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Alappuzha

  • Anti-reclamation stir comes full circle
  • Dheevara sabha opposes move on mineral sand-mining

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Rajasekhara Reddy seeks royalty on gas find
  • Truck with gas cylinders overturns on ghat road
  • I've got the power!
  • Arresting sight
  • Silent protest
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Novel protest by Telugu Yuvatha
  • Physical fitness training raises spirits of tribal, rural youths
  • Congress flayed for confusing stand on unity of State
  • Shaky start to scanning drive
  • DRC seeks steps to stop Babli works
  • Soldiering on for the family
  • Plea to solve civic problems
  • Villagers protest in front of Collectorate
  • Enquiry ordered into alleged NFFW irregularities
  • Behind exchange of fire in naxal dalam

    • Badminton

  • Manmeet, Himanshu enter semifinals

    • Bangalore

  • Sonia Gandhi to select KPCC President
  • Assets case: plea to be filed against clarification by court
  • Bangalore fashion weekend takes the city by storm
  • Rajeev Taranath, Y.K. Muddukrishna and N. Prabhudeva among winners
  • Law schools told to avoid duplication
  • BJP prepares to confront Govt.
  • Confusion in JD(S) `partly cleared'
  • Centre to be set up to diagnose diseases caused by pollution
  • Incidences of infectious diseases on the rise in city
  • Science Festival from tomorrow
  • Gang assaults auto driver, robs him of cash
  • Radio City 91 FM turns four on Sunday
  • Power supply to be hit today, tomorrow
  • IAF to place Anjali under `close arrest'
  • Fitness freaks on the rise
  • Rain-fed crop output may fall
  • An evening of choral music
  • The right clothes to match that mood
  • Police blamed for chaotic traffic
  • IAF to place Anjali under `close arrest'
  • Helpline for IA passengers
  • Leopard skin seized in raid
  • Webbing its way through life
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Lake revival project in muddy waters
  • `World's youngest magician' in Belgaum

    • Bellary

  • `Samajwadi Party will lead third front'
  • Faculty development programme to be held in Bellary

    • Bidar

  • Free power to farmers must not stop: KRRS
  • Lingadahalli residents shocked over accident

    • Bijapur

  • Water supply scheme inaugurated

    • Briefly

  • ATF prices may go up
  • China's new tax to check steel exports
  • Tatas in talks with Thai Rung
  • Nirma picks up stake in SCL
  • Infosys in pact with B-Source
  • S.P. Talwar, Senior Advisor to Yes Bank
  • Merrill Lynch arm buys stake in Indiabulls
  • United Phosphorus acquires SWAL
  • Acquires stake in NDTV
  • GE unit to buy shares
  • Indian Bank's education loan campaign
  • First Leasing pays 22.5 p.c.
  • Orchid gets USFDA nod for cephalexin
  • Chola MIP pays 1.84 p.c. quarterly dividend
  • Infomedia India declares 80 p.c.
  • Ma Foi expands operations
  • Intec's Bangalore facility
  • Euronet's online data recovery system
  • Epson's 3LCD projectors
  • Seminar on Machining Technologies
  • RMi Technologies starts operations
  • Pegasystems, Satyam extend partnership
  • Seaways launches dedicated feeder service
  • Samsung's combo offer
  • Entrepreneurs awareness programme

    • Business

  • CECA with Singapore will boost investment, says Chidambaram
  • 4:9 swap for Centurion Bank merger
  • Lodha to head Birla Corp
  • Reliance Infocomm rejigs tariff plans
  • Rupee drops 4 paise
  • Sensex up 71 points on late buying
  • Xerox to focus on new segments
  • Wind River's new offerings
  • Mangalam Timber set to end BIFR stint
  • Empee Sugars to invest Rs. 200 cr.

