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Anantapur

  • BJP seeks completion of pending irrigation projects
  • Worker dies in mishap

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Hundreds lay siege to Prakasam barrage
  • Six Dalits attempt suicide at Collectorate
  • YSR hopeful of getting Alamatti water in 10 days
  • Proposal to upgrade NIMS cleared: Rosaiah
  • 6 Dalits consume pesticide at Collectorate
  • Congress, TDP trade charges over Alamatti
  • Heated debate over land allotment in Madhapur
  • CMO finds its bearings
  • An unfulfilled last wish
  • PJR ridicules Goud's denial
  • Court ruling on medical admissions
  • My innings is over, affirms YSR brother
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • More takers than seats in degree colleges
  • Three die in accident
  • Man held for threatening suicide
  • Body found in gutter

    Assam

  • Government presents deficit Budget

    Athletics

  • Devers, Dragila hold centre-stage
  • Hari Shankar, Benedict hog limelight
  • Indian men's team goes out of top-16 bracket
  • Circuit meet in Bangalore

    Badminton

  • Mohammed Ali triumphs
  • Daya Jacob in semifinals
  • Piyush-Ajay duo wins
  • Sanave-Diju triumph
  • SBM Jain College bags double

    Bangalore

  • Govt. begins steps to avert fire tragedies
  • `Prices of food items shouldn't have been hiked'
  • Master plan for developing four newly added wards
  • Govt. receives reports on electrocution of boy
  • Two women robbed of gold chains
  • BMP orders removal of cables
  • Teachers put out fire in school
  • Rajkumar admitted to hospital
  • Mechanised fishing boat owners warned
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    Basketball

  • KSEB keeps title

    Billiards & Snooker

  • Suman posts win

    Briefly

  • LG to raise equity in Indian arm
  • NTPC plans roadshows
  • Zee to invest in Dubai Media City
  • Textile lubricants from Raj
  • Association launches vocational course
  • Award for Roots Industries
  • City Union Bank joins RTGS
  • Syndicate Bank net profit up
  • Underwriters Lab to double strength
  • IndiaMobile ties up with ICICI Bank
  • BHEL bags Rs. 218 crore turnkey order
  • Bajaj Hindustan on expansion drive
  • Philips aims at 38 p.c. topline growth
  • Software for educational institutions
  • NEB set for nation-wide launch
  • AMP Sanmar branch at Alappuzha
  • Management programme at IIMK
  • US Technology assessed at CMMi level 5
  • Tata Motors unveils Sumo Victa
  • Videocon's germ free homes campaign
  • Matrix Lab sales up
  • ICICI Prudential's new branch
  • Sreemitra gets ISO 9001

    Business

  • ICRA puts GDP growth at 6.6 p.c.
  • Bharti's value-added services
  • Lodha files probate application in High Court
  • Finolex Industries net doubles
  • Rupee loses 13 paise
  • Selling limits early gains in Sensex
  • Sify reduces losses
  • LMW benefits from Oracle Suite
  • HDFC first quarter profit rises to Rs. 205 crores
  • New scheme from Air Sahara

    Carrom

  • Sreekiran, Sahana hog limelight

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    Chennai

  • Ear surgery `easier with endoscope'
  • DMK moves court on Arivalayam park
  • Corporation notice to 20 private schools
  • Larger issues raised by fire `need study'
  • Drowning boy rescued
  • Farewell to Justice Sirpurkar
  • BSNL to expand pre-paid connections
  • Film director's office raided
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Chess

  • Venkatesh crushes Laxman
  • Sumanth wins

    Coimbatore

  • City residents rise as one in sympathy
  • Fire services drawing up disaster control plan
  • Action plan for safer schools sought
  • Post-harvest tech centre at TNAU
  • IN Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Murali is mentally strong, says brother
  • India is not an overrated side
  • Batting not a problem with us: Ganguly
  • Bangalore to host first Test
  • Naveen hits unbeaten 106
  • All-round display by Vivekanand
  • Sri Lanka wins
  • Big win for Canara Bank
  • Sriram scalps seven
  • Kapil backs Azhar
  • Dhana Laxmi stars for AP
  • Raichur Zone well placed
  • Venkat to head Umpires' Academy
  • Ankith scores century

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8040
  • Solution to puzzle 8039

