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New Delhi: Union Railway Minister, Kumari Mamata Banerjee has categorically stated that the budgetary proposals as announced in this year's Railway Budget will be implemented expeditiously and no slackness on this front will be tolerated.

India has been facing the menace of terrorism for more than two decades. Mumbai terror attack on Nov. 26 last year tested our patience. The challenge that we face today is from terrorist organizations that are not only equipped with the latest technologies and have immense access to funds, but are having active backing of various external agencies.

Now that the Liberhan Commission report is out, what is its impact on the political parties? No doubt, it was hanging like a Damocles' sword over the BJP leaders, particularly L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi. The BJP too knows that the chickens have come home to roost and it is time now to face the consequences.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Cambodia is currently implementing a series of reforms designed to modernize and deepen its financial system in order to support growth, reduce poverty and make the country more resilient in the face of external shocks.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will support the Philippines' ongoing efforts to transfer responsibility for the delivery of basic services from the central government to the local government level.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Investments in energy efficiency solutions in Indonesia offer a potential $4 billion market for commercial banks and the industrial sector, a Jakarta conference co-organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) heard today.

New York: Some 100 children under five years of age will die today in Zimbabwe, a bleak statistic that is part of new social development data released by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Government, revealing that the situation there for women and children has deteriorated in the past five years.

New York: A landmark treaty that aims to shut down ports to illegal fishing vessels has been approved by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the United Nations agency announced today.

New York: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon led a chorus of United Nations officials today in calling on the international community to make greater efforts to tackle the global pandemic of violence against women and girls.

WASHINGTON - Unsafe road traffic conditions in the countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) have tremendous adverse implications for their economic and social well-being, says a new World Bank report.