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • General Hospital set for inauguration
  • "Quash order on environmental clearance to Sethu project"
  • Innovation `key to India's transformation'
  • Quality teachers are needed `to ensure education for disabled'
  • The surrogate route to curbing tobacco use
  • NGO hopes crematoria will adopt green technique
  • High Court calls for measures to remove encroachments
  • "Cauvery Monitoring Committee should meet weekly"
  • Centres to assist small taxpayers from July 1
  • Afghan boy gets brain tumour treated at city hospital
  • Girl encounters diplomatic hurdle to meet her parents
  • An ordinary man with extraordinary dreams
  • Poll panel to ensure adherence to norms
  • Rasikas line up for Carnatic music Lining up for Carnatic music
  • PG medical students could be offered rural postings
  • Employers, unions, government need to change mindset to popularise concept of decent work, says ILO official
  • A man who has triumphed over adversity
  • Agitations against shrimp farms along coastline
  • An array of jewellery, crafts at handloom expo
  • Anna varsity urged to de-link affiliated colleges
  • Summons issued to Kannappan in disproportionate wealth case
  • Modern technology `should be harnessed to benefit all'
  • Special postal cover released
  • Sethu project: NGO objects to DMK's "insinuation"
  • AIADMK move an attempt to distract people: Vasan
  • Phantom CAs
  • Can they ride the IT boom?
  • An experience to cherish
  • Commentary on Sethu opening
  • Ilayaraja to distribute prizes
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Four players in joint lead
  • Alka shocks Soumya

    • Coimbatore

  • Major forces coalesce in Coimbatore
  • E-learning Centre to come up in Coimbatore by year-end
  • Drop continuous internal assessment, pleads AUT
  • Siruvani level rises as rain continues
  • Here's spinach to fight stomach cancer
  • `No manual cleaning of toilets'
  • Rs.43.85 lakhs for development works
  • Awareness campaign

    • Cricket

  • Amit Bhandari hopes to make a comeback
  • Umpires to be wired
  • Ghavri to coach Mumbai team

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8333
  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8332

    • Cuddalore

  • Rehabilitate all the affected: Indian Bank

    • Cuddapah

  • UF oil policy blamed for present situation
  • Centres for procurement of forest produce launched
  • TDP leaders fast before MRO office

    • Dharmapuri

  • Cradle Baby Centre receives 600th baby

    • Dindigul

  • Distribution of family cards from July 2
  • Brush with oral healthcare

    • Editorials

  • Iran takes a turn to the right
  • Macaques need healthy forests

    • Eluru

  • Absenteeism worries bankers' panel

    • Erode

  • `Start training centres for the disabled'
  • 10 primary schools to be started in Erode
  • New family cards to be distributed from July 2
  • Tenders floated for electric crematorium
  • House site pattas given

    • Football

  • Argentina to meet Nigeria

    • Front Page

  • India, Singapore sign economic pact
  • Tighten cyber security laws: Manmohan
  • Supreme Court moved on CET
  • Extended budget session from today
  • Now a "sacrificial lamb" for RSS?
  • Federer and Hewitt in semifinals
  • Two bodies flushed out from tunnel at hydel project
  • State seeks royalty on KG basin gas find
  • Rise in dengue cases causes concern
  • Medicos call off stir `in protest'
  • Congress will take on CPI(M): Chennithala
  • Meet on electoral rolls today
  • 91 Indian women in race for Peace Nobel
  • Modified order to cover only five schools
  • Clear metro rail, Centre urged
  • Learning karate from police sensei
  • Seawater enters temporary shelters
  • Flood alert
  • Satnam's kin detained
  • Citizenship Act amended
  • Sinha not to quit BJP

    • Golf

  • Dhaliwal way ahead

    • Gulbarga

  • DSS seeks ban on sale of arrack across the State
  • Heavy rainfall in Gulbarga
  • Students protest against delay in supply of textbooks

    • Guntur

  • GMC identifies key areas for aid under eco project
  • Demand hots up for SW hostels
  • Andhra Bank to foray into vocational training
  • Jews' plea to Chief Minister
  • Polytechnic college courses

    • Haryana

  • HPCC authorises Sonia to select its chief
  • Haryana claims power-cuts are fewer

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Worst part on Sutlej over, says Patil

    • Hockey

  • Mumbai beats Universities
  • India begins campaign in style
  • Varkey is BPCL's hero

