The government is considering a proposal to examine foreign direct investment applications on a sector-wise, rather than country-wise, basis to assess their threat to national security.
Move could delay FDI liberalisation in the sector.
It is now almost certain that Najma Heptulla, lately from the Congress and now member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (Rajasthan) from the Bharatiya Janata Party, is not going to be elected vice-president.
'Musharraf has no constituency but the Army.'
The real, frightening problem is that there is no one fighting communalism in Karnataka.
New winds are blowing in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology offices at Sanchar Bhavan.
Who controls the government in Punjab?
The Presidential nomination drama has diminished the Congress' authority.
Crime is still very visible in Bihar, but fighting it is a little easier now
None other than the Prime Minister has commented more than once that the power ministry needs to pull up its socks.
Fresh differences have arisen between the government and the Left parties over pension reforms that may indefinitely stall the Pension Funds Regulatory and Development Authority Bill.
The US Under Secretary for International Trade says the US and India were paying for a history of neglect of commercial relations.
