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Alappuzha

  • Plea to complete expansion works
  • NAAC recognition

    Anantapur

  • YSR for Anantapur on June 20

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Bill for Council revival to be introduced
  • Greenpeace launches `right to know' campaign
  • Farmer ends life in MRO office
  • TRS, Congress talks hit a snag
  • RS nominees set to be elected unopposed
  • Junior doctors threaten to stall counselling
  • Naidu alleges raw deal to TDLP
  • City Police Commissioner transfers 38 inspectors
  • First bio-diesel plant to come up near Kakinada
  • Immediate debt relief for farmers sought
  • TDP sticks to its demand
  • CPI(M) reiterates opposition to Telangana
  • Tiff over a glass of tea leads to murder
  • GO issued on anomalies panel recommendations
  • Registrar's appointment hailed
  • IASE clarifies
  • Reward for West Zone Task Force
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Three pilgrims injured in road mishap

    Archery

  • Indian men's team finishes fifth

    Athletics

  • Manickavasagam wins 100m

    Bangalore

  • Rajajinagar underpass to be ready by August
  • Software engineer assaulted, robbed
  • EWS flat evacuees forced to pay for water
  • Mayor orders renovation of Jogupalya school
  • Pirated CDs seized
  • Navrang cinema raided, `Girlfriend' reels seized
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    Basketball

  • SJIHS, Vidyashilp post wins
  • Narrow win for Rising Star

    Bidar

  • Election to standing committees of Bidar ZP inevitable

    Bijapur

  • Committee to contest tax collection

    Billiards & Snooker

  • India not to take Pakistan lightly

    Briefly

  • Motilal Oswal Securities starts outlet
  • Wage hike for hosiery workers
  • Jewellery loan scheme from Indian Bank
  • Conference on product life-cycle management
  • Boston Acoustics launches India operations
  • New feature from Idea Cellular
  • Airtel announces 2-in-1 service
  • CCI to set up factory in Cachar
  • Award for Bharti Tele-Ventures
  • Southern Online Bio pact with ICRISAT
  • Bajaj Auto launches CT 100
  • Union Bank's new scheme
  • KSHB ties up with SBI Life
  • SIB goes live with RTGS
  • Air Sahara plans Kochi-Colombo flight

    Business

  • Rising input costs hit steel, cement units
  • Government hints at policies to boost GDP growth
  • EIL, Bharti and Changi to bid for development of airports
  • ICMF seeks level playing field
  • Rupee records further losses
  • Kerala Government signs MoU with IL&FS
  • Stocks recover smartly, Sensex up 51 points
  • Nokia GSM equipment for Hutchison
  • Ramco Industries pays 75 p.c. final
  • Sterlite keen to buy balance stake in Balco
  • S. K. Munjal, new President of CII
  • Free market regime for motor insurance favoured

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon
  • Cartoon - II

    Chennai

  • Woman murdered, jewels stolen
  • Steps on to make policemen public-friendly
  • Guideline value, a handicap to property sellers
  • Order immediate release of water: Jayalalithaa
  • Aavin free milk offer
  • When policemen failed to identify chief
  • Tree branch falls on track, EMU traffic hit
  • High Court stays vacant site tax
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Setback for Meenakshi, Deshmukh and Gokhale

    Coimbatore

  • Consultants to be finalised soon for Sethusamudram project
  • Downgrading of town panchayats opposed
  • Students hit by textbook shortage
  • BSNL launches new plans
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • No permission for U.S. trip: BCCI
  • I am working on a magic ball: Harbhajan Singh
  • Camp shifted to Chennai
  • There is room for improvement, says Sandy Gordon
  • Easy win for Aruna Sports CC
  • Easy win for West Indies
  • Karuna in superb form
  • Nishant hits century
  • Siddharth hits century

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8013
  • Solution to puzzle No. 8012

    Cuddapah

  • `Government determined to help farmers'

    Dharmapuri

  • Acute water problem prevails in Ilakiampatti

    Dindigul

  • `Emulate Kodai FM's techniques'

