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Anantapur

  • Collector outlines steps for counting

    Andhra Pradesh

  • TRS sets condition for support to Congress
  • `Sonia chooses YSR for CLP leadership'
  • He lives on even after death
  • CEO repeats appeal to political parties
  • Arrangements for information dissemination
  • Free power file will be signed first: YSR
  • KCR warned against joining Government
  • Governor will have his task cut out
  • New Assembly likely by May 13
  • Villagers fear police action
  • Tobacco union to get Rs. 7 crores
  • Summons to be issued to TRS chief
  • Arrest IAS officer: Mahila Samakhya
  • Talent test for scholarships
  • Sonia clears YSR's name
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Eight newcomers hope to make it
  • Supporters descend on Adilabad town
  • Dismal results for Adilabad

    Assam

  • AGP demands time-bound CBI probe into oil pilferage scam

    Bangalore

  • Oxfam leads campaign to save Arkavathy
  • `Vigyan Rail' arrives for 9-day halt
  • Survey of leased properties of BMP to be conducted
  • Chitradurga seer's decision criticised
  • Parents call for boycott of COMED-K admission test
  • Man hacked to death by armed gang
  • Water adalats today, tomorrow
  • Police parade Tanvir
  • Workshop on handwriting
  • Non-clearance of dues led to switch-off: Star
  • Invited to World Health Assembly
  • Legal services
  • BDS results
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Barometer

  • Stock Market Index

    Basketball

  • Thrissur could have it tough this time
  • All India tournament from May 26

    Belgaum

  • Candidates told to abjure violence

    Bellary

  • Arrangements for counting of votes
  • Karunakar Reddy incurs highest expenditure
  • Over 65 p.c. children immunised

    Bihar

  • Unfortunate, says Laloo

    Bridge

  • Recreation Club wins title

    Briefly

  • Infosys partners ANB
  • Two banks go live on RTGS
  • Reliance MF's Index Fund
  • Essel Propack's U.S. facility
  • Citigroup to settle WorldCom suit
  • SPIC package offer for tissue culture banana
  • Training programme on technical call centre
  • Aftek's ticketing solution for Mauritius
  • Indian business team to visit Australia
  • VIA Tech launches new chipset
  • Cera Sanitaryware's plans
  • BoM to focus on retail lending
  • German bank to implement Flexcube
  • Takes charge as Zonal Manager, LIC
  • Ashok Leyland April sales up
  • Paradeep Carbon gets Nalco order
  • State Bank of Hyderabad pays 300 p.c.
  • Samsung launches wireless home theatre
  • Indroyal Furniture showroom
  • Revertex ties up with Malaysian firm
  • Alukkas jewellery enterprise at Thiruvalla

    Business

  • Sensex dives 114 points on political uncertainty
  • Rupee breaches 45/$ in nervous trading
  • VSNL to expand overseas operations
  • Reliance Clinical services for global markets
  • Bharti to invest Rs. 200 cr.
  • TCS acquires Phoenix Global Solutions
  • IT firms back technology amid fears of privacy invasion
  • BankAm expands India outsourcing
  • Auto exports up 56 p.c.

    Chennai

  • Many voters with identity cards return disappointed
  • Sporadic incidents mar polling
  • Mystery of the missing names
  • No queue for Rajnikant
  • Water aplenty in Guindy Park
  • Some polling staff go missing
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    Chess

  • Strong field for National girls' juniors
  • Harikrishna getting ready for World championship
  • State championship from today
  • Amrutha triumphs
  • Sriram, Ibbani triumph

    Coimbatore

  • Anger, resentment among electorate
  • Moderate turnout in Coimbatore
  • Polling starts on a dull note
  • Hopes belied, yet they are optimistic
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Murali a delight to watch
  • Teams for The Sportstar Trophy
  • Uthappa guides Swastic Union to semifinals
  • Anbarasan bats well
  • Mohsin Kamil makes merry
  • BCCI likely to double prize money
  • Hemant's hundred in vain
  • Oram scores century

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7980
  • Solution to puzzle 7979

    Cuddapah

  • KC Canal farmers demand their share
  • Arrangements for counting reviewed
  • Special package for washermen
  • Take action against `erring' schools: AISF

    Dharmapuri

  • 55 per cent turnout in Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri

    Editorials

  • WHAT SHOULD THE PRESIDENT DO?

