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Andhra Pradesh

  • YSR promises people-friendly rule
  • TDP to evaluate poll performance
  • Focus shifts to postal ballot
  • Telgi launched operations in State in 1996
  • Country's first bio-diesel project to come up in State
  • TDP to evaluate poll performance
  • Terrorism has no religion, says Barnala
  • Elephants on rampage, destroy crops near Talakona
  • Muslims urged to build bridges of friendship
  • Seven naxals held
  • APCC chief asks party candidates to be vigilant
  • `Congress MLAs will elect their leader'
  • Yerran's attackers identified
  • Awards for excellence presented
  • Around the City

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Police organise `Vijayotsav' to mark incident-free poll

    Assam

  • Minister resigns

    Bangalore

  • Fast food outlets becoming popular
  • BWSSB spending large sums on TG Halli project
  • Ghazal maestro graces city
  • Three drowned in Ulsoor, Yediyur lakes
  • Showers may continue for another two days
  • Cook found murdered
  • in Bangalore today
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates
  • Stock Market Index

    Basketball

  • Indian Bank in semifinals

    Bidar

  • Books, pamphlets seized from Basava Mahamane

    Bihar

  • Plea for Central forces in Bihar polling booths
  • Academicians take up battle against criminal

    Billiards & Snooker

  • O'Sullivan recovers to lead

    Briefly

  • PHL to merge with Pfizer
  • L & T cement despatches up
  • WorldSpace ties up with UMS
  • Tatra's trucks to hit highways
  • Infogain to invest $3 m in Noida
  • Terex Vectra starts India operations
  • Wind River pact with National Instruments
  • Greenply expands
  • New MD for IBP
  • LIC Kozhikode division's achievement
  • Navigant JV with Modern Digital
  • MMTC records Rs. 1,000 cr. turnover in April
  • Infinera's technology breakthrough
  • FirstCaribbean to adopt Flexcube

    Business

  • Brand conscious Tatas strive to bring balance in business portfolio
  • Rupee loses 31 paise in nervous trading
  • China curb jolts India's metal units
  • Will franchise model in IT outsourcing succeed?
  • ESOP norms liberalised
  • Political uncertainty drags Sensex
  • TVS Motors' sales drop
  • ABB to make, sell switches in India
  • Ashok Leyland ties up with German firm
  • Wipro bags Shell contract
  • PC market sees solid performance in Q1: IDC

    Cartoons

  • POCKET WATCH
  • Cartoon

    Chennai

  • `Agni Nakshatram' begins with rain
  • NCC awareness campaign on TB from today
  • Doubts of poll duty personnel cleared
  • Additional training session
  • Arrangements to view eclipse
  • PM's visit: police to coordinate with SPG
  • Kills wife, himself
  • Two women hit by train
  • College restrictions keep students away
  • 'Scope for arts, science students as teachers'
  • Chennai refinery shows the way in water conservation
  • 'Maratha Award' for silk expert
  • Treated sewage water for Chennai parks
  • Road fatalities on the rise in Chennai
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Chess

  • Saikrishna stuns Ramana
  • Seven players jointly lead with 4 points
  • Ramana triumphs

    Coimbatore

  • Preventive measures taken to maintain peace
  • Rain renews hopes of good monsoon
  • Special purpose vehicle for processing park soon
  • Soil testing centre proposed
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Chanderpaul and Lara lead the victory charge
  • India-Australia series unofficial World championship: Lee
  • Rain spoils play
  • Warne guides Hampshire to victory
  • Ganguly hopes to keep the good show going
  • Railway Officers XI wins title
  • Damodar puts ADP in semifinals
  • Shastri Club in final
  • Tapan stars in VSPK's win
  • BVB PS wins league title

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7974
  • Solution to puzzle 7973

    Cuddalore

  • Complaint box at Cuddalore government hospital
  • Ex-servicemen to be recruited for duty

    Dindigul

  • EVMs getting ready
  • Campaigning revved up in Periyakulam
  • Dalits stage demonstration

    Editorials

  • NO SHORTCUTS, PLEASE
  • EUROPE'S NEW EXPERIMENT

    Elections 2004

  • A lifeline for farmers, just an issue for politicians
  • 40 years on, Chakma refugees win right to vote
  • Chapra factor follows Laloo into Madhepura
  • Relief in BJP as stampede storm blows over
  • POLL-POURRI
  • CANDIDATE WATCH
  • Bigwigs battle it out in Sangrur
  • Countermanding of polls in Sikkim ruled out
  • Playing on a different pitch
  • STANDARD BEARER
  • A safe seat becomes 'unsafe' for BJP
  • Banswara exposes fragility of BJP-JD (U) alliance
  • No cakewalk for Vinay Katiyar
  • GOWDA IN TOP GEAR
  • So they said

    Football

  • AC Milan wins Italian title
  • ASEB posts win
  • Sylvester stars for SBT
  • Mohun Bagan holds Churchill Brothers goalless
  • Chelsea optimistic ahead of Monaco visit

