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Alappuzha

  • BJP main enemy of Congress: Karunakaran
  • Plumbers' association State meet

    Anantapur

  • Ticket aspirants' bid to outsmart rivals

    Andhra Pradesh

  • TDP, Congress activists clash, 40 hurt
  • Traditional rivals lock horns in Nalgonda district
  • EC observers ask parties to follow code
  • Small difference, big swing in fortunes
  • YSR asks partymen to get priorities right
  • Uncertainty in TDP, Congress on nominees
  • Karimnagar Congress leaders ask MSR to withdraw from contest
  • Racket in leaking SSC question papers
  • SCR to run 128 summer specials
  • Congress, TDP, TRS woo rebels
  • Music exponent presented award
  • DSC examination from Apirl 4
  • First phase: 1,816 nominations for Assembly, LS seats
  • Police list out do's and don'ts for candidates
  • Naidu lashes out at Congress, TRS
  • TRS confounded by B-form filing spree
  • YSR assets worth Rs. 3.30 crores
  • Ashok Singh, four others resign from Congress
  • AICC exercise to contain dissidence
  • BJP's plea to EC
  • Senior assistant, attender held on graft charge
  • BJP panel for campaign arrangements
  • Lok Janashakti candidates
  • Independent to contest on CPI symbol
  • Naidu to attend Vajpayee meet
  • Two powerful landmines unearthed
  • Briefly

    Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Adventure tourism to get a boost in Adilabad district
  • Groupism may affect TDP chances
  • Seven injured as tractor-trolley overturns
  • Municipal budget approved
  • Rare surgery performed

    Bangalore

  • Water theft: Danger lurking in pipeline
  • Water shutdown in Koramangala
  • Gold jewellery, cash stolen from house
  • Stamp paper scam: Police to probe five cases
  • One arrested on cheating charge
  • Mobile outlet for directory
  • Abducted youth freed in Cuddapah
  • Minor raped
  • Around The City
  • In Bangalore Today

    Barometer

  • Bullion rates
  • Stock Market Index

    Belgaum

  • Shiv Sena to fight for 30 Assembly seats

    Bellary

  • Halappa creates a record in Hadagali

    Bidar

  • Rebel candidates worry Congress

    Briefly

  • Infosys results on April 12
  • RIL's new gas discoveries
  • Aigner forays into India
  • SBI MD and Group Executive
  • Google to offer free e-mail
  • Sony sues Kodak
  • Garment exporters seek relief
  • Coimbatore Zone excise revenue up
  • Orchid JV's achievement
  • Chola Growth Fund pays 10 p.c.
  • Future holds for cash crops
  • Idea's Delhi subscriber base up
  • Agilent's chip design centre at Gurgaon
  • Crompton pact with FreeMarkets
  • Zydus Cadila files 12 ANDAs
  • SECL's achievement
  • Idea Cellular offers unique service
  • Matrix Biosciences plant on stream
  • All time record for Malabar Cements
  • Tata Tea launches new variety
  • Cadbury hopes to retain market share
  • Canara Bank launches loan scheme

    Business

  • Current account surplus doubles in Q3
  • High GDP growth propels Sensex
  • SAIL output at 11 m tonnes
  • Maruti's record sales
  • Forex reserves up $26.4 b in April-December
  • PFC net at Rs. 1601 cr.
  • Alcatel sets up lab at SlashSupport facility
  • Abolition of MAT sought
  • HAL, BEL, BEML announce higher profits

    Cartoons

  • Cartoon
  • Pocket Watch

    Chattisgarh

  • Row over tax notice to Shukla

    Chennai

  • An exhibition on drinking water projects
  • Only a privileged few given connections: residents
  • `Many women representatives not exercising powers fully'
  • Corporation suspends green city programme
  • RBF depositors want company board reconstituted
  • `Declare holiday for Mahaveer Jayanthi'
  • Timers installed at traffic signal junctions

    Chess

  • Title race hots up

    Coimbatore

  • Banks wooing SHGs with credit cards
  • 64 fire tenders to be acquired soon
  • Move to improve deer habitat
  • Special buses for Panguni Uthiram, Kundam festivals
  • Inspections in private hospitals
  • Good inflow into PAP
  • Two students caught for malpractice
  • Around The City
  • In Coimbatore Today

    Cricket

  • India keeps date with destiny
  • Inzamam and the interplay of opposites
  • Showers of praise for Team India
  • Pakistan captain's warning
  • Biggest ever overseas victory
  • Ganguly returns

    Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 7947
  • Solution to puzzle 7946

