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Alappuzha

  • Candidates differ on communal issue

    Anantapur

  • EC notifies alternative ID cards for casting vote

    Andhra Pradesh

  • EC withdraws 45,000 `ballot papers'
  • `PW call to defeat TDP, BJP dishonest'
  • CM non-committal on TDP joining NDA
  • Rebels may spoil Congress chances
  • Nominees face threat from rebels
  • Sonia seeks vote for development of Telangana
  • Candidates untouched by dissidence
  • Promises cut no ice with them
  • YSR cautions people on power tariff hike
  • TDP dismisses Congress charges
  • Poll contestants: the rich, poor
  • Security at sensitive polling centres beefed up
  • Six parties allotted time slots on DD
  • Congress will return to power: Nadendla
  • Newspaper campaign irks Naidu
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Wives of candidates on campaign trail

    Athletics

  • Binu clocks career-best 45.59, qualifies for Olympics

    Badminton

  • Nachiket rallies well

    Bangalore

  • New voters in three Assembly segments `confused'
  • Student threatened, robbed of cash
  • New facility to treat cardiac rhythm disorders
  • Attack on Chandru's car leads to tension
  • Using popular film tunes to seek votes
  • Three killed, five injured as van collides with lorry
  • Liquor worth Rs. 4.4 lakhs seized
  • COMED-K to submit pro-forma
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Stock Market Index
  • Exchange rates

    Basketball

  • Kottayam boys enter final
  • SAAP (Guntur) posts win

    Bellary

  • SUCI criticises Vajpayee's remarks
  • I was ready to contest, says Vijayashanti

    Bidar

  • Vakil woos Maratha voters of Aurad

    Bihar

  • Pre-poll violence on the rise

    Briefly

  • Infosys' investment plans
  • Maximize relaunched
  • LIC line of credit for NHPC
  • G-sec auction cancelled
  • Philips introduces high definition TV
  • Airtel's search service
  • Scrips on normal settlement mode
  • SABMiller funds a `Knock Out' book
  • Agilent to triple headcount
  • Banks to sell Tata Motors' FCCBs
  • Varun Shipping's rights issue
  • J & K branch in Coimbatore
  • Gulf Oil launches new services
  • Maximize relaunched
  • Varun Shipping's rights issue
  • Gulf Oil launches new services
  • Dividend on Morgan Stanley Growth Fund
  • `AAAF' rating for Chola schemes

    Business

  • Major organisational revamp at HLL
  • Hyundai rolls out Elantra, raises Accent price
  • Hero Motors plans slew of vehicles
  • LG Care enters Indian market
  • Secure Web's new product launch
  • Steel majors to hold price line till June
  • Rupee eases 21 paise on dollar demand
  • Sensex tumbles 61 points on profit taking
  • Issues in agriculture, market access
  • KPMG services sought to boost jewellery exports

    Cartoons

  • Pocket Watch

    Chattisgarh

  • Parties skip naxal-infested areas

    Chennai

  • Price doubles for a truckload
  • Drinking water from the sea
  • Man arrested in job racket case
  • Road widening eats into greening project
  • Evils of tobacco, alcohol highlighted
  • Stolen property handed over to owners
  • Jewels, money stolen
  • Energy theft
  • Protest for basic amenities
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today

    Chess

  • Aditya, Jyothirmai win titles

    Coimbatore

  • New mountain peacock found
  • `TNEB consumers left in the dark'
  • BSNL products at IOC outlets
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • Dravid's epic gives India a golden chance
  • The compelling rhythms of India-Pakistan cricket
  • Great team work: Wright
  • England forces a draw
  • Muralitharan included in Sri Lankan squad
  • Philpott to coach budding leg-spinners
  • Hariesh hammers unbeaten double hundred
  • Dravid erases Gavaskar's record
  • Kranti Star beats DDA
  • Kids CC has it easy
  • Prasad sparkles
  • Injured Lara out of first one-dayer
  • Ujjwal shines
  • Three-wicket win for West Delhi CA
  • Gambhir hits century
  • Big win for Salwan PS
  • Easy for IG Stadium
  • Indian women's team leaves for Colombo
  • Secretariat XI wins

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7959
  • Solution to puzzle 7958

    Cuddalore

  • `Preserve performing arts'

    Cuddapah

  • RTC stir: services hit
  • SP urges naxals to join mainstream
  • Ex-MLA extends support to Congress candidate

