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Anantapur

  • Minor incidents mar polling in Anantapur

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Clashes, rigging in second phase of polls
  • Paritala taken into preventive custody
  • Tomato growers worried as price hits all-time low
  • Plan for better traffic system on the anvil
  • Chirala completes 400 years today
  • Heavy turnout in Penukonda
  • Repoll ordered in 65 booths
  • Congress points finger at TDP
  • Exit poll predicts Congress win
  • EVMs become the target
  • Vidyasagar Rao opposes exit polls
  • Poll by and large peaceful: DGP
  • TDP blames Congress for violence
  • DSC key on website
  • YSR thanks people
  • Constable on poll duty dies
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • When poll officials prayed for their lives
  • Heat, EVMs tire out women voters
  • Relief works in 11 mandals to begin soon
  • TDP workers stage protest

    Archery

  • Indian squad leaves for Italy

    Athletics

  • `Jones, a target of character assassination'

    Bangalore

  • IT boom sends house rents soaring
  • Mango traders at APMC yard observe bandh
  • CET Cell to go ahead with counselling
  • Three held on charge of blackmailing, robbing astrologer
  • Peace returns to slums; cause of clashes `not yet known'
  • Package tours to Sri Lanka
  • Work for nation, students told
  • Cell for BESCOM electronic clearing service
  • BCA results today
  • Test results out
  • Teachers plan stir
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Exchange rates

    Basketball

  • DRDO boys in quarterfinals

    Bidar

  • Syndicate Bank records Rs. 85,000 cr. turnover

    Boxing

  • Below par show by Sushma
  • TN may host Federation Cup boxing

    Briefly

  • Timken's technical centre
  • Maxfair Drugs' investment plans
  • PNB's lending to agri sector
  • PNB computerises branches
  • Securities market infrastructure
  • Allahabad Bank Andhra region profit up
  • Materials management week
  • Carrier India bags Rs. 100 cr. export order
  • Airtel tops in customer satisfaction: TRAI
  • Vardhaman launches readymade garments
  • IDEA offers two new tariff packages
  • Suven Life income up 10 p.c.
  • Seminar for knitwear exporters
  • USFDA nod for Ranbaxy's hypertension drug

    Business

  • Sanofi-Aventis merger at last
  • RBI dividend norms: banks in a bind
  • Indian Bank net up at Rs. 406 cr.
  • SMEs equipping to go global
  • Product patents: reintroduction to provide new opportunities
  • Salem Steel's major turnaround
  • Jaitley clears 11 foreign technical tie-ups
  • Consensus on increased assistance to developing nations
  • Harness potential emerging technologies: IT Secretary
  • Parryware forays into taps market
  • Bajaj Auto's action plan to boost exports

    Cartoons

  • POCKETWATCH
  • Cartoon

    Chattisgarh

  • Molestation case against official

    Chennai

  • 87 candidates in the fray for three Lok Sabha seats
  • Injured Jharkhand police officer recovering in city hospital
  • Treated sewage water for Corporation parks
  • Court sets aside rejection of plea for NoC
  • Meenambakkam, Tambaram receive mild showers
  • Pallikaranai marsh forum plans roadshows
  • Importance of wearing seat belt underscored
  • 11 Bihar children rescued from snack unit
  • Lorry cleaner killed in accident
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Chess

  • Sasikiran slips to second place
  • Maheswaran, Nabeela bag titles
  • Three share lead
  • Sampath has the last laugh
  • Sethuraman posts win

    Coimbatore

  • Siruvani dam hits dead storage
  • Service essential for national progress: Sankaracharya
  • Hostel for tribal students brings down dropout rate
  • 11 candidates in fray for Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat
  • Opt for pulses to manage drought, farmers told
  • Windmill installation goes up in State
  • 50 NTC staff apply for VRS
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Close call for VSP
  • Good knock by Sivaram
  • No BCCI approval for exhibition match
  • Ravneet hits century
  • Gangadhar and Satish shine
  • Dream day for Pradeep
  • India, Pakistan to compete in Asia Cup
  • SBT `B' posts win
  • Narrow win for Collage Sports Management
  • Latif ready to face disciplinary action
  • NIE clinches title
  • Sasi Advertising triumphs
  • Ramu scalps seven

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7968
  • Solution to puzzle 7967

