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Anantapur

  • No ticket yet, but on campaign trail!
  • 16 candidates barred from contesting

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Former Speaker joins BJP
  • Former TDP MLA quits, to contest as Independent
  • Speaker, others file nominations
  • Package fails to mollify PACS staff
  • Insurance staff seek hike in motor premium
  • Pratibha Bharati files papers
  • TDP former MLA quits, to contest as Independent
  • TRS releases second list
  • BJP renominates nine former MLAs
  • First Jain museum on a university campus
  • Poultry industry in dire straits
  • VSP expansion under consideration
  • ENGAGEMENTS
  • Congress workers stick to their guns
  • Rumblings in BJP over LS candidate
  • Come out and vote, Naidu tells people
  • Lion dies in Tirupati zoo
  • Work culture traced to ancient sciences
  • CPI(M) appeal to TRS
  • Nalgonda DCC chief resigns
  • BJP poll campaign from April 6
  • Government holiday on March 30
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Rich with resources, but lacks in development
  • Chittoor district credit plan unveiled
  • Computerisation of bank branches
  • Collector asks police to be vigilant
  • Around the City

    Bangalore

  • `Bright youngsters should join politics'
  • Semester system inevitable for degree courses: Thimmappa
  • Experts question load management of KPTCL
  • Junior doctors not to go on strike
  • SSLC candidates' worry set at rest
  • Woman robbed of cash
  • Art centre for street children
  • Girl dies of burns
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Belgaum

  • Minorities urged to unite to `defeat communal forces'

    Bellary

  • Five file papers in Bellary district
  • Electioneering yet to pick up in Bellary

    Bijapur

  • `Expert panel needed to argue before tribunal'

    Business

  • ICICI Bank plans price stabilisation fund
  • Market Stabilisation Scheme: RBI to issue T. Bills, dated securities
  • VisualSoft's BPO facility
  • Impact of rupee appreciation
  • MFs asked to tap rural savings

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon - I

    Chennai

  • Open-heart surgery done on 40-day-old Iraqi child
  • `Area licensing' may reduce traffic congestion: experts
  • Notice to airline for delay in luggage delivery
  • Customised laser treatment for refractive errors in eyes
  • WLL exchange commissioned at Maraimalainagar
  • U.S. farm journalists visit Aavin dairy
  • Gutkha seized
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Anand defeats Kramnik

    Coimbatore

  • Corpn. warns of criminal proceedings
  • SIEMA backs protest
  • Textiles panel moots `processing park' in Erode
  • Awards
  • Plea
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Yet another challenge for India
  • Pakistan bowlers must deliver
  • It's Jadhav's day out
  • South Africa in strong position
  • Back to where it all began
  • Mumbai in driver's seat
  • Langer-Katich combine revels

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 2549
  • Solution No. 2548

    Cuddalore

  • `Touch-screen' to access electoral rolls

    Cuddapah

  • YSR son's turn to promise free power supply now
  • Election media centre opened
  • BJP leaders flay TDP rebels

    Dindigul

  • Vaiko voices concern over communalism

    Elections 2004

  • Wanted: candidates to contest polls
  • A polling station just a boat ride away
  • BJP, Sena campaign set to roll in Maharashtra
  • Unlikely allies
  • Along the LoC, villagers will vote for peace
  • Javed Abidi: candidate for the differently abled
  • The spiralling violence in AP
  • POLL - POURRI
  • Q & A: Gopinath Munde
  • Q & A: Medha Patkar

    Football

  • Gunners chase title and record

    Front Page

  • Security with a human face, Advani promises Hurriyat
  • In Tamil Nadu, POTA politics takes centre stage
  • Stop telecast of slanderous advertisements: EC
  • VHP man to take on Rahul in Amethi
  • Congress appeals to SP again
  • NDA will get 265 seats: poll
  • Violence in Sri Lanka

    Golf

  • Pablo sets up three-stroke lead

    Gulbarga

  • IT newsletter released

    Hassan

  • KPCC move disappoints former Congress MLA
  • Congress finalises candidates' list for Hassan

    Hyderabad

  • Sub-inspector opens fire at superior
  • Trial pumping of Krishna water begins
  • No room for pedestrians on footpaths
  • Eight injured in fire mishap
  • Poll personnel: DEO notice to offices
  • Payment demand notice served on Srinivas Yadav
  • HUDA caution to public
  • Cheating case registered
  • Ex-servicemen to be taken for poll duty
  • EROs open today
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • U.S. helping India, Pakistan overcome problems: Powell

    International

  • LTTE hand suspected in two attacks in Sri Lanka
  • They are no more `kingmakers'
  • Musharraf vows to act strongly against Al-Qaeda
  • Freedom Alliance has an edge
  • U.S. to hand-pick Iraqi Prime Minister?
  • Charles Sobhraj denied bail
  • A medical procedure as photo opportunity
  • Violence in Iraq leaves 20 dead
  • Unocal `suspends' gas export project
  • Muslims urged to `resist' extremists
  • No move to sell F-16s to Pakistan, says U.S.
  • Mars — a new home for man?

