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Comrade
Surjeet: Congress to lead coalition - leadership issue
later
New Delhi: The Congress president Sonia Gandhi
had an hour-long interaction with the veteran Marxist
leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet. Surjeet commented that
he favoured a Congress-led coalition but that the leadership
issue should be taken up at a later stage.
AP
muddle drives BJP into a huddle
New Delhi: The top brass of the BJP met at Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's residence on Tuesday night
to discuss the political situation. Andhra
Pradesh sends 42 members to the Lok Sabha and Tuesday's
results do not bode well for the ruling coalition, coming
as they do, just two days before counting for the Lok
Sabha begins.
President
starts meeting the pundits
New Delhi: The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has
begun consultations with constitutional experts in anticipation
of a hung Lok Sabha. The President is believed to have
had discussions with former Attorney-General K. Parasaran.
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OECD:
Outsourcing controversy may weaken soon
New Delhi: In its biannual world economic outlook,
released in Paris today, the inter-Governmental think
tank of 30 rich industrial countries said that with the
slump of business investment now well over, the world
economy is experiencing a strong and sustainable recovery.
Asia remains buoyant with China close to overheating and
Japan enjoying a much stronger and broader recovery than
expected.
It is optimistic that "controversies about the negative
role of job off shoring should subside and take a less
emotional turn as the spectre of a persistently jobless
recovery recedes" in the rich world. While become
broader-based, the world economic recovery should also
benefit from continued price stability, OECD said, adding
that despite recent increases in oil and commodity prices,
inflationary pressures should remain relatively subdued
over the next few quarters against the backdrop of the
substantial economic slack that remains in many OECD regions.
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Dhanraj
is in - and Gill will be out
New Delhi: The Indian Hockey Federation has announced
that Dhanraj Pillay will be part of the Indian camp in
Germany later this month. The camp will be a preparation
for the 4-nations event in Holland, India's last major
outing before the Athens Olympics in August. Baljeet Singh
Dhillon has also been included. IHF president KPS Gill
has also said that he will not stand for another term
as President in 2006.
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