| Duration | US Dollar (US$) | Indian Rupees (Rs.) |
| 1 Month (30 days) |
The Hindu ePaper: Read online edition of The Hindu daily newspaper exactly as it appears on Print for free.
Available Hindu epaper editions via this trick are
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0. Chennai
1. Hyderabad
2. Delhi
3. Bangalore
4. Kochi
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The Hindu is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded and continuously published from Chennai since 1878. According to the Indian Readership Survey in 2012 it is the third most widely read English newspaper in India (after the Times of India and Hindustan Times) with a readership of 2.2 million people.[3] The Hindu has its largest base of circulation in southern India, especially in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala and it is also the most widely read English daily in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Headquartered at Chennai (formerly called Madras), The Hindu was published weekly when it was launched in 1878, and started publishing daily in 1889.
In this trick I will share you how to download Hindu news paper from their website for free. We can by pass their login service using a simple bash script. This bash script natively worked on any GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu and Fedora.
[Updated] Option for selecting the date of news paper added in the script. So, now you can download previous version without any tweaks.
Steps
Use this user name and password for login
User name: danialjose@gmail.com
Password : 9846745412
1. Download the script.
Download
Windows users follow these instructions, Click Here
2. Right click on the downloaded file "The_Hindu_Delhi.sh" and select properties from the menu.
3. Go to the permission tab and tick "Allow executing file as program" and close the window.
4. Double click on the file and select "Run in Terminal"
Hindu epaper editions are ------------------------------------------------- 0. Chennai 1. Hyderabad 2. Delhi 3. Bangalore 4. Kochi ------------------------------------------------- Enter edition you wish to selec[0-4]: 4 Thanks. ----- Year ?(eg-2013) : 2013 ----- Month ?(eg- 05 for may) : 02 ----- Date ?(eg-01,02..) : 01 Estimating number of pages in Kochi edition Searching for Page 001 ok.. page 001 exists Searching for Page 002
6. All downloaded pages are saved on your desktop in a folder called "hindu_Edition_Date". After finishing downloads it will automatically merge all PDF files in to one.
7. Enjoy reading and contribute to FOSS development!
Credits go to the orginal creator of this trick Ishan Karve.
He also created a Simple Script to Download epaper from Indian Express
and Mid-Day
I'm so much pleased by your work.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
keep up the good work
Glad to hear it!
DeleteHi Danial,
ReplyDeleteIf possible please provide info on how to run it on a macbook pro. How can I make the file executable.
Thank you.
Hai Manoj13,
DeleteYes you can run this "Bash" script on your MAC system, but you need to install two extra tiny piece of software for do this job.
1. Wget
2. Ghostscript
Are you familiar with MAC command terminal, if yes then proceed to the below steps.
First you need to install "Wget" and "Ghostscript" on your mac, follow this tutorials for downloading and installing this software.
Wget installation on MAC OS X
Ghostscript installation on MAC OS X
After success full installation of above two software follow the below tutorial to make the .sh file executable and run on your MAC OS X
How to run a .sh-script in an Unix console/Mac terminal?
I made a simple script for MAC, also you do not need any other software for run this script. Download the script to desktop and make it executable, then double click on the script and follow the instructions. The script will download newspaper pages to your desktop.
DeleteThank you so much! I feel much closer to home now..with my favourite newspaper :)
DeleteManoj
i have windows 7.The .sh file open in notepad.On right click of file in properties it does not show permission tab.so i can not proceed futher..Please help.. thank u
ReplyDelete@AMIT-INDIAN..?
ReplyDeleteHello sir,
In-order to run this script on any version of Micro$oft windows, firstly you need to install a software named "Cygwin". Look at the above post clearly and there I mentioned a website link for how to install "Cygwin" and how to run a .sh script on a window$ machine.
Also I recommend to use Ubuntu Operating System, free as in freedom and free beer!
Do you know? In our(India) Supreme Court and other low class Courts they are using Ubuntu because of it highly secure!
sir,basically i am very naive to programming as i am medical student,so please execuse me for any foolish doubts.
ReplyDeleteI could not able to find any link for how to install "Cygwin".
And whatever steps you have mentioned are for "how to run a .sh script on a window$ machine"?
however i googled cygwin and installed it. then in drag sh file into cygwin command and press enter.it asked for edition no. i.e. 1,2,3,4,
but it could not download newpaper.
so please help..thank u
@AMIT-INDIAN..?
ReplyDeleteHello sir,
Here is the link http://karve.in/?p=635
follow the tutorial step by step!
Hello sir,
ReplyDeletethanks for link.
I followed steps.
however after downloading,while combining pdf i got follwing error..
