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    Alappuzha

  • Chandy to lay stone for bridge today
  • Photo exhibition at Alappuzha

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Jobs for all: YSR
  • Rotary Foundation to accept contribution from non-members
  • Schoolchildren avoid food cooked by Dalit
  • EAMCET panel makes sweeping recommendations
  • Manufacturing sector to get priority
  • Project on RDS poses threat to State: panel
  • Opening up of higher education under study
  • Cancel Thotapally project tenders, says Telugu Desam
  • BC panel members gheraoed
  • Children on the move, literally!
  • 174 RPF cadets pass out
  • Top priority for irrigation: YSR
  • Hearing on PPAs put off
  • Public hearing on polluting units turns violent
  • A steady rise
  • Man charged with stabbing wife, in-laws
  • Fire mishap averted at Tirumala
  • Naidu sings paeans to liberalisation
  • Film chamber clarifies on ticket rates
  • Quota for NCC cadets in police recruitment likely
  • Recruitment of trainee constables
  • Robber gang busted?
  • Tribals raid police station
  • Briefly
  • Crimewatch

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • People pour out their woes
  • Speaker stresses need for female literacy
  • Water, sanitation in focus
  • Priority for weaker sections in Praja Patham works urged
  • `Polls to coop. bodies in May or June'

    • Bangalore

  • 11-floor mall on Magarath Road to open soon
  • Three die after consuming arrack
  • Rs. 1.8 crore for setting up stem cell lab
  • Facility for the mentally ill on the verge of closure
  • Ornaments stolen from house
  • Man killed in accident; MLA among three hurt
  • Free parking: Govt. yet to decide on report
  • Hundreds attend Army recruitment rally
  • `Fee fixed on basis of documents'
  • Water adalat
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Easy for Kanaka

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Eswaramoorthy stuns Javeed

    • Briefly

  • SISSPA office-bearers
  • Asian Electronics pact with U.S. firm
  • Mastek Q3 net up
  • GE Shipping acquires new vessel
  • Tata AIG's training centre
  • UTI Mutual Fund to open 3 more offices
  • Rasna to step up marketing
  • Centurion Bank COPS centre
  • ABB bags NTPC, Power Grid orders
  • Enercon is now Conzerv
  • TNT launches `Mango bytes'
  • ING Vysya to focus on personal banking
  • HM's initiatives towards BS III norms
  • Vishal Retail to raise Rs. 50 crores
  • Godrej ties up with Masonite
  • SYSTIMAX launches Wireless LAN solution
  • ADC on roaming calls
  • ICICI Venture's real estate fund
  • Jet in pact with SAA

    • Business

  • India, China to study feasibility of FTA
  • Sensex tumbles 82 points
  • Rupee bounces back
  • Ratan Tata to assume new role
  • Elcoteq opens facility in Bangalore
  • SIMA welcomes foreign trade policy
  • A positive impetus for growth: CII
  • Campaign to expand market share of Washington apples
  • Take a printout from a television
  • Statistical system to be modernised
  • Quintiles beefs up pharma data operations

    • Cartoons

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    • Chennai

  • Corporation Council to meet once in 3 months, Bill introduced
  • Project reports for six parking lots
  • Patience is `key to tackling dyslexia'
  • Fans snap up tickets for blockbusters
  • Opposition accuses Government of stifling dissent in Council
  • Nanotechnology centre for Anna Varsity
  • Medical college's first test tube babies
  • CAT directive on IPS officers' promotion
  • Man hacked to death
  • Chennai railway division bags 11 shields
  • Building owner offers compensation, given bail
  • Now, water tax payment through banks
  • Sailing camp for children
  • Head constable arrested
  • DMK petitions police chief
  • Valuables stolen
  • `Do not call parentless children orphans'
  • Passport applications despatched
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Chess

  • Abhijeet set to become International Master
  • Tej Kumar bags title

    • Coimbatore

  • Work on to relay Avanashi Road
  • Corporation not to collect deposit
  • Broadband service extended
  • Grievances day meetings
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Cricket

