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    Anantapur

  • Produce Suri by April 15: court
  • Puttaparthi to be spruced up

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Maoist emissaries pull out of talks
  • YSR reaffirms commitment
  • Innovation key to scale greater heights
  • `Innovation key to India becoming knowledge super power'
  • Diversion of Godavari water under study
  • MRPS to take up padayatra in support of categorisation
  • TDP sees threat to federalism
  • Involve all parties in scrutiny of tenders: BJP
  • Patients rush to corporate hospital pharmacies
  • Search on for Congress leader
  • Car designer fined for modifying jeep
  • Minister admits to delay in chilli procurement
  • RTC aims at turning the corner MD-designate outlines strategy
  • Bhanumati hopeful of Congress ticket
  • Energy efficiency key to free power, says YSR
  • Maoist emissaries' decision pains Jana
  • Pulse polio to cover over 1 cr. children
  • Chemists to continue bandh
  • Derecognise parties making tall promises: TDP
  • Extortion case against ex-ACP
  • Blast at construction site: three hurt
  • Ramakrishna's concern for Madhu's safety
  • Newly-wed killed
  • Praja Patham is `social audit' for APCC president
  • BJP worker killed
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • `Ground breaking' for Bhima lift irrigation scheme
  • Rs. 564-cr. credit plan unveiled for Medak
  • Minister reviews power supply, irrigation works

    • Archery

  • Jhanu Hansda sets World record

    • Bangalore

  • A tempting array, but infection lurks
  • Man accused in several cases kidnapped, released
  • Gang robs man of cash, cellphone
  • Exhibition on Japanese architecture
  • Rain, gusty winds in Bangalore
  • Ramanavami Music Festival from Saturday
  • Two women robbed of chains
  • CAT quashes official's transfer as varsity Registrar
  • BDA recovers property worth Rs. 7 crores
  • Passports despatched
  • Water adalat
  • Power shutdown
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporters' Diary

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • Kottayam boys in last four

    • Bidar

  • Preparations for sammelan yet to gather momentum

    • Bihar

  • Fire in running train, probe ordered

    • Bijapur

  • `Keep a watch over Maharashtra projects'

    • Bridge

  • Maharashtra BA `A' leads Group A

    • Briefly

  • Allahabad Bank fixes price band
  • Notice on Wipro
  • Morepen files USDMF
  • Accenture to move to permanent facility
  • Ford rolls out 100,000th Ikon
  • MTA-2005-MetalAsia expo from May 10
  • PFC signs MoU for 2005-06
  • New COO for Ashok Leyland
  • JCB's global growth plans
  • MindTree revenue at $55m
  • Stock broking firm opens branch
  • Veega Land gets ISO 14001
  • Consign Technology enters U.K. market

    • Business

  • Centre to discuss eradication of piracy with States — I&B Minister
  • ITC signs deal with Centre to settle excise issue
  • Maharashtra joins hands with private power producers
  • Sharp fall in German investment worrying — Chidambaram
  • ChevronTexaco buying Unocal for $16.4 b
  • Rupee weakens against dollar
  • AV Birla Group eyes Canadian pulp mill
  • Sensex ends flat
  • NLC exceeds production, generation targets
  • S&P assigns BBB rating to Infosys
  • CompTex to focus on consolidation
  • Dubai firm ties up with L&T for alumina refinery
  • Planters' plea to scrap `import for export' scheme
  • Maruti sales rise 14 p.c.

    • Cartoons

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    • Chennai

  • No consistency in property tax
  • Trough of low pressure brings rain
  • `Re-think role of Governors'
  • Rajendran new Additional Commissioner of Police
  • Rain adds to woes in this post office
  • Relief but traffic snarls too
  • Counselling `needed to choose area of study'
  • Falls to death
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Chess

  • Hari draws with Dreev
  • Chinna Reddy triumphs

    • Coimbatore

  • Illegal users warned of criminal action
  • Be willing to learn continuously: VC
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Cricket

  • Cricket Down Under programme launched
  • India-New Zealand semifinals
  • India at Visakhapatnam
  • GCA takes insurance cover for Pakistan team
  • Hamish hits hundred in Kiwis' solid start
  • Thumping win for Kanbay
  • Problem of plenty for Super Series selectors
  • IA forced to settle for a draw
  • Four-wkt. win for Social CC
  • A close shave for Mohammad Khalil
  • Badani to lead
  • ICC takes over women's game
  • Convincing win for HMCC

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8259
  • Solution to Puzzle No. 8258

