Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
Index
News Update

News
Front Page
National
States:
• Tamil Nadu
• Andhra Pradesh
• Karnataka
• Kerala
• New Delhi
• Other States
International
Opinion
Business
Sport
Miscellaneous
• Cartoons

Index

Specials
In Focus
Photo Gallery
Events 2003

Features:
Life
Magazine
Literary Review
Metro Plus
Business
Education Plus
Open Page
Book Review
SciTech
Entertainment
Young World
Property Plus
Quest
Folio

Stocks
Quotes
SE Diary

 Advts
Classifieds
Employment
Obituary

 Archives
Yesterday's Issue
Datewise



Group Sites
The Hindu
Business Line
The Sportstar
Frontline
The Hindu eBooks

Home

Andhra Pradesh

  • Little progress in Congress-Left talks
  • TRS to put up candidates against CPI(M)
  • Chilli farmers' unrest continues
  • Constituency of political heavyweights
  • It's TDP vs. Congress in Guntur district
  • More Vizag-based trains proposed: railway official
  • TDP first list likely on March 17
  • Alliance makes Congress ticket aspirants jittery
  • Chilli farmers' stir attains political colour
  • BJP begins exercise to assess strength
  • Parties try to balance caste equation in Bandar
  • Two cops suspended for `extortion' bid
  • Aqua farmers to go in for white shrimp
  • Adi Sankaracharya's compositions released
  • Fervour marks chariot festival in Yadagirigutta
  • Paritala says he was misquoted
  • Republican Party to contest two seats
  • Kidney surgery through key-hole procedure
  • Relief sought for poultry farmers
  • New secretary for Janashakti
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Use of EVMs to be explained

    Bangalore

  • Three arrested on robbery charge
  • March 31 deadline for licensing pet dogs
  • `Green taxis' come as a whiff of fresh air
  • Mixed reaction to one-way rule
  • Man kills wife, commits suicide
  • They've come from afar to sell honey
  • Haryana Police team to trace missing girls
  • Voter ID card to be issued today
  • BWSSB to hold two-day meter mela
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Belgaum

  • Lobbying on in Congress in Belgaum
  • Shiv Sena to contest 45 Assembly, three Lok Sabha seats in State
  • Sugar factory clears Rs. 6.38 cr. dues

    Bellary

  • Ex-Congress MLA to join Janata Dal (S)

    Bidar

  • It's Janata Dal (S) vs. Congress: Siddaramaiah

    Bijapur

  • Bijapur violence: nine cases registered

    Briefly

  • P&G cuts Ariel, Tide prices
  • Cheaper diabetes test
  • Shourie, Ambani to get honorary doctorate
  • Gets additional charge
  • Software for power utilities
  • A Ford show in Chennai
  • Zak plans expo centre
  • Broadest tyre from MRF
  • Via Tech bags LIC order

    Business

  • Efforts to improve trade with Pakistan
  • Govt. sets IBP price at Rs. 620
  • Tata Indigo Advent unveiled at Geneva auto show
  • Tapping the global e-mandi
  • SEBI nod for ONGC PNs
  • UPL buys registration of two products
  • India at Asian Aerospace
  • WAPCOS to prepare DPR for Bhutan hydel project
  • Hyundai sales up
  • Yahoo to add more content to search results
  • WTO and U.S. leadership role

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    Chennai

  • Operators coming out with novel packages to attract new clients
  • `Effluent from pond polluting groundwater at Anna Nagar'
  • Chinese police interact with Subbarayan Nagar residents
  • `Human resource key to quality education'
  • `Promoting English can contribute to software industry growth'
  • Man held on cheating charge
  • Corporation directive to parties
  • Verification of pension payment order books
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Leko promises to go all the way

    Coimbatore

  • Forest fire prevention drive stepped up
  • Traffic diversions
  • Programmes for conservancy workers
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Readers' Mail

    Cricket

  • Patient Papps steers Kiwis to victory
  • Bowling is the key
  • Caribbeans cruise into final
  • Akhtar raring to have a go at Indians
  • Ten Sports signs up Imran, Ian Chappell
  • Aussies run riot
  • India all set to wrap up series

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7921
  • Solution to puzzle 7920

    Cuddalore

  • 20 injured as vans collide

    Cuddapah

  • TDP has neglected irrigation, say opposition leaders
  • 4 lakhs worth red sander logs seized

