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Alappuzha

  • Protest against tax structure
  • Rs. 54-crore loss for paddy farmers

    Anantapur

  • Hotel owner stabbed to death

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Top priority for irrigation projects, says Naidu
  • Farmer ends life
  • Congress to review World Bank loan agreements: D. Srinivas
  • Mysoora springs a surprise at CM's meeting
  • Gandikota reservoir with FRL promised
  • DGP makes aerial survey of naxal strongholds
  • `Vijayabheri' will not hit work of health staff: Goud
  • Disease-resistant rice varieties developed
  • Hyderabad best suited for setting up IIT: educationist
  • Collector recommends suspension of RDO
  • Gene silencing - a hope for cancer control
  • Keep an eye on dubious finance firms, police told
  • CM urged to help revive cotton mill
  • Reorient SHG concept, academic tells Government
  • YSR holds parleys with party leaders
  • New fingerprinting facility for State soon
  • `It will be an uneasy alliance'
  • TRS cries halt to `poll gimmicks'
  • TDP plans to seek public contribution
  • Brahmins, Vysyas seek fair deal in politics
  • Haj flight schedule
  • Fake currency racket busted
  • Special trains for TDP rally
  • Tribal youth done to death
  • BMS unit to stay away from strike
  • Another feather in NGRI cap
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Power scenario no more `distressing': CM

    Athletics

  • Pinki, Maha Singh best

    Badminton

  • Indian eves stumble at the last hurdle

    Bangalore

  • Wholesale vegetable market to come up in 15 months
  • Incident involving film director to be probed
  • 100-bed govt. hospital opened
  • Meter Mela
  • BMP budget today
  • `Three involved in robbery identified'
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Transfers likely to hamper investigation

    Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates
  • Stock Market Index

    Belgaum

  • Property tax scheme stayed
  • People's participation in rural development stressed
  • Trade unions to join strike

    Bellary

  • Voting machines to be used in Bellary
  • Cases withdrawn

    Briefly

  • IOC bid for gas supplies
  • Tata Motors launches Turbo
  • Western Union Money Transfer conference
  • New Holland ties up with OBC
  • M&M merges services group
  • BHEL gets Sikasar project order
  • Karnataka Bank Founders Day lecture
  • U.S. firm to set up BPO shop
  • Michelin allowed to import tyres
  • Indiabulls launches new product
  • Microfinance India 2008 conference
  • IPCL's expansion
  • Microsoft's SAM workshops
  • Maples starts operations in Australia
  • ISO 9001:2000 for Sands group

    Business

  • Growing global outsourcing spend
  • Big push to hardware vital, says Kohli
  • Oil companies lead with differential pricing
  • Bharti Teletech to make GE phones
  • GAIL issue opens on February 27
  • Rupee gains further
  • Jet, Sahara flights to Colombo shortly
  • Equities cut losses
  • Nitrex Mauritius, Bristol Myers plans cleared
  • Infrastructure growth dips to 4.7 p.c.

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    Chattisgarh

  • Minister's resignation demanded

    Chennai

  • Absence of Opposition members makes it a lop-sided debate
  • Protesting councillors held
  • Step up security in women's compartment, say commuters
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Women's helpline yet to gain momentum

    Chess

  • Neelotpal and Lanka Ravi post upset wins

    Coimbatore

  • Rs.7-crore deficit budget presented
  • CPI, BJP set for another clash
  • Of superstitions and laws
  • Programmes for silk weavers
  • Consumer body raps loan recovery strategies
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Srinath, Zaheer and Irfan felicitated
  • India storms into knock-out phase
  • India's tour may be delayed
  • South meets England `A'
  • NZC brings up chucking issue
  • Mandira's extraa effort
  • Ganguly confident

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7912
  • Solution to puzzle 7911

    Cuddalore

  • `Right to strike enshrined in Constitution'
  • New Veeranam project opposed
  • Officials seeking gratification: Cuddalore farmers

    Cuddapah

  • Post offices to run services on strike day

    Dindigul

  • Thousands witness temple festival
  • Judgement reserved in Nedumaran case

    Editorials

  • CHOOSING A CANDIDATE
  • MANAGEABLE EXTERNAL DEBT

    Football

  • NFL second phase begins today

    Front Page

  • EC favours four-phase elections
  • Cabinet nod for DA-basic pay merger
  • U.P. revokes order
  • Execution stayed
  • Emergency landing

    Gujarat

  • Interim budget presented in Assembly

    Guntur

  • Officials told to gear up for simultaneous polls
  • Guntur trade chamber president manhandled?
  • Textile Park to come up at Mangalagiri
  • Special train for `Vijayabheri'
  • Three held; stolen jewellery recovered

    Haryana

  • Haryana gives land to Maruti to set up plant

    Hassan

  • Centre accused of ignoring agriculture
  • Call to help disabled persons

    Himachal Pradesh

  • IAS officer may quit job to contest polls

    Hockey

  • DAV College extends supremacy

    Hyderabad

  • Defacement goes unchecked as poll fever grips city
  • Police taking no chances
  • Murmur of protest against rallies
  • Stone laid for water supply scheme
  • Get set for decibel rain
  • Railway staff stage lunch-hour demonstration
  • Power shutdown in many areas
  • Start early, else you'll miss the train
  • RTC plans to curtail services
  • MDO arrested on graft charge
  • Music, dance course exams in May
  • Christian Council charter to parties
  • Plea to abolish nodal officer system
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • N-restraint regime offer made during talks: Pakistan
  • U.S. welcomes India-Pakistan joint statement
  • Russia happy

