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  • UDF workers block traffic on NH 47

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • A.P. encounter: relatives' long wait for naxal bodies
  • `Custodial death' of financier in Hyderabad
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Novel teaching tool for rural students
  • Panchayat polls: Lambadas take leaders to task
  • Farmers asked to raise income-yielding crops
  • Bank staff stage dharna
  • Farmers told not to panic over prolonged dry spell
  • Four held on burglary charge
  • Land pattas distributed to tribals
  • Nothing petty about this pet
  • Protest by bank employees

    • Bangalore

  • Banks urged to assist indebted farmers
  • Crops on 3.91 lakh hectares of land affected in State
  • `Gram Swaraj' project to be launched in January
  • Talks only after lawyers end strike, says Chief Justice
  • `Grama Sarkara': this wallpaper is meant for reading
  • Inquiry to look into bribery charge as well
  • Media blamed for not presenting full picture of mining controversy
  • Police ask cyber cafe owners to follow rules
  • Medicine shortage in hospitals expected to ease by August
  • Dharwad lawyers' strike termed unfortunate
  • Defence civilian employees stage dharna
  • `Comprehensive literary work on Rajkumar needed'
  • Auto, taxi drivers to be `cultural ambassadors'
  • Clinic for adolescents to be set up
  • Dharna against KPTCL order axing 3,500 jobs
  • `Bring in legislation to protect Kannada medium of instruction in schools'
  • Kumaraswamy's resignation sought
  • IT staff not to act on returns collected at post offices
  • KDA to seek details on employment of Kannadigas
  • A different sort of prayer for Prince of Haryana
  • Power supply to be affected in several areas today
  • AIDSO opposes inclusion of education in GATS
  • IT returns can be filed at post offices
  • BMP to review lease rates
  • Chief Justice's assurance to KSBC chief
  • U.S. students on study tour
  • Two women relieved of gold chains
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Basketball

  • Inter-school meet from today

    • Bellary

  • 6.08 lakh children covered under vaccination drive

    • Bidar

  • MLAs unhappy with decision to transfer schemes
  • Plan to promote fisheries

    • Bijapur

  • Bijapur students stage protest against WTO agreement

    • Briefly

  • ASEAN suspends trade talks with India
  • BP, Infosys to co-chair panel on global business
  • Qualcomm not to negotiate royalties
  • OBC upgrades extension counter
  • ERP software for spinning mills
  • N. Gopalakrishnan assumes charge
  • Wipro, Motorola form venture
  • Tayal group bags Rs. 570-cr. power projects
  • Mastek pays 70 per cent final
  • IOB signs MoU with C.R.I. Pumps
  • Satyam partners GigaSpaces
  • Prajay raises $60 m through FCCBs
  • Airtel introduces toll free call service facility
  • Enzen Global, Zensar Technologies forge alliance
  • Wipro, Motorola form venture

    • Business

  • RBI hikes short-term rates
  • New priority sector lending norms soon
  • Inflation will be checked: FM
  • Sensex gains further on anti-inflationary policy
  • Four companies jointly launch Visual Radio
  • Walt Disney buys out UTV's Hungama
  • Tata-Fiat JV to make cars
  • Rupee rebounds against $
  • Eastern Condiments to introduce new products
  • Kochi to host Build Expo 2006
  • Steps to speed up land acquisition for Technopark expansion
  • `Allow FACT to import urea'
  • 3i opens development centre
  • BoB celebrates Foundation Day

