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| Govt may rework pricing Ordinance for sugarcane | 20-NOV-09 |
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| The Manmohan Singh government is trying to find a middle path in the impasse over the recent sugarcane pricing Ordinance that created an uproar inside and outside Parliament today. According to top sources in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the government may rework the Sugarcane (Control) Order to relieve the states' burden and appease a united Opposition that claims to have the power to defeat the Bill in the Upper House. |
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| 3G auctions to be on schedule, says EGoM | 20-NOV-09 |
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| Uncertainty over auctions of 3G or third generation telecom services ended today, with the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) deciding to stick to the January 14 date with a slight modification. |
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| Govt asks AI to save Rs 2,000 cr by March | 13-NOV-09 |
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| The government will infuse equity into Air India by March, but only if the ailing state-run carrier manages to generate another Rs 2,000 crore by increasing revenue and cutting costs. |
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| Delhi faces tough task of being a perfect host | 10-NOV-09 |
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| As Delhi races against time to complete all unfinished tasks ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, it faces a daunting work of inculcating civic sense among Delhiites, generally known for being rude and inhospitable. |
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| Sensex stages smart recovery, regains 16k | 06-NOV-09 |
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| Stock markets staged an extraordinary recovery towards the end of the day, buoyed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s comment about possible lower rates in the new tax code and on Home Minister P Chidambaram’s remark that profitable state-owned companies should list at least 10 per cent shares on exchanges. |
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| Profitable unlisted PSUs to head to market | 06-NOV-09 |
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| The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government today announced a bold disinvestment policy that could see unlisted companies with a positive net worth going to the stock market and the proceeds from sale of government equity being used entirely for social sector programmes for a three-year period. |
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| TMC creating lawlessness in West Bengal: CPI(M) | 06-NOV-09 |
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| The ruling Left Front in West Bengal today took a swipe at Union Home Minister P Chidambaram for telling the state government to ensure law and order, saying it was the Trinamool Congress which was responsible for "lawlessness". |
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| Listed CPSEs to offload 10%, says Chidambaram | 05-NOV-09 |
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| The government today decided that all listed central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) will increase the public holding to 10 per cent and all unlisted profitable state-owned entities should go public. |
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| Govt clears follow-on issue of REC | 30-OCT-09 |
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| Carrying forward its disinvestment programme, the government today approved part sale of its stake in Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC), the state-owned lender to power generation projects. |
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| Mamata asks for central crackdown in West Bengal | 28-OCT-09 |
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| Hours before Maoist-backed activists held the Bhubaneswar-originating Rajdhani Express hostage inside West Bengal near the Jharkhand border, an angry Mamata Banerjee today demanded the anti-Maoist operations in her state should be stopped. And that the Union government prepare the ground for imposing President’s Rule. |
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| Letters: Time to act | 26-OCT-09 |
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| The Centre’s decision to hold talks with the Maoists is wrong. The Maoist violence is on the rise like never before in the country. The recent killings of the police officers and looting of the banks in West Bengal speak volumes of the growing menace of naxalism. |
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| Maoists get arms from abroad: Chidambaram | 25-OCT-09 |
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| Disclosing Naxals were acquiring arms through Bangladesh, Myanmar and possibly Nepal, Home Minister P Chidambaram today nonetheless told them to “simply halt the violence” so the government could start talks with them. |
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