Cash-strapped Maharashtra Govt likely to impose fresh taxes
Maharashtra may not have yet seen the last of taxes. Finance Minister Mahadevrao Shivankar had tabled at least a dozen new proposals to mobilise Rs 800 crore, apart from the ones on sales tax on diesel and petrol at the recent Cabinet meeting.

EC clamps down on Govt ad campaign
The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday came down heavily on the government for getting all major petroleum companies to come out with a series of large advertisments in major national dailies for the last one week, extolling the achievements of the Vajpayee government in the sector.

Buck rolls on; summons for Salman, Ash
The Gujarat Forest Department has asked matinee idols Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai to appear before an Assistant Conservator of Forest (East Division, Kutch Circle) who is investigating into the killing of two chinkaras (Indian gazelle) during the first week of September.

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  Psychopath tricks cops, flees under cover of darkness
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  Monitoring building activities
  Brajesh Mishra is NSC adviser
  DAP threatens to go the onion way
  Reliance offices raided in Mumbai and Delhi
  Cell phone rings trouble
  Plea against Shariat Act in Madras HC
  Fatwa to withdraw wards from schools
  Blue bulls wreak havoc on Haryana fields
  LTTE applies for office space in South Africa
  Now, Spanish priest driven into hiding by Hindutva forces
  Israel cabinet okays troop withdrawal
  Centre releases 40 lakh tonnes of wheat to states for open sale
  Out with Saddam's secrets
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  Judicial function cannot be bullied
  Starr appears, defends Clinton probe
  Indo-EU talks in WTO next month
  Now cops want a say in censoring films
  Stone hurled at commuter, culprit held in 24 hours
  Sr inspector caught accepting bribe
  Ashwin Naik man killed in encounter
  400 take ill in Gorai
  BEST buses for Uddhav's trust
  Extortionist held
  Jr college teachers threaten stir
  Mumbai Notes
  Chandigarh Headlines
  Cheat threatened, 13 arrested
  Vadodara Beat
  Threat to grountnut trade
  ABVP blackens Shastri's face
  It's still anybody's election in Bharuch
  Mazdoor Sangh to protest privatisation
  Bates sends out feelers
  100 MBBS seats at IGMC soon
  IAS official begins investigation of Vejalpur incident
  Vadodara commuters ride a storm
  Two suspended for dereliction of duty
  Children examined under health drive
  Godara calls for unity on Quami Ekta Diwas
  Crime Watch -- Vadodara
  LPAs against judge's order dismissed
  Councillor demands closure of shops
  Sales Tax racket unearthed
  Doubts expressed over NHRC functioning
  State union for lifting restrictions on cotton
  Surat Beat
  GSEB has tough task on its hands
  SGPC chief's plea to intellectuals
  DA instalment released
  Cyclewala stages dharna in front of Syedna's house
  Two letters spark a controversy
  Punjab cotton production likely to hit rock bottom
  Bootleggers match wits with police
  Crime Watch -- Surat
  Police go after eunuchs
  PPCC to invite Bhai Ranjit Singh tercentenary celebrations
  Gruesome double murder stuns city
  SC/ST posts lying vacant in SMC
  Privatisation of CITCO hotels
  MC removes encroachments
  Ex parte proceedings against Zee MD
  Mullanpur residents go without water
  CHB residents violate bylaws caring little for punitive action
  In Brief -- Chandigarh
  Govt studying LNG pipeline project
  Privatisation move protested
  Systemic fungal diseases discussed
  Floral tributes paid to Indira Gandhi on her birthday
  Crime Beat -- Chandigarh
  Bail plea of "KLF activist" rejected
  Meet on tropical diseases from November 22
  Cop's bail plea rejected
  Punjab, UT staff hold rally
  Jhuggi Samiti activists block traffic
  Raw deal for Ayurveda in Punjab
  Govt violating code, alleges Youth Cong
  Himachal clears decks for ban on polythene bags
  New dates for Pinjore MC polls
  SGPC wants its man on film censor board
  Roads leading to Anandpur beautified
  Regional Beat -- Chandigarh
  Punjab govt to phase out entrance tests
  Manjit's plea against politicising ceremony
  Car showroom, service station razed
  Farmers looking for alternative to paddy
  Plant material propagated by tissue culture for farmers
  Hijacker's plea to SGPC chief
  Constable denied bail
  Cong plea for more forces
  PU Zone A fest takes off
  Past meets present at 4 Gorkha Rifles meet
  Entrepreneurial skills must for govt, Pvt sector
  Biz File
  Mature frames bring "hidden India" out in focus
  AIDS awareness programme for truck drivers held
  First Person
  Police plans to overhaul intelligence system
  Cong, MVA stall flyovers move
  Women outfit aims at violence free zone
  NCW moots to sponsor mahila adalats
  Irfan Goga gang chased Ladkat for 34 days
  Bid to smuggle gold, 2 held
  Assessment for police
  Insane cop hangs himself to death