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FM gets Asia award

Union finance minister P. Chidambaram has been named ‘‘finance minister of the year 2005 for Asia’’ by Banker magazine f...

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Union finance minister P. Chidambaram has been named ‘‘finance minister of the year 2005 for Asia’’ by Banker magazine for pushing reforms and reining in the fiscal deficit. The magazine (part of The Financial Times group) gave him this award for his pursuit for reforms despite an unwieldy alliance that is supported by Left parties from outside.

Trivedi is new chief of Indian

NEW DELHI: Vishwapati Trivedi, a 1977 batch IAS officer, on Saturday took over as the new cmdr of public sector carrier Indian (formerly Indian Airlines). Trivedi, who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre, took over from Sushma Chawla, who was holding charge for the past 7 months. Agencies

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