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Anantapur

  • TDP ticket aspirant's followers go on the rampage

    Andhra Pradesh

  • IAF helicopters to join in police offensive against People's War
  • Rumblings in TRS
  • IAF copters to join drive against People's War
  • Women Welfare Minister may join Congress
  • From the barrel of the gun to the battle of the ballot
  • Muddu to continue in Congress
  • Record turnover for VSP
  • Naidu goes all out to woo women
  • Ticket allotment: Vidyadhara Rao's followers ignored
  • Ex-Minister among three replaced by TDP
  • A ready reckoner for scams
  • Venugopal's father to move NHRC
  • Ex-Union Minister quits BJP
  • Rebels will not mar Congress chances: YSR
  • Plea to rebels
  • Vajpayee for Vizag tomorrow
  • Chief Secretary denies hostile reception
  • Nomination counters remain open today
  • Resigns from CPI
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Good response to Pulse Polio
  • Defeat parties backing naxals: Naidu
  • Dacoits strike at Kagaznagar

    Archery

  • Tarundeep, Sumangla emerge overall champions

    Assam

  • Hazarika drops Kalam's name, rakes up controversy

    Bangalore

  • Professionals find MBA the best bet
  • Apartments need better security system
  • Good response to third phase of Pulse Polio programme
  • Baby's body found in dustbin
  • Sisters' murder: no breakthrough yet
  • Help desk opened
  • Workshop on organic farming
  • Two from city feared drowned
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reader's Mail

    Belgaum

  • JD(U)-BJP to release common manifesto
  • Six poll observers appointed in Belgaum

    Bidar

  • Development never mattered in Aurad
  • `Act against doctors'

    Bihar

  • CPI(ML) to stage protests against Advani's yatra

    Bijapur

  • BJP to challenge Ravikant Patil's nomination

    Business

  • Strengthening rupee calls for lower interest rates
  • Features of stabilisation scheme
  • IDFC at the crossroads
  • Implications of weaker dollar for U.S. economy
  • High growth numbers lift market morale
  • ReBlog: a new trend in world of weblogs
  • Should the retired employees be denied relief u/s 10(10c) and 89

    Cartoons

  • Pocket Watch

    Chennai

  • `Crisis due to overexploitation of groundwater'
  • SMS, e-mail for landline subscribers soon
  • No breakthrough in DMK man murder case
  • `Changes must not disrupt originality of Carnatic music'
  • Auto driver beaten to death
  • Watchman felicitated
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Readers' Mail

    Coimbatore

  • Drought-relief works apace, says Commissioner
  • `Halt waste management scheme'
  • Call to address woes of plantation labourers
  • Corporation warning on beverages
  • Press Club condemns attack
  • Huts gutted, man electrocuted
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Cricket

  • Pressure is on Pakistan
  • Dravid unfazed by lively track
  • Contrasting wins for RWF, Metro Rail
  • Balaji stars for All Rounders CC
  • Englishmen realise Caribbean dream

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7949
  • Solution to puzzle 7948

    Cuddapah

  • Allotment of Proddatur to BJP triggers protest

    Editorials

  • SMEAR ADVERTISING
  • HYPERSONIC FLIGHT AND SPACEPLANES

    Elections 2004

  • `Ticket splitting' is a serious possibility
  • Ruined by imports, garlic farmers turn ire on BJP
  • Out here, water is the key poll issue
  • Another shot at Parliament
  • Bharat Uday Yatra: short halts, a simple lunch
  • Ranks of surrendered militants swell
  • POLL-POURRI
  • CANDIDATE WATCH
  • Q & A: Shankarsinh Waghela
  • YOUNG TURK

    Front Page

  • EC for prior clearance of political ads
  • `Ticket splitting' is a serious possibility
  • Chandrika's UPFA falls short of majority
  • 28 killed as Spanish troops clash with Shia protesters in Iraq
  • Nine Indian vehicles set ablaze in Nepal
  • 5 policemen killed in attack

    Gulbarga

  • Vaijnath Patil plays down `rebellion' in Janata Dal (S)

    Guntur

  • Filing of nomination: candidates eye auspicious day
  • TDP leaders protest against party nominee
  • Dies in road mishap

    Himachal Pradesh

  • BJP upbeat at Kashyap's candidature

    Hockey

  • TN XI in quarterfinal league
  • Sahara, now a global hockey sponsor

    Hyderabad

  • TRS, Congress workers cross over to BJP
  • TRS ends row with Congress
  • Rainwater clogs several areas
  • Naidu to kick off campaign in city
  • TTD pulls down structure for road-widening
  • Wife confident of Krishna Yadav's win
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Readers' Mail

    International

  • Madrid bombings mastermind, three others die in suicide blast
  • 'Blair, Bush discussed Iraq after 9/11'
  • Drug firm used orphans for HIV trials
  • Putin seeks to forge triangular 'core of Europe'
  • Concorde crawling into history
  • Jailed, beaten for his political beliefs
  • Indonesia goes to polls today
  • Gunrunning through Bangladesh?

