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    Anantapur

  • Praja Patham a damp squib: TDP

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Four Maoists killed in encounter, combing operations on
  • Experts' credibility questioned
  • State in tight spot at public debate
  • Government creating confusion on EAMCET, says Ramaiah
  • Lathicharge at Thotapalli condemned
  • Tamil, Gujarati medium B.Ed colleges likely
  • YSR chants SRC mantra again
  • CPI(M) accused of provoking farmers
  • APCC chief gearing up for `shanti yatra'
  • Krishna Madiga set to hit the road from today
  • Grievance cells for women employees urged
  • Two experts turned away
  • Fair deal for weaker sections in APCC likely
  • Three of family die in roof collapse
  • Two naxalites arrested
  • Briefly
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    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Will develop Karimnagar: YSR
  • All set for Ramanavami
  • Hospital panel moots shopping complex
  • Maoists torch poclain

    • Athletics

  • Radcliffe, Lel win London Marathon
  • Visa problems force Cheboror to pull out

    • Badminton

  • Indiranagar Club bags title
  • Siddarth enters final

    • Bangalore

  • One man's food is another's business
  • Businessman robbed of cash
  • Tree felling will go on, says BMP
  • Bharti Infotel launches service in three places
  • Boy falls from motorcycle, crushed under lorry
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Readers' mail

    • Belgaum

  • `Stop treating progressive thinkers as naxalites'
  • Do not sign proxy forms, depositors told

    • Bellary

  • Water supply schemes to be taken up in Bellary

    • Business

  • FM radio on comeback trail?
  • Backlash of Sarbanes-Oxley corporate reform in the U.S.
  • Tenth Plan and a touch of realism
  • China's pre-eminence in exports
  • Forfeited advance may be taxable
  • Is gift from `non-relatives' taxable?

    • Cartoons

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    • Chennai

  • Drawing from tsunami experience
  • Petroleum dealers to go on strike from today
  • Special Court tenure extended by 6 months
  • Evolve model to assess poll expenses: Krishnamurthy
  • A movement to cherish A movement to cherish
  • Burglary at residential complex baffles police
  • Cycles given to students
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Chess

  • Ubilava may coach Harikrishna

    • Coimbatore

  • Cross Cut Road reels under fund constraint
  • Bharathiar-Wyoming varsity tie-up likely
  • Fighting plant pests the natural way
  • VAT exemption for broiler sought
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • Wright bids adieu to India
  • India has to reassess its strategy and strengths, says Rahul Dravid
  • Unsung heroes behind Kotla success
  • Dippenaar dazzles

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 8270
  • Solution to Puzzle No.8269

    • Cuddalore

  • Theatre screen damaged, but show goes on
  • Hindustan Salts draws up plan to become viable

    • Cuddapah

  • No free transport for poor under health scheme
  • Muslims seek reservation
  • Honours for Cuddapah policemen

    • Editorials

  • Softly does it in India-Pakistan ties
  • Boost for Indian language computing

    • Football

  • Titanium romps home
  • Morales nets Osasuna's winner

    • Front Page

  • Positive, forward-looking talks: Manmohan
  • Involve Kashmiris in peace process: Hurriyat
  • Balochistan issue
  • Pakistan clinches one-day series
  • A collective effort
  • BSF officer killed as BDR opens fire
  • `Bypoll an opportunity to show unity'
  • Petrol pumps strike
  • Former Governor dead
  • Quake jolts Sumatra

    • Generalia

  • Dream innings

    • Guntur

  • Hyundai Motors opens new showroom in Guntur

    • Haryana

  • Hooda's magic tilts the balance in civic elections

    • Hassan

  • Fall in farm sector credit Fall in credit flow to farm sector

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • PM likely to lay foundation stone for Rampur hydel project

    • Hubli

  • Idgah minaret collapses

    • Hyderabad

  • MIM team meets Chief Minister
  • Public phone booths to try out eSeva concept
  • Bus bays in busy areas shifted
  • Petrol stir ignites panic
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • India & World

  • `Millennium Development Goals must be met'

