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Thursday, March 15, 2012, Chandigarh, India
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 TMC stages dharna outside Parliament
 Akhilesh Yadav to take oath today
 RBI keeps policy rates unchanged

Trivedi’s rail fare hike triggers political storm
Govt in a fix as ally Trinamool joins Oppn to slam Rail Budget
New Delhi, March 14
Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi today announced an increase of 2 paise per km to 30 paise/km in passenger rail fares across various categories, choosing to tread a path his predecessors, including his own party chief Mamata Banerjee, had avoided for a decade.

Trivedi set to go after Mamata writes to PM
 Editorial: Revenue-raising budget
 Nation page: Oppn terms budget anti-people
 It’s a conscious decision: Trivedi
 Railways set to reap bonanza from Mumbai land holdings
 Firm to be floated for maintaining stations

Badal, 84, sworn in Punjab CM for record fifth time
Chandigarh, March 14
Parkash Singh Badal was today sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab for a record fifth time. His son and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister. Sixteen other legislators took the oath of office and secrecy and allegiance to the Constitution as Cabinet ministers to run the Punjab Government for the next five years.


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THE TRIBUNE DEBATE: NCTC
  Why states alone cannot deal with terror
  STATES ill-equipped to handle terror
  WHAT THE STATES CAN AND must do (N N Vohra)
   AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME (Sankar Sen)
  Inadequate consultation is the bane (B. Raman)
  Grey areas need to be addressed (Prakash Singh)
  States fear the ‘Centre’ more than ‘terrorism’ (Prof. Madabhushi Sridhar)
  Raising policing standards is the key (R.K.Raghavan)
   Coalition politics in the way of countering terror (Shyamal Datta)
  Counter-terrorism requires close cooperation (Ved Marwah)
  Centre & States both failed to deal with terror (K P S Gill)


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Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil (R) administers the oath of office to Parkash Singh Badal at Chappar Chiri village in Mohali district on Wednesday.

Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil (R) administers the oath of office to Parkash Singh Badal at Chappar Chiri village in Mohali district on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Congress confident of placating Rawat
Congress leader Harish Rawat in New Delhi on Wednesday. New Delhi/Dehradun, March 14
The ‘revolted’ Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Food Processing, Harish Rawat, was again conspicuous by his absence in Parliament today, although the ‘revolt’ by him and his supporters appeared to have simmered down.


Congress leader Harish Rawat in New Delhi on Wednesday. — PTI

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Won’t bail out Kingfisher, says govt
Hyderabad, March 14
The government today ruled out the possibility of bailing out the beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines, saying it was for the private promoter to marshal funds to bring the carrier out of the financial crisis.

More flights cut; Mallya to meet pilots today

Lokpal BILL
Govt promises early discussion
New Delhi, March 14
The Opposition today extracted an assurance from the government that the Lokpal Bill aimed at tackling corruption will be taken up for debate in the Rajya Sabha in the first half of the ongoing Budget session of Parliament.

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Trinamool’s NCTC amendment rejected in Lok Sabha
New Delhi, March 14
The Trinamool Congress may not be in a position to embarrass the government in the Lok Sabha with reports today saying its amendment to the Presidential address had been rejected on technical grounds.

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