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Haryana
New party promises to set new record
CHANDIGARH, MARCH 16. The Ekta Shakti president, Virender Verma, who calls himself `Mahratta', today asserted that his party would set a new record in Haryana by winning the three Lok Sabha seats of Karnal, Kurukshetra and Ambala. His party would ...

Rath Yatra not good for economy: Chautala
CHANDIGARH, MARCH 16. The Haryana Chief Minister and Indian National Lok Dal supremo, Om Prakash Chautala, today alleged that the ongoing `rath yatra' of the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, would result in misuse of public money amounting to ...

Himachal Pradesh
Anand Sharma files papers for Rajya Sabha
SHIMLA, MARCH 16.The AICC spokesman, Anand Sharma, filed his papers today for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh. And in a display of solidarity the Chief Minister, Virbhadra Singh, proposed his name and Pradesh Congress Committee ...

Jammu & Kashmir
National Conference leader resigns
SRINAGAR, MARCH 16. The National Conference (NC) media manager, Farooq Andrabi, today resigned from the party, saying that it was no more functioning in a democratic manner. In a statement Mr. Andrabi, who also owns the local Urdu daily, ...

Madhya Pradesh
Samajwadi Party to increase its presence
BHOPAL, MARCH 16.After winning seven Assembly seats spread across five Madhya Pradesh districts and emerging as the second largest opposition party in the State Assembly, the Samajwadi Party is now planning to contest 17 Lok Sabha seats ...

Maharashtra
FICCI award for Amitabh, Hema
MUMBAI, MARCH 16.The Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has bestowed its `Living Legend Awards'' on cine stars Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini, in acknowledgement of their continuing contribution to the Indian film ...

Pondicherry
Assembly session begins today
PONDICHERRY, MARCH 16. The brief session of the Pondicherry Assembly begins tomorrow and it is likely to be a two-day sitting. The government will seek funds through a vote-on-account for first four months (April to July) of the financial year ...

Jha consoles fire victims
PONDICHERRY, MARCH 16. The Lieutenant Governor, N. N. Jha, today visited the fire-ravaged Tiruvalluvar Nagar here and consoled the affected people. About 15 houses have been damaged in the fire last night. Mr. Jha asked revenue officials to ...

Power shutdown
PONDICHERRY, MARCH 16. There will be no power supply tomorrow for three hours from 10 a.m. in the Kurumbapet Industrial area, the Iyyankuttipalayam Industrial area, Iyyankuttipalayam, the Kurumbapet Housing Board quarters and Kalmedupet following ...

Kannan protests removal of party flag
PONDICHERRY, MARCH 16. The former Home Minister and senior Congress leader, P. Kannan, has protested against removal of the Congress flag and the flag mast and also an attempt to remove the nameboard from the party premises at Mudaliarpet, near ...

Balasubramanian, CPI (ML-L) nominee
PONDICHERRY, MARCH 16. D. P. Bakshi, politburo member, Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist - Liberation), today said S. Balasubramanian, secretary of the Pondicherry State unit, will be the nominee for the Pondicherry seat in the Lok ...

Rajasthan
CPI(M) clears two names
JAIPUR, MARCH 16.The Communist Party of India (Marxist) will field its candidates from Sikar and Sriganganagar constituencies in Rajasthan in the coming Lok Sabha elections. The party's State Committee met here on March 3 and 4 to finalise the ...

`Legal loopholes major hurdle for women'
JAIPUR, MARCH 16.Participants in a day-long workshop on "Gender and law'' here today pointed out that there was a huge gap between legislations on women's rights and their implementation. This gap has added to the social pressures on ...

Uttar Pradesh
Shabana scoffs at `India Shining'
LUCKNOW, MARCH 16.Actress, social activist, and former MP, Shabana Azmi, today regretted that development was not percolating to the marginalised sections of society, especially women and stressed upon the need to prioritise such issues. ...

Uttaranchal
Many takers for bamboo
NEW DELHI, MARCH 16. The Uttaranchal Bamboo and Fibre Development Board (UBFDB) has got trade inquiries from South American, African and Asian nations for importing bamboo and its products to their countries. The recently concluded World Bamboo ...



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