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MOVIES
Shyamalan, Nayar get Oscar nominations, Nepal's Caravan tramples Mehta's Earth
Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense has got the nod in best picture, director, screenplay, supporting actor and editing categories.

NEWS
Narinder Virk: Cold blooded murder plotter or 'ultimate victim' of justice system'?
Many Sikhs are coming forward offering to put up their property as collateral to have Virk released.

MOVIES
Nayar shines bright at Berlin Festival
For Nayar, the relative non-success of several of his recent feature films in America is not a big worry.

NEWS
Toronto crematorium is also a symbol of amity between Hindus and Sikhs
The idea for the crematorium was suggested 10 years ago but the construction got delayed because the money for the project.

RECENT FEATURES

Oscar nominations: Will the dark horse make Sense?
Many critics and Oscar-watchers say they would not be surprised if The Sixth Sense gets a handful of Oscar nods, including for best picture on Tuesday.

Junglee guy goes after Purple Yogi
PurpleYogi.com, which is getting ready for an early launch, aims for extreme personalisation of the Internet.

The BRAIN Act
Zoe Lofgren, Congresswoman from the Silicon Valley, has a formula that she thinks can help the hi-tech industry.

Alleged gurdwara killer pleads not guilty
Judge sets bail at $ 2.5 m bail for Joga Singh Sandher.

Infosys, Satyam Infoway register
26 5 per cent gains

Inspite of a weak Nasdaq closing, both companies registered phenomenal gains for the second day in a row.

Senators urge huge increase in H1-B visas
The senators, including Phil Gramm of Texas, want to bring in at least 300,000 high skilled computer scientists, programmers, doctors, academics and other professionals in the next three years.

In Mother's name
Jim Briggs claims he is not a commercial man and that his CD on Mother Teresa is meant to help the poor. But the nun's lawyer isn't convinced.

Reddy faces fresh charges
Now the Berkeley housing authorities are hauling up the real estate tycoon up for ignoring safety standards in his buildings.

Indian to decide Rocker's fate
Shyam Das, the new arbitrator, said he would announce in about a week his decision on Rocker's appeal.

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.

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.

Check out earlier reports!

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Independent security force
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Congress refuses to ease up
   on criticism of CRC
Campaigning ends in Bellary
Basu warns Sangh Parivar
   against disrupting 'Water'
Political guns in Bihar
   fall silent
Campaigning for first
   phase in Orissa ends
TDP banking on sympathy to
   win Gudivada by-poll
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 AFP News
France offers nuke help
   if India signs CTBT

 Business
ULFA's reign of extortions
   plucks joy out of tea biz
Swadeshi budget will be
   counterproductive,
   says industry body
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 Money
Trading strategy for Feb 16
Trading strategy for the
   week ending Feb 20, 2000
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 The Columnists
Arvind Lavakare on
   Sonia's march into history
Ashok Mehta on
   old foes, new friends
Ashwin Mahesh on
   the gentleman's game
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