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Wednesday,
March 23,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Punjab proposes cess on diesel, petrol
Chandigarh, March 22
With a full thrust on the investment of private capital and engaging of the private sector in the delivery of public services in all social sectors, the Punjab Finance Minister, Mr Surinder Singla, today presented his first Budget imposing the only new tax in the form of a levy chargeable at Re 1 per litre on diesel and 50 paise per litre on petrol to mop up Rs 100 crore.
Mr Surinder Singla, Finance Minister of Punjab, on his way to present the Budget at Punjab Vidhan Sabha in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari |
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 How it will hit common man
Editorial:
Thrust on
diversification
Punjab
page: Singla
spares luxuries, moots cess on diesel
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Can the district authorities prevent child marriages?
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Services hit as 1 million
bankmen strike work
New Delhi, March 22
Banking services across the country were severely crippled today as over one million workers struck work protesting against mergers and acquisitions and allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) up to 74 per cent.
In video (28k,
56k)
Ludhiana
page: Strike
paralyses banking services
Chandigarh
page: Complete
strike observed in public sector banks
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Special
Editorial
“Some bare truths”
THE President of the Republic is known for being respectful and polite to Members of Parliament and as such he has often to keep his thoughts to himself. But on Monday he decided to break out of the constraints of his office and chose to come out with what he himself described as “some bare truths”. |
528 fishermen, 36 youths freed
Wagah, March 22
Emotions ran high when 528 Indian fishermen and 36 youths, mostly Punjabis, crossed over to India here today. While the relatives of the youths were present, no relative of fishermen could arrive here to receive them.
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Full
coverage: India
vs Pak
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2005
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QUOTE OF THE
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I never said India lacked killer instinct. What I said was that they need to learn more about killer instinct.
— John Wright
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In video: Pakistan
arrests Indian fishermen.
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The fishermen released from Pakistan jail cross over to India on Tuesday.
— Photo by Rajiv Sharma
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Four buried alive near Manali,
one in Jammu
Manali, March 22
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Four persons were killed when a boulder came crashing down a hillside across the Beas bridge near Manali early this morning.
A view of the site where a boulder came crashing down on a kiosk, killing four persons, near Manali in the wee hours of Tuesday.—
Photo by M.C. Thakur
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Hooda rejects Punjab’s offer for talks on SYL
Chandigarh, March 22
The water distribution pattern in Haryana is set to change.
While replying to the debate on the Governor’s Address delivered in the Assembly earlier in the day, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda reiterated that his government would ensure the equitable distribution of
water among various regions of the state.
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India TV denies news report on CDs
New Delhi, March 22
India TV Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma today categorically denied that the network had anything to do with the supposed CDs featuring top ministers and that it may play them at an appropriate time. He dismissed it as a canard not supported by any evidence.
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Kalam
calls for politics of development
March 22, 2005
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Speakers
voice concern
March 21, 2005
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PM
criticises USA for visa denial
March 20, 2005
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USA denies visa to Modi
March 19, 2005
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FM hints at rollback of tax on cash withdrawal
March 18, 2005
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US refuses to stop F-16 sale to Pak
March 17, 2005
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Munda wins trust vote
March 16, 2005
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Speaker
adamant, but in a fix
March 15, 2005
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UPA to contest Jharkhand Speaker’s post
March 14, 2005
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Munda, 5 others
sworn in
March 13, 2005
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Soren quits,
Munda made CM
March 12, 2005
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Speaker to seek Kalam’s view
on SC order
March 11, 2005
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