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Ayodhya borders sealed
Curbs on activities of ‘kar sevaks’
Faizabad, February 28
Nearly 7,000 security persons were deployed in and around the temple town of Ayodhya and its borders sealed as the authorities today vowed to prevent ‘kar sevaks’ from carrying carved pillars to the disputed site for the construction of the proposed Ram temple.
14 pc hike for Defence
New Delhi, February 28
The government today chose to concentrate
on the country’s security concerns by bringing about a substantial hike of
14.03 per cent in its allocation for Defence over last year’s revised
estimates in the annual Budget presented by the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant
Sinha, here today.
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Govt
control over oil prices goes
New Delhi, February 28
The government today announced
dismantling of the Administered Price Mechanism (APM) in the petroleum sector
from April 1, 2002.
PM terms
it bold, allies decry LPG price hike
Opposition dubs it anti-poor,
anti-farmer, Sinha defends
New Delhi, February 28
Terming the 2002-03 Budget as “bold”
despite the global recession, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today
asserted economic reforms would not affect developmental activities and that
employment opportunities would be improved.
In video (28k, 56k)
Objectives
lack clarity
IT is a Budget with a lot of
good intentions but the programmes are so dispersed that it is very
difficult to evaluate because the objectives are not clearly stated. The
overall macro-framework in which Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha is working
is not spelt out.
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Sabarmati Express set ablaze, 57 dead
February 28, 2002
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Second class passengers to pay more
February 27, 2002
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President
for status quo on Ayodhya
February 26, 2002
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Congress wrests power in Punjab
February 25, 2002
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PGI
sounds plague alert
February 24, 2002
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Daniel Pearl killed brutally
February 23, 2002
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Voters defy Pak firing,
militants
February 22, 2002
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Maoists
gun down four, burn engine
February 21, 2002
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Thakur confirms it is plague
February 20, 2002
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9 hurt in
UP poll violence
February 19, 2002
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