
September 14, 2004 00:20 IST
Pakistan's attempts to link the proposed Iran-India gas pipeline with the Kashmir issue could fall flat as New Delhi has decided to put the ...
Tue, Sep 14, 2004
September 12, 2004 00:11 IST
With inflation touching a four-year high, the Cabinet Committee on Prices will meet next week for the second time in less than a month to co...
Sun, Sep 12, 2004
September 11, 2004 01:34 IST
Minister for Sports Sunil Dutt now wants another sporting group to be favoured in the allocation of petrol pumps and LPG dealerships. Last m...
Sat, Sep 11, 2004
September 11, 2004 00:35 IST
Buoyed by the success in oil sector, the government plans to allow domestic firms, spearheaded by Coal India Ltd, to invest in mines abroad ...
Sat, Sep 11, 2004
September 04, 2004 02:06 IST
Universal availability of broadband services, greater Internet spread and a reliable rural telecom will be the focus of the new government&#...
Sat, Sep 04, 2004
August 17, 2004 02:53 IST
Rattled by rising international oil prices and two consecutive weeks of mounting inflation, the Government has decided to cut customs duty o...
Tue, Aug 17, 2004
August 13, 2004 00:31 IST
ONGC Videsh Ltd will be allowed to hand out nazrana (gifts to officials for overseas projects) under the watchful eye of the Government. Chi...
Fri, Aug 13, 2004
August 10, 2004 01:41 IST
India has joined the international community in the fight against arms and WMD trafficking, sabotage, piracy and illegal migration by enforc...
Tue, Aug 10, 2004
August 08, 2004 01:40 IST
Tourism Minister Renuka Chaudhary’s opposition to the disinvestment of ITDC flagship Ashok Hotel in New Delhi is well known—though...
Sun, Aug 08, 2004
August 07, 2004 01:42 IST
If the current global trend continues, the industry review next week could see a hike in domestic prices of petrol and diesel by nearly Rs 1...
Sat, Aug 07, 2004
August 06, 2004 02:31 IST
A Group of Ministers will meet tomorrow to decide the fate of Ministry of NRI Affairs. It’s a delicate job, given that some ministries ...
Fri, Aug 06, 2004
July 31, 2004 02:11 IST
With coalitions and ally-dominated politics here to stay, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to announce in his maiden Independence Day...
Sat, Jul 31, 2004
July 27, 2004 02:00 IST
Disinvestment of PSUs may have got a noisy burial but it seems the Government doesn’t want to stop at that. In the name of ‘‘...
Tue, Jul 27, 2004
July 26, 2004 01:56 IST
Anticipating a drought-like situation following the failure of monsoon, an inter-ministerial group (IMG) has been formed to combat its impac...
Mon, Jul 26, 2004
July 22, 2004 01:43 IST
In line with the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs’ (CCPA) decision, the Ministry of Water Resources today sent a proposal to the ...
Thu, Jul 22, 2004
July 21, 2004 01:36 IST
The United States will train Indian Customs officials in detecting weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) to check its transnational smuggling a...
Wed, Jul 21, 2004
July 18, 2004 01:21 IST
Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar is trying to sell the most ambitious of projects with the catchiest of phrases as a starting point. ...
Sun, Jul 18, 2004
July 16, 2004 02:27 IST
The change of guard at the Centre has seen the upset of yet another body perceived to be a BJP remnant — the Cabinet today decided not ...
Fri, Jul 16, 2004
July 07, 2004 01:37 IST
Five of the nine Navratnas have asked the Department of Public Enterprises to restore their financial autonomy by increasing the cap on inve...
Wed, Jul 07, 2004
June 30, 2004 01:32 IST
In December 2001, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals had suggested that the Anti-Adulteration Cell (AAC) be giv...
Wed, Jun 30, 2004
June 27, 2004 00:50 IST
As Governors across the country appointed by the NDA government await possible marching orders from the new regime, at least one of them cou...
Sun, Jun 27, 2004
June 24, 2004 01:40 IST
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs will have to decide tomorrow if Indian firms need to buy political risk insurance for their invest...
Thu, Jun 24, 2004
June 08, 2004 00:00 IST
The Petroleum Ministry has suggested a new oil-pricing formula to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh under which if PSUs were to raise the price ...
Tue, Jun 08, 2004
June 04, 2004 00:00 IST
The Congress government is not likely to raise prices of petrol and diesel when the next review comes up on June 15. Instead, it plans to us...
Fri, Jun 04, 2004
June 02, 2004 00:00 IST
India has teamed up with China and Japan to get Asian nations united in requesting the Middle East oil producers to stop charging an extra $...
Wed, Jun 02, 2004




