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    Anantapur

  • CIs shuffled

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Government seeks explanation on petrol price hike
  • Naxal couple killed in encounter
  • Confusion in trade circles over VAT
  • Villagers up in arms against naxals
  • Batch of 1999 in income-tax net
  • B schools urged to focus on ethics
  • Ministers asked to reach out to peopleFocus on solving power, water woes
  • A ray of hope at last
  • House panel reviews functioning of Forest, Civil Supplies Corporations
  • TRS threatens to drive away `outsiders' Row over posting of deputy surveyors
  • JNTU for innovative revaluation system
  • Suri's custody extended till April 11
  • `Violation' of ban on teacher recruitments Four officials face suspension
  • Good openings for horticulture students
  • BJP welcomes Government offer
  • TDP dares Congress to hold early civic poll
  • Toll collection on 27 bridges abolished
  • Apologise to people, TDP tells Congress
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Café with ethnic touch
  • Farmer suicides: probe panel holds review meeting

    • Archery

  • A chance to book World championship berth

    • Athletics

  • Athletes honoured

    • Bangalore

  • Spurt in chain-snatching cases alarms women
  • People have welcomed withdrawal of pay-and-park scheme: Mayor
  • Two women lose chains
  • Chemists drop stir plan
  • Photography contest
  • Yoga classes
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Basketball

  • Kottayam has it easy

    • Belgaum

  • Respond to people's problems, policemen told
  • Fake certificate racket unearthed in Belgaum

    • Bellary

  • Movement of ore-laden lorries banned
  • Bellary Mayor resumes duty

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Mixed luck for East Cultural

    • Business

  • `Switch to laser printers and save costs'
  • Austrian firm buys out boiler unit
  • MMTC to set up six free trade and warehousing zones
  • Forex reserves drop $1.2 b
  • BEL estimates profit at Rs. 656 crores
  • Rural marketing agencies form forum
  • Association of contract research organisations formed

    • Carrom

  • Thi Gita beats Suvarna

    • Chennai

  • School heads discuss categories of excellence
  • Seepage in Red Hills lake minor: officials
  • Corporation to take up conservancy works in slums
  • Pocket pickers keep constable on his toes
  • Found dead
  • Training to coastal villagers in disaster preparedness
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Hari Krishna begins with a draw
  • SJCE triumphs

    • Coimbatore

  • Deputy Commissioner to probe charges of garbage dumping
  • Varsity warning
  • Recruitment programme today
  • Indian Airlines offer
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • India should pick a coach in Wright's mould: Simpson
  • Unbeaten 123 by Suresh Kohli
  • Best win against Pakistan
  • Haryana has Services in a bind
  • India in semifinals
  • Pakistan may not have nets
  • Kochi — Tendulkar's happy hunting ground
  • ZTL issues legal notices to BCCI and Dalmiya
  • Sandeep scalps five
  • Rain delays start

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    • Cuddalore

  • AIDWA members stage hunger strike
  • 2 injured as boat capsizes in the sea

    • Cuddapah

  • Traditional programmes to mark Ugadi festivities
  • CITU opposes night shifts for women

    • Dharwad

  • Water supply schedule for Dharwad

    • Erode

  • Mariamman festival concludes
  • Police remove Mariamman idol

    • Football

  • Southern lifts trophy
  • Easy win for Young Challengers
  • MCE posts win

    • Front Page

  • Pope John Paul II dead
  • World leaders pay tribute
  • Foolproof security for bus passengers: Centre
  • Ready to discuss all issues: PM
  • Nitish Kumar woos Paswan
  • Indians pull off an easy victory
  • Indifferent batting form still a cause for concern
  • Basu to step down as CPI(M) Polit Bureau member
  • In custody
  • Quakes hit Sumatra
  • Memorials planned
  • Actress to be questioned

    • Golf

  • Mukesh takes lead
  • Six Indians for Johnny Walker Classic

    • Gulbarga

  • Fall in cooperative sector lending to agriculture

    • Guntur

  • Chilli farmers feel let down

    • Hockey

  • PCTC, Bangalore survives
  • India loses to Malaysia

    • Hyderabad

  • Krishna water for Ibrahimpatnam villages soon: Minister
  • Health action plan on the anvil
  • RTC to introduce four city bus services
  • Road-widening in Madhapur to be over by July
  • Referral status to private hospitals flayed
  • Lok Satta's meet for women today
  • Propertyplus
  • NIMS allotted 150 acres of land
  • Chemists form emergency cell
  • SIMS teaching hospital operational from next year
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • ``Will discuss Kashmir with Manmohan''

    • International

  • Koirala vows to mobilise support against King
  • Akayev agrees to step down
  • Ancient rituals to find a modern Pope
  • "Sandy" Berger pleads guilty
  • Draft treaty on nuclear terrorism
  • A bimbo bumped off
  • Hike in congestion charge
  • Spotting fake smiles

