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Earthquake hits India   Resources   Recent News February 3, 2001   • Lagaan unit makes a one-year commitment to quake victims • Who called, Atal or Pervez? • Satellite phone terminals installed • Vajpayee cancels trip to Malaysia and Japan • Mild quake scares Bhachau, Ahmedabad • Quake damages Mahatma's ancestral house • Scientist finds similarities in Ahmedabad, Mexico City quakes • Maharashtra is like our elder brother: Keshubhai • Gujarat pegs quake loss at Rs 208.75 billion • Gujarat's ceramic industry jolted by quake • India Inc chips in to help quake victims • Bombay car prices to rise as RTO slaps Gujarat surcharge • Insurance companies refuse compensation to quake-hit • Silicon Valley groups to raise $25 million for quake victims • 80 bank branches damaged in Kutch region • Kandla port resumes work after quake: Reuters • FICCI, CII support govt on 2% surcharge on I-T • India may raise tax on high-end appliances: Reuters • Gujarat state bonds in limbo, markets look for rating pointers • Manmohan Singh sidesteps questions on fresh taxes • All-party meet decides to set up two committees • Panun Kashmir to send doctors to Gujarat • North-east could become another Gujarat • Bhuj shops open for first time • Commerce shows the way to normalcy in Kutch • Ahmedabad travel agents' business flourishes: PTI • The aftermath: An insurance ready reckoner February 2, 2001   • Nine builders arrested in Ahmedabad • Baroda collector shifted to Kutch • Bombay civic body alerts people to quake talk • Met denies delay in quake information • Musharraf speaks to Vajpayee: PTI • Ahmedabad builders do the vanishing act • New helplines in Gujarat • Census operations will be affected in 4 Gujarat districts • Sinha tightlipped on fresh taxes after Gujarat quake • PM hints at more taxes • Business chambers to adopt quake-hit villages for relief • Thousands of workers, traders flee Kutch paralysing economy • Kandla port trial operations from Saturday • Kutch's mirror-work, embroidery industry wrecked • Insurance cos brace for quake claims: Reuters • CBSE exams will be held on schedule in Gujarat • Kandla port sitting on a volcano • Fresh tremor recorded in Bhuj • Free fuel for foreign relief aircraft: PTI • Panic spreads as stars foretell bigger quake on Feb 3 • Gujarat to invoke God for relief • US expands Aid to $ 9 Million • Hrithik's family donates Rs 2.1 million • Husain auctions painting for quake relief February 1, 2001   • Old Bhuj, Anjaar cordoned off; toll 14,240 • Criminal complaints against Ahmedabad builders • A CM's vow: I will transform Kutch • Goa offers to help quake-hit • To the quake's epicentre • From Seychelles, on a wing and a prayer • Maharashtra adopts Gujarat tehsil • Trapped victim offered Rs 100,000 reward: PTI • Bhachau schoolgirls cremated en masse • Govt to plunge into rehabilitation, says PM: PTI • 'My students died crying for help' • The highway to hell • Keshubhai Patel warns of epidemic • US Congressmen appeal to Bush to step up aid to India • Rail fares may be hiked to pay for quake: PM • People have to bear some burden: Sinha • Kandla port maybe closed for months: Reuters • Killer quake hits India's lucrative diamond trade: Reuters • CPI urges Centre to impose quake surcharge • Fare, freight hike will boost Railways' funds • Nations pitch in with relief • Bangladesh offers expertise in quake-proof housing • 29 buildings to be demolished in Ahmedabad on Thursday • No Shoot-at-sight orders in Gujarat • Consistency of tremors worrying say experts • Anjaar gives up hope of survivors • No clear evidence of epidemic: Red Cross January 31, 2001   • 'The apartment my unit was in is reduced to rubble' • 13,500 bodies recovered so far, says Haren Pandya: PTI • J&K lends a helping hand • Cabinet to discuss quake on Thursday • Where survivors get only half of rice quota • Advani, Nitish visit deserted Kandla • Focus shifts from rescue to relief: PTI • They survived on tomatoes and water for five days: PTI • Woman rescued on day six: PTI • Red Cross puts toll at 50,000 • EU to provide Rs 1.6 billion in relief • IMD says Rajkot blast was due to quake, cops disagree • Dubai Indians raise 11.2 million for quake relief: PTI • Centre plans Rs 600-million bonds to clear Gujarat's power dues • Quake cost may hit coffee retention plan: Reuters • Indian quake hits Malaysia shipments: Reuters • BSE network to help quake victims • Indian quake may force Japan to seek US soymeal: Reuters • Kandla port to resume