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Launching our beta website: beta.thehindu.com

The redesigned website of The Hindu was launched on Saturday, August 15, in beta.

As the website of a 130-year-old newspaper of record, it retains its core values of independence, authenticity, and credibility while adopting contemporary web design principles, tools, and features.

The design is by Mario Garcia Jr., of Garcia Media, Tampa. Florida, USA. The workflow solution is by CCI Europe A/S, Denmark.The web publishing system is from Escenic A/S, Norway.

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From the Print Edition
U.S. welcomes site allocation for nuclear plants
Recognition of trust and confidence: Roemer

Centre to give Rs. 500 crore more for rehabilitation of Sri Lankan Tamils
CHENNAI: The Indian government would give another Rs.500 crore to the Sri Lankan government towards rehabilitating Tamils displaced by the civil war, after the country submitted the project report, said Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram on ...

Sri Lankan tycoon held in hedge funds scam
COLOMBO: The arrest by U.S. authorities on Friday of Sri Lanka-born Raj Rajaratnam, founder and head of the New York-based Galleon Management hedge fund, on charges of “vast insider trading” has triggered alarm bells in the ...

Only electoral understanding with AIADMK: Left parties
CHENNAI: The Left parties in Tamil Nadu maintained that they had only an electoral understanding with the AIADMK and there was no permanent alliance. The CPI(M) and CPI were part of the AIADMK alliance in the last Lok Sabha polls and the ...

Eyewitness told of making of Al-Qaeda-Lashkar alliance
Nizamabad resident provided Indian intelligence graphic insights into links between Lashkar and Al-Qaeda

ATS to help probe Margao blast


Maldives Cabinet meets under water to seek action on climate change
Colombo: Maldives, facing a grave threat of being swamped by the rising sea levels, appealed for concerted action on climate change when its Cabinet held the world’s first underwater meeting to highlight the danger posed to low-lying ...

Bofors stigma delaying defence pact with Sweden?
Agreements with other countries have been signed

China, Russia, to attend trilateral meeting
MANGALORE: External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Sunday said the foreign ministers of China, Russia and India will meet in Bangalore on October 26 and 27 to discuss trilateral issues. In an informal chat with journalists at Kukke ...

Bangalore to have world class research institute on climate change
Space-based and ground-based observation systems to be used, says Jairam Ramesh

Bangalore incident angers Kashmiris
SRINAGAR: Kashmiris are enraged at the treatment meted out to two Ranji cricketers who were arrested in Bangalore on Saturday on suspicion of possessing explosives and later released for lack of evidence. The Jammu and Kashmir Cricket ...

India to send statements in 26/11 case to Pakistan
Mumbai: Statements of key witnesses in the 26/11 case in an anti-terror court here will be forwarded by India to Pakistan to be used as evidence in the trial there, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said here on Sunday. The court ...

GENERAL
Govt. focussed on successful conduct of Games: Gill
NEW DELHI: Taking an unambiguous stand amidst the controversies that have surrounded the organization of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in recent days, the Union Sports Minister, M. S. Gill said on Sunday: “All I know is the Prime Minister ...

CRICKET
Blues hammers a hapless Sabres
Aggressive Warner carries on the good work of the bowlers

FOOTBALL
Ghana wins under-20 World Cup
The African team stuns Brazil in a penalty shootout

Two boys chasing kites meet fatal end
CHENNAI: Two boys died of injuries they sustained chasing kites in separate incidents in the city on Saturday. Two motorcyclists in north Chennai city were injured when ‘maanja’ used for kite flying cut their necks. ...

6 medical students test positive for A(H1N1)
PUDUCHERRY: Six medical students of Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) have tested positive for A(H1N1) influenza. They have been admitted to JIPMER and Government Hospital for Chest Diseases (GHCD), ...

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