    • Cuddalore

  • NLC exceeds target in lignite production
  • Kerosene supply for tsunami-hit

    • Cuddapah

  • Shepherd fatally run over

    • Dharwad

  • Drinking water supply schedule for Dharwad
  • `Rule of law cannot be amended'

    • Editorials

  • CREATING HEALTHY HOSPITALS
  • CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

    • Erode

  • Follow Gandhian principles, students told
  • Educational grant for weavers' children

    • Football

  • PES (Mandya) in last four
  • West Brom and Fulham improve their chances
  • Sporting downs Fransa
  • Champion's League: Exciting fare on the cards

    • Front Page

  • Manmohan forms task force on J&K development
  • Pope's funeral on Friday
  • Heavy security cover for bus passengers
  • Reorientation for officials at Centre
  • It's up to us to keep the momentum going
  • A short journey into the mind of Federer
  • Patil visits Nathula Pass
  • Charles' wedding postponed by a day
  • ITC signs deal with Centre to settle excise issue
  • Copter crash
  • Telecast case: HC stays single judge order
  • Public Utility service
  • Steps to put economy on track
  • Taj case: CBI restrained from shifting officer
  • Bogies gutted
  • Fire at circus

    • Golf

  • Viv Richards to play in India

    • Haryana

  • Demise of Pope condoled
  • Haryana Govt. to formulate renewable energy policy soon

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Sports Bill passed in Himachal House amid BJP walkout

    • Hockey

  • Big guns advance

    • Hyderabad

  • Officials hope to rein in outbreaks with Health Plan
  • HMWSSB draws more water from Singur, Osmansagar
  • Jaundice: whip cracked on eateries
  • TDP game for debate on Telangana
  • Propertyplus
  • Traffic diversion
  • No power supply
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • VAT ingenuity!

    • India & World

  • Threats to bus uncalled for, says Pakistan
  • Reservation for women in legislatures under consideration: Somnath

    • International

  • Bill to prohibit sale of F-16s to Pakistan
  • Sri Lankan government official shot dead
  • Eight militants killed in Saudi shootout
  • Pakistan to buy Chinese frigates
  • Bush to attend funeral
  • Charles' wedding postponed by a day
  • I must be there: Agca
  • Khatami seeks support for "peaceful nuclear programme"
  • Aid being misused: Karzai
  • The name of the game is secrecy
  • Two U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
  • Attack shakes Tamil community
  • U.S. in race to unlock new energy source

    • Kancheepuram

  • Small savings incentive

    • Karnataka

  • `Special session on A.P. projects not needed'
  • A historic day in panchayat raj history
  • It's now business as usual for milk union
  • Prisons Dept. sees no need for action
  • `Centre cannot decide on VAT list'
  • Scientists want national fund set up
  • BJP sets terms to join all-party team on `illegal' projects
  • Rs. 700 cr. sought for rural electrification
  • I am no rubber stamp, says Thippanna
  • Lokayukta changes strategy to tackle graft
  • Maritime Day at New Mangalore Port to be a low-key affair
  • `Sacked' NITK Director pained over development
  • Govt. urged to probe grabbing of land
  • High Court dismisses bail plea of accused
  • AAI approves Mysore airport proposal
  • Irregularities alleged in check-dam works
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Lokayukta flooded with complaints of corruption
  • 90 Davangere women taken to Saketh Rajan's funeral: SP
  • State to pressure Centre to stop irrigation projects in AP
  • Road repair work to begin in Chikmagalur soon
  • Priority to balancing reservoirs: Siddaramaiah
  • Reveal your caste during Census, Kuruba people told
  • Minister tells Nayakas to get organised
  • School to celebrate golden jubilee today
  • Around the City

    • Kerala

  • Housing scheme for urban poor on the anvil
  • Plan campaign strengthened class struggle: Pinarayi
  • Math permitted to build more houses in Alapad
  • Steps to tackle traders' stir
  • A window to the past
  • `Wonder from Down Under'
  • Planning for coastal areas mooted
  • `Do not exploit tsunami victims'
  • In defence of VAT
  • Forward Bloc hits out at CPI(M), CPI
  • Youth Congress leader found dead
  • Petition seeks CBI probe into online lotteries
  • New technologies mooted to tide over energy crisis
  • Free pricing of IMFL beneficial: commissioner
  • `New Pope should be acceptable to all'
  • Singhal to inaugurate VHP action plan
  • Posting: transfer of power flayed
  • Central nod for rural electrification
  • Conduct of SSLC exam to be reviewed
  • Four killed in road accidents
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • IUML district meet evokes keen interest

