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    Andhra Pradesh

  • Rajasekhara Reddy cancels sale of all temple lands
  • Plan to make Vizag a major tourist hub
  • 14-day remand for Maoist leaders, Virasam members
  • Seed firms told to invest in research
  • ICAR chief opposes free power to farmers
  • Hospital reaches a milestone
  • Strike imminent, says RTC JAC
  • CPI(M) workers lathicharged
  • Goodwill mission to Iran concluded
  • Rajahmundry MP presents annual report to people
  • CPI to ally with CPI(M) in civic, coop. polls
  • Bio-village concept to be showcased at rythu sadassu
  • Arrest of Virasam members flayed
  • `Local person' angle to pastors' case?
  • Stop liquor flow, TDP tells State Government
  • Need to enhance greenery in cities underscored
  • Sangh Parivar activists held
  • Selling used stamp papers for new
  • Village where `paan,' soft drinks are a taboo
  • HIV tag: TTD school asked to take back girl
  • 3 fake naxalites held on extortion charge
  • TDP faults Maoists' ultimatum to TRS
  • Direct polls to civic chief post sought
  • MCA scam: two attenders held
  • Website for farmers unveiled
  • ESI medical officer arrested
  • Ryots' suicide: panel sitting today
  • Janashakti leader arrested?
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Welfare steps for sex workers
  • Bidding for liquor shops in Adilabad on a `high'
  • TTD may ease darshan ordeals of NRIs
  • Hall-tickets for OU PG exams despatched
  • 132 houses sanctioned under IAY

    • Badminton

  • Himanshu rallies to beat Vinay
  • Aparna recovers

    • Bangalore

  • Spurt in diarrhoeal cases in city
  • Milk vendor hurt in attack
  • Residents protest against conversion of residential sites for commercial purpose
  • The Hindu pre-counselling guidance programme
  • Pre-counselling guidance programme on Monday
  • Mayor gets invitation from four countries
  • Rally in support of helmet rule
  • Auto driver robbed
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Pirated book trade booming

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • India misses quarterfinal spot

    • Belgaum

  • `Repay outstanding dues and get interest waiver'

    • Bellary

  • Bellary geared up for APMC polls

    • Bidar

  • `Gastroenteritis under control in Solpur'

    • Briefly

  • SBI bicentennial celebrations
  • Crisil to rate MFIs
  • Four-way trans-Pacific FTA reached
  • Conference on supply chain management
  • Supervisory skills development programme
  • Gem and jewellery courses
  • TMB net profit up
  • IOB hikes term deposit rates
  • Semiconductor fab unit making progress
  • ICICI Lombard's weather insurance for farmers
  • PruICICI declares dividend
  • UbiNetics to sell measurement division
  • Ma Foi Global to join IESF
  • `Irani report should be discussed threadbare'
  • Toyota Kirloskar's promotional plans
  • Airtel's offers in U.P. (W), Uttaranchal
  • IDBI offloads stake in Nagarjuna Fert
  • New regional director for RBI

    • Business

  • FM set to clear merger of RRBs
  • ECB window open for NBFCs
  • Minister against Nalco disinvestment
  • Fiat India launches Adventure Sport
  • ILD licence suspended for default
  • HCL forms venture with NEC of Japan
  • Sona Okegawa's Pune unit on stream
  • Interns from abroad at Infosys
  • Everest Ind inaugurates new plant
  • Rupee closes higher
  • Sensex up 93 points
  • Gutierrez meets Chinese minister

    • Cartoons

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    • Chennai

  • HIV tests `forced on sex workers'
  • Fake employment agencies come under police scanner
  • Encroachments choke Thiruvottriyur road
  • University to set up technology incubator
  • SRM institute signs MoU
  • SSLC results through BSNL mobile services
  • Transport department gets four vehicles to check overspeeding
  • Last date extended for submission of applications
  • Maran inspects subway work
  • Man held for harassing woman
  • 2 booked under Copyright Act
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Mary-Ann, Saheli keep Indian hopes alive
  • CPAI decides to seek recognition
  • Sai Manivannan emerges sole leader
  • Sai Vasavadutta wins boys' title

    • Coimbatore

  • Streetlights: Corpn. asked to go in for fresh tenders
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Eco drive
  • Around the City
  • The police on a proactive mode

    • Cricket

  • Hayden will let his bat do the talking
  • Bangladesh's woes are on
  • ONGC wins pulsating semifinal
  • Pakistan wins toss, bats first
  • Terrible start for Harbhajan

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8311
  • Solution to Puzzle 8310

    • Cuddalore

  • Aid promised for parents of quadruplets

    • Cuddapah

  • CPI(M) cadre on 24-hour picketing of Collectorate

    • Dharwad

  • Contractor's cash bag stolen

    • Editorials

  • Deep Throat's identity unveiled
  • Foes-turned-friends turn foes again

    • Erode

  • Raise herbal plants, farmers told
  • Group houses to be repaired at Rs. 25 lakhs
  • Permission sought to tap toddy
  • Dyeing units closed

    • Football

  • Beckham to partner a football academy in LA
  • `Poor quality due to lack of competition'

