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Alappuzha

  • Al-Qaeda attack in Saudi dashes hopes of a family
  • Transformer of steam turbine repaired

    Anantapur

  • TDP fact finding team blames police for Jutur incidents
  • TDP activist hacked to death

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Camaraderie marks MLAs' oath-taking
  • Members take oath sporting party colours
  • Seven more farmers commit suicide
  • On the first day of the 12th Assembly
  • Consensus on Speaker
  • Daggubati does it in silence
  • Rajyalakshmi firm on quitting
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Municipal council meet adjourned amid chaos
  • Ryots seek purchase of grass seed

    Assam

  • Centre urged to honour recognition given to Naga history

    Athletics

  • Tata Academy inaugurated

    Bangalore

  • 14 blocks of housing quarters to be evacuated
  • Eight killed, 45 hurt in road accidents
  • Boy falls into drain, missing
  • Businessman robbed
  • Anti-tobacco rally organised in city
  • `Textbooks should have lessons in harmful effects of tobacco'
  • Red Cross to use `multiple voting machines'
  • `Pratibha Puraskara'
  • Passports despatched
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates
  • Stock Market Index

    Basketball

  • ANDBC lifts title

    Belgaum

  • JD(U) leaders see chances of mid-term elections in State

    Bellary

  • Bus passenger robbed of Rs. 40,000

    Bidar

  • Boy drowned in well

    Bihar

  • India, Nepal to hold talks on solving floods in Bihar

    Billiards & Snooker

  • Alok Kumar qualifies for World pool championship

    Boxing

  • Good show by State pugilists

    Briefly

  • SRF gets U.S. process patent
  • Sterlite revises rights issue terms
  • Tata Tele's 10-digit number
  • Quintegra buys Savvy Systems
  • REL plans buyback of shares
  • Consumer index static at 504
  • Tentative FDA nod for Ranbaxy's Fenofibrate

    Business

  • Air-India Express launch next summer
  • AI's low cost services to target lucrative routes
  • VSNL Lanka commences operations
  • Alliance Semiconductor to invest $50 m in India
  • Sundaram Finance net up
  • Audi to enter Indian luxury car market
  • Dutch firm picks up majority stake in Ma Foi
  • Rupee posts modest gains
  • DPC appeals against single judge's order
  • Sensex drops 76 points on fresh sell-off
  • CII biotech team to visit U.S.
  • Leadership fund from Sundaram Mutual

    Chattisgarh

  • Congress demands House probe into lathicharge

    Chennai

  • At last: Neyveli water reaches city
  • Ambattur councillors see red over unpaved roads
  • A handsome payoff for his hard work
  • EPFO to allot security number
  • Held for giving false petition to police
  • Applications for free bus passes
  • Special train for temple festival
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Chess

  • Prathiba crowned champion
  • Varma triumphs
  • Santosh suffers a reversal

    Coimbatore

  • Hotels, schools directed to provide boiled water
  • Tea industry looking up
  • Tobacco Cessation Clinic opened
  • Rival groups spar over resolutions
  • Tribal youth trained in honey extraction
  • Motivation camps on for entrepreneurs
  • Suicide attempts in Collectorate foiled
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Vettori bowls New Zealand to win
  • Two-tier format fine for one-dayers: Waugh
  • Azhar Mahmood pleads for a comeback
  • Ranji captains, coaches to meet BCCI officials
  • Mahesh Rawat hits century
  • Inspired Davison leads Canada to victory
  • Gayle's century lifts West Indies
  • Chiranjeevi shines
  • Big win for HDFC
  • UCBSA assured of no police action against any player
  • FCI enters semifinals
  • Big win for Anand Sports
  • Easy win for Vizag Blues
  • Bhatia scalps five

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7997
  • Solution to puzzle 7993

    Cuddalore

  • Alternative fuels `a compelling necessity'

    Cuddapah

  • Walkout over extension of lease to corporate college
  • 60-year-old run over by jeep
  • Donation for free power from ration shop dealers

