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Alappuzha

  • `Implement trawling ban'

    Anantapur

  • Concern over attacks on TDP men
  • Staggered supply of seed planned
  • Forensic museum opened

    Andhra Pradesh

  • PW seeks `simultaneous ceasefire' for talks
  • CPI(M) cries halt to `harmful' reforms
  • No hike in fee for engineering courses
  • Rights panel continues probe into rape of tribal women
  • Minister orders reconstruction of Tirumala mandapam
  • YSR hints at another expansion of Cabinet
  • Ban on transfers lifted
  • Bal Bhavan screening camp for creative children on July 20
  • Plea to convert Wakf Board into commissionerate
  • Rig collapses during dismantling
  • Poverty forces couple to sell infant
  • TDP reiterates opposition to Somasekhara
  • Cops told to play fair
  • Plea for Balakrishna's custody rejected
  • Congress hits back at Naidu
  • Cop kills two sons, attempts suicide
  • 27 fishermen reach shores
  • BJP to rethink alliance with TDP
  • Ramachandraiah for Rajya Sabha again
  • Counselling likely from July 10
  • Two farmers commit suicide
  • `Decision on DA arrears of pensioners soon'
  • CPI for thorough review of PPAs
  • Briefly

    Athletics

  • India wins relay silver
  • Circuit meet today

    Badminton

  • Kashyap, Nehawal dominate

    Bangalore

  • All clear now for new Bangalore airport
  • A noteworthy effort for children's sake
  • A difficult time for asthma patients
  • Metro Bus project to come up in phases
  • Cases of tax evasion detected in two areas
  • Man crushed under tree branch at Lalbagh
  • Nursing seat racket busted
  • Water adalat
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    Belgaum

  • Official warns against malpractice in Council poll

    Billiards & Snooker

  • India-Pakistan series from tomorrow

    Briefly

  • Energy Trading buys Wellman
  • BankMuscat, Centurion Bank sign pact
  • DSL joins hands with Cicada
  • Surya.ecom pact with Bangalore firm
  • PNC ties up with Biotique
  • Airbee Wireless' plans
  • Dax Networks unveils new strategy
  • Shasun in pact with Eastman
  • Chamber for restructuring tax slabs
  • 100 p.c. dividend from J&K Bank
  • BPL Mobile's new facility
  • SSA Global completes Arzoon acquisition
  • Hitachi Data's new offering
  • New Director for Gati
  • Award for Nagarjuna Fertilizers
  • Interworld signs MoU with Bajaj Allianz
  • Vijaya Bank goes live with RTGS
  • Feroke Co-operative Bank net profit up
  • LKB revises FCNR deposit rates
  • Geojit to launch new service
  • Muthoot Finance to open more branches
  • LIC Housing's new office

    Business

  • External debt rises to $112 b
  • AI, IA likely to increase fares by 10 p.c.
  • Coal India hikes prices
  • Infosys, Wipro on top 100 IT companies' list
  • Stocks bounce back
  • Rupee extends losses
  • Import of sensitive items up
  • IBM opens Linux competency centre
  • Laptops pre-loaded with Linux getting popular
  • VSNL's bouquet of calling cards
  • Tata Power challenges MERC order
  • Singapore's paperless trading initiative
  • Yahoo fortifies free e-mail to counter Google's Gmail

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    Chennai

  • `Technology has made blood donation painless'
  • Land near Vandalur to be given to 3 municipalities
  • Vacation over, it's back to school
  • Gas agency asked to shift godowns
  • Trains from Tambaram to be diverted for gauge conversion
  • Taken for a ride
  • Jail adalat disposes of 50 cases
  • Protest against obscene ads
  • Woman kills son, commits suicide
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Rest of the World triumphs
  • Siddharth, Sivasankari win
  • Sriram has the last laugh

    Coimbatore

  • Breach in canal at Kurichi
  • Boy washed away in the Noyyal
  • Female elephant dies
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • The swashbuckler prefers the middle-order
  • Probables list: Afridi out, Shoaib in
  • Resounding win for Yankees
  • Nepal in quarterfinals
  • Five-wicket haul for Vishnuvardhan
  • Inter-zone junior women's meet
  • Hardik scalps six
  • Santhosh bats well
  • Pusa Youngsters in final

