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AND OSCAR GOES TO...

Script reveals minor relief with stability

Pranab Mukherjee today presented a budget that met the expectation of some tax relief but sprang no surprises, nasty or otherwise. Much like the Oscars earlier in the day where the Colin Firth-starrer The King’s Speech collected four awards — no surprises there either. ... | Read..

Six-phase polls in WB

Updated 19:20hrs (IST)

A six-phased Assembly elections in West Bengal, a two stage poll in Assam and a single day poll in Tamil Nadu, Kerala ... | Read..

Rizwanur's family terms SC order as setback

Updated 16:20hrs (IST)

The family of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman today described as a "setback" the Supreme Court's ... | Read..

Rahul fractures leg, advised rest

Updated 15:40hrs (IST)

Rahul Gandhi has suffered a fracture in his right leg that kept him away from attending the presentation of 2011-12 Union Budget ... | Read..

'Godhra judgement does not justify Gujarat riots'

Updated 15:30hrs (IST)

Law Minister Veerappa Moily today said the Gujarat court's judgement in the Godhra case does not justify the riots ... | Read..

63 people under scanner in 2G case: CBI

Updated 15:10hrs (IST)

Sixty-three persons, including promoters and CEOs of 10 telecom firms have come under its scanner in the 2G spectrum ... | Read..

Godhra train carnage: 11 get death sentence

Updated 14:40hrs (IST)

Eleven convicts in the Godhra train burning case were today handed down death sentence while 20 others were given life imprisonment ... | Read..

Butt to attend hearing in London on Mar 17

Updated 14:40hrs (IST)

Tainted former test captain Salman Butt said he would be attending the hearing of the criminal charges brought against him ... | Read..

Hospitals turn costlier, worry on prevention

Medical diagnosis and health care is likely to become more expensive for the average Indian despite a Union government pledge to increase the 2011-12 health budget by 21 ... | Read..

Old is bold in tax sop

Taxpayers aged 80 or above are among those who stand to gain the most from the budget, though no special relief has been announced for women. ... | Read..

Colin Firth with the best actor Oscar for The King’s Speech
AND OSCAR GOES TO...

…all these new initiatives are being launched with an allocation of 300 crore. Well, the number 3 happens to be my lucky number
Pranab Mukherjee

Funds for bridges, eye on Maoists
Build bridges, keep away Maoists. ... | Read..

Mamata doodles, Shashi tweets
Mamata Banerjee kept sketching and filling up pages of her notebook as though she ... | Read..

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Nation	More..
Food nod to Team Sonia
The budget is a "mixed bag" for the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council, said members. \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
Budget boon for best in class
Pranab Mukherjee gave two flagship institutions of Bengal something to cheer about, weeks before the... \| Read..

Bihar	More..
Little for Bihar in 'budget for ballot'
The general budget holds out hope for a few backward areas of Bihar, but the state feels it has rec... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
ITBP to save teachers from girls
From a distance, the Srikrishnapur High School looked like a polling centre with a large number of ... \| Read..

Opinion	More..
A happy man's budget
This budget marks a watershed. For years, from 1995 onwards, the Congress had difficulty in winning ... \| Read..

Sports	More..
England sought inspiration from World Twenty20
Realising that something out of the ordinary would be required in the match against India, the Engl... \| Read..

International	More..
West has deserted us: Gaddafi
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, facing a popular uprising, accused western countries of abandoning h... \| Read..

Business	More..
Win some, lose some
Suparna Sen (28) is a Hyderabad-based professional. Her annual income is above Rs 8 lakh. Suparna i... \| Read..

Entertainment	More..
Print perfect
In summer, you can't not love wearing sweet floral prints. They're easy to do and look individualist... \| Read..

Jharkhand	More..
Chaos reigns in capital again
It was a makeover that was not meant to last. Barely three days since the curtains came down on the... \| Read..

Northeast	More..
I am afraid the Assamese will not last as a people: Bhupen Hazarika
For a man who penned and sang immortal, patriotic lines such as "Mor Aik bhaal pao bulile anor Aik ... \| Read..

Orissa	More..
Little for state in 'ballot budget'
The state's political class might be unhappy but Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee's general ... \| Read..

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