| 'Fuel prices have been raised at an inopportune time' | 05-JUL-09 |
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| TR BAALU (SRIPERUMBUDUR): Madam, as far as Tamil Nadu is concerned, every year on June 12, Mettur Dam is opened for irrigation. But till date, this particular dam has not been opened because it is almost dry. Water has to come from the adjacent state of Karnataka. But there is a dry spell even in Karnataka. |
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| DMK may lose out on Deputy Speaker's post | 31-MAY-09 |
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| After thwarting all pressure tactics of the DMK to get more berths in the Cabinet, the Congress is likely to reject the latest demand of the DMK — to give TR Baalu the Deputy Speaker’s post. While the post had been allotted to an ally party in the last few governments, Congress managers feel it is better to follow the convention. The Congress is likely to give the post to the BJP. Sumitra Mahajan, the MP from Indore, is the front-runner for the post. |
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| T N Ninan: More than half full | 30-MAY-09 |
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| Let’s look at the brighter side. We have Kapil Sibal instead of Arjun Singh in charge of education, and P Chidambaram instead of Shivraj Patil in the home ministry. Arguably, those are the biggest positives in the new council of ministers. Less unalloyed improvements, but improvements nevertheless, would be Kamal Nath in place of TR Baalu (roads will now get built), and perhaps Ghulam Nabi Azad in place of A Ramadoss as health minister. |
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| Cochin Shipyard to deliver orders on schedule | 09-APR-09 |
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| CSL aimed to deliver the orders for vessels on schedule despite the prevailing economic recession which has slackened the demand for vessels, especially bulk carriers and tankers. Fleet owners worldwide were canceling orders, renegotiating orders or delaying construction schedules owing to lack of adequate funds, softening freight rates and falling prices of vessels. |
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| Chennai port to shift coal operations to Ennore | 09-FEB-09 |
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| The Chennai port would shift its coal operations to the Ennore port in the next five years as it was causing pollution, said Union Minister of Shipping and Road Transport TR Baalu. |
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| Transporters are stakeholders of the ministry: T R Baalu | 11-JAN-09 |
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| Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, TR Baalu, has called a meeting of transport ministers of all the states on Monday, January 12, to discuss the on going transporters’ strike in the country, as it has led to shortages of essential food stuff in some parts of the country. |
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| Stone for maritime varsity laid | 02-JAN-09 |
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| Foundation stone for India’s first maritime university was laid on Wednesday near Chennai by Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi . |
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| N-deal: Meet fails to end stalemate | 26-JUN-08 |
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On the eve of their most crucial meeting till date on the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement, there was no real change in the stance of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) or the Left parties. |
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| On meet eve, UPA, Left stick to their guns | 25-JUN-08 |
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On the eve of their most crucial meeting till date on the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement, there was no real change in the stance of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) or the Left parties. |
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| No signed pacts for gas supply to cos of Baalu's sons: Ministry | 02-MAY-08 |
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A day after Petroleum Minister Murli Deora addressed the Rajya Sabha on the controversy of gas allocation to two companies run by Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Minister TR Baalu's sons, the petroleum ministry clarified that there were no signed contracts for supplying the gas to the two companies. |
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| Editorial: Of ministerial subsidies | 29-APR-08 |
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It has been several days since the minister for shipping, road transport and highways, TR Baalu, admitted that he had asked his Cabinet colleague in the petroleum ministry to help him get cheap gas allocated to his sons' firms (the subsidised gas is available at $1.96 per million btu or British thermal units, as opposed to the free market price of up to eight times that amount). |
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| Baalu stand may add fuel to House fire | 28-APR-08 |
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| The Left may find it difficult to support its ally, the DMK.
Shipping Minister TR Baalu's insouciance while admitting that he had "put in a word" and exercised his influence with the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and Petroleum Minister Murli Deora to secure natural gas for companies owned by his sons is likely to disrupt the proceedings in Parliament when it meets on Monday. |
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