GPL Ghostscript 9.06: Can't find initialization file gs_init.ps.
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ReplyDeletehello sir,
ReplyDeletei reinstalled ghostscript and problem solved..
finally i got newspaper..but instead of desktop pdf saved in c/cygwin/home/user . thats only difference
please share such script if u have for other papers.
thank u very much
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ReplyDeletegood news...
ReplyDeletedownload thehindu businessline same way..
1.open .sh file of hindu in notepad
2.replace Hindu/hindu words with thehindubusinessline ..
3.save new .sh file with name thehindubusinessline.
4.run programme same way..
5.just enter 0 for chennai only(as i doubt no other editions available)
download news paper
@AMIT-INDIAN..?
ReplyDeleteYou are innovative, I will write a new post regarding "The Hindu Business Line" downloading script soon.
Again thank you for your contribution!
ReplyDeleteCurrently the Chennai edition of "The Hindu Business Line" is only available as online edition. There is no other editions are available in the subscription page
http://epaper.thehindubusinessline.com/index.php?rt=login/registration
hello sir,
ReplyDeletecan you create script for times of india and economic times as these has to download page by page?
sir,
ReplyDeletemr.ishan karve has written some scripts to download indian express ,times of india and mid day(http://ishankarve.blogspot.in/search/label/download)
but it doesnt have any .sh downloadlink.
however i tried to copy n paste script in notepad and ran into cygwin,but they showed sytax(?)error..
please help..esp for times of india and indian express..
thank u
Mid-Day and Indian Express downloading script (work perfectly in my Ubuntu OS)
ReplyDeletehttp://ubuntuone.com/1euXiFAI0CKphTEAGVmm6k
http://ubuntuone.com/5sqM9K4PtdIqts1jLWan4U
indian express worked in cygwin.
ReplyDeletethank u
Hi i tried this working fine in linux, but it cannot download classifides. Any one help me to download classfides
ReplyDelete@ Danial Jose
ReplyDeletesir ,for times of india i copy script from above link n paste in notepad n run with cygwin but it shows following error
/cygdrive/c/Users/amit/Desktop/timesofindia.sh: line 22: syntax error near unexpected token `$'in\r''
'cygdrive/c/Users/amit/Desktop/timesofindia.sh: line 22: ` case $ed in
sir please help..
Can we download Young world ( The Hindu )
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeletehey! I'm totally at a loss. The script runs and after I input it just vanishes, leaving a blank pdf in my desktop. What am I missing?
ReplyDeleteI have to use proxy internet. Tell me if that was the reason or anything else. Thanks!
getting this error on windows...any ideas
ReplyDeleteCombining all pages into a single pdf document
GPL Ghostscript 9.06 (2012-08-08)
Copyright (C) 2012 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
Error: /ioerror in --run--
Operand stack:
--nostringval-- --nostringval-- (% Co)
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1910 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
--dict:1169/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:77/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: Is a directory
GPL Ghostscript 9.06: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
rm: cannot remove `/home/Rahul': Is a directory
rm: cannot remove `D': Is a directory
rm: cannot remove `V/Desktop/hindu_Hyderabad_12022013/*.*': No such file or directory
rmdir: failed to remove `V/Desktop/hindu_Hyderabad_12022013': No such file or directory
@ AMIT-INDIAN..?
ReplyDeletewhat script did you use ? I am getting error on windows 7. Could you explain yours steps
@uday
ReplyDeletei used script uploaded in in this blog and followed steps provided link above
Mac user install macports from http://www.macports.org and do sudo port install wget and rest works as described here.
ReplyDeleteBoss Hindu script is not working...
ReplyDeleteScript not working from today only. Downloaded paper yesterday. But having problem in downloading today. After filling edition number and date getting this error. Somebody help.
ReplyDeleteEstimating number of pages in Delhi edition
Searching for Page 001
001 pages in the main paper
Estimating number of pages in Delhi edition supplement
Searching for Page 001
Please be patient..Bandwidth intensive operation starts..;-)
Downloading Main Paper .. total 0 pages
Downloading Supplement .. total 0 pages
Combining all pages into a single pdf document
GPL Ghostscript 9.06 (2012-08-08)
Copyright (C) 2012 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
Error: /undefinedfilename in (/home/Hulk/Desktop/hindu_Delhi_2013_02_18/*.pdf)
Operand stack:
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push
Dictionary stack:
--dict:1169/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:77/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: No such file or directory
GPL Ghostscript 9.06: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
rm: cannot remove `/home/Hulk/Desktop/hindu_Delhi_2013_02_18/*.*': No such file or directory
script is not working from 18th feb and same error as in above post is coming.