    International

  • Khan's `associate' discloses wide network
  • A tussle between reformists, hardliners
  • U.S. for political solution in Haiti
  • Pakistan, U.S. discuss arms control, security
  • Labour unions throw their weight behind Kerry
  • North Korea changes delegate for Beijing talks

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • Zero-deficit budget again
  • Mysterious disease kills 7 kids

    Karimnagar

  • Home guards' passing-out parade held

    Karnataka

  • Drought: `Centre to release Rs. 249 crores'
  • `Krishna, a high-tech CM'
  • Congress, BJP zero in on Mysore candidates
  • BJP gaining strength in Congress bastion
  • Congress hoping for landslide win
  • Krishna, Poojary to lead campaign
  • BJP demands `status paper' on revenue loss
  • Kharge to not contest Lok Sabha elections
  • More leaders will join Congress: Krishna
  • Sedam, Ananth Kumar patch up
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Kambar to open sammelan today
  • ZP panel to probe `irregularities' in works
  • Suresh Patil, KRRS president
  • Change in Krishna's Haveri tour
  • Congress urged not to give ticket to Chandrappa

    Kerala

  • HC firm on banning campus politics
  • Balaram resigns as MLA
  • Truce will usher in lasting peace: Murali
  • Drought: team begins assessment
  • Court orders police protection for witness
  • IUML to take stock of political situation
  • No claims on seats: KPCC chief
  • State becoming investor-friendly, says Antony
  • CPI(M) finalises candidates' list
  • State to seek permission for borrowing
  • Anup Kurian bags Aravindan Puraskaram
  • IB files petition against Marad commission
  • Antony's car meets with accident
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Suspected dengue: 21 SI trainees hospitalised
  • KSU supporters protest against Vice-Chancellor
  • Private sector failed in reducing inequalities in education

    Kochi

  • Cochin varsity overall champs
  • Fierce competition at M.G. varsity festival
  • Increase in goonda activities: Antony
  • Dak adalat
  • Samajwadi Party meet
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Of strategic importance

    Kollam

  • Move to prosecute writer criticised
  • Cashew workers hold protest marches
  • Mannam samithy launch tomorrow

    Kottayam

  • Functioning of police criticised
  • Conference

    Kozhikode

  • DYFI, SFI activists try to disrupt Soopy's function
  • `Identify land for garbage disposal'

    Kurnool

  • Congress stages silent protest
  • Women activists to be trained in legal aspects

    Leader Page Articles

  • Reinventing India for elections
  • Mahayudh in Maharashtra

    Letters to the Editor

  • India-Pakistan talks
  • Court verdict
  • Different tune
  • India shining?
  • Election time
  • Varun's foray
  • Women and the law
  • The great escape

    Madhya Pradesh

  • Three new economic zones to be set up

    Madikeri

  • ZP chief takes exception to absence of officials

    Madurai

  • `Young stir' — cause and effect
  • Kalimuthu releases handbook on Madurai
  • Power shutdown
  • Palanganatham bus stand reopened
  • Kiruttinan murder case adjourned
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Special children try their hand at adventure sports
  • `Nephrologists being harassed by Govt., media'
  • Madhyama Academy chief calls for media panel
  • People's power pays off
  • In Mangalore Today

    Mysore

  • Pratham plans camps for children
  • Man held on charge of murdering wife
  • Samata Party in State merges with Janata Dal (S)
  • Pensioners warn of protest

    Nalgonda

  • Ex-MP asks naxals not to threaten TDP workers

    National

  • Most parties favour single-day polling in States
  • Two children among 4 killed as MiG crashes
  • A second crash this month
  • Rural electrification scheme to be speeded up
  • BJP leaning on dancers and singers: Mayawati
  • Breakthrough in Akshardham probe
  • D.P. Yadav joins BJP
  • Centre revises relief norms for drought-hit States
  • Sukhoi engine problems being sorted out: Fernandes
  • Opposition lacks leadership: Joshi
  • 7 Lashkar men killed in Poonch
  • Court informed of Pakistanis' deportation
  • NBCC may take up Bihar road works
  • Centre plans to upgrade Bodhgaya
  • West Bengal roses for Zurich
  • Proposal to cut HRD Ministry allocation to North East opposed
  • AICCTU to campaign against `India Shining'
  • Sudip stubborn
  • NCW plea to parties
  • No guarantees in current process, says peace activist
  • What the windfall means for the Central staff
  • 3 TISCO officials trapped in colliery
  • Shourie says sorry, but stands by criticism

    Nellore

  • Protest against `bungling' in allocation of gas cylinders
  • Better sanitary conditions in rural areas urged

