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Gujarat
Cinemas closed
GANDHINAGAR, MARCH 20. All cinemas in Gujarat remained closed for the day today to press their demand for Government support. The theatre owners were particularly unhappy that the Finance Minister did not announce any relief for theatre owners ...


Jammu & Kashmir
Hindu militant buried
JAMMU, MARCH 20.For the first time in the history of 13 years of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, a Hindu militant who was killed in an encounter was buried by local Muslims after his parents refused to cremate him. Kuldeep Kumar, (16) of ...


Maharashtra
Govt. presents deficit budget
MUMBAI, MARCH 20. The Maharashtra Government today presented a deficit budget of Rs. 1,426.32 crores for 2003-2004, but its Finance Minister, Jayant Patil hopes that it will come down with better management of the revenue collection. While ...


New Delhi
Alert over `killer pneumonia'
NEW DELHI, MARCH 20.With the World Health Organisation (WHO) issuing a general note of caution against the rare new strand of "killer pneumonia'', the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has asked Medical Superintendents of the Capital's hospitals to ...
Pneumonia alarm at airport
NEW DELHI, MARCH 20.To prevent the entry into India of the mysterious pneumonia which has claimed a dozen lives in Asia and has caused considerable panic worldwide, the Directorate-General of Health Services has trained over 80 Immigration ...
BJP charges on power reforms `baseless'
NEW DELHI, MARCH 20. Asking the BJP to come clean on facts and stop making baseless allegations on privatisation of power, the Delhi Power Minister, Ajay Maken, today challenged the Opposition to prove that the Government was patronising ...
TV crew slip into House
NEW DELHI, MARCH 20.In a major breach of security in Delhi Assembly, reflecting poorly on the security set-up, a private TV channel crew managed to walk into the House without being stopped or checked by any security personnel much to the ...


Tripura
Situation grave: Centre
AGARTALA, MARCH 20. Although there has been a general decrease of extremist activity in the North-Eastern States, barring the recent incidents involving the ULFA, the situation in Tripura has remained a matter of concern for the Centre. A ...


West Bengal
Effigies burnt
KOLKATA, MARCH 20. Violent anti-war protesters today burnt effigies of the U.S. President, George W. Bush, and British premier, Tony Blair, and smashed window panes at the American Center. They also hurled stones and rotten eggs at the ...
Budget presented
KOLKATA, MARCH 20. The West Bengal Finance Minister, Asim Dasgupta, today presented a Rs. 793 crore deficit for 2003-04. During the current fiscal, the State's own revenue collection was severely impacted by a shortfall of Rs. 450 crore in sales ...



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