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Anantapur

  • Rythu Sangham picks holes in moratorium Bill

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Congressmen resent Cabinet berths for TRS
  • Somasekhara panel re-appointed
  • Three hacked to death
  • Moves afoot to identify negotiators
  • It will be a development budget, says Rosaiah Speech may focus on TDP's `mistakes'
  • Foodgrain production target 143 lakh tonnes
  • Three hacked to death, 3 hurt in bombing
  • Four farmers commit suicide
  • Chinta Mohan cries halt to `mandapam' works
  • 46 DSPs transferred
  • TDP leaders cross over to TRS
  • Nagender unmoved by Naidu's appeal
  • CM promises probe into Muslim youth's detention
  • World Bank aid for eco-tourism
  • Brielfy

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Former Telugu Desam MP in the eye of storm
  • Kharif sowing delayed
  • Banks urged to ensure loans to ryots

    Archery

  • Olympics: chance for Indians to stake claim

    Assam

  • 'No evidence against Minister in murder case'

    Badminton

  • Kozhikode to host State senior badminton
  • Karan downs Geet
  • Aswathy, Priya in final

    Bangalore

  • Mayor grants aid to children having cancer
  • Man accused of murdering wife
  • 13 parking contracts awarded to a person
  • Traffic curbs for work on railway track
  • Inquiry ordered into allegations by eunuch
  • Eight arrested in cheating cases
  • BMP denies charge on parking lots
  • Power goes off in many localities
  • Lorry set ablaze
  • Disconnection drives
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    Bidar

  • Minister hints at coalition not lasting full term
  • Mirajuddin Patel escapes unhurt

    Bihar

  • Floods wreak havoc

    Bijapur

  • Inquiry into `misuse' of funds in bank sought

    Billiards & Snooker

  • Kerala crushes Tripura

    Briefly

  • Financial Times takes stake in Business Standard
  • Ranbaxy gets final FDA nod
  • Domestic leased line tariff
  • Investment pattern for RNBCs
  • Full exemption for export profits sought
  • Biocon's Cuban JV expands product base
  • NCR Corporation bags order for 50 ATMs
  • Oracle to launch ISV Forum

    Business

  • Indian firms' revenue up 29 p.c.
  • TCS tops list with $1 b earnings
  • Rupee tumbles to 11-month low
  • Rangarajan for gradual move to capital account convertibility
  • Market ends flat
  • Intel's digital home initiative
  • VSNL pays 45 p.c.
  • Electrolux to invest in R&D centre
  • ONGC profit dips to Rs. 8,664 cr.
  • Banks to bring in more farmers under agri-credit

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    Chennai

  • Pallavaram, Chromepet water problems `will be over in 6 months'
  • Carpenter set to regain skin health, thanks to new treatment
  • Consolidate strengths, specialist medical departments told
  • Sea lobsters reared successfully at Neelankarai lab
  • Lawyers free to appear before Lok Adalats: Bar Council
  • Auto drivers seek fare hike
  • Court notice to Alandur Municipality
  • College student killed in accident
  • Animals rescued from mini-circus
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Harikrishna, Neelotpal earn draws
  • Girinath causes a flutter
  • Vidyashilp Academy hogs limelight

    Coimbatore

  • Optimism on Siruvani front
  • Scheme to combat female infanticide
  • Dismissed staff in shock and tears
  • Gutted
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Readers' Mail

    Cricket

  • Warne fit for Sri Lanka series
  • Sudharshan, Khader sparkle
  • Comfortable win for Bangalore City
  • Devaraj, Bharadwaj and Nidhuvan slam centuries
  • IA triumphs
  • Asia Cup preparation progressing well: Ganguly
  • Better facilities have done the trick
  • Madras Club defeats SMJCA
  • Shastri Club wins
  • Pusa posts win
  • Three-in-a-row for UAE
  • PCB appoints Stevenson as trainer

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8017
  • Solution to puzzle 8016

    Cuddapah

  • Collector urges farmers not to fell trees

    Cycling

  • KCA to implement Speed 2004

    Editorials

  • STOP PASSING THE BUCK
  • ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT VAT