operations in 3-4 days: Reuters • Manpower key to operations at Kandla: Reuters • Experts calls for fresh seismic zoning of the country • Another quake unlikely in Gujarat, says expert • Pressure beneath Himalayas may have caused tremors: US expert • Kutchi NGO estimates toll will exceed 1,25,000 • Army seals off Anjaar, all 35,000 residents feared dead: PTI • Officials grapple with preventing epidemic • USAID to send second batch of relief supplies on Wednesday • Kutch residents reject 'alien' donations • More aftershocks recorded in Bhuj January 30, 2001   • Tale of five ghost towns and more • Group of empowered ministers constituted • Relief trains coming closer to Bhuj: CMG • Experts could review Tehri dam, says PM: PTI • PM convenes all-party meet on February 3 • 'We had a lot of air' • Blankets arrive from Pakistan • 'Agar Dilli mein hota, tho shayad hum mar gaye hote' • Kutchis abroad come in search of loved ones • Poor take to scavenging for buried riches • US plane arrives with relief material • Two US citizens among victims: PTI • Japanese aircraft arrives with medical team: PTI • Centre formulates guidelines for foreign agencies • Japan sends relief aircraft, another expected Wednesday • Form National Relief Committee, says Rabi Ray • Pune rallies to help quake victims • Armed forces put aside personal tragedy to pitch in • India may be vulnerable to worse earthquakes • France, Italy rush aid to Gujarat • As corpses mount, Bhuj residents fear epidemic • N-plants felt the tremors but are safe, claims AERB • Defence minister estimates 100,000 Deaths • Aftershocks continue to rock Bhuj • Pune Command Hospital tends to quake victims • Kandla port seen closed for two weeks: Reuters • RBI tells banks not to delay Gujarat flows: Reuters • Rupee firms up to 46.43/$; quake worries recede: Reuters • Heavy production losses seen for Gujarat industry • India's oil imports little affected by quake: Reuters • Indians in Hong Kong launch relief campaign: Reuters • Indian quake delays soymeal arrivals: Reuters • Gujarat quake to cost nation up to Rs 250 billion • Quake casts cloud over freight market: Reuters • ADB gives $350-mn immediate aid for quake relief: Reuters • India faces uphill task with budget after quake: Reuters • Banks to ask RBI for softer loans to assist Gujarat January 29, 2001   • Toll may touch 30,000, Gujarat pleads for rescue equipment • PM numbed by Bhuj's swathe of destruction • Quake fallout: A harsher budget, and impact on stocks & economy • Sinha likely to pass the revival key to Jalan • Why the govt is reluctant to declare the Bhuj quake a national calamity • Sinha dismisses as speculation levy of surcharge • Reliance offers help for quake relief operations • Relief work is progressing satisfactorily: Baruah • Bombay's Kutchis to the rescue • Pakistan to airlift tents, blankets: PTI • Sabarmati bypoll cancelled • Aftershocks subsiding, no cause to panic: PTI • Quake casts grim shadow over Kumbh Mela • Quake toll expected to cross 20,000: PTI • Vajpayee to visit Bhuj on Monday • Rumour strikes terror in Bombay suburbs • Bangalore hit by mild tremors, 4.3 on Richter Scale • India seeks $ 1.5 bn from aid agencies: Reuters • Mild tremors in Bhuj yet again: PTI • Banks' panel to assess quake damage • 'World Bank can offer loan at short notice' • IOC, Reliance restart oil, petchem plants: Reuters • Kandla port damage hits soymeal exports: Reuters • Gujarat Ambuja says plants safe: Reuters • Quake to put massive burden on economy: Reuters • Hind Lever says quake damaged some units: Reuters • Birla AT&T trying to set up cellular link with Bhuj: Reuters • Petroleum cos to give Rs 400 million for relief: Naik • Quake will knock Indian gold demand: Reuters • Insurance firms flooded with claims after quake • Cement shares up, quake seen fuelling demand: Reuters • CII expresses sorrow; offer aid to quake-hit January 28, 2001   • Power supply restored in Bhuj: PTI • News, as it happens, on the quake • Patients from Bhuj admitted to hospitals in Bombay, Pune • 'I wish I had died so that I would not see this day' • More than 200 aftershocks in Gujarat • Quake survivors hit by depression • Army fans out into interiors, fears enormous casualties • International rescue teams descend on Ahmedabad: PTI • Three Navy ships pressed into relief work • Bhuj's death-toll could cross 20,000, say doctors: UNI • Sonia Gandhi postpones AICC session: PTI • 10 students among 23 rescued in Ahmedabad • Sunday's tremor measured 6 on Richter Scale • Air-India will