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Anantapur

  • Action recommended

    Andhra Pradesh

  • TRS to join a Congress-led coalition regime
  • CLP leadership: call to end bickering
  • The Hindu Business Line Quiz finalists
  • Seven Juvenile Home escapees caught
  • Drought hits lease of temple lands, rituals
  • Workers told to fight for rights
  • CLP leadership: call to end bickering
  • Double murder, suicide create flutter
  • Press academy plans digitisation of newspapers
  • Congress, Left parties put police on notice
  • Three leaders deny involvement
  • Expulsion `shocks' Sabbam Hari
  • HISP India qualifies for Stockholm Final
  • `TDP tried to influence voters with money'
  • Civic chief, deputy clash
  • Government to extend support to Press Academy
  • Model EAMCET evokes good response
  • Not around to savour success
  • Nod for five residential bridge schools
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Heavy rush of pilgrims at Tirumala

    Archery

  • Indian challenge ends

    Athletics

  • Dragila ready to scale new heights

    Badminton

  • Aparna qualifies for Olympics
  • Bangalore City Institute in final

    Bangalore

  • Working women prefer to eat out
  • Of school seats and hassled parents
  • A mission to quench parched throats
  • Youth murdered
  • Govt. allows COMED-K to go ahead with all-India test
  • Water adalats on Tuesday
  • Tree felled amid protests
  • Mobile phone providers concerned over `interference'
  • One-way rule catches motorists off guard
  • VHP leader Dwakaranath dead
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Basketball

  • Hyderabad, Krishna girls in semifinals
  • Easy for YSBC

    Belgaum

  • Children's hospital in Belgaum

    Bidar

  • Kalyan Parva begins at Basavakalyan
  • `Sharana philosophy can solve all woes'

    Billiards & Snooker

  • O'Sullivan routs Hendry
  • Pankaj Advani to spearhead Indian challenge

    Boxing

  • Come back Lennox, one last time

    Business

  • Rising forex reserves causing problems for RBI
  • Bajaj Auto plans to launch new vehicles
  • Spic's debt restructuring exercise
  • Car sales up in April
  • Bajaj Auto
  • Reserves touch $118 b

    Cartoons

  • Pocket Watch

    Chennai

  • They have voter ID cards but no home
  • `Asthma can be managed'
  • Budding cricketers form human chain against tobacco
  • Veeranam pipelines being flushed
  • Model code violated in North Chennai: observer
  • Education guidance expo begins
  • Car burnt in freak accident
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Seeds have it easy
  • Arjun Sarja in lead
  • Gopal outwits Susmitha
  • Karthikeyan, Raghavi take the honours

    Coimbatore

  • ORS packets for polling booths
  • Vote to oust BJP-led Govt.: Bardhan
  • `Education's mission is to improve quality of life'
  • NSS to create model villages
  • SIMA-CDRA takes up seed-based contract farming
  • Research Chair in `Tamizh isai' to be set up
  • Language learning centre inauguration on May 6
  • Award for TNAU VC
  • Action against commercial establishments
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Akhtar to take action after panel submits report
  • Kale gets Ganguly's vote of confidence
  • Wisden honour for five Indians
  • ICC top brass for ACC seminar
  • Lara invites England to bat
  • Fresh batch at NCA
  • Dravid visits The Nest
  • Two titles for MSRIT
  • Railway Officers XI in final
  • The Hindu-Eenadu wins thriller
  • Big win for Indian Airlines
  • British government reiterates it will not stop Zimbabwe tour
  • Maa TV enters final
  • Match abandoned
  • England 237 for 5

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 2554
  • Solution No. 2553

    Cuddalore

  • `Fixed tenure for government will avoid frequent polls'

    Cuddapah

  • Two held on murder charge
  • Call to safeguard public sector units

    Dindigul

  • EVM demonstration
  • Gram sabha meet on June 6

    Elections 2004

  • Uttar Pradesh: beyond the arithmetic of caste
  • Tough for Girija Vyas to stay afloat in City of Lakes?
  • Labour unrest brews south of Pir Panjal
  • Folk dancers, drummers and unscheduled stops
  • A multi-cornered race in Satna
  • Mamata's largesse gives Trinamool a headstart
  • BJP revives Women's Bill in campaign
  • Poll-Pourri
  • Candidate Watch
  • Kyonki Candidate Bhi Bahu Hain

    Erode

  • Do not commercialise education: VC

    Football

  • Air India-Fransa match drawn
  • Spanish daily reports Beckham will stay at Madrid
  • United puts on a show of unity
  • Les Bleus have come a long way
  • Hindustan holds FC Kochin
  • I saw death up close: Maradona

    Front Page

  • Election Commission may challenge High Court order
  • Uttar Pradesh: beyond the arithmetic of caste
  • A legally untenable order
  • U.S. move may thwart PW's plans
  • Tobacco ban in place
  • M.P. Governor passes away

