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Accidents & Calamities

  • Fabricated certificates: CBI cases against 22 officials

    Andhra Pradesh

  • TRS chief flays YSR's remarks on Telangana
  • EAMCET-2004 held sans bloomers
  • `Saboteurs' will not be spared: APCC chief
  • Congress leader flays KCR's statements
  • 11 killed in road mishaps
  • Rain proves to be a boon for State
  • Central grant to promote crafts
  • Political pressure works on police action
  • Postal ballots to decide fate of contestants
  • Crafts Bazar-2004 from today
  • Naxals kill MPP vice-chief
  • AP Genco defends contracts
  • Naidu holds review meet
  • Congress for repoll in Pedakurapadu
  • Surrendered naxal's house blasted
  • Allegations baseless, says TDP

    Assam

  • Gogoi to apprise Sonia of oil scam

    Badminton

  • Indonesia optimistic
  • PESIT bags women's team title

    Bangalore

  • Man attacked, robbed of ring, watch
  • `Pollution, changing lifestyles have led to increase in asthma cases'
  • Another KaverEcom kiosk inaugurated
  • `It is not punishment'
  • Panel issues directive to minority institutions
  • 70-year-old man found murdered
  • Thieves make merry
  • Corporator's son kidnapped, released
  • SideCard launched
  • Phone lines to be transferred
  • Acid attack victim to get relief
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Stock Market Index
  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates

    Basketball

  • YOSC pips YFBC
  • Indian Bank wins title

    Belgaum

  • Over 5,000 from Belgaum to take CET
  • Two killed in accidents in Belgaum district
  • Candidates cautioned

    Bellary

  • Department exceeds savings mobilisation target

    Bihar

  • Laloo accuses BSF jawans of 'instructing voters'

    Briefly

  • India opens Market Access Fund
  • HC nod for ALFL, IndusInd Bank merger
  • Advani seeks vote for speedy development
  • Essel Propack's Russia plan
  • HDFC records block deal
  • Safexpress' solution to AC industry
  • Srinivasa Fine Arts' presence in West Asia
  • i2 launches supply chain programme
  • Jagsonpal recommends 3:1 bonus, stock split
  • Xerox launches seven products
  • Spectrum releases SpectrumSCM 2.0
  • Canara Bank loan for Bajaj two-wheelers
  • MindSpace to focus on non-metros
  • Office shifted
  • Allahabad Bank plans to tap market
  • Essar Tech's mobile charger
  • Sierra Atlantic expands UAN centre
  • FDA inspects Divi's Lab facility
  • SIB offers mobile banking
  • Canara Bank opens new ATM
  • Muthoot group to foray into insurance
  • BPL Mobile's milestone
  • Xerox launches seven products
  • Eicher group deploys Microsoft's Server 2003
  • Jagsonpal recommends 3:1 bonus, stock split
  • Nestle to open outlets
  • Mother Dairy enters dairy whitener market
  • Sun Microsystems pact with Paradox

    Business

  • Wockhardt buys German firm's business
  • BPO market set to reach $682 b in 2008
  • Google to open R&D centre in Bangalore
  • 'RBI unlikely to revise Bank Rate'
  • End of textile quotas will hit poor nations
  • India's exports to spurt after MFA ends
  • Positive exit poll predictions for NDA lift Sensex by 71 points
  • Rupee improves further
  • Dr. Reddy's buys out Trigenesis
  • UTI AMC's wealth management solution
  • Henkel SPIC to cut prices

    Cartoons

  • POCKET WATCH
  • Cartoon

    Chennai

  • 'Diet transition may hit small farmers'

    Chess

  • And the Oscar goes to... Anand!
  • Ratnakaran back to winning ways

    Coimbatore

  • Rain exposes city's poor infrastructure
  • Storage improves in Siruvani
  • Holiday declared on May 10
  • Yarn merchant waylaid
  • Vigyan Rail arriving today
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Muralitharan draws level with Walsh
  • Wright may get an extension
  • L.R. Singh tournament from May 21
  • RDCA annual day celebrated
  • Tom Graveney is next MCC president
  • Trescothick helps England share honours
  • Bharat shines
  • New pitch to be inaugurated at Don Bosco

