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Anantapur

  • Three killed, seven injured as lorry falls into gorge
  • 71 p.c. voter turnout at repoll in Anantapur

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Congress rift to the fore over CM candidate
  • TDP activist held under POTA
  • No joint exercises with Pakistan, says Navy Chief
  • Land hitch for `special' project
  • APCC chief promises help to hailstorm-hit farmers
  • Kodela confident of TDP forming Government
  • Diabetes: awareness about foot problem stressed
  • Tie-up with TDP has not helped: BJP leader
  • Credit card-holders cautioned
  • CPI seeks arrest of Paritala Ravi
  • Nod for candidates, agents' stay at strong rooms
  • TDP observers to assess party's poll performance
  • Huge Sivalingam draws crowds
  • Congress criticises move to hike power tariff
  • SC notice to Centre, State on Panchayat Raj Act
  • More news and less `views' sought
  • After polls it's betting time
  • Kanda plea to poll panel
  • Goud's views his own, says TDP
  • TRS rebels threaten protest
  • Sri Chaitanya college principal, lecturers held
  • Charminar Bank depositors to get refund
  • Entrepreneurship programme
  • Overall voting percentage put at 69.85 p.c.
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • ZP passes resolution for hike in honorarium
  • DCC chief seeks report on dissidents
  • Congressmen try to surrender, retract later
  • Cop stabbed to death at railway station
  • Aid to farmers for land development
  • Hailstorm causes Rs 5.3 crore loss
  • Idols installed

    Archery

  • Indian women take seventh position

    Athletics

  • AFI selects 23 athletes for Ukraine
  • ATNK & K Area triumphs

    Bangalore

  • Mayor may ask for extension of term
  • Command Hospital junction, a driver's nightmare
  • Power shutdown in Adugodi today
  • Driver crushed under lorry
  • Arrack vendor's daughter killed
  • Motorcyclist killed in accident on Tumkur Road
  • Former employee of Syndicate Bank convicted
  • Dance programme
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Stock Market Index
  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    Basketball

  • Hyderabad boys, girls post wins
  • Beagles, Vivekananda take titles
  • More questions than answers for U.S. Olympic team
  • Leading teams for State-level basketball

    Bidar

  • SBI cuts interest rate on loans to SHGs

    Bihar

  • Rift among leaders hits NDA chances

    Billiards & Snooker

  • Hendry sets up intriguing clash with O'Sullivan

    Briefly

  • Gold plummets
  • Polaris ties up with German firm
  • ITI anticipates Rs. 1,200 cr. BSNL order
  • Bartronics ties up with EMS
  • BHEL R&D turnover at Rs. 575 cr.
  • Bharti migrates to UASL
  • PNB achieves full computerisation
  • BOW ties up with Fortese
  • OM Kotak's premium income up
  • IOC to bid for Thai oil firm
  • Chola MIP pays dividend
  • Corp Mobile Recharge
  • FTIL's `i-Win' service
  • Carrier India arm bags export order
  • Bartronics pact with EMS
  • DP Foam gets ISO 9001

    Business

  • TRAI favours steep cut in high-speed Internet rates
  • Reliance beats market expectations
  • VSNL to lower rates for broadband users
  • Pivotals suffer sharp setback
  • HLL earns less in Q1
  • Oracle payroll software with `local flavour'
  • UTI Bank net up 44 p.c.
  • NCAER predicts 6.7-7.1 p.c. GDP growth
  • Virgo bags international quality award

    Cartoons

  • POCKET WATCH
  • Cartoon

    Chennai

  • Telephone poles, soft target for criminals?
  • Computers, electronic appliances damaged in fire
  • 14,000 policemen to be deployed for poll duty
  • `Candidates cannot disown expenditure on graffiti'
  • Vigilance force to keep close watch on employment of children
  • Workshop on personality development
  • IA crew member held
  • Ahobila Jeer to visit Kancheepuram today
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Ratnakaran emerges champion
  • Karthikeyan in sole lead

    Coimbatore

  • Bridges pose risk to motorists
  • CII-Coimbatore zone to focus on six sectors
  • New technology houses to be built
  • Need for good industrial relations stressed
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Multan declaration was a mistake: Ganguly
  • Sri Lanka completes whitewash
  • Three hit centuries
  • Australia to go ahead with Zimbabwe tour
  • Mithun scores century
  • Akhtar claims innocence
  • Disciplinary panel seeks more time
  • Hero Indian Sports awards on May 15
  • Fine show by Bantoo
  • Easy for Taj Banjara
  • Shankara Rao scalps six
  • All-round show by Girish
  • Facile win for Modern School
  • Puneet shines

