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  • Seek fresh mandate, says Thamarakshan

    • Anantapur

  • Minister meets ticket aspirants

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Andhra Pradesh clinches deal with Volkswagen
  • CPI(M) sees no change in ties with TDP
  • Formulate urban housing policy: CPI(M)
  • Committed to uplift of poor: YSR
  • Caution against change in EAMCET model
  • Telangana only through SRC: Venkataswamy
  • SCR to run specials
  • Rosaiah underscores merits of VAT
  • SCs flayed for misusing law
  • Maharashtra's decision on check-dam irks State
  • Jana Reddy loses cool during Praja Patham programme
  • Political awareness must for students, says CPI
  • TDP charge on Government fete motivated: Congress
  • Tributes paid to Sanjivaiah
  • Uncertainty over project debate
  • Cheating case against stamp vendor
  • Briefly
  • CRIME WATCH

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • By polls will be impartial: CEC
  • Seventh class results declared
  • Man accused of killing wife, son

    • Athletics

  • Gatlin clinches 100m gold

    • Badminton

  • Indian Sudirman Cup team leaves for Beijing

    • Bangalore

  • BMP cracks down on violators
  • Perfect spots for lovers of nature
  • JOC pharmacists' association seeks justice
  • The sorry state of Urdu primary school
  • `Goal of informatics is to blend technology, market leadership'
  • `Spread the message of Bande Nawaz'
  • ONGC to set up petrol stations on HMT land
  • Symposium on career opportunities
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Business

  • SEBI warns of penalties for not complying with governance norms
  • Canara Bank net dips
  • Forex reserves drop $648 m
  • Tata Motors eyes facilities abroad

    • Chennai

  • Rift in Congress over internal election
  • `Focus on victims' rehabilitation'
  • Police tighten security at railway stations
  • Union Ministers avoid mediapersons
  • Policeman arrested for allegedly torturing wife
  • 80 huts destroyed in fire
  • In Chennai Today

    • Coimbatore

  • Property Tax book issue draws criticism
  • Area under cotton to be increased
  • No alliance with either party: BJP
  • Power shutdown in Mallur
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • The Sportstar Trophy enters its 19th year
  • India to tour Pakistan in Jan.: PCB
  • BCCI panel to meet today

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 2603
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    • Cuddalore

  • Awareness drive

    • Cuddapah

  • Project to bring down infant mortality rate

    • Dharwad

  • Water supply schedule

    • Equestrian

  • Gulab Singh triumphs
  • Ismail Javed wins

    • Erode

  • Fall in dropout rate after SSA implementation
  • LPG cylinders seized

    • Football

  • HAL, A-I lead the table

    • Front Page

  • Poll Commissioners should resign: Lalu
  • Manmohan Singh leaving for Moscow on Sunday
  • Charges are politically motivated : BJP
  • 7 students, varsity staff held for `tampering' with answersheets
  • Seldom will such brilliance be let loose on the field
  • Iraq's nine-day death toll crosses 300
  • Shastri laid foundation for food security: Manmohan
  • Bush hails democracies in the Baltics
  • Fire in Assam Secretariat
  • Major, among 7 killed
  • Hospitalised

    • Golf

  • Shiv Kapur slips to 19th
  • Late eagle helps Atwal claw his way back; Garcia leads

    • Gulbarga

  • Judges panel for Circuit Bench at Gulbarga Court Complex
  • CITU wants Govt. to amend Industrial Disputes Act

    • Guntur

  • 8 lakh houses to be built in 2005

    • Haryana

  • `Corruption charges against Chautala will be probed'

    • Hubli

  • Couple, child found dead in a lodge

    • Hyderabad

  • Three air pistols found in OU hostel
  • Bus Rapid Transit fits the bill: study
  • 13 police officers promoted, eight ASPs transferred
  • Eight-member dacoit gang busted
  • Couple commits suicide
  • 50 tolas gold recovered, 3 arrested
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • "Quest for Kashmir settlement cannot go on indefinitely"

    • International

  • Iraq's nine-day death toll crosses 300
  • Bush hails democracies in the Baltics
  • Blunkett back in U.K. Cabinet, Hoon replaced
  • Leaders of Asia, Europe ask N. Korea to halt nuclear move
  • Three killed in Yangon blasts
  • U.S. satellites monitoring Pyongyang's activities
  • Musharraf for repatriation of Afghan refugees
  • Vietnam Prime Minister to visit U.S.
  • Mothers of boys defend Jackson in court
  • Shredders at home
  • The Mandela industry
  • Jail for Internet pirates
  • Plane with 15 aboard crashes
  • Nepal's Deputy Speaker, two others stopped at Kathmandu airport

