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Budget: Focus on Farm Sector


Anti-inflationary thrust in budget
Marginal relief to `aam aadmi', but many sections may have reason to be displeased

No proposal to contain inflation: Opposition
Huge disappointment to farmers andaam aadmi: BJP

"No extra tax burden on corporates"
Taxpayers in lowest income slab to get minimum relief of Rs.980

Left parties disappointed with budget proposals
``They lack measures to control inflation, do not address unemployment''

Manmohan: taming inflation main aim
Excise and import tariff cut on commodities

Cakewalk and brickbats for Finance Minister
Opposition, Left blame Chidambaram for ignoring "aam aadmi"

CRICKET
Indians depart with a billion hopes, prayers
The game's followers hope Dravid's team would emulate Kapil's Devils of 1983

Australia still World Cup favourite: Ponting
SYDNEY: Australia left for the Cricket World Cup in the West Indies on Wednesday, with captain Ricky Ponting asserting the team was still tournament favourite, despite injuries and poor lead-up form. ``I'm really happy with the squad of ...

CRICKET
A final shot at World Cup glory
Sport survives anything and anyone but replacing the greats is never easy

Opposition calls it "a huge disappointment"
Nothing in Chidambaram's budget foraam aadmi,says BJP

NEWSCAPE
Charles suggests McDonald's ban
The Prince sees it as key to improving children's health

NEWSCAPE
Mahatma's name for a street of vice
Notorious Durban road seeks makeover with a new name

NEWSCAPE
Energy-saving snail trails
LONDON: Snails that follow the slime trails left by others do it to save their strength, according to scientists. By using trails already on the ground, they can save two-thirds of the energy they use in making trails of their own. Snails use ...

Badal to assume office tomorrow
CHANDIGARH: Claiming the support of 67 newly elected MLAs of the Akali-BJP combine and Independents, the Shiromani Akali Dal president, Parkash Singh Badal, called on Punjab Governor S.F. Rodrigues at Raj Bhawan here on Wednesday to stake his ...

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