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Alappuzha

  • Death of inspector: lorry driver held

    Anantapur

  • Ryots advised against sinking borewells

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Resolution on Council revival adopted
  • Resolution on Legislative Council revival adopted
  • Union Budget progressive, says CII
  • Telugu Desam members stage walkout
  • Budget: boost for rural economy, says YSR
  • India's tourism policy comes in for praise
  • Velugu to partner with Mobility India
  • Union Budget: common man feels relieved
  • Manohar shifted to Gandhinagar jail
  • Police bust fake currency racket
  • Kakarla hands over charge to Raja Gopal
  • Writ plea on Naidu's assets dismissed
  • Jana Reddy renews plea to naxals on talks
  • Government to look into land allotment during TDP regime
  • Used police vehicles to be auctioned
  • The parties and their stand
  • 300 urologists for major conference
  • 7 years' RI in dowry case
  • APCOCA invoked against Aziz Reddy
  • YSR donates for free power
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Ryots facing `unprecedented' water crisis: BJP team
  • No scarcity of drinking water: civic chief

    Athletics

  • Army Red all the way
  • Final chance for Olympic hopefuls

    Bangalore

  • The verdict: by and large a people-friendly budget
  • Girls fare better than boys in SSLC supplementary exam
  • Several areas inundated, traffic hit
  • Three arrested; wires, ingots recovered
  • Kempegowda Award for 15
  • One killed, three hurt in clash
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    Belgaum

  • Anganwadi workers stage protest
  • Seminar on Union Budget

    Bellary

  • Uttangi Chennappa's statue to be unveiled on Friday

    Billiards & Snooker

  • Rohit beats Krishna

    Boxing

  • Nationals in Hissar from August 3

    Briefly

  • Maruti hikes prices
  • WIL becomes Radico's subsidiary
  • Subex expands in Middle East
  • Kale rebrands Cognosys

    Business

  • Thumbs up to Budget
  • Progressive, forward-looking Budget
  • IT sector welcomes proposals
  • Insurance industry happy
  • Rupee quietly steady
  • PC, tractor units confused
  • Impact of tax on securities transaction
  • Relief for incomes below Rs. 1 lakh hailed
  • Biotech will wait and watch
  • VRS package for ITI
  • Budget with a human face

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    Chennai

  • Companion, a boon to pregnant women
  • And now, CBSE schools have the edge
  • Police have big role in national security: C.V. Narasimhan
  • Cattle owners get two months to obtain permit
  • Losses run into lakhs
  • New power connection rules eased
  • Dental health in schools programme
  • Fire at Sivaji Ganesan's house
  • Businessman rescued from kidnappers
  • Tondiarpet zone gets a facelift
  • Last date extended
  • Rising trend
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • India goes empty-handed
  • Kasimdzhanov wins second game
  • Chess Hall of Fame at Kozhikode

    Coimbatore

  • Common facilitator in three months likely
  • Industry hails Budget
  • Childline rescues boy from father
  • Survey on to set up processing park in Erode
  • Drive against video piracy
  • Man arrested for murder
  • Compensation paid to victim
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Ganguly — a players' captain
  • Badrinath, Niraj hit centuries; Raghavendran bags six
  • Lanka's chances bright: Ranatunga
  • Players' contract: final touches needed
  • A day of lop-sided contests
  • Friends XI lifts Seshadri Memorial Cup
  • Yogesh makes unbeaten century
  • Khader hits century
  • Andhra sub-junior team
  • Social Cricketers emerges champion
  • Easy win for K.N. Colts

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8031
  • Solution to puzzle No. 8030

    Cuddalore

  • Postgraduate medical admissions `as per norms'

    Cuddapah

  • YSR birthday a low key affair
  • Cloth merchants down shutters
  • Protest against abolition of supplementary exam
  • Pomp, gaiety marks conclusion of Urs

    Cycling

  • Armstrong takes yellow jersey

    Dharwad

  • 318 gastroenteritis cases reported in Dharwad

    Editorials

  • A WORTHY FIRST ATTEMPT

    Erode

  • Water level increases in LBP
  • Abolition of CENVAT welcomed

    Football

  • Argentina turns on the style against Ecuador
  • Contrasting wins for Tollygunge, Sporting
  • SBI posts win
  • New Friends Club rallies to win
  • TNFC pips CIT FC
  • Sunday XI drubs KN Nagar
  • Big victory for Goa

