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MOVIES
Producer refuses to give up Water
Ajay Virmani seeks a new location but says he'll think 18 times before considering shooting in India again.

MOVIES
Fans prepare for 2nd Bollywood Awards
The web site for the May 27 show -- www.bollywood.com -- has a ballot form with 24 categories, including best film, director, lead and supporting actors, comedian, villain, singers, etc.

EDUCATION
In Memoriam
When Awtar Singh gives away money for education, he feels he is paying the highest tribute to his wife, a Montessori teacher for 20 years.

OPINION
When the 'hawa' blows, the cradle will rock
The late Safdar Hashmi very well understood the Brechtian dictum: 'In the dark times will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing about the dark times.'

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Senator wants Chicago to ban bidis
Young people smoking them without realizing they caused cancer promoted the Chicago City Council to ban their sale. Now, senator Barack Obama plans to spread the ban across the state.

It's life as usual at Pasand Restaurant
While owner Reddy and his son deny the new charges made against them.

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.

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

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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Kargil 'villain' wants President
   to hear him out

 News
New Delhi not worried
   about US snub
HC suspends Jaya's
   grants sentence bail
'Water' will not flow
   back to Varanasi
Turned away by Ganga,
   Mehta goes to Narmada
3 killed, 2 hurt in
   Tral mine blast
India, US agree to work
   on prosecuting hijackers
UP ministers quit to
   protest portfolio allocation
Court reserves order on
   Dara's police custody
Bihar keeps eye on criminals
Congress promises to
   create Vananchal
BJP resents ally TDP's
   big brother attitude
Karunanidhi's certificate to
   RSS confuses cadres
Anjana will affect
   Patnaik's poll chances
3 killed, 49 hurt in
   Lanka bomb blast
Green belt to protect
   Sun Temple
AP to auction prime jail land
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 Business
NRIs float biz-n-law
   college in Dubai
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 Money
Trading strategy for the
   week ending Feb 13, 2000
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 Sports
Paes goes down fighting
   to Vicente in Dubai tourney
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 The Columnists
Amberish K Diwanji on the
   ban on water
Pritish Nandy on giving
   undue importance to the ISI
Armchair Expert on Anil
   Kumble and Warne
Cedric D'Souza on the new
   Indian hockey team
Baichung Bhutia on two
   English stars
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