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • Remembering a legend

    Jharkand

  • 'No information of threat to Advani's yatra'

    Kancheepuram

  • 3.50 lakh children given polio drops in Kancheepuram district
  • Thousands of devotees witness car festival

    Karimnagar

  • Ex-MLA's supporters want him to contest as independent

    Karnataka

  • Krishna yet to see 'Vajpayee wave' in State
  • Eight killed in van-bus collision
  • Directive against farmers may lead to confrontation
  • Math inspired me to launch meal scheme: Krishna
  • Authority told to regulate organs transplant centres
  • A constituency that shines over others
  • `A good politician knows when to quit'
  • Belgaum Congress may face revolt over `caste imbalance'
  • Shivaram may face stiff fight in Gandsi
  • 10-point poser to political parties
  • BJP, JD(U) plan joint campaign
  • `Curb financial decisions by Govt.'
  • Triangular contest for three seats
  • CPI(M) to contest for four Assembly seats
  • Ananthamurthy declines JD(S) offer
  • Mallya accused of helping Congress
  • Some JD(U) leaders join Congress
  • Boy succumbs to injury
  • Briefly
  • From The District

    Karnataka - Others

  • Make State polio-free: Krishna
  • Rebels pose problems to Congress, JD(S)

    Kerala

  • CPI(M) strikes a different note on Wahab issue
  • Crucial meeting on skybus project today
  • Study moots steps to boost paddy cultivation
  • MACTA extends support to producers
  • LDF charge against Rajagopal misleading: BJP
  • Government favouring online lottery companies: VS
  • TELK looking for strategic partner
  • Call to cut expenditure on postal service
  • `Move on child welfare council smacks of conspiracy'
  • Palm Sunday celebrated
  • Sankar alleges neglect of Backward Classes; quits post
  • `Plachimada a lesson for the country'
  • SNDP to support LDF in 12 seats
  • INL to back Left only in State
  • Aikya Vedi to chalk out `Hindu agenda'
  • Master plan to meet water scarcity
  • `Avert forest fires'
  • Painguni Uthram celebrated at Sabarimala
  • SNDP should keep away from politics: Speaker
  • Two hurt in blast
  • KSRTC staff to take out Secretariat march
  • Fishworker hands over deposit amount to PKV
  • Hindi Pracharak Samithy to field candidates
  • Briefly

    Kochi

  • ADB workshop put off at CPI(M)'s behest
  • Transfer of church membership kicks up a row
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Readers' Mail

    Kozhikode

  • Demand for separate ministry for fisheries
  • Environmentalists to check tree-felling in public places
  • Meenchanda rail overbridge to be opened on May 5

    Kurnool

  • Congress prospects likely to be hit

    Leader Page Articles

  • Projecting a Prime Minister
  • Should India cultivate GM rice?

    Letters to the Editor

  • Foreign origin issue
  • Modi's remarks
  • Surrogate ads
  • Vision document
  • Politics and progeny
  • President's gesture
  • IIM imbroglio
  • National treasures

    Madhya Pradesh

  • Simhasta Mahakumbh begins today

    Madikeri

  • JD(S) workers support Madappa's claim

    Madurai

  • 3.25 lakh children given polio drops
  • Steps to promote tourism in Virudhunagar district
  • `Mahavir teachings still relevant'
  • `Be more vigilant in distribution of question papers'
  • Efforts on to make MMC golden jubilee a grand success
  • Watercolour painting contest
  • Around The City
  • Reprter's Diary

    Maharashtra

  • No women to represent constituencies dominated by them
  • Pune set for triangular fight

    Mangalore

  • Disability not an impediment: seer
  • Training in accessing electronic journals
  • Join human rights movement, youth told
  • Boy held in connection with escape of undertrials
  • Man electrocuted
  • Engagements
  • Readers' Mail

    Mysore

  • Cong., JD(S) to announce list anytime now
  • Good response to Pulse Polio campaign in Mysore
  • Articles stolen from house

    Nagapattinam

  • Collector inspects polling booths

    Nalgonda

  • BJP balloon will burst soon: CPI(M)
  • Reject CPI, says Indrasena

    National

  • Why Vajpayee took the road to Chennai
  • My remarks against Sonia, Rahul a mistake: Modi
  • It was a collision: IAF
  • BJP, SP share view on foreign origin issue: Advani
  • Government bought AK-47s from 'tainted' firm: Congress
  • BJP leaders' language indecent: Congress
  • Vajpayee has changed national mindset, says Jaitley
  • SP unlikely to challenge Rahul
  • We did the real work: BJP chief
  • India, China planning Army exercise
  • Sena to field candidates against BJP in Goa
  • Kashmiris not feeling good, says Omar
  • J.B. Patnaik to contest Begunia Assembly seat
  • 'Dawood undergoing cosmetic surgery'
  • Shahabuddin joins Congress
  • CBI hits upon plan spot
  • Naxalites clash with CRPF
  • EC orders shifting of two officials in Chhattisgarh
  • Congress politicising crash, says Fernandes
  • FIR against Sinha
  • Congress, BJP leaders shot dead
  • Selja, Hooda get ticket
  • Ayodhya not on poll agenda: Venkaiah

