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Alappuzha

  • Two hurt in accident, irate public block highway

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Officials asked to check poll-eve liquor flow
  • TDP complains to EC against TRS chief
  • TDP, NDA fails on all fronts, says Bardhan
  • Star campaigners descend on Nizamabad
  • YSR promises `Indiramma Rajyam'
  • Left veterans to slug it out in bastion of hope
  • CM cautions people on free power promise
  • Azad trains gun at BJP, TDP
  • Majlis groups put family honour on line
  • Spin doctors pep up poll scene
  • APCC appoints coordinators for election
  • Vote may decide fate of 12 border villages
  • TDP rule has benefited only party cadres: YSR
  • Party chiefs nurse their own constituencies
  • Rajesh Khanna, Vanisri to campaign for Congress
  • `Dialogue best option to resolve Ayodhya issue'
  • BJP campaign gets a touch of Mahabharat
  • Trains rescheduled
  • Close shave for SP, three hurt in accident
  • Ban orders on marine fishing issued
  • Time limit extended for postal ballots
  • CM pays tributes to Ambedkar
  • Upendra writes to EC on party symbol
  • Building inspector in ACB net
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Fight between old rivals
  • Free power promise only to grab `power': Venkaiah
  • Nadendla attacks Naidu for `misuse' of power
  • Congress lacks leadership, says BJP chief

    Assam

  • Borbhuyan lone Muslim woman BJP candidate

    Athletics

  • Okaya aims for London course record
  • The sport needs Tyson

    Bangalore

  • Death sentence termed a primitive concept
  • A night to remember
  • Muthappa Rai acquitted in Subbaraju murder case
  • Young `greens' get award for vermiculture project
  • Girl run over by lorry
  • Man killed in wall collapse
  • Former official sentenced to rigorous imprisonment
  • Debarred
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Stock Market Index
  • Bullion rates

    Basketball

  • YMCA posts win

    Bellary

  • Security arrangements made in Bellary
  • JD(S) candidate votes for technology

    Bijapur

  • Patil has let down Bijapur district, says Yatnal

    Briefly

  • NDTV fixes price band
  • Tata Motors forays into Russia
  • DPC bid: MSEB clarifies position
  • Citibank launches Woman Account
  • Bank of India's NPA recovery drive
  • Sona Koyo sales up 26 p.c.
  • Cheque truncation pilot project
  • MIT professor on Patni board
  • Sashi Krishnan appointed Chola MF CEO
  • Iomega expands portfolio
  • Datacraft appoints new President for India
  • Indian Insure's growth plans
  • Tubes SBU's new initiatives
  • SIDBI signs MoU with SFCs

    Business

  • Infosys in $1 b club, recommends 3:1 bonus
  • Kalam, Vajpayee congratulate
  • Cognizant announces two-for-one stock split
  • Is threat to Indian BPO real or a myth?
  • Textiles quotas deadline to be kept: WTO official
  • Shareholders handsomely rewarded
  • Sensex shoots up 121 points
  • Intel to expand Bangalore centre

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    Chattisgarh

  • Congress plans Jogi's video cassettes to woo voters
  • `Lotus' all the way in CM's constituency

    Chennai

  • Police will not harass persons helping accident victims: Commissioner
  • Head constable suspended for harassing motorist
  • Spurt in motorcycle thefts on Marina
  • Holiday indeed
  • Prayer for safe elections
  • Three held for assaulting woman
  • New microscope commissioned at Sankara Nethralaya
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Raju triumphs

    Coimbatore

  • Periodic screening for prostate cancer, a must after 50
  • Plea to amend life tax payment for motor vehicles
  • Website for Coimbatore NCC Group
  • Owners of processing units to visit China
  • IN COIMBATORE TODAY
  • Around the City
  • Readers' Mail

    Cricket

  • Balaji & Co. rattle Pakistan
  • Lara holds a unique place
  • Hayden, media salute Lara
  • Vinoo Mankad's 87th birthday celebrated
  • Murali gears up for Zimbabwe tour
  • Waqar's tips helped Balaji
  • Unbeaten 172 by Vivek Kumar
  • Deadly spell by Rafeek
  • Easy for Thirupapuliyur
  • India is favourite
  • Vinay Uthappa to lead
  • Fortune Katriya keeps winning
  • Pradeep scalps four
  • Indian photographer assaulted
  • King's CC has it easy

