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    Alappuzha

  • Camp for social workers from tsunami-hit areas

    • Anantapur

  • 236 shops notified for IML sale

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Mahanadu: TDP reaffirms commitment to secularism
  • No deadline for report on Telangana: Raghuvansh
  • Naidu elected Telugu Desam president sixth time in a row
  • Students told to cash in on `golden period'
  • Vijayashanti determined to achieve separate State of Telangana
  • BJP leader criticises TDP resolution
  • Motivation makes a difference for Multanis
  • Court nod for third round counselling
  • Close shave for Hanamkonda MP
  • Notification on reconstitution of State Wakf Board soon
  • Outsiders barred from Penukonda on polling day
  • Woman commits suicide in mental asylum
  • NGOs threaten agitation from July 31
  • DCC chief's appointment runs into rough weather
  • Law and order scene draws flak at TDP Mahanadu
  • Round table to debate on media's `Lakshman Rekha'
  • Lovers elope, surrender after 10 days
  • The Hindu guidance sessions
  • TDP trying to reopen wounds of Telangana people, says BJP
  • Four killed in explosion at seafood unit
  • NDDB to revive sick dairy units in State in a big way
  • `Transfer power to Panchayat Raj bodies'
  • Huge arms dump unearthed
  • Rain brings relief
  • Constable found loitering near Diwakar Reddy's house
  • Land to be allocated for mandal agriculture offices
  • Puff that kills
  • It all boils down to roti, makan
  • Naidu's plea on blood donation
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • TRS asks Government to seek stay on Babli Seek stay on Babli: TRS
  • Ganja worth 12 lakhs seized from truck
  • Permission given to set up stone industry plant

    • Bangalore

  • Rain: BMP deputy commissioners given powers to buy equipment
  • 38 p.c. jewellery short on purity
  • 38.6 p.c. jewellery short on purity
  • Girl raped in gift shop, owner held
  • BDA to go ahead with Hi-tech City project
  • B.M. Narasimhamurthy dead
  • The Hindu EducationPlus pre-counselling guidance
  • Water supply to be hit today
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Belgaum

  • 15.2 p.c. child labourers are in State, says report

    • Briefly

  • GACL buys stake in ING Vysya
  • Provogue fixes price band at Rs. 130-150
  • Vandrevala steps down
  • Dabur Pharma's preferential allotment
  • Refco-Sify Securities opens branch
  • Rane Engine to make open offer in Kar Mobiles
  • Federal Bank pays 25 p.c. on enhanced capital
  • MRO-TEK recommends 25 p.c.
  • Arvind Mills to issue GDRs
  • 30 per cent from Bajaj Electricals
  • Airtel launches Airtel Express
  • Turnaround by Moldtek
  • Accenture moves to larger facility
  • Zen Securities opens branch in Jubilee Hills
  • NetApp to hike head count at Bangalore Centre
  • AICC to approve Harbinger System's draft
  • Lenovo India, IBM initiatives
  • Exchange4media Conclave
  • Forbes launches business directory
  • Tata Tele offers `T9 Text' software

    • Business

  • China revokes export tariffs on textiles
  • IOC net drops 30 p.c.
  • Sensex loses 44 points in listless deals
  • TVS Motor turnover up
  • M&M's record profit; pays Rs. 13 per share
  • M&M arm to merge Amforge's Chakan unit
  • Paswan rules out closure of MFL
  • IFFCO plans $1b expansion
  • Rupee declines

    • Cartoons

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    • Chennai

  • "We only wanted to meet Chief Minister"
  • Message to smokers: Quit before it is too late
  • Rare Vishnu sculpture found at Thiruvidanthai
  • Fire at Pattalam claims two lives
  • "New housing scheme guarantees safety at the cost of livelihood"
  • Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan felicitated for Padma Shri
  • Murder trial ends in 17 days
  • 40 boats given to tsunami-hit fishermen
  • Driver hurt as tree falls on autorickshaw
  • Jeweller held on cheating charge
  • Offer of free education
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Chess