  • Fiery spell by Chris Martin
  • Vinod Sharma shunted out without any reward
  • Naved's dream spell opened up the series
  • Umpires come in for censure
  • HYCC posts win
  • Kapil Dev is honorary head coach
  • Two national selectors for semifinals & final
  • Easy for Kapil Devils
  • Meet reviews arrangements
  • Cricket needs to change the coaching model
  • Crucial encounter for both teams
  • Lack of fan support may dampen Pakistan's spirit
  • NDCA office-bearers
  • GCE posts win
  • I'm available: Kumble
  • Five-wkt. haul by Chandela
  • Ranjit CC prevails
  • Manan Sharma scores century
  • Dell posts win

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8265
  • Solution to puzzle 8264

    • Cuddalore

  • Student found dead

    • Cuddapah

  • `Water, power to get priority'
  • `Congress fails on all fronts'
  • Six hurt in accident

    • Dharwad

  • Water schedule for Hubli, Dharwad

    • Editorials

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  • DUPLICITY ON DARFUR

    • Erode

  • Residents complain of pollution
  • Heavy rain in Sathyamangalam
  • Case against three for demanding dowry

    • Football

  • Universal overcomes Guruvayurappan

    • Front Page

  • China backs India's bid for U.N. Council seat
  • Not a military alliance, says Shyam Saran
  • India, China to hold talks on recognising degrees
  • India, China to study feasibility of FTA
  • India-China protocol to define `conditions at ground level'
  • Vajpayee did not do a good job: Sudarshan
  • Prakash Karat elected CPI(M) general secretary
  • Tamil Nadu to campaign for Formula 1 racing
  • Interim order on PG medical admissions to continue
  • Narmada disaster toll 54
  • Second bus list
  • Condition rejected
  • Ratan Tata quits VSNL
  • Green signal for Delhi one-dayer
  • Quake in Sumatra
  • Jet, Sahara hike fares

    • Generalia

  • Schumacher among Time's five most influential personalities
  • Change nationalities and wait three years

    • Globescan

  • Ex-KGB General shot dead
  • Honour for new "Schindler"
  • Kerry blames it on trickery

    • Golf

  • Mukesh eyes third straight title

    • Gujarat

  • Greater Gir for rising lion population mooted

    • Gulbarga

  • Aland sugarcane growers block highway
  • Release of water ruled out

    • Guntur

  • Chilli procurement begins amid farmers' protests
  • BSNL introduces SMS on landline
  • Lightning kills two

    • Haryana

  • House panels set up

    • Hockey

  • Army XI, BSF in title round
  • SAI (STC Centre) keeps winning

    • Hyderabad

  • Minister puts officials on notice
  • Expo highlights health aspects of mother, child
  • Propertyplus
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • India & World

  • `The dragon and the elephant can get along'
  • Pakistan concerned about China's commitment to India

    • International

  • Pakistan opens talks with Nuclear Suppliers Group
  • Textbook row: onus is on Tokyo, says Beijing
  • Blast behind factory collapse?
  • Pakistan concedes Baloch demand on troops

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • PDP-Congress alliance wins four council seats

    • Karimnagar

  • MSR covers five villages

    • Karnataka

  • DGP to probe breach of security during Wen's visit
  • Gram panchayat members to converge on Bangalore
  • High Court takes Govt. to task for inaction against official
  • Rs. 26,372-crore investment proposals approved in 2004
  • Group A, B posts for the disabled yet to be notified
  • Development takes its toll of trees
  • `I like to take on stronger rivals'
  • `Illegal' projects: Dharam Singh to meet Prime Minister
  • Court restrains seer from leaving Bangalore
  • Cooperative movement centenary in May
  • Workshop on science for non-scientists from today
  • Eight lakh houses for the poor in five years
  • `JD(S) economic policy is different'
  • `Re-examination only for maths paper'
  • Ombudsmen to monitor zilla panchayats
  • Briefly
  • From the districts

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Prakash reposes faith in Supreme Court
  • Youth Congress workers told to strengthen party
  • BJP demands apology from CMC president
  • Minister warns officials against apathy
  • `Chutuku sahitya is a springboard to literature'
  • Landline will always be relevant: Davangere MP
  • Govt. to open shops to market products of SHGs
  • Horticulture training for poor students
  • Delegation to meet Dharam Singh