    • International

  • Blair may hand over reins to Gordon Brown
  • E.U. to check flow of illegal immigrants
  • China refuses to apologise
  • Operation to free Shia hostages
  • Mandela sues ally over art sales

    • Jammu & Kashmir

  • Ramnavami greetings

    • Karimnagar

  • Rs. 3 cr. for sports school

    • Karnataka

  • Arbitrary acquisition lands BDA in the soup
  • Draft environment policy comes under attack
  • Steady decline in development expenditure, welfare affected
  • Lobbying on for top post in RGUHS
  • Looks like State is in election mode
  • Rs. 45-lakh surplus budget for Belgaum
  • A centre for communal harmony comes alive
  • An inscrutable problem
  • Ozario for consensus on Konkani script
  • Special NH subdivision for Hassan established
  • 87,020 to appear for CET
  • JD(S) demands action against land-grabbers
  • Sudarshan against abolition of Legislative Council
  • Water supply in Hubli
  • Briefly
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    • Karnataka - Others

  • Power shutdown in many areas
  • `Chitradurga will not have thatched huts'
  • `Minorities still being exploited in State'

    • Kerala

  • Congress factions vie for lower rung party apparatus
  • Research institutions in the State to be networked
  • On right school, right age
  • Rich tributes to `shining red star'
  • Sample fireworks display today
  • KPAC Sulochana dead
  • T.K. Balan dead
  • Air-India Express yet to get landing rights in Muscat
  • Back Chandy, Vayalar Ravi tells Antony
  • Congress to commemorate Salt Satyagraha
  • Devaswom to take up IT issue
  • `Laksharchana' at Sabarimala today
  • Around the City

    • Kerala - Others

  • Praise all the way for Kovilan in home village
  • Around the City

    • Kochi

  • Kochi fails to tap natural water sources
  • Rallies add to commuters' woes
  • Call for broader unity among Hindus
  • In Kochi Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Kollam

  • Cashew sector to benefit from VAT
  • Knuckleduster used to assault Rajendran: report

    • Kozhikode

  • KPCC gears up for Kozhikode rally
  • Seminar calls for SSLC curriculum review

    • Kurnool

  • Attack on SCs: cases registered against 12

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Nuclear power for the 21st century

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  • Most like it, some don't...
  • India-Pak. goodwill
  • RSS and the BJP
  • Right decision
  • Tussle in Amul town
  • `Open skies' deal
  • Wear helmets
  • Development indicator?
  • A rare personality

    • Madhya Pradesh

  • Power-strapped MP turns to alternate sources of energy

    • Madurai

  • In aid of HIV positive patients
  • Bench issues notice to Railway Board on revised tatkal system
  • Dravidian parties have ignored Muslims: INL
  • Thieves damage solar panels at MKU
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reporter's Dairy

    • Maharashtra

  • Survey indicates big money in gaming, animation

    • Mangalore

  • CAMPCO's chocolate unit suffers Rs. 19.77 cr. loss
  • Govt. collecting power bills forcibly: KRRS
  • Dacoity case for crime bureau
  • In Mangalore Today
  • Reader's Madil

    • Mysore

  • Heritage tag for more buildings
  • 77-year musical tradition
  • Activists disfigure English hoardings
  • Chain snatching: two held
  • Police avert group clash

    • Nagapattinam

  • Tsunami-affected villages to have 50 community utility centres
  • Fishermen asked to venture into sea
  • VAO, assistant arrested on graft charge

    • Nagercoil

  • Anna Stadium to be modernised

    • Nalgonda

  • Love failure cause of girl's suicide

    • National

  • India, Pakistan to set up Joint Business Council
  • FICCI hails business council proposal
  • Portrayal of Bodos in film `perverse': BSF chief
  • Musharraf gets his birth certificate
  • The Begum goes sightseeing
  • Sherwanis, bangles from Hyderabad
  • Two Presidents have a cosy chat
  • Peace was the theme in music too
  • Pandits' plea to Musharraf
  • A pleasant surprise for Advani
  • Javed Mir not allowed to meet Musharraf
  • BJP to contest Uttar Pradesh polls alone
  • Third front a dream: Venkaiah
  • Premature dissolution of Jammu and Kashmir Panchayats draws flak
  • India hopeful of consensus before WTO meeting
  • Auto components exports set to zoom

