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Bihar
NCP leader, 5 others kidnapped
BAGAH, MARCH 26.The vice-president of Bihar unit of Nationalist Congress Party and his five associates were kidnapped for ransom in West Champaran district last night, the police said today. Armed miscreants, suspected to be members of the ...


Gujarat
House adopts `Freedom of Religion Bill'
GANDHINAGAR, MARCH 26. Amid chaotic scenes and shouting of slogans by the Opposition over the murder of the former Minister of State for Home, Haren Pandya, the Gujarat Assembly today adopted the controversial `Freedom of Religion Bill' by a ...
A political murder: Cong.
AHMEDABAD, MARCH 26. News of the daylight killing of the former Gujarat Minister of State for Home, Haren Pandya, sparked chaotic scenes in the State Assembly with the Leader of the Opposition, Amarsinh Chaudhary, and other Congress leaders ...
A 'cowardly killing', says BJP
NEW DELHI, MARCH 26. The Bharatiya Janata Party today termed the gunning down of the former Gujarat Home Minister, Haren Pandya, as a "cowardly killing" and the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, said it was a "dastardly act" which had left a ...
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    Himachal Pradesh
    BJP stages walkout on loan figures
    SHIMLA, MARCH 26. The opposition BJP today staged a walkout in Himachal Pradesh Assembly accusing the Virbhadra Singh government of ``misleading people'' by ``concealing'' facts on the state's loan liabilities to show the earlier BJP-led ...


    Jammu & Kashmir
    An attack on Kashmiriyat: Mufti
    JAMMU, MARCH 26. The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, today said the State Government would take all steps to restore a sense of security among the people. Winding up the debate on the Governor's address in the ...
    Omar blames Jagmohan for exodus of Pandits
    SRINAGAR, MARCH 26.In a new turn of events, the National Conference president, Omar Abdullah, today blamed the former Jammu and Kashmir Governor (now the Union Minister) Jagmohan for the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir ...


    Madhya Pradesh
    Priest beheads dalit to appease goddess
    BHOPAL, MARCH 26.A priest's quest for hidden treasure landed him in police net as he was arrested for allegedly beheading a dalit `tantric' in a temple of goddess Durga, at Parasari village in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, police said today. ...


    Maharashtra
    Cheques issued to Mumbai blast victims bounce
    MUMBAI, MARCH 26.The cheques issued by the state Government to the families of three persons who died in the Mulund bomb blast as immediate compensation have bounced, the Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, Nitin Gadkari, said today. ...


    Manipur
    Rs. 1 crore ransom sought for German abductee
    IMPHAL, MARCH 26. Kuki militants who kidnapped the German national, Meinrich Wolfgang, on Sunday have demanded a ransom of Rs.1 crore, police said. Mr. Wolfgang and a woman, Edda Kirlies, had arrived here on March 21 to inspect German ...


    Punjab
    "Budget will only please World Bank'
    CHANDIGARH, MARCH 26.The former Finance Minister of Punjab and general secretary of Shiromani Akali Dal, Kanwaljit Singh, has accused the State Government of presenting a budget to please the World Bank, even as the debt burden had mounted ...


    Rajasthan
    In election year, a clean chit for Gehlot
    JAIPUR, MARCH 26.The Congress leadership in Delhi has apparently learnt to appreciate the party-led Government in Rajasthan finally - or at least that is the impression it wants to give out in this election year. The party leadership, it appears, ...
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    Uttar Pradesh
    Court appoints observers to supervise excavations
    LUCKNOW, MARCH 26.The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court today dismissed a petition moved by a plaintiff, Mohammed Hashim Ansari, to stop excavations near the disputed site in Ayodhya to uncover any likely evidences of existence of a ...


    Uttaranchal
    Govt. may defer VAT
    DEHRA DUN, MARCH 26. The much talked about Value Added Tax (VAT) regime may not begin in Uttaranchal Pradesh on April 1 as the State Government plans to first study its intricacies when implemented in other States. The Government has decided to ...



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