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Alappuzha

  • 20 KSRTC buses damaged
  • New chief elected for Mavelikara Municipality

    • Anantapur

  • Villagers detain discom staff
  • Cooperative bank to be tough with defaulters

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • TRS not to have rethink on quitting A.P. Cabinet
  • Civic polls: BJP to go it alone
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • RTC takes hard stand on striking staff
  • Love for destitute takes her closer to Nobel
  • JAC condemns running of private buses
  • RTC staff strike near total
  • They turn sand to bread
  • Vijayawada to be developed into a `mega city'
  • RTC operates skeleton services in Kakinada
  • Tribal land survey works reviewed
  • Lions Club plans to set up free hospital

    • Bangalore

  • Commercial Street to become pedestrian zone
  • Parking ban near two more schools from today
  • 24 per cent growth predicted in civil aviation sector in the country
  • Mahad has good vision now
  • Work on metro rail to begin after BMRTL acquires land
  • Opposition stages walkout
  • Children's theatre festival in Bangalore from Monday
  • All ZPs to have administrators
  • Notice to Government in Shakereh murder case
  • Youths on vehicle with fake number plate rob driver
  • Lokayukta to file petition on action against official
  • IAF court martial adjourned again
  • Better service now at the Passport Office
  • A green patch to call your own
  • `Counter unfair reports in western media'
  • Krishna waters: PM promises to safeguard State's interests
  • Innovative inventions for cricket
  • A ray of hope for Arkavathy site applicants
  • Paying a price for following rules
  • Parasailing at Ulsoor Lake
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Belgaum

  • Monsoon mayhem continues in Belgaum district
  • Monkeys trapped in backwaters
  • `No differences within BJP in Belgaum'

    • Bellary

  • Three-day seminar on Dasa-santa literature
  • VC tells doctors to serve society without any expectations
  • Samji Gopinath is dead

    • Briefly

  • Software for student comprehension, retention
  • Syndicate Bank fixes price band
  • Siemens bags Torrent order
  • AMRO buys U.K. Priory Group
  • Videocon to consider amalgamation

    • Business

  • Industry, home demand drive PC sales growth
  • Uptrend halted on BSE
  • Jindal, Essar sign MoUs for steel plants
  • Indian silicon start-up touts `ASICs for all'
  • Siemens gearing up for India's third generation equipment market
  • CESC to seek shareholders' nod for mortgaging assets
  • Rupee loses further ground

    • Carrom

  • Public Sector carrom tournament

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chennai

  • Abling the differently-abled through celluloid
  • Study throws light on congenital deafness
  • "Put down kattapanchayats with iron hand"
  • Sethusamudram project security aspects must be assessed, says Coast Guard
  • Demand for ready mix concrete set to go up
  • Corporation bid to root out malaria
  • Nursing the sick for over 30 years
  • The literary world of Swadesamitran, Deepam
  • In blood drive, politics has no place
  • Forget CET, look at arts and science colleges instead
  • "Not State's duty to organise sports"
  • Advocates' associations declare three-day court boycott
  • Idols seized, three arrested
  • CBI files cheating case against firm
  • Karunanidhi asks Sonia for rollback in fuel prices
  • Munnani condemns attack
  • Cash awards for Plus-II toppers
  • This is for diabetics with a sweet tooth
  • Puthiya Thamizhagam to identify "winnable Assembly constituencies"
  • Khadi reaches out
  • Free health camp throws up interesting diabetes statistics
  • Convicted in record time
  • "Government responsible for mess in entrance test"
  • Learning the nuances of Carnatic music
  • Quiz for students
  • Fire destroys 19 huts in Villivakkam
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Magesh becomes GM

    • Coimbatore

  • Cancer screening for 68-lakh women
  • Minimum traffic restrictions for President's visit to city
  • Conference on textile technology tomorrow
  • A phone call to cherish for them
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8338
  • Solution to puzzle 8337

    • Cuddalore

  • Guard slashed in the neck
  • PMK student wing calls for boycott of classes
  • Cuddalore units refute reports of environmental degradation
  • Free rabies vaccine for pets on July 6

    • Cuddapah

  • Two injured in attack

    • Cycling

  • Hyderabad all set for National meet

    • Dindigul

  • Dance as an instrument to foster world peace
  • College students stage demonstration

    • Editorials

  • Fallout of a nagging problem
  • A compromise offers small comfort

    • Eluru

  • 129 buses run in West Godavari
  • Sniffer dog leads to burglar

    • Erode

  • `Allow coconut farmers to tap toddy' Coconut farmers in dire straits
  • Dyeing workers demand increase in wages
  • Temple watchman killed, jewels stolen
  • In Erode Today