    Cuddalore

  • 'Protect Pennaiyar from pollution'

    Cuddapah

  • Congress forcing anganwadi teachers to quit: CITU
  • Cops take up tree plantation
  • No-trust move against MPP

    Cycling

  • Gonzalez takes 14th stage

    Dharmapuri

  • Grief engulfs various sections of society

    Dindigul

  • Prayers, rallies mark homage

    Editorials

  • REVIVING GOOD PRACTICE
  • BUDGET & FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORM

    Erode

  • Officials tighten the screws

    Football

  • Mexico swept by Brazilian wave
  • BHEL, Oriental to lock horns
  • Jordan holds South Korea
  • IHF should accept its mistakes: Kaushik
  • Garhwal Heroes drub Young Boys
  • City Police in last eight
  • Sivanganga in semifinals
  • City Club wins
  • Tollygunge humbled

    Front Page

  • Court orders relief to Bhopal gas victims
  • India, Pakistan share 'ideas'
  • Decision on river water row soon
  • Abu Salem to be extradited
  • Another bid
  • Meets Speaker
  • Court notice
  • Mirchi traced
  • 36 killed
  • New scheme
  • Sacked
  • Moves court

    Golf

  • Impressive show by Randhawa
  • Virat finishes third
  • Dullet starts favourite
  • Hamilton wins British Open
  • Anil triumphs

    Gulbarga

  • Govt. urged to retain grants for education
  • Schoolchildren mourn their brethren
  • M.S. Patil passes away

    Guntur

  • Warning bell tolls for tobacco ryots
  • Naxals distribute private land

    Haryana

  • Speaker accepts resignations of BJP MLAs

    Hassan

  • SFI dissatisfied with ruling on admissions
  • Voters' list revision by January 1

    Hockey

  • Dhanraj to go to Athens after all
  • Rajinder removed
  • AG AP in last four

    Hubli

  • `Concept of united Karnataka not understood'

    Hyderabad

  • Plug illegal income sources, recommends report
  • Shops for hawkers likely at new complex
  • `Equip'ping schools to clear hurdles
  • Hike in water tariff for domestic use ruled out
  • Interim relief if PRC is delayed: CM
  • 50 cases booked for traffic rules violation
  • Court notice on appointment of TTD JEO
  • Cut in budget allocation for MCH deplored
  • Bishop seeks action against church attackers
  • Two women escape from Home
  • Two boys drowned
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Hathway at it again

    International

  • SAARC Ministers to meet on combating terrorism
  • Lashkar's parent organisation splits
  • Qurei waiting for Arafat response
  • Suicide tanker targets police station
  • Putin fires top army brass over rebel raid
  • U.K. copter crashes in Iraq
  • Radical newspaper to reopen in Iraq
  • A setback for Berlusconi?
  • Wrangle over key E.U. posts
  • Astronomers fix new date for Marathon
  • A new species takes birth
  • U.S. to seek custody of `deserter'
  • Indonesian church minister killed
  • Serbia seeks suspect's extradition

    Kancheepuram

  • Credit-linkage soon to 7,000 new self-help groups
  • Officials directed to inspect schools in Tiruvallur

    Karimnagar

  • CM tells hospitals to offer quality

    Karnataka

  • Pro-poor, surplus Budget for Karnataka
  • Tax mobilisation to be people friendly, growth oriented
  • Central law only way to break deadlock: Kharge
  • Veerappa cremated with State honours
  • Power subsidy linked to performance
  • Steps to prevent diversion of trade envisaged
  • Budget will fuel inflation, says BJP
  • ABVP firm on 50:50
  • Environment award for Mathew, Chilka Development Authority
  • STF personnel hit by leptospirosis
  • Excise sector reform to bring in Rs. 300 crore
  • `Budget is not anti-middle-class'
  • Two from Bangalore die in van-lorry collision
  • Electronic items, computer goods, wheat products to cost more Lower taxes on tea, toys, food, non-a
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Bagur-Navile farmers yet to get relief
  • Parrikar questioned about civil works for IFFI 2004
  • Lokayukta seeks suspension of two officials
  • Gram panchayat staff stage dharna
  • `Kuvempu's dramas highlight cultural conflicts'
  • Women seek closure of arrack shops
  • Two arrested on dacoity charge