    Dindigul

  • CM to begin second leg of campaign in Dindigul today
  • Revised voter list on web site

    Editorials

  • THE FALL OF KARUNA
  • LARA'S MAGIC

    Elections 2004

  • Saffronisation, Adivasis and the politics of south Gujarat
  • Two contenders and a dark horse
  • For the Chenchus, polls are a time for fear
  • An election boycott that worked
  • Unhappy flows the Nethravati in Dakshin Kannada
  • Mainstream parties, separatists united on key issues
  • A village as a metaphor of Bihar's transition
  • Poll-Pourri
  • Q & A : H.D. Deve Gowda
  • CANDIDATE WATCH
  • THE LONELY ROAD
  • A HARD CAMPAIGN

    Football

  • Fransa routs CIL
  • Villarreal stuns Celtic, enters semifinals
  • 2-1 win for Mahindra United
  • East Bengal remains on top

    Front Page

  • Vajpayee files papers, says he wanted to retire
  • `Line-up decided'
  • Saffronisation, Adivasis and the politics of south Gujarat
  • Normal rainfall forecast
  • Rajendra Babu to be new Chief Justice of India
  • Fifth double for Dravid, India heads for win
  • Two jawans killed
  • Diplomat killed in Iraq
  • Report sent
  • Bomb scare

    Golf

  • Ali Sher sends Ashok packing

    Gulbarga

  • Water schemes may yield a win for Dharam
  • He has one-point agenda: new State

    Guntur

  • Guntur division of SCR improves earnings
  • TDP candidate clarifies
  • Confusion in Congress

    Haryana

  • Poll notification today
  • Congress discord over candidate continues

    Hassan

  • Caste factor comes to the fore in Hassan
  • Withdraw from fray, Vajpayee urged

    Hockey

  • Australia swamps India
  • ITRC drubs AC Guards WA

    Hyderabad

  • Telangana issue: BJP, TRS supporters trade charges
  • Holiday declared on April 19, 20
  • Kasturirangan to deliver OU convocation address
  • Police, media, lawyers must work together: DGP
  • Six Kuwait-bound women arrested
  • Police help sought to serve poll duty orders
  • Power shutdown
  • Three killed in road accident
  • Around the City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • Plea to secure release of kidnapped NRI
  • Payment problems may delay MiG delivery

    International

  • Militant group executes Italian hostage
  • `Osama' offers Europe truce
  • Putin aide denounces Kyoto protocol
  • CIA did not get warning on 9/11, says Tenet
  • Tung appeals to China on constitutional development
  • Arabs outraged at Bush backing for Sharon's plan
  • LTTE, Army agree to continue truce in east
  • Personal genome data may go online
  • Nobel laureates appeal for Suu Kyi's release

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • No breakthrough in question paper theft case

    Karnataka

  • Police to step up vigil on border with A.P.
  • Congress manifesto
  • Krishna's charge
  • High Court frames charges against Jerome
  • `I joined BJP for its programmes'
  • Unemployment dole, cheap rice in Congress manifesto
  • Gulbarga Lok Sabha seat: Congress out to prove a point
  • Nation needs Vajpayee's experience: Shourie
  • BJP banking on `Vajpayee wave'
  • Federalism under threat: Krishna
  • Mysore serving a varied menu
  • They set great store by public sympathy
  • Aryabhata Award presented to 30 persons
  • State not against new tribunal: Patil
  • `SIT can grow into a centre of excellence'
  • `Mysore fit to be a Special Economic Zone'
  • Pre-medical exam. tomorrow
  • Briefly

    Karnataka - Others

  • Parrikar refutes allegation on appointments
  • Triangular contest for Sirsi-Siddapur seat
  • Five in fray for Sirsi-Siddapur seat
  • Shivashankarappa aiming for a second win
  • Around the City

