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Alappuzha

  • AISF threatens to review its relations with SFI
  • Hartal observed in Alappuzha town

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Ordinance to replace GO on Muslim quota
  • YSR for Austria to clinch Rs. 3400-crore deal
  • `Substantial releases' from Alamatti hoped
  • Alamatti showcases contrasting picture
  • It's hassle-free test for learner's licence
  • Reservation issue rocks House
  • Government urged to implement welfare measures
  • Two new drinking water schemes for Tirumala
  • House sites sought for TTD staff
  • PW now seeks to occupy democratic space
  • Opposition reviving Soren case out of jealousy: NJR
  • Congress backs bids on irrigation projects
  • Plea for law to curb domestic violence
  • Singareni planning 25 new projects, says Rosaiah
  • TRS `no' to water for Krishna delta
  • Gulf NRIs seek quota in legislatures
  • YSR's remark flayed
  • Panel to look into contract labour issue
  • Cardiac patients to benefit from new technique
  • Man's death triggers violence
  • My brother is not quitting, says YSR
  • Covert surrenders
  • Low pressure over Bay
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • A few projects may get YSR's nod
  • TTD favours consensus on `Mahaprakaram'
  • Take up job offers in defence, cadets told
  • Youth's death triggers protest
  • Rs. 13 crores to be spent on rural roads

    Archery

  • Prabhat proves a point before losing

    Athletics

  • Saraswati books Athens berth
  • Central region triumphs

    Badminton

  • Deepthi guides SCR into semifinals

    Bangalore

  • A road with many landmarks and irritants
  • Two cases of suicide reported
  • Telephone numbers in Chitradurga to change
  • Pranic healing
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • The `Tiger menace'

    Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    Basketball

  • GRD College lifts title

    Boxing

  • A chance to miss it like Beckham
  • Muralidharan Raja to officiate at Olympics

    Briefly

  • Inflation rises to 6.52 p.c.
  • Centre extends Rs. 362 cr. to UTI
  • Seeks separate legislation
  • Oracle OpenWorld conference
  • ECL-STG combine bags IOC order
  • TI Cycles pact with Cycling Federation
  • EasyLink expands services
  • Exposure visit for wet grinder producers
  • Tata Steel launches branded galvanised wire
  • Apollo Hospitals' plan for Mahindra City
  • ECL-STG combine bags IOC order
  • Hathway Cable's Internet solution

    Business

  • Wipro net at Rs. 357 crores
  • Kalam wants cost-effective desalination technology
  • Birlas, Lodha in legal battle
  • Cipla achieves higher net profit
  • TAFE trains focus on retail sales
  • Rupee continues to drift
  • Sensex extends gains
  • Recognising the market structure
  • PPF to stay, NSC may go

    Chattisgarh

  • Chhattisgarh winds up three-year medical course

    Chennai

  • Bomb hoax sparks scare in schools
  • Murder probe zeroes in on new angle
  • Injured man dies
  • Permission for borewells
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Gangs on the rampage

    Chess

  • Anand starts with a draw
  • Srinath wins under-10 section

    Coimbatore

  • Crackdown on autorickshaws
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Making hay on sandalwood

    Cricket

  • Lankan Lions storm into final
  • A battle within a battle
  • Aussie juniors to tour India from July 28
  • Tuticorin hits back
  • Vaughan joins the party, others don't
  • Easy win for Dayanand XI
  • RWFSA clinches The Hindu Trophy
  • Madhya Pradesh beats Tamil Nadu
  • Deepak hits double century
  • Shijith, Sriram score centuries

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8044
  • Solution to puzzle 8043

    Cuddapah

  • Houses for revenue employees urged
  • ZPTC bypoll in August 7
  • Prosecution of official sought

    Cycling

  • Armstrong's march continues

    Dindigul

  • Inspection of schools on

    Editorials

  • PASSING THE BUCK
  • A LAUDABLE STEP

    Erode

  • Thatched roofs removed from 59 schools
  • Traffic island work comes to a standstill