    • New Delhi

  • No kidding
  • CSB project still awaits Government clearance
  • "Create sense of urgency for reforms''
  • "Govt. falls into VAT trap''
  • Professor's return to JNU sparks off another row
  • Capital gets first surveillance unit
  • Mismanagement at Kotla Stadium
  • Al-Jazeera seeks Arabic version of film-making DVD
  • Extra time for VVIPs
  • A busy day for security personnel
  • Protest against Musharraf's visit
  • Food for thought
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • News Analysis

  • Losses for all in eastern Sri Lanka
  • Iraqi resistance may enter a new phase
  • Building a consensus on major issues
  • A father's last letters

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Call for people's cooperation in sandalwood conservation
  • Padayani festival begins

    • Pondicherry

  • Archbishop distributes assistance to fisherfolk

    • Punjab

  • New Canadian study centre at Panjab varsity

    • Racing : Horse

  • Aleksei wins J.D. & Peggy Banatwalla Trophy

    • Rajasthan

  • Sonia to decide on CLP chief
  • Rajasthan moots national policy on information
  • Water from canal to help cotton seed sowing

    • Religion

  • Timeless tenets

    • Shimoga

  • Elderly asked to be independent

    • Sport

  • Pakistan clinches one-day series
  • A collective effort
  • Convincing victory for IHF Juniors
  • Ameya, Ayub, Rayomand do well

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Time for TNPCEE exams
  • Leela Samson takes over as Kalakshetra director
  • Encroachments shrinking Pallavaram Lake
  • Infants face hepatitis threat from mothers
  • Norms to check breakdowns in computers in government offices
  • Salt satyagrahis reach Thanjavur
  • Time Tamil Nadu introduced VAT
  • Ramadoss urges Vanniyars to set up multispeciality centres
  • Rain chills farmers' hopes
  • Visual media `can help children with disabilities'
  • Logistics Post launched in State
  • Temples renovation at Rs. 25 crores
  • Minister declares auditorium open
  • Code of conduct in force in Kancheepuram for by-poll
  • Weeds removal from Yercaud lake
  • Nataraja idol shorn of cosmic background
  • Lorry cleaner rescued from wreckage
  • Electoral rolls verified in Mylapore
  • CPI (M) plans drag-cart agitation
  • `Appoint Director of Matriculation Schools'
  • English workshop
  • Eye camp
  • Salem Export Zone yet to take off
  • Melaselvanoor sanctuary welcomes winged visitors
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Residents take to the streets
  • Two killed as lorries collide

    • Tennis

  • Main draw today
  • Sania optimistic
  • Nadal stops Gasquet, clashes with Coria

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Computer networking of district courts on course
  • Growth-oriented budget for Varkala municipality
  • Water supply suspended
  • Lightning kills woman, child
  • Making it safe
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • This Day That Age

  • dated April 18, 1955: Nehru in Bandung
  • dated April 18, 1955: Madhya Bharat CM
  • dated April 18, 1955: Vasan on role of cinema

    • Thrissur

  • Probe ordered into graft charge

    • Tiruchi

  • Railway week celebrated
  • BSNL broadband service for more areas in Tiruchi
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Tirunelveli

  • Councillor held on charge of threatening Mayor
  • Farmer takes up vanilla cultivation in dry area
  • Ministers distribute free bicycles to BC, MBC students

    • Tirupati

  • SVU students' stir continues
  • More PG seats likely

    • Union Territories

  • Need for all-India agency to deal with inter-State crime

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • No change in U.P. party leadership, says Kalyan
  • U.P. Congress delegation to meet President on Minister' statement
  • U.P. to develop new tourist areas

    • Vijayawada

  • Residents complain against poor civic amenities
  • District jail to be shifted
  • Matching steps with changing trends
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Fishing ban fizzles out
  • A shocking notice from discom
  • `Make voters more aware'
  • Woman dies in mishap
  • eSeva clarifies
  • ECoR launches refrigerated van
  • Around the City
  • In Vishakapatnam Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Weather

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