    Football

  • Henry leads a stuttering France
  • Managers miss the wood for the trees
  • Sporting in good form
  • Wayne Rooney on a roll
  • Sathyanarayana is Kancheepuram's hero
  • 3-1 win for New Friends FC
  • FIFA award for Banerjee

    Front Page

  • BJP should rededicate itself to Hindutva: Naidu
  • Customary start to the Henman soap opera
  • Keshubhai shuns Mumbai meet
  • 'Mini-emergency' in Gujarat
  • India, Pakistan to reopen consulates in Karachi, Mumbai
  • Celebrity marriage comes to an end
  • Rescrutinise nominations: poll panel
  • Pistol parcel: one held
  • Gujarat sending report on encounter
  • South Korean beheaded
  • Over 100 killed in Chechen raid
  • Wayne Rooney on a roll

    Gulbarga

  • Dry spell brings farming to a standstill
  • Gulbarga Mayoral polls on June 29

    Guntur

  • Roads, lift irrigation projects will get priority: MLA
  • Caste equations in Tsundur transformed

    Haryana

  • Permanent Lok Adalats in Haryana
  • Haryana upgrades diagnostic facilities
  • Petrochemical hub at Panipat soon

    Hassan

  • Campaigning for Council polls picks up in Hassan
  • Protest

    Himachal Pradesh

  • Carton subsidy for apple growers

    Hockey

  • Big win for Flying HC

    Hyderabad

  • Sarai set to regain its grandeur
  • No power supply in some areas
  • Minister warns erring bar managements
  • Traffic curbs
  • Plea to protect land
  • Balakrishna on `extra antibiotics'
  • Delayed water supply
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • Call for 'security through cooperation'
  • Protesters in U.S. enthused
  • U.S. welcomes Natwar Singh, Kasuri meeting

    International

  • Iraqi militants behead South Korean
  • U.S. soldiers find hostage's body
  • Ingushetia Interior Minister among victims
  • Confidence in Bush eroding: poll
  • Six Al-Qaeda suspects detained in Bahrain
  • Dutroux sentenced to life term
  • 'Human rights affected by war on terror'
  • Congo officer flees to Rwanda
  • Clinton's book hits the stands
  • Space tourism on the horizon?
  • Tensions rise as Iran threatens to prosecute British sailors
  • Arson attacks on synagogues

    Kancheepuram

  • New veterinary clinics to be set up in Kancheepuram

    Karimnagar

  • Collector calls for steps to ensure 100 p.c. results in SSC
  • Municipal poll peaceful

    Karnataka

  • Process of CMP formulation begins
  • Trade bodies seek simplification of tax regime
  • Prospects bright for storage in Cauvery Basin reservoirs
  • BJP demands CBI inquiry into rice diversion racket
  • Notice to KPTCL on petition by power firm
  • Activists protest against evacuation
  • `State Govt. should help rehabilitate Baina evacuees'
  • State team welcomes package for Baina Kannadigas
  • Main accused in Varikar murder case arrested
  • Academy: representation sought for Kodava-speaking communities
  • Medical college contests fee structure
  • CAMPCO to distribute one lakh saplings
  • Gram panchayats likely to supervise schools
  • Exports by EOUs grow by 83 per cent
  • `CMP should aim at development of State'
  • `Nothing wrong in probe by House panel'
  • Farmers to get 30 p more for litre of milk
  • Steps to revive sick PSUs soon: Sindhia
  • Parishat to offer courses
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Members move no-trust motion against panchayat president
  • Villagers oppose setting up of oil processing unit
  • Kannada activists seek official's suspension
  • Official's suspension sought
  • Around the City

    Kerala

  • LDF to seek loan waiver, railway zone
  • CM hopeful of quick decision
  • Notice issued on petition to regulate infertility clinics
  • New labour laws in UAE, Qatar to benefit Indians
  • Government asked to delimit wards before election
  • NASSCOM sees good prospects for Kochi
  • IUML avoids direct attack on Antony
  • Jalanidhi scheme to cover all districts
  • Antony hopeful of quick decision
  • Farm Journalism awards announced
  • DGP criticises political parties
  • Film industry strike from Friday
  • Admission to medical course
  • Revamp of KPCC soon
  • Basic amenities at Guruvayur to be improved
  • Dalit woman alleges sexual harassment
  • Flight to Tehran
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Shot in the arm for farmers
  • Attack case: one more held

