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Andhra Pradesh

  • Separate Telangana State unlikely, says YSR
  • Chief Ministers' meet on Babli today
  • Staying away from work
  • Celebrating switchover
  • Centre informs BJP of threat to yatras
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • New movement needed for Telangana statehood: BJP
  • Infosys top executive gives thumbs-up to Hyderabad
  • Copious flow of Singur water to Nizam Sagar project
  • SBI strike affects Government staff, pensioners, traders
  • Demand to protect Olive Ridleys
  • Society throws light on eye ailments in rural areas
  • Chikun gunya: dharna against official `apathy'
  • Rs. 50 lakhs being handed over to Maoists seized
  • `Incidence of heart diseases is high in Asia'
  • Youth urged to join Army
  • Ryots seek compensation for crop damage
  • 22 hurt in group clash

    • Athletics

  • Shalin carries on the legacy of Kerala icons

    • Badminton

  • Badminton camp

    • Bangalore

  • KPTCL, AIR launch 24-hour IVRS-based helpline
  • BMP budget approved amid uproar, walk-out
  • Don't compromise on integrity, students told
  • Opposition ends boycott of House
  • Revenue Inspector, BWSSB engineer in Lokayukta net
  • Coping with blood pressure
  • NGEF revival package to be submitted to High Court
  • Foster unity, Telugus in Karnataka told
  • Banking operations affected by SBI employees' strike
  • `Teachers need have no apprehensions'
  • Dharna in Assembly over Bhatkal riots
  • Transport firm employee waylaid, robbed
  • Acts that mean more than money
  • No decision on banning hoardings
  • Property tax rate for commercial buildings in city increased
  • Plea to cut tax on buttermilk will be considered: Kumaraswamy
  • `Judiciary, Fourth Estate guardians of democracy'
  • Celebrant Singers coming
  • Action recommended against Biocon
  • New scanner installed at Jayadeva hospital
  • Dog which bit people in slum found to be rabid
  • Government urged to ask for more time to file affidavit
  • Case against two doctors adjourned
  • Bangladeshi national arrested
  • Consultation
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • The heat is on

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Belgaum

  • Official inspects work on BIMS building
  • Two killed in accident

    • Bellary

  • `Ugadi Utsav' marred by poor arrangements
  • Arms seized

    • Bihar

  • `Financial situation of Bihar unsustainable'

    • Briefly

  • Sify's units appraised for CMMI - SW level 5
  • Kalpataru Power to issue 1:1 bonus
  • KVB raises FCNR and NRE rates
  • New ED for Salem Steel
  • Eligibility criteria for IDRs
  • RPL pre-IPO placement fetches Rs. 2,700 cr.
  • Fiat cuts workforce at Kurla plant
  • GM to sell 51 p.c. stake in financing arm
  • Dr. Reddy's launches `Z & D' zinc therapy
  • USFDA nod for Aurobindo Pharma's tablets
  • Record turnover by BEL
  • SAIL surpasses earlier record performance
  • Implementation Director for TCS
  • Kalyan Silks forays into Kochi
  • BOB hikes FCNR interest rates
  • Manjooran's new project
  • Piano concert
  • Kobbler's new showroom

    • Business

  • India partners U.S. in FutureGen project
  • Sensex crosses 11500-mark
  • L&T begins new year with huge orders: Naik
  • BHEL posts 70 p.c. increase in net profit
  • Rupee gains further
  • Whirlpool plans $20m investment
  • Elpida Memory enters Indian semiconductor market
  • DGS&D launches online bidding for contracts
  • Alcatel to acquire Lucent
  • Helios takes 43 p.c. stake in U.S. firm
  • Three in race for CIL chairman's post

