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    Andhra Pradesh

  • Property registration charges reduced in Andhra
  • Judicial probe ordered into temple land scam
  • Deccan traps may yield oil
  • YSR's functioning ruffles a few feathers
  • `Virgin' myth goes for a toss in Kurnool
  • State waiting for Karnataka approval
  • Hoax bomb call scares bank customers, staff
  • IBM's global delivery centre inaugurated
  • Heatwave claims five lives in East Godavari
  • Janashakti's quit notice to leaders
  • Laxman wants ordinance to continue categorisation
  • Ryots want State to take care of Sagar canal lifts
  • Night bazaar concept to be studied: YSR
  • Funds crunch hits APSRTC hard
  • TDP seeks probe into charges against Advisor to Government
  • State-level educational body for minorities suggested
  • Freedom-fighter's death: `official apathy' condemned
  • Minority panel calls on YSR
  • YSR's directive on strengthening cooperatives
  • She is haunted by terror
  • TDP opposes helipad at Secretariat
  • Subsistence allowance for `Gopal Mitras'
  • B.Ed counselling rescheduled
  • Question of quota
  • Service cadres of teachers integrated
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • 290 villages to be developed
  • Welfare schemes reviewed
  • Steps for land distribution

    • Bangalore

  • Pro-Kannada activists demand uniform education policy
  • Dacoits enter apartment, take away cash, jewellery
  • Mayor takes action against 16 officials
  • Infosys helped in faster rollout of Airbus A380
  • Rs. 1.50 crore seized
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Tiruchi wins boys title

    • Belgaum

  • Horticulture seen as lucrative proposition

    • Bellary

  • Continuation of `rasashastra' PG course demanded

    • Bidar

  • Environment Day

    • Bihar

  • NDA Govt. in Bihar after polls: Uma

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Renu beats Sowmini

    • Boxing

  • Sahu aims for Olympic gold

    • Bridge

  • Kerala to host National bridge

    • Briefly

  • Uniform calling rate likely, says Maran
  • Exports up 22 p.c. in May
  • Bharti's outsourcing deal with Ericsson
  • Dabur eyes 15 p.c. market share in oral care
  • Dr. Reddy's bags award
  • 1:1 bonus from Mahindra and Mahindra
  • Sahara Mutual launches new scheme
  • Microsoft, Accenture to use eLitmus.com
  • PTC partners Dimensions

    • Business

  • M&M to make heavy vehicles
  • Put off Cl.49 deadline, say CEOs
  • UB completes acquisition of Shaw Wallace
  • NRI group to bring in Rs. 220 crore
  • TVS Logistics forays into Thailand
  • Job prospects brighten, says employers' survey
  • Sensex extends gains
  • Schawk forms venture with RKKR group
  • Consolidated Construction to expand
  • SABMiller to invest $125 m
  • Rupee recovers against $
  • Jet to buy 30 planes from Airbus, Boeing
  • RPG to shift retail base to Kolkata

    • Cartoons

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    • Chennai

  • After midnight, `moral police' are out in force
  • Cut-off band narrows for MBBS aspirants in TN
  • The plight of bus commuters: packed like sardines in a can
  • Rahman musical extravaganza in the offing
  • Snoring could harm if left untreated
  • Specialised products to help the disabled
  • `Yellow pages' now available in Tamil
  • Courses on Gandhian thought
  • NCC training camp to select team for R-Day parade
  • No kennels for GRP sniffer dogs
  • Coming: a database of buildings
  • First attempt mark sheets to be returned to students
  • Orientation for U.S.-bound students
  • Typhoid vaccination campaign launched
  • Cut-off band narrows for MBBS aspirants in TN
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Coimbatore

  • Shops to remain open till midnight
  • Avinashi Road: CII report by September
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Metro CC reigns
  • Central clinches title
  • Irfan's is a minor injury'

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8320
  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8319

    • Editorials

  • A warm welcome in a cold battlefield
  • Engaging with big science abroad

    • Erode

  • Tribals get solar lights
  • Opposition to meet CEO
  • Komarapalayam bridge to be opened for traffic soon
  • 15 bonded labourers rescued

    • Football

  • Karnataka posts win
  • Confederations Cup from today

    • Front Page

  • Go by Constitution, Governors told
  • Michael Jackson walks free
  • ``Advani must quit politics''
  • Pataudi's bail plea adjourned
  • England too hot for Australia
  • Tania Sachdev joins WGM club
  • Mann arrested
  • Bandh observed
  • Quake in many areas
  • Bidappa detained
  • Suicide attack

    • Golf

  • Jaini in the van

    • Guntur

  • Special drive planned to clear pending housing applications
  • Greyhounds men rescued
  • DRDA to meet frequently
  • APCLC leader arrested

    • Haryana

  • Hooda assures farmers of enough power

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Himachal to set up Film City

    • Hockey

  • `Argentina and Spain are the big threats'
  • Indian junior team leaving today
  • Narrow win for Army XI

