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    Alappuzha

  • Civic staff union State meeting from Thursday
  • 21 members elected to KPCC from Alappuzha district

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • AICC forces radical shift in TRCCC agenda
  • No ordinary folks these
  • Drop in pass percentage in EAMCET engineering stream
  • Rosaiah rules out toeing Naidu line on loans
  • Junior artiste held on charge of stealing mobiles
  • TDP ridicules AICC pat for Government
  • Gearing up for Kaalchakra
  • Teja News, Aditya face blackout
  • Bandh comes as a breather for Congress, Telugu Desam
  • Chopper of YSR fed wrong data again
  • Tension in hospital over four heart patients' threat
  • Usha, Dhanraj for rural sports meet
  • Officials told to ensure adequate fish supply
  • Security beefed up at theatre
  • Inter student ends life
  • Inspectors transferred
  • Probe sought
  • Woman robbed
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Kalachakra initiative gets underway

    • Athletics

  • Greene loses to training partner

    • Bangalore

  • `Automated parking system' comes to Commercial Street
  • Remodelling drains can help avoid rain-related accidents
  • Two women robbed of gold chains
  • Three killed in road accidents
  • Two boys die of burns; parents in hospital
  • Power shutdown tomorrow
  • Around the City
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Delhi stuns T.N.

    • Bellary

  • Madiga horata samiti urges Govt. to provide segmented quota

    • Bijapur

  • Transfer of slum board official demanded

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Alok Kumar rallies past Saleem

    • Briefly

  • El Forge to buy stake in U.K. firm
  • Central Bank launches Gold Card to exporters
  • Bank of Baroda pays 32 p.c. final
  • Organon India pact with Glaxo SmithKline
  • Super Spinning Mills pays 40 p.c.
  • Ma Foi sets up office in Allahabad
  • Air India invites EoIs
  • C. P. Singh re-elected Kribhco chief
  • i-flex in alliance with Castek Software
  • Satyam joins Microsoft initiative

    • Business

  • China eases cap on investment abroad
  • 12 States heading for power crisis
  • 40 p.c. jump in oil bill
  • Apollo Hospitals net up 33 p.c.
  • `Allow repatriation to boost FDI in real estate'
  • Tata International forays into China
  • Jet launches London service
  • 4 million new jobs projected in housing sector: Assocham
  • New SAT members appointed
  • Sensex extends gains

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • 30,000 railway tickets booked in a single day
  • Report lists pollution hotspots
  • Modern procedure to remove cataract
  • Spotlight on water quality standards
  • Security tightened at Secretariat
  • Coir merchant held for `torturing' employee
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Chess

  • Harikrishna joint second

    • Coimbatore

  • Water position in Siruvani Dam comfortable
  • Public inconvenience
  • Homam
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • Engineer hails Chappell's appointment
  • Google XI wins

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8301
  • Solution to Puzzle 8300

    • Cuddapah

  • Krishna water for Simadripuram
  • Two killed in mishap

    • Editorials

  • No alternative to dissolution
  • Technology vision for banks

    • Erode

  • PMK, DPI volunteers held PMK, DPI volunteers arrested
  • Power supply to villages hit
  • Child labourers rescued

    • Football

  • A mix of seniors and juniors for Pakistan tour
  • AC Milan, Liverpool in a debut of sorts
  • TNSP in quarterfinals
  • Sporting defeats Air-India

    • Front Page

  • President Kalam signs Proclamation in Moscow to dissolve Bihar Assembly
  • Assent came in the early hours
  • A "fraud" on the Constitution: NDA
  • Chennai tops again in CBSE exam, Ajmer is next
  • Pakistan calls Hurriyat factions for talks
  • India will never be a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction: Kalam
  • Live grenade near Taj
  • Petition dismissed
  • 5 CRPF men killed
  • Jet launches new flight

    • Golf

  • Perry cruises to handsome victory

    • Gulbarga

  • Gulbarga University decides to set up new material sciences department

    • Haryana

  • Badal warns Haryana Government
  • Haryana cops told to be polite

    • Hockey

  • Time to play as a team, says Dilip Tirkey
  • IHF election completed
  • Some original papers missing, Centre tells HC

    • Hubli

  • `Hubli-Ankola rail line project most viable'
  • Water supply schedule for Hubli
  • 151 couples tie the knot

    • Hyderabad

  • Gale strikes terror at Borabanda
  • RTC specials for Inter supplementary exams
  • Power shutdown
  • Training for ex-servicemen
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Hungry for bytes

    • India & World

  • "New Delhi must open up n-weapons programme"

    • International

  • Schroeder advances elections by a year
  • Jaafari's Adviser shot dead
  • The science of sarcasm
  • Switzerland not to "endorse any candidacy" for U.N. seat
  • Stir disrupts BBC services

