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    Alappuzha

  • Development works reviewed

    • Anantapur

  • Action taken against officials for violating guidelines
  • Nod for water bodies' revival project

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Over 22 p.c. hike in State's Plan outlay
  • YSR's new slogan `Inform to transform'
  • `Congress failed on all fronts'
  • Delay in Vamsadhara second phase likely
  • Scrutiny of tenders from April 10
  • Fire in scrap-store; owner `absconding'
  • Naidu for four moderators from NGOs
  • State has open mind on peace talks: YSR
  • Women's empowerment: Shinde lauds State
  • Live broadcast of `Suprabhatam' on AIR
  • Dress code for Ugadi
  • Chain-snatching gang busted
  • Global tenders to be called for granite quarrying
  • Fire in scrap-store; owner `absconding'
  • "Telangana decision in Sonia's hands" KCR meets APCC chief in New Delhi
  • Student-turned naxalite surrenders
  • Greenpeace activists stage protest
  • Water tanker knocks down motorcyclist
  • Police take Suri into custody in Prabhakar case
  • Man charged with incest
  • TDP leader shot dead by Maoists
  • Revised schedule for public hearing
  • No Ugadi fete at Raj Bhavan
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Maoists give bandh call, kill `informer'

    • Athletics

  • Nagender Rao clinches gold

    • Badminton

  • IBF mulls over rule changes to speed up game

    • Bangalore

  • Youth hoodwink woman into parting with her ornaments
  • Man sentenced to life in double murder case
  • Waiting for LPG cylinders, now a thing of the past
  • HMT employee electrocuted
  • Maid was tortured, claims CWC
  • Youth killed in road accident
  • Air India ready to meet demand for tickets
  • BSF, CRPF personnel donate blood
  • Water Adalat today
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    • Bellary

  • `SHGs have helped women become independent'

    • Bijapur

  • PWD officials told to improve asphalting of roads

    • Billiards & Snooker

  • Somayajulu rallies to win
  • Anuja bags title

    • Bridge

  • Tamil Nadu leads

    • Briefly

  • Nod for Reliance investment
  • TUI, Le Passage sign JV
  • Samsung's new investment
  • New president for Honda Siel
  • Drug for diabetic foot ulcers from DRL
  • Redington to sell Xerox products
  • RINL expects 20 p.c. rise in net
  • RBI cancels registration of NBFC
  • Inforte, Cognizant to offer CRM solutions
  • New chief scientific officer for Matrix
  • CCL records Rs. 900 crore profit
  • HP launches range of consumer notebooks
  • Award for Moser Baer CMD

    • Business

  • Scheme to replace DEPB on anvil
  • Motorola to invest $17 m in India R&D centre
  • `Exempt perishables from VAT'
  • EU in a quandary over Chinese textiles
  • Rupee gains further
  • Tata Steel recommissions blast furnace
  • Areva to buy Alstom's T&D business in India
  • @Road expands activities
  • Nortel invests $10 m in Sasken
  • Tata Tea's exit worries planters
  • Taj Business Hotels to expand
  • Tata Motors breaks new ground
  • Sensex drops 61 points on late selling

    • Chennai

  • SAFE card for accident victims launched
  • Baalu inaugurates preliminary work on grade separators
  • German team in city to study health, environment
  • P.S. High School centenary celebrations
  • Builders seek regulatory authority to check prices of materials
  • Two youths held for Marakanam woman's murder
  • World Health Day observed
  • Vacational training in bio-resources, biotechnology
  • One more body recovered from crash site
  • Robber caught by the public
  • College day function
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    • Chess

  • Chanda stuns Navara
  • Hari draws with Karjakin

    • Coimbatore

  • Water level in Siruvani rises
  • Girl's death turns the focus on bus crews' attitude
  • 25 injured in road accident
  • Town bus service extended
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Laxman unlucky to miss out
  • Maninder's cricket academy
  • Ranji One-Day tournament from today
  • SJBIT posts win
  • Pakistan to make three changes
  • Whatmore interested in coaching India
  • Case against BCCI adjourned

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    • Cuddalore

  • Youth kills father
  • Whale shark found dead off Samiarpettai coast

    • Cuddapah

  • Focus on water crisis at DRC meet

    • Dharwad

  • A misleading menu that failed to impress
  • Water supply schedule in Hubli-Dharwad