    • Front Page

  • India backs Colombo plan
  • We will stay the course, say Hurriyat leaders
  • Poll panel deputes two-member team
  • CPI(M) will protest any hike in petrol prices
  • BCCI to bid for 2011 World Cup
  • Rs. 1,300-crore plan to upgrade roads
  • IBM official traced
  • 23 child inmates missing
  • Spelling champ

    • Golf

  • Vijay Kumar noses ahead
  • India finishes fourth

    • Haryana

  • HICA invites applications for admission
  • A bonanza for Haryana village
  • Special drive to clean Nehru feeder canal

    • Hassan

  • Yegachi bridge in poor condition

    • Hubli

  • Hubli-Dharwad water supply schedule

    • Hyderabad

  • Police to act tough on landgrabbers
  • Learning astronomy becomes more exciting
  • It is not business alone
  • Lessons on road safety for teachers
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • A day at rocket design centre
  • "LoC as border is no solution"
  • "Pakistan Army backing peace process"
  • "Missile man" visits design office

    • International

  • Britain unveils new "Marshall Plan" to wipe out Africa's poverty
  • Surge in Iraq violence leaves 750 dead in May
  • U.K. referendum to be put on hold
  • Bodies of newborns found in freezer
  • Power cables linked to cancer
  • Napoleon was poisoned: toxicologist

    • Karnataka

  • IAF officer's wife looks forward to his return
  • `Parties should ensure fair polls'
  • BJP plans privilege motion against Mani Shankar Aiyar
  • Court stays proceedings in defamation case against Dharam Singh
  • Commercial property scene looking up
  • Runway for civilian aircraft sought at naval airport
  • House panel calls for CoD probe into MBBS marks scandal
  • Bangalore-Mysore road to be ready by Dasara
  • Cross examination of first witness in Anjali Gupta case completed
  • Crop insurance released in 18 districts
  • `Mind mapping improves efficiency'
  • Congress will win bypolls, says Poojary
  • Intermediate Jet Trainer, ALH for Paris air show
  • No delay in textbook distribution: Minister
  • Panel to study conditions in KIMS, Dharwad
  • Bound by a common goal
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Machinery being used under food-for-work scheme in Davangere
  • Horticulture Department to promote ginger crop
  • Dharmasthala project for Uttara Kannada
  • Opposition to projects gaining momentum
  • Bus driver killed, eight injured in accident
  • Rs. 1,000-cr. tourism plan ready: Minister

    • Kerala

  • Sand-mining: Government for debate on panel report
  • Antony not to submit resignation before June 5
  • Do not try to scuttle development: Antony
  • Cabinet gives approval for purchase of paddy
  • School bags — no light matter this
  • AIBOA welcomes wage agreement with caution
  • Vanilla growers' plea dismissed
  • Students plan to block counselling
  • Airlines come up with special tour packages
  • Work on cement unit stopped
  • Bank manager found dead
  • P. Govinda Pillai deposes before Marad panel
  • BJP undecided on sand-mining issue
  • Action sought against Pinarayi
  • To avoid fatalities
  • Death trap
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Plea to include lesson on Vaidyar
  • Around the City

    • Khammam

  • Plea for quick disposal of cases against SCs, STs

    • Kochi

  • 86 cadets pass out of Naval training squadron
  • Pre-counselling guidance programme today
  • Meeting held in memory of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait
  • Man held in connection with hit-and-run case
  • Bridge to be opened on June 12
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • A credit for Amrita institution
  • Applications invited for NCC scholarships
  • NGOs' warning to Government
  • Government staff to stage dharna

    • Kottayam

  • Mar Kunnassery made Archbishop

    • Kozhikode

  • Akshaya Project to be launched in Kozhikode
  • Schools in Kozhikode face water scarcity
  • NGO Association stages dharna

    • Kurnool

  • Handloom expo opens
  • Constable suspended, another rewarded

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Mumbai, monsoon and the many makeovers

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Hurriyat's claim
  • Advani's statement
  • Ignore it
  • Bofors case
  • A benchmark
  • The smoking debate
  • Compensation culture

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • BJP selects `balanced' panel for M.P.

    • Madikeri

  • Is Kodagu heading for a water crisis?

    • Madurai

  • Admission Cell of MK varsity's distance education dept. fully computerised
  • Squeezed for parking space
  • Move to shift vegetable market to Paravai gains momentum
  • 51 villages receive Rs.65-lakh grant under `Namadhu Gramam' scheme
  • For the tsunami-hit girls
  • SSLC results today
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • `Look beyond medical, engineering courses'
  • Second instalment of support price sanctioned to CAMPCO
  • `Varsity issues marks cards with photos'
  • KCCI award to be presented today
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Work to begin soon on Makkaji Chowk commercial complex
  • Government favours autonomy for MMC
  • Protest against shifting of DDPI's office to government school
  • Fine arts course through distance learning
  • Autonomy granted

    • Nagapattinam

  • Student crushed to death, father injured

    • Nagercoil

  • Govt. to raise herbal plants on 100 acres
  • NABARD thrust on entrepreneur scheme

