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Alappuzha

  • Candidates tour coastal areas in last leg
  • Arrangements complete for polls

    Anantapur

  • Weather insurance scheme launched
  • Suspect in mine blast held

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Yanam can tilt the balance
  • `KCR is diluting Telangana cause'
  • Highway accidents: no agency to probe causes
  • `Real TRS' meet today
  • Man held for cheating jobless persons
  • 15 killed in road accidents
  • `TRS, Congress scaring people'
  • Make way without fuss, Rosaiah tells Naidu
  • Collectors told to keep strict vigil on counting days
  • Three held on charge of cheating
  • TRS support to NDA?
  • AU sacks ex-MLA?
  • Report sought on `abrupt' end to polling
  • Lok Satta exposes faulty valuation
  • Maize offer from NECC
  • Coalition forces' action in Iraq condemned
  • Kanda directive on transfers
  • No anti-establishment sentiment: Naidu

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Seema briefly

    Athletics

  • Greene leads American sweep of 100m
  • Marion Jones steals the show

    Bangalore

  • Tanvir, three associates held after high drama
  • The row over the rain tree
  • Start of PU classes may be delayed
  • Bid to make off with sandalwood foiled
  • Film producer's house burgled
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Basketball

  • Good day for IBBC

    Belgaum

  • NAAC accreditation for KLE Society's science institute

    Bellary

  • 468 booths set up for pulse polio drive in Bellary

    Bijapur

  • Bijapur schools put up a good show

    Boxing

  • India will not protest Qamar's dubious defeat

    Business

  • Indian pharma companies on takeover spree
  • Forex reserves cross $118 b
  • Phone subscriber base maintains growth
  • Cellular firms want more tax concessions
  • Singapore wants Indian companies to use it as springboard to enter China
  • Bridging the PC-mobile phone gap
  • IOB operating profit up, 8 p.c. final dividend

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon

    Chennai

  • Cable TV subscribers want market forces to decide tariff
  • Election Miscellany
  • Election officials to comb for `bogus' voters
  • Chennai Port Trust attracts `clean cargo'
  • `Options being considered to decongest government hospitals'
  • Online diploma courses
  • Astronomy workshop for students
  • Teacher succumbs to burns
  • Red Hills receives 7 days' supply
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Tej Deep, Nayana triumph

    Coimbatore

  • Demanding voters confront candidates
  • `Students should know basics of all religions'
  • Arrangements in place for smooth conduct of poll
  • Study of offshore markets for farm products planned
  • PSG-STEP keen to promote biotech firms
  • IN COIMBATORE TODAY
  • Storage improves in reservoirs
  • Wine shops, bars to be closed

    Cricket

  • Muralitharan is numero uno
  • All about Muralitharan
  • The 300+ club
  • Akhtar gets away with warning
  • Easy for Press Club of Hyderabad
  • SCF (Blues) in semifinals
  • KSCA's reward for players
  • Great show, says Prasanna
  • Arjun hits 127
  • Dalmiya, Imran too skip ACC meet
  • Chetan, Vihans excel
  • Prashanth slams 109
  • Worcestershire 163 for 3

    Crossword

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    Cuddalore

  • Rajnikant fans campaign against PMK

    Dindigul

  • DPA cadres take out cycle rally
  • Shandies on Tuesday

    Elections 2004

  • THE GLADIATORS - PHASE 4

    Erode

  • Information centres at work in Erode
  • LBP ryots demand water release in June
  • Rajnikant supporters canvass in Gobi

    Football

  • Vasco beats Mohd. Sporting
  • KFA camp for youth team
  • East Bengal issues show cause notice to Douglas

    Front Page

  • Campaigning ends for final phase
  • Elections 2004 - A Montage
  • End dynastic politics: Vajpayee
  • Oust NDA, says Sonia
  • Do not yield to NDA's pressure, Laloo tells EC
  • We're preserving Dhanraj for Olympics: Gill
  • A bitter campaign comes to a close in T.N.
  • Murali has world record
  • Pilot killed

    Golf

  • Johl extends lead
  • Woods takes the lead

    Gulbarga

  • SSLC: Gulbarga slips to 31st rank
  • Charges against Kanta denied

    Guntur

  • Accused arrested in boy's murder
  • Leadership tussle in Congress is media hype, says ex-Minister
  • Water, chillies spice up ZP meet

    Hockey

  • Indian team likely to train in Germany: Gill
  • Indian women's team for Japan tourney
  • Big win for Accountant General