    • Kannur

  • Case registered against family
  • Adventure training camp

    • Karnataka

  • Samajwadi Party can form third front, says Mulayam
  • Brothers' murder sparks tension
  • Bypoll candidates focus on `padayatra'
  • `Autonomy may be given to 14 colleges'
  • Aid sought for improving marketing of fruits
  • Srinivas hits out at excise officials over hooch tragedies
  • New BWSSB levy hits apartments
  • Eviction of tribal people: panel's tenure extended
  • `Naxal problem is social issue'
  • Youth find multiplexes expensive
  • Tamil Nadu girl is reunited with parents
  • No support for `walking stick' in Chamrajpet?
  • Congress will romp home, says Janardhana Poojary
  • Mangalore projects will go ahead: Moily
  • Siddaramaiah gives full marks to coalition Govt.
  • 25 years of service to the mentally affected
  • 100 p.c. passes for two vidyalayas
  • `Govt. has lost the confidence of the people'
  • `Instil confidence in rural youth'
  • Security for cinema
  • Spice launches new rate plan
  • Allotment of medical seats
  • Briefly
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Roster-wise reservation upsets panchayat members
  • Muslim women asked to make use of welfare schemes
  • A unique festival of Uttara Kannada
  • Two persons killed in road accidents
  • Two soldiers laid to rest

    • Kerala

  • `Kerala Electricity Board's apathy delaying Vigilance probe'
  • State tops in use of Free Software
  • Motivating the children of NRIs
  • Wildlife board approves land diversion
  • Judgment reserved on Coca-Cola plea
  • Trade unions plan to oppose ports privatisation move
  • Centre blamed for sidelining State capital
  • An unexpected nomination
  • Plan for lasting solution to ganja menace: Chandy
  • Minister announces hike in prize money for film and television awards
  • KBPS ready to print SSLC question papers
  • Braving the sun
  • Livelihood endangered
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Syndicate to decide on re-examination today
  • Red Cross to set up task force
  • Dbate on progress in education

    • Kochi

  • Geriatric care yet to take root
  • City schools do well in CBSE examinations
  • Road development work begins
  • Interview stayed
  • Tsunami relief work: IMC unhappy
  • Hostel inaugurated
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Dalits encroach upon Revenue land

    • Kurnool

  • Lamp festival is a big draw
  • 4 die in mishap

    • Leader Page Articles

  • British Asian life: parodies and stereotypes

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Bihar politics
  • Was it avoidable?
  • AMU admission policy
  • One year in office
  • The Newsweek report
  • Fighting social evil

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • M.P. to woo investors from Singapore, Malaysia

    • Madurai

  • Sporadic wilt and gale deal a mortal blow on betel crop in Madurai district
  • Fervour marks `Vaikasi Visakam' fete
  • Power shutdown
  • Supporters of TPM stage demonstration
  • Bank business hours extended
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • `Government not responding to needs of differently abled'
  • Bajpe airport will be ready this year: Moily
  • Funds for Brahmavar college
  • Man killed in road accident
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Marginalised sections to be incorporated into cooperative sector

    • National

  • No merit in NDA charge: Congress
  • Call for Bihar bandh
  • Lalu, Paswan differ on developments
  • Election Commission decision on Bihar polls likely this week
  • How did it get the name?
  • PoK groom returns sans Indian bride
  • Liberhan panel report likely after June
  • Ayodhya: hearing of revision petitions on Wednesday
  • Draft of Biotechnology Policy assailed
  • More elderly women than men live alone
  • MoU on eradication of Kala-azar
  • CBSE Class X results in phases
  • Science students fare well
  • Lashkar militant held in Delhi
  • Ministry seeks increase in fuel prices
  • Java turns 10, on a steady platform
  • Faster reforms will earn us our rightful place, says Manmohan
  • Sino-Indian military talks from today
  • It was all business for Manmohan in tiger land
  • Former IB officer dead
  • Congress to nominate Antony for Rajya Sabha
  • Dissolution decision correct: Karunanidhi
  • Low-cost technology converting seawater into potable water launched
  • I will not repeat mistakes: Lalu

    • Nellore

  • EAMCET: mixed luck for coaching centres

    • New Delhi

  • January deadline for building by-laws
  • Film withdrawn from city halls
  • Dubious distinction for Delhi
  • `Claims on 36-hour flyover bogus'
  • Victims of twin blasts recovering
  • Cong. meeting convened
  • P.M. visits Lohia hospital
  • Another blast in Capital
  • MCD allots dairy plots
  • Meningitis toll rises to 36
  • The day of the Buddha
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    • News Analysis

