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  • BSNL to rectify flaws in mobile service

    • Anantapur

  • Mudigubba women stage rasta roko Siege of police station ends

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • No rift with Centre on naxal talks, says YSR
  • `Body to regulate TV channel programmes'
  • Number of PACS to be reduced
  • Asian Biotech Association launched
  • `Implement GO 610 in all departments'
  • Proposal to connect industries with remote metering cell
  • Ensure MSP to farmers: TDP
  • Yerran takes exception to Congress leader's remarks
  • Talks only way out, says PCC chief
  • Unavailability of funds causes ripples at ZP meet
  • Minister paints grim picture of groundwater position
  • TTD to organise rural sports competitions
  • Rural medicare project for State
  • Kidnapped engineering student set free
  • Bankers pledge to bring SCs above poverty line
  • CPI for increase in relief for fire victims
  • CPI(M) concerned about `anti-people' policies
  • Suravaram denies differences over party posts
  • Four robbed
  • Teachers gherao minister
  • New theory on rise in water level
  • Malaysian team visits scampi culture farms
  • Threatening posters
  • Quality service for pilgrims is EO's aim
  • Beverages Corporation official in ACB net
  • Jewellery theft: accused brought to city
  • Naxalites kill tribal
  • 50-year-old charged with raping minor
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Food assurance scheme in 317 villages

    • Archery

  • Nationals from tomorrow

    • Badminton

  • Bhat and Vidyadhar in semifinals
  • Martin triumphs

    • Bangalore

  • Auto consultant robbed of chain, cellphone
  • Officials at a loss on revenue mobilisation
  • Rajajinagar grade separator to be ready by May
  • Poppy cultivation detected in three more villages
  • Meet on psychiatry begins
  • Manmohan arriving today
  • Lokayukta notice to college principal
  • Power theft: cases registered
  • Around the City

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Chennai in both semifinals
  • Easy for SZ Police

    • Bellary

  • Three killed in two accidents
  • 38 file nomination papers in Bellary

    • Bijapur

  • Restoration of water allocation an uphill task

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Krishna Teja posts win

    • Briefly

  • Hearing adjourned
  • Offloads stake in A.P. Paper
  • Hyundai pact with Tata Indicom
  • Plea to service tax payers
  • ATM inaugurated
  • IOB's loan recovery drive
  • New chief for Spice Net

    • Business

  • Chidambaram's recipe for achieving economic objective
  • Reliance, MRPL to sell kerosene
  • Curtains for Carly may mean centre stage for Vyomesh
  • SAIL inks gas supply pact with GAIL
  • Madura Garments plans second men's innerwear garment brand
  • Cognizant's revenue up 59 p.c. in 2004
  • Satluj Jal to take up six projects
  • Former SAIL laggards reap profit bonanza
  • Unilever streamlines leadership
  • LogicaCMG's recruitment drive
  • `India is a rich country in waiting'
  • Rupee extends losses
  • Brooks Automation's fresh investment plans
  • Sensex drops 16 points on profit taking
  • No new licences for cooperative banks
  • Vedanta plans smelter in Orissa

    • Chennai

  • The frantic hunt for a kindergarten seat
  • Neurosciences students to be trained in clinical care
  • Drugs bonfire sends bottle pieces flying
  • Thinking out of the box
  • Ambattur drainage project a non-starter
  • It's a beautiful State: Barnala
  • Germany, France to collaborate with Anna varsity on eco-programmes
  • Cyber law compliance: assistance at hand
  • Capsule course on detecting white-collar crime
  • Changes in EMU services
  • Expo to harness supply potential
  • Metrowater open meeting on Saturday
  • Drug traffickers sentenced to 10-year term
  • Woman run over
  • Gold chain snatched
  • Ballal cremated
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Harikrishna shares title with Gelfand
  • St. Agnes wins overall title

    • Coimbatore

  • A setback to road safety measures
  • Six held on charge of illegal money lending
  • Guidelines for renewal of family cards
  • Steps to prevent river pollution
  • Directory on CD
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Steve Waugh hails ICC's decision
  • R. P. Singh rocks India Seniors
  • ICC to look into Pakistan's request
  • ICC to discuss two-tier system
  • Dravid leads India `A' into final
  • India Under-19 third ODI today
  • Bharati hits century
  • Azhar to play in veterans tournament
  • Mar Thoma College retains title
  • Duleep Trophy venue shifted
  • Big win for Bishop Heber
  • Presidency in final
  • Sharma excels
  • Power CC posts win
  • Manoj scores century

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8214
  • Solution to puzzle 8213

    • Cuddalore

  • Police crack down on extortionists, rowdy elements
  • Bank extends Rs. 53.50 lakh loan to tsunami-hit fishermen

    • Cuddapah

  • ZP sanctions 10 lakhs for orphanage

    • Editorials

  • OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT
  • VOLATILE BANGLADESH

    • Erode

  • Gold loan scheme doing well in Erode
  • Grievances Day

    • Football

  • FIFA to establish medical research centre
  • Kerala pips U.P.