    Front Page

  • Campaigning ends for third phase
  • EC to decide on Chapra after studying report
  • Opinion polls give BJP front slight edge
  • Telgi was a Congress worker, says PM
  • I have high regard for Vajpayee: Rahul
  • Ready for talks: LTTE

    Golf

  • Aruna wins trophy

    Gulbarga

  • Rally marks Milad-ul-Nabi celebrations

    Guntur

  • AMG students excel in SSC exam

    Haryana

  • Swami flaunts his progress card in Karnal

    Hockey

  • Dhanraj issue stirs a hornet's nest
  • Artillery Centre pummels AC Guards

    Hyderabad

  • Pamphlet war on OU campus
  • No power supply
  • Hanumanpet residents cry for relief
  • Two arrested on cheating charge
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • Dhaka to consider joint border patrolling

    International

  • Severe reprimand for seven soldiers
  • Torture by U.S. forces routine, say Iraqi families
  • Common knowledge, says British officer
  • Pressure on Pentagon for credible probe
  • Chinese engineers die in Pakistan blast
  • Sharon ponders options after vote defeat
  • LTTE for talks on 'same principles, atmosphere'
  • Nepal frees Opposition leaders, lifts ban orders

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • Militant threat dampens campaigning in Anantnag

    Karnataka

  • Accused in kidnap case killed in encounter
  • Gangs operating in the guise of naxalites ?
  • Chandrashekar highlights achievements
  • AIDSO to launch stir from May 8
  • `Voters list revision may have been faulty'
  • Nanje Gowda alleges secret pact between Congress, JD(S)
  • Implementation of Bellary package raises doubts
  • Common counselling centre suggested
  • Congress will get huge majority: Poojary
  • Candidates select 220 dental seats
  • Complaint filed against official
  • Narasimha Jayanthi celebrated at ISKCON
  • Rain leaves six dead in State
  • Adalat for EPF Scheme members
  • Youth exchange programme
  • Boy dies in accident
  • From the Districts

    Karnataka - Others

  • Preserving an ancient art form
  • JD(S) rules out tie-up with other parties
  • Mini-lorry plunges into river; man missing
  • Brahma Rathotsava held
  • 1 killed, 30 injured in road accident

    Kerala

  • Court grants bail to Maudany
  • No scope for third front Government: Patel
  • Stakes high for key players
  • Non-political voters hold the key
  • Where voters keep parties guessing
  • No logic in LDF opposing UDF: Antony
  • Anti-NDA forces must unite: Bardhan
  • Leader will be decided after polls: Yechuri
  • Congress must change its economic policy: CPI
  • Summons to Padmaja Venugopal in defamation case
  • Sonia visit will galvanise campaign: Alva
  • Unity in Congress deceptive: VS
  • Kodiyeri is BJP's voice in CPI(M): Ravi
  • Left told to clarify stand on support to Congress
  • NSS condemns violence at meeting
  • Sonia's one-day campaign in State
  • `Antony unwelcome to secular formation'
  • VS charge against Mukundan criticised
  • Rain has helped Navodhana Yatra: Antony
  • Support for LDF, IUML
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Parties take up EVM familiarisation drive
  • Chitra Pournami at Mangala Devi Temple

    Kochi

  • Focus on development, secularism
  • Civic officials blamed for water-logging in city
  • Government urged to protect Vembanad Lake
  • Shuttle service for medical college hospital
  • Malaysia Airlines' officials visit airport
  • Security strengthened for Sonia's visit
  • Voting machines to be set up on Thursday
  • Candidates file campaigning expenses
  • Application for postal ballots
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • Election guide released
  • Plea for new railway trunk route

    Kottayam

  • Minorities disenchanted with Antony: P.J. Joseph
  • `Truce in Congress temporary'

    Kozhikode

  • Women urged to play a positive role in combating communalism
  • Express Highway is unsustainable, say experts

    Kurnool

  • Ex-TDP MLA denies working against party's LS candidate
  • Religious fervour, gaiety mark Milad-un-Nabi

    Leader Page Articles

  • El Nino & the Indian Ocean Dipole
  • China reaches out

    Letters to the Editor

  • Unfortunate
  • Electoral rolls
  • Pakistan's move
  • Inhuman
  • Modi's remark
  • Exit polls

    Madhya Pradesh

  • Officers reply to EC notice
  • Miraculous escape for air passengers

    Madikeri

  • Youth to be trained as eco-guides

    Madurai

  • `Priority for revival of closed units'
  • Thousands take part in `ethir sevai'
  • Fund crunch may bring down number of beneficiaries
  • Direct revaluation
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Maharashtra

  • Living on the edge, pushed to the brink
  • Dalit beaten up in Maharashtra

    Mangalore

  • Programme to study causes for unreliable monsoon
  • Renovated mortuary to be inaugurated today
  • A daunting task awaits new Govt.
  • Festival at temple from Friday
  • Buddhist seer sees decline in values
  • SHGs told to give loans to members

