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  • Focus on development of villages: Chennithala

    • Anantapur

  • Hectic schedule for YSR today
  • Lawyers urged to create awareness on human rights

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • House panel probe on computer purchase ordered
  • Four Maoists killed in encounter
  • TTD to develop properties in other States
  • Student's death triggers protest
  • Civic chief threatens dharna
  • Koneru Ranga Rao offers to quit
  • Elected representatives to be nominated to WUAs
  • `No talks till naxals shun arms'
  • Police hot on heels of naxals
  • TDP threatens to move court on power plant
  • Arrival of `king' livens up fruit market
  • House panel to probe purchase of computers
  • House panel to look into complaints
  • CLP planning campaign against Naidu in Delhi
  • Official lapse makes students tense
  • Congress seeks TDP's apology
  • DGP calls for restraint
  • Briefly

    • Athletics

  • Kenteris, Thanou cleared

    • Badminton

  • Rich haul by TCBA
  • Popat bows out

    • Bangalore

  • Property owners defaulted on tax payment: BMP panel
  • Offices of two builders raided; five employees held
  • Thieves make off with cash, cellphones from shop
  • Three playback singers honoured
  • Man kidnapped, released
  • Man who died in car had heart attack
  • Power cut in some areas today
  • DishTV launched in city
  • Vaccination for pets
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Basketball

  • College of Engg. triumphs

    • Bellary

  • 1,000 hamlets to be electrified using solar power

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Joshi battles past Bolton

    • Business

  • ONGC forays into retailing
  • Forex reserves cross $140 b-mark
  • MUL sets up driving school in Bangalore
  • Jamshedpur among 6 cities under UNGC Pilot Programme
  • Xerox ties up with Godrej Prima
  • Oracle raises offer for Retek
  • Jaiprakash Associates' plans

    • Chennai

  • Lane system on Poonamallee High Road
  • City theatre to screen first IMAX film next year
  • A silver jubilee garden at Anna varsity soon
  • Raids on IMFL outlets, employees suspended
  • Ends life to give vision to her children
  • Students request change in MCA class schedule
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Svidler downs Leko

    • Coimbatore

  • Crackdown on road rule violators
  • Air Deccan to resume Mumbai services
  • Student drowned
  • Farmers dissatisfied with Budgets
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Sarva Seva is champion
  • IOB promoted to `A' division
  • Kshitij, Mudasir slam centuries
  • Four-wkt. win for Press XI
  • Binny, Patel bat well; Sivasankar scalps six
  • Bowlers continue to call the shots
  • Dravid's feat
  • Manohar keeps Hyderabad's hopes alive
  • Kaarthick's Test best
  • Any result possible, feels Dravid
  • Martyn anchors Australian innings
  • Big win for BEML
  • Big win for Royal
  • Good knock by Rahul
  • Swift Response wins

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 2597
  • Solution to puzzle 2596

    • Cuddapah

  • Service tax evasion detected
  • Five panchayats merged with Municipal Corporation
  • Two die as lorry overturns

    • Dharwad

  • Karnataka varsity to peg deficit at Rs. 1.60 crores
  • Two witnesses charged with fabricating evidence
  • Water supply schedule for Dharwad

    • Erode

  • Councillors' cup of complaints overflows
  • Chairperson's complaint

    • Football

  • Dempo downs Sporting

    • Front Page

  • Reconsider decision, Manmohan tells U.S.
  • Decision was based on NHRC's findings: U.S.
  • VAT not from April 1, say BJP-ruled States
  • Centre consulting States on management quota seats: Arjun
  • Jnanpith for Jayakanthan
  • Lok Sabha approves President's rule in Bihar
  • Amendments on role of Governors ruled out
  • ``End agro subsidies of rich countries''
  • When the going gets tough, Dravid gets going
  • Bucknor regrets having given Sachin out
  • Karunakaran meets Sonia
  • Narain disappointed
  • G-20 denies any cracks
  • Shaheen-II test-fired
  • Prisoners to be released
  • Award returned

    • Generalia

  • PAU (Ludhiana) claims honours
  • Journalists' sports meet begins

    • Golf

  • Johl climbs up to shared 10th
  • Rajaram steals the show
  • Mukesh Kumar emerges leader
  • Ramesh and Nair win
  • North in lead

    • Guntur

  • Statue, power poles in the way of RTC services
  • A lot remains to be done
  • Penalty waiver for CellOne customers
  • New software introduced