    Equestrian

  • Nadia corners glory

    Erode

  • 58 per cent cast ballot in Erode district

    Football

  • Valencia and Ajax win league titles
  • It's time now for the real test

    Front Page

  • Exit polls see hung Parliament
  • 50-55 per cent turnout in final phase
  • Chapra poll countermanded
  • Nothing short of Deputy Prime Minister will do: Mulayam
  • Sensex plunges

    Globescan

  • Alan King dead
  • Philippine poll peaceful
  • Shahbaz returning today
  • Foreigners found dead in Kabul

    Golf

  • Sindelar triumphs for the first time in 14 years
  • Kapil, Botham, Waugh second

    Gulbarga

  • JD(S) seeks CBI probe into funds misuse
  • Steps suggested to make Home Guards effective
  • CPI(M), JD(S) stage dharna

    Guntur

  • Railway station building inaugurated
  • Narrow escape for bus passengers

    Hassan

  • Speculation rife as D-Day approaches
  • Stage set for counting of votes

    Hockey

  • Dhanraj is volatile only when fighting for a cause: Jude Felix
  • SCR downs Income Tax
  • Final Test ends in draw

    Hubli

  • Rival organisations stage dharna

    Hyderabad

  • The heart makes it without missing a beat
  • Three die in road mishaps
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    International

  • White House sinks deeper into trouble
  • Basra pipeline set ablaze
  • Blair apologises for Iraqi prisoners' torture
  • Wen for political stability in Iraq
  • Bremer knew it, says ex-Iraqi Minister
  • Congress to view abuse photos
  • Putin moves to fill vacuum in Chechnya
  • Pakistan hopes peace process will get a boost
  • A superb job: Bush

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • No booths for Doda migrants

    Karimnagar

  • Elaborate arrangements for counting
  • Private colleges put up a good Inter show

    Karnataka

  • Schools to have trimester system, music, yoga
  • Eight killed, many injured in five accidents
  • Govt. to invite tenders for repair work
  • Krishna urges Centre to help revive sugar units
  • Nearly 70 p.c. polling in State
  • Kanakapura poll results expected by 1 p.m.
  • Control room to check graft planned
  • `Parents reluctant to complain about donation menace'
  • Nayanar `responding to treatment'
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Centre yet to approve project to curb sea erosion, says Salian
  • Chitradurga moves up to 11th place from 27th
  • Report sought

    Kerala

  • Nearly 70 p.c. polling in State
  • Nayanar `responding to treatment'
  • CPI(M) activist stabbed in Kollam district
  • UDF exudes confidence
  • Repolling in booth recommended
  • Defective EVMs hold up voters
  • Results would be a warning to Government: VS
  • Kathakali exponent dead
  • Groups serve vested interests only, says Rajmohan Unnithan
  • Lone voter at polling booth in Vadakara
  • BJP leaders optimistic
  • Candidates make a beeline for Guruvayur
  • `Pro-UDF wave in State'
  • Antony expresses grief
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • When a lamp saved the day

    Kochi

  • Moderate polling in Ernakulam
  • 61 per cent polling in Ernakulam
  • EVM develops snag; repoll sought
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • 55 per cent polling in Kollam

    Leader Page Articles

  • The lessons of Abu Ghraib
  • What about India's senior citizens?

    Letters to the Editor

  • Elections 2004
  • Shameful episode
  • Fake killings
  • High standards

    Madikeri

  • Work yet to begin on new jail at Madikeri

    Madurai

  • `Recovery action against SSIs affecting entrepreneurship'
  • 52 per cent polling in Madurai constituency
  • Varsity to develop imaging scanner
  • Singapore foundation to lend dialysis equipment to India
  • DPA will win, says Mohan
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Paddy output may increase by 2,000 tonnes
  • Even rural people have faith in psychiatrists: expert
  • Anxious students queue up before colleges
  • Man killed in road accident
  • 1.7 lakh children immunised in Dakshina Kannada
  • Essay competition winners announced
  • Engagements

    Mysore

  • Of admissions and students' missions
  • Kannada encyclopaedia on CD-ROM soon
  • Junior seer of Mantralaya math quits post
  • All set for counting of votes in Mysore

    Nagapattinam

  • Moderate in Nagapattinam

    Nalgonda

  • Collector opens media centre

    National

  • `Coalition dharma if Congress does not have majority on its own'
  • Advani, Jaswant meet Vajpayee
  • Behind-the-scenes bargaining begins
  • 70 per cent polling in West Bengal; two killed
  • 43.6 p.c. turnout in J&K
  • Women voters undeterred
  • One killed in Uttar Pradesh group clash
  • Larger Bench to define what constitutes essential part of a religion
  • Historic, says BJP
  • Armed forces to buy 42 HAL copters
  • SAHMAT condemns surrogate ad
  • Cyclonic storm weakens
  • Outsourcing is not a major issue, says U.S. expert
  • Moon mission attracts foreign proposals
  • Surjeet rules out third front