    Dance

  • Swirling on a bed of nails

    Dharmapuri

  • Rain perks up farmers in Dharmapuri

    Dindigul

  • Heavy rain lashes Dindigul

    Editorials

  • CESS FOR A GREAT CAUSE
  • KILLING THE INNOCENT

    Erode

  • Tribals seek camps in hill areas
  • Health officials visit wards

    Football

  • SBT answers Kerala's call
  • Werder Bremen lifts German Cup
  • NR beats OBC

    Front Page

  • IIMs asked to evolve `uniform' fee structure
  • India will step up defence ties with Sri Lanka: Natwar Singh
  • Natwar's remarks `deliberately ignored'
  • Deputy Speaker's post for BJP
  • SP backs Fernandes
  • Chapra repoll peaceful
  • Chidambaram meets PM
  • Term extended

    Generalia

  • Vivek Oberoi against tobacco

    Globescan

  • Nixon's tormentor dies
  • Libertarian Party elects nominee
  • Aristide arrives in South Africa
  • `Waive debt of war-torn countries'

    Golf

  • Drummond shows rankings don't matter
  • Season-ending championship from today
  • Northern India junior, sub-junior championship from today

    Gujarat

  • Modi should improve style of functioning: Patel
  • Gujarat dissident BJP MLAs rule out `Waghela-type' revolt

    Guntur

  • Two JNTU students die in mishap
  • Weaver commits suicide
  • Weaver commits suicide

    Haryana

  • Chautala to hold more `open durbars'
  • Bureaucratic reshuffle effected

    Himachal Pradesh

  • Budget session on June 7

    Hockey

  • Olympic probables leave for U.S. camp
  • Women's junior National from June 3
  • Aruna to lead

    Hyderabad

  • Victory for AP women: Jayaprada
  • Renuka unveils mega plans for tourism
  • A case in itself, indeed
  • OGH lady doctor tries to strangle self
  • Bus frequency increased, new routes added
  • In search of education for all
  • Tough time for cops at Assembly
  • KCR calls on YSR, discusses ryots' suicide
  • Making heads turn
  • Undertrial escapes from hospital
  • Power shutdown
  • Prudential bank depositors shocked over pay-out plan
  • `Triumphant' students
  • 10 hurt as RTC bus falls into ditch
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Tomorrow never dies for Hyderabadi!
  • Crime Watch

    India & World

  • Kasuri calls for rhetoric restraint regime
  • The receptionist's call saved him
  • A vacation that was not to be
  • Natwar Singh invited to China
  • China honours promise on Sikkim

    International

  • 15 die in Karachi mosque blast
  • 2 U.S. soldiers killed in fierce clashes
  • Worst time for coalition troops: Blair
  • Journalist shot dead in Batticaloa
  • `Militants escaped using hostages as human shields'
  • Saudi militants `fired at school van'
  • Sharon presents new Gaza plan
  • Polish PM offers veto concession

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • Security beefed up for Hurriyat leaders
  • A rebirth for the surrendered militants

    Kancheepuram

  • Photo exhibition
  • Local holiday in Kancheepuram

    Karimnagar

  • BJP to function as responsible opposition: Vidyasagar Rao

    Karnataka

  • Cabinet to decide on fee concession issue
  • Cabinet expansion likely by Thursday
  • The tale of a lost and found boy
  • Eight killed, 45 hurt in road accidents
  • Swearing in of Ministers may be held at a stadium
  • Poojary sticks to stand on portfolios
  • Khandre seeks ban on book
  • Online system for taxpayers
  • Dharwad farmer ends life
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Ministry: JD(S) workers step up pressure on Siddaramaiah
  • `Kailasam ushered in a new era of drama'
  • `BJP has no right to talk on Govt.'

