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NEWS
Planned legislation may nearly double H1-B visas
While Phil Gramm wants to raise the cap to 200,000, another planned legislation aims to make it easier for international college graduates with science and engineering degrees to stay back in the US.

INTERVIEW
'There are lots of things money can't buy'
Dr Gururaj Deshpande on why being a billionaire doesn't really matter to him.

NEWS
Sikhs arrested near Mexican border
The five men hope to appeal for political asylum this week, claiming persecution in India

COMMUNITY
Oriya groups want more aid for cyclone victims
They are intensifying their efforts, fearing that people will forget the cyclone victims, in a few months.

MOVIES
East Is East set to open in US
The film about a Pakistani immigrant and his family could end its first run with a healthy $ 13 million.

RECENT FEATURES

H1-B visa quota getting exhausted
The cap of 115,000 visas was to have been reached by March but, because of high demand for skilled staff, the quota will be met in a few days.

Three charged with jeweler's murder
Francisco G Soliz, Jorge Castillo and Emilio Bolanos have been charged with first-degree murder, the police said.

When hi-flying techies need advice...
...Sanjiv Dhawan, a lawyer in Silicon Valley who guides start-ups and counsels giants, comes to their aid.

Ontario refuses funding to minority schools
Jurists say the Canadian province has violated human rights by excluding many people from its educational grants.

Did Aishwarya fan plant Madhuri hoax?
The rumour that the actress has met with an accident ran its course before her husband and TV Asia denied the story.

NEWS
Hunt on for man who abducted teen
Ikram allegedly kidnapped Shalu at gunpoint after first beating her mother.

Making his first million at 15
Rishi Bhat, that clever kid from Chicago, sells another program to Rocca Resources Ltd.

Foreign students may have to pay $ 95 entrance fee
The INS proposes the new fee, claiming many international students default the conditions under which they were issued visas and take less than the required number of credits.

Ace apothecary
At 29, Nishaminy Kasbekar is one of the most honored names in the pharmaceutical world.

Desmond Tutu, Andrew Young, Rajmohan Gandhi to meet
The discussions will cover matters like forgiveness, non-violence and Indian economics.

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Pakistan tests short-range
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UP government asks
   Deepa Mehta to pack up
Pune doctor arrested in
   patient's rape
India visit will fail
   if Clinton 'visits Pak'
Keith Vaz faces probe
   in illicit payment row
Jaya TV, Sun TV
   slug it out in TN
Lucknow is all the way
   Hindu: Sangh Parivar
Bombay cops face flak
   from dial100.com
Campus politics leaves
   Kollam tense and violent
Stop supporting RSS,
   Mayawati tells Centre, UP
Shah may be kingpin of
   overseas drug racket: police
Threat of violence haunts
   Manipur before poll
Bihar's democracy costs a
   few score lives each time
I will not deal with
   thugs, says Deepa
Mehta invited South
   to shoot 'Water'
Brajesh Mishra in Paris
   for strategic talks
Purulia arms drop convicts
   may appeal to Calcutta HC
Oppn uses telecom scam
   against Congress in Orissa
Kesri 'instigated' Meira Kumar
   to quit Congress
Two more gateways to be
   opened for Haj pilgrims
Andhra Pradesh govt extends
   gas scheme, draws flak
No civic election in
   Hyderabad in March
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Tech stocks lead rally,
   Sensex spurts 3%, Nifty 2
Sinha talks tough, but experts
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Bombay rout Karnataka
   in Ranji Super League
Tendulkar, Ganguly opt out
   of Challenger series
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 The Columnists
Kuldip Nayar on
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Varsha Bhosle draws lessons
   from Austrian politics
Sucheta Dalal on
   Gururaj Deshpande
Armchair Expert on
   the young Indian team
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