    • Editorials

  • FACING DOWN A THREAT
  • PREPARING FOR EARTHQUAKES

    • Erode

  • Widespread loss to life, property

    • Football

  • Lampard stars for Chelsea
  • Salgaocar posts win

    • Front Page

  • Bus to Muzaffarabad flagged off
  • Dream come true
  • 30 passengers, thousands of well-wishers
  • Pope considered resigning in 2000
  • Somnath calls off Australia visit
  • Sehwag - making batting look simple
  • We must get Sehwag early
  • Mithali helps India dethrone Kiwis
  • Shia leader is Iraq Premier
  • Phones tapped
  • Uma `not quitting'
  • CBI conducts raids on houses of Chautala, son
  • Venkaiah Naidu appointed BJP vice-president
  • Reliance Infocomm denies phone tapping

    • Golf

  • First sub-par cut on Indian Tour
  • Indians fail to qualify for British Open

    • Gulbarga

  • 51 students debarred for malpractice

    • Haryana

  • New industrial policy soon: Hooda

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Snowfall in Himachal

    • Hockey

  • Army XI downs TN, Punjab Police shocked

    • Hubli

  • Two held on charge of brewing illicit liquor

    • Hyderabad

  • Parking at will adds to chaos
  • Relief yet to reach fire-ravaged people
  • Jaundice: 15 more admitted to hospital
  • Plea to regularise illegal constructions
  • Delay in declaring results irks students
  • Backlog vacancies identified
  • Minority college admission forms
  • Power shutdown
  • Last date extended
  • New fuel prices
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • "Signs of rapprochement between India, China genuine"
  • Philippines honours Speaker with congressional medal
  • Gun has failed: PoK Premier
  • Somnath calls off Australia visit

    • International

  • Pope considered resigning in 2000
  • Australia firms up ties with Indonesia, Malaysia
  • Shia leader is Iraq Premier
  • Russia to down terrorist-captured planes
  • BNP leaders charged with race offences
  • Dante a physicist too
  • Ivorian rivals reach pact
  • Gerry Adams sees alternative to arms
  • Best-selling German author accused of plagiarism
  • Rainier who made Monaco a success story

    • Karnataka

  • Human rights courts proposed in districts
  • JD(U) seeks apology from Sonia Gandhi
  • SWR to run special trains to clear summer rush
  • Five-year-old power sector reforms have a long way to go
  • NABARD aid amounts to Rs. 2,196 cr.
  • Ugadi a time to rejoice
  • BJP to join all-party team, but wants special session
  • Plan to make tourists' Hampi visit memorable
  • JD(U) seeks apology from Sonia Gandhi
  • Farmers seek reconstruction of tank bund
  • `Bangarappa is no threat to Congress'
  • More doctors, nurses for govt. hospitals
  • Funds promised for water projects in Kolar
  • `Promote institutional deliveries'
  • Protest by teachers from Monday
  • Malabar Gold to open shop in Bangalore
  • Amaravati Express to leave 20 minutes early
  • Minority college test `not transparent'
  • Chief Minister pays surprise visit to hospital
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Farmers set deadline for pump repairs
  • Rs. 245-crore action plan approved for Chitradurga
  • Contract workers on hunger strike
  • Schoolteachers may have to do rural service
  • Maritime Day celebrated without fanfare

    • Kerala

  • Coca-Cola firm gets nod for drawing groundwater
  • Ezhimala project to check groundwater depletion
  • Medical tourism: Government fails to tap opportunity
  • `I' group will fight communal forces'
  • Directive on admission to homoeopathy course
  • Traders' chief launches hunger stir
  • BJP seeks judicial probe into paper leak
  • Minister denies graft allegation
  • Government abetting conversion: Singhal
  • Tea, coffee growers exempted from farm tax
  • I alone cannot solve the problem: Chandy
  • Workshop on opportunities in renewable energy
  • Clarify stand, Jose tells Karunakaran
  • IUML meeting begins today
  • Nalini Netto new Chief Electoral Officer
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • 2 killed in accidents

    • Khammam

  • Farmers protest by burning chilli stock

    • Kochi

  • Rain brings no respite to Kadamakudy
  • Hospitals may have to improve waste management
  • Takeover of roads a normal practice: MLA
  • `Research needed to prove Yagam's impact'
  • CUSAT clarifies on dean's removal
  • Power thefts detected
  • Two killed in bus accident
  • Award for journalist
  • Pulse Polio rally today
  • Optometrists' meet tomorrow
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • Death in custody: report points to brutal assault
  • Final design of houses for tsunami victims ready
  • Lok Ayukta order on power charges
  • Singhal alleges conspiracy

