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Austerity measures: Curbs on foreign travel on the way
  
Ban on purchase of new cars by departments likely, except those for defence purposes  Full Story
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Economic Indicators  
YoY (In %)CurrentQtr AgoYr Ago
Inflation (31/03)6.897.749.68
IIP (29/02)4.10-5.006.70
GDP (31/12)6.106.908.30
CPI (31/03)8.656.498.82
CRR (10/03)4.756.006.00
Bank rate (20/04)9.006.006.00
 
 
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- GoM on drug pricing to meet after House session
- Austerity: Govt to cut down on 5-star meets, travel
- Intervention in forex to continue: RBI
- Euro zone fears spark rush for dollar, shares fall
- Uranium sale: Australia says cases of India, Pak different
 
 
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Features & Analysis

- Jayalalithaa's Vision 2023: 11% growth, per capita income of Rs 4,50,000
- TN can grow at more than 10 per cent a year
- Tamil Nadu to spend Rs 18,777 cr on social welfare schemes
- Tamil Nadu aims to become investment destination of choice
- Several new power projects on the anvil
- A tale of two towns
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Politics & Public Affairs

- Sonia ill, but raps Hazare campaign
- Notice to CBI on Kani's bail plea
- Farmers of 2 villages move SC on land order
- Blues apart, Trinamool ministers are back on duty
- 31 get life in Gujarat riot case 42 acquitted
- Mamata not to press quit button
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Q&A
 
NCTC is not required. Improve whatever is there on the ground: Julio Ribeiro
NCTC is not required. Improve whatever is there on the ground: Julio Ribeiro
Julio Ribeiro, the Mumbai police chief who sprang to superstardom after lea...
We do not see any impact on consumers: J S Sarma
We do not see any impact on consumers: J S Sarma
J S Sarma, who retired this weekend as chairman of the Telecom Regulatory A...
Security pressure will help prioritise social schemes: Raman Singh
Security pressure will help prioritise social schemes: Raman Singh
Days after securing the release of Sukma district collector, Alex Paul Meno...
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Ajit Balakrishnan: The nation-state tests its limits
Concept of a nation-state is so entrenched in our beliefs that it's easy to believe that every person should have a nation as obviously as he must have a gender
Sanjeev Sanyal: Will India skip the hypermart stage?
There are signs that the age of hypermarket dominance may be over, as demonstrated by the disappearance of bookshops around the world
Jyoti Malhotra: An agenda for Dr Singh
Get your act together on South Asia, just as you did on the nuke deal
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Trai's restrictions on TV ads are intolerable
Move to privatise Air India, and to fix accountability
Instability in govt policy hurts producers and consumers
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Business Law

- Mayawati home spend is in August company
- Capital gains on buyback of shares held taxable as dividend
- Company name in bounced cheque
- Dialogue, not negotiation, is the way forward
- Tackling double taxation of software
- General Anti-Avoidance Rule and the burden of proof
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  Tata Steel Q4 hit by lower Europe volumes
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  SBI: Are happy days here again?
  T N Ninan: The arbitrary state
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  IIM-A to launch exec prog with B-schools of BRIC nations
  A new Indian Readership Survey is in the works
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  Ramesh, Sharma reject House panel's proposals on land Bill
  Austerity measures: Curbs on foreign travel on the way
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  Rrishi Raote: Long story short
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  Markets bank on SBI to bounce back from lows
  IPO of Speciality Restaurants oversubscribed
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  Wipro close to bagging Rs 960-cr contract from IAF
  Microsoft's Kinect to help speech, visually impaired to 'talk and walk' seamlessly
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