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Anantapur

  • TDP rebels give contestants tense moments
  • Dissidents may play spoilsport

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Complaints about `poor visibility' of symbols on EVMs
  • Ramamurthy Naidu, 15 others expelled
  • No clear picture yet in north coastal areas
  • Campaigning picks up in naxal-hit villages
  • Free power promise electrifies poll scene
  • APCC chief, rival aggressively woo minorities
  • Royal Raju keen on increasing majority
  • `Cycle' will speed past Congress: Naidu
  • CM decries talk of power tariff hike
  • Few takers for free power promise
  • TDP-BJP go all out to target `NRI'
  • Acting comes first for Rambha
  • An e-way for NRI kids to learn Telugu
  • Congress getting desperate: TDP
  • Unique `Koban policing' on the cards in Cyberabad
  • Elections-2004: changing scenario
  • BJP candidates fear threat from TDP rebels
  • TDP leader shot dead by naxals
  • Beverages corporation clarifies
  • Contestants told to follow rules
  • States told to give priority for primary health care
  • Ramamurthy Naidu, 15 others expelled
  • Four Congress men arrested
  • Supply of free power possible: KCR
  • EC guidelines on TV ads to come into force tonight
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Tough fight in the offing
  • Uma Madhava Reddy still rides sympathy wave
  • Congress rebel's presence may boost Minister's chances
  • `Poll duty' fear haunts ex-naxals
  • Congress promise on free power eyewash: CM
  • Spouses campaign for candidates
  • Tributes paid to Ambedkar

    Athletics

  • National circuit meet today

    Badminton

  • Top teams for all-India meet
  • IOB wins title

    Bangalore

  • NAAC to study gender sensitivity in colleges
  • Five arrested on charge of murder
  • BMP promises crackdown on illegal banners, buntings
  • BMTC bus crew being trained to be friendly
  • M.N. Sheelavanthar appointed UAS Vice-Chancellor
  • Vote out BJP, writers urge people
  • Motorcyclist killed in accident
  • Railways to open call centre
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Bullion rates

    Basketball

  • SAAP women pip Sanathnagar PG
  • Thiruvananthapuram girls in last four

    Belgaum

  • Kannada Nadu will not serve Congress's cause: Sidnal

    Bidar

  • Development takes the back seat here
  • `Opinion polls misleading'
  • `Empowerment of women a priority'
  • Four guns seized

    Bihar

  • Rabri hits the campaign trail

    Bijapur

  • Congress, BJP main contenders in Basavanabagewadi

    Briefly

  • Tata Motors mini buses for S. Africa
  • ICICI Prudential premium income
  • Britannia's new CFO
  • Russian firm wins turbine deal
  • Intel profit surges
  • SRL Ranbaxy completes reaudit by CAP
  • Jamshedpur selected for UN project
  • Peopleone Consulting's expansion plans
  • IOC to launch Xtrapremium in Mangalore
  • DHL's Mango Express package

    Business

  • Bharti deploys hybrid networking technology
  • Rupee rise hurts small exporters
  • Rising steel prices leave tractor units in a fix
  • Trust Telecom to market Kejian handsets
  • Jerry Rao new Nasscom Chairman
  • NSDL's success in depository services
  • Sharp fall in gold, silver
  • Coal India profit up
  • IOC invests Rs. 2,500 cr. in pipeline projects
  • SEBs cut losses

    Carrom

  • Jahangir, Kavita pocket titles

    Cartoons

  • POCKET WATCH
  • Cartoon

    Chattisgarh

  • Jogi's wife likely to head campaign

    Chennai

  • Collector told to probe errors in list
  • Swift measures to check speeding
  • The charge of the fire brigade Major accidents
  • Dangerous cricketing
  • Student drowned
  • Elected
  • Work on sewer lines
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Title win for Balkishan
  • Girish takes title

    Coimbatore

  • When it is time to bid goodbye
  • Hike in bamboo price causes concern
  • Project to construct bunds using coir
  • Drive for enrolment of traffic wardens begins
  • Book release
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Dravid in his element again
  • Batsmen had to complement bowlers' effort: Dravid
  • Despite Flintoff's century England follows on
  • Zimbabwe players' ultimatum to board
  • Chanderpaul, Dillon recalled for one-day series
  • Tamil Nadu sitting pretty
  • Radhakrishnan bags six wkts.
  • Sports XI in semifinals
  • Five-wkt. win for JN Golden
  • Sonnet Club in final
  • Indraprastha Academy boys win tournament
  • Easy for Indian Navy