    New Delhi

  • New course at IGNOU
  • `Enforcement may mar notification on smoking'
  • A flashback to 1951
  • A night of `social struggle'
  • Tight security at counting centres
  • Outer Delhi Big-Two a big draw
  • An air of vengeance in New Delhi
  • Exit polls indicate a Congress sweep
  • Largely peaceful polling amid heavy security
  • Enthusiasm in East Delhi
  • `Manhandling' in Chandni Chowk
  • A day of `chai', `gup-shup' in Karol Bagh
  • Extended week-end in South Delhi
  • Delhi Sadar plays it cool
  • T.V. programme helps villagers in backward areas
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today
  • Inside Delhi

    Nizamabad

  • Security beefed up for D-day

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Pathanamthitta

  • Mavelikara records 67 p.c. turnout
  • Eight counting centres for Mavelikara

    Perambalur

  • 52 per cent turnout in Perambalur

    Pondicherry

  • 70 per cent vote in Pondicherry
  • Liquor bottles seized in Pondy

    Punjab

  • Panic spreads as cop's pistol goes off

    Racing : Horse

  • Trainer, jockey suspended
  • South Sea and Adrian shine

    Racing : Motor

  • Who'll stop Schumacher? BAR boss banks on Button
  • Ethashan steals the show

    Raichur

  • Govt. urged to concede farmers' demands

    Rajasthan

  • Repair of canals to be speeded up

    Ramanathapuram

  • 55 per cent in Ramnad, Sivaganga

    Religion

  • When God intervenes

    Salem

  • 56 per cent recorded in Salem

    Sikkim

  • 70 p.c. turnout in Sikkim

    Sports : General

  • Moses, Ballesteros still striving for perfection
  • MCH's summer coaching camps from May 18
  • Dakshina Kannada takes honours

    Tamil Nadu

  • Manpower shortage hits automobile industry
  • Villagers stand firm, boycott elections
  • Several ID holders denied voting in Cuddalore and Chidambaram
  • Take action against Inbathamizhan, demand DMK, MDMK
  • Who is responsible for the deletions?
  • Polling peaceful in State, says Sarangi
  • Omissions trigger tension in south
  • AIADMK, DMK men clash at Periakulam
  • Congress ties will continue: Karunanidhi
  • Incomplete project won't keep kuppam voters off the polls
  • MDMK man's vehicle seized
  • Madurai varsity gets grant for developing imaging scanner
  • 52 per cent in Cuddalore, 57 in Tindivanam
  • Incomplete project fails to dampen kuppam voters' enthusiasm
  • Inhospitable terrain won't deter them
  • PMK candidate booed at in Chidambaram
  • Swelling mountain streams delay polling
  • President's brother is no exception
  • Thousands struck off poll rolls
  • Peaceful in Vellore, Tiruvannamalai
  • Sippiparai Ravichandran escapes gun shots
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Many Karur voters disappointed
  • Inhospitable terrain won't deter them
  • Highest polling in Periyakulam, Theni Assembly segments
  • No major incident in Pudukottai
  • Dispute over water sharing delays voting
  • 53.33 per cent in Sivakasi constituency
  • Ryots planning to raise gingelly crop

    Tennis

  • Venus Williams bounces back
  • Bhupathi-Mirnyi pair triumphs

    Thanjavur

  • Brisk in Thanjavur

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Two hurt in scuffle
  • Police protection sought
  • Polling peaceful in capital
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated May 11, 1954: Plans for districts
  • dated May 11, 1954: Atomic energy
  • dated May 11, 1954: Bhoodan: JP's call
  • dated May 11, 1954: Record for wakefulness

    Thrissur

  • Over 75 p.c. polling in Wadakkancherry

    Tiruchi

  • Polling peaceful in Tiruchi
  • Carrying a `vote-without-fail' message
  • Supervisor killed
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Election peaceful in Nellai, Tenkasi, Tiruchendur constituencies
  • Officials, leaders, candidates cast their votes

    Tirupati

  • Mahila varsity gets financial aid

    Udupi

  • Steps taken for counting of votes in Udupi district

    Vijayawada

  • SCR to set up food plazas in major stations
  • Record favours Congress in Krishna district
  • Three held on murder charge
  • Arrangements for construction of crossbund ready
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • TDP's meaningful silence

    Visakhapatnam

  • Stage set for counting of votes
  • Inter topper slogged for 15-hrs
  • Stolen property recovered
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Will predictions come true?

    Volleyball

  • Ashalatha-Saritha duo posts win

    Weather

  • Weather

    World View

  • Indian wickets are expensive for Murali
  • Anwar leaves NCA in protest

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