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Andhra Pradesh

  • Telangana: Naidu not convinced
  • YSR sees strong anti-incumbency factor
  • TDP relies on women while TRS looks up to tribals
  • Raja Reddy murder case: all accused acquitted
  • Migrant labourers hold the key in drought-hit constituencies
  • Mandava faces tough fight from former colleague
  • Parting with change for an age-old tradition
  • Venkaiah Naidu defends Indrasena
  • YSR lambasts Naidu
  • Voter slips get user-friendly
  • Commodity futures trading launched in Vizag
  • Jaleel Khan breathes defiance
  • Murder mystery solved
  • Venkaiah Naidu asks naxals to contest elections
  • Alternatives for voter identification
  • Nadendla for probe into Naidu's assets
  • Effective use of technology stressed
  • Simhadri among 14 rebels expelled by TDP
  • Bid to avoid split in vote partially successful: CPI(M)
  • Hearing adjourned on plea against Congress candidate
  • Labourer electrocuted
  • CPI(M) leader's campaign schedule
  • TRS vehicle seized
  • List of candidates for second phase of Assembly polls
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • CM trains guns on Congress candidate
  • Parties play second fiddle
  • Naidu woos BCs, women
  • Embarks for campaign in Adilabad

    Badminton

  • Nitin, Smitha are champions

    Bangalore

  • Employee attrition troubles BPO firms
  • Drug awareness camp for street children
  • Two robbed of cash, credit card
  • Tamil Nadu MLA's kin found murdered
  • Tension at Siddapura
  • Kothanur residents demand better road
  • Chair in urban management set up
  • One-way rule on cross road
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates
  • Stock Market Index

    Basketball

  • Rain plays spoilsport

    Belgaum

  • Belgaum, Chikkodi set to see fierce contests

    Bihar

  • Caste factor comes into play in Patna
  • Amarnath describes BJP as `universe'

    Book Reviews

  • Ashok Kumar's team wins

    Briefly

  • CMIE estimates 6.3 p.c. growth
  • BoM shares listed
  • RFL issue oversubscribed
  • Notice to Mumbai firm
  • AirTel's value added services
  • Sterling group acquires stake in Barista
  • New loan product from Indian Bank
  • Murugappa signs MoU with IIT, Madras
  • South Indian Bank's interim dividend
  • Sandesh's new division
  • Suven Life Sciences sets up SAB
  • Emirates Airline's investment plans
  • Southern Online Services renamed
  • BHEL achieves all time high PLF
  • NIC ties up with Nainital Bank
  • IOC to launch truck tracking facility
  • Maximise bags Titan account
  • IBM partners Apara
  • Canbank Factors net up
  • New bus service

    Business

  • Rane group in share restructuring exercise
  • CII agenda to achieve 10 p.c. growth
  • Industrial output up 6.7 p.c. in 11 months
  • Rupee ends lower
  • Sensex drops 55 points on late selling
  • `Standards have become market entry barriers'
  • Citigroup offers to buy e-Serve shares
  • Bharat Electronics net up
  • Reliance Infocomm to expand services
  • 50 p.c. from Hughes Software
  • Hero Honda pays 500 p.c. final

    Cartoons

  • POCKET WATCH
  • Cartoon

    Chennai

  • Petrol pumps sell four pre-paid telecom products
  • Ambattur Municipality denies charges on lake pollution
  • Four get award for nabbing youth
  • High Court directive to Anna varsity
  • 2 robbed of cash
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Asian medal winner needs a helping hand
  • Jethin Saji bags three titles
  • Anil Kumar wins title

    Coimbatore

  • Waste management project put on hold
  • Siruvani storage dipping
  • BJP-AIADMK giving shabby treatment to justice, alleges Karunanidhi
  • IOC mock drill on April 16
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • A green top to go with a gripping finale
  • Lara weaves magic, back on top
  • The big guns are yet to fire
  • Waqar Younis calls it a day
  • Zimbabwe crisis deepens
  • Emphatic win for RVM CC
  • Tamil Nadu drubs Hyderabad
  • Parle Champions Trophy from April 19
  • Good batting by Shashank
  • Malviya Club has it easy
  • Sriram, Vatekar sparkle
  • Southern Railway in semifinals
  • Patil to coach Oman team
  • Venkatesh's effort in vain
  • Good knock by Srinivas Yadav
  • Seven-wkt. win for DAV, Shalimar Bagh
  • Collage Group posts easy win
  • Tilak Nagar CC in final

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7956
  • Solution to puzzle 7955