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Water supply in Hubli, Dharwad
  • Trains cancelled

    • Hyderabad

  • A roadmap for all-round development
  • Probe ordered into Boya Shankar case
  • Tibetan medical camp from July 1
  • Housing board bows to pressure
  • Cloud-seeding to begin today
  • New diploma courses
  • Encroachment denied
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • Michael Jackson cleared of child molestation charges
  • The charges against pop icon
  • ElBaradei gets third term as U.S. drops objection
  • Journalists in Nepal not to relent on democracy
  • 2 held in Tamil journalist's murder
  • Blair visit does not lift ties with France
  • 27 killed in two Iraq bombings
  • I did not support terrorism: Rashid
  • Media distorted my comments, says Yasin Malik
  • Another planet is around too

    • Karimnagar

  • BJP to launch 24-hour fast tomorrow
  • Trainee constables' test begins today
  • Fodder distributed

    • Karnataka

  • Fashion world stunned over Bidappa's detention
  • He has done his State proud
  • `Sanitation vital in reducing child mortality, morbidity'
  • VTU to facilitate virtual counselling for MBA, MCA admissions
  • Poojary threatens agitation for metro rail
  • Central law on admissions likely: Manjunath
  • BJP MLAs from Bangalore write to Siddaramaiah on metro rail
  • Govt. to urge Centre to provide sops for industries: Sindhia
  • VISL sets up Visvesvaraya museum
  • Student bodies demand higher govt. quota
  • `Don't put off polls to panchayat bodies and appoint administrators'
  • Research institute asked to stop construction near lake
  • Protect victims of crime: Ajai Kumar Singh
  • Dharam Singh denies reports on KPCC chief
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • `Make Kannada medium of instruction in schools'
  • Continue sops for use of solar energy, Govt. urged
  • Municipal officers instructed to clear encroachments
  • Govt. to penalise handloom corporation
  • Shirwad villagers begin relay fast
  • Activists protest 50:50 seat sharing
  • Davangere SP felicitated

    • Kerala

  • AICC directive puts Kerala leadership in a fix
  • Consenus on mineral sand-mining
  • Hight Court orders registration of sale deeds at the old rate
  • In-board engine-fitted craft could upset ban
  • Mining: Minister claims consensus
  • Vazhiyoram project launched
  • Onam celebrations in Kochi, Kozhikode
  • Pay-off case: Manichan's accountant examined
  • Sabarimala temple opens for puja
  • Three new Vicar Generals for Mar Thoma Church
  • Curbs on encroachment
  • MP's plea
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Kumbla residents up in arms against sand-mining
  • Dharna to be staged tomorrow
  • Youth killed
  • Around the City

    • Kochi

  • Two held on charges of burglary
  • Law soon to rein in Ayurveda centres
  • District Panchayat to go ahead with Vyttila bus stand project
  • Ban on trawling comes into effect
  • Plumbing seminar concludes
  • Hanging bridge
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Award for best teacher announced
  • Illegal quarrying: Collector's directive to tahsildar

    • Kozhikode

  • Students gherao MCH Principal
  • SAY examination: Unruly scenes witnessed
  • NGOs seek common registration rule
  • AISF plans stir

    • Kurnool

  • All set for education awareness drive

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Identifying alternatives to petroleum
  • Keeping alive minority cultures
  • `Low-cost housing' deep in the sea

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Highly condemnable
  • The political doosra
  • Gandhi & secularism
  • Disturbing trend
  • A complex issue
  • A welcome addition

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • BJP scores over others in M.P. mandi polls
  • Don't close Indira Sagar dam gates, warns NBA

    • Madikeri

  • Govt. may form joint ventures to develop horticulture

    • Madurai

  • Political will lacking in helping Dalits of reserved panchayats, claims jury
  • Implement CMP, AIFB tells Centre
  • Cooperative employees stage demonstration
  • Madurai, Chennai link train timings
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Maharashtra

  • Respite for Mumbai slum-dwellers
  • `Bar girls were not trafficked into Mumbai'

    • Mangalore

  • Govt. agrees to revise order, fishermen groups happy
  • State-level exhibition at Vamanjoor
  • Minorities panel may probe violence
  • ` Arogya Suraksha Scheme' launched
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Lease-cum-sale rule planned for residential sites
  • `VAT needs to be fine-tuned'
  • Activists want Kannada as medium of instruction
  • Hydraulics training centre inaugurated
  • Jewellery worth Rs. 1 lakh stolen

    • Nagercoil

  • Plan to develop tourism spots in Nagercoil district

    • Nalgonda

  • Police gesture floors villagers

    • National

  • "Only ceremonial role for Gyanendra acceptable"
  • General Managers to be held accountable for rail accidents
  • Sangh Parivar activists disrupt tribunal hearing
  • CPI (M) seeks report to decide on Bihar alliance
  • NCP may pull out nominee from Rane Government
  • Indian soldier killed in Congo
  • "Working to enhance role of U.N."
  • Play positive role in dealing with "a siege within," Kalam tells Governors
  • Planning Commission nod no longer needed for power projects
  • ``Himachal not for restructuring power board''
  • United States Consulate curb on visa-seekers from south
  • "Not our policy to send police inside varsity"
  • ``Revelation'' serious: India
  • Swamy condemns blast
  • U.S. official explains arms export policy
  • Northwest and central States face dry spell
  • A premeditated attack: CPI (M)
  • Cub reporter lands in trouble

    • Nellore

  • Water works to be taken up with Rs. 30 cr.