    Dharwad

  • Workshop calls for fodder conservation

    Dindigul

  • Human chain formed
  • Arrangements for exams

    Editorials

  • THE FANTASTIC AS REAL
  • INFLATION ON A SLOW BURNER

    Eluru

  • Passing-out parade

    Front Page

  • 150 killed in Iraq serial blasts
  • Surveys hold out hope for the Congress
  • Advani's road show from March 10
  • Model code bar on Mufti
  • EC objects to Goa advertisement
  • 37 killed in Quetta
  • Alvi expelled from BSP
  • 35 held in Srinagar
  • Postponed

    Gulbarga

  • Scheme launched to popularise MVA
  • Decks cleared for food parks
  • Yuva Janata Dal seeks 50 seats

    Guntur

  • Ex-TDP district chief joins Congress
  • Congress receives 367 applications

    Haryana

  • Chautala open to alliance with BJP after polls
  • Notification for Haryana seats on April 16

    Hassan

  • Rivals spoil Congress party in Sakleshpur
  • Congress to launch election campaign at Shravanabelagola

    Himachal Pradesh

  • CAG pulls up forest department
  • BJP flays Virbhadra's remarks

    Hockey

  • Poles stand tall against the Brits
  • India begins with a facile win
  • Railways meets Orissa in Fed Cup final
  • MPT sends TN packing

    Hyderabad

  • BJP stakes claim to eight seats
  • Minorities rights leader passes away
  • Two arrested in forgery case
  • Seven held on cheating charge
  • Police solve murder case
  • Special train for Urs
  • YSR for Kurnool tomorrow
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • Kanishka trial: `Bagri confessed to involvement'

    International

  • Al-Qaeda hand seen behind attacks
  • Kerry tipped to win Super Tuesday
  • Fradkov for Cabinet reforms
  • Sectarian violence flares up in Quetta
  • Rosetta on way to probe origin of solar system
  • Soon for sale: Nuvo the robot
  • U.S. denies Aristide's `coup' charge
  • Naming typhoons
  • Abide by truce terms, U.S. tells LTTE
  • EPDP activist shot dead

    Karimnagar

  • Sonia for Karimnagar on March 11
  • 48 forms sold by Congress office

    Karnataka

  • `Telgi threatening witnesses in prison'
  • EC to review preparations
  • Keen contest on the cards
  • J.H. Patel's sons to contest elections
  • AIPJD will contest 95 Assembly seats: Bommai
  • Petition in marks card scandal case disposed of
  • Gowda for panel to oversee relief works
  • We trust Bangarappa, says Ananth Kumar
  • Shivakumar absolved of land-grab charge
  • Make your vote count, Brahmins told
  • BJP steals a march over rivals
  • `Package for farmers a gimmick'
  • VHP calls for State bandh today
  • Media marketing professionals form association
  • B.M. Mujahid dead
  • Tejas completes 100 hours of test flight
  • Mobile phone firms seeking services of India Post
  • Coping with the trauma of second childhood
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Deve Gowda promises pro-farmer Govt.
  • CPI(M) to contest 20 Assembly seats
  • Parrikar to use only personal car till end of elections
  • Congress complains to Election Commission

    Kerala

  • Karunakaran likely choice for Rajya Sabha seat
  • Move to hand over RGCT to private bidders resented
  • Crisis deepens as AMMA begins rehearsals
  • Drought fuels forest fires in Thrissur
  • Balakrishna Pillai not to campaign for Kodikkunnil
  • Drug retailers threaten stir from March 10
  • Manoj Kurishinkal quits as KLCA panel chief
  • `Mistakes should be pointed out to Congress leadership'
  • Land prices to be re-fixed
  • More interest
  • UGC to bring 15,000 colleges under eligibility criteria for Central aid
  • Vultures facing extinction in Kerala

    Kerala - Others

  • CPI office attacked
  • Briefly

    Kochi

  • `Chottanikkara Makam Thozhal' on March 6
  • Indal workers reiterate demand for reopening of smelter unit
  • CAT stays cut in staff
  • Sahodaran Ayyappan memorial programme
  • Women, children taken back to Tamil Nadu
  • KBPS to be revived, says Minister
  • Fresh probe sought
  • Body identified
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • Boat owners, staff to stage demonstration
  • Former footballer dead
  • Forest fire near Kulathupuzha
  • Medical camp held at district jail
  • NGO Union meet