    • Kerala

  • Kathakali veterans relive younger days on stage
  • IA's revised fares from April 15
  • Crime Branch to seek custody of Chacko, wife
  • Sterilisation: three spotted deer dead
  • Thrissur Mayor's fate uncertain
  • Custodial death: murder case registered
  • Benefits of planning to be assessed
  • Babu Divakaran group to form party
  • New party will not hit Congress: Chandy
  • Vanilla growers float company
  • Campaign against death sentence gains support
  • Bus operators put forward charter of demands
  • `I' group leaders for splitting Congress
  • Congress polls: Krishnaswami arrives
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Expulsion, a boost for Chandy
  • Babu Divakaran group to form party
  • Briefly

    • Khammam

  • Chilli farmers stage protest

    • Kochi

  • World-class shipbuilding hub for Kochi
  • `Get ready to face globalisation challenges'
  • Chandy promises steps for infrastructure development
  • Stamp and coin exhibition from April 15
  • Attestation centre opened in Kochi
  • `Talent management needs attention'
  • Houses to be handed over to tsunami-hit
  • Protest against Murali's expulsion
  • Seminar
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Kollam

  • Decision to expel Murali justified: DCC chief
  • Custodial death: DYFI, AIYF stage marches

    • Kottayam

  • `KPCC rallies will prove true strength'
  • Record resource mobilisation

    • Kozhikode

  • Natpac suggests steps for road development

    • Kurnool

  • Reminiscent of TDP's gram sabhas

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Higher education in India
  • Republicans face a problem

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Difficult task
  • Ram temple issue
  • A new era
  • Right step
  • March of the times
  • Deserves praise
  • Matter of concern

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • M.P. may face powerless summer

    • Madikeri

  • Kodagu ZP directs officials to tackle water crisis

    • Madurai

  • Elaborate arrangements for Chithirai festival
  • `Court cannot keep its eyes shut'
  • Straight contest in Pappapatti, Keeripatti
  • Revocation of ESMA, TESMA sought
  • Passes away
  • Speed trials of train
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Corporation has mishandled water situation, says DYFI
  • New chief of JD(S) unit only after `grama janotsava'
  • Expel manager of SC, ST Corporation, demands DSS
  • 1,68,673 children given polio drops in Dakshina Kannada
  • Majority of buses brought under timekeepers
  • `Developing character is important'
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Manipur

  • Strike hits normal life in Manipur

    • Mysore

  • `Railways must operate on business lines'
  • MUDA holds talks on study for Metro rail
  • Share cost of doubling of railway track: MP
  • Govt. urged to fill vacancies in Mysore Medical College
  • Postgraduate student attempts suicide
  • Petroleum products seized from house

    • Nagapattinam

  • Temporary shelters in Nagapattinam inspected

    • Nagercoil

  • Sub-jail upgradation to end by July
  • NGO to hand over 15 pucca houses to the tsunami-hit

    • Nalgonda

  • Jana welcomes RK's call
  • Zilla Parishad CEO shifted

    • National

  • CPI(M) promises to strive for a third alternative
  • Court admits plea on casting `negative vote'
  • Second ISRO master control facility inaugurated in Bhopal
  • World-class shipbuilding hub for Kochi
  • Notice to Centre on reservation for Dalit converts to Christianity
  • Nod for five hi-tech weaving parks
  • Non-bailable warrant against gutka baron discharged
  • More members from Kerala in CPI(M) Polit Bureau
  • Swamy's plea against Sonia Gandhi rejected
  • "BJP will be part of any JD(U) initiative"
  • Sudarshan's remarks assailed

    • Nellore

  • Three die in road mishaps

    • New Delhi

  • Businessman bludgeoned to death, servant arrested
  • Ghazipur slaughter house to use CNG
  • BJP to move court against water tariff
  • Destruction of geological heritage opposed
  • Satbir Singh elected Mayor of Delhi
  • Border dispute will not affect ties: Wen
  • Insurance company fined
  • Call to teach children about environment
  • Arrangements reviewed for Kotla match
  • DU convocation to honour stars
  • MAMC launches new course
  • Missing child's body found on tracks
  • Illegal cracker factory unearthed
  • Contractor murdered
  • 83 children rescued from serfdom
  • `DTC wasted money on sub-standard stuff'
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    • Nizamabad

