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Lost jobs, stagnant income, spiralling food prices, anaemic exports and dented investor confidence. Rarely has the so-called layperson been affected so much by economic factors — at play from without and within the country — as today when finance minister Pranab Mukherjee rises to present the Union budget. The budget is little more than an accounting procedure — the finance minister places before Parliament the government’s income and expenditure statements for the year gone by and makes projections for the coming 12 months. But over the years, the annual ritual has come to raise expectations among people. Devadeep Purohit of The Telegraph reads the pulse of anticipation beating around this budget

The finance minister will agree that balancing the family’s budget is not an easy task when prices of food and other essentials are shooting through the roof. The ... | Read..

Federer Fifteen in fitting finale

Pete Sampras, Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg sat in the Royal Box and watched. Roger Federer stood alone, on centre stage. ... | Read..

After bus plunge, police sleep

The owner of the minibus that fell off Bankim Setu yesterday went into hiding and the police bosses into denial about Howrah’s traffic horrors as the toll today rose ... | Read..

Cricket ball hit kills umpire

An umpire died yesterday after being hit on the head by a cricket ball thrown by a fielder who had ... | Read..

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Sorry Pete, I tried to hold him off
Andy Roddick
to Pete Sampras after losing to Roger Federer

Success stories but no lesson learnt
Counter-insurgency responses in India — and the broader discussion regarding these . ... | Read..

Wife bares spy on Facebook
The wife of the new head of Britain’s spy agency posted pictures of her husband, family and fr ... | Read..

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Howrah buses in fitness farce
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Bengal	More..
Peace in Lalgarh and fear
The rule of law may have been forced on Lalgarh by paramilitary troopers, but a schoolteacher who w... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
Mob bashes up constable
A constable was beaten up by some local youths today after he tried to rescue from their hands a re... \| Read..

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Optimism in bad times
The most serious development this year is the slowing growth of the economy. In the last budget spee... \| Read..

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Better than Rod Laver
A true champion. That's the only way I can describe Roger Federer. On his turf, the green grass of W... \| Read..

International	More..
Clerics defy Ayatollah on poll
The most important group of religious leaders in Iran called the disputed presidential election and... \| Read..

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All eyes on balancing act
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