    Crossword

  • Solution to puzzle 8010
  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8011

    Cuddapah

  • Invited to meet in US

    Editorials

  • IDENTITY IN DISINVESTMENT
  • DISQUIET IN SILENT VALLEY

    Erode

  • Increase in milk arrival to Aavin
  • Directive on identity cards
  • 100 cusecs released

    Football

  • Larsson leads Swedish goal-glut
  • Mostovoi expelled for comments against team management
  • Goalkeepers save the day for Italy and Denmark
  • Zakir Hussain College enters final
  • Venu FC, Pricol SC post wins
  • Dindigul thrashes Thanjavur

    Front Page

  • Petrol, diesel costlier; kerosene untouched
  • Lashkar terrorists shot dead
  • Union Budget on July 8
  • Chiefs ignored penetration warnings
  • Ronen Sen envoy to U.S.
  • Infosys, Wipro on top
  • Ban on Indian vehicles

    Gulbarga

  • JD (S)- Congress may share power in Gulbarga Corporation
  • Corporation staff support contract labourers' agitation

    Guntur

  • New fuel prices

    Haryana

  • Demand to disqualify six Independents MLAs in Haryana

    Hassan

  • Funds released for midday meal scheme

    Himachal Pradesh

  • 13 killed as bus rolls down gorge
  • Himachal CM calls on Vajpayee

    Hockey

  • Jugraj out of Olympics
  • Delhi to host Indian leg opener
  • Vivek fighting cancer with grit

    Hyderabad

  • Unkind `cut' for road-users
  • NGO decries relaxation of ban in `bio-conservation zone'
  • Underworld links being probed
  • No power supply in some areas
  • Fuel prices in city
  • Campaign for empowerment of local bodies
  • Prime students shine
  • SCR legal staff undergo training
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • Indians hope they will not be attacked again

    International

  • Saddam handover in two weeks, says Allawi
  • British troops to face court martial for abuse
  • Court rejects change in U.S. oath
  • Russia conducts biggest war games
  • New round of N. Korea talks from June 23
  • The carbohydrate question
  • Voter apathy in new E.U. members
  • Digital tags for Vatican books
  • Former diplomats turn against Bush
  • Musharraf flies to Karachi, reviews security situation
  • The laughter equation
  • Asian girl loses case to attend school in veil
  • `A growing destination for sex tourists'

    Kancheepuram

  • 5 held, lottery tickets seized

    Karnataka

  • Centre clears changes to BIAL agreement
  • Six independent MLAs support Congress
  • Jalappa's son-in-law rescued
  • Rain unabated in Kodagu; several houses damaged
  • Govt. to move Supreme Court for lower fee
  • Appeals by dental colleges adjourned to Tuesday
  • Janata Dal (S) may name M.A.M. Ramaswamy for Rajya Sabha
  • Ashraya beneficiaries can now plan their houses
  • BJP opposes withdrawal of PDS slips
  • Dharam Singh seized of Bench issue
  • Recharging water table through defunct borewells
  • Is it secularism or casteism?
  • Transparency in life is dharma, says seer
  • Petrol to cost Rs. 41.87 a litre in Bangalore
  • Six independent MLAs associate with Congress
  • Three arrested for clash
  • Assembly pays tribute to M.G. Jartarghar
  • High Court stays KERC order
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • MP seeks heritage tag for west-flowing rivers
  • MLA asks officials to release water from TB Dam
  • Trouble brewing in Chitradurga Zilla Panchayat

    Kerala

  • Close down Coca-Cola plant: Medha Patkar
  • Joint panel to study revival of FACT
  • State demands curbs on imports
  • Health Secretary told to appear in court
  • Close down Coca-Cola plant: Medha Patkar
  • Readers' Mail
  • Anti-filariasis drug: Health Department not to review plan
  • Nothing wrong with electronic meters: KSEB
  • Majority of those overstaying in Qatar are Malayalis
  • Legal aid for Gulf Malayalis
  • 44 p.c. excess rain in State
  • Thankachan ready for any settlement
  • Nursing seat racket busted
  • Stir plan
  • Ready to lead KTDC: Padmaja
  • At Sabarimala today
  • New director

