Major ports unlikely to be corporatised
The large and unwieldy manpower in most of the major ports in the country along with outdated methods of functioning are likely to pose stumbling blocks to their proposed corporatisation.

Vajpayee braces for road ahead, expands team
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee pumped in some muscle into his cabinet on Saturday with the induction of three BJP heavy-weights, Jaswant Singh, Pramod Mahajan and former Jammu & Kashmir governor Jagmohan.

PM stands firm on insurance bill
The stalemate over the Insurance Bill showed no signs of an early end with prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Saturday asserting his position on insurance reforms. Vajpayee has made it clear to his close confidants that there was no going back on the government's position in the matter.

  Centre allows used-tyres export to Pakistan
  Set up regulatory system for core sector
  Industry bodies call for "black-out" day on Dec 14
  "Social safety net needed to protect the poor from crisis"
  Lilavati Hospital sets up assisted-conception unit
  US official chants mantra of core reforms to attract foreign funds
  Severe pressure on fiscal front
  Insurance reforms must get priority, says Montek
  NTPC helps power plants in pollution control
  Kolachal to be developed into trans-shipment port
  Nodal agency to be set up to boost state-level SSIs
  Executive Briefing