    Kochi

  • Man beaten to death
  • Crucial meeting of GIDA in capital tomorrow
  • Sea erosion: mass petition to be sent to Manmohan
  • ATTN Sub: You can use this for city
  • IVRS booking: BSNL staff to intensify stir
  • `Writers should communicate effectively'
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • DYFI to defy directive on hartals
  • Fish workers' march on July 17

    Kottayam

  • Credit disbursal exceeds target

    Kozhikode

  • DGP launches campaign on road safety
  • Tributes paid to Kadalundi victims
  • Plea to restore Haj subsidy
  • Changes in IA flight schedule

    Kurnool

  • Good inflow into Tungabhadra reservoir
  • MP promises funds for hospital

    Leader Page Articles

  • A new beginning is possible
  • Myth and hate as history

    Letters to the Editor

  • The Modi affair
  • Ishrat's killing
  • Rajya Sabha polls
  • Cauvery water
  • Farmers' woes
  • Reservation issue
  • Eroding credibility
  • Laloo's move
  • Panchayat courts

    Madhya Pradesh

  • Media's role in protecting forests stressed

    Madikeri

  • Coffee growers seek Govt. help in tiding over price crisis
  • Reports on rice diversion refuted
  • Efforts on to drive elephants into forests

    Madurai

  • Will reclassification improve financial status?
  • Terminated employees pin hopes on CM
  • Permission sought for Vaigai water release
  • `Reduce IT assessment age limit for senior citizens'
  • Lawyers observe fast
  • Interview for TASMAC area supervisors postponed
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Readers' Mail

    Mangalore

  • Purandaradasa Kulur is Mayor of Mangalore
  • New law on food processing soon, says official
  • `Quake lasts a few seconds, its consequences are longer'
  • Auto drivers want fare hiked if use of LPG is curbed
  • `Priority for drinking water, drainage system'
  • Midday meal scheme launched

    Mysore

  • BJP opposes `move' to disband beverages corporation
  • Will the Govt. crack down on quacks?
  • Water to be released into canals for irrigation from July
  • Poet shares his experience with intellectuals

    Nagercoil

  • Crop-cutting experiment in nine Kanyakumari villages

    National

  • India-European Union strategic alliance mooted
  • Thackeray disappoints BJP
  • 'Waiting for report on Tehelka'
  • No time frame fixed for reopening consulates: Natwar
  • Ishrat's friends being questioned
  • "Javed's relatives will claim body"
  • Sinking borewells, rising debt
  • BJP brainstorming session in July
  • IAF to participate in multi-nation exercise in Alaska
  • Foreign Secretaries to take up Baglihar row
  • U.S. policy may deter India's growth in satellite launch market
  • Congress objections referred to Returning Officer
  • Missing photos
  • Curfew relaxed in Sardana
  • Historians begin work with 'open mind'
  • White paper demanded on Railway safety
  • National programme for diabetes control planned
  • Laloo examining Godhra carnage from Railways' angle
  • He wanted to demonstrate the firearm to Kalam
  • Probe into aircraft snag to be completed soon
  • European Union team for involving Kashmiris
  • Subsidy for Indo-Dutch ventures to promote small sector
  • West Bengal rights panel directive to Government
  • Pawar is NCP leader in Lok Sabha
  • 6 killed in landmine blast
  • Rail project gets shot in the arm
  • Saving trees or themselves?
  • Train passenger raped
  • Moustache that scared a Pakistani ranger
  • Resist populist pressures, says industry body
  • Bureaucrat appointed Member-Secretary of ICHR

    Nellore

  • MCA student's murder condemned

    New Delhi

  • Power shocks for NDMC
  • An ode to Dom Moraes
  • A `platinum' building for Delhi
  • Nepalese arrested for couple's murder
  • JNU goes for `e-governance'
  • Transco quizzed on delay in projects
  • Man arrested for duping
  • Used-syringes pose a threat
  • Regunathan likely to be Chief Secretary
  • High command keeping an eye on DPCC developments
  • Killers were on a `high'
  • Hundreds of jhuggis destroyed in Laxmi Nagar fire
  • Electrocuted
  • Nepalese arrested for sensational double murder
  • Special cell to monitor security of senior citizens
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In Capital Today