  • Title for Darshan
  • Deepan crowned champion

    • Coimbatore

  • Opposition stages walkout
  • Phone index directory release tomorrow
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • `Our first innings effort was pathetic'
  • BCCI to discuss conduct of Champions Trophy
  • Rift in the Pakistan side
  • Will Rayudu's fortunes change?
  • Title for Luminous CC
  • Chappell refutes claim by PETA
  • West Indies 1-0 up
  • Big win for East Zone

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8307
  • Solution to Puzzle 8306

    • Cuddalore

  • Couple with quadruplets seek aid from Collector
  • Officials chided for absenteeism
  • `Bank taking advantage of interest rate revision'

    • Cuddapah

  • `Projects aimed at bailing out ryots'

    • Dharwad

  • APMC election: 58 per cent polling recorded in Dharwad

    • Editorials

  • A post-mortem on France's `Non'
  • A salute to India's greatest film-maker

    • Erode

  • `Erode civic body set to clear encroachments'
  • Rush to admit girl children in schools

    • Football

  • Ronaldo not keen on Confed Cup
  • Villarreal and Real Betis in next season's Champions League
  • Leonard slips, but hangs on
  • Kang wins Corning Classic by two shots

    • Front Page

  • Ready to work with Musharraf, says Manmohan Singh
  • Musharraf made no remark on autonomy: Pakistan
  • "No" vote a setback to Chirac
  • Kallukuttai residents clash with police
  • A surge in recruitment
  • "Brigadier sold war plan to Pakistan"
  • Advani in Pakistan on goodwill visit
  • Alert for arrest
  • 30 scale Mt. Everest
  • Warrant issued
  • Blast in mosque
  • Bomb scare
  • To privatise temples

    • Guntur

  • Guntur leads in LI projects
  • Rain to benefit farmers
  • One killed as car overturns

    • Haryana

  • Voters campaigning for Hooda
  • Haryana reshuffle

    • Hassan

  • 'Present education curbs creativity in children'
  • `Govt. has kept promise of supplying uniforms in time'
  • 44 per cent turnout in APMC polls

    • Hubli

  • Doctor felicitated
  • Man killed in accident

    • Hyderabad

  • Waste handling all set to go `colourful'
  • Expo to be held on building material
  • Nod for road widening
  • Sensitisation drive for nurses launched
  • Two arrested in ACB raids
  • Overcoming hurdles to bravery award
  • City's voice at child labour meeting
  • New bus service
  • Power restored
  • Nalsar results
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Humps as hoardings

    • India & World

  • "Brigadier sold war plan to Pakistan"
  • No problem over visit by Hurriyat leaders: Pakistan

    • International

  • Blair rules out early referendum in Britain
  • Militants hit back; 20 killed
  • Iceland to co-sponsor G-4 draft resolution
  • Angela Merkel to challenge Schroeder
  • Clinton calls for rehousing of victims
  • Relic may throw light on rice farming
  • Dutch take the cue from French, set to deliver snub to E.U.
  • Swaziland King marries 11th wife
  • Power station to be fuelled by grass

    • Karnataka

  • JD(S) unhappy with coalition Government's performance
  • Chief Minister hauled up over failure to transfer `tainted' official
  • BJP fighting former members in Shimoga
  • Anti-naxalite Force begins operations in Udupi region; chief confident of success
  • Voters should teach Congress a lesson, says Sushma Swaraj
  • `UPA Govt. has no faith in democracy'
  • Registration of births, deaths is the duty of citizens: Ananthamurthy
  • Lokayukta asks Registrar to submit report on societies by June 1
  • Chamarajpet byelection shows a nexus
  • Four women taken into custody in Davangere
  • Kannada script to be used for Konkani textbooks in schools
  • Man beaten up by public dies in hospital
  • Coalition working well, claims Siddaramaiah
  • `English must be taught from first standard'
  • Official held guilty of misconduct
  • `No need to teach English from first standard'
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • BJP, Janata Dal(S) to boycott naval base commissioning
  • Work begins on rural water supply scheme
  • Develop expertise to take up self-employment, youth told
  • `Youth's interest in literature declining'
  • Govt. studying proposal to form panels for gram panchayats