    Mysore

  • High prices turn mango sour for the common man

    National

  • No decision taken on Vajpayee successor: BJP
  • Kalam underlines role of armed forces in maintaining peace
  • Centre to order probe into recruitment of ex-servicemen
  • Journalism without ethics decried
  • SP, BJP vie for Rajput vote
  • Usher in secular Government, says V.P. Singh
  • Mass leave: no action planned against judges
  • Swamy urges G.O. on reciprocal conditions on foreigners
  • River link project will benefit all: Vajpayee
  • V.P. Singh should not be trusted, says Fernandes
  • BJP has betrayed people: Sonia
  • New director of BARC
  • No support to BJP, says Mayawati
  • We cannot stop them: Fernandes

    New Delhi

  • Kendriya Bhandar weekly rates
  • Young turk takes on a titan
  • Capital misses deadline on waste management
  • Desperate BJP goes all out to save citadel
  • Vajpayee will continue to be the PM: Advani
  • A shot in the arm for Congress
  • Five killed in Sadar Bazar godown collapse
  • A not so grand finale for Fashion Week
  • Busy time at the poll office
  • Liquor seized
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Nizamabad

  • SI, daughter die in road mishap
  • RWS staff told to ground drinking water schemes
  • Nizamabad to host State paediatric meet

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Pathanamthitta

  • BJP bid to corner Christian votes
  • CPI(M), Congress deceiving voters, says BJP
  • `UDF partner disassociating from campaign unfair'

    Pondicherry

  • Congress promises education loans to students
  • Playgrounds come in handy for parties
  • New party formed
  • Congress failed farmers: BJP

    Racing : Motor

  • Chandok opens his account

    Raichur

  • Woman killed in road accident

    Rajasthan

  • Issues apart, a caste battle is fought here
  • 'BJP political mask of RSS'

    Religion

  • Grace of the preceptor

    Salem

  • Child labour rampant in Salem silver anklet units

    Sports : General

  • Depression leaves sailors disappointed

    Table Tennis

  • TTFI to opt for long-term National camps

    Tamil Nadu

  • Widespread rain in Tamil Nadu
  • Rain lashes many parts for second day
  • Congress plays the tea card
  • MDMK may have to count on anti-incumbency factor
  • Legal bar on prosecution of two Maxima partners lifted
  • `Why orders against staff were not withdrawn?'
  • Charge sheets against more former Ministers to be filed soon
  • Tight security for Vajpayee's visit
  • Opposition did not instigate strike: govt. employees
  • Outright rejection of bad cinema will have an impact: Kamal Haasan
  • Workshop on hazard analysis for seafood safety
  • Cases registered against S.S. Chandran
  • Opposition spreading NLC privatisation canard: Sinha
  • Vajpayee alone can solve State's problems: Jayalalithaa
  • CPI flays sealing of Periyar statue
  • Candidates undeterred by downpour
  • CPI(M) alleges code violation by AIADMK candidate
  • Ooty crafts festival to begin today
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Cleaner production methods mooted
  • `Education should help provide jobs'

    Tennis

  • Robredo outlasts Gaudio for crown
  • India blanks Philippines
  • Spadea stuns Schuettler
  • Abhishek posts win

    Thanjavur

  • Museum on Ramanujan planned

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Work on MLA Quarters-Airport corridor to begin soon
  • Protests mounting against consumer court fee
  • Three unidentified bodies found
  • Evaluate candidates by their performance: KLCA
  • PATA awards presented to Kerala Tourism
  • 15 houses flooded
  • Probe sought into thefts at Sivagiri
  • EVMs set ready
  • Fast before TDB
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated May 4, 1954: New chapter in Asian ties
  • dated May 4, 1954: Nehru replies to Chou
  • dated May 4, 1954: Value of Sanskrit
  • dated May 4, 1954: Hockey team from Pak.

    Thrissur

  • Body found

    Tiruchi

  • BHEL to share expertise with small units
  • Safeguard environment, students told
  • `Priority for solving drinking water scarcity'
  • Swedish students' social service
  • Free eye camp
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Pleasant weather in Tirunelveli
  • Yet to pick up in Nellai urban areas

    Tirupati

  • Downpour hits normal life

    Udupi

  • Math to spread Madhwa's philosophy in UP

    Uttar Pradesh

  • BJP will be wiped out in the elections, says Mulayam
  • PM on fashion shows

    Uttaranchal

  • EC reviews poll scenario
  • Congress complains to EC against BJP

    Vijayawada

  • Securitymen too unwind
  • Parking arrangements in place for EAMCET
  • Congress to get tough with rebels
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Latecomers to find EAMCET doors shut
  • Orissa abounds with Naidu fans
  • Roll up your sleeves this time
  • Boy fatally run over by lorry
  • Preparations on for counting
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Warangal

  • 7,790 to take EAMCET in Warangal district

    Weather

  • Weather

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