PM holds meet on 2G verdict, as issue takes diplomatic turn (Second Lead)
February 11th, 2012 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday held a crucial meeting on the 2G spectrum issue in the wake of the apex court cancelling 122 licences, ... Read more...
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2G: PM holds meet to discuss apex court verdict fallout (Lead)
February 11th, 2012 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday held a crucial meeting with key cabinet colleagues to discuss the 2G issue in the wake of the apex ... Read more...
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PM holds meet to discuss 2G verdict fallout
February 11th, 2012 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday met union ministers Pranab Mukherjee, Kapil Sibal and Salman Khurshid to discuss the fallout of the apex court verdict ... Read more...
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‘Poll panel raid on priest creating communal tension’
February 10th, 2012 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 10 (IANS) Even as the Congress has accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of inciting communalism in Goa, poll officials here have said that they only ... Read more...
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Manmohan to meet key ministers over 2G verdict
February 9th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to hold a meeting with his key ministers in the next few days to discuss the Supreme Court ... Read more...
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Finance minister says losing sleep over rising subsidy bills
February 8th, 2012 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) A worried Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said he is losing sleep over the rising subsidy bills, notably on food, fertiliser and petroleum products."As ... Read more...
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Government rolls out plan to help domestic airlines (Roundup)
February 7th, 2012 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) To help cash-strapped Indian airlines, a group of ministers (GoM) led by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday rolled out a plan for the carriers ... Read more...
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Policy on import of jet fuel silent on logistics: Experts
February 7th, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Airlines welcomed the decision of a ministerial panel to allow direct import of fuel, but aviation experts said several questions remained unanswered, particularly on ... Read more...
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Economic growth may slump to 6.9 percent this fiscal (Roundup)
February 7th, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) India's economic growth is expected to fall to a three-year low of 6.9 percent in the current financial year, substantially down from the budgetary ... Read more...
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Growth may be revised upward from 6.9 percent: Pranab
February 7th, 2012 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The economic growth for the current financial year which was projected Tuesday at 6.9 percent, is likely to be revised upwards on the back ... Read more...
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Pranab to present 2012-13 budget on March 16 (Second Lead)
February 7th, 2012 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present the budget for 2012-13 on March 16, the government announced Tuesday.Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi will present his budget ... Read more...
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Aviation stocks rally after direct jet fuel import allowed
February 7th, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 7 (IANS) Scrips of three listed domestic carriers -- Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and SpiceJet -- rallied after the government Tuesday allowed airlines to import jet fuel ... Read more...
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Pranab to present budget on March 16
February 7th, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present the budget for 2012-13 on March 16, the government announced Tuesday.Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi will present his budget ... Read more...
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Government approves direct jet fuel import, Air India debt plan (Lead)
February 7th, 2012 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) An empowered group of ministers (EGoM) led by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday allowed domestic airlines to directly import fuel and approved Air India's ... Read more...
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Government allows direct jet fuel import, Air India debt plan
February 7th, 2012 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) An empowered group of ministers (EGoM), led by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Tuesday allowed domestic airlines to directly import aviation turbine fuel and approved ... Read more...
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India introduces new policy to curb drugs trafficking
February 7th, 2012 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) India Monday introduced a comprehensive national policy to help curb trafficking in narcotic drugs."The national policy released today, presents evidence of India's strong commitment ... Read more...
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Pranab praises Mamata for improving food supplies
February 6th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday praised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for checking inflation by improving foodgrain supplies in the state."The essential parts ... Read more...
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Centre, states to discuss food bill (Lead)
February 6th, 2012 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The government has convened a two-day meet of state food and agriculture ministers beginning Wednesday to iron out differences over the National Food Security ... Read more...
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Cancel aid to India, say some British MPs
February 6th, 2012 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 6 (IANS) The aid from Britain to India must be cancelled immediately, demanded some British parliamentarians after India's finance minister said they don't need it. The row ... Read more...
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State ministers meet to discuss PDS reforms
February 6th, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Food and agriculture ministers from states will meet here this week to discuss reforms in the public distribution system (PDS).Senior union cabinet ministers and ... Read more...
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Headline inflation to continue around 7 percent till March: Pranab
February 6th, 2012 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Monday headline inflation would continue around seven percent till March."I am happy that headline inflation has come down ... Read more...
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Congress feels vindicated, opposition says verdict not final
February 4th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Welcoming the trial court order declining to make Home Minister P. Chidambaram an accused in the 2G case, a relieved Congress Saturday said charges ... Read more...
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Chidambaram verdict: Who said what
February 4th, 2012 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) A special CBI court in Delhi Saturday dismissed Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy's plea to make P. Chidambaram a co-accused in the 2G spectrum ... Read more...
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Special ‘Gitanjali’ to mark Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary
February 4th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) A special edition of "Gitanjali", the Nobel Prize-winning anthology of Rabindranath Tagore's poems, was Saturday launched by union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as part ... Read more...
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Good judgment, it’s a relief: Pranab
February 4th, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) Calling it a relief, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday welcomed a CBI special court's ruling dismissing a plea to make Home Minister P. Chidambaram an ... Read more...
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Push key reforms: Industry’s budget wish list
February 3rd, 2012 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Corporate India Friday urged Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to push forward key reforms such as the introduction of the goods and services tax in ... Read more...
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Army chief meets Pranab, no breakthrough on age row (Lead)
February 3rd, 2012 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Indian Army chief, General V.K. Singh Thursday met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee over the raging age row, a day before the Supreme Court ... Read more...
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Army chief meets Mukherjee amid age row
February 2nd, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Thursday, a day before the Supreme Court is likely to take up the ... Read more...
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Blow to government as court quashes Raja’s 122 phone licences (Roundup)
February 2nd, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) In a blow to the government, the Supreme Court Thursday quashed all 122 licences for mobile phone services issued in 2008 and left it ... Read more...
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Government will study SC order, implications: Pranab (Lead)
February 2nd, 2012 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government reacted cautiously to Thursday's Supreme Court verdict canceling 122 telecom licences issued during jailed former communications minister A ... Read more...
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Sibal meets PM, Mukherjee to discuss 2G verdict
February 2nd, 2012 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Soon after the Supreme Court's verdict Thursday cancelling 2G licences to telecom firms, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal went in an overdrive trying to ascertain ... Read more...
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Government will study SC order, implications: Pranab
February 2nd, 2012 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government reacted cautiously to the Supreme Court verdict Thursday canceling 122 telecom licences issued during jailed former communications minister ... Read more...
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Government will examine verdict on 2G: Pranab Mukherjee
February 2nd, 2012 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The government will examine the Supreme Court's verdict on cancellation of licences to telecom firms during the tenure of former communications minister A. Raja ... Read more...
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Inflation will come down to 6-7 percent by March: Mukherjee
February 1st, 2012 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The overall inflation will be around 6-7 percent by March while economic growth in the current financial year will be around 7 percent, Finance ... Read more...
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National Postal Policy to be announced in 2012: Sibal
February 1st, 2012 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) A policy targeting expansion and modernisation of the postal network would be announced this year, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal said Wednesday and added that ... Read more...
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