Economy - general
Three-PSU consortium wins bid for MAMC assets
12 Jun 2010
India's industrial production hits a near-20-month high of 17.6 per cent in April
12 Jun 2010
Industrial production in the country grew at a scorching 17.6 per cent year-on-year in April 2010 compared to the level of production in the same month of the previous year
Indians abroad to get voting rights
11 Jun 2010
Monsoon on track, says weatherman
11 Jun 2010
Food price graph on the rise again
11 Jun 2010
The upward trend was due to a rise in the prices of essential commodities such as fruit, pulses and milk.
Government may roll back new listing norms
10 Jun 2010
Within a week, the government is backtracking on its decision to make it compulsory for listed companies to have at least 25 per cent public holding
Simplified direct tax code to be tabled in monsoon sesson: Mukherjee
09 Jun 2010
After it is enacted, the simplified direct tax code will replace the 50-year-old maze of the Income Tax Act
Fresh cabinet meet on fuel price hikes tomorrow
09 Jun 2010
Anti-Posco agitation gets a jolt in Gobindpur
08 Jun 2010
PM reviews progress of J&K projects
08 Jun 2010
Price pressures to ease with monsoon: Gokarn
08 Jun 2010
India's first private metro link approved for Gurgaon
08 Jun 2010
With an expected passenger traffic exceeding one lakh people every day, the trains would use the automatic train operation system that does not necessarily involve a train driver
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