    • Front Page

  • Gas pipeline project not to be linked to other issues
  • Junior Acharya gets bail
  • Security in Ahmedabad still a concern: Pakistan
  • Benazir, Nawaz Sharif meet in Jeddah
  • Sania's tryst with history
  • Sachin is a giant in his own right
  • Death sentence for rape and murder of child
  • Big voter turnout in Kashmir
  • Nepali police crush protest
  • Reliance, MRPL to sell kerosene
  • Thrown out of train
  • Magistrate, SP transferred
  • Contributions to The Hindu Relief Fund

    • Golf

  • Madaiah shatters course record

    • Gulbarga

  • Judicial inquiry into killing of naxals demanded
  • Raitha samiti begins indefinite protest

    • Guntur

  • Where encroachments hamper development
  • Community centre, a dream unfulfilled

    • Hassan

  • Govt. to give thrust to jatropha cultivation

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • `Only a bagful of assurances'

    • Hockey

  • DAV College emerges winner

    • Hubli

  • Optimism over direct train between Hubli and Pune

    • Hyderabad

  • It's start from scratch, nay ash, for them
  • Crusade for `free' software
  • Hockey's leading lights show the way
  • Police resort to mild caning at tennis complex
  • No power supply
  • Appeal for aid
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Permanent seat for India: Pallone moves legislation

    • International

  • Nuclear arms to face U.S. threat, says N. Korea
  • Tamil National Force claims responsibility for Kousalyan's murder
  • A royal surprise, at long last
  • Benazir, Nawaz Sharif meet in Jeddah
  • 9/11 panel blames it on false sense of security
  • Blair hopeful of NATO deal on Iraq
  • Saudis vote in "men-only" municipal election
  • Nepali police crush protest
  • U.S. push to raise fund
  • SAF plans centre for South Asian Studies in Lahore
  • Musharraf offers sops to Balochistan
  • China's hope on talks
  • A barcode of life on Earth
  • Ocean floor images offer tsunami clues
  • Khatami vows nuclear plan will progress
  • U.S. accepts E.U. arms sales to China
  • Row over fund-raisers

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Valley remains cut off, choppers airlift stranded passengers

    • Jharkand

  • For BJP, Congress lack of development is main poll plank

    • Karimnagar

  • `Operation surrender' to wean away youth from naxalites

    • Karnataka

  • HAL to look for major share in `offset business'
  • JD(U) seeks probe into bribery charge against MP
  • Court stays action on Windsor Manor hotel
  • Will Sahitya Parishat be fourth time lucky?
  • `Centre committed to urban development'
  • Mysore Silk will soon be a trademark
  • Bahuguna disapproves of river-linking project
  • Centre for regulator for aviation sector
  • Arora recommends farm development committee
  • VTU `e-campus' reaches out to 118 colleges
  • SAS may cause slump in revenue for municipalities
  • ABVP hits out at Centre for its U-turn on admission law
  • U.S. for furthering strategic ties with India
  • JD(S) prepared for panchayat polls: Deve Gowda
  • Police action against naxals to go on
  • HAL to evaluate Russian jet project
  • Ballal's murder: union leader held
  • Uniform Lokayukta Act drafted
  • Protest follows man's death in police station
  • Probe sought into bribery charge against MP
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • School that encourages thinking among students
  • Woman strangled, husband arrested
  • Delegation to meet Chief Minister on Bhadra project
  • BESCOM directed to accept part payment of power bills
  • Woman arrested on immoral trafficking charge

    • Kerala

  • High Court allows sale of some lotteries
  • `Revive panel on Sabarimala master plan'
  • Polls to local bodies by September-end
  • Failure to procure paddy puts farmers to hardship
  • Central clearance for tourism projects
  • Apex court orders installation of speed governors by September 30
  • Train services to be delayed
  • KSEB likely to turn around in two years
  • Let States collect service tax, Centre told
  • Constitution of juvenile boards sought
  • NIT-C ties up with Korean university
  • Maramon convention begins on Sunday
  • Sudhakaran contests Viswanathan's claim
  • Archiepiscopal status for Church
  • CII seminar focusses on accounting standards
  • `Woman ill-treated in police station'
  • Achuthanandan blames Vakkom
  • Minister's condition improves
  • Regional offices
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Around the City

    • Khammam

  • Uncertainty over beedi-leaf collection
  • Land prices on the rise in Khammam

    • Kochi

  • Call to develop winning strategies
  • Kumbalanghi to fight dog menace
  • Drive against encroachment
  • Residents blockade house
  • Flower show begins
  • Traffic hit
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Three held for robbery; revolver, bullets seized
  • Tsunami-affected block NH at Karunagapally

    • Kottayam

  • Paddy crisis: call for Government intervention
  • `Samskruthy' meet starts tomorrow

    • Kozhikode

  • Scribes' protest

    • Kurnool

  • Collector reviews arrangements for Sivaratri

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Reconnecting across the Atlantic
  • New anti-global warming tool

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Panel report
  • Appalling
  • Tsunami relief
  • Nepal crisis
  • Cash for class
  • Self-financing colleges
  • Welcome
  • Freedom imperilled?

