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Former ONGC chief, Subir Raha, passes away
01 Feb 2010
A poster boy for government-run organisations not so many years back, Subir Raha, former chairman of government-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), died of cancer today.
Bernanke: Like the economy, wheezing through...
29 Jan 2010
Like the sputtering economy, Ben Bernanake’s nomination for a second term at the Federal Reserve has wheezed through a US Senate vote.
Sundaresan is new petroleum secretary
29 Jan 2010
Rajat Sethi resigns as Dentsu Marcom's MD
28 Jan 2010
Rajat Sethi resigns as Dentsu Marcom's MD
28 Jan 2010
Lt Gen VK Singh appointed next Indian Army chief
22 Jan 2010
Ex-foreign secretary, Shivshankar Menon, is new NSA
22 Jan 2010
Former foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon was Thursday named as the new National Security Adviser (NSA).
Bengal’s ‘iron man’ Jyoti Basu goes the way of all flesh
18 Jan 2010
In a party that puts its politburo above individual leaders, he always toed the party line and never projected himself as its sole leader or a cult figure. By Jagdeep Worah
Security czar M K Narayanan made West Bengal governor
16 Jan 2010
National security advisor M K Narayan becomes the new governor of West Bengal
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