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7957
  • Solution to puzzle 7956

    Cuddalore

  • Body of youth found in borewell
  • `Ensure minimum statutory price for sugarcane growers'

    Cuddapah

  • `Raw deal' for Christian minorities criticised
  • Congress will be routed: Ramasubba
  • TDP rebel sure of win in Proddatur
  • House burgled; gold taken away

    Dindigul

  • Filing of nominations to begin on Friday

    Editorials

  • WHERE INDIA DOES NOT SHINE
  • A MASS UPRISING

    Elections 2004

  • Congress up against iron law of Indian democracy
  • Parties unite on re-opening historic road
  • `Polls pass ex-servicemen by'
  • It's royalty all the way
  • At 65, he still remains a political dynamo
  • Sangma tells Garos: no ban on beef
  • 4 Sikkim Ministers denied re-nomination
  • War of nerves between police and naxalites
  • POLL-POURRI
  • CANDIDATE WATCH
  • Q & A: Ram Madhav
  • WITH FOLDED HANDS

    Football

  • Arsenal sitting pretty
  • Kannur boys score easy wins

    Front Page

  • EC's clearance must for telecast of political ads
  • `Sari distribution a violation of code'
  • Congress up against iron law of Indian democracy
  • IIM-A challenges fee cut
  • Infiltration bid
  • Infosys is $1bn company now

    Golf

  • All set for matchplay championship

    Gulbarga

  • `Lucknow incident exposes BJP's claims'
  • Kanta calls off dharna against `land grabbing'

    Guntur

  • Political novices pitted against each other
  • Naxals blast Congress leader's house
  • Excise inspector in ACB net

    Hassan

  • BSP exudes confidence in Hassan district
  • Three teams formed to arrest dacoits
  • `KNP will win three seats from Hassan'

    Hockey

  • Dhanraj Pillay trains with Pak-bound juniors
  • Guru Harkrishan Public School takes title
  • Artillery Centre pounds APSRTC

    Hubli

  • Postpone Chamarajpet elections: BJP

    Hyderabad

  • PJR, Vijayarama Rao against giving ticket to loan defaulters
  • Chargesheets filed in cases against TDP
  • Three murdered in separate incidents
  • `Why ask sensitive questions?'
  • Traffic curbs for Ambedkar birth anniversary fete
  • MIM, BJP candidates fail to turn up
  • RBI officials' assurance to Prudential depositors
  • Sikhs celebrate Baisakhi
  • Power shutdown
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • 3 Indians killed as crane collapses

    International

  • LTTE frees 150 child soldiers
  • Ready to die for the country, says Al Sadr
  • More U.S. troops likely
  • Gaza: U.S., Egypt await Israeli plan details
  • Plot to kill Israeli President?
  • Coalition losses `serious'
  • Anti-Iraq war U.S. soldiers seek asylum in Canada
  • Myanmar Opposition leaders released
  • Want to move forward: Musharraf
  • Musharraf to decide on shedding uniform by year-end

    Jharkand

  • Karia Munda seeks double hat-trick

    Kancheepuram

  • New Year festival at Melmaruvathur
  • Two killed in accident

    Karnataka

  • Vajpayee for correcting imbalances in development
  • Governor urged to stop sale of NGEF land
  • `I want to bridge Hindu-Muslim divide'
  • `Govt. should protect trade union rights'
  • Krishna confesses to `pressure' by Bangarappa
  • Notice to Bhalki tahsildar on petition by college students
  • Parties using caste card for votes
  • Seer sentenced to jail surrenders in Tumkur court
  • Senior police official calls on injured BJP workers
  • Gowda promises to waive interest on farm loans
  • Governor urged to stop sale of NGEF land
  • `NGOs executing midday meal scheme on behalf of Govt.'
  • End regional imbalances: Vajpayee
  • Mallya questions Gowda's contribution to farmers
  • 10 BJP workers injured in stone throwing
  • `Vajpayee unable to govern'
  • K.H. Muniyappa terms allegation baseless
  • More berths in special trains
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Bickering in Goa Congress comes to the fore again
  • Soligas protest against order on forest produce
  • Farmers block road, traffic affected
  • Two vehicles, liquor seized
  • M.P. Karki withdraws from contest in Kumta