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7958
  • Solution to puzzle 7957

    Cuddalore

  • Drive against illicit arrack trade
  • Improve green cover, Collector tells students

    Cuddapah

  • Congress, TRS endangering State's integrity: Murali Mohan
  • Retired MEO dies in road mishap
  • Plea for ex-gratia

    Cycling

  • Three banned for two years

    Editorials

  • ELECTION COMMISSION AS CENSOR
  • A LESSON NOT LEARNT

    Elections 2004

  • Muscle and mafia links still matter in Uttar Pradesh
  • From the newsroom to the poll arena
  • In Borivali, a simmering anger against the police
  • Relief cheque bounces for want of funds
  • Kalashnikovs, politics and the fate of candidates
  • Congress' counter-campaign on Sonia
  • POLL-POURRI
  • CANDIDATE WATCH
  • Q & A: Ravi Shankar Prasad
  • Q & A: Pinarayi Vijayan
  • BRIDGING THE DIVIDE

    Football

  • Haywards holds ICF
  • Salgaocar blanks Haywards Sporting

    Front Page

  • Vajpayee for permanent peace with Pakistan
  • Appeal to Jethmalani
  • Muscle and mafia links still matter in Uttar Pradesh
  • No decision to remove Tandon: PM
  • Include money spent on rostrum, security in candidate's account: EC
  • One killed in grenade attack on election rally in J&K
  • Dravid hits ton
  • Killed in blast

    Golf

  • Vijay Kumar recovers in time

    Guntur

  • 16 two-wheelers recovered, two arrested

    Hockey

  • India beats Malaysia
  • STC thrashes AG AP

    Hyderabad

  • Double delight in store for sky watchers
  • Mala Mahanadu warns against shifting of Ambedkar statue
  • Ice-cream stock point worker murdered
  • Holiday declared on polling day
  • IMAX goes `Into The Deep'
  • Mystery shrouds student's death
  • Private firm engineer ends life
  • RTC workers' stir from today
  • Police open fire to quell Congress workers
  • Entrance test on May 3
  • Special poojas against Endowments Act
  • Prohibitive orders
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderbad Today

    International

  • `Prabakaran planned eastern operation'
  • Iraq casualties do not change U.S. public opinion
  • Guerillas show sophistication
  • ANC poised for landslide
  • `Bush policies harming planet'
  • Panel sees flaws in FBI system
  • Not another Vietnam: Bush
  • Mandolin duo dazzles
  • U.K., Pakistan end bugging row
  • Pakistan Parliament adopts National Security Bill
  • Karuna's whereabouts not known
  • U.S. request for troops under study: Pakistan

    Kancheepuram

  • Boy electrocuted

    Kannur

  • Police foil bid to storm taluk office

    Karnataka

  • New Krishna tribunal illegal, says Patil
  • Rebels, defectors pose a threat to official candidates
  • It is BJP's turn now, says Yatnal
  • New faces promise an interesting finish
  • Congress's future uncertain: Venkaiah Naidu
  • Motamma, Chandre Gowda, Sageer Ahmed declare assets
  • 120 candidates with criminal record in fray in first phase
  • Venkatappa favours British tradition
  • Krishna violated poll code: Sangliana
  • Krishna questions Vajpayee's stand on regional imbalances
  • Salian aims to make it six in a row
  • Extension of canal will help irrigate more land: Krishna
  • JD(S) threatens stir over `misuse' of land
  • Congress leader calls for `soul searching'
  • `Foundation getting limited aid from Govt.'
  • Cong. making personal attacks, says BJP
  • Report is malicious: BJP
  • Krishna regrets U.P. incident
  • BJP accused of indulging in corrupt practices
  • Briefly
  • From the Districts

    Karnataka - Others

  • Bacterial disease taking toll on buffaloes
  • JD (S) breathes easy in Holalkere
  • Congress Govt. a bane on State, says Shettar
  • Hanumanthappa promises to tackle water shortage
  • 415 drought relief works taken up
  • `Margaret Alva in touch with the people'
  • Mild tremors in Gadag district