    Golf

  • Four more join Gangjee at the top
  • Ajeetesh, Vaishavi are India's best bet

    Gulbarga

  • Boy dies of brain fever

    Guntur

  • Confident Alapati on the move again
  • Civic body gears up to meet water demand
  • Municipal schools excel in SSC exam
  • Root out child labour: Collector

    Hockey

  • `Consider eligible juniors for selection to Olympic squad'
  • India, fittest of all teams: Rao
  • Australia trounces India
  • Artillery Centre wins

    Hyderabad

  • Official apathy adds to misery of slum-dwellers
  • Two held, fake credit cards seized
  • Making a mincemeat of toughies
  • RTA puts `brakes' on SETWIN buses
  • MCH crackdown on cool drink vendors, eateries
  • Expert calls for use of technology to curb heart ailments
  • Coins released to mark 150 years of Indian Railways
  • Berths available in summer special
  • Turkish woman patches up with Indian husband
  • Case registered against IAS officer
  • `Jnana Deepthi' on Doordarshan
  • Police officers transferred
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • Two more NRIs appointed to House of Lords
  • Militant leader wants PoK to be base camp

    International

  • Joyous welcome for new members
  • Six westerners die in Saudi attack
  • 13 Indian fishermen arrested
  • Getting their due
  • U.N. forum's concern over asylum law
  • The croc hunt resumes
  • Bomb aboard Kanishka exploded in cargo area: expert
  • U.K. troops face allegations of torture in Iraq
  • Bush reiterates commitment on Iraq
  • He is not cool to this puff
  • U.S. military apologises for prison abuse

    Kancheepuram

  • Box kept at Circuit House for poll complaints
  • Held for bid to encash missing cheque

    Karnataka

  • Explosives unearthed from pump house
  • One killed in car-bus collision
  • Closure of units casts shadow on May Day
  • Congress is a divided house: JD(S)
  • The vulture is now a rare bird in Kodagu
  • Probe ordered into raid on NGO
  • Telgi's main printing presses were in Mumbai
  • 100 schools planned under Sarva Shikshana Abhiyan scheme
  • Dispelling myths about cancer
  • Will motorists have to pay toll on Bangalore-Mysore highway?
  • Centre accused of amending labour laws for helping employers
  • Unions vow to oppose new labour laws
  • `Withdraw order on translation of GOs'
  • Leopard kills calf near Chamundi Hills
  • `Unorganised sector workers must unite'
  • Tried to contact Karnatak University lately?
  • The silver bolt that brings death
  • Man gets jail term for murder attempt on moneylender
  • Fears over increasing FDI in banking sector
  • Death of newborn baby sparks stir
  • ENGAGEMENTS
  • Pondy AIADMK
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Their ornate campaigns cost only a trifle
  • Farmers cautioned against clearing forests
  • According to the book
  • Governments blamed for plight of labourers

    Kerala

  • Keralites back home from Iraq after ordeal in U.S. camp
  • Minor irritants may cost contestants dear
  • Fresh faces make prediction impossible
  • Both fronts exude confidence
  • KRL planning diversification
  • Call to strengthen Left presence in Parliament
  • Consensus eludes debate on globalisation
  • Make original reply public, Antony tells JD(S) MLA
  • Grand finale to Thrissur Pooram
  • Action plan for Bharathapuzha sought
  • Main task now is to dislodge NDA: Raja
  • `Nation opposed to return of BJP Government'
  • BSNL to distribute pre-paid SIM cards
  • Left will support Congress: Margaret Alva
  • Record profit for KRL
  • Two killed
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Refined appeal sans rhetoric
  • Promise to get Mahajan panel report implemented

    Kochi

  • Give Police Commissioners magisterial powers: DGP
  • Sebastian Paul seeks another term
  • Augmentation project work in progress
  • May Day celebrated
  • Boy drowns, father missing in backwaters
  • Vigyan Rail arrives in Kochi
  • Rival camps step up campaign
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • Applications invited for computer course

    Kozhikode

  • Study finds farmers second among suicide victims

    Kurnool

  • Probe sought
  • SSC exam topper in Kurnool district

    Madurai

  • Extension of new train to Madurai likely
  • Varsity admission may be a `click' away
  • Thousands witness `tirukalyanam' at Madurai Meenakshi temple
  • `Rights of labour force under threat'
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Corporation on collision course with Govt. over SAS
  • Varsity authorities blamed for bloomers in question paper
  • Shrill horn menace rages in Mangalore
  • Women's Yakshagana week from today
  • BSNL clarifies on call rates to WLL phones
  • Preacher favours modest Id celebrations
  • Two held on theft charge
  • Engagements

    Mysore

  • Trade unions call upon workers to be united

    Nalgonda

  • May Day celebrated
  • Tension in village after woman's suicide

    National

  • I raised the image of judiciary: V.N. Khare
  • All parties fighting NDA have a role, says Karat
  • BJP not over-reacting to exit polls: Jaitley
  • President condoles Governor's death
  • Naidu criticises exit polls
  • Sharma's bail plea rejected
  • "Workers' rights subverted"
  • UGC to set up IPR cells
  • `NDA, symbol of opportunism'
  • They're turning on those tags!
  • Snow spells trouble for tribals
  • Taking the `king of fruits' abroad
  • Gujarat foundation day celebrated
  • An able administrator
  • Now they make their way into the sea
  • ITC files defamation suit
  • Petition to disqualify Hema Malini
  • We will take a common stand: Surjeet
  • Rabid dog bite cases on the rise
  • Total lunar eclipse
  • Cell operators raise charges
  • Bail deferred for Bilkis rape accused
  • AIMMM's appeal to Muslims

