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Alappuzha

  • Shortage of kerosene lands fishermen in deep waters

    Anantapur

  • TDP candidate from Uravakonda intimidating people: CPI(M)
  • SI donates blood to save victim of naxal violence

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Campaign for first phase of polls draws to a close
  • Countdown for candidates' fortunes begins
  • People's War violence feared as poll campaign concludes
  • Arrangements in place for polls
  • The going gets tough for Lakshmi Parvati
  • Rosaiah spars with Goud on naxal issue
  • Prestigious contest for BJP
  • AP lags behind other southern States: study
  • Mikes fall silent, `rathams' head homewards as campaign ends
  • Pratibha Bharati aims at sixth-time victory
  • Naidu seeks `referendum' on core issues
  • YSR juggernaut rolls on
  • Congress worker injured in attack dies
  • Low chilli prices dampen farmers' spirits
  • YSR accuses TD of tampering with ballot papers
  • TDP complains to EC over KCR's remarks
  • Alternatives for identification of voters
  • Sonia to visit State again
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Congress candidate has the upper hand
  • CM vouches for social justice
  • Tribal raja lashes out at new-age politicos
  • 21,000 Government staff drafted for poll duty

    Assam

  • AASU to resist NDA's river-linking agenda
  • Protest against `police excess'

    Athletics

  • Beenamol makes a confident start
  • Rutto and Okayo win London marathon

    Badminton

  • It's Teja Fives
  • Rajas, Anisha clinch crowns

    Bangalore

  • BWSSB comes out with strategy to help customers
  • Hot weather may continue for some more days
  • New PG course fee structure may stay
  • Police resort to lathicharge as Cong., BJP workers clash
  • New textbooks for 10th standard from this year
  • Liquor worth Rs. 25 lakhs seized
  • Man assaulted, dies in hospital
  • 19,000 traders seek renewal of licences
  • Soundarya's ashes immersed in the Cauvery
  • Man sentenced to life imprisonment
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Readers' Mail

    Basketball

  • Double delight for SCR
  • Subash sparkles

    Belgaum

  • Voters want `no vote' option on EVMs

    Bidar

  • Assets, liabilities throw up interesting facts
  • Govt. staff accused of soliciting votes

    Bijapur

  • Water shortage is the main poll issue here
  • BJP making inroads into Congress's base

    Business

  • Government guarantee to LIC only symbolic
  • ADB under siege
  • Software and VRS: Impact on dividend decisions
  • Slow to adapt, Nokia loses market share
  • Corporate results cheer stocks
  • Mailnull: A mail alias service

    Cartoons

  • POCKET WATCH

    Chennai

  • Corporation Commissioner appointed district election officer
  • Construct subway or bridge: Villivakkam residents
  • Hotter days ahead
  • Jeweller robbed at Pallikaranai
  • More amenities for 4 Chennai burial grounds
  • Chennai port plan to protect marine species
  • Damaged parts of hand resurrected for attack victim
  • `Tiruverkadu temple elephant being ill-treated'
  • Around The City
  • Readers' Mail

    Chess

  • Priyadarshan takes under-15 title
  • Bangar bags four wkts.
  • Sreejith & Roshni triumph
  • Qualifiers spotted

    Coimbatore

  • Consortium of home textile manufacturers shortly
  • Codissia courses
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Cricket

  • A mature reaction to defeat, says PCB chief
  • ECoRSA wins The Hindu Trophy
  • Take the good with the bad: Philpott
  • It feels good to be part of a winning team: Balaji
  • Team India a force to reckon with: Ganguly
  • PCB to probe Akhtar's injury
  • We achieved our individual goals: Laxman
  • SRTM in final
  • Seven-wkt. win for AP Paper Mills
  • Team India's steady progress key to series victory: Dravid
  • Rain delays start
  • Pant bowls Young Friends to victory
  • Perumal stars in Arasaradi's win
  • Kodai CC wins
  • Infosys in last four
  • VDCA wins by six wickets
  • Varah beats Wheel

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 7961
  • Solution to puzzle 7960

    Editorials

  • UNCONSCIONABLE AND ABJECT
  • TAKING CARE OF LENDERS

    Elections 2004

  • Making sense of the opinion polls
  • An uphill task for the BJP
  • Vithalbhai Pandya, Independent candidate, Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat
  • In Jharkhand, BJP may find the going tough
  • Advantage Ananth Kumar
  • Many candidates with criminal past in Gujarat poll fray
  • Koraput could spring a surprise
  • Q & A: Narendra Modi
  • POLL - POURRI

    Football

  • H2000 too good for CIL
  • Dempo's challenge ends
  • Bagan sacks coach
  • Prize distribution function
  • Japan thrashes Vietnam
  • Rajkumar nets twice

    Front Page

  • Vote without fear: President
  • Campaigning for first phase of elections ends
  • Making sense of the opinion polls
  • Vajpayee, Aishwarya in Time list
  • Tandon quits panel
  • Anthrax affects two more

