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Sunday,
February 27,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
BREAKING NEWS
Cong sweeps
Haryana; Bihar set for hung Assembly
New Delhi, Feb
27
The
Congress returned to power in Haryana today with a more than
two-third majority, while the BJP-JD (U) alliance was involved in
a neck-and-neck race with Congress-JMM formation in Jharkhand but
Bihar was wide open, with Ramvilas Paswan's LJP emerging as
kingmaker in a fractious verdict.
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Laloo tables populist Rly Budget
* No hike in passenger, freight fares
* 46 trains announced
New Delhi, February 26
| Union Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav presented a populist Budget for 2005-06 envisaging no hike in passenger fares or freight and parcel rates coupled with introduction of 46 new trains. |
Railway Minister Laloo Prasad in the Lok Sabha on Saturday. |
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Will the economy be able to achieve the targeted
6.9 per cent GDP?
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Nation: Anti-collision
device to be ready next month: Laloo
Passengers
want more facilities
Business: Industry
welcomes Railway Budget proposals
Freight
gives 62 pc to Railways
Delhi: ‘World-class
facilities at New Delhi Rly Station’
Privilege motion likely against PM
New Delhi, February 26
The BJP is likely to table a privilege motion against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the alleged leak of the Union Budget through his reply to UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on better amenities to the weaker sections in the coming Budget.
NDA protest fails to derail ‘Laloo Express’
New Delhi, February 26
Protests by NDA members and the election campaign did not derail the ‘Laloo Express’ from chugging relentlessly for about two hours as he presented the Railway Budget in the Lok Sabha today.
Kerala Express to touch Chandigarh
Chandigarh, February 26
For the north-western region comprising the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal and Jammu & Kashmir the budget has been a mixed one.
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QUOTE OF THE
DAY
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"The riots in Gujarat were a black spot for us in the sense that during the six-year rule of the Vajpayee government, the communal situation had been good".
— L.K. Advani former Deputy Prime Minister said at the India Today Conclave.
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Budget insipid, says Oppn
New Delhi, February 26
The Opposition parties today described as “disappointing” and “status quoist” the Railway Budget for 2005-06 presented today, while Left parties expressed happiness over no hike in passenger fare.
Dacoits attack superfast train, kill 1
Khanna, February 26
One person was killed and three others were injured in a train dacoity near here this morning. Six or seven armed robbers entered the last coach of the Jalandhar-New Delhi superfast train (4682) between Doraha and
Jaspalon.
Haryana:
Train
guard questioned on dacoity
Badal, 34 MLAs held, freed
Protest over Ajnala ‘rigging’
Chandigarh, February 26
Water cannon failed to dampen the spirits as Punjab’s former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, 34 MLAs and party supporters raised slogans against the “murder of democracy” during the Ajnala byelection before being taken into custody by the Chandigarh police.
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SAD President Parkash Singh Badal trying to regain his composure after being hit by a water cannon in Chandigarh on Saturday.
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Undertrials clash in jail, eight injured
Gurgaon, February 26
Inmates, including a convict, of the District Jail at Nayagaon in
Bhondsi, near here, clashed today in which eight of them were injured. The development is a sad reflection of the administration of the jail. This
is not the first time that a clash between the inmates has taken place.
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Pak
must end terror for better ties: Kalam
February 26, 2005
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Militants storm DC’s office complex, 8 dead
February 25, 2005
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Violence
mars Ajnala bypoll
February 24, 2005
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175
bodies found in Banihal
February 23, 2005
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Avalanches
kill 82 more
February 22, 2005
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40 die
as avalanches bury houses in J&K
February 21, 2005
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Kashmir
cut off and in darkness
February 20, 2005
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Snow,
avalanches in Kashmir
February 19, 2005
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HC stays own order on appointments
February 18, 2005
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Bus
to Muzaffarabad from April 7
February 17, 2005
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