Economy - general
RBI hikes key rates by 0.25 per cent
25 Jan 2011
Hoping to put the brakes on soaring inflation, the Reserve Bank of India today hiked its key interest rates (repo and reverse repo) by expected 0.25 percentage point each
Rising crude prices to dent oil PSUs' profits
24 Jan 2011
Rising crude prices to dent oil PSUs' profits
24 Jan 2011
IT sector growth back again: Infosys CEO
24 Jan 2011
NAC won’t bow to government on food bill
22 Jan 2011
GoM on corruption convenes first meeting
21 Jan 2011
The GoM, headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, has incorporated most of these points in its terms of reference and wants to come out with tough norms against corruption
Cut taxes on crude, Deora tells Pranab
19 Jan 2011
Petroleum minister Murli Deora today sought the abolition of customs duty on crude oil and a cut in excise duty on diesel to avoid fuel price hikes due to spiralling crude prices
SC calls black money abroad a 'national plunder'
19 Jan 2011
Karnataka cabinet unites to back CM against governor
19 Jan 2011
The Karnataka cabinet has unanimously asked the state governor to avoid sanctioning the prosecution of chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and home minister R Ashoka in connection with alleged land scams involving the duo
Ramesh lashes out at corporate complicity in scams
19 Jan 2011
Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh has made a not-so-veiled attack on bribe-givers in the corporate world, saying that he could “control the demand for corruption, but someone has to control the supply of corruption too"
Cabinet wars: Sharma opposes interest hike
19 Jan 2011
Vegetable prices: hard luck, reiterates Pawar
19 Jan 2011
India lost $125 billion in illegal outflows between 2000 and 2008: study
18 Jan 2011
The proliferation of high net worth individuals drove illicit flows in the absence of an improvement in public and corporate governance
End graft, 14 eminent citizens tell government
18 Jan 2011
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