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    Haryana
    Resignations accepted
    CHANDIGARH, APRIL 5.The Haryana Governor, A.R. Kidwai, who is also Chancellor of the Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa and Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar has accepted the resignations of the ...

    Wheat arrivals
    CHANDIGARH, APRIL 5.About 70,288 metric tonnes had arrived till yesterday and the Government procuring agencies purchased 69,565 metric tonnes, according to the Deputy Chief Minister, Chander Mohan, who also holds the Food and Supplies ...

    Himachal Pradesh
    Himachal demands funds for agrarian research
    SHIMLA, APRIL 5.The fund starved and agriculture dominated state of Himachal Pradesh has demanded intervention of the Indian Council for Agriculture Research in the form of enhanced funding for taking up better research, teaching and extension ...

    9331 registered contractors in Himachal
    SHIMLA, APRIL 5.Nine thousand three hundred and thirty one registered contractors are working in PWD, Irrigation and Public Health, State Electricity Board and Housing Department in the state. This information was given by Chief Minister ...

    Jharkand
    Jharkhand Minister refuses to assume office
    RANCHI, APRIL 5.The Welfare Minister of Jharkand, Ramesh Singh Munda, has refused to assume office in protest against the non-inclusion of his party colleague, Jaleshwar Mahato, in the State Cabinet. The Minister told The Hindu that his ...

    Madhya Pradesh
    Postponement of party polls gives Congress a breather
    BHOPAL, APRIL 5.The last-minute decision to postpone the Congress party's organisational elections in Madhya Pradesh as the election schedule was coinciding with the "Dandi March" commemoration has come as a breather for a section of State ...

    Pondicherry
    Yanam MLA seeks water accord with Andhra Pradesh
    PONDICHERRY, APRIL 5. Malladi Krishna Rao (Independent) from the Yanam Assembly segment, an enclave of the Union Territory of Pondicherry in Andhra Pradesh, today called upon the Government in the Assembly to work out an agreement with the Andhra ...

    Ramadass to urge B Two status for Pondicherry
    PONDICHERRY, APRIL 5. The Pattali Makkal Katchi parliamentary party leader, M. Ramadass, today said he would persuade the Centre to grant B Two status to Pondicherry city so that the government staff got enhanced house rent allowance. In a ...

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    Punjab
    Industry still confused about VAT; trade activities affected
    LUDHIANA, APRIL 5.Even as four days have passed since the implementation of VAT regime in Punjab, industry is still in the State of confusion with the manufacturing activity as well as supply and distribution chain have been affected due to lack ...

    Four held for impersonation
    MOGA (PUNJAB), APRIL 5.A man in his mid-20s has been arrested on charges of impersonation and cheating after he tried to pass off as a 40-year-old during a post-graduate medical entrance examination. The only resemblance seemed to be the ...

    Punjab allocates funds for tercentenary
    CHANDIGARH, APRIL 5.The Punjab Government today approved Rs 10.04 crore for completion of ongoing projects for the commemoration of 300th year of martyrdom of 40 Sikh warriors, who had sacrificed their lives to protect their religion, at Muktsar ...

    Rajasthan
    More towns under heritage umbrella
    JAIPUR, APRIL 5.The Rajasthan Government has identified 28 towns across the State for launching heritage conservation works at an estimated cost of Rs. 10 crores during 2005-06. These works will include maintenance of historic buildings, ...

    Minister duped by land mafia
    NOIDA, APRIL 5.Several government officials and former Ministers of Uttar Pradesh could be among those swindled by notorious land mafia operator Moti Goel, who allegedly sold acres of government land to people using forged documents. The case ...

    Focus on role of panchayat bodies in rural development
    JAIPUR, APRIL 5.People's high expectations from the Panchayati Raj institutions after the 73rd amendment to the Constitution and the role of panchayat bodies in bringing about development of villages were highlighted during an ongoing conference ...

    Union Territories
    One month in office, Hooda emerges stronger
    CHANDIGARH, APRIL 5. The most notable achievement so far of the one-month-old Bhupinder Singh Hooda Government in Haryana is political stability and a commitment to implement the ruling Congress Party's manifesto in toto. According to political ...

    Uttar Pradesh
    U.P. raises loan limit for farmers
    LUCKNOW, APRIL 5.The Uttar Pradesh government today raised by five times the agricultural loan limit for farmers from Rs 1 lakh and increased by two years the retirement age limit for teachers in aided Sanskrit schools. A meeting of the State ...

    Implementation of VAT only when traders are convinced: Mulayam
    LUCKNOW, APRIL 5.Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today reiterated that the controversial Value Added Tax (VAT) would be implemented in the state only when traders were convinced. ``It is unfortunate that the Centre enforced ...

    Uttaranchal
    Controversy hots up over Badrinath Shankaracharya
    DEHRA DUN, APRIL 5.The ongoing tussle over the control of prestigious Jyotirmath in Badrinath has flared up with Shankaracharya Madhavashram today asserting that he enjoyed the support of Kashi Vidwat Parishad in his claim as the head of the ...



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