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    Mamata spares passengers

    Freight too untouched, Izzat pass for unorganised sector, 57 new trains 

    Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, along with her Ministers of State K.H. Muniyappa (behind her at right) and E. Ahamed (left), arrives at Parliament House to present the Railway budget on Friday. — Photo: Shanker Chakravarty
    K. Balchand
    NEW DELHI: Better amenities, concessions for the […]



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Air India staff stage walkout

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Now for the poetry!

If flawless technique were to combine with inner passion, the results would be stupendous. 

 
Lavanya Anant in performance. Photo: Deepak Mudgal
LEELA VENKATARAMAN
One of the Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Bismillah Khan awardees of last year, now Pune-based dancer Lavanya Anant’s Bharatanatyam is meticulously flawless in line and profile, the phenomenal perfection of anga suddha ensurin […]