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  • Trawling ban renders thousands jobless

    • Anantapur

  • Bomb hoax at Anantapur on second day in a row
  • Industrial security force to monitor flows into Tungabhadra canal

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Differential power tariff likely in Andhra Pradesh
  • Andhra CM asks naxals to eschew violence
  • The Hindu education caravan reaches Vizag
  • Greenpeace campaign in nine cities to save whales
  • CVC suggests `integrity pact' for major deals
  • Window of opening for robbers on outskirts of city
  • Women's empowerment through art
  • Plan to form more SHGs
  • Cloud-seeding likely to begin on June 19
  • TRS pays no heed to Maoist deadline
  • Proposal to introduce formal education in `madrasas'
  • Greenpeace campaign in nine cities to save whales
  • Philips to go for a name change
  • Delay in medicare traumatises girl
  • Midnight dacoity, daytime robbery
  • YSR agrees to regularise encroached Government lands
  • Revolutionary parties call for struggle
  • Horticulture: private sector asked to step in
  • Naxals told to eschew violence
  • TDP comments on political advisor irks Congress
  • Telugu Desam threatens agitation
  • IAS officers unhappy over ACB raid on Home Secretary residence
  • Meeting on naxal threat tomorrow
  • Council to intensify consumer awareness
  • Congress blocking development: Sunita
  • Extremist surrenders to Warangal S.P.
  • Cloud-seeding is useless exercise: TDP
  • Landmines unearthed
  • Eight units of KTPS trip; supply hit
  • Murder suspects' houses searched
  • EAMCET counselling from July 21
  • Vedika's poser on Vaastu
  • Housewife murdered for gain
  • 4 electrocuted
  • Monsoon lull continues
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Rs. 45 cr. for construction of police quarters
  • Tirumala pilgrims can await their turn for darshan in cool comfort
  • Special police selections commence

    • Athletics

  • Anju, Neelam withdraw from Asian GP series

    • Badminton

  • Subrajit Pal shocks Soumitra Shivanekar

    • Bangalore

  • Fish kill in Puttenahalli Lake
  • Factory staff assaulted, vehicle taken away
  • Education Dept. officer caught taking bribe
  • Seized cash belongs to gold merchants: police
  • Counselling today for NCC candidates
  • Nishant completes 100th flight
  • Around the City
  • Students make frantic visits to colleges

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Minister tells officials to expedite irrigation works
  • People's plight moves Kharge
  • Union Govt. urged to help resolve river water disputes

    • Bellary

  • Minister for campaign to spread awareness on enviroment

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Chitra beats Umadevi

    • Briefly

  • BHEL shares sale: bids for advisors sought
  • UTI MF to merge five schemes
  • Nectar Life plans IPO
  • Citigroup's open offer
  • M&M launches turbo variants of Bolero
  • MSP Steel to tap market
  • eBay India's new initiative
  • Everest Ind in pact with Brazilian firm
  • Zak Interior Exterior Expo from June 23
  • Printing press installed
  • Talent search test
  • Manager of the year award
  • Taib Bank buys shares in Visu International
  • Birla MF launches GenNext Fund
  • Satyam in pact with Computer Associates
  • Fairness cream for men
  • New MD for Sentini Cermica
  • GE Shipping to sell crude carrier
  • Yes Bank to open more branches
  • NR group forays into personal care segment
  • ITC Infotech extends pact with PTC
  • QuEST to set up offshore engineering centre
  • Samsung launches new CDMA handset

    • Business

  • PSBs asked to grow in size
  • `MFs must communicate market risks properly'
  • Ambanis' settlement likely on July 6
  • Posco to sign MoU with Orissa
  • Orchid plans GDR issue
  • Harrisons to sell rubber estate
  • TCS-HAL to offer aerospace solutions
  • DuPont auto centre for Nagoya
  • Jet to file case against U.S. firm
  • Sensex crosses 6900 mark
  • Rupee declines
  • HM to supply components to more OEMs

