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February 28, 2011

Top Headlines

Union Budget 2011: Air travel, eating out become dearer
A hotel room above Rs 1,000 a day, A/C restaurants serving liquor, and diagnostic tests from A/C hospitals will all be levied with service tax.

Union Budget 2011: No filing of tax returns if salary is only income
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday proposed to exempt salaried class from filing tax returns unless they have other sources of income.

Nothing for 'aam admi' in Union Budget: Opposition
Opposition dubbed the Union Budget as "futile" and "directionless", saying it brought no relief to the common man and nothing has been done to contain inflation.

Cities

Budget 2011: Delhi Police get Rs 3,340.75 crore
Delhi Police got a Rs 504.22 crore increase in the budget allocation for the next fiscal with Pranab Mukherjee allocating Rs 3,340.75 crore for its functioning.

Ajit Parasnis appointed new Maharashtra DGP
Maharashtra government on Monday appointed DG (Home Guards) Ajit Parasnis as DGP and additional DG Arup Patnaik (highway traffic) as Mumbai Police Commissioner.

Business

Coins with new Rupee symbol: Pranab
A new series of coins will be unveiled soon carrying the Rupee symbol, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee announced in the Budget today.

Union Budget: Fiscal deficit for FY'11 at 5.1%
Pranab Mukherjee today pegged the fiscal deficit at 5.1 per cent for the current financial year, and reduced the estimates to 4.6 per cent for 2011-12.

Sports

MS Dhoni rages against the Umpire Review System
Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit out at the controversial Umpire Decision Review System after a key decision went against his side in their dramatic WC tie with England.

I was lucky to survive, concedes England's Ian Bell
Ian Bell said he was lucky to be "pushed back to the crease" by the Umpire Decision Review System when he was most certainly out LBW against India.

Entertainment

Double loss for Rahman
Indian music maestro A.R. Rahman lost the Oscar for best original song to Randy Newman, who won it for "We Belong Together" in " Toy Story 3".

Melissa Leo uses F word at Oscars 2011!
Melissa Leo used the F word on stage as she accepted her Best Supporting Actress Oscar!

Infotech

Budget: No cheer for IT sector
Budget has failed to bring cheer to the Indian IT sector as Finance minister did not make any major announcements to boost the segment.

Apple's design chief may exit
He is a critical part of Apple's successes with all its products in recent years. However, there is speculation he may not remain there for very long.

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