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  • Farmers told to unite against multinationals

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • CPI(M) meet begins in Hyderabad tomorrow
  • Three Maoists killed in encounter
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • CPI (M) warns Congress on water meters
  • Lac will make them lakhpatis
  • Dalits to get Rs. 5-lakh loan for industrial units
  • Anantapur needs special attention, says Chief Minister
  • Helmet sales up; fatal accidents remain high
  • Additional forces for panchayat polls: DGP
  • YSR to lay stone for Singur canal
  • New Joint Collector for East Godavari district
  • Join Congress, NTR's followers urged

    • Athletics

  • Junior Fed Cup from June 15

    • Bangalore

  • Office of Profit Bill tabled in Assembly amid criticism
  • No autopsy at Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital after sunset
  • Abuse of environment affecting poor: Kalam
  • High Court upholds acquisition of land for extension of layouts
  • 17 companies from U.K.to participate in biotech show
  • The Hindu EducationPlus to organise counselling sessions
  • Kalam tells biomedical scientists to participate in proteomics project
  • People in city unhappy with petrol price hike
  • How to `manage your boss'
  • Fuel price: H.K. Patil seeks reduction in sales tax
  • A dream job does not have to be a dream
  • NGO launches disaster management initiative
  • Two killed in accident on Airport Road
  • `Bangalore has benefited from IBM'
  • Dharna by Congress forces Assembly adjournment
  • Give priority to needs of citizens, BMP officials told
  • State Government reduces Mayor's discretionary quota fund by Rs. 15 cr.
  • Telgi's confession: court order conveyed to Magistrate
  • Skies to be cloudy for two more days
  • BDA to allot sites to revenue landowners
  • Kadri Shamma Award presented
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Young Cagers out of Asian meet
  • Reid promises more visits by NBA coaches

    • Belgaum

  • Nomination of MES members comes under criticism
  • MCI members differ on facilities for Belgaum medical college?

    • Briefly

  • Views on Cable TV Act amendments sought
  • Natco launches new drug
  • Damodaran is IOSCO panel Chairman
  • LG hikes refrigerator prices
  • U.K. clamps down on PSE wage costs
  • TimesofMoney launches e-Wallet
  • MCX and NYMEX forge licensing agreement
  • Ace Micromatic group's plans
  • IOB hikes interest rates on term deposits
  • Bharat Overseas Bank hikes deposit rates
  • TMB increases NRE, FCNR (B) rates
  • Railways bags IT implementation award

    • Business

  • IBM to invest $6 billion
  • Sensex plunges below 10000
  • India may scale down offer on services
  • Vision to boost leather exports three-fold
  • Panacea to commercialise IVRI tech
  • Tata Tea achieves record profit based on strong brand sales
  • Land size issue of Special Economic Zones resolved
  • Posco to employ 7,000
  • Rupee loses 14 paise

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • The DMK has its way
  • Fuel price hike: Jayalalithaa seeks reduction in Sales Tax
  • Decision on engineering admissions within a week
  • Poor performance, a result of delay in policy making
  • An eclectic mix of folk and mainstream music
  • Taxis, autos set to raise fares following fuel price hike
  • Nationwide study finds air quality worst in Perungudi dump yard
  • Law as a career gaining popularity
  • Rs.150 crore Central aid sought for tanneries
  • Quotas for OBCs `for first time since Independence'
  • 300 rounded up in late night police swoop
  • Residents allege poor water supply
  • Apollo Hospitals celebrates Nurses Day
  • Karunanidhi returns to Chennai
  • Stalin inspects Thaamaraikulam
  • DHL accomplishes a near impossible mission
  • SRM inks pact with U.S. firm
  • NGO role in ophthalmology stressed
  • Will DMK protest fuel price increase, asks Venkaiah Naidu
  • Businessman held for forging PAN cards
  • Anticipatory bail for 10 councillors
  • To improve indoor air quality
  • World Cup matches live
  • Rajasthani exposition
  • Police take preventive measures, several arrested
  • Congressmen make plans for Rahul's birthday
  • Book released
  • The Eikon Academy beckons students
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Recognition for Sundar, Dongre, Bharat

