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Alappuzha

  • `Row over law library unfortunate'
  • BSNL to introduce SMS service in Alappuzha district

    Andhra Pradesh

  • List of Congress candidates for second-phase poll
  • Rousing start to YSR's `Jaitra yatra'
  • Telangana not a major issue for poll: BJP
  • Congress offers free power, SRC for Telangana
  • Yaskhi challenges TDP candidate to debate
  • Declare ceasefire for fair poll: Gaddar
  • Police project to videograph incidents
  • CPI(M) predicts TDP rout
  • Poll official's advice to Government
  • YSR game for open debate
  • Nomination process picks up steam
  • Police rescue girl after a hot chase
  • BJP leaders bank on Vajpayee's visit
  • Congress pins hopes on YSR yatra
  • Getting the intelligentsia to vote
  • TRS retains candidates against Left parties
  • Naidu vows to fight graft with IT
  • Kurnool DCC chief's followers continue protest
  • 189 file nominations on day four
  • Plea to declare Urdu second official language
  • PV's son alleges injustice to his family
  • 935 in fray after withdrawals for phase I poll
  • `INS Ranjit' adjudged best ship
  • BJP hails Bukhari's remarks
  • Charminar Bank to repay depositors
  • CM's biography released
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Ummareddy files papers amid fanfare
  • Rebel trouble continues in Adilabad
  • Samarasimha Reddy, Mallu Ravi withdraw nominations
  • Congress, TDP candidates launch campaign

    Badminton

  • Chandana lines up a treble
  • Indian hopefuls for Olympics

    Bangalore

  • Back on their feet, they have a reason to smile
  • Outlet for organically-grown vegetables opened
  • `Accused' may have to produce bonds
  • Sandalwood tree cut, logs stolen
  • BSNL telephone directory distribution
  • Fake printer cartridges seized
  • Sabarimala prasadam by post
  • BE results today
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates
  • Stock Market Index

    Bihar

  • 'Nitish richer than Laloo'
  • Turtles rescued

    Bijapur

  • `Krishna's yatra received good response'

    Briefly

  • GAIL, Tata, BP to bid for Dabhol
  • Additional sugar released
  • Reliance roaming facility
  • Avaya Mauritius' open offer
  • Yes Bank's new country head
  • PSG College, eSTEL sign pact
  • ICICI Bank bets on retail financial services
  • Stovekraft to strengthen presence in South
  • IBM's feat in notebooks segment

    Business

  • Bharti to buy stake in Hexacom
  • Outsourcing is here to stay
  • Aircel Tele's plans
  • NTPC to file review petition
  • Rupee gains
  • Institutional buying props up Sensex
  • Modicare to foray into services
  • M&M sales rise
  • Strong growth seen in world trade
  • Tax collections off target
  • MMTC turnover to touch Rs. 10,000 cr.

    Cartoons

  • Pocket Watch

    Chennai

  • Snarls on Sardar Patel Road junction hit road users
  • Armed intruders attack man and sister, decamp with jewels
  • Sharp drop in Kandaleru inflow
  • `Maritime industry is key for economic growth'
  • Student killed in accident
  • Arrested for filing false complaint
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Coimbatore

  • Three children rescued from beggary
  • SBI thrust on networking of branches
  • `Stop sending notices to farmers on power dues'
  • Orphanage inaugurated
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Yuvraj dedicates first Test hundred to parents
  • Yuvraj stems the rot with a sparkling century
  • Challengers CC `A' has it easy
  • British press hails England's victory
  • India's tour of Bangladesh postponed
  • AP in final
  • Amit, Jitender star for Youngsters
  • Lukewarm response
  • Shankar slams unbeaten century
  • All-round show by Prabakaran
  • Farman Ahmed sizzles
  • Narrow win for Southern Rly.
  • CCI's honorary life membership for Ponting
  • Unbeaten century by Rejith
  • Rain plays spoilsport
  • Indian team's appeal
  • Yogesh sparkles
  • Good knock by Rajesh
  • Easy for U.V. College

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7950
  • Solution to puzzle 7949

