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Alappuzha

  • Five houses destroyed in sea erosion

    Anantapur

  • Collector confers with Returning Officers

    Andhra Pradesh

  • TDP to identify and punish 'saboteurs'
  • TDP functionaries speak their mind
  • Industry-scientific institution tie-up stressed
  • 44 p.c pass junior Inter exam
  • Veterinary university at Tirupati proposed
  • Bt cotton fails ryots for second year
  • Faux pas by Inter Board
  • Bizarre offering!
  • Defamation suit against former Collector
  • Viral fever: officials seek to reassure
  • TDP groups clash
  • Ayodhya issue: Muslim Law Board rules out compromise
  • 5 held in urban bank chief murder case
  • Three kids drowned
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Anti-witchcraft awareness camp held

    Assam

  • Minister's resignation turned down

    Athletics

  • Bannister re-lives the golden moment
  • The mile record down the years
  • APAAA junior squad for Federation Cup

    Bangalore

  • Many job opportunities for audiology graduates
  • New traffic norms trouble commuters
  • Merchant's employee robbed
  • Home loan at fixed rate a good catch
  • Unwanted calls, messages irk cell-phone users
  • A move to delay admission process: COMED-K
  • City temperature six degrees below normal
  • Acid attack on beautician
  • Water adalat
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates
  • Stock Market Index

    Basketball

  • Southern Railway takes women's title
  • YCBC thrashes Vimanapura
  • Strong field for all-India tournament

    Belgaum

  • Campaigning begins for Council polls

    Bellary

  • Drama to mark death anniversary of Doddanagouda

    Bidar

  • Temple trust accused of misusing funds

    Briefly

  • World Bank, IFC plan rupee bonds
  • Stay on DPC arbitration proceedings
  • Fed keeps rates steady
  • IL&FS files red herring prospectus
  • Airtel election live updates
  • Centurion Bank ties up with Euronet
  • SingTel subscriber base crosses 47 m
  • GE Shipping's addition to fleet
  • NCDEX launches contracts in pepper, rubber
  • Catholic Syrian Bank opens ATM
  • First discount hypermarket in State
  • Young managers awards
  • Coca Cola to reopen Kerala unit
  • Intersil's centre in Bangalore
  • UTI MF declares dividend
  • Sahasraksha's new formulations
  • Karnataka Bank's regional review meet
  • General Motors rolls out special edition
  • J & K Bank net at Rs. 406 cr.

    Business

  • Agriculture growth to exceed 8 p.c. target
  • GAIL plans Rs. 25,000 cr. investment
  • 24 FDI proposals cleared
  • Microsoft Outlook on Hutch
  • Food subsidy will not rise in bigger European Union
  • Spurt in ACC net profit
  • Sensex gains further
  • Rupee recovers partially
  • BIL's arrangement with Pakistani firm
  • TTK chairman's daughter killed in car crash
  • Know your bank customers

    Cartoons

  • POCKET WATCH

    Chennai

  • Plastic flags are flying high
  • Girl's death triggers panic in village
  • Corporation restrained from recording controversial resolution
  • A blessing and cause of discomfort too
  • New device to teach Braille characters
  • NCC volunteers distribute pamphlets on TB
  • Moderate rain in catchment areas
  • Garments, machines gutted in MEPZ factory
  • Fatal fall
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Ratnakaran surprises Himanshu Sharma
  • Srikar takes title
  • Siddarth, Krithikha take the honours

    Coimbatore

  • Promoting bio-control
  • Rain brings cheer, inflow may increase in catchments
  • Vajpayee lands in city amid heavy rain
  • Rich tributes paid to Avinashilingam
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Aussies say no to tri-series
  • Match ends in a draw
  • Laxman could be the next Tendulkar: Lee
  • England asks Windies to bat
  • SBV in semifinals
  • Dahiya steers IA to title triumph
  • The law is open to manipulation
  • Sri Lanka takes on crisis-laden Zimbabwe
  • Shoaib Akhtar promised a fair deal
  • Robin Singh to coach in Hong Kong
  • Bedi ready for annual camp
  • Hyderabad Mission registers win
  • West Indies 108 for 4
  • Kartik on a tear

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7976
  • Solution to puzzle 7975