    • Coimbatore

  • Wasting the precious resource
  • Career guidance exhibition on
  • Canadian, U.S. citizens undergo surgery in Coimbatore hospital
  • Fuel cells might become dominant power source
  • Rain brings focus back on dengue
  • Students take out rally
  • Two arrested
  • Last date extended
  • Eye camp held
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • England delays naming ODI squad
  • Pathan makes rapid strides under Roberts's tutelage
  • Kumble can turn it India's way: Dhoni
  • Learnt a lot playing domestic cricket: Jaffer

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8623
  • Solution to Puzzle 8622

    • Dindigul

  • CITU men stage demonstration

    • Editorials

  • Jacking up oil prices
  • Not yet an e-leader

    • Eluru

  • TDP holds protest on`irregularities' in preparation of voter list

    • Erode

  • Orathupalayam: woes continue
  • Irregular cleaning irks vendors
  • New consultancy soon for sewage treatment plant
  • "I too have a dream"

    • Football

  • Brazil all set to begin final preparation
  • Chilly weather leaves players in discomfort
  • Trinidad tastes victory finally
  • Ghana upbeat
  • Hem Chand's WC diary
  • Mahindra retains most of the players

    • Front Page

  • Decision on oil price hike stands, says Murli Deora
  • Nationwide protests on June 13
  • Annual plan fixed at Rs. 12,000 crore
  • No hike in bus fare: Karunanidhi
  • Gayle, Chanderpaul take Windies towards safety
  • All about the Dhoni-Lara incident
  • Sensex plunges below 10000
  • Two-day police custody for Rahul Mahajan
  • Fanaa released in Gujarat amid security
  • Rahul bought, distributed and consumed drugs, says counsel
  • Mahajan's residence: no more grace period
  • Kalam for integrated approach to tackle cross-border terrorism
  • Boys sweep ranks in entrance tests
  • Now a brand new bond between Delhi and Lahore
  • Fuel price hike: protest in Kerala on June 9
  • Bomb hoax
  • Three Maoists killed in encounter
  • Bill passed again
  • Eight killed as autorickshaw collides with bus
  • Dissidents' demand
  • Hrishikesh Mukherjee critically ill
  • Explosive device found, defused on Amarnath route

    • Globescan

  • Volcano spews more lava

    • Golf

  • Randhawa, Jeev qualify for U.S. Open
  • Shaurya Singh cards the day's best

    • Gulbarga

  • Sewage used to grow vegetables
  • `Give ownership rights to slum dwellers'
  • KPTCL training centre students take out march

    • Guntur

  • Telugu Desam, Left parties in forefront of protests
  • State releases 25 per cent funds under ACDP
  • 23 new hostels for college girls in the State soon

    • Hassan

  • PDS shop owners seek better deal

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • SFI protests against PMT paper leak

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Daily wage earners threaten to go on indefinite strike
  • `Akshara Dasoha' workers stage dharna
  • Fire at HESCOM transmission centre

    • Hyderabad

  • Work on ring road project takes off
  • Election staff have a tough task on hand
  • Petro hike triggers protest
  • Panchayat polls: no hike in deposit amount
  • Genco to sign gas supply accord with Reliance
  • GOs issued to benefit State staff
  • More representation to State in MCI sought
  • SCR plans to set up hotel
  • Robbers strike at petrol pump
  • TDP to take to streets on fuel price rise
  • `Ganja supplier' to prisoners nabbed
  • 5 persons killed in accidents
  • CPI(M) meet begins tomorrow
  • Election official inspects DPL centres
  • RBI staff stage dharna
  • Poll notification by June 12
  • Ranga Foundation's plea to YSR
  • Lanco bags big project
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • U.S. puts India on Special Watch List
  • Plan to enhance maritime security
  • Arab cultural centre for Jamia Millia University
  • Indian in Lahore jail dies