    Editorials

  • DISSOLVING CAUVERY TENSIONS
  • A CONSTRUCTIVE STEP

    Erode

  • Dharna against capitation fee

    Football

  • Portugal heaves a sigh of relief
  • Swift Swedes set to take on staunch Italian defence
  • Eriksson moonlights as translator
  • Greece draws with Spain
  • Pricol wins
  • Madurai, Vellore in quarterfinals
  • Navbharat pips Income Tax
  • Vittal Trophy revived after 13 years

    Front Page

  • Gujarat issue will be discussed: Vajpayee
  • Ishrat was innocent, say friends
  • Release water to Tamil Nadu, Manmohan appeals to Karnataka
  • 35 killed in Iraq blast
  • IA blamed
  • AI passenger held
  • Suicide bid by protesters
  • Pilot engines on Konkan Rly.
  • Benazir aide shot dead
  • England wins

    Golf

  • Gay in lead

    Gulbarga

  • Govt college shows that commitment is the key
  • Samiti reiterates demand for amending Article 371
  • AIDYO wants more counters to sell stamp paper

    Guntur

  • V-G-T circular trains soon
  • Loans for ryots by July 15 urged
  • Farmer dies

    Hassan

  • Campaign heats up in Hassan for Council polls

    Hyderabad

  • City students' model could have averted Matsyagandha tragedy?
  • Transco's "monsoon massacre" begins
  • MCH Commissioner rejects Majlis proposal
  • Members seek resolution on slaughterhouses
  • Power shutdown in several areas
  • Poor maintenance of streetlights draw flak
  • Plea to stop transfer of Sanjeevaiah Park land
  • Penalty for ticketless travel increased
  • Babukhan Trust gesture
  • Gorakhpur Express rescheduled
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • "China's rise not a threat to other countries"
  • Indo-U.S. ties have come a long way: U.S.
  • India, world leader in e-cinema
  • Great-grandchildren of NTR will be in father's custody: U.S. court

    International

  • IRAQ: 35 die, many injured in blast
  • Pakistan to get new benefits
  • 9/11 panel findings a blow to Bush
  • Shanghai Group alarmed by Afghan violence
  • Murder rocks Karachi
  • Nuclear missile code `was eight zeros'
  • Islanders' return blocked
  • Protesters cut power to Elysee
  • Crimes on the rise among Asians in Britain
  • Sri Lanka calls for flexibility to revive peace talks
  • AIDS has hit my family: Mugabe

    Kancheepuram

  • Malaysia for youth interaction programmes with TN

    Karnataka

  • Cauvery water released to Tamil Nadu
  • Silk to be branded for assurance of quality
  • Opposition vows to continue dharna
  • Medical, dental seat matrixes unveiled
  • Sindhia promises stable governance
  • Council proceedings also affected
  • Ugrappa sees emergency as an antidote for scams
  • Workshop on medicinal plants from today
  • Malpractice: Colleges directed not to discharge students
  • Goa evictions: State asks Centre to act
  • No respite from rains in Kodagu district
  • Industries offered help to control pollution
  • B.C. Angadi dead
  • 16 medical, dental colleges left out
  • Seminar on rural-urban divide
  • Latecomers to offices warned of action
  • TMC approves Rs. 3 lakh surplus budget
  • Hotelier escapes from kidnappers
  • Special train from Chennai to Bangalore
  • Krishna Govt. blamed for grain scam
  • Vatal pedals to register protest
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • BSNL to release 1.8 lakh SIM cards in July
  • The last journey of four friends
  • Training programme for CAMPCO staff
  • Samithi members threaten to go on indefinite fast
  • Retired staff to maintain park at Bhadravati

    Kerala

  • Protest against fuel price hike
  • Surge in natural rubber prices
  • Bar on campus recruitment
  • Rampant abuse of allopathic drugs
  • Karunakaran regrouping his faction
  • Rubber meet opens on a promising note
  • Kochi Mayor to move Supreme Court against Ombudsman
  • CPI to demand review of pricing policy for fuels
  • Managements demand fee hike for merit seats
  • Thomas panel calls the exam a farce
  • Reshuffle in police top brass
  • `Promote private sector in mineral sand projects'
  • Rs. 200-cr. tourism projects under way
  • State Congress leaders in Delhi for talks
  • `Forged seals': 66 air passengers off-loaded
  • Trains rescheduled
  • Metropolitan passes away
  • Additional IA flights
  • Elevated as archdiocese
  • No intention to tarnish Murali's image: Sarat
  • Committee to study trawling ban
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Rs. 3.5-crore drinking water project for Kalady