    • Front Page

  • Terrorists storm Ayodhya complex
  • Intelligence reports had warned of attacks: Duggal
  • Ayodhya Attacked
  • Do not politicise terrorist attack: Manmohan
  • Curb on using national flag in costumes goes
  • GoM to study uplinking policy
  • State police put on full alert
  • High alert in Delhi, tight vigil at public places, temples
  • `Do not politicise attack'
  • Anju wins, unflatteringly
  • Conditioning camp for probables begins
  • Hectic lobbying for 2012 Olympic vote
  • Australia humiliates Germany in a lop-sided contest
  • Nine Congress MLAs resign from Assembly
  • Train derails, 25 injured
  • Sena meeting today
  • Sensex plunges
  • 100 more, but 100 less MBBS seats this year
  • Display of Tricolour
  • Telecast policy review
  • Two ULFA militants injured, one nabbed
  • TRS not to rethink on quitting Cabinet
  • Court's advice to end strike

    • Gujarat

  • Security tightened in Gujarat temples

    • Gulbarga

  • Water-level rises in Alamatti dam, touches 517 m
  • `Follow the contract while choosing beneficiaries'
  • Govt. urged to amend Sales Promotional Employees Act

    • Guntur

  • Guntur police stress traffic-streamlining
  • Issue of ration cards tardy
  • Job opportunity as insurance agents

    • Haryana

  • Haryana Minister for `one man one post' in Congress

    • Hassan

  • Dharam Singh urged to intercede

    • Hockey

  • Jharkhand consolidates its position
  • Easy win for KSP

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Water supply schedule for Hubli, Dharwad today, tomorrow
  • People removing encroachments on their own in Hubli
  • School opened
  • In Hubli Today

    • Hyderabad

  • State to undertake gas exploration
  • 12 members of Pardhi gang nabbed in city
  • RTC strike: hired bus crew make a killing
  • Court favours withdrawal of RTC strike
  • Congress leaders claim greater commitment to Telangana
  • Urdu medium students prove their mettle
  • All praise for Visaka stadium
  • HUDA plans more commercial complexes
  • Only rain can save
  • Santosh Reddy falls in line
  • Experts in dealing stunning blows
  • Open varsity MBA programme
  • Bus passengers find an alternative in MMTS
  • Postal services hit
  • Now, a test to assess `IT quotient' of students
  • Ayodhya attack: security beefed up in twin cities
  • Meet to discuss ailing young hearts
  • MIM protests against units causing pollution
  • `Court intervenes after State fails'
  • Civic polls: BJP to go it alone
  • JAC joins issue with Government
  • No gain from monsoon so far
  • Detonators found on Minister's route
  • 12 members of robber gang nabbed
  • Naidu condemns attack
  • Many SC, ST students attend counselling
  • RTC staff told to intensify stir
  • State bags CSI awards
  • Remedy for house woes
  • Panel to monitor prenatal diagnostic norms
  • APSFC meeting
  • VHP to observe protest week
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • Not accepting U.S. offer on missile shield: Pranab
  • India, Pakistan to go ahead with pipeline

    • International

  • Ambassadors targeted in Iraq attacks
  • "Developing five" to meet before talks with G-8 leaders
  • Violence flares ahead of G-8 meet
  • U.K.-French spat on summit eve
  • Do not impose vote on draft U.N. proposal, SCO tells G-4
  • Hu's Russia visit fruitful: China
  • "African Union's U.N. position is a basis for talks"
  • Monaco Prince admits child's paternity
  • Biotechnology in fight against pollution
  • Swiss army knife down but not out
  • Schroeder promises tax relief
  • Admits to creating computer worm
  • China training pilots for space flight
  • Vote for change: Ramgoolam
  • Pakistan condemns attack

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • An act of cowardice: Mufti

    • Kancheepuram

  • Scheme for assistance to self-help groups

    • Karimnagar

  • MLAs put irrigation officials on the mat
  • TRS flayed for `baseless' charges against YSR

    • Karnataka

  • Karnataka put on alert over Ayodhya incident
  • Now there is a gleam in his eyes
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Fifth unit of Alamatti Dam powerhouse synchronised with State grid
  • Withdraw trimester system: MLC
  • Rs. 8.9 crores released for sanitation programme in Chikmagalur
  • Plan for Total Sanitation Campaign approved
  • Surathkal gets largest share of road development fund
  • A valley of flowers

    • Kerala

  • Nine Congress MLAs resign from Assembly
  • For the benefit of IT professionals
  • Moves and countermoves
  • Life comes to a standstill in Kerala
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • General strike total, peaceful
  • It is party time for Malappuram panchayat
  • General strike hits normal life
  • Devaswom defers decision on funds

