The Hindu : Monday, March 15, 2004

Thomas Cup, Uber Cup finals draw

Crime Watch

Badminton

Bangalore

8,000 autos running with invalid permit

Police recover youth's body from field

CET brochures available in schools, colleges

Polio: need for support of homoeopathic doctors stressed

`Rotex 2004 Roadscapes' in city next month

Vidyut Adalat tomorrow

All this for his children's school fees?

Carnatic music festival

Protest against sale of beef

Bellary

Bidar

Clamour for Congress ticket at Aurad

Bijapur

Pecuniary considerations stop Kanta

Bijapur decked up for receiving Advani

Business

Banks have a tough task

Novel features of Jeevan Saral

Accessing CVS files

The political economy of outsourcing

Treatment of forfeited advance in business

Interest — when does interest on deposits accrue?

Bourses await buyers' return

Risk of tighter oil supplies and higher prices

Chennai

Residents complain of high sewerage tax

Madras varsity exam dates

RPF squad to check offences against woman commuters

Pharmaceuticals go in for patents

IN Chennai Today

Reader's Mail

Coimbatore

Keep libraries, labs open for late hours: former VC

Workshop to `re-engineer' teaching skills

Bowlers will have to get their act together

In Coimbatore Today

Reporters' Diary

Cricket

Well done, says Kalam

Delight and relief for Wright

England sneaks past West Indies

Zimbabwe wins series

Rayudu stands tall amid ruins

Railways restricts Tamil Nadu

Crossword

The Hindu Crossword 7931

Solution to puzzle 7930

Cuddapah

Congress accused of making false promises

Partymen feeling unsafe, says YSR

Held on charge of blasting cellular tower

Dindigul

Rural marketing network for SHG products

Power shutdown

EVMs demonstrated in Dindigul dt.

SHG members take out rally

Editorials

KARUNA'S CONFESSIONS

IIMs MUST STAND UP

Elections 2004

Ganglords and policemen jump into the fray

Q & A: Mulayam Singh Yadav

Come clean, NGOs tell political parties

POLL-POURRI

Never mind the pollsters, the race is still open

In the lap of paradise, the politics of hate

Football

East Bengal, Dempo split points

Front Page

Prime Minister for dignified campaign

Bulandshahr for Kalyan, Katiyar shifted from Faizabad

Never mind the pollsters, the race is still open

Tiger vs tiger in eastern Sri Lanka

China legalises private property

Sahib Singh Verma has violated code: Congress

LJP suffers jolt

Putin wins

Identified

Gulbarga

Role reversal for Malikayya Guttedar, M.Y. Patil

Hassan

Advani making false promises: JD(S) leader

Three killed in road accident in Hassan

Himachal Pradesh

BJP renominates sitting MPs

Hockey

The Netherlands is champion

Hyderabad

Police groping for clues as false complaints pile on

BJP flays KCR for calling on Vijayashanti

Need for awareness on fluorosis stressed

Naidu to join Advani yatra

Video cameras at Inter exam centres

Educationist dies

No power supply in some areas

Absconding life convict arrested

In Hyderabad Today

Indian Embassy in touch with Spanish officials

India & World

India must act now: Pakistan

China optimistic on ties with India

International

Putin set to sweep poll

Poll overshadowed by Al-Qaeda claim

A reflection of people's will: Wen

4 U.S. soldiers die in escalated violence

Pavarotti's grand finale

Pakistan readies for another operation in tribal area

`Canada was not convinced of evidence on Iraq'

Robot vehicles find the going rough

Kannur

`Banks ready to finance big projects'

Karimnagar

World Bank loan: Union Minister defends CM

2 naxals, civilian die in exchange of fire

Karnataka

Union Minister's brother joins Janata Dal (S)

Chandre Gowda chooses Sringeri

Somashekar, Janata Dal(U) State chief

Waiting for the promised land

Will the Congress wrest the seat this time?

Of politicians, their kin, and crime

Rousing reception for Advani all along

Barapole bridge benefits 20 Kodagu villages

A boon for BJP, Congress

Misrule cause for State's poor growth: Advani

Two Patils in a dilemma over their political fortunes

Organic farming makes good economic sense

Deve Gowda complains to Sonia on Krishna

Teacher gets back her job after 22 years

`Works in KNP taken up as per norms'

`People will vote only for performance'

Water crisis worsens at Sira, Gubbi

Whom does he belong to?

Award for fashion designer

Security drill surprises people

Somashekar is Janata Dal (U) State chief

26 airmen inducted into IAF

Elected

RSP questions Wahab's candidature

Karnataka - Others

Two killed in accident

Kerala

`Left to decide on stand after polls'

Heavy rush at Sabarimala

`Stagnation in higher education owing to funds crunch'

Congress panel to take up State list today

Local bodies fail to curb illegal activity

Move to use dead storage in Parambikulam dam

RSP questions Wahab's candidature

LDF begins campaign for Wadakkancherry byelection

State to take up airfare issue with Centre

Left to decide on stand after elections: VS

Deletion of name deliberate: Vijayakumar

Heavy rush at Sabarimala temple

Church fete

Plea to prepare data

`Introduce chemical disaster management plan'

