
April 16, 2005 01:25 IST
Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar’s negotiations with Dhaka for allowing a gas pipeline from Myanmar to India has not gone down wel...
Sat, Apr 16, 2005
April 15, 2005 02:21 IST
The integrated food law, that would replace multiple legislation on food standards, imposes life imprisonment in case of death due to adulte...
Fri, Apr 15, 2005
April 06, 2005 01:09 IST
The bus to Muzaffarabad, it appears, has put education in the state in top gear. As a build-up to the Prime Minister’s Srinagar visit, ...
Wed, Apr 06, 2005
April 05, 2005 01:49 IST
The Law Ministry has opposed a suggestion from the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution that private entities perfo...
Tue, Apr 05, 2005
March 21, 2005 01:43 IST
India's endless quest for gas has run up against the threat this may pose to one of its favourite turtles. Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar A...
Mon, Mar 21, 2005
March 12, 2005 02:48 IST
When Mani Shankar Aiyar goes to the Cabinet next week, he will ask for a hefty rise in petrol and diesel prices. The increase in retail pri...
Sat, Mar 12, 2005
March 10, 2005 00:00 IST
Ahead of Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar’s visit to Islamabad for trilateral talks on the proposed Iran-India gas pipeline, Washi...
Thu, Mar 10, 2005
March 09, 2005 01:31 IST
The tsunami has put a huge question mark on the future of the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project which the DMK, gearing for Assembly polls...
Wed, Mar 09, 2005
March 08, 2005 02:11 IST
The long-stalled Dabhol Power Project may come alive again by June next year if a panel headed by the Cabinet Secretary has its way.Last mon...
Tue, Mar 08, 2005
March 03, 2005 01:08 IST
Kashmir's lifeline, the Jammu-Srinagar highway, was fit for travel on Monday but vehicles with essential commodities for the Valley were not...
Thu, Mar 03, 2005
February 28, 2005 00:23 IST
The Budget may have grim news for the common man as Finance Minister P Chidambaram plans to change the tax structure on crude oil and petrol...
Mon, Feb 28, 2005
February 27, 2005 01:04 IST
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court asked the CBI to place on record why the long-standing public prosecutor in the Fodder Scam cases was replaced...
Sun, Feb 27, 2005
February 24, 2005 00:00 IST
National Thermal Power Corp (NTPC), which has so far been limited to generation business, will start distributing electricity to households ...
Thu, Feb 24, 2005
February 22, 2005 01:37 IST
After road and rail, the Government plans to go full steam in developing the maritime sector with a slew of budgetary programmes and a Marit...
Tue, Feb 22, 2005
February 21, 2005 02:00 IST
Dissatisfied with the current stream of strategy think tanks, External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh now plans to float a new body to provid...
Mon, Feb 21, 2005
February 20, 2005 01:07 IST
What started as an argument over whether a company should be allowed to bid for a Rs 1,416-crore pipeline contract has become a full-fledged...
Sun, Feb 20, 2005
February 19, 2005 01:58 IST
The roadmap for introducing green auto fuels has hit a roadblock with refineries failing to produce them in time to meet the countrywide dea...
Sat, Feb 19, 2005
February 18, 2005 00:34 IST
Oil minister Mani Shankar Aiyar will have to move quickly to forge a joint front between India and China for securing oil and gas assets abr...
Fri, Feb 18, 2005
February 14, 2005 02:07 IST
The EDUSAT, India’s first educational satellite, has discovered a huge gap between space and earth. Five months after its launch, there...
Mon, Feb 14, 2005
February 12, 2005 00:06 IST
Mani Shankar Aiyar has set his eyes on the new kid on the block: Sania Mirza. The Petroleum Minister wants the state-run oil companies to ta...
Sat, Feb 12, 2005
February 11, 2005 00:06 IST
The Empowered Group of Ministers on Dabhol Power Company (DPC) Project on Thursday reviewed the initiatives, including formation of a specia...
Fri, Feb 11, 2005
February 09, 2005 01:38 IST
The Centre should take cue from Chhattisgarh on smartening its motley crew of ministers.Last week, Chief Minister Raman Singh packed off his...
Wed, Feb 09, 2005
February 09, 2005 00:18 IST
In a couple of years, starting a business and running it would no longer be a drudgery of paper work: the government plans to introduce dire...
Wed, Feb 09, 2005
February 09, 2005 00:01 IST
The saga of transnational gas pipelines to India continues with Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar seeking to include Turkmenistan as ano...
Wed, Feb 09, 2005
February 03, 2005 01:40 IST
Taking a cue from his predecessor Ram Naik, Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar had suggested that ONGC change the name of the Cauvery Bas...
Thu, Feb 03, 2005