    • International

  • Iran "positive" on nuclear offer
  • Operation in north-west not a hunt for Osama: Pakistan
  • Protests against U.S. in Ukraine
  • Five-power defence group widens agenda
  • Three Gorges: cofferdam demolition a success
  • SCO is not ``oriental NATO"
  • A tussle over the elephants
  • The high-rise hawks move on
  • Pentagon manual skirts Geneva norms

    • Kancheepuram

  • Efforts to revive streetlight improvement scheme: Stalin
  • Two killed as bike hits lorry

    • Kannur

  • Dispute over garbage disposal in Kannur ends
  • `Government creating division in police'
  • In Kannur Today

    • Karimnagar

  • Steps to be taken to curb accidents
  • No decision yet on poll tie-up: Narendra
  • Threats will not work, Gone tells Narendra

    • Karnataka

  • Kalam for integrated approach to tackle cross-border terrorism
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Plan to take up development work in Sringeri
  • `Conserve water for future generations'
  • Needs of Goa's industrial estates to be assessed
  • Concern over delay in ship salvage operations
  • Set up treatment plants, civic bodies urged
  • One of seven-member gang held in Davangere
  • Bodies of fishermen recovered

    • Kerala

  • Protest in Kerala on June 9
  • Shortage of NCERT books to hit CBSE schools
  • Screening works of young talents
  • Banks, NGOs taking initiatives in rural development
  • Periyar rehabilitation projects hanging fire
  • Perumbalam residents seek bridges to mainland
  • Trade unions seek better deal for security guards
  • Railways' delay holds up overbridge works
  • MCI to inspect medical college today
  • Spices export crosses $500 m mark for the first time
  • Indian deploys one more Dornier to Agatti
  • Protests mounting against fuel price hike
  • Designs for the future
  • Social themes stage a come-back in Malayalam
  • Charges mischievous: Ramachandran
  • Vypeen islanders' grouse
  • Deformities due to accidents on the rise
  • `Neglect of women led to UDF's defeat'
  • The `complaint box approach' to win people's confidence
  • Votary of communication skills
  • Deep rooted in the hearts of environmentalists
  • Representatives of shipping companies visit Puthuvype
  • Netting the city
  • Green repellent
  • Before the prices rise at the stroke of midnight
  • Women power at the helm of affairs
  • Brisk business
  • Protest against outsourcing jobs
  • Briefly

    • Khammam

  • Widespread protests against petrol price increase

    • Kochi

  • `Operation Monsoon' getting results: police
  • Cut tax on petrol, diesel: chamber
  • Entrance: two top ranks in district
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Boat owners to seek complete withdrawal of trawling ban
  • LDF Government has lost its sheen, says A.K. Antony
  • Ammonia at closed seafood unit in Chavara being neutralised
  • Commissioning of Pallikodi bridge in September
  • Withdraw petroleum price hike: BJYM
  • `Mani kinar a remnant of Chera kingdom'
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kottayam

  • Revoke petrol, diesel price hike: BMS

    • Kozhikode

  • Garbage clearance in city to resume today
  • AIIMS status: Government urged to review decision
  • Review of decision on AIIMS status sought
  • Chamber condemns increase in prices of petrol and diesel
  • Call for halts for more trains at Tikkodi

    • Kurnool

  • Petro price hike triggers widespread protests
  • Regional office sought to protect Wakf assets
  • New course to be introduced in SKU

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Will Prodi pull a rabbit out of the hat?

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Skewed priorities
  • Fuel price hike
  • President's powers
  • Inbuilt in Constitution
  • Reservation debate
  • Defies logic

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Homoeopath invents environment-friendly car
  • 100-year-old celebrates 78th wedding anniversary

    • Madikeri

  • Rain damage in Kodagu estimated at Rs. 60 lakh
  • 1,923 voters to exercise franchise in Kodagu

    • Madurai

  • Computer training centre opened for hearing impaired
  • BSNL to provide its three services `on demand'
  • Southern Railway plans ticketing through SMS
  • University extends last date
  • Naresh Gupta meets Collectors
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Port handles one lakh tonnes of cargo on new railway line
  • Varsity Syndicate approves BBM course in University College
  • Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank to open 15 branches
  • Monsoon timetable of Konkan Railway
  • BJP criticises increase in price of petroleum products
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Manipur

