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Alappuzha

  • UDF Government pushed State into debt trap: VS

    Anantapur

  • Transportation planned to meet water needs

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Naidu administers oath to candidates
  • Trouble in BJP over seat-sharing
  • Laloo `costlier' than Nitish
  • Ticket allotment turns complicated
  • BJP threatens to work against TDP
  • Allotment of two LS seats in Warangal to TRS raises eyebrows
  • TDP may redraw strategy to outdo Congress
  • Ticket denial triggers protest
  • Naxals blast mandal resource centre
  • Candidates' selection a tough task for parties
  • Doctors get girl's jaws moving
  • PW naxal killed in encounter
  • Rosaiah terms TDP claims conflicting
  • Mysoora decries rumours of thermal power plant closure
  • Ensure unanimous election of Manikumari: BJP
  • Two ex-MLAs quit Congress
  • Certificate course in library science
  • CPI(M) releases list of six candidates
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Naxal surrenders
  • TRS names Khanapur candidate

    Athletics

  • Ashish, Shalu hog the limelight

    Bangalore

  • Good response to RGUHS programmes
  • University submits crisis management plan for city
  • BWSSB violated code of conduct by opening tenders?
  • Burglars take away cash, goods from three houses
  • Fire at software firm, employees rescued
  • Contractors to stage dharna today
  • `Translations of great works can promote unity'
  • BWSSB to help reduce water wastage in New Delhi
  • Water adalat
  • 106 million units of power consumed
  • Training centre for engineers may be set up
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore City

    Barometer

  • Stock Market Index
  • Exchange Rates
  • Bullion rates

    Belgaum

  • Uchagaon BJP workers find candidate unacceptable
  • CPI announces woman candidate for Uchagaon

    Bellary

  • Independent files papers for Bellary

    Bidar

  • Signs of dissent in Bidar BJP

    Bihar

  • CAG castigates Bihar Govt.
  • Advani's rath to enter Bihar on April 7

    Bijapur

  • BJP in two minds on expelling Shivanand Patil

    Briefly

  • Tata Telecom's customer care centre
  • IBM to invest in e-governance initiatives
  • Meet on medicinal plants
  • Henkel's offer for consumers
  • Archies' investment plans
  • SBI ATM in Mahabaleshwar
  • BPL carnival
  • Centurion Bank opens extension counter
  • Stress relieving programme
  • New ethnic restaurant
  • Oracle suite for Singapore retail chain
  • BBK ties up with BANCS ATM
  • ECIL's fencing system for HAL
  • Fortune to use NSTL certification
  • Corporation Bank to open new branch
  • Cerebra bags project from U.K.
  • 35 p.c. dividend under Canexpo
  • Maximize bags Britannia account
  • Rolls-Royce's centenary
  • Timex plans preference issue
  • Moody's outlook for Tata Motors

    Business

  • EU imposes record $613 m fine on Microsoft
  • 14 p.c. drop in tea exports
  • Tata-Reliance bout on bandwidth ends
  • New Jersey law firms to outsource from India
  • Late rally limits early losses
  • Rupee forges ahead
  • Govt. issues UTI Bonds worth Rs. 328 cr.
  • Trade in services: movement of persons a key issue
  • Oil firms' secret finance to regimes
  • NIIT holds EGM

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon - II
  • POCKET WATCH
  • Cartoon - I

    Chennai

  • Tankers drive out of city for cheaper, polluting diesel
  • DMK functionary fatally attacked
  • `Road-laying target will be achieved by March'
  • Metrowater steps to become more customer-friendly
  • Consult us on development projects: women councillors
  • Training in bio-technology
  • Clive House being restored to past glory
  • Fogging machine will keep Stanley operation theatres bacteria-free
  • Screening begins for HIV-positive persons for free ARV therapy
  • `Take computer literacy to masses'
  • In Chennai Today
  • Around the City

    Chess

  • Anand in joint lead

    Coimbatore

  • Coaching classes for TNPCEE exams
  • `Provide alternative jobs to farm labourers'
  • Change in CM's itinerary
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Pedalling their way to conservation

