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Alappuzha

  • Six more file papers in Alappuzha

    Anantapur

  • Collector warns trouble-mongers

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Poll roll `lapses': remedy unlikely for 2nd phase
  • A boon to Gulf expatriates
  • TDP, Congress locked in keen tussle
  • `Naidu may arouse regional sentiment'
  • Congress tries to make up lost ground
  • Record number of independents in fray
  • Sonia to make only transit halt in Tirupati
  • CPI leader decries TDP remarks
  • Allow all EPIC holders to vote: Congress
  • BJP calls for probe into deletion of voters' names
  • Failure of EVMs negligible, say poll officials
  • CM changes tone and tenor
  • TDP dares Congress to rope in KCR for phase II campaign
  • Model Code no deterrent for Naidu
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • High voter turnout despite PW threat
  • Naidu promises "NTR's rule"
  • TDP shedding crocodile tears for poor: Dasari
  • Repoll peaceful
  • TDP bandh partial

    Badminton

  • Kanetkar advances

    Bangalore

  • Alcoholism is not gender specific, says survey
  • Laxity cost them their right
  • Environmentalists `roughed up' by math personnel
  • Suitcase with ornaments stolen
  • `Temples should spread scriptural knowledge'
  • Additional coaches
  • Chains snatched
  • Injured man dies
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Exchange rates
  • Bullion rates
  • Stock Market Index

    Basketball

  • TNEB (Chennai) in quarterfinals
  • State sub-junior meet
  • St. Patrick's camps begin

    Bellary

  • Re-polling held in three booths in Bellary
  • Three killed in accident

    Bijapur

  • Stone throwing mars re-polling in Bijapur
  • Two die in accident; Sarnaik injured

    Billiards & Snooker

  • O'Sullivan tips Maguire for future glory

    Boxing

  • Vitali hopes to keep family dream alive

    Briefly

  • Jubilant to acquire 2 firms
  • Reliance results on April 29
  • HC clears L&T demerger scheme
  • Euronet pact with Citibank
  • IDEA Cellular's use based tariffs
  • AirTel cuts ILD rates
  • Hutch ties up with Contests2Win
  • Ray-Ban unveils new collection
  • PSL bags $198m order

    Business

  • Satyam Q4 net up at Rs. 141 cr.
  • Infosys to add 10,000 jobs
  • Security standards in outsourcing vital — Survey
  • NDTV IPO receives bids 3.77 times issue size
  • Sensex pierces 5900 mark
  • Rupee dips on dollar demand
  • Ranbaxy declares Rs. 12 per share final
  • Hero Motors to source engines from Austrian firm
  • Wifi hotspots: much excitement, little business

    Cartoons

  • POCKET WATCH
  • Cartoon

    Chattisgarh

  • Unfulfilled lies their dream of a model village

    Chennai

  • Chaos reigns supreme on San Thome High Road
  • Traffic hit as buyers throng T.Nagar on Akshaya Tritiya day
  • Illicit liquor claims one life near Ennore
  • Creating awareness of asthma among school children
  • Roll back textbook price hike: SFI
  • Bring folk artistes from north: Padma Subrahmanyam
  • Directory of banks
  • Additional flights
  • Man strangles wife to death
  • Stamp contest prize winners
  • Anna varsity restrained from taking action against engineering college
  • Court notice to Anna varsity on `illegal admissions'
  • Around The City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Sasikiran in joint second position
  • New format for Dortmund tournament
  • Nimmy, Athira and Aswathy share lead

    Coimbatore

  • Training for parents of mentally challenged women
  • Cluster approach for mulberry farmers
  • `Encourage organic cotton production'
  • BSNL plans to open service centre
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Western Railway on course
  • Vaas closes in on 300 mark
  • Salwan HS edges out Santhome HS
  • Of marriage and mellowing down...
  • Sivasankari in sole lead
  • Three hit centuries
  • Whatmore to replace Miandad?
  • Quality Inn Residency Hotel triumphs
  • National CC tops table
  • Lara keen to get back
  • Ranjith's century in vain
  • Unbeaten century by Raju
  • ICC, ZCU to continue dialogue
  • Pot Market posts win
  • Four-wkt. win for Income Tax
  • I respect MacGill's decision: McGrath

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword No. 7965
  • Solution to puzzle 7964

    Cuddapah

  • YSR accuses Naidu of double standard
  • TDP Pulivendula candidate stages dharna
  • Naidu to campaign in Cuddapah

    Editorials

  • TAX CHALLENGES
  • DDT — BOON OR BANE?

