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Anantapur

  • Alliances don't go well with party cadre
  • Standard schedule rate hiked

    Andhra Pradesh

  • BJP men go berserk over seat-sharing
  • Work on rail project comes to a halt
  • YSR's `Jaitra yatra' on `Vijayaratham' from April 2
  • Congress to field a novice against ex-TDPP leader
  • Naidu tells people to achieve 100 per cent polling
  • Government policy on power purchase flayed
  • BJP panel for re-nomination of nine former MLAs
  • Revolt by BJP cadre
  • Angry TDP leaders quit posts
  • Discom puts up good show
  • `Jai Bharat' appendage to CM's speeches
  • CPI releases first list of seven candidates
  • TRS to release second list of candidates today
  • MIM, MBT workers clash
  • Janata Dal to contest 4 LS seats
  • Driving home a point
  • Technical snag mars programme
  • Task force gets into action
  • Briefly
  • Crimewatch

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Key constituency in district
  • TDP may find the going tough
  • New party to focus on reservation for women
  • eSeva accountant goes missing with cash

    Bangalore

  • BMTC's new service brings some relief
  • Power supply to be hit tomorrow
  • Woman dies at hospital, complaint lodged
  • KPTCL resorts to load shedding
  • Fee panel sets new deadline
  • Phone directory to be distributed
  • Tension following victory procession
  • `Malaria vector not present in city'
  • Contractors call off stir as BMP promises to clear bills
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Stock Market Index
  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    Bellary

  • Three file nominations in Bellary
  • Nayaks happy with Congress's choice

    Bihar

  • Prisoners on fast in Patna jail

    Bijapur

  • BJP likely to nominate Pujar

    Briefly

  • Canara Bank's ATM at Bangalore Airport
  • 150 p.c. interim from RITES
  • Central Bank's thrust on SSIs
  • Exports up 35 p.c. in February
  • Bharti to raise $100 m
  • Crisil picks up stake in CICRA
  • National summit on MFs

    Business

  • Micro-finance entities cannot accept deposits: RBI
  • `No specific target for rupee-dollar rate'
  • Strengthen DFIs for sustained economic growth, says survey
  • SEBI rejects ICICI Bank's plan for retail investors
  • Rupee strengthens further
  • Equities move up on short covering
  • IA hopes to cut losses
  • Dubai Port bags ICTT project
  • No major adverse impact likely on Microsoft ruling
  • LG Electronics plans IPO
  • PC sales cross 8 lakh units

    Cartoons

  • POCKET WATCH
  • Cartoon - I

    Chennai

  • Ethanol-mixed petrol launch now set for April 15
  • All set for the battle on the small screen
  • Metrowater's Second Chennai Project nearing completion
  • `Agreement among States will augment ST revenue'
  • E-bill post service to be launched today
  • Rs. 2.3-crore stolen property restored to owners
  • Stop Hindu Munnani meet: CPI(M)
  • 10 EMUs won't halt at Kodambakkam on Sunday
  • 3 Malaysian nationals held
  • MoU on treatment for Tanzania patients
  • Kerala Minister visits Ayyappa temple
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Anand holds Bareev in blindfold match

    Coimbatore

  • Women set to be eye care managers
  • `Sarva Siksha Abhyan Scheme doing well in Coimbatore'
  • Steel furniture units stop production
  • `SHG movement has been successful'
  • India Post launches e-post service
  • Seminar
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Gains for India from the Samsung Cup series
  • Pathan tops the bowling averages
  • All eyes will be on Golwalkar
  • Indian team `officially' better
  • Mumbai takes on Tamil Nadu
  • Pakistan team for first Test
  • A series of firsts for India
  • Unbeaten century by Atapattu

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 7941
  • Solution to puzzle No. 7940

    Cuddapah

  • Villagers vow to thwart naxal entry
  • Shiv Sena enters poll fray in Cuddapah

    Editorials

  • A BREAKTHROUGH CRICKET SERIES
  • SAVING THE TIGER

    Elections 2004

  • It will be a test of Indian democracy
  • Milind Deora, Congress candidate from Mumbai South
  • A Dalit village's struggle to vote
  • An impassioned plea from Chennai's children
  • Angry fisherfolk may tilt the balance against Congress
  • POLL-POURRI
  • Q & A: A.B. Bardhan
  • In Ahmednagar, drought is the main issue