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7977
  • Solution to puzzle 7976

    Cuddalore

  • Opposition doing false propaganda on NDA agenda: Fernandes

    Dindigul

  • Preparation of EVMs inspected

    Editorials

  • POWER OF OPPOSITION
  • INDIAN-MADE SUCCESS

    Elections 2004

  • Left is right in West Bengal once again
  • Southern discomfort in AIADMK hinterland
  • The man the CPI(M) loves to hate
  • A battle royal, of sorts
  • POLL-POURRI
  • JP giving others a run for their money
  • Advani seeks vote for speedy development
  • Dalits, Muslims to sway the outcome
  • Uniting Leftist radicals as an electoral force
  • DRUMMING UP SUPPORT
  • V FOR VAJPAYEE?
  • CANDIDATE WATCH: Padmaja Venugopal, Congress
  • Trinamool hopes to wrest Left Front's bastion

    Football

  • Monaco marches into final
  • Jackson puts FC Kochin in final phase
  • Euro-2004: Bhutia to be `special analyst'
  • I'm in worst form for five years: Zidane
  • Fransa FC enters final phase
  • 27 for camp ahead of away qualifier
  • Salgaocar, JCT split points
  • DSA announces transfer dates

    Front Page

  • We will lead non-NDA government: Congress
  • Muralitharan draws level with Walsh
  • China keeps its word on Sikkim
  • Court raps Modi Government
  • Patna High Court order stayed
  • The day after, Indian forces hit back at the Hizb
  • Unprecedented rain in Thanjavur in May, after two decades
  • Job firms to be prosecuted

    Globescan

  • First wife of Mandela dies
  • Adzhar leader steps down
  • Death for Bulgarian medics

    Golf

  • It's Johl's day

    Guntur

  • DIG hints at action against PW front organisations
  • Good show by Inter first year students
  • TDP wins four ward committee chief posts

    Haryana

  • Haryana gears up for Lok Sabha polls
  • Will Kurukshetra favour Chautala's favourite?

    Hockey

  • Dhanraj being victimised: Baskaran
  • Rajinder Singh also for Japan tournament
  • SCR edges past Artillery Centre

    Hubli

  • Workshop on rehabilitation, resettlement

    Hyderabad

  • Over 1 lakh students take EAMCET exam
  • Stormwater drains are back with MCH
  • No power supply in some areas
  • Residents pick holes in flyover project
  • MCH moves to prevent brain fever
  • Narmada demands simultaneous DNA tests
  • YC leader visits YSR's fan
  • Vizag ASI held on graft charge
  • MBT meet to mark Prophet's birth anniversary
  • Red Cross Day message
  • IN HYDERABAD TODAY
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • India denies interfering in Nepal's affairs
  • India, Pakistan for amending suspended shipping protocol
  • Indian researcher's work under the scanner
  • U.S. looking into 'mistreatment' of Indians in Iraq

    International

  • 40 guerillas killed near Najaf
  • U.K. probe into 30 cases
  • Howard slams treatment of Iraqi prisoners
  • Bush's address fails to make an impact
  • E.U. plans ambitious expansion
  • American taken hostage
  • Choking protests doesn't kill hope
  • 'Peanuts', full length
  • Octogenarian's complaint
  • Court case in U.K. over Basra killings
  • Living on past glories
  • White House to seek $25 billions as war fund
  • Bid to enter cockpit; 1 held
  • Nigeria toll 630

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • Demonstrators block Srinagar Highway
  • Leh reels under shortage of essential commodities

    Karnataka

  • BJP blames Congress for post-poll violence
  • Farmers block highway seeking Tungabhadra canal repair
  • Several power projects in the pipeline
  • Soil erosion hits food production
  • BESCOM may insure equipment
  • A season of tournaments in Kodagu district
  • Sahyadri Bank posts Rs. 3 crore profit
  • Copra fetches a good price in Tumkur
  • Mahajan panel report has no relevance now, says Krishna
  • Temple trustees to discuss resolution
  • NLSIU asked not to take action against student
  • `Nagappa was casual about security'
  • Directorate allays fears on textbooks
  • BSP leader refutes Shivakumar's charge
  • Five teams to probe BJP leader's murder
  • `Govts. misleading coffee growers'
  • Lorry owners threaten to go on strike
  • State to become self-reliant in power sector
  • Briefly
  • From the Districts

