Saturday, February 26, 2000, Chandigarh, India

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Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee enters Parliament House to present the Railway Budget on Friday.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee enters Parliament House to present the Railway Budget on Friday.

Freight up by 5 pc, essential items spared
NEW DELHI, Feb 25 — Proposing a 5 per cent hike in freight charges of all commodities, barring essential commodities, and sparing passenger fares, the Railway Minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, today unveiled an innovative railway budget that leans heavily on generating internal resources and non traditional sources of revenue to tide over a difficult financial situation.

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19 new trains,
11 extended

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Thrust on new lines in frontier areas
Coal movement earns half of revenue
Austerity drive saves 850 cr
New trains for West Bengal
Gesture to girl students
Market borrowings pegged at 3,668 cr
Rail links with Nepal, B’ desh soon
Bookings on Net through Smart card
Jobs for kin of Kargil martyrs
Emphasis on safety steps
Kerala, UP MPs stage walkout
Fund for unmanned crossings
‘Palace on Wheels’ on Ajanta, Ellora route
Metro projects announced
49 pc of revenue spent on salaries
Freight-loading target 450 million tonnes
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Om Prakash ChautalaINLD gets absolute majoirty in Haryana
CHANDIGARH, Feb 25 — Mr Om Prakash Chautala of the INLD will again take up the reins of Haryana with his party securing an absolute majority on its own in the House of 90.

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Rajiv Bindal wins Solan seat
SOLAN, Feb 25 — The BJP candidate, Mr Rajiv Bindal, defeated his nearest Congress rival, Ms Krishna Mohini, by a margin of 3,537 votes in the Solan Vidhan Sabha constituency by-elections, the results of which were announced here today.

Bihar heads for hung Assembly
NEW DELHI, Feb 25 — Bihar appeared headed for hung Assembly tonight with the BJP-led alliance’s bid for power blunted by a spirited fightback from the ruling RJD as the BJD-BJP alliance was set to sweep the Congress out of power in Orissa

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Kariha wrecks Cong bastion
NAWANSHAHR, Feb 25—The ruling SAD-BJP combine candidate, Mr Jatinder Singh Kariha, had a landslide victory in the prestigious Nawanshahr byelection. He defeated his nearest rival Congress candidate, Mr Parkash Singh Nawanshahr, with a huge margin of 26511 votes.

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