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Alappuzha

  • Destruction of water bodies led to scarcity

    Andhra Pradesh

  • TDP mandal unit leader killed
  • Naxals gun down constable
  • It's always vote for merit
  • Give clear mandate to NDA, TDP: Advani
  • TDP leaders express shock and anger
  • TRS implementing naxal agenda: Naidu
  • Advani harps on development theme
  • A fistful of rice to ward off hunger
  • Drought: Central team to submit report by month-end
  • Survey organisation for referendum on Telangana
  • Macabre act, says YSR
  • Fear grips TDP cadre in Prattipadu constituency
  • Six killed, 9 injured in road mishaps
  • Extremists told to shun violence
  • Murder victim's mother attempts self-immolation
  • Seat-sharing talks: TRS chief leaves for Delhi
  • Judicial probe sought into Venu's death
  • No plan to contest for LS from Telangana: Vijayashanti
  • Pall of gloom at office
  • Court ruling on post-mortem
  • CM may seek additional forces
  • Slogan contest by traffic police
  • Mandal surveyor in ACB net
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • NDA policies spell success for yatra: Advani
  • Srihari slams Congress on Telangana
  • `Left-Congress alliance unholy'
  • Bhuvaneswari offers prayers
  • Traffic signals inaugurated

    Athletics

  • Anil Kumar steals the show

    Bangalore

  • Corporators woo voters as election fever grips city
  • Voter cards to be issued today
  • Indian Oil outlets to sell BSNL cards, coupons
  • KSRTC to run special services
  • It is worthy of emulation
  • Now, dart gun to capture elusive monkey
  • Man arrested; LPG cylinders seized
  • Moily's book released
  • Water Adalat today
  • Exam centre for SSLC students
  • KPTCL to ensure full power supply
  • Bank staff want holiday
  • Railway Board chairman visits Wheel Factory
  • Around The city
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Stock Market Index
  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    Belgaum

  • MES trying to recover lost ground

    Bijapur

  • Yatnal facing a daunting task

    Briefly

  • SBI plans to raise $250 m
  • Tata Motors' new LCV variant
  • JRG adds to commodity trading centres
  • Hyundai mulls price hike
  • e-commerce enabled click and mortar store
  • Reception to FICCI President
  • Maruti rolls out LPG Omni Cargo
  • Fortune Info's comprehensive solution
  • Hindi interface for Windows XP
  • Color Chips pact with Kasav Infosys
  • Mercator bags contract from MRPL
  • Aventis Pharma pays 125 p.c. final
  • Lord Krishna Bank cuts term deposit rates
  • Bharat Overseas Bank's Tier-II bond issue
  • TVSE bags IT Department order
  • Clarification on E-filing of TDS return

    Business

  • India faces huge oil import bill
  • Hutch, Aircel rank top in subscriber satisfaction — survey
  • Toyota may export cars from India
  • Rupee remains steady
  • India to remain key centre for outsourcing
  • Yes Bank to start business in July
  • Southern States lead in development growth — study
  • Sensex nosedives 121 points

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    Chennai

  • HC restraint on Kodaikanal municipality
  • Community participation must for water resources management
  • Traders demand withdrawal of eviction notices
  • Police election cell to monitor activities of parties
  • `Officials try to remove pro-Mohan graffiti'
  • Walk-in interviews for job training
  • Youth crushed to death by MTC bus
  • 11 held, stolen vehicles and jewels seized
  • Mathematics competition
  • Kandaleru inflow comes down to 60 cusecs
  • Railway ticket checking drive yields Rs.1.02 lakhs
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Fortune favours Iuldachev

    Coimbatore

  • Abnormal heat singes Coimbatore
  • BSNL directory in CD-ROM
  • `Enhance teaching capabilities of academic staff'
  • Seminar
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Another high-scoring match on the cards
  • Balaji, Powar confident
  • Musharraf paid to watch the match: PCB chief
  • S. African openers come good
  • Martyn grafts a century
  • The bowlers have to provide inspiration
  • Madhya Pradesh enters final
  • The West Indian cup of woe
  • Tamil Nadu enters final

