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Andhra Pradesh

  • Eight farmers killed by Maoists
  • Nine killed in jeep-truck collision
  • CRPF jawan injured in exchange of fire
  • Taxman's call drives them to the wall
  • Vempenta incident sequel to village feud
  • Pre-paid meters for power consumers soon
  • Twin problems haunt Srikakulam villages
  • Old Gandhi Hospital a haven for vandals
  • Vizag college gets accreditation
  • Surface water safer for drinking: expert
  • Clear air on World Bank `terms':CPI(M)
  • HIV training centre for doctors soon
  • Gangavaram still tense
  • Kidnapped Myanmarese women rescued by police
  • Yanamala takes exception to ads on YSR's speeches
  • Recipe for ending power struggle
  • Slain naxal from Vijayawada
  • PCC poll process to be completed by April 30
  • `Srujana' from tomorrow
  • Two children die as water tank collapses
  • Nagam picks holes in budget
  • Talent test toppers' list announced
  • CPI renews plea to Naidu
  • Maoists blast gas cylinder godown
  • Life convict dies
  • VMC engineers held for taking bribe
  • Accused inflicts injuries on himself
  • Nine killed in jeep-truck collision
  • One more held in Paritala case
  • BC Welfare officer held on graft charge
  • NAAC accords `A' grade to college
  • Briefly

    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Fate of proposed uranium plant hangs in balance
  • Indiscriminate digging of borewells decried

    • Athletics

  • Big money marathon in Kolkata on March 13

    • Badminton

  • Samit, Neha are champions
  • Gopi Chand & Sridhar make main draw

    • Bangalore

  • BWSSB to consider BMP's plea
  • Major fire in commercial complex at K.G. Circle
  • `Firms should take into account the human factor'
  • Audio cassette of patriotic songs by blind youth released
  • `Twist therapy can ease chronic pain'
  • Stolen ornaments restored to their owners
  • Presentation on student visas to U.S. today
  • Power shutdown
  • Two killed in road accidents
  • BMP team leaves for Delhi
  • Medical, dental PG entrance test results announced
  • Legal counselling cell for the disabled
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    • Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    • Basketball

  • RSB Mumbai, TN in semifinals

    • Belgaum

  • Parties trying to ascertain voter response

    • Bellary

  • Need to prevent pollution stressed
  • Large crowds gather outside counting centres in Bellary

    • Bihar

  • Mixed fortune for criminal record holders in Bihar

    • Bridge

  • Formidables to meet Indian Railways in final

    • Briefly

  • LIC to expand capital
  • VSNL begins cable-laying
  • OVL bags oilfield in Egypt
  • Acer cuts notebook price
  • PDEXCIL welcomes budget proposals
  • Online tax collection facility
  • Award for Chandra Textiles
  • MICO Q4 net profit up
  • IndusInd Bank opens two branches
  • BEML bags export award
  • Knowledge on Wheels
  • SISL and SafeScrypt sign pact
  • MindTree opens West Campus
  • FLEXCUBE tops IBS ranking
  • JRG opens second branch
  • UAE Exchange at Kalpetta
  • Geojit opens shop at Oman
  • IOC opens 10,000th petrol pump
  • Elected to Milma
  • Workshop on UNCTAD project
  • Elected to ICAI
  • IDBI Bank bags awards

    • Business

  • IT industry's mixed response to budget
  • Shetty is new IDBI Chairman
  • Sensex drops 63 points on profit taking
  • India future driver for BRIC economies: Goldman Sachs
  • Behuria takes over as IOC Chairman
  • Supachai to head UNCTAD
  • MUL's sales up
  • Tata unveils `Xover' at Geneva
  • Hero Honda, Bajaj Auto sales rise
  • Rupee declines
  • SBI Card launched in Pondicherry
  • IOC's launches rural marketing programme
  • Can Fin launches non-housing finance products
  • `Manufacturing must be given top priority'
  • Udhaya Energy sets up export unit

    • Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    • Chattisgarh

  • Chhattisgarh says no to VAT

    • Chess

  • Kasparov slips out of Anand's grasp
  • Eleven players in lead

    • Coimbatore

  • Hopes of development fade
  • Failure to write off loans deplorable: ryots
  • Drive against excess emission by vehicles
  • Traffic diversion for temple festival
  • `Union Budget growth-oriented'
  • A positive Budget: SIEMA
  • Over 30,000 to take Plus-Two exam
  • In Coimbatore Today

