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Anantapur

  • Stop forcible loan recovery, bankers told
  • Minister appeals for calm

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Assembly session opens today
  • YSR unveils proposals to bail out ryots
  • Rs. 250-cr. project to digitise facets of culture, heritage
  • Indian heritage and culture to go digital
  • Free power may prove bane for groundwater
  • Computer workshop for EAMCET rankers
  • Centre to adopt new strategy
  • Call to ban exit poll surveys
  • Officials dismissed on corruption charges
  • Lend a hand to distressed ryots: CM
  • BRAOU application forms available from June 2
  • Get Central aid, BJP urges YSR
  • Government urged to waive farm loans up to Rs. 30,000
  • TRS elects legislature party leader
  • Konathala to widen commercial tax net
  • CPI for transparency in power sector deals
  • Minister keen on quality education
  • Funds sanctioned for 18 LI schemes
  • Three more farmers commit suicide
  • Green signal for Pushkaram works
  • FFW rice seized in vigilance raids
  • Steps afoot for talks with naxals: DGP
  • Councillors allege irregularities
  • Minister's relative found dead?
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    Archery

  • Goutam Singh on target

    Assam

  • `Door open for talks with insurgents'
  • ULFA claims responsibility for abduction
  • Will Bhupen Hazarika quit BJP?

    Bangalore

  • Two blocks of EWS quarters collapse
  • JD(S) may seek share in BMP nominations
  • NGO organises march to protect Arkavathi
  • BMP extends last date to pay tax
  • Liquor unit raided in Kalyananagar
  • Blackout in Vyalikaval, Palace Orchards
  • Around the city
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    Basketball

  • RCSBC in final
  • IOB, S. Railway emerge champions

    Bellary

  • Girl killed in rain-related accident

    Bidar

  • Six-hour blackout in Bidar

    Bijapur

  • Many claimants to ministerial berth
  • Two die in accident in Bijapur

    Business

  • Govt. role as investment catalyst
  • `Good intentions by themselves will not help'
  • Profit-making fertilizer units not to be disinvested
  • `No major policy change likely'
  • Massive outflows in equities
  • Fear of reforms slowdown

    Chennai

  • Container strike talks continue
  • 45-day ban ends, mechanised boats resume fishing
  • New record set in Chitravina recital
  • Decision on sinking of borewells put off
  • Around the city
  • In Chennai Today
  • Readers' Mail

    Chess

  • Ratnakaran begins well
  • Sujatha in lead
  • Humpy enters semifinals

    Coimbatore

  • Underground sewer project may take off in a few months
  • Farmers advised to take up summer ploughing
  • Warehouse project for Tirupur exports
  • Conserve rainwater, farmers told
  • Directive on TNEB bill payment
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Cricket

  • Vaughan returns for second Test
  • Balaji undergoes training under Mike Hendrick
  • Bangladesh posts highest ever total, Rafique emulates Bashar
  • Uttam Raj shines
  • DTOC wins
  • United States 87 for two
  • Vijay Merchant XI claims The Sportstar Trophy
  • Stuart Binny walks away with honours
  • All-round display by Satender
  • Vishal hits unbeaten century
  • Good knock by Maunders
  • Comprehensive wins for Sykes, Infosys
  • 10-wkt. win for Gold Star Academy
  • Big century by Sandeep
  • Vijayanand Gardens in final

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7997
  • Solution to puzzle 7996

    Cuddapah

  • Dalit panel warns of agitation
  • Sarpanches' gesture to farmers
  • Three die in mishaps

    Editorials

  • NARENDRA MODI AS SUPER SCAPEGOAT
  • THE FLIGHT OF SARAS

    Erode

  • `No need for panic'

    Football

  • Bengal, Goa in last four
  • Keltron triumphs

    Front Page

  • Ghauri test escalating arms race: Patil
  • Saudi commandos free hostages/8 Indians among 22 killed
  • Tight security for Chapra repoll
  • We were not consulted on Speaker's choice: Fernandes
  • Left parties criticise NDA tactics
  • Business as usual for Schumacher
  • Envoy-level office for NRIs, PIOs to be closed
  • Nepal bus blast kills one
  • Religious scholar gunned down
  • Grading system for CBSE

    Globescan

  • Rebels kill 8 in Bangladesh
  • `Kidnapped' diplomat freed
  • Iranian Governor dies in crash

    Golf

  • Toms extends his advantage
  • Albert My-San corners glory
  • Chakola (Jr.) emerges winner

    Gujarat

  • 11 killed in cylinder blast

    Gulbarga

  • 20-year wait for justice comes to an end

    Guntur

  • CPI(M) puts Congress `on notice'
  • Man dies in LPG cylinder blast

    Haryana

  • Database on natural resources
  • Govt. bid to provide quality education

    Hassan

  • Funds sanctioned to streamline water supply in Arsikere
  • JD(S) workers unhappy with coalition

