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Alappuzha

  • New coir yarn spinning wheel launched

    Anantapur

  • Fodder supply for ryots from today
  • Drinking water problem severe in Uravakonda: CPI(M)

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Release tribals languishing in jails: Court
  • Three naxals killed in encounter
  • Campaigning style raises concern
  • Raghupathy joins BJP
  • Several nominations rejected across State
  • TDP on its way out: Mani Shankar Aiyer
  • I deserve a long innings: Naidu
  • TTD Chairman is TDP candidate from Chittoor
  • Eluru civic chief, husband quit posts
  • Vayalar returns `satisfied'
  • Ex-MP files objections against NRI's nomination
  • Ex-MLA resigns from Congress
  • Lapse costs him party tag
  • 100 nominations rejected
  • `Disclosure of dues must'
  • Woman's death: case takes new turn
  • Agitations cannot achieve Telangana: BJP leader
  • US woman's husband charged with murder
  • Court closes writ plea on fund release by TTD
  • Junior colleges to reopen on June 2
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • TDP criticised for `attacking' Congress cadre
  • Collector asks parties to stick to poll code
  • 1,052 polling stations identified as sensitive
  • Nominations of nine candidates rejected

    Bangalore

  • BESCOM engineers training polling staff on EVM use
  • `No evidence against any Minister'
  • Six held on charge of attempt to murder
  • Mobile distribution of phone directory today
  • Cool weather continues
  • K.S. Sumithramma dead
  • Show-cause notice to engineering student
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Law & Order: Residential areas becoming a haven for vehicle lifters

    Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates
  • Stock Market Index

    Belgaum

  • Vasantrao Patil, Umesh Katti file nomination papers

    Bellary

  • 126 nominations accepted in Bellary district

    Briefly

  • Silver zooms
  • Inflation drops to 4.3 p.c.
  • BoI Coimbatore zone's record
  • HCL Tech to offer SIP solutions
  • GAIL completes DVPL project
  • Essar Shipping redeems NCDs
  • Kirloskar Brothers bags NTPC order
  • New Mangalore Port's feat
  • Acer launches new consumer desktop series
  • RINL signs MoU wioth the Steel Ministry
  • Syndicate Bank cuts interest rates
  • CIFC, ChrysCapital invests in IVRCL
  • J&K Bank ties up with Western Union
  • Headstrong to expand product portfolio
  • P&G cuts shampoo prices
  • Siemens shares delisted from DSE

    Business

  • Hilton open to pick up equity in hotel chains
  • IT Department slaps Rs. 261 cr. notice on Wipro
  • Rising rupee's hidden messages
  • Resorting to NTBs will not help India: DGFT
  • Downward correction in rupee
  • Rupee rise: `no impact on software exports'
  • Sensex extends gains
  • NRS 2003 to be released
  • MphasiS to acquire Kshema Technologies

    Cartoons

  • POCKET WATCH
  • Cartoon - II
  • Cartoon - I

    Chennai

  • Take up cleaning of Perungudi lake, say residents
  • Elevated MRTS portion becoming playground for children
  • Water shortage tells on city foliage
  • April 7 holiday
  • Boy falls to death
  • 4.7 lakh children to be given polio drops
  • MRTS specials for `Arupathumoovar' festival
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Anand wins rapid title

    Coimbatore

  • Government Arts College turns 150
  • Pollachi AIDS hospice struggling for funds
  • Powerloom jobworkers' plea on wages
  • Trees uprooted in rain
  • Man run over by temple car
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Law & Order: Spurious fuel causes concern

    Cricket

  • Pakistan is determined to bounce back
  • Pakistan has to get its act together
  • Team India puts celebrations on hold
  • Nehra to join team
  • Baby boy for Kumble
  • West Indies' feeble show continues
  • Ganguly could be fit for third Test
  • Miandad's six galvanised emotions

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7948
  • Solution to puzzle 7947

    Cuddalore

  • Girl dies after eating dried fish
  • Keep abreast of developments in computer industry, students told
  • Cuddalore Collector seeks additional forces for poll

    Cuddapah

  • Ravindra Reddy files papers from Mydukur
  • Government hospital functioning decried

    Editorials

  • GROWTH AND REALITY
  • DAMAGING DISCLOSURES

    Elections 2004

  • Muslims have few choices in Maharashtra
  • Pollsters wrong: Jayalalithaa
  • Searching for jobs, they leave their votes behind
  • Minister's rally attacked
  • Terrorist violence takes centre stage
  • POLL-POURRI
  • Elections could set tone for Bihar's future
  • Goa CM promises low-key campaign
  • Q & A : Mehbooba Mufti.
  • Q & A : Sitaram Yechury
  • TOMORROW'S LEADERS?
  • IN THE FAST LANE

