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  • Some used quota issue as shortcut to power: Vellappally

    • Anantapur

  • `Manhandling' of lawyer condemned

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Move to develop early warning system for Air Force
  • Experts call for measures to boost food processing sector
  • `Power sector plagued by capacity shortages'
  • Somnath asks media to be objective
  • Agriculture technology mission soon: YSR
  • Foreign manufacturers shortlisted
  • Opportunities beckon youth in naxal-hit areas
  • Delay in allotting land to IT firms in Vizag irks YSR
  • Shantha Biotechnics to launch combination vaccine
  • `Central aid sought for drought relief'
  • Meet on environment policy calls for public awareness
  • New industrial policy by April 1st week
  • NBE convocation today
  • Need to shift from paddy to other crops stressed
  • SCR summer specials
  • Learn political etiquette, TDP told
  • Principal denies charge
  • Four Maoists held, 10 others surrender
  • Good Friday observed
  • TDP alleges bid to stifle Opposition voice
  • Pilgrim rush peaks at Tirumala
  • Realtor hacked to death
  • Bail denied to suspects in Paritala case
  • Contests for students as part of Ugadi
  • Bandh against VAT: rice millers not to take part
  • Mosquito coil piece in beer bottle?
  • Police officers' body meets
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Pharma company to train youth, undertake placement
  • `Kala jathas' to propagate food scheme message
  • Siddipet water scheme named after NTR

    • Bangalore

  • Residents more concerned about their own
  • Parking space around stadium at a premium
  • BMP wants to repair drain in good condition
  • Man arrested, 12.5 kg of opium, brown sugar seized
  • Mystery shrouds man's death
  • Power shutdown
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Bidar

  • Sugar prices reach an all-time high in Bidar

    • Briefly

  • Mobile service from HVK Systems
  • Carborundum to consider bonus issue
  • Spanco signs MoU with Millennium Software
  • Avalon gets quality certification
  • Nagarjuna Construction bags NHAI order
  • New ED for IDFC
  • To sell cars in Malaysia
  • Vedanta's Executive Chairman
  • Approval to SEZ in Noida

    • Business

  • MPs question claims on surge in FDI
  • Patents Bill: a setback to innovative software developers
  • Exxon Mobil keen to buy stake in RIL's gas block
  • No takers for Great Eastern Hotel ERS
  • Software for pharma stores
  • EEPC MoU with Chinese chamber
  • Rothenberger forms subsidiary
  • ICAI approves VAT guidance note
  • CLC Global merges with Spentex
  • Real estate funds becoming a reality
  • Saksoft's expansion programme
  • Efforts to relocate Erode textile processing units
  • Eco-friendliness must for packaging
  • Taj Holidays brand launched
  • RBI to prepare roadmap for strengthening NBFC sector

    • Carrom

  • Carrom Nationals from March 29

    • Chennai

  • Maid gags aged woman, makes off with valuables
  • Child friendly-syllabus ready, teacher training not yet
  • Jupiter, moon in rare occultation
  • Professors want Senate to resolve probationers' issue
  • Verify antecedents of maids, say police
  • Held for forcing girl into marriage
  • Koyambedu sewer main to be interconnected
  • Stamp exhibition
  • Centre shifted
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Security on High Court campus lax

    • Chess

  • New format tournament in the offing
  • Anand holds Morozevich
  • AAI to support Negi's coaching

    • Coimbatore

  • Museum Committee plea to High Court
  • Get tough on illegal structures: consumer forum
  • Broadband: BSNL asks for details
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • A mission to repaint road marks

    • Cricket

  • A legend speaks
  • Karnataka triumphs
  • Indian women post big win
  • Three changes in Pakistan ODI team
  • Sonnet Club in final
  • Praveen powers Malviya to victory
  • Optimism and self-belief prevail
  • Fulsome praise for Kochi wicket
  • Harbhajan's best against Pakistan
  • Thiruvallur DCA coasts to victory
  • Exciting win for BMSCE
  • MKU College beats JCC
  • Royal CC triumphs
  • Pankajakasturi XI posts win

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8251
  • Solution to puzzle 8250

    • Cuddapah

  • Handicrafts expo inaugurated
  • Sathachandi yagam performed for peace

    • Dharmapuri

  • Credit plan focuses on agriculture

    • Dharwad

  • Foreign policy has become pragmatic: expert
  • Drinking water supply schedule in Dharwad
  • Judges' panel to visit Dharwad today