    • Kochi

  • Priority to modifying curriculum, says Minister
  • Private bus diversion to continue from today
  • Non-availability of breeding stock hampers ornamental fish trade
  • Preparations for rituals begin
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Reporters' Diary

    • Kollam

  • Shops demolished in PWD action against encroachers
  • Premachandran seeks action against Rajagopal

    • Kottayam

  • It is advantage Chandy in Kottayam
  • MGU Syndicate meeting held amid protest

    • Leader Page Articles

  • A world gone rude?
  • John Paul II, a radical authoritarian

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Angel of God
  • Take it seriously
  • F-16s for Pakistan
  • Whither democracy?
  • Bank mergers
  • Tele-serials

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Crack down on forest encroachments
  • Livelihood projects get a boost
  • Another feather in BHEL cap

    • Madikeri

  • Minister sets 15-day deadline to ease water crisis in Kodagu
  • `Teachers should send their children to govt. schools'

    • Madurai

  • Pursue `Jayalakshmi case' in lower court, HC Bench tells CBI
  • Efforts to tackle possible `summer diseases'
  • Nanguneri Magistrate summoned to appear before HC Bench
  • Mild showers in Madurai dt.
  • Accused drops dead in court
  • New DEOs for Madurai, Usilampatti
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    • Mangalore

  • Thumbe storage may last 13 days
  • Police start process to resolve Hindu, Muslim animosity
  • Gang takes away cash from shops
  • Man chased by group, assaulted
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Survey to study feasibility of metro rail in Mysore
  • `New pit lines will help introduce long distance trains'
  • Price war among newspapers decried
  • Colloquium on `Language and mind' held

    • Nagapattinam

  • Collector inspects temporary shelters in tsunami-hit areas

    • Nagercoil

  • Heavy rain in Nagercoil
  • Centre for AIDS patients declared open
  • Training programme

    • National

  • Bus passengers whisked to safe location
  • Paswan exercising `his democratic right,' says Congress
  • New Army command on border with Pakistan
  • Power pricing needs consensual approach: Manmohan
  • State mourning split into two phases
  • Building Ram temple remains unfulfilled dream: Advani
  • Quadruplets, natural and normal
  • `Only 26 per cent Jharkhand villages have power'
  • Paswan in no hurry to form government
  • Panel set up to probe Toofan Mail fire
  • UPA Government an unstable coalition: Advani
  • Revisiting a date with Nehru
  • A great earthquake may be `overdue' in the Himalayas
  • Urge Ghising to hold polls, Buddhadeb tells Manmohan
  • Manmohan approves creation of Air Marshal post for officer
  • Hizb warns of fidayeen attacks
  • Penguin to take wing
  • Rising interest in Bollywood in focus
  • CBI questions gutka baron
  • More stars for tsunami relief
  • Plea for salary: MLA directed to approach High Court
  • Madras High Court order on MBA admissions stayed
  • Bakery case: apex court gives time till May 31

    • Nellore

  • Collector warns against keeping offices closed `Praja Patham not at cost of regular work'
  • Minister assures farmers of fair deal

    • New Delhi

  • Delhi Metro shows the way to Chennai
  • Bank employees held for fraud
  • Traffic International by-passes India; to set office in Colombo
  • Lack of quorum delays House proceedings
  • Bureaucrats' absence irks MLAs
  • Concern over software used by banks
  • Kalam inaugurates Microsoft Summit
  • NCERT takes `lessons' from principals, teachers
  • Medical students urged to work for a noble cause
  • Two arrested for extortion bid
  • Woman, son killed in accident
  • NDMC stopped from demolishing eatery building
  • Traffic police plans drive
  • Kannada Sammelana planned
  • Alleged contract killers nabbed
  • 24-hour helpline for Parkinson's set up at AIIMS
  • Spotlight on kids with Type I diabetes
  • Study throws new light on breast cancer
  • Manna Dey: An immortal singer
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    • Nizamabad

  • Leaders briefed on Praja Patham
  • Divert Singur water to Nizam Sagar: TDP leader
  • Minister deplores poor drinking water arrangements

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Senior citizens' forum annual meet at Ranni
  • Activists take out Collectorate march
  • Meena-Bharani festival from April 11

    • Pondicherry

  • Chief Minister promises action on stray dogs, pigs
  • Speaker reads House rules to members
  • Abolition of Central sales tax sought
  • `Vacancies in civic bodies will be filled soon'
  • Relief sought for inland fishermen
  • Firemen's wage demand `taken up with Centre'
  • Delimitation Commission's Order published in Gazette

