Monday, February 26, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

New Delhi, February 25 Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s fourth consecutive rail budget (2007-08), to be presented in Parliament tomorrow, will be ‘aam aadmi’ centric while he unveils new plans of the revenue-surplus Indian railways for taking on challenges from no-frills airlines and the road transport sector. In video (56k)

Railway minister Lalu Prasad poses for photographers on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal Nation page: Q-shadow looms over rail budget

Tribune Exclusive
Top government lawyers against settlement policy
Chandigarh, February 25
While the alleged largesse extended by the Capt Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Government to two profit-making companies in the shape of one-time settlement of dues that they owed to government-backed corporations stands challenged in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the government action has drawn criticism from its own top lawyers, including the advocate-general.

Relief for Indian doctors in UK
London, February 25
Apparently bowing to pressure from groups campaigning for aggrieved Indian doctors, the UK has given the medicos some relief.

India: The Tasks Ahead
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION

	PUNJAB: Parties edgy on eve of counting
	HARYANA: Reward amount increased to Rs 5 lakh
	HIMACHAL: World Bank nod to double-lane road
	J&K:  Highway blockade spells misery for stranded passengers
	CHANDIGARH:  “Curb price rise, give tax sops”
	LUDHIANA:  Sewage treatment plant for city
	DELHI:  CAIT sends agenda to PM
	OPINIONS: Quattrocchi’s arrest
	BUSINESS: FM may hike savings limit
	NATION: US envoy meets Jamait leader, sparks protests
	WORLD: US doing intensive planning to strike Iran: report
	SPORTS: Pathan gets WC okay

HOROSCOPE

WEEKLY

Sonia pats Hooda’s back
Advises him to ignore opponents
Sirsa, February 25
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda could not have asked for more. He was declared successful “with distinction” by none other than Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who addressed a mammoth rally here today to mark the second anniversary of the Congress government in the state. In video (56k)
Haryana page: Sops galore by Hooda

Saif discharged from hospital
Mumbai, February 25
Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, admitted to a hospital here last week after he complained of chest pain, was discharged today.

Monday Special Man walks, courtesy stem cell therapy Chennai, February 25 A 23-year-old man, who was paralysed from below the waist, is now able to walk after the first successful stem cell therapy in India for spinal cord injuries was conducted at a hospital here.