    New Delhi

  • Kendriya Bhandar weekly rates
  • Woman arrested for duping industrialists
  • Cops suspended for inaction
  • Servant held for murder
  • Looking for slum solution in Goa
  • A close look at pillars of democracy
  • Job-oriented courses for the disabled mooted
  • cinema
  • Proclaimed offender arrested
  • Garden tourism festival inaugurated
  • AIIMS students' boycott continues
  • Over 30 police officers transferred
  • Women's hostel at Rohini
  • Framing of charges in Uphaar upheld
  • MTNL's royal offer for loyalty
  • A cop proves his worth
  • Naidu harps on Congress ills
  • Jan Jagran Abhiyan planned
  • CS results on February 25
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Introspection time for police

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Ongole

  • Call to make Pulse Polio success

    Pathanamthitta

  • Residents demolish bund across Kallada project canal
  • Crime Branch police station inaugurated

    Pondicherry

  • "States should post adequate teachers in colleges"
  • Encourage research in floriculture: Jha
  • Health cards for Pondy, Karaikal
  • Ombudsmen to deal with people's grievances
  • Promoted

    Punjab

  • For Punjab, 2004 is year of `Education & Health'

    Racing : Horse

  • Anand Singh hogs limelight

    Rajasthan

  • Housing loans to Govt. staff at low interest rate

    Ramanathapuram

  • Fishermen stage road roko
  • Fiat to private school managements

    Religion

  • Serving God in different ways

    Shimoga

  • Marikamba Jatra from Tuesday
  • The `most successful' Home Minister
  • Janata Dal (S) protests against Minister's remarks

    Tamil Nadu

  • I want to strengthen party: Vaiko
  • Child labour rampant in Dharmapuri
  • Make a thorough study, CM urges Central team
  • New bypass road, 3 bridges at Kumbakonam dedicated
  • RBF Nidhi cases on wrong track: High Court
  • `Make women's panel an autonomous body'
  • Citizens' body to launch `go and vote' campaign
  • `BJP high command took a short-term view'
  • Ban on sacrificing animals in temples lifted
  • Apex court dismisses Govt. petition against bail for MDMK leaders
  • Manjolai case trial after counting of votes
  • Ration cards can be renewed till March 31
  • TNCC begins finalising candidates
  • CJP MLA joins DMK
  • BJP leader starts campaign in Pondy
  • Persuade Jayalalithaa to part with seat: Tiruchi BJP
  • Launch drive against AIDS, Governor urges Rotary club
  • Sri Lankan trade centre
  • Recognised as supervisor for research scholars
  • ATM inaugurated
  • Jayalalithaa appeal to cadres
  • Tamil film chamber of commerce
  • Wheat crop in Kancheepuram in good condition
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Alternative cropping strategy attracts farmers
  • Entrepreneurs to get small plots at techno-park
  • People flock to water-filled Mahamaham tank
  • Issuance of tokens for free dhotis, sarees from today
  • Fodder cultivation pilot project launched at Kancheepuram
  • Sanction more loans: Collector
  • 27 hurt as lorry runs into tree
  • Sentenced to life imprisonment

    Tennis

  • Nicole Pratt enters final

    Thanjavur

  • `Vaishnava king renovated Shiva temple'

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Analysing road accidents
  • Three new malaria cases detected in Valiathura
  • Attipra: bid to obstruct land survey foiled
  • Corporation launches `Priyabhojanam' scheme
  • Varsity to fill vacancies of non-teaching staff
  • Second phase of Pulse Polio on February 22
  • Student organisations protest against directive
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated February 21, 1954: Rice from Burma
  • dated February 21, 1954: S. Railway Schemes
  • dated February 21, 1954: Baby cars
  • dated February 21, 1954: 3-year degree course

    Thrissur

  • `Uthralikkavu Pooram' on February 24

    Tiruchi

  • Thrust on improving road network
  • Steep drop in paddy cultivation
  • Five more accident relief centres to be set up on national highways
  • AIADMK, DMK to fight it out in Pudukottai, Karur, Perambalur
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchy Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Two more power sub-stations for Tirunelveli district

    Tirupati

  • Rise in white collar crimes in Chittoor district
  • Congress counter to `India shining' campaign
  • Cut in `Pay and play' package for sportspersons

    Udupi

  • Trade unions in Udupi, Dakshina Kannada to join strike
  • `Modern art should not be too complicated'

    Uttar Pradesh

  • Give us a chance: Sonia
  • Muslims for talks: Advani
  • High Court directive to Centre, U.P. in Taj case

    Vellore

  • Postal finance mart proposed at Vellore

    Vijayawada

  • BJP non-committal on separate Telangana
  • Retired cops to be taken on contract basis
  • Congress questions CM on weapon offer
  • Worker electrocuted
  • Dalit Christians stage dharna
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Hospital told to pay compensation
  • Diverse views expressed on `right to strike'
  • Call for professionalism in criminal justice administration
  • Ed.CET: guidelines for admission announced
  • Telgi associate remanded
  • DGP denies reports on Sonia tour cancellation
  • Penal action against PF defaulters
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Warangal

  • `Market-driven system needs a strong State'
  • Computers stolen from school

    Weather

  • Weather

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