    • Punjab

  • Punjab Assembly mourns Pope's death
  • Wheat procurement picks up

    • Racing : Motor

  • Splendid show by Armaan

    • Rajasthan

  • Raje for revision of electrification norms
  • `Bio-village' inaugurated

    • Religion

  • Truth cannot be taught

    • Salem

  • To get a pot of water is an ordeal in this village

    • Shimoga

  • Party wants seats reserved for State students

    • Sport

  • It's up to us to keep the momentum going
  • Conditions in the middle will test the players again
  • A short journey into the mind of Federer
  • West Indies scents victory
  • Telecast case: HC stays single judge order

    • Sports : General

  • Govt. to provide jobs to sportspersons on a regular basis

    • Srikakulam

  • Sports school to be set up at Karimnagar

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Rain brings relief from sweltering heat
  • `Shutter-lifting' gang nabbed on Bihar-Nepal border
  • `Speaker has not incurred disqualification'
  • DPA firm on remaining united to take on AIADMK
  • Crab culture betters their lives
  • Textile mills looking at alternative energy sources
  • `Condom on Wheels' for rural awareness
  • Mandapam `records' 510 mm of rain in a single day
  • Afforestation project phase-II to cover four lakh acres
  • SPs, DIGs shifted in a major shuffle
  • Focus on cost-cutting, petroleum traders told
  • Speaker revokes Ilamvazhuthi's suspension after assurance
  • Vivek Oberoi garnered publicity: Jayalalithaa
  • Two more held for death of monkeys
  • Acharya need not appear before probe officer
  • Women's jamaat to fight harassment
  • Naval ship decommissioned
  • Medicare for tsunami victims
  • Kalimuthu should step down: Vaiko
  • Assembly homage to Pope
  • Post upgraded
  • Rice bags seized
  • Poacher held
  • `Centre's decision will benefit rural women, economy'
  • Sirumugai faces danger of chemical leak
  • Passports despatched
  • Public cooperation sought to eliminate child labour
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Housing loan `fraud': DVAC conducts checks in 16 places
  • Usury takes a beating in Thippampatty
  • TN a role model in employment creation: Collector
  • Pammal Municipality still collecting higher water charges
  • Chennai metro rail looks set to take off
  • Books distributed to 504 libraries
  • Training for Muslim women
  • Man run over by lorry
  • Date extended

    • Tennis

  • Federer lifts Key Biscayne title
  • Dibyajyoti shocked
  • Top seeds win singles titles
  • Binu pockets title

    • Thanjavur

  • Rains continue to lash Thanjavur, Tiruvarur dts.
  • Preparations in full swing for DMK meet
  • Procession marks homage to Pope

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Attingal budget lays thrust on development of markets
  • MCH resumes kidney transplant
  • Heavy rain throws life out of gear
  • `Make IT integral part of academic programmes'
  • Award for Kathakali artistes
  • Nishagandhi festival postponed
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • This Day That Age

  • dated April 5, 1955: PM's call to farmers
  • dated April 5, 1955: Advice to Eisenhower
  • dated April 5, 1955: Hans Andersen anniversary

    • Thrissur

  • Heavy rain: over 100 houses destroyed in Thrissur
  • Workshop inaugurated

    • Tiruchi

  • Vegetable cultivators placed in a soup
  • Girl found dead in well
  • Mild showers
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • Ensure better medical assistance to the poor

    • Tirupati

  • Will twin temples regain past glory?
  • Women devotees undertake holy trek
  • Magic, music to spice up Ugadi fest in Tirupati
  • First-aid for pilgrims on footpath
  • Teachers hold dharna
  • Clarification

    • Tuticorin

  • Two killed

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Municipality drive against encroachments

    • Udupi

  • Udupi transport authority earns Rs. 22.48 crores
  • Vasanta Sahityotsava to focus on literature, dance, drama

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • Mulayam demands special rural package

    • Vellore

  • Caution urged in allowing MNC drug trials in India

    • Vijayawada

  • You are not in queue to buy platform ticket here!
  • RTA opens new service centre
  • Water scarcity issue fuels angry exchanges at meeting
  • Dharna by canal bund dwellers
  • Believe in yourselves, visually challenged told
  • YHAI to open counselling centre
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Confusion over a name

    • Visakhapatnam

  • ESI super speciality hospital for Hyderabad likely
  • One-day cricket match excitement peaks VVIPs make a beeline for city
  • Big bucks for big hit
  • Railway station illuminated
  • AUTA's demands
  • Low pressure area
  • Man found dead
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Avoidable confusion

    • Warangal

  • State must help out chilli ryots, says TDP
  • Campaign on blood donation

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Wrestling

  • Two-day meet on April 16-17

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