    Football

  • Madrid rallies to defeat Monaco

    Front Page

  • U.S. lifts sanctions on Pakistan
  • Pakistan elated
  • Tagore's Nobel Prize medallion, art objects stolen
  • Congress holds out veiled threat to U.P. Government
  • Delhi HC vacates stay on release of NRS Report
  • It will be a test of Indian democracy
  • Surrenders
  • Sentenced

    Golf

  • Horne equals course record

    Gulbarga

  • Gang raids petrol bunk, escapes with Rs. 60,000

    Haryana

  • Advani's yatra a flop show in Haryana: Hooda
  • Congress gimmicks will not fetch votes: Chautala

    Hassan

  • Janata Dal (S) zeroes in on Jagannath
  • Five lakh litres of diesel flows into drains, rivulets

    Himachal Pradesh

  • Nehru-Vajpayee comparison incorrect: Congress

    Hyderabad

  • Rajeshwar `threat' keeps TDP, police on tenterhooks
  • SCR `ambush' stops them in their tracks
  • TDP releases second list
  • Trial pumping of Krishna water likely from today
  • Bandaru balm for leaders' fury
  • SIM cards at BSNL outlets
  • Great Bombay Circus is in town
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • India, Israel resolve to fight terror globally

    International

  • Libya can be partner, says Blair
  • 9/11 panel chief sees `systematic failure' in dealing with threats
  • Russia warns NATO on expansion
  • Could brain fingerprinting help free the innocent?
  • Release activists, China tells Japan
  • Defence Ministry formed in Iraq
  • Move to split Russian Communist Party
  • The barefoot campaigner
  • U.S. lawyer brands Guantanamo trials unfair
  • Battle fatigue material seized at Colombo port
  • British experts on way to rescue trapped cave divers
  • `Vilayat Khan, a maverick musician'
  • How representative was the poll on Iraqis' views?
  • Khaleda sees plot to overthrow her
  • LTTE to `get rid of Karuna'
  • Overthrow Musharraf: Al-Qaeda `tape'

    Jharkand

  • JMM seeks special package for Jharkhand
  • Speaker may contest from Chatra

    Kancheepuram

  • Haystacks gutted

    Karimnagar

  • Infighting may mar TDP prospects
  • Peddapalli TDP workers destroy party flags
  • TRS chief to visit Jagtial

    Karnataka

  • Confrontation between Bangarappa, son imminent
  • A problem of plenty for the Congress
  • Tulu academy honour for Heggade, five others
  • Flyover: Govt. told to file objections by April 13
  • They have strong views on everything
  • Tug of war between Congress, BJP
  • Differences with BJP will be sorted out, says Somashekar
  • Raju Gowda passes away
  • Poor infrastructure likely to figure in Udupi poll campaign
  • Parties refrain from projecting leaders
  • Plea for traffic diversion dismissed
  • Brothers pep up poll scene
  • `Stamp Investigation Team liaised with central agencies'
  • Reverse brain-drain helping DRDO
  • Minister to contest Lok Sabha polls
  • A one-man crusade
  • Janata Dal (S) may field Taradevi; BJP unperturbed
  • `NDA Govt. has not kept promises'
  • Many BJP candidates to file papers today
  • `Protest was allowed despite ban orders'
  • IISc. to conduct test for recruiting scientists
  • Applications invited for award
  • Madigas ask parties for more seats
  • Pathan is Urdu varsity V-C
  • Briefly
  • From the Districts

    Karnataka - Others

  • Rs. 271.11-crore credit plan for Chitradurga

    Kerala

  • KPCC suspends two general secretaries
  • Review and arbitration clauses enshrined in PAP Agreement
  • Expert moots public health institute
  • Petition against diversion of funds adjourned
  • Issue referred to disciplinary panel
  • Hunger and thirst haunt wildlife
  • BJP alleges non-utilisation of welfare funds
  • `Two types of law in Congress'
  • Rs. 7.71 crores for drinking water schemes
  • Projects to revive ancient art forms
  • Omana Pillai dead
  • No problems in `I' group: Karunakaran
  • Computer bookings to be closed for maintenance
  • SSLC, HSC examinations conclude
  • Minister denies charge
  • `Nadar community not given its due'
  • Attappady death not due to sunstroke: medical report
  • Campaign for official language progressing
  • ADB team begins study
  • SBI to expand ATM network
  • Antony urged to visit fishing belt
  • CAOS meet to be held at Kochi
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Cases of robbery on the rise in Kasaragod