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Congress undecided on mayoral candidate
  • Water supply schedule for Hubli, Dharwad
  • Mayor supports demolition drive

    • Hyderabad

  • Muslim women's organisations prefer siyahnama to nikahnama
  • Top leaders of BJP arrested Top leaders of BJP arrested
  • High Court stays election to State Wakf Board
  • Sania serves straight from the heart for younger sibling Anam
  • District buses to halt at city bus stops
  • Pumpset meant for lifting water from Devadula LI project ready
  • Priority for weaker sections in APCC
  • Silk Mark launched in Hyderabad
  • It is going to rain robotics in schools
  • At 70, he cuts like a knife
  • Delhi to have new AP Bhavan
  • Agonising wait for EAMCET qualifiers
  • Talks on RTC stir inconclusive
  • Couple mobbed by auto drivers lose jewellery
  • Laya launches Silk Mark
  • Telugu Desam Party demands white paper on `diversion' of water
  • Pastors' killings: 5 more held
  • State to get Rs. 1,500 crores
  • Nod for OU extension centres in Gulf region
  • TDP leaders fault YSR's handling of medicos' strike
  • Mime, an effective teaching tool
  • Gang swindles lakhs from BoI branches
  • Steps urged to get back depositors' money from Korean firm
  • Project stayed
  • Finish road restoration work by July 5: Jawahar
  • Accused in Sakhi killing escapes, caught
  • Court admits petitions on quota for Muslims
  • High Court directive on advertisements issued by corporate colleges
  • Rainfall in many places
  • Plea to reduce qualifying mark
  • Remedy for house woes
  • High Court defers teachers' promotions
  • Kanda suffers head injury
  • Tax help centre opens today
  • On a song
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • India, U.S sign framework for defence cooperation
  • Restrictions on high-tech transfer should go: Pranab
  • Relationship has improved, says task force
  • Nixon called Indira Gandhi an "old witch"

    • International

  • Sri Lanka allays fears on tsunami plan
  • Accord on cheaper fuel for Caribbean
  • Prince Harry took DNA test?
  • U.N. offers free tours
  • Caring for the donkey brigade
  • U.S. to produce deadly isotope
  • U2 launches case over memorabilia
  • Canada legalises gay marriages

    • Kannur

  • Government acting as broker: SFI
  • University union poll on July 15

    • Karimnagar

  • SI and ASI placed under suspension
  • Ensure loans to farm groups, officials told
  • 1,500 cr. worth rural roads to be laid: Minister

    • Karnataka

  • Sonia Gandhi to nominate Karnataka PCC president
  • In its web
  • Mysore-Jaipur Express to give boost to tourism
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Gangooru Dalits continue 13-year battle for land
  • Executive officer directed to convene panchayat meeting
  • Rs. 100-crore ring road project work to begin soon
  • A story of determination
  • `All is well in JD(S)'
  • Apples are not for doctors to eat

    • Kerala

  • Private airlines may begin operations on the Agatti-Kochi sector
  • D-day nears for Potter fans
  • Recognition for hard work and good performance
  • Rough patch
  • In Palakkad Today
  • Briefly
  • In Kannur Today
  • In Kozhikode Today
  • In Thrissur Today
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kerala - Others

  • GoAir to fly to Karipur
  • Award for excellence in water conservation
  • Private airlines may fly to Agatti
  • Anthrax threat in Theni
  • Plea for land

    • Kochi

  • Cochin Port Trust defends construction of tanks
  • Health Ministry to check adulteration
  • Folios of information
  • ADB office to monitor tsunami rehabilitation programme
  • Sudheeran demands cancellation of all decisions on mining
  • Inculcating reading habit in children
  • Suspension of syndicate members demanded
  • Disc replacement surgery conducted at AIMS
  • Training for housemaids
  • New team to lead film producers' forum
  • Engineering students to stall counselling
  • `Catholicos was misled'
  • Qatar Airways to introduce two more flights from Kochi
  • Wage hike for insurance staff
  • Former judge dead
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Tension in Kollam city after student violence
  • Stone laid for school building

