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    Alappuzha

  • Fishermen demand Government aid

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Seven killed in violence
  • A saga of failures, says Naidu
  • `TDP chief is to blame'
  • BJP leader seeks apology from YSR
  • Judicial probe demanded into firing
  • New loan scheme for Scheduled Castes students
  • Planned attack, says SP
  • BJP asks State Government to introspect
  • YSR asks officials to deliver
  • Sunstroke claims six lives in East Godavari district
  • Tripping hits power supply
  • Mango groves get police protection
  • Satyamurthy takes dig at Varavara Rao
  • Heat wave, hailstorm hit Nellore
  • Free pain clinic at Global
  • Cooperative societies poll likely in July
  • Attender dies at Secretariat
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Mandals excel in 7th exam
  • Cattle show at Singarakonda
  • Praja Patham pledge administered

    • Athletics

  • Rajesh sets new mark

    • Badminton

  • England downs Hong Kong

    • Bangalore

  • Norms tightened for home loans
  • Infant dies as parapet collapses
  • Five houses destroyed in fire
  • Woman ends life
  • Traffic to be hit
  • Around the City
  • Fiery attacker

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Belgaum

  • Hole in heart closed without surgery at KLE Hospital

    • Bellary

  • Demolition leads to tension at Kuditini
  • Murder: four arrested

    • Briefly

  • Inflation slides to 5.67 p.c.
  • Director General of DGH on ONGC board
  • Regulations for broking subsidiaries
  • IDBI modifies Omnibonds terms
  • Marketing workshop for textile units
  • Tata AIG declares 3.5 p.c. bonus
  • Ashok Leyland pact with Scandent arm
  • On tap sale of Tamil Nadu Govt. loan
  • Rana Sugars net doubles
  • Bhagyanagar Metals income up
  • Vanavil Dyes recommends 20 p.c.
  • Packeteer opens support centre in Bangalore

    • Business

  • TRAI proposes lowering spectrum charges
  • Tata favours one-time licence fee for spectrum allocation
  • VAT not inflationary so far, says government
  • Tatas to enter drug discovery business
  • Rupee loses further ground
  • Lacklustre deals on BSE
  • Valtech opens global centre
  • EDS to double headcount
  • Bill seeks to raise SSI investment limit
  • Bill to lift curb on bank voting rights tabled
  • Oracle solution for SMEs

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • Massive tsunami relief showcased power of global ties
  • Child adoption monitoring agency `handicapped by lack of powers'
  • Party leaders have left: Naresh Gupta
  • Cut-off scores may dip for engineering
  • Computers? Yes. Skills? No
  • Another complaint filed against Adikesavan
  • Woman done to death by husband
  • Court stays functioning of laundry unit
  • Extend scrips scam probe to other varsities: PMK
  • Correction
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Anand, Kramnik split a point

    • Coimbatore

  • Preparation of electoral rolls in final stage
  • Fund sought for cotton research
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • No additions to Elite Umpires' Panel
  • Pakistan to host India
  • ACC and ACA sign deal

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8293
  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8292

    • Cuddapah

  • Pending allowances sanctioned to 80,000 police personnel
  • House burgled

    • Editorials

  • Accountability & the right to information
  • No guarantees but only sensible road

    • Erode

  • Farmers pour out woes before committee
  • Orathupalayam panel's interim report on May 20
  • Heavy rain in Erode, trains delayed

    • Front Page

  • Phukan Commission report rejected
  • ``Congress keen on blaming me''
  • Stakes high in byelection
  • Parliament approves WMD Bill
  • Kalyan to blame for employment Bill delay
  • The high road to MIT starts out here
  • Centaur Hotels disinvestment to be probed
  • Supreme Court rejects Zee's petition
  • "National anthem cannot be changed"

    • Golf

  • Ajeetesh wins
  • Eight Indians make the cut

    • Guntur

  • Delimitation of GMC wards hints at growth
  • Training in cataract surgery

    • Hassan

  • Panchayat polls: BSP to go it alone in State
  • CITU activists lay siege to Hassan DC's office

    • Hubli

  • Water schedule for today, tomorrow
  • Govt. doing too little to save KCC Bank: JD(U)

    • Hyderabad

  • Officials administered `Rededication oath'
  • Megacity project gets under way
  • Around the City
  • Boom proves a bane

