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Liz Mathew and Sanjiv Shankaran 12:37 AM | August 21,2009
The empowered committee, headed by West Bengal finance minister Asim Dasgupta, was expected to finalize the structure of GST during the weekend meeting
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09:41 PM | August 20,2009
Goods and services tax in trouble; a new study suggests ways to vaccinate a country against swine flu; rural India may be much poorer than previously thought.
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PTI 09:58 PM | May 29,2009
The DMK chief, who appointed his 55-year-old son to be his deputy, entrusted to him the portfolios of Industry, General Administration, District Revenue Officers & Minority Welfare
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High Windows | Mukul Kesavan 12:46 AM | May 29,2009
Whatever the nature of Tamil grievance or Sinhalese provocation, Prabhakaran and the LTTE represented a sectarian, violent and fascist dead end
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PTI 10:08 PM | May 25,2009
In the first instalment, only 19 ministers were inducted along with the Prime Minister on Friday and portfolios have been allocated to only six ministers
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Liz Mathew 11:53 PM | May 24,2009
The new government’s 100-day action plan and the next Union budget will be on the basis of this paper
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Capital Calculus | Anil Padmanabhan 11:01 PM | May 24,2009
Faced with their first political test within 48 hours of the win, Singh and the Congress party refused to blink. But the DMK also played hardball
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PTI 06:28 PM | May 24,2009
The Congress-DMK deadlock appears to be heading for an end with the DMK reportedly finalizing its candidates for the Cabinet berths
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Liz Mathew 12:48 AM | May 23,2009
Singh plus 19 cabinet ministers sworn in, but portfolios not allocated as differences persist with key ally DMK
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Reuters / PTI 04:10 PM | May 22,2009
The DMK says it will offer its 18 MPs only as outside support to the coalition
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Sanjeev Miglani / Reuters 03:19 PM | May 22,2009
Senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, AK Antony, P Chidambaram, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee are among those who will be inducted in the cabinet
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PTI 03:15 PM | May 22,2009
All DMK MPs will attend the swearing-in ceremony, says senior DMK leader TR Baalu
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PTI 09:09 PM | May 21,2009
DMK had been demanding seven ministerial berths, including three cabinet, while Congress was ready to concede only six
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PTI 07:20 PM | May 21,2009
The arithmetic doesn’t favour any blackmail but there are too many claimants for top ministerial posts
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Liz Mathew 11:01 AM | May 20,2009
One of the party leaders, who was unhappy with the CPM’s decision to withdraw support for the Congress-led government, reportedly said the move had upset voters
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