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passangers waiting for train on railway station
(photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Railway Budget 2009-10: 50 railway stations to be of world standard
The Times Of India
|               Text: NEW DELHI: Presenting the Railway Budget 2009-10, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that about 50 stations are to be developed into world class stations with international level facilities. | Banerjee said that these stations wo...
Farmers working at Farm-Farmer-Agriculture -India
(photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Farmers to reap good harvest from budget
The Times Of India
|                   Text: NEW DELHI: India's vital but antiquated farm sector may next week finally get the funding it needs to realise its rich potential, with likely big investments in irrigation and seeds aimed at boosting dismal productivity...
Mamata’s inclusive Budget touches all
The Statesman
; | NEW DELHI, 3 JULY: In what could be termed as breaking the tradition of more than a decade when major railway projects used to be appropriated by Bihar courtesy the previous railway ministers, Mr Lalu Prasad, Mr Nitish Kumar and Mr Ram Vilas Pasw...
Railway Budget 09-10: Railways to revamp stations, 50 to get world class facilities
The Times Of India
|               Text: NEW DELHI: Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday unveiled a massive plan to revamp railway stations in the country, saying that 50 stations in large cities would get world class faci...
Rail Budget 2009-10: First ever non-stop train service 'Duronto' introduced
The Times Of India
|               Text: For the first time in the history, non-stop train service is being introduced in India. The non-stop train service 'Duronto' will have AC and non-AC sleepers and will run between select ci...
Railway Budget 2009-10: 50 railway stations to be of world standard
The Times Of India
|               Text: NEW DELHI: Presenting the Railway Budget 2009-10, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that about 50 stations are to be developed into world class stations with international level ...
Goats, Sheeps grazing in a farm field, India
WN / Geeta
India wilts as monsoon fears grow
Asia Times
| By Santwana Bhattacharya | NEW DELHI - India could be staring at an imminent drought. It's not the delayed national budget, but the specter of a delayed - or, in large measure, d...
Traffic Light  -  Rain Clouds  -  Gloomy Weather  -  McDonald's Restaurant
WN / Trigedia
Monsoon revival may end UPA woes
The Times Of India
| 29 Jun 2009, 0420 hrs IST, Rajeev Deshpande, TNN               Text: NEW DELHI: The monsoon seems to have a big say in UPA-2's future...
IFB Bosch Washing machines kept on a display for sale, Pune, India
WN / Geeta
Retail: India's traditional sector, an eternal tale
The Times Of India
|               Text: Retail became a buzz word in India before recession; in fact the word 'booming' was found only attached to this sector...
Edgy market sees equities end little changed
The Times Of India
|               Text: MUMBAI: A session marked with high volatility finally ended little changed Thursday. Even as the Economic Survey painted a healthy picture for the Indian economy, investors shrugged off th...
Over 275,000 schools opened under flagship scheme: Economic Survey
The Times Of India
|               Text: NEW DELHI: India opened 276,903 new schools and appointed 966,000 teachers as part of its flagship Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme, the Economic Survey for 2008-09 revealed on Thursd...
Rains sow hopes of robust growth
The Times Of India
|               Text: NEW DELHI: A strong revival in monsoon rains has put to rest fears of a fall in economic growth in the current fiscal. | With monsoon rains, the lifeline of Indian economy, making rapid st...
Politics
A policeman stands guard during Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) election campaign meeting in Hyderabad, India.
(photo: AP / Mahesh Kumar A.)
A tryst with India's communal past
Asia Times
| By Siddharth Srivastava | NEW DELHI - The demolition of the Babri Masjid (mosque) by Hindu fanatics on December 6, 1992, at Ayodhya in the northern province of Uttar Pradesh is a blot on India's contemporary history. | It exposed the underbelly of dirty communal, caste and minority politics that peaked in the 1990s even as some tapering of this v...



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