    • New Delhi

  • All roads lead to DU today
  • Govt. seeks feasibility report on Monorail
  • Arrested for extortion
  • Sonia authorised to select new team
  • `Miracle baby' revisits Delhi
  • Neighbourhood colleges getting popular
  • Court notices on phone tapping
  • U.S. issues visa guidelines
  • `Separate census an insult to Muslims'
  • Plea to stop seminar
  • Power tariff hike from July 1
  • A new monkey species
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • A daunting road ahead
  • Power equations in the Parivar
  • Tarnished halos of the G8 leaders

    • Nizamabad

  • Teachers want school reopening put off
  • Body found in lodge

    • Pathanamthitta

  • 63 malaria cases reported in Pathanamthitta

    • Pondicherry

  • Government urged to desilt canals
  • Defence pension applications
  • BC Corporation chief leaves for Delhi
  • PMC plans protest
  • JD (S) activists held
  • Admission procedure simplified
  • Cultivating bananas on a terrace

    • Racing : Horse

  • Daring Don well tuned
  • Lanark, Diomedes please
  • Marshall elected president of JAI

    • Racing : Motor

  • Armaan confident of doing better

    • Rajasthan

  • Bid to improve police functioning in Rajasthan
  • Call for law on water utilisation

    • Religion

  • The Divine name

    • Salem

  • Periyar varsity introduces credit system in PG courses

    • Shimoga

  • Five `treasure hunters' nabbed

    • Sport

  • England too hot for Australia
  • Tania Sachdev joins WGM club

    • Sports : General

  • Chess tournament

    • Squash

  • Joshna faces her biggest challenge

    • Swimming

  • Stage set for sub-junior swimming

    • Table Tennis

  • Himansh in quarterfinals

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Professional courses admission: all cases referred to High Court Chief Justice
  • It's English `that gives India the edge'
  • Karunanidhi trying to take undue credit: Jayalalithaa
  • Mineral upgradation fund sought Plea for mineral upgrading fund
  • Centre studying national waterways project
  • Many industries keen on investing in Himachal Pradesh: Virbhadra Singh
  • "Stir will seek jobs for road mazdoors"
  • Sethu project: plan to displace fishermen families dropped
  • Plea against Chidambaram's election dismissed
  • Varsity working on historical atlas of south
  • Outboard motor engines distributed to 82 fishermen
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Federation of blood donors' clubs takes shape in Pudukottai
  • Highway robbery has been virtually eliminated, police say
  • Tight security for CM visit
  • Enrolled in school

    • Tennis

  • An enduring affection
  • Shokeen loses in semifinals
  • Injured Dementieva retires
  • Bhambri sisters in main draw
  • Nitin Kirtane quells Mitchell's challenge

    • Thanjavur

  • Tamil University plans to start distance education centre soon
  • `Expedite Cauvery Tribunal final award'

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • SAT Hospital, MCH poised for expansion
  • Youth held on charges of attacking Imam
  • Yuva Morcha workers arrested at PSC office
  • 101 blood donors honoured
  • Man creates scare at hospital
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated June 15, 1955: Strike in Singapore
  • dated June 15, 1955: Nehru in Georgia
  • dated June 15, 1955: Vidhana Soudha

    • Thrissur

  • Devaswom to tackle pollution at Gokulam
  • Youngsters told to donate blood
  • Mother nabbed on charges of female infanticide
  • Man injured as lightning strikes near Thrissur
  • Man killed in road accident

    • Tiruchi

  • Practising what she professes
  • TASMAC shop burgled
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tirunelveli

  • `Conserve medicinal plants'

    • Tirupati

  • CPI(M) protest turns violent
  • AISF flays delay in DSC selections

    • Tuticorin

  • Lab to test quality of rural roads

    • Udupi

  • Nagarjuna Power financial closure soon
  • Student killed in road accident

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Six injured in clash
  • Six die of measles
  • Buta lauded
  • Haryana's longest flyover
  • Doctor goes missing
  • Woman acquitted
  • No decision on police personnel's transfer to Uttaranchal

    • Uttaranchal

  • Ragpickers to combat plastic menace

    • Vijayawada

  • Education through multimedia
  • Drinking water, better sanitation urged
  • Five injured in accident
  • Around the City

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Unions oppose foreign investment
  • Police foil protestors' bid to enter civic chief's house
  • BJP condemns demolition
  • Sending wrong signals
  • The Hindu career guidance workshop today
  • Rake link integration
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Weather

  • Weather

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