    Cuddalore

  • Replace Cuddalore SP: DPA

    Cuddapah

  • Training camp held for presiding officers
  • Collector promises police escort to voters
  • `NDA allies backed construction of Ram temple'
  • Man run over by tractor

    Dindigul

  • Adhere to rules, drivers told

    Editorials

  • PROMISING THE MOON
  • RICE FAILS TO CONVINCE

    Elections 2004

  • Marathas take centre stage as elections loom
  • Forgotten, even during the elections
  • Unscheduled stops, cheering crowds for DMK chief
  • In coastal Andhra, betting catches on
  • No Mayawati to champion their interests here
  • POLL-POURRI
  • Q & A: George Fernandes
  • Q & A : J.B. Patnaik
  • CANDIDATE WATCH
  • WEIGHING IN WITH SUPPORT
  • THE DREAMGIRL AND THE MASSES

    Football

  • Real crumbles, but Arsenal & Milan win
  • Trying times for Beckham
  • Bhutia scores winner
  • Brace by Emerson
  • East Bengal likely to play in England
  • Indian Bank opens its account

    Front Page

  • Supreme Court orders re-trial in Best Bakery case
  • Marathas take centre stage as elections loom
  • Lara weaves magic, back on top
  • Karuna withdraws fighters
  • 21 die in stampede at birthday function
  • `Pre-medical test on April 17'
  • Hostages released

    Golf

  • Mickelson's pursuit ends, wins Masters
  • SRF Matchplay from tomorrow

    Guntur

  • A three-cornered contest

    Haryana

  • Voters not swayed by poll promises
  • Lall takes over as DGP

    Hassan

  • Puttaswamy Gowda declares Rs. 2.9 cr. assets
  • Deve Gowda refutes BJP charge
  • Janata Dal (S), Congress accused of tie-up

    Himachal Pradesh

  • Sukh Ram supporters left in the lurch

    Hockey

  • India's opener against Malaysia
  • Guru Harkishan PS in final
  • Union Academy wins title
  • ITRC holds SBI

    Hubli

  • Dharwad district given the cold shoulder again?

    Hyderabad

  • Preachers don't practise
  • `No EC bar on Krishna water supply'
  • Teenager gang-raped, one arrested
  • Court directive on TTD land lease
  • Students' union denies reports on support to TDP
  • OU convocation on April 17
  • Lok Satta's open forum for candidates today
  • RTC steps to run buses during strike period
  • Art camp for kids
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • South African Indians nonchalant about polls

    International

  • `Advantage Prabakaran'
  • Fighting giving way to talks
  • A tough week, says Bush
  • 23-year jail term for Pakistan Opposition leader
  • Fissures appear in Jamali Government?
  • Holidays dominate Bush calendar
  • Beauty pageant to bring about fusion
  • They fled the nightmare that is Fallujah
  • Efforts to play down import of memo

    Jharkand

  • Electioneering picks up in Jharkhand

    Kancheepuram

  • Rs. 402-crore annual credit plan for Kancheepuram
  • Good yield from Haryana wheat varieties
  • Rectified spirit seized
  • Man murdered

    Karimnagar

  • KCR completes first round of campaign

    Karnataka

  • Execution of Veerappan aides postponed
  • Vajpayee to address rally in Bangalore
  • `BJP has adapted social engineering'
  • Fiat to State Govt. on Parimala Nagappa's plea
  • Political parties can't sidestep tribal issues
  • `Surplus', key issue before Krishna tribunal
  • Muslims, SCs hold the key in Yadgir
  • They are `clinical' about voting
  • No behind-the-scenes pact: Anant Nag
  • `Cong. workers attacking BJP activists'
  • How the meal scheme was influenced by a little girl
  • Janata Dal (U) promises tax reforms, powers to Lokayukta
  • Opinion polls are a matter of right: leaders
  • Campaign against communal outfits from tomorrow
  • `Apex court did not uphold Sonia's Indian citizenship'
  • Deshmukh denies anti-incumbency
  • IIMB to decide on fee cut in May
  • Shivakumar penitent
  • Briefly
  • From the Districts

    Karnataka - Others

  • These tribal people cherish their right to vote
  • Three leaders quit JD(S), join Congress
  • Soligas decide not to vote; seek better facilities
  • Poojary warns Congress men against infighting
  • NCP to go by majority verdict on Sonia
  • Multi-cornered contests in Chikmagalur
  • Eight in fray for Chamarajanagar seat
  • Kambala meet on Thursday
  • BJP leader slams Congress for debt