    Kerala

  • Government package for drought-hit farmers
  • HC order on liquor shop licence
  • Maudhany not to contest poll
  • LDF, UDF candidates gear up for a tough electoral battle
  • Official restrained from granting licence
  • Swathi Puraskaram for Sankaran Embranthiri
  • `Cashew board not in workers' interest'
  • Karunakaran-Left pact for polls: BJP
  • Court notice to EC on poll symbol
  • Muthoot Pappachan dead
  • Congress meet in Aluva put off
  • All set for Vishu at Sabarimala
  • Idukki water level lower than last year
  • Food poisoning: 32 children hospitalised
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Second phase of `Swajaldhara' scheme launched
  • Summer rain brings down temperature

    Kochi

  • GCDA revives Chilavanoor project
  • Dealers' body to block cement movement
  • City decked up for Vishu
  • ISPS Awareness Week
  • Free eye camp
  • Luxury liner
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • Eco-tourism packages
  • Five held on murder charges
  • Union demand

    Kottayam

  • PPF support for three candidates in State

    Kozhikode

  • Globalisation, development main issues

    Kurnool

  • Clash between industrialist, trade union leader

    Leader Page Articles

  • Vajpayee's chance
  • Rwanda: the victim's licence

    Letters to the Editor

  • Best Bakery case
  • Sari tragedy
  • Promising the moon
  • Poll surveys
  • Interlinking rivers

    Madurai

  • Haemoglobin test
  • Call to improve quality of higher education
  • PWD busies itself with maintenance works
  • TVS workers celebrate Founder's Day
  • Elected
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Maharashtra

  • Shoeshine boy aims for Lok Sabha
  • Amitabh's mother in hospital

    Mangalore

  • Parties fail to come up with right answers
  • JD(S) comeback has BJP, Cong. worried
  • Report being prepared on water crisis
  • CPI(M) accuses Congress, BJP of keeping Janata Parivar divided
  • CPI alliance with Cong. is opportunistic: CPI(M)
  • Two held, narcotics seized

    Mysore

  • Rs. 82.4 cr. freight revenue for Mysore Division
  • Mysore Division earns Rs. 82.4 cr. freight revenue
  • Swedish aid for developing children's theatre
  • Officials get a dressing down
  • Palace on Wheels may begin operation in 2005
  • Four held on charge of murder

    Nalgonda

  • Stampede negated `India shining' claim: Yechuri

    National

  • Large number of summary investigations in Gujarat riot cases
  • `BJP had nothing to do with sari distribution function'
  • Uphill task for Lalji Tandon
  • Pakistan national's nomination rejected
  • Congress disputes BJP views of SC judgment
  • It will take a few months, says advocate
  • Stern action if there is violation, says CEC
  • `No pomp and show'
  • People deserve better, says M.S. Gill
  • India-U.S. meet to discuss expanding air force ties
  • Supreme Court rejects bus operators' plea
  • It's time Congress did some soul-searching, says Advani
  • Varun for barring foreigners from high office
  • A herbal stress buster for soldiers
  • Holiday for Central Government offices
  • Jogi improving
  • Karunakaran, Gill take oath
  • Sonia calls off visit to Tura
  • 4 BSF jawans killed in Tripura
  • `India is not shining'
  • Poll survey predicts 276 seats for NDA
  • We need to reinvent education, says Yashpal
  • Ship crew missing
  • Surf while you fly
  • Demand for Koshal State mars Yatra
  • Court upholds takeover of Karan Singh's family jewellery

    New Delhi

  • Kendriya Bhandar weekly rates
  • Tentacles are spread far and wide
  • MCD to amend building by-laws
  • Don's former aide behind paper leak?
  • Piped cooking gas for East Delhi now
  • Life-saving device a must on airlines
  • Heritage building `lost' to illegal construction
  • Abidi to fast unto death over EC `attitude'
  • Jagmohan challenges Maken
  • Evidence destroyed in hostel rooms
  • HC notices on poll symbol allotment
  • No fatwa this election: Shahi Imam
  • Lawyers' dharna against transfer of cases
  • cinema
  • Art workshop for children
  • Congress candidate for Moti Nagar
  • Student commits suicide
  • Poll 2004: bad news for political families
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    News Analysis