    Cuddalore

  • New system for outpatient registration runs into problem
  • CPI threatens to lay siege to Vadakuthu treatment plant

    Cuddapah

  • Collector reviews selection of polling officials
  • Minister declares assets

    Dharwad

  • Three file nominations in Dharwad

    Dindigul

  • Create consumer awareness in villages

    Editorials

  • A TEST OF CHARACTER
  • THE SECOND ROUND

    Elections 2004

  • The influence of the `swing' and `split' factors
  • Few options beyond the SP-RLD combine here
  • Poll boycott: a permanent feature?
  • The new mantra: give ticket, will defect
  • Congress, NCP field ex-CM from Panaji
  • One voter, three votes: the strange case of Chandurgad
  • Q & A : Ashok Gehlot
  • POLL-POURRI
  • CANDIDATE WATCH
  • Catching 'em Young

    Football

  • Netherlands holds French; Ireland stuns Czech republic

    Front Page

  • India completes historic win in Multan
  • The influence of the `swing' and `split' factors
  • BSNL slashes ISD, STD rates
  • It has to be examined: CEC
  • Vajpayee seeks debate on foreign origin issue
  • CEC to convene all-party meet on surrogate ads

    Gulbarga

  • BJP puts up a show of unity
  • 20 candidates file papers for Gulbarga seat

    Guntur

  • HC confirms lifer in JKC College murder case

    Haryana

  • Chautala accepts resignation, Bhadana joins BJP

    Hassan

  • Congress undeterred, says former MP

    Himachal Pradesh

  • As charges fly thick and fast, Congress keeps everyone guessing

    Hockey

  • NHL: Foreign players may take part

    Hyderabad

  • Krishna water delay triggers speculation
  • CRISIL reaffirms rating on MCH
  • Yellow yatra at Banjara Hills
  • Rebels rock parties
  • Poll time is highflying time
  • Curtailed water supply today
  • Plea to relieve lecturers
  • Yemen PM visits Charminar
  • Poll arrangements reviewed
  • Selections made for Nandi theatre awards
  • Around The City
  • In Hyderabad Today

    India & World

  • Bangladesh not to hand over ULFA activist to India

    International

  • Fallujah: Bremer vows to punish killers
  • Sri Lanka goes to the polls today
  • WMD joke: U.S. media missed the point?
  • Major drug ring busted
  • The new generation of U.K. Muslims
  • Crackdown on militant group
  • U.K. Minister quits over visa row
  • `Involve Suu Kyi in roadmap'
  • Afghanistan gets $8.2 billions
  • Canadian aid to monitor Sri Lankan poll
  • Prince in pictures
  • The death wish in India
  • Wikis, the websites anyone can edit
  • Inventions galore

    Jammu & Kashmir

  • `Adhere to model code of conduct'
  • Woman kills kids, commits suicide
  • Ladakh houses highest polling station

    Kannur

  • FNPO State meet from April 3

    Karimnagar

  • Irrigation expert makes political debut
  • TRS publicity secretary flays KCR
  • Pensioners' plea to Government
  • Central election observers arrive

    Karnataka

  • Deve Gowda to contest from Hassan too?
  • Second leg of Krishna's yatra from today
  • 32 members of dissolved House in North Karnataka Congress list
  • Ananth Kumar's remarks on airport project uncalled for, says Krishna
  • Nesargi files papers, wants Chandru to withdraw
  • They want to vote, but duty calls
  • Here, the election buzz seems far away
  • Railways to run summer specials
  • Balancing community, caste factors for a winning formula
  • Rebels may affect prospects of Congress, JD(S)
  • Krishna's decision to `quit' Maddur baffles party workers
  • German body offers scholarship for visually impaired girls
  • CBI examining fake stamp paper cases
  • Towards patenting innovations
  • KAT order against health officer upheld
  • Kumar Bangarappa files papers at Sorab
  • Election Commission permits drought relief works in State
  • Congress yet to announce candidates for DK
  • Advanced laser technology for ENT surgery
  • Congress workers oppose Revannasiddaiah's nomination
  • Krishna hails verdict on Togadia ban
  • Are parties ignoring Supreme Court ruling?
  • Politicians banned
  • A district with four MPs
  • Nagamma Keshavamurthy quits Congress
  • `Meet by Kharge not in violation of poll code'
  • Congress to expel unofficial candidates
  • Briefly
  • From The Districts

    Karnataka - Others

  • Desertions confuse Congress workers
  • Congress complains of harassment
  • MAHE launches `Manipal Arogya Card'
  • Pulse Polio in Chamarajanagar
  • Hema Malini to campaign in Goa
  • No change in office hours
  • Parties told to come out clear on eco policy