    Kerala

  • Rs. 1,061 cr. mobilised under debt swap scheme
  • Filing of nominations begins tomorrow
  • Strike plan dropped
  • Neck-and-neck contest likely
  • Stakes high for Muslim League
  • Local-level tie-ups a major worry for Congress
  • Unnikrishnan factor keeps Congress on tenterhooks
  • TDB to shift `aravana', `appam' units to Pandithavalam
  • CPI(M) to go in for high-tech poll campaign
  • UDF will win back Ernakulam: Thomas
  • Another row in Mahatma Gandhi varsity
  • Farmers will fight with the ballot: Infam
  • `AIDS must be made a political issue'
  • Gulf returnees seek welfare measures
  • `I' group to abide by KPCC directive
  • NSS is a social organisation: KC(B) chief
  • Thousands witness Vishukani at Sabarimala
  • Thieves break into Guru samadhi
  • At Sabarimala today
  • Meet-the-candidates programme
  • Briefly
  • District Notes

    Kerala - Others

  • Around the City

    Kochi

  • Local bodies use 87 per cent of Plan funds
  • KWA to re-tender pipe laying work
  • Indiranchira, Kodanad likely to be new tourism centres
  • Ombudsman to visit Anganwadi building today
  • Lawyers protest against probe
  • Fire Service Day observed
  • Award for Pallithode
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kottayam

  • Jaundice spreading among medicos

    Kozhikode

  • Vishu celebrated with traditional fervour
  • Man killed in road accident

    Kurnool

  • Congress kicks off campaign on a quiet note
  • People urged to follow Ambedkar's ideals

    Leader Page Articles

  • Voting for your favourite millionaire
  • Countering Islamophobia

    Letters to the Editor

  • Political ads
  • Best Bakery case
  • Lucknow tragedy
  • Paper leak

    Madhya Pradesh

  • Quota should continue: Bharti
  • BSP declares 25 nominees for M.P.

    Madurai

  • Infusing healthy thoughts into their mind
  • Group use of mobile phone catching up in departments
  • Tributes paid to Ambedkar
  • 3 hurt as explosive materials go off
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Maharashtra

  • Naik must stop personal attacks: Govinda

    Mangalore

  • Seven contenders in the fray in Ullal
  • Congress seeks probe into rifle deal
  • Parking of trucks near industrial area opposed
  • Kendra plans programmes to mark silver jubilee
  • Man gets jail term
  • Four women held

    Mysore

  • Where caste factor overrides local issues
  • Papanna's decision may help G.T. Deve Gowda
  • Tibetans to take out procession today
  • Raitha Jagrathi Yatre from Friday

    Nagercoil

  • BJP election office opened

    Nalgonda

  • Azad joins issue with Venkaiah Naidu

    National

  • BJP cannot escape responsibility for Lucknow incident: Congress
  • Lashkar commander killed, plot to kill leaders unearthed
  • Sonia makes frontal attack on BJP
  • Congress demand for Lalji Tandon's prosecution absurd, says Venkaiah
  • Free access being given to foreign firms at port trust: Pawar
  • No leader except Vajpayee for PM: Advani
  • Stampede deaths have not dented image: Vajpayee
  • Congress seeks action against Lalji Tandon
  • `EC can requisition staff to monitor ads'
  • New government will tackle unemployment: BJP
  • News on FM channels: TRAI seeks stakeholders' views
  • Swamy urges U.P. Govt. to file a case
  • Youth Congress president resigns from post
  • Multi-purpose Viagra: a finding from Hyderabad
  • The Titanic survivors from Guntur
  • AIMMM to back Jethmalani
  • Chief Secy. sends report to CEC
  • Centre to focus on `greening' India
  • NDA Govt. more representative in character: Advani
  • J&K Minister demands judicial probe into Uri attack
  • High Courts should not play to the gallery or make unnecessary remarks
  • Congress list

    Nellore

  • Congress rebels support BJP candidate

    New Delhi

  • Insurance company directed to pay fire damages
  • Coffee controversy brewing
  • Gang dealing in antiques busted
  • Delhi gears up for the polls
  • Book on forest-dwelling women released
  • Notice to institute in paper leak case
  • Jagmohan alleges violation of poll code
  • HC notice to DCP, Licensing on contempt of court plea
  • Woman, paramour commit suicide
  • Congress factionalism out in the open
  • On protest fast
  • Tainted ACP suspended
  • Tentacles are spread far and wide
  • Don's former aide behind paper leak?
  • Evidence destroyed in hostel rooms
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    Nizamabad