    Karnataka - Others

  • Summer camp for children
  • Patients gherao superintendent of hospital
  • B++ grade for college

    Kerala

  • Nayanar's condition worsens
  • Rain wreaks havoc; 44 fishermen missing
  • Political and social undercurrents hold the key
  • An air of caution in both fronts
  • Sonia-Thangal meet brings cheer to UDF camp
  • Cyclonic storm batters Lakshadweep
  • CPI(M) cannot be trusted: Antony
  • Identity documents for voters: court declines to stay order
  • `RSP not to join Congress-led Government'
  • Mahajan panel report irrelevant: Krishna
  • Water harvesting project to be launched
  • Congress denies hand in murder
  • Drought: Central team holds meeting
  • `New political front will emerge'
  • Artistes being blamed for crisis: AMMA
  • Indian workers in Iraq being abused: Chief Minister
  • `Kerosene quota being reduced'
  • Congress, IUML cheating minorities, says Sait
  • CPI(M) activist succumbs to burns
  • Two killed in accident

    Kochi

  • Coastal areas facing sea erosion
  • City life affected
  • Steps taken to prevent outbreak of epidemics
  • Rape case: search on to nab culprits
  • 18 injured as bus overturns
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    Leader Page Articles

  • Sri Lanka peace process: next phase
  • Partners in development

    Letters to the Editor

  • Well done, EC
  • Make voting a must
  • Election rigging
  • High Court ruling
  • Exit polls
  • PM's picture
  • Barbaric act
  • Ban on smoking

    Madikeri

  • Villagers asked not to enter Mandalapatti area
  • Jewellery heist: police still clueless
  • Rain brings some relief to Kodagu

    Madurai

  • PWD to draw water from Periyar dam to Vaigai reservoir
  • Varsity venture proposed in Singapore
  • `EC should take responsibility for poll-related expenses'
  • Last dates for submission of applications
  • Retired govt. employees to support DPA
  • Plea to name airport after Pasumpon Thevar
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Maharashtra

  • Laine book case: court vacates stay on probe
  • Laine book case: court vacates stay on probe

    Mangalore

  • Greater role for teachers in education stressed
  • People throng Vigyan Rail in Mangalore
  • Vedike finds fault with cooperative society accounts
  • Free health check-up
  • In Mangalore Today

    Nagapattinam

  • `Do not rush to take up kuruvai cultivation'

    National

  • Our doors are open: Venkaiah
  • Congress initiated development: Sonia
  • 'TDP will not snap ties with NDA'
  • SC notice to Centre on leak of question papers
  • Chapra repoll decision likely today
  • Riot killings: Court summons Modi
  • Fernandes rules out hung Parliament
  • IA flights re-routed
  • Youth meet to explore India-Pakistan ties
  • JD(U) seeks repoll in 201 booths
  • 'Diet transition may hit small farmers'
  • PM plays Pakistan card
  • It is a shame, says Jethmalani
  • High Court allows airports authority to kill stray dogs
  • 'Government has no right to fix IIM tuition fees'
  • JD(S) to maintain equidistance from BJP, Congress

    New Delhi

  • Malhotra ahead in South Delhi
  • Counting on stars for better fortunes
  • Sheila blazes the campaign trail
  • SOS sent to BJP high command
  • ISI agent arrested
  • Neglected Bhatti Mines residents pampered on poll eve
  • Army Public School bus kills four
  • Candidates' convoy defy EC norms
  • Sahib betrayed people: Sajjan
  • `Say no to politicians'
  • Vote for Congress, says V.P.
  • Urdu words used as codes
  • Maken flays Vajpayee's remark
  • Directive to education director
  • DU admission process to begin on June 3
  • Secular Forum to support Congress in Delhi
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Orissa

  • 5 killed as boat capsizes

    Perambalur

  • Rain raises hopes of easing scarcity

    Pondicherry

  • Arrangements completed for peaceful conduct of poll
  • AIADMK to petition Election Commission
  • DPA intensifies campaign
  • Study philosophy of yoga, scientists urged
  • 'Prevent atrocities against women'