    Kerala

  • Film industry stalemate ends
  • Is IUML looking for scapegoats?
  • Spinning success stories in entrepreneurship
  • Filariasis: all set for administering DEC drug
  • Coke's petition declared infructuous
  • Unnikrishnan Nair steps down as Cusat VC
  • VS demands action against forest officials
  • Large-scale reclamation of tanks, ponds
  • Agnivesh seeks white paper on Gujarat riots
  • Pollution control awards announced
  • Vanilla farmers seek better prices
  • 31 hospital employees transferred
  • PCB denies Collector's contention
  • Police file FIR in Antony-Togadia poster case
  • Sun filters to view transit of Venus
  • Certification
  • Vigilance case on funds misappropriation
  • Entrance category list published
  • Dispel fears over Expressway, says MLA
  • Senior lawyer dead
  • State welcomes Air-India move
  • Cyriac Thomas given charge
  • Briefly

    Kochi

  • Two killed in accident during demolition work
  • Call for anti-tobacco drive in villages
  • GCDA to raise funds for land bank project
  • Model poverty alleviation project for Mattancherry
  • No clue yet on twin murder
  • MP hopeful of FACT revival
  • Boat driver dies of heart attack
  • Office-bearers elected
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Kollam

  • Gagging of patient in labour room: case against nurse
  • Lone doe at beach park found dead

    Kottayam

  • Win back people's trust: Chandy tells politicians
  • Syndicate meeting skips controversial issues

    Kozhikode

  • Government told to roll back anti-people policies
  • Junior cine artistes' meet

    Kurnool

  • 3 killed in separate mishaps

    Leader Page Articles

  • Eliminating hunger
  • McMedia & market jihad

    Letters to the Editor

  • Super scapegoat
  • The CMP
  • Sense & nonsense
  • Advani's admission
  • Worrisome

    Madhya Pradesh

  • RS polls to be a one-sided affair

    Madikeri

  • Speculation over probable Ministers

    Madurai

  • `Draft labour policy for unorganised sector'
  • Issue of applications for re-totalling begins
  • Solution in sight for MKU canteen issue
  • Course in aromatherapy
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Surplus budget for city corporation
  • Budget `hackneyed and directionless,' says BJP
  • Six get life term for murder
  • Convention of head-load workers
  • Engagements

    Music

  • McCartney thrills Madrid
  • A virtual music machine in live concerts

    Mysore

  • Law will be enforced without leniency: Lokayukta
  • Varsity launches integrated course in physics
  • KERC direction on deposits may not benefit consumers: parishat
  • Mayor lays down office

    Nagapattinam

  • Uproar in Nagapattinam council meet

    Nagercoil

  • Rs. 38 crores for construction of anti-sea erosion walls

    Nalgonda

  • Old man dies of starvation?
  • Couple ends life

    National

  • Syllabi review in 8-10 days: Arjun Singh
  • Fresh dates for talks being worked out: Shashank
  • India, U.S. defence group meet begins today
  • BJP misleading the nation: Congress
  • We expect BJP to cooperate, says Azad
  • No cut in fertilizer subsidies, says Paswan
  • Our job is to promote Internet use: Dayanidhi Maran
  • Don't victimise Fernandes, says Samajwadi Party
  • Treaties for avoidance of double taxation will prevail: court
  • TRAI sets the ball rolling for new policy on spectrum
  • India condemns Al Khobar killings
  • Storage position up in Mahi, Tapi basins
  • Manmohan, Chidambaram discuss oil prices issue
  • Lahoti to be sworn in today
  • One more year for agency probing conspiracy angle of Rajiv's assassination
  • Natwar to visit Nepal from June 4
  • Sanjaya Baru is PM's media adviser
  • Musharraf calls up Vajpayee
  • PM's intervention sought to prevent farmers' suicides

    Nellore

  • Municipal budget meeting postponed

    New Delhi

  • Cabinet aspirants to wait till full Statehood
  • Metro may avoid congested routes
  • Major decisions likely in standing body meeting
  • `Cop pre-planned wife's murder'
  • Plan for relocating industries ready: Minister
  • A helping hand for freshers
  • Drive against illegal dairies, stray cattle suspended
  • No Tobacco Day celebrated
  • Insurance firm asked to pay for lost mobile
  • DJ specialised in trance music
  • Sahibabad girl excels
  • IN THE CAPITAL TODAY
  • Coloured jewellery: the new rage for women
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • Inside Delhi