    Nizamabad

  • Yaskhi to take up beedi workers' issue with WHO
  • Students protest Sri Lakshmi's murder

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Orissa

  • People's War ready for talks

    Pondicherry

  • Insurance staff meet on June 27
  • AIADMK seeks Kalam's intervention in Pondicherry
  • Nursing Council of India directive welcomed

    Punjab

  • Badal warns Congress over SGPC polls
  • Amarinder takes stock of flood control steps

    Rajasthan

  • Punjab cannot deny water, says Magsaysay winner

    Religion

  • Spiritual eye-openers

    Salem

  • Bleak future ahead

    Shimoga

  • Skill development course for Arts students approved

    Shooting

  • `Indian shooters have tremendous potential'
  • Court stays State shooting championship

    Sivaganga

  • Taluk-level camps for the disabled

    Sports : General

  • Lame attack is Germany's concern
  • Anthony still on top
  • Sri Lanka routs India
  • State junior handball from today

    Squash

  • Creditable show by Joshna

    Swimming

  • Overall title for Karnataka

    Tamil Nadu

  • No change in decision to keep out of government: Vaiko
  • Counselling not for Tuticorin medical college
  • Suspense over engineering admissions will persist
  • Train service
  • `Panchayats reclassification only to help secure Central funds'
  • Temporary staff seek review of government decision
  • `Jurisprudence model best for schools'
  • A caution to working class, says Karunanidhi
  • Lawyers intensify agitation
  • Two groups stake claim to conduct common entrance test
  • Panel to inspect varsity facilities
  • Disaster management legislation coming
  • Low-temperature desalination technology for Ennore plant
  • Regular Plus-Two student challenges `marks improvement'
  • Anbumani warns Vijaykant, distributors
  • Brielfy

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • PMK seeks CBI probe into medical admissions
  • Four arrested

    Tennis

  • Customary start to the Henman soap opera
  • Prabhu for French Open wheelchair event
  • Ajay Ramaswami quells Brewer's challenge

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Youth killed as auto collides with lorry
  • Call for water literacy drive
  • Health team to visit TB hospital
  • Water supply disrupted
  • Aid for cine workers
  • Document attestation centres
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    This Day That Age

  • dated June 23, 1954: Chou's Delhi programme
  • dated June 23, 1954: Problems of legislature
  • dated June 23, 1954: Solar eclipse

    Thrissur

  • `Study report on self-financing colleges properly'
  • Insurance scheme for the poor

    Tiruchi

  • Termination orders for temporary employees, a bolt from the blue
  • `Set up regional research institute for Siddha'
  • Federation for consumer clubs in schools
  • Auto drivers seek relief
  • Commits suicide
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Temporary employees stage demo in Nellai
  • Villagers protest `illegal' sand mining, 21 held
  • TASMAC interview put off

    Tirupati

  • Sanitation deteriorates in Tirupati
  • P<109,11>robe sought into `land-grabbing'

    Udupi

  • Govt. urged to take steps to check sea erosion
  • Students told to emulate Kalpana Chawla
  • PU colleges remain closed
  • `Almeida expelled from Congress'

    Uttar Pradesh

  • U.P. extends 1995 fee structure
  • Police remand for Malti case accused

    Vellore

  • Meet Manmohan and seek State's demands, Jayalalithaa told
  • Short course centre for TB treatment launched

    Vijayawada

  • High-level panel in city for investigation
  • Manhunt for accused; Manohar's father interrogated
  • Demand to dissolve managing panel of college
  • Students boycott classes
  • Moratorium on loans: Rythu Sangham disappointed
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Vizag port adopts hi-tech security
  • Project to link urban, rural women's SHGs
  • Collector wants beneficiaries involved in VAMBAY
  • Automen play villain at cinemas
  • Woman found dead
  • No power supply
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Weather

  • Weather

    Wrestling

  • India wins four medals

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