ReplyDeleteYES,script NOT working :(
ReplyDeletethe script is not working .........:(
ReplyDeleteSame here. The script is not working since 18th Feb. Plz help.
ReplyDeleteTrue that script is not working..anybody else have any alternate solution to this?
ReplyDeleteGo and register this site to read papers..http://epaper.thehindu.com
ReplyDeleteHindu script is not working.,,, says access forbidden.. can u check on that please
ReplyDeleteHindu site was re-designed and url changed. We need to find out the new url.
ReplyDelete@ Danial Jose
ReplyDeleteSir,scripts for hindu not working..any dignosis available ?
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ReplyDelete@Daniel Jose
ReplyDeleteHi sir,I am using win 7.. your script is not working for me as wget and gs commands are not working on my system. I have installed ghostscript and wget also..still problem..may b bcoz of uncompatible version of wget(win7 compatible wget is not available)..plz suggest..
Jose Give us the updated script or solution.Or else please remove the post.....Waste Post..
ReplyDeleteRAVI@RAVISUNAN ~
ReplyDelete$ ./The-Hindu_Download-Custom-Dates.sh
Hindu epaper editions are
-------------------------------------------------
0. Chennai
1. Hyderabad
2. Delhi
3. Bangalore
4. Kochi
-------------------------------------------------
Enter edition you wish to selec[0-4]: 0
Thanks.
----- Year ?(eg-2013) : 2013
----- Month ?(eg- 05 for may) : 03
----- Date ?(eg-01,02..) : 18
Estimating number of pages in Chennai edition
Searching for Page 001
001 pages in the main paper
Estimating number of pages in Chennai edition supplement
Searching for Page 001
Please be patient..Bandwidth intensive operation starts..;-)
Downloading Main Paper .. total 0 pages
Downloading Supplement .. total 0 pages
Combining all pages into a single pdf document
./The-Hindu_Download-Custom-Dates.sh: line 113: gs: command not found
rm: cannot remove `/home/RAVI/Desktop/hindu_Chennai_2013_03_18/*.*': No such file or directory
@ josh...
ReplyDeleteplz provide response to queries atlest
abe bhai kuch kar rhe ho nayi script ke liye ya nahi.jaldi karo yar nahi to newspaper kharidna padega
ReplyDeleteEveryone can download Hindu newspaper from the following blog: http://thehindurocks.blogspot.in/
ReplyDeleteNO registration. No money. Just total download. :)
The script runs and after I input it just vanishes, leaving a blank pdf in my desktop.
ReplyDeleteplz give working script!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteDear sir,
ReplyDeleteLink for windows user http://karve.in/?p=635 is not working. Kindly help.
From - subhashawm@gmail.com
Step 3. After the install is complete, copy the script to Cygwin home folder. By default home folder is located at C:\cygwin\home\User
ReplyDeleteThis step is a problem can you guide me.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI tried in Ubuntu 11.04..a blank pdf is generated on the desktop. plzz help?
after running the script i am getting following error
ReplyDeleteError: /undefinedfilename in (/home/parashar/Desktop/hindu_Delhi_2013_06_21/*.pdf)
Operand stack:
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push
Dictionary stack:
--dict:1168/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:77/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: No such file or directory
GPL Ghostscript 9.07: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
rm: cannot remove ‘/home/parashar/Desktop/hindu_Delhi_2013_06_21/*.*’: No such file or directory
The script runs and after I input it just vanishes, leaving a blank pdf in my ubuntu desktop.
ReplyDeleteplease help me for download newspaper
ReplyDeleteplease help how this procedure can be used if a proxy server is used?
ReplyDeleteI am unable to download the paper. I am getting single blank pale while executing the script
Use this user name and password
ReplyDeleteUser name: danialjose@gmail.com
Password : 9846745412
Good job Danial ! Thanks a lot ! :)
ReplyDeleteCould you make a script that would download and compile the whole Hindu e-paper into one pdf, after logging in with the subscriber's ID ?
That way, the script could be used by anyone who has subscribed to the hindu e-paper and it would be much easier for people to read the newspaper on their tablets and PCs.
Also, could such a script be scheduled to run at particular times of day to automate the e-paper downloading and compilation ?
ur user id and password isnt working
ReplyDeletei used to downnload offline epaper
likewise
ReplyDeletelikewise
ReplyDeleteThe Hindu E-Paper Free Download Daily.Just copy the link and paste in Internet Download Manager. Enjoy The Hindu E-Paper PDF Free Download.
ReplyDeletehttp://ipsexams.com/tag/hindu-epaper/
hi, pls help me out how to download free epaper the hindu tamil edition
ReplyDeleteHi Its not Working for me.
ReplyDeleteIt is downloading blank document instead of news paper.