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Haryana
Chautala threatens to annul Yamuna accord
GURGAON, JULY 17.Threatening that in case the Punjab Act annulling all water agreements was not withdrawn, the Haryana Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala, today said that his State could under compulsion follow suit and annul the Yamuna water ...

Funds doubled for water courses
CHANDIGARH, JULY 17.The Command Area Development Authority (CADA) of Haryana has more than doubled its annual plan allocation from Rs. 30 crores to Rs. 66.09 crores in view of the enhanced target for completion of water courses to fulfil ...

Pondicherry
Doctors team for Kumbakonam
PONDICHERRY, JULY 17. The Pondicherry Health Department deputed today a five-member team of doctors from Government hospitals comprising Mohankumar (plastic surgeon) Iyyappan (Plastic surgeon), Sudhakar (general surgeon), R. Murali ...

Rajasthan
Vishnoi to be Deputy Speaker of Assembly
JAIPUR, JULY 17.Former Minister and legislator from Phalodi, Ram Narain Vishnoi is likely to be the Deputy Speaker of the Rajasthan Assembly. Mr. Vishnoi was the only MLA to file nomination for the post today, the last day for filing ...

Union Territories
Counselling for B. Pharma course begins on July 20
CHANDIGARH, JULY 17.Counselling for admission against All-India Category and State Quota seats to the B. Pharmacy course for the 2004-05 academic session in Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak, ...

Uttaranchal
Uttaranchal move on hiking tax on oil backfires
DEHRA DUN, JULY 17. The Uttaranchal Government's move to mop up more revenue by levying an additional five per cent Trade Tax on petroleum products from this past June 1 has backfired with fuel users preferring to buy oil from outlets in ...

Badrinath highway to be repaired
DEHRA DUN, JULY 17.The Uttaranchal Chief Minister, Narayan Dutt Tiwari, has granted Rs. 2 crores for speedy repair of the landslips-affected road at Lambagad and Joshimath on the Hardwar-Badrinath highway. Inspecting the Vishnuprayag Hydel ...

Opposition parties join hands
DEHRA DUN, JULY 17.The BJP and other Opposition parties in Uttaranchal today agreed to raise issues jointly in the coming Assembly session. The decision was taken at a meeting of the leaders of BJP, Bhahujan Samaj Party and Uttarakhand Kranti ...

West Bengal
Govt. opposes Central tariff panels
KOLKATA, JULY 17.The West Bengal Government is opposed to the suggestion to set up independent tariff regulatory commissions for civic services — similar to those for electricity and telephone — by the Centre. "We do not see how ...

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