    • Kozhikode

  • World Health Day observed
  • Doctors to observe black day

    • Kurnool

  • Beach kabaddi from tomorrow
  • Minister to take up Jurala canal issue

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Basel norms & bank restructuring
  • People living longer is good

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Commendable
  • Dandi March
  • Back to square one
  • Journalism & ethics
  • Of twins and triplets

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Wild dogs found dead in Kanha

    • Madurai

  • Life term for Bala Prasanna
  • High Court Bench pulls up Juvenile Justice Board
  • `Monitor use of potassium chlorate in non-mechanised match units'
  • Personalised eye treatment launched
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Maharashtra

  • Mumbai police face flak for note on journalists

    • Mangalore

  • Five free malaria testing centres opened
  • Mangalore faces severe water scarcity
  • Action against corporation staff recommended
  • Two men arrested, goods recovered
  • Teachers help spot students with eye defects
  • Senior leaders of BJP to attend jubilee function
  • Hospital conducts complex surgery
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • E-beat system for police activated in Mysore
  • Weekend theatre to feature `Apsare'

    • Nagapattinam

  • Students advised to take up self-employment

    • Nagercoil

  • ACP for Kanyakumari fixed at Rs.854.59 cr.
  • Members stage walkout
  • Jewellery shop burgled

    • Nalgonda

  • Parleys on for a successful Praja Patham

    • National

  • Emotional scenes and warm welcome
  • Stage time, space delicately negotiated
  • Omar, Mirwaiz welcome bus service
  • Crossing over into history
  • Pakistan should fulfil assurances, says Advani
  • Enquiry shows bias in award of scholarships during NDA rule
  • A dream come true for J&K people: Mufti
  • Militants attempt to thwart service
  • ``Kalam never asked for files on Sonia's citizenship''
  • Karbi militants kidnap estate owner
  • "Wide approval" for CPI(M)'s support to UPA Government
  • India must end military ties with Israel: CPI(M)
  • BJP to observe anniversary of Advani's rath yatra
  • India among "slow progressing'' nations in child, maternal care
  • Border row: Chinese Minister coming tomorrow
  • Rural Health Mission launch next week
  • Vijayan's nephew barred from immersing ashes
  • Congress MLA's premises searched
  • Mumbai police chief clamps down on information
  • Breach of privilege motion against Bar Owners' Association president
  • Chandigarh institute to set up umbilical cord bank
  • Interim bail extended for former police chief
  • Party defends Fernandes' presence at BJP meet
  • Hybrid solar eclipse
  • Investigating officer in Best Bakery case deposes
  • Amnesty offer a new deceptive trick: ULFA

    • New Delhi

  • Wen no stranger to Delhi
  • Anger in rural areas against Congress Govt.
  • MLAs to approach Advani against leadership
  • Govt. agencies told to reclaim land vacated by dairies
  • Tax advocates against VAT
  • New force to aid tourists
  • Jumbo gift gets stuck amid protests
  • Power plants erred in key areas: CAG
  • Probe shows bias in award of scholarships
  • Kids rescued from embroidery unit
  • Satbir Singh set to become Delhi Mayor
  • Four more cops suspended
  • Three held
  • CBI raids surprise DCP's colleagues
  • Rai University duped us, allege students
  • Nod for Metro link to Noida by month-end
  • ADB forecasts fluctuation in growth
  • India can achieve 8 per cent growth, says World Bank
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Dairy Fest-2005 begins today
  • Mourning procession held
  • Alexander Mar Thoma lecture

    • Pondicherry

  • `Delay in sanction of financial aid to poor patients'
  • Rectify shortcomings in health sector, says Speaker
  • `Decision soon on payment of wage arrears'
  • Objection to listing of queries in unstarred category
  • Proposal on JIPMER autonomy faces flak
  • Expert opinion sought on formation of cracks in coastal areas

    • Punjab

  • Badal hits out at CM for green signal to flying academy

    • Racing : Horse

  • Sea Legend triumphs
  • Hugo pleases
  • Evidence Of You for main event
  • TAI to present paper at Asian conference

    • Racing : Motor

  • Finnish flavour in Team MRF

    • Raichur

  • SRI, a boon for paddy farmers

    • Rajasthan

  • Rozgar Yojana targets will be met: Minister
  • Kanoria College not to change hands

