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Alappuzha

  • Filariasis control: `traditional methods prove ineffective'

    Anantapur

  • Aid for families of eight farmers

    Andhra Pradesh

  • New strategy to complete irrigation projects
  • Multipurpose complex comes up on TTD site
  • Hi-tech railway ticket reservation racket busted
  • Attack on AU Vice-Chancellor condemned
  • Pickpockets target RTC passengers
  • Minister's clarification comes as a dampener
  • CM for saving power coop workers' jobs
  • Seven more ryots commit suicide
  • Technician electrocuted
  • `Good scope for hydel projects in State'
  • Woman hurt in road mishap succumbs to injuries
  • TDP MLA derides Government claim
  • BJP non-committal on Telangana
  • Dronamraju pitches for Polavaram
  • Eight die in road mishaps
  • Two women of pilgrim party killed in mishap
  • `Harassment' drives man to suicide
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Moneylenders Act: directive to revenue officials
  • Weaver dies of starvation?
  • MRO assurance on relief measures
  • Pune firm to train TTD gardening staff
  • Appointed DCC district secretary

    Athletics

  • Anil Kumar records personal best
  • Subdued farewell for Anju

    Badminton

  • Double for Ankitha

    Bangalore

  • Technology that can replace soldiers in a battle tank
  • Delay in byelections to Mahanagara Palike Council
  • BDA refutes Mayor's charge
  • Man hacked to death
  • End uncertainty over fees: ABVP
  • Tamil Nadu MLA to undergo brain mapping
  • Two killed in road accident
  • Crematorium closed on Monday
  • IN Bangalore Today

    Basketball

  • Kerala teams
  • Chittoor to host Jr. National basketball

    Belgaum

  • Applications invited for financial aid

    Boxing

  • De La Hoya, Hopkins start favourites

    Briefly

  • XPS ties up with Emirates Post
  • Titan to service mobile phones
  • FCI to continue as public utility
  • Corporation Bank revises FCNR (B) rates
  • Microsoft's technical support programme
  • Shasun Chemicals net profit up
  • New HR Head for Centurion Bank
  • Elcoteq's facility in Bangalore
  • SBI's new business cells
  • SBI talent bonanza
  • Dabur launches new products
  • AirTel's validity extension service

    Business

  • Initial euphoria short-lived, market loses 106 points
  • OPEC to raise output to check sky-rocketing prices
  • NSDL to offer PAN cards
  • Nasscom projects software services revenue at $20 b
  • Gold jewellery demand up 21 p.c. in Q1
  • TCG Software to merge with Ivega
  • Rupee surges 14 paise
  • SAIL to up tinplate output
  • ING Vysya's president to quit
  • UCBs asked to identify NPAs
  • Formulate global strategies to boost foreign investments: IIPM

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    Chennai

  • Vayalur checkdam proposal back in focus
  • Subway on Harrington Road in 15 months
  • Pithamagan bags six Filmfare awards
  • Increase auto fare, union urges government
  • College education is still parents' choice: survey
  • Jewellery, valuables stolen
  • Indigenous treatment often does harm
  • Domestic workers `continue to be abused'
  • Rs. 100-cr. plan to improve amenities at Tambaram
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Sivanandan emerges leader
  • LIC made to sweat
  • Stefanova draws first blood

    Coimbatore

  • Steps taken to prevent epidemic
  • Corporation geared up to prevent epidemic
  • Huge haul of smuggled liquor
  • Farmers' Day from June 5
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Wet start to second Test
  • Imran-Botham libel case resurfaces
  • Captains' and coaches' conclave
  • Umpires' Elite Panel to be trimmed
  • IA too good for MC
  • Tumkur triumphs
  • Avinash stars for St. Patrick's CA
  • RPS beats BNPS in final

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8001
  • Solution to puzzle 8000

    Cuddalore

  • Woman's body exhumed
  • Rs.99 lakhs for Nellikuppam bus stand

    Cuddapah

  • Grameena Bank loans for farmers
  • Man sustains burns

    Dindigul

  • Rs. 45 crores sanctioned to Dindigul

    Editorials

  • SPEAKING FOR ALL
  • NO NEED FOR A REVIEW

    Erode

  • Police appeal to the public
  • Issue of new ration cards

    Football

  • Ancheri's penalty secures draw for India
  • Copa America live on Ten Sports
  • AIIMS beats Airports Authority
  • Portugal enters semifinals
  • Death-threats to blame for Cup gloom:

