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    CVC may quit in a day

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday virtually questioned the tenability of Chief Vigilance Commissioner P J Thomas supervising the CBI’s investigations into the 2G spectrum scandal as he himself was Telecom Seceratary at the relevant point of time. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and Ashok Kumar Ganguly pointed out that since the CBI functions […]

    Economy

    Farm, manufacturing push economic growth to 8.9% in Q2

    Driven by good performance of agriculture and manufacturing, the Indian economy grew by 8.9 percent in the second quarter of the current fiscal, up from 8.7 percent in the corresponding period a year ago. The growth rate for the first quarter was revised upwards to 8.9 percent from 8.8 percent. This took the overall economic […]

    Business

    SUV owners should pay full market price of diesel: Ramesh

    Continuing with his attack on diesel-guzzling cars like sports utility vehicles (SUVs), Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh asked the users of such cars to pay full market price for the fossil fuel which is being sold at subsidised rates for farmers. “Why should they get subsidised fuel meant for farmers,” Ramesh asked while speaking at a […]

    Economy

    9 per cent GDP this year possible: Basu

    Buoyed by robust performance of the economy in the second quarter, a top advisor in the finance ministry on Tuesday said it is possible to record 9 per cent growth this fiscal. “It is not impossible any more. We are very close to that,” Chief economic advisor (CEA) Kaushik Basu told reporters when asked whether […]

    Finance

    Pranab expects GDP to exceed 8.75 per cent in current fiscal

    With the economy expanding by 8.9 per cent in the July-September quarter, the government exuded confidence that the GDP growth rate during the current fiscal would exceed 8.75 per cent. “Amid all the depressing news there is a good news…We may be confident that at the end of this year the GDP growth will not […]

    Finance

    Don’t press panic button, your money is safe: FM to investors

    Assuring the safety of their funds, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday  asked investors not to press panic button over the housing finance racket as the loans were protected. “There is no need of pressing the panic button,” Mukherjee told reporters on the sidelines of a seminar on inclusive growth. He said loans given by […]

    Stock & Share

    Sensex bounces 136 points up on good GDP figures

    The B S E benchmark Sensex gained nearly 136 points at mid-session on Tuesday on better than expected second quarter GDP numbers. The Sensex, which had declined nearly one per cent at the outset, bounced back by 136.50 points to 19,541.50 at 1300 hrs, with heavy-weight stocks returning to green. The broad-based National Stock Exchange […]

    International

    Hostage drama ends in a US high school; teen shoots himself

    A 15-year-old youth armed with a handgun burst into a classroom and held 23 students and a teacher hostage for more than five hours in a small Wisconsin town before turning the gun on himself. The youth was hospitalised with gun shot wounds, with no immediate word on his condition, but the captives were unharmed. […]

    International

    Five killed, 15 injured in Pak suicide blast

    A suicide bomber struck a police vehicle at a city in the restive northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least five persons, including a child, and injuring 15 others. Deputy Inspector General of Police Iftikhar Khan said the bomber, who was on foot, targeted the vehicle near the main police station of Bannu in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa […]

    International

    US calls for tighter sanctions on North Korea

    The United States on Monday called for tighter enforcement of UN sanctions against North Korea and for China to play a “responsible” role in easing mounting tensions in the region. The United States will “confront the threat” posed by North Korea’s new nuclear activities and its deadly attack on its southern neighbour last week, said […]

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