  • India's options in Nepal

    Nizamabad

  • River interlinking to benefit Andhra: KCR
  • Nizamabad forum's poser to candidates

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Palakkad

  • `Perumatty panchayat misusing powers'

    Pathanamthitta

  • UDF nominee stresses development of Idukki
  • Autopsy performed on elephant

    Perambalur

  • Ensure free and fair polls, officials told

    Pondicherry

  • Rival groups lodge police complaints
  • Shiv Sena won't contest in Pondy
  • Power shutdown

    Rajasthan

  • All women show in Udaipur
  • Pak delegation to visit `Baal Mitra' villages

    Ramanathapuram

  • Women block road for water

    Religion

  • Divine plan unchangeable

    Shimoga

  • BJP workers stage dharna

    Tamil Nadu

  • Act fast to end violations, DMK tells EC
  • 100 more seats likely in MBBS
  • Limestone-based industries
  • `Fishing curbs put mechanised boat operators in deep waters'
  • Anna varsity to offer B.Tech in pharmaceutical, food technology
  • Villagers threaten to boycott elections
  • `People's Alliance has no truck with NDA'
  • Act fast, Karunanidhi tells EC
  • Student clubs spreading HIV awareness
  • Include `none-of-the-above' option in EVM: PIL
  • Catholic associations to back DPA
  • New boats awaiting Ooty tourists
  • Cut student intake if teacher strength is inadequate: AICTE
  • Course for doctors in anti-retroviral therapy
  • Kalimuthu need not appear in Robin Mayne case: apex court
  • Railway Board to standardise EMUs production
  • Forum pulls up bank for `shabby' customer care
  • Stalemate over Madurai Bench continues
  • `Roll back excise duty on handloom fabrics'
  • Veeramani questions Rajnikant's claim
  • Be the judge, Vaiko tells electorate
  • Textile merchants not to contest
  • None can deal me a blow: Karunanidhi
  • EB ultimatum leaves ryots in dire straits: CPI
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Summer flower festival by May-end
  • One killed as bus hits tree

    Tennis

  • Blake beats Odesnik

    Thanjavur

  • `Thiraipada sangam' inaugurated

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Poor facilities dog Veli tourist village
  • Police bus runs over scooterist
  • BJP councillor sworn in
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated April 15, 1954, there being no issue of the paper dated April 14: Kamaraj Cabinet sworn in
  • dated April 15, 1954, there being no issue of the paper dated April 14: New Year message
  • dated April 15, 1954, there being no issue of the paper dated April 14: MPs' salary
  • dated April 15, 1954, there being no issue of the paper dated April 14: G.G. of Ceylon

    Thrissur

  • Around the world in 8 years
  • School of Drama to host Chawla plays

    Tiruchi

  • Food Plaza for Tiruchi Railway Junction soon
  • Thousands participate in temple car fete
  • Forum floated to help accident victims
  • Posters removed

    Tirunelveli

  • Showers in Tirunelveli

    Tirupati

  • Unusual bonhomie in alliance partners
  • SVU not to conduct supplementary exams

    Udupi

  • Agreement between BJP, JD(U) in Byndoor collapses

    Union Territories

  • BJP rolls out `Vijay Rath'

    Uttar Pradesh

  • SP sings a different tune in Rae Bareli

    Uttaranchal

  • Khanduri sees a BJP sweep in Uttaranchal
  • Uttaranchal signs MoU with World Bank

    Vellore

  • `Tender coconut water will prevent heat stroke'

    Vijayawada

  • Yechuri to address CPI(M) meetings
  • Trains cancelled
  • Vadde predicts repeat of 1999 poll results
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Cadre looks up to Naidu to outshine YSR yatra
  • Rebel contests on `ideological grounds'
  • Preparation on for peaceful polls
  • New mall to be opened today
  • Hostels association secretary for Pakistan
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Volleyball

  • State-level volleyball tournament from today

    Weather

  • Weather

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