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Alappuzha

  • Loans to the tune of Rs. 329 crores to be distributed

    Anantapur

  • Anantapur dreads this frequent visitor
  • Relief package for 160 ryot families by July 5
  • Rain delay dampens groundnut seed sale

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Steps to expedite trial of post-poll violence cases
  • Pesticide exposure claims another child labourer's life
  • Heated debate over law and order
  • Time-bound probe into Sri Lakshmi case promised
  • Make lending rate to SHGs uniform, YSR tells Centre
  • Dry spell hits sowing in Mahabubnagar district
  • Housewife commits suicide; SI, cops face villagers' ire
  • Government to consult parties on Supreme Court Bench
  • Power project will go on even if BPL backs out: Rosaiah
  • Sinking a record, staying afloat
  • 2 ryots end lives
  • Uproar over motion on GO 610
  • GCC target
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Visit to no avail: CPI(M)
  • Adilabad schools to use computers
  • Joint Collector visits Ambedkar Bhavan

    Assam

  • Govt. moves to check spurt in extremist violence

    Athletics

  • Montgomery to appeal to CAS
  • Sports court finds Young guilty of doping
  • Women's relay team 12th in world rankings

    Badminton

  • Aditi Mutatkar shocks Aparna Balan

    Bangalore

  • More land for scientific landfills
  • Corporators stage walk out at BMP meet
  • Cyber cafe burgled, computers stolen
  • Two more bodies fished out from tank
  • 10,000 saplings to be planted in schools
  • Producers lock film chamber office
  • Virus attack at Infosys
  • Job-seekers cheated
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    Basketball

  • Army Boys Company posts win

    Briefly

  • Hutchison Essar plans IPO
  • Toonz in pact with Seagull
  • Interim orders on TPC petition on July 1
  • L&T equipment to China
  • Training programmes for knitwear workers
  • Small spinners seek tax reduction
  • Salem textile exporters seek identity
  • Device to treat cardiac arrest
  • Bell Ceramics' expansion plans
  • ABN AMRO launches AMC
  • Andhra Bank to raise Tier-II capital
  • GM starts third shift at Halol
  • Telecom equipment market down 34 p.c.
  • Ariba, FreeMarkets merger okayed
  • Gillete launches Mach3Turbo
  • NIIT Technologies to be listed in Sept.
  • AirTel unveils new Window
  • Rime Rich launches Pappai ice cream
  • AirTel's 311th tower at Vallikavu
  • Allianz Bajaj opens office
  • Dhanalakshmi Bank's renovated branch
  • Dewan Housing's loan sanctions

    Business

  • Steel Ministry not in favour of controls
  • LNG imports from Iran hits roadblock
  • Hindustan Lever reinventing distribution, says Banga
  • CII's wish list in agriculture
  • SAIL announces wage revision
  • Venture capitalist Haque rides in, with his `Magnificent Seven'
  • Inaccurate report, says Deepak Khaitan
  • India, U.S. to cooperate in biotechnology
  • 15 p.c. interim from Colgate-Palmolive
  • Rupee breaches 46/$
  • Mixed trend in equities
  • Archimedes launches software
  • RBI to issue Treasury Bills
  • RPG group to open more hypermarkets
  • Chola MF launches two schemes

    Chattisgarh

  • V.C. Shukla disenchanted with BJP

    Chennai

  • `Early intervention will help the hearing impaired'
  • Bidding adieu to the 75-year-old train service
  • Snarls, a regular feature on GST Road
  • Training for teachers in total quality management
  • Ongole student surrenders in murder case
  • Electricity Board offices shifted
  • Removal of petty shops criticised
  • Woman attempts suicide in hospital
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Topalov's terrific form continues
  • Praveen triumphs
  • Youth Olympiad from tomorrow

    Coimbatore

  • Shifting compost yard, only way out: residents
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Readers' Mail

    Cricket

  • `Banks need to recruit more players'
  • Waqar, Kambli to don new roles
  • Pavan and Balaji slam centuries
  • Elizar shines
  • Franklin runs through England batting
  • Shankara Rao scalps eight
  • A specialist's advice to Zaheer
  • Narrow win for NSVK
  • Chidambaram claims five
  • Dena Bank enters semifinals
  • Unbeaten 152 by Dushyanth
  • President's XI wins
  • Anuj and Bharat shine

