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Opposition slams disinvestment policies
NEW DELHI, AUG. 1. The Opposition today criticised the Government's disinvestment policies in the Lok Sabha on the grounds that it was ``mindless'' and was meant for the benefit of corporate giants seeking to create monopolies. Seeking a review ...
LS adjourned over Fernandes issue
NEW DELHI, AUG. 1. The ongoing boycott of the Defence Minister, George Fernandes, took an ugly turn in the Lok Sabha today and led to three adjournments within an hour when Samata Party members countered the Opposition strategy by casting ...
Crisis group report questions Musharraf's commitment
NEW DELHI, AUG. 1. The International Crisis Group (ICG), a Brussels-based think-tank, believes that Pakistan military's confrontation with its former religious allies is at best a short-term response compelled by circumstances and foreign ...
French Minister for breathing `new life' into ties with India
NEW DELHI, AUG. 1.Kashmir and bilateral ties figure prominently on the agenda of France's new Foreign Minister, Dominique de Villepin, who arrives here tomorrow for a day's discussions with Indian leaders before going on to Islamabad. Although ...
Gutka ban in place
MUMBAI, AUG. 1.Several gutka consumers were forced to do away with their favourite brand of tobacco addictives here with the Maharashtra Government's ban on manufacture, sale and distribution of the addictives coming into effect from today. The ...
Is the underworld now targeting Delhi businessmen?
NEW DELHI, AUG. 1After Bollywood, are underworld dons such as Abu Salem targeting the rich in the Capital? It appears so, if tapes, purportedly containing conversations between the former Dawood henchman and a Delhi-based businessman and ...
Other Stories

  • Sonia convenes party CMs' meet
  • No hidden agenda in new curriculum: Centre
  • PM calls on President
  • There is still hope, say farm experts
  • No violation of oath of office, says MDMK Minister
  • Meet to solve States' fiscal problems soon
  • 'Army hit by officer shortage'
  • 'Indians first to inhabit Sri Lanka'
  • 'Mystery' message by pilot
  • PM reconstitutes CSIR board
  • Tatas violated corporate governance: Mahajan
  • Senior IAS officers reshuffled
  • Decision on gas export only after examining reserves: Bangladesh

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