    • Kannur

  • Conference of advocates' clerks
  • Policemen told to uphold principles
  • `Mridangam' artist plans to break record

    • Karimnagar

  • Praja Patham successful:MSR

    • Karnataka

  • Murder accused shot dead in Bangalore encounter
  • `UPA has no right to question NDA boycott'
  • I never provoked Deve Gowda: Poojary
  • Cooperative movement is weak and fragile at 100
  • Jal Nirmal Project helps north Karnataka districts
  • A farmer who helped himself and others
  • Bad news likely for new applicants
  • Special bus service for tourists in Mysore
  • A painter with a distinctly individual technique
  • State Govt. places four draft Bills for public debate
  • `Stop commercialisation of education'
  • Army exhibition draws youth
  • Function to mark cooperative centenary today
  • Stop commercialisation of education: AIDSO
  • Brahmakalasotsava from Wednesday
  • NDA must rescind decision on boycott, says Deve Gowda
  • `Form review panel for varsities'
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • No extension of deadline to regularise pumpsets
  • Govt. considering compulsory rural service for doctors
  • Lokayukta sleuths raid taluk panchayat office
  • `JD(S) will fulfil its assurances'
  • Electricity companies asked to ensure power for water schemes
  • Govt. urged to waive non-agricultural loans
  • BJP threatens stir for facilities at hospital
  • Weightage sought for rural candidates in appointments

    • Kerala

  • Kerala drops objection to Maudany's bail plea
  • Bypolls: LDF to field Jayarajan, Prakashan
  • Congress will revive its tradition: Chandy
  • Supreme Court notice to Kerala in B.Ed. case
  • Defections will strengthen UDF: Mani
  • `Government should review higher education policy'
  • Case against Adoor MP for blocking traffic
  • SSLC results as scheduled SSLC results as scheduled
  • NC(I) strategy for bypolls on May 11: Murali
  • `NSS-SNDP unity move will only help the rich'
  • CPI(M) Kannur district leader stabbed; found in well
  • Automatic weather stations: talks held
  • Tragic end to nursing dreams
  • We will not take initiative for merger: Madavoor
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Delimitation to create 118 wards Kasaragod to have 118 new wards after delimitation
  • `Struggles for survival being distorted'
  • Around the City

    • Kochi

  • IIT status: CUSAT forms special panel
  • Mohammedkutty quits as panchayat chief
  • Rs. 240-crore ADB loan for tsunami relief operations
  • Chandy to lay stone for biotech park
  • Kerala Police Association district meet concludes
  • Janasevana Centre opened at Mattanchery
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • State becoming theocratic: MP
  • Seized grain for beneficiaries
  • CPI(M) to build houses for tsunami-affected
  • Ten couples to tie the knot in mass marriage

    • Kottayam

  • Speaker for development-friendly reporting by the media

    • Kozhikode

  • Meeting on arthroplasty
  • `Exempt rice from VAT'

    • Madurai

  • `Globalisation has thrown up world of opportunities'
  • Airport works to be over well ahead of schedule
  • B'day bash, where you least expect it
  • M. Phil results published
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Two killed, seven injured in van-bus collision
  • BJP sets up panel for panchayat polls
  • Water supply nodal officers appointed
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Mysore to get three UTS counters
  • Provision of appeals being misused: Minister
  • Underwater enclosure for otters set up

    • Nagapattinam

  • All roads lead to Velankanni

    • Nagercoil

  • Rs.1.07-cr. proposal to rehabilitate fishermen
  • 5 TASMAC staff relieved from service