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8023
  • Solution to puzzle 8022

    Cuddalore

  • Personal security to PMK MLA withdrawn
  • CPI plans protest against overexploitation of groundwater

    Cuddapah

  • Non-teaching staff voice grievances
  • CM assures help for PG centre

    Davanagere

  • 14 arrested for hoisting Pakistan flag

    Dindigul

  • Rs.2.88 crores allotted for TAHDCO schemes

    Editorials

  • INFLATION AND MONETARY DILEMMA
  • THE KARUNA FACTOR

    Erode

  • Erode to get water today

    Football

  • European football facing a new order
  • Markus Merk to handle final
  • Southern Blues in semifinals
  • Ajmal Club routs Gulabi Bagh
  • Goalless draw

    Front Page

  • Are States making best use of funds for rural schemes: Manmohan
  • Lashkar plan to attack BSE unearthed
  • Order on IIMs fee to be withdrawn
  • Normal monsoon predicted
  • Shujaat Hussain named new Pak. PM
  • New Home, Defence, Civil Aviation Secretaries
  • Amarnath yatra extended
  • EPF rates may be untouched
  • Virus attack on Infosys

    Globescan

  • Liberal Party loses majority
  • 'LTTE abducting child soldiers'
  • Poll setback for Berlusconi

    Golf

  • Something to cheer about for Montgomerie
  • Strict doping measures at Tour de France

    Gulbarga

  • Mayoral elections expose rift within Congress

    Guntur

  • Vanamahotsav from tomorrow
  • Struck dead by lightning

    Haryana

  • Governor on his way out
  • PM's help sought on SYL canal
  • 'Congress promoting defection'

    Hassan

  • Plantation owners asked to pay minimum wages

    Hockey

  • Pakistan routs India
  • Convincing win for AOC
  • Rainbow, DBHA share points
  • Live on the web
  • Rajeev Gandhi HC records win

    Hyderabad

  • Majlis flays order on closure of hotels
  • TRS defends reversing stand on GO 610
  • Power shutdown in many areas
  • Zoo clarifies on deer's death
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • Maran calls for SAARC task force on IT, communications
  • China against India, Pakistan joining nuclear club

    International

  • Saddam to appear before special tribunal
  • Ruling on Guantanamo, a blow to Bush
  • Chirac slams Bush over Turkey in E.U.
  • Russia rules out troops for Iraq
  • Gender, racist bias in U.K. health service
  • Hamas fires rockets into Israel
  • Grameen Bank-Village Phone scheme wins prize

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • Row over yatra ends
  • LPG dealers to get 5,000 cylinders
  • 'Human resource J-K's greatest asset'

    Kancheepuram

  • Civic body to reduce power charges through energy audit

    Karimnagar

  • Hospitals' gesture to poor patients

    Karnataka

  • Dharam Singh seeks more funds for rural development
  • Samiti stages rally in protest against Govt. move
  • Planned economy is still relevant: Oscar
  • High Court asks St. John's to admit students to PG courses
  • Congress wins Mayor's posts in Mysore, Gulbarga
  • JD(S) to launch movement against online lottery
  • Forest Dept. registers cases against six persons
  • Govt. to take steps to revive KHDC
  • KHDC seeks orders from Govt
  • `Rein in police before talks'
  • Monsoon active in Kodagu
  • Order cancelled
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Dalits refuse to vacate forest land
  • Govt. may not release funds for MLAs: Prakash
  • Timber merchants block traffic
  • Panchayat meeting adjourned
  • Hundreds attend DC's funeral
  • 18 injured in clash

    Kerala

  • Self-financing colleges to suspend classes
  • Muslim League hits out at police policy
  • Milma showing undue haste, says Gouri
  • Film bandh: more talks on July 2
  • No room for Karunakaran faction in debate
  • Directive to Railways on train fare stayed
  • Bill on self-financing colleges introduced
  • Bonus guidelines issued
  • Aid for SC/ST students to be retained
  • Truck strike continues
  • 3,210 hectares distributed to tribals
  • Rajmohan Unnithan replies to Murali's notice
  • Ensure 60 per cent CD ratio: VS
  • Arrest warrant against journalist
  • State seeks funds for health projects
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Detained at airport
  • Flight delayed

    Kochi

  • Raid on trains: 274 booked
  • `Better awareness of laws needed'
  • Municipal Council to press for SAIL stockyard reopening
  • Police announce reward for informants
  • AIYF activists take out march
  • Court directive
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • Protest against suspension of Anganwadi rank list
  • Stir against electronic meters to be intensified
  • Appeasement led to UDF rout: Vellappally
  • QAC plea for sports facilities

    Kottayam

  • Special sanction to medical college repealed

    Kurnool

  • A decked up village awaits PM

    Leader Page Articles

  • Transatlantic ties
  • Iraq handover: a new dawn?