    Golf

  • Digvijay Singh triumphs

    Hassan

  • NDA will end terrorism: Fernandes

    Hockey

  • Australia beats India, lifts title
  • Young Truck rallies to hold Nav Bharat

    Hubli

  • `Financial position of railways comfortable'

    Hyderabad

  • All set for hassle-free polling, says MCH Commissioner
  • Not running away: Shashidhar
  • Forces to counter naxal menace
  • TDP candidate sings development song
  • House burglars' gang busted
  • It's raining snow here
  • MBT charge against MIM
  • Software employee killed in mishap
  • 134 cases booked
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Readers' Mail

    India & World

  • Pakistan will not bow down to pressure on Kashmir, says Musharraf

    International

  • Palestinians mourn Rantisi's assassination
  • Five U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
  • Not surprised: Rice
  • Bush for renewal of Patriot Act
  • `Osama plotting terrorist atrocity'
  • Poland is pushed closer to the edge
  • Once wild, always wild
  • Spain to pull out troops from Iraq
  • New Sri Lankan Government faces first test
  • White House defends Israel
  • `Beckham has confessed'

    Karimnagar

  • Congress hopes to be sixth time lucky
  • Union Minister flays KCR

    Karnataka

  • Congress worker's death triggers violence
  • Keen contest on the cards in Kanakapura
  • Will `stabiplage' help contain sea erosion?
  • Young voters hold the key in Bangalore South constituencies
  • Surpur: a pocket borough of an erstwhile dynasty
  • Congress, BJP-JD(U) to fight for Dharwad South
  • Our work will get us votes: Krishna
  • Congress seems to have the upper hand in Gulbarga
  • Gurmitkal, a prized possession of Congress
  • Triangular contest likely for Bellary Lok Sabha seat
  • Better deal for Christians promised
  • PFCL launches India Power Fund
  • IUML to back Krishna, Deve Gowda
  • Congress sets up think tank
  • Ex-MLA wants tahsildar's office shifted
  • Briefly
  • From the Districts

    Karnataka - Others

  • BJP vies with Congress for Karkala seat
  • Two-phase polls in this Congress bastion
  • Seminar on vanilla cultivation

    Kerala

  • Antony Government violating code, CPI(M) tells EC
  • Call for shifting focus to quality in all spheres
  • Congress infighting hits State's development: Kunhalikutty
  • CPI(M) never blocked development: Pinarayi
  • Novel project for a healthy tomorrow
  • Middlemen take over tea business in Idukki
  • Lawyers urged to help the poor
  • `Globalisation, not communalism main threat'
  • IUML encouraging fundamentalists: BJP
  • Film chamber rules out change in norms for actors
  • Sahithya Parishad polls held amidst uproar
  • Sabarimala temple closed
  • VS plea to replace damaged shutters
  • Rescued circus kids leave for Delhi
  • IPS-conferred officers get postings in new cadre
  • Pilot's body being brought today
  • Governor leaves for capital city
  • Ration dealers threaten agitation
  • Spread of jaundice: Dental College closed
  • Nayanar to undergo series of tests
  • Winners of photography competition
  • Two killed
  • `People will reject Unnikrishnan'
  • Jubilee fete ends
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Councillor's plea

    Kochi

  • Code of conduct stalls proposal
  • `Sustainable development need of the hour'
  • Lions Club district convention concludes
  • `Plastic surgery helps rehabilitate functional tissues'
  • `Ezhavas still not a vote bank'
  • CSS meet held
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi today
  • Readers' Mail

    Kollam

  • Suicides on the rise in Kollam: survey
  • IUML demands action
  • Sooranad, Unnithan meet at wedding reception

    Kozhikode

  • `Concept of culture being eroded'
  • Woman, son killed as bus hits auto

    Leader Page Articles

  • India-Pakistan peace pangs
  • Nothing special about it

    Letters to the Editor

  • PM's retirement
  • EC notice
  • Gujarat riots
  • Husain's move
  • `Well done'
  • Lara's magic

    Madhya Pradesh

  • Wind blowing in favour of BJP: Bharti

    Madikeri

  • `Vajpayee wave' a myth, says Subbaiah

    Madurai

  • Jayalalithaa to campaign in Madurai today
  • `Multipurpose Smart Card' in hospital
  • Last date extended
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reporters' Diary

    Maharashtra

  • Vajpayee for debate on foreign origin issue
  • Ghatkopar blast accused released

    Mangalore

  • Congress poll promises will be kept: Poojary
  • Congress workers told to gear up for polls
  • Hike in commission fails to excite oil dealers
  • Readers' Mail

    Mysore

  • Candidates promise to expedite Varuna Canal work
  • `Nation needs NDA to achieve progress'
  • Siddaramaiah skips session
  • Three arrested on harassment charge
  • Former Bishop dead