    • Cartoons

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    • Chennai

  • Groynes help to reclaim land along Royapuram-Tiruvottiyur coastal belt
  • Doctors hook up using Internet
  • Proving child abuse `is not easy'
  • Sethu project foundation likely in July first week
  • Talent hunt in tsunami-hit districts
  • In Ambattur, cave-ins leave residents jittery
  • High Court issues notice to panchayatdars
  • Thanks to cochlear implant, this A.P. boy can hear now
  • Woman robbed of gold chain
  • `Coastal regulation zone notification amended to suit industrial lobby'
  • HIV testing facility to be opened at Tambaram Sanatorium
  • Temporary shelter for fire victims
  • Ganja seized, five arrested
  • Old age home celebrates anniversary
  • Domestic help held for theft
  • `Yellow pages' now available in Tamil
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Coimbatore

  • Siruvani waits for good monsoon
  • TNAU extends date to submit applications
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • England has the power to tackle Australia

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8321
  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8320

    • Cuddalore

  • DMK, allies stage demonstration

    • Cuddapah

  • Two die, four hurt in road mishap

    • Editorials

  • Jackson's return to Neverland
  • Why Maya is Memsaab

    • Erode

  • Rs. 8.13 crores sought for tribal areas
  • Call to reinstate road workers
  • College gesture
  • Attack on lensman alleged

    • Football

  • China, Spain in second round
  • TN shocks Punjab
  • India confident ahead of second match

    • Front Page

  • ``Governors can act as watchdogs''
  • JVP pulls out of Chandrika Government
  • Defend Advani against attacks: Vajpayee
  • Ban on smoking scenes from October 2
  • Putin, Sonia for bringing people closer
  • Normal practice to hire private aircraft: Congress
  • Kuznetsova enters quarterfinals
  • Crisis brews in English cricket
  • Yasin Malik taken ill
  • BJP leaders arrested
  • Petroleum prices hike
  • 14 miners trapped

    • Golf

  • Manav Das wrests lead

    • Gulbarga

  • Unions should protect rights of working class: Fernandes
  • Fernandes doubtful of emergence of third front

    • Guntur

  • Water for Nagarjunasagar ayacut in August
  • Guntur hotels told to expand facilities
  • Markfed asks 700 chilli farmers to bring stocks

    • Haryana

  • Panel to look into recruitment scam soon

    • Hassan

  • District hospital set to house pre-clinical courses
  • SFI demands increase in government quota

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Breeding a rare and endangered bird species

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Water supply schedule in Hubli, Dharwad
  • `Hike in water tariff essential'

    • Hyderabad

  • Commercial use of Nagole vacant land being mooted
  • Total compensation for road widening affected, says Jaju
  • Kavuru offers free vocational courses
  • Power shutdown in many areas today
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • International

  • Iran's reformist threatens to quit poll
  • Hosni Mubarak to run for fifth term
  • A farewell to Fleet Street
  • Annan faces new claims in oil scandal
  • Hong Kong official's papers declared valid
  • Lid lifted on a legal fiction
  • India seeks early warning system for disasters soon
  • "Indian films cannot be allowed now"
  • Wireless tool that keeps track of your children
  • Quake: tsunami fear in California
  • "Maoist problem was main focus of talks"
  • `Sheikh Rashid was given hundreds of acres'

    • Karnataka

  • Belur and Halebid structures in race for World Heritage Site tag
  • BJP developments will not affect NDA, says Fernandes
  • Caste-wise survey of OBCs to begin this week
  • Encounter: notice issued to State Govt., Bangalore city police
  • Two win Young Achievers Award
  • Samajwadi Party, Congress trade charges
  • `No explanation given to Sonia on electoral defeats'
  • Novel project to increase greenery
  • Partial cancellation of train services
  • `H.K. Patil is not a Veerashaiva Lingayat'
  • Districts to have Ayurvedic dispensaries
  • Speed up work on food park, panel tells Govt.
  • Population booklets released
  • Govt. firm on helmet rule
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Davangere zilla panchayat to submit report on misappropriation of funds to Govt.
  • S.M. Krishna to inaugurate function
  • Consumer group objects to power tariff revision
  • Plea for alternative sites
  • Man sentenced to imprisonment

    • Kerala

  • Panel for ban on water supply to soft drink majors
  • Plantation workers begin stir after talks fail
  • `Government should not try to please mafia groups'
  • Petition for CBI inquiry adjourned
  • Pay-off case: Vigilance court examines M.Vijayakumar
  • SAY exam centres notified
  • MLAs will quit when voting comes, says Karunakaran
  • `Record paddy procurement this year'
  • PCC meet on June 18
  • One-time cess on vehicles for formation of fund
  • National Law University Bill sent to Governor
  • Monsoon yet to pick up in State
  • Call to avert strike in KSRTC
  • At Sabarimala today
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Three killed in accidents