    Letters to the Editor

  • Dhananjoy's case
  • Power handover
  • Ahmedabad encounter
  • Vajpayee's outburst
  • The reservation debate
  • Culture police

    Madikeri

  • Privatisation of PHCs hanging fire
  • Two members of Cauvery Sene booked

    Madurai

  • Septuagenarian on a `cleansing' mission
  • CITU seeks amendment to Payment of Bonus Act
  • Rs. 3-crore small savings target for Madurai schools
  • `Leftists subverting education policy'
  • `Malpractices' in varsity centres, in Andhra Pradesh
  • Around the City
  • Readers' Mail

    Maharashtra

  • Rabbits, pigs released into Sanjay Gandhi National Park

    Mangalore

  • Mangalore University cautions parents
  • Anganwadi workers protest against Govt. decision
  • Tanker runs over motorist at Kaukradi
  • Environmentalists express fears over Minister's statement
  • `Education should nurture talent'
  • Engagements

    Mysore

  • Mayor to accord priority to drinking water supply
  • Farmers urged to use water judiciously
  • Man held on charge of killing stepson
  • Training in sales and marketing

    Nagapattinam

  • Rs.274.06-cr. ACP for Nagapattinam released

    Nagercoil

  • Rs. 6.5 crores for financial assistance to minorities

    Nalgonda

  • Ensure seed supply at any cost: Collector

    National

  • India-Pakistan talks: Lahore Declaration ignored, says Yashwant Sinha
  • Militant infrastructure along LoC intact, says Pranab
  • Commander ordered capture of Point 5353 in Kargil war
  • Poll panel hands over affidavits on assets to IT department
  • Reactor construction to begin in mid-August
  • Shujaat Hussain set for elevation as Prime Minister
  • Doubts raised over conspiracy angle to Godhra train carnage
  • IMD forecasts normal monsoon in July
  • BJP charge uncalled for, says Congress
  • 'Tainted' Ministers: BJP to step up pressure
  • Controversy rages over Dhananjoy issue
  • AIDWA opposes clemency
  • `Infiltrators may have had a hand in Babri demolition'
  • Trade unions for higher EPF rates
  • 'Speculation on Mayawati baseless'
  • Singhal for forum to pursue Hindutva
  • Tagore medal: VC's remark
  • A designer look for traditional cloth
  • Minor reshuffle in MEA
  • Stay on demolition at Tirumala
  • Steps for jawans' welfare promised
  • `Corporate sponsorship welcome for science museums'
  • Muslim Personal Law Board to discuss `Talaq' issue
  • Modi meets Shivraj Patil, seeks Intelligence cadre
  • North-East Chief Ministers' plea
  • Move to privatise Delhi, Mumbai airports opposed

    New Delhi

  • Police in a fix over Bangladeshis
  • Sheila meets Patil, discusses full Statehood
  • Large number of votes declared invalid
  • Back ache dogs Delhi workers
  • New transfer, posting policy for school teachers
  • Vending machines soon for platform tickets
  • Hindi medium student not welcome at Maitreyi College
  • Sheila takes stock of monsoon preparedness
  • CA arrested on fraud charge
  • Attack on doctor linked to son's debt
  • cinema
  • Vasant Kunj murder case solved
  • Monsoon not before July 4
  • A surprise visitor at Lohia hospital
  • March against fare hike plan
  • Held for heroin smuggling
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    Nizamabad

  • Nizamsagar water for 197 villages proposed
  • Police action on quarry spurs rasta roko
  • Andha Bank introduces new mediclaim policy
  • Rs. 350 crores sought for broad gauge works

    Olympic Games

  • Olympic torch passes through Rome

    Pathanamthitta

  • Aptitude important for course selection: expert
  • SSLC topper to be felicitated

    Pondicherry

  • Vermicompost project to solve garbage disposal problem
  • Power shutdown
  • Demonstration against rise in petrol prices
  • ITI technical assistants observe fast

    Punjab

  • Engineers held in bitumen case
  • `Operation Clean Up' in urban areas

    Raichur

  • Court to decide fate of `Girlfriend'

    Rajasthan

  • No pressure to quit: Khurana
  • Electricity duty up

    Religion

  • Way to transformation

    Salem

  • `Officials reluctant to clear encroachments'
  • Collector, Dean ordered to pay compensation

    Science & Tech

  • Vultures catch death in the carcass
  • Are they lazy or busy bees?

