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  • Edathua church fete

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • L.K. Advani turned down separate Telangana plan
  • IIT ruled out for A.P. says YSR
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • High drama over fake notes ends as hoax
  • `Pushkara' LI scheme to irrigate 50,000 acres
  • Job scheme to benefit 2.89 lakhs in Medak
  • Chief Minister lays stone for check dam
  • Telugu Desam councillors stage novel protest
  • Bankers urged to speed up loan disbursal
  • Sarpanches asked to collect taxes
  • Pat for SHGs
  • Rs.10 crores to tackle fluoride problem
  • CPI(ML) group flays stand of Maoists
  • Mumbai wall collapse victims hail from Palamur
  • Port Trust felicitates major users

    • Athletics

  • KAA unveils Asian GP mascot

    • Bangalore

  • Maharashtra student challenges Bill
  • Police for bringing back `pay and park' system
  • COMED-K's UGET has become `important'
  • Legal literacy club opened in Bagalkot college
  • Heart diseases being detected in young women
  • B-TRAC 2010 to reduce traffic congestion by 30 per cent
  • Kumaraswamy, Sadananda Gowda meet, resolve differences
  • Managing the difficult art of managing time
  • Drive against dumping debris into drains
  • Bus fares likely to go up in State
  • Dacoits strike at house, take away jewellery, cellphones
  • Tackling `role stress' tough task for call centre staff
  • Sun Matching Grant Programme launched
  • These books make learning fun for pre-schoolers
  • State to seek clearance for plan to divert Mahadayi
  • Free hearing camps today
  • Two-year-old boy among six killed in road accidents
  • When dancers hogged the limelight
  • A summer camp with a difference
  • BDA issues notices for land acquisition
  • Injustice done to farmers: H.K. Patil
  • A forum for Hindustani vocalists
  • P. Venkoba Rao dead
  • BESCOM drive
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • They have done the State proud
  • Basaveshwara Jayanti celebrations on Sunday
  • NCP seeks rehabilitation of slum dwellers

    • Briefly

  • Copyright Board reconstituted
  • RBI penalty on TMB
  • ONGC tie-up with Army
  • Hearing in airport case on May 5
  • Indian's net ticketing through internet banking
  • SIEMA recommends hike in pumpset prices
  • National Tax conference
  • REPCO Bank loan for jewellery purchase
  • HMT signs agreement with Mauser
  • SCMF launches enterprise equity fund
  • SIA announces `Sweet Deal' to Singapore
  • Kingfisher chooses Trent 500 engines
  • Informatica to double headcount
  • Pratibha Industries secures new contract
  • Centurion Bank raises deposit rates
  • IDFC Private Equity inducts new Executive VP
  • GMR Ind forays into aircraft chartering
  • Prithvi to set up overseas centre
  • Intelligroup signs $24 m outsourcing contract
  • Megasoft profit up
  • LogicaCMG and ING sign MoU
  • Strides Arcolab registers higher turnover
  • Software Architecture Summit
  • Solar powered LED lantern from Cosmos
  • Chancery Group opens Chancery Pavilion

    • Business

  • Maruti net up 39 p.c.
  • Tariff panel examines coal price revision
  • Posco's offer to displaced tribals
  • Sensex up 292 points
  • PVS Apartments' new project
  • Workshop on process standardisation for change management
  • India chapter of WSO soon
  • Nortel to focus on SME sector
  • Rupee drops further
  • GOCL, AL launch co-branded oils
  • Tunisia to host Carthage investment forum
  • LIC profit at Rs. 5,800 cr.
  • Mitsubishi Elevators' plans for India
  • Corp. Bank net at Rs. 444 cr.