    • Hassan

  • Dharam Singh's meeting with Deve Gowda defended
  • Minister seeks stringent laws against acid attacks
  • Three BJP leaders join Congress

    • Hockey

  • Punjab, Tamil Nadu post wins

    • Hubli

  • Women told to harness their talent
  • Hubli-Chennai Express flagged off

    • Hyderabad

  • Drama atop stadium floodlights Youth's suicide threat sends police into a tizzy
  • Telugu touch to Miss India finals
  • BJP seeks Rs. 200-cr. aid for MCH
  • Property tax payment date extended
  • Private security cover sought for Mecca Masjid
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Crime Watch

    • India & World

  • U.K. Muslim groups welcome U.S. decision on Modi

    • International

  • U.S. will not remain silent, N. Korea told
  • Bank staff upset over Wolfowitz nomination
  • Team to visit violence-hit Baloch towns
  • Judge to examine prior evidence against Jackson
  • Kennan, architect of U.S. Cold War policy
  • Oxford Union honours Kadirgamar
  • World's first cloned buffalo in good shape
  • G-8 accord on checking illegal logging
  • Adelaide, a destination for international students
  • Alarm as seabirds starve to death
  • Aid agencies to monitor tsunami relief work
  • Blast rocks Beirut
  • $1 billion aid for Haiti

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • J&K seeks Rs. 1,600 crores rehabilitation package
  • J&K Assembly proceedings stalled

    • Kannur

  • CPI plans peace rally

    • Karnataka

  • Lawyers end fast, but agitation continues
  • Scientific techniques advocated to solve cases
  • Legislators demand airport for Bijapur too
  • Rain-gauges to be provided to all gram panchayats
  • Tsunami warning system likely by September 2007
  • India to provide telemedicine links to Afghanistan
  • Daily power consumption touches 113 mu
  • Daljit Mirchandani elected chief of CII
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Govt. keen on Upper Bhadra Project: Chief Minister
  • Pollution threatening Kali river
  • VAT will prevent tax evasion, says Moily
  • Robots steal the show at `Engineer 2005'
  • Settle disputes through Lok Adalats, advocates told
  • Two killed in accidents

    • Kerala

  • Karunakaran meets Sonia, rally plan stays
  • Flying set to shed its elitist tag
  • KAU budget approved amidst bedlam
  • New lending schemes in KSCB budget
  • Party more important than leaders: Chandy
  • TDB presents Rs. 42-crore budget for Sabarimala
  • Hundreds witness Laksharchana
  • Two special trains to Chennai
  • Three run over by rail engine
  • Liquor policy flayed
  • Briefly

    • Kochi

  • Holy feast on scenic shores
  • Corporation seeks cut in rates of interest on dues
  • Thankachan backs Antony's stand on disciplinary action
  • Hearing on waste-disposal facility on April 20
  • Goods trains to run on Venduruthy Bridge
  • Training for treatment of torture victims
  • Universal public distribution system sought
  • Award presented
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Ailing tusker dead
  • Music fete in honour of Devarajan
  • Anti-Murali `I' group meet on March 29

    • Kozhikode

  • West Asian Department shifted to Tenhipalam
  • X-ray units, ultrasound scan inaugurated at MCH

    • Kurnool

  • Land acquisition for projects reviewed

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Speculation over leadership change grips BJP in Madhya Pradesh

    • Madikeri

  • Timber piling up in depots

    • Madurai

  • Bench lauds Collector's efforts
  • `Be social entrepreneurs, improve quality of life'
  • MKU fee payment schedule
  • Water bodies to be renovated
  • Stir leads to `congestion' of telephone lines
  • `Convene talks on wage accord'
  • New service
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • NCP MLAs left to fend for themselves

    • Mangalore

  • Woman ends life after cataract surgery fails
  • Honest taxpayers honoured
  • Exhibition of products made by special children
  • Journalists given NGO Task Force awards for 2004
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Two children locked up in office building rescued

    • Nagercoil

  • Steps to get fishermen released from Pak Navy custody

    • National

  • U.S. unlikely to change decision on Modi
  • We are not concerned, says CPI(M)
  • Diplomatic discourtesy, says BJP
  • Protests in Surat
  • Jayakanthan happy
  • 'A deep understanding of human nature'
  • A tribute to Mother Teresa, a triumph for M.F.Husain
  • This shoe does not pinch
  • Srinagar highway open to traffic
  • Condemnable, says Vaiko
  • Shekhawat accepts Nirupam's resignation
  • Minimal access surgery units for government hospitals soon
  • U.S. flag burnt in Indore
  • BSNL urges executives to give up agitation
  • Buddhadeb meets Manmohan
  • Orissa Speaker may break ranks with NDA
  • Traders' strike in Orissa protesting VAT
  • Cancels invitation
  • BJP informed beforehand
  • Nag enters production phase

