Kerala assembly’s budget session starts FridayTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The budget session of the Kerala assembly will start Friday and is expected to be stormy as the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) is hit by factionalism and corruption charges against a top party leader. Chhattisgarh presents Rs.222.11 bn tax-free budgetRAIPUR - The Bharatiya Janata Party Monday presented a Rs.222.11 billion budget which levies no new taxes for the fiscal 2009-10. The budget has a deficit component of Rs.11.85 billion. That dream Swiss holiday is now within your reachNEW DELHI - Planning a holiday? Try Switzerland. For, romancing in the Swiss Alps and going on a roller coaster ride across those pristine mountain lines which you so often see in the movies is now within your budget. Iran calls BBC Persian TV threat to national securityTEHRAN - Iran Wednesday said the BBC Persian television network, launched Wednesday, is a threat to its national security, the official IRNA news agency reported. North Korea to hold parliamentary elections in MarchSEOUL - Communist North Korea plans to hold elections for its parliament, the Supreme People’s Assembly, March 8, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said Wednesday. Shah Rukh is brilliant, but I’m unable to cast him: BenegalNEW DELHI - He is full of admiration for Shah Rukh Khan and his on-screen charisma, but veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal rues that he doesn’t have a subject to cast the superstar. |