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FM intervenes, WB gives Baalu time to set NHAI projects in order

Following Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s intervention, the World Bank has given Road Transport & Highways Minister T R Baalu...

RIL will reopen pumps if govt gives benefits

RIL has for the first time indicated that it plans to reopen its petrol pumps but wants domestic sales from its export-oriented refinery and the upcom

PM reads riot act to Vilasrao: Raj got too long a rope

PM Manmohan Singh, in his letter to Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh, had sought 'strongest possible measures' against Raj Thackeray and his men for f

Blast fallout: Centre may extend ban on ULFA

The magnitude of mayhem in last week’s blasts in Assam has got the Centre out of stupor.
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Airlines’ fuel import plans grounded

Domestic airlines are unlikely to get permission to import jet fuel for their flights as current suppliers...

India to step up pressure for Iran gas line

Going by the tenor of Petroleum Minister Murli Deora’s letter to his Iranian counterpart...

‘We need common standards on the functioning of the financial markets’

Germany has committed 364 million euros to India for financial and technical cooperation projects in 2008 and promises more under a new Climate Protec

Pressure on another front: Bring back import duty on edible oils, says Pawar

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has written to Finance Minister P Chidambaram asking him to re-impose import duty on edible oils and cotton...

Pulok Chatterji India’s next ED to World Bank

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday approved Pulok Chatterji’s name for India’s next Executive Director...

An oil cocktail

In 2007-08, India consumed 118.8 million tonnes of petroleum products which was largely met by processing crude oil...

Time not ripe for fuel price cut: Oil ministry tells PMO

The reasoning is that even though crude oil prices have dropped 25 per cent since June, the fall in the rupee has gnawed into the gains

Tamper-proof kerosene: there’s proof it can be tampered

A “revolutionary” marker launched two years ago to detect even minute mixing of subsidised kerosene in higher-priced diesel and petrol...

OilMin plans to restrict exploration regulator’s function again

After taking away the adjudicating authority and financial powers of exploration sector regulator...

Denied SC nod, medical colleges get Ramadoss OK

Health Ministry permitted two private medical colleges to take in more students even though a SC order, the very same day, had denied permission.

Denied SC nod for admissions, 2 medical colleges get Health Ministry OK same day

Anbumani Ramadoss’s Health Ministry last week permitted two private medical colleges to take in more students...

To SC, ST add another SC: Ministry

Social Justice Ministry is looking to add denotified tribes as a new beneficiary of quota, with job quota ceiling raised beyond 50 pc.

To SC, ST add another SC, raise job quota over 50%: Ministry

Cabinet Note Treat denotified tribes as Scheduled Community, amend Constitution: Social Justice Ministry to Home Ministry.

Arjun’s choice for IIM-L chief’s post hits a roadblock

Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh’s choice of Director, Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow has failed to clear the first hurdl

Arjun’s choice for IIM-L Director fails to impress Cab Secy

Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh’s choice of Director, Indian Institute of Management- Lucknow has failed to clear the first hurd

Krishna-Godavari block output may be delayed to next year

Contrary to the Petroleum Ministry’s claim, its monitoring agency Directorate General of Hydrocarbons says...

Helipads to roads: 800 cr for Naxal war

A fortnight after raising a 10,000-strong special anti-Naxal force, Combat Battalion for Resolute Action...

PSU bends rules to fund temple and mosque to keep PMO happy

The country’s oil and gas major, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, is going religious, but not without remaining “secular.”

CJI recommends impeachment of Calcutta HC judge

CJI writes to PM after three-judge panel finds ‘misconduct’ by Justice Soumitra Sen in depositing court money.

Hedging strategy against rising oil prices in works

Crude oil has slipped a little but forecasts of its price touching $200 a barrel have got the government working on a unified...

Govt bows to Advani’s demand, drops Shreekumar from info panel list

Bowing to Opposition leader L K Advani’s demand, the UPA government has dropped former IPS officer R B Shreekumar...
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