    • Khammam

  • Land issue needs to be addressed

    • Kochi

  • Waste disposal being decentralised by Thrikkakara panchayat
  • Controversy over change in timings of college takes a new turn
  • UDF has ceased to exist, says Pinarayi
  • Effort on to begin waste dumping on port trust land
  • Reproductive technology: Centre files affidavit before High Court
  • Coir units to get subsidy for upgrading technology
  • Dak adalat
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Stir hits estate sector in Kollam
  • Viswakarmas form new body

    • Kottayam

  • Fire at ICU
  • Conference

    • Kozhikode

  • Suspension of medical college students revoked
  • Heron fledglings released
  • Cultural fete in Kozhikode

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Which way will the monsoon go this year?
  • A visit and its balance-sheet

    • Letters to the Editor

  • President's appeal
  • Making GMs accountable
  • The resignation drama
  • Elangovan's remarks
  • Jackson's acquittal

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • M.P. Minister `corrects' Opposition Leader

    • Madikeri

  • Farmers in Kodagu awaiting monsoon
  • Rotary's efforts in tackling polio hailed

    • Madurai

  • Madurai-Dindigul double line still a non-starter
  • Madurai district on the threshold of becoming `child labour-free'
  • Now hassle-free treatment for AIDS patients
  • `Ensure rights of Muslim women'
  • DPA cadres stage demonstration
  • Construction of church stayed
  • "Dalits attending public hearing felt insecure"
  • "Lack of political will to blame for poll fiasco in reserved panchayats"
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • Cub reporter lands in trouble

    • Mangalore

  • Panchayat rejects Rs. 4.65-crore plan
  • Varsity grants affiliation to two govt. first grade colleges
  • Taluk panchayat to train artisans
  • Police yet to make arrests in Ananthu murder case
  • New PU college at Kotekar
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Rise in number of visitors to Mysore
  • Pig rearers protest against Corporation's drive
  • `Child labour rampant in Narasimha Raja constituency'
  • Swarna Jayanti scheme to be launched today
  • CCB sleuths arrest man on cheating charge
  • State honours for soldier killed in Kashmir
  • Experts invited to help MUDA form plan

    • Nagercoil

  • Funds granted for road maintenance

    • Nalgonda

  • NCC cycle expedition flagged off

    • National

  • Ready to face challenges: Advani
  • VHP plans stir against Advani
  • Sale of non-iodised salt banned again
  • Iodine consumption has dropped, says survey
  • Varsity row: Buddhadeb hopeful of solution soon
  • CPI(M) firms up guidelines on economic issues
  • "It is for us to decide our leader"
  • Boost for scientific research
  • Tiger skins seized in Patna
  • 2 Akali Dal men held for `sedition'
  • `Funds crunch hampering 10th Plan projects'

    • Nellore

  • Banks told not to hold back ryots' passbooks

    • New Delhi

  • A techno-friendly Delhi University session
  • Sheila, Ministers in search of cooler sojourn
  • BKI plans to revive militancy revealed
  • DJB may get groundwater control
  • MPs lose security cover at residence
  • New Metro section waits for VIPs
  • Bickering in DDA over top engineering post
  • Enrolment of girls in rural schools goes up
  • Doctor found dead in hospital
  • New courses through distant mode
  • Mobile prayers
  • Alleged robbers held
  • Auto-lifters nabbed
  • Power tariff hike
  • `Miracle baby' revisits Delhi
  • NDC meet likely in Bangalore
  • GoM decides: More power now for power projects
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Casualties of Baku oil stampede
  • Red meat diet linked to cancer
  • Advani retains his job, but for how long?
  • Another test for West Bengal's Opposition

    • Nizamabad

  • Babli project poses threat to Nizamabad, says expert

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • Old age home project awaits Central funding
  • Farmers' meet held
  • Music workshop

    • Pathanamthitta

  • TDB to get forest land at Nilackal today
  • Nodal officers' meet inaugurated
  • Protest march against VAT