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chattisgarh

  • Congress responsible for spread of terrorism: Rajnath

    • Chennai

  • Sri Lankan team on study visit to Alandur municipality
  • City police interact with IT companies
  • Perambalur district to be bifurcated again
  • Experts' panel to examine textbooks
  • Despite stringent laws, piracy still thrives
  • New passenger concourse at Kamaraj Airport
  • Orphaned elephant calf finding its feet in Vandalur zoo
  • Court orders demolition of illegal structure
  • Campaign for child sponsors
  • Ambattur industrial estate in tie-up with Gedee Weiler
  • Police patrol nabs notorious thief
  • Seats for students who passed in second attempt
  • Fire in petrol bunk put out in short order
  • Diabetes foundation to collaborate with ICMR
  • PeTA flays manner of transporting cattle
  • Chennai-Bangalore highway to go green
  • Buy them at your own peril
  • Advocates urged to end agitation
  • CSC announces merit scholarships for 2006
  • Two classrooms opened in Government school
  • Chettinad Fine Arts inaugurated
  • "Time to assess fashion industry's potential"
  • Officials hail setting up of police commission
  • Package to create tourist-friendly environment
  • Kelambakkam school students witness mock fire drill
  • Melody queens to perform together on July 30
  • Against soft drinks
  • Showers bring relief
  • Free coaching
  • 300 bags of PDS rice seized
  • Business class motel opens
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Second IM norm for Gopal
  • Neelotpal, Aarthie share second place
  • Sethuraman, Tania begin well

    • Coimbatore

  • When in distress take counsel
  • When driving becomes a chore
  • Regularisation scheme, a boon for layouts: DMK
  • DMK hails regularisation scheme for layouts
  • Textile body plans vision document
  • A cycle expedition to inspire youth
  • Competitions for students
  • Airtel launches fixed wireless phone service
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Ganguly fails, Kumble shines
  • All-round show by Akash Gowda
  • India fourth in Test rankings
  • Glenn McGrath to plot comeback
  • Rahul Dravid launches the `Magic Green Slim'
  • Hyderabad registers win
  • Plunkett ruled out of next two Tests
  • Anantapur to host Subbiah Pillai Trophy
  • Inter-district cricket

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8665
  • Solution to Puzzle 8664

    • Cuddalore

  • Nine-year-old girl found dead
  • Probe into removal of lamp from Vallalar's `Sithivalagam'
  • Erratic water supply, public taps closure draw flak
  • Bank staff stage dharna

    • Dharmapuri

  • Awareness rally on female infanticide taken out
  • Annual Credit Plan projected at Rs. 455 crore for Dharmapuri

    • Dindigul

  • Liberal cooperative law need of the hour: septuagenarian
  • Efforts on to ease traffic congestion

    • Editorials

  • Continuing worry over inflation
  • Even Tigers can cry

    • Eluru

  • Staff stir not to hit filing of returns: I-T official

    • Erode

  • `All dormant PACBs in the district will be revived'
  • Sale of PDS rice down

    • Football

  • Gerrard puts England ambitions on hold

    • Front Page

  • Patil: POTA is no answer
  • `Mole' was a civil servant: Jaswant
  • Jaswant should apologise to nation: Jethmalani
  • Removal of Meghalaya Chief Minister sought
  • India blames U.S. for failure of WTO talks
  • Back from Lebanon, but worried about future
  • Centre to raise charges afresh
  • Players to train at an undisclosed location
  • RBI hikes short-term rates
  • Nuclear terrorism: India signs convention
  • Last-minute bid to stall India-U.S. nuclear agreement
  • New regularisation scheme announced for unapproved layouts
  • Nursing students accommodated in 3 colleges
  • Moon, Tharoor top contenders
  • Digital guide maps of Chennai coming
  • Digitised inventory of bio-resources is here
  • Relatives' long wait for naxal bodies
  • Custodial death of financier alleged
  • Handloom cluster scheme a boon to weavers
  • `It is a conspiracy against my family'
  • Another bomb hoax in Bangalore
  • Kodiyeri seeks report on Tantri issue
  • High Court says interim order is applicable to medical colleges also
  • No details sought on `Tunda'
  • Blasts: two more held
  • 3.5 lakh people to benetfit from `Pudu Vazhvu'
  • Prince leaves hospital
  • Artificial reefs planned along coast
  • SHOs to be held responsible for custodial deaths

    • Globescan

  • Deadlock at Kosovo meet
  • Stranded sailors rescued
  • China prepares for storm

    • Golf

  • Anirban shares lead

    • Gulbarga

  • Ministers with criminal backgrounds should be dropped, says CPI (M)
  • Bank staff stage dharna, call for withdrawal of RBI circular
  • Independent agencies to review work in projects

    • Guntur

  • Fire victims left out in the cold
  • Striking a chord with prisoners
  • Yet another train via New Guntur soon
  • Yoga sessions for girls
  • Miraculous escape for schoolboy
  • Logistics Post launch today
  • Teachers urged to hone skills