    • Khammam

  • Support to strike

    • Kochi

  • Strike peaceful; life paralysed
  • SSLC question paper leak: probe officer produces files
  • Government to look into pollution aspects
  • Rise in leptospirosis cases
  • 50 years under the arc lights
  • Fielding questions with ease
  • Call to ensure compliance to Provident Fund norms
  • High Court turns down KSHB demand
  • Traders' plea against hartals
  • AITUC leader dead
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Custodial death: constables arrested, remanded
  • U.S. buyers refuse to take Kollam cashew
  • President to inaugurate VRCs
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kottayam

  • Judicial probe demanded

    • Kozhikode

  • General strike total in city
  • Carcasses of elephants found in Chalipuzha
  • Ex-servicemen seek review of quota norms
  • IA's super saver scheme
  • In Kozhikode Today

    • Kurnool

  • No takers for the `best' treatment
  • Three hacked to death

    • Leader Page Articles

  • The Constitution after the Jharkhand Order

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Attack in Ayodhya
  • Hasty decision
  • Exercise restraint
  • Praiseworthy
  • Apology of little use

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • M.P. flood toll rises to 23

    • Madikeri

  • Heavy rain in Bhagamandala

    • Madurai

  • "Urgent measures needed to stave off agrarian crisis"
  • Watershed development project gains momentum in Madurai district
  • Farmers fear if monsoon rain is will-o'-the-wisp
  • Marketing SHG products differently
  • When two role models meet
  • A day of caring for your pet animals
  • Do yourself a favour, vaccinate your pet
  • Health drink's talent search programme
  • MP allocates funds for GRH
  • Lawyers prefer not to boycott court
  • Cashing in on the craze for freebies
  • Mayor directive
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Mangalore

  • City corporation embarks on tax collection drive
  • Orientation programmes for university teachers
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Manipur

  • Fear-stricken Manipur engineers submit resignation
  • New task for Naga police

    • Mysore

  • Three-day festivities at Bylakuppe
  • Training programme on alternative building material

    • Nagapattinam

  • 25,000 permanent houses for tsunami-affected

    • National

  • States on high alert, tighten security
  • Advani calls for "fitting" countrywide protest
  • Human trial of second AIDS vaccine soon
  • Attack an assault on Hindu faith: BJP
  • Centre should take a stand in Imrana case, says Fernandes
  • Sangh Parivar looks forward to renewing unity
  • No security lapse, says Mulayam
  • Pension bill a `fraud' on staff: CPI
  • Congress, Left parties see terrorist design
  • ``Divestment will not hit BHEL''
  • Separate authority for disease surveillance
  • No security lapse, says Mulayam
  • New structure near Taj Mahal unearthed
  • Record incentive from Power Ministry
  • Prevent AIDS through education: Manmohan
  • A conspiracy, says Mayawati
  • Buddhadeb, Basu condemn attack
  • Gutka ban gives perfume makers a bad time
  • BJP sees positive fallout for morale
  • Do not impose vote on draft U.N. proposal, SCO tells G-4
  • Chidambaram to inaugurate I-T officials' meet today
  • Shiv Sena workers clash

    • Nellore

  • Ideal way to learn!
  • Panchayat Raj staff threaten strike

    • New Delhi

  • High alert in Delhi
  • Telemedicine facility opened at AIIMS
  • High Court seeks report on compensation
  • All in the name of God
  • A musical tribute to Bapu
  • Businessman kills wife, daughters
  • New Metro record on Monday
  • BJP for resignations of Patil, Mulayam
  • IAS aspirant murdered
  • Demand to amend Master Plan
  • Armyman shoots himself dead
  • Out-of-turn promotions for policemen
  • Action against bank loan defaulters urged
  • Two former DU students stabbed
  • SHO slaps constable, cop returns in kind
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Iraq: the problem is the occupation
  • Debate sought on reining in fiscal deficit
  • Africa's new best friends
  • Old crisis, new demands
  • A student march, judicial writ and police violence

    • Palakkad

  • Strike near-total, peaceful General strike near-total, peaceful
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Piggery unit posing health hazard in Thiruvalla
  • TDB appoints officer to prepare plan

    • Perambalur

  • `Revise Biology, Maths syllabi of Plus Two'

    • Pondicherry

  • Rehabilitation to be speeded up
  • PMK convener
  • New mill chairman

    • Racing : Horse

  • Whosefatherwatgoes expected to score
  • Caprese, Exclaim please
  • Star Crush, Skara excel

    • Racing : Motor

  • Narain's aim — not to disappoint supporters

    • Rajasthan

  • Raje writes to Sonia on water schemes
  • Dalit groups demand arrest of rapists

