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Anantapur

  • Minister makes silver offering

    Andhra Pradesh

  • `Economic zones' for NRIs in States mooted
  • Large group of TDP men to join TRS
  • CM extracts commitment from RBI, NABARD Small farmers now eligible for group loans Tatas to mark
  • Naidu seeks prosecution of Sanghi unit
  • YSR urges doctors to be `approachable'
  • DWCRA members may get ST exemption
  • Minister puts medical colleges on notice
  • Adilabad civic chief dies in road mishap
  • Protesting weavers come under attack
  • Five farmers commit suicide
  • Guess the number
  • Telugu Rythu State chief passes away
  • Actor dead

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Noisy scenes at ZP meeting
  • Rally against fuel price hike

    Archery

  • Indian women miss bronze

    Athletics

  • Megashyam is fastest man

    Bangalore

  • Scientist's wife robbed of ornaments
  • Leave sidewalks free, says Lokayukta
  • CET Cell modifies ranks, list tomorrow
  • Hudson Circle to get a facelift
  • Baligar to chair Gadag literary meet
  • Manu Baligar is Gadag literary meet president
  • Man dies in road accident
  • Dharam Singh to inaugurate parking meters
  • `Lokayukta can't dismiss officials'
  • Around the City
  • In Bamgalore Today

    Basketball

  • Mary Immaculate and SJIHS triumph

    Bellary

  • Ease traffic congestion: SUCI

    Bidar

  • Ministership for Nagamarapalli sought

    Billiards & Snooker

  • India takes unbeatable lead

    Business

  • Recruitment spree in IT firms
  • Vedanta draws up $2.1 b investment plans
  • Packaging farm credit
  • Tea units want additional excise duty dropped
  • Forex reserves dip further

    Chennai

  • Traffic snarls order of the day at Taramani-Sardar Patel Road junction
  • `Early detection can help to fight cancer'
  • `Government should encourage township concept in suburban areas'
  • `E-cubed week' to improve skills, creativity
  • Programme to improve public awareness of musical genres
  • Upgraded paediatric intensive care unit to be opened
  • Govt. colleges can engage guest lecturers
  • NCC training camp
  • 2 held, pirated VCDs seized
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Visweswaran puts it across Prasad

    Coimbatore

  • Corpn. urged to increase frequency of spraying
  • Gleam of hope for PAP farmers
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Men like Miandad never go away
  • North keeps winning
  • Thrilling win for Air-India
  • Intelligroup posts win
  • Rajesh scalps six
  • Opener's role shouldn't be thrust on anyone: Dravid
  • Narrow win for Pro-Tec
  • Delhi Blues defeats Rani Bagh
  • RR Gymkhana in quarterfinals
  • Probables for Asia Cup to be announced today
  • Semifinalists spotted
  • Chandan shines

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No.2560
  • Solution No. 2559

    Cuddapah

  • Action sought to check groundwater depletion
  • Policemen told to be impartial

    Dharwad

  • Camp on cleft lip
  • Water supply schedule

    Erode

  • `Appoint teachers in schools in tribal areas'
  • Two killed

    Football

  • Sweden's gamble pays off
  • New chapter in old tale of Iberian rivalry
  • Italy not to appeal Totti's ban
  • Croatia deserved better
  • Denmark too good for Bulgaria
  • Vellore enters final
  • Latha Mathavan, American College in title round
  • Big win for MSU

    Front Page

  • Positive signals as India, Pakistan begin talks on nuclear CBMs
  • Montek bullish on growth rate
  • Narrow escape
  • Blast derails goods train in Assam
  • Bogies derail
  • Mumbra bandh
  • 13 injured in blast
  • Same fee, more scholarships
  • Ex-basketball player shot at

    Golf

  • Mickelson and Maruyama tied for the lead
  • Keshav Hingorani triumphs

    Gulbarga

  • CAG report reveals excess expenditure on project
  • Protest against Rajya Sabha nominations

    Guntur

  • No-confidence notice served on MPP
  • Congress, TDP activists taken into custody
  • MLA piqued
  • New JC takes charge
  • New scheme by Andhra Bank

    Hockey

  • SAI posts win

    Hyderabad

  • ICFAI sets up university in Tripura
  • NIFT students lend their touch to RTC service
  • Press Gallery Committee to be renamed
  • Rs. 151 cr. for school buildings
  • Ek Minar area cleared of encroachments
  • Rare birds stolen from Public Gardens
  • Rs. 70 lakhs for Bonalu
  • Two boys escape from Observation Home
  • Power shutdown
  • Prohibitory orders
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    International

  • `Al-Qaeda Saudi chief shot dead'
  • Attack aimed at militant network: U.S.
  • U.S. outrage over beheading
  • Maoists kill 14 policemen
  • South Korean troops for Iraq
  • Constitution, a step towards uniting Europe
  • Karuna may launch political party
  • Countdown to private space flight begins
  • British police want to question Gustad
  • South African anti-racist drive may backfire
  • Spain turns to sea for water
  • McCain endorses Bush
  • CIA man faces Afghan death probe
  • Wiesenthal awarded knighthood