    Nizamabad

  • MROs asked to visit distressed farmers
  • Official prevents child marriage
  • Automen nail fake RTO

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Perambalur

  • `Ensure supply of quality sunflower seeds'

    Pondicherry

  • Saradambal temple kumbhabishekam
  • Selvaraj new Power Secretary
  • Unemployed youth demand jobs
  • Villianoor temple car festival

    Punjab

  • Uninterrupted power supply for villages

    Raichur

  • Two MLAs from Raichur, one from Koppal likely to be Ministers
  • Order issued to carry out repairs in Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal

    Rajasthan

  • 17 more inducted into Rajasthan Cabinet
  • Another first for State

    Religion

  • Requisites of spiritual life

    Salem

  • Councillors seek regular water supply to all divisions

    Shimoga

  • Shimoga City Municipal Council approves budget
  • `Tobacco use, a serious threat to public health'

    Sports : General

  • Rehabilitation course getting ready for Maradona
  • NAARM wins team championship

    Table Tennis

  • Rajiv gets top billing

    Tamil Nadu

  • Power tariff reduced for domestic sector
  • A setback to reforms and fiscal discipline
  • Get sanction for pending projects: Ponnaiyan urges Elangovan
  • Trailer operators defer decision to join strike
  • $150-million loan deferred
  • BC panel seeks more powers to monitor OBC quota implementation
  • Stage set for filing charge sheet in flyovers case
  • Court permits CBI to interrogate HAL official in custody
  • Power tariff cut, part of votebank politics: Vasan
  • CBI's Madurai operation only the beginning
  • We'll play constructive Opposition: BJP
  • IAS officers shifted
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Virudhunagar epidemic cell put on alert
  • Motivation camps on PMRY

    Tennis

  • Gustavo Kuerten moves one step closer to title
  • Lata, Sanaa advance
  • Sania is champion
  • Davenport not excited about Olympics
  • Meghana posts win
  • AITA Nutrine Circuit from June 7

    Thanjavur

  • Voters' list rocks Thanjavur meeting

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • 13 p.c. schoolchildren use chewing tobacco: RCC study
  • New traffic system from today
  • `Retain FCI depot at Valiathura'
  • Rank-holders welcome grading system
  • Aji murder: one more held
  • Directive on hartals welcomed
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    This Day That Age

  • dated June 1, 1954: Huq under house arrest
  • dated June 1, 1954: Truce in Indo-China
  • dated June 1, 1954: Aikya Kerala demand

    Tiruchi

  • All-India engg. entrance exam: over 15,000 register for counselling
  • Anti-smoking contest evokes good response
  • `Look at agriculture with scientific perspective'
  • Track patrolling intensified
  • No let-up in stray animal menace
  • Around the City

    Tirunelveli

  • Mayor walks out
  • Three killed in accident

    Tirupati

  • RTC launches computerised information system
  • Plea to link Chittoor dairy with NDDB
  • Commissioner denies charge on misuse of funds

    Udupi

  • CoD may probe graft charge against education officials
  • Zilla panchayat approves action plan

    Uttaranchal

  • HC takes notice of Meerut's plight

    Vellore

  • Removal of `H' marks in family cards from today
  • Topper studied under streetlight till four months ago

    Vijayawada

  • Privatisation of parks fails to generate more revenue
  • Row over temple construction continues
  • Tax accounting system to go online from today
  • Scribe electrocuted
  • Around the City
  • Going crackers over ranks

    Visakhapatnam

  • Tirumala-type ghat road getting ready in Vizag
  • Third phase of drainage project to be taken up
  • Right dosage must for kids, say experts
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • NJR too `pre-occupied' to thank Vizag

    Volleyball

  • MSVA officials resolve to end dispute

    Weather

  • Weather

    World View

  • Ricky Ponting urges Murali to tour Down Under
  • `Steve-da' to visit Udayan

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