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Anantapur

  • Will Diwakar Reddy be five times lucky in a row?

    Andhra Pradesh

  • TDP, BJP reach seat-sharing accord
  • Distribution of bags with CM's photo stopped
  • Poll advertisements on TV: court adjourns hearing
  • Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy to continue in Congress
  • BJP cadre `unhappy' with pact on seats
  • CPI(M) blames Congress for failure of talks
  • Students go on rampage, parade college officials
  • CPI(M) demands release of scholarship amount
  • A whistle-stop campaign by Advani
  • The `shove' and its effect
  • Distribution of CMEY bags with CM's photo stopped
  • Tiff with police: scribes boycott Advani's meet
  • BJP not averse to smaller States: Advani
  • IA to offer `Hot Seat' scheme
  • SIT officials take Telgi's statement
  • Insurance staff oppose merger proposal
  • AP Genco clears tenders for coal washery
  • When kids stop him
  • Hike in power tariff for non-agriculture sector likely
  • "It's no code violation"
  • Student found dead
  • Congress team submits memo to EC
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • India making giant leaps under NDA, says Advani
  • Invigilator, four SSC students booked
  • Glamour queens to grace Advani's meetings

    Athletics

  • Shobha sets National record, qualifies for Olympics

    Bangalore

  • Software engineer dies in accident near Hoody Cross
  • Former bank manager convicted of cheating
  • Voter identity cards
  • Urs Samyukhta Party men quizzed
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Webby Minds, Technocrats spotted

    Barometer

  • Stock Market Index
  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    Belgaum

  • Election arena bereft of zeal

    Bijapur

  • Plan to republish works of Simpi Linganna

    Briefly

  • Reliance Info's initiatives
  • BSNL pact with Microsoft
  • New ED for SEBI
  • Fed rate unchanged
  • BankAm's job cut plan
  • Bank's efforts to improve customer service
  • Executive Ship launches maritime institute
  • HP launches mobile e-service bazaar
  • Hinduja TMT declares 50 p.c. interim
  • Berger board approves stock split
  • GM to increase staff
  • TIEBU expects Rs. 500 cr. revenues
  • Craigmore to enter menswear segment
  • Vallarpadam SEZ to give a boost to exports
  • Satyam partners Actuate Corporation
  • J & K Bank to revive 2 branches in PoK
  • BenQ launches camera phone
  • Bharti selects Tekelec's signalling system
  • Andhra Bank, Bajaj Auto sign MoU
  • Satyam partners Actuate Corporation
  • UTI Bank opens two branches
  • IFA's Hyderabad sub-chapter

    Business

  • GSK, Burroughs Wellcome share swap at 14:10
  • TRAI's final recommendations on broadband, Internet soon
  • ICICI Bank's total exposure at Rs. 100,155 crores
  • Exim Bank to expedite line of credit to Africa
  • Rupee steady
  • Erratic trend in equities
  • Qualcomm plans India centre
  • Markets asked to adopt STP by July
  • Microsoft aims to double Windows language versions
  • Mensamind launches mensablog.com
  • HP sells Linux desktops in Asia

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    Chennai

  • 2 new landline plans to target low, middle income groups
  • MTC rectifies technical problems in low-floor buses
  • Anna Nagar oxidation pond to be closed
  • KVIC to organise exhibition at Kalpakkam
  • Second phase of varsity Senate House renovation in 10 days
  • Rs. 15, 000 in coins stolen from house
  • Free medical camp
  • IA phone numbers
  • Tourism workshop
  • Metrowater to float bond for New Veeranam Project
  • Tragedy strikes mourning parents
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Ganguly, Gokhale join leaders

    Coimbatore

  • No halt to new water connections: Corporation
  • Tirupur ginning units in doldrums
  • EEPC move to boost engineering exports
  • RI for assault
  • Convocation
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Importance of academic goals

    Cricket

  • Fans are the biggest winners
  • `I have not seen a batsman better than Tendulkar'
  • Gilchrist leads fightback
  • Musharraf praises Tendulkar and Balaji
  • Tamil Nadu takes first innings honours
  • Four TN players for academy training

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7934
  • Solution to puzzle 7933