    Himachal Pradesh

  • Plan to bring Sutlej water to Shimla: Virbhadra

    Hyderabad

  • MCH in suspended animation
  • Tension prevails
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Reader's Mail

    India & World

  • UK 'evicts' India-born MP
  • India concerned at Islamic outfit's activities in Bangladesh
  • Six jailed for smuggling Indians into U.K.
  • Plea to return Shivaji's sword
  • Centre should talk to all parties: Farooq

    International

  • Saudi attack sparks fears of oil crisis
  • Setback to Najaf peace agreement
  • Combating terror a priority: Kerry
  • Bangladesh special envoy coming today
  • Russia moves to curb human trafficking
  • Four U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan
  • U.S. honours World War fighters
  • North Korea tries a little reform
  • The Czar Bell rings after decades
  • `China model not relevant in India, Pakistan relations'

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • Decline in smuggling along border
  • Record flow of pilgrims to Vaishno Devi shrine

    Kancheepuram

  • 3 killed as mini-lorry rams goods carrier

    Kannur

  • Employment avenues drop in Kannur

    Karimnagar

  • Traffic congestion on the up in Karimnagar
  • `Water for Siddipet and tears for Indurthi'

    Karnataka

  • Hectic lobbying on for berth in new Ministry
  • Adopt scientific attitude to study past achievements: Chaturvedi
  • Media urged to encourage humour writers
  • Study on anti-epileptic drug for pregnant women
  • Venkateshwara idol consecrated in Tumkur temple
  • Will Dharam Singh be able to do a Devaraj Urs?
  • Tax scheme: parishat sees confusion
  • Growing food crops the natural way
  • Trains to stop at Naglavi Station
  • Karnataka's illustrious Rajput connection
  • Debate on Cabinet berths hots up
  • Three in race for ministership
  • Congress-JD(S) alliance termed ridiculous
  • Man held for son's murder
  • `Congress-JD(S) coalition not durable'
  • Natya institute offers degree in Kathak
  • VIPs attend weddings in Sharief, Kharge families
  • Applications invited
  • Thigalas seek ministership
  • Briefly
  • From The Districts

    Karnataka - Others

  • Bus stand to be named after Bheemanna Nayaka
  • Three in race for ministership

    Kerala

  • Muslim League to hold talks with Congress
  • Class X textbooks on compact disc
  • Environmentalists see threat to Silent Valley
  • `Make running water walk', the new slogan
  • Water conservation drive planned
  • Malappuram has highest growth rate in vehicle population
  • IVRS trunk booking runs into rough weather
  • IUML goes in for restructuring
  • Doubts over safety of anti-filarial drug
  • Sabarimala to be made pollution-free
  • Keralite killed in attack in Saudi Arabia
  • CPI(M) panel meet begins
  • `AI imposing undue burden on NoRKs'
  • Teachers' plea
  • 172 SI trainees to pass out today
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Doubts over safety of anti-filarial drug

    Khammam

  • Suicides due to anti-peasant policies, says Suravaram

    Kochi

  • Film actors, technicians launch new forum
  • Greens train their guns on Paristhithi Bhavan
  • Project for mangrove belt in Kumbalangi
  • Remembering John Abraham
  • Two found murdered
  • No-trust move against Paravur civic chief
  • Bank staff union plea to Centre
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Reader's Mail

    Kollam

  • `Nurse gags woman in labour'
  • Services at ESI hospitals should improve: Minister

    Kottayam

  • Controversial issues to figure at Syndicate meet

    Kurnool

  • Seven-hour power supply to farmers urged

    Leader Page Articles

  • Transgenic muddle
  • Reconstructing India

    Letters to the Editor

  • The CMP
  • Tough task ahead
  • Rollback spree
  • Belated wisdom?
  • Remembering Nehru
  • A relook needed

    Madhya Pradesh

  • BJP meet calls for coordination between Govt. and party

    Madikeri

  • Foodgrains stock in Kodagu being verified
  • Headmasters to meet today

    Madurai

  • Two-wheelers to come with safety package
  • Govt. urged to permit toddy tapping
  • Lawyers' plea to President
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Maharashtra

  • Govinda visits Jeevdani temple

    Mangalore

  • Heritage village to be ready in September
  • They have a voice of their own
  • Consecration of Ganesha idol today
  • Road stretch yet to be concreted
  • Reader's Mail

    Mysore

  • Natyanjali pays glowing tributes to Rukminidevi
  • Ministry in a couple of days: Siddaramaiah
  • Tax scheme: parishat sees confusion

    Nalgonda

  • Indrasena seeks plan for kharif season

    National

  • Indo-U.S. Defence Policy Group to reassess military ties
  • `Manmohan promises accelerated reforms'
  • Indo-U.S. relations will continue to grow: Powell
  • Tehelka tapes genuine: Sibal
  • Election Commission plans electoral rolls with photos of voters
  • CPI(M) for scrapping `defined contribution' pension scheme
  • Fernandes demands speedy probe into coffin issue
  • Paswan for acquiring coking coal mines abroad
  • Poor show by State PSUs
  • Afghan leader meets Natwar Singh, Dixit
  • Railways geared up to clear summer rush