    Football

  • Late goals seal Kuwait's fate
  • Fourth win for Garhwal Heroes
  • SN College wins via tiebreaker
  • Ramaswamy XI wins

    Front Page

  • Musharraf for `reasonable' timeframe
  • 'All steps to get hostages released'
  • Kelkar panel for three tax slabs
  • Kidnappers set new deadline
  • Apex court clears hurdles to Bench
  • Manmohan asks Soren to quit
  • Parliament adjourned
  • Fire again
  • Soren case
  • Lodha plea
  • Sena, BJP fined
  • Protected monument
  • Mehmood dead
  • Award for Om Puri

    Generalia

  • Hunter makes a startling revelation

    Golf

  • Misra wins title

    Gulbarga

  • Rs. 10 crores package for Gulbarga
  • Samiti welcomes measures to develop Hyderabad Karnataka
  • CoD probe sought into death of Dalit youths

    Haryana

  • Congress MLAs defer resignation
  • No comment: Chautala
  • Rs 22,710 crores sought from finance panel
  • Haryana to fill pharmacy seats
  • Chautala takes umbrage at change in loan policy

    Hassan

  • Govt. urged to create infrastructure in Hassan

    Hockey

  • Southern Railway in final
  • League from today
  • BEL Sports Club wins

    Hyderabad

  • Tanneries raise a stink
  • No power supply in many areas
  • Metro water just a call away
  • YSR to kick-start HUDA's green drive
  • `Radio Annayya' songs contest
  • `Return of licence' scheme extended
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    International

  • Bosnians celebrate as bridge reopens
  • Ties with U.S. positive: China
  • 2,000 U.S. troops killed in Iraq: Russian expert
  • New report has more evidence of prisoner abuse
  • The folding, flying guitar
  • 'Napoleon killed by bungling doctors'
  • E.U. post for Blair ally
  • Travelling toilet class
  • Further flood fury forecast
  • Chickens on the run
  • Sudan asks U.K. to keep off
  • Quick action sought on 9/11 report

    Kancheepuram

  • Monk assault case solved

    Karnataka

  • Government rules out release of Krishna waters now
  • Make value-based education basis of learning: Kalam
  • Advisory board for sick units soon
  • Kalam presents awards, receives souvenirs
  • Kalam, children discuss astronomy
  • Request for water puzzles elders
  • `CBI wanted me to name some officials'
  • Summons to Dharam Singh on poll petition
  • Tumkur to have stadium for hearing impaired
  • ENGAGEMENTS
  • Roadwork to start soon
  • Treat rich and poor equally, doctors told
  • Govt. blames contractors for delay in highway work
  • Briefly
  • From the Districts

    Karnataka - Others

  • Girija Ningappa is president of Chitradurga ZP
  • Priority for sheep rearing sought
  • `Site chosen for krishi kendra not suitable'
  • Taluk panchayat president voted out
  • Drive

    Kerala

  • Student's suicide sparks violence in State
  • Uproar in Assembly over student's suicide
  • Provision of new Act challenged
  • Contemporary choices in house shopping
  • Suicide of student: Principal denies charges
  • No revenue recovery on farm loans: Antony
  • Panel to discuss crisis in traditional sector
  • Suicides: `LDF trying to mislead people'
  • 450 bus bays to be built in State
  • Ministers' absence draws protests
  • CAP: 282 students receive allotment
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Church takes up cause of debt-ridden farmers

    Khammam

  • Ryots unite for a `green' cause

    Kochi

  • Divestment should not exceed 49 per cent: INTUC chief
  • KWA seeks councillors' help
  • Infam call not to repay farm loans
  • Students damage KSRTC buses
  • Two detained at airport
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Massage parlours under watch