    Front Page

  • Reforms will continue, says Chidambaram
  • Congress move to rope in RLD
  • Foreign daily `launches' Indian edition; I&B Ministry in the dark
  • Somnath to be elected unopposed
  • Fire in IOC terminal
  • Petrol price hike ruled out
  • Pak. announces duty relief
  • Dueba sworn in as Nepal PM
  • All-Russian final
  • Help to settle Cauvery issue, Karunanidhi urges PM, Sonia

    Globescan

  • CIA leak: Bush seeks legal advice
  • Fighting threatens Congo peace
  • Curbs on Internet
  • Abu Hamza denied bail

    Goa

  • Goa waits to host film festival

    Golf

  • Chowrasia keeps lead in tough conditions
  • Butta gains six-stroke lead

    Guntur

  • Guntur railway station to get a facelift
  • Chilli farmers stage `rasta roko'
  • Tobacco Board proposes market intervention
  • Mentally challenged killed in mishap
  • Contests for kids

    Haryana

  • Chautala gives crores for roads

    Hassan

  • BSP makes inroads into Hassan
  • Chaos at municipal council meeting

    Himachal Pradesh

  • Time now for an all-season affair with Himachal

    Hockey

  • Convincing win for Manipur

    Hyderabad

  • Has the mud cup arrived?
  • Congress accused of `anti-Telangana irrigation policy'
  • Hussainsagar restoration a challenge to HUDA
  • He is occupied even after calling it a day
  • Sprawling colony, woeful amenities
  • Patients bear the brunt of Gandhi Hospital relocation
  • Infant abandoned in Gandhi Hospital
  • Junior doctors defer strike
  • Power shutdown
  • Berths available in summer specials
  • Theatre personality passes away
  • Actor `fires at' producer
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • Pakistan formalises trade pact on duty concessions to India

    International

  • How Brahimi lost out
  • Personal decision, says Tenet
  • Revised draft insufficient: France
  • Russia unhappy with resolution
  • Massive security for D-Day function
  • Glaxo faces drug fraud lawsuit
  • Houdini, unravelled
  • A slayer in the school

    Kancheepuram

  • Call to make Kancheepuram cataract-free

    Karimnagar

  • TDP leader suggests use of MPLADS for agriculture
  • Highway police launch poster campaign

    Karnataka

  • Coalition partners close to pact on portfolios
  • 90 students' admissions cancelled
  • A beacon of hope for small-scale units
  • Court dismisses VISL appeal
  • Will new Govt. provide more funds for Hyderabad Karnataka?
  • `CMP, a continuation of previous policies'
  • Rain brings relief to farmers, officials
  • Rajya Sabha poll: Venkaiah Naidu to contest from State
  • Anthem: journalists asked to observe protocol
  • An attempt to make them happy for a while
  • HAL officials file case against CBI
  • Centre to convene meet on tobacco
  • MLA to press for probe into irregularities
  • Centre urged to release coin on Basaveshwara
  • 10 gastroenteritis cases in Mysore
  • `Provide pumpsets at subsidised rates'
  • Delay in bypolls to BMP Council
  • Governor to inaugurate college
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Equal pay and service regularisation demanded
  • Probe sought into electrification work
  • `Kavya-Chitra' today

    Kerala

  • Murali named first accused in FIR
  • Illegal agencies fleece nurses recruited for U.S., U.K.
  • Special police team to probe charges
  • Rajagopal to focus on State politics
  • Murali calls it a conspiracy
  • Conditions for educational institution buses upheld
  • Poor civic hygiene blamed for spread of epidemics
  • Council of churches hails Thomas panel decision
  • Plan to make Kozhikode a model litter-free city
  • Summons to Achuthanandan
  • IT procedures made easy
  • Medical college admission issue takes a new turn
  • Probe violence at KPCC meet: VS
  • Cyber piracy of books unearthed
  • Higher secondary admission date extended
  • Concession
  • No delay in printing textbooks: Soopy
  • Implement court directive on bandh, hartal: traders
  • Fears unfounded: KRL
  • BJP's challenge to LDF allies
  • Demand to drop Expressway project
  • Crisis in film industry ends
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Assault case: NDF activists surrender before court
  • Man held with forged passport
  • Unruly scenes at airport

