Economy as bad as in 1991, admits govt
Barely a couple of months after Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha blew up WEF managing director Claude Smadja for daring to suggest that India was anywhere close to a 1991-type of situation, his very own economic survey suggests the same thing.

Vajpayee's bus diplomacy may help Saraswati river project
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's bus journey, intended to revive brotherly bonds that existed 50 years ago, may also help in rediscovering a 5,000-year-old piece of heritage.

Quattrocchi not coming, invites CBI instead
Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi has refused to come to India and said that he is willing to be interrogated provided it is either in Italy or Kuala Lampur and in the presence of his lawyer.

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