    Kochi

  • Law student commits suicide
  • Integrated coastal zone management for Kochi likely
  • Corruption alleged in sanction of B.Ed. colleges
  • Attack on Biju Menon condemned
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • UDF plans no-trust motion against Mayor; LDF in a fix

    Kozhikode

  • Protest

    Kurnool

  • Drinking water scheme on the anvil
  • Bus passengers robbed
  • Review meet held on bio-diesel plantation
  • Turbo tractor launched

    Leader Page Articles

  • The track to success
  • The urge to modernise West Asia

    Letters to the Editor

  • Train accident
  • Petrol price hike
  • RAW in crisis
  • Culture police?
  • Kick the habit

    Madikeri

  • Official clarifies on tree rights
  • Govt. urged to nominate apolitical candidates to academy

    Madurai

  • Plan to promote Madurai as tourist-friendly destination
  • Power shutdown
  • WB team visits govt. hospital
  • Varsity to introduce `earn-while-you-learn' scheme soon
  • Question paper leak issue to figure at Syndicate meet
  • 58 bank employees pledge to donate eyes
  • Sanitary workers stage dharna
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Poor traffic management makes highways dreaded
  • CET toppers narrate a tale of grit and determination
  • Centre's help sought to expedite work on airport expansion
  • 16 hoblis to come under crop insurance scheme
  • Tulu plays on Sunday
  • MESCOM staff respond to crisis

    Mysore

  • `Vivekananda tried to bring in change through spiritual renaissance'

    Nagapattinam

  • Villagers receive telegrams by post
  • Undertrial causes flutter in court

    Nagercoil

  • Normal life hit as rain lashes Nagercoil

    National

  • B. Datta, new Additional Solicitor General
  • Bureaucrats kill critical intelligence reforms
  • India, Pakistan may discuss nuclear CBMs
  • CBI probe sought into `police encounter'
  • Tight security in Ahmedabad
  • Centre plans dialogue for investment growth
  • Alleged Lashkar terrorist visited father in Kerala
  • Cabinet panel apprised of Cauvery dispute
  • `Aircraft snag' prevents RS nominee from filing papers
  • Indo-EU round table to focus on tourism
  • Three file papers in Orissa
  • Patil ready to `reward' moderate J&K leaders
  • Bagdoria files nomination
  • Centre ready to talk to any group: Vohra
  • Arrangements in place for exposition of holy relics
  • Waghela for judicial probe into Godhra riots
  • Train services resume on Konkan Railway
  • No problem with Saras, says CSIR chief
  • Left unhappy over Montek appointment
  • No compromise on preconditions for talks, says ULFA leader
  • Nominated to NCERT panel
  • HAL may build components for Sukhoi-Boeing venture
  • Weaving a web of rumours
  • BJP will oppose moves to undo changes in education system: Murli Manohar Joshi
  • Congress fields Qureshi from Madhya Pradesh
  • Congress gearing for Assembly polls
  • Budget session from July 5
  • Stage set for Puri car festival
  • Environment Minister for reducing clearance time
  • Sharad Yadav files papers
  • Government asked to explain detention of Dubai-based businessman

    Nellore

  • Government hospital to be upgraded: Minister
  • Narayana students excel in IIT entrance
  • NABARD team visits areas under drip facility

    New Delhi

  • Kendriya Bhandar weekly rates
  • Capping of house tax under Unit Area Method ruled out
  • Lift ban on recruitment: DYFI
  • Furniture trader duped in the name of medical college
  • MCD school kids to get biryani, rajma in mid-day meal
  • Provide better services, Azad tells DDA
  • DDU hospital draws flak over medical waste
  • Delhi BJP to raise water, power issues in by-polls
  • Alarming drop in groundwater level
  • Mukhi seeks action over `power scam'
  • Arrested for attempted murder
  • Stick to quota, schools told
  • BSES puts out warning against touts
  • Neighbours fight over trivial issue
  • L-G inspects passing-out parade
  • Violence against women all pervasive
  • Mobile libraries: Catering to the rural areas
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    News Analysis

