Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Lalu cuts down rail fares, proposes many travel-friendly schemes - Newindpress.com

Better article on the railway budget.....


Lalu cuts down rail fares, proposes many travel-friendly schemes - Newindpress.com: "Five per cent reduction in freight rates on petrol and diesel were also proposed in the budget with the Minister claiming a cash surplus of Rs 25,000 crore before dividend. Announcing a broad range of sops, Prasad raised the concessional travel for senior women citizens from 30 to 50 per cent in all classes while men above 60 will continue to enjoy only 30 per cent concession.

Free monthly season tickets in second class for girl students upto 12th standard and boys upto 10th standard will be extended for girls upto graduation and boys upto 12th standard. The freight loading target for the coming year has been fixed at 850 million tonnes over the revised target of 790 mt this year."

News From Sahara Samay:: Fares slashed, freight rates unchanged

Lalu for PM!

Amazing what a phenomenal job Lalu has done as railway minister. Makes one wonder about their ability to judge people.....


News From Sahara Samay:: Fares slashed, freight rates unchanged: "A five per cent cut in passenger fares in second class in long distance trains and a reduction in upper class fares has been proposed in the Rail Budget for 2008-09 which also has no across-the-board increase in freight rates."

Monday, February 25, 2008

Media Blackout Update: Pakistan and Alabama? - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog

Scary.....

Media Blackout Update: Pakistan and Alabama? - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog: "Governments that try to keep a firm grip on information flow in their countries, like the Kremlin, have used “technical problems” as an excuse to shut out unwelcome content on the Web and television. But could it have happened in the United States?"

The Associated Press: Pakistan Causes Worldwide YouTube Outage

Pretty scary how fragile the net still is.....


The Associated Press: Pakistan Causes Worldwide YouTube Outage: "An Internet expert explained that Sunday's problems arose when a Pakistani telecommunications company accidentally identified itself to Internet computers as the world's fastest route to YouTube. But instead of serving up videos of skateboarding dogs, it sent the traffic into oblivion."