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Andhra Pradesh

  • Rs. 2,000 crore more for welfare sector, says YSR
  • KCR claims political consensus on Telangana
  • Nagarjuna steals the show as Ramadasu
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Multi-pronged strategy to win project oustees
  • First housing colony for Polavaram project evacuees to be ready by April 2
  • Special rituals mark Ugadi
  • Villagers get Ugadi gift
  • Ugadi celebrated with fervour
  • ILO project to curb child labour in Mahabubnagar
  • MP recalls stint in Rajya Sabha
  • 185 RTC depots making profits
  • Tumour removed adopting nasal approach
  • Indiramma scheme launched
  • Nod for city projects

    • Athletics

  • Shanmathi, Shilpa excel
  • Clean sweep by St. Joseph's girls

    • Badminton

  • Chetan Anand advances

    • Bangalore

  • Many students opt for courses in clinical research
  • Get your borewell water tested
  • Counselling holds key to recovery of acid attack victims
  • A special occasion for reunions
  • Janata Dal (S) may not initiate action against three MLAs
  • Summer is here, protect your skin from rashes
  • Hotels, restaurants seek reduction in luxury tax
  • State Government's outstanding liabilities increase by 77 per cent in four years
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic team in India
  • CAG report points to loss of revenue
  • Unbearable stench engulfs Coffee Board Layout
  • Opposition to meet Governor
  • Kempe Gowda statue to be ready in November
  • How to tackle difficult people
  • CBI probe sought into illegal mining
  • Goods vehicle, motorcycle collide; two die, two injured
  • Fireflies Festival of Sacred Music on April 8
  • Hoysala squad saves woman
  • Sandhya Kirana completes two years
  • Pejawar swamiji to build houses for Dalits and poor this year
  • Seminar on careers in rehabilitation sciences
  • TAFE attracts more students
  • Senior Citizen's Day tomorrow
  • Welding sparks fire
  • In Bangalore Tody

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Belgaum

  • Poor road condition hits movement of vehicles
  • `Women can help in fight against alcoholism'

    • Bellary

  • Fewer than 500 Great Indian Bustards in India, says activist

    • Bidar

  • Settlements around Bidar air base a threat to safety

    • Briefly

  • STC to export sugar
  • ICICI Bank teams up with Spanish co.
  • Ranbaxy acquires Belgian firm
  • Raymond inaugurates Vapi plant
  • Banking hours extended
  • `One world, one number' from Reliance
  • DHL Mango Express
  • Leroy International forays into India
  • Benchmark rated Number One
  • IT Department opts for Oracle solution
  • IOB launches Visa International credit cards
  • New director on board of United India
  • Kalyan Mukherjee, new ED of Andhra Bank
  • New CMD for Bank of Maharashtra
  • American Airlines' Del Express ticket service
  • Westell selects Flextronics as valued partner
  • Xansa opens facility in Noida
  • NHPC signs MoU with Power Ministry
  • Karnataka approves Gokaldas SEZ

    • Business

  • Norms laid down for additional spectrum
  • `Domestic savings vital for India'
  • Sensex closes at new high
  • BPL Mobile is Hutch in rest of TN
  • BSNL challenges order on ADC
  • Bessemer invests in Shriram EPC
  • M&M plans blanking line at Nashik
  • i-mate proposes to float subsidiary
  • Eastern Coalfields hopes to come out of BIFR
  • Legislation for National Jute Board on anvil
  • BSE/NSE Notes
  • Infosys joins SEC pilot programme
  • Mittal acquires stake in IndiaBulls Credit
  • MMTC to ink fresh iron ore export deals

