The Centre has given its go-ahead to metro rail projects for Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore and would provide viability gap funding for the projects in various states, union Minister for Urban

Centre`s nod to metro schemes for three cities

Press Trust of India

Inflation for the week ended March 25 fell marginally to 3.96 per cent compared with 4.06 per cent for the previous week mainly on account of fall in the prices of manufactured goods.


Inflation declines to 3.96%

Business Standard

The concentration of major green-house gases (carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide) in the atmosphere has reached its highest-ever recorded level.


Green-house gases level alarming

Purwar urges staff to resume work as strike enters fifth day.


Govt pay accounts can leave SBI

Damaging our natural resources would be detrimental to the efforts to sustain the growth we have achieved in the long term, said Y C Deveshwar, chairman, ITC Ltd and president of CII.


Need for corporate social responsibility stressed

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has estimated that the potential for credit development in Karnataka for 2006-2007 is to the tune of Rs 17,803 crore. 


Nabard formulating farm credit package for K`taka

Emphasising the need to engage in outsourcing to improve the quality of service, Union minister of state for finance S S Palanimanickam on Saturday called on the government departments to determine

Determine limits of outsourcing: minister

Encouraged by the increasing demand for gold in the Mysore market, the royal city¿s gold merchants have organised a gold shopping festival here from April 10 to May 25.


Mysore to host gold festival

While Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is preparing to contest election on April 24 from Budhni, his Cabinet colleague Babulal Gaur¿s department has triggered a state-wide protest by raising entry

Protest against LPG tax increase in MP

In wilderness for about 15 years in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress, through man Friday Arjun Singh, the human resource development minister, has made a big political gambit in the Hindi heartland. 


Cong`s UP plans behind reservation move

Human Resources and Development Minister Arjun Singh today denied the Election Commission's charge that he had prima facie violated the model of conduct by announcing plans for OBC quotas in elite

Arjun denies he violated poll code

The proposal to provide reservation for socially and educationally backward classes in professional institutions including IITs, IIMs and medical and engineering colleges has found a vehement critic

Backward classes panel member opposes quotas

The proposal for 27 per cent reservation for other backward classes (OBCs) in institutions of higher learning like IITs, IIMs and 20 central universities has evoked concern from the industry.


Industry sees little merit

Coming out against quotas for OBCs in premier educational institutions, industry leaders Rahul Bajaj and Ratan Tata have termed the proposal as ¿unfortunate¿ and ¿politically motivated¿.


Tata, Bajaj also oppose move

Finance Minister P Chidambaram this evening announced an end to the strike by the SBI employees after the government and the bank management agreed to raise the salary cut-off for calculating pension

SBI eases pension, strike off

Concerns raised by a section of domestic industry against indiscriminate opening up of the Indian market to imports have touched a chord at the highest levels of the policy establishment. 


Trade agreements come under Sonia scanner

Amendments to the Foreign Trade Policy, unveiled last week by Commerce Minister Kamal Nath, clearly showed that the finance and commerce ministries had tried to ensure minimal revenue loss on account

Stricter norms for exports schemes

Chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, while inaugurating penta-dimensional ¿Praja Patham¿ programme at Nuzvid on Sunday, said the scheme would identify villages and towns facing acute drinking water

CM inaugurates `Praja Patham`

The initial bids have to be submitted by May.


OVL plans to bid for two oil blocks in Angola

The Cabinet today approved a proposal to write off accumulated losses of the United Bank of India amounting to Rs 278.44 crore against a capital of Rs 1810.87 crore with retrospective effect from

Cabinet nod for UBI losses waiver

China today asked India to allow companies from the two countries to trade in each others markets at prices determined by the market forces. This has been a long-standing demand of Chinese companies

China seeks free mkt status from India

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