
July 11, 2002 00:00 IST
If economics doesn’t justify, appeal to the emotions. That is the strategy Heavy Industry Ministry is employing to revive Hindustan Pho...
Thu, Jul 11, 2002
June 30, 2002 00:00 IST
While other coalition allies scramble for ministerial berths, Telegu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu has again quietly extracted h...
Sun, Jun 30, 2002
June 25, 2002 00:00 IST
The Government plans to allow 100 per cent Foreign Direct Investment in tea plantations to spur the country’s output and exports under ...
Tue, Jun 25, 2002
June 23, 2002 00:00 IST
Shunned by the world as an exporter of terror and torn apart by a civil war that refuses to die, Sudan is all set to receive one-third of In...
Sun, Jun 23, 2002
June 20, 2002 00:00 IST
Now that the Prime Minister has announced the possibility of a Cabinet reshuffle, newspapers and advertising agencies could expect another r...
Thu, Jun 20, 2002
June 16, 2002 00:00 IST
Who is the real Vijay Mallya? There is a discrepancy in depositions by Mallya, the Rajya Sabha MP, before the Election Commission and Mallya...
Sun, Jun 16, 2002
June 15, 2002 00:00 IST
There will be no let-up in the Army’s presence along the border but as a first sign of easing tensions, India has decided to resume gra...
Sat, Jun 15, 2002
June 12, 2002 00:00 IST
Battle cries lend glitter to gold. Or so it appears from the pendulous swing of prices—irrespective of economic factors—during the...
Wed, Jun 12, 2002
June 10, 2002 00:00 IST
Sri Lanka, under Ranil Wickremesinghe, is banking on oil diplomacy to gain proximity to India before Colombo holds peace talks with the LTTE...
Mon, Jun 10, 2002
May 31, 2002 00:00 IST
The Hindujas, Capt Satish Sharma and First Global’s Shankar Sharma would escape legal action for alleged foreign exchange violations on...
Fri, May 31, 2002
May 24, 2002 00:00 IST
The Cabinet Committee on Security met tonight to assess the readiness of country’s key sectors in the event hostilities break out with ...
Fri, May 24, 2002
May 17, 2002 00:00 IST
Shell is seeking FIPB exemption from a rider that could thwart its plans to start LPG retailing as its first independent business in the oil...
Fri, May 17, 2002
May 17, 2002 00:00 IST
The Cabinet Committee on Disinvestment is set to meet tomorrow to finalise the winner of the Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited as we...
Fri, May 17, 2002
May 15, 2002 00:00 IST
The Parliamentary Affairs Ministry has evolved a novel method to exempt Members of Parliament from paying phone bills over and above their f...
Wed, May 15, 2002
May 12, 2002 00:00 IST
Brace yourself for a hike in prices of petrol and diesel once the Budget session of the Parliament gets over next week.The Petroleum Ministr...
Sun, May 12, 2002
May 07, 2002 00:00 IST
This session may have been one of the most fractious ever but on one issue, don’t expect anyone rushing to the well.Having given themse...
Tue, May 07, 2002
April 25, 2002 00:00 IST
Giving in to pressure from the party, the government will announce a partial rollback in budget proposals on Friday ahead of the crucial vot...
Thu, Apr 25, 2002
April 24, 2002 00:00 IST
India is embarking on a new launch vehicle to put higher payloads of up to six metric tonnes in geostationary transfer orbit by 2005.The pro...
Wed, Apr 24, 2002
April 14, 2002 00:00 IST
Seems Union Health Minister C P Thakur’s staff is more loyal than the king. For, despite Thakur’s written instructions that his so...
Sun, Apr 14, 2002
April 10, 2002 00:00 IST
Communal carnages aren’t new to the country but the Godhra attack and the violence that followed it have exposed a new dimension of adm...
Wed, Apr 10, 2002
June 17, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JUNE 16: India's divestment department (DoD) favours strategic status for two flagship oil firms -- Indian Oil Corp and Oil and...
Sat, Jun 17, 2000
May 19, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, MAY 18: Reliance Industries and Malaysia's Petronas have signed an agreement with the National Iranian Oil Co (NIOC) to set up ...
Fri, May 19, 2000
January 18, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 17: An Indian panel on hydrocarbon reforms has recommended that the government should move out of the oil sector by pri...
Tue, Jan 18, 2000
February 20, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, FEB 19: Exxon Corp has pulled out of a planned Indian refinery which it proposed to set up jointly with Hindustan Petroleum Co...
Sat, Feb 20, 1999
July 01, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, June 30: Unless there is sharp cut in the subsidies in the power sector, state electricity boards (SEBs) stand to lose close to ...
Tue, Jul 01, 1997