  • Kerala - Others

  • Heavy rain lashes Idukki

    Kochi

  • Unions set agenda for FACT revival
  • Four hurt in blast at firecracker unit
  • Construction: Cusat appoints sub-committee
  • Buses ply through South Kalamassery
  • CPI-ML protest against ADB loan
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • Living a nightmare at Kureepuzha
  • Tension at Shakthikulangara fishing harbour
  • KSRTC withdraws mail service schedules

    Kurnool

  • Agriculture action plan released

    Leader Page Articles

  • Human development in West Bengal
  • `Vaccine' against cocaine addiction

    Letters to the Editor

  • Vajpayee statement
  • Fall from grace
  • Timely
  • Cauvery dispute
  • For speedy justice
  • Intolerance
  • Dubey murder
  • Dual citizenship
  • Free fall
  • Revoke CAS
  • 'Remix' culture

    Madhya Pradesh

  • `New policy will herald revolution in M.P.'

    Madurai

  • NGOs told to generate jobs in rural areas
  • Intensive drive to enrol students in Madurai dt.
  • Plea to resume counselling for teachers' transfer
  • Three held
  • Life term for two
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Vanamahotsavas becoming a thing of the past
  • Academic Council approves change of rules pertaining to Ph.D.
  • Who is a professor?
  • `Megh Sandhya' in Mangalore tomorrow
  • Hawkers to be allotted space within central market
  • `BSNL improving its service'
  • Villagers stone town panchayat building

    Mysore

  • Quacks ply their trade with impunity
  • Works at Hongalli pumping station not completed
  • Funds for works in H.D. Kote taluk
  • KPTCL workers' death sparks tension

    Nagercoil

  • Aid for disabled to start self-employment

    National

  • Vajpayee, Advani must retire: Singhal
  • Let's take vows to serve humanity, says President
  • Gen. Malik seeks to put the record on Kargil straight
  • No question of isolating Vajpayee: Naqvi
  • Centre keeping an eye on Cauvery situation
  • Balram Jakhar tipped to be M.P. Governor
  • Congress to field Satish Sharma, Jairam Ramesh
  • Government compelled to hike oil prices: Congress
  • UPA must live up to people's expectations, say Left parties
  • Protests against screening of `Girlfriend' continue
  • Ready for talks if invitation comes from Centre: Geelani
  • Sopore MLA's brother gunned down
  • A season for talks
  • Tejpal wants cases against Tehelka withdrawn
  • PM to inaugurate meet on rural development
  • Nathu La Pass reopening deferred till next year
  • 20 Nepali girls rescued from circus
  • Anti-Enron activist dead
  • Minor fire at ISRO
  • Government detoxifying education: Arjun Singh
  • Held for possessing forged passport
  • De-mining operation over
  • Gustad's remand extended
  • CBI to challenge bail for stamp paper scam accused
  • Row over Kashmir PSC list intensifies
  • Vaishnodevi yatra slips to be issued online
  • Dialogue with ULFA in `third country'

    New Delhi

  • CAG questions transparency in power reforms
  • Report comes in support of snake charmers
  • `Rainwater harvesting can revive Delhi's water table'
  • Police clueless about child's death
  • Most wanted drug dealer arrested
  • BJP protests power tariff hike
  • Illegal construction by DDA in the Ridge area
  • Capital may have a lake soon
  • Last-minute rush for admission at DU
  • Congress MLA assaults MCD engineers
  • Snake caught in Vinod Khanna's house
  • South African woman, nine others held in sex racket
  • Flat owners delegation meets Sheila
  • CD with student details given to colleges
  • `Check rising crime'
  • CINEMA
  • `Settle ad rights row'
  • Auto-thieves held
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    News Analysis

  • Lack of political coherence

    Palakkad

  • Bridge opening

    Pathanamthitta

  • Installation of golden mast at temple

    Perambalur

  • Rs.3.34 crores for constructing group houses in Perambalur dt.
  • Power shutdown