    • Kottayam

  • `Better fund utilisation key to achieving success'
  • RSP(M) leader killed in accident

    • Kozhikode

  • Park project: Corporation determined to go ahead
  • Remembering Moyinkutty
  • Counselling begins at NIT-C tomorrow
  • Award for researcher

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Conservatives regain the Presidency in Iran

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Commendable
  • Right decision
  • Double standards
  • Fuel price hike
  • Government spending
  • Sethu project
  • Farmers' woes
  • Restructure U.N.
  • Reject the fatwa
  • Monsoon forecasts

    • Madikeri

  • Kodagu district sees slump in revenue from stamps

    • Madurai

  • `Present scheme on linking rivers best bet'
  • Fraud unearthed in `food-for-work' scheme
  • Find your life partner at the click of a mouse
  • Co-optex exhibition from today
  • Murder accused challenges affidavit
  • High Court Bench comes down on Additional Public Prosecutor
  • Madurai to be declared child labour-free today
  • HIV positive prisoner granted bail
  • Farmer hacked to death
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • AIR to offer new programmes
  • Youth commits suicide
  • MLA seeks decision on vented dam
  • `Jute is the best alternative to plastic'
  • Award for Rego, Kharvi, Saldanha
  • Ban orders for PU exam
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Intense lobbying on in Congress, JD(S) for Deputy Mayor's post
  • The sun shines bright on these hawkers in Mysore

    • Nagercoil

  • Banks in Kanyakumari exceed target in disbursal of loans
  • Fears of a reprise

    • Nalgonda

  • Government asked to curb spurious drugs

    • National

  • Advani's secretary may become scapegoat
  • Sonia visits flood-ravaged Kinnaur
  • Manmohan for pact with ASEAN
  • "Manmohan, Sonia will address Left concerns"
  • DD to offer two new music channels
  • TRAI directive
  • Gender equality: National Advisory Council writes to PM
  • Fatwa against Imrana must have been well thought out : Mulayam
  • Singhal, VHP president
  • It is no breach or split, says Congress
  • Gujarat flood situation still grim
  • A `servile subordinate' of RSS: Congress
  • Fernandes meets Vajpayee, Advani
  • Port Blair, Phuket to sign agreement
  • "POTA panel has become pliable"
  • Draft policy promotes public transport in urban areas
  • Buddhadeb hopeful on Darjeeling Hill Council polls
  • Rain lashes Orissa, normal life disrupted
  • Free sale sugar quota released
  • Custodial deaths of SCs: panel seeks data

    • Nellore

  • BJP demands rollback of petroleum prices
  • BSNL facility available

    • New Delhi

  • Debate over gap year
  • Winds of change in health sector
  • MCD sticks to its guns
  • Street kids paint a restaurant
  • Rain showers relief on discoms
  • Second list unlikely to cheer many students
  • Court raps welfare department
  • Himachal power for Delhi
  • Her best foot forward
  • No ducking for cover
  • Bomb shells found
  • Delhi hit by water-logging
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • As you sow, so shall you weep
  • Navaratnas, Left and disinvestment
  • Africa must form cartels
  • Peace no closer in West Asia

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Pathanamthitta

  • `Smart City last nail in UDF coffin'
  • `Enforce river protection Act'
  • AIYF State camp at Nilackal

    • Pondicherry

  • Expedite welfare schemes for Scheduled Castes: Rangasamy
  • Encourage study of French, Government told
  • Adi Dravidar organisation refutes PMC allegation

    • Punjab

  • Focus on regional planning of UT

    • Racing : Horse

  • Arabian Storm triumphs
  • Amazing Velocity shows out

    • Racing : Motor

  • Seven teams found guilty

    • Raichur

  • Bail plea rejected

    • Rajasthan

  • Women pioneers in Nobel prize list
  • A poor show by Raje at NDC, says Congress
  • Raje seeks clear guidelines

    • Religion

  • Descent of divine grace

    • Salem

  • Tiny industries association to guide potential entrepreneurs
  • Villagers demand action against policemen
  • `Withdraw consent for more mini buses'
  • Brew sellers banned from entering their village