    Cricket

  • India crosses final barrier
  • Celebration of a shared love of the game
  • Jubilation at PM's house as India makes history at Lahore
  • Will it be Tamil Nadu's year?
  • Shoaib, Ganguly face off
  • Lehmann shores up Australia
  • Musharraf watches match
  • Pakistani fans fall for Indian heroes
  • Rs. 50-lakh bonus for team
  • Musharraf among dignitaries in stands
  • A day to remember for Jinnah's daughter

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 7940
  • Solution to puzzle No.7939

    Cuddapah

  • Focus on crop loan in credit plan
  • Three die as lorry hits autorickshaw

    Dindigul

  • Cong. demo

    Editorials

  • MIDDLE PATH OF THE CONGRESS
  • A RESOUNDING VICTORY

    Elections 2004

  • Quake rehabilitation changes social landscape
  • Antony hard put to console angry farmers
  • Army seeks changes in proxy voting norms
  • A blitzkrieg no one can miss
  • The growing clout of the MP from Siwan
  • The political couples of Orissa
  • And now, voters list with photos
  • Phone campaign hearing put off
  • Sachin Pilot, Congress candidate from Dausa, Rajasthan
  • Mamata doesn't know how to run party, says aide
  • POLL-POURRI
  • Q & A: Venkaiah Naidu

    Front Page

  • India clinches first-ever ODI series in Pakistan
  • Notification issued for first phase
  • 31 Karbis gunned down by suspected Kuki militants
  • Janardhana Reddy, Srikant Jena in Congress list
  • Shift north Goa Collector: EC
  • Quake rehabilitation changes social landscape
  • Hefty fine for Microsoft

    Golf

  • Indian Open from today

    Gulbarga

  • Can Subash Guttedar create history?
  • 1,017 hypersensitive booths in Gulbarga
  • DSS seeks transfer of police official
  • Two file papers in Raichur
  • `Janata Dal (U) tie-up with BJP inconsequntial'

    Guntur

  • Three dead, five hurt in road mishap

    Hassan

  • Clamour for party ticket in Arsikere
  • BJP workers stage protest

    Himachal Pradesh

  • Sukh Ram holds the key to Mandi seat

    Hubli

  • Two get scholarship from teachers forum
  • Staff of aided schools to intensify protest
  • Railway authorities criticised
  • Boy dies of burns

    Hyderabad

  • Returning officers' list
  • Pulse polio: officials told to make all-out efforts
  • TRS nominee launches campaign
  • Two Independents file nominations
  • Job racket victims stage demonstration
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • India, China discuss economic ties
  • Our ties with India, Pakistan different: U.S.

    International

  • Israeli troops enter West Bank village
  • Panel faults Bush, Clinton regimes on terror front
  • Storm brewing over Pakistani operations
  • Mars had a salty water pool once: NASA
  • `God' in U.S. oath challenged
  • The horror cliches
  • China's loan for Pakistan
  • E.U. accord on statute likely
  • China-Japan territorial dispute flares up
  • Tamil academic wounded in eastern Sri Lanka
  • Warship could blow up, says Russian Admiral

    Kancheepuram

  • Stolen property recovered

    Kannur

  • Plea to stop reclamation of hills

    Karimnagar

  • Ex-Minister likely to face tough competition

    Karnataka

  • JD(U) faction's ultimatum to BJP
  • Domesticated animals to be vaccinated
  • Bangarappa denies role in selection
  • Problems galore for Congress, BJP
  • 9,306 students awarded RGUHS degrees
  • Bangalore Rural ready for polls
  • Their indifference is deceptive
  • Janata Dal (S) list likely tomorrow
  • 1.16 lakh new voters in Bangalore North
  • Congress undecided on some constituencies
  • Wait for announcement, Congress candidates told
  • Vote out BJP, INL urges people
  • B.V. Ramamurthy passes away
  • 104 SSLC students debarred
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Poll panel to probe Goa memo episode
  • District credit plan gives priority to agriculture
  • Five officials charge-sheeted in `hillock scam'
  • Dacoits strike at house, dhaba; man killed
  • Rs. 442.16-crore outlay in credit plan
  • Four students debarred
  • 63 booths hypersensitive in Bhadravati

