Shishir Gupta
The Indian Express Group
Wednesday 18 April '07
As the frequent fliers in the BJP criss-cross Uttar Pradesh in search of a winning electoral mandate...Tuesday 17 April '07
Joining issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for backing Rahul Gandhi as the “future leader of Uttar Pradesh”Monday
9 April '07Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has sought the help of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee...Monday
2 April '07With even UPA allies like the DMK pressing for an end to the freeze on Special Economic Zones...Thursday
29 March '07In the wake of the LTTE air strike on an airbase near Colombo, the IAFThursday
15 March '07The political fallout of the violence at Nandigram today may stop further notifications of Special Economic Zones well beyond the UP elections.Sunday
11 March '07Investigators identify dealer who sold six suitcases, tailor who stitched covers and the shop from where bottles were bought to be filled with petrol; SIMI under the scannerMonday
5 March '07With four Chief Ministers — cutting across party lines — writing letters to the Government underlining the need for Special Economic Zones in their states...Sunday
4 March '07With four Chief Ministers — cutting across party lines — writing letters to the Government underlining the need for Special Economic Zones in their statesSunday
25 February '07India˜s first ever air base in Central Asia at Ayni in Tajikistan is now ready and the Defence Ministry has sought a mandate from the Cabinet Committee on Security to begin operations.Thursday
22 February '07With the electronic surveillance countrywide throwing a blank on the perpetrators of the Panipat blasts...Tuesday
20 February '07Four men who are said to have got off the Samjhauta Express — two as the train pulled out of the station, two as it slowed down before Diwana last night — could hold the key as investigators set out to put the pieces together.Sunday
4 February '07The country’s highest decision-making body on security affairs, the Strategic Policy Group, is meeting on Monday...Saturday
3 February '07In the face of complaints from several states and several SEZ players that the Government’s indecision is costing them time and moneyThursday
1 February '07Keen to compete with the rest of the country in establishing more SEZs in the state, the West Bengal government has asked the Centre to reduce the minimumWednesday
31 January '07External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee who heads the empowered Group of Ministers on Special Economic Zones cited the four deaths in Nandigram and the “tension” in Singur — which incidentally is not an SEZ — to defer a decision and, in effect, putting 172 approved SEZs in deep freeze.Tuesday
30 January '07Infosys Technologies, Wipro, Satyam Computers , HCL Technologies and Bajaj Auto Limited are among the 41 approved developers who are knocking on the doors of the government for a rollback of the GoM’s decision withholding their SEZ notification.Monday
29 January '07Reflecting the political opposition to Special Economic Zones from within a section of his own party, Congress Working Committee member and former Karnataka chief minister Veerappa Moily sent a letter on January 4 to the Group of MinistersSunday
28 January '07235 SEZs were cleared with no land-acquisition issues. But all are on hold as Group of Ministers can’t decide on policy — and Govt gets into Assembly election modeSaturday
27 January '07Riding a wave of an almost 50% hike in corporate tax revenue, Finance Minister P Chidambaram is likely to adopt a two-pronged strategy to streamline India Inc’s tax regime:Thursday
25 January '07Seeking to build a bridge with New Delhi, a delegation of the powerful pro-Israel lobbying group at the Capitol Hill met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last evening.Wednesday
24 January '07On the eve of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India for Republic Day, Moscow has given a categorical assurance to New Delhi that it will not allow China to supply JF-17 Thunder multi-role fighter aircraft to Pakistan equipped with Russian RD-93 engines.Monday
8 January '07Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has quietly but firmly turned down Minister of State for Home Shriprakash Jaiswal’s rather frequent request for use of the latest Embraer executive jets...Thursday
4 January '07Cutting through diplomatic red tape, Corporate India is all set to forge a private-public partnership with Kathmandu on a power project that will link India’s national electricity grid with Nepal’s via the backward Terai region.Wednesday
3 January '07The Supreme Court’s controversial directions on police reforms that include fixing the tenure of Director-Generals of Police and setting up of a commission to insulate the police from the government, have come in for strident criticism from states.
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