
June 02, 2004 00:00 IST
India is teaming with China and Japan to get the Asian nations united against West Asian oil producers who are charging an extra $1 a barrel...
Wed, Jun 02, 2004
May 30, 2004 00:00 IST
First, he was put on a pedestal. Later, draped. Now, former Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee will be brought down to erase any remnants of his p...
Sun, May 30, 2004
May 28, 2004 00:00 IST
The Law Ministry has upheld the Personnel Department’s proposal to lower the retirement age of Central government employees to 58 years...
Fri, May 28, 2004
May 25, 2004 00:00 IST
Oil & Natural Gas Corp plans to invest around $7 billion to enter downstream sectors of gas distribution, power generation and petrochemical...
Tue, May 25, 2004
May 23, 2004 00:00 IST
The Congress has hit upon a new formula for accommodating the allies in government formation: Increase the representation to offset their lo...
Sun, May 23, 2004
May 22, 2004 00:00 IST
Snubbed yesterday, sulking today, beaming tonight. That was Laloo Prasad Yadav as the Congress began veering towards allocating the Defence ...
Sat, May 22, 2004
May 02, 2004 00:00 IST
A Three-member central team, back after a visit to Gujarat, is of the opinion that select riot-affected areas in the state, rather than key ...
Sun, May 02, 2004
April 25, 2004 00:00 IST
For oil companies, the elections are proving to be a win-win situation with product consumption in March registering the highest growth in f...
Sun, Apr 25, 2004
April 24, 2004 00:00 IST
Last week’s arrest by CBI of an official of Anti-Adulteration Cell has rattled the oil ministry. Barely days later, it has set up a sin...
Sat, Apr 24, 2004
April 22, 2004 00:00 IST
After failing to secure the deportation of detained D-company associate and ‘king of counterfeiters’, Aftab Bhakti, the CBI is set...
Thu, Apr 22, 2004
April 21, 2004 00:00 IST
Singapore has got the go-ahead but Indonesia will have to wait a while before India lends a helping hand in developing the South-East Asian ...
Wed, Apr 21, 2004
April 06, 2004 00:00 IST
Petroleum Minister Ram Naik may have served North Mumbai constituency for more than three decades but he doesn’t have rival Govinda...
Tue, Apr 06, 2004
March 30, 2004 00:00 IST
Following the Election Commission’s advice that transfers could raise controversy before the coming general election, key changes in bu...
Tue, Mar 30, 2004
March 24, 2004 00:00 IST
Two days after US Secretary of State Colin Powell conferred on Pakistan the status of a major non-NATO ally—on March 20, his deputy Ric...
Wed, Mar 24, 2004
March 20, 2004 00:00 IST
Help is on the way for motorists who get caught in accidents on the national highways. As a first step, the National Highways Authority of I...
Sat, Mar 20, 2004
March 20, 2004 00:00 IST
US crude prices today surged the steepest in 13 years, the Middle-East crudes which India largely buys have followed suit—a 10 per cent...
Sat, Mar 20, 2004
March 17, 2004 00:00 IST
Prime Minister A B Vajpayee will no longer beam down upon you when you drive under his nose. The National Highway Authority of India is wrap...
Wed, Mar 17, 2004
March 17, 2004 00:00 IST
Four years of efforts on an exploration block in the Cauvery basin by Oil India Limited (OIL) have been stopped short by the Defence Ministr...
Wed, Mar 17, 2004
March 10, 2004 00:00 IST
With a little over a month to go before polls, Prime Minister A B Vajpayee is leaving nothing to chance. He got a list of don’ts issued...
Wed, Mar 10, 2004
March 07, 2004 00:00 IST
From the time they land in Lahore on Wednesday till their departure on April 18, the Indian cricket team will be under unprecedented securit...
Sun, Mar 07, 2004
February 29, 2004 00:00 IST
The special treatment for Sachin Tendulkar’s Ferrari did not end with the waiver of Customs duty and road-worthiness test. Bharat Petro...
Sun, Feb 29, 2004
February 23, 2004 00:00 IST
While Bangladesh will soon start importing petroleum products from India, Pakistan has yet to make up its mind even though Islamabad first i...
Mon, Feb 23, 2004
February 22, 2004 00:00 IST
To leverage big-ticket purchases by the government and PSUs to serve what it calls ‘‘larger political, economic and security inter...
Sun, Feb 22, 2004
February 15, 2004 00:00 IST
For years, Indian engineers have been working in Libya as part of the professional NRI diaspora. Now, Pakistan’s embarrassment over the...
Sun, Feb 15, 2004
February 13, 2004 00:00 IST
A Bangladeshi militant group linked to the Al Qaeda has threatened to blow up the Indian High Commission in Dhaka if New Delhi does not coug...
Fri, Feb 13, 2004