    • Editorials

  • PREPARING FOR COMPETITION
  • STEM CELLS AND THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT

    • Erode

  • Notices sent to tanners, dyers
  • Farmers complain of low procurement of paddy
  • `Kundam' festival on Tuesday
  • `TB mortality declining in State'
  • `Encouraging paddy yield'
  • Panguni Uthram festival
  • Examination begins

    • Football

  • Hat-trick by Ali

    • Front Page

  • Manmohan did not call up Modi: PMO
  • U.S. go ahead for F-16 sale to Pakistan
  • We are disappointed: Manmohan
  • `Smart Card' for PIOs
  • Governor calls ULFA for talks
  • Gujarat sticks to its stand
  • Indian doctor's wife murdered
  • Coca Cola may close plant
  • Younis Khan piles on the agony
  • Brilliant batting feast
  • Jharkhand Cabinet expansion
  • Quake again in Andamans
  • Another promotion row
  • Threat to actress
  • Car bomb kills 11

    • Golf

  • Asian Tour ratified
  • Luthra wins

    • Gulbarga

  • Scribes protest against attack on colleagues
  • Non-development expenditure rising

    • Guntur

  • New school to come up soon

    • Haryana

  • All Haryana constituencies to be treated at par: Minister

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Disease surveillance project launched

    • Hockey

  • Beighton Cup postponed by two days
  • Ahmedabad recovers in time

    • Hubli

  • HDMC complains about poor collection of water bills
  • Tension over woman's death in hospital

    • Hyderabad

  • Metro Board swings into action
  • Police crack the whip on water tankers
  • Monument goes to rack and ruin
  • Bad roads: BJP leader stages sit-in
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Murder remains a mystery

    • India & World

  • Campaigners hail Modi's decision as `victory'
  • India, Myanmar to strengthen ties
  • Bollywood, Kollywood music fete in Singapore
  • No unilateral pullout: Kasuri

    • International

  • 11 police commandos killed in Ramadi
  • Pakistan may hand over nuclear parts to IAEA
  • Kyrgyzstan slips into chaos
  • Another setback to Schiavo's parents
  • McCormack to replace Boucher
  • I am close to you, Pope tells the faithful in message
  • E.U. nations limit post-tsunami imports
  • `Proposed mechanism will have no legislative, judicial or executive powers'
  • Crackdown on minority ethnic gangs in U.K.
  • Ukraine preferred to Turkey

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Parliamentary panel flays J&K Govt. on Dal Lake
  • J&K avalanche, snowfall toll rises to 333

    • Karimnagar

  • Change cropping pattern as per climes: Minister
  • Website on Karimnagar launched

    • Karnataka

  • Samajwadi Party launched in State
  • Pakistan's performance buoys fans
  • Of crowd-pullers, cheer-leaders and thunderbolts
  • `Epigraphy lagging behind sister disciplines'
  • Irregularities in CAMPCO: probe officer changed again
  • Record food production despite dry spell
  • Four villages chosen for `cluster development'
  • City may have to rely more on recycled water
  • Three political parties under one roof
  • 10 killed in three road accidents
  • Asia will get hotter, says climate expert
  • Join struggle for broad-gauge line, MLAs, MPs told
  • BJP-ruled States criticised for not implementing VAT
  • Bid to steal treasure from cave foiled
  • Coffee to become dearer
  • Book of Tulu dramas released
  • Parents, college at loggerheads
  • Obeidullah Sharief resigns
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    • Karnataka - Others

  • NGOs urged to help eradicate tuberculosis
  • Bapuji institute to celebrate silver jubilee on March 27, 28
  • Rs. 1 crore sought to tackle water crisis in Davangere
  • BSP to field candidates in panchayat elections
  • Two police officials suspended