  • Lawyers urge people to back TRS, Congress

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Pathanamthitta

  • `Government failed to resolve crisis in farm sector'

    Perambalur

  • Cultivation of alternative crops to be propagated

    Pondicherry

  • Tributes paid to Ambedkar
  • Recall Jha, demands CPI (M)
  • Development is my priority: Tirumurugan
  • Leaders avoid official vehicles

    Racing : Horse

  • Safety is the key issue post Senna

    Racing : Motor

  • Narain is BPCL's brand ambassador
  • Ajit Kumar finishes third

    Rajasthan

  • `Tandon cannot escape the blame'
  • Rajasthan overcomes excess fluoride in drinking water
  • Call for gender sensitisation
  • Gujjar bodies to support BJP

    Religion

  • Importance of rituals

    Shooting

  • Mansher Singh misses medal by a whisker

    Table Tennis

  • Subham, Bhavya top seeds

    Tamil Nadu

  • `Don't convene self-help group meetings'
  • Diesel sale picks up, slump for petrol
  • Infanticide: campaign against punishing traumatised mothers
  • Bring out White Paper on Veeranam project: Vasan
  • Tiruvalluvar varsity to set up model food processing plant
  • Marketing provides new avenue for women's groups
  • Picketing, shops closure in water-starved Chinnalapatti
  • Heat-resistant suits for fire service personnel
  • Need-based strategy for educating disabled children
  • Lemon grass oil unit set up for Udumalpet tribals
  • Sari distribution was political graft, says Sankaraiah
  • Programme for small entrepreneurs launched
  • Congressmen protest against Adityan candidature
  • Ban Haroon from contesting for code violation: AIADMK
  • Opposition alliance unprincipled: Jayalalithaa
  • Seed bank on herbal medicinal plants coming
  • Rajnikant's decision has rattled DPA: BJP
  • Modi and Jayalalithaa should quit, says Chidambaram
  • `Roll back excise duty on handloom fabrics'
  • CBI begins spadework in fake stamp paper cases
  • `Casual worker employed continuously entitled to reinstatement'
  • `BJP more interested in Ayodhya than solving Cauvery row'
  • It's a bid to bribe: Vaiko
  • Isolate DMK combine: Jayalalithaa
  • Dance festival begins
  • Briefly
  • Campus Jottings: `Studies and sports, equally vital'

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • New ID cards for disabled persons
  • Ambedkar remembered

    Tennis

  • Roddick breezes past Carlsen
  • Tennis Village formally inaugurated
  • Goran accepts Queen's Club wildcard

    Thanjavur

  • `DMK always fought for people's rights'
  • Harmony Day

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Traffic police launch awareness drive
  • Poor facilities dog Veli tourist village
  • Change of guard round the corner
  • Call to fight social injustice
  • Vishu celebrated with fervour
  • Filing of nomination papers
  • One found hanging
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated April 15, 1954: Nehru's appeal
  • dated April 15, 1954: Delhi lodges protest
  • dated April 15, 1954: Tamil encyclopaedia
  • dated April 15, 1954: Congress session

    Thrissur

  • Plea to stop killing of elephants

    Tiruchi

  • Marked improvement in tax collection
  • Ambedkar remembered
  • In Tiruchi Today
  • Campus Jottings: `Take up self-employment ventures'

    Tirupati

  • TDP-BJP meet extols Naidu-Vajpayee relations
  • Candidates' colleges identified as counting centres

    Tuticorin

  • Congmen protest Adityan's candidature

    Udupi

  • Seer opposed to Sonia Gandhi becoming Prime Minister
  • BJP leaders have betrayed me, says Jayaram Shetty

    Vellore

  • Vellore commercial complex remains underutilised

    Vijayawada

  • EAMCET model papers launched
  • Rajagopal unveils `vision' for Vijayawada
  • BJP chief to address meetings in city
  • Summer camps at Vignan
  • Aswani Dutt gets nostalgic
  • Candidates promise to work for Dalits
  • Around the City

    Visakhapatnam

  • People eager to attend Sonia meeting: NJR
  • Woman naxal surrenders
  • Tributes paid to Ambedkar
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Volleyball

  • IOB begins in style

    Warangal

  • TRS candidate's campaign evokes response

    Weather

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