    Kozhikode

  • `Settle row in film industry'
  • Ayurveda workshop formulates action plan
  • Theft: culprits yet to be caught

    Kurnool

  • Help sought for baby's treatment
  • Kurnool Congress chief rushes to Hyderabad
  • Dispute over evaluation of answer scripts unresolved

    Leader Page Articles

  • The vision deficiency syndrome
  • For U.N. re-engagement in Iraq

    Letters to the Editor

  • In the right hands
  • `Lord of the ring'
  • Electoral rolls
  • Double standards
  • Congress-TRS tie-up
  • Cricket tour
  • AI, IA privatisation
  • Nuclear plants
  • Consumers must resist
  • Cultural policing
  • A question of ethics

    Madikeri

  • Madikeri CMC sends new proposal on property tax scheme

    Madurai

  • TAPping forest potential, TN emerges a model
  • `Music has power to spread humanism'
  • Campaign for `common school system'
  • Silver `kavacham' work at temple to be over soon
  • Water level in dams
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • A business venture that empowers rural women
  • `Good environment for business in West Asia'
  • Mini hydel project to come up in Moodbidri
  • Siri, empowering women in rural areas
  • Temple consecration from March 13
  • Brahmakalasha fest of Vishnumurthy Temple from today
  • Legal awareness camp on Sunday
  • JD (S) to field Yogish Shetty in Mangalore
  • Shock over attack

    Manipur

  • Heavy security for Speaker

    Mysore

  • Parishat moots cooperative body for cable TV business
  • Task force wants special pricing scheme for water
  • Drive to issue identity cards for voters launched in Mysore

    Nalgonda

  • Two girls killed, 10 hurt in mishap

    National

  • Congress, CPI(M) object to Advani's yatra
  • Congress will find itself in crisis: Venkaiah Naidu
  • Mufti convenes high-level meet
  • `Tazia' processions in Gujarat after 3 years
  • A riot victim determined to fight for justice
  • Turtles in sand
  • Two killed during `Muharram' processions
  • It will fuel communal passions, says Paswan
  • BJP to go it alone in Northeast
  • CPI(M), RJD seek PIO's reinstatement
  • Sonia to address women's meet in Assam
  • `No Ayodhya resolution before elections'
  • Kanchi Acharya's appeal
  • Israeli team to submit report on Veerappan
  • Karnataka DGP not aware of visit
  • Shakti Kapoor turns out for Congress
  • Senior BSP leader expelled
  • Lawyer refutes reports
  • Post-poll options open: Chautala
  • `Vote, and vote conscientiously'
  • Decision on joining BJP put off
  • Narmada dam: should cost overruns get precedence?
  • SAARC Writers' Conference
  • IA's special package for cricket fans
  • Congress to highlight poor funds allocation to Northeast
  • Gujarat High Court questions conduct of Public Prosecutor
  • Minorities better off with BJP, says Bangarappa
  • Congress-NCP talks inconclusive
  • Activists want environment to be a campaign issue
  • NC to make rights violations poll issue

    Nellore

  • Ex-MLA takes credit for development
  • Vakadu `normal'
  • Aspirants scramble for Congress ticket

    New Delhi

  • Bodh Gaya all set for a makeover
  • Veterans, young leaders vie for Congress tickets
  • Congress may gain by alliance with Jharkhand Front
  • Shekhawat to inaugurate Govinda temple in Vrindaban
  • Cop nabs fleeing robber
  • MCD defends decision to expel Sharda Jain
  • Dera head gets life term for murdering couple
  • Joint action planned against criminals
  • Tusker tramples two to death
  • Auto-lifting cases solved, three held
  • Police plan to arrest erring Tihar officials
  • Inspector to undergo lie-detector test
  • Uniform recovered
  • Jail warden held for buying illicit liquor
  • CINEMA
  • Man comes under Blueline
  • Cop held for intimidation
  • Scholarships for scribes
  • Vendors oppose `franking machine policy'
  • Explosives recovered
  • `Ads misutilisation of funds'
  • Liquor seized
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    Nizamabad

  • Congress leader wants ticket for locals
  • Ex-MP stakes claim for Assembly seat
  • Newcomers file forms

