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  • Plea to rehabilitate liquor workers
  • Government to celebrate anniversary

    • Anantapur

  • Indo-Pak NGOs join hands for a cause hands for a cause

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • "Action plan on houses for the poor in A.P. ready"
  • Decisive initiative towards empowerment of women
  • TDP to skip debate on Bhoopathipalem project
  • APCC chief asks KCR to tone down rhetoric
  • Mallya performs pooja for first aircraft
  • Food-for-work scheme: Chief Minister warns against using machines
  • Danger to dam system ruled out
  • Death certificate issued to a living person!
  • BJP asks YSR to clear the air on debate on tenders
  • TDP is not NDA partner, says Indrasena
  • TTD officer clarifies on pre-dawn seva ticket prices
  • Income limit up for free legal aid
  • Environmental clearance given
  • MRPS petitions Manmohan
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Dummugudem as per design: YSR
  • Mini lift projects planned along the Krishna
  • BJP cries foul over Jurala water for Kurnool
  • Plea for rail concession
  • Centre recognises 18 more freedom fighter camps
  • Remarks against KCR flayed

    • Archery

  • Dola Banerjee enters final

    • Assam

  • Scrap Illegal Migrants Act, demands AGP

    • Bangalore

  • The encounter that shook Bangalore
  • Steep increase in sand prices
  • Striking the right notes
  • Power shutdown in some areas
  • `Portray transsexuals, lesbians in a better light'
  • Helping advertisers reach their targets
  • Korean journalist loses bag at city bus stand
  • Court summons to Dharam Singh
  • Aptitude test conducted
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Basketball

  • Hard-fought win for Indian Army

    • Belgaum

  • Congressmen want Jharkiholi to quit

    • Briefly

  • Revision in minimum wages sought
  • CODEXIA seeks weight-based duty drawback
  • Sharp fall in Dr. Reddy's profits
  • Essar Power net profit doubles
  • Inflation inches towards 6 p.c.
  • Birlas to appeal
  • Synygy's plans
  • Micro Tech ties up with TSB
  • TVS launches Centra variant
  • Quits Whirlpool

    • Business

  • RBI proposes new debt recast norms
  • Anil meets SEBI chief
  • `Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline by 2010'
  • Sun Micro's global strategy
  • Maruti Q4 net up 65 p.c.
  • Lason takes BPO to the countryside
  • ABN AMRO taps rural potential
  • UPASI plans tea quality competition
  • Rupee weakens
  • Sensex gains further

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • Southern States open to the world: Haynes
  • A case of public land in private hands
  • Congress will revive its culture, tradition: Oommen Chandy
  • VAT `will hit traders'
  • Maths institute gets deemed varsity status
  • `Adhere to the path of Dharma' `Adhere to the path of Dharma'
  • Woman beaten to death
  • Lecturer dies in accident
  • Missing child's photo identified
  • A flood of mangoes as mercury shoots up
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • A spurt in white-collar crimes

    • Chess

  • Nisha triumphs

    • Coimbatore

  • TNAU cell to provide data on agricultural prices
  • Popularising technical textiles
  • Interruption in telephone services
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Zimbabwe proposes two Tests
  • Charity match at Lord's on June 14
  • Bala shines

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    • Cuddapah

  • State mulls village as unit for crop insurance

    • Dharmapuri

  • Synchronised elephant census begins

    • Editorials

  • Voters teach Labour the Iraq lesson
  • Flight into controversy

    • Equestrian

  • Maj. Sandhu strikes two gold medals

    • Erode

  • Farmers take out rally opposing water supply to Tirupur
  • Collector warns PDS employees
  • SHG complains against NGO

    • Football

  • Nethaji SC in semifinals
  • Travancore Titanium wins
  • Punjab Police beats TFA
  • Match drawn

    • Front Page

  • NDA regime's decisions questioned
  • Tony Blair wins historic third term
  • INS Himgiri decommissioned
  • Court issues notice on Kanchi Acharya's plea to shift trial
  • Copter crashlands
  • Anil meets SEBI chief
  • Fernandes threatens to move court on Phukan report
  • Inflation near six p.c.
  • Penal powers sought
  • IDBI chief held
  • Award for Amartya Sen

    • Golf

  • Atwal cards three-over

    • Guntur

  • Officials told to clear Praja Patham petitions
  • Rosaiah eyes zero revenue deficit
  • Nagarjuna varsity V-C takes charge

    • Haryana

  • 121 civil service officers transferred in Haryana
  • All issues to be settled amicably, assures Hooda

    • Hassan

  • Erratic power supply causing problems to Hassan farmers
  • Total Sanitation Campaign to be launched in Hassan

    • Hockey

  • Thrilling win for Western Railway

    • Hyderabad

  • Organic `mantra' to stay healthy
  • `No' to arms race
  • Mayor seeks apology from APCC
  • New attractions at laserium
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • A challenging task for the police