    Kochi

  • NDA blamed for violence in Lakshadweep
  • Cusat Syndicate meet cancelled due to lack of quorum
  • Ombudsman orders detailed inquiry
  • Viral fever: IMA takes on homeopathy
  • 3,500 litres of illicit spirit seized
  • Award for audio albums announced
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kottayam

  • 18 in fray for bishops election
  • `UDF trying to cover up poll defeat'

    Kozhikode

  • Uncertainty over continuation of health project
  • Anti-Tobacco Day observed

    Kurnool

  • Collector consoles kin of suicide victims

    Leader Page Articles

  • Reducing nuclear risk
  • France awaits supplicant Bush

    Letters to the Editor

  • Funding the CMP
  • Market & economy
  • Media diplomacy?
  • Scrapping POTA
  • Corporal punishment
  • Promote science
  • Biotech crops
  • Extending reservation
  • Book sans verbs

    Madhya Pradesh

  • Under a bamboo canopy, they tied the knot

    Madikeri

  • Decrease in allocation to Kodagu panchayat bodies
  • Three tenders received for temple renovation

    Madurai

  • `Lack of strategy will affect SSI'
  • BBA exam results tomorrow
  • Trains run dry, passengers inconvenienced
  • MBA course material in CD format
  • Make use of `jamabandhi', says Collector
  • Development works inspected
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today

    Maharashtra

  • Police officials against repeal of MCOCA
  • Gustad lying, alleges Nadia's family

    Mangalore

  • World Environment Day turns spotlight on oceans
  • Maratha Parishat to celebrate Shivaji Jayantotsava
  • Meet on cashew from Friday in Puttur
  • Complex surgery performed at A.J Hospital
  • Zilla panchayat standing panels reconstituted
  • Engagement

    Mysore

  • Students plan `Vidhana Soudha chalo' on Saturday
  • Teak, rosewood billets destroyed in fire

    Nagapattinam

  • Speed up development works: petitions' panel

    Nagercoil

  • BSNL office timings changed

    Nalgonda

  • Former TDP MP criticises Congress on irrigation projects

    National

  • NDA seeks removal of `tainted' Ministers
  • An act of hypocrisy, says Congress
  • CPI(M) objects to airports privatisation
  • Old song, new metre
  • For a peace park on Siachen
  • Natwar begins Nepal visit today
  • Natwar calls up Kasuri
  • Hearing on Kuldip Nayar's plea today
  • `Only underprivileged women need reservation'
  • Mumbai blasts case verdict likely by August
  • Vaiko criticises T.N. Government
  • Left-backed union members back on board
  • `Repeal of POTA a serious issue'
  • Tenzing's son deplores dumping on Everest
  • Will monitor performance: SP
  • Government working on oil pricing package
  • A walkout during oath-taking ceremony
  • Paswan rules out disinvestment in chemicals sector
  • Indo-U.S. military talks conclude
  • Allan Border visits CPI (M) headquarters
  • No strategic sale of PSUs: Ambani
  • FDI liberalisation in small-scale sector
  • Congress, JD (S) talks continue

    Nellore

  • Repayment: plea to stop `harassment' of farmers

    New Delhi

  • Trouble brewing for Sheila Government
  • Bright colours dot DU landscape
  • Ghulam Nabi has his hands full with Delhi
  • New L-G for Delhi
  • `Jobless' on day one of admissions
  • Garbage-burning puts residents' health at peril
  • Govt. told to check officials' private foreign visits
  • Nigerian held with white heroin
  • Review petitions rejected
  • SHO arrested on bribe charge
  • Confusion over Thapar's expulsion
  • Demand for filling up auditor's post
  • Appointments Committee Chairman elected
  • Ex-employee held for chemist's murder
  • Sheila flayed for power tariff proposal
  • Ticket vending machines on trial for DTC buses
  • Around The City
  • Briefly