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7935
  • Solution to puzzle 7934

    Cuddalore

  • Chickenpox claims three lives at Nellikuppam
  • Networking of universities mooted

    Cuddapah

  • `Sonia evading free power issue'
  • TDP leaders take exception to ex-MLA's remark
  • APCLC district chief quits

    Dharwad

  • Pulse Polio

    Dindigul

  • Eight detained for selling liquor

    Editorials

  • BSP ON ITS OWN
  • SAVING THE WORLD'S BIRDS

    Elections 2004

  • BJP's consolidation will be hard to break in Chhattisgarh
  • BJP's consolidation will be hard to break in Chhattisgarh
  • U.P. may witness tactical voting yet again
  • The battle against the ballot
  • Gujjars brave bullets to take part in polls
  • Things far from sweet for sugarcane farmers
  • POLL-POURRI
  • Q & A: Jairam Ramesh
  • `BSP trying to divide secular vote'

    Football

  • Dempo beats Indian Bank

    Front Page

  • Pakistan will be a `major non-NATO ally': Powell
  • Krishna launches his yatra
  • Osama deputy surrounded?
  • A.P. Minister's husband shot dead
  • Militants gun down JD(U) leader
  • Ban sought on Nehru's work
  • Averted

    Guntur

  • Naidu to meet Guntur TDP leaders today
  • Thieves' gang busted, five arrested
  • Chilli export zone mooted in Guntur

    Haryana

  • Board exam cancelled

    Hassan

  • KRRS to field 150 candidates for Assembly
  • Ticket to Shivappa opposed

    Hockey

  • Second win for Western Rly.

    Hyderabad

  • Take left, take right... whose road is it anyway?
  • Trial pumping of Krishna water likely from Ugadi
  • EAMCET model papers released
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Sreenidhi student's top-notch show in GATE
  • Shashidhar casts doubts on project
  • Prudential depositors threaten dharna
  • Around The City

    India & World

  • Indian publishers make their presence felt

    International

  • U.S. army blames Al-Qaeda for hotel attack
  • Pakistan launches yet another push
  • Search called off
  • E.U. meet to review anti-terror measures
  • Efforts on to defuse Georgian crisis
  • Jay Garner `wanted early polls in Iraq'
  • Halliburton in fund row
  • Kim Jong-il's ex-chef fears for life
  • What Napoleon willed: never forget France

    Kancheepuram

  • 6 Plus-Two students caught copying

    Karimnagar

  • SHG members pour out woes to Advani
  • Mass marriages performed

    Karnataka

  • Elephants' death: experts' help sought
  • JD(U) seeks cancellation of power projects
  • Congress has a head start over rivals
  • `Huge demand for Janata Dal (S) ticket'
  • `I will solve unemployment problem'
  • `Choosing the right people is important'
  • Congress fared poorly here in the 1999 elections
  • State says why Section 268 was used in Telgi case
  • Order expelling Khandre, sons revoked
  • Cancel power projects: JD(U)
  • Local issues paramount in Bidar district
  • `Voters list tampered with'
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • `World class industries alone will survive'
  • NABARD may cut refinance rate
  • MRPL processes 10 million tonnes of crude in a year
  • Congress ticket aspirant in a fix
  • Vatal Paksha to hold protest march
  • AIPJD workers join Congress in Sirsi
  • `Reward loyal Congress workers'
  • All set for SSLC examination

    Kerala

  • Steps to tackle forest fires
  • Cow dies of anthrax
  • Antony to visit Wayanad today amid tight security
  • Revolt in group not to affect poll prospects: Murali
  • Killi: notices to Government, DGP
  • Plea to continue export incentive for natural rubber
  • `Stay on rights panel a blow to Government'
  • Mani blamed for poor drought aid
  • Toddy workers plan stir
  • Government finalises terms of reference
  • UDF, LDF candidates call on Balakrishnan Pillai
  • Sabarimala temple closed
  • Mercury touches record high in Palakkad
  • New bishops named
  • Three of family commit suicide
  • Briefly