  • Tight security ahead of Martyrs' Day

    • Mysore

  • Left parties protest hike in fuel prices
  • Team seals three diagnostic centres in Nanjangud
  • Experts' make six recommendations to conserve heritage cities
  • A glimpse into the world of snakes
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • Good response to school enrolment campaign rally in tsunami-hit village

    • National

  • Oil price: BJP plans protest
  • Karat, Karunanidhi discuss politics, price increase
  • Trade unions flay oil price hike
  • BJP casts Vajpayee in grandfather's role
  • BJP's `Save Doda' campaign today
  • Agni-III launch in August or September
  • Mulayam fears raids against Amar Singh
  • Non-VVIPs may have to pay for their security cover
  • Natwar Singh sends legal notice to ED
  • ULFA wants peace process expedited
  • Left's agitation an `eye-wash': Mamata
  • Swamy flays hike in petrol, diesel prices
  • RJD, Left criticise NCP decision on Bajaj
  • Violations in job scheme: Brinda Karat
  • Kalam for World Knowledge Platform
  • J&K: gender discriminatory clause removed
  • Plane makes emergency landing
  • Rebels choose Lapang's ally
  • Togadia undergoes angioplasty
  • Jan Morcha Alliance

    • New Delhi

  • Fate of 18 Delhi MLAs hangs in balance
  • "Congress fails to care for common man as promised in its poll manifesto"
  • Rahul bought, distributed and consumed drugs: counsel
  • Haryana decision questioned by Congress MP
  • BJP to hit the streets in protest against increase in fuel prices
  • Some jolly good cheer on the environment front
  • Awarded for an innovative initiative to fight HIV/AIDS
  • CPI(M) describes hike as "unjustified and anti-people''
  • Panel patronised by Ram Babu sweeps power union polls
  • Railway employee arrested
  • NDMC drive to prevent mosquito breeding
  • 10,000 forms sold on fifth day
  • Prices set the drugs apart
  • Rahul could have used Fentanyl, also called synthetic heroin
  • Lull in monsoon likely after June 8
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • BJP in a state of siege
  • Legal cooperation across the Himalayas
  • Looking back at 9/11 unsentimentally
  • Corrections and clarifications
  • Resist this U.S. backlash

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Fire destroys two shops

    • Palakkad

  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Call to bring women to political mainstream
  • Drop MGP: NGO Union
  • World Environment Day observed

    • Perambalur

  • 22 schools record 100 per cent pass percentage

    • Pondicherry

  • Quota essential for social justice: DPI
  • Karunanidhi's announcement a relief to Government
  • PMC to go it alone
  • Performance of government schools needs to be toned up
  • Venkatasubba Reddiar remembered

    • Punjab

  • Operation Bluestar anniversary observed

    • Racing : Horse

  • It's Dilaawar vs. The Music Lover
  • Amazing Power, Democraticus please
  • Simply Special wins the Amaravathi Plate

    • Raichur

  • Three-day sports meet planned

    • Rajasthan

  • Shifting of villages from Sariska sanctuary begins
  • Bhoruka awards presented

    • Religion

  • Espouse Truth

    • Salem

  • Army recruitment begins
  • Career meet on Friday
  • Three get 10-year jail on charges of smuggling ganja
  • `Fill up vacancies in Revenue Department'
  • Grievances day meeting
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • `Marginal farmers should be aware of market trends'
  • `NCC helps in bringing out hidden talent in students'

    • Sivaganga

  • Increase forest cover, says Minister

    • Sport

  • Gayle, Chanderpaul take Windies towards safety
  • All about the Dhoni-Lara incident
  • Tension mounts as countdown begins
  • Can Sven-Goran Eriksson sign off in style?

