Sunday, January 28, 2001, Chandigarh, India
  Updated at 3 am (IST)

16,000 feared dead in Gujarat quake
Kutch worst hit, thousands trapped
AHMEDABAD, Jan 27 — Nearly 16,000 persons may have died in yesterday’s devastating earthquake in Gujarat where massive rescue and relief operations were under way today to cope with the disaster that has wiped out villages and rendered lakhs homeless.

Tremors felt in several states
MUMBAI, Jan 27 — The earthquake that hit the country yesterday leaving a trail of destruction in Gujarat, had a moderate impact on Maharashtra, with reports of three incidents of collapse of walls in Nasik city and a few buildings in Mumbai developing cracks.

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From left: A man prays in front of the rubble of his house in Bhuj; Rescuers remove debris near a collapsed building in Ahmedabad; and a man climbs up a collapsed building in Ahmedabad, after a powerful earthquake killed thousands in Gujarat on Friday.
From left: A man prays in front of the rubble of his house in Bhuj; Rescuers remove debris near a collapsed building in Ahmedabad; and a man climbs up a collapsed building in Ahmedabad, after a powerful earthquake killed thousands in Gujarat on Friday. — Reuters photos

Rly rushes 600-member team
NEW DELHI, Jan 27 — Fingers crossed in hope and with a prayer on their lips, about 400 persons left here today by a special train for Ahmedabad to know the condition of their near and dear ones in the quake-hit Gujarat.

Biggest relief operation
NEW DELHI, Jan 27 — The armed forces and the para-military forces have launched the biggest relief operation in the history of independent India.

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Punjab, Haryana send food, blankets
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NEW DELHI, Jan 27 — The Centre’s Crisis Management Group swung into action to contain the damage in the quake affected areas of Gujarat, rushing more medical teams, food, engineering and communication equipment for launching massive rescue and restoration operations.

Quake dampens R-Day fervour
NEW DELHI, Jan 27 — A devastating quake that killed more than 16,000 people in Gujarat dampened the 52nd Republic Day celebrations today.

Celina crowned Miss India
MUMBAI, Jan 27 — Twenty-one year old Celina Jaitley from Kolkata was crowned Femina Miss India-Universe at a glittering ceremony here tonight. Twenty-year-old Sara Corner from Bangalore and Maheshwari Thyagrajan from Chennai were crowned Femina Miss India-World and Femina Miss India-Asia Pacific, respectively.


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BATHINDA, Jan 27 — Bathinda ho gaya sulfi, chilma chaar rakhda (Bathinda has become an addict and has four pipes of smoke). This slogan was coined by an eminent educationist of Punjab after four chimneys of Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant came up in the city.

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