    Khammam

  • TDP workers caned, one hurt

    Kochi

  • CIAL expansion work in full swing
  • Water scarcity: official `apathy' alleged
  • Keep off Goshree bridges, public told
  • Clashes at Maharaja's College: Principal served legal notice
  • DYFI march turns violent, four activists held
  • Garbage collector rewarded
  • Seminar
  • Meeting to take steps to tackle water crisis
  • Team set up to assess drought
  • In Kochi Today

    Kottayam

  • Dream for the nation, Narayanan tells students

    Kozhikode

  • Efforts to develop `entrepreneurial spirit'
  • Short-term course

    Kurnool

  • Tungabhadra flow diverted
  • Water crisis may persist in Kurnool
  • Power position to be strengthened

    Leader Page Articles

  • The J&K Bill 2004
  • The problem is Zionism itself

    Letters to the Editor

  • Mayawati's move
  • `Dignified campaign'
  • Gill nomination
  • India-Pakistan ties
  • Spanish verdict
  • Telecast row
  • Redefining secularism
  • J&K Bill

    Madhya Pradesh

  • Congress blocking Bhopal water project: BJP

    Madurai

  • Move to forge peace between `ostracised' families, villagers
  • Train halt to continue
  • Dog days ahead
  • Health camp
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Fishermen may move court against ban
  • Local soft drinks back on shelves as summer soars
  • Coaching centre's building opened
  • Jeevadan becomes operational
  • Yuva Shakti rally on April 5
  • Engagements

    Mysore

  • Tobacco growers seek enhancement in crop size
  • Felling of trees riles environmentalists
  • Man held, car accessories worth Rs. 5 lakh recovered
  • Gates foundation chief visits Mysore
  • Rebellion brewing in Mysore Congress unit
  • Rs. 360 crore earmarked to develop handloom sector

    Nagapattinam

  • `Take up cultivation of alternative crops'

    Nalgonda

  • "Scheduled Castes should benefit from panel's services"

    National

  • EC order on hoardings: BJP seeks clarifications
  • Sonia's tour in tribal belt of Gujarat fires up cadre
  • A dream come true, says Bappi Lahiri
  • CPI(M) disputes NDA claim
  • Congress has deviated from its basics: PM
  • Swamy hints at JP, JD(S), BSP tie-up
  • Congress seeks PM's apology
  • Plea to plug loopholes in EVMs
  • A blast-proof car for Naidu, courtesy his son
  • This is a duplicate Congress: Venkaiah
  • Nothing wrong in crossing LoC if need be: Dixit
  • PM phones Putin
  • It's not shining for these women
  • Buta Singh injured
  • Pakistan mobile signals cause concern
  • Supreme Court to hear plea against `Bharat Uday Yatra' on April 2
  • `New arms supplies to Pakistan will cause concern'
  • Air Sahara's maiden international flight on Monday
  • Advani for enforcement of two-child norm
  • `Over 55,000 EVMs for Orissa polls'
  • Hollywood oldies in colour soon
  • Joshi's poser on IIM fee controversy
  • Prasar Bharati, ISRO sign MoU for poor man's DTH'
  • `Personnel from outside must apply to all States'
  • BJP faces dissent in Bhagalpur
  • Court ban on mining in Aravalli Hills to continue
  • `Criticism of Sonia is criticism of Congress'
  • Police deny woman committed `sati'
  • JD(U)-BJP seat-sharing runs into rough weather again
  • BJP activist killed

    Nellore

  • Mixed reaction to TDP-BJP seat-sharing

    New Delhi

  • J&K Upper House Chairman to sue Srinagar daily
  • Relief for landmine victims
  • Airport a `scary' place for passengers
  • BJP is not communal: Shukla
  • Sahib Singh accused of misleading workers
  • Desilting of drains hit
  • A case for disabled-friendly polling booths
  • Major water crisis in Capital
  • EU lauds forestry project
  • Digvijay alleges Vajpayee of backtracking
  • `No candidate against Sonia, if Cong. reciprocates'
  • Centre asked to reimburse cost of glucometers
  • Govt. agencies, discoms asked to pay service charge
  • A `Dubai Festival' planned in Delhi
  • US move on visa backlog
  • Functioning of pre-paid booths to be reviewed
  • Two held for attempted rape
  • Errors in English paper
  • Five injured in lock-up scuffle
  • Haryana to identify qualified health professionals
  • Metro operation hit
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today