    Cuddalore

  • 10 candidates for Mangalore Assembly seat
  • 13 candidates for Cuddalore seat

    Cuddapah

  • Police fire to quell fighting mobs
  • Minor incidents mar poll

    Cycling

  • Armstrong clinches Tour de Georgia title

    Dharwad

  • He was dead in voters' list

    Dindigul

  • Over 13 lakh voters in seven Assembly segments
  • 11 candidates in Palani

    Editorials

  • TWENTY YEARS TOO LATE
  • TROUBLE AHEAD IN WHEAT

    Elections 2004

  • Welcome rituals and money matters
  • War of words erupts in J&K BJP
  • In Asansol, parties turn blind eye to illegal mining
  • Development, not security the key in Udhampur
  • In Kerala, the doctrine of political equidistance
  • People of all hues keen on joining NDA: Advani
  • Poll-Pourri
  • The battle for bijli and the politics of paani
  • Q & A : Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami
  • CANDIDATE WATCH
  • HAVE CARD, WILL VOTE

    Erode

  • ORS at polling stations for voters

    Football

  • Papa's better, says Maradona's daughter
  • Baggio's chance to show he can still `dance'
  • Arsenal awesome
  • SBT takes on Punjab Police
  • DGACR New Delhi retains title

    Front Page

  • 55-60% turnout in phase two
  • Exit polls point to hung Lok Sabha
  • Welcome rituals and money matters
  • Fighting in Fallujah

    Golf

  • A frustrating wait
  • Irwin wins at Savannah

    Gulbarga

  • ABVP, AIDSO seek law on admissions

    Guntur

  • Women flock to polling stations
  • Repoll ordered in 16 polling stations

    Haryana

  • 160 in fray for Haryana seats

    Himachal Pradesh

  • CPI (M) to support Congress

    Hockey

  • India to meet South Korea
  • Qualifiers spotted

    Hyderabad

  • Power shutdown in many areas
  • SHRC orders action against SI
  • Project to keep inundation blues at bay in Gaddiannaram
  • Focus on vocational courses
  • Folk art festival from May 1
  • Course for dialysis technicians at NIMS
  • Boy's body found in Hussainsagar
  • Five SIs promoted
  • In Hyderabad Today
  • Waiting with fingers crossed

    International

  • U.S. defers attack on Fallujah
  • Le Pen faces angry protests in U.K.
  • Seven cadres shot dead, complains LTTE
  • China rules out popular vote in Hong Kong
  • Some candid Einstein snapshots
  • March in U.S. for abortion rights
  • A new role for Jackie Chan
  • Of a meteorite of yore
  • The plight of the pain-free kid
  • Pyongyang helpless as victims die in pain
  • Cosmetics queen dead
  • Georgia faces civil war

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • Over 60 foreigners, 480 locals in J&K jails
  • Politician's guards, driver held in rape case

    Kancheepuram

  • 12 contestants for Chengalpattu

    Kannur

  • Samskarika Yatra arrives in Kannur

    Karnataka

  • 60 p.c. turnout in second phase
  • Stray incidents of violence
  • Police cane trouble-makers in Belgaum
  • Many find names missing from voters list
  • Hassan district records 61 p.c. polling
  • Krishna confident of heading new Govt.
  • Mysoreans vote for their candidates
  • Junior doctors in Tumkur protest fee hike for PG courses
  • BJP, JD(S) daydreaming, says Congress
  • State expecting translated documents of wealth case soon
  • NDTV exit poll gives 20 Lok Sabha seats in State to BJP
  • Krishna offers prayers for rains
  • Deve Gowda's approach saves the day
  • The choice he could not make
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Women actively exercise their franchise
  • 65 per cent polling in Chikmagalur district
  • Renovation of Temple begins
  • Parties accused of distributing liquor
  • Rains prompt farmers to return to agriculture
  • 56.38 per cent polling in Kanara
  • Man held on charge of theft

    Kerala

  • Marad: Cabinet yet to decide on CBI probe, says Antony
  • 177 candidates in the fray
  • Establishing a rapport with voters
  • Water crisis contenders' pet theme
  • Copy of AG's legal opinion released
  • India should initiate action against Israel: Antony
  • Cabinet yet to decide on CBI probe: Antony
  • Priest moves court against `thookkam' ban
  • Thamarakshan not optimistic about UDF prospects
  • `CPI(M) has no control over State unit'
  • One of the accused in Marad case surrenders
  • SNDP Yogam not to support any party
  • Mala murder culprits will be booked: Antony
  • CPI(M) leader seeks clarification
  • Trains to be diverted owing to yard work
  • International AIDS Conference in Bangkok
  • Revenue deficit on the rise: VS
  • Congress cannot protect secularism: Manik Sarkar
  • Entrance test gets under way
  • Debts drive farmer to suicide
  • Nayanar admitted to AIIMS
  • Keltron staff send letters to Antony
  • Clarification sought on pact
  • `News hour'
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • BJP, CPI(M) lock horns over delisting of Marathi community