    Cuddalore

  • Canal breach damages crops at Kurinjipadi

    Cuddapah

  • Call to ensure smooth counting
  • Stiff recovery target for cooperative bank

    Dindigul

  • Dismiss NDA totally: Yechury

    Editorials

  • IN PRAISE OF ELECTRONIC VOTING
  • GOOGLE GOES TO THE MARKET

    Elections 2004

  • The arithmetic of alliance and anti-incumbency
  • Does economic development influence voting patterns?
  • POLL-POURRI
  • Will Mamata get a run for her money?
  • Mani Shankar Aiyar ahead, but faces a challenge
  • The campaign in Ladakh is as quiet as the hills
  • Where even politicians fear to tread
  • A close thing in Muvattupuzha
  • CANDIDATE WATCH: M.P. Veerendra Kumar, JD (S)
  • Militants being asked to disrupt polls, says Army
  • WALK TO VOTE

    Football

  • BSF marches into final phase
  • Porto in Champions League final
  • HAL, Hindustan FC split points
  • East Bengal struggles to hold Geylang
  • Abbas' hat-trick keeps Air India in the hunt
  • Institutional league kicks off on May 17
  • Mohammaden Sporting holds Haywards

    Front Page

  • 50-55 p.c. polling in third phase
  • Exit polls show NDA short of a majority
  • Violence, low voter turnout in J&K
  • Raise above State-level issues: Vajpayee
  • Oil prices soar
  • Blasts in Athens

    Globescan

  • Georgian standoff intensifies
  • Pact on nuclear plant signed

    Golf

  • Indian boys in second spot

    Guntur

  • Four get lifer for abetting suicide
  • Full-sleeve shirts, boots banned for EAMCET
  • Candidates spend Rs.100 cr. in Guntur district: Lok Satta

    Haryana

  • INLD, NC optimistic of role in government formation
  • Santhals to adopt scientific dairy farming

    Himachal Pradesh

  • Virbhadra flays NDA Government

    Hockey

  • Comfortable win for AGAP
  • `Autocratic functioning of IHF must stop'
  • Conditioning camp from May 13
  • Another win for Kiwis

    Hyderabad

  • Playground or garbage dump?
  • No power supply in some areas
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Corporate colleges claim top honours
  • Traffic arrangements for EAMCET
  • TRS rebels and others form joint front
  • Narmada shifted to hospital
  • Delay in water supply
  • Additional buses
  • Around the City

    International

  • Abhorrent, says Bush
  • Abuse widespread, admits U.S. army
  • Terrorist attack triggers oil price hike
  • Solheim optimistic about resumption of peace process in Sri Lanka
  • Dispossessed, defrauded in one's own land
  • Wasps vs tourists
  • Blasts outside police station in Athens
  • Russia's concern
  • Treating Mona Lisa
  • Israel frees Hamas co-founder
  • Appointed IMF chief
  • Megawati's party loses poll

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • A flawed election in a fallen paradise
  • Nadimargh massacre survivors boycott voting

    Kannur

  • Kannur University to start new courses

    Karimnagar

  • Steps afoot to prevent outbreak of viral fever: Collector
  • Counting to be done at four centres in Karimnagar
  • Eamcet to be held at 7 centres
  • 3 die as tractor, tanker collide

    Karnataka

  • Jayalalithaa case trial likely next month
  • Activity mapping in panchayats given a quiet burial
  • Kudremukh Wildlife Foundation refutes allegations
  • `Govt. committed to secularism needed'
  • Doctors, teachers end strike as management concedes demands
  • Man held during Lokayukta's visit to RTO
  • Federation terms amendment a deathblow to consumers
  • Canal repair: fast by KRRS activists enters second day
  • No report from Lokayukta on visits: Kagodu
  • It is time for NMPT to revise service tariff
  • Board may appeal against order in mosque case
  • Proposal on extension of meal scheme under study
  • `Brigand got off bus yards away from policemen'
  • Air Deccan introduces two more flights
  • `Majority of road users happy with national highways'
  • A.K.C. Natarajan presented award
  • I am innocent, says accused
  • Law students stage demonstration
  • CPI (M) for Central law on admissions
  • Krishna for Kerala
  • From the Districts

    Karnataka - Others

  • BJP stages protest at Sirsi
  • Man arrested on cheating charge
  • Bank urges depositors not to panic
  • Seer calls for simple marriages
  • Boy afflicted by polio-like disease
  • Briefly

