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Sonia holds parleys with ministers amid talk of cabinet rejig

Updated: Monday at 16:25 hrs (IST)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday held parleys with some union ministers and senior party leaders amid indications of a Cabinet reshuffle....   | Read..
 

Rangarajan sees full year growth at 6.7% on back of better monsoon

Updated: Monday at 16:25 hrs (IST)
The country's growth rate is expected to pick up in the second half of this fiscal and reach 6.7 per cent for the full year 2012-13, according to the Chairman of the Pr...   | Read..
 

Insurance needs big investment, hike in FDI limit: Irda chief

Updated: Monday at 16:22 hrs (IST)
The insurance industry needs big investments for growth in the coming years and will welcome an increase in the FDI or foreign direct investment limit, according to the c...   | Read..
 

Nine die in Deogarh ashram stampede

Updated: Monday at 14:30 hrs (IST)
Nine persons, including eight women, were killed on Monday and at least 30 others injured when a stampede broke out during a function at an ashram in Deogarh district, 324 km from here. ...   | Read..
 

No roaming charges from 2013, promises Sibal

Updated: Monday at 14:30 hrs (IST)
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said that mobile phone subscribers will not have to pay roaming charges from next year....   | Read..
 

Mr Mitra, you need not go as far as Mexico to see plight of young toilers

Few will doubt Amit Mitra’s concern for workers and few will go out on a limb to vouch for Walmart’s record in developing countries....   | Read..
 

Cong digests reform limits

The Congress feels that numerical constraints will tie the government’s hands on economic reforms and the party should, with Rahul Gandhi’s ascendance in the ...   | Read..
 

Jab send button, delete all talk

Email is killing off the art of conversation, according to a poll conducted among office workers in Britain....   | Read..
 

Tatas decry sub-lease rap

Tata Steel has broken its silence on the controversial sub-lease issue, cautioning that the East Singhbhum district administration’s order on Friday to stop constru...   | Read..
 
Mr Mitra, you need not go as far as Mexico to see plight of young toilers
 
 
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