    • Hassan

  • Coconut growers in Hassan concerned over fall in prices
  • Water to be released from Vatehole reservoir

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Govt. sanctions new posts
  • New police chief

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • `Adopt new teaching methods'
  • Lawyers court arrest, not to end agitation
  • Shettar seeks report on status of roads
  • Bank employees go on token strike
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Hyderabad

  • Work on Phase II of Krishna water project in final stage
  • Confusion at Christian colleges' counselling
  • Telugu Desam Party seeks immediate cap on prices
  • YSR insists on quality in irrigation projects
  • Nallamala encounter: DGP hits out at rights activists
  • Numismatic gallery soon at State Museum
  • I-T counters to be open on July 29, 30
  • Prisons Department plans video conferencing
  • Expressway: panel to shortlist bidders
  • New `Aaramb' on agrarian crisis
  • MCH seeks people's cooperation
  • Post-mortem of slain naxals at Guntur
  • Land allotment: BJP seeks all-party meet
  • ICET admissions rescheduled
  • 20 persons hurt in group clash
  • Chilkur panel to meet devotees on July 27
  • Fire accident in Golconda Hotel
  • Inter-school, college competitions from Aug 6
  • Cameras to monitor traffic at Hi-tec City
  • Rythu bazaars to sell GCC tamarind
  • State asked to hold meeting with Ganesh Utsav Samiti
  • Heavy rain lashes city
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Vested interests to blame: PoK Prime Minister
  • Pakistan to push for Kashmir settlement
  • Mother-in-law told to pay damages
  • Moon, Tharoor top contenders

    • International

  • Sri Lanka decision on bank accounts stirs a row
  • Syria welcomes Lebanese refugees
  • Pitched battle for key town
  • ASEAN meet deplores Israel
  • ARF meet to focus on security issues
  • Possible lakes on Saturn moon
  • Where focus is everything
  • Reaching out to the sinners
  • America "knows" Pakistan's plans
  • Saudi King warns of regional war
  • 2.5 million Afghans facing food shortage

    • Kancheepuram

  • Teacher transfer counselling sparks tension

    • Kannur

  • Government adopting double standard on Adivasi land issue: Kodikunnil Suresh

    • Karimnagar

  • Delay alleged in payment of claim by insurance company

    • Karnataka

  • It is a conspiracy against my family: Deve Gowda
  • Another bomb hoax, police on tenterhooks
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Work on water diversion project may begin on October 2
  • `Minorities should join national mainstream'
  • Conservation brings prosperity to Kodagu farmer
  • Shift focus of development to rural areas: Heggade
  • DCC bank to lend more to SHGs
  • Big starfish found in Gokarna

    • Kerala

  • "Interim order applicable to medical colleges also"
  • Kerala Minister seeks report on Tantri issue
  • Macta federation to produce films
  • Birds abandoning Mangalavanam
  • Excise, police to conduct joint drives
  • Handicrafts on show
  • Helplines for Lakshadweep students
  • Meet frames protocol for snakebite treatment
  • CIAL plans IT park near airport
  • Trade unions seek early reopening of smelter unit
  • Film chambers demand action against video piracy
  • Greens petition Achuthanandan
  • Chief Minister to open renovated Collectorate
  • `Church not for confrontation'
  • Macta Federation to produce film
  • Bank employees stage dharna
  • IAP to hold programmes on child welfare
  • Number of rat fever cases goes up
  • Call to strengthen Left parties
  • Workshop on coir export
  • Award for Hormis Tharakan
  • `Lakshadweep not a haven for terrorists'
  • Call to file tax returns fast
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Lebanon evacuees land at Karipur
  • Film on Suraiyya screened

    • Kochi

  • Nursing students seek a better deal
  • Probe on into finding of burnt bodies in canals
  • Anti-power theft squads hold raids
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Two killed, one injured in accident at Kollam
  • Booklet for road-users

    • Kozhikode

  • SFI activists lay siege to MES office
  • Chief Minister's intervention sought
  • Plea to conserve wetlands
  • Theatre festival in memory of P.M. Taj

    • Kurnool

  • Kurnool in the grip of water crisis

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Varanasi in the time of terror

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Operation Prince
  • Shocking
  • Office of Profit Bill

