The Hindu : Today's Headlines : Monday, April 12, 2004

KCR, Narendra are power-mongers, says CM

Andhra Pradesh - Others

A `brotherly' contest unfolds at Chennur

Naidu neglected projects in Telangana: KCR

Commissioning of EVMs on

Athletics

TNMAA felicitates State medallists

Bangalore

Citizens' associations can now adopt parks

COMED-K forms to be on Net from April 14

Route for Enrique's concert at Palace Grounds tomorrow

Woman knocked down in RPC Layout

Double murder: Polygraph test for maidservant

Police foil bid to build huts

Directory of old age homes ready

In Bangalore Today

State sub-junior basketball championship

Basketball

Belgaum

Congress to contest for all Assembly seats in Belgaum

CPI candidate withdraws in Belgaum City

Bidar

BSP losing ground in Bidar district

Bihar

Rattled by resignations, RJD braces up to take on NDA

Bijapur

BJP has no right to seek mandate, says H.K. Patil

Boxing

Brewster beats Klitschko

Business

Stocks retain recent gains

Industry in new growth phase

Now, it's `Passage to India' for e-publishers

HAL's changing fortunes

A Maharajah, not so royal

A DVD player that censors

Carrom

Well done pat for Madurai players

Mohammed Shageer upsets Adil

Cartoons

POCKET WATCH

Chattisgarh

Advani, Sonia call up Jogi's wife

Chennai

Orient Longman, Trinity College tie-up on English exam

3 ponds go dry in Guindy park

Better catamarans for Chennai fishermen

`Vehicle population contributing to respiratory diseases'

Two fall victim to `biscuit bandit'

Railways to hold enquiry

Cash stolen

Concern over negative fallout of move to amend banking law

In Chennai Today

Naidu congratulates Vinuthna

Chess

Anil Kumar in lead

Coimbatore

Corporation records over Rs. 5-cr increase in collection

`Flexible learning can improve engineering education'

Rally proposed for appointing Religious Teachers

Impetus to modern production facilities

Workshop

Opener issue: Wright keeping the options open

In Coimbatore Today

Cricket

Rashid hopes new speedsters will deliver

Lara, Sarwan come good

Rawalpindi Test — a landmark event

Aussies taught me about team unity: Atapattu

All-black team symbolises Zimbabwe crisis

Pakistani wins `Statistician of the Year' award

Deadly bowling by Vignesh

Krithivasan slams century

Superb efforts by Karthik and Gopi

Unbeaten 99 by Anil

Thumping win for Gati

All round show by Sandeep Rawat

Rahul scalps six

Two-wicket win for Sonnet

Five-wicket haul for Mishra

SBT triumphs

Deepak Rai scalps seven wkts.

Marshalls CC posts win

Big win for Freak

Lara hits century

Crossword

The Hindu Crossword 7955

Solution to puzzle 7954

Cuddalore

Two deep borewells near Neyveli energised

Cuddapah

Kin canvass for candidates

`NDA spreading canards on Bofors'

Poll observer assures foolproof security

Husband's death drives woman to suicide

Cycling

Leblanc praises Cofidis' decision

Editorials

LINDSTROM'S TRUTH

INDIA-CHINA MILITARY COOPERATION

Elections 2004

Outcome hinges on incumbency, Telangana factors

`Horses for courses' strategy for A.P. Muslims

Powerlooms without power

Q&A: 'It will be a new beginning for the BJP'

Bets are off

A game of cards

Feel good shoes

CANDIDATE WATCH: Jayaprada (S.P.)

Migrant families denied right to vote

LS election, but purely local issues

`It's not cool to not vote'

Hindutva has lost its edge, but BJP ahead in Gujarat

Football

Arsenal deserves the title: Ranieri

KSEB claws back to beat ICF

Mahindra takes full points

India upsets Uzbekistan

Facile win for PSNA

Front Page

Heavy fighting near Baghdad: hostages' fate uncertain

Eight hostages freed

Tokyo's appeal

Peace campaigners attacked in Vadodara

EC rejects BJP plea to extend campaign deadline

Jogi injured in accident, operated upon

CBI to probe paper leak

`My vote is for BJP front'

18 fishermen arrested

5 undertrials escape

Globescan

Colliery blast toll 40

Protesters demand freedom

Golf

Mickelson in sight of elusive Major

Gulbarga

Sedam keen on second line leadership

Guntur

Keen contest on the cards

Haryana

`DA proposal sent to EC for reconsideration'