    Front Page

  • Supreme Court bans surrogate ads on electronic media
  • Muslims have few choices in Maharashtra
  • Sri Lanka polls peaceful
  • Theft of Tagore memorabilia a national disaster: Vajpayee
  • Two Jaguars crash, pilots killed
  • New allies join NATO
  • IT notice

    Golf

  • Sorenstam sets her sights high

    Gulbarga

  • Kalmankar's son quits Congress

    Guntur

  • Chilli farmers hold up traffic for six hours
  • Four file papers in Guntur district

    Hassan

  • Puttaswamy Gowda's poser to JD(S)
  • Three of a family killed in accident
  • Showers lash Hassan

    Himachal Pradesh

  • Congress steps to become media savvy

    Hockey

  • SAI, Major Ports advance

    Hyderabad

  • Russian acrobats add to glitter at Great Bombay Circus
  • No power supply
  • `Shadow teams' to monitor troublemakers
  • Nagender holds strategy meet with BJP
  • A dash of glamour to TDP campaign
  • Five ex-MLAs in Telangana Janata Party list
  • All set for DSC exam
  • Shatrughan Sinha to campaign on April 6
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • Pakistan detains 24 Indian fishermen

    International

  • `Impersonation' in Sri Lankan poll
  • Another milestone for Europe
  • Arafat could become target, says Sharon
  • Humanitarian action — how legitimate is it?
  • U.S. ignored German advice on WMD?
  • Sailing tall, in the last lap
  • Nepal Opposition leaders hurt in police action
  • Dying for a living
  • Rice to testify before panel on Thursday
  • Questions on electric chairs
  • New BBC Chairman
  • Bill moved in Pakistan to institutionalise role of Army
  • We have an open mind: Riaz Khokar

    Karimnagar

  • Withdraw candidates, CPI leader tells TRS
  • Karimnagar segment Congress leaders back ex-PCC chief
  • TRS nominee rules out withdrawal
  • Candidates launch campaign

    Karnataka

  • Krishna seeks mandate to complete `unfinished work'
  • `Janata Party, a serious contender'
  • NABARD refinance aid Rs. 1,842 crore
  • Politicians don't impress them
  • Infuriated Manjunath contacts Krishna
  • Hopelessness is the lot of farmers in Hassan district
  • Rs. 10 crore from NMPT for rail project
  • Congress wants to debar original Indians: Venkaiah
  • BDA Commissioner told to appear before High Court Bench
  • Lower court order modified
  • North Karnataka saw close finishes in 1999 elections
  • Students develop voting machine
  • Teachers can help prevent student suicides
  • Kannada Nadu for development sans bias
  • Two held on charge of helping Veerappan kidnap Nagappa
  • Congress to announce second list soon
  • BJP retains Pramila Nesargi for Chamarajpet
  • New AIDS therapy at Bowring Hospital
  • Reliance in race for KPCL contract
  • Raghupathy joins BJP
  • JD(S) to release second list tomorrow
  • KUIDFC board recast
  • Briefly
  • From The Districts

    Karnataka - Others

  • It is not going to be a smooth affair
  • All is not well with Uttara Kannada Congress
  • `Industry-institute cells must in colleges'
  • Can S.S. Patil do a hat-trick?
  • Services of 13 Govt. staff terminated
  • Former panchayat chief murdered
  • Heavy rain in Chitradurga
  • Police biased, says BJP
  • Train halts extended

    Kerala

  • Antony anticipates tough electoral fight
  • Case against Minister dropped
  • Wahab, bar licence fee issues to dominate LDF meet
  • E-textbooks for high school classes soon
  • Apex court verdict may hit MBBS admissions
  • Pulse Polio: partially-immunised pockets pose threat
  • `Kurudan' makes suicide easy for farmers
  • Plea against slab system: hearing adjourned
  • High Court upholds dropping of case against K.V. Thomas
  • Life term for three in Kuppana hooch tragedy case
  • Government stays panchayat's order against Coke plant
  • Minister happy
  • Court shows leniency to Shobhana
  • Software for school examinations
  • Bar hotels to be closed indefinitely
  • Ahmed flays public display of sword by Advani
  • Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair award announced
  • Elephant runs amok, kills man
  • Compensation given to farmers' families
  • Termination of Pleader's service: plea to review order
  • `Left Front' to contest 15 seats
  • Halt for trains extended
  • Two killed in road accident
  • Enumerators' fee
  • Nabard disbursed Rs.680 crores in 2003-04
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Summer showers in Pathanamthitta