    • Sports : General

  • Easy win for Faizan HS
  • KBA move to improve standard of game
  • MCH, SAAP win team titles

    • Srikakulam

  • Hardships ahead for people of the State, says Naidu

    • Table Tennis

  • Rishabh Sachdeva advances

    • Tamil Nadu

  • "Patel would have handled Kashmir issue differently"
  • PMC to go it alone in civic polls
  • Second phase of Pondicherry civic elections from June 27
  • Karaikal struggle group to launch agitation
  • Reliance announces new schemes in pre-paid category
  • Minister suggests plan to improve Yelagiri hills
  • Zoo's new attraction: a 25-kg baby hippo
  • Award for bulletin of Rotary Club of Madurai Mid Town
  • Not assistance, they want colour televisions
  • 540 star tortoise seized in airport
  • Their reunion `earned a reward' to the college
  • School's success strategy made him a State topper
  • A record donation with a vision
  • Schools provide them the top honour
  • "ACMEE 2006" will begin tomorrow
  • Rally to press for OBC reservation
  • IGNOU invites applications for MBA programme
  • AIADMK, MDMK and DPI alliance for civic polls
  • Five die as auto falls into well
  • Santhome school student tops Class X exam in Chennai
  • An improved performance by Corporation schools
  • Petroleum tax proceeds shrinking
  • Rally to press for OBC reservation
  • "Work relentlessly to restore Congress rule"
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Nallur - where there are no household water connections
  • Desperate sports fans turn to DTHs
  • Rare honour for topper
  • New rice scheme launched
  • 2 students die as gate falls on them
  • MP to lead all-party delegation to meet CM
  • Move over ice creams, conizzas are the in thing
  • 900 bags of PDS rice seized
  • Wage talks for hosiery workers on June 9
  • School gets ISO certification
  • Around the City

    • Tennis

  • Federer, Vaidisova make semifinals

    • Thanjavur

  • A `humane' approach to imparting education

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Facilities at foundling will be improved soon, says Minister
  • Rehabilitation of disabled infants cause for concern
  • `Sri Lankan Government is committed to upholding peace'
  • Eco-friendly garbage disposal unveiled
  • Protest against fuel price hike
  • Two arrested on murder charge
  • `iFly' to quicken customisation
  • District hospitals to be improved
  • Police vehicle detained
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated June 7, 1956: Stir over language issue
  • dated June 7, 1956: Premiership of Burma
  • dated June 7, 1956: President's stay in South

    • Thrissur

  • Medical Council team inspects medical college
  • Woman arrested on charge of murdering man
  • Body found
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Meeting addresses problems of children with multiple disability
  • Women panchayat presidents seek more powers
  • `Enrolment Week' begins
  • Women seek more power to panchayats
  • Vehicles involved in illicit sand mining seized
  • CEO explains modalities of preparing photo rolls
  • Golden `nite'
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Rs. 1 crore released for underground drainage project
  • 50 schools record cent per cent pass
  • Keys of houses for tsunami victims handed over

    • Tirupati

  • YSR lays stone for Handri-Neeva phase II
  • All seven SVU colleges given a free hand: V-C
  • Lord Govindaraja dons `Mohini Avataram'
  • In Tirupathi Today

    • Tuticorin

  • Minister inspects Government Hospital

    • Udupi

  • Diploma course in theatre studies

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Jan Morcha renamed
  • Traders' stir against new IT return forms

    • Vijayawada

  • An excise bonanza in district
  • TDP stages rally against petrol price increase
  • Pre-EAMCET workshop on Friday
  • Rs.48.5 crores invested on 69 lift irrigation schemes
  • Five minors among 13 held on trafficking charge
  • Closure of shops ordered
  • Two children drowned
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Habit-forming drugs: new form of abuse
  • CPI leader opposes petrol price hike
  • Protest against fuel price hike
  • Ox refuses to join TDP protest
  • Workshops for EAMCET students today
  • VUDA to auction plots, houses
  • Cattle turn out to be live roadblocks
  • VSP records turnover of Rs. 680 cr. in May
  • Free eye camp in Visakhapatnam
  • HZL cheque for rehabilitation of oustees
  • Woman injured in road accident
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Local body poll fever grips parties
  • 19 naxals surrender

    • Weather

  • Weather

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