    • Cricket

  • New rule on suspect bowling action in force from today
  • Veeran scalps seven
  • BCCI's warning to DDCA
  • Kapil Devils CC posts win
  • All-round show by Anoop
  • Australia continues to dominate
  • Flawless century by Abbas Ali
  • Allan Rae passes away
  • Lehmann to undergo surgery
  • Current lot is talented: Athar Ali Khan
  • It will be evenly fought: Altaf
  • Surendradoss shines
  • PCA invites former Pakistan captains
  • Neutral umpires: PCB seeks BCCI support
  • Two wkt. win for KGC
  • M.F. Khan CC moves into quarterfinals
  • Sharad Diwadkar is no more
  • Big win for RBNCC
  • Chauhan hits century
  • BEML draws with RWF

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8230
  • Solution to puzzle 8229

    • Cuddapah

  • Air Force recruitment rally from March 4
  • Red sanders logs seized

    • Editorials

  • TIGHTENING THE SCREWS
  • BEHIND TRADER RESISTANCE TO VAT

    • Erode

  • `Modernise powerlooms'

    • Football

  • Tamil Nadu posts win
  • Kozhikode to host SBT's matches
  • Hard-fought win for East Bengal

    • Front Page

  • NDA, UPA stake claim to form government in Jharkhand
  • Paswan urges Congress to stay ''neutral''
  • Uproar over Goa Government dismissal; both Houses adjourned
  • TWI gets production rights for India-Pakistan series
  • Sania rallies to shock Kuznetsova
  • Petrol price rise
  • 74 Maoists killed
  • Pakistan to release 200 Indian prisoners
  • 70 juveniles escape death penalty
  • Road routes open in snow-bound J&K

    • Golf

  • Aditya stuns Zaman
  • Randhawa is third in Asian Tour Order of Merit

    • Guntur

  • NAAC grades for two colleges
  • Dalit commits suicide

    • Hassan

  • Congress, JD(S) claim victory in Hassan district

    • Himachal Pradesh

  • Virbhadra hails Union Budget

    • Hockey

  • IOC beats PSB, meets Airlines in final
  • Different Strokes in final

    • Hubli

  • Water supply in Dharwad, Hubli
  • Cheerful mood around counting centres
  • Power shutdown

    • Hyderabad

  • Power supply to streetlights cut off
  • Real estate boom at Shamshabad
  • Water board plea to reduce power tariff
  • YSR's assurance to CPI(M) on tamarind purchase
  • International Travel Mart from March 4
  • Memo against Warangal ZP chief
  • NCC cadets' expedition returns
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    • India & World

  • Pakistan to release 200 Indian prisoners
  • 17,000 Indians return from Malaysia during amnesty period

    • International

  • London meet, sans Israel, stresses on road map
  • Trouble in Kyrgyzstan
  • Malaysia to deport illegal aliens
  • Zardari to return to Pakistan
  • Patch-up in Sri Lanka
  • 74 Maoists killed
  • 70 juveniles escape death penalty
  • It's all over, says Pinter
  • U.S. faces harsh criticism over abortion

    • Karimnagar

  • LPG dealers take consumers for a ride
  • Vemulawada temple being spruced up
  • Farmers agitate for water

    • Karnataka

  • IISc. to use grant to augment research
  • Panchayat results keep parties guessing
  • Petitions on BMIC project adjourned
  • Mysore museum to work towards preserving heritage
  • Illegal cultivation: 7.5 lakh applications await decision
  • Gram panchayats crucial in Council polls
  • `Union Budget oriented towards rural development'
  • IISc. to use grant to augment research
  • Accurate data to be collected
  • Budget satisfies Mahadevappa
  • Dacoits strike at petrol station, kill two
  • State surpasses target in small savings
  • `Will help increase savings'
  • Budget will fuel growth, says ICAI
  • `Industry, rural economy will benefit'
  • Man hacked to death at temple
  • Remarks against district judge expunged
  • Awards for Bangalor`e scientists
  • KPCL constructs tallest structure in State
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • `India, Australia must work together in health sector'
  • Counting of votes peaceful in Chitradurga
  • Allocation for Hubli-Ankola line meagre
  • Dance school celebrates anniversary

