Saturday, February 26, 2011, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

Mamata rolls out please-all budget
Lion’s share for her home state West Bengal
New Delhi, February 25
For the third year in a row, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee made an attempt to come out with the “aam aadmi” budget sparing the passengers and industry from fare and freight hikes and announcing the highest ever investment of Rs 57,630 crore, with 68 new trains.

Editorial: Red signal ahead
Taking the bilingual route to counter her critics!
Ludhiana gets Shatabdi to Delhi

New Delhi, February 25 Even as the Opposition slammed Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee describing her Railway Budget today as a “fraudulent exercise”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee commended their Trinamool partner in the UPA for having presented a good budget despite a difficult situation.

People gather to watch the broadcast of Railway Budget speech in Kolkata. AFP

Bengal gets major share of pie
Voices

Human capital to power 9% growth: Economic Survey
New Delhi, February 25
The Economic Survey for 2010-11, presented in Parliament today by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, states that the economy will grow by 9 per cent next year and the next level of growth will come from skill development and human capital.

Pranab Mukherjee

Economic Survey:
Agriculture needs capital investment
Punjab employs maximum SCs

CBI questions Shourie in 2G scam
New Delhi, February 25
Former Telecom Minister Arun Shourie was today questioned for over three hours by the CBI in connection with the probe into the 2G scam.

781 Punjab girls go missing in 10 years
Patiala, February 24
Despite Punjab Government’s tall claims to save girl child, the plight of girls in the state remains pathetic. More than 700 girls have been reported missing in the state over the past 10 years. As no special efforts were made to trace them by successive governments, there is still no clue to them.

Special to The Tribune
Why the West is so silent on Libya
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s brutal assault on his people has once again exposed the hypocrisy of the international community in dealing with human rights issues. It took US President Barack Obama nine days to condemn the massacres in Libya as “unacceptable” and outrageous.”