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoonscape

    • Chennai

  • News updates from The Hindu on SMS from today
  • Palanivel Rajan to contest from Madurai (Central) DMK releases list of candidates for 131 seats
  • High-end television sets moving off the shelves
  • Chennai Telephones reaches out to customers
  • Ambition drives this gritty woman
  • Industry should "fight against AIDS"
  • I always chose roles that interested me: Simran
  • PMK renominates only 7 MLAs
  • Malaysia-based Japanese firms to visit Chennai in April
  • Colleges should set up knowledge centres: M.S. Swaminathan
  • Court slams official for delaying medical reimbursement
  • Automobile Association proposes series of short films on road safety
  • Dattatreya terms DMK promises "empty words"
  • Tribute to musical trinity
  • Corporation ultimatum to political parties on graffiti
  • Income tax collection in TN region up
  • Shun hatred, violence: Governor
  • Independent watch over election process
  • Chitrai Thiruvizha at C.P. Art Centre
  • Private engineering college students seek transfer
  • Ornate nut-cutters on show in city Exhibition of artistic nut-cutters
  • Panel wants hospitals to furnish reasons for surgery
  • Students seek fee refund from private varsity
  • AIFB releases list of constituencies
  • Court stays TNEB order on pension
  • Karunanidhi to seek re-election from Chepauk
  • Thirumavalavan not to contest
  • Collector visits proposed counting centres
  • Two die of asphyxiation
  • Karunanidhi writes to Tandon
  • Prizes galore for Airtel customers
  • Fun camp for students
  • Remembering P.C. Ganesan
  • Harrington Road Subway, finally!
  • Chamber calls for timely industrial credit
  • Train cancelled
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Anand bags rapid title with a round to spare

    • Coimbatore

  • Crack on bridge throws traffic out of gear on Avanashi Road
  • Plus Two question papers spring a few surprises
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Malik keeps Lankans at bay
  • Deadly bowling by Rajeshwaran
  • Smith injured, Kallis to lead
  • Ponting tops Test rankings
  • No change in coverage
  • Daniel Cullen replaces Lewis
  • Ujjwal bats well
  • Facile win for Gush CC
  • All-round show by Rajeev Khanna

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8565
  • Solution to Puzzle 8564

    • Cuddalore

  • Cuddalore GH acquires dialysis unit

    • Editorials

  • Beyond law and order
  • Protecting the tree of life

    • Erode

  • Turmeric market in Erode to remain closed till April 10

    • Football

  • Pradeep to lead India in AFC Challenge Cup
  • Inter Milan comes from behind to edge Villarreal
  • Nistelrooy nets winner

    • Front Page

  • Office of profit issue for Parliament
  • Our decision irreversible: Iran
  • Law panel for whistleblower provision
  • All eyes on Sehwag and the pitch
  • News updates from The Hindu on SMS from today
  • Stage set for a sizzling election campaign
  • Vijaykant hits campaign trail in Pondicherry
  • Karunanidhi to seek re-election from Chepauk
  • Day two: more shops sealed in Delhi
  • Electronic goods worth Rs.1.5 crores seized
  • AI Express plans 11 transit flights via Tiruchi
  • 2,000-cr. more for welfare sector
  • First aid box, the missing factor in buses
  • Seal borders: EC
  • KCR claims political consensus on Telangana
  • Way paved for mergers
  • ADC challenged
  • Manohar Shyam Joshi dead
  • Madurai medico is the prime suspect
  • Nine die as buses collide on highway near Davangere
  • CCEA meeting skips Bangalore Metro Rail
  • Muraleedharan to contest from Koduvally
  • 940 MW to be added to State's power grid
  • 5 per cent of short-listed applicants may not get sites
  • Accused confesses to killing Mehar; later retracts
  • A resolution for relief
  • Fire accident in hospital: police rescue 37 patients
  • Bomb hoax at airport delays flights
  • Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service resumes

    • Golf

  • Irina Brar to lead challenge
  • Atwal makes winning debut

    • Gulbarga

  • Schools set up for more habitations

    • Guntur

  • Ugadi award for Gummadi

    • Haryana

  • Haryana mourns death of Bansi Lal
  • Awareness drive for farmers
  • New guidelines for civic reception