    Kancheepuram

  • Training programme for SHG members

    Karnataka

  • JD(S) not backing Congress in rice scam: Deve Gowda
  • People's War states conditions for talks
  • Govt. to cancel promoters' licence
  • Despite being legal tender, 25 paise coins have no takers
  • Ugrappa assaulted at Tumkur ZP meet
  • Telemedicine project to link district hospitals
  • Govt. reconsidering cut in grants for higher education
  • Research centre on renewable energy in Bangalore
  • Water level at KRS breaches 100-ft mark, farmers elated
  • Veterinary doctors to be appointed soon
  • Students harvesting rainwater
  • Municipal works in Tumkur affected
  • `Help farmers combat drought'
  • Hike in allocation for scientific research sought
  • Courses in film technology
  • Sindhia for Goa
  • BJP stages dharna
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Populist programmes in education decried
  • Ensure better status for women: Vatal

    Kerala

  • Antony ready to accept Sonia decision
  • Antony demands aid package
  • Motor strike near total
  • River-linking project may spell doom for State
  • Antony demands aid package for State
  • Meera Devi murder accused held in Patna
  • Byelection results bring cheer to UDF camp
  • Tough time ahead for Government
  • Early monsoon astounds weathermen
  • Stir against privatisation of Autokast
  • Karnataka told to scrap transport fee on timber
  • State protests against Central ban on raising multi-lateral aid
  • `Motor strike a warning against anti-people policies'
  • Poll verdict a reaction of the poor: PKV
  • Misuse of rights panel's facilities alleged
  • Antony wants Natwar Singh to visit the Gulf
  • Sabarimala Temple closed
  • R.L. Bhatia to be sworn in on June 23
  • Frequent strikes unwarranted: CII
  • BPCL staff strike on June 22
  • Briefly

    Kochi

  • Kumbalam-Aroor bridge piling work in full swing
  • KRL to offer training to factory workers
  • Motor strike affects normal life
  • Port staff concerned over Vallarpadam project delay
  • Three arrested, cash seized
  • Woman's murder: DGP, Minister visit old-age home
  • Rare heart surgery
  • Education policy criticised
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • Boat owners vow to continue stir
  • P.N. Panicker commemoration meeting
  • KDF meet tomorrow

    Kottayam

  • SIT begins probe

    Kozhikode

  • Case posted for July 31

    Kurnool

  • Technology to aid revival of defunct borewells
  • Collector inspects services at hospitals

    Madikeri

  • Let-up in rainfall in Kodagu; power disruption continues
  • Residents stage protest as elephant kills man
  • MLA wants residents to thwart sand mining

    Madurai

  • PWD to improve Vaigai storage with Periyar dam water
  • `Accident relief centres will provide timely help'
  • Show-cause notice to be served on Periyakulam college
  • Two hacked to death
  • Affiliation for 40 new courses
  • BJP cadres stage demo
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Social work, most sought-after course in Mangalore
  • New techniques to dispose of garbage
  • Rescued children have a fun-filled evening
  • 2,484 malaria cases reported in Dakshina Kannada
  • Live portrait demonstration in Mangalore
  • June 30 last date to file IT returns
  • School to celebrate jubilee in December
  • Painting, essay competitions
  • Seminar on rainwater harvesting
  • In Mangalore Today

    Mysore

  • Siddaramaiah warns officials against laxity in work
  • Water level at KRS breaches 100-ft mark, farmers elated
  • BJP insists on joint House panel to probe rice scam
  • `Govt. committed to ensuring justice in rice scam'

    Nagercoil

  • Minorities' panel visit on June 25

    National

  • Higher growth, revenue buoyancy to help bridge fiscal deficit
  • Ahmedabad police deny `coercing' Ishrat's mother
  • Emotions run high at Ishrat funeral
  • Advani meets Vajpayee ahead of crucial party meet
  • Delhi varsity restructures B.Com course
  • No `clean chit' on Kargil: Pranab
  • `India must take the lead in fighting terror'
  • Lord Jagannath begins rath yatra
  • `Lack of planning in Baina demolition'
  • Din in Punjab House over media coverage
  • Solicitor General appointed
  • Best Bakery case: prosecutors appointed
  • Speedy relief measures for J&K sought
  • They swoop down on the prey and fall prey
  • Village-level conciliation boards to ease burden on courts
  • Two Congress nominations rejected in U.P. RS polls
  • Talks with NSCN (I-M) to continue
  • India-U.S. space science meet from tomorrow
  • Now, it is `card bomb'
  • Laloo seeks Modi's arrest
  • `Fuel prices may be revised after Budget'
  • A positive signal for Doha round
  • Tastes the same, costs less
  • Singhal's poser to Vajpayee
  • `Research, delivery more important'
  • `Indigenous AJT a must for future'
  • `Full support for an IIM in North-East'
  • Trains on Konkan Railway diverted
  • Global unemployment on the rise
  • `Prospects for regional economic integration exciting'
  • IIM-Ahmedabad maintains status quo on fee
  • Apna Dal leader killed
  • Narasimha Rao hospitalised
  • Women journalists discriminated against at workplace: survey