    • Nalgonda

  • BJP not to participate in debate on Bhoopatipalem project

    • National

  • "Order countermanding Chapra poll unanimous"
  • Tandon refutes charges
  • "TDP not distancing itself from NDA"
  • BSF chief visits India-Bangla border
  • Kashmir village defence committees encounter official apathy too
  • Review of Assam Accord fruitful: AASU
  • Rahul pays homage to Lokpati Tripathi
  • Across the boundaries of art
  • Replicas replace Tagore's medal
  • "Flood relief scam bigger than fodder scandal"
  • Centre may adopt direct recruitment process
  • A new system to assess IAS officers
  • 2 Indians to participate in Victory Day in Moscow
  • Talks still on with Russia on confidentiality agreement
  • Reliance gained from single tenders: CAG
  • Navy faulted on contract terms
  • Someone controlling government from outside: Advani
  • Work on Mughal Road starts
  • CPI (M) seeks CBI probe into "Shourie's role"
  • Call to recognise forest rights of tribals
  • "Don't flag down march of technology"
  • Move to create archaeological service dropped
  • LCA Tejas completes 400 test flights
  • Pirated NCERT books seized
  • Two sentenced to death for union leader murder
  • Genetic conservation centre dedicated
  • ``PoK refugees won't be dispossessed of land''
  • Youth held for teacher's murder in Kohima
  • Foreign stakeholders voting rights: move to raise cap opposed
  • `CARTOSAT-1 cameras functioning normally'
  • `Irregular expenses' at then Foreign Secretary's house
  • PM greets Jaafari, Blair
  • Ministers' chambers in Assam Secretariat gutted
  • Railways plans 150-kmph trial runs
  • Congress, BJP wage war of words
  • Sikh student honoured

    • New Delhi

  • DDA clears pilot project for slum dwellers
  • An extraordinary legacy beyond the pages of history
  • Birth and death certificates online
  • MCD to manage University Ayurvedic centre
  • Govt. exempts CSD canteens from VAT
  • Pirated NCERT books seized
  • Five remanded to judicial custody
  • Retired official arrested
  • 35 booked
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Bus did not have permit to take the toll bridge route
  • Wheels within wheels at Tihar

    • Nizamabad

  • Maharashtra resorting to water theft, says TDP team
  • Telugu Desam workers come to blows

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Palakkad

  • Conference inaugurated

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Plea against consecration disallowed
  • `Chempeduppu' ceremony held at Chandanappally church

    • Polo

  • Second trophy for Bangalore

    • Racing : Horse

  • Moon Emperor for main event
  • Star Of Gaiety claims Gudalore Plate
  • Wafadar, Baffert, Just Brave and Cincinnatus excel

    • Racing : Motor

  • MRF National Motocross first leg today

    • Rajasthan

  • Centre asked to clear proposals
  • Women's groups meet Vasundhara
  • French film fest in Jaipur

    • Shooting

  • Sanghi for World Cup

    • Sport

  • Seldom will such brilliance be let loose on the field
  • F-1 is all about constant learning
  • Can Tendulkar's presence inspire Narain to greater heights?
  • Gold for Dola

    • Sports : General

  • Panel wants infrastructure schemes to be restored

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Byelection a fallout of deteriorated law and order situation, says Chidambaram
  • `Jayalalithaa violated model code'
  • Election officer warning to property owners
  • `Karunanidhi will head next Government'
  • Byelection a challenge to EC: Swamy
  • `VAT will affect small traders'
  • It's public land, but in private hands
  • Man kills brother over land dispute
  • TNAU cell to provide data on agricultural prices to ryots
  • SHRC pulls up police official, orders compensation
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • AIADMK, DMK take byelection seriously
  • They are now placed on a lucrative footing
  • Dyers plea to reopen units
  • Phone numbers of officers to be displayed in police stations
  • Around the City

    • Tennis

  • Rafael Nadal too hot for Ferrer

    • Thanjavur

  • Cauvery, Kodamuruti rivers renovated at Rs.9.53 cr.

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Prisoners lead the way in HIV awareness campaign
  • Veli tourist village set to enter world tourist map
  • RGCB prepares action plan for research in new areas
  • Man succumbs to burn injuries
  • Seminar
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Tamil medium sections of Govt., aided schools face extinction
  • TNOU to utilise teachers of self-financing institutions
  • AIR special on employment
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirupati

  • Annual combined training camp for NCC girl cadets begins

    • Tuticorin

  • Afforestation work to begin in Tuticorin
  • `Plea for Diesel Multiplier Electronic Unit service'

    • Udupi

  • Deve Gowda promises help to revive Brahmavar sugar unit

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • `Tiger should be worshipped'
  • Petroleum school in U.P.

    • Uttaranchal

  • Plea to Sonia to recognise forest rights of tribals

    • Vijayawada

  • Delimitation proposals to be released tomorrow
  • Self-employment for 1.6 lakh youths
  • AIDS project to be replicated in Africa
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • CPI(M) opposes sale of TB hospital land
  • VUDA summer camps start with a bang
  • `Congress fails on all fronts'
  • AU employees call off stir
  • Two electrocuted
  • Low pressure weakens
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Indian Seniors A & B teams in summit clash

    • Warangal

  • It's a flop show, says TDP

    • Weather

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