Government
Nirupama Rao is new foreign secretary
01 Aug 2009
Nirupama Rao today took over as India's foreign secretary, succeeding Shivshankar Menon.
Government setting up biotechnology regulator
24 Jul 2009
HC upholds Delhi's plastic bags ban
15 Jul 2009
NHPC, OIL offers slated for this year; RITES issue deferred
14 Jul 2009
The government would dilute its holding in NHPC Ltd and Oil India Ltd through an IPO this fiscal, but would defer a public issue of RITES Ltd, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said.
Clinton’s India visit: no hyphenation with Pak, policy speech tomorrow
By Rajiv Singh | 14 Jul 2009
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s visit to the Indian sub-continent next week will be an exclusive one, focusing entirely on India without any hyphenation with Pakistan being attempted.
PM leaves for France, Egypt
13 Jul 2009
Indian steel industry poised for a good showing: minister
09 Jul 2009
The Indian steel industry has moved to the third position in world steel production, according to steel minister Virbhadra Singh, ranking after China and Japan.
PSU disinvestment to begin with NHPC and OIL
09 Jul 2009
Indian Railways to develop 375 model stations
04 Jul 2009
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