    Kochi

  • Antony seeks votes for development
  • Lending a helping hand
  • KTDC's beer sales hit a new high
  • Similar names spark off heated debates
  • Applications invited for special education course
  • Man held on charge of murder
  • Keel laid for tug
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Kollam

  • Exhibition on building materials
  • Election arrangements in Kollam
  • Protest against closure of train toilets

    Kottayam

  • `Antony's hard-line stand will help BJP'

    Kozhikode

  • Check Modi's attempts: rights activist
  • Left will extend conditional support to Congress: CPI
  • `Stop move to destroy Scheduled Caste bodies'

    Kurnool

  • Group clashes at several places
  • Repolling ordered at five booths in Kosigi
  • Police fire into air at Bhimavaram

    Leader Page Articles

  • Russia's economic diplomacy
  • On virtual working

    Letters to the Editor

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  • Exit polls
  • Thackeray itch
  • Modi's future
  • Sharon's threat

    Madhya Pradesh

  • BJP blasts Congress contention
  • Court reserves order in Dharmendra case

    Madikeri

  • Polling peaceful in Kodagu

    Madurai

  • A `play'ful way to create awareness
  • `Technological park needed for small-scale units'
  • BJP has hidden agenda: Mohan
  • 15 candidates in fray in Madurai constituency
  • Probe into question paper leak sought
  • Swamy seeks memorial for Marudhu brothers
  • Bench site handed over to High Court
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • 63 per cent polling in Dakshina Kannada
  • A new direction in waste management
  • A midsummer nightmare for Mangalore
  • Missing names delay polling in some booths
  • Engagements

    Mysore

  • Lathi-charge at Kuvempunagar, Mandakalli
  • Hundreds of names missing from lists
  • Polling percentage of 62 recorded in Chamarajanagar
  • Voter turnout 55 per cent in Mysore

    Nagercoil

  • 11 in fray in Nagercoil

    National

  • Exit polls show gains for Congress in A.P., NDA ahead in Karnataka
  • Polling peaceful, 52 p.c. turnout in Rae Bareli
  • Supreme Court declines to stay publication of exit polls
  • Near-total poll boycott in Srinagar
  • Violence mars U.P. polls
  • Secular alliance will form government without SP, BSP: Congress
  • Rajnikant meets CEC
  • It's a BJP-Congress fight in M.P.: Arjun Singh
  • Shift seen in BJP's core vote base in U.P.
  • `We are only talking of success'
  • CVC can receive complaints from whistle-blowers, Court informed
  • Court notice to Registrar
  • CBI on mission to track payments in Quattrocchi's account
  • BJP to review performance
  • India does not see immediate threat to Arafat
  • Polling peaceful in Maharashtra
  • Zero turnout in many Manipur polling booths
  • 65 p.c. polling in Assam
  • Peaceful polling in Orissa barring stray incidents
  • 55 p.c. turnout in Goa
  • Thackeray casts vote
  • Two killed in Bihar poll violence
  • Kadirgamar coming
  • Talk of `new allies' shows NDA has lost hope: Karat
  • `Wider acceptability will decide non-NDA leader'
  • Kalam seeks report on Haryana Governor's speech
  • Arun Gawli did not vote
  • Airport incident sparks row

    New Delhi

  • `He brought some chairs, claims he made the house'
  • Similar medicine names a threat to patients
  • Sheila terms Sahib's charges baseless
  • Designers forgo their right to vote
  • DTC losses unabated
  • Doctor's killer was known to him
  • A Chambal `daku' on literacy trail
  • Gangster in police net
  • Paper leak: Parents' role under scrutiny
  • Murder reminds of another case
  • `BJP misleading people over house tax'
  • Two arrested for scuffle deaths
  • Paper leak case: Ex-students of coaching institute under scanner
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    Nizamabad

  • TRS flays CM's `doublespeak'
  • Collector pats officials for achieving targets

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Pathanamthitta

  • Yuvajana Sandesa yatra launched
  • SBI to set up 100 more ATMs in State
  • 8 left in fray in Mavelikara
  • Antony to tour Pathanamthitta on May 1