  • Tight security in Nizamabad
  • Social welfare teachers form new body

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Elders urged to check value erosion

    • Pondicherry

  • Welfare board for unorganised labourers planned
  • Leprosy `almost eradicated in Pondy'
  • `Butcher shops on main road make life a nightmare'
  • Special health camp for the aged
  • Petrol bunk employees waylaid
  • Industries `need time' to adapt to VAT
  • Sewing machines distributed
  • Rotary Club aid for tsunami-hit village
  • Freedom fighters seek pattas
  • NAAC team inspects Pope John Paul II College
  • AIADMK MLAs walk out after heated argument
  • Panel recommends sugar mill wage hike

    • Racing : Motor

  • Armaan qualifies
  • Argyle confirms entry for APRC

    • Rajasthan

  • Minister visits violence-hit town; provokes people's ire
  • House tax abolition under study
  • House adjourned over `arrest' of Opposition Leader

    • Religion

  • Poetry of devotion

    • Salem

  • Proposal on Reproductive Child Health project

    • Shimoga

  • `Naxalites lying low for now'
  • `Rise in abduction of women' causing worry

    • Shooting

  • Gagan Narang finishes sixth

    • Sports : General

  • Special Olympics summer games likely in India

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Tamil Nadu to campaign for Formula 1 racing
  • Committal proceedings tomorrow in Sankararaman murder case
  • Withdraw support to UPA Government: Jayalalithaa
  • Farm varsity student identifies accused `who poured petrol'
  • Rotary to accept contributions from non-members, corporates
  • Complete trial in car import case in three months: court
  • Prestigious projects in ICF kitty
  • Why single out Sivagangai bank, asks Minister
  • Confrontationist approach will not help, says Ramadoss
  • M.P. Subramaniam dead
  • `Cages only to protect statues'
  • `Leave Bharati out of dirty politics'
  • AIADMK's days in power are numbered: Vaiko
  • Cash relief to kin of labourers
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Stolen jewellery recovered, one held
  • Life term for old man

    • Tennis

  • Bratchikova gets top billing
  • Davenport keeps title
  • Sania Mirza may miss Fed Cup
  • Evans Mirajkar sweats to win
  • Upset win for Ashwin Nambi
  • Mohan Rao triumphs

    • Thanjavur

  • Collector releases educational and employment guide
  • Plan to raise alternative crops on 30,000 hectares

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Fake currency racket busted
  • Poovar riot case: EMS Colony resident arrested
  • Cremated
  • `Develop district model for neonatal care'
  • One killed, three hurt in accident
  • NCB officials' statements recorded
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Reporter's Diary
  • Campus notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated April 12, 1955: PSP and the Congress
  • dated April 12, 1955: Pope's Easter message
  • dated April 12, 1955: Tributes to M.S.

    • Thrissur

  • `Honouring' a well

    • Tiruchi

  • Spurious players blamed for loss of e-business benefits
  • `De-recognise institutions collecting donations'
  • 15 volunteers deputed to write petitions for public
  • Five in fray for bypoll to ward number 20
  • Special arrangement for poll roll revision
  • Man held at airport
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Four killed in accidents
  • Son-in-law murdered

    • Tirupati

  • Fire accident averted at Tirumala

    • Tuticorin

  • Licences of nine kerosene retailers suspended
  • Focus on improving basic amenities in Tuticorin

    • Udupi

  • Meeting to find ways to revive sugar factory
  • Man killed, another hurt in road accident

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Law and order has improved: Mulayam
  • New AMU Registrar
  • NCP protests discontinuance of public hearings

    • Uttaranchal

  • Ruling party MLAs disrupt House

    • Vellore

  • New Lions district governor
  • Employment reports sought before April 15

    • Vijayawada

  • Canal-bund dwellers move to new places
  • Officials must answer for water shortage: MLA
  • Dalit sena seeks action against FPS dealers
  • Finance company burgled
  • Around the City
  • A `coco cooler' break

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Slum dwellers pour out grievances
  • Fire in apartment: narrow escape for two
  • Ryots' plea prompts move on canal repair
  • Three held in assault case
  • CITU wins election
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • A matter of convenience

    • Warangal

  • Errabelli, followers stage dharna

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Wrestling

  • WFI ready for post-suspension period

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