    • National

  • Colombo's eco concerns to be factored into Sethu project
  • APHC does not represent entire State: J&K parties
  • "War plan was sold by ex-DMO"
  • Imported soy and corn products may be harmful
  • Retired Army officer contests Gohar's claims
  • NAC reconstituted
  • Quick decisions helped, says Ram Kapse
  • Joshi, Fernandes defend ex-NCERT Director
  • "No time frame for oil price hike"
  • Dayanidhi Maran to meet Intel chief
  • Knowledge Commission set up
  • Mahillary sworn in Bodoland council chief
  • Swamy ridicules Congress demand for apology
  • Panel examines Kalyan Singh
  • Sun TV's denial
  • More smoke rising from Barren Island volcano
  • 20 held in Mumbai for employing child labour
  • Krishna Iyer criticises ruling on Coke plant
  • From a rebel act to `cool' behaviour

    • Nellore

  • Narayana college house surgeons on the warpath

    • New Delhi

  • Pact with MNC may add to DJB's woes
  • Host of events to mark environment day
  • Phone pulse rate reduced
  • A passionate plea to Shah Rukh
  • Water is what waterless want
  • Utter negligence found in broken bank lockers case
  • An ode to courage
  • Booked for receiving stolen property
  • A roadblock for a bright talent
  • ``Relief credit expedited''
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • `Aim is to bring Parliament nearer people'
  • The difficult task of electoral rolls revision
  • Flaws in an ambitious government scheme
  • Spotlight on Darfur

    • Nizamabad

  • Doctor killed in mishap

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Minister to open ECS annual meet

    • Pondicherry

  • 15 p.c. hike in scholarship
  • AIADMK flays Congress Chief Ministers for boycotting south zonal meeting

    • Rajasthan

  • Congress seeks apology from Raje
  • `Dalits still being denied basic rights'

    • Religion

  • Antidote to sins

    • Sport

  • BCCI to bid for 2011 World Cup
  • It's Australia vs. Korea
  • Rohan Bopanna prevails over a fighting Salifu
  • Geetha, Sunita complete double

    • Sports : General

  • Softball gaining popularity in the State
  • Bakre hurt in freak accident
  • Manipur, Delhi keep winning

    • Swimming

  • Agnishwar, Mridula are individual champions
  • Too cramped a schedule

    • Tamil Nadu

  • "DMK will brave threats of filing of cases against its leaders"
  • Courtallam ready to receive guests with more facilities
  • High Court's warns 500 dyeing, bleaching units
  • Human rights organisation launches AIDS awareness campaign
  • NIOT designs low-cost desalination plant
  • Make Minorities Commission a statutory body: chairman
  • Jayalalithaa writes to Manmohan
  • Leaders greet Karunanidhi on his birthday
  • Karunanidhi's plea to Barnala on bogus voters
  • Maduranthagam Arumugham dead
  • Lalbagh Express to stop at Walajah Road station
  • 20 years after Bhopal tragedy, he's still hoping for justice
  • Book on Tiruvalluvar released
  • State poised to move towards zero discharge from tanneries
  • Villagers block road to push demand for coastal wall
  • Zero-waste plan for tanneries
  • Ford India's initiative for rehabilitation of tsunami victims
  • Mettur water release unlikely on June 12
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Welfare measures worth Rs.1.11 cr.distributed
  • Hi-tech park to boost textile exports
  • Six held for murder
  • Concession for cooperative housing loan borrowers
  • Man arrested, highway signboards recovered
  • CPI cadres stage demonstration
  • Notebooks distributed to students
  • Powerloom units slash production
  • Special pujas performed

    • Tennis

  • A clash between the comeback queens
  • Twins' successful strategy, off-court too

    • Thanjavur

  • Best craftsman award

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • London borough to help civic body in digital mapping
  • Spirit in disguise
  • Plea for foot-bridge
  • Engineer dead
  • Science lab
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated June 4, 1955: Right system for us: Nehru
  • dated June 4, 1955: Yugoslav-Russia ties

    • Tiruchi

  • RWF to produce 1.10 lakh wheels this year
  • Monsoon to set in soon: Be prepared, officials told
  • Power shutdown
  • Clarification
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Three commit suicide in Tirunelveli district
  • St.John's College to admit girls

    • Tirupati

  • Call to identify crops for organic farming

    • Tuticorin

  • Wildlife warden takes charge

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Concern over tea growers' plight
  • Notices for schools

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Mulayam keeps mum on Mayawati statue
  • Industrialists want more `power'

    • Vellore

  • 320 unapproved schools in Vellore

    • Vijayawada

  • CPI(M) starts 36-hr protest
  • VMC sounds dengue alert
  • In-service candidates get varsity breather
  • G.O. 167 shatters doctor's dream
  • A jumbo meal on road
  • House broken into, jewellery stolen
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • VUDA told to compensate
  • Time frame set to solve grievances
  • Two held on cheating charge
  • Surgery cures twins
  • Appointed
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Easy for TN boys

    • Warangal

  • PG entrance tests of KU from June 15
  • Law entrance today

    • Weather

  • Weather

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