    Nellore

  • Several areas in Nellore go without water

    New Delhi

  • Congress tips the scales in Chandni Chowk
  • DMRC, DTC requested to operate special service
  • A man of action out to prove a point
  • Flat tyres dog a tired DTC fleet
  • Maken launches cyber chat
  • Police chalk out security plan for polling day
  • All for a comfortable clothing
  • Cholera cases on the rise
  • Youth Congress cadres to fan out in constituencies
  • `Etching teams'
  • Student volunteers to chip in for parties
  • Right to protest sought
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today

    News Analysis

  • With an eye on the future
  • A no-holds-barred contest
  • Too close to call
  • Congress keeps everyone guessing again
  • Two issues crying for attention
  • `Give us water, not food'

    Nizamabad

  • Good show by welfare hostels
  • Guidelines for mercury `lingam' puja
  • Markfed to lift tomato stocks

    Palakkad

  • Bank supplies drinking water

    Pathanamthitta

  • CPI(M) hampering development: Antony

    Pondicherry

  • `No scheme yet for freedom fighters'
  • Videograph booths in PMK constituencies: Tirumavalavan
  • Power shutdown
  • Rectified spirit seized
  • Health camp
  • `Modernise AFT mill'
  • `Continue free treatment at Siddha centre'
  • Dos and don'ts for candidates
  • Help form a stable government: BJP

    Raichur

  • A long wait for farmers in Raichur district
  • Narayanpur canal: A long wait for Raichur farmers

    Ramanathapuram

  • CM continues personal attacks, says Karunanidhi

    Shimoga

  • `Society should pay obeisance to guru peethas'
  • Unite against exploitation, workers told

    Sivaganga

  • `Jayalalithaa has no principled approach to alliance'

    Sports : General

  • Kollam in semifinals
  • Qualifiers spotted

    Table Tennis

  • Clean sweep by Madras

    Tamil Nadu

  • Central forces will be properly deployed
  • EC show-cause to Pondy AIAMDK
  • India shining, foreign origin are no issues here
  • Sluggish industrial growth leads to large-scale migration
  • EC vigil has made parties rethink on spending
  • Mismatch between commitment and allocation
  • Plea to ease rise in price of plastic raw materials
  • Are public meetings a thing of the past?
  • Consumer forum to move court against borewells project
  • Rallies, public meetings mark May Day
  • AIADMK regime vindictive towards opponents: DMK
  • Rallies, public meetings mark May Day
  • `Hold talks with A.P., Karnataka on Palar water sharing'
  • Apex court upholds verdict on pension benefits for govt. staff
  • Summons to Indirakumari in misappropriation case
  • No change in our stand on coalition, says BJP
  • No groupism in State Congress: Natchiappan
  • Kathadi Ramamurthy's 50 years in theatre hailed
  • Dispose of BJP plea on Vajpayee hoardings, court tells EC
  • JIPMER entrance test on May 30
  • Effluent plant to seek aid for reverse osmosis project
  • Campaign to save wild birds from pet-lovers
  • EC will look into request on documents for voter identity
  • Para-military forces stage flagmarch at Chidambaram
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Banana prices spiral, growers left in the lurch
  • Oral rehydration in 1,769 polling stations
  • Stalin predicts election for T.N.
  • Car festival at Tiruvarur temple

    Tennis

  • Sucha to meet Jankovic
  • Indians lift junior Davis Cup
  • Double for Nirvick Mohinta, Ranjan Prasad

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Six injured in lightning
  • Focus on plastic menace
  • Two killed in accidents
  • Labour Day observed
  • M.P. Paul remembered
  • Water supply disruption to continue
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    Tiruchi

  • Banana prices spiral, growers left in the lurch
  • Rallies mark May Day celebrations
  • Mettur level
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirupati

  • May Day celebrated

    Udupi

  • People's help sought to keep Udupi clean

    Vellore

  • Creating awareness of science

    Vijayawada

  • VMC seeks hike in Pushkaram funds
  • `Hope' frames childrens' skills
  • Vijaya milk price up
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Municipal school kids fare well in SSC exams
  • March against child labour
  • Ex-MP speaks in defence of Sonia
  • AU fund for study abroad
  • VUDA identifies unauthorised layouts
  • Classes in classical music, dance
  • NGO to adopt slum
  • Water supply to be delayed
  • Low pressure in bay
  • Kidnap case against youth
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Volleyball

  • SAI STC wins title

    Weather

  • Weather

    World View

  • Bryant doubtful for Olympics
  • Coming to blows
  • A frank chat
  • `Only winning counts'
  • Don't rush Bond

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