    • Hassan

  • Tobacco auction centre records a turnover of Rs. 55 crore
  • Dharna

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Himachal plan to contain rising monkey menace

    • Hockey

  • U.P. team loses

    • Hyderabad

  • Central varsity to offer 5-year courses for undergraduates
  • Vyaya nama Ugadi ushered in with gaiety, enthusiasm
  • It's Nagarjuna's show all the way
  • A year of glory ahead
  • BITS likely to hold classes from next year
  • Not a healthy figure, this
  • Fire Department declares 144 more buildings unsafe
  • Cattle theft on the rise in city
  • Centre urged to establish medical college
  • Capacitors: State mulls extending the deadline
  • The future's not for us to see
  • `TDP president will form Third Front'
  • Prajavani seals the fate of middlemen
  • Patient's death: kin allege negligence by doctors
  • CPI(M) wants Polavaram works stopped
  • `Indiramma' to be launched tomorrow
  • Chiru's hour of glory
  • Saying it with straight lines
  • Five picked up on extortion charge
  • Power shutdown
  • Gas mode: State urged to fund autos
  • Phone(y) operators
  • Woman held on charge of pushing girl off bridge
  • Happening Hyderabad
  • Murder victim's relatives stage demonstration
  • Case against two GMC professors
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Saran, Rice discuss nuclear deal
  • U.S. defends civilian nuclear deal with India
  • Howard: No immediate change in policy towards India
  • Hurriyat leader meets Pakistan Prime Minister
  • Tall tribute to luxury
  • China backs India's efforts on nuclear power

    • International

  • U.K. agencies let off the hook over blasts
  • Hamas assumes office amid threats of isolation
  • Fate of French labour law hangs in balance
  • Taylor behind bars in Sierra Leone
  • Noah's Ark in Holland
  • Shakespeare's First Folio on sale
  • Danish Muslims sue newspaper

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Army initiative to stem communal divide in Ladakh

    • Kannur

  • Credit-semester system will improve quality of education, says workshop
  • Efforts on to trace parents of boy
  • JD(S) releases list of eight candidates

    • Karimnagar

  • DCC office-bearers for local bodies elections
  • Truck with TRS likely: Congress leader

    • Karnataka

  • 940 MW to be added to Karnataka's power grid
  • In Mysore Today

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Rs. 761-crore credit plan for Davangere
  • A tribute to valorous twins
  • Bhatkal continues to be tense for second day
  • Prevalence of polio attributed to lack of awareness
  • Goa Government takes steps to set up industrial waste disposal facility

    • Kerala

  • Electronic items worth Rs. 1.5 cr. seized from three passengers
  • Briefly
  • In Kannur Today
  • In Kozhikode Today
  • In Thrissur Today
  • In Kollam Today

    • Kerala - Others

  • Scouts troop on a trek to Bekal
  • Two unaccounted SSLC question papers found

    • Kochi

  • Water problem draws the attention of candidates in Mattancherry
  • Notification for polls to be issued today
  • Traffic diversion for merchants' meet
  • Robbed
  • correction 53/63
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Call to vaccinate captive elephants
  • Four nominations filed in Kollam district

    • Kottayam

  • 11 nominations filed in Kottayam

    • Kozhikode

  • Rich tributes paid to O.V. Vijayan
  • Rural fair in city from April 3
  • Talent hunt for singers
  • KHRWS to clear power bill dues
  • Health society to clear arrears to KSEB
  • KSSP campaign for development initiatives
  • Parishad's initiative on development
  • Lecture series

    • Kurnool

  • Thousands throng Srisailam
  • It's numaish time in Kurnool
  • Collector urged to evict encroachers

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Towards biosecurity in agriculture

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Promising the moon?
  • Unhealthy trend
  • We're not to blame

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Culling in Burhanpur villages over
  • `Water conflicts bound to rise'