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • It is where money alone triumphs
  • Candidates promise to solve water problem
  • High Court holds government retrenchment order illegal
  • Anna varsity to sign pact with Canadian institutions
  • Wealth case: directive to Small Causes Court
  • Workshop on process standardisation
  • Filipino couple con fishermen
  • Women on a 50-year high
  • I want to do justice to my roles, says Malavika
  • CII objects to new norms for import of medical devices
  • `No graffiti' fiat takes sheen out of campaign
  • Four die in road accidents
  • Cauvery: DPA "not applying" enough pressure on Centre
  • Study on impact of tsunami throws up interesting findings
  • When trees get new environs
  • New SBI service to minimise price risk on gold
  • Madras varsity officials suspended
  • BIHER signs MoU with UK varsity
  • Indane distributors call off protest
  • Nagaswaram genius remembered
  • Rotary awards for two doctors
  • Shift Maran, demands BJP
  • Pattammal conferred with `Sangeeta Vidyanidhi'
  • `Know Your Army'
  • A treat for drama lovers
  • Training programmes to become "super achievers"
  • Red sanders worth Rs. 5 lakh seized
  • Computerised reservation affected in 140 centres
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Coimbatore

  • Education fair showcases non-conventional courses
  • Learning to recycle waste paper at home
  • Chief of Naval Staff's visit
  • Auto Show from April 29
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Cricket

  • Pakistan `A' defeats Holland
  • Focus on Pakistan, says Robin Singh
  • Indian players richer by Rs. 15 lakhs each
  • A side battle between coaches
  • NCA training season from May 1

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8588
  • Solution to Puzzle 8587

    • Dharmapuri

  • AIADMK indulging in personal attacks: CPI(M)

    • Editorials

  • Outrageous attack
  • The undiplomatic service

    • Eluru

  • DGP's wife interacts with police families

    • Erode

  • No-holds-barred campaign in Erode
  • Be open to teaching as a career option, engineers told
  • Debutants test waters in Erode
  • 130 model code violation cases registered
  • The Hindu office in Erode

    • Football

  • Mahindra United loses
  • Rafi saves the day for SBT
  • Zidane stopping for good after World Cup
  • South zone football from April 30
  • Independence SC beats Universal SC

    • Front Page

  • India, Uzbekistan must fight terrorism together: Manmohan
  • Maoists soften stance in Nepal
  • Condition of Mahajan stable
  • Indian on skis at North Pole
  • Sri Lanka defends air strikes
  • Delhi medical students protest against quota
  • Parthi Bhatol elected successor to Verghese Kurien
  • Students land a 'summer job'
  • Apex Court upholds COFEPOSA order against Dinakaran
  • Jamaat, PDP have never supported IUML: Ahamed
  • State to press for final order on Cauvery dispute
  • IIT ruled out at Basar, says YSR
  • Advani had turned down separate Telangana
  • New Supreme Court interim order on SC/ST quota
  • COMED-K entrance test on May 28
  • Heavy turnout for re-polling
  • Train hits truck at unmanned crossing
  • Pepsi told to pay compensation
  • Sumatra jolted

    • Goa

  • Move to attract more cargo to Mormugao port

    • Golf

  • Slender lead for Mukesh

    • Gulbarga

  • Tanks in Gulbarga to get a new lease of life
  • Fast by daily wage workers' leader continues
  • Gulbarga University to conduct re-examination

    • Guntur

  • Crop input subsidy distributed
  • Kharif meet from today

    • Haryana

  • Ban Diclofenac to save vultures: Minister
  • CII demands labour reforms in Haryana

    • Hassan

  • Holenarsipur, Arkalgud have highest number of dropouts

    • Hockey

  • Balbir (Sr.) gets the top accolade
  • Army XI in title round

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • `Hubli-DharwadOne' to come up in six months
  • `Placement week' to be held in Hubli from April 30