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7971
  • Solution to puzzle 7970

    Cuddalore

  • Silver articles stolen from jewellery shop
  • One held for unauthorised sale of explosives
  • `Increase speed of Pondy-Tirupati train'
  • `Don't allow defaulters to contest polls'

    Cuddapah

  • SP warns trouble-makers

    Dharwad

  • Music concert in Dharwad today

    Dindigul

  • 64 polling stations sensitive in Dindigul

    Editorials

  • WTO STRIKE AGAINST FARM SUBSIDIES
  • THE CRISIS IN NEPAL

    Elections 2004

  • Sonia Gandhi, the BJP and the foreigner issue
  • New naxalite strategy may spell trouble for BJP
  • It will be tough for Kamal Nath
  • The show goes on, but where is the showman?
  • Why Kerala's royals won't be voting
  • The Jat vote will decide the outcome
  • BJP unleashed reign of terror, says Tarigami
  • Poll-Pourri
  • Candidate Watch
  • Q & A : Bansi Lal
  • Q & A : Shanta Kumar
  • Age Doesn't Matter
  • Doing Their Bit

    Football

  • Santosh Trophy getting dribbled around
  • Rizwan's brace in Air India's win
  • Hindustan FC pips J&K Bank
  • (Un)Sporting coach banned
  • ITI holds BSF

    Front Page

  • EC sending team to Chapra
  • Reliance profit crosses $1b mark
  • Sonia Gandhi, the BJP and the foreigner issue
  • Ready to do business with Mulayam, says Laloo
  • Time to trim Indian Army
  • Amarmani granted bail

    Golf

  • Bhavna Shetty to represent India
  • Chowrasia regains top spot

    Gulbarga

  • Kanta demands probe into HKES affairs
  • Gulbarga corporation officials told to check spread of brain fever

    Guntur

  • Drinking water crisis hits Gorantla
  • Meet on `regenerative medicine'
  • Depletion in groundwater table in Guntur
  • Congress workers died while making bombs: Kodela

    Haryana

  • Independent MLA joins Congress

    Himachal Pradesh

  • Fresh snowfall in J&K, Himachal

    Hockey

  • India lifts junior Asia Cup
  • Artillery Centre routs Income Tax
  • Weather plays spoilsport

    Hyderabad

  • `Team MCH' marches on reforms path
  • Where pollution is more than skin-deep
  • Power shutdown in many areas
  • `Lion King' to be screened at IMAX
  • Recruitment drive for schoolteachers
  • Madhu Nair to head Green Park
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • India Caucus launched in U.S.
  • India important partner in war on terror: U.S.
  • MiG forced to pull out of Berlin air show
  • Downsizing army: Pakistan wants India to follow suit
  • BSF begins talks with Bangladesh Rifles

    International

  • Iraq force to replace U.S. Marines
  • Keep WMD off terrorists' hands, U.N. tells nations
  • E.U. struggles on world stage
  • From blog to book - at home
  • Support for Bush at all-time low: poll
  • Thailand steps up alert
  • Bush, Cheney appear before 9/11 panel
  • Iran's top judge bans torture
  • Russia to deploy new nuclear missile
  • Superstitions at royal palace

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • Acid test for Mulayam, Mayawati: Azad
  • Militants attack marriage function

    Karimnagar

  • Congress leader refutes MSR charge
  • Vocational training

    Karnataka

  • Court tells panel to approve fees before May 20
  • `Study infirmities in electoral system'
  • EPFO issues social security cards
  • Mysore serving a varied menu
  • Concern over plight of postgraduate students
  • Mixed views on Supreme Court order on school fees
  • Committee for closure of nine polytechnics
  • Acute water shortage in Tumkur district
  • Panel holds officials at fault for laxity in implementation
  • BJP unhappy with `partisan' nature of exit polls
  • Experts for re-look at power sector reforms
  • `More from NCC joining nation's armed forces'
  • Western Ghats prone to monkey fever
  • High Court tells colleges not to fill NRI seats
  • COMED-K chairman meets Krishna
  • Congress will win 173 Assembly seats: Poojary
  • Water shortage in villages around Bangalore
  • Minimum wages for domestic help
  • Trade unions' rally on May Day
  • Krishna resumes official functions after poll campaign
  • DSERT directive to institutions
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • 103 villages facing drought
  • Man dies as lightening strikes tree