    Perambalur

  • Farmers deepen open wells

    Pondicherry

  • Lack of employment policy an issue in Pondy
  • 21 candidates in fray for Pondicherry seat
  • NJP to challenge Returning Officer's order
  • PMK office-bearers quit party
  • `Allocate more funds for primary education'

    Racing : Motor

  • Impressive show by Narain
  • Sunny wins Maruti Rally

    Raichur

  • 54 pits to be dug to ease water crisis in Raichur

    Religion

  • Divine justice for one and all

    Rowing

  • Paulose gets Olympic berth

    Shimoga

  • Muslim voters irked by missing names

    Sivaganga

  • All-party meeting held
  • Five withdraw nominations in Sivaganga

    Sports : General

  • Aasia Bai triumphs

    Tamil Nadu

  • Ask govt. to withdraw POTA proceedings, Vaiko urges High Court
  • Court sets aside rejection of plea for no-objection certificate
  • Trading in water, order of the day in Vellore
  • CENVAT, water scarcity explosive issues
  • Ryots in low spirits, electioneering subdued
  • The clock starts ticking for the parties
  • `Revise higher education curricula to increase course value'
  • BJP, AIADMK a fine combination: Venkaiah
  • 10-year RI for Rajagopal
  • Synthetic colours used in sweets to lure consumers: study
  • Change of government at Centre inevitable: CPI(M)
  • Secular, self-reliant govt. need of the hour: CPI
  • BJP doesn't mind Fernandes campaigning for People's Alliance
  • Numerical strength is no source of power: Jayalalithaa
  • Elephant sanctuary proposed in Sathyamangalam forest
  • Rs. 10-cr. customs duty evasion detected
  • Vanniyars have lost faith in PMK, says Ganesan
  • Defend democratic values, parties told
  • Distraint proceedings against RDO
  • Passport applications cleared
  • LS poll an indirect referendum on AIADMK rule: DK
  • `People will teach AIADMK front a lesson'
  • Awareness of `blue baby syndrome' to be created in Perambalur
  • Opt for pulses to manage drought, farmers told
  • Kalimuthu's court appearance dispensed with till April 19
  • 18 contesting in Tindivanam
  • Cracker sale picks up in Chennai
  • Stamp on INS Tarangini
  • Alternative government must be formed at Centre: Vasan
  • I will consider fans' request: Rajnikant
  • VRS for NTC staff
  • Man hacked to death
  • 568 candidates in the fray
  • Tiruvarur car festival on April 30
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • 34 left in the fray in Karur, Perambalur and Pudukottai

    Tennis

  • Costa bows out
  • Italy qualifies for quarterfinals
  • Prateek qualifies for main draw

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • An emerging developed nation on display
  • Gomathi Ammal murder: probe begins
  • Corporation refutes charge of neglecting coastal wards
  • Government urged to intervene in B.Ed centre issue
  • Syndicate plea to lift ban on recruitment
  • 2,101 polling stations in district
  • Latin Catholics' plan
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    This Day That Age

  • dated April 27, 1954: Geneva meet opens
  • dated April 27, 1954: Nehru confers with leaders
  • dated April 27, 1954: The Second Plan
  • dated April 27, 1954: Raid on Envoy's office

    Tiruchi

  • Poor response to NABARD scheme
  • Tiruchi edition of The Hindu launched
  • 14 in fray
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • 14 contestants in Tirunelveli constituency

    Tirupati

  • Congress, TDP clash in Chittoor district
  • Tension in Srikalahasti

    Udhagamandalam

  • Nine to contest in the Nilgiris

    Udupi

  • Missing names in voters' list leads to complaints

    Uttar Pradesh

  • Congress chief `unable' to cast vote

    Uttaranchal

  • Clash of titans in Tehri
  • Injured mountaineers rescued

    Vellore

  • 19 candidates in Vellore
  • Elected
  • `Lift ban on recruitment in Postal department'

    Vijayawada

  • Congress, CPI(M) activists stage dharna
  • `Give missing voters a chance to vote'
  • TDP, Congress workers clash in Gudivada
  • Low voter turnout in city
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • In a tight spot

    Visakhapatnam

  • AU celebrates Foundation Day
  • Training programme in music, dance
  • VSEZ turnover crosses Rs. 400-cr. mark
  • New GM for Bailadila
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Go-betweens left in the lurch

    Volleyball

  • Texas Instruments is champion
  • PSA Sical Club triumphs

    Warangal

  • Official teams to assess crop damage

    Weather

  • Weather

    World View

  • Stevens' sacrifice
  • It's King Henry again
  • Beckham's `new' follower
  • `Schumacher must be blind or stupid'

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