    • Hyderabad

  • MRTS: Government selects technical consultant
  • Pay Revision Commission scales for archakas, other temple staff
  • Telugu Desam gives new twist to Sarma's transfer
  • NSTL developing lightweight torpedoes
  • Man murdered in advocate's office
  • CPI(M) discusses poll strategy
  • Call to protect lakes in city
  • Publish list of unrecognised schools: court
  • Couriers oppose move to monopolise mail distribution
  • Man beats wife to death
  • Mayor visits park in Koti
  • Archakas perform `sarpayagnam'
  • City to have more escalators, elevators
  • Venkataswamy bereaved
  • Woman commits suicide
  • `Tapancha' seized from youth
  • IMG deal: case against Naidu dismissed
  • BJP for probe into MFI affairs
  • Chilkur temple: State to honour court directives
  • No power supply today
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • Nuclear CBMs: India, Pakistan move forward on draft pact
  • India's protest ignored, Musharraf lays foundation for dam
  • Pakistan plumps for Bollywood's Taj Mahal
  • Deal draws flak

    • International

  • U.S. will face global consequences: Iran
  • Iran nuclear chief meets IAEA officials
  • Chernobyl disaster haunts thousands, 20 years later
  • Norway, U.S. condemn Colombo blast
  • CLEVER car built for narrow streets
  • Robotic legs for stairs
  • Songbirds learn grammar
  • Curbs on Darfur suspects
  • Anti-terror exercise
  • Amid mass hunger, MPs demand pay rise
  • Labour at all-time low

    • Kannur

  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • It's payback time for NRIs
  • District makes strides on all fronts, says market chief

    • Karnataka

  • Karnataka to press for final order on Cauvery dispute
  • COMED-K entrance test on May 28
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Power project will not be thrust on people: Minister
  • Science Park will come up in Kodagu soon, says Minister
  • 35 lakh man-days generated in State under job scheme
  • Chief Minister urged to call meeting
  • Power project will not be thrust on people: Acharya
  • Bandh affects life in Kurgodu
  • A vibrant cultural show
  • There is no future for literature, says Kannada writer
  • Rs. 1.9 crore for Uttara Kannada under horticulture mission

    • Kerala

  • Jamaat, PDP have never supported IUML: Ahamed
  • Yoga, fitness mantra at banks
  • A war of posters and billboards
  • It is her dream to bat like Dravid
  • Art of shaping lumps of earth
  • Taking off to new heights
  • Walking for a noble cause
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Margin, not victory, is the concern at Tanur
  • Around the City

    • Khammam

  • Forces deployed in villages
  • Dharna hits vehicular traffic

    • Kochi

  • Padayatras, vehicle campaigns mark final run-up to polls
  • Rival fronts sure of victory in polls
  • Civic issues take centre stage
  • Poll survey misleading: Vadakkan
  • Fr. Augustine Thevarparambil to be beatified on April 30
  • Media centre opened for polls
  • Training programme
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Convicted for giving false evidence
  • Massive tax evasion detected
  • National environment congress begins tomorrow
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kottayam

  • BMS flays pension fund

    • Kozhikode

  • Spell out CPI(M)'s post-election plans, Antony tells Prakash Karat
  • CPI(M), Congress abetting extremists: Rajnath Singh
  • KSCDC meets target in employment generation
  • Prime accused in murder of resort owner nabbed
  • Campaigning to end today
  • NIT-C to offer new courses
  • CPI(M) posing a challenge to jobless youth: Chandy
  • Campaigning to end tomorrow
  • `Left support for UPA based on CMP'
  • Passport office staff on poll duty
  • 1,871 booths in district

    • Kurnool

  • No State control on Sai Baba temples
  • Call for scientific education in State

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Whither Sri Lanka's peace process?