    Nellore

  • New Collector takes charge

    New Delhi

  • Power privatisation lacked transparency, says CAG
  • Govt. gears up to tame public schools
  • Sheila hauls up DDA for neglecting resettlement colony
  • MTNL employee alleges harassment
  • Concern over sewer deaths
  • Two arrested for duping bank
  • Debt relief package for farmers welcomed
  • New B.Com (Hons) course from this year
  • Deal signed for conservation centre
  • Early monsoon ruled out
  • Two cases of suicide
  • Congress misled residents over house tax: BJP
  • ICU fire, patients evacuated
  • Honour for spiritual leader
  • Rajaji Remembered
  • Memorial meeting for Dom Moraes
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    News Analysis

  • Team Manmohan charting a new course
  • The men who matter
  • Not left out
  • A move in the right direction

    Pathanamthitta

  • Metropolitan laid to rest

    Pondicherry

  • Panel issues guidelines on admission under management quota
  • Learn importance of environment, children told
  • Pondy budget session from July 5

    Racing : Motor

  • Barrichello fastest in uneventful practice
  • McRae makes merry
  • P3 for Narain at Valencia

    Raichur

  • Dharna to ensure early release of water in TLBC
  • Sowing in Koppal till mid-July

    Ramanathapuram

  • Efforts for peaceful conduct of Kandadevi car festival: DIG

    Salem

  • `Increase import duty on starch'
  • Bid to steal jewels foiled

    Shimoga

  • MLA seeks directions to officials

    Shooting

  • Final continues to elude Anjali

    Sports : General

  • India to play Sri Lanka
  • World amateur body-building meet in November
  • Sakharkar to lead India

    Table Tennis

  • Jitender, Revathy win titles
  • Kamal to lead Indian challenge

    Tamil Nadu

  • `It is not for me to go into complaints against employees'
  • 15 political appointees for state-owned corporations
  • Partymen have their say, reforms on way out
  • Manmohan meeting Chief Ministers
  • `Centre should bring in new law after POTA is repealed'
  • Water yet to reach Mettur
  • Mapping provides information on coastal wetland features
  • `States must compensate boards'
  • Civil suit proceedings against Jayalalithaa stayed
  • Ride on Nilgiris Mountain Railway, a pleasant experience
  • ENGAGEMENTS
  • Why `hasty' appointments, asks PMK
  • Don't run down government colleges, Minister tells doctors
  • CPI (M) welcomes Karnataka's decision
  • Ramadoss' effigy burnt
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • `Do not shift ONGC headquarters from Karaikal'
  • CPI protests move to close PACBs

    Tennis

  • Final put off with Vinod leading
  • Chance for Williams siblings to reassert supremacy
  • Kuznetsova, Srichaphan triumph
  • Ranjeet Velmurugan closer to qualifying
  • Navaneetha Kannan, Isha Toor triumph
  • Coetzer retires
  • Fariz and Grace corner glory
  • Varun pips Sumukha
  • Gopinath, Sushma triumph

    Thanjavur

  • Comply with norms, Minister tells medical colleges

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Strike affects normal life
  • Meters: KSEB to be served notice
  • Government urged to retain Halcyon Castle
  • Recovery proceedings against VJT Hall
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    Thrissur

  • Sea wall to be built in Thrissur
  • Strike disrupts life in Thrissur
  • Embranthiri honoured

    Tiruchi

  • `Vigil, action have led to checking of tax evasion'
  • Stringent laws sought to conserve herbs
  • Transport employees stage demo
  • Manapparai GH to be upgraded
  • Music school admissions
  • Around the City
  • In Trichy Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Export vermicompost, SHGs told
  • Drive against `drunken driving'
  • Minister inaugurates community projects

    Tirupati

  • Bajaji Dairy to cattle rearers' rescue
  • Early rain brings no cheer to groundnut ryots
  • Discom's IT initiative yields result
  • Cane field destroyed over land dispute
  • Leaders felicitated

    Tuticorin

  • 150 arrested

    Vijayawada

  • Free power may speed up groundwater depletion: studies
  • Outgoing city police chief had a `satisfying' tenure
  • VMC gets Rs. 10 cr. for Pushkaram works
  • Two drowned as boat capsizes
  • Cottonseed seized from farmer
  • No power
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • AU second phase counselling from June 23
  • Solemn start to Rath Yatra
  • Chaitanya college tops in AU results
  • Hostel workers asked to report for duty
  • Two held on cheating charge
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Weather

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