    • Cartoons

  • CARTOONSCAPE

    • Chennai

  • Airport modernisation not at cost of residents' livelihood: Rudy
  • TV channels running out of fresh movies to air?
  • School curriculum is not challenging, says IIT professor
  • SBI strike hits transactions
  • Poetry has a major role in making mind cultured, says Governor
  • Irate residents to boycott the polls
  • Madurai Kamaraj University asked to pay compensation
  • Paneerselvam joins issue with Karunanidhi
  • Plea against Vice-Chancellor
  • Opportunity for higher studies in New Zealand
  • On the Mahatma's leadership
  • Rice offtake comes down substantially
  • Indo-Japan cancer therapy tie-up
  • Model test for BE, MBBS aspirants
  • Oleograph exhibition on the Ramayana
  • Digital library software introduced
  • Social work professionals urged to cash in on emerging opportunities
  • Workshop on molecular biology
  • Engineering students stage demonstration
  • Offline marketplace for everything except fauna
  • Bailable warrant against Kanchi Acharya
  • Fire aboard passenger liner
  • Civic body cracks down on political graffiti
  • Help at hand for tackling TNPCEE
  • Beta testing
  • Clarification
  • BJP, JD(U) reach understanding
  • Summer games
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Chess

  • Humpy begins with a win

    • Coimbatore

  • Save today for tomorrow
  • Medical tourists turn to city hospital for help
  • Develop a variety of skills, teachers told
  • Voters urged to act responsibly
  • Award for TNAU scientist
  • BSNL extends offer
  • Jumbo pageantry
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Siruthuli clarifies

    • Cricket

  • Lara backs `best friend' Tendulkar
  • Greg Chappell expresses satisfaction
  • DLF roped in as sponsor
  • Venugopal misses century

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8568
  • Solution to Puzzle 8567

    • Dindigul

  • No anti-government wave this time: Vaiko

    • Editorials

  • A foundation for public health
  • Need not be a central monopoly

    • Equestrian

  • Mal Chand is the best rider

    • Erode

  • Dyeing units continue to pollute Cauvery
  • Participatory rural appraisal exercise held
  • Farmers complain of peacock menace
  • In Erode Today

    • Football

  • India draws with Philippines
  • Myhre spoils Sheringham's birthday party
  • Mahindra rallies to hold Salgaocar

    • Front Page

  • 68 per cent polling recorded in Assam
  • Rae Bareli by-election on May 8
  • Medha will not give up fast
  • Motorcycles at `bargain' rates
  • You can decide not to vote
  • Delhi High Court restraint on SBI staff
  • Yuvraj, Raina bat England out of the game
  • CRPF jawan kills three colleagues
  • Separate Telangana unlikely, says YSR
  • Supreme Court refuses to stay sealing drive in Capital
  • `Health park' to come up shortly
  • JD(S) fields Rufus Daniel in Kovalam
  • Rebels: Congress wields carrot and stick
  • Medical tourism on upswing in Coimbatore
  • `Morale of IT staff in Bangalore low'
  • Pollution-hit farmers, residents plan to boycott Assembly election
  • Jewellery worth Rs. 60 lakhs stolen from shop
  • Chief Ministers' meet over Babli today
  • Uma Bharti meets CEC
  • Sentenced for rape
  • Sanjay Dutt allowed to visit U.S.
  • Naxalites kill DSP
  • Siege lifted
  • Seven injured in fire
  • Girl set ablaze

    • Golf

  • Webb posts a stunning win
  • Webb posts a stunning win

    • Gulbarga

  • CPI(M) hits out at Advani
  • BJP accused of implementing `communal agenda'
  • Dalits being denied basic rights: CPI(M) leader
  • Eco group seeks details on tank project
  • Staff strike hits SBI services
  • Farmers launch indefinite dharna

    • Guntur

  • 3 killed, 13 hurt in road accident

    • Haryana

  • Haryana seeks Japanese help in food processing
  • New Volvo service from Chandigarh to Delhi Airport

    • Hassan

  • SBI staff stage protest
  • Rangayana to conduct workshops for children
  • Farmers stage dharna

    • Hockey

  • Karnataka XI and Punjab Police advance
  • SCR trounces CLW
  • Mickelson wins

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Bench: Hubli lawyers oppose location
  • Idgah Maidan row: State criticised for filing affidavit
  • Amar Singh to launch campaign
  • Bank registers 22.17 per cent growth
  • SBI employees stage protest
  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Hyderabad

