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Why Congress won and BJP lost
NEW DELHI, MARCH. 1.Why was the Bharatiya Janata Party not able to replicate the "Gujarat spirit" in Himachal Pradesh? It is not that the BJP did not try the Gujarat recipe. It imported the "Gujarat hero" Narendra Modi to re-define the Himachal ...

A status quo budget, says Manmohan Singh
NEW DELHI, MARCH 1. Describing it as a "status quo budget'', the former Finance Minister, Manmohan Singh, today criticised the 2003-2004 budget proposals for not providing any demand stimulus to the economy or providing any measure for fiscal ...

Illusion of 'BJP wave' shattered, says Sonia
NEW DELHI, MARCH 1. The results of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections have come as a shot in the arm for the Congress party. The victory has strengthened its argument that the Gujarat results were an "aberration and exposed the fallacy of ...

Farmers have not much to look for in the budget
NEW DELHI, MARCH 1. Despite describing agriculture as a `thrust' area in his budget proposals, the Union Finance Minister, Jaswant Singh, has hurt farmers by hiking the prices of fertilisers, insecticides/pesticides, diesel and crude oil. He has ...

Abolition of long-term capital gains tax not now: Minister
NEW DELHI, MARCH 1. Refusing to rightaway give any assurance regarding abolition of long-term capital gains tax totally, the Union Finance Minister, Jaswant Singh, however, said the issue could be considered by him only ``if the difficult ...

Other Stories

Changes in AICC set-up soon: Sonia

Women's emancipation still a distant reality: Sonia

VHP distributes tridents again

A slew of measures for medicare

Anti-farmer, pro-rich, says Left

Cut in allocation for police, paramilitary forces

CAG to probe flaws in defence purchase norms

Harassment of Bengalis: CPI(M) for Centre's intervention

300,000 refugees given shelter in India

'Win exposes Pak. claim'

Catering to the twin passions

Naik hints at hard days for consumers

Border villages jubilant

'No leadership change in Jharkhand'

Advani, Sonia greet team

Break the silence

RSS to hold annual meet at Nagpur

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