Copyright \xa9 Yahoo! Web Services India Pvt Ltd. All Rights Reserved. http://in.news.yahoo.com/fc/budget2008.html en-en Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:12:46 +0530 5 http://in.news.yahoo.com/fc/budget2008.html /images/logo.gif 30 140 http://in.news.yahoo.com/hindustantimes/20080318/r_t_ht_nl_politics/tnl-legislators-slug-it-out-in-assembly-b610e63_1.html /hindustantimes/20080318/r_t_ht_nl_politics/tnl-legislators-slug-it-out-in-assembly-b610e63_1 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:55:01 +0530 THE OPENING day of the Budget Session of Delhi Assembly was marked by unprecedented scenes and threatened to become a wrestling ring with the legislators pouncing on each other menacingly. Fisticuffs, use of un- parliamentary language, shoving and pushing took centrestage and democratic traditions took a backseat as the MLAs abused each other. HT http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080317/r_v_ani_nl/vnl-delhi-assembly-witnesses-uproarious-add7244.html /ani/20080317/r_v_ani_nl/vnl-delhi-assembly-witnesses-uproarious-add7244 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:47:00 +0530 The Delhi assembly witnessed uproarious scenes as the budget session began on March 17. As soon as the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Tejender Khanna began addressing the assembly. ANI http://in.news.yahoo.com/indiaabroad/20080317/r_t_ians_nl_general/tnl-punjab-budget-focuses-on-energy-agri-b9e311f_1.html /indiaabroad/20080317/r_t_ians_nl_general/tnl-punjab-budget-focuses-on-energy-agri-b9e311f_1 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:09:00 +0530 Chandigarh, March 17 (IANS) Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal Monday presented his second budget with emphasis on energy and agriculture. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/indiaabroad/20080317/r_t_ians_bs_india/tbs-gujarat-s-market-yards-to-observe-sh-46e8b08_1.html /indiaabroad/20080317/r_t_ians_bs_india/tbs-gujarat-s-market-yards-to-observe-sh-46e8b08_1 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:36:00 +0530 Rajkot, March 17 (IANS) All agriculture market yards in Gujarat will remain closed Tuesday to protest the proposed union budget provision to tax market yards. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080317/r_t_ani_nl_general/tnl-budget-session-of-delhi-assembly-beg-99cbaa1_1.html /ani/20080317/r_t_ani_nl_general/tnl-budget-session-of-delhi-assembly-beg-99cbaa1_1 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:35:00 +0530 New Delhi, Mar 17 (ANI): The Budget Session of the Delhi Assembly will begin here today. ANI http://in.news.yahoo.com/hindustantimes/20080317/r_t_ht_op_clm/top-magic-seeds-622486c_1.html /hindustantimes/20080317/r_t_ht_op_clm/top-magic-seeds-622486c_1 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:45:01 +0530 Farmers seem to have found a fairy godfather in the Finance Minister. As he said in his Budget speech, 'We need an ambitious scheme... to revive agriculture.' He's right. But is his Rs 60,000 crore giveaway the answer? Perhaps it might win him some votes, but in the long run putting that money in agricultural infrastructure would have provided far better results. HT http://in.news.yahoo.com/hindustantimes/20080317/r_t_ht_bs_india/tbs-indians-keep-from-buying-gold-as-pri-d71fbae_1.html /hindustantimes/20080317/r_t_ht_bs_india/tbs-indians-keep-from-buying-gold-as-pri-d71fbae_1 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:45:01 +0530 Sudarshan Manchanda, a New Delhi-based housewife, is a worried mother today. Surging gold prices are giving her sleepless nights as she prepares for her daughter's marriage at the end of this month. She is looking to recycle some of her old jewellery as her budget would otherwise go haywire if she bought all of the ornaments she needs. HT http://in.news.yahoo.com/hindustantimes/20080317/r_t_ht_nl_general/tnl-sealing-drives-tourists-out-of-pahar-7244580_1.html /hindustantimes/20080317/r_t_ht_nl_general/tnl-sealing-drives-tourists-out-of-pahar-7244580_1 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:45:01 +0530 At a time when the Capital is reeling under acute shortage of budget hotels, the MCD's decision to seal guesthouses, which are over 15 metre high, has aggravated the problem. Though these budget hotels in the centre of Delhi and have good connectivity with the railway stations and airport have been thriving for decades, the MCD decided to seal them all of a sudden following directions from the Monitoring Committee that all guesthouses and hotels that exceed the height of 15 metres be sealed. HT http://in.news.yahoo.com/indiaabroad/20080316/r_t_ians_nl_politics/tnl-no-new-taxes-likely-in-delhi-budget-a4b7bec_1.html /indiaabroad/20080316/r_t_ians_nl_politics/tnl-no-new-taxes-likely-in-delhi-budget-a4b7bec_1 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:15:00 +0530 New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Delhi's new budget, expected to be unveiled in the session beginning Monday, is unlikely to see new taxes. It is the last budget of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's led Congress government. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/indianexpress/20080315/r_t_ie_nl_politics/tnl-no-elections-in-2008-says-manmohan-0058794_1.html /indianexpress/20080315/r_t_ie_nl_politics/tnl-no-elections-in-2008-says-manmohan-0058794_1 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:18:07 +0530 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dismissed speculation about early Lok Sabha elections and rejected suggestions that the Union Budget was presented keeping the polls in mind. IE