    Hubli

  • Of simultaneous polls and voters' reaction

    Hyderabad

  • `Organised' beggar gangs operate in city
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • 25 from State clear civil services interview
  • Elaborate security for counting of votes
  • Inter second year results likely to be released today
  • Four injured in acid attack
  • Narayana Society scholarship talent test
  • Initial key of EAMCET released
  • Five employers sentenced under ESI Act
  • Fourth round of pulse polio today
  • Berths available in summer special
  • No breakthrough in child kidnap case
  • No power supply in some areas
  • Around the City

    India & World

  • China's gesture, a move to 'sensitise' its people on Sikkim
  • Tajikistan for deepening ties with India
  • Marked improvement in India-Pakistan ties: Powell

    International

  • The worst is yet to come: Rumsfeld
  • 'British, U.S. forces are taught torture methods'
  • Mehdi army launches uprising in Basra
  • I was assigned to break down prisoners: Harman
  • `Mom, I was in the wrong place at the wrong time'
  • 'Sasser' worm: German teenager held
  • 'No active plan to close Abu Ghraib'
  • One killed in Karachi sectarian unrest
  • Sudan denies 'ethnic cleansing'

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • Call for jihad in J&K
  • Lashkar renews anti-American polemic
  • Attacks no damper on campaigning

    Kancheepuram

  • Poll arrangements under way in Kancheepuram

    Kannur

  • `BJP a mask of RSS'

    Karimnagar

  • Epidemic cells opened in Karimnagar
  • Irregularities detected
  • Outlet selling handmade paper opened

    Karnataka

  • Depleting water-table causing concern in north Karnataka
  • Working out has become a necessity
  • Fear of a dry spell haunts farmers
  • BWSSB opposed to privatisation
  • Neurological institute to be part of Health City
  • KFCC willing to run Puttanna theatre
  • Governor urges youth to take part in social welfare activities
  • Technical education quality to be improved
  • Krishna clarifies stand on Mahajan panel report
  • Schoolchildren to promote `honge' cultivation
  • Belgaum on `red alert' on HIV cases
  • Nine die of unidentified illness
  • ENGAGEMENTS
  • 16 killed in three road accidents
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Kenchaveerappa dead
  • Two schools secure 100 per cent passes

    Kerala

  • Nayanar still not out of danger
  • Central Kerala seats crucial for UDF
  • Tough fight on the cards
  • A tricky campaign concludes
  • Polls bring them close to the world outside
  • Will BJP's isolation in State end?
  • Voter identity card must: State Electoral Officer
  • State to protest against Centre's neglect: Antony
  • UDF misleading voters: IFDP
  • SriLankan Airlines flights to Kozhikode from July
  • Defeat forces of religious intolerance: Mar Milithios
  • Congress, CPI(M) groups on secret pact: BJP
  • Explosion at power station
  • Entrance results on May 11
  • New IMA president
  • NDA alone can provide stability: Advani
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Gundert Foundation starts spoken English course

    Kochi

  • Campaign ends on a tame note
  • Woes in coastal areas continue, one more relief centre opened
  • Rain triggers a wave of protest
  • `Awareness on torture prevention should begin at home'
  • Pall of gloom at KRL
  • Some relief camps to be shifted
  • Red Cross Day observed
  • Meet reviews election preparations
  • Divakar Deo receives award
  • Gokulapalan dead
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • Curtains down on two-month-long campaign
  • Course in food processing
  • Body found

    Kozhikode

  • Some families return from relief camps

    Kurnool

  • Plea to release Jurala water

    Leader Page Articles

  • The electoral battle that was
  • The generals and their commanders
  • Autonomous players
  • Rain-makers and drizzle-makers

    Madhya Pradesh

  • State tightens security for polls

    Madikeri

  • False propaganda may do JD(S) in, says Subbaiah
  • Man wanted in four cases arrested

    Madurai

  • Loudspeakers fall silent as campaigners pack off
  • Action against MLA sought
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Maharashtra

  • Government plans distribution of free textbooks

    Mangalore

  • Krishna's statement irks Kannada organisations
  • Beedi industry, labour organisations awaiting ISEC report
  • Flight service between Mumbai, Mangalore
  • In Mangalore Today

    Mysore

  • St. Philomena's College scores high in NAAC rating
  • Poor pass percentage in Mysore, a cause for concern
  • Blackout of Star signals hits TV viewers in Mysore

    Nagapattinam

  • Flag march

    Nagercoil

  • `Efforts for free polls in Nagercoil'

    Nalgonda

  • Machinery alerted as polio cases surface

    National

  • PM seeks clear mandate for BJP
  • Congress pressed for probe against DMK chief, says Advani
  • Sonia throws away security blanket
  • Shunglu panel detects irregular transfer of funds by IIM-A
  • Youth betrayed by NDA: Sonia
  • More allies can join NDA: Vajpayee
  • Fake enemy kills episode gets murkier
  • Nursing officers in new uniform
  • 'A model for governance'
  • Treating breast cancer through cryosurgery
  • 'Not a personal attack on Sonia': Advani
  • States' pension payments on the rise: Plan panel
  • 'No police officer sent to Iraq'
  • SP keen on preventing NDA from coming to power
  • G-20 rejects agriculture tariff cut plan
  • Rao not to reveal truth on U.S. pressure

