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Citing safety, Govt bans WiFi in key offices, missions

Tuesday 4 August '09

Home Ministry has banned the use of wireless fidelity (WiFi) internet or WiFi-enabled computers in sensitive ministries.
Ambanis have company in ONGC, GAIL

Friday 31 July '09

Oil PSUs doing exactly what Ambanis have done — fixing price and apportioning gas on their own....
New FDI law: MHA for flexible security filter

Monday 27 July '09

Rather than putting entire countries under the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) watchlist in the name of national security, the Union Home Ministry is pushing...
Reliance gas feud: How a family pact became the govt’s business

Wednesday 22 July '09

The battle between the Ambani brothers in the Supreme Court is a squabble for spoils with natural gas from Krishna Godavari D6 field as the asset in contention....
Pranab brings in seasoned WB hand to head divestment

Tuesday 21 July '09

Sunil Mitra, power secretary in the Left-ruled West Bengal state, would be appointed as the new disinvestment secretary to spearhead finance minister...
Govt’s bold switch for power surge

Sunday 12 July '09

Faced with an alarming power shortage and a dismal track record of failing to add new capacity as per targets...
India rethinks participation in IPI pipeline project

Friday 10 July '09

Five years after reviving talks on a gas pipeline from Iran through Pakistan, India is harbouring second thoughts on continuing with its participation in the proposed project.
All set for a quiet launch of India's first indigenous N-sub

Wednesday 8 July '09

More than two decades after it was conceived, India’s first indigenously built N-submarine is set for a quiet launch towards the end of this month.
Extra Rs 600 cr for ex-servicemen pension in Budget, but no parity

Sunday 5 July '09

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee would provide an extra Rs 600 crore as pension for ex-servicemen in his 2009-10 Budget on Monday but will decline their demand...
Coastal ID card project kicks off July

Monday 29 June '09

The scheme to issue multipurpose national identity cards to people living along the country’s coastline will...
First letter to PM, Sonia sets agenda: calls for food security law, sends a draft

Thursday 25 June '09

If the national job guarantee law was the flagship scheme of the first UPA, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has....
Under CIC threat, Govt clarifies: file notings available under RTI

Wednesday 24 June '09

Under pressure from the Central Information Commission (CIC), the Government on Tuesday decided to make...
Fuel price decontrol coming

Saturday 16 May '09

Even before the new government takes shape, the petroleum ministry is ready with a proposal to decontrol pricing of petrol, diesel, kerosene and LPG.
UPA’s last sign-off: Rs 5,000 crore extra for China border upgrade

Sunday 10 May '09

In its last move, the UPA government has approved an additional spend of Rs 5,000 crore exclusively to improve infrastructure...
Intrusive, says Govt, rejects UK offer to evaluate social schemes

Saturday 9 May '09

The Finance Ministry has rejected an offer from UK’s Department For International Development...
In last days of UPA govt, Quattrocchi is off CBI’s wanted list

Tuesday 28 April '09

With just weeks to go before UPA govt’s term ends, Quattrocchi, the lone surviving suspect in Bofors payoff case, no longer figures in CBI’s 'wanted' list.
In last days of Cong-led govt, Ottavio Quattrocchi is off CBI’s wanted list

Tuesday 28 April '09

Attorney General calls Red Corner Notice against Italian businessman an ‘embarrassment,’ says ‘cannot remain in force forever’
G8 rules choke Indian business; Delhi works on tough response

Wednesday 22 April '09

India plans to oppose the G8 offer on “global standard” — the proposed set of rules to tackle the ongoing international financial crisis....
Power Secy Sampath to be new EC

Saturday 11 April '09

No Razdan, Joseph or Rao. A dark horse from down south has made it to the Election Commission as the next member when Navin Chawla...
V S Sampath to be new election commissioner

Friday 10 April '09

A dark horse from down south has made it to the Election Commission as the next member when Navin Chawla takes over as Chief Election Commissioner from N Gopalswami on April 20.
Govt allocates KG-D6 gas to power sector

Friday 10 April '09

In view of the oncoming harsh summer months, the Empowered Group of Ministers decided today to give power generation priority over LPG production...
Nervous Govt to CBI: Why clean chit to Tytler?

Thursday 9 April '09

The UPA Govt was pushed to the defensive by the chorus of outrage against a Congress ticket to Jagdish Tytler and the CBI’s clean chit in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
RIL’s KG-D6 gas begins to flow; no clarity on volumes

Friday 3 April '09

Reliance gas from Krishna-Godavari D6 field has finally started after repeated shifting of the timelines but there is still no clarity...
Post-26/11, crew change in ships on high seas only at port of call

Thursday 2 April '09

In the wake of the Mumbai terror attack, the Indian Navy has directed that crew change in all vessels operating in high seas...
German lawyer stonewalls India’s bid to get bank account details

Tuesday 31 March '09

Berlin has told New Delhi that a legal attempt was made last year to block Germany from sharing with India details of accounts purportedly held by Indians....
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