    Pondicherry

  • MPs want more seats in JIPMER
  • Six-day week introduced in Pondy BSNL

    Raichur

  • Cases filed to recover dues from KIIDB, FCI

    Rajasthan

  • Rajasthan reviews steps to tackle floods

    Ramanathapuram

  • Plan to reduce accidents in Ramnad

    Religion

  • Embodiment of sacrifice

    Shimoga

  • Three held, valuables recovered

    Sports : General

  • USADA to adopt a different strategy in doping cases

    Squash

  • Ritwik, Joshna to lead Indian challenge

    Tamil Nadu

  • Revalue all TNPCEE answer papers: court
  • Share initial inflows, Karnataka told
  • Readers' Mail
  • Ration cards
  • Non-fulfilment of workers' demands: CITU threatens stir
  • Govt. pursuing goal in the right direction
  • Consultants to be finalised soon for Sethusamudram project
  • A boon to Pondicherrians
  • Karunanidhi writes to Manmohan, Dharam Singh
  • `Panel for entrance test imposing unreasonable conditions'
  • Activists condemn SHRC order attesting corporal punishment
  • Railway Board to clear electrification of Villupuram-Pondy line
  • Karnataka should not take political decision: delta ryots
  • Catering to a job
  • New insurance scheme for weavers unveiled
  • Bala `sanyasi' flees parents for life of renunciation
  • Baalu hopes Karnataka will help delta ryots
  • Civic chief goes on fast
  • Careers in Electropathy
  • DMk will pressure Centre for final tribunal award
  • A quality college of Science
  • `Untimely death'
  • DMK, PMK indifferent: Krishnasamy
  • Inscription found on `kalingu' in Otteri lake
  • Plan panel member inspects development works in Tiruvannamalai
  • Introduction of new subject criticised
  • Accused escapes from custody
  • Hike sought in old-age pension
  • CM urged to restore benefits
  • Celebrating success
  • Collector puts Narikorava children in school
  • `Get desalination plants for farmers'
  • New treatment method
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Cumbum Valley farmers start raising paddy nurseries
  • Training for weaver SHGs
  • Demonstration
  • `Jamabandhi'

    Tennis

  • Indians advance with ease
  • Agassi pulls out of Wimbledon
  • Sluiter stuns Schuettler

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Kuriyathi garbage dump to be shifted
  • Attack on Congress leaders: two more arrested
  • Spirit seizure: three held
  • Poll verdict a warning to parties: PKV
  • B.Ed. merit seats: admission completed
  • Bid to disrupt panchayat functioning alleged
  • Man gets life term for killing wife
  • Body found
  • Youth falls to death
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated June 16, 1954: Privileges of legislators
  • dated June 16, 1954: Secret session at Geneva
  • dated June 16, 1954: More medical seats

    Thrissur

  • Stress on right to recall

    Tiruchi

  • Police to intensify night patrolling
  • `Rope in alumni to serve their alma mater'
  • Jail for women coming up in Tiruchi
  • `Expedite posting of hulling agents'
  • CPI demo to protest attack on party worker
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Boat services suspended
  • Killed in mishap
  • Transport workers stage demo

    Tirupati

  • Minister raps SW officials for poor performance
  • SC/ST bodies represent to Minister
  • Rajasthani students excel in Sanskrit B.Ed entrance
  • Scribe donates blood

    Uttar Pradesh

  • Kalyan seeks CBI probe
  • Malti's murder adds to BJP's woes

    Uttaranchal

  • Panchayat chiefs seek more powers

    Vijayawada

  • Aerial sorties planned during puskharams
  • CPI(M) sees an ally in YSR
  • CID likely to take over Sailaja murder case
  • Plea for arrears to pensioners
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Konathala pulls up DRDA officials
  • VSP targets 10 million-tonne capacity by 2020
  • Mayhem on wheels
  • `Photography market growing'
  • Army to recruit religious teachers
  • New fuel prices
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Weather

  • Weather

    World View

  • Modern players lack passion: McEnroe

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