    Elections 2004

  • Clearing the mist in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
  • No fear about campaigning in Veerappan country
  • Arif Mohammed Khan, BJP candidate, Kaiserganj Lok Sabha seat
  • Andhra Pradesh: anti-incumbency vs Vajpayee image
  • Andhra Pradesh: anti-incumbency vs Vajpayee image
  • Rebels make it tough for the BJD
  • Voters in a mood to atone for 1977 mistake
  • Q & A: Om Prakash Chaudala
  • Q & A: Jayaprada
  • POLL-POURRI
  • STAR CAST

    Football

  • Diego Maradona: the tragic twilight
  • Porto holds Deportivo
  • Dempo downs Churchill Brothers
  • AG's TN triumphs

    Front Page

  • Another Gujarat should not happen: PM
  • NDA takes credit for Congress achievements: Sonia
  • 70 p.c. polling in Tripura
  • Big toll feared as trains collide in North Korea
  • Sri Lankan Opposition candidate is Speaker
  • IAF helicopter crashes
  • Mufti leads shikara rally

    Gulbarga

  • Doctors, teachers on strike at medical college
  • Tension in Gulbarga locality after assault
  • Processions, seminars mark Basava Jayanthi

    Guntur

  • Using everything up one's sleeve
  • Azad tours Pedakurapadu, Sattenapalli

    Haryana

  • Displaced Dalits have no place to vote

    Hockey

  • Improved India holds Australia
  • India toys with Sri Lanka
  • Olympics: India, Pakistan in different pools
  • SBI stuns APSRTC

    Hyderabad

  • Seven-seaters a nightmare on city streets
  • Power shutdown in several areas today
  • Police yet to make headway four months later
  • Hyderabad LS seat: Majlis on a sticky wicket?
  • Voters blamed for electoral list fiasco
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • Bangladesh asked to investigate destination of smuggled arms
  • `Spice war' settled
  • Indian origin leader is provincial PM in South Africa
  • Bush sees progress in India-Pakistan relations

    International

  • Pentagon needs more money for Iraq
  • Russia vetoes U.N. resolution on Cyprus
  • Basra blasts toll 73
  • Storks back after 600 years
  • Islamic countries urge U.N. to take central role in Iraq
  • Will scientific research throw up bio-terror?
  • Jackson to plead not guilty
  • Arrest warrant against Menem
  • `Setback to Chandrika's plans'
  • ASEAN hopeful of Suu Kyi release
  • China reports SARS in Beijing

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • Srinagar-Leh highway remains closed

    Kancheepuram

  • Four file papers for Chengalpattu seat

    Karimnagar

  • Hailstorm shatters farmers' dreams

    Karnataka

  • Merchants robbed of gold worth Rs. 40 lakhs
  • A yatra by the farmers, for the farmers
  • Janata Dal (S) slams exit poll results
  • Repolling peaceful in Bangalore
  • Violence mars re-polling; seven injured
  • Modi blames Congress for nation's problems
  • Congress asks why BJP had to bring Modi
  • Tension in Bhadravati before polls
  • Araga Jnanendra set to do a hat trick?
  • `Telgi tapes' talk of having STAMPIT chief `removed'
  • A straight fight between Congress, JD(S)
  • Margin of victory is of more interest in Gadag
  • `Vajpayee gets credit for improved economy'
  • BJP misleading people, says Krishna
  • Parts of Tumkur to get power from Anchepalya station
  • Security for swamiji tightened
  • More berths on trains
  • Briefly
  • From The Districts