    Kerala

  • IT major to set up key centre in Kerala
  • Reservation: facts and figures
  • Claims of teachers allowed
  • Massive rollout of an unproven programme
  • 332 secure admission to medical colleges
  • Balamaniyamma turns 95
  • Minister allays fears about panel report
  • Air-India hikes fares to Gulf
  • Environment award
  • Boat owner commits suicide
  • Power Minister's assurance to MPs
  • Fact-finding team to visit Wayanad
  • No complaint about Loading Act: Minister
  • Remuneration for valuation increased
  • At Sabarimala today
  • Briefly

    Kochi

  • BJP criticises demand for special recruitment drive
  • Cooperative Medical College included in CAP
  • Directive to stop work on median
  • Tenders for overbridge to be issued soon
  • SFI protests against fee hike
  • Fire Force to train students to tackle emergencies
  • 13 held for selling banned lottery
  • Anganwadi workers stage dharna
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Kollam

  • `Thousands affected by ban on monsoon trawling'
  • Nine held on charges of looting
  • Visa racket victims lodge complaint
  • Appointed special public prosecutor
  • Pensioners to hold demonstration

    Kurnool

  • Run over by bulldozer

    Leader Page Articles

  • Revitalising Panchsheel
  • Slave labour in Brazil

    Letters to the Editor

  • Quota for Muslims
  • Disturbing images
  • Manipur protest
  • Kumbakonam tragedy
  • Terror in schools

    Madhya Pradesh

  • All-round jubilation in Bhopal

    Madikeri

  • Govt. abandons re-survey in Kodagu
  • Panchayat posts go to general category

    Madurai

  • Thousands pay homage
  • Power shutdown
  • 65 schools ordered to remove thatched roofs
  • Inspection begins
  • Tricycles for garbage collection flagged off
  • DMK councillor held
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • `Budget has nothing for Dakshina Kannada'
  • Rise in malaria cases, a cause for concern
  • `Cooperatives must give MSP for arecanut'
  • Zilla panchayat sanctions action plans
  • `Raitha bazaar' mooted for Mangalore
  • Vice-Chancellor calls for promotion of fine arts
  • DRIP to be inaugurated today
  • Two commit suicide

    Mysore

  • `Re-route traffic between Mysore and Bangalore'
  • High incidence of HIV/AIDS among migrant population
  • Good response to `Save Mysore' campaign
  • `Market forces ruling the media'
  • Industrialists unhappy with Budget
  • Area under horticulture on the rise

    Nagercoil

  • SFI stages demonstration

    Nalgonda

  • BJP activists stage dharna

    National

  • Mangat Ram Sharma escapes another attempt
  • Supreme Court issues notice to Mayawati
  • Clash over transaction tax in Rajya Sabha
  • India offers $150m credit to Sri Lanka
  • 36 killed as bus falls into ditch
  • The seeds of suicide — I
  • Gas victims take out victory rally
  • 'Best treatment given to school fire victims'
  • Court notice on 'privileges'
  • Haryana Congress MLAs meet PM, Sonia
  • Non-bailable warrants for Best Bakery accused
  • Congress sidesteps Soren issue
  • Russian woman traced in Darbhanga
  • Dismissal demanded
  • Sonia action improper: BJP
  • There is disconnect between people, media: Yechury
  • Centre to bring amendments to Competition Act
  • Court extends stay in contempt proceedings against newspapers
  • 'Rise in crimes against Scheduled Castes, Tribes'
  • IAS officers' postings approved
  • Dawood aide deported
  • National Security Council meets
  • Storm claims life
  • Judge resigns

    Nellore

  • Man accused of throttling wife

    New Delhi

  • MCD to reap IT benefits in a big way
  • Excise policy, power crisis to dominate Budget session
  • Tragedy that left a trail of scars in her life
  • College caught on wrong foot over recruitment
  • A setback for Sheila camp
  • Prem Singh set to become Speaker
  • Burglars' gang smashed, nine arrested
  • Hindi medium students protest against `discrimination'
  • `Reliable power supply soon'
  • `Guilty cops will not be spared'
  • Four policemen dismissed
  • Dacoits raid LPG cylinder godowns, three killed
  • Alleged drug dealers held
  • No revival of monsoon in sight
  • Verification drive to be stepped up
  • Court directive on affidavit
  • Board to be reconstituted
  • MCD sounds the dengue alarm
  • Zoo murder case solved
  • Man held for assault, blackmail
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    Nizamabad