    New Delhi

  • Kendriya Bhandar weekly rates
  • Councillors' plea to Sonia: Delink MCD polls from Lok Sabha elections
  • BJP groping for candidate in Chandni Chowk
  • In The Capital Today
  • Man goes on stabbing spree; kills daughter, injures wife
  • BJP groping for candidate in Chandni Chowk
  • Colourful Metro stations focus on history, art and life
  • Children release their manifesto for polls
  • A new lease of life for Mughal bridge
  • Help transform `feel good' to `feel great', Naidu tells Sikhs
  • Army jawans held for hitting policeman
  • Police recover illicit liquor
  • Seer to protest temple ritual
  • 'Not much to celebrate in mass nesting of Olive Ridleys'
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • Readers' Mail

    News Analysis

  • A mandate for economic issues rather than peace process

    Nizamabad

  • Candidates take no chance with voters

    Obituary

  • Obituary
  • Obituary

    Pathanamthitta

  • 13 pilgrims injured in accident
  • Awareness meet on communicable diseases

    Pondicherry

  • 'Congress misguiding people'
  • SFI to woo voters through SMS
  • Goondas Act will be enforced to check crimes: NJP
  • 'Rangasamy should give up Home portfolio'
  • 'Provide police protection'

    Racing : Motor

  • It's Michael Schumacher again

    Raichur

  • KRRS continues dharna over canal repair

    Rajasthan

  • Brahmin Mahasabha to oppose BJP in polls
  • 'Target 25' a count too many
  • Salil Bhatt creates a new Veena

    Religion

  • Rama, a complete man

    Shimoga

  • Ismail Khan stakes claim to Congress ticket

    Sports : General

  • Indian women swimmers begin with a bang
  • Jaspal Rana on target
  • SAF Games - Results

    Tamil Nadu

  • Electoral officer seeks Collector's report on attack on Rajni fans
  • Check misuse of government machinery: CPI (M)
  • Over 2.50 lakh children given polio drops in Thanjavur dt.
  • Bifurcation has accentuated backwardness
  • `Congress-CJP merger process after polls'
  • `DMK has no right to talk about secularism'
  • Will Jayalalithaa quit if poll predictions come true, asks Vaiko
  • Jayalalithaa blames Karunanidhi for water scarcity
  • DK criticises campaign against Sonia Gandhi
  • Village panel takes over information centre
  • Call to make IT, communication technologies affordable
  • Centre blamed for tea crisis
  • Southern Railway exceeds target in movement of freight traffic
  • Open varsity study materials in self-instructional format soon
  • Work on IT corridor expressway will begin in June
  • Nilgiris Mountain Railway specials from April 15
  • 'Demand for IT personnel familiar with latest technology'
  • Textiles panel moots processing park at Erode
  • Banks wooing self-help groups with credit cards
  • Survey on Indian women surprises advertisers
  • 250 cattle troughs to be built in Villupuram district
  • Chennai Corporation steps up efforts to green open spaces
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Awareness programme on demineralisation treatment techniques
  • Thousands witness Panguni Uthiram car festival

    Tennis

  • Dream comeback for Serena
  • Geeta Manohar advances

    Thanjavur

  • `Enhance marketing skills'

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Massive mobilisation on the cards
  • Nishagandhi festival from today
  • Watershed project panel seeks Antony's intervention
  • Work on to restore normal power supply
  • Youth drowned
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Readers' Mail

    This Day That Age

  • dated April 5, 1954: Reorganisation of States
  • dated April 5, 1954: French India
  • dated April 5, 1954: Research in music
  • dated April 5, 1954: Stamp contest

    Thrissur

  • All set for Thrissur Pooram exhibition

    Tiruchi

  • Polio drops given to 2.66 lakh children in Tiruchi
  • Mentally ill youth rescued
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Tirunelveli

  • Over 3 lakh children immunised in Tirunelveli district
  • Stalin launches campaign in Tenkasi
  • Two murdered in separate incidents

    Tirupati

  • Congress, TDP yet undecided on many seats

    Udupi

  • Doctors told not to hanker after money
  • Poll observers arrive in Udupi
  • Jaswant Singh coming

    Vellore

  • 17,424 children immunised in Vellore municipality
  • Road safety poster contest on April 7

    Vijayawada

  • Vijayawada West: Congress in a fix over candidate
  • Nandigama peaceful
  • Woman, kid killed in road accident
  • Around The City
  • Readers' Mail

    Visakhapatnam

  • Keen tussle on the cards
  • Political party for Brahmins mooted
  • Remarks against Chinna Jeeyar flayed
  • Around The City
  • Readers' Mail

    Warangal

  • TDP leader clarifies

    Weather

  • Weather

    West Bengal

  • A glamourous pollscape in Bengal

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