Economic Survey sees turnaround, pegs growth at 6.1-6.7% next fiscal
Wants slash in subsidies, hike in diesel & LPG prices
Cautions against raising taxes
New Delhi, February 27
Citing the need for more reforms, the government has projected a growth rate of 6.1-6.7 per cent for the next fiscal year. It has advocated several measures such as cutting subsidies on diesel and LPG, curbing gold imports, introduction of GST, reviving investments, enhancing job creation and widening of the tax net to restore the growth trajectory in the economy.

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JPC to probe copter deal; NDA walks out
Panel to have 10 RS, 20 LS members
New Delhi, February 27
Amid a walkout by the BJP-led NDA and some other Opposition parties, the Rajya Sabha today adopted by a voice vote a motion to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to go into the allegations of illegal pay-offs in the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal. Moving the motion, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said the JPC would have 10 members from the Rajya Sabha and 20 from the Lok Sabha.

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Militant ideologue Narain Chaura held
Amritsar, February 27
Dreaded terrorist and Akal Federation founder Narain Singh Chaura was arrested from Jalalabad village in Tarn Taran late Tuesday evening. Chaura, wanted in connection with the seizure of explosives from a Maruti car near the Amritsar railway station in May 2010, was arrested in a joint operation by the Amritsar and Tarn Taran police.

HC orders status quo on Ramdev’s Himachal land
Shimla, February 27
The Himachal Pradesh High Court today declined to give immediate relief to yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Yogpeeth, but it ordered the state government to maintain status quo in respect of the land that was leased out to the trust in 2010. The court restrained the state government from demolishing the structure raised on the land and also directed it not to change the nature or possession of land.
State govt took decision under pressure: Ramdev
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20 die in Kolkata blaze
Kolkata, February 27
A devastating blaze engulfed a five-storey market complex housing shops storing mainly plastics and paper in the Sealdah area of the city today, leaving 20 persons dead and 10 others injured.




Firemen place a ladder to rescue trapped people after a fire broke out in a Kolkata market on Wednesday. — PTI