Kochi

AKPCTA urges teachers to work for LDF victory

College teachers to stage dharna

P.J. Antony remembered

Malayattoor pilgrimage begins

Man found dead inside car

In Kochi Today

Stress on diabetes-control during pregnancy

Kollam

SNDP Kollam union office-bearers elected

Kottayam

Environmentalists afraid of sand-mining: Zacharia

Kozhikode

Exhibition planned

Leader Page Articles

The millions who cannot vote

Rising unemployment

Letters to the Editor

Madhya Pradesh

All eyes on BJP nominee from Bhopal

Madikeri

Number of voters in Kodagu increases

Nigam to hold slogan-writing competition

Madurai

Atlas on water bodies being prepared

`Education must for women's right to livelihood'

Cut-off date for secretaryship course

List of JD (S) ticket aspirants announced

In Madurai Today

Reporter's Diary

Mangalore

Call to strengthen secularism

`Give human touch to technology'

`Feel good factor, a farce'

Engagements

Consumer rights movement losing fizz?

Mysore

Janata Dal (S) collects applications

Kabini farmers vow to defeat ex-MLAs, ex-MPs

Nalgonda

Arrangements in place for SSC, Inter exam

National

Sonia's "desire for unearned power," says Mahajan

Unwarranted charges: Congress

India rejects Musharraf's contention on joint statement

V.C. Shukla in BJP list

Vilayat Khan dead

India a developed country: Advani

Agreement on AJT likely today

RJD, Congress deadlock over seat-sharing persists

India-inspired low-cost PC may be a global first

Court condemns misuse of PIL petitions

Are the pangolins becoming extinct?

Two fuel tanks of IAF plane fall on open fields in Gujarat

When Karachi proved the fears wrong

Work at IPR Board in Chennai disrupted

IAF displays strike power

`Durga Vahini' activists held

IAF can face any challenge, says Air Chief

Students appear for fake `CAT-2004' exam

New Delhi

Mass nesting of Olive Ridleys begins at Rushikulya beach

Construction boom spells doom for barn owl

Laloo attacks Mulayam Singh

Duplicate bulb unit unearthed

Delhi Speaker to lead delegation to Pakistan

Programmes lined up for Sahib's birthday bash

Morbidly obese patients need surgery, says expert

`Everyone has the right to protest'

Over 48 arrested in pre-poll swoop

Call to legalise Indo-Pak film trade

Sheila violating court directive, says Jagmohan

Bag creates panic at airport

DUTA office-bearers detained

News Analysis

Powell talks: the nuclear agenda

Nizamabad

Congress leaders take note of NRI's bid for Nizamabad seat

Pathanamthitta

Agriculture fair opens

Pondicherry

`Take steps to recover bank dues'

AIDS awareness campaign

Professor felicitated

Raichur

Ganja seized; four arrested

Rajasthan

RSS endorses NDA for a second term

Villagers take cudgels on behalf of health centre

A step towards bridging urban-rural divide

Religion

Embodiment of knowledge

Sports : General

Chennai & Namakkal triumph

Tamil Nadu

BJP rewards new entrants with ticket

Centre submits scheme to apex court

DPA leaders vow to fight `divisive' forces

Charisma versus election arithmetic

Unemployment a major issue here

Water in most temple tanks contaminated: study

`No economic structure without spiritual foundation'

`Commercial tax assessees being harassed'

Telegraph department pulled up for delayed delivery of telegram

Check groundwater exploitation: expert

Nurse, two others suspended

Karunanidhi confusing people, says BJP

Jayalalithaa campaigns at Bargur

Stop BJP yatra: CPI(M)

Chromepet residents stage protest

IUML to focus on issues highlighted by alliance parties

MGR Kazhagam to support DPA

Traders association to back DPA

Minister to the rescue

`Stagnation in higher education due to funds crunch'

Disciplinary action against Villupuram doctor

Make use of wireless system in panchayat unions: Collector

Farmers demand dam to divert Marudaiyar water

Tamil Nadu - Others

Move to propagate cultivation of `Inippu Thulasi'

Looms to weave plastic mats proposed

Borrowers remit Rs. 4 lakhs at Lok Adalat

Special `pujas' for rain in Periyar dam today

Work on subway may end this month

ATM inaugurated

Oath administered

Tennis

Somdev emerges champion

Hewitt, Agassi move up; Clijsters withdraws

Thiruvananthapuram

Drought: more funds for local bodies sought

Call for early warning against disasters

`Distance education needs improvement'

Two killed in accident

Camp for children

Job-oriented courses

In Thiruvananthapuram Today

dated Marth 15, 1954: French offensive

This Day That Age

dated Marth 15, 1954: Vijayalakshmi Pandit

dated Marth 15, 1954: Sri Sankaracharya

dated Marth 15, 1954: High denomination notes

Thrissur

Call to modernise veterinary sector

Daniel award presented

Factionalism: Deputy Mayor may quit

Youth killed in accident

Tiruchi

`Take up self-employment ventures'

`NSS volunteers can transform rural society'

Vote for party or group that supports Hindu agenda, say village priests

Develop leadership qualities, students told

`Work with utmost dedication and sense of commitment'