    Kerala

  • Antony hits out at CPI(M) policies
  • Call for bank strike
  • Minister's warning on farm-loan recovery
  • A repeat contest, this time
  • A fresher takes on a seasoned leader
  • Cochin Port a major beneficiary of Sagarmala project
  • CPI(M) not to have any truck with `I' group: VS
  • No secret deal in Mukundapuram: Padmaja
  • Domestic wells exempted from curbs under new law
  • Call for State-wide bank strike on April 20
  • KPCC appoints campaign managers in 17 Lok Sabha seats
  • Muthukad to give magic touch to Mukundan's novel
  • Infam demands special package for Wayanad
  • Police officers get jail term
  • Minister praises sacked Government Pleader
  • CPI(M) video film depicts BJP-Congress nexus
  • `Wadakkancherry result will trigger off turmoil in Congress'
  • Samastha Nair Samajam not to support Murali
  • Pensioners oppose Centre's move
  • Veliyam alleges BJP bid to cover up pact with Karunakaran
  • SSIs want incentive for non-peak consumption
  • CMP leader hacked
  • Two pilgrims drowned in River Pampa
  • Change in entrance test centre
  • At Sabarimala today
  • Edezhathu calls on Thangal
  • Briefly

    Kochi

  • Concern over losing control of Kochi port
  • Show-cause notice issued to Corporation
  • Ombudsman moved by plight of children
  • Plastic surgeons meet from today
  • Filing of nominations from today
  • Career guidance
  • Annual meet of Naval society held
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • Kollam Pooram attracts thousands
  • Call to encourage self-employment
  • KDF leader to contest from Kollam

    Kottayam

  • Rebel menace in Congress worsens
  • PUCL demand

    Kozhikode

  • Vadakara candidates focus on development agenda
  • Voters threaten to boycott polls over pollution issue

    Kurnool

  • Congress candidate banks on sympathy factor

    Leader Page Articles

  • Justice in Gujarat
  • Bush backs Sharon's scheme

    Letters to the Editor

  • PM's appeal
  • Censoring ads
  • Millionaires' club
  • A ray of hope
  • Lucknow tragedy
  • Mass uprising

    Madhya Pradesh

  • Jamuna Devi's remarks embarrass Congress

    Madurai

  • Railways to roll in coaches with more safety features
  • Valuation of SSLC answer scripts from April 19
  • `Know your knee' tomorrow
  • Students discharged from hospital
  • Shortage of anti-rabies vaccine sparks stir
  • Furniture traders to down shutters on April 20
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today

    Mangalore

  • BJP, Congress vying for Mangalore seat
  • `Congress will be routed in State'
  • Temple to celebrate bicentenary
  • Brahmakalashotsava of Mahavishnu Temple
  • Karnataka Uday Yatra to enter Mangalore
  • Carnatic music appreciation programme
  • Dara Singh campaigns
  • Units disbanded
  • In Mangalore Today

    Meghalaya

  • Veteran faces tough task in Shillong

    Mysore

  • Candidates project a `bright future' for people of Krishnaraja
  • `Focus on welfare of armed forces'
  • Women to boycott polls
  • Dharna against disinvestment
  • Dharna

    Nagercoil

  • Filing of nomination from tomorrow

    National

  • Vajpayee seeks another term `to avoid instability'
  • No wave in favour of BJP, says Yechury
  • Sonia charges NDA, TDP Governments with non-performance
  • Jethmalani in fray: Congress
  • Shiv Sainiks attack Prof. Borade house
  • Vajpayee declares assets
  • Mulayam declares assets
  • Advani sees a pro-incumbency wave
  • Advertisements on TVs, cable networks: guidelines to CEOs
  • IIM-Bangalore too against fee cut
  • Jogi develops minor chest congestion
  • EC expecting report on stampede
  • Shabir Shah arrested
  • `PM owes the nation an apology'
  • IMD to come out with regional-level forecasts
  • Congress in a dilemma, says Venkaiah Naidu
  • India burning, not shining: V.P. Singh
  • `More reforms needed to sustain growth'
  • EC orders transfer of U.P. officials
  • `Lack of political will in tackling female foeticide'
  • 25 crore jobs possible in 10 years, says Shourie
  • Warm welcome to Advani after yatra
  • Training on Hawks for IAF pilots
  • India shining only for affluent, says Bardhan
  • Ten Sports asked to file contract documents on cricket series
  • `No respite from heat till May'
  • Gujarat advocates to move Supreme Court
  • British envoy condemns attack on Kashmiri politicians
  • Visva-Bharati official held