    • Pondicherry

  • "Private medical college seats to be shared equally"
  • Andhra Pradesh to supply more water to Yanam
  • Pondicherry needs fast track court, says Minister
  • Rectified spirit seized
  • Law to protect farm workers demanded
  • Lakshminarayanan to stage protest
  • In police stations, hundreds of recovered vehicles gathering rust

    • Punjab

  • Bank manager in vigilance net
  • `Pensioners demands will be considered'

    • Racing : Horse

  • Brush With Fame in fine nick
  • Forever Elegance, Itsmyday and Yes Es Yes Ses impress
  • Daring Don wins Hyderabad Race Club Gold Trophy

    • Racing : Motor

  • It's Valimaki vs Arai

    • Rajasthan

  • Raje's resignation sought over Tonk firing
  • Rights groups go to court over book on sati
  • Saras parlours a big hit

    • Religion

  • Spiritual knowledge

    • Shimoga

  • Low rainfall in Shimoga than previous year

    • Sport

  • Kuznetsova enters quarterfinals
  • Crisis brews in English cricket

    • Sports : General

  • MCA to celebrate Platinum Jubilee

    • Swimming

  • Sub-junior National from today

    • Table Tennis

  • Himanshu & Aashita win

    • Tamil Nadu

  • High Court to hear petitions against admission policy on June 22
  • Developments in BJP will not affect NDA, says Fernandes
  • 500 tsunami shelters destroyed in fire
  • Kannappan charge sheeted
  • It will be a tough battle for B.E, B.Tech. seats too
  • DPA stages demonstrations in district headquarters
  • Forest department getting ready to green Coimbatore
  • State Government objects to transfer of woman missing case to CBI
  • Promotions soon for civil servants
  • Central nod for `Sound and Light' shows
  • Court quashes detention of Dalit leader
  • Truckers stir
  • Headmasters vow to improve performance of Government schools
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Protest against garbage dumping yard
  • `Developments in BJP will not affect NDA'
  • `Coal India must expand operations'
  • NLC will implement Jayamkondan mining and power project
  • Clerk, casual worker held for fraud in PACB
  • We are ready to work with Government: Ramadoss
  • e-auction should be dropped: BJP MP
  • Plan drawn up to make available phosphoric fertilizer
  • TNEB staff robbed of cash
  • Financier murdered

    • Tennis

  • Kamala Kannan gets past Navdeep
  • Federer is the top seed
  • Mayur and Aishwarya clinch titles

    • Thanjavur

  • DPA demonstration urging reinstatement of road workers
  • Tiruvarur dt. selected for WB-aided scheme
  • Thiruppavai Mahotsavam from tomorrow

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • New lease of life Iraqi children get a new lease of life
  • CBI conducts surprise check in four trains
  • Recruitment racket: one held
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated June 16, 1955: Krishna Menon meets Ike
  • dated June 16, 1955: Nehru in Tashkent
  • dated June 16, 1955: Mavlankar at Big Temple

    • Tiruchi

  • Magic mark takes school to a new high
  • Contraband goods worth Rs.76 cr. seized last year
  • Reinstate road workers, DPA tells Govt.
  • Minor fire at Mutt
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • DPA cadres stage demonstration
  • Dispensary inaugurated

    • Tirupati

  • Controversy continues over poster demeaning Ambedkar
  • Book supply to public schools begins
  • Brahmotsavam begins tomorrow

    • Udupi

  • Jayakumar to tour Udupi from Saturday
  • Former ZP President dies in accident
  • Parishat seeks common education policy

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Ferozabad SP suspended
  • U.P. power staff plan stir from tomorrow

    • Vellore

  • Thiruvalluvar varsity convocation on June 22
  • Tap renewable energy sources, panchayats told

    • Vijayawada

  • Joining hands to strive for an AIDS-free society
  • Opportunities to develop city in planned manner overlooked, says CPI leader
  • Collector talks tough on pre-natal diagnostic tests
  • `Sanction scholarships to poor students'
  • Around the City

    • Visakhapatnam

  • AU admissions schedule announced
  • Water supply on alternate days
  • APCC president to flag off rally today
  • Houses will be built at site of demolition: civic official
  • Police bust freight diversion gang
  • Knowledge centres opened
  • Meet VUDA vice-chief programme
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Weather

  • Weather

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