    Kerala

  • Quit, Vellappally tells Vidyasagar
  • Secular govt. will come to power, says Karat
  • Religion, group factors to decide outcome
  • German experts moot steps to tackle Pampa's woes
  • KSEB's debt burden Rs. 5,360.64 crores
  • Marad Commission warns Achuthanandan
  • No more group activities in Congress: Minister
  • Prithviraj defies AMMA, to act in film
  • `Antony differs with national policies of his party'
  • CPI(M) criticism of Congress hollow: BJP
  • Pinarayi seeks probe into poster issue
  • Minister calls for steps to counter pollution
  • Raja Ravi Varma Award for Artist Namboodiri
  • Secular government will come to power, says Karat
  • Development agenda a farce: Cherian
  • No load-shedding
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Banking on development agenda

    Kochi

  • Greens' bid to make environment an electoral issue
  • Copper coins of Adi Chera period excavated
  • Kudumbasree bags outsourcing orders
  • Parents' association protests against capitation fees
  • Bottling plant directed not to use ground water
  • Mix-up in boarding pass delays flight
  • One injured
  • Body found
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • Antony facilitating BJP's growth, says CPI(M) leader

    Kurnool

  • Action against TDP leader sought
  • Plea for water supply
  • Ex-MLA's gesture to hailstorm victims

    Leader Page Articles

  • "Continuity in India-Sri Lanka ties"
  • Fiction's triumph over truth

    Letters to the Editor

  • Poor voter turnout
  • Case for exit polls
  • Muslims & the BJP
  • Thackeray speak
  • Pakistan's decision
  • On The Hindu

    Madikeri

  • Janata Party workers stage protest

    Madurai

  • `Extension of new train to Madurai likely '
  • Special arrangements for Azhagar entry into Vaigai
  • Preparatory works on for polling
  • `Pattabishekam' performed
  • New status for university
  • MKU `pulled up' for question paper leak
  • `Get permission before using vehicles'
  • Traffic diversions for `thirukalyanam'
  • Translation training
  • Recruitment for poll duty
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Poor facilities irk horticulturists
  • Jammu girl undergoes surgery at Mangalore hospital
  • BJP rebuts Congress charges
  • `Corp Mobile Recharge' launched
  • `Tulu Natakotsava' from Sunday
  • Engagements

    Mysore

  • Corporation allays fears over water scarcity
  • Workshop on science communication

    Nagapattinam

  • Sale of crackers banned from May 8 to 14

    National

  • BJP fears largescale violence in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
  • India for resumption of peace process in Sri Lanka
  • FIRs filed against Rudy
  • Sonia ridicules BJP's `India Shining' campaign
  • Congress to use Rahul, Priyanka for `precision campaigning'
  • U.S. warship docks in Chennai
  • AIR special programme on poll results
  • Mulayam will not go with BJP: Surjeet
  • EU keen on Indo-Pak. dialogue
  • Jaitley rules out hung Parliament
  • Over 55 p.c. voting in repoll
  • NDA will get decisive victory, says Venkaiah
  • Judge absolved of rape charge
  • Court ruling on anganwadis
  • Make anganwadis operational by August, Court tells Centre
  • Court directive on Mallika Sarabhai's plea
  • Gujarat bans smoking in public places
  • End to World Bank funding sought
  • AIMECA to conduct common entrance test
  • A new lease of life, says Jogi
  • Arafat and tragedy
  • Gogoi to strike a `balance' during downsizing
  • `Kolkata, a vital link in Telgi empire'
  • `Sikh freedom march'

    New Delhi

  • Timing of Sheila's letter questioned
  • Sajjan targets Sikh votes
  • A setback to probe?
  • Leadership crisis grips BJP
  • Dumping poses threat to the Ridge
  • Extended holidays: Govt. staff revel, parties worry
  • Maken woos Govt. employees
  • Poll preparedness reviewed
  • Cricketers on a different pitch
  • Political links under scrutiny
  • Stay on recording voice sample of suspended cop lifted
  • Metro shuns political ads
  • Withdraw fee hike, demand parents
  • Man gets lifer for killing woman
  • On a road with full of potholes
  • Two Khalistan militants gunned down in encounter
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Orissa