    Kerala

  • Rs. 100 crores more for drought relief
  • Situation worsening on industrial front
  • Jacob ignoring House panel report on water pacts: former MLA
  • KSRTC staff entitled to revised pension
  • Call for better food chain management
  • Karunakaran, Unnithan engage in plain talk
  • Youth Congress criticises selection of candidates
  • `Hydel power being wasted at Pallivasal'
  • Central panel to assess forest fire damage sought
  • NSS to press for social justice
  • Reservation for summer special trains from today
  • Party wants me to contest: Sudheeran
  • Petition seeks probe into calamity fund diversion
  • Antony's tour politically motivated: BJP
  • Infam to get Rs. 42 lakhs
  • Swords recovered from Marad area
  • 1,950 litres of spirit seized
  • HMS to support pro-working class candidates
  • VS targets Jacob on river water issue
  • Briefly
  • District Notes

    Kerala - Others

  • Water scarcity adds to woes of Vizhinjam residents
  • Rs. 50 lakhs for hydro electric projects

    Kochi

  • A scholar remembered
  • Token strike by medical college students today
  • Hartal in Kumbalam today
  • ADB aid: Corporation to finalise projects soon
  • Rally held to mark World TB Day
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • Thenmala boat staff stir today
  • Plea on special recruitment

    Kottayam

  • Lawyers boycott court in Changanassery

    Kozhikode

  • `Synergise heritage architecture with technology'
  • `Social sanction needed to oppose dowry'
  • TB Day observed
  • Training programme

    Leader Page Articles

  • Issues for the elections
  • Tackling tuberculosis

    Letters to the Editor

  • Poll ads
  • Ally status
  • Yassin's killing
  • Exit polls
  • Dynastic politics
  • Post-Cold War world

    Madikeri

  • Rs. 372-cr. credit plan for Kodagu launched

    Madurai

  • A debate beyond politics
  • 150 years, a matter of pride
  • Wanted: a kind-hearted gesture to these children
  • A challenging procedure in cardiac care adopted
  • Chidambaram's effigy burnt in Sivaganga
  • `Communal forces posing threat to cultural pluralism'
  • Course fee revised
  • No flow into dams despite showers
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Central Market stall owners down shutters
  • Raitha bazaar favoured in Mangalore
  • Staff of industrial training centres take out procession
  • 12.94 lakh voters in Dakshina Kannada
  • All-faith amity meet on Sunday
  • In Mangalore Today

    Mysore

  • Kabini farmers set terms for support
  • Dynamite in fodder kills elephant calf
  • KMUF ropes in Imams to consolidate Muslim votes
  • Workshop on Safed Musli on April 4
  • Rs. 22,000 stolen from school
  • Invigilators replaced

    Nagercoil

  • Farmer dies in Collectorate

    Nalgonda

  • TDP faces tough fight from TRS

    National

  • Sonia mingles with the crowd
  • Congress disputes Advani's claim
  • Dharmendra joins BJP
  • I'm not in the race for Prime Ministership: Advani
  • Congress has copied us: Vajpayee
  • BJP, JMM chiefs restrained from contesting poll in J&K
  • Hacker frenzy
  • CPI(ML) releases manifesto
  • Directive on POTA charges against Raja Bhaiyya
  • Shahabuddin objects to Singhal's remarks
  • Verdict reserved on additional evidence in Best Bakery case
  • Vital defence information still on the net
  • PM cautioned against overtures to Muslims
  • Jet Airways plans to link more S. Asian countries
  • Minorities panel plea to religious leaders
  • BJP, Congress leaders trade charges
  • Mayawati asks Gujarat voters to defeat BJP, Congress
  • Mann held for threatening to block Advani's yatra
  • Tripathi may quit as Speaker
  • RLD to field Ajit Singh from Baghpat

    Nellore

  • Contest likely between former pals
  • Development ignored, says ex-Congress MLA