    Nellore

  • Rambha impressed by Vajpayee rule
  • Steps to augment water supply demanded

    New Delhi

  • Delhi tops power sector rating
  • Delhi elections notification today
  • Despite the delay, they are excited as ever
  • BSES pulled up for tardy progress
  • A few distinctions for the Capital
  • Campaign to woo foreign students
  • High Commission employee arrested for extortion
  • Ghaziabad school owner quizzed in paper leak case
  • Held for harassing colleague
  • Hearing on disabled rights today
  • Remote sensors to detect vehicle emissions
  • Robbery bid at Nepalese embassy
  • Bomb hoax in Supreme Court
  • ASI arrested for graft
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Pathanamthitta

  • Easter greetings: Congress files complaint against BJP

    Perambalur

  • NABARD gives entrepreneurial options to women SHGs

    Pondicherry

  • Textiles corporation should take over Swadeshi mill'
  • Police official assumes charge
  • RPI (Athwale) to contest in Pondy
  • Keep a vigil on social welfare board functioning: CPI

    Punjab

  • Sangrur `mandis' the poll hub
  • SAD nominee holds edge in Ropar

    Racing : Horse

  • Dazzling Wish wins feature

    Racing : Motor

  • KMS Summer Challenge from April 24

    Rajasthan

  • Gehlot puts an end to doubts over his campaign
  • Bhati's decision challenged
  • BJP bid to humble Buta in Jalore

    Religion

  • Significance of almanac

    Shimoga

  • `Stree Shakti creating friction in families'
  • Ambedkar's birth anniversary celebrated
  • Suspension of stationmaster sought

    Sports : General

  • World Military Games in Hyderabad
  • MoU signed by Australia, SAI
  • Belson Taj ties with Taj Banjara

    Table Tennis

  • Bhanu progresses

    Tamil Nadu

  • Poll nominations begin today
  • CII intervention to enhance voter awareness
  • Chennai port keen on retaining automobile major
  • `Sivakasi units fall silent'
  • Campaign concentrates on organisations, associations
  • Census of Western Ghats wildlife in May
  • Madurai-Kamaraj varsity bioinformatics centre to be upgraded
  • Munsif-SP argue over summons
  • AICTE order on pay scale for unaided college staff challenged
  • Now, poster bothers Adityan
  • Prisoners go on fast protesting denial of parole
  • I never supported violence: Vaiko
  • Vanniyar Sangam pledges support to Rajnikant fans
  • Sonia likely to visit Tamil Nadu in May first week
  • Assure renaming of airport, Swamy tells Jayalalithaa
  • Indo-Japan Centre changes name
  • Vaiko's plea for adjournment of POTA case dismissed
  • EC reluctant to act on Opposition complaints, says Ramadoss
  • Open more ophthalmic centres: Governor
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Computerised counters for tax collection
  • Power shutdown

    Tennis

  • Roddick reaches quarterfinals; Haas' run continues
  • A saga of courage

    Thanjavur

  • Action sought against pasting of posters on buses
  • 50 p.c. rebate on books in Thanjavur

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Antony stresses need for secular set-up at Centre
  • Veli residents press VSSC for jobs
  • Show presents bank's role as public financier
  • Newly-wed's charred body found in house
  • Fisherman drowned
  • GATE-2005
  • IN THIRUVANANTHAPURAM TODAY
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated April 16, 1954: Reply to Portugal
  • dated April 16, 1954: Indo-China settlement
  • dated April 16, 1954: Role of U.N.

    Tiruchi

  • Temporary employees languishing with paltry salary
  • Opposition alliance unprincipled: Jayalalithaa
  • `Make students skill-oriented'
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Central observers

    Tirupati

  • Youth's life hangs in balance
  • Forum to campaign for unified State

    Union Territories

  • Jai Prakash hints at revolt
  • `Lease hold system to be abolished'

    Uttaranchal

  • Muslims sceptical over BJP's overtures

    Vellore

  • Consumer fair begins today
  • `Reduce interest on farm loans'
  • Processions by candidates barred: Vellore Collector

    Vijayawada

  • Villagers give rousing welcome to Congress convoy
  • TDP candidate banks on `good work'
  • RTC strike partial
  • TDP candidate happy over response
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • Sonia pledges ryots relief from debt
  • NJR doles out promises to fishermen
  • Vacant berths in trains
  • RTC strike partial
  • Police, naxals exchange fire
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    Volleyball

  • Southern Railway tames Indian Bank

    Weather

  • Weather

    World View

  • Rumours may hit Beckham's sponsorship deals

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