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Power situation cannot be improved, admits Gaur
  • Drinking water polluted by sewage, says Minister

    • Madikeri

  • `Help Congress-backed candidates win'
  • Codava National Council sets up global forum
  • CPI(M) opposes privatisation of power distribution
  • CMC issues 50 work orders

    • Madurai

  • Madurai railway station is a model, says Velu
  • `Centre keen on National Waterways Project'
  • Emergency shelters for stray children opened
  • Cost imposed for frivolous PIL
  • Veeramani permitted to unveil Periyar statue
  • Weavers observe fast
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Report confirms prevalence of `monkey fever'
  • Setback to efforts to set up incinerator unit at Karnad
  • Several new attractions at flower and vegetable show
  • `Govt. not releasing funds for projects in Dakshina Kannada'
  • Man arrested, narcotic seized
  • Copper rolls stolen
  • In Mangalore Today
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Mysore City Corporation favours Kabini project
  • Govt. determined to fight communal forces: Dharam Singh
  • `Efforts on to reopen Channapatna silk unit'
  • `Spiritual East, scientific West can solve problems of mankind'
  • Police action against two naxals condemned
  • Colourful procession marks religious function
  • `Natakotsava' from Monday

    • Nagapattinam

  • Farmers seek remission of kist

    • Nagercoil

  • Air Force Wives' Welfare Assn. visits Kanyakumari
  • Seminar on tsunami

    • Nalgonda

  • Unification move dominates CPI meet
  • Illegal court imposes fine of Rs. 40,000 on minor girl
  • GPF accounts linked to website

    • National

  • Manmohan calls up Bardhan
  • Navy eyeing U.S. airborne early warning aircraft
  • Police to seek panel opinion on Geelani's injuries
  • IAF to buy 40 Tejas aircraft
  • Lockheed Martin to sell surveillance aircraft to India
  • Hurriyat factions condemn attack on Geelani
  • Parrikar to file writ petition today
  • `Will stand by testimony despite attack on Geelani'
  • Thiruvasagam by Ilayaraaja to be released on April 14
  • Acharyas meet in court
  • Basic licence fee not refundable, says Maran
  • Communal Harmony Bill to have special provisions
  • IIM-A ties up with Egypt
  • Sena on rampage
  • Bullets not removed from Geelani's body?
  • Nanavati report: nothing to hide, says Patil
  • BJP changes strategy for Bihar
  • First national spot exchange for farm produce
  • Shift Shahabuddin from Siwan jail: Election Commission
  • Centre holds talks with NSCN (I-M)
  • CBI registers FIR in Gutkha case
  • Earthquake magnitude was 9.3
  • Another police stunt, says Anara's mother
  • Anara's family approaches President, PM
  • UPA is squabbling, says BJP
  • Not even a hint of bargaining on unification: Bardhan
  • The trolley smuggling gang busted
  • India welcomes Palestine-Israel summit
  • BJP plans stir in Uttar Pradesh `against lawlessness'
  • Empower local bodies: Manmohan
  • Woman kills leopard

    • Nellore

  • MLA stalls ZP proceedings
  • Irrigation Advisory Board meet ignored by MLAs

    • New Delhi

  • Spastic aims to cure others
  • Mukhi alleges land scam
  • Chief Secretary upset over civic agencies' failure
  • Study calls for better monitoring of NPOs
  • Auto industry seeks more time on pollution control tests
  • African countries want to go the Sulabh way
  • Councillors now want more
  • `Great future' for Unani medicine foreseen
  • Multi-pronged strategy for Commonwealth Games
  • Power woes continue
  • North-East trade expo in March
  • Need for reliable security system
  • Four held for missing luggage trolleys
  • Call-girl racket busted
  • Kalam attends music festival
  • A surprise shower
  • Kashmir varsity teachers to be regularised
  • Himachal Plan fixed at Rs. 1,600 cr.
  • Policy thrust areas drawn up for Ministries
  • Battle for Bihar Muslim vote rises to a new high
  • ``Delay in reporting Geelani incident made task tough for police"
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • `Pocket multinationals' looking to India

    • Nizamabad

  • Minister against forcible collection of power dues
  • Teacher unions put Government on notice
  • Banjaras to celebrate sant's anniversary
  • Nominated posts: priority for women, weaker sections

