Sinha washes hands of fall in growth
Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Monday said any slowdown in growth rate this year would be due to external factors and certainly not because of any "policy failure" of the government.



Govt finds Gridco allowing BSES to violate pact
Gridco handed over the three distribution cos to Mumbai-based BSES Ltd and conducted business with the power distribution co in the past two years can provide ample ammunition to the anti-reformist lobby anywhere in the country.



US election lifts Sensex by 101 pts
Indian stock markets joined other global markets in a bull rally fuelled by prospects of a victory for George Bush in the US elections.



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