    Kerala

  • Antony to lead UDF campaign
  • Muslim League faces a formidable challenge
  • Byelection crucial to both UDF and LDF
  • UDF plays down Karunakaran-NSS row
  • Time for `kaineettam'
  • District panchayat refutes report
  • Togadia case: SIT constituted
  • CPI(M) adopting double standards, says Chandy
  • Novel campaigning on the cards
  • Government urged not to change textbooks
  • Guruvayur Padmanabhan felicitated
  • At Sabarimala today
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Support offered to parties working for Dalits

    Kochi

  • Fisheries sector headed for crisis
  • Crackdown on illegal water connections
  • Election: LDF to organise development seminars
  • PR firm to boost Padmaja's image
  • VSNL may get nod for laying cables
  • GCDA's land bank project to be launched
  • President to receive INS Tarangini
  • Vedic maths workshop
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • Padmarajan inaugurates UDF election office
  • Minister to inaugurate old age home
  • Grameena mela from tomorrow

    Kozhikode

  • Helpline for women
  • Weavers take cue from art forms, epics

    Kurnool

  • Krishna Murthy hits the campaign trail

    Leader Page Articles

  • Britain's multiculturalism debate
  • Are surveys eclipsing elections?

    Letters to the Editor

  • Opinion polls
  • Paper leak
  • Bofors issue

    Madurai

  • Call to improve quality of higher education
  • Need for collective approach to minimise mishaps
  • Yellow pages phone directory in October
  • `Set up incinerator for hazardous waste'
  • `Increase minimum wages of sanitary workers'
  • BSNL told to compensate subscriber
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Prospects bright for Congress, says Moily
  • Mangalore has good water supply network now: Yogish Bhat
  • Veerappa Moily in Vittla today
  • Catholic Sabha jubilee
  • Three boys drowned
  • Actor coming

    Mysore

  • Forum seeks abolition of death sentence
  • BJP's decision may help Janata Dal (S)
  • Revannasiddaiah refutes allegations
  • Hemmige to join Congress today

    Nagercoil

  • Transport employees stage dharna

    Nalgonda

  • Wives share candidates' campaign burden

    National

  • Not against the BJP, says Jaswant
  • Stampede: Opposition expresses shock
  • `EC should take note of violation'
  • AIDWA seeks arrest of Tandon
  • Medical entrance test rescheduled
  • Do not politicise accident: Mulayam
  • Two more held in Santiniketan case
  • India must shine in villages: Advani
  • Not an indictment of Modi: Jaitley
  • Riots panel seeks list of policemen to be examined
  • Sukh Ram merges party with Congress
  • Tremors rock Kutch, Saurashtra
  • DSP fires in air at venue of PM's meet
  • West Bengal increasing vigil against naxals: Buddhadeb
  • `15 p.c. of Maharashtra candidates have a criminal background'
  • Issues that are no less important
  • Petition against foreign origin citizens dismissed
  • CBI probe sought into alleged coal pilferage in Chhattisgarh
  • `India not to sign NPT-related Additional Protocol'
  • Modi pushed me, alleges journalist
  • `26 candidates in Gujarat have criminal cases against them'
  • Centre plans to take care of kin of jawans who die in service
  • `BJP devoid of issues'
  • Hearing on political ads today
  • Army to view rights excesses seriously
  • Travel agents not to promote Malaysia
  • Ram temple: legislation the only way, says VHP
  • Supreme Court wants protection for whistle blowers
  • NDA Govt. caused spurt in militancy: Sonia
  • Congress charge more against daily: Advani
  • Reliance planning more petrol pumps on highways
  • PM shares grief
  • Plea against Bhattal dismissed
  • Hashmi group unfazed by attack
  • Protection for Teesta Setalvad meeting
  • `Remove Modi'
  • Venkaiah Naidu expresses shock

    Nellore

  • Anam fears sabotage by Sangh Parivar
  • Collector's directive to candidates

    New Delhi

  • Maken `chargesheets' Jagmohan
  • Asha Ram Verma elected new Mayor
  • Crime Branch team to raid hostel rooms of accused
  • `MCD will not transfer roads'
  • Two killed in Pushta fire
  • Grooming youngsters towards social activism
  • Zoos get guidelines for upkeep of inmates
  • Psychologist arrested for duping shops
  • Nothing new to paper leak
  • A harrowing experience for Ariana passengers
  • Dismissed RPF constable held
  • Notice to DDA on damaging property
  • Eleven arrested for robberies
  • Bar Association plans dharna
  • DU teachers divided over new course
  • Role of Biharis hailed
  • Killer Buses: no respite in sight
  • Pioneer of all Rath Yatras
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    Pathanamthitta