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Democracy in Nepal
  • Unrealistic
  • Laudable verdict
  • Plagiarism
  • Clarification

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Disband National Advisory Council: Advani

    • Madurai

  • "Free rice will further affect distribution system"
  • Security agencies put on high alert in coastal districts
  • "Submit expenditure account once in 3 days"
  • Vote for DPA in interest of future generations, says Chidambaram
  • CMP desirable for State: Raja
  • Diabetes clinic to be opened today
  • TNPCEE online registration to end tomorrow
  • Boy killed in accident
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Call for meeting of beedi industry stakeholders
  • New flight to Dubai: onus on State Government
  • Horticultural show to start today at Kadri Park
  • Leaders break up coalitions, says Kharge
  • Corporation needs specialised departments
  • Then Poojary, now Sadananda Gowda
  • Justice Hegde Award for Soli Sorabjee
  • Procession to Sri Kshetra Kadri on Friday
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Villagers have reason to cheer
  • They are all able and ready for a Himalayan adventure
  • Hundreds pay homage to Harshakumar Gowda
  • Ashokanand to take charge as MUDA Commissioner
  • Man held on theft charge
  • Man commits suicide
  • In Mysore Today

    • National

  • Congress hails Nepal developments
  • Blackwill sees nod for nuclear deal by June
  • Commission withdraws observer
  • BJP to take "ideological stand" on office of profit issue
  • The battle for Chennai
  • League's grip slipping?
  • A trademark shawl and fiery rhetoric
  • The debate over development
  • "We have kept our promises"
  • In the cashew belt, a lingering sense of unease
  • Language no bar
  • Bauls get a hearing in West Bengal
  • A new mammal for India
  • Supreme Court to hear Reliance appeal on May 5
  • Interim order on quota for SC/ST
  • `Maharashtra Bhushan' for Ratan Tata
  • Convict offers his liver to Mahajan
  • Court orders release of Pakistan prisoners
  • Minor fire
  • Swamy condemns attack

    • New Delhi

  • New health scheme for teachers
  • Election Commission's action puts Congress legislators in a fix
  • Drive against adulteration of milk and milk products
  • Capturing magical moments of a spectacular game
  • Fresh hope for Krishnadevaraya's Capital
  • Centre forms panels on restructuring MCD
  • MCD resumes demolition drive
  • Crouching tigress, with a message
  • Artists for a cause
  • Two translators appointed in Jessica murder case
  • DTC to make 70 barrier-free bus shelters
  • Kerala comes alive on his canvas
  • Jaiswal to invite Bismillah for India Gate concert
  • `Shunglu panel formation one-sided'
  • Cancellation of plots to Noida CGHS members upheld
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Nepal Army chief helped convince Gyanendra
  • Cleaning up after Chernobyl
  • Corrections and clarifications
  • Historical links, civilisational affinities
  • Gazing into a cloudy crystal ball
  • Barbed wire and bridges

    • Nizamabad

  • Naidu seeks white paper on killing of partymen

    • Ongole

  • Maoist lays down arms

    • Palakkad

  • `Chandy raising Smart City to divert attention'
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Unauthorised construction under way in Sabarimala
  • Earth Day

    • Perambalur

  • Ramps set up at 570 booths

    • Pondicherry

  • Four injured in clash between DMK and AIADMK cadres
  • 76 Independents among 218 in fray
  • Additional officers for sensitive segments

    • Punjab

  • Court orders release of Pak prisoners

    • Racing : Horse

  • Natural Blitz appeals most
  • Rejuvenite shines

    • Rajasthan

  • I am on fact-finding mission, says Raje

    • Religion

  • Paths to realisation

    • Salem

  • Link centres for making corrections in EPIC opened
  • EVM demonstration begins
  • Hyderabad University invites applications
  • Movement demands ban on liquor sale
  • Permit prisoners to vote, EC told
  • Army invites applications from graduates

    • Shimoga

  • Shimoga may lose one Assembly constituency
  • `Encourage reading of books'
  • Raitha sangha, SHGs seek closure of liquor shops

    • Sport

  • Abhijeet registers win
  • Arsenal through to maiden Champions League final
  • New faces will boost India's chances: Anand

    • Sports : General

  • Chougule slams century
  • KSSA selection trials in May
  • HCA awards function tomorrow
  • Clean sweep by VSP teams
  • National optimist coastal championship from May 1
  • Nizaruddin shines
  • Chowhan re-elected