    • Religion

  • Exemplary devotion

    • Salem

  • Water consumption to be monitored in Salem
  • Road workers block traffic

    • Shimoga

  • `Tinder-box' in Malnad
  • BJP blames officials for water crisis

    • Sport

  • Sehwag - making batting look simple
  • We must get Sehwag early
  • Mithali helps India dethrone Kiwis
  • New Zealand takes lead
  • It was awesome on all counts: Anand

    • Sports : General

  • Sethu Baskara, Yadava win titles

    • Tamil Nadu

  • A breakthrough for Tamil Nadu in hardware segment
  • Environmental awareness grips Loyola students
  • Ravi Subramaniam's deposition recorded
  • `Government will consider memorials for Tamil scholars'
  • No option but to move Supreme Court: Jayalalithaa
  • Performance of highway patrol teams to be reviewed
  • `Government doctors must serve in rural areas at least for a year'
  • Stamp duty reforms committees soon
  • Elgibility criteria for appointment of Deans challenged
  • Fishermen yet to net funds
  • Co-operative bank stops business following RBI order
  • Privilege proceedings dropped against Balasubramoniyan
  • Arrangements for flower show begin
  • 5 killed in flash flood
  • Selling British locales for Indian films
  • Seven child workers rescued
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Sathya Nagar worst hit
  • Tirupur knitwear poised for growth
  • Karaikal people against reducing Assembly segments
  • Construction of 1408 group houses over
  • `Music can ensure perfection in any task'
  • Youth washed away
  • DVAC raid, 7 arrested

    • Tennis

  • Serena makes short work of Randriantefy
  • Indian challenge comes to an end
  • Indian challenge ends
  • Yuki Bhambri takes out top seed
  • Farid, Treta win

    • Thanjavur

  • India lagging behind in basic research: VC
  • SHGs find making of coconut thatches lucrative

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • `Medical education showing unhealthy trends'
  • SHRC member visits Poojappura prison
  • Nod for waste disposal system at Kovalam
  • Vizhinjam: 14 firms attend pre-bid meet
  • Councillor's plea to construct bypass canal
  • `Help develop African educational institutions'
  • Man held on assault charge
  • Sanction for new block at MCH
  • Science workshop
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvanananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated April 8, 1955: Nehru leads a procession
  • dated April 8, 1955: Sri Prakasa televised
  • dated April 8, 1955: Eden is British PM

    • Thrissur

  • Pope's death mourned
  • Azhikode to be felicitated
  • Man, son nabbed in theft case

    • Tiruchi

  • Increase in earnings of Tiruchi railway division
  • Major development works to be taken up soon
  • Standing crops suffer damage
  • `Five-star rating not zenith of achievement'
  • Students make best use of educational loans
  • Nine candidates file nomination papers
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Gang threatens doctor
  • Confirm our posts, say conservancy workers
  • Encroachments to be removed
  • Road workers held for roko bid

    • Tirupati

  • Power saving: YSR shows the way
  • Pleasant change for urban children
  • SPMVV plans tie-up with Canadian varsities
  • Red sanders seized

    • Tuticorin

  • FCRI to train Omani scientist in taxonomy

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Badaga convention at Kotagiri on April 10

    • Udupi

  • ICFAI National College to set up centre in Udupi
  • Udupi gearing up for Pulse Polio programme
  • `Study Chief Minister's directive regarding survey'

    • Union Territories

  • SAD opposes Govt. move to privatise education

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • BSNL broadband service in U.P.
  • Rag pickers' case handed over to Crime Branch

    • Uttaranchal

  • Forest staff threaten stir

    • Vellore

  • Heavy rain in Vellore
  • Body of youth exhumed
  • No nominations for bypolls in four Melvisharam wards

    • Vijayawada

  • Film exhibitors adopt wait and watch attitude
  • `Most promises fulfilled'
  • Minorities urged to utilise schemes
  • SFI seeks action against corporate colleges
  • Government urged to bring down turnover tax
  • Four held, adulterated toddy seized
  • PhotoImage expo
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Civic body cracks the whip on hoardings
  • VSP to hold business summit
  • Port Trust retains top slot
  • Touch of glamour for `Ugadi sambaralu'
  • Three held following clash
  • Case against medical shop
  • Officials inspect roads set for expansion
  • Titan launches new range of watches
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • Chennai gearing up for World qualifiers
  • Invitation tournament from April 20

    • Weather

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