    Kochi

  • KRL on a song
  • Sebastian Paul confident of victory
  • Auto drivers create commotion
  • Rs. 2,660-crore loan for Ernakulam
  • Model question bank on the anvil
  • Exhibition of paper-based products
  • Annual fete
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Law & Order: Casting the net on cheats

    Kottayam

  • Plea to hand over surplus land to KFDC
  • Lightning kills one
  • Padmaja meets NSS leaders

    Kozhikode

  • Candidates get down to business in Kozhikode
  • CAPD kindles hopes in kidney failure patients
  • Handloom expo a big draw
  • PMRY target achieved

    Kurnool

  • Farooq files papers for Nandyal seat

    Leader Page Articles

  • Not the IIMs alone
  • Final push for polio eradication

    Letters to the Editor

  • Vision Document
  • Polls sans discipline
  • Modi's remarks
  • Hindutva as secularism
  • Misuse of media
  • Making history
  • IIM issue
  • Needed, a rethink
  • BSNL rates

    Madhya Pradesh

  • Ujjain ready for rush of pilgrims, says CM

    Madurai

  • Law & Order: Gearing for the `khaki' career
  • 3 lakh children in Madurai dt. to be administered drops
  • Will summer shower its mercies?
  • Ramadoss hopeful of DPA win
  • Officials check functioning of electronic voting machines
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Jayaram Shetty's decision a jolt to BJP
  • Mangalore goes into election mode
  • `Bridge the gap between the academia, market demands'
  • Two undertrials escape from hospital cell
  • Hrudaya Bhagya gets under way
  • Illicit liquor seized
  • Anniversary
  • Engagements

    Mysore

  • Politicians can survive, but not their followers
  • Vehicles pose a threat to animals in Bandipur park
  • Institute to promote academic research
  • 50,000 devotees witness Pancharathotsava
  • Call for close Sino-India ties in information technology
  • New distillery near Nanjangud opposed

    Nagercoil

  • Yagasala puja for kumbhabishekam

    National

  • No one must be coerced to vote, says CEC
  • Kalam stresses geo-political importance of Siachen
  • Parties welcome ban on ads
  • Defence expert confirms Congress version
  • My absence will not affect campaign: Pawar
  • CEC declines to react on Supreme Court order
  • Gujarat given time to respond on transfer of post-Godhra cases
  • We have no faith in BJP's vision, says Sonia
  • Court rejects petition against Bharat Uday Yatra
  • Vajpayee opposed move to resume nuclear programme in 1979: Congress
  • India-China trade on a high
  • IIM-A for dialogue with Ministry
  • Sonia's foreign origin a political issue: Advani
  • Coming: Google mail
  • Scribe injured
  • Army Chief inspects last phase of fencing
  • Suresh Prabhu quits task force
  • Stay on release of Swiss couple hailed
  • Supreme Court notice to CBI on Hindujas' plea
  • Government to finance Hepatitis B vaccine project
  • CPI to contest five Assembly seats in Orissa
  • MTNL reduces ISD rates
  • Tohra cremated
  • Expert puzzled over timing

    Nellore

  • Vote for development, BJP chief tells people

    New Delhi

  • Kendriya Bhandar weekly rates
  • Sharp decline of voters in five constituencies
  • Sheila Government on the roll
  • Rights group not allowed to gherao CEC office
  • Congress ticket for Sikh candidate sought
  • Azerbaijan women arrested
  • Brother held on rape charge
  • Arrested for blackmailing girl
  • Free treatment for AIDS patients
  • Medical journal released
  • Railway ticket tout nabbed
  • Child from Multan a new link in ties
  • DDA camp on grievances
  • Haryana denies Delhi Jal Board's allegations
  • `Leave Chandni Chowk seat for JD (S)'
  • Sentenced to life
  • Mughal Gardens for Servicemen
  • SC notice to contractors in liquor auction case
  • Release 3000 tribals languishing in jails, Supreme Court tells A.P.
  • Congress a divided house over party tickets
  • Ustad Vilayat Khan remembered
  • Delhi's water table sinking
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today
  • Law & Order: Illegal channels causing concern

    Nizamabad

  • Customers gherao BSNL official

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Pathanamthitta

  • LDF poll convention in Konni

    Perambalur

  • Women SHG takes to construction activity

    Pondicherry

  • Pondy police face many a challenge
  • Rajni fans association members want police protection
  • Sathiyavathy, new CEO
  • Power shutdown
  • Jha to get second medical opinion
  • Rs. 38.5-lakh handicrafts sold in fair
  • Ban programme: CPI (M)
  • Stenographers oppose move to amend recruitment rules
  • Over 94,000 to be covered

