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Saturday, July 4, 2009, Chandigarh, India
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No hike in fare, freight
New Delhi, July 3
As expected, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee presented the new UPA government’s first rail budget of for the ‘aam aadmi’ (common man) without tinkering with passenger fares or freight tariffs and instead focusing on passenger amenities.


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Chandigarh, Amritsar to get world-class facilities

Mamata takes a swipe at Lalu; spares Tatkal scheme
New Delhi, July 3
The simmering political rivalry was to the fore as Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee did not hesitate in taking a swipe at her predeces

Budget unrealistic: BJP

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Haryana cheers, Punjab sulks
Chandigarh, July 3
The Railway Budget has brought in a lot of good news for Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, but Punjab has been ignored completely. Other than the plans to turn the Amritsar and Chandigarh Railway Stations into world-class stations, setting up of a multi-functional complex at Anandpur Sahib, starting a first ever non-stop train service between Amritsar and Kolkata, and extending the Sealdah- New Delhi train to Amritsar, no other major incentives have been announced for Punjab.

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Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will meet his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt) on July 16, the Foreign Office announced here amid continuing pessimism about the prospects of resumption of the stalled composite dialogue even after the forthcoming meeting.

Dawood linked to Samjhauta blasts
New Delhi, July 3
In a startling revelation, the UN Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee has said Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Arif Qasmani utilised the money received from underworld don Dawood Ibrahim to facilitate terrorist attacks, including the July 2006 train bombings in Mumbai and the Samjhauta Express blasts in Panipat in February 2007.

Medical institute in doldrums
The project has been hanging fire for 15 years
Jalandhar, July 3
Will the high-profile Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), which was conceived here 15 years ago and to be built with an initial estimated cost of Rs 156 crore, become operational ever? This is the question that begs answer from the state government.

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