  • The Zeta-Jones photos verdict
  • Many projects, little rehabilitation

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • Coca-Cola workers demand reopening of Plachimada unit

    • Pathanamthitta

  • RSP(B) seeks probe into Smart City deal

    • Pondicherry

  • Parliament panel to visit Pondicherry
  • Tackling unemployment a priority: Rangasamy
  • Union Home Minister to inaugurate meet

    • Punjab

  • Punjab inks biotech deal

    • Racing : Horse

  • Romantic Forever bags main event
  • Asian Racing Conference begins
  • Refreshing impresses

    • Racing : Motor

  • FIA changes qualifying sessions to one
  • Chandhok out of race

    • Religion

  • Rights and duties

    • Sailing

  • Valuable practice for contestants

    • Shimoga

  • Minorities urged to back Ayanur Manjunath

    • Shooting

  • Manavjit finishes fifth

    • Sport

  • Au revoir Anastasia Myskina
  • Schumachers squabble
  • Gayle's century goes in vain
  • Quality performance missing

    • Sports : General

  • Hockey title for Tiruchi
  • Double for Karnataka

    • Table Tennis

  • Aparna, Amalraj claim titles

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Court orders release of `polluted water'
  • Retinopathy afflicts 19 p.c. of diabetics: study
  • Wilt attack and gale leave Madurai betel crop farmers in the lurch
  • "Centre's achievements will be DPA's poll plank"
  • CA course duration to be cut to four years
  • Open source software, boon for e-governance
  • Subramani committee scheduled to meet on May 27
  • Sethu project: turnaround seen for hotel industry
  • Rumours of sea receding trigger panic
  • Spreading the fragrance of secularism
  • `Hike in consumption deposit will hit industry'
  • Aiyar hands over fibreglass boats to fishermen
  • New strategy to fight fires in slums
  • "Need to speed up economic development"
  • Maxi cabs have a field day
  • A facelift for historical landmark in Udhagamandalam
  • U.K. varsities' counselling from May 26
  • English names on hoardings defaced
  • Buddha Purnima celebrated in the city
  • Tamil Nadu girl reunited with parents
  • Choosing the Open Road: A `to do' list
  • Bharathiar varsity results on May 24
  • 90 per cent pass in CBSE Class XII exams
  • Police posting
  • Yelagiri Hills festival from May 27
  • Contraband seized
  • Kidnapped woman rescued
  • Free rehabilitation for patients who have had facial surgery
  • Act repealed to woo minorities, says Hindu Munnani
  • Two arrested for burglaries
  • Helping hand
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Bid to deface nameboards: PMK, DPI cadres held
  • Arrangements for `Sani Peyarchi'
  • Plans to improve roads in Tirupur
  • Seven get double life imprisonment

    • Tennis

  • Gangadharan, Sangawan made to sweat

    • Thanjavur

  • `SBI educational loans to reputed institutions'
  • Rotary Foundation donates Rs.1.6 cr. for tsunami victims

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • City schools perform well
  • Power failures throw water supply out of gear
  • Youth hacked to death
  • Vaikom remembered
  • 11 injured
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Reporter's Diary
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated May 24, 1955: Ayurvedic Congress
  • dated May 24, 1955: Protest in Nepal
  • dated May 24, 1955: Finance for Second Plan

    • Thrissur

  • KPCC members from Thrissur
  • UDF urged to reveal stand on cash-crop import

    • Tiruchi

  • Sewage to be used for agriculture
  • Railway police preparing crime data and profile of criminals
  • Tributes paid
  • Held for trying to blacken hoardings
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirupati

  • `Globalisation has kindled need for good governance'
  • Rayalaseema topper is Tirupati boy

    • Tuticorin

  • Scheme to develop marketing infrastructure launched
  • Devotees throng Tiruchendur temple for `Vaikasi Visakam'
  • TPI members court arrest
  • Nominated to TPT Board

    • Udupi

  • Villagers oppose visit of land acquisition officials
  • `Yakshagana has the best elements of dance, music'

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Film withdrawn, high alert in States

    • Uttaranchal

  • Last village on Tibet border gets a facelift

    • Vijayawada

  • Impressive EAMCET show by Gowtham students
  • Rythu Sadassu seeks water by June 15
  • Plea to raise height of crematorium chimney
  • 55 rural youth get driving licences
  • SCR to operate summer special
  • Look who is here
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Cool customer

    • Visakhapatnam

  • EAMCET: Chaitanya students excel
  • BJP threatens stir over Godavari waters
  • Collector gheraoed during `Spandana'
  • BSNL set to become top cellular operator
  • Rythu Sangham seeks protection for ryots
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Failing to get `connected'

    • Weather

  • Weather

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