    Kerala

  • UDF panel for review of double taxation proposals
  • All accused in hooch tragedy found guilty
  • Drought to be the main player in Lok Sabha elections
  • Write off interest on farm loans: VS
  • Court refuses to stay Government Order
  • UDF bid to put lid on row over liquor policy
  • Credit-deposit ratio improves in State
  • Probe shift in liquor policy, demands RSP
  • No revision in power tariff: Murali
  • State to ask Tamil Nadu to release water
  • Families of farmers who ended life to get compensation
  • AMMA not to accept Chamber conditions
  • Chamber blames stars for crisis
  • Congress ignoring backward classes: BJP
  • KSEB gets power from Orissa
  • VSS offers support to UDF
  • Thomas Master found dead
  • Online lottery: services of Pleader terminated
  • `No plan to downgrade KSRTC depots'
  • DYFI activists storm Wayanad civil station
  • KTDFC's dividend
  • One more suicide in Wayanad
  • Briefly

    Kerala - Others

  • Nutri-Mix getting good orders

    Kochi

  • Newcomer Edezhathu gets to work
  • Ernakulam achieves record revenue collection
  • Fresh lease of life for Travancore Rayons
  • 93.2 p.c. of Plan funds spent by Corporation
  • Three held on charges of cheating
  • Marine police station inaugurated
  • Around The City
  • In Kochi Today

    Kollam

  • `Verdict should serve as a deterrent'
  • Oommen Chandy to inaugurate election office
  • Record production of electronic meters

    Kottayam

  • Summer classes for children

    Kozhikode

  • One held for murder of watchman
  • `Fundamentalists will be emboldened'

    Leader Page Articles

  • Election without discipline
  • Towards export-oriented growth

    Letters to the Editor

  • Vision document
  • Tall claim?
  • Pathetic state
  • Election scene
  • Under siege?
  • The IIM issue
  • In a fix

    Madhya Pradesh

  • Ujjain gets a facelift for Kumbh

    Madikeri

  • Janata Dal (S) leader announces Kodagu candidates
  • Reservation counter opened in Madikeri

    Madurai

  • 27,000 candidates write SSLC exams in Madurai dt.
  • Rs.131.62-lakh surplus budget for varsity
  • Varsity to monitor teaching quality in self-financing colleges
  • Training in hazardous waste management
  • Open HC Bench as scheduled: consumer centre
  • Lawyer's effigy burnt
  • Around The City

    Mangalore

  • Credit plan earmarks Rs. 129.92 cr. for farm loans
  • Farmers urged not to lift water from rivers
  • Residential school for the visually impaired
  • Flyover sought at Jyothi Circle
  • Police raid LPG centres
  • Engagements

    Manipur

  • Militants `ban' Congress, BJP

    Mysore

  • `Powerful undercurrent' seen in favour of JD (S)
  • It means another round of false promises
  • Janata Dal (S) leaders want Srinivas Prasad to contest
  • Devotees throng Melkote for Vairamudi festival
  • Heavy rain in Mysore

    Nalgonda

  • TDP candidate stuck with outsider tag
  • India not shining but struggling, says CPI leader
  • Friend turns foe

    National

  • Sonia, Pawar share dais
  • CPI(M) questions claims on GDP growth
  • Modi's remarks embarrass Advani
  • Congress challenges Centre's claims on economy
  • Security system to be `redesigned' at Santiniketan
  • Vajpayee unhappy over photo display
  • Five-day mourning in Punjab
  • Hearing today on Centre's plea on political ads
  • `Musharraf may have spoken under pressure'
  • Congress' third list for U.P.
  • Congress blasts Modi
  • Pawar to be hospitalised
  • Congress concern over Musharraf `deadline'
  • Assam bans entry of Togadia
  • No `feel good factor' for Hindus: Togadia
  • Development main poll plank: Venkaiah
  • Laloo wants details of Sukhoi deal made public
  • A formidable force in Akali politics
  • Medical team to return from Bam
  • To aid mobility at rail stations
  • Indian students to vie for global software prize
  • Vajpayee mourns Tohra's death
  • `Afghan security is precarious'