    • Madikeri

  • When `Charlie Chaplin' performed at `Shahjahan's durbar'
  • Gen. Thimayya's birth centenary to be observed in Madikeri today

    • Madurai

  • Ryots urge President not to ratify Kerala Assembly Bill
  • Dalits stage protest in Madurai
  • 3.25 lakh children to be administered polio vaccine
  • TNSTC conductor reemployed
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Rs. 88.52-crore draft plan for Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat approved
  • KCMA welcomes reduction of VAT on cashew kernels
  • New directors for MASS Limited
  • Fashion design students of Karavali College win national awards
  • Annual technical symposium at NIT-K begins
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Blueprint to strengthen public transport system in Mysore
  • RBI opens MICR facility
  • Sister Umbertina is dead
  • Government urged to close down resort at Bandipur park

    • Nalgonda

  • CPI (M) padayatra headed for a grand finale

    • National

  • Sonia Gandhi satisfied with Assam situation
  • 1,000 jhuggis removed on second day
  • Cabinet doubles Defence Minister's financial powers
  • Chilean honour for Siddharth Varadarajan
  • Joshi: take people into confidence
  • Rajasthan showcased for royal couple
  • India prefers project-based cooperation to new regional body
  • Border problem makes them aliens in their own land
  • New queue complex at Tirumala by May
  • Saif Ali Khan undergoes surgery
  • Is the ISI cracking down on Islamist terror groups?
  • Hizb to play political role
  • Manmohan Singh likely to visit Brazil
  • Scorpene deal: petition in court
  • Priyanka and I backed decision, says Rahul
  • Army Chief hails deal with U.S.
  • PM inaugurates merchant navy celebrations
  • China backs India's efforts on nuclear power
  • Saran meets Rice
  • Widespread practice of sex selection techniques exposed
  • Concede demands, free us: abducted Orissa policemen
  • Revised train fares from April 1
  • HIV among young adults declining: study
  • CBI gets bank account frozen in U.K.
  • European Commission meet on three diseases
  • Petition on Chawla sent to Prime Minister
  • Girders fall on goods train; 2 injured
  • No notification yet on Dandi March route, says Gujarat
  • CCS clears Dhruv acquisition

    • New Delhi

  • NDMC to redevelop Connaught Place
  • Kidnapped boy rescued, woman among six held
  • Sheila for meeting with Mulayam Singh on water issue
  • Tryst with lively ghats of Benaras
  • Cabinet nod for funds for peripheral expressways
  • `Being Cyrus' breaks new grounds
  • Ministries asked to digitalise their records
  • A must for consumers
  • Khurana to launch `rath yatra'
  • Dance recital
  • Warrant against MCD Commissioner
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Does one Rae Bareli make all of U.P.?
  • Rehabilitation: where the truth lies
  • India and the Gulf — cementing ties
  • A Prime Minister who has stayed on too long?
  • Bringing Canada to book
  • Corrections and Clarifications

    • Nizamabad

  • Foundation laid for commerical complex

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Two girders fall off railway overbridge, 2 seriously hurt

    • Orissa

  • Protect tribal land: Brinda

    • Palakkad

  • Achuthanandan: I had no intention to contest

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Chandy launches UDF campaign in Adoor

    • Pondicherry

  • Matrimandir nearing completion: Auroville board
  • Shaiva Siddhanta texts in UNESCO's `Memory of the World' register
  • Revised dates for scrutiny of nominations
  • Freedom fighters to hold conference
  • Lok Jansakthi to go it alone in polls

    • Racing : Horse

  • RWITC remains firm
  • Aura wins main event
  • Czarina shines
  • Southern Empire in great heart

    • Racing : Motor

  • Renault looks to continue streak at Melbourne
  • Race to the title is wide open: Fernando Alonso

    • Rajasthan

  • Rajasthan keeps 15 items off VAT list

    • Religion

  • The Lord's advent

    • Salem

  • Poll arrangements reviewed
  • Annual interview for pensioners from April 5

    • Shimoga

  • Controversy over CMC resolution on property tax in Shimoga
  • Rs. 31-crore outlay for agriculture

