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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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| Letters: Missing Chidambaram | 17-NOV-09 |
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| ‘No one barked’ (November 14) makes a very good observation. The Left which fancies itself as the sole custodian of political rectitude and ideological vigour is licking the wounds inflicted by recent election results. The trends in elections clearly show that their time is up and that issues like disinvestment were used by the Left when it was politically expedient. Now it has got busy with its survival. |
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| Indian probe team got good information on Headley: Chidambaram | 14-NOV-09 |
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| The Indian team of intelligence officials, which went to the US in connection with probe into Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley's terror designs, has come back with "good information", Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said today. |
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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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| Emotional response to murderous apathy? | 13-NOV-09 |
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| Jarnail Singh, a Sikh journalist who acquired a celebrity status after the shoe-throwing incident at a press conference addressed by Home Minister P Chidambaram on April 7, 2009, has exercised unusual caution while narrating the incident that made him a hero for large sections of the Sikh community. |
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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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