    Nellore

  • Muslim community plea to Congress
  • BJP decks up Nellore to welcome bigwigs

    New Delhi

  • Congress a divided house over party tickets
  • Hawala money flows in election season
  • Impasse over quota for poor students continues
  • Sheila for `leapfrogging' pollution stages
  • Delhi's water table sinking
  • Fake documents racket busted
  • Are toys safe?
  • Sitar maestro Vilayat Khan remembered
  • Doctor held for alleged rape
  • Man arrested for `land grabbing'
  • `Park leased out as per Supreme Court order'
  • International health expo from today
  • Bangladesh National Day
  • BJP's demand
  • `Many missing in North-East'
  • Asiatic lion dies in zoo
  • Dowry case accused gets bail
  • Around The City
  • Briefly
  • In The Capital Today

    News Analysis

  • Beware of negative ads

    Nizamabad

  • Rebel threat for all parties
  • Woman, son die after consuming pesticide
  • Congress leader on fast against denial of ticket

    Obituary

  • Obituary

    Pathanamthitta

  • Manippuzha bridge project being delayed
  • Pulse Polio drive: 1,093 booths to be set up

    Perambalur

  • Entrepreneurship programmes for educated rural women

    Pondicherry

  • BJP considering lawyer notice to Narayanasamy
  • Anbalagan seeks Govt. dismissal
  • Training for surgeons
  • Girl drowned in lake

    Rajasthan

  • I do not need any certificate, says Khurana

    Religion

  • Rama's trials, tribulations

    Shimoga

  • Tirthahalli Janata Dal (S) chief suspended from party

    Sports : General

  • Indian swimmers rule the pool
  • Indian shooters on target
  • SAF Games - Results
  • Cash awards hike falls short of expectations
  • Admission to Sports Hostel of Excellence

    Tamil Nadu

  • Apex court stays proceedings
  • `Telgi subdued rival in Chennai'
  • Fall in HIV prevalence among antenatal mothers
  • CENVAT, drought major issues
  • Vote for BJP-AIADMK for development: Venkaiah
  • SSLC results likely by May 30
  • Withhold consent, High Court advocates urge President
  • Karunanidhi cautions against complacency
  • `Results will prove opinion polls wrong'
  • Defeat AIADMK front: CITU
  • Rain helps in flower show preparations
  • Article 356 will be used against AIADMK Govt., says Ramadoss
  • Question paper mix-up
  • AITUC seeks EC's intervention on pension benefits
  • `Hospitals must issue cards on patient disease'
  • Why this sudden sympathy, asks Jayalalithaa
  • Touch-screen for Tindivanam voters
  • Stop meeting, DMK tells EC
  • Briefly

    Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Number of SSLC exam candidates more in Pudukottai
  • Body found

    Tennis

  • Dementieva eliminates Venus
  • Bad day for seeds

    Thanjavur

  • Move to get Thanjavur declared a child labour-free dt. by Sept.

    Thiruvananthapuram

  • Travails of HIV-infected women
  • Feasibility report on Canal Walk project submitted
  • Speed governors upsetting KSRTC schedule
  • Social inequality blamed for criminalisation of politics
  • Two arrested, one absconding
  • When all was grist for the humour mill
  • Mounting debts may hit drug supply to MCH
  • Around The City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today

    This Day That Age

  • dated April 2, 1954: IAF's 21st birthday
  • dated April 2, 1954: First Indian C-in-C
  • dated April 2, 1954: 31 die in train blast
  • dated April 2, 1954: Indo-Ceylon travel
  • dated April 2, 1954: April Fools Day

    Tiruchi

  • Participatory policing, a vehicle for social change: IG
  • Sanitation strategy pays off
  • `Sensitise rural people to SC/ST Act'
  • 2.70 lakh children to be given polio drops
  • 33,200 students appear for exams
  • Around The City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    Tirunelveli

  • Rs.426.72-cr. ACP for Nellai

    Tirupati

  • CPI protest against move to close down passport office

    Tuticorin

  • Fisheries institute may patent new technologies

    Udupi

  • Conference on school education from Monday

    Uttaranchal

  • World Bank-aided project starts showing results

    Vellore

  • TEL, dealers asked to submit stock report by April 10
  • 6 child workers rescued near Gudiyatham
  • VIT ties up with German varsity

    Vijayawada

  • Parties yet to feel voters' pulse
  • Telugu Desam stronghold
  • Ex-MLA behind `attack' on Congress workers: Rajagopal
  • Prohibitory orders clamped
  • Aswani Dutt launches poll campaign
  • Lok Ayukta receives 32 complaints
  • Around The City
  • In Vijayawada Today

    Visakhapatnam

  • NJR's assurance on Central Prison land
  • Stalwarts pitted against each other
  • `Shotgun' launches campaign in city
  • Problems alongside development
  • Seafood industry fighting US anti-dumping duty
  • Vysyas feel rejected by Congress
  • Observer inspects polling stations
  • Around The City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

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