Shishir Gupta
The Indian Express Group
Monday 1 January '07
In a first-of-its-kind corporate move, Tata group chairman Ratan Tata has volunteered his services to the UPA government for “remediation” of the Bhopal gas tragedy site to pave the way for Dow Chemicals...Thursday 28 December '06
To make his point to the UPA government that it cannot compromise on Tawang in the resolution of India-China boundary dispute, Opposition leader LK Advani is flying to Arunachal Pradesh tomorrow.Tuesday
26 December '06A day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during his Punjab visit, reiterated his desire for a peace, security and friendship treaty with Islamabad, Satinder K Lambah, his special envoy for the Indo-Pak dialogue, flew to LahoreSunday
24 December '06That’s what Delhi is telling Moscow on the China-Pak fighter aircraft JV; will raise with Putin too when he’s here for R-DaySunday
17 December '06On the eve of the nuclear deal debate in Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has some good news.Sunday
26 November '06Russian manufacturers summoned to fix problem in a majority of the 2000-strong inventory of guided ammunition; each shell over Rs 15 lakh, plans to buy 6000 moreMonday
20 November '06With the Senate passing the Indo-US nuclear deal, New Delhi and Washington have stepped up Defence cooperation by placing the anti-missile defence back on the agenda and clearing the decks for a multi-levelWednesday
15 November '06Decision comes after repeated stonewalling of reforms agenda at Monday meetTuesday
14 November '06The reason why the 7/11 and Malegaon serial blast cases will not be on the Indo-Pak talk table tomorrow is because there’s very little yet in terms of concrete evidence to substantiate the claims of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad which is investigating the two cases.Monday
13 November '06The Left complains about what they believe is New Delhi’s discriminatory policy towards Chinese companies but the truth is that the UPA government has cleared nearly 87 per cent of FDI proposals from Chinese companies since it came to power.Sunday
5 November '06Just days ago, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh underlined the dismal state of education in the Muslim community as being key to the fact of its severe under-representation in employment, both public and private.Thursday
2 November '06Placing boundary talks on the front burner, New Delhi has suggested to Beijing that the designated Special Representatives meet on the "package settlement" before Chinese President Hu Jintao starts his India visit this month.Thursday
2 November '06Before moving as External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee virtually forced the Union Cabinet to push the far-reaching Airport Economic Regulatory Authority to a newly constituted Group of MinistersMonday
30 October '06Talks to end the decades-old insurgency in the Naga hills have collapsed in Amsterdam, this time on the issue of an independent Naga constitution.Thursday
26 October '06In his autobiography In the Line of Fire, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf claims that the Army he headed had taken the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif into confidence on its Kargil operations as early as January, 1999.Tuesday
17 October '06In the absence of a clear-cut policy on deputation of civil servants to the private sector, some of the finest bureaucrats either walk away for higher education or quit service.Monday
16 October '06In a departure of sorts, New Delhi and the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala have quietly decided to keep each other in the loop on their ongoing talks with Beijing.Monday
9 October '06Alarmed over the security breach at the National Security Council Secretariat, the Union Home Ministry has come out with stringent cyber-security guidelines that prohibit use of personal laptops...Monday
2 October '06An upset Cabinet Secretary B K Chaturvedi has sought the UPA government’s protection after a Delhi High Court division bench made observations against him in the Sanskriti school case last Friday.Sunday
1 October '06Two-month deployment withdrawn last Tuesday; focus was on BARC and TarapurSunday
24 September '06Samples from 3 rail blast sites sent for testing; in both Delhi and Varanasi, pressure cookers packed with ammonium nitrate, RDX, like in Mumbai. Evidence points to either one group: HUJI of Bangladesh, backed by Jaish. Or terrorists who got common trainingFriday
22 September '06Rattled by the violence over the Delhi sealing drive which left four persons dead, the Government today suspended sealing operations until September 25 while a Group of MinistersMonday
18 September '06Investigators probing the September 8 blasts in Malegaon have been told that one of the bombers, while purchasing a bicycle used in the blasts...Tuesday
12 September '06Although investigators are not completely ruling out the hand of Hindu fundamentalists in the Malegaon blasts last Friday which killed 30 people...Friday
8 September '06Just two days before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves for Brazil to attend the IBSA Summit...
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