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Pathanamthitta

  • Banks urged to cut lending rates

    Pondicherry

  • Aim for bigger goals, Minister tells students
  • 4 fasting health workers hospitalised
  • `Set up women's commission'
  • Power shutdown
  • PCC steps up efforts for going it alone in Pondy

    Punjab

  • Akali Dal expels ex-MP Tur
  • Selection of nominees in final stages: Sharma
  • Showcasing Punjab's craftsmanship

    Racing : Horse

  • All set for Invitation Turf weekend

    Rajasthan

  • BJP accused of neglecting the poor

    Religion

  • Virtue, a way of life

    Shooting

  • Gagan Narang finishes fifth

    Table Tennis

  • Indians make a winning start
  • Raghuram wins title

    Tamil Nadu

  • Thanjavur-Kumbakonam BG service launched
  • `Revised norms for one-time settlement of NPAs ineffective'
  • AIDS patients can get subsidised drugs by courier
  • Phone deposits
  • Congress still grappling with selection process
  • Majority on our own will be difficult: Kapil Sibal
  • `Dalits must unite to fight injustice'
  • Ban on thatched structures at wedding halls under study
  • Pakistani undergoes spinal surgery in Coimbatore hospital
  • Extend more benefits under `Vande Mataram' scheme: State Govt.
  • Milk output aplenty, but dairy farmers in doldrums
  • Protesting Salem mill workers detain officials
  • 19 telecom centres set up at Kumbakonam
  • DK to support DPA, defers decision on Pondy
  • JD (U) to contest in five constituencies
  • Over five lakhs will take higher secondary exam
  • Serijabanu, mother freed on bail
  • 1,66,000 tonnes of samba paddy procured
  • Take steps to develop Tuticorin port: council
  • `Modalities being worked out for National Institute of Science'
  • PMK candidates meet Karunanidhi
  • Protest against candidature
  • Alternative crops being raised in Kancheepuram
  • DMK to introduce nominees on March 9
  • Seminar on BPO
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • `Meticulous police planning pays off'
  • No flag posts, hoardings in public places
  • Full-fledged Krishi Vigyan Kendra to function from April 1
  • Demonstration of electronic voting machines
  • 29 centres for Plus-Two exams in Pudukottai
  • NSS volunteers clean lake channel
  • DYFI members hold demonstration

    Tennis

  • Mazur emerges giantkiller

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Thirumala water supply scheme in limbo
  • Councillors demand speedy action
  • A birthday with a difference
  • IG's `sting' operation exposes police graft
  • Dry spell: fire at many places
  • Tension at Pangode
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated March 3, 1954: Constitution amendment
  • dated March 3, 1954: T.C. elections
  • dated March 3, 1954: Unification of Korea
  • dated March 3, 1954: Artificial rain

    Tiruchi

  • Wastage of commodity
  • New strategy to protect forest wealth
  • Help Govt. in rehabilitation of child labour, local bodies told
  • Tazia processions
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchy Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Political parties warned against defacing walls

    Tirupati

  • Model sericulture village in doldrums
  • CPI leader for water as poll plank
  • Congress workers told to stop squabbling

    Union Territories

  • INLD may contest Chandigarh seat

    Uttar Pradesh

  • RLD leaders upset over poll pact

    Vellore

  • 3 of family suffer burns in kitchen fire
  • Collector inspects labour, urology wards

    Vijayawada

  • Tight security cover for 693 polling stations
  • `Students should take a leaf from epics'
  • Hoteliers told to strive for ISO certification
  • Ex-Mayor files for Congress ticket
  • Around the City

    Visakhapatnam

  • Insurance staffers seek merger
  • Park on the way to ruin
  • CBI case against two postal employees
  • Several corporators apply for Congress ticket
  • New DRM assumes charge
  • Tigress dies in zoo
  • Briefcase `terror' at VMC office
  • VUDA drive
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Warangal

  • Tribal women urged to give up liquor-brewing

    Weather

  • Weather

    Read Today's supplements: | Life | Metro Plus | Opportunities |

    Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com
    Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address
    		•
    LG Electronics

    Bharat Matrimony

    Clasic Farm

    Music & Dance

    Kuruvila Jacob

    9278.com

    Cancer Institute

    Year Book 2004

    thewicket

    Gandhi eBook

    The Hindu eBooks

    Melbourne Test

    Adelaide Test

    Jeevan