
June 20, 2003 00:00 IST
Sumitra Mahajan created a little record of sorts, attending office today for the first time after taking charge as Minister of State for Pet...
Fri, Jun 20, 2003
June 11, 2003 00:00 IST
Outgoing Finance Secretary S Narayan will be appointed as Secretary to the Prime Minister after he superannuates on June 30. Orders to this ...
Wed, Jun 11, 2003
June 10, 2003 00:00 IST
Notwithstanding the recent diplomatic initiatives, India has made clear that it will not be business as usual with Pakistan until normalcy i...
Tue, Jun 10, 2003
June 09, 2003 00:00 IST
The Russians are nudging India to accept a natural gas pipeline crossing through Pakistan’s boundary. At a recent meeting of the Indo-R...
Mon, Jun 09, 2003
June 05, 2003 00:00 IST
The Cabinet had allowed ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) to pump in $750 million in an oilfield in strife-torn Sudan on condition that the investme...
Thu, Jun 05, 2003
May 31, 2003 00:00 IST
India's space and nuclear programme may get hampered as traditional supplier Russia is wilting under pressure from the Nuclear Suppliers Gro...
Sat, May 31, 2003
May 28, 2003 00:00 IST
The India-Iran gas pipeline is bedevilled not only on account of New Delhi’s relations with Islamabad but even with the US approach tow...
Wed, May 28, 2003
May 27, 2003 00:00 IST
Petroleum Minister Ram Naik is hell-bent upon opening a petrol pump in Colombo even if it means violating guidelines from Foreign Ministry o...
Tue, May 27, 2003
May 22, 2003 00:00 IST
With oil in mind, India is donning a new role in Africa. It agreed to provide coastal security cover during a meeting of the heads of Africa...
Thu, May 22, 2003
May 14, 2003 00:00 IST
Petroleum Minister Ram Naik is playing it safe. In the year of elections, he does not want to unilaterally raise the price of cooking gas LP...
Wed, May 14, 2003
May 10, 2003 00:00 IST
Petroleum Minister Ram Naik has organised a jamboree to receive the first parcel of crude oil from Sudan at Mangalore. Nearly 100 people, in...
Sat, May 10, 2003
May 08, 2003 00:00 IST
India’s tie up with Iran for LNG imports would depend on the ‘comprehensive package’ that Tehran offers in the form of operat...
Thu, May 08, 2003
May 06, 2003 00:00 IST
Persons of Indian origin (PIO) would soon get dual citizenship with the proposal finally coming up for Cabinet approval tomorrow, but checks...
Tue, May 06, 2003
May 05, 2003 00:00 IST
In a move that could help the BJP keep the poll pot boiling, the Cabinet plans to ask the states and Union Territories to pass a resolution ...
Mon, May 05, 2003
April 29, 2003 00:00 IST
Twelve years and a weatherbeaten foundation stone. That’s what has taken the Centre to realise that it needs another promoter to set up...
Tue, Apr 29, 2003
April 28, 2003 00:00 IST
With Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) virtually out of his kitty, Petroleum Mi...
Mon, Apr 28, 2003
April 23, 2003 00:00 IST
Global giants or local pygmies? Going back on the promise made six years ago, the Government has tightened its grip on Navratnas, India’...
Wed, Apr 23, 2003
April 22, 2003 00:00 IST
With a view to end ambiguity about contempt in jurisprudence, the Law Ministry proposes to amend the Contempt of Court Act to make clear tha...
Tue, Apr 22, 2003
April 20, 2003 00:00 IST
The Petroleum Ministry has issued a termination notice to Videocon Petroleum Ltd (now Petrocon India Ltd) for wrongfully pledging Ravva oil ...
Sun, Apr 20, 2003
April 15, 2003 00:00 IST
It is now certain that consumer prices of petrol and diesel will be brought down by more than a rupee a litre from the midnight of April 15 ...
Tue, Apr 15, 2003
April 12, 2003 00:00 IST
Big brother is watching you and he isn’t pleased with the way security is being compromised in Government buildings especially after th...
Sat, Apr 12, 2003
April 11, 2003 00:00 IST
Air-India and Indian Airlines are off the disinvestment hook and the Shipping Corporation of India sale has been pushed to April, 2004, leav...
Fri, Apr 11, 2003
April 02, 2003 00:00 IST
The country’s first LNG project is headed for a premature death because of goldplating by Gail India. This artificial increase in capit...
Wed, Apr 02, 2003
March 25, 2003 00:00 IST
All the Prime Minister’s men would gather around him tomorrow. Not to discuss the war in Iraq or today’s Kashmir massacre but to p...
Tue, Mar 25, 2003
March 23, 2003 00:00 IST
The Prime Minister has a problem with the way his ministers are lining up to grab foreign junkets and dinners. So, in a recent letter he has...
Sun, Mar 23, 2003



