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New Delhi, June 25
A day after the UPA government hiked the LPG and diesel prices, leading to nationwide agitations, the Congress today swung into damage-control mode, asking the party-ruled states to reduce cess and local taxes on petroleum products to offset the impact of the hike. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee dispatched a letter to Chief Ministers to reduce cess on LPG.

A woman protests against the fuel price hike in Bhubaneswar Mamata shows the way, slashes LPG cess by Rs 16
Freight rates to go up by 8-9%

A woman protests against the fuel price hike in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. — PTI

Politicians come together for ‘juicy’ mining business
Chandigarh, June 25
The recent auction of mining rights in Haryana witnessed a unique phenomenon. According to sources in the trade, politicians, cutting across party lines and individual differences, joined hands to successfully bid for the mining rights.
 


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Time to forgive, help build a new India,  Chidambaram to Sikhs
New Delhi, June 25
Seeking to put behind memories of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said the country has moved on since the “tragic incident” and that it was time to “forgive” and build a new India.
“It is time that we forgive and move on to build a new India where every citizen irrespective of faith has equal place,” Chidambaram said while addressing a function here to felicitate him for his role in removing names of 142 Sikhs from the Home Ministry’s ‘blacklist’.

Now, maps, survey sheets in Adarsh case go missing
Mumbai, June 25
Maps and some survey sheets from 1872-1960 related to Adarsh land and surrounding Colaba areas have gone missing from the land records office of the city, the fourth such instance of files related to the controversial society going missing. 

Shorter Qadian-Beas rail route approved
Chandigarh, June 25
Qadian, the headquarters of the Ahmadiya sect in Gurdaspur district, will finally be accessible by rail with the Expanded Board of Railways (EBR) approving a rail line to the town from Beas in Amritsar district.

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Indo-Bangla border dispute resolution very soon: Envoy
Chandigarh, June 25
The High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India, Tariq A Karim, today stated that India and Bangladesh would be arriving at a comprehensive agreement on the management of the international border that would put security concerns at rest.

Maran likely to be dropped in next Cabinet reshuffle
New Delhi, June 25
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is planning to restructure the Cabinet soon, is likely to drop Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran, as fresh revelations about his alleged role in the Spectrum scam during his earlier tenure as communications minister surfaced, adding to Opposition pressure for the minister's resignation.

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New Delhi, June 25
The southwest monsoon today advanced into parts of Punjab and Haryana a few days ahead of schedule, bringing heavy rains, and is likely to cover Delhi in the next couple of days.

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