lift relief materials free: PTI • Power supply to Bhuj may be restored by Sunday evening: PTI • Beating Retreat cancelled, PM to tour Gujarat on Monday: UNI • 270 criminals escape from Bhuj jail • Bhuj air force base takes off on broken wings: PTI • Kutch, a 'quake-prone area' • Officials fear toll could cross 16,000: UNI • 'There were towns called Bhachao and Anjaar' • Funeral pyres burn non-stop in the countryside • Railways run free service to Ahmedabad: PTI • Ahmedabad, Surat, Jaisalmer report fresh tremors January 27, 2001   • World offers help to quake-hit: Reuters • Maharashtra, AP too offer help • Thousands flee Bhuj, sleep on highway • Toll could go beyond 15,000 • 'Bhuj has become a ghost town' • Fernandes, Tipnis rush to Gujarat • Fresh tremors in Ahmedabad: PTI • Surajbari bridge restored • Rajasthan escapes ravage • Surat experiences fresh tremor • 53 aftershocks in Gujarat • Injured Bhuj residents may be air lifted to safer areas • Sonia leaves for Gujarat: PTI • General arrives in Bhuj to supervise 'quake relief • Quake: Pakistan expresses grief, offers to help • 'We have barely any food left' • 188 prisoners escape during quake: PTI • Rail traffic in Bhavnagar, Rajkot divisions restored: PTI • Sonia Gandhi visits quake-hit areas: PTI • 10,000 missing in Bhuj • 50,000 flee Ahmedabad high-rises January 26, 2001   • Quake's epicentre is near Bhuj, Gujarat • Four killed as quake rocks Pakistan • Quake hits industrial facilities; Reliance says Jamnagar plant safe • Quake damages historic monuments in Rajasthan • 'If the building fell, I wanted all of us to die together...' • Jamnagar, Jodia, Bet, Surat swing from celebrations to mourning in    seconds • 'Republic Day quake is more severe than Latur's' • Despatches from Gujarat: 'We saw death' • Advani rushes to Ahmedabad: PTI • Friday's quake biggest in the last 50 years • Air force, army pressed into relief work • The world's largest earthquakes since 1900 • 'The quake's magnitude was so severe it threw our instruments out of    gear' • Quake toll may cross 1000, says Advani: PTI • Bhuj air force station damaged in quake: UNI • Bombay unprepared for earthquakes: Studies • Cabinet secretary told to work out relief measures • IA sets up special cell at Santa Cruz • Army calls off exercise in Rajasthan, redirects troops for relief work • Special LS session cancelled • 10 IAF personnel feared killed in Bhuj air base • Ghost town image looms over Ahmedabad  • Phone numbers  • Do you want to help?  • Want to help from the US?  • Info from the Web  • Area-wise toll break-up  • Map   Condolence Board  • 'My daughter and her family     are in Gandhidham'   Slide Shows  • Images from Bhuj  • The beginning of hope in Pune  • Images from Bhuj  • Glimpses of the tragedy  • Images from Surat  • Images from Ahmedabad  • First images of the quake   Specials  • The man who predicts     earthquakes  • Individual efforts     make a difference  • 'Where is our future?'  • Gujarat govt's tardy     relief measures  • 'Ninety Per Cent of Kutch is     Homeless'  • How Prakash was brought     to Life  • The Aftermath:     An insurance ready reckoner  • 'If my daughter is dead,     he said let me look for my wife'  • Earthquakes: A ready-reckoner   Interviews  • 'Devastated areas won't     return to normal'     Alan Bradbury     Delegate     Intl Fedn of Red Cross  • 'We wanted to save as     many lives as possible'     Group Capt S S Dhanda     Station Commander     Bhuj IAF base  • 'Alas, we failed to learn     much from the disaster'     David J Wald     USGS seismologist  • 'External aid has to come     through a proper channel'     Bhaskar Baruah     Union Agriculture Secretary  • 'Let us first rescue the people':     Dr S K Srivastav,     additional director general,     Indian Meteorological     Department  • 'Foolhardy to exclude a major     'quake':     Vinod Kumar Gaur,     Seismologist   Columns  • Saisuresh Sivaswamy on     a task for the PM  • Prem Panicker on     cricket for Gujarat  • Sucheta Dalal on     disaster management  • Anil Aggarwal on the govt     being the murderer  • Rajeev Srinivasan on     what the thunder said  • V Gangadhar on the     Ahmedabad he knew  • Dilip D'Souza on the     Gujarat tragedy  • Krishna Prasad on the     same, old story   Real Audio  • Kishor D Thakkar, 35  • Belji Lalji Rabadia, 68  • Urmilaben Joshi, Bhuj, 33  • Neha S Visaria, 13  • S P Gandhi, 55  • Ajit Kothari on his     8-month nephew   Chat  • 'A few earthquakes on     the Himalayan belt     are possible