    Kollam

  • Councillor's remark sparks off row
  • Youth Congress panel meeting today
  • Plea to drop move to withdraw train halts
  • KSTA protest disrupts meeting

    Kottayam

  • Self-financing colleges exploiting students: SFI
  • Memorial for Ponkunnam Varkey

    Kozhikode

  • Rice Year observance at Pattambi
  • Curbs on right to protest harmful: CPI
  • School safety panels formed

    Leader Page Articles

  • Gender budgeting
  • Kurdish warlords delay unity

    Letters to the Editor

  • Hostage crisis
  • Dismiss Shibu Soren
  • Quota for Muslims
  • Kumbakonam tragedy
  • Teachers' action

    Madhya Pradesh

  • M.P. furore over Uma's remarks
  • Buch's resignation accepted
  • Media's role in immunization programmes hailed

    Madikeri

  • `Appoint Tamil teachers or we will lock up schools'
  • Protesting employees want Kodagu Meters revived

    Madurai

  • Advocates welcome Madurai Bench
  • `Officials should not use machinery in relief works'
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Wireless networking of hospitals

    Mangalore

  • Focus now on garbage disposal at markets
  • Koragas to meet Governor, Chief Minister on July 31
  • `Kanunu Vedike' on AIR from next month
  • Explosives seized, two arrested
  • LIC agents seek pension and other facilities
  • Symposium on vanilla cultivation at Puttur
  • Gavel Club at high school
  • Academy to bring out Tulu library index
  • Dies of injuries
  • In Mangalore Today

    Mysore

  • `Better fire safety measures needed in schools'
  • Beam educative channels, cable TV operators told
  • Fresh gastroenteritis cases in Mysore
  • ITI students go on a rampage in Mysore
  • 73-year-old man held for marrying minor

    Nagapattinam

  • `Release Mettur dam water'
  • Devotees throng Nagore for Khanduri festival

    Nalgonda

  • Whose medicare is it anyway?
  • Tribal farmer ends life

    National

  • NDA threatens to quit parliamentary panels
  • Altercation in Lok Sabha
  • A day of great sorrow: Speaker
  • POTA panel demands more powers
  • Middlemen behind woes of Indian workers
  • Bomb hoax in Supreme Court
  • Bombay High Court fines Sena-BJP for calling bandh
  • Wave of suicides in Vidarbha
  • Manmohan to visit Bihar on July 27
  • Tension at hospital
  • Priyanka frowns on transfer of official
  • 10 tribal children die of `malnutrition' in Orissa
  • 'Penalty on political parties unwarranted'
  • Narmada oustees asked to approach Authorities
  • Jayalalithaa's stand on PW draws flak
  • India, Britain to operate more flights
  • Vaishali, against the odds
  • Professor at his best
  • A fair treatment meted out to me, says Om Puri
  • CBI supports Bilkis' plea
  • Darshan `racket' busted
  • Nanotechnology will be the future, says President
  • What about destruction of government property, asks Ibobi

    Nellore

  • Seven degree colleges derecognised

    New Delhi

  • RWAs seek changes in Societies Act
  • Budget shows concern for all: Sheila
  • Race for new DPCC president hots up
  • Power, water crisis hits Capital
  • Foreigners held in sex racket
  • Retired DRDO scientist still waiting for pension
  • Sales tax relief on medicines lauded
  • Drive to check crime
  • `No construction near Jantar Mantar'
  • Shoaib Iqbal elected Deputy Speaker
  • Suspended cop held
  • More U-specials soon
  • Delayed monsoon blamed
  • Bomb hoax in Supreme Court
  • I-T returns filing date extended
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today
  • Need to plug illicit liquor trade

    News Analysis

  • Not just the centre, the periphery, too

    Nizamabad

  • NGO initiates livelihood training for rural youth

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Olympic Games

  • Winning the race to be ready

    Pathanamthitta

  • Hundreds witness Niraputhari at Sabarimala
  • Highway project: public opinion to be sought