    Karimnagar

  • Congress domination may continue

    Karnataka

  • Many `VIPS' named in Telgi's diaries
  • Villagers throng barrage, release water
  • Congress facing tougher opposition
  • Education must bring wisdom: UGC Chairman
  • Are `absentee' voters sending a message?
  • `India can become a nuclear-power production centre'
  • Poll campaigns yet to take off in Gulbarga
  • Poll panel's decision termed illogical
  • Shivanand Patil quits BJP, likely to join Congress
  • JD(S) in no hurry to name candidates
  • Coffee price slump, a drag on economy
  • High Court vacates CAT order
  • KSRTC holiday specials from Thursday
  • I don't want to become Chief Minister: Deshpande
  • A guide to prevent electrocution
  • Teachers threaten to boycott evaluation, election duty
  • BJP names more candidates for Assembly polls
  • BSP optimistic about poll performance
  • 4.32 lakh students to write PUC exam
  • Air Force recruitment put off
  • Problems persist in Cong. over selection of candidates
  • Election panel's nod sought
  • Deve Gowda challenges BJP on defence `deals'
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Protest against BJP decision
  • Mahima Patel files papers
  • Cong. seeks dismissal of Parrikar Govt.
  • 14 borewells requisitioned in Chitradurga
  • Two injured in group clash

    Kerala

  • State signs MoU with NDDB for animal disease control
  • Chittur farmers call off fast
  • Candidate with a different cause
  • Row over IPRS norms snowballs
  • Rules in place for water conservation
  • Record arrival of tourists in State
  • Judiciary trying to dominate Legislature, says Speaker
  • Farmers call off stir after talks with Government
  • Hunger strike may haunt Congress during electioneering
  • Concern over spread of coconut disease
  • Plea to take up Ayurveda patent issue
  • Antony on a high voltage campaign
  • Awareness on IPR poor in India, say experts
  • `Women deprived of emotional security'
  • NoRKA project for Venganoor school
  • Opposing official candidates in bypolls was a mistake: Murali
  • Government apathy alleged
  • UDF chances bright: Minister
  • IA slashes fares of positioning flights
  • Deficit budget for agriculture varsity
  • Commissioner's visit
  • Use of polluted water led to food poisoning
  • One more elephant dies in Wayanad
  • Vajpayee urged to drop move on CMFRI
  • Coke workers plan Secretariat march
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Rs. 558-cr. credit plan for Wayanad
  • Gundert remembered

    Kochi

  • Ban on sand-mining not now: Minister
  • Spiritual programme
  • Rotten pork seized from cold storages
  • Replace sand with quarry dust: experts
  • Farmers told to assess loss
  • SJM to support stir against Coca-Cola
  • Legal action planned
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • Support to LDF to safeguard democracy: Sait
  • UDF cadres urged to win back Kollam seat
  • Tourism awareness camp held

    Kottayam

  • Kottayam phone directory released after seven years

    Kozhikode

  • A moment of pride for IIM-K
  • Marad peace process must continue: Kunhalikutty

    Kurnool

  • Traditional rivals get ready for major battle
  • Uncertainty persists over parties' list

    Madikeri

  • Officials told to work for blindness eradication

    Madurai

  • `Eradicate child labour'
  • `Number of diabetics will go up'
  • Call against death penalty
  • Rain in Vaigai dam
  • Robber nabbed
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Universities urged to help with research
  • Patenting only protection against bio-piracy, say experts
  • BJP refutes Congress charge
  • Keeping track of events back home made easy
  • In Mangalore Today

    Mysore

  • Ramdas brings out his own manifesto
  • White tiger defies medical opinion
  • Garbage clearance leaves much to be desired
  • Farmers dump vegetables on roads

    Nagapattinam

  • Rs.274.06-crore ACP for Nagapattinam dt.
  • TNCSC MD inspects modern rice mill

    Nagercoil

  • Plea to improve hygiene in tourist centres

    Nalgonda

  • Naxal threat worries TDP

    National

  • Mulayam to contest from Mainpuri
  • `BJP set to sweep western region'
  • Nitish to contest from Barh, Nalanda
  • Congress questions methodology
  • One held in Tagore Prize burglary case
  • Five killed, 50 houses burnt as Kuki militants attack villages
  • Congress `willing' to support Jethmalani against Vajpayee
  • `Only an election issue'
  • Dharmendra, BJP candidate for Bikaner
  • Poll predicts 300 seats for NDA
  • IIM-K to cut fees
  • Dubai film fete will focus on global harmony
  • Global meet on medicinal plants focusses on employment
  • New political tie-up in Bihar
  • IIM `irregularities' may come out: Joshi
  • `Spiritual outsourcing' catching on
  • `73 p.c. people have not heard feel good campaign'
  • Congress seeks dismissal of Parrikar Government
  • AIADMK, DMK yet to reply to EC
  • Water sector: CPI(M) disputes Centre's claims
  • `Trishul diksha' planned in Godhra
  • Encourage more people to vote, Modi tells media
  • German lawyers seek asylum for Nepal's Maoist leader
  • A.P. extends Cr.P.C. provisions to tribal areas

