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April 8, 2010 2:10 PM

Food Inflation rises to 17.7%

<br/>Higher prices of milk, fruits and pulses pushed food inflation to 17.70 per cent for the week ended March 27. This fuelled expectations that RBI may further tighten rates in its annual monetary policy on April 20. Food inflation in the previous week stood at 16.35 per cent. With price...

April 8, 2010 1:53 PM

Govt clears 20% disinvestment in SAIL

<br/>The government today approved a 20 per cent disinvestment in Steel Authority of India Ltd that would fetch a total of 16,000 crore rupees. Following the two-tranche disinvestment, the government and the company would get 8,000 crore rupees each. Home Minister P Chidambaram told this t...

April 8, 2010 1:44 PM

Bandh in Chhattisgarh as mark of respect to deceased jawans

<br/>Following Tuesday's naxal attack on the security forces in the Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, while Jagdalpur and Dantewada witnessed a spontaneous bandh on Wednesday, the opposition Congress in the state has called for Chhattisgarh bandh today, as a mark of respect to the deceas...

April 8, 2010 12:45 PM

No decision yet on use of air power against Naxals: PM

The Prime Minister has said that the government has not taken any view on using air power against Naxals. Dr. Manmohan Singh said that all options are reviewed from time to time but it is too close to the incident of Dantewada attack for the existing policy of fighting naxals to be modified. He was ...

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