    Nellore

  • Arrears on tap connection to be collected

    New Delhi

  • MCD trifurcation move gets a favourable response
  • NDMC fails to complete major projects
  • Problems galore before Sheila Govt.
  • Poor results by Urdu medium schools
  • `Most injections in India unsafe'
  • Hunt on for DJ in cocaine case
  • Plea to regulate MCD working
  • Angry residents demand water, relief
  • High Court flays INMAS for Court Martial proceedings
  • Constable detained for wife's murder
  • Power load declaration scheme bears fruit
  • Engg. entrance exam held
  • Sibal outlines plan for Chandni Chowk facelift
  • All-round show by Prashant
  • Mock funeral for tobacco
  • Around the city
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Readers' Mail

    Orissa

  • Elephant poachers run amuck
  • Biju Janata Dal Parliamentary Party leader

    Pathanamthitta

  • Idol installation day celebrated

    Pondicherry

  • Padmanabhan's death a great loss: Rangasamy
  • Khairwal to hold additional charge as Chief Secretary
  • Subsidy for concrete housing distributed
  • Chamber to give cash award to Plus-Two toppers
  • 8 litres kerosene a month for poor families

    Punjab

  • Health clubs a hit in Punjab

    Racing : Horse

  • River God claims Karnataka Cup

    Racing : Motor

  • Geof Argyle wins in style

    Rajasthan

  • Special centre for spastic children

    Religion

  • Embrace dharma

    Sikkim

  • State to take up Gangtok-Lhasa bus service issue with Centre

    Sports : General

  • Al-Jazeera promotes new sports channel
  • Bhavani steals the show

    Swimming

  • Overall title for Thiruvananthapuram

    Table Tennis

  • Udhay and Ashwini triumph

    Tamil Nadu

  • `Ties with AIADMK were only for poll'
  • Overhaul begins after `Verdict 2004'
  • `Provide development funds directly to villages'
  • State received lowest quantum from Karnataka
  • Rape case referred to Juvenile Board
  • Convene Cauvery River Authority: farmers
  • Expedite appointment of VCs: teacher organisations
  • Retain anti-conversion law: BJP
  • Treat strike period as `on duty': employees union
  • Centre giving priority to Sethu project, says Vaiko
  • Reshuffle brings back officers transferred earlier: PMK
  • CBI arrests HAL official
  • Software exports picking up
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Chidambaram for POTA repeal
  • Efforts to put Kodaikanal on world tourism map
  • Consecration of Anjaneyar idol
  • 25 sovereigns of jewels stolen

    Tennis

  • Sania sails into final
  • Rushmi, Ankita carry Indian hopes
  • Dementieva ousts Davenport
  • Agarwal advances
  • AITA junior ranking meet from today

    Thanjavur

  • Focus on character building, students told

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Air India to launch `budget flights'
  • Two youth held
  • Renovation to be completed before Onam
  • MPs told to work for development
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Plea to follow Railway Board guidelines
  • Two youth held
  • SFI protests against move to close down schools
  • MPs urged to work for development
  • Around The City
  • Reader's Mail

    This Day That Age

  • dated 31, 1954: Huq Ministry dismissed
  • dated 31, 1954: Kotelawala explains
  • dated 31, 1954: VOA in Ceylon

    Thrissur

  • Reception for auxiliary bishop
  • `Regulations should not affect growth'

    Tidbits

  • A helping hand
  • It's different
  • L'Oreal's new face
  • A `smart bullet'

    Tiruchi

  • All-India engineering entrance exam: over 15,000 register for counselling
  • Farmers likely to get short-term loans
  • Around the city
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Tirupati

  • Private colleges' plea to SVU
  • Crafts mela inaugurated

    Udhagamandalam

  • Fruit show held in Coonoor

    Udupi

  • Encourage art, people told

    Vijayawada

  • Mayor requests release of funds for Krishna pushkarams
  • Airmen recruitment rally by IAF
  • Computer workshop for EAMCET rank-holders
  • Teach right values to children: Kanchi seer
  • A heady brew!
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Reader's Mail

    Visakhapatnam

  • Contractors allege corruption in civic bodies
  • English medium in VMC schools from Class VI
  • Sobharaju to take free classes
  • Jyeshtabhishekam from tomorrow
  • Fatally knocked down
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Reader's Mail

    Warangal

  • Chaos, confusion prevail at Ministers' reception

    Weather

  • Weather

    West Bengal

  • Fire in Kolkata bookshop
  • Mamata ridicules Congress' call

    World View

  • Gilchrist fancies World Cup treble
  • Waugh to re-ignite Olympic cauldron
  • Four Pakistani tennis players to play in India
  • Muralitharan may tour Australia
  • Kapachinskaya's loss, Mayr-Krifka's delight
  • Players seek help for compatriot
  • Acting not my ball game: Ganguly
  • PCB chief not to apologise to Akhtar

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