Highlights of the railway budget presented in the Lok Sabha Friday by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee: * Combines strong economic focus along with inclusion. * Small incidents give us a bad name. * Developed business-oriented policies to aid industry. * Happy to announce through 85 PPP proposals received; set up single-window sustem to take these [...] Continue reading Railway budget highlights
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It’s only the story and the script that decides the fate of a movie at the ticket window, feels actor R. Madhavan, adding that the spate of small budget films that did well did so because of a good story line. “I think it’s just a coincidence that all the films that did well were [...] Continue reading A good story, not budget, decides a film’s fate: Actor Madhavan
A low-budget Hong Kong action-comedy stole the spotlight at the local critics’ awards prize ceremony on Tuesday, earning praise for capturing this … Continue reading Budget HK action-comedy is critical hit
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday hoped that the budget session of parliament will be “peaceful and productive”. “This budget session of parliament is very crucial. The budget has to be debated and passed by two houses of parliament. We also hope to give some important pieces of legislation,” he told reporters here. “It is our [...] Continue reading PM hopes for peaceful, productive budget session
Still floundering to form his cabinet almost a week after he became Nepal’s new prime minister with the support of the Maoist party, communist chief Jhala Nath Khanal now faces a critical test – the budget. The 61-year-old will need to have the current budget ratified by parliament by Feb 15 – Tuesday – or [...] Continue reading New Nepal PM faces acid test over budget