Hassan

62 candidates left in fray in Hassan

Himachal Pradesh

Poppy cultivation a poll issue in Himachal

Hockey

PSB is champion

Lack of transparency in Dhanraj Pillay issue shocking

ACGWA has it easy

Hat-trick by Deepak Sharma

Ganga IS, Union Academy in final

Hyderabad

Naidu attracts huge turnout

Ending the day's campaign on a `high'

Easter prayers for world peace

Mirchowk ACP, another cop transferred

Prudential Bank depositors seek Kanda's help

SI in ACB net

No power supply today

Labourer electrocuted

In Hyderabad Today

Lakshmi Mittal makes a record house deal

India & World

Sonu Nigam goes ahead with concert despite blast

International

Lull in LTTE battles in the east

Pentagon halts homecoming of troops

Campaign in favour of Musharraf's continuation as army chief

`Bush was warned of Al-Qaeda plans'

Not a civil war, says Blair

`I survived four bombs — I need a break'

U.S. military less optimistic?

Frustrated youth may keep away from South African polls

Asians recover Ugandan prosperity

Jammu & Kashmir

Centre not a well-wisher of Muslims, says Farooq

Parties come up with `roadmaps' on solving Kashmir issue

NDA's Pakistan policy contradictory: Ambika Soni

`Terrorist groups in PoK on mobilisation drive'

Jharkand

Sinha faces uphill task in Hazaribagh

Kancheepuram

Boy drowned in well

Karimnagar

Rebels stand between MSR and victory

Weavers' power subsidy to stay

Karnataka

Dacoits kill five at petrol station near Hassan, decamp with cash

Final list of candidates in Lok Sabha constituencies

CBI probe sought into de-notification of land

Krishna's yatra storms Chamarajpet

Steps needed to discourage `casual' candidates

Hung Assembly likely in State: Mallya

Where voters followed a definite pattern

Deshpande on a good wicket in Haliyal

They cherish their right to vote

Another first to the credit of Curie Centre of Oncology

Campaigning picks up in city

Janata Party to file petition for symbol

CPI will support us in all but five places: Krishna

Vatal stages a comeback

Janata Dal (U) manifesto today

`Cong., BJP, JD(S) have secret pact'

Traffic disrupted for three hours

Centre delaying projects: Krishna

Vijayashanti addresses BJP rally

Kannada Nadu for lower taxes

Congress rebel in fray from Hangal

From the Districts

Karnataka - Others

No dissidence in Congress in Brahmavar: Sorake

Kerala

AI may not operate low-cost flights to Gulf

A battle of stalwarts

UDF wants to break the jinx

Protest mounting against Elavoor `Thookkam'

Irregularities in fund use by Kozhikode district panchayat

Online lotteries: VS writes to Antony

370 colleges selected for career-oriented courses

Congress defers action on civic functionaries

Thaikkal ship: excavation process stopped

Vishu festival begins at Sabarimala

Togadia drama co-produced by Antony, Sangh Parivar: CPI(M)

New loan scheme for rubber sheet processing

BJP criticises Government

Slow pace of campaign worries Karunakaran

Prison Review Committee recast

Judicial probe sought into jail violence

Crisis in tea estates worsening: CITU

Easter celebrated

At Sabarimala today

Congress prospects favourable: PCC leader

Khammam

Kochi

Outpatient wing of CMC to function from April 19

Lake project: Kochi Corporation freezes land

Demand for budget flights

Pre-medical test candidates return dejected

Gajapooja at Bhavaneeshwara temple

Shias conclude Karbala mourning

Four injured in accident

4 hurt in lathicharge; Inspector transferred

In Kochi Today

Kollam

Kozhikode

Education system flayed

Autorickshaw destroyed

Leader Page Articles

Sri Lanka after elections

Iraq's enemy within

Letters to the Editor

Madurai

Wire manufacturers want direct supply of raw materials

Middlemen warned against cheating patients

Cardio thoracic facility inaugurated

`Industry Collaborative Centre' planned

`India, secular from time immemorial'

`Supervisors discriminate against Matric students'

`Freedom of speech inviolable'