  • Politics and Rajya Sabha nominations

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Perambalur

  • Grant loans for agro-based industries, banks told
  • A teacher's miscalculation

    Pondicherry

  • Computers for elementary school children
  • Valsaraj orders probe into complaint against hospital
  • Protests, agitations order of the day

    Punjab

  • Akalis attempt to corner Government in House
  • Congress fields Bhinder for Rajya Sabha

    Racing : Motor

  • Karting caravan rolls into Delhi
  • LSM: Indian leg from today
  • Seems like old times: McRae

    Rajasthan

  • Rs. 1.30 lakh mooted as interim fee for medical college

    Religion

  • Glory of the Gita

    Rowing

  • Inter-school regatta from June 21

    Salem

  • Four held, jewels recovered

    Shimoga

  • Sangamesh's `homecoming' likely to help Congress

    Shooting

  • Dismal show by India

    Sports : General

  • No change in IMGB's plans
  • KOA delegation meets CM
  • Cash-strapped Greece calls off Olympic monument project
  • Raju's advice to youngsters

    Table Tennis

  • No sweat for Somnath

    Tamil Nadu

  • Consortium admissions only on the basis of CET
  • 'Flood flows' being discharged from Kabini
  • Toppers keep their ranks in second valuation too
  • Rameshram Mishra, new Industries Secretary
  • Will DMK quit govt. in protest, asks Jayalalithaa
  • Will resignations bring water, asks Ramadoss
  • `Pressure groups must ensure State's commitment to child rights'
  • `Cauvery family not against securing water for kuruvai'
  • Job-oriented courses
  • Collectors on compulsory wait given postings
  • A guiding star
  • A college with a difference
  • Providing quality and job-oriented education
  • Students from std. I-V won't be detained
  • Sudarsan Nachiappan files papers
  • Hitech education with high values
  • Language of this world
  • `Take action against employees for deletions'
  • ENGAGEMENTS
  • Centre urged to withdraw excise duty on hank yarn
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Power shutdown
  • Night patrolling intensified in Virudhunagar dt.
  • Manapparai coop records increase in milk procurement

    Tennis

  • Gurmeet wins battle of Kaurs
  • Vishaal stuns Sunil Kumar
  • Mauresmo enters semifinals
  • Rishika in last eight
  • Sweta stuns Shalini

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Special status for Veli-Poovar belt
  • C-DIT aims at turning major service provider
  • Call to preserve Halcyon Castle as a monument
  • Power failure disrupts water supply for hours
  • Spirit seized, one held
  • B.K. Upadhyay is new police commissioner
  • Held on charge of abducting girl
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated June 18, 1954: Recognition of parties
  • dated June 18, 1954: Stateless persons
  • dated June 18, 1954: Khrushchev's claim

    Thrissur

  • Rs. 6.32 crores for sanitation work
  • Women's film workshop begins
  • Protest against cremation in revenue land

    Tiruchi

  • Varsity to offer integrated PG courses through autonomous schools
  • Pedestrian subway sought across level-crossing on Thennur High Road
  • Plea to make Prison Adalat full-fledged
  • Power shutdown
  • Stress on children's education
  • Govt. urged to make Tamil a compulsory subject
  • Awards instituted for Tiruchi dt. artistes
  • Building plan approvals granted
  • Mettur level
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Compensation sought for alleged police torture victim
  • Preparations for expo in Nellai inspected
  • Milk packets sans date, batch number seized

    Tirupati

  • Cash crunch hits SVU

    Uttar Pradesh

  • Bachchans own 13 cars, Anil Ambani none
  • `Vigorous' monsoon lashes eastern Uttar Pradesh

    Vijayawada

  • Government's decision disappoints hoteliers
  • Nalanda students shine in IIT exam
  • CPI(M) for review of power sector reforms
  • Around the City

    Visakhapatnam

  • Diesel hike hits fishing sector hard
  • Corporate colleges grab top ranks in IIT-JEE
  • Paswan's nod sought for VSP expansion
  • A mega show literally
  • Driver killed in road mishap
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Weather

  • Weather

    World View

  • First win for Afghanistan
  • Padukone supports BAI's move
  • Navratilova accepts Wimbledon wild card

    Wrestling

  • 7 Indians for Olympics

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