All athletes in the Indian team for Athens Olympics are clean, a top Athletics Federation of India official said.
The National Confederation of General Insurance Officers' Association urged the Finance Minister Jaswant Singh to explore the possibility of setting up a subsidiary health insurance company to manage the health portfolio.
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Tuesday projected a growth of 7.5-8 per cent for the fiscal 2003-04 in the face of strong economic fundamentals.
Former deputy chairperson of Rajya Sabha Najma Heptulla would contest from Rajasthan.
The government on Wednesday cleared 21 foreign direct investment proposals worth Rs 18.46 crore.
On this day 72 years ago, the Indian hockey team gave the country its first major sporting triumph as an independent nation when they clinched the gold medal at the 1948 London Olympic Games.
The US had virtually compelled the P V Narasimha Rao government in 1995 not to conduct nuclear tests after it got to know about preparations for it, a former US official indicated on Monday.
In an unbridled attack on the Congress party, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday warned of the 'danger' of an\ninstitution that considered family above the nation.
The government will pre-pay Rs 7,500 crore (Rs 75 billion) worth of bilateral aid this fiscal, besides swapping Rs 38,000 crore (Rs 380 billion) high cost state government debts, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh told Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Wednesday launched a national Tax Information Network, which will be managed by the National Securities Depositories Ltd as part of efforts to streamline the system and check evasion.
As the Lok Sabha debates a no-confidence motion brought against the Narendra Modi government by the opposition, the 28th such motion to be admitted in the Lower House, data compiled by a think tank shows all previous ones have either been defeated or remained inconclusive.
Parliament on Monday approved the Industrial Development Bank of India Repeal Bill to enable its conversion into a universal bank
The government said the sharp rise in capital market in the last 3 months was not just due to inflows from FIIs, but the overall improvement in the economy, anticipated better GDP growth and good corporate earnings.
The empowered group of ministers on Friday deferred a decision on the appointment of a financial consultant for privatisation and modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports.
Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley will take up with Finance Minister Jaswant Singh the issue of hardening rupee and its impact on exports to ensure that growth is sustained without exporters having to curtail their profit margins.
The group of ministers on telecom will hold its first meeting on Thursday to resolve the contentious issues in the sector, including the prolonged fight between the cellular and basic operators over WLL mobile services.
Under increasing pressure to cut interest rates on Employees Provident Fund, the labour ministry is expected to meet the Reserve Bank of India brass in a bid to retain the current rate of 9.5 per cent.
The implementation of conditional access system in Delhi has been deferred till after the assembly elections, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Monday.
Industry chambers on Monday said though the stock markets dipped heavily, the fundamentals of the economy would remain unaffected and there was no need for panic following the two bomb explosions in Mumbai.
In a surprise move, Telugu film star and BJP Mahila Morcha vice-president Vijayashanti said she had rejected the party's offer for nomination.
The government on Thursday ruled out any cut in interest rates on Employees' Provident Fund this fiscal from the present 9.5 per cent, but said it would be reviewed only next fiscal based on the surplus position, Labour Minister Sahib Singh Verma
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav refused to offer any comment when asked what was his perception about the UNPA's meetings with the leaders of various political parties.
Office of Profit: BJP against diluting spirit of statute
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