    • Kerala

  • Karunakaran for AICC panel to hold party polls in State
  • Permit local bodies to carry over Plan funds: CPI
  • Travel agents threaten to boycott Air-India
  • `1.28 lakh sandal trees felled in Marayur'
  • SERC concerned about KSEB's high employee cost
  • Congress politics in a fluid state
  • Hike in transit fee hits liquor trade in Mahe
  • `Paddy procurement a total failure in Palakkad'
  • Russians keen on MICE circuit in State
  • Janata Dal scotches rumours on tie-up
  • Micro-finance credit: `SNDP Yogam disburses Rs. 32 crores'
  • P.C. Sukumaran Nair Foundation set up
  • Explosion: one dead
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Living in a forest of his own
  • Minister to inaugurate tourism project

    • Kochi

  • Most streetchildren are migrants: survey
  • Study moots steps to check child sexual abuse
  • Neurosurgery department for General Hospital
  • Good Friday observed with piety
  • Skit
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Monitoring migrant labourers

    • Kollam

  • Probe reveals diversion of `food-for-work' rice

    • Kozhikode

  • Delayed results catch students on the wrong foot
  • Take immediate steps, Assistant Drugs Controller told
  • Railway catering policy: plea to set up fresh JPC
  • `Introduce special trains to meet rush'

    • Kurnool

  • Man murdered

    • Leader Page Articles

  • The great divide
  • Iraq war: the question of legality

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Modi controversy
  • Speaker's claim
  • Merger of banks
  • Talks with naxalites
  • Science in schools
  • Funding for science

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Digvijay case: Ex-bureaucrat denies irregularities

    • Madikeri

  • Qazi appointed for Kodagu
  • Bus owners threaten dharna

    • Madurai

  • `Plan to tackle water crisis will be in place'
  • `Madurai, next destination for World IT majors'
  • Draft poll rolls to be released next month
  • Elected
  • NAAC team visits Melur college
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Killer roads posing a danger

    • Mangalore

  • Meet on development of rural colleges from Tuesday
  • `Literature, a window to the world'
  • PUCL seeks relief for injured policeman
  • Collegiate Education Dept. may come under varsities
  • Bodies of students found near Panambur beach
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Keeping track doubling project in abeyance irks parishat
  • Industrial exhibition in Mysore from April 1
  • Clash leads to tension in two villages
  • T. Narsipura rathotsava today

    • Nagercoil

  • Uproarious scenes at Nagercoil council meet
  • Schoolgirl commits suicide at Kottaram

    • Nalgonda

  • Tax official in ACB net?

    • National

  • U.S. pursuing `Lalu-style' secularism: Modi
  • Congress to begin work early for polls
  • Not a sell-out: CPI
  • Buta Singh sworn in acting Governor of West Bengal
  • 13 students punished for ragging
  • Man given up for dead believed to be PoW
  • Netaji's blue-eyed boy
  • Jharkhand Speaker's election challenged in court
  • Militant group welcomes tourists to Kashmir
  • Nafituallah to restart Best Bakery
  • ``Tsunami takes a heavier toll among women''
  • Spread happiness, says President
  • Pawar calls for greater cooperation in agricultural sector
  • Centre for holistic approach to disaster management
  • Absorption option for BSNL, MTNL officials
  • Ensure continuation of fast track courts, BJP urges Manmohan
  • Dismiss worthless cases: Supreme Court
  • `Court cannot decide on House issues'
  • Drug prices will rise: Oxfam
  • Cluster colonies for Pandits
  • BJP surprised at PMO denial
  • Islamic Council flays U.S. for `deporting' Shia cleric
  • Bandh against VAT planned
  • U.S. companies can bid for Indian aircraft purchase

    • Nellore

  • Rs. 70 lakhs sanctioned to meet drinking water crisis
  • Three die in road accident
  • Sarpanches seek funds to tackle drinking water crisis

    • New Delhi

  • Kendriya Bhandar weekly rates
  • Power gets reduced funds
  • Vehicles to cost more in Delhi; cess on diesel withheld
  • Sheila regains lost ground
  • Environment panel finally gets Government's nod
  • Rai University gets affiliation
  • All steps to ensure a safe Holi
  • Plan to encourage learning through arts
  • Drive to improve health of women, children
  • Two arrested for credit card fraud
  • A unique celebration of festival of colours
  • Plea to release arrears
  • Delay in summer's arrival likely
  • RI for robbery
  • Extra water supply today
  • Special offer by Thomson Prometric
  • New block for lawyers opened
  • Practical exams on Sunday
  • Deceased identified
  • Misuse of miracle cure feared
  • Many a hidden sting in Delhi Budget
  • JNU professor puts in his papers
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Police reforms need of the hour