    Kochi

  • Government order puts handicapped persons in a spot
  • Government steps up relief measures
  • CMC students stage dharna
  • Project for water conservation
  • Hartal peaceful
  • B.Tech classes suspended
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • `Nothing new in payment seats'
  • UDF leadership meet in Kollam
  • Bike purchased using forged documents
  • Plea for water supply
  • IT centre inaugurated
  • Sanjeevanam project

    Kozhikode

  • Watching artefacts in darkness
  • Award for playwright

    Kurnool

  • Annual credit plan for Kurnool district launched
  • Differences between Kurnool TDP leaders to the fore

    Leader Page Articles

  • India and the U.S.-Pakistan alliance
  • J&K: legalised discrimination

    Letters to the Editor

  • Poll promises
  • PM's comment
  • Trading charges
  • Election issues
  • Level-playing field
  • Unnecessary
  • Yassin's killing
  • Spanish verdict
  • Shocking

    Madikeri

  • Red alert in Kodagu over foot-and-mouth disease
  • Summer worsens drought in Kodagu
  • Parties apprised of poll arrangements in Kodagu

    Madurai

  • Wanted: a kind-hearted gesture to these children
  • `Recast strategies of health communication'
  • A challenging procedure in cardiac care adopted
  • Farmer gets life term for murder
  • Diabetes Institute to be set up tomorrow
  • Congress activists stage protest
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • College teachers demand pay hike
  • Paichil Dharma Nemotsava on April 1, 2
  • College teachers' plea to govt.
  • Seminar on IPR today
  • Cocoa butter consignment despatched
  • Amblamogaru temple fete
  • In Mangalore Today

    Mysore

  • Congress, BJP, JD(S) trade charges
  • Raju Gowda's death may alter political equations in Hanur
  • Campaign to encourage educated people to participate in elections
  • Poor response to demo of voting machines
  • Vijayshankar to open office in Mysore if elected
  • Concern over decline in water level in KRS
  • Madiyal holds review meet of Southern Range
  • Plea to deposit firearms in police stations

    Nagercoil

  • Subsidy for vanilla cultivation likely
  • New facility for orthopaedic surgery at Nagercoil hospital

    Nalgonda

  • Two SSC students die in road mishap
  • Debt drives farmer to suicide

    National

  • A veteran and a newcomer in the fray
  • EC notice on free AI passes
  • `Match' has been won: Advani
  • PM plays host to lensmen
  • Cricket tour will help restore ties: Advani
  • BJP discusses `Vision' document
  • TRAI seeks public opinion on ombudsman
  • Sena leader murdered
  • CBI teams to probe stamp paper scam cases
  • Kanchi Acharya plans `sadas' at Tirumala
  • PM wants probe into theft expedited
  • Mammootty denies taking up Coca-Cola's offer
  • Gogoi visits Karbi Anglong
  • 3,377 candidates disqualified
  • When security was a concern
  • Jayapradha discharged from I-T cases
  • `Porous Nepal, Bhutan borders facilitating drug trafficking'
  • British envoy hails peace efforts in Jammu and Kashmir
  • Appeal against High Court order, Swamy urges EC
  • Trishul test-fired
  • Congress `chargesheet' against Orissa coalition
  • States cannot enact laws relating to natural gas: Supreme Court
  • Agnivesh to contest against Vajpayee
  • Tohra suffers heart attack
  • CPI(M) to go to EC on Advani raking up temple issue
  • Anti-NDA parties close to accord in Bihar
  • More political prisoners in J&K to be released
  • Judicial remand for Madhumani
  • Ban on SIMI upheld
  • IAS officer arrested in Orissa

    Nellore

  • BJP nominee's promise on making Nellore an `industrial city'
  • BJP cadre upbeat