    • Karimnagar

  • TDP remarks on civic polls criticised

    • Karnataka

  • Bangalore One launched; becomes functional
  • Team Mangalore for French kite fest
  • `State won't remain silent on illegal projects'
  • `Enforcing powers will make rights panel more effective'
  • Steps to prevent illegal use of LPG cylinders
  • Students of govt. schools to get uniforms by June 15
  • All-party team to meet Prime Minister
  • Major role for panchayats in implementation of schemes
  • Tanks in two districts to be restored
  • BJP seeks special session on projects
  • Two sahitya sammelans likely this year
  • Stem cell research holds cure to chronic ailments
  • No going back on VAT: Dharam Singh
  • Ensure social justice, gram panchayats told
  • Water suppliers under BIS scanner
  • Coin box phone pulse rate 60 seconds
  • Briefly
  • From the Districts

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Govt. committed to decentralisation of democracy: Minister
  • Meet to discuss pollution of Kali
  • Police Flag Day observed in Davangere
  • Vimochana Ranga condemns attacks on intellectuals
  • Violence after election of panchayat chief

    • Kerala

  • New firm holds hopes for Tata Tea workers
  • Order affects students from quota list
  • House panel finds flaws in Headload Act
  • Move to axe trees on temple lands
  • Case against Kunhalikutty: court to consider plea
  • Question paper leak: `fictitious' firm got contract
  • Withdraw QSSS from housing project: Vedi
  • Final list of constituencies by mid-May
  • Chidambaram visits Guruvayur temple
  • Expert panel to look into traders' problems
  • Strict norms for seafood export to Japan
  • Catholic forums defend QSSS
  • Woman remanded; to be brought to State
  • Conversion alleged in Alapad
  • Economic Census in May
  • `Government stance partisan'
  • Chandy reviews development project work
  • Briefly

    • Kochi

  • Traffic thrown out of gear
  • Rehabilitation of tsunami victims may be delayed
  • Applications invited
  • Pakistan cricketers interact with schoolchildren
  • Study camp on VAT
  • Heritage project
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Chandy to inaugurate `Vikasanolsavam'
  • Lok adalat for tsunami victims today

    • Kottayam

  • Kottayam district facing drinking water scarcity
  • Cultural programmes mark birth anniversary of Kottarathil Sankunni

    • Kozhikode

  • AICC programmes will be implemented: Murali
  • `Media part of commercial empire in the U.S.'

    • Kurnool

  • Inspectors transferred

    • Madikeri

  • Furore over delay in transfer of land

    • Madurai

  • Efforts under way to make Madurai child labour-free
  • Colleges up in arms against MKU course affiliation fee
  • Rs.15-cr plan to tackle water crisis
  • Bench poser to Ministry
  • Arrangements for Chithirai festival reviewed
  • PM invited to Madurai
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Give policemen their due, says retired official
  • VAT will give expected results: Siddaramaiah
  • Poojary tells fishermen to be more vocal
  • Association to felicitate differently abled persons
  • Apply law equally to all: vedike
  • 13 medals for policemen in western range
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Efforts needed to reduce backlog of cases: judge
  • 13 policemen felicitated in Mysore
  • Mysore university to hold coaching classes for NET
  • `Fast-track courts have not helped'

    • Nagapattinam

  • PPI to benefit 1.50 lakh children

    • National

  • Paswan warned against getting support from BJP
  • Decks cleared for Delhi one-dayer
  • The Hindu's commitment to serious journalism commended
  • Indo-German joint commission to meet
  • VAT impasse: Sinha blames UPA
  • Iron Age habitational site found at Adichanallur
  • Indian talent set to `animate' global cinema
  • Nandita Puri's book released
  • IIM-Ahmedabad to maintain status quo in fee structure
  • "Mother Teresa's sainthood will not be affected if Pope dies"
  • Special prayers for Pope in Meghalaya
  • Attack on Geelani: editor questioned
  • India-E.U. parliamentary forum launched
  • An important landmark in our ties: Kalam
  • `Socio-economic factors behind growth of naxalism'
  • SC declines to review ruling on inheritance of caste
  • Denial of permission, an expected move
  • Tension along Assam-Nagaland border
  • Efforts on for `mahajot' for West Bengal civic polls
  • Militants renew threat, 2 passengers cancel journey
  • Despair, anger stalk resettlement site
  • Confederation of NGOs formed
  • UGC to be asked to review women's studies
  • "M.P. Government betraying interests of tribals"
  • Security plan for bus passengers
  • Jailed for torturing husband
  • First IT park opens in Delhi
  • Musharraf's photos in Valley sign of new bonhomie
  • J&K Assembly passes VAT Bill
  • Mufti to take up issue with Manmohan
  • NOC not needed for approval of teacher training institutes: court
  • Workshop to discuss Himalayan seismicity
  • Integrated coastal zone management advocated
  • Manmohan to launch rural electrification scheme
  • Powers to local bodies: Constitutional amendment likely