    Nellore

  • Ex-MLA of Kavali resigns from TDP

    New Delhi

  • BJP campaign gains momentum
  • Body-building champion held for murder
  • Focus on trade options in herbal products
  • Certificate course in Bioinformatics launched
  • JNU divided over Professor Emeritus issue
  • Two children drown, brother missing
  • MCD may extend deadline for property tax payments
  • `Architect certificate not compulsory'
  • Making use of the grand old Jantar mantar
  • National conservation structure formed
  • Rs. 5 lakhs robbed in dacoity
  • Prostitution racket busted, nine arrested
  • Five arrested in cheating case
  • Imam demands removal of SHO
  • Dancer expresses concern over Shantiniketan theft
  • Ramanavami celebrations
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    News Analysis

  • Global mission or machinations?
  • A year under the yoke
  • Hamas after Yassin
  • All the cacophony over dynasties
  • The peace process and the fear factor

    Nizamabad

  • Mandava files papers amid fanfare, hopes to join `select list'
  • Protests continue in Kamareddy, Armoor

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Ongole

  • CPI(ML)-New Democracy to go it alone

    Pondicherry

  • Concern over lack of armed sentries at police stations
  • `Law and order in Pondy has deteriorated'
  • Workshop on cultural diversity concludes
  • TMC meet on poll strategy
  • Rajni fans to work out modalities

    Raichur

  • Man strangled to death

    Shimoga

  • Bandh call evokes good response
  • Make physically challenged people self-reliant: Governor
  • Rama Jois regrets `commercialisation' of legal profession

    Sports : General

  • SAF Games: Organisers have things under control

    Tamil Nadu

  • AICC unhappy with cadre behaviour
  • Campaign yet to pick up momentum
  • Conflicting interests hamper growth
  • Baalu woos morning walkers
  • Trust to be created for renovation of Senate House
  • `Beautiful hospitals, inconsistent care'
  • Sonia is no political novice: Vaiko
  • Eunuchs get training in operation of EVMs
  • BJP sees pro-incumbency mood among voters
  • Showers bring cheer in Kanyakumari dt.
  • Village panels empowered to put out forest fires
  • Death of elephant raises doubts over treatment
  • A planned lie to defame me: Karunanidhi
  • Jayalalithaa seeks votes on stability plank
  • Fish workers stage dharna
  • Commissioners asked to act against marriage halls
  • Natural sweetener as substitute for sugar
  • Five killed in car-bus collision
  • CPI disputes Jayalalithaa's claim on development
  • DMK advocates appeal to poll panel
  • Awareness programme on protection of birds
  • Charity extends help for cleft-lip surgery
  • Correction
  • Two held for burning Vasan effigy
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • `Create more awareness of tuberculosis'
  • Sunflower farmers' woes dominate meeting
  • `Panguni uthiram' festival from tomorrow
  • Tiruvarur ryots' body to back AIADMK alliance
  • Fake soft drinks seized at Tiruvallur

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Old Assembly hall sees a new `session'
  • Attack on house: youth held
  • KAU staff stage dharna
  • Old buses phased out in capital
  • Call to promote degradable carrybags
  • Canara Bank opens women's branch
  • Plea to renovate Government hospitals
  • Postponed
  • Workshop on AIDS
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    Thrissur

  • Parvati Padmam Awards announced
  • Palayoor pilgrimage
  • Emulate C.L. Antony, young writers told

    Tiruchi

  • Call to protect intellectual property rights
  • 30 urns unearthed near Tirunelveli
  • `Nationalisation of rivers only solution to water disputes'
  • Income tax deduction
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Unruly scenes at DMK meet

    Tirupati

  • SVU ministerial staff to go on mass leave

    Trade

  • Serena returns with an easy win

    Udupi

  • Heranje Krishna Bhat to be feted on April 3
  • Optional subjects at high school level

    Vellore

  • Thiruvalluvar varsity to follow same syllabus for 2004-2005

    Vijayawada

  • TDP leader's nomination hangs in the balance
  • Discontent over TDP MLA's renomination
  • BJP activists demand local candidate
  • Candidates' selection a headache for Congress
  • Workers to appeal to political parties
  • World Theatre Day: artistes felicitated
  • Gold medal for Samaram
  • Printing facility inaugurated
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Over 900 polling stations sensitive
  • Godavari waters for city from November 14
  • EAMCET applications
  • Ayyanna Patrudu files papers
  • Former MLA's supporters seek her re-nomination
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

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