Budget session from Feb 25

The budget session of Parliament will commence on February 25, it was officially announced here on Monday, reports PTI from New Delhi.
The session will start with President Pratibha Patil’s address to the joint sitting of both the Houses at 11 am on February 25.
While Railway Minister Lalu Prasad would present the rail budget for 2008-09 on February 26, Finance Minister P Chidambaram would present the general budget for 2008-09 on February 29.

MP minister dies in accident

Madhya Pradesh Education Minister Laxman Singh Gaud was killed on Monday night when a car carrying him collided with a stationary truck on a road in Dewas city, reports PTI from Bhopal.
The car in which 50-year-old Gaud was travelling from his home town Indore to Bhopal, rammed into the dumper truck parked near a road side eatery, Indore District Collector Vivek Agrawal said.
The minister suffered severe head injuries and was taken to Bombay Hospital in Indore, about 40km from the accident site, where he was declared brought dead, he said.
Gaud’s driver Preetam Prajapati, gunman Rishi Tiwari and personal assistant were injured and admitted to a hospital in Dewas.

Pak envoy to Kabul missing

Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan went missing on Monday while travelling by road through a Pakistani tribal region where Taliban militants have become increasingly active in recent months, officials said, reports Reuters from Islamabad.
Ambassador Tariq Azizuddin was being driven through the Khyber region on his way back to Kabul when he disappeared, according to officials who requested anonymity.