    Front Page

  • Budget with a difference
  • Emphasis on agriculture, social sectors
  • Mirwaiz not to take charge
  • Ex-Enron chief charged
  • Rearrested
  • 'Starvation persists'

    Golf

  • Course for coaches

    Gulbarga

  • Water allocation to three irrigation projects cut

    Guntur

  • Cops bust pirated CD racket
  • Long wait for DSC merit list
  • World Stroke Day announced
  • Two ryots commit suicide
  • Vanamahotsav ends

    Haryana

  • Many officers shifted
  • Mango Mela opens tomorrow

    Hassan

  • Four sheep die of anthrax
  • Govt. urged to resolve confusion over fees

    Hockey

  • Rain mars play

    Hubli

  • Student commits suicide

    Hyderabad

  • At the service of the fair sex, beware, cyber-con `steals' the show!
  • MCH project to pave the way for smooth flow of traffic
  • Save-power campaign through school
  • Dry spell may continue for a while
  • Cultural programmes to mark Bonalu
  • Power shutdown
  • Book released
  • Deadline for Haj applications
  • Nominated
  • Coinage workshop
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • NRIs hail budget

    International

  • Former Enron chief accused in wide-ranging indictment
  • Fierce fighting in Gaza Strip town
  • An act to destabilise peace process: LTTE
  • Mortar attack kills 5 U.S. soldiers in Iraq
  • Fears of far-right plot to kill Sharon
  • Americans held in Kabul `were running private jail'
  • The new word crimes
  • Pressure on Sudan to disarm militia
  • Guantanamo Britons not told of U.S. court ruling
  • E.U. plans aid for Turkish Cypriots
  • `Bush must take Powell as running mate'
  • Families declare a truce over Diana
  • Medicis' crypt discovered
  • Steps on to control bird flu
  • Lindh killer sentence overturned

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • Rider on NOC for private institutes
  • Held for looting train passengers

    Jharkand

  • George, Sharad flayed for `outside support' decision

    Karimnagar

  • Fear haunts residents of Ramagundam
  • SP's charge against naxalites

    Karnataka

  • `I was made a scapegoat to protect Baig'
  • Court permits CET counselling
  • Leaders praise budget for focus on farm sector
  • Disabled students attend seat selection
  • Cabinet firm on seat-sharing ratio
  • `I was made a scapegoat for Baig's sake'
  • Chambers welcome budget proposals
  • CMP to include measures for workers
  • `Probe denotification of land by BDA'
  • Panel withdraws PG fee structure
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Gangooru Dalits remain bonded
  • `Reach technology to rural areas'
  • Grievance cell opened at RTO
  • Deputy Commissioner inspects hospital
  • `Swara Sandhana' from today
  • Demand for direct rail link ignored
  • Action against teachers for ill-treating children
  • Industrial estate to get more water
  • Two held, articles recovered

    Kerala

  • LDF MLAs walk out over college fee row
  • State to press for railway zone
  • Churches to protest new law
  • Something to cheer for the State
  • Gangaikondacholapuram, Darasuram temples get world heritage status
  • KWA told to impose curbs on water use
  • Vallarpadam terminal: Centre's move hailed
  • Budget has a positive outlook: Industry
  • LDF walkout over college fee row
  • Undue privileges for Rajagiri College alleged
  • SriLankan Airlines plans daily flights to Kozhikode
  • Professional colleges: Christian groups warn of stir
  • Medical post-graduate entrance test
  • Graft: Minister denies allegations
  • State to press for railway zone
  • 161 coir cooperatives must go
  • Minister's assurance to Haj organisers
  • Plea to release fishermen held in Pakistan
  • `University has no power to deny affiliation'
  • Panchayat president slapped
  • Alappuzha port: MoU to be signed today
  • KC(M) meet
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • NSS voices its dissent over package for minorities
  • SFI strike on July 15

