Home secretary BP Singh shunted to health ministry
In a countdown to the general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition government on Monday transferred union home secretary BP Singh along with 10 other senior officials.

Steel, cement sectors may post negative growth in 1999-2000
Steel, cement, consumer electronics, tea, auto components and machine tools are among sectors likely to witness a low or negative growth during the current fiscal, according to the Ascon Industry Monitor released by the Confederation of Indian Industry.

India not to press for dispute panel at WTO on rice export issue
India has decided not to press for setting up of a dispute settlement panel (DSP) at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on rice exports issue since the European Commission (EC) has withdrawn the controversial cumulative recovery system (CRS) from December.

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  ICMA to hold first-ever interactive seminar
  Executive Briefing
  Cement firms increase price by Rs 5 a bag in Mumbai
  EC meet on poll schedule ends in a deadlock
  Demand slump forces steel firms to cut rates by Rs 500 a tonne
  Difficult choices stare in Chandrababu Naidu's face
  Six Hegde men play the Brutus
  Biju Janata Dal, JD differ over poll strategy
  ADB, Centre ask Cornell to chart port privatisation norms
  Detailed mining policy to lure funds for Vidarbha soon
  Call to remove obstacles in Indo-Pak trade relations
  Maharashtra tops foreign direct investment offers list
  Economy Briefing
  `Local firms must adopt US model to prevent pollution'
  Leather exports jump in first 10 months of '98-99
  Bangalore airport project takes off; AAI, Karnataka to pick 13% apiece
  Registered jobless rose 11 times under LF regime, says study
  Bogey of cyclone makes Alcan workers hit the road for home