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Tuesday,
April 26,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Laloo charge-sheeted
69 others also charged in fodder scam
Ranchi, April 25
A special CBI court today framed charges against Railway Minister and RJD President Laloo Prasad
Yadav in a fodder scam case relating to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37 crore from Chaibasa treasury in 1996.
Union Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav arrives at Parliament House in Delhi on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal
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BJP
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Is it in India’s long-term
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Uproar in both Houses
New Delhi, April 25
Pandemonium prevailed in both Houses of Parliament today over the issues of attack on Union Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav and the framing of charges against him in a fodder scam case in Jharkhand.
Dhaka SAARC summit in May-end or early June
New Delhi, April 25
Pakistan, the current Chairman of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), is in the process of consultations with all member countries of the 7-member regional grouping for holding the next summit in Dhaka and indications are that it may be held May-end or early June.
In video: PM returns home
after attending Asian-African Summit. (28k,
56k)
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Diesel may cost 20 pc more
New Delhi, April 25
Farmers and diesel-run vehicle owners should be ready to pay more money out of their pockets, as the states have agreed to impose at least 20 per cent sales tax on diesel in states that have imposed VAT.
All states have promised to impose at least 20 per cent sales tax on
diesel, Empowered Committee on VAT Secretary Ramesh Chandra said here
today.
Nation page: FM
rejects cut in duty on petro products
Haryana not to hike tax on diesel, says Hooda
Chandigarh, April 25
The Haryana Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, here today, took major decisions regarding the implementation of value added
tax in the state. Briefing newsmen Mr Hooda said the state would not
increase tax on diesel from the existing 12 per cent to 20 per cent as
agreed by states at the Empowered Committee on VAT.
Land acquisition: floor rates fixed in Haryana
Chandigarh, April 25
The Haryana Cabinet today took, what the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, described as a “historic” decision to fix the floor rates of compensation to be paid to landowners in case their property is compulsorily acquired by any government department or agency in the public interest.
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Indian wins top UK award
London, April 25
An Indian scientist who has worked assiduously to save and preserve the nearly extinct snow leopard has won Britain's largest conservation prize, the 60,000-pound Whitley award.
Dr. Charudutt Mishra, 34, who has been working in a village at high
altitude in the Himalayas, just south of Ladakh, said he found that the
snow leopard was being threatened by the twin problems of declining wild
prey and human incursion.
Details on World
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It was the BJP which broke down the one-party (Congress) governance and shared six years in power with coalition partners, but we are accepting the defeat in the Lok Sabha as a challenge.
— L.K. Advani
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Manmohan
calls for restructuring of UN
April 25, 2005
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Military aid for Nepal
April 24, 2005
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PM
meets King today
April 23, 2005
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17 killed as trains collide in Gujarat
April 22, 2005
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Phukan
report to be tabled in House
April 21, 2005
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Parivar in
trouble
April 20, 2005
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India,
Pak give a push to peace process
April 19, 2005
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No
redrawing of borders, PM tells Pervez
April 18, 2005
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I’ve
come with open mind: Pervez
April 17, 2005
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India, Pak must fight terror jointly: PM
April 16, 2005
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US
vows stronger ties with India
April 15, 2005
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PM ready to meet Hurriyat leaders
April 14, 2005
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Wen
for border as peace zone
April 13, 2005
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