    • Kerala

  • Kerala Civil Supplies to take procured paddy
  • `Ban on online lotteries not illegal'
  • Koothuparamba: red bastion braces for another poll battle
  • NCC draws up plan to strengthen activities
  • A date with the weather gods
  • Civic poll schedule may be disrupted
  • Tribals to relaunch agitation for land
  • Ban on online lotteries not illegal, says Government
  • Congress defends call for review of court ruling
  • KSU threatens to blockade Achuthanandan
  • Government to encourage entrepreneurs
  • Choice of lawyer faulted
  • Protest against conversion of train as Super Fast
  • Chandy's plea to Manmohan
  • Reject report on sand-mining: Parishad
  • Jacobite Metropolitan passes away
  • 40 injured as buses collide
  • Having a good time
  • Security for bypolls
  • Watery grave
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Academic rues lack of innovation
  • Flight cancelled
  • Around the City

    • Kochi

  • Schoolbags not to get any lighter
  • Overseas recruitment to be streamlined
  • High Court directive to KTDC
  • Pre-counselling: date extended
  • Fishworkers' warning
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • UGC recognition for Chavara college
  • Body retrieved from sea

    • Kottayam

  • KC(S) calls for unity of farmers' organisations

    • Kozhikode

  • Pre-counselling guidance on Thursday
  • Marad panel to hold sitting in Ernakulam
  • Aid for physically challenged
  • Plea to withdraw increase in FDI

    • Leader Page Articles

  • After France's dramatic rejection, what next?

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Sonia's re-election
  • Free power supply
  • Advanispeak
  • Bihar Assembly
  • Saving the tiger
  • Reel violence

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Indian journalism project inaugurated

    • Madikeri

  • Renovation of temples to be completed in two years

    • Madurai

  • BSNL gearing to face challenges
  • More than a nail-biting finish
  • DMK retains Deputy Mayor post
  • Examination results published
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • BJP members stage rail roko
  • Here, students have everything but textbooks
  • Three held in Mangalore, revolver seized
  • MCC ready for monsoon works
  • Land for dargah opposed
  • CET pre-counselling session on Friday
  • CET results on Reliance phones
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Mysore-Srirangapatna road to become six-lane
  • 100 taken ill after having food at marriage in Basallihundi village
  • Torrential rain affects life in Mysore city

    • Nagapattinam

  • Develop suitable seeds, scientists told

    • Nagercoil

  • Rs.2.49 cr. distributed for development works
  • Mental healthcare centre to be set up at Thuckalay
  • Select PCOs to carry out telegram service

    • Nalgonda

  • DCC chief's followers restive over delay in renomination
  • Maoist `courier' kept away from media

    • National

  • Speculation rife on Sonia's new team
  • Move to dissolve Bihar Assembly challenged
  • Court dismisses petition against Sun TV's DTH application
  • India will make revised offers in services talks at WTO
  • "Sabarmati Express attack not a conspiracy"
  • Barren Island volcano emits smoke
  • S.K. Modi Bihar BJP chief
  • Setback to NC as key MLA resigns
  • Goa has potential for establishing largest Special Economic Zone: Chidambaram
  • BJP stir in Maharashtra takes a violent turn
  • NCF seeks to make education relevant
  • Natwar leaving for Vladivostok today
  • Militants laud Geelani for not going to Pakistan
  • One more bookie held
  • Dancing against odds

    • New Delhi

  • Alarm bells ringing for Sheila Govt.
  • A faux pas at DU
  • "Power companies fudging records"
  • Water-starved people out on the streets
  • Targeting the `smoking doctors'
  • High Court summons trial court record in Katara case
  • DJB chief's assurance to High Court
  • Call to foster democracy
  • Summer's delight
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • Mobile revolution

    • News Analysis

  • `Reforms on right track, concerns can be addressed'
  • New moves in the Malacca Straits
  • Iraq has to build a working democracy
  • Chavez works wonders

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Chalakkayam-Pampa road work to be over soon
  • CPI activists lay siege to offices

    • Perambalur

  • Banana on 10 acres destroyed

    • Pondicherry

  • Traffic restrictions in place

    • Racing : Horse

  • Arjun and Kumar take top spot

    • Rajasthan

  • `Ensure speedy redressal of grievances'
  • Vasundhara refutes Congress charges