    • Shimoga

  • Zilla panchayat president suspends two taluk panchayat officials
  • BJP stages `rasta roko'
  • Water-level rises in many reservoirs

    • Sport

  • Federer and Hewitt in semifinals
  • Is the Hayden-Jones scrap setting the tone for the Ashes?
  • `Great' has become a cheap label
  • Australians pose a big threat

    • Squash

  • Gaurav Nandrajog goes down fighting

    • Table Tennis

  • Indian girls' teams lose to Japan in semifinals

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Motivating students to converse in English
  • Orientation programme of a different kind in Dindigul
  • Detailing opportunities available in `life'
  • Patriotism to the fore
  • An unpleasant sight
  • "Information about impending calamities can reduce losses"
  • Second reform package meaningful, says Jayalalithaa
  • Attack on fisherfolk: 10 arrested
  • `Issue summons to Kannappan'
  • Prosecution plea against clarification in wealth case
  • Varsity results on June 30
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Resume copra procurement, growers urge Government
  • Girl's death due to dengue sparks fear of outbreak in Tirupur
  • Stand-off at Alandur civic body meet
  • Deposit for UGD to be in proportion to property tax
  • Italians now sport it on their chests
  • Total sanitation: Villagers told to lay emphasis on cleanliness
  • Fish farming, catchphrase now in Theni district
  • Traders down shutters in protest
  • Community college in Karaikal
  • Training in new trades for SHG members: Collector
  • Rs. 11 crs. for wasteland development
  • `Encroachments will soon be removed'
  • Family cards to be distributed from July 2
  • Two arrested in gold theft case

    • Thanjavur

  • TWAD Board criticised

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Uncertainty over CAP exercise
  • Chandy sees progress in Smart City project
  • Hidden aspects of the deal
  • Lal donning the role of fisherman
  • Local bodies to execute public works projects
  • Banking on Biometrics to ensure security
  • Cyber forensics course for policemen and lawyers
  • Water supply to MCH continues to be hit
  • Recruitment boom
  • Forum to protect interests of weavers
  • Quiz for students on blood donation
  • BSNL's monsoon bonanza
  • Anticipatory bail granted
  • Vagaries of nature
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated June 30, 1955: Protest to Portugal
  • dated June 30, 1955: Pak-Afghan dispute
  • dated June 30, 1955: Communist support

    • Thrissur

  • Mass dharna at railway station

    • Tiruchi

  • `Present scheme on linking rivers best bet'
  • TREC-STEP plans to implement UNDP skill project
  • Cradle Baby Centre receives 600th baby
  • NITT develops energy-efficient furnace for manufacture of glass bangles
  • Case for Human Rights Courts
  • A presidential visit
  • Donning a smoky shroud
  • Mettur level
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Move to improve drinking water supply in Nellai
  • Action sought against SHG leader

    • Tuticorin

  • Pandemonium at Tuticorin Municipal Council meeting

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Forest Department's action plan to preserve grasslands in the Nilgiris
  • `Women put family on the road to progress'
  • Loans to 600 self-help groups

    • Udupi

  • Dharna against power project
  • Govt. alone cannot achieve progress in education: VC
  • `Explosives were powerful'

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • U.P. Govt.-power board staff talks end in stalemate

    • Vellore

  • DMK zonal meet to be held at Perumugai

    • Vijayawada

  • `Childline' service to cover entire Krishna district
  • Traffic police favour shifting of island near control room
  • Driving course for unemployed graduates
  • Focus on rural areas, NGOs told
  • CPI to stage 50-hour hunger strike
  • Last date extended
  • BJP appeal on ration cards
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Neera comes to rescue of toddy-tappers
  • Water crisis as reservoirs dry up
  • BHPV board to discuss revival plan today
  • Helping polio patients
  • Club claims ownership of land
  • I've got the power
  • Naxal surrenders
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • A shot at bringing forest back to life
  • Gang dealing in illegal arms busted
  • DCC threatens to sue Kadiam

    • Weather

  • Weather

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