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Madhya Pradesh Assembly adjourned amid uproar

    • Madikeri

  • Minister's reply dashes hopes of landholders over tree rights

    • Madurai

  • IT department moves Madurai Bench
  • Steps to start third Kendriya Vidyalaya
  • A record celebration with `regular functions'
  • Advocates stage demo, resort to road blockade
  • Nine channels to be desilted
  • A study in support of the disabled
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Companies keen on investing in Mangalore SEZ
  • Acute water shortage in Dakshina Kannada
  • Demand for Central legislation on education
  • Unbearable heat
  • Local fishermen undertake study tour of facilities in Malaysia
  • Protest against attack on minorities
  • Seven held for ransacking hotel
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Infosys to celebrate silver jubilee on July 30
  • Guideline value for land increased in Mysore city
  • Steps taken to close borewells left open
  • Children demand setting up of school in Ekalavya Nagar
  • Chief Minister to offer `bagina' to Kapila, Cauvery
  • Income Tax Department employees stage dharna
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nagapattinam

  • Exclusive rehabilitation centres for the mentally challenged to be set up

    • Nagercoil

  • Fisherfolk urged to go for seaweed cultivation
  • Rotary Club plans career guidance programme
  • Boat capsizes

    • National

  • Mumbai blasts echo in Parliament
  • Manmohan to make statement on deal
  • Left parties, BJP stage walkout
  • Recognise us as government staff: anganwadi workers
  • Threat to U.S. Embassy: Iranian mission denies report
  • Ambanis differ again
  • Vajpayee "anguished"
  • Quit or challenge Jaswant, Congress tells Modi
  • 300 Indians to be evacuated today
  • Mumbai to mark anniversary of the deluge
  • Summons to Patna High Court Registrar-General
  • Sabharwal for shift system in courts to clear mounting arrears
  • `Visual radio' launched in India
  • Narendra Modi to visit Chennai on July 28
  • Accept JPC report on ST forest rights Bill, Government urged
  • LeT infiltration denied
  • Apollo Hospitals, Johns Hopkins tie-up
  • Immunisation drive against Japanese encephalitis
  • Digitised database on country's bio-resource
  • Trade resumes across Nathu La
  • Jet, Deccan sign pact

    • New Delhi

  • Maken promises relief for apartment owners
  • Capital reels under a severe power crisis
  • Anganwadi workers stage dharna
  • New traffic circulation plan for Connaught Place
  • A serious matter, says a concerned DPCC chief
  • Immunisation drive against Japanese encephalitis
  • Art for a worthy cause
  • Apollo Hospitals, Johns Hopkins tie up
  • Taking the Indian royal platter to newer heights
  • Man kills three daughters, commits suicide
  • BJP defeats Congress in MCD by-poll
  • Proposed bullet-proof wall at Ayodhya opposed
  • Jamia Millia limping back to normal
  • Caught in the rain
  • A glimpse of religious Russia
  • "Referendum against Congress misrule"
  • Yamuna all set to cross danger level
  • Preparing for the Frankfurt show
  • No deliberate delay: Central Information Commission
  • Centre justifies freeze on Delhi demolitions
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Can Mumbai take any more?
  • China greying too fast
  • Corrections and clarifications
  • Why the terrorist mind is closed to most authors
  • Top U.S. lawyers attack Bush's legal exceptions

    • Nizamabad

  • Contest on ORS preparation held
  • NRIs to help in establishing blood bank in Nizamabad
  • New building for Red Cross school

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • List of NHM beneficiaries sought
  • Eviction move triggers protest
  • Relatives run from pillar to post to receive bodies

    • Palakkad

  • Custodial death: UDF demands compensation
  • Two children die of dengue, viral fever

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Super specialty scheme at SGMH soon

    • Pondicherry

  • Printing press staff launch agitation
  • Power shutdown
  • DVAC files case against official

    • Punjab

  • Heavy downpour in Amritsar

    • Racing : Horse

  • Dama Grande and Sir Onslaught impress
  • Agha, Adam's Star excel
  • Flareon pleases
  • Heros Friend in fine nick

    • Rajasthan

  • Case Officer Scheme a success story in Rajasthan
  • Raje seeks early release of funds