    Cuddapah

  • Task forces to ensure free and fair poll
  • Three die in road mishaps

    Editorials

  • A NON-EXISTENT LINKAGE
  • ELECTIONS IN MALAYSIA

    Elections 2004

  • Midnight meetings take toll on BJP leader
  • Quota issue worries BJP in North Karnataka
  • Making inroads into the tribal belt
  • The importance of being Kalyan Singh
  • Congress launches e-war
  • `We had no choice but to vote BJP'
  • Election fever along the Line of Control
  • In the Hindi heartland, royals gird for electoral battle
  • Ex-servicemen nurse a grouse
  • POLL-POURRI
  • Not glamour-struck
  • Q & A: Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy

    Football

  • Felix stars in Mahindra's big win

    Front Page

  • Provide signals to DD for all matches: Court
  • Telangana, Vidarbha not on our agenda: Advani
  • The importance of being Kalyan Singh
  • In awe of the Taj Mahal of Indian cricket
  • Let secular forces join hands: CPI(M)
  • Car bomb destroys hotel in Baghdad, 27 killed
  • Cricketspeak
  • It's final, no truck with Congress: Mayawati
  • Hurriyat invited

    Gulbarga

  • Doctors, teachers launch fast
  • Kanta locks up Corporation office

    Guntur

  • Former Congress MLA opts out of race
  • Trading in chilli picks up
  • Two die in mishap
  • Nine Inter students debarred

    Hassan

  • Two KPCC secretaries join BJP in Hassan
  • Puttaswamy Gowda not to contest

    Himachal Pradesh

  • Congress factions sharpen claws

    Hyderabad

  • Owaisi keeps his cards close to his chest
  • EVMs: new set of norms for voters, officials
  • Alleged extortionist killed in `encounter'
  • Seat-sharing: city BJP unit dejected
  • Army officer held on charge of assaulting SI
  • `Shock' punishment for not paying power bills?
  • Prudential Bank depositors plan protest
  • City records hottest day
  • Suburban train service extended
  • Court directive on `detention' of activists
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • When the General bowled over Indian cricketers

    International

  • Powell to raise Khan network, Al-Qaeda with Pakistan
  • Madrid blasts: links to Casablanca attacks
  • Four dead as Israel attacks Gaza
  • Exploitation of `dissent' will cause irreparable damage: Balasingham
  • France takes threat seriously: Minister
  • `Laxity led to Brazil's rocket disaster'
  • Chavez offers Aristide asylum in Venezuela
  • Toll in Al-Qaeda operation rises
  • 3 die as Serbs, ethnic Albanians clash
  • Fresno slayings: suspect could face death
  • Force alone cannot defeat terrorism: Prodi
  • U.S. scrambles to keep military coalition intact

    Karimnagar

  • `Separate Telangana only if AP Assembly okays it'

    Karnataka

  • BJP to begin selection of candidates today
  • State may ask CBI to probe all stamp paper cases
  • Janata Party keen on putting up a fight
  • CBI may be asked to take over all stamp paper cases
  • Congress list on March 27 or 28
  • No curbs on ongoing relief work, says poll authority
  • These veterans have voted out cynicism
  • BESCOM to reduce revenue gap by Rs. 334 crore
  • Ex-MLAs may be evicted from Legislators' Home
  • Janata Dal (U), BJP to cross swords
  • COMED-K entrance test on May 15, 16
  • Consumption peaks
  • Death triggers tension in Pavagada
  • Free computers offered for rural students
  • `Only one watchman guarded dam'
  • Seminar on women in Sanskrit literature
  • `BJP now more acceptable'
  • Release of Moily's book today
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Poll arrangements complete in Koppal Lok Sabha segment
  • Marked increase in number of voters in Chamarajanagar
  • Farmers sell jaggery without brokers
  • Residents name colony after Deputy Commissioner
  • Vadnal Rajanna may have it easy this time
  • Citizens' Charter presented

