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Salem here, but trial can begin only in nine casesSubscriber Only
November 13, 2005 02:23 IST
The deportation of Abu Salem from Portugal has a rider — he can be interrogated and tried only for the nine cases in which evidence was...
Sun, Nov 13, 2005Man looks for new wife, son gets him killedSubscriber Only
October 16, 2005 00:00 IST
Four days after 38-year-old stockbroker Ketan Dalal’s mother died, his father decided to bring home another wife. But while real estate...
Sun, Oct 16, 2005BARC asst scientist in currency forgery caseSubscriber Only
August 23, 2005 02:27 IST
Nandkumar Ghatge, assistant scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), is in police custody, accused of forging currency notes.O...
Tue, Aug 23, 2005Footing The BillSubscriber Only
July 03, 2005 00:00 IST
The chairman and a general manager of a nationalised bank, a stock broker by the name of Harshad Mehta and his brothers — all character...
Sun, Jul 03, 2005Near shipping hub, a ghost citySubscriber Only
June 20, 2005 01:10 IST
In 1997, City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) unveiled its Rs 46-crore four-winged office complex in Uran’s Dronagiri, 5...
Mon, Jun 20, 2005Staff shortage: DRT turns rustySubscriber Only
June 15, 2005 00:25 IST
Over 2,000 orders involving recovery of huge funds stuck in NPAs of banks and financial institutions (FIs) are lying idle for the last six m...
Wed, Jun 15, 2005Arms haul: Three containers untraced yetSubscriber Only
May 25, 2005 02:01 IST
The grease gets murkier in the Rs 1-crore haul of arms from a container at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai last Friday.It turns ou...
Wed, May 25, 2005Getting SlipperySubscriber Only
May 23, 2005 01:59 IST
After an almost bumpy ride over the last few days, the slickest commodity — crude oil — might finally see prices easing, but not f...
Mon, May 23, 2005Steely futures aheadSubscriber Only
May 02, 2005 00:32 IST
The metal industry’s favoured lustre — steel — maybe relatively new to the commodity markets, but its trading volumes, influe...
Mon, May 02, 2005Hybrid equity and debt IPOSubscriber Only
May 01, 2005 00:00 IST
The Prudential ICICI Blended Plan is an open-ended fund investing in a basket of equity, derivative, debt and money market instruments. With...
Sun, May 01, 2005Saccharine sunriseSubscriber Only
April 18, 2005 01:53 IST
Happy days are ahead for the industry that sweetens your morning cuppa. Yes, the Rs 30,000-crore sugar sector is going through a lot of acti...
Mon, Apr 18, 2005VAT fears spark small-industry exodus from MaharashtraSubscriber Only
April 15, 2005 01:12 IST
Less than two weeks after VAT (value-added tax) kicked off, the commercial capital of Mumbai has felt its first jolt.Around six small and me...
Fri, Apr 15, 2005Tatas, Aussie firm plan JV in building solutionsSubscriber Only
March 09, 2005 00:50 IST
Tata Steel is planning to sign a joint venture with Australian firm Bluescope within the next few months to offer solutions in buildings and...
Wed, Mar 09, 2005Private firms get rolling in container trafficSubscriber Only
March 03, 2005 00:18 IST
Less than a week after Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav threw open the movement of container traffic to other players, the private sector...
Thu, Mar 03, 2005Indian tourism’s got a new mantra: Go homeboundSubscriber Only
February 04, 2005 00:19 IST
India is on sale. Yes, for the Indians. The tourism sector is gearing up for the big act, and the target audience this year is the neighbour...
Fri, Feb 04, 2005Tsunami-hit Chennai port bounces backSubscriber Only
January 28, 2005 00:55 IST
One of the worst hit ports in South India due to tsunami, the Chennai port is now gearing up for more action. The port, which is bouncing ba...
Fri, Jan 28, 2005Home textile gears up for big league wrapSubscriber Only
December 19, 2004 01:18 IST
It may well turn out to be the big cash cow for Textiles Inc. Indian home textiles — with an export market of Rs 13,189 crore, 7 per ce...
Sun, Dec 19, 2004Get away this Year-EndSubscriber Only
December 19, 2004 00:00 IST
Travel freak Lisa Mathew Garg prefers quiet getaways to the crowds that the tourist hot-spots attract. Delhi based Garg prefers to go low-bu...
Sun, Dec 19, 2004Shop till you Drop: It’s Diwali timeSubscriber Only
November 07, 2004 00:00 IST
Little Rohit’s hurried breath echoes out loud across the huge shopping mall, as he rattles numbers backward. “50, 49, 48,...3, 2, ...
Sun, Nov 07, 2004JNPT’s decongested, but bottlenecks emergeSubscriber Only
October 28, 2004 01:29 IST
The port congestion at Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP), Nhava Sheva, seems to have reduced somewhat, but almost immediately another set of bottl...
Thu, Oct 28, 2004Mafia drops anchor in India’s largest port, cargo docked for daysSubscriber Only
October 22, 2004 02:38 IST
When all order collapses on your way to the country’s largest port near Mumbai, the mafia moves in. On all the 12 roads leading to Jawa...
Fri, Oct 22, 2004Non-fuel retailing runs out of gasSubscriber Only
September 30, 2004 00:39 IST
Over two years after petroleum majors launched non-fuel retailing with much fanfare, Indian consumers are unimpressed. According to petro ma...
Thu, Sep 30, 2004a better experience