    • Religion

  • The Uddhava Gita

    • Salem

  • Protest against RBI move to outsource banking services
  • `Compost yard will not affect soil and groundwater'
  • Rally to protect environment
  • Awareness rally taken out

    • Shimoga

  • No child should be out of school, says zilla panchayat CEO

    • Shooting

  • Cash award for Bindra
  • Navnath Farthate shoots gold

    • Sivaganga

  • Lok adalat

    • Sport

  • Players to train at an undisclosed location
  • CAB election process begins today
  • Navpreet Singh and women's relay team top the list

    • Sports : General

  • Shakeer in top form
  • Sri Lanka mauls India
  • Indian Airlines Sports Control Board trounces BSNL
  • India makes it to the top eight
  • Indira Nagar BC enters last four
  • Arun bags 400m freestyle gold
  • State to urge Centre to establish NIS in TN

    • Srikakulam

  • Polls: police wary of naxal retaliation

    • Tamil Nadu

  • ECE, CSE most sought-after courses
  • More people are now learning to use Right to Information Act
  • 10,000 houses for tsunami-hit families in two months
  • Dalits to urge government to retrieve land
  • Correction
  • IT return receipt counters
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Is extremism raising its head again in Tamil Nadu?
  • New hopes, new problems
  • I can hear now!
  • People hail restoration of Ariyalur district status
  • Rs.12.54 crore aid for 13 coastal villages
  • Poultry buildings continue to remain unutilised
  • Pattanam - Seerapalli water scheme to be completed soon
  • New sewerage getting ready in Komarapalayam
  • Water scheme to be completed soon
  • Rs.1,015-cr. ACP for Virudhunagar
  • SBI donates used computers
  • Campus interview on July 30
  • Two get life imprisonment
  • Rotary Club holds eye camp with Aravind Eye Hospital
  • Seminar

    • Tennis

  • Connors to coach Roddick
  • Winning start for Agassi

    • Thanjavur

  • Filing of income tax returns through post offices

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Non-compliance to medical prescriptions on the rise
  • `Segment traffic enforcement' scheme in capital, Kochi
  • Activity-oriented pedagogy for Plus Two classes
  • Record placements at College of Engineering
  • Custodial deaths: Chief Minister expresses concern
  • Child development project facing crisis
  • Birthday wishes for Prince
  • `Bring out Khalid Commission report'
  • C-Dit invites applications for Mainframe course
  • Head post offices to accept tax returns
  • Painting contest for students
  • Around the City

    • This Day That Age

  • dated July 26, 1956: Deshmukh explains
  • dated July 26, 1956: Memorial to Tilak

    • Thrissur

  • KAU to conduct memorial lecture
  • `TDB has no right to remove Tantri'
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • ``Chemistry crucial in mitigating sufferings of masses''
  • New facility at Goldenrock railway workshop to train overseas officials
  • Tiruchi Corporation to provide land for technology park
  • `Golden experience' for Senegal railway team
  • "Ma.Po.Si., an inseparable part of State's history"
  • On a clear path now
  • Leadership training for students
  • Powerful message
  • List of candidates for teacher posts
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • New sand quarry to be opened at Thonithurai
  • Commissionerate working on paperless environment

    • Tirupati

  • Free meal with Rs.50-darshan ticket
  • It is drought again in Chittoor district
  • Netizens can access millions of digitised works now

    • Tuticorin

  • Budget evokes mixed response

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Help police combat crime: SP
  • Give preference for local residents, demands AITUC
  • Check rise in price of construction materials: workers
  • Bus falls off road

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Kashmiri migrants to get more relief
  • IP law must to protect India's wealth: Experts
  • Number of poor in U.P. declines, says World Bank report
  • IIT students to boycott Sonia rally in Kanpur

    • Vijayawada

  • No lions, no excitement and no fun
  • Rain brings temporary relief to city
  • Special offer for schools at circus
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Scrap dealer's murder: eight held
  • A positive approach to help HIV-infected
  • Warding off the evil eye, again
  • ECoR union welcomes apex court directive
  • Gollapudi award for `Grahanam' director
  • Post offices to accept IT returns
  • Port workers stage protest
  • Workshop for BHPV, FACOR managers opened
  • ZPTC returns
  • No power supply
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Big trouble in the back court?

    • Weather

  • Weather

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