  • Right to Information: just 29 queries for HUDA
  • Parking norms: police to get tough with violators
  • MCH to book tax defaulters Tax defaulters to face action
  • Micro-finance victims petition rights panel
  • Rajiv Rahadari set to become four-lane road
  • Free EAMCET coaching for minority students
  • Constable charged with causing injury to student
  • Genco to tap into Singareni's captive coal mines
  • New twist to Chilkur Balaji temple issue
  • A smashing welcome
  • State Bank of India strike total, say employees
  • LeT `functionary' brought to city
  • Archaka Samakya seeks probe into postings
  • TDP ridicules YSR's comments
  • Sarpanch held on land fraud charge
  • Milk vendor attacked for alleged rape
  • Cardiology camp today
  • Depositors asked to submit claims
  • Power shutdown
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Subway subtleties
  • Crime Watch

    • International

  • Australia, China sign uranium deal
  • Shells and leaflets are ammunition in Gaza battle
  • Majority of Britons for Iraq pullout
  • Thaksin for national reconciliation
  • Baloch leader held
  • Haul of new drug in Spain
  • Storms batter U.S.
  • Awards for the blogger-writers

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Militants active in by-poll areas of north Kashmir

    • Kancheepuram

  • Weekly grievance day meetings suspended
  • UGC mulling more assistance to State universities: Vice-Chairman
  • Vijaykant says his promise on PDS revamp achievable

    • Kannur

  • Listing plant diversity of the Karimbam farm

    • Karimnagar

  • BJP holds Telangana chaitanya sadassu

    • Karnataka

  • "Morale of IT industry in Bangalore is low"
  • Health park to come up in Bangalore
  • Popularise job guarantee scheme: Gopalkrishna Gandhi
  • Teachers at work
  • Power solutions
  • Convocation address
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Kodagu trust welcomes probe into its affairs
  • Yakshagana academy to take up survey of folk art
  • Leaders take part in peace march in Bhatkal
  • Insurance company asked to pay compensation to truck owner
  • Outbreak of diarrhoea in Bachalli
  • Panel set up to review royalty collection
  • Two months time sought to rehabilitate settlers
  • Panel to submit report on plight of KIOCL workers within 15 days

    • Kerala

  • Kerala Congress plans to contain rebel menace
  • Micro-enterprises in bamboo sector generate income, employment
  • Next issue
  • Today at Sabarimala
  • Neelalohithadasan to contest as Independent
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Overconfidence is passé for IUML in Malappuram
  • MES college hosts IEEE students' meet

    • Kochi

  • Cricket frenzy grips Kochi
  • Periyar protection focus of campaigning in Aluva
  • Smart City project: hearing adjourned
  • Vegetables and fruits show opens
  • Painting contest on solar energy
  • Scientists urged to conduct more creative research
  • Documentary on Mangalavanam released
  • 13 candidates file nomination
  • Power cut
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Battling it out for Chavara
  • CPI(M) opposed to development: Chandy
  • Several candidates file nomination in Kollam

    • Kottayam

  • Major candidates file nomination
  • Discontent is brewing in Kerala Congress (J)

    • Kozhikode

  • `Create awareness on mental health among public'
  • Plea to fine-tune food grain sector in State
  • English learning programme launched
  • Explosives recovered from hospitals in Kozhikode
  • Five candidates file nomination in the district
  • Training programme in computer hardware and networking

    • Kurnool

  • Plans to implement 24-hour water supply
  • Sanitation workers seek enhancement in wages
  • BC voter list for panchayat polls
  • Man run over by truck

    • Leader Page Articles

  • France in ferment, anger on the streets

    • Letters to the Editor

  • High Court vs E.C.
  • SBI strike
  • Deplorable attitude
  • Skewed priorities?
  • Office of profit
  • Unsparing exposé

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Congress fields ex-Minister against Chouhan

    • Madurai

  • They adopt a patient approach to make them `whiz-kids'
  • Bench slaps fine on petitioner for squatting on temple land
  • 40 students receive placement orders from info-tech firms
  • Vaiko blames DMK president for not taking up cause of flood-hit farmers with Centre
  • Meenakshi temple to develop `secular garden' near city
  • Bank employees begin indefinite strike
  • Forum welcomes ban on `jallikattu'
  • Sewing machine donated
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reservation counter

