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Bihar Student's death triggers violence PATNA, FEB. 20. Students and workers of Opposition parties today went on the rampage in Madhepura district, following the death of a student in police firing. Police resorted to firing when a group of students attempted to take away some ... Himachal Pradesh `Unprecedented development in state' SHIMLA, FEB. 20.The Union Minister for Urban Development, Ananth Kumar, hit the campaign trail here today, claiming that unprecedented development had taken place in Himachal Pradesh in the past five years of BJP rule. Talking to reporters, he ... HVC holds the key to power MANDI FEB. 20. Although Kangra district holds the key to who rules from Shimla, the focus has turned on the 10 Assembly segments of Mandi district which is said to be the stronghold of "Panditji'' as the former Union Minister and Himachal Vikas ... Jammu & Kashmir Cell phones by Aug. 15 JAMMU, FEB. 20. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited intends providing 12,000 cellular phone connections in Jammu and Srinagar by April. Apart from erecting 10 towers in Srinagar and Jammu, it proposes to erect some more at Katra, Sanji Chat and atop the ... Madhya Pradesh Bandh hits life in western parts of state BHOPAL, FEB. 20. Normal life was affected today in the Dewas-Indore-Dhar-Jhabua belt in western Madhya Pradesh due to the bandh called by the Hindu Jagran Manch against Wednesday's police action aimed at preventing the Hindu protesters from ... One killed as police open fire DHAR, FEB. 20.One person was killed and two children were injured when police opened fire today to disperse mourners, who turned violent while returning after cremation of a priest. The priest was done to death by a dacoit at curfew-bound ... New Delhi 
Army Public School girl killed in accidentNEW DELHI, FEB. 20.In a ghastly accident, a 13-year-old student of Army Public School was killed and four others were seriously injured when a rashly driven DTC bus rammed into their school vehicle in Delhi Cantonment today. The bus driver has ... Protest against police laxity in murder case NEW DELHI, FEB. 20. Tension prevailed outside the New Ashok Nagar police station in East Delhi yesterday as local residents gathered protesting against alleged laxity on the part of the police in dealing with a murder case. The residents brought ... Over a dozen held for running betting racket NEW DELHI, FEB. 20. Over a dozen people were arrested from across the Capital by the Special Staff of the West Delhi on charges of running betting racket to the tune of crores of rupees on the India-Zimbabwe cricket match yesterday. Raids were on ... Rajasthan Congress turns the heat on drought JAIPUR, FEB. 20. The Congress today launched an offensive against the Centre on the drought relief front at a farmers' rally in Mandafia town of Chittorgarh. The senior leaders of the party hinted that the Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot, members of ... Ballet on Gandhi for Jaipur festival JAIPUR, FEB. 20.The first presentation of the newly designed ballet "Gandhi'' -- based on the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi -- will be a special feature of the Eighth Uday Shankar Ballet Festival beginning here tomorrow. The three-day event ... VHP distributes tridents in Rajasthan JAIPUR, FEB. 20. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad again distributed tridents (trishuls) to more than 1,000 persons at Lalsot in Dausa district of Rajasthan today. The ceremony came amid rising concern that the tridents could be used as weapons in ... Uttar Pradesh No change in stand on POTA: BJP LUCKNOW, FEB. 20. The Bharatiya Janata Party leader in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, Kalraj Mishra, said today that there was no change in the party's stand over use of POTA against the independent MLA, Raghuraj Pratap Singh, and his father, Uday ... World Bank loan for state project NEW DELHI, FEB. 20. An agreement for grant of a $488 million loan by the World Bank for the Uttar Pradesh State Roads Project was signed at the Ministry of Finance today. Adarsh Kishore, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, ... Union Territories Congress silent on Matharoo CHANDIGARH, FEB. 20. Even three days after the formal arrest of Parampal Singh Matharoo, one of the general secretaries of the Chandigarh unit of the Congress, for his alleged involvement in the murder of V.K. Chopra, executive engineer of the ... Jharkand JMM to cash on rift in coalition RANCHI, FEB. 20.With allies openly resenting the Jharkhand Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi's bureaucratic powers just before the February 26 Poreyahat Assembly by-poll, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, supported by almost all opposition parties, is ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Entertainment | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
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