    • International

  • 9 killed, scores injured as unrest over terror trial quelled by army in Uzbekistan city
  • Major blow to Bush over Bolton U.N. nomination
  • Galloway to appear before U.S. Senate committee
  • Rice condemns "disrespect"
  • Singular course: The man who has married himself
  • Germans back E.U. constitution
  • Dutch "allowed genocide" in Srebrenica
  • Palestinians turn against Fatah

    • Kancheepuram

  • Poll Observer's directive to parties

    • Karnataka

  • Infrastructure project: High Court order stayed
  • Greens see red over Buddha statue project
  • `Horticulture can save farmers'
  • Govt. pulled up on housing scheme implementation
  • Govt., colleges meeting soon
  • Govt. will fall in six months, say BJP leaders
  • Bangarappa files nomination papers for Shimoga byelection
  • Guidelines issued on welfare of mentally challenged prisoners
  • Teachers oppose order on Joint Directors
  • Civic amenity project for 25 towns
  • `Govt. not against expressway'
  • Vaijnath may join JD(U)
  • Fast-track courts to continue for five more years
  • `Union Govt. should enact a law on admissions'
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • `Declare milk-producing areas disease-free zones'
  • MLA wants President's rule in State
  • Five students of Davangere college score 100 in physics
  • Illicit liquor seized, nine arrested

    • Kerala

  • ISI, Iran funded NDF: Rawat
  • System to assess performance of schools to come into being soon
  • `Society has failed to realise impact of reform movements'
  • `MoU on Smart City may be delayed'
  • Steps on to ensure fair price for paddy: Chandy
  • UDF candidates file papers
  • Antony trains his guns on Karunakaran
  • Decision on debarring students stayed
  • Sree Sankara Jayanthi celebrations from next year
  • Pinarayi sees BJP-Chandy pact
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Bill against communal violence in next session
  • Around the City

    • Kochi

  • Water supply partially restored
  • Wells found contaminated at Koothatukulam
  • Model Technical HSS maintains winning streak
  • Chandy announces help for dairy farmers
  • In Kochi Today
  • A boost for crime prevention

    • Kollam

  • Move to close down cashew factories alleged
  • New traffic signal system in Kollam

    • Kurnool

  • 20,000 tonnes rice sought

    • Leader Page Articles

  • A policy in search of a rationale

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Mayawati's threat
  • Paswan's stand
  • Criticism justified
  • Come together
  • PM's strengths
  • Saptharishi's charges
  • Higher education
  • Right to information
  • Right step
  • Oil prices
  • U.N. seat

    • Madikeri

  • Rs. 196.55 crores for sanitation campaign

    • Madurai

  • Well-coordinated effort it was
  • Squall leaves a trail of destruction
  • SEBI chief for cultivation of medicinal plants
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Committee set up to prepare report on Tulu as medium of instruction
  • Woman accidentally falls into well, dies
  • CITU activists picket DC's office; court arrest
  • Bangarappa will be relegated to third position, says Yediyurappa
  • Ban on meetings opposed
  • Man arrested, arrack seized
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Encroachments choking Kukkarahalli Lake
  • 52.85 p.c. pass II PU in Mysore district
  • Girl murdered, boyfriend arrested
  • Downpour hits life

    • Nagapattinam

  • Rs. 50 cr. for development of port in Nagapattinam

    • Nagercoil

  • Engineering student held on abduction charge

    • Nalgonda

  • Two policemen suspended
  • Eve-teaser thrashed

    • National

  • Manmohan Singh, Speaker regret Opposition boycott
  • Parcel bomb kills three in south Kashmir town
  • ``Bill will not constrict nuclear programme''
  • NCW to probe attack on anganwadi worker
  • Business in Rajya Sabha lacked flavour: Shekhawat
  • Court: Lalu's stand contradictory
  • ``Generate exports to boost employment''
  • `Petroleum price revision only after consultations'
  • Women's Bill in monsoon session, says Manmohan
  • Bill provides for property attachment for excise dues
  • UPA regime's performance not fully satisfactory: CPI(M)
  • Nirupam's charge against Shourie
  • Elders express concern
  • Congress rejects BJP charge

    • New Delhi

  • Mobile schools proposed to spread education
  • Changes in Cong. electoral process
  • Government bid to ensure uninterrupted growth
  • DDA blamed for not routing advertisements through DAVP
  • Plea challenging appointment of CEC withdrawn
  • Two members of inter-State gang arrested
  • Proposal for electrical buses in the Capital
  • Dharna against UPA Government
  • One more dies of meningitis
  • St. Stephen's College to start admission process from May 16
  • Two NDMC engineers suspended
  • DCW summons parties for hearing
  • One held under MCOCA
  • `Keep politics away from campus'
  • Qutub Minar in a new light
  • Delhi termed as `Rape Capital'
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Rape case raises serious doubts over police efficiency

    • News Analysis

  • Violence returns to the Valley
  • "Remaining above the fray"
  • Iran: bigger threat than the bomb?