    Nizamabad

  • Committees to verify suicide constituted

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Palakkad

  • New NRI unit at Kanjikode

    Pondicherry

  • National BC Panel/`Request for inclusion in Central list will be examined'
  • Free garments distributed
  • Protest against `move' to privatise bus services
  • `Appoint social activists Governors'
  • Arrangements to view rare celestial event

    Punjab

  • Tributes paid to Kabir

    Racing : Horse

  • Trainers, riders fined

    Raichur

  • Five-year plan to improve education

    Rajasthan

  • Dissension BJP over Cabinet expansion
  • Justice Ahmed quits human rights panel
  • Hectic lobbying for Rajya Sabha seats

    Religion

  • Epitome of compassion

    Salem

  • AIMA finds partner in Salem

    Shimoga

  • Villagers participate in `Ashwath Upanayana Vivaha'

    Sports : General

  • Greek govt. dismisses Olympic postponement report as joke

    Table Tennis

  • Samridhi beats Nupur

    Tamil Nadu

  • Karunanidhi a model, say leaders
  • `Chennai needs another container terminal'
  • Youth look to Dayanidhi Maran to revive industrial park project
  • Opening Mettur dam for kuruvai on June 12 remote
  • `Non-conventional sources can avert energy crisis on campus'
  • Acute shortage of textbooks in Ramnad, Sivaganga
  • Discuss disagreement on TNPCEE, court tells counsel
  • Singapore, an attraction to Indian students
  • Justice Packiaraj passes away
  • CGHS revamp soon, says Anbumani
  • Centre will help to bridge urban-rural digital divide
  • Special train to Dadar
  • Award for construction firm
  • `Withdraw service tax'
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Nailwal visits Namakkal
  • Jamabandhi held
  • Make Kancheepuram cataract-free: Collector

    Tennis

  • Myskina stops a sloppy Capriati, Dementieva beats Suarez
  • Karishma knocks out Sonal, runs into Ankita
  • Prateek enters semifinals
  • The ageless showman
  • Sportz Mantra signs up Alapati
  • Chauhan beats Rajput
  • Juneja and Siddharth in final

    Thanjavur

  • Ration card aspirants throng taluk supply office
  • Summer rain hits sale of tender coconuts

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • FRAT warns of stir against electronic meters
  • Public works in Aryanad to be completed soon
  • `Consumer movement to be strengthened'
  • `Anti-filariaris drug safe'
  • Lok Ayukta directive in bribery case
  • Youth killed
  • Vehicle theft: one held
  • Station masters re-instated
  • Accident victim dies
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated June 4, 1954: Navy's progress
  • dated June 4, 1954: V.K.K. Menon meets Eden
  • dated June 4, 1954: College admissions
  • dated June 4, 1954: Dr. Scudder retires

    Thrissur

  • Parking facilities to be improved at railway station
  • Assistance for child-friendly library

    Tiruchi

  • KVK to get soil, plant and water testing lab
  • Steady growth in export of handicrafts
  • Applications invited for admission to BC hostels
  • Telegram delivery workers stage demonstration
  • Heavy rain in Tiruchi
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Opposition walks out of district panchayat meet
  • Chemically ripened mangoes seized

    Tirupati

  • Tardy distribution of groundnut seed angers ryots
  • TTD specified authority to take charge today

    Tuticorin

  • Poor catch upsets fishermen

    Udupi

  • BJP Udupi unit to be revamped
  • CoD probe sought into murder of anganwadi worker
  • Training in TV and radio repair

    Uttar Pradesh

  • Congress overtures likely to put pressure on Mulayam
  • `Mauni baba' passes away

    Vellore

  • Applications for supplementary examinations
  • Send employment reports, companies told
  • Plan to improve infrastructure in Vellore to attract tourists

    Vijayawada

  • Power shortage leads to ayacut decline
  • Jagannath takes charge as DRM
  • Stage set for children's film festival
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Afforestation catches on among tribals
  • Centre's `no' to shifting fishing harbour
  • Attack on V-C finds echo in city
  • Dealers clarify on `inferior cement'
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Weather

  • Weather

    Weightlifting

  • Women's team cleared

    West Bengal

  • Mamata under pressure to snap ties with BJP

    World View

  • It's a Ronaldo show, indeed
  • Kim sentenced in graft case
  • Adere fails to break World record

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