    Cuddalore

  • Rs 1.5 lakhs sanctioned for orphanage repair work

    Cuddapah

  • Barytes-rich Kodur ready for keen Congress-TDP contest
  • Vivekananda Reddy files papers for Cuddapah LS seat
  • Stones hurled at Prodattur BJP nominee's car
  • Disgruntled leaders gherao YSR's brother
  • Congress candidate declares assets

    Dindigul

  • Cong. to focus on drought, farmers' plight
  • `Expedite water project'
  • Two killed as car, lorry collide

    Editorials

  • SRI LANKA VOTES FOR CHANGE
  • GROWING LINKAGES

    Elections 2004

  • Communists struggle to maintain a toehold
  • BJP functionaries quit in Manipur
  • In Rajasthan, Muslims face a dilemma
  • 'EC should seek court direction on opinion polls'
  • Aya Ram, gaya Ram now in Karnataka
  • It's Mehbooba versus Mehboob here
  • Rice mills flourish despite shortage of grain
  • Poll-Pourri
  • Candidate Watch
  • Q&A: A.K. Antony
  • Q&A: Omar Abdullah
  • Row, Row, Row a Boat
  • TAKE TWO

    Football

  • AC Milan settles for draw
  • Haywards Sporting downs Indian Bank
  • LNCPE blanks Teekaycee FC
  • Facile win for ICICI Outsource
  • Kudos nets winner

    Front Page

  • Supreme Court for making mudslinging ads 'electoral offence'
  • Communists struggle to maintain a toehold
  • J&K Minister may have misled voters
  • 'Emotional moment' at Amethi
  • 64 injured in grenade attack on J&K market
  • Rajapakse, a strong contender
  • Yuvraj to the rescue
  • 'Arrest warrant'

    Generalia

  • Creditable show by Indians

    Golf

  • Half-century by Sorenstam
  • Johnson scampers home

    Gulbarga

  • Discontent in JD(S) comes to the fore

    Guntur

  • TDP candidate to focus on linking of Godavari, Krishna
  • RTC driver murdered

    Hassan

  • Parties yet to finalise candidates for some seats in Hassan
  • `Efforts on to persuade rebels to withdraw'
  • Revanna, nine others file papers
  • Deputed

    Himachal Pradesh

  • Workshop on media management for Congress workers
  • Vajpayee has no firm stand: Congress

    Hockey

  • Karnataka, Andhra bow out
  • Emphatic win for TNEB

    Hyderabad

  • Poll officials prepare postal ballot papers
  • TDP corporator quits post
  • `Expo on wheels' reaches city
  • Prudential depositors go on hunger strike
  • Krishna waters to enter city soon
  • `Independent' suspended from TDP
  • Reduced water supply today
  • Two naxals killed in encounter
  • BJP to expel rebel
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Catching their mood right

    India & World

  • Last batch of T-90s parts flagged off

    International

  • U.S. gunships target Shia militia
  • Iraq: France tried a behind-the-scenes deal?
  • Rwanda — an abnormal, traumatised society
  • 9/11 panel findings will surprise public, says Chairman
  • David Beckham cries foul

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • 'PDP, BJP may rig polls'
  • As polls near Jammu clamours for attention

    Karimnagar

  • 45 withdraw from race in Karimnagar
  • Election officers told to collect daily expenses

    Karnataka

  • Krishna's decision may have an impact in Mandya
  • Threat of brigand's strike looms large
  • Nesargi's papers from Chamarajpet rejected
  • Varsity plans to extend Infonet to its colleges
  • Just another battle for `Solillada Sardara'?
  • Deve Gowda vows to restore ration cards
  • Clemency sought for condemned prisoners
  • BJP will create history in State: Jaitley
  • CMC scam: BJP faults Lokayukta
  • Krishna will become Chief Minister again: Poojary
  • Congress groups spar on support to candidate
  • Centre's assistance sought in revival of watch factory
  • Notices issued on plea against opening rice mill
  • Yediyurappa files papers
  • Minister walks on fire
  • Briefly
  • From The District

    Karnataka - Others

  • Six in fray for Chitradurga Lok Sabha seat
  • VC sees decline in students' creativity
  • People urged to consider NDA's performance