    • Nellore

  • Paddy purchase

    • New Delhi

  • Water charges and VAT issue dominate Assembly session
  • BJP may take water hike issue to `people's court'
  • Capital gets its first "IT Park''
  • A setback to Sonia Vihar water treatment plant
  • Four arrested for robberies
  • Power company fined for faulty bills
  • CINEMA
  • CBI probe into Matharu's appointment demanded
  • Robbers arrested with stolen rice
  • Two held for extortion
  • Seven years' RI in assault case
  • `Gandhi more relevant today'
  • Health camp for CBI officers
  • Parkinson's helpline
  • Workshop for Blueline bus drivers
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Now, people have lent dynamism to the peace process

    • Nizamabad

  • Hectic Nagara Baata schedule for YSR
  • Awareness programme on Praja Patham tomorrow
  • Seven-year jail for murder attempt

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Pondicherry

  • Confusion in Pondicherry
  • Fishing harbour project awaits Agriculture Ministry clearance
  • Hazard safety cell formed in Pondy
  • MBA admission course list released
  • Fishermen resume operations
  • Government staff stage dharna
  • Government employees announce schedule of agitations
  • Parents Association thanks Rangasamy
  • Labour union welcomes takeover of mills

    • Racing : Motor

  • Alonso takes provisional pole; Narain 17th

    • Salem

  • Vidya Nagar stinks
  • `Sensitise students on courses, careers'

    • Sport

  • Indians pull off an easy victory
  • Indifferent batting form still a cause for concern
  • I am happy with the response from fans
  • Yere Goud holding the fort

    • Sports : General

  • Asia Cup meet to be held in Kolkata

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Fall into line on VAT: trade and industry
  • College students to cross check electoral rolls on April 17
  • Restore livelihood: Mani Shankar Aiyar
  • Project Hope moves to Karaikal village
  • Heroin smugglers avoid Tamil Nadu, prefer Kerala as landing point
  • `Sanction project to publish works of Periyar, Anna'
  • Jayalalithaa denies violating constitutional norms
  • Fake currency seized
  • Service extension for Sakthivel
  • A lion gets the gift of sight
  • Youth fatally hit by bus
  • Fishermen open to alternative jobs in Gulf of Mannar
  • Samba procurement normal
  • Help realise Kalam's vision: Barnala
  • Adopted girl comes in search of her mother
  • Approval for second container terminal a `welcome' surprise
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • `Transport Corporation has started making profits'
  • Rs. 6.93-crore scheme to improve water supply in Pollachi
  • Roll revision begins in Hosur
  • Adopted girl comes in search of her mother
  • One killed
  • Jayalakshmi case: Inspector suspended

    • Tennis

  • Marquis in last four
  • Greul claims title
  • Federer too good for Agassi
  • Lipovska overcomes Sagarika
  • Sneha wins title
  • Rupesh to train in U.S.

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Protest against draining of Kollumuri pond
  • Budget focusses on welfare schemes
  • Tension at Malambarakonam
  • Infanticide: mother found guilty
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    • Thrissur

  • Panchayat-Devaswom row may hit water supply
  • Rs.5.51-crore revenue envisaged in TUDA budget
  • Awards for Rahulan, Fazal Gafoor

    • Tiruchi

  • `A guardian of cultural ethos'
  • Sudan team learning diesel loco maintenance
  • Special enumeration drive today
  • Tiruchi office issues over 20000 passports
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Violation of norms alleged in finalising road tenders

    • Tirupati

  • SVU college selected for World Bank programme
  • State-level rural sports meet from April 6
  • SVU Centre gets UGC grant
  • Malas object to rajakas' demand on SC status
  • Chemists' strike affects public

    • Tuticorin

  • 48 per cent increase in gross revenue by Tuticorin Customs
  • Enhance intelligence network, says IG
  • Man arrested with 128 pirated VCDs

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Priority for sports: Minister

    • Udupi

  • Police launch combing operations for naxalites
  • `Give importance to technical education'

    • Vellore

  • Encroachers of water bodies told to return land
  • Device to check illegal pumping of drinking water

    • Vijayawada

  • Woes aplenty for residents
  • Beauty queen plays it cool
  • `Much depends on officials'
  • Data entry association chapter in city
  • ONGC asked to do more for development
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Vizag economic zone woos software, pharma units
  • Regional sports school for Karminagar
  • RTC to run 200 cricket specials
  • Traffic curbs for one-day match
  • Collector inspects filtration plant
  • Police on high alert
  • Drug control officers oppose chemists' bandh
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Warangal

  • Officials told to augment water supply to villages

    • Weather

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