    • Mangalore

  • `Urban strategy' for eradication of leprosy
  • Police, Regional Transport Office demarcate autorickshaw permit zones
  • Renovated 206-year-old mosque to be inaugurated on April 11
  • SEZ should include education: Moily
  • Seminar on MCA-21 on Saturday
  • Concern over depletion of city's green cover
  • `Nagamandala seve' on Thursday
  • White arecanut price touches Rs. 100 a kg
  • People can visit NMPT tomorrow
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • `Groundwork in preparing vision document poor'
  • SBI employees stage protest
  • A memorable event for Green Valley students
  • In Mysore Today

    • Nalgonda

  • Death of woman leads to tension in Miryalaguda

    • National

  • Left objects to Central forces in poll booths
  • You cannot ignore the voice of the poor, says Medha Patkar
  • CRPF jawan kills three colleagues
  • 17 Rajya Sabha members sworn in
  • Uma Bharti meets Tandon
  • WTO chief to visit India for two days
  • Red corner notices against Swiss couple
  • Ship catches fire; Coast Guard rescues passengers
  • Manipur rallies against dam
  • IIM-Kozhikode too increases its fees
  • Supreme Court: no by-elections to 10 Lok Sabha seats now
  • ULFA leader's mother votes "for peace"
  • SIT gets vital information from LeT operative
  • Not enough material to scrap PG medical test: court
  • Ranil arrives
  • Army reaches out to veterans
  • Camouflaging sensitive sites from satellites
  • Separate force to provide security for Delhi Metro under study
  • 12-year RI for constable in Marine Drive rape case
  • Sinha criticises nuclear deal
  • BJP seeks action against Manmohan for `violation'
  • EC receives 113 petitions

    • New Delhi

  • Supreme Court declines to stay High Court order
  • Professionals appointed to monitor rural health mission
  • Delhi MPs demand law on demolitions, sealing
  • New parking policy approved
  • MCD sealing drive continues
  • Hand-moulded ceramic reflections of nature
  • Alarming decline in the Capital's water table, warn experts
  • Plea to seek Manmohan's intervention
  • Expanding the boundaries of "gender sexuality''
  • 6 killed in Delhi slum fire
  • Fake Nokia items seized
  • Milli Council asks Advani to review yatra plan
  • Exploring woman's identity on the canvas
  • BJP leaders meet Speaker on office of profit issue
  • Subhash Chopra writes to PM
  • AIIMS staff observe `Black Day'
  • Banking services hit
  • A joyride
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Traffic jams order of the day

    • New Delhi - Others

  • Around the City

    • News Analysis

  • Corrections and clarifications
  • The roads from Chitrakoot
  • Shops and slums — a city divided
  • Laughter really is the best medicine
  • Musharraf pardons several prisoners

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • 32 idols to be consecrated at `Hari Hara Kshetram'

    • Palakkad

  • Six candidates file nominations in Palakkad district
  • Arts training camp for children gets under way
  • In Palakkad Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Sitting MLA holds the key in Pathanamthitta constituency
  • 29 file papers in seven constituencies in Pathanamthitta district

    • Pondicherry

  • Congress, allies seat sharing talks
  • Poll panel appoints 14 observers for Pondicherry
  • Representations for inclusion in voter list under scrutiny

    • Punjab

  • New OPD block for Chandigarh hospital
  • More bodies identified in mass cremations case

    • Racing : Horse

  • Simply Red for main event
  • All Dancing, Yess Boss shine

    • Raichur

  • State equipped to meet power needs during summer

    • Religion

  • Pinnacle of devotion

    • Salem

  • Polytechnic students come out with novel projects
  • Protest against demolition of `dharma chatram'
  • Private bus driver assaulted
  • SBI staff strike total
  • In Salem Today

    • Shimoga

  • Row over felicitation to Minister
  • Elderly woman adopted under `Jeevan Daana' programme
  • Rationalists deplore animal sacrifice
  • ZP president lauds `Akshara Dasoha' cooks