    Punjab

  • Trial against Bhattal stayed
  • CBI may probe singer's death

    Racing : Horse

  • Friday's Ooty races cancelled
  • Savoy impresses

    Rajasthan

  • Rajasthan poll percentage below 50
  • BJP claim of majority hollow: Congress

    Ramanathapuram

  • `Start BG conversion'

    Religion

  • God indwells in all

    Sailing

  • Sabir simply unstoppable

    Sports : General

  • Indian bookie offered Pakistan player Rs. 1 crore
  • SC asks Ten Sports & DD to furnish documents

    Table Tennis

  • Elton, Nikhit win titles

    Tamil Nadu

  • Unprecedented rain in Thanjavur in May, after two decades
  • Woes for voters and candidates
  • Confusion over poll duty continues
  • Can Vaiko convert sympathy into votes?
  • Communist parties give more space to child rights
  • Arrangements made for poll in Salem
  • Memo rattles govt. employees
  • Sessions court censured, bail cancelled for panchayat president
  • Make STBs universal: consumers, cable operators
  • Ayodhya one reason for quitting NDA, says Karunanidhi
  • 24 persons taken into custody
  • `MDMK will emerge as separate Dravidian force'
  • HC order on compensation for murder accused quashed
  • Jayalalithaa promises all steps to end water crisis
  • Heavy rain forecast in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry
  • Ramanathapuram police step up vigil on coast
  • 40 complaints of missing names
  • TNCC preparing for Sonia's visit
  • Elaborate security for Sonia visit
  • Textile traders welcome PM announcement on CENVAT
  • All-India trekking expedition for NCC girls
  • Red Hills gets 5 days' supply
  • Traffic on Udhagamandalam ghat road hit
  • Duties assigned to officials in Vellore, Arakkonam
  • Poll violation cases reported in Chengalpattu
  • Lower Bhavani reservoir gets good inflow
  • ENGAGEMENTS
  • Ghee adulteration racket busted
  • Newborns handed over to cradle baby centre
  • Farmers' group to support DPA
  • Walk-in-Interview
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In Chennai Today

    Tennis

  • Moya moves up, Hewitt out
  • India fails to qualify for knock-out phase
  • Double for Bharat, Carol

    Thanjavur

  • Showers in Thanjavur, Tiruvavur

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • It is a do-or-die battle for PKV
  • Murder of CITU worker: two held
  • Sea erosion: 63 families shifted
  • Steps to check outbreak of infectious diseases
  • One killed, 11 hurt in road accidents
  • One held on charge of theft
  • `Theeradesa yatra' launched
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated May 7, 1954: Collective defence
  • dated May 7, 1954: Civil marriage law
  • dated May 7, 1954: Nehru refutes Pak report

    Tiruchi

  • Lottery ticket smuggling: parcels sans address under scrutiny
  • Bharathidasan varsity syllabi available on web site
  • `Children's Election Document' released
  • Annual handicrafts exhibition begins
  • Data `insufficient' for TNPCEE maths question
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Uttaranchal

  • 'Khao-Bao' to decide fate of ex-army generals

    Vellore

  • Local holiday in Vellore on May 14
  • Police organise flagmarch in Vellore
  • Six candidates yet to submit accounts
  • Measures to control pest attack on sugarcane crop in Vellore
  • Ex-servicemen to be deployed for poll duty

    Vijayawada

  • HC stays sale of plots by VMC: CPI leader
  • Corporate colleges engage in `rank' war
  • Convert cyclone shelters into hostels: Collector
  • Dharna against move to hike water charge
  • NAAC approval for college
  • Man beaten to death
  • Pilgrims injured in mishap
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Cargo handling: major ports put up a good show
  • Cyclone threat: officials on alert
  • EAMCET passes off peacefully
  • Mantra for workplace management
  • Insurance firm asked to pay compensation
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Volleyball

  • Vizag to host Central Asia volleyball meet

    Weather

  • Weather

    World View

  • Ronaldo back for `game of the year'
  • Top lawyer to defend Odumbe
  • Akhtar likely to escape with reprimand
  • Jugraj to join fitness camp

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