    • Nizamabad

  • Plea to set up committee to implement GO 610
  • Transport Minister bemoans fall in values

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Consecration of St. Behenan's Church begins

    • Polo

  • Ravi Rathore takes Jaipur into final

    • Pondicherry

  • Kamban's contributions has eternal relevance, says Lakhera
  • States asked to play a greater role in special economic zones
  • Three held for theft of two-wheelers
  • Rights Education to be introduced in schools
  • 90,000 children targetted under pulse polio scheme

    • Punjab

  • `No case of meningitis in Punjab'
  • Australian wool panel bid to counter PETA claims

    • Racing : Horse

  • Water Wood and Taurian may fight it out
  • Estrella and Bhangra Knight please

    • Rajasthan

  • Child marriages take place despite efforts to prevent them
  • Raje `supporting' sati, alleges Congress
  • Opposition parties share platform against court order

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Another gas turbine power plant for Ramanathapuram

    • Religion

  • The ultimate goal

    • Shimoga

  • Shimoga district records 57.42 p.c. passes in II PU exam

    • Sport

  • Haynes throws his hat in the ring
  • Steve Waugh's new venture
  • Ram Kumar and Siva duo wins title
  • Indian Bank's hopes dashed

    • Sports : General

  • Three new records set

    • Swimming

  • It all began as a popular movement

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Anna varsity V-C for more autonomous campuses
  • Of rivals with striking similarities
  • Clean fuel drive running out of steam
  • Computer course for rural students launched
  • Aid to set right autism
  • Blood donors on the Web
  • Applications for B.E./B.Tech courses
  • Deportation orders served on three Britishers
  • Clean fuel drive running out of steam
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Seven killed in violence
  • Infrastructure project: High Court order stayed
  • Of rivals with striking similarities
  • Group houses to be constructed for 10 narikurava families
  • Dyers demand 10 months' time, 75 per cent subsidy
  • `Horticulture mission' soon, says Pawar
  • Voters' list revision taken up

    • Tennis

  • Ankita Bhambri in final

    • Thanjavur

  • Intercropping becomes profitable venture in Thanjavur district
  • Awards to be presented to five artistes

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Girls sweep top ranks in B.Sc. examinations
  • Government urged to drop move to delink panchayats
  • Man found hanging
  • Man gets four-year jail term
  • CPI(M) to observe `black day'
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Harrowing time on roads

    • This Day That Age

  • dated May 14, 1955: National Museum in Delhi
  • dated May 14, 1955: New Army Chief

    • Thrissur

  • Call for more events to help women filmmakers
  • Employees should change attitude: Mani

    • Tiruchi

  • Cultivate herbal plants, university tells colleges
  • Training for unorganised service providers in tourism sector
  • Tiruchi Corpn. serves notices on encroachers
  • TIIC plans to advance Rs.250-cr. loans to SMEs
  • Chanting of holy verses marks Sankara jayanthi
  • LPG cylinders seized in raid
  • Passenger detained at Tiruchi airport
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Officials seize artificially ripened mangoes
  • Regularisation of temporary staff sought

    • Tirupati

  • `Night Guards' to check burglars
  • Varsities asked to promote sports

    • Tuticorin

  • Srivaikuntam tense as two gangs clash
  • Youth killed

    • Union Territories

  • Slum dwellers to be re-housed in flats

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Slain MLA's widow files nomination
  • Rail workers go on strike

    • Uttaranchal

  • `Listen to poll winners, not losers'

    • Vijayawada

  • `Educate public on schemes'
  • Good response to RTA `TransPost'
  • Move to record Krishna district's history
  • Minister flays Chandrababu Naidu
  • Art of Living celebrations
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Sari showroom directed to pay damages to client
  • Hectic lobbying for City Congress chief's post
  • Minor girl missing
  • Praja Patham: pat for officials
  • IA announces change in flight timings
  • VMC blamed for delay in Godavari water scheme
  • Refurbished `Visakha' set for launch
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Focus should be on uplift of the poor, says MSR

    • Weather

  • Weather

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