    • International

  • Minister extols beetroot in HIV fight
  • General demoted for Abu Ghraib abuse
  • Stem cell eggs offer fertility hopes
  • U.S. provided Al-Libbi data
  • Keith Vaz retains seat
  • Bio-fuel boost from mobile refinery

    • Interviews

  • `India will not be used by any power'

    • Kannur

  • Consortium of mattress units inaugurated
  • Panel to hold sittings to solve beedi workers' problems
  • Folk art events in Kannur

    • Karimnagar

  • MSR visits housing colony
  • 7-year RI in dowry death case

    • Karnataka

  • Chhota Rajan aide shot dead in Bangalore
  • Revival of KGF on the cards
  • Bypoll: major parties yet to finalise candidates
  • They fought German and Japanese forces
  • Sanitation campaign planned in State
  • New therapy for diabetic foot
  • `Devanahalli airport work has begun'
  • State to pressure Centre on MoU with ONGC
  • Now squeeze through traffic, wearing a helmet
  • Shortage of coal hits power generation at RTPS
  • Vijay Mallya offers puja at Tirupati
  • Rs. 22 crores for drip irrigation subsidy
  • `Top naxal leader sent to State'
  • Jet Airways wins Freddie Award
  • BMTC to acquire Volvo buses
  • I will not quit: Sindhia
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • CEC concerned over lack of national perspective in political parties
  • Development works taken up in Kurgodu
  • Villagers take oath to abolish Devadasi system

    • Kerala

  • Central aid to be sought on paddy procurement
  • Court notice to Coca-Cola on Kerala panchayat's plea
  • No need to entrust probe to another agency, says IG
  • Speculation rife on final rank positions in entrance test
  • Back to the grind
  • IUML calls for concerted efforts to strengthen UDF
  • Marad inquiry commission to examine former police chief Neera Rawat
  • Time ripe for new political set-up, says Venkaiah
  • 16 SPs transferred
  • Paddy procurement: State seeks Central aid
  • Lalithakala Akademi awards announced
  • CPI(M) may field Jayarajan again
  • `No crisis in BJP in State'
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Calicut University to send delegation to AICTE

    • Khammam

  • Four die in mishap near Khammam

    • Kochi

  • Chandy to lay stone for boat jetty
  • `Unity not part of Hindutva agenda'
  • Corporation to have 71 divisions
  • Walls at Marine Drive to be demolished
  • Drowning of teenagers: Collector told to file report
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • When crime hogs media space

    • Kollam

  • Decks cleared for construction of houses at Alapad
  • SHRC team inspects Kollam East police station
  • Jubilee fete

    • Kottayam

  • IUML will stand firmly with UDF, says Kunhalikutty

    • Kozhikode

  • Wayanad coops on the brink of crisis
  • Telephone adalat in Wayanad
  • Rare surgery at city hospital

    • Kurnool

  • Dal sale dulls after VAT Dal sale dulls after VAT
  • MLA promises snake catchers of houses
  • Autorickshaw driver sets ablaze his vehicle

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Mapping the earth from a new high

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Satellite launch
  • Aircraft for Phukan
  • TDP move
  • A setback
  • Inspiring
  • Fringe Benefits Tax
  • Blair re-election
  • Model nikahnama
  • FDI in manufacturing
  • Road safety

    • Madikeri

  • Act against criminals or face protest, police told
  • `Change should take place in villages'

    • Madurai

  • 58 Government schools to get modern gadgets soon
  • Left support not for granted: CPI
  • `Take action on report on LTTE activities'
  • Dalit Christians to press for equal rights
  • Railway staff stage demo
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Downloading, a twist in video piracy tale

    • Mangalore

  • Fishworkers seek level playing ground to take on competition
  • Passenger forced to pay higher fare
  • `Do not permit more mega industries'
  • KPRS takes out procession, stages protest
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Work on highways makes train travel more popular
  • Tests prove bacterial contamination: MGP
  • Rally taken out to mark Nurses Day
  • Yeshaswini scheme target set at 1.8 lakhs
  • Two killed in accident

    • Nagercoil

  • Top EC officials verify records

    • National

  • "We will make our own nikahnama"
  • "Election Commissioners acted in a biased way"
  • Centaur hotels: "sale finalised on the basis of single bids"
  • Nothing new: Prince of Arcot
  • No research on embryonic stem cells
  • Government equipped to tackle meningitis in Delhi, says Ramadoss
  • Zahira's mother re-examined
  • "Courts should decide rape cases on basis of evidence"
  • Plea to extend Mukherjee panel term dismissed
  • I don't know anything about Bilkis case, says relative
  • CBI conducts nationwide raids, IT official in net
  • We will reconsider if withdrawal tax objectives fail: Chidambaram
  • CAG raps "India Shining" campaign
  • An open and shut case for CBI: CPI(M)
  • `Ambassador-at-large post, mission sans mandate'
  • CARTOSAT-1 systems functioning well
  • Envoy's remarks improper: Saran
  • `Procedure for defence imports slow: CAG
  • Not averse to dealing with TDP: Jyoti Basu
  • `November best suited to India'
  • `Alternative route raised with China'