    Kerala

  • Both LDF, UDF camps optimistic
  • LDF puts up tough fight in IUML citadel
  • Demand to implement Mahajan panel report
  • A photo finish on the cards
  • Left should act as corrective force: VS
  • No plan for talks with AMMA: Film Chamber
  • Ananth Kumar hits out at Congress, CPI(M)
  • Licence for foreign trawlers will not be renewed: Ram Naik
  • JSS will protect UDF interests, says Gouri
  • Mullaperiyar dam: Supreme Court posts case for July
  • Escapees from U.S. camp lodge complaint
  • Leadership is central issue: Shourie
  • Rise in number of candidates
  • State wasted Central aid: BJP leader
  • India should condemn U.S. army action: CPI
  • Poor response to Sonia's visit: BJP
  • CPI(M) activist sustains severe burns
  • Plot behind attack on CPI(M) worker alleged
  • Nayanar's condition stable
  • Grace marks system
  • Sonia Gandhi attacks NDA's policies
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Shanavaz banking on anti-incumbency factor
  • `Voters I-card mandatory'

    Khammam

  • Khammam boy bags second rank
  • Assistant examiner suspended

    Kochi

  • Examination system comes under fire
  • GIS being prepared for city
  • Only Congress can protect secular heritage: Sonia
  • Rain dampens enthusiasm of Congress activists
  • Concern over breach of security
  • Two killed in road accident at Varappuzha
  • Commuters hit by delay in construction of overbridge
  • Jet Airways flight rescheduled
  • Heavy rain lashes Kochi
  • Rail traffic disrupted
  • Strike called off
  • Currency seized
  • Around the City

    Kollam

  • Rajendran endears himself to the electorate

    Kottayam

  • Service extension: Government doctors warn of agitation

    Kozhikode

  • Journalists told to reorient perspective
  • Koyilandy adopts eco-friendly garbage disposal system

    Kurnool

  • Road widening work begins
  • Arrangements for counting reviewed
  • Official reviews Pulse Polio programme

    Leader Page Articles

  • India, the U.N. & non-proliferation
  • GM in the future

    Letters to the Editor

  • Pat for EC
  • V.P. Singh interview
  • Exit polls
  • No shortcuts
  • Poor crowds
  • Ban on smoking

    Madhya Pradesh

  • 50-55 per cent polling
  • Uma Bharti terms Simhasta a grand success
  • Voters boycott polls to highlight water woes

    Madurai

  • `Self-employment activities will yield fruitful results'
  • Roads turn slushy thanks to heavy rain
  • 2688 EVMs sealed, ready for polls
  • Eyeing stem cell research for eye care
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Maharashtra

  • Blasts accused turns approver
  • Feast of two comets on May 21

    Mangalore

  • Trucks stop entering industrial area
  • Rainfall may ease water crisis in Mangalore
  • Police taking steps to streamline traffic
  • Abhayachandra accuses JD(S) of defaming him

    Mysore

  • Poor quality milk in wide supply
  • Shafi Ahmed Shariff dead
  • TTK chairman's daughter killed in car crash

    National

  • Business Line celebrates Mumbai launch
  • Fernandes rules out downsizing Army
  • EVMs evoke misgivings abroad
  • Supreme Court to hear appeal against Patna High Court order
  • Panic in NDA evident: Congress
  • 'Third Front not possible now'
  • BJP review meeting today
  • Godhra: Centre to decide on protection of witnesses tomorrow
  • Shunglu panel alleges mismanagement in three IIMs
  • Supreme Court notice to Mulayam Singh
  • Introduction of Vedic astrology courses in varsities upheld
  • Jogi discharged
  • Supreme Court rejects plea for ban on cow slaughter
  • States can fix a higher price for sugarcane: Court
  • Jayalalithaa keeps away from reception to Vajpayee

    Nellore

  • Widespread rain in Nellore

    New Delhi

  • Fierce contest in the heart of Capital
  • Independents join hands
  • BJP vision document a day too late
  • From teaching to political preaching
  • `Police harassing Congress workers'
  • Late starter goes on overdrive
  • EC hauls up Delhi Govt. over school bags issue
  • Court directive on plea for displaced voters
  • Major haul of illicit liquor
  • Building collapse toll rises
  • Removal of encroachments around Jama Masjid ordered
  • Hunt on for more accused in paper leak case
  • Man arrested for fraud
  • Four held for duping people
  • Held for impersonation
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    Nizamabad