    Karnataka - Others

  • Water crisis becomes a poll issue in Chamarajanagar

    Kerala

  • Tension at Elavoor following ban on thookkam
  • UDF campaign picks up with Antony's yatra
  • Antony cannot escape people's wrath: Pinarayi
  • Congress may drop disciplinary action
  • Antony promises help to farmers
  • Infam calls off stir; UDF to consider demand
  • Bypoll a referendum on UDF rule: Murali
  • Kodiyeri questions Antony's claim on peace
  • Meera Jasmine too disowns AMMA
  • Petition to remove Finance Minister
  • 47 persons file nominations
  • Farmer found dead at Cheruthana
  • Legal notice to Padmaja
  • Maudany moves court for bail
  • Deposit
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Thirunavukarassu praises Rajagopal

    Kochi

  • Greenpeace bid to make Periyar an election issue
  • Candidates' promise to the visually challenged
  • Jose K. Mani files nomination papers
  • Hamriyah Free Zone woos investors
  • Vigyan Rail show on May 1
  • CAT-2004 hall tickets
  • National seminar inaugurated
  • `Thookkam': 13 released on conditional bail
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • Three more submit papers

    Kottayam

  • Janu files nomination
  • Exams postponed

    Leader Page Articles

  • The JVP phenomenon
  • The U.N. and the Iraqis

    Letters to the Editor

  • First phase polling
  • Poll scene
  • Exit polls
  • Open secret
  • PM's remarks
  • Mass leave
  • Story of evolution

    Madikeri

  • Codava council firm on boycott of polls

    Madurai

  • Women reaping benefits of SHG concept
  • MKU committee questions 3 students
  • Plus-Two results may be declared earlier this year
  • Special buses for entrance exam
  • AIADMK candidate files nomination
  • Physiotherapy conference
  • Around The City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • Forest officials raid NGO's office, seize documents
  • `Tight poll security in four districts'
  • Parties asked to make stand clear on environment
  • School committees seek greater autonomy
  • Engagements

    Mysore

  • Film artistes add glitter to campaign
  • Lightning kills two in Mysore

    Nalgonda

  • Naxal threat deters many
  • Congress, TRS activists held

    National

  • EC asks for report on DD's election coverage
  • `Elect Sonia if you want development'
  • PM statement will not affect NDA unity: Mamata
  • We have no role in sari distribution, BJP tells EC
  • Sehwag weds Arti
  • NDTV poll predicts 145-160 seats for NDA
  • Thousands take holy dip
  • TRAI to finalise report on broadband this week
  • Court endorses NCERT's model syllabus
  • `Tampering of EVMs': Congress expresses shock over reports
  • Kalam greets Mbeki
  • Plea to put off poll in flood-hit parts of Assam
  • Two of 21 accused in Best Bakery case held
  • A rare celestial spectacle
  • States told to enforce orders on mid-day meals by September
  • South Africa to set up Honorary Consulate in Chennai
  • BJP sees `revolutionary' change in minorities' mindset
  • Glowing tributes to Ramnath Goenka
  • Brahma Kumari Shivakanyaji passes away
  • Kakrapar nuclear reactor shut down
  • Additional charge
  • Court lays down procedure for appointing CBI Director
  • Congress' final list for U.P.
  • Militants attack Ministers' houses
  • `Violation of poll code in Enron bond issue'
  • It's a TDP wave, asserts Naidu

    New Delhi

  • `Tulsi' visits her constituency
  • Hardship panel starts functioning
  • Independents stage a comeback
  • A complex caste equation
  • `What is her commitment to politics?'
  • Antiques seized, five arrested
  • Congress, BJP `heavyweights' file nomination papers
  • Most of the polling booths already have ramps
  • Voter awareness campaign
  • Shoaib Iqbal not to contest
  • Coaching institute under scanner
  • `Defeat communal forces'
  • `No sales tax on served soft drinks'
  • Fake voter card racket smashed
  • Suspended cop in placement fraud
  • Vigilance report submitted
  • Sentenced
  • `Stop telecast of serials'
  • Shift Shahbuddin from Siwan jail
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Pathanamthitta

