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Parliament rocked over Trivedi issue
As Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi held on defiantly saying it was his duty to get the Railway Budget passed, Parliament was rocked on Thursday over his Trinamool Congress party’s demand that he resign and the government’s statement that this was under “active consideration” ...  | Read.. 
 
Trivedi has not resigned: Pranab
Update: Thursday at 17: 54 hrs (IST)
Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi has not resigned, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Lok Sabha....  | Read..
 
 
Financial capital Mumbai disappoints with flat direct tax collections
Update: Thursday at 20: 30 hrs (IST)
The income tax department on Thursday conceded that it would not be able to meet the targeted 20 per cent growth in collections from Mumbai, the single largest source of ...  | Read.. 
 
CBI begins probe in IPS officer's killing in MP
Update: Thursday at 20: 20 hrs (IST)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday began the probe into the killing of young Indian Police Service officer Narendra Kumar Singh allegedly by the sand mafia ...  | Read.. 
 
Jet fuel prices raised by 2%
Update: Thursday at 20: 20 hrs (IST)
The government-owned oil companies on Thursday increased the jet fuel price by two per cent, the second increase in rates this month. ...  | Read.. 
 
Akhilesh Yadav becomes UP's youngest Chief Minister
Update: Thursday at 15: 45 hrs (IST)
Akhilesh Yadav, son of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, was today sworn in as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the youngest-ever to hold the office, along with 19 cabinet m ...  | Read.. 
 
India 4th largest economy but per capita income still low: Survey
Update: Thursday
India has become the fourth largest economy in the world because of strong economic growth but still has a low per capita income, the Economic Survey for 2011-12 said Thu ...  | Read.. 
 
RBI keeps interest rates unchanged, signals downward trend
Update: Thursday
With inflation remaining high, the Reserve Bank of India on Thursday kept interest rates unchanged, but made a promise that the cost of borrowing will come down in future ...  | Read.. 
 
Pragmatism vs Mamataism
Railway minister Dinesh Trivedi has raised ticket prices across the board, risking his chair by breaking with an eight-year tradition of holding down fares but working up the courage to shake off Mamata Banerjee’s shackles and embrace the pragmatism once associated with Manmohan Singh. ...  | Read.. 
 
Credibility crisis for UPA as Didi fires minister
The country was tonight force-marched into a head-spinning ride by Mamata Banerjee who damned the railway budget of her own nominee, demanded the replacement of ...  | Read.. 
 
Pragmatism vs Mamataism
 
 
Bhagat Singh lost his life, losing a chair is no big deal, Mamata is not so unreasonable
Dinesh Trivedi
A ‘great host’ with a Chicago stint
Dinesh Trivedi today discarded in two hours a reputation he had built over a decade as a ...  | Read..
THE ART OF RILING
In his maiden budget speech that stretched up to two hours, Dinesh Trivedi tried to break from ...  | Read..
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