Rajni fans observe fast

Multi-cornered contests for Assembly seats in Dakshina Kannada

In Madurai Today

Mangalore

Congress is a divided house, says Dhananjaya

50 in fray from nine Assembly constituencies

Pinto promises better facilities in Mangalore

Boy killed in road accident

In Mangalore Today

Candidates launch padayatras in Mysore

Mysore

Defections, a feature of pre-poll manoeuvres

Forum to stage demonstration today against death penalty

Nagercoil

Two murdered in separate incidents

Nalgonda

Congress, CPI activists stage dharna

National

Manifestos give insights into party priorities

Question paper leak: two held

Army proposals to overcome shortage of officers

NDA tarnishing me: Sonia

Motivated allegations, says Congress

Counter-questions, diversionary tactics: Jaitley

Kapil Sibal indicts AK-47 deal with Bulgarian firm

New contraceptive for women

Congress, NDA agree on China

Bhatti to support BJP

Insecticide-treated mosquito nets

I can't be barred from politics, says Rahul

BJP debate `issue-based'

Fernandes for negotiated settlement of Ayodhya

Cricket matches will not convince `jehadis': Togadia

BSP leader joins Congress

Poll survey issue is closed: Prasad

I too have something to reveal: Jethmalani

Temple not on NDA agenda : Naidu

Priyanka meets party leaders

Congress MLA's appeal to Sonia

Nellore

List of contesting candidates in Nellore district

Congress candidate contests NDA, TDP claim on development

New Delhi

Kendriya Bhandar weekly rates

Delhi gets 21 poll observers

BJP worst threat to integrity, unity: Sheila

He too has the right to dream; and achieve

Slain gangsters were into kidnapping, dacoity

Gandhi topi: from politicians' wardrobe to drama costume

A.R. Verma may be the new Mayor

Baroda attack condemned

Police trying to tie loose ends in paper leak case

Varun Gandhi to campaign in Delhi

Three arrested for chain snatching

Undertrial told court he was tortured

Pathanamthitta

Perumpetty settlers to get title deeds: MLA

Omalloor Hindu meet concludes

Perambalur

TWAD Board proposals for augmenting groundwater

13-km channel planned to divert water from Marudhaiyar

Pondicherry

BJP, AIADMK will urge replacement of CEO

Programmes on EVMs

BJP welcomes Rajnikant's announcement

Punjab

Rich tributes paid to Tohra

Religion

The supreme state

Shimoga

7,561 names added to voters' list in Shimoga

Sports : General

Turning point

Drug-free diet for athletes

It's a Herculean task

Gupta steals the show

Tamil Nadu

`My vote is for BJP front'

Unplanned development ails DMK bastion

Entry of my son at appropriate time: Ramadoss

Take lecturer back without apology letter, tribunal tells Govt.

Postponement of medical entrance exam causes chaos at centres

`BJP did not cooperate on Women's Bill'

Jayalalithaa must apologise, says Karunanidhi

`PMK will meet the challenge politically'

`Sonia should have asked Krishna to release water'

Vasanthakumar to contest as Independent

Rival Congress factions clash in Tirunelveli

Organise programmes to attract youth, sabhas told

AIADMK to support Roja

Decision will not affect DPA fortunes: DMK

Adityan to contest from Tirunelveli

`Visually-impaired women vulnerable to sexual exploitation'

`Engineering education needs quality assessment system'

Sensitisation programme on EVMs

Tamil Nadu - Others

Tennis

Japan rallies to defeat India

Federer forces deciding match; Belarus wins 5-0

Mauresmo upsets Henin-Hardenne

Thiruvananthapuram

Need for river channel conservation

Fishermen gearing up for stir

To him, work is worship

Congress `I' panchayat presidents unlikely to quit

Entrance test cancellation leaves students disappointed

`Congress, Communist parties deceiving people'

In Tiruvananthapuram Today

This Day That Age

dated April 12, 1954: New Madras Cabinet

dated April 12, 1954: Award for Bimal Roy film

dated April 12, 1954: TTD Centre in Bombay

dated April 12, 1954: The ideal of Ramayana

Thrissur

Nun dies under `suspicious circumstances'

Tiruchi

`Accord due importance to agriculture'

AIR programmes for Tamil New Year

Plan to shift market to be finalised after polls

Mettur level

Tirupati

Campaigning picks up pace in Chittoor district

BSNL bills to be accepted at eSeva

Tuticorin

Woman hangs daughter, self

Union Territories

Battle royale for City Beautiful

Vellore

Protective eyeglasses given to stone-cutters

Vijayawada

Minister lists `achievements'

Rajagopal decries Naidu's remarks

Tailor dies under mysterious circumstances

Deployment of poll personnel reviewed

TDP confident of sweeping polls

Easter celebrated

In Vijayawada Today

Stress on redefining role of cost accountants

Visakhapatnam

Port society gets `A' rating

Tumultuous reception to NJR

`Rath yatra' to save AU flagged off

Held on theft charge

PW arms dump recovered

In Visakhapatnam Today