  • Chennithala, Krishnakumar file papers
  • Criminal gang busted, nine held from Mannar
  • Skeleton of elephant found

    Pondicherry

  • `Rajnikant's candid speech, a good augury'
  • Villagers stage roadblock

    Punjab

  • Amarinder's son alleges conspiracy

    Racing : Motor

  • Senna remembered at Imola
  • F-1 drivers honour Senna
  • Second round of JK Tyre championship on April 25

    Raichur

  • Former MLA got Congress workers arrested: Bose Raju
  • `Set up Kannada Development Board'

    Rajasthan

  • Birla firm comes out of the red
  • BJP adds a twist to Pilot's maiden show

    Religion

  • Manual on ethics

    Sports : General

  • SAAP to conduct water sports camp
  • Atkinson quits ITV Sports
  • Mukesh inaugurates coaching camps

    Tamil Nadu

  • Indrakumari, Easwaramoorthy acquitted
  • Criminal cases against Balaganga dropped
  • Baalu, Bader Sayeed file nomination
  • A keen, prestigious battle
  • DVAC unearths fake certificate scam
  • Delete Dinakaran's name: Swamy tells EC
  • Names of government staff deleted from voter list: Vardarajan
  • Jayalalithaa disappointed delta farmers: CPI (M)
  • Teachers, NLC official suspended
  • Vanniyar Sangam seeks action against PMK
  • Vasan seeks EC action on poll code violations
  • Suspended for `misconduct'
  • 172 file nominations for 39 constituencies
  • `Medical Council turning a blind eye'
  • Power supply to ryots will not be disconnected: EB
  • `Extend small savings movement'
  • Overwhelming response to `Vigyan Rail'
  • A setback to his world record ambition
  • Fixed deposit for engineering courses unreasonable: writ plea
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Detained under Bootleggers Act
  • Sale of explosives banned

    Tennis

  • Ankita puts India ahead
  • Coria, Safin move up
  • Mansigh has it easy

    Thanjavur

  • AIADMK candidate files nomination in Thanjavur

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Sand-mining continues unabated at Vellayani lake
  • Heavy rain lashes city
  • Woman's murder: probe continues
  • `Corporation neglecting coastal wards'
  • Fungus found in medicine
  • Panel member selected
  • Election Commissioner to visit Kochi
  • Dead
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Campus Notes

    This Day That Age

  • dated April 23, 1954: No passage to foreign troops
  • dated April 23, 1954: Language riots in Karachi
  • dated April 23, 1954: Tribute to Crescent Society
  • dated April 23, 1954: Andhra High Court

    Thrissur

  • Mayor poll: Radhakrishnan likely to be UDF candidate
  • Padmaja files nomination

    Tiruchi

  • Resentment over inadequate trains between Tiruchi and Kumbakonam
  • Steps to free Tiruchi from garbage
  • AIADMK men file papers in Tiruchi, Karur, Perambalur and Pudukottai
  • Eight new courses to be introduced
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirupati

  • Steps to ensure peaceful polls in place: DGP
  • Voter list: Collector allays fears
  • BJP will emerge stronger, says Vijayashanti

    Udupi

  • Krishna promises corporation for Paschimavahini project

    Uttar Pradesh

  • Mulayam could pay for denotification of districts

    Uttaranchal

  • Rehabilitation may become a poll issue

    Vijayawada

  • `CM passing the buck on irrigation projects'
  • Tinsel-town disappoints BJP
  • Jaleel Khan joins TDP
  • `Congress will stage a comeback in State'
  • Case against Rajagopal
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Polarisation of political parties after election: Dattatreya
  • Fervour marks `Chandana Yatra'
  • Staff foil fake naxal's bid to loot bank
  • Three summer special trains
  • 30 employees face disciplinary action
  • Repoll held in two polling stations
  • Murder suspect on the run
  • Quality Circle meet concludes
  • Heavy rain lashes city
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Warangal

  • It's back to boredom now

    Weather

  • Weather

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