    Shimoga

  • Shortage of native paddy strains worries experts
  • Autorickshaw drivers go on snap strike
  • `People should participate in anti-malaria drive'
  • E-filing of excise returns from today
  • Central team visits Kodachadri

    Sports : General

  • U. Devaraj passes away

    Swimming

  • Junior National from today

    Table Tennis

  • Upadhya happy about Indians' show

    Tamil Nadu

  • Centre cannot deal directly with local bodies, says Jayalalithaa
  • Don't approve impugned medical admissions: court
  • `With medical intervention, gene replacement can be avoided'
  • Farmers look to the skies
  • Academic staff colleges to make teachers Internet literate
  • `Government will be apprised of Indian travel agents' concern'
  • Show-cause letter to DMK Trust chairman
  • 3 accused in wealth case against Ku. Pa. Krishnan seek discharge
  • Notice to Government on plea to quash district judges selection
  • `Medical Council of India adopting stepmotherly attitude'
  • Fee fixed by panel will take effect from this year: Anna varsity
  • Close liquor shops by July 31: Ramadoss
  • Farmers plan Statewide agitation
  • Conduct Kandadevi festival, Krishnasamy tells Government
  • Paneerselvam inspects Andipatti hospital project
  • Order reserved on plea against permanent panel
  • `Allow cooperative society to run liquor shops'
  • 9,000 digital video discs seized
  • New diesel electric multiple unit to be launched
  • Southern language films for China
  • CPI(M) meet to demand withdrawal of CENVAT
  • Vasan criticises Jayalalithaa for not attending Delhi meet
  • `Why are kumbhabishekams postponed?'
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • `Rope in farmers, workers'
  • Supply of eggs

    Tennis

  • Serena Williams ready for the home stretch
  • Srinath makes quarterfinals
  • Verbal volleys not for kids, says Philippoussis
  • Inter-district meet at Alappuzha
  • Prasad Miyagi to train in the U.S.
  • Paes-Navratilova off to a good start
  • Gold for Shreya Ghosh

    Thanjavur

  • `Clean and green campaign' launched

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Security tightened at airport
  • Nod for LNG terminal: Sayeed

    This Day That Age

  • dated June 30, 1954: Churchill's talks in U.S.
  • dated June 30, 1954: From the Editorial
  • dated June 30, 1954: Studio Assn. members

    Thrissur

  • Corporation nod for Kalanilayam plays
  • `Bid to hamper rail development in State'

    Tidbits

  • Mahatma at fingertips
  • Spinach driven laptops

    Tiruchi

  • Traffic warden strength in Tiruchi may be increased
  • Over one lakh applications for ration cards received
  • More people from Tiruchi region visit Sri Lanka, Malaysia
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Readers' Mail

    Tirunelveli

  • Lack of logistics hits supply of Aavin products

    Tirupati

  • SVU defers action on official
  • Stay on demolition at Tirumala

    Udupi

  • Udupi DC allays fears about cholera
  • `Nandikur thermal power project cleared'
  • `Tapta Mudra Dharana' performed

    Vijayawada

  • Panels mooted to check errant students
  • Pushkaram pilgrims to get wet welcome
  • Police raids led to Manohar's surrender, says CP
  • Around the City
  • IN Vijayawada today

    Visakhapatnam

  • RTC passenger-friendly drive from tomorrow
  • AU reinstates sacked union leader
  • School building on the brink
  • Dalit woman facing `social boycott'
  • `Ma Foi' keeps its word
  • Good response to Spandana
  • HSL vessel for Andaman
  • Disruption in power supply
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Weather

  • Weather

    West Bengal

  • Starvation deaths issue may figure in Assembly session
  • Case of missing girl to be reopened after 9 years
  • Film on extra-marital affair faces censor ire

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