    Raichur

  • Brahmins told to back pro-Hindu candidates

    Rajasthan

  • Identify sensitive booths, officials told

    Religion

  • Rama, doyen of virtue

    Shimoga

  • Election officers for Shimoga district

    Sports : General

  • Jetty Joseph leaps to long jump gold
  • Ronak Pandit beats Jaspal Rana
  • Sprints and Jumps Academy in Madurai

    Tamil Nadu

  • Congress to field Chidambaram, Elangovan
  • Rajnikant fans attacked, case against Ramadoss
  • Wait for Congress list continues in Delhi
  • Neutral group counsels patience in Bench row
  • Small-clawed otter rescued from poachers in Valparai
  • New silkworm rearing, a money-spinner in Harur
  • Lack of jobs a major problem
  • Court guidelines for maintenance of cows
  • `Right to information movement will enrich democracy'
  • `Agriculture production maintained despite drought'
  • STF nabs 2 wanted men near Sathyamangalam court
  • `Encourage animal husbandry to improve income generation'
  • Pattabiram residents spend sleepless nights, sweaty days
  • Donor milked his blood for a living, battles for life
  • Brothers fighting to retain ownership of shipwreck
  • Jayalalithaa greets Jains
  • Review meeting for examination staff
  • Support for DPA
  • `Vision document makes public BJP's hidden agenda'
  • An exhibition on drinking water projects
  • Madurai tense after attack on Rajni fans
  • Importance of computer literacy stressed
  • Plea to EC
  • Gaur found dead on Salem-Yercaud ghat road
  • 2 hurt in wild bear attack
  • Double life term for murdering wife, son
  • Aavin curd in plastic cups
  • Air Vice-Marshal in Chennai
  • Argon Laser donated
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • 1.70 lakh children to be given polio drops in Pudukottai dt.
  • Arrangements for polio programme
  • Two brothers hacked to death
  • Campaign vehicle flagged off

    Tennis

  • Yan Chong, Melanie in final
  • Serena, Roddick advance
  • Yogesh, Settu in semifinals

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Project to boost science education in schools
  • Immoral traffic network busted
  • Deemed varsity status sought for medical college
  • Highway patrolling to be intensified: DGP
  • Lensman's death: legal notice to Government
  • Track flaw detected, train detained
  • Highway patrolling to be intensified: DGP
  • Bombs thrown at police team
  • Muthukad to present Mukundan's novel in magic form
  • Isolated rain likely
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Law & Order: Police web portal a big `hit'

    This Day That Age

  • dated April 3, 1954: French ban
  • dated April 3, 1954: Ceylon's new order
  • dated April 3, 1954: Hawaii and Alaska
  • dated April 3, 1954: Awards for films

    Thrissur

  • M.P. Paul remembrance meeting

    Tiruchi

  • Don't appeal against court order: consumer council
  • Defeat NDA, says AITUC
  • Special buses for Panguni Uthiram festival
  • Interference in higher education deplored
  • Wireless sets for gatemen
  • Plea to declare Sringeri a hermitage centre
  • Dak Adalat
  • Compensation ordered for accident victims
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirupati

  • `Muddu' keeps everyone guessing
  • SSC students worried over 2 tests on same day

    Udupi

  • Sabapathy, Jayaprakash Hegde file nomination papers
  • Pulse Polio to cover 91,259 children in Udupi

    Uttar Pradesh

  • NDA will sweep Lok Sabha polls: Joshi
  • Vote for BJP, says Himayat Committee
  • Kalyan's advise to politicians: Don't oppose common code
  • Togadia criticises vision document

    Vellore

  • 4.15 lakh children to be immunised against polio in Vellore district

    Vijayawada

  • Jaganmohan Raju is BJP nominee for Vijayawada East
  • Intense speculation over Nehru joining TDP
  • Ex-Congress MLA threatens to contest as independent
  • Chandralapadu peaceful
  • Five candidates file nominations
  • Partially built stalls greet people at industrial expo
  • Police set up check-posts
  • Lok Ayukta appalled at poor sanitation in Government hospital
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Two BSP candidates' nominations rejected
  • EVMs cannot be manipulated: Collector
  • Courier firm asked to pay compensation
  • Changes in city bus routes
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Warangal

  • Voters pay TDP candidate's deposit

    Weather

  • Weather

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