    • Religion

  • Goal of liberation

    • Shooting

  • Indian shooters disappoint

    • Sport

  • Chappell will bring a lot of fresh ideas: Balaji
  • Korea has it easy against Malaysia
  • Kerala runs over a hapless AP

    • Sports : General

  • Kerala triumphs

    • Table Tennis

  • Rajath, Mythili win

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Who is a senior citizen?
  • A nail-biting finish for engineering students
  • Centre can do more for Tamil Nadu, says DMK
  • Allies rally round DMK
  • Tsunami adalat draws big crowd
  • `None to listen to tsunami-hit girl'
  • INTACH to renovate Maratha royal tombs on Vadavar banks
  • `Efforts on to upgrade facilities at Kodaikanal'
  • Waive sales tax on cotton silk, Chidambaram plea to States
  • Sanitary complexes in Kancheepuram under-utilised
  • "New housing scheme guarantees safety at the cost of livelihood"
  • Karunanidhi writes to EC
  • It's now for Tamil Nadu to implement tsunami package: Chidambaram
  • Censor Board draws flak
  • `Five lakh dropped out of primary school'
  • Maratha royal tombs to be renovated
  • Passports despatched
  • Warrant against Gurumurthy issued
  • Small pharmaceutical units observe protest day
  • Cannon balls found in Big temple
  • 7 sentenced to death for murder of three
  • Karunanidhi arrives in Kotagiri
  • Tobacco is slow poison: doctors
  • Magazine highlights problems of autorickshaw drivers
  • Crackdown against illegal transportation of refugees
  • Defence services keen on tie-ups with academic institutions
  • ``Ranganathananda, kept alive spirit of Vivekananda's legacy''
  • No concrete offer from Congress or Communists, says Paswan
  • 3,500 pirated VCDs seized
  • For the source of life
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Plan to upgrade schools in Tirupur
  • Fast seeking UT status for Karaikal
  • Rs. 65 cr plan for Tirupur roads
  • Free textbooks despatched to all schools

    • Tennis

  • David Ferrer dethrones Gaston Gaudio
  • Irwin downs Navdeep Singh
  • Umpires face players' ire

    • Thanjavur

  • Physical fitness equally important, says Collector

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Officials divided over flood control project for city
  • Government accused of neglecting capital city
  • Registration to continue
  • Action against those using crude explosives for fishing
  • Concern over theft of passports from agency
  • Curbs on vehicles of educational institutions
  • 13 power theft cases detected
  • Pension
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated May 31, 1955: China to free US airmen
  • dated May 31, 1955: Burden on film industry
  • dated May 31, 1955: N.M. Joshi dead

    • Thrissur

  • Akademi grants for group shows
  • Girl, grandfather killed in road accident in Thrissur

    • Tiruchi

  • CII, DRDA joint initiative to boost rural economy
  • Distribution of renewed cards to begin soon
  • Woes of engineering colleges
  • Rotary Club award for Nagapattinam Collector
  • Special supplementary examination
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirupati

  • 78 p.c. qualify in SVU entrance test
  • People vote on Municipal Chairman's appointment
  • Congress dubs Mahanadu `show of strength'

    • Tuticorin

  • Non-refundable loans to be disbursed to Hindu Adi Dravidars

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Agra University V-C demands independent probe

    • Uttaranchal

  • Sunil Dutt's ashes immersed
  • Lokayukta flak on Forest Department

    • Vellore

  • `Withdraw ASI notification'
  • Thousands throng Yelagiri Hills for summer festival

    • Vijayawada

  • VAMBAY woes: Congress MLA conducts sit-in
  • Probe sought into `irregularities'
  • The Hindu guidance sessions
  • Suspicious death
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Promoting what?

    • Visakhapatnam

  • `Stir threat by RTC unions not justified'
  • Cooperative societies to be restructured: Minister
  • AURCET to be held in August
  • Two Maoists give up
  • Textbooks distributed
  • Police raid club
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • A trip down memory lane

    • Warangal

  • Work on Dharmasagar tank launched

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Wrestling

  • Superb show by Indian wrestlers

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