    • Nellore

  • Railway union observes protest day
  • Two die in road mishap

    • New Delhi

  • Six suspended after Tihar expose
  • A close look at the lives of transgender community
  • Private buses back on Delhi-Ghaziabad route
  • Learning beyond the classroom
  • Rapport with Sonia intact, says Sheila
  • Enough vaccine to tackle meningitis, citizens assured
  • Jamia delivers a faster one
  • Bail plea in Shivani case dismissed
  • Policy paper for policing on anvil
  • Two arrested for extortion bid
  • Seven more suspended in Tihar case
  • Campaign against purchase of weapons
  • Sunil Dutt emphasises on time-bound preparation for Games
  • Protest against move to abolish CAT
  • A win-win day for differently-abled
  • "Courts should decide rape cases on basis of evidence"
  • Cultural festival at Russian Centre
  • Cattle drive fails to deliver much
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • A serious drug problem
  • The unselfish gene
  • Bodos divided
  • An alliance of convenience

    • Nizamabad

  • TDP plans protest demonstrations

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Narendran panel report: MYL tells Chandy to remove hurdles
  • Ceremonial procession held at Chandanappally
  • Electrical safety campaign

    • Polo

  • Bangalore well on course

    • Pondicherry

  • Jail deaths `pointer to official laxity'
  • Kannan may launch new party
  • CBI officials raid IAS officer's residence

    • Punjab

  • Six cotton hybrids approved for Punjab

    • Racing : Horse

  • Star Decoration for Gudalore Plate
  • Laguna Blue and Diomedes please

    • Racing : Motor

  • `Alonso Mania' grips Spanish Grand Prix

    • Rajasthan

  • Undemocratic, say Left parties
  • NGO to bring drinking water to desert villages

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Meet discusses coastal security

    • Religion

  • Almighty's incarnation

    • Salem

  • Delay in bridge construction causes concern

    • Shimoga

  • Rural bank earns a profit of Rs. 3 crores
  • Spirit seized in Shimoga

    • Shooting

  • Bronze for India

    • Sport

  • Sporting Lisbon, CSKA Moscow in title clash
  • Shiv Kapur moves up, other Indians fade away
  • Harbhajan Singh's `doosra' snares ICC

    • Squash

  • Joshna enters final

    • Table Tennis

  • Clean sweep by China

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Chennai stands first in job opportunities
  • `More children turning addicts'
  • Detention order against LTTE aides quashed
  • Panel for raising water level in dam
  • `DMK Ministers not performing duties towards State'
  • British bands in fundraising drive
  • Coins from antiquity, wide range of stamps on display
  • Observer takes district administration to task
  • Shopping and Chithirai Poo
  • Committee to go into pricing of cause list
  • Upgrading labs in India, particularly Chennai
  • Transformers on bus routes to be removed
  • Opposition may highlight deceased MLA's ouster
  • Raghu seeks bail in Sankararaman murder case
  • GE Elfun Volunteers donate boats to fishermen
  • Mother's day focus on women's health
  • Convocation day
  • Walking election advertisement
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Pollachi Municipality goes in for bids
  • Pay 2 months' wages to road workers: apex court
  • `Action plan for houses for the poor ready'
  • Chhota Rajan aide shot dead in Bangalore
  • Collector inaugurates door-to-door garbage collection at Kallapalli
  • Plea to upgrade three more PHCs into hospitals
  • Draft rolls for Ariyalur to be published on May 10
  • Stress on role of JCI in shaping youths
  • Manmohan urged to improve tribals' lot

    • Tennis

  • Ferrer advances
  • Indian juniors lose to China

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • `Poor' facilities plague MCH orthopaedic wing
  • Theft at places of worship: youth held
  • Pedestrian killed
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • CAMPUS NOTES
  • Busting cyber crime

    • This Day That Age

  • dated May 7, 1955: West Germany is sovereign
  • dated May 7, 1955: All-party body on Goa

    • Thrissur

  • Raids conducted

    • Tiruchi

  • A child labourer turns into a bright student
  • Tsunami-hit students to be assessed
  • Council wants action against officials
  • Chithirai car festival
  • Power shutdown
  • Mettur level
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Panel suggests more facilities in govt. schools
  • MSU distance education exams from May 18
  • Corpn. special meet on May 16

    • Tuticorin

  • Economic survey in Tuticorin dt. from May 15
  • Monitor `quality' of foreign funds, banks told
  • Waste water renders coastal plants waste

    • Udupi

  • Power projects by private firms dominates ZP meet

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • EC to decide on MLA's disqualification

    • Vijayawada

  • Caution against dengue threat
  • Stone laid for irrigation schemes
  • Pregnant woman found hanging
  • Body found in welding shop
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • New V-C chants twin mantras
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Transport firm asked to pay damages

    • Volleyball

  • Southern Railways shocks Kochi Refineries

    • Warangal

  • Memories at alma mater

    • Weather

  • Weather

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