    • Srikakulam

  • Collector launches EMRI service
  • Compensation for Vamsadhara-displaced

    • Table Tennis

  • Indian men, women lose

    • Tamil Nadu

  • It's Union Ministers versus the Chief Minister
  • Agricultural issues come to the fore in Tiruvannamalai district
  • `Time management crucial'
  • MoU between GRI and Korean university
  • Why no rice schemes while in power, asks Vijayakant
  • Students design automatic wheelchair
  • Tamil Nadu Indira Congress to canvass votes for AIADMK
  • Poll panel tightens screws on candidates
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Dethrone `autocratic' government: Vasan
  • Mani sitting pretty in Kumbakonam
  • SHG members take up initiative to build toilets
  • UGC grant for NGM College
  • AIADMK Government blamed for unemployment problem
  • Army recruitment rally from June 6
  • Water scheme will take off next year: CM
  • Parties told to use authorised vehicles for campaigning
  • Call for a Centre-friendly State Government
  • I have fulfilled promises, says Jayalalithaa
  • 4 injured in clash

    • Tennis

  • Fitness worries force Sania to take an extended break
  • Udomchoke ousted
  • Ferrer struggles past Murray
  • Facile wins for Rashien Samuel
  • Vishvesh beats Arvind

    • Thanjavur

  • "Voters should not be brought in vehicles"
  • Final list of voters released

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Bakery Junction flyover: work on the fast track
  • Blackbuck at zoo dies
  • Natesan predicts 85 seats for LDF
  • Work in progress
  • SI assaulted for preventing sexual harassment of women
  • SHRC member visits house of accident victim
  • `LDF should clarify stand on reservation'
  • Journalist manhandled; inquiry ordered
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated April 27, 1956: Nehru opens Nepa Mills
  • dated April 27, 1956: MP's election held void
  • dated April 27, 1956: Invitation to Chaplin

    • Thrissur

  • Tamil Nadu Government keen on Achuthanandan's defeat: RSP
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • ``More efficiency in power generation will ease shortage''
  • Farmers' tankful of woes
  • Notes of homage to a notable genius
  • Renew mandate, CM tells voters
  • Traders' plea on road project
  • Chithirai car festival
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • `Follow EC guidelines'

    • Tirupati

  • Open Theatre fest from today
  • Traffic chaos in Tirupati calls for meet to create public awareness
  • Beware, the Chinese are here
  • Mirroring the poor man's ordeals

    • Tuticorin

  • Good response to free rice scheme, says Vaiko

    • Udhagamandalam

  • New features at Government Botanical Garden
  • Governor in Udhagamandalam

    • Udupi

  • Technical festival

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • U.P. power crisis deepens
  • Lucknow Shatabdi to run at 150 km per hour
  • U.P. Govt. unhelpful in Rae Bareli's progress: Rahul
  • Governor visits Rampur amid protests

    • Uttaranchal

  • SP threatens stir in Uttaranchal against discrimination

    • Vijayawada

  • Embattled self-help groups hit back
  • Quenching thirst away from home
  • Narayana Reddy is chairman of Sri Durga Malleswara temple trust board
  • Removing traffic bottleneck at Leelamahal-Old Bus Stand centre
  • Crop-cutting operations on in Krishna delta
  • City police chief warns school managements
  • Nine `held' in murder case
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • AU celebrates 80th Foundation Day
  • Nalco does its bit for the community
  • Patterns of supply chain management discussed
  • `Rehearsal' held for counting of votes
  • CII team interacts with VSP officials
  • Youth tries to kill niece
  • Ex-professor on institute council
  • Summer special to Chennai
  • Clarification on invitation to former Vice-Chancellor
  • Cyclone over Bay of Bengal
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Enumamula market reaps rich returns
  • Telecom company to hold campus interviews

    • Weather

  • Weather

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