    Perambalur

  • Revise ACP: Collector

    Pondicherry

  • Port development work may be privatised
  • Entertainment tax slashed
  • BSNL executives stage protest
  • Accused in criminal cases murdered
  • Shelter for stray dogs on the anvil

    Racing : Motor

  • Schumacher's success perfect for the sport: Ecclestone
  • Schumacher leads practice
  • MRF-MAI Formula meet on Sunday

    Rajasthan

  • Start drought relief works soon: Kisan Sabha

    Religion

  • God gives timely protection

    Salem

  • Two sentenced to double life imprisonment

    Shimoga

  • Tributes paid to Hiriyur Krishnamurthy
  • Vendors lay siege to municipal office

    Squash

  • Impressive Ghosal reaches final

    Table Tennis

  • No stopping Chinese brigade

    Tamil Nadu

  • DPA protest disrupts traffic
  • Doctor gave Ali Rs. 8 lakhs: CBI
  • Water being released for Adi Perukku
  • Rollbacks will not invite new taxes
  • Natham children have their own school
  • New era in judicial history
  • Accessibility rings in telecom sector strides
  • Bill to repeal Act introduced
  • Opposition plans Statewide protest meetings
  • Fire destroys thatches trade too
  • Chennai doctor gave Ali Rs. 8 lakhs: CBI
  • Apex court issues contempt notice to retired judge
  • `Reduce duty on plastic raw materials'
  • Plan to use local funds for fire-proof roofing
  • 'U.S. norms for schools can be emulated here'
  • Lawyers seek writ powers for Madurai Bench
  • `Competent engineer alone should issue stability certificate'
  • Container terminal at Ennore Port in two years
  • Poverty, not disability, stands in the way of the medicine aspirant
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Village ignored due to remoteness
  • A violent end for mild-mannered Pavithra
  • Fast against granite quarrying

    Tennis

  • Niharika in final
  • Roddick moves into quarterfinals
  • Janaki, Unnati in final
  • Gaudio in last four
  • Varun enters final

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Student activists clash with police
  • Commercialisation of education blamed
  • Rajani was given benefits: Minister
  • Aikya Vedi's demand
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    This Day That Age

  • dated July 24, 1954: Madras varsity VC
  • dated July 24, 1954: Amenities for passengers
  • dated July 24, 1954: Krishna in floods
  • dated July 24, 1954: Nehru's no to Kotelawala

    Thrissur

  • National workshops

    Tiruchi

  • Pressure Karnataka Govt., say farmers
  • Power shutdown
  • Rs.65-lakh subsidy
  • Feud between loadmen, agents again
  • Man held, weapons seized
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirupati

  • `Bifurcation will not help Rayalaseema'
  • `Moksha Deepam' in memory of departed children
  • BMS holds rally

    Udupi

  • Training for BCM students taking civil services exam
  • Seminar on psychological problems today
  • Training for unemployed
  • Man killed in road accident

    Union Territories

  • Health care makes a big hole in pockets: Report

    Uttar Pradesh

  • Protests galore in U.P. Houses

    Vellore

  • Seminar focusses on AIDS awareness strategies
  • Two held for dowry harassment
  • Citizens forum opposes use of asbestos
  • Base trans-receiver stations to be set up
  • Schooling under the shade of a tree

    Vijayawada

  • Cellphones to be banned on campuses
  • TDP sets `deadline' for rail track removal
  • 3 die in suicide pact?
  • Stone laid for road
  • Fake ID card racket busted
  • Mayor unhappy over `mid-day meal' implementation
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Railways directed to pay damages
  • Lapse of ban makes no difference for PW
  • KGH to probe charges against staff nurse
  • VRS employees asked to augment their income
  • Seafood exports encouraging
  • Two convicted in dowry harassment case
  • New RTC service
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Volleyball

  • Easy for TN

    Weather

  • Weather

    Wrestling

  • Ravikanth steals the show

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