  • Farmers seek rescheduling of loan

    Palakkad

  • Bharathapuzha river basin authority proposed

    Pathanamthitta

  • KSSP seeks probe into `reclamation' of stream in Aranmula
  • Government urged to write off farmers' loans
  • Hartal in Pathanamthitta tomorrow

    Perambalur

  • Students pay homage to fire accident victims
  • Survey to identify child labourers
  • `Clean village' concept launched
  • Rs.1.72 cr. for laying roads in Perambalur

    Pondicherry

  • Removal of thatched sheds ordered
  • Let politician run textile mill: Vaithilingam
  • Pondy to start corporation to buy, distribute liquor

    Punjab

  • Punjab has no surplus water, says Badal

    Racing : Motor

  • Ganesh rules the roost

    Raichur

  • Report responsibly, journalists told

    Rajasthan

  • Vishnoi is Deputy Speaker
  • PM's letter issue raised in Assembly

    Religion

  • The Lord of liberation

    Salem

  • They came together to pray

    Shimoga

  • Ensure better recovery, bank managers told

    Sports : General

  • Gymnastic Academy to be ready by June

    Squash

  • Arcucci optimistic

    Swimming

  • Santosh, Mala win
  • National camp begins

    Table Tennis

  • Karimi stands tall for Iran
  • Ramu is champion

    Tamil Nadu

  • Commission to probe school fire
  • Let children know: counsellors
  • Cabinet vows to take urgent measures
  • Apex court moved for stay of Presidential notification
  • PIL seeks Rs. 10-lakh compensation for each child
  • Government to challenge environment notification
  • Kalimuthu's appearance dispensed with until further orders
  • PMK criticises government `inaction'
  • Handwriting saved her life
  • Second phase of court boycott begins
  • Prisoners forgo breakfast
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Steps taken to remove thatched roofs
  • Water projects for Pollachi, Udumalpet reviewed
  • Verification ordered
  • Grievance day
  • Life term for murder

    Tennis

  • Haas has the Mercedes-Benz Cup
  • Double delight for Yuki Bhambri
  • Identical wins for Dheeraj and Kiran
  • Easy for Nilaya

    Thanjavur

  • Plea to expedite establishment of trauma care ward

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Low-lying areas inundated in capital
  • Alleged conman held
  • DYFI activist's death: Antony promises probe
  • Protestors lay siege to railway office
  • Traffic signal post at Attakulangara
  • Heavy rain likely
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    This Day That Age

  • dated July 20, 1954: Pakhtoons in Kashmir
  • dated July 20, 1954: Quit notices
  • dated July 20, 1954: Chou's dinner for Chaplin
  • dated July 20, 1954: Market for village products

    Tiruchi

  • System sought to transfer research findings to industry
  • Stress on teachers' role in inculcating values among students
  • FDI hike in insurance flayed
  • ABVP to study condition of educational institutions
  • Corporation Commissioner takes charge
  • Traders to down shutters tomorrow
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • School children pay condolences

    Tirupati

  • SVU denies affiliation to 23 colleges
  • Man booked for `torturing' servant maid
  • Red sander logs seized near Yerpedu

    Union Territories

  • Cop in custody for assaulting IAS officer

    Uttar Pradesh

  • Katiyar a disciplined party worker: Tripathi

    Uttaranchal

  • Uttaranchal Assembly session begins
  • After clean chit, Rawat begins `fast unto death'

    Vellore

  • 'Entrepreneurship-strong India does not need foreign investment'
  • Hospital offers to treat five victims
  • Collector inspects schools
  • Consumer fora reject pollution control claims

    Vijayawada

  • TDP stir puts Congress in a fix
  • Water for delta: TDP leaders launch a `barrage' of protest
  • New social welfare hostels to be ready by August
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • A reversal of roles

    Visakhapatnam

  • Good response to `Spandana' programme
  • Move to amend Patent Act opposed
  • Two new courses at hotel management institute
  • Nursing student attempts suicide
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • What's the buzz about fizz?

    Weather

  • Weather

    West Bengal

  • Time running out for HLH-afflicted Siddhi
  • Sahara project to affect wildlife: Maneka

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