    News Analysis

  • Alliances and non-alliance
  • Poland performs a balancing act

    Nizamabad

  • Minorities hold the key to parties' fate
  • Official assaulted
  • Couple found murdered

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Pathanamthitta

  • New police station complex inaugurated
  • NGO moots new drinking water supply scheme

    Perambalur

  • Triple antigen project for Jayamkondam union
  • Rs. 223-cr. ACP for Perambalur dt.
  • 2,700 hectares of wasteland to be upgraded

    Pondicherry

  • EC bans use of plastic posters
  • Nation will be safe at the hands of Vajpayee: BJP chief
  • 7 held for fruit vendor's murder
  • `Removal of Congress flag unintentional'
  • `Accord main Opposition status to AIADMK'
  • `Government should take over Swadeshi mills'

    Rajasthan

  • `Promises not kept'

    Religion

  • God is epitome of benevolence

    Shimoga

  • `Women matched men in Sanskrit literature'
  • Bangarappa's aide back in the saddle in SUDA
  • Helplines for water relief

    Tamil Nadu

  • Children working for railway construction project
  • Venkaiah flays DMK, PMK `opportunism'
  • A backward region plagued by problems
  • DMK sidelining persons opposing Stalin: Aladi Aruna
  • Make helmet compulsory, PIL in High Court
  • `It will be a repeat of 1977'
  • AIADMK complains against DMK `collection drive'
  • Ring immunisation at Tenkasi
  • Balan case verdict on March 29
  • `Simplify formalities'
  • Grill employers observe fast
  • `Injecting drug users don't use condom, vulnerable to HIV'
  • `Networking among hospitals vital'
  • Double response system of prevention, control needed
  • Sri Lanka a big draw for Indian visitors
  • Indian Bank opens ATM at Chidambaram
  • It is all media's making', says Kanchi Acharya
  • Advice to employed Scheduled Caste members
  • Collector orders suspension of fair price shop salesman
  • VCD on Kanchi Mutt released
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • 5,500 govt. personnel to be deployed for poll works
  • Palani gears up for Panguni fest

    Tennis

  • Kamala Kannan made to sweat
  • Davenport, Roddick cruise

    Thanjavur

  • Commission for Women receives 578 petitions

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Travel agents association warns of stir against AI
  • Government staff urged to unite
  • Nod for screening uncensored films
  • Blaze at Ponmudi
  • House tax
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    This Day That Age

  • dated March 18, 1954: Textile industry centenary
  • dated March 18, 1954: Territorial Army
  • dated March 18, 1954: Family planning

    Tiruchi

  • Women sensitised to maintain cleanliness
  • `Check exodus of rural masses to urban areas'
  • Corporation plans to challenge order
  • `Understand basics of music, dance'
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • `Don't allow children to drive without licence'
  • Call for tapping solar power

    Tirupati

  • Gutkha seized, four arrested
  • CM's mother hospitalised

    Udupi

  • Nanaiah criticises `selfish' leaders

    Union Territories

  • `Dismal performance'

    Uttar Pradesh

  • Ayodhya talks take a backseat
  • BJP activist killed in firing

    Uttaranchal

  • Tehri seat a bone of contention

    Vijayawada

  • Hire and write: sad plight of SSC students
  • Election surveys draw flak from experts
  • Bharti Mobile zonal office inaugurated
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • PW bid to regain base in north Telangana
  • CPI(M) wants to contest at least one seat in Vizag
  • VPT closer to national record
  • Gunning down of Minister's husband condemned
  • Dental camp held
  • Body found
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Warangal

  • TDP confident of retaining power

    Weather

  • Weather

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