    • Nellore

  • Cancer cases on the rise: expert

    • New Delhi

  • Evaluation of Delhi Vidyut Board not fair, says CAG
  • Question mark over functioning of Delhi Financial Corporation
  • Friendicoes appeals to DDA against demolition
  • Two rape cases reported
  • Licensing Branch takes lead in installing CCTV cameras
  • BJP, Shiv Sena protest against visa denial to Modi
  • Consumer court fines mobile phone company
  • Bid to promote art as teaching tool
  • Antlers recovered; one held
  • Businessman stabbed, robbed
  • Vehicle prices to go up
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • A `promising' visit
  • A winner and a loser in Gujarat

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Dhanalakshmi Bank opens NRI centre

    • Perambalur

  • NABARD funds for creation of tank near Veppanthattai

    • Pondicherry

  • Kannan comes out with more allegations
  • NGOs duplicating relief to fishermen

    • Salem

  • `We will put an end to child trafficking'

    • Shimoga

  • Congress block committee elections postponed
  • Govt. employees' union demands apology from MLA
  • Four die in road accidents

    • Sport

  • When the going gets tough, Dravid gets going
  • Bucknor regrets having given Sachin out
  • Narain finishes 17th in first qualifying
  • Sepang is tough on rookies

    • Sports : General

  • Madras HC refuses to interfere with lower court order
  • Indian team for World Junior meet

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Centre plans to import fibreglass boats from Japan, China: Aiyar
  • Ruling party, Opposition should work in unison: Karunanidhi
  • Scheme to make students employable, improve skills
  • Arjun Singh calls for cohesive approach to issues
  • `Use technology to enhance fighting capabilities'
  • This topper overcame the challenge
  • No hurdle to Sethu project: Vaiko
  • 7 PT men held for `possessing weapons'
  • Refresher courses for police to deal with man-missing cases
  • Refund tuition fee to colleges, court tells varsity
  • Seven Sri Lankan Tamils arrested
  • Body found in Kodai hills
  • Panel sitting ends
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Fibreglass boats, nets given to fishermen
  • Burglars spray chemical on inmates, decamp with jewels
  • Body found

    • Tennis

  • Vishal gets past Vikram
  • Davenport blanks Sharapova
  • Vinod Sridhar takes title without any fuss
  • Shankar in final
  • Gautham Vinith, Anunisha shine
  • Prakash loses in quarterfinals

    • Thanjavur

  • Alternate crops to be raised on 30000 hectares

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Villages facing severe water scarcity
  • First chartered flight from St. Petersburg to arrive today
  • Kannur students to take SSLC exam on March 30
  • MLA's demand
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • Thrissur

  • Improve relations with public, police told
  • `Hindus should be a unified force'
  • Festival of films based on plays from March 20

    • Tiruchi

  • Institute of Hotel Management to offer three new courses
  • Accent on self-employment
  • Corporation nets 70 p.c. of property tax demand
  • Farm workers held
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • BSNL telecommunication services disrupted
  • `38 lakh SHGs received govt. help'
  • Take part in social movements, women told

    • Tirupati

  • Governor inaugurates Dasari auditorium

    • Tuticorin

  • Public hearing on post-tsunami living conditions
  • Bank gesture to seven SHGs

    • Udupi

  • Stripping: Action sought against police officers
  • `Byndoor weighbridge not working properly'
  • `Create quest for right knowledge in children'
  • `Women should be aware of the law'
  • Minister promises uniforms, books by June

    • Uttaranchal

  • Government jobs for women activists
  • Uttaranchal Budget Session likely to be stormy

    • Vijayawada

  • Power shutdown in certain areas
  • Session adjourned
  • VMC budget: TDP stages novel protest
  • 10 lakh devotees expected for Ammavari festival
  • ATM counters' functioning disrupted
  • 2 SSC students booked
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Water supply will not be hit: VMC
  • Rs. 25 lakhs for welfare of washermen
  • Man charged with kidnapping schoolgirl
  • Another sex racket busted
  • BJP dharna against Congress `failures'
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Wrestling

  • Sanjay defeats Durgesh

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