    • Religion

  • Spiritual experience

    • Salem

  • Breach in pipeline being repaired
  • Call to make Salem malnutrition-free
  • PACB fraud, two held
  • Students' music album released
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • Permission sought to allow journalism graduates for B.Ed.
  • Row at university meeting over inquiry panels visiting colleges

    • Sport

  • Anju wins, unflatteringly
  • Conditioning camp for probables begins
  • Hectic lobbying for 2012 Olympic vote
  • Australia humiliates Germany in a lop-sided contest

    • Sports : General

  • IAF grounds Pakistan
  • DDK enters quarterfinals

    • Swimming

  • Eight more records sunk

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Music director Bharadwaj to be felicitated in the U.S.
  • When role models meet
  • French thrillers at Sathyam
  • A CD on the life of Buddha
  • Special package to Singapore
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Increase in number of dengue cases
  • This little champion won their hearts
  • Police inaction and lack of road discipline is a lethal combination
  • Attur Municipality to build shopping complex at a cost of Rs. 1 crore
  • Commotion at toll plaza
  • Applications invited
  • Smart card for Collectorate staff before August
  • Man gets 10 years prison term for setting wife on fire
  • Rotary Club of Tirupur to desilt tank
  • Photo ID cards to be given

    • Tennis

  • Ferrero advances
  • `I still have a lot of tennis in me'
  • Rohan Bopanna qualifies

    • Thanjavur

  • `Embroidery vital for handloom exports'
  • Plea to convene Cauvery River Authority
  • In Thanjavur Today

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Opposition stages walkout
  • Antony stars in Karunakaran's birthday feast
  • Joining hands to fight malaria
  • Agitations hit city police functioning
  • CAP may have to be repeated
  • Doctor-writer Pinto dead
  • KWA plans to replace concrete pipelines
  • End to stir in sight
  • Chennithala flays MLAs' resignations
  • General strike hits normal life
  • Library council to set up tribal and digital libraries
  • Students call off agitation
  • Elections to local bodies in September
  • Temporary setback
  • Accident at level-crossing: car seized, driver held
  • The significance of `nine'
  • Much ado about nothing
  • Keltron to start job-oriented courses
  • Welcoming Patil
  • Takes charge
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated July 6, 1955: Portugal's new decree
  • dated July 6, 1955: PM to meet Pope
  • dated July 6, 1955: MCA silver jubilee

    • Thrissur

  • Hartal near total in Thrissur General strike near-total, peaceful
  • Hungarian academic in State to write book on Late Antiquity
  • 12-year-old child labourer rescued
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Farmers take out rally
  • Recruitment on varsity campus
  • Draft rolls after voter list revision
  • Working overtime is not a problem for them
  • Rail roko junction
  • INL stir against fuel price hike
  • New system
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Reader's Mail

    • Tirunelveli

  • CPI plans tougher `battle' against soft drink unit
  • Drive to plant saplings in all special panchayats
  • In Tirunelveli Today

    • Tirupati

  • Skeletal services operated on Tirumala ghat road
  • Security stepped up at Tirumala
  • `Nexus' with pseudo naxals; student held
  • In Tirupati Today

    • Tuticorin

  • Child labour to be eradicated in Tuticorin district
  • Plan to set up boat club
  • In Tuticorin Today

    • Udhagamandalam

  • `Farmers with over five acres should not be called small growers'
  • Chill hits normal life in Ooty
  • In Udhagamandalam Today

    • Udupi

  • Attack by terrorists condemned
  • Sea erosion at Maravanthe, Hoode; waves hit highway

    • Vellore

  • Woman kills two children, ends life
  • Congenital disorders could be cured if detected early: VC

    • Vijayawada

  • Tourism Department plans to revive Manginapudi beach
  • TDP leaders flay KCR on Pulichintala issue
  • Arrangements being made for 39th State police sports event
  • Water set to reach Prakasam barrage
  • Over 90 per cent RTC buses off the road in Vijayawada region; revenue loss 1 cr.
  • Solar energy project planned in three villages
  • AIDWA call to poor women
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Thirty on the move spreading hope
  • 24-hr. medical camps set up in schools Round-the-clock medical camps set up in school complexes
  • Arrangements in place for Army rally
  • Truant monsoon multiplies water woes
  • Hindustan Zinc Limited to give facelift to schools
  • Medical reps' rally
  • Paidal chalo bhai!
  • ABVP condemns Ayodhya attack
  • World Forest Day observed
  • Plea to extend medical counselling date
  • Citizen's sangham seeks daily water supply
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Delay likely in forest clearance for Devadula
  • MGM Hospital blast poses a challenge for police
  • Distribution of ration cards from today

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • Buta Singh, Lalu call for more vigilance
  • Tea workers to go on strike

    • Wrestling

  • India wins Commonwealth Greco-Roman championship

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