removed in Thanjavur

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Crackdown on erring motorists begins
  • Monsoon heralds woes for city residents
  • Mushroom poisoning: several taken ill
  • KGOA protests against appointment
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated May 21, 1954: U.S. arms for Pak
  • dated May 21, 1954: Commonwealth bond
  • dated May 21, 1954: Protest to Russia
  • dated May 21, 1954: Special Commerce Secretary

    Thrissur

  • Writer laid to rest
  • Iype Paramel laid to rest

    Tiruchi

  • Chinthamani Supermarket investors get back deposits
  • Arrangements to view Venus transit
  • Students in a quandary
  • Tributes paid to Nayanar
  • Three held for selling petrol sans licence
  • Case against Cong. functionary
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Construction of SP offices soon: Nailwal
  • Condolence rally for Nayanar

    Tirupati

  • Pensioner's gesture
  • Youth injured in accident

    Udupi

  • BJP has insulted Indian democracy: Congress

    Vijayawada

  • Underground drainage ahead of schedule
  • Fly-ash technology for VAMBAY houses
  • Plea to sanction funds for Krishna pushkarams
  • Andhra Bank to open three more branches
  • VMC contractors boycott work
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Around the City

    Visakhapatnam

  • Deep-sea operators resent Paradip order
  • Appeal to save Central Prison site
  • `Divisive tendencies crippling democracy'
  • In Visakhapatnam today
  • Around the City

    Volleyball

  • Muthoot Group, BC Cochin triumph

    Weather

  • Weather

    West Bengal

  • Convulsion in Trinamool following election debacle

    World View

  • Miandad to rethink future

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