    • Orissa

  • Call to restore coastal wetlands

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Spate of vehicle thefts at railway stations
  • Chandy orders feasibility study on road

    • Pondicherry

  • Pondy government staff seek wage revision
  • PMK MP presents business wish list to Chidambaram

    • Punjab

  • Punjab seeks funds for SEZs

    • Rajasthan

  • Linguists to march for Rajasthani

    • Religion

  • Need for right conduct

    • Rowing

  • Good show by TN girls

    • Salem

  • `Strong educational foundation necessary to foster research'

    • Shimoga

  • Several groups condemn killing of naxals
  • LIC's Jana Raksha popular in rural areas

    • Sport

  • Sania's tryst with history
  • Playing for India is my motivation: Shikha
  • Sachin is a giant in his own right
  • England beaten, but the Pietersen show continues

    • Sports : General

  • Sethi, Pillay and Usha pledge support for `Game4Change'
  • Double for Govt. PTC (Coimbatore)
  • Dilip Thomas nominated Asian Games Technical Delegate

    • Swimming

  • Montreal gets back World championship

    • Table Tennis

  • Setback for KTTA

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Charge sheet copies not yet ready
  • Student in coma for 42 days, no probe yet into suicide bid
  • Photo electoral rolls in two Assembly segments
  • `Postcolonial studies help us understand our place'
  • `90 per cent of engineering students not yet job-ready'
  • Kerala keen on package for farmers, says Vaiko
  • Apex court dismisses plea against filling vacant seats
  • Veerasamy accuses government of closing TNMSC website
  • `Dissolve House before demanding Lok Sabha poll annulment'
  • BJP to launch agitation for transfer of cases
  • DPI will welcome third front
  • Police register case against NLC Director
  • Further screening of `Tiruppachi' stayed
  • Spend judiciously, HelpAge asks NGOs
  • Parents' agony should determine damages in accidents: Madurai Bench
  • Tiruvannamalai voter list revision under way
  • Consider six sub-inspectors for promotion: court
  • `Restore rail reservation facility for Ambur'
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Tirupur Municipality defers decision
  • `Sensitise students to declining juvenile sex ratio'
  • Hosur inner ring road project ready for takeoff
  • Minimum wages panel completes visit

    • Tennis

  • Jeevan in line for a double
  • Roddick advances
  • Bhattacharya beats Oleti
  • Western Railway retains title

    • Thanjavur

  • Tsunami-hit fishermen yet to apply for loans
  • 3,500 temples renovated
  • `Take up cultivation of alternative crops'
  • Minister inspects DPCs in Thanjavur district

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Trains from Kochuveli by March-end
  • Rs.129-crore ADB-aided project for capital city
  • Novel crusade for a green cause
  • Call for consensus on development
  • Heroin seized; two arrested
  • Record mercury level in city
  • Freedom fighter passes away
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated February 11,1955: Formosa: Nehru's appeal
  • dated February 11,1955: New Soviet Government
  • dated February 11,1955: T.C. Ministry resigns

    • Thrissur

  • Professional drama awards presented
  • 237 jaundice cases reported from Thrissur district
  • Four held for storing crackers

    • Tiruchi

  • Review rejected family card applications: Minister
  • Thanjavur-Tiruvarur BG work to be over soon
  • NAAC favours quality assurance cells
  • 35-km stretch on Tiruchi-Chidambaram road to be strengthened
  • Southern Rly. employees stage demonstration
  • Use training, NCC cadets told
  • CPI meet
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Rs.2.39-cr. worth works taken up in villages
  • Fishnets distributed

    • Tirupati

  • Protest by TTD security guards
  • Woman ends life

    • Tuticorin

  • `Intensify raids to identify child labourers'
  • Sops sought to safeguard sagging salt industry
  • Suspended councillors' names to be forwarded to top official

    • Udupi

  • MLA wants panel to supervise movement of overload lorries

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Congress should avoid compromises in U.P., says Rahul

    • Vellore

  • `Eunuchs must be given free sex change operation'
  • CMC gets Rs. 80 lakhs for cell transplant trials

    • Vijayawada

  • BSNL bill payment through eSeva in the offing
  • Attempt on girl's life
  • DSC exam results out
  • Open varsity eligibility test forms on sale
  • Ghantasala's death anniversary today
  • TDP agitates for water
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Queuing up for their `share'
  • Central staff take to streets for VI Pay Commission
  • Citizens `vote' on prison land use
  • Roads to be widened at 19 points in city
  • Seized parakeets get a 'home'
  • Vacancies abound as teachers fail to qualify
  • Women oppose new excise policy
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • West Bengal downs Mizoram
  • AG (Karnataka) regains title

    • Warangal

  • Rousing reception for TRS leader

    • Weather

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