  • Man kills constable, panic at rly.station

    Pathanamthitta

  • Fronts battle for agrarian land
  • Vested interests behind exit polls: Union Minister

    Pondicherry

  • Jamaat-E-Islami Hind to support DPA
  • Rajni fans take out rath yatra in support of BJP
  • Withdraw fee hike, SFI tells Pondy varsity
  • CPI denies allegation of encroachment
  • Getting an assurance from contestants in exchange for votes
  • PMK has no support in Pondy: Anbalagan

    Punjab

  • Govt. yet to refer case: Badal
  • BJP-Akali Dal blamed for Punjab ills
  • The winners are from different parties
  • Triangular contest in Ambala

    Raichur

  • KRRS threatens stir over canal repair

    Rajasthan

  • New comer fights a lone battle for Congress
  • Jat-Muslim factor to play key role in Ajmer

    Religion

  • God's grace liberates man

    Sailing

  • 80 competitors likely for Nationals

    Shimoga

  • `TECHZONE 2004' takes off in Shimoga
  • `Make Sanskrit compulsory'

    Sports : General

  • HISA awards nominees announced
  • All-India rugby begins today

    Table Tennis

  • Inter-dist. table tennis meet begins today

    Tamil Nadu

  • POTA panel order binding on government: High Court
  • Scope for international air operations from Tiruchi
  • Multifarious issues for the electorate
  • Old warhorses fighting it out in a DMK fort
  • Abandoned children confront Coimbatore candidate
  • Children release `election document'
  • Election classes for examiners delay SSLC valuation
  • BJP must return to power for achieving State's demands: CM
  • Police firm on enforcing model code
  • Complaints over entrance test questions continue
  • Expose `nexus' between BJP and arms dealers, DMK dares Jayalalithaa
  • CPI(M) not for use of Article 356, says Varadarajan
  • VAO files police complaint against Paneerselvam
  • `Scout for mathematical talent'
  • Vajpayee will be Prime Minister again: Ganesan
  • Govt. explains case withdrawal
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Councillors appeal for regular tanker supply
  • `Top priority to drinking water grievances'
  • Postal ballots
  • Workshop on reading of manuscripts

    Tennis

  • Moya moves up
  • Rohan stuns Rohit
  • Rahul Gogia moves up
  • Double for Yeshwanth, Aishwarya

    Thanjavur

  • `Intellectual property rights vital for commercial success'

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Milma takes steps to tackle milk shortage
  • Police probing role of Pettah-based gang
  • Temple staff accused of attacking councillor
  • KSEB pulled up for failing to recover dues
  • Eleven injured in two accidents
  • Approach road to be completed by May 5
  • Online lottery outlets sealed
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated April 30, 1954: Accord on Tibet
  • dated April 30, 1954: Foreign awards
  • dated April 30, 1954: Nehru on his name

    Thrissur

  • `Find safer venue for fireworks'
  • All set for Thrissur Pooram
  • Tight security for Pooram
  • BPCL pavilion at Thrissur Pooram

    Tiruchi

  • Corpn. in a better fiscal health: Mayor
  • CDs on Bharathidasan released
  • `Effective counselling will reduce disputes of spouses'
  • Munsif court order against Corpn. rescinded
  • `Train'ing in a clean campaign
  • Mettur level
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirupati

  • Summer courses for children

    Udupi

  • Action sought against Salian

    Uttar Pradesh

  • "PM got Telgi scam `culprit' re-transferred"
  • Mahajan rules out tie-up with Samajwadi Party

    Uttaranchal

  • BJP seeks cancellation of Renuka Rawat's papers

    Vellore

  • Registration of ex-servicemen for poll duty
  • `Maintain expenditure accounts on daily basis'

    Vijayawada

  • Move to hike water tariff for flats opposed
  • Ward panel polls: Congress camp in disarray
  • Group rivalry persists in Congress
  • Loyola College exam result today
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Four held on charge of murder
  • `Climate change, global warming may pose challenge to mankind'
  • Vizag on global container map
  • Pre-paid cards for purchase of books
  • PW `captures' informer
  • PW naxals conduct `famine raid'
  • Summer camp for children
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Weather

  • Weather

    World View

  • Graf has no plans to return
  • All 18? You must be kidding!
  • Learning experience for Alexander Popov
  • `Recall Dhanraj and Dhillon'
  • Time to tee off, elsewhere
  • Memorable experience for pony-tailed star

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