    New Delhi

  • East Delhi ticket for Sheila's son?
  • Centre thwarting educational reforms: Lovely
  • House adjourned thrice over Sahib-Chauhan row
  • Sheila demands life term for rape
  • Officials told to strictly follow model code of conduct
  • Power cuts unabated
  • Govt. has failed on education front: BJP
  • 70-year-old woman found murdered
  • Manager shot at, robbed of cash
  • cinema
  • Two held for kidnapping
  • Cop booked for bribery
  • Vote-on-account passed
  • Man held for stripping in DU
  • Discoms waive off late payment surcharge
  • Man arrested
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    News Analysis

  • Arithmetic and alliances
  • A counterpoint to Dr. Swamy

    Nizamabad

  • Unrest in TDP, TRS may affect allies' chances
  • TDP gears up to take on APCC chief
  • Scribe files nomination for Nizamabad LS seat

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Orissa

  • The ostrich act

    Pathanamthitta

  • Mission to rejuvenate Kolarayar
  • Vote out NDA Government: Chandy
  • Minister opens UDF meeting
  • Temple ritual performed

    Perambalur

  • Fast against extraction of water from Coleroon banks
  • 180 cases settled through `Lok Adalat'

    Pondicherry

  • `Steps to check violation of traffic rules in Pondy'
  • Villupuram-Pondicherry gauge conversion work completed

    Raichur

  • Four students expelled in Raichur

    Rajasthan

  • `Fencing of Rajasthan border to be completed by 2005'
  • I have yet to select my seat, says Dharmendra
  • EC appoints 75 invigilators for Rajasthan polls
  • Economic issues will dominate polls, feels Industry

    Ramanathapuram

  • 62 sensitive booths in Ramnad LS segment

    Religion

  • Epitome of sacrifice

    Shimoga

  • BJP workers begin `satyagraha'
  • Water supply to be on alternate days in Shimoga

    Tamil Nadu

  • Vasan hopeful of positive response from high command
  • Elangovan sees outside hand
  • 332 special trains for summer
  • An erstwhile princely state is languishing
  • Advocates to protest against constitution of Madurai Bench
  • Probe officer misled court, says Prakash
  • Make Tamil Nadu's voice heard in Delhi, Jayalalithaa tells voters
  • Vote BJP to make India superpower, Jayalalithaa tells voters
  • Textile traders to contest poll protesting CENVAT
  • Karunanidhi has missed Advani's point: BJP
  • Ours is not a casteist party, says Ramadoss
  • Dispose of Nedumaran plea for return of articles, court tells police
  • Railways to shutdown automatic enquiry systems temporarily
  • `Kisan Morcha functionary not removed'
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • New bus stand sought

    Thanjavur

  • `TB treatment available at the doorstep'

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Armed gang goes on the rampage
  • Attack on police: hunt on for main accused
  • Gang attacks: police criticised for failure to curb violence
  • Observatory gearing up for celestial spectacle
  • Caution on milk
  • Students' parliament to be held tomorrow
  • Temporary halt for trains extended
  • Rama Navami celebrations from March 30
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated March 26, 1954: C.R. wants to retire
  • dated March 26, 1954: New E. Bengal Ministry
  • dated March 26, 1954: Smuggling of A-bombs
  • dated March 26, 1954: UNESCO coupons

    Thrissur

  • Corporation to bank on loans

    Tiruchi

  • Learn music, traditional art forms, students told
  • `AIR nurturing talent of young artistes'
  • Rama Navami programmes
  • Concern over encounter deaths
  • Youths urged to develop confidence
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirupati

  • TDP may decide on four Assembly seats today
  • Rythu Samakhya to contest from 80 Assembly seats

    Udupi

  • Spurt in crime worries businessmen, politicians

    Vijayawada

  • Congress corporators threaten to quit
  • Weavers' vote may tilt the scales in Mangalagiri
  • Arrangements for polls reviewed
  • BJP may field Ranga Prasad from Vijayawada East
  • TDP move `disappoints' aspirants
  • Around the City

    Visakhapatnam

  • Marked rise in fly-ash use
  • Defence Pension Adalat begins
  • Yadavas sore at being denied Congress ticket
  • Wage limit for ESI to be hiked
  • Nominations filed for two seats
  • Pondicherry Lt. Governor coming
  • Around the City

    Warangal

  • Rudrama Devi statue to be unveiled

    Weather

  • Weather

    Weightlifting

  • Indian teams for Asian championship

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