    Kochi

  • Chambers of commerce, industry welcome Union Budget
  • Government hospital at Vengola hit by lack of doctors
  • Thripunithura overbridge to be opened today
  • PCB testing air quality at Eloor
  • Five workers injured
  • Plea to revive HLL unit
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • Kollam Corporation: no-trust motions fail
  • CPI(M) likely to target Deputy Mayor

    Kurnool

  • Tungabhadra canal to be reopened on July 11
  • Naxals hold meeting in village
  • Woman run over

    Leader Page Articles

  • Guantanamo, Gaza and India
  • Removal of Governors

    Letters to the Editor

  • Budget 2004-05
  • Economic survey
  • Railway budget
  • Welcome move
  • The unholy nexus
  • The death penalty
  • Here was an actor
  • Frivolous

    Madhya Pradesh

  • A boost for many sectors
  • Uma, Mulayam `root' for extensive plantation

    Madurai

  • Raids ordered to check illegal suction of water
  • Plea to release water from Tirumangalam canal
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Union Budget evokes mixed reactions
  • KSRTC workers lash out at private bus operators
  • Eviction of Kannadigas in Goa opposed
  • NSS camp from today at Mangalagangotri
  • Koragas resume stir
  • Around the City

    Mysore

  • Signature campaign planned against lack of amenities
  • Assistance given to World War II veterans
  • Cases registered against five MUDA staff
  • Multimedia kiosk inaugurated at Mysore zoo
  • TV serials opposed

    Nagapattinam

  • Vedaranyam GH languishing without sufficient doctors

    Nagercoil

  • Water scarcity ruled out

    National

  • Turnover tax dampens stock market
  • A complete absence of application of mind: Sinha
  • Left parties upset over rise in FDI cap
  • `Tigers, not children, taken care of'
  • Tax reforms to rein in fiscal, revenue deficits
  • Implementation of programmes is my worry: Chidambaram
  • Rise in FDI cap on telecom, civil aviation
  • `Budget has vision for agriculture'
  • Heroes from West Bengal
  • Aid to African countries up
  • Encroaching on the domain of States: Jayalalithaa
  • Mirwaiz refuses to take over as interim chief
  • Thiruvalluvar, Dickens and a bit of Bollywood
  • More funds for Central police forces
  • U.P Governor urges media to avoid `misleading' reports
  • Hike in allocation for armed forces
  • Chaos, agitation mark registration for yatra
  • No new allocation for farm sector
  • Starvation-like situation persists in some areas, says Buddhadeb
  • Indira Awas Yojana gets higher outlay
  • More funds to fight AIDS
  • Major relief to senior citizens
  • `Need for economic ties among South Asian nations'
  • Increase in subsidy for SSIs
  • 2 per cent education cess proposed
  • Disinvestment given low priority
  • Monsoon: Central teams for 5 States
  • Mandatory Cenvat goes, two options for textile sector

    Nellore

  • Collector for drip irrigation in farm society lands

    New Delhi

  • Kendriya Bhandar weekly rates
  • Budget disappoints salaried taxpayers
  • `Delhi Jal Board water not safe for drinking'
  • `108 per cent rise in diesel vehicles'
  • Sheila pulls up Jal Board, says no to hike proposal
  • Mixed reaction by parties
  • Admission to ex-minister's daughter raises a storm
  • `Grow more native plants, trees'
  • Delhi to benefit: Sheila
  • Small gate, big problem
  • President presents defence awards
  • cinema
  • Couple held for robbing jewellers
  • Police list `missing' auto-lifters
  • Cop suspended
  • Aid to African countries up
  • Two arrested on duping charge
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today

    Nizamabad

  • Mobile rural health unit soon: MP
  • `NCC plans to enrol more girls'

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Palakkad

  • Congress leaders join CPI(M)

    Pathanamthitta

  • Harassment of captive elephants alleged
  • Sanitation workers to strike work from July 15
  • `Check misuse of Government vehicles'

    Pondicherry

  • Not allowed to campaign freely: AIADMK
  • Notification on new ST list awaited
  • Pondy budget growth-oriented, says CII
  • Minister pacifies striking students
  • Speaker recalls Padmanabhan's services
  • AIADMK members walk out
  • Lakhera, an army veteran
  • No takers for debate on Governor's address