    Kerala

  • State team in Delhi seeking drought relief
  • Court stays slab system for bar licence fee
  • `American Dreams' bags best serial award
  • Lottery case moves at a snail's pace
  • `Government will fight online lottery case to the end'
  • Ban on staging of play upheld
  • RSP angry over partners' remarks
  • Vellappally sees pro-LDF wave
  • Sodhi sworn in Chief Justice
  • Tension in Chathannur
  • Life term for five CPI(M) workers
  • NSS to back `selfless' candidates
  • Cochin Shipyard bags export orders
  • Rigorous imprisonment till death
  • Award for Omanakutty
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Moratorium on farm loans in Malappuram
  • Akshaya programme launched

    Khammam

  • Miners hold the key to candidates' fortune

    Kochi

  • National Maritime Day celebrated
  • `Job scarcity forcing ex-servicemen to work as mercenaries in Iraq'
  • Talks on ADB aid after polls
  • Science education for schoolchildren
  • Trade unions take out march
  • Vishu rebate sale
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Kollam

  • BJP will destroy secular tradition: Thennala

    Kozhikode

  • UDF will gain in polls: Karunakaran
  • Training camp for waste processing inaugurated
  • Special neethimela from April 12
  • Staff shortage hampers drought relief work

    Kurnool

  • Congress renominates ex-MLAs
  • Several file papers in Kurnool
  • Congressman to contest as independent

    Leader Page Articles

  • The state in popular imagination
  • Old habits die hard?

    Letters to the Editor

  • Smear campaigns
  • Exit polls
  • Projecting a PM
  • Foreign origin
  • Unfair
  • Hindutva & secularism
  • IIM issue

    Madurai

  • No stick to beat heat with, thanks to high cost
  • Madurai Health Foundation comes into existence
  • `Virtues of Tamil help people have livelihood'
  • `Mahavir teachings still relevant'
  • Efforts to make MMC golden jubilee a grand success
  • `Dak Adalat'
  • `Hospitality industry has good job potential'
  • ESI scheme for V. Pudukkotai, Kaithiankottai
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today

    Maharashtra

  • National genetic database to 'understand' disorders

    Mangalore

  • Govt. accused of neglecting unorganised sector
  • Opinion polls not accurate: Moily
  • Jayaram Shetty's move termed power mongering
  • Lok Sabha candidates submit papers
  • No college is disaffiliated, says Registrar
  • Engagements

    Mysore

  • Moneylenders grip on rural economy still intact
  • 24 candidates file nomination papers in Mysore
  • Permission sought to act against dissidents
  • Guruswamy enters fray, stakes claim to Congress ticket
  • Religious fervour marks car festival at T. Narispura
  • Man found murdered

    Nagercoil

  • Two under Goondas Act

    Nalgonda

  • Goverdhan Reddy too follows suit

    National

  • PM seeks vote to safeguard 'stability'
  • Pakistan offers dates for nuclear talks
  • Supreme Court grants bail to Swiss couple
  • Congress, BJP trade charges over rifles purchase
  • Centre denies irregularities in AK-47 deal
  • 'If Advani had not willed I wouldn't have become PM'
  • BJP rebuts Congress charge
  • PM condoles death of IAF pilots
  • Delhi wants peace process in Sri Lanka to continue
  • Zero revenue deficit possible by 2007: Jaswant
  • Telgi case: Inspector refuses to give voice samples
  • LeT activist held in Delhi
  • Advani attacks 'third front' parties
  • Notice on Gujarat police officer's posting in CBI
  • Army to create new top post
  • Varun against persons of foreign origin becoming PM
  • Supreme Court sets aside bail order in Gujarat riots case
  • Sushma disapproves of Modi's language
  • Centre accused of accepting 'fudged' report in haste
  • Court seeks report on protection to 'whistle blowers'
  • Attack on cargo vehicles in Nepal condemned
  • Govinda files papers
  • 3 coaches of Farakka Express set on fire

    Nellore

  • 22 nominations filed in Nellore
  • `Assurance' from CM averts threat of dissidence

    New Delhi

  • Inspector refuses to give voice samples
  • An unusual little `informer'
  • Power cuts despite surplus power
  • Woman stalked at IHC
  • Wire thief lands in police net
  • Cholera cases on the rise
  • SHO manhandled
  • Fire in Farakka Express
  • Man goes on stabbing spree; kills daughter, injures wife
  • A new lease of life for Mughal bridge
  • In The Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    Nizamabad