    • Kerala

  • Kayamkulam plant: NTPC grants KSEB's plea
  • 23 sandal oil factories closed down: Government
  • Walkout over paddy procurement issue
  • Drought: water for animals in sanctuaries planned
  • Water lily-rich Manimala an `alarming sign'
  • Sanskrit university to get UGC recognition soon
  • Express highway project not shelved: Muneer
  • Industrial safety awards announced
  • Jail for bid to bribe official
  • Thennala to submit report today
  • Summons issued to Jayalalithaa
  • `I' group will go ahead with rallies: Murali
  • Kerala MPs should resign: IFDP
  • Talks on VAT
  • Record in razor blade wrapper collection
  • Hockey player dead
  • Proceedings against Wahab stayed
  • Briefly
  • Readers' Mail

    • Kerala - Others

  • Uneasy calm at Poovar

    • Kochi

  • Project report for Metro Railway likely in three months
  • Development plan for Kochi islands
  • ADB to present draft report on civic projects today
  • Match-splinter units to resume production
  • Fire breaks out near Mangalavanam
  • Training programme
  • Youth festival inaugurated
  • Farewell to Subhashan Reddy
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    • Kollam

  • TKM college to reopen on Monday
  • Agitation planned for civic amenities
  • Railway GM to inspect Kollam station

    • Kozhikode

  • Lalu failed to keep promises: Mayor
  • Ombudsman takes case against panchayat
  • Library for visually challenged students

    • Kurnool

  • Vempenta villagers shell-shocked
  • A warning to landlords, say Maoists

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Lessons from the poll verdict
  • Chileans labour past retirement

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Bihar verdict
  • Budget 2005-06
  • Impact on pensioners
  • Father's caste

    • Madurai

  • Drive against encroachments gaining momentum
  • All set for Plus-Two exams
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Mangalore

  • Congress claims win in 60 p.c. of seats in GP polls
  • `Reforms essential to improve standard of education'
  • Eye bank inaugurated
  • Officials told to prepare list of wakf institutions
  • Thimmappayya Award for Kushalappa Gowda
  • Two women killed in road accidents
  • Textile exhibition from Friday
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Drop plans on more hoardings, corporation urged
  • Candidates, supporters throng counting centres
  • Sathyu opposes subsidy to Kannada films
  • Train controllers seek more staff

    • Nagapattinam

  • Psycho-social care for tsunami survivors
  • Old age homes planned in affected coastal areas

    • Nagercoil

  • Water issue sparks noisy scenes

    • National

  • Relook likely at fringe benefits tax
  • Opposition leaders have "cordial" meeting with Speaker
  • RJD should not be invited to form Bihar government: NDA
  • Manmohan unveils Government's report card
  • Bhajan Lal, Hooda supporters clash
  • Rane to seek vote before budget
  • A regressive tax regime: CPI
  • Dissolve Goa Assembly, says Vajpayee
  • Sonia to pick Haryana CM
  • Passengers robbed
  • U.S. visa fee to go up from March 8
  • BJP leader shot dead
  • Budget has communal slant, says BJP
  • A hotch-potch of allocations: Swamy
  • ``The budget framed and packaged to deceive even the intelligent''
  • Gulberg Society victims claim Rs. 64 crores `bandh' damages
  • Some hot offers at BJP headquarters
  • "GSLV Mark 3 launch in 2007"
  • Better results claimed for new stent variety
  • 'Allocation for children's development inadequate'
  • Language barrier confined him to hospital
  • IA's super saver scheme to go?
  • Vinod Khanna given time

    • Nellore

  • Naidupet waits for `promotion'
  • Many held in `borewells' case

    • New Delhi

  • Six arrested for robbery
  • MCD crackdown on illegal dairy owners; 22 held
  • Bus robbery witness attacked inside Tis Hazari court
  • Sheila pulls up officials, contractors
  • No silence zones in Delhi hospitals
  • `Budget allocation won't affect Metro project'
  • Left hails Budget, expects more
  • Gaur `admits' rise in dacoities
  • `Municipalika 2005' begins tomorrow
  • People's forum for permanent Indo-Pak peace
  • Three held for stabbing girl's father
  • Teacher commits suicide
  • Vinod Khanna allowed time to vacate house
  • No plan for snap polls, says Mulayam
  • World Bank project to boost irrigation
  • IndusInd Bank branch opened
  • Good response to `Texstyles' fair
  • Painter records Mughal Gardens roses for posterity
  • Two held for cheating
  • More seats for senior citizens
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    • Nizamabad

  • Velugu to conduct training programme for youth
  • DCC chief hails budget
  • Medical camp for physically-challenged