  • `Congress, BJP two sides of the same coin'
  • BJP warns of agitation

    Perambalur

  • Teachers of matriculation schools to get training under SSA

    Pondicherry

  • Revoke AIADMK recognition, Pondy Congress urges EC
  • Assembly prorogued
  • Jha, Rangasamy extend New Year greetings
  • Special police squads to prevent vehicle thefts
  • CPI (ML) seeks statehood

    Racing : Motor

  • Erode boys steal show

    Rajasthan

  • NDA foreign policy inconsistent: Congress
  • Dismay over attack on peace campaigners

    Religion

  • The Moola Ramayana

    Sports : General

  • Someswara triumphs

    Table Tennis

  • Sharath, Mouma earn Athens berth

    Tamil Nadu

  • Ramadoss accepts Rajnikant's challenge
  • Ordinance alone will end kattapanchayats: High Court
  • Playing with low stakes for moderate gains
  • Madurai Bench inauguration unlikely today
  • `Information security should be based on economic value of immunity'
  • A group without votes too has demands
  • Palani temple winch rams counter, 25 injured
  • Vajpayee, Jayalalithaa to address May 5 meeting
  • Unaided colleges move court again for regularising admissions
  • Ensure basic amenities for Tamil youth in Malaysia, CM urges PM
  • Leaders offer New Year greetings
  • We are being driven out of our `motherland': Sathuragiri tribals
  • MCI team visits Asaripallam College
  • Case against two DMK men for assaulting photographer
  • No bar on posters on Corporation buses here
  • Chidambaram hails POTA panel ruling
  • Applications invited for handicrafts awards
  • Good yield from Haryana wheat varieties
  • Hindi pundit waiting for pension for 19 years
  • Rs. 402.13-cr. credit plan for Kancheepuram
  • Infanticide: campaign against punishing traumatised mothers
  • Howlers galore in varsity textbook
  • `Provide health care to tribal children, pregnant women'
  • `Jayalalithaa responsible for farmers' distress'
  • Rain lashes Kanyakumari district
  • `Vote for Vajpayee govt. in TN interest'
  • 3 held for killing squirrels
  • 1,500 litres of illcit arrack seized
  • 200th test tube baby delivered
  • 2 babies for cradle baby centre
  • TMML list
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Tamil Nadu MLA's kin found murdered
  • Cataract camp to be held at Kuttalam
  • 2 new programmes from Kodaikanal FM
  • Shape India's future, VC tells students
  • PU councillor held
  • Advocates boycott courts

    Tennis

  • Davenport claims title
  • Roddick leads U.S. to semifinals
  • Divij has a good run in Japan

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Rush for enrolment in voters' list
  • Thirumala drinking water scheme still in limbo
  • Lightning kills woman
  • Caution against violation of poll code
  • `Child's death not by polio vaccine'
  • Steps to check spread of chickenpox
  • Food poisoning: six of family hospitalised
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated April 13, 1954: National Plan Loan
  • dated April 13, 1954: Commonwealth's role
  • dated April 13, 1954: National awards

    Thrissur

  • Congress factions clash at UDF meet

    Tiruchi

  • Tiruchi division earns Rs. 84.32 cr.
  • `Job mobility, order of the day'
  • Call to set up chair in Carnatic music
  • Proportional reservation sought for Muslims
  • Anti-smoking campaign launched

    Tirunelveli

  • One killed, 2 injured

    Tirupati

  • TDP candidates want Kuppam in every constituency
  • Vignan Rail chugs into Tirupati
  • Police review poll arrangements
  • Change in train timings

    Udupi

  • Congress will form Govt. again in State: Sorake

    Union Territories

  • `Jethmalani fighting for a national cause'

    Vellore

  • TEL to redeploy NG explosives unit employees

    Vijayawada

  • A `good friend' in deed
  • Political novice hits the road to strike rapport
  • BJP candidate fails to turn up for Lok Satta meet
  • Yagam performed for childless couples
  • Rainwater harvesting project commissioned
  • Around the City

    Visakhapatnam

  • Changing election colours
  • Make Sonia meeting a success: NJR
  • Workers are with TDP, says TNTUC chief
  • Plea to Independent to withdraw
  • Holiday on April 20
  • Sports associations back TDP candidate
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Volleyball

  • PSNA clinches title

    Weather

  • Weather

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