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Policy gridlock could make India first in BRIC to lose investment grade: S&P

Updated: Monday at 17:25 hrs (IST)
Standard & Poor's said on Monday that India could become the first of the BRIC economies to lose its investment-grade status, less than two months after the agency cut its rating outlook for the ....   | Read..
 

FY'13 to be turnaround year for economy: Pranab

Updated: Monday at 14:12 hrs (IST)
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said 2012-13 would be the turnaround year for the economy dismissing concerns that India's growth rate may drop below 6.5 per...   | Read..
 

Supreme Court refuses to stay HC order quashing sub-quota for minorities

Updated: Monday at 15:36 hrs (IST)
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its displeasure and pulled up the government for its casual handling of the “complex” and “sensitive” issue of 4...   | Read..
 

Govt suspends BEML chief Natarajan

Updated: Monday at 16:00 hrs (IST)
The Defence Ministry on Monday suspended VRS Natarajan, chief of the public sector truck-maker BEML Ltd, on the recommendation of the Central Bureau of Investigation, which i...   | Read..
 

Air India panel to study pilot headcount for global operators

Updated: Monday at 14:31 hrs (IST)
With the Air India management mulling sacking 300 more pilots who have been on strike for the past 34 days, the troubled national carrier has set up a committee to review its...   | Read..
     • Air India, minister hint at tough action
         Updated: Monday at 13:27 hrs (IST)
 

Jagan’s judicial custody extended

Updated: Monday at 13:16 hrs (IST)
A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday extended till June 25 the judicial custody of Jaganmohan Reddy, the YSR Congress president, who has been held in a case relating to disproportionate assets....   | Read..
 

Thud! It’s a plane’s wheel

As the Air India plane took off from Silchar airport amid a drizzle, ground staff saw something drop from the sky. It was one of the ATR-42 aircraft’s nose wheels....   | Read..
 

‘It’ll haunt us for some time’

The worst is over but all is yet to sink in. I was all along thinking of my family — my two minor sons and my mother were with me on the flight ...   | Read..
 

China to Cuba (yes, via US)

As the clock ticks on an infusion of fresh blood by the UPA government into India’s relations with the US with its risks of domestic political fallout, the responsibili...   | Read..
 

Staggered hill signal to govt

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has lined up a staggered programme of engagement and protest, giving the state government time to work on measures that can help the party offs...   | Read..
 

No clear leads in Hatia

Electioneering for the Hatia bypoll came to an end today with the main campaigners concentrating on urban pockets to woo voters, who incidentally have kept parties guessing a...   | Read..
 

A lesson in rural schooling for state

For a people who have clung to next-door Bengal for healthcare for years, setting up a self-run school — English medium, no less — may well be just another way ou...   | Read..
 
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Payal Jain Agarwal
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