    Kerala

  • Antony to visit drought-hit areas
  • Government asked to pay KSEB dues
  • `Uphill task for Congress'
  • SGWA to review groundwater availability
  • Tribals migrating to river valleys in search of water
  • Karunakaran, Wahab, Vijayaraghavan to Rajya Sabha
  • Directive to fill posts of Devaswom Board members
  • Model watershed project comes under a cloud
  • Steps to provide drinking water to Chittur
  • Congress may lose a few strongholds: Chacko
  • Kodoth a victim of group politics
  • Goshree bridges opened
  • SERC asks Government to pay KSEB interest on dues
  • 6,475 litres of spirit seized
  • KSEB releases reservoir water to Pampa river
  • VS for probe against Wahab
  • Crisis at NTPC plant blows over
  • No change in abkari policy until polls
  • SSA offices to be networked
  • At Sabarimala today
  • Water level falls in reservoirs
  • Chief Town Planner held
  • Jet Airways to begin night service
  • Briefly
  • District Notes

    Kochi

  • ADB aid: Corporation begins groundwork
  • Ernakulam-Bolghatty bridge lit up
  • Film industry crisis continues
  • Indian Airlines comes out with `hot seat' offer
  • Luxury liner berths at Ernakulam wharf
  • `Thookkam' offering criticised
  • Minister meets hospital staff
  • Pirated VCDs seized
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Campus Notes

    Kollam

  • `Driving schools lack infrastructure'
  • `Dalits not given their due share'
  • Tension at Aryankavu

    Kozhikode

  • `Statutory rationing system crumbling'
  • Balaram meets party workers
  • `BPL families not availing of ration benefits'
  • Art exhibition attracts crowds
  • CITU-led fast planned in Wayanad

    Leader Page Articles

  • Redefining secularism
  • Haiti: this time we must get it right

    Letters to the Editor

  • Gill's nomination
  • Dignified campaign
  • Cricket telecast
  • The IIMs
  • Pre-poll alliances
  • Pleasant surprise

    Madhya Pradesh

  • M.P. tries to set the record straight
  • Musician's family in custody for demanding dowry

    Madikeri

  • Grants for Swacha Grama scheme cut

    Madurai

  • Varsity non-semester exam schedule
  • Be friendly towards patients, Dean tells hospital staff
  • Rajasthani cultural programme
  • `File case against poll violators'
  • Applications for revaluation
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Of reading habit and success

    Mangalore

  • Affiliation for 35 courses to be temporarily withheld
  • Congress, Janata Dal (S) make headway
  • Namesake poses problems for Amarnath Shetty
  • 78 SSLC exam. centres in Dakshina Kannada
  • Council seat sought for ex-servicemen
  • Awareness programme
  • Engagements

    Mysore

  • Mud-slinging by parties mars `big fight'
  • Plastic bags: traders have little choice
  • Overflowing sewage poses danger to health
  • Traders forced to use plastic bags

    Nagapattinam

  • Local body heads asked to hand over official vehicles

    National

  • No need to stop Advani's `yatra': Mulayam
  • Poll, security personnel from outside for Bengal planned
  • Supreme Court moved to stop `Bharat Uday Yatra'
  • `U.S. did not buy Pakistani position in 1965'
  • End bickering, Sonia tells party men
  • EC to re-examine exit-polls issue
  • Telecast: Centre ready for a solution
  • `Doordarshan will incur heavy losses'
  • Congress has not learnt any lessons: CPI(M)
  • EC directive
  • I will never desert Ayodhya: Katiyar
  • We are prepared for a solution: Centre
  • BJP-JD(U) seat-sharing in Bihar almost finalised
  • BJP campaign's third phase to begin on April 6
  • Hong Kong court extradites alleged economic offender
  • Marginal increase in TNCSC procurement
  • People's tribunal highlights `misuse of POTA'
  • UGC admission norms for professional courses stayed
  • Mehbooba Mufti likely to contest from Anantnag
  • Medha Patkar forms political front
  • Australian woman murdered
  • BJP charge against Mufti Government
  • Sangma visualises `reunification' of all Congressmen
  • Film Academy awards function to feature football match
  • `More investment needed for farm research'