    Racing : Motor

  • Kremer aiming to consolidate lead

    Rajasthan

  • Congress hails, BJP denounces Budget
  • One question, many answers: candidates baffled

    Religion

  • Chant the veritable mantra

    Shooting

  • Arti claims bronze

    Sports : General

  • Asian Games: Chess and cricket approved
  • Bangalore to host Rotax Max Indian Challenge Series
  • Indian teams
  • Mumbai to host World Cup
  • Manan Chandra triumphs
  • HSF for Dual meet

    Table Tennis

  • Rosary School `B' triumphs
  • Asian junior championship from July 19

    Tamil Nadu

  • `Optional tax regime imaginative'
  • Poll promises fulfilled: DMK, Left parties
  • Centre issues environment assessment notification
  • Expedite proposal to set up plant: experts
  • Desalination project a huge benefit
  • Thrust on rural economy welcome: trade chambers
  • `Excise hike on steel will hurt small units'
  • Great relief to powerloom sector
  • Fresh schedule for kumbhabishekams
  • Thousands witness kumbhabishekam at Pillayarpatti temple
  • AIDS education programme to cover colleges, polytechnics too
  • ENGAGEMENTS
  • Special office for water supply scheme termed `waste'
  • Chief Minister's Cell seeks papers on Usilampatti transfer issue
  • Completion certificate not mandatory for power connection
  • `Ensure Dalit participation in nation development'
  • `Cauvery farmers feel confident'
  • Corporation to organise `Sakthi' tour
  • `Encourage students to join course in Gandhian Thought'
  • Students seek water release
  • Kuruvai transplantation over on 8012 hectares
  • Ganja seized
  • English professor values Biotechnology papers, awards marks liberally
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Give more loans to SHGs: Collector
  • Training programme

    Tennis

  • Sharapova likely to miss Olympics
  • Andreev takes out Costa
  • Likhita in last four
  • Good show by Jeevan

    Thanjavur

  • Traffic system needs revamp in Thanjavur

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Government urged to restore Plan funds
  • Job racket: one arrested
  • Tamper-proof energy metering system developed
  • `More students should come to Australia'
  • Alleged malpractice during exam
  • Halcyon castle: Rajagopal seeks judicial probe
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated July 09, 1954: Bhakra canal opened
  • dated July 09, 1954: Row over Envoy's remarks
  • dated July 09, 1954: Madras station of AIR

    Thrissur

  • Music school inaugurated

    Tiruchi

  • BIM to have its own premises soon
  • New centre for the mentally retarded
  • Army recruitment from Aug. 2
  • Power cut
  • Mettur level
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • High-level team visits Nanguneri project site
  • Mild showers

    Tirupati

  • Ahmedabad firm to help TUDA develop temple town
  • Left still a force to reckon with, says CPI leader

    Udupi

  • MLA promises funds for teachers' association building
  • Tributes paid to Murari Ballal

    Union Territories

  • Chandigarh rolls out red carpet for Bollywood

    Vellore

  • Herbal plant awareness to help curb bio-piracy
  • Free notebooks, uniforms distributed

    Vijayawada

  • Canal Road flyover to be ready in August
  • Plan afoot to release more water to canals
  • SIs to lend an ear to woes at Commissioner's durbar
  • Lecturers seek contract renewal
  • A cyber guide to Pushkarams
  • Transport office to be spruced up
  • Around the City

    Visakhapatnam

  • Union Budget evokes mixed reaction
  • Technology upgradation subsidy remains untapped
  • Centre's promise on Jute Manufacturing Act
  • `Tarang' launched
  • Daily wage worker electrocuted
  • Held on rape charge
  • AU building named after Sivayya
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Volleyball

  • Asia Central Zone men's meet cancelled
  • Double for Mangayarkarasi HSS

    Warangal

  • Lack of rain dashes farmers' hopes
  • Doctors' protest today
  • Warangal cadets for shooting nationals

    Weather

  • Weather

    World View

  • Fair play award for Australian cricket
  • Dreschsier scraps Olympic plans

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