    Nagapattinam

  • Collector's directive to cable TV operators on unauthorised ads

    National

  • A special place for tribals in my heart: Sonia
  • `Sonia will be PM if Congress gets a majority'
  • Fernandes criticises Congress ties with Laloo
  • I'm not responsible for the stampede: Tandon
  • Indian researchers lead world's first search tool for 3-D shapes
  • 28 officials suspended
  • BJP looks ahead to a home run in Chhattisgarh
  • DGCA appoints official to probe Cessna crash
  • Campaigning ends in North-East
  • A safe track for Nitish Kumar
  • `Aircraft was arranged by Soundarya herself'
  • Campaigning ends in Maharashtra
  • Osama's name in Time list
  • DGCA collects plane wreckage
  • Case against Dharmendra
  • Venkaiah ridicules Congress demand
  • RBI CGM dead
  • CPI(M) leader criticises EC move
  • Union Minister escapes `bid on life'
  • Police recover arms near Mufti rally venue
  • `PM's comment was natural'

    Nellore

  • BJP promises to develop tail-end areas of Nellore

    New Delhi

  • Kendriya Bhandar weekly rates
  • Chandni Chowk still waiting for star candidates
  • Electoral battle all set to gain momentum
  • Congress may face a backlash from Vaish community
  • Children's cricket team leaves for Pakistan
  • Sophistication the hallmark of paper leak rackets
  • `Cricket news dominated electronic media'
  • Two arrested for dowry death
  • Symposium on transplants
  • Murder in moving ship
  • Couple held on cheating charge
  • DUTA demonstration
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today
  • Readers' Mail

    News Analysis

  • There may be other dirty hands besides Sharon's

    Nizamabad

  • Verbal attacks get too personal for comfort

    Orissa

  • Fear of naxals keeps politicians away

    Pathanamthitta

  • Padayani festival at Kadammanitta temple begins
  • Cassette released

    Pondicherry

  • Congress forms poll campaign committees
  • `Benefits must be extended to all villages'
  • 150 youths from Veerampattinam join BJP
  • PMK nominee's assurance to rural students

    Racing : Motor

  • Rossi gets historic win for Yamaha
  • Jinan steals the show

    Rajasthan

  • Jakhar treading a new territory to enter Lok Sabha
  • `BJP conspiring to divide Muslim vote'

    Religion

  • Chanting the Lord's name

    Sports : General

  • NDCA annual day celebrated

    Table Tennis

  • Utkarsh Gupta claims title

    Tamil Nadu

  • Women self-help groups make their mark in export market
  • PMK, BJP set for straight contest here
  • Villagers traverse a highway for water
  • Political parties blamed for plight of Kanyakumari fishermen
  • Panel formed for certification of advertisement on TV channels
  • DPA a bundle of contradictions, says Raja
  • `Campaign to check smoking habit imperative'
  • Teach DPA a lesson: Jayalalithaa
  • `EC should deploy central forces in all 40 constituencies'
  • Chennai-Tiruchi-Nagercoil sector most profitable
  • Salem Steel Plant registers a turnaround
  • Female infanticide still a scourge in Dharmapuri district
  • Briefly

    Tennis

  • Chance for Sania to enhance reputation
  • Roddick enters final
  • Ankit triumphs

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Bid to end Congress-CPI(M) alliances in local bodies
  • Call to screen pregnant women for diabetes
  • Five-member gang nabbed from Chala
  • Students develop scooterette
  • ASI killed in road accident
  • Held with forged travel documents
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Readers' Mail

    This Day That Age

  • dated April 19, 1954: Pope's warning
  • dated April 19, 1954: Egypt Cabinet reshuffle
  • dated April 19, 1954: Vinoba Bhave's plan
  • dated April 19, 1954: PM at Nataraj temple

    Thrissur

  • Efforts to make State a `water power'

    Tiruchi

  • Farmers call for prudent water management
  • `Simplify norms to get justice from consumer forum'
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Readers' Mail

    Tirunelveli

  • `Urban areas' identified for electioneering
  • Nutritious diet developed for HIV-positive patients

    Tirupati

  • Political warhorses to hit the road today
  • Dasari on a road show in Tirupati constituency

    Udupi

  • Doctors told to treat patients compassionately

    Uttar Pradesh

  • Mayawati hails EC directive

    Uttaranchal

  • Water crisis may hit Congress prospects

    Vijayawada

  • `Jaitra yatra' boosts Congress cadre morale
  • Former friends pitted against each other in Kankipadu
  • Civic amenities, water on BJP candidate's priority
  • Congress candidate woos Brahmin community
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Readers' Mail

    Visakhapatnam

  • TDP faces an uphill task in Bhimili
  • TDP, Congress end campaign on high note
  • Poll personnel to be airlifted
  • Railways to run summer specials from April 21
  • `BJP campaign against Sonia helping Congress'
  • NGOs for child-friendly Government
  • Sonia to visit A.P. again
  • Holiday tomorrow
  • Around The City
  • Readers' Mail

    Volleyball

  • IOB lifts crown

    Warangal

  • Well prepared for polls: Collector

    Weather

  • Weather

    West Bengal

  • CPI(M) leader criticises EC move

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