| 'Equity in PPP still not decided' | 04-JUL-09 |
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| Railway Board chairman S S Khurana, while enumerating the key initiatives of the budget, was unable to give details on the nitty gritty of the new services announced on Friday, which he said would need to be worked out. Excerpts from a press conference in Rail Bhawan. |
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| A cutting line | 03-JUN-09 |
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| Every MTNL press conference at some point turns into a public grievance cell. At the launch of MTNL’s prepaid 3G services the media was at it again, making the usual complaints about connections that did not work. One reporter whined that the free phone for the press at the MTNL’s Khurshid Lal Bhawan office was not working. At this, a clearly exasperated RSP Sinha, MTNL CMD shot back: “You can use other service providers; our service will not be resumed. |
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| Avoid press conferences, issue releases: EC | 03-APR-09 |
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| Citing the Model Code of Conduct, the Election Commission (EC) has advised Union ministers to avoid holding press conferences as far as possible and this holds good even for the prime minister and the chief ministers. |
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| A K Bhattacharya: PM's love for PSUs and knowledge | 11-MAR-09 |
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| In his first and the only National Press Conference he held in New Delhi as prime minister, Manmohan Singh had announced that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government would complete its five-year tenure. That was on September 4, 2004. Few took him seriously. The commonly held belief then was that either Dr Singh would quit mid-way or the UPA would fall apart bringing down the government prematurely. |
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| Left out | 03-MAR-09 |
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| LK Advani’s press conference a few days ago was boycotted by several journalists. Reason? The night before the press conference, various National Democratic Alliance leaders had met for dinner at his residence. Since Advani’s office had invited just seven journalists for the dinner, others were offended. Bharatiya Janata Party leaders like Ananth Kumar and Shahnawaz Hussain pleaded with the angry reporters to come for the press conference but most of them would not budge. Later, some party leaders were seen telling journalists that the dinner wasn’t an official one and just a few of Advani’s personal friends had been invited. |
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| Tough times at press conferences | 06-FEB-09 |
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| Just how tight budgets are nowadays, was best exemplified in the Educomp Solutions press conference that was held in the capital the other day. The hotel had kept coloured highlighters along with other stationary items on each table. One journalist, on her way out, picked up a highlighter and put it in her pocket. The hotel’s watchful staff stopped her on the way out and asked her to return the highlighter. |
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| Mynampati's doublespeak | 18-JAN-09 |
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| At his first press conference on January 7, Satyam’s now-dislodged interim chief executive officer Ram Mynampati was emphatic that Satyam’s core business of information technology was under no threat and that it “continues to thrive and succeed in a broader competitive landscape”. |
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| Foreign secy's long march | 11-JAN-09 |
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| Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon had to address a press conference at Shastri Bhawan last Monday. But on the way, he got stuck in a traffic jam, which has become a routine problem in the Capital. |
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| Private truck goes the extra mile | 27-FEB-07 |
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| With Railway Minister Lalu Prasad rolling out an innovative budget, it is for Railway Board Chairman JP Batra and his team to give effect to the minister's vision.
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| Offset clause has to evolve: Mulford | 07-FEB-07 |
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| The offset clause in the Indian defence procurement policy is fairly restrictive and it has to evolve, said David C Mulford, US Ambassador to India. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, he |
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| `We will make Corus more competitive` | 21-OCT-06 |
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| Tata Steel Managing Director B Muthuraman stole the show at the Tata-Corus joint press conference in London, even though he shared the dais with his boss, Tata group Chairman Ratan Tata, and Corus |
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| `Competition pushed us to cut upper-class fares` | 25-FEB-06 |
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| Railway Board Chairman JP Batra says the move will help lure passengers and reduce losses by Rs 1,000 crore. Rationalisation in freight will also help the railways to increase market share from 34 per |
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| Focus on infrastructure, modernisation drive | 07-JUL-04 |
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| With the Railways keeping passenger fares and freight tariffs unchanged, the question of raising capital to fund upgradation and modernisation initiatives has assumed significance. Railway Board |
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| Focus on infrastructure, modernisation drive | 07-JUL-04 |
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| With the Railways keeping passenger fares and freight tariffs unchanged, the question of raising capital to fund upgradation and modernisation initiatives has assumed significance. Railway Board |
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| Everything appeared genuine: Jogi | 08-DEC-03 |
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| It was Saturday afternoon, when TR Khunte, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of Parliament from Sarangarh constituency who left the BJP to join the Ajit Jogi camp just before the Assembly |
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