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Wednesday,
July
8,
2009, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
No new taxes in Punjab Budget
Massive deficit left uncovered
Chandigarh, July 7
Cautioning the state legislature against getting deflected from the clear path of prudence by empty and false promptings howsoever alluring, Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal wants the state to stay focused on improving its power supply and road transport infrastructure, besides strengthening social services, including health care and education.
Oppn,
industry disappointed
Chandigarh, July 7
The opposition termed
Punjab budget “sheikh chilli ke sapne” and Finance Minister
Manpreet Singh Badal today virtually disclaimed responsibility
for the state’s industrial sector leaving the corporate world
fuming.
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Manpreet’s
plea shot down
Chandigarh, July 7
Forced to withdraw his
proposals of generating additional income for cash-strapped
state of Punjab by imposing new taxes, Punjab Finance Minister
Manpreet Badal seems to be hoping for a miracle to see the state
get through its whopping budget of Rs 40,262 crore.
Govt rejects Varun’s plea for more security
New Delhi, June 16
The government today rejected BJP Hindutva poster boy Varun Gandhi's plea for more security and also dismissed his mother, Maneka Gandhi's allegation in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the Home Ministry had adopted a "lackadaisical" approach to threats to his life.
Govt
admits to big cat trouble
Sixteen reserves are in
the danger zone from where tigers have vanished or are on the
brink of vanishing
New Delhi, July 7
The government today
admitted that the situation in 16 of the country’s 37 tiger
reserves was “truly alarming”. Rampant poaching of tigers
has led to big cats becoming locally extinct in Sariska and
Panna Reserves, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh acknowledged
in the Rajya Sabha today while assuring that “appropriate
interventions” were underway to ensure that the country does
not lose all its big cats to blatant wildlife plunder.
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Education policy
— A Tribune Debate
The Yashpal Committee on education reforms and the plans announced by the new HRD Minister, Kapil
Sibal, have aroused nation-wide interest among parents, educationists, political parties and policy-makers.
H K Dua
Editor-in-Chief
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Ranbir’s Death
14 cops booked
for murder
Dehradun, July 7
The Uttarakhand crime branch of the
criminal investigation department (CB-CID) today began probe into the
death of 24-year-old MBA from Ghaziabad, Ranbir Singh, in an encounter.
Editorial:
Murder
of an unknown Indian
Fiscal deficit to be cut to 4%: Pranab
New Delhi, July 7
Widening fiscal deficit is a worry that can pull back the economy from the high growth trajectory that the government is aiming at. The government, in its Budget, has stated that the deficit is projected to widen to an 18-year high of 6.8 per cent of GDP.
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Budget
sops have little meaning
Chandigarh, July 7
The Union Finance Minister seems to
have taken away with the other hand whatever sops he announced for the
common man yesterday. If the import duty has been cut on LCD
televisions, he has re-imposed duty on set top boxes, making Direct To
Home (DTH) more expensive.
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Pranab focus on rural poor
July 7, 2009
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Panic strikes border villages
July 6, 2009
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HC:
Exhume bodies of Shopian rape victims
July 5, 2009
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No hike in fare, freight
July 4, 2009
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Survey
sees 7% growth, urges radical reforms
July
3, 2009
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Punjab
to hike taxes to bolster economy
July 2, 2009
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Advani,
Joshi, Kalyan, Uma indicted
July 1, 2009
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Maya under SC radar; reply on statues sought
June 30, 2009
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No
drought-like situation
June 29, 2009
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Region
sizzles as power plays truant
June 28, 2009
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