Photo: K. Ganesan FACILITY: Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram laying the foundation stone for Apollo Reach Hospital at Managiri near Karaikudi in Sivaganga district on Sunday. (From right to left) Collector Pankaj...
The Reserve Bank is expected to give up its opposition to the proposal of a monthly compilation and release of inflation data, with D Subbarao moving to the central bank from the Finance Ministry, which was open to the...
CHENNAI: Taking exception to the inhuman treatment of Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, conveying the deep anguish of fisherfolk. Noting...
Works will be taken up under National Highways Development Project Phase-VII, says Baalu — PHOTO: R.M. RAJARATHINAM FOR BETTER CONNECTIVITY: Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T.R. Baalu declaring...
Manmohan Singh is now seen as a strong-willed leader and as a man with firm convictions who will stay in office only on his terms The Bottom Line | G.V.L. Narasimha Rao Getting the nod of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers...
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government has reduced value added tax (VAT) on diesel by two per cent, making the fuel cheaper by 60 paise per litre, and abolished the four per cent VAT on liquefied petroleum gas, reducing its...
By Arun Kumar. I think you will see that there is really a basis for a very different kind of relationship for India with the rest of the world on these issues,' she said. Asked why the administration was pressing for...
K Shankar Bajpai, Hindustan Times Few issues have generated such concentrated, prolonged controversy as our ‘nuclear deal’. And the nuclear deal must be seen — and should have been better projected — in the perspective...
New Delhi, Sept 07: A Lucknow-bound Kingfisher Airlines flight had to abort take-off when a police vehicle, a part of President Pratibha Patil's motorcade, came on the runway at the IGI airport this evening. The captain...
Airport privatisation in India is still at a nascent stage when compared with international standards. Internationally, airports offer more than core aviation services. They are centres of hospitality, retail spaces, and...