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February 25, 2011

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Rail Budget 2011: No increase in train fares this year
Railway minister Mamata Banerjee presented a rail budget highlighted by concessions and introduction of several new trains and routes.

9 Durontos, 3 Shatabdis, double decker AC trains annou
Over 200 new trains are likely to be introduced in the fiscal 2011-12. A list of the new passenger and express trains proposed.

FDI in retail worth considering: Economic Survey
Indian economy is poised to grow by 9% despite risks of global events like volatility in commodity prices, according to the Economic Survey.

Cities

Railway Budget 2011: 4 special tourist trains to promote rail tourism
To promote rail tourism, four special tourist trains called "Janam Bhoomi Gaurav" will be launched to connect important historical and educational places.

Court lets off rapist with 5-month jail term
Observing that "love-end can be tragic, but court cannot make it cruel", a city court sentenced a 26-year-old youth to five months in jail for raping his minor girlfriend.

Business

MphasiS nosedives by 27%
Shares of ITcompany MphasiS plummeted by nearly 27 per cent in early trade on the BSE, hit by a sharp dip in net profit for the quarter ended January 31, 2011.

Sensex up by 68 points
Sensex today gained over 68 points to close at 17,700.91 on fresh buying in blue-chips at lower levels amid the Economic Survey projecting strong economic growth.

Sports

Federer, Berdych, Djokovic in Dubai semifinals
Federer and Novak Djokovic, winners of six of the previous eight Dubai Championships, remained on course to meet in the final with straight-sets quarterfinal wins.

Virender Sehwag fit despite ribs blow
India's in-form opener Virender Sehwag will be fit for the crucial World Cup clash with England despite receiving a painful blow to the ribs in the nets on Friday.

Entertainment

SRK dons new role with Mughal-E-Azam
Sporting the super hot look of Don 2, SRK talks of preserving old classics.

Shakira to fall in love again
Colombian singer Shakira has fuelled rumours that she is dating Spanish footballer Gerard Pique after the two were spotted happily walking hand-in-hand.

Infotech

Art contest lands Google in privacy soup
Google Inc thought it was doing a good deed last month when it opened an annual art contest to more kids across the United States.

Infosys fined Rs 450 cr by IT dept
The I-T Department has slapped a tax demand of over Rs 450 crore on software giant Infosys Technologies for wrongfully claiming tax exemption on onshore services.

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