    New Delhi

  • BJP misleading people on house tax, alleges Sheila
  • JNU for mapping uncharted areas
  • Clash over jhuggi demolitions, 11 cops among several hurt
  • Bill tabled to seek remand through video-conferencing
  • `Regularisation move a farce'
  • Three arrested on abduction charge
  • MCD chief's action draws flak
  • Delhi raises a toast
  • 3 killed in accidents
  • Dismissed cop held
  • Punters nabbed
  • Lawyers abstain from courts
  • CBI gets nod to prosecute Councillor
  • `Sacrifices made for freedom should be remembered'
  • Metro timings
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    News Analysis

  • Peace and the peace dividend

    Nizamabad

  • Abide by model code, urges Collector
  • A keen contest in the offing

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Pathanamthitta

  • Rs. 1,382-crore credit plan for Pathanamthitta
  • Ritual held at Orippurathu Temple
  • Seminar on animal husbandry

    Pondicherry

  • Congress will take country to greater heights: Rangasamy
  • Strategies to increase sugarcane yield

    Raichur

  • Six students debarred in Raichur
  • 19 arrested on gambling charge

    Rajasthan

  • All out efforts sought to control tuberculosis
  • Political compulsions behind renominations
  • 1999-2000 selected as WPI base year

    Religion

  • Transcend the body identity

    Srikakulam

  • Red alert sounded after PW bandh call

    Tamil Nadu

  • Protest by Congressmen snowballs
  • `Be torchbearers of consumer movement'
  • Cong. cadres stage protest in Thanjavur
  • Pep talk from a politician
  • Jayalalithaa's tour perks up electioneering in Coimbatore
  • DMK happy with response to Karunanidhi's campaign
  • Vaiko refutes Jayalalithaa's charges
  • The contentious issue will haunt candidates
  • Women's organisations to support DPA
  • Data Recovery and Prevention of data loss
  • Blade Servers
  • Court to record evidence in cyberporn case today
  • Fernandes to campaign for People's Alliance
  • Order on minimum wages for school staff stayed
  • New technology in the offering
  • Marina walk to mark World TB Day
  • `Eunuchs are eligible to be enrolled'
  • NJP list
  • Veeranam scheme impractical: PMK
  • DMK complaint to EC on opening of schools
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Sanitary complexes to be constructed in 484 panchayats
  • Acute water crisis in Kodaikanal
  • Only DPA can ensure secularism: Karunanidhi
  • Sensitive areas identified in Tiruvallur for poll

    Tennis

  • Sandhya overwhelms Preeti
  • Sania makes history of sorts

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Fighting privatisation
  • Corporation locks horns with TRIDA
  • Attack on hotel: four held
  • Sangeetha Nataka Akademi awards given away
  • Old buses phased out in capital
  • Banks to disburse Rs. 1,164 crores
  • Three get life term
  • Water supply schemes sanctioned
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated March 25, 1954: India's foreign policy
  • dated March 25, 1954: Mao Tse-tung
  • dated March 25, 1954: National awards
  • dated March 25, 1954: T.T.D. centres

    Thrissur

  • `Shun hostility to development'
  • Kalamandalam fete concludes

    Tiruchi

  • Interacting with farmers to demonstrate a technology
  • IA to reduce economy class fares from April 1
  • Strengthen mental health of students, teachers told
  • Service-providers urged to file returns
  • Streamline drinking water supply, says CPI
  • Rama Navami programmes
  • College Day celebrated
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • `Remove all poll hoardings'
  • CDs seized, two held

    Udupi

  • Nityananda Volakad to contest from Udupi
  • Dacoits loot businessman's house

    Uttaranchal

  • Uttaranchal to promote organic farming
  • Infighting in Congress over seats

    Vijayawada

  • Nagarjuna University women's hostel to be built
  • Look beyond institutions for education, students told
  • Around the City

    Visakhapatnam

  • Professor's dismissal puts parties in a fix
  • Supply of muddy tap water alleged Official promises early action
  • Steps afoot to keep TB under control
  • Meet on refractory engineering from April 5
  • Inter student ends life
  • Seminar held on adolescent health
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

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