    • Pathanamthitta

  • Land acquisition for MC Road project to be completed soon
  • BSNL employees stage dharna
  • Malayalappuzha Devi Temple festival concludes

    • Polo

  • Hard-fought win for HPRC

    • Pondicherry

  • Door-to-door garbage collection soon in all Pondy areas
  • Ministers, MLAs demand action against Kannan, Lakshminarayanan
  • Rangasamy leaves for Delhi
  • Tension in Mudaliarpet
  • Small Industries feel let down
  • Society deregistered

    • Punjab

  • Budget session of Punjab Assembly from March 18

    • Racing : Horse

  • Kevin Darley to ride Frida Kahlo

    • Racing : Motor

  • Gulf dirt track challenge

    • Religion

  • Use senses to attain Lord's feet

    • Salem

  • Electoral rolls revision begins
  • Garden of rare species opened

    • Shimoga

  • Preparations under way for `peetharohana' anniversary
  • Focus on improving rural infrastructure, Govt. urged

    • Sport

  • Rain keeps players indoors
  • South makes the most of North's largesse
  • Bhupathi joins camp, sounds confident
  • TWI gets production rights for India-Pakistan series
  • Sania rallies to shock Kuznetsova

    • Sports : General

  • Pankaj Advani felicitated
  • SC plans to complete first phase of HAC by April 15
  • Ratan Watal is new SAI Director-General

    • Table Tennis

  • Srivatsa bags title

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Growth-oriented budget likely for Tamil Nadu
  • Deadline extended for ration card applications
  • Congress workers feel choked
  • Textile sector aims to consolidate export market
  • Most Electoral Registration Officers have given explanation
  • Arrest and prosecute illegal sand miners: court
  • Allotment far from adequate for rail gauge conversion
  • Trade, industry welcome budget
  • Higher secondary exam starts today
  • Mixed reaction in DPA
  • Coalition idea not acceptable to people here: Vaiko
  • Bank withdrawal tax will hit middle class: Karunanidhi
  • Project for treatment to HIV-positive families
  • One more held in Sudharsanam case
  • Quota in constable recruitment upheld
  • Over one lakh students appear for CBSE
  • Oil-fired steam engine on its way to Darjeeling
  • ISRO to focus on dedicated spacecraft
  • Budget failure to write off loans deplorable: ryots
  • Revenue officials launch `black-shirt' agitation
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Rs. 6.57 crores for projects
  • Mixed response from textile industry
  • Plus Two examinations begin today
  • 47 LPG cylinders impounded
  • BJP observes fast

    • Tennis

  • Indian under-14 team for Asian meet
  • Hantuchova humbles Molik
  • Double for Amit

    • Thanjavur

  • `DTH provides more choice to people'
  • Drive to remove encroachments

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Curbs throw traffic out of gear
  • Shortage of nurses hits MCH functioning
  • Rights panel orders probe into closure of college
  • Clash victims to get new houses
  • Jacob flays budget
  • Headload worker killed
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    • This Day That Age

  • dated March 2, 1955: Congress leading in Andhra
  • dated March 2, 1955: Japan election results
  • dated March 2, 1955: Indira Gandhi for CWC

    • Thrissur

  • Anniversary fete of hospital burns unit

    • Tiruchi

  • Develop inquisitive attitude, students told
  • Oil-fired steam engine on its way to Darjeeling
  • Girl succumbs to injuries
  • Adi Dravida students block road
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Tirunelveli

  • Varsity students' dharna before VC Secretariat
  • Sand-laden lorries detained

    • Tirupati

  • Representations to discom may double
  • Water problem: sump to be built on SVU campus
  • Orientation classes for auto drivers
  • Science talent test winners

    • Udupi

  • Steps promised to revive harbour
  • Results for 1,118 seats announced
  • Woman falls from bus, dies of injuries

    • Vijayawada

  • A case for putting Vijayawada on IT map
  • MP urged to pressure Ministry
  • Prakasam Barrage being depleted
  • LPG issue: Joint Collector reviews situation
  • Team sent to study salinity problem
  • Maoist violence comes under fire
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Blood bank cries out for more equipment
  • Urban banks federation to hold State-level meet
  • Dug out... and left to rot?
  • TDP wants VAO sacked
  • TTD's e-booking facility launched in city
  • Workshop on clinical use of blood
  • BSNL counter opened at eSeva
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • St. Michel wins

    • Warangal

  • Adverse effects of illicit liquor focused

    • Weather

  • Weather

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