    • Nizamabad

  • Sub-jail authorities want no more convicts
  • Collector denies labour migration
  • TRS plea to implement Girglani report

    • Orissa

  • `Tiger numbers have gone up in Simlipal'

    • Perambalur

  • Rs.371.75-cr. ACP for Perambalur

    • Pondicherry

  • Steering panel to study report on Pondicherry town traffic
  • French ship to anchor at Pondicherry
  • CITU urges Government to take over Ariyur sugar mill
  • Plan to produce gas from garbage
  • Mixed response to bandh call

    • Racing : Horse

  • Crown Secret may score an encore

    • Rajasthan

  • Industry welcomes Rajasthan Budget, disapproves VAT

    • Religion

  • Glory of the Lord

    • Salem

  • Courses should be affordable to all: VC
  • `Create consumer awareness'

    • Shimoga

  • Best cadets felicitated

    • Sport

  • Younis Khan piles on the agony
  • Brilliant batting feast
  • Railways dethrones Indian Airlines

    • Sports : General

  • Mizoram wrests team championship

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Northern districts also becoming warm
  • Each Assembly segment will have a poll observer
  • Will there be a follow-up this time?
  • Plan to issue social security number to EPF subscribers shelved
  • Port Trust has studied environmental issues: NEERI
  • Charge sheet copies in Sankararaman case on March 31
  • `Union budget likely to affect software firms'
  • 1.58 lakh candidates register for TNPCEE
  • Dress allowance for police: CM hits out at DMK chief
  • Police got many benefits during my tenure, says Karunanidhi
  • Vasan to participate in Dandi March
  • DMK notice to Chief Secretary
  • Jayakumar quizzes students on environment
  • Boat donation continues
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Bio-fuel plantations raised in Pudukottai district
  • Rs. 25 crores for road works
  • Top Slip parched, officials worried
  • Summary revision of poll rolls

    • Tennis

  • Harsh Mankad enters final, meets Capkovic
  • Philippoussis advances despite injury
  • Asian under-14 tennis championship from March 28
  • Sania bows out

    • Thanjavur

  • Pledge to control TB
  • Electric crematorium remains closed
  • Grand Anicut, Vennar canal systems being modernised

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Parking management plan for Mahatma Gandhi Road
  • Nodal agency mooted for managing bio-reserves
  • Traders to intensify stir against VAT
  • Power tariff: KSEB takes action against official
  • `Globalisation shaping art and culture'
  • Man held on cheating charge
  • Vocational courses
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes
  • Crackdown on burglaries

    • This Day That Age

  • dated March 26, 1955: Indo-Burmese amity
  • dated March 26, 1955: Chief of Staff
  • dated March 26, 1955: Future of Hong Kong

    • Thrissur

  • Power crisis: Mayor, KSEB chief hold talks

    • Tiruchi

  • Pension sought for all temple employees
  • `Teen Health Clubs' planned in Tiruchi dt.
  • Rs.2-crore proposal to supply drinking water to villages
  • Varsity caution
  • Tiruverumbur bus shelter getting ready
  • 36 doctors recruited in Tiruchi
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Pillion-rider killed in accident

    • Tirupati

  • Road infrastructure around Tirupati to be developed
  • `Missing' names irk TUDA chief, sarpanch
  • Importance of Hindi underscored

    • Tuticorin

  • Water harvesting scheme for SC/ST farmers in Tuticorin dt.
  • Call to preserve sanctuaries near Ambasamudram

    • Udupi

  • Changes in bus routes today
  • Irregularities alleged in building construction

    • Vijayawada

  • Technology helps plug loopholes in PDS
  • Need to shift slaughterhouse
  • Canadian hopes Centre will revive funding programmes
  • All-party meet sought on canal bund issue
  • Written test for Indira Kranthi courses
  • UPSC admission certificates
  • Special prayers mark Good Friday
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • New bus service introduced
  • Around the City

    • Visakhapatnam

  • One-day match tickets sold out
  • Air France asked to pay compensation
  • Sir A.P. Patro's bust unveiled
  • IA restores Vizag-Raipur flights
  • APCC seminar on Gandhi today
  • Good Friday observed
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Women's police station inaugurated

    • Weather

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