  • 44 candidates left in fray in Nizamabad
  • Congress MP nominee's papers found to be in order
  • 10 TDP workers hurt in clash

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Pathanamthitta

  • UDF, LDF lack development agenda: Krishnakumar
  • Sonia has hijacked Congress: Krishnakumar

    Perambalur

  • `Sarva Siksha Abhiyan helps in honing skills of disabled children'

    Pondicherry

  • National Communist Party to contest in Pondy
  • 'Rename Pondy railway station'
  • Separate welfare board sought for transport workers
  • VHP unit formed

    Punjab

  • CPI (M) to support Congress-led Government: Surjeet

    Rajasthan

  • Women's groups to move court over Sati verdict
  • BJP, Congress induct rebels

    Religion

  • Types of meditation

    Sports : General

  • Piyush Kumar emerges fastest
  • Mangalore Varsity honours sportspersons
  • Richa Mishra makes a splash

    Tamil Nadu

  • DPA blames police for Madurai violence
  • Apex court rejects plea against Madurai Bench
  • The dilemma of Rajnikant
  • Ill health leaves the queen apathetic
  • `Govt. must insist on anti-dowry declaration'
  • `Lack of coordination among agencies a cause'
  • Railway tourism corporation plans budget hotel in Madurai
  • Attack on fans under investigation: DGP
  • `Implement House panel recommendations on small industries'
  • Appoint authority to look into DMK irregularities: AIADMK
  • Veeranam water by May: Jayalalithaa
  • New machine to correct refractive errors in eye
  • Aikiya students celebrate foundation day
  • Salem Congressmen wave blackflags at Thangkabalu
  • Act against doctor for code violation, DMK urges CEC
  • AICTE for cut in student intake
  • Watchman found dead
  • Cash awards to policemen
  • SMS, e-mail facilities for landline subscribers soon
  • 'Changes must not mar originality of Carnatic music'
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Panel to focus on improvements in hospital
  • Two hacked to death
  • Election training for police
  • TASMAC registers 30 p.c. growth

    Tennis

  • Fortune will favour the consistent
  • Roddick overcomes `curse of Key Biscayne'
  • Madura in Junior Fed Cup team

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Lightning kills woman labourer
  • Coalition politics a failure in State, says Jaswant
  • General Hospital facing anti-rabies vaccine shortage
  • Tenders for 289 water supply schemes fixed
  • Parties told to follow poll code
  • `Aarat' marks end of 10-day temple festival
  • Sexual assault: two arrested
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    This Day That Age

  • dated April 6, 1954: Madras Chief Ministership
  • dated April 6, 1954: Churchill to retire
  • dated April 6, 1954: Complaint to Paris
  • dated April 6, 1954: Pope Pius XII

    Thrissur

  • Clocks to be installed at bus stands

    Tiruchi

  • Mock drill keeps railway staff on tenterhooks
  • `Focus on welfare of pensioners'
  • Create environmental awareness, NSS volunteers told
  • Sand dunes, a death trap for residents
  • Thousands witness car festival
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Wanted: a drive for traffic system on Nellai roads

    Tirupati

  • TDP, Congress keep up suspense

    Udupi

  • Sorake, Manorama file papers in Udupi
  • Sudhakar Shetty to contest as independent
  • Fishermen threaten to stage protest

    Uttaranchal

  • Leopard killed in forest fire
  • UKD coins a new slogan

    Vellore

  • Student toppers honoured

    Vijayawada

  • TDP novice to take on Congress veteran
  • Aswani Dutt files nomination
  • Lok Satta's vigilance vehicle flagged off
  • DSC test held
  • Around The City
  • Alive and politically kicking!

    Visakhapatnam

  • TDP, Congress evenly poised
  • 79 candidates remain in fray
  • City gears up to welcome PM
  • CPI sore over Congress rebel at Chintapalli
  • Neelakantam joins TDP
  • Gaddar flays Simhadri
  • TDP leaders urge Bharanikana to withdraw
  • Ex-MP lays stress on Polavaram project
  • Rehaman to campaign for BJP
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Work is worship for him

    Volleyball

  • IOB takes title

    Warangal

  • TRS candidate opts out of race
  • New forum to fight for Telangana cause

    Weather

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