    • Shooting

  • Dismal show by Indian shooters
  • Dismal show by Indian shooters

    • Sport

  • All eyes on Sehwag and the pitch
  • England badly needs a few finishers
  • We have full faith in openers: Dravid
  • Railways crushes Haryana to retain title

    • Sports : General

  • National Anti Doping Agency formed
  • IWF constitutes two-member committee
  • Vaid scores ton

    • Tamil Nadu

  • A Shiva temple on church premises in Georgia
  • AIMMK walks out of DPA
  • Briefly
  • In Thanjavur Today

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Citizens' forum to work for facelift of Udumalpet
  • Three-member team visits Theni medical college hospital
  • `Look into delay of Salem-Karur railway project'
  • Tips on voting machines
  • Facelift for Palani temple
  • Voter list details through telephone
  • Stabbed to death
  • 12 taken ill

    • Tennis

  • Isha in semifinals
  • Double for Shweta and Shantanu
  • Nalbandian, Ljubicic in last four

    • Thanjavur

  • Two universities to launch project on Tamil software
  • 10 lakh IT jobs will be available: Vice-Chancellor
  • New technology being used for underground drainage project

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • LDF manifesto a confession: Chennithala
  • Rules formulated for poll campaigning
  • 45 per cent of accidents during approach and landing: study
  • SERC estimates Rs.184-crore surplus revenue for KSEB
  • Kottayam-Kayamkulam electric line gets clearance
  • 2 Ministers, 22 others file nominations
  • Senior citizens' get-together
  • Passing-out parade held
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated March 31, 1956: Pak. must quit Kashmir
  • dated March 31, 1956: Gandhi Smarak Nidhi

    • Thrissur

  • Over-dependence on the West dangerous: ONV
  • Child spends night with mother' body
  • `Dalit poetry promising'
  • Avanengatt Kalari chief dead

    • Tiruchi

  • `Tamil Nadu ranks third in the country in software exports'
  • Photographing schedule
  • DMK list is a mix of old and new faces
  • Summit to project Tiruchi as an investment destination
  • Singapore-based foundation to manage RSK Schools
  • Car festival at Tiruvanaikoil
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • "There is so much to gain from globalisation"
  • Scrupulously follow model code of conduct: Collector
  • Youth arrested for murdering father

    • Tirupati

  • Vegetables worth Rs. 15 lakhs donated to TTD

    • Tuticorin

  • Election observers for Tuticorin district
  • AIADMK to focus on achievements

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Police-Public Sports Meet to break barriers
  • Workshop on biodiversity conservation today
  • Summer showers lash hill station

    • Udupi

  • A beach and an island to relax on
  • Rath yatra inaugurated

    • Union Territories

  • Groundwater recharging project in Punjab, Haryana

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Uma to field a woman against Sonia
  • Sunny Rawat confesses to killing Mehar
  • `File case against Hussain'

    • Vellore

  • "India can make a mark in manufacturing sector"

    • Vijayawada

  • Work to complete four-laning of NH-9 gets under way
  • Helmet: police to get tough with violators
  • Commonwealth Games medallists to be feted
  • Nag steals the show
  • Mega walk ends in tragedy
  • VMC ready to help set up vermicompost plants
  • 11 killed as autorickshaw, lorry collide
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • No clarity on response to Gangavaram row
  • Injured, rescued birds need special care
  • Gangavaram fishermen to take out rally tomorrow
  • Nagarjuna steals the show
  • Ugadi celebrated with fervour
  • Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited signs MoU for 2006-07
  • New facility at VSP sinter plant
  • Lose control
  • Kaumudi denies charge
  • Art gallery opens in city
  • Yoga camp from tomorrow
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Naxal killed in encounter

    • Weather

  • Weather

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