    Nellore

  • Officials taken for a ride by forged letter

    New Delhi

  • Ganga pollution should be made a poll issue: experts
  • Congress likely to decide candidates for Capital next week
  • BJP steals a march over Congress
  • Toll tax bidding process in controversy
  • Goel lashes out at Prem Singh
  • Special security plan for naxalite belt in U.P.
  • Baramulla awaits peaceful poll
  • Slum demolition begins
  • DERC rider for discoms
  • Youth brigade asks Sonia for seat
  • A model for social security
  • Metro services affected
  • DUTA protest against Model Act
  • Educational kit on waste management
  • Cracks widen between JD(U) and BJP
  • Bookie arrested
  • MCD House could be superseded
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today
  • UGC proposal for better connectivity

    News Analysis

  • After Spain, Poland fears it is next

    Nizamabad

  • Grand reception planned
  • Good response to Lok Satta campaign
  • Rousing welcome to Ganga Reddy
  • Irrigation engineer in ACB trap

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Palakkad

  • Awareness campaign against plastic

    Pathanamthitta

  • Call to set up development authority for Thiruvalla

    Pondicherry

  • BJP protests delay in dhoti distribution
  • Rs. 430.54 crores granted by vote on account
  • Lok Adalat
  • Tribute to Malkani

    Raichur

  • A battleground of Lingayat landlords
  • Rebel candidate puts a spoke in Congress wheel

    Rajasthan

  • Lady lecturers pick up gauntlet against male colleague
  • Madrassa Board members quit
  • Festival of short plays at Pink City

    Religion

  • Ramayana, a moral epic

    Tamil Nadu

  • Another polio case reported in Tamil Nadu
  • UGC admission norms for deemed varsities stayed
  • Vision document soon
  • Our children must have a future back home: refugees
  • Caste takes centre stage
  • Common entrance test for MBA, MCA on May 29
  • It is all media's making, says Kanchi Acharya
  • High Court orders police protection to Race Club
  • NGO efforts to empower women
  • DPA leaders meet in Pondy
  • Youth Congress leader to contest in Pondy
  • Animal sacrifice: BJP functionary removed from party post
  • VCD on Kanchi Mutt released
  • Advice to employed Scheduled Caste members
  • Speak with `political decency', Youth Congress tells Jayalalithaa
  • Jayalalithaa to resume campaign today
  • Instal Tiruvalluvar statue in Bangalore, Vaiko urges Krishna
  • Andavan Swamigal criticises Kanchi Acharya
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Steps to meet small savings target in Karur district
  • Preparations for Tiruvarur car festival
  • TWAD board contractors to stage stir

    Tennis

  • Agassi in last eight
  • Sukul upsets Mathew

    Thanjavur

  • Injured students seek compensation

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • `Speed tracers' launched to check erring motorists
  • Crime Branch arrests youth on murder charge
  • Corporation council seeks more funds for drought relief
  • Youth held for murder attempt
  • 297 projects to tackle drought
  • KWA guidelines for sale of water
  • Water supply disrupted
  • Council stages march
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Decline in quizzing standards
  • Campus Notes

    This Day That Age

  • dated March 18, 1954: Repression in Goa
  • dated March 18, 1954: Issue of passports
  • dated March 18, 1954: Award to Tensing
  • dated March 18, 1954: Handloom titbits

    Thrissur

  • Coconut pith cools their homes
  • Technical fete begins

    Tiruchi

  • A heavy dose of advice
  • Model herbal park set up
  • Farmers told to follow prescribed practices
  • Corporation restrained from collecting Rs.6000 for drainage scheme
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Security arrangements for polls discussed
  • One more baby under cradle scheme

    Tirupati

  • Six debarred in Chittoor district
  • 1,500 pilgrims participate in Metlotsavam
  • `A-negative' blood required
  • Minor fire mishap in railway coach repair complex

    Vijayawada

  • TDP, Congress face rebel threat
  • Focus on remote sensing
  • UDA ties up with Singapore firm
  • Togadia calls for unity among Hindus
  • Conductor hurt in attack
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Rich haul for Vignan in GATE

    Visakhapatnam

  • 10 Inter students debarred
  • Jail for two in murder case
  • `Coastal climate suitable for vanilla plantation'
  • Naxals blast market yard
  • B.Ed. admissions
  • Contests for students
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • V-C vindicates reforms

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