  • TDP group rivalry reaches flashpoint

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Pathanamthitta

  • Sonia Gandhi'sThiruvalla rally: rain plays spoilsport
  • Vidyasagar's charges against Vellappally
  • KWA caught napping in Thiruvalla

    Pondicherry

  • Rangasamy campaigns in Tirubuvanai
  • Pondicherry AIADMK gets time to file reply
  • DPA will romp home: Vasan
  • Lemotte Essaya dead

    Punjab

  • Three school kids die
  • Demoted cops to boycott polls
  • Akali faction backs Congress

    Racing : Horse

  • Ooty races postponed

    Raichur

  • Woman murdered near Raichur

    Rajasthan

  • EC's assurance to Election Watch
  • Rajasthan records 52 p.c. polling

    Ramanathapuram

  • Diarrhoea in Ramnad dt.

    Religion

  • Need for role models

    Sailing

  • Sabir keeps slate clean

    Sports : General

  • Toth gets two-year ban
  • Salem wins team championship
  • Olympic Day run on June 23
  • India bags 10 golds

    Table Tennis

  • Nikhit Bhanu claims title

    Tamil Nadu

  • Raise above State-level issues: Vajpayee
  • Low pressure becomes deep depression
  • Rise above State-level issues, says Vajpayee
  • Will Thirunavukkarasar's supporters tilt the balance?
  • DMK satisfied with EC arrangements
  • Nothing unusual about my campaigning for Tirumavalavan: Fernandes
  • Posters reflect on Congress infighting
  • `Do not rush to take up kuruvai cultivation'
  • Anti-incumbency is a wrong perception: BJP
  • A world of their own
  • Centre adopted double standards on POTA, says Vaiko
  • Implement project on interlinking rivers: Rajnikant
  • STF, CISF to be deployed in hill area booths
  • `AIADMK-BJP front using SHG services'
  • IUML office-bearer dead
  • Breifly
  • Promoting command of English
  • Promoting scientific talent

    Tennis

  • Federer, Roddick exit
  • Shantanu rallies past Kunal
  • Sandhya and Sanaa provide a ray of hope
  • Players welcome end to KTTA row
  • Clijsters in quarterfinals

    Thanjavur

  • Bus stand, bridge turn cesspool

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Language course with a difference
  • Power supply disrupted in many areas
  • Two killed in accident
  • Girl killed in motor accident
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated May 6, 1954: France to hold talks
  • dated May 6, 1954: Stability of nation
  • dated May 6, 1954: Steel plant for Orissa

    Tidbits

  • Insulin for dogs
  • A town as a drink

    Tiruchi

  • Far away, yet near
  • 2,300 personnel to be deployed in rural areas
  • Intermittent showers continue
  • 895 booked for ticketless travel
  • IMFL shops to remain closed
  • Data 'insufficient' for TNPCEE maths question
  • Lottery ticket smuggling: parcels without proper address under scrutiny
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirupati

  • Civil Services exam at six centres
  • Good show by Vikas students

    Udupi

  • Holistic approach to language development stressed
  • Fourth polio immunisation round on Sunday
  • Man stabbed to death

    Uttar Pradesh

  • 45 p.c. polling

    Uttaranchal

  • Advani fails to draw crowds at Hardwar

    Vellore

  • Disbursal of money orders put off till after elections
  • Farmers start ploughing

    Vijayawada

  • Mixed reaction to holiday classes
  • Murmur of protest against selection of TDP candidates
  • Stage set for EAMCET
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Grant scheme: many ifs and buts
  • CPI(M) flays VMC for erratic water supply
  • Change in high school education system sought
  • Corporate colleges claim top honours
  • AIR to organise music competitions
  • Power theft case against petrol bunk
  • Rowdy-sheeter murdered
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Warangal

  • Too little, too late for parched throats
  • Man tied to pillar, set on fire

    Weather

  • Weather

    West Bengal

  • Socialist leader dead

    World View

  • Maradona back in hospital
  • FIFA puts South Africa ahead in World Cup bids

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