    • Shooting

  • Coach happy with showing
  • Coach happy with showing

    • Sport

  • Yuvraj, Raina bat England out of the game
  • IHF falls back on Baskaran

    • Sports : General

  • India loses to Thailand
  • Railways claims trophy
  • Exciting player

    • Srikakulam

  • Srikakulam DRC meeting to be held on April 8

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Good response to Farmers Security Scheme: Jayalalithaa
  • VAT issue prompts units to think of shifting base
  • Deemed varsities: AICTE files counter-affidavits
  • Captain's choice baffles opponents
  • Poll panel to decide on filing SLP in Nataraj transfer case
  • Karunanidhi to hit campaign trail on April 9
  • PMK workers gherao party nominee near Dharmapuri
  • Clarification
  • In resentment
  • Government directed to enquire into complaint by freedom fighters
  • Fee concession for entrance exam
  • Three SRM students to get trained in Japan
  • Entrepreneurs suggest alternative plan for airport modernisation
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Thousands of devotees witness kumbabhishekam at Palani
  • Hutch roadshow hits Pondicherry
  • Poster war creates flutter
  • SriLankan Airlines will operate bi-weekly flights to Goa
  • Jayalalithaa finds fault with Central Government
  • Informal campaign even before announcement of candidate
  • Thousands witness temple function
  • Villagers disgusted over pending poll promises
  • Ramadoss laments non-allotment of seats in southern parts of State
  • Power cuts hit knitwear sector
  • Arrested

    • Tennis

  • Archana wins a marathon

    • Thanjavur

  • Balalayam performed at Big Temple

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Ministers and senior leaders file papers
  • Boat accident: bodies brought to State
  • Tiger carcass burnt without supervision of top zoo officials
  • Civic staff to help clean up medical college campus
  • Aqua parasailing show enthrals crowds
  • Guidelines issued for media coverage
  • Boat tragedy victim buried
  • Six persons injured in pile-up on National Highway
  • Kerala University employees demand revision of pay
  • Law enforcer's tryst with art
  • Confidence clinic for children begins tomorrow
  • SBI staff strike total in State
  • Plea to hand over land for hangar unit
  • Protest against setting up of landfills
  • In the thick of poll action
  • Free coaching
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated April 4, 1956: PM cites China's example
  • dated April 4, 1956: Rajaji's caution

    • Thrissur

  • Mayor leads demonstration seeking proper supply of water
  • No loyalty or dislike to any fronts, says Kanthapuram
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Tiruchi

  • Will DMK's gamble pay off?
  • Need to provide fillip to rural health care: Vice-Chancellor
  • Devotees throng temple
  • Bank strike paralyses normal operations
  • Be financially self-reliant, students told
  • Strike hits banking operations
  • No darshan at Srirangam temple
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Hospital status

    • Tirunelveli

  • `Serene situation in AIADMK rule'
  • Congress cadres not to accept `outsider'
  • Bank work hit

    • Tirupati

  • Grandeur marks `Rathotsavam'
  • New compost yard to end garbage menace at Tirupati
  • Training on meditation
  • Special officer visits SVVU campus
  • Hike in registration charges opposed
  • In Tirupati Today

    • Tuticorin

  • Fisheries institute to produce microbes, cells
  • Tuticorin port sets record in cargo traffic

    • Udupi

  • 15th century `veeragallu' found at Moodanidamburu

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • IIM Lucknow rules out fee hike
  • Identification parade in Meher case put off

    • Uttaranchal

  • Uttaranchal Governor returns Bill on `office of profit'

    • Vijayawada

  • Counselling rule deals blow to top rankers
  • Can IT tower be relocated?
  • Dos and don'ts for parents of 10th class students
  • PG medical counselling stopped midway
  • Preparedness to tackle natural disasters stressed
  • Weigh prospects of courses before joining, students told
  • 4.5-lakh yearlings released into Krishna
  • Support for Gulzar from unexpected quarters
  • `Help police in curbing crime'
  • Demolitions in cellars taken up
  • Training for Pulse Polio campaign
  • Nominated to temple trust board
  • 2 held on charge of killing father
  • Railway rakes for transport of mangoes to Delhi market
  • Chilling out
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Fan following for the district Collector!

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Decision tomorrow on port work
  • Flu-hit humans can contract avian variety easily: Wildlife Trust officer
  • Road contractors stop works in north Andhra
  • Domestic workers stage demonstration
  • Drama festival to be held in city
  • SBI staff launch stir
  • Construction of jetty sought at Gangavaram
  • Highway to Hyderabad
  • Accountability in journalism stressed
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Some food for thought this!

    • Warangal

  • Kakatiya bank merges with other rural banks

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • West Bengal

  • Congress' final list for West Bengal

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