Fiscal deficit rises 11.2% in H1
The fiscal deficit at Rs 52,395 crore has gone up by 11.2% in the first six months of the current fiscal from the corresponding period last year. The deficit figure amounted to 65.5% of the total budgeted figure of Rs 79,955 crore fixed for 1999-2000.

Dropped ministers threaten to rock Deshmukh government
Maharashtra's dropped ministers are up in arms, and have threatened to rock the government.

US denounces Delhi's stand on industrial tariff reduction
The US has criticised India for its inflexible stand on industrial tariff reduction in eight sectors at the Seattle ministerial round of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).


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