    Nellore

  • Vigil intensified for counting

    New Delhi

  • Youth betrayed by NDA, says Sonia
  • Entire police force to be deployed on polling day
  • Cleaner campaign this time
  • Sheila denies delay in furnishing colonies list
  • A slice of history at election offices
  • Pushta booths declared hypersensitive
  • Sajjan gets support of Sikhs
  • cinema
  • Two held, arms seized
  • When she threw away security blanket
  • Court directive to DU
  • Record turnover by UPL
  • Virani parivar campaigns for `bahu'
  • Official takes over
  • Untold story of Madhumita
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    News Analysis

  • Daunting agenda for new rulers
  • Rot in apolitical armed forces

    Pathanamthitta

  • BJP candidate releases development plan
  • CPI(M) preparing to create tension: BJP leader

    Perambalur

  • Designated Officer to receive complaints
  • Ire against govt. leaves AIADMK doctor weak

    Pondicherry

  • Vajpayee set to get clear majority: Advani
  • 'NDA will accord priority to Pondy development'
  • Homage to martyrs

    Racing : Motor

  • Karamjit comfortably in lead
  • Schumacher in vantage position to equal Mansell's record
  • The top ten
  • Kothari to launch motocross academy

    Ramanathapuram

  • Campaign reaches feverish pitch

    Salem

  • Campaign ends peacefully in Salem, Rasipuram

    Sikkim

  • Headstart for SDF in polls

    Sports : General

  • Govt. reward for Indian cueists
  • India to send teams for four events
  • German Shepherd adjudged best
  • Usha's venture gets financial support

    Tamil Nadu

  • A bitter campaign comes to a close
  • High stakes in a CM-nurtured region
  • Mama's boys Wise, brave mothers in literature
  • `Hospital forced to deny admission to Murasoli Maran'
  • 13 constituencies identified as hyper-sensitive: Sarangi
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  • DPA detrimental to people's welfare, says Jayalalithaa
  • NDA will win more than 300 seats: Venkaiah Naidu
  • Honouring Mothers
  • Elaborate bandobust for poll
  • Vote DPA, appeals Vasan
  • Swamy's charge
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • The hustle and bustle end
  • Elaborate arrangements made in Sivakasi
  • Steps to ensure peaceful polling in Pudukottai
  • Business information centre to be opened soon
  • Campaign instruments fall silent

    Tennis

  • Nalbandian enters final
  • `Paes-Bhupathi duo does have a chance'
  • Indian girls finish ninth

    Thanjavur

  • Stage set for polls

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Sivakumar banking on his youthful image
  • Varkala Radhakrishnan exudes confidence
  • Students develop model of underwater vehicle
  • Steps to prevent epidemic outbreak in coastal areas
  • Two youths killed in separate accidents
  • All set for polling on Monday
  • 1,500 bottles of liquor seized
  • 3 from city in Civil Services ranklist
  • Families relocated
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    Thrissur

  • Three of a family drowned

    Tiruchi

  • Ire against govt. leaves AIADMK doctor weak
  • Voter indifference, low level of campaign worry a Gandhian
  • Street-by-street campaign marks last day
  • EVMs to be transported to booths today
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirupati

  • Cops trace missing girl
  • Pulse Polio campaign by TTD

    Tumkur

  • Rs. 13 lakhs looted from bank

    Udupi

  • Severe water crisis in parts of Udupi
  • Campaign to popularise blood donation
  • Villagers living in fear of sea erosion

    Uttar Pradesh

  • Mulayam Singh escapes as copter makes emergency landing

    Vellore

  • Candidates focus on rural areas

    Vijayawada

  • Temple staff, SPF at loggerheads
  • VMC, apartment dwellers on collision course
  • Rivalry in Congress comes to the fore
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Sight Savers to focus on children
  • Lok Satta decries Devasthanam `threat'
  • Headmasters' suspension draws flak
  • Andhra Bank holds loan mela
  • `Railway has good safety record'
  • Polio drive by ECoR
  • Siva Bhaktudu passes away
  • Record sale for VSP
  • New IOB counter
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Volleyball

  